Two REL Seniors Win Optimist Club Scholarships
Ronald McCraw and Janice Sandy Land, seniors at Robert E. Lee High School, won Optimist Club scholarships totaling 2150 from about 100 applicants. Ronald, active in Pre Med Club and Latin societies, aims to be a doctor, while Sandy plans to major in mathematics and foreign languages and notes the growing computer field offers diverse opportunities.
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Ronald McCraw
Janice Sandy Land
Robert E. Lee High School
Baytown
Optimist Club
Joe Brack
Ronald
L. F. McCraw
Lindenwood
Sandy
R. L. Land
Massey-Tompking Road
REL
Ronald Saad
Naional
Bayshore Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club Hosts Dance
Bay shore Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club will dance at 8 am Saturday at Knights of Px. Hosts will be Mr and Mrs Nathan Andrews. Weather outlook fair and cooler through Sunday with temps 50 74 Saturday and 55 75 Sunday. Channelview program The Restless Ones shown at 7 30 pm Saturday and 2 30 pm Sunday at Channelview High School auditorium. Admission $1.
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Galveston
Fea
Bessie Lockett
W. i L. Grant
Goose Creek
Eastern Star
Fred Simmons
Jadams
ChanView
Restless Ones
Billy Graham Film Production
Channelview
Sheldon Road
iThe
Channelview Ministerial Alliance
Edgy small-town notes fill pages from herbs to church projects
In the community snapshot Mrs R L Carter notes sold out herb editions while Mrs Jack Kimmons gathers engagement terms and Cindy Brookshire follows The Sun’s yard arrival. Jean Massey discusses girls’ pattern sizes, Bob Eckhardt attends the Bay Town Chamber luncheon, and Ophelia Jones recalls a church story.
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R. L. Carter
Jack Kimmons
Cindy Brookshire
Jean Massey
Bob Eckhardt
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Silas Moore
Ophelia Jones
Mabel Black
Charlie Walker
Dan Hutchins
Jean Burch
Jan Wristers
Rev
J. Wristers
New Orleans
Pick Cansler
Baytown Man Feffers Dies After River Boating Mishap
A Baytown man John Richard Fellers 24 of 907 Pleasant Drive drowned Saturday morning after a boating mishap in the San Jacinto River below Lake Houston dam. Another man Jesse Sack of Houston also drowned. Fellers survived by his wife Doris and daughter Heidi Marie 2 plus two brothers and two sisters and his parents.
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Baytown
John Richard Feffers
Pleasant Drive
San Jacinto River
Lake Houston Dam
Houston
Jesse Sack
The
Sun
Fellers
Doris
Heidi Marie
Raymond Lee Fellers
Ankara
Turkey
Harold Douglas Batterbee
Harold Lee Cook Jr
Highlands
Kathleen
Elaine Batterbee
Richard B. Batterbee
Buff Coach Jack Spence Resigns After Surprise Move
Crosby Buffs head coach Jack Spence, entering his ninth year and one of the area's most successful, resigned Friday to pursue another coaching job. He offered his resignation to Superintendent Allison Kponce, effective Aug. 1. The board will review the notice at the April 18 meeting. Spence’s 1965 Buffs won the 27-A title and were set to face a tough 23-AA schedule next season with Humble, Nahuac, Hamshire-Farnett, Dayton, C. E. King, and Hardin-Jefferson.
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Crosby
Jack Spence
Allison Kponce
Spence
Koonce
38 day railroad strike nears end as service restoration looms
The 38 day railroad strike enters its third day but resumption of service seems near despite a new dispute over possible court action against the striking Firemen's Union.
Rob ert E. Lee High names top scholastic scholars
Raymond Pierce Swofford III headlines Rob ert E. Lee High School’s graduating class as valedictorian, with Ingrid Sundt Hansen and Martha Kay Goofforth among the top scholars. Rankings list include noted addresses and family lines, detailing averages from 87.07 to 97.14, magna cum laude qualifiers, and a Norwegian exchange student finishing high in the class.
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REL
SEME
Gass
Thomas Pullen
Robert Whitson
Robert E. Lee High School
Martha Dwight Denson
Wiliam Overstreet
Pierce Kay Gooffarth
Jan Legler
Beverly Ann Swofford I
Germany
Navaree
Elise Howell
Susan Burns
Baytown Sun
Raymond Pierce Swofford III
Henry Armstrong
Pierce
R. P_ Swofford
Azalea
Martha Kay Goofforth
B. B. den
North
Jan Sue Legier
Leon Legier
N. Whiting
Robert Emmett Burns
Rollingwood
D. J. McFaddin, Sr
California
T. S. Howell
Mapleton
Beverly Ann Navaree
Robert Roy Brown
Mary Catherine Stewart
Three Jobs Open Light City Vote Seen Tuesday
Baytown voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide the outcome of a city council election lacking strong interest. The absence of a mayoral contest and a school trustee race have drawn attention away. 11 precincts await voters from 7 am to 7 pm. Three District 1 candidates contend while Dists 4 and 5 have unopposed incumbents.
