Pink Ladies and 1956 Class Reunion News
Pink Ladies of Gulf Coast Hospital meet in the clinic lobby Monday afternoon. The Robert E. Lee Class of 1956 plans a dune D1 reunion with invitations mailed in two weeks. Contacts are Mrs. Johnny DeLoach or Mr and Mrs Larry Shanks. Police seek a white 1959 Imapala Chevrolet with possible maroon paint spots after a hit on Market Street. Candy Stripers, Thrift Exchange, and Softball group meetings planned with officer elections and organizational sessions. Tools stolen from 205 Market. value $15. items include crowbars screwdrivers and pliers per officer report.
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Pink
Pink Ladies
Gulf Coast Hospital
Robert E. Lee
Johnny DeLoack
Larry Shanks
Baytown
Market Street
Weather Update Scattered Thunderstorms Through Monday Night
Scattered thundershowers continue into Monday night with cooling. Temperatures range from the mid 60s to mid 70s, with Sunday’s high near 75 and a 59 degree low. At 8 am Monday theSun weather station read 65 degrees and one inch of rain fell in the last 24 hours. Galveston tides drop to low at 10 am with high tides at 3:42 am and 3:18 pm.
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Sun
Galveston
Roundup of Local Notes and Social Gadgets
Rosalie Myers nurses through a hospital stay while relatives dine and discuss. George Chandler improves from illness as doorbell noises disturb Rose Cravey. Laura Woods proves a sharp reporter. Jim Ewell assists a reporter. Barry Smith and Joe Allen attend an early political conference. Charles Moser reports Brenham happenings from La Porte. Nell Jones remains optimistic as rain clears for April in Paris show. Carolyn Ramsey assigns tasks to Baytown newcomers. Lee Lyman proposes bluebonnet ideas. Nowlin takes granddaughter for a Sunday stroll. Harold Pfeiffer and wife dine out after Sunday.
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Rosalie
C.R.) Myers
R. C. Stephenson
George Chandler
Rose Cravey
Laura Woods
Jim Ewell
Barry Smith
Joe Allen
Charles Moser
la Porte
Brenham
Nell Jones
Paris
Carolyn Ramsey
Baytown
Lee Lyman
Freak Wind Destroys Yachts as Texas Braces for Severe Weather
Severe storm blamed for at least three deaths in Texas and widespread damage. Tornadoes touched West and Central regions, including an airport crash near Decatur killing three aboard a Wichita Falls bound plane. Yacht basin fires near Houston and heavy rainfall caused power outages and street flooding in Dallas Oak Cliff and Wortham.
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Associated Press
Texas
Decatur
M. R. Seeley
Teague
Mexia
Austin
Brady
Eagle Pass
Gary Frank Cox
Dallas
Patricia Sauls Cox
Vera Cox Stapleton
Wichita Falls
Red Birds
Fort Worth
Wortham
Jets Smash Hanoi Missile Launch Sites
SAIGON South Viet Nam AP U S Air Force jets destroyed two Soviet built missile sites near Hanoi and damaged key bridges in the capital area In a raid led by Super Sabre jets another group of Navy fighters attacked a missile site south of Haiphong A main rail bridge near Hanoi Vinh was also struck leaving it sagged and unusable Five U S planes were reported lost in the past three days amid violent weather and a rescue followed ejecting pilot.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Vinh
Haiphong
Job Atusseu
Ciueleevey
Down
Air North Central
Texas
North
Viet Nam
Jost
AIH Navy
Tiger Island
South Central
New Trustees Opryshek Wahrmund Take Office Today
Mrs. Karl W. Opryshek and Robert Wahrmund will be sworn in as new trustees at a 7:30 p.m. meeting. The board will elect officers, hire the school attorney, review athletic department policies for the new high school plan, and discuss contracts, bids, finances, and reports on Baytown schools. James A. Davis presents Sterling High project updates.
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Karl W. Opryshek
Robert Wahrmund
George H. Gentry
Sam Houston
Southern School Association
Baytown
Sterling High
James A. Davis
Baytown Lions Honor Busch on Willie Busch Day
The Baytown Lions Club will honor charter member Willie Busch at noon Tuesday in the Tower. Busch, retired president of First National Bank, helped organize the club and has long service in community life. Attendees include charter members such as C. J. Bailey and J. R. Kelley. tribute highlights his work with Highway 146, Decker Drive, the Baytown La Porte Tunnel, and Interstate 10 projects.
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Baytown Lions Club
Wille Busch
Busch
First National Bank
Lions Club
Willie Busch
C. J. Bailey
E. W. Bruce
H. E. Brunson
W. E. DePlantis Sr
J. B. Harbour
J. D. Hunnicutt
J R. Kelley
C. R. Myers
C.,l. Oleson
Frank N. Read
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Baytown-La Porte
Crosby School Board Set to Swear In New Trustees
Crosby School Board will meet at 7 30 p m Monday to canvass votes from the April 2 trustee election and swear in those elected. Bob Bradley will replace A J Schmidt, Truman Reed re elected, and officers include James Ewell president Reed vice president Eddie Faust secretary and W L Loftin assistant secretary. The agenda also covers reviewing an adult education program for Drew School.
