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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1955

Page

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Baytown Club Events and Recruiting Notes

Baytown area notices cover recruiting at South Ashbel Ave and WAC inquiries by SAN SPOTS LIgiPATHICITa officer. Brotherhood meetings at Central Baptist and Trinity parish house, Rotary program on Salvation Army, and Alpha Lambda Delta selections at UT Austin are listed along with Modern Fuels motor topic at University of Houston junior event.

Ligipathicita Pomperoy WAC Baytown Army South Ashbel Wacs Rotary Ernst Japhet Houston Salvation Army Rotary Club George H. Gentry

Eiland Victim in Baytown Auto Crash

A 20-year-old Baytown man Quinn Loyd Eiland, UT student, was injured in a Decker drive crash Monday night near Radio Station KREL. He and 19-year-old Ernest Ray Jones were in separate cars. Eiland suffered scalp lacerations and a concussion while Jones had minor injuries. Charges pending. Eiland is son of G L Hiland of 901 Fortune.

Clyde A. Murray KREL Harris County Sheriff's Department Hiland Ernest Ray Jones South 3Rd Street Baytown Jones San Jacinto Memorial Hospital H. C. Carpenter Wade Road Eiland Hina Sheriff's Department Eiland Cleaners East Texas

Eisenhower Urges Cadets to Be Apostles of Peace at Citadel

President Eisenhower spoke to The Citadel cadets on the parade ground urging them to become principal apostles of peace through greater understanding among nations. He accepted an honorary doctorate from Gen. Mark W. Clark before continuing to Augusta, Georgia for a golfing holiday. The Citadel regiment, about 1350 cadets, featured a formal review as he addressed military preparation.

Citadel Eisenhower Charleston America Mark W. Clark Augusta Armed Services U.S. Military Academy West Point Clark Cadet Corps

Poison Fatal To Baytown Woman Dies In Hospital

Baytown housewife Lorine Swilley Gore 21 died at 3 05 am in a Baytown hospital after taking a large dose of rat and roach poison in a private act of self harm The death followed stomach pains and a final statement that she wanted to die Gore left behind husband Albert M Gore and a one year old daughter The husband reported finding the partly opened poison box after she awoke him to care for their child and prepare the evening meal The coroner noted death by self destruction and noted continuing investigation

Baytown Lorine Swilley Gore Gulf Hill South Baytown Gore J. Fletcher Hickierson Will Hand Albert M. Gore Dallas Sheffiell Steel Natural, Gasoling Association America Fletcher Ig Fateman Light Hydrocarbon Laboratory

Around Town Reads on Tax Talk and Easter Visits

Local notes chronicle John Wilson and others debating income taxes while Lucy Stallworth and Tommy Laughlin return from Baylor for Easter. Duke Jones Sr gives haircuts, Dr Herbert Duke observes weather, and Roger Anderson seeks recognition. Rural college kids and locals mingle at events with mixed activities and travel news.

John Wilson Lucy Stallworth Baylor Tommy Laughlin Pete Sullig Roland Kudla Duke Jones, Sr Herbert Duke Roger Anderson Shelton Sedhal National Vic Davis Vic Eunice Wiliams Herb Gray Charles Wagner Texas Tobye Fram Lacy Stallworth Melba Matthews Botley Tread Margaret Blas Ogame Houston Virginia Satter White Juanita Bchymer San Marcos

Stevenson urges Ike to rally allies over Formosa arms crisis

Adlai Stevenson, Democratic candidate, calls for united action to defend Quemoy and Matsu without triggering a world war. He proposes a three point plan demanding allied declarations against force in Formosa, Russia clarification, and UN condemnation of any alteration to Formosa’s status. He warns that siding with bluster risks war and splits Western allies.

Adlai Ike U.S Formosa Chicago Adlai B. Stevenson Eisenhower Quemoy Matsu Islands Stevenson Democratic Party Matsu Free World United States Formosa Strait Russia United Nations General Assembly Matsa China Staten Island New York Rathe Asia Europe Levenson Quemoya Walter F. George D-Ga Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sevenson

Schools Mark Safety Week to Stress Theme

The Baytown school system launches Safety Week with students preparing pins and essays on safety. Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors speakers, and participation awards will be given by each school with no competition or awards this year. Last year awards came from the Baytown Insurance Exchange and the PTA.

Baytown Baytown Innsurance Exchange Parent-Teacher Associations Baytown Insurance Exchange Junior Chamber of Commerce

Dow Chemical Hit By Strike In Freeport

About 170 Dow Chemical Co maintenance electricians struck the Freeport plant and Velasco, with some workers refusing to cross picket lines. Picket lines formed around both plants at dawn. A company spokesman said operation continued to some extent as wage talks with the IBEW broke down over a five cent an hour increase, Dow offering ten cents while men held for fifteen. The contract expiration date was March.