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Light City
Baytown
Ing
Seaborn Cravey
Pat Ball
W. M. (Pappy) Knowles
C. Dutch Ptacek
Ball
Knowles
Southern Pacific Railroad Co. Co
Ptacek
No Newcomers In Races For Anahuac City Jobs
In Anahuac city elections next Tuesday two incumbents Cecil Fuller and C A Russell and former councilman Dalton LaFour seek two at large seats while Mayor H E Moor runs unopposed. Election hours are 7 am to 7 pm with Mary Elia Brook as election judge. The new council and mayor will be sworn in at the April 1 meeting at city hall.
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Humble Oil and Refining Co
Ptacek
J. Robert Barnes
Aa. M
Andy} Braswell
Humble of and Refining Co
Baytown
Cravey
Albert Fanestiel
Anahuac
Cecil Fuller
C. A. Russell
Dalton LaFour
City Hall
H. E. Moor
Anahuach
C. M. Jordan
B. L. Hand
John H. Moore
Fuller
M. L. Suttle
Russell
LaFour
City Phnt
Mary Elia Brook
300 Boats Race at Baytown for $41,000 Prize
More than 300 boats and champions will race for 41,000 in the first modified outboard boat event of the season at Baytown Boat Club Park on the San Jacinto River near Highlands. Eleven heats per day on a one mile course with five laps per heat. Admission 31 for adults, under 12 free. Warmups at 9 a.m. Races start 1 p.m. Eddie Huron will offer fried chicken plates for 1 and other concessions available.
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Baytown Boat Club Park
San Jacinto River
Highlands
Eddie Huron
Voter Turnout Trails Last Year in School Board and Regents Race
By noon only 1,500 votes were recorded in 10 of 14 precincts in the school district trustee and Lee College regent election, far below the 2,272 midmorning tally a year ago. Continued morning tempo hoped to rise after noon. ballots posted show incumbents Knox Beavers and Ben Shirey for trustees with challengers Wahrmund and Mrs. Carole Opryshek, while regents race lists incumbents McNulty Spivey Black with six newcomers including Tracht and Sam Hastings.
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Trust
Tee-College Regent
School Board of Trustees
Lee College Board of Regents
Knox Beavers
Ben Shirey
Robert C
Bob) Wahrmund
Karl W
Carole) Opryshek
Karl Opryshek
Board of Regents
Alma McNulty
Warren Spivey
Jim Black
Dave Tracht
Allen Rice Snr
Travis ‘Porter
Sam Hastings
Wal- Us Hunt
E.L. Gunn
Citizens Committee
Batter
Raymond Adams
Baytown
Alamo School
Wooster Lions Light Bulb Sale Aids Civic Projects
The Wooster Lions Club announces its annual light bulb sale from April 15 to 23 across Wooster and nearby areas. Proceeds support Boy Scouts, Cerebral Palsy Center, Lighthouse for the Blind, Center for the Blind, and a Kerrville camp, plus a Robt. E. Lee High School scholarship raised to 300 dollars and yearly aid for multiple local charities. Fred Hederhorst chairs the sale with Dave Lefkovits and Lamont Emanuel assisting. locations include precincts and schools listed for ticket pickup.
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Wooster Lions Club
Wooster
Brownwood
Lakewood
Craigmont
Country Club Oaks
Wooster Lions
Robert E. Lee
The
Cerebral Palsy Center
Lighthouse For the Blind
Center For the Blind
Texas Lions Crippled Children’s Camp
Kerrville
Baytown
Cosar Rica
Fred Hederhorst
Dave Lefkovits
Lamont Emanuel
McCullough Named Administrative Manager at Humble Baytown Refinery
G B McCullough, long time Humble Oil executive, becomes administrative manager at the Baytown Refinery after serving in the employee relations and salary groups. Born in Chicago, raised in Tyler, he holds a BBA from Tulane and an MBA, served in the Navy, and lives with wife Colleen and four sons at 5007 Glen Haven. He is active in civic groups including the East Harris County District Boy Scouts and Goose Creek Country Club board.
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MecCullough
Humble
New Orleans
Relai
Houston
Itt
Baythlon
McCullough
Chicago
Tyler
U.S. Navy
Tulane University
Colleen
Glen
Greg
Patrick
Michael
McCulloughs
Glen Haven
Baytown
Heig
East Harts County
Boy Scouts of
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Sandy) Land
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Buff
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Albert Richard Gooffarth
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Robert Kendrick Whitson
Country Club View
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Steven Edward Zinn
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Cynthia Ann Phillips
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Highlands School
Ashbel Smith Scheel
Horace Mann
San Jacinto
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Bow School
Barlem
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George. B. ‘McCullough
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James Harrop
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