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Crosby School Board
Bob Bradley
A. J. Schmidt
Truman Reed
James Ewell
Reed
Eddie Faust
W. L. Loftin
Drew School
U S Troops Go To Singapore
In Singapore, about 80 U S service members arrive weekly for combat leave from Viet Nam. The island state reports little reaction as GIs land in civilian clothes, blending with tourists and residents amid fears of protests. The presence marks a peaceful, routine military rotation in a former British garrison hub east of Suez.
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Singapore
U.S
Viet Nam
Suez
Interstate 10 segment opens in Houston amid ceremony
Interstate 10 segment from Beaumont Highway to downtown Houston opened amid ribbon cutting and speeches by Herb C. Perry. The new road trims minutes for Baytown motorists traveling from East Harris County to the county seat, crossing the Eastex Freeway at Green Street Intersection. Westbound I 10 toward San Antonio is still under construction.
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Houston
Beaumont Highway
Trouston
Sk Am
Herb C. Perry
State Highway Commission
Baytown
Harris County
Green Street
San Antonio
Sign-Up Set For Sterling Drum Trumpet Corps
Registration for Sterling High School drum and trumpet precision corps will be held at 4 p.m. April 25 at Cedar Bay Junior High small auditorium. Mrs. Claire Bays, director at Farr High School in Houston, heads the Sterling corps. Bays has led junior high and high school groups and holds UT social science major, with study in music and drama at the University of Hawaii. Sterling Principal Winnie Brown notes Bays’ connection as fortunate for Sterling. Eligibility includes 8 average for nine weeks, June practice sessions, marching and memory test, participation permit, and availability for uniforms and extended practice through August.
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Wanda Orton
Sterling ‘High School
Cedar Baytou Junior High
Claire Bays
Farr High School
Houston
Sterling Corps
Bays
Stephen F. Austin High School
University of Texas
University of Hawaii
Baytown
Sterling High School
Winnie Brown
Sterling
Emergency Corps Rescues Pair Adrift 28 Hours
A former Baytonian and a companion drifting in the Houston Ship Channel since about 5:30 p.m. Saturday in a cabin cruiser were rescued about 9:45 p.m. Sunday by the Wooster Emergency Corps after a Scott's Bay resident sighted the lighted boat. Rusk Hall of Houston and another man had filled their gas tank at Seabrook around 2 p.m. Saturday, but gas leaked out near Humble docks. The boat drifted in Scott's Bay and was hauled in by 9:45 p.m. Sunday amid heavy rain and winds, docked at the Lakewood Boat launch.
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Houston
The
Wooster Emergency Corps
Scott's Bay
Rusk
Dal Grigg
Mapleton
Bishop
Lakewood Boat Launch
Spaceflight date set for three day mission and walk
Our World Today May 17 selects a neat manned space flight date. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Eugene A. Cernan scheduled for a two hour twenty five minute space walk timed around a world trip.
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Navy
Eugene A. Cernan
Squall Drops Inch Of Rain In Baytown
A tornado like storm struck Baytown late Sunday night causing damage to several buildings. Memorial Stadium bleachers were ripped from their foundation and a roof blown off the Greater Baytown Credit Bureau building. Carl’s Men’s Shop lost part of its roof and debris scattered along Market Street. A barn at the J. W. Singer home was demolished and siding ripped from a nearby structure. Light poles and electric lines were damaged and a press box window blown out. One inch of rain was recorded as workers repaired damages and classes resumed at Robert E. Lee High School.
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Baytown
Memorial Stadium
Greater
W. J
Bill) Strickler
Credit Bureau
Strickler
Carl Young Jr
Albert Costley
Memorial ‘Stadium
Baytown Sun
Crime Conference- Chambers Schools Plan Austin Trip
Chambers County's three high schools expect representation at the annual Youth Conference on Crime in Austin August 18 to 21. Barbers Hill High School may send a delegation. two delegates are encouraged. Deadline for applications is May 30. sponsors may help delegates unable to meet costs.
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Chambers County
Austin
Barbers Hill
J. W. Grimes
Larry Boyd
Texas
Anahuac
Winnie
Barkers
Jackson
Youth Conference On Crime
REL Teacher Named Head of State Classical Group
Sherman High Latin teacher Robert E. Leg High School was elected president of the Texas Classical Association at Southwestern University in Georgetown. Childres announced revived interest in Latin, a teacher shortage, a summer workshop for elementary Latin instructors, and lay groups forming to promote Latin study. the Texas Education Agency will hire a consultant in Latin for the first time. Childres holds multiple education and professional memberships and directs the Baytown branch of the Johnson O Connor Research Foundation.
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Sherman Childres
Robert E.leg
Texas Classical Association
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Texas
Childres
Ers
TCA
Texas Education Agency
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Travis
Thrift Exchange
Baytown Thrift Exchange
Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Wenn
Carver
Joe Huntley
Citizens National
F.d.1.c
Seeley
America
Clear ‘