Freeport, T x Dow Chemical Co Velasco Dow At & A.m Lacatzié International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Iit Wnioh

Lee College Faculty to Add Two Members Next Year

Dean Waller Rundell of Lee College begins organizing the faculty for next year. The board approves two new hires, including Gladys Ellis returning as English professor after graduate study at the University of Texas. John Ellis, her husband, is nearing a doctoral degree. Mattie Skeete named college librarian succeeding Sylvia Stern who may not be re employed. Skeete has been at the library of Robert E. B. Ler.

Waller Rundell Lee College Gladys Ellis Engish University of Texas John Ells Mattie Skeete Sylvia Stern

Cool Front Brings Rain and Tornado Warnings Coastward

A New Orleans bulletin reports a cold front bringing thunderstorms and gusty winds along the Gulf coast. Weather offices warned of possible tornadoes within 60 miles of a line from Bryan to Tyler, with craft advisories from Brownsville to Pensacola and winds up to 30 mph. Baytown saw early morning thunder showers and a drop in temps, then clearing by late morning as moisture totals rose to 1.3 inches since Friday.

New Orleans Weather Bureau Sind Lufkin Tex Vicksburg Miss Texas Baytown Brownsville Pensacola Tha Ess Bryan Tyler Conroe Gulf Coast Anli Bation

Tornado Hits Frankston East Texas Destroys Homes

A tornado struck Frankston, East Texas, Tuesday, damaging two hundred houses and destroying five or six, with two injured residents named Mere Most Ring and Jesse Brooks. The storm hit the 1050 population town in Anderson county twice, though no business houses suffered damage amid hail and heavy rain.

HY United Press A Frankston

Two Shots Instead Of Three Polio Immunity Plan

Ann Arbor reports Dr. Jones B H Salle says two inoculations will immunize the majority of children for the 1955 polio season, delaying the boosting shot by at least seven months. The shift allows more initial doses before mass vaccination. The report ties Roosevelt's death anniversary to the vaccine's public unveiling and notes Basil O Connor's role with the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

Ann Arbor Jones BH. Salle Jame Ft Salit National Foundation For Franklin Roosevelt Svid Roosevelt Frank O'Connor

Report on Last Year's Inoculations and Salk Vaccine

DELOS SMITH reports from Ann Arbor that Dr. Thomas Francis Jr. announced 80 to 90 percent effectiveness for the Salk polio vaccine after studying 1.8 million children. The program will inoculate Baytown schoolchildren next Tuesday, with collaboration from local health authorities and King schools. One death occurred among vaccinated children in a contracted control group, while fatalities varied across states.

Delos Smith Ann Arbor Mich Thomas Francis Jr Francis Robert Korns Baytown Morris County Health Department East Uorris Ceounty Medical Society King Schools Jonas’ Salk Chile Vhe Idven

Pretty Baytown teacher headed for New Zealand mission

Miss Kitty Sue Barber a Baytown teacher at David Crockett Junior High Channelview will spend two years in New Zealand as a Mormon missionary. After earning a BS at Brigham Young University in 1953 she saved funds by teaching to finance the mission, with a briefing in Salt Lake City and a voyage via Los Angeles.

Kitty Sue Barber New Zealand Rosalie Myers Sun Kitty Sue Barner David Crockett Channelview Miss Barber M A. V. Barber Finbert EK Lee High School Barber Hesdanaurters Salt Lake City New

Baytown Realtors Named To Tax Equalization Board

Three veteran Baytown realtors were named to the 145 school tax equalization board and will begin work within a few days. Trustees Woodruff, Dent, and Rayborn Johnson will serve as the board’s appointees as reported by Tax Assessor G. L. Bennett. The board will face a tougher assignment this year and plans to study for an extended period. The board also took up Clarence Johnson American Legion Post No. 375's request for a land loan for a past headquarters and authorized purchasing land from H. Enderli for 3000 dollars adjacent to the Anson Jones campus. Enderli will remove the house on the lot. The board purchased a tractor from the Stalsby firm of Dayton for the FFA boys and directed Supt. Gentry to place 254000 in school building funds on time deposit for 9 days at Citizens National Bank.

Baytown Woodruff T. C. Dent Rayborn Johnson G. L. Bennett Bennett Clarence Johnson Gion Post No Carver H. Enderli Anson Jones George H. Gentry Enderli Stalsby Firm Dayton FFA Boyr Gentry Citizens National Bank

Also Mentioned on This Page

San Spots San Jacinto Paul Holladay David Morgan A and M College A and M Mothers Club Trinity Episcopal Church Tobye Ann Fram North Whiling Al~pha Lambda Delta Morris’ R. Morrow University of Houston American Chemical Society The Chemical Engineering Society Mortis Bay Town Q. L. Eiland Charles Terry Allen Watkins Jimmy Sandra Montgomery University of Tex- HR Walls Baker 3Usen Stadium Dow Chemical Freeport Lee Bulletin Maggin Byrne Cleveland Television Dregieling Barber David Ulacion Jay Massionary Baytown Realtors Tax Equalization Board
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