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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1955

Page

2

Lee Students Win Big In District TIL Competition

Lee High students dominate the district competition scoring first places in ready writing and poetry along with top honors in shorthand and other events. Browning won for ready writing with a theme on college, and Nancy Lee Browning led the scorers as the Ganders claim their first literary win, with regional and state meets looming.

Clyde Murray Robert B. Lee Lee Donald Pot Gaiexa Park Breyning Javag Mary Duke Troxell Georgia Pitts Gander Avalanche Darwood Susi Fenly Mary Hartman Lynn Sylvester Pegey Bolieu Elmer Humphrer Bill

Death notices for Mrs. Alice Hogan in Baytown area region

Mrs. Alice Hogan died at 6 20 am Tuesday at her daughter's home in Baytown after 47 years as a Bay City resident. Funeral services planned in Bay City and Baytown with burial in Bay City cemetery. Surviving: five sons J D Hogan Richmond J A Hogan League City H B Hogan Wind G B Adams Bellville BR Adams Baytown four daughters F C Ropers Equa Curry Wichita Falls Meda Jones Midway Florence Mangum Bay City 24 grandchildren 63 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. Pallbearers will be grandsons.

Alice Hogan F. C. Rogers Hogan First Methodist Church of Bay City Baytown First Methodist Harthajan's J. D. Hogan Richmond J. A. Hogan League City H. B. Hogan Wind G. B. Adams Bellville BR. B. Adams F. C. Ropers Equa Curry Wichita Falls Meda Jones Midway Calif Florence Mangum

Lett Services Are Wednesday Afternoon

J. E. Lett, 65, longtime La Porte resident, died Wednesday at a Houston hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Art Simpson Funeral Home chapel, with burial in La Porte Cemetery.

J. E. Lett la Porte George Houston Hospital Art Simpson

Chief Mate Tim Brunson Found Dead At Home

Tim Brunson aged 49, chief mate on a Tidewater Oil tanker, was found dead Tuesday in his Home Owned Estates home bathroom. Justice of the Peace Walter Queen ordered an autopsy after Brunson’s wife awoke about 4 am and found him unresponsive in the bathroom. she said he had been suffering severe headaches for days and had been home on vacation.

Tim Brunson Tidewater Oil Co Justice of the Peace Walter Queen

Rites For Girl To Be Wednesday

Funeral services are set for Donna Gail Roberts 11 daughter of Mr and Mrs Monroe L Roberts of Channelview. The rites will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Second Baptist Church Channelview with Rev Kenneth E Trent officiating. Burial follows at San Jacinto Memorial Park on Market Street Road. Donna a sixth grade student died at 6 40 a m Sunday in a Houston hospital after illness first detected in January. Survivors include her parents and two brothers Roy A and James L Roberts of Channelview. The family lived in Baytown nine years before moving to Channelview for work.

Donna Gail Roberts Birs Monroe L. Roberts Channelview Second Baptist Church Kenneth EK Trent Butia San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery Market Street Road Donna Gai Jens Keminp Houston Roy A James L. Roberts Roberts Baytown

Japanese Premier Hatsayama Faces Possible Political Crisis

Japanese Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama confronted a political crisis after abruptly cancelling Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu’s planned trip to Washington following a warning from U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles that he was too busy to meet. The move prompted questions about leadership and foreign policy timing amid U S diplomacy.

Tokyo Ichiro Hatoyama Washington U.S Hatoyama Mamoru Shigemitsu John Foster Dulles Sun

Sunrise Services Easter Morning In Baytown Area

Two sunrise services will be held Easter Sunday in the Baytown area. Memorial Stadium hosts East Hacing Council of Christian Jay men’s service at 6 30 am with Rev. Fletcher Erwin delivering a sermon on Matthew 28 6 titled A Visit To An Empty Tomb. Grace Redeemer Lutheran Church Channelview and Decker Drive will hold a 6 am service led by Rev R H Torgler with youth band and choir participation.

Baytown Memorial Stadium East Hacing Council of Christian Jaymen's Redeemer Lutheran Church of Grace Redeemer Church Channelview Fletcher Erwiin Wooster Baptist Church Wayne McCleskey St. Mark's Methodist Church M. E. McPhail First Presbyterian Church Clyde D. Foltz First Christian Church

Two Men Held On Theft And Burglary Charges

Baytown police filed burglary and theft charges against C. B. Richardson and Jiles Warren Patterson after the Little Six Case in Oak Addition was burglarized. The juke box was robbed pennies taken from the cash register and a can of beer opened and emptied. Richardson posted bonds of 300 for burglary and 200 for theft. Patterson remained jailed awaiting a preliminary hearing in Justice Walter Queen's court.

Baytown C. B. Richardson Jiles Warren Patterson Little Six Oak Addition Richardson Patterson Justice of the Peace Walter Queen's Court

Son Rushes To Help Besieged King Ahmed

Aden reports King Ahmed of Yemen is besieged in a desert fortress by his brother’s forces. The king’s son leads 8,000 loyal tribesmen toward the siege. Crown Prince Seif el Islam Hibadar is said to have signaled weakness before tribal chiefs after clashing with Abdul lah’s forces at Taes.

Aden Ahmed Yemen Seif el Islam Hibadar Seif Abdullah Taes Urdhi

Israeli Cabinet meets in emergency session over Egyptian mortar attack

Tel Aviv reports the Israeli cabinet met in emergency session to discuss a reported Egyptian mortar attack near the Gaza truce zone. Military spokesmen said two Israeli soldiers were killed and 16 wounded during a two hour barrage against the Negeb settlement of Nakal Oz.

Tel Aviv Isreal Isreali Gaza Truce Strip Israel Negeb Nakal Oz

Notable Celebrity Contract Lands NBC Deal

Hollywood item reports actress Jane Wyman signing a fat 4.5 million three year contract with NBC to produce 36 television shows annually. Wyman, 1948 Oscar winner, will stay in 20 and rate 16 each year.

Hollywood Jane Wyman National Broadcasting Company Miss Wyman

River Project Hearings Set For April 13 to 15

House Interior Committee chair Clair Engel announced hearings on the Trinity River project from April 13 through April 15 in Washington. The panel will allow Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to present its proposal to build power houses on the Trinity project during the sessions.

Washington Clair Engel D-Calif House Interior Committee Pacific Gas & Electric Co

Roseland Park builds concrete boat landing on Cedar Bayou Stream

City Manager Dar win Middleton announced the final stages of completion for a new concrete boat landing at Roseland Park on Cedar Bayou Stream. The previous gravel landing washed away by tides, prompting the city to replace it and relocate boat access. The project is part of broader park improvements including baseball field remodels promised after Optimist Club president Wilton A. Rover presented plans last month.

Roseland Park Cedar Bayou Darwin Middleton Middleton Wilton A. Rover

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