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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1968

Page

2

Death of Cleveland Matron Mrs. McMahon at 78

Dr McMahon 78 of Cleveland died Friday. She was the mother of Mrs Ray A Towns of Baytown. Services were held Sunday at First Methodist Church Cleveland with burial in Cleveland cemetery. Survivors include another daughter Mrs Norman Smith of Beaumont and sons Robert D and Joe D McMahon Jr of Cleveland, plus 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

McMahon Cleveland Ray A. Towns Baytown First Methodist Church Townsere Norman Smith Beaumont Robert D Joe D. Mec- Mahon Jr

Baytown Woman Represents Mothers Club at Cotton Pageant

Loretta Lea Gingles daughter of Mrs M B Gingles of 504 Republic represented the Baytown Mothers A&M Club at the Cotton Pageant and Ball at College Station over the weekend A queen and court were named and a reception preceded the pageant.

Loretta Lea Gingles M. B. Ginles Republic Baytown

Noon stock quotes list of 20 percent changes and names

A long list of noon stock quotes shows percentage changes for Arlan's Dept Store, Am Tel and Tel, Anaconda, Ford, Gen Elec, IBM, Sears, Texaco, and many others. The data includes company names such as Dow Chemical, Chevron, Exxon, Gulf Oil, Mobil, Shell, Union Carbide, UnitedAir Lines, and US Steel with varied gains and losses.

Llig Chalmers Arlan’s Am Tel & Tel Apmco Serene Ashland Oil Beth Steel Bendix Carrier Corp Celanese « Ghrysler Columbia Gas Delta Air Diamond Shamrock Dow Chem Dresser and DuPont Ns el Paso Nat Gas Ethyc Corp Ford Foremost Dai Penn AI Pepsi Cola Phillips Pet Rca Raytheon Joan Select A Schlimberger Sears Shell Sinclair Sporry - Rand Stan Cal Stan Ind Stan Stan Ohio Stauffer Chem Sun OF Nes Syntex Broadcas Technicolor Tenneco Texaco Texas Eastern Texas Gulf Sul - Union Carbide Union Oil Cal United Air Lines Upjohn Drug US Steel Westinghouse Mercx Dow Jones Industrial

Rites Held For Frank Williams

Frank TI Williams 8 1 died at 4 p m Saturday in a Austin prison hospital. He is survived by a daughter Katherine Riley of Popular Bluff Missouri and a sister Mary Harmon of Old River. Two grandchildren also survive him. Funeral services were held at 2 p m Monday at Sterling Funeral Home in Dayton with interment in Linney Cemetery. Pallbearers were Theo Williams Baytown Charles Harmon Mont Belvieu J B Williams Old River Vernon Icet Houston Leonard Dugat and Ercile Montgomery Cove.

Frank TI. Williams Austin Katherine Riley Popular Bluff Mary Harmon Old River Sterling Funeral Home Dayton Linney Cemetery Theo Williams Baytown Charles Harmon Mont Belvieu J. B. Wiliams

St Johns WSCS Garage Sale Continues At 2405 French Place

The St John’s Woman’s Society of Christian Service garage sale will run through Monday and Tuesday at 2405 French Place. Proceeds support church missions and community programs.

ST. John's WSCS French Place

Telephone growth and service expansion in Baytown area

Phone continued from page one to the telephone company payroll in Baytown bringing the total to 193 Expanded Area Service allowing no toll calls to the Houston Central Zone started last year A cable pressurization program expected to finish in July will reduce weather interruptions Chappell said Baytown Central Office expanded by 16500 square feet and new offices built in Crosby and Huffman Mobile telephone service offered here for the first time during the last year.

Baytown Houston Central Zone Chappell Crosby and Huffman

Crosby school election results and funding dispute

Voters chose Petrick over Buchanan with 156 votes and 427 at Barrett Station. In Position 7 Spence beat Marek by 9110 votes to 650. Crosby box cast 678 for Spence and 217 for Marek, Barrett Station 433 for Marek and 13 for Spence. New candidates back construction on Crosby campuses. Bonds for a new high school were twice defeated last year. Federal funds to the district may be cut over alleged failure to implement desegregation.

Petrick Buchanan Barrett Spence Marek Crospy Barrett Station Crosby

Ward Road debate on traffic plan and future bridge

Citizens committee weighs turning Ward into a thoroughfare amid heavy pedestrian congestion near Bowie Elementary and three Little League fields. An 80 foot easement is proposed, with a Cedar Bayou bridge option and impacts on adjacent property values. Alternatives include doing nothing, modifying plans, or reallocating funds. Roy Walker spoke for locals, Fanestiel outlined three choices as city expands and apartments rise.

Citizens’ Committee Ward Bowie Olympia Little League Busch Cedar Bayou Roy Walker Fanestiel

Science fair honors at Houston convention center

John E. Freeman of Robert E. Lee placed third in senior biology for his exhibit on the effects of sex hormones on the hypothalamus of the rat. Shelley's Biology I and Freeman’s Biology II entries won first in their respective divisions at the Baytown Fair. Kathy Center earned Army and Air Force certificate of merits as more than 400 students from 26 counties entered projects at the annual Houston science fair.

John E. Freeman Robert E. Lee Baytown Fair Shelley Freeman Kathy Center Army Air Force Houston Houston Convention and Exhibit Center

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