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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1963
Page
2
Sylvan Beach at La Porte opens May 18 with a parade beauty contest and dance at Sylvan Park Pavilion. Entries for the beauty contest are open until May 1, limited to 35 entrants who are single and 24 or younger. Sponsored by the La Porte Bayshore Chamber of Commerce.
Officials expect thousands to watch the Belle of Louisville and the Delta Queen race upriver to Six Mile Island and back, a 12 mile event tied to the Kentucky Derby Festival. The Belle, built in 1914, is 157 feet long with a 400 horsepower engine, while the 1926 Delta Queen is 250 feet long with 2,000 horsepower.
Voters in the Anahuac Independent School District Saturday re elected one trustee and added a new member to the school board. Dr J M Ashby led the field with 182 votes while Doyle Colley received 193 votes. Other candidates included LeRoy Edmonds 108 votes Howard Parish 37 and W J Hayes 39.
Mr and Mrs Emmett Waugh Jr announce the birth of a daughter Grace Ann on April 5 at Gulf Coast Hospital weighing pounds one ounce Grandparents are Mr and Mrs EL Waugh Sr NL Gilliard and Mr and Mrs Tom Clayton Cedar Bayou There are more than 15 thousand different kinds of wine in the world
Joseph Mitchell a former Newburgh city manager stands trial in State Supreme Court on bribery and conspiracy charges. Lawrence J. DiMasi Jr. is accused of acting as a go-between in a $20,000 payoff for a zoning change. Witnesses connected Mitchell to political maneuvers and a 15 point welfare plan, with testimony touching Javits and local officials.
In Houston AP dispatch 64 players enter two qualifying rounds for the 29th River Oaks Tennis Tournament. Top amateurs Emerson Santana McKinney Osuna lead a field including 13 future or current Davis Cup players from the United States Australia Spain Mexico and Great Britain. Exempt 16 join the qualifiers to form a strong field with Emerson the favorite and Santana chasing him after defeating Emerson in the Masters final.
Shirey 37 of Highlands area named to fill a vacancy left by Clifton Adams. A United Gas Corp. manager born in Mineola, he moved to Highlands in 1958, served in the Navy 1943-46, and has four children. Beavers, 43, Baytown refinery maintenance head, also named candidate. he’s a Mississippi native with three children. Other board members with continuing terms listed.
Holy Week services at St Pauls Lutheran Church begin nightly at 7 30 p m with sermons by Rev Harold C Bomhoff titled Jesus and Barabbas Holy Communion planned Thursday night In Cleburne funeral services for C E Scott brother of Mrs Wright and Mrs Hayes scheduled Tuesday afternoon Dr W B Franklin Humble Baytown Refinery will speak at 7 30 p m Monday at the Chamber of Commerce topic What I Expect of My Secretary Lynchburg PTA to hear coaches discuss Deer Park School District program Officers to be elected Nursery available Jim Mackrell to be honored at open house Easter Sunday 2 6 p m at 107 Mackrell Drive Decorations From Covered Wagon to Jets Age Easter Sunday school and youth events Spa ing classes at Robert E Lee High School pool Baytown YMCA contact Fir Jets club speaker Nugent F Chamberlain Humble Baytown Refinery to address JETS students Cedar Bayou sale by Jun Bayonettes Friday at 9 30 a m in front of K Mart Bealls and Penney s Fibrosis chairman Bert Allman named by Knights of Pythias district head Robert E Lee high school Craigmont Civic Association to meet Monday 1 30 p m at VFW Hall Decker Drive
The SEC released a 1,600 page report detailing grave abuses in stock sales to investors while asserting the securities business is not tainted overall. It urged Congress to expand its authority to bar salesmen with past crimes within ten years and to tighten self regulatory groups to weed out crooked or unqualified personnel.
U D Simpson of Mont Belvieu suffered stab wounds in a Saturday fight at a Highway 146 barbecue stand. Gerald King, also of Mont Belvieu, is jailed in Chambers County on related charges. Simpson received treatment at a Baytown hospital and was released the same day.
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers Wives auxiliary meets Wednesday at 10 am at Goose Creek Country Club for a games party and luncheon. Guests bring cards and score pads. Luncheon serves at 12 30 pm with door prizes. Reservations due by Monday noon. Cancellations to Mrs Paul Cater or Mrs Bartlett Johnston by noon Tuesday.
More than 7,066 Lee High School seniors and Latin students from 100 schools gathered at Texas Tech in Lubbock April 4 to 7 for the 22nd annual JCL convention. Texas attorney general Waggoner Carr addressed the assembly as national president Tom Jones outlined upcoming events. REL placed second in the state Latin championship with members earning multiple top prizes in grammar, mythology, derivatives, poster, mosaic, sculpture, poetry, and art contests.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Bell Du Bose, 73, of 7407 Wade Road, at 2 pm Monday with Rev. Meadows officiating. Burial followed at Rest Cemetery. She died Saturday in a Galveston hospital after living in Baytown since 1944. Survivor details list husband J J Dusese and three sons among a large extended family. pallbearers named.
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