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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1955

Page

2

Easter Rites Well Attended in Baytown Sunrise Service

Easter Sunday saw heavy traffic closures and police control as shoppers clogged downtown areas and streets near Texas Avenue. Temperatures cooled to 87 during the day and dropped to 74 at night. Sunrise services at St. Joseph's and nearby churches featured speakers Dr. Wayne McCloskey and Rev. Clyde Foltz with music by the Baytown Junior High Choir under Mrs. J W Buelow. The event, hosted by the East Harris County Council of Christian Laymen, included a sermon by Horgee Mann Jr High School singer and had no band at the service.

Page One Texas Avenue St. Joseph's Catholic Church W. Montgomery Horgee

Nations Weeklies Post Big Circulation Gains

Philadelphia report shows the nation’s $495 weekly newspapers increasing paid circulation by 600,000 to reach 2,731,000 copies. The gain spans 37 states with mergers driving about 3 percent of titles to publish weekly.

Philadelphia N. W. Ayer & Sons SW. W. Ayer

Crossword style clues from a mixed list of hints

The text presents a set of crossword style clues with numbered across and down entries. It includes hints such as Stop and Whole amount, dark reddish brown, attic weights, observe, Celtic language, and phrases like Warns of an air raid and The fight of Mohammed. The jumble suggests a puzzle page fragment with partial entries and stray characters.

Mohammed

Mrs Bryan's Rites Held Today in Houston

Funeral services were to be held in Houston at 2 pm Monday for Mrs O EB Bryan 77 sister of Davidson of Baytown. Mrs Bryan who lived in Houston died Thursday in Dallas.

Houston Mondey EB. Bryan Davidson Baytown Bryan Dallas

New Comet Discovered Near Mount Palomar

Washington United Press report says the National Geographic Society announced the discovery of two new comets using a 4 inch Schmidt telescope at Mount Palomar California. The comets are of the 11th magnitude and too faint to be seen with the naked eye, beyond the limit of sixth magnitude stars visible unaided.

Washington National Geographic Society Mount Palomar California

Two Killed in Accidents Near Mont Rémeu and Baytown

A noon collision near Mont Rémeu killed one man and seriously injured another. Sykes, recently discharged from the army, died at Dayton burial details set by Pace Stancis. A second fatality occurred near Wells as a separate wreck required ambulance transport to San Jacinto Memorial. In Baytown, multiple injuries occurred in several rain related incidents with Jose Sanchez and Judy Bull among the injured. Police cited Sanchez for failure to yield. several minor crashes followed in wet conditions. The report also lists local business ads and stock quotes from regional companies.

Mont Rémeu Wells San Jacinto Memorial, Hospital Dayton Pace Stancis Sykes Paul A. Lee Young Funeral Tailuksh Masonic Cemetery Delhi Johnny Sykes L. A. Sykes Howard McCartney Baytown Hendrix Liberty Wella San Jacinto Memorial Hospital Irs Jose Sanches Sine Sanchez Bastown Hospital Judy Bull Laredo Jose Sanchez Donnie Roy Elms Roy Elms West Pearce Sgt E. R. Hardy Sanchez West Gulf

Sick List Names and Addresses Appearing in Local Notice

A roster of residents appears with names such as Mrs Regan Sprinkle La Forte Mrs Charles Shia­terak High lands Robert W Hendrix Liberty and others including Mrs Jackie Jerden 301 Mir iam Mrs Frank M Jones Huffman Mrs Otis E Henson 2026 Hil gore Mrs Orville Collins Baytown and Mrs Harry B Boswell 2004 plus Vernon E Skrabanek and John David Slack Channel View.

Regan Sprinkle—La Forte Charles Shiaterak Highlands Robert VW. Hendrix Liberty Jackie Jerden Miriam Frank M. Jones

Oil Company Names Skip List Of Firms

A truncated industry note lists Bunray Oil, Sharon Shcel, Tex Gulf Prod, Tex Gulf Sulph, Tidewater Corp, Textron Amer, Union Oil, Westingh, Western Union, Woodley, May N.0. Cotton, and related firms in a terse catalog.

Bunray Oil Sharon Texas Co Tex Gulf Tex Gulf Sulph ‘Tidewater Corp Textron Amer Union Oil U.S Westingh A.B Western Union Woodley Cotton

Wooden Leg Yields Treasure in Downtown Theft Case

Colorado Springs police arrested Jimmy Fyn, 40, on a charge of taking two billfolds from downtown stores. Officers found one billfold on him after he was searched and forced to remove his wooden leg. Inside the leg were six bill folds and $2 in cash.

Colorado Springs Jimmy Fyn Paice Flyn

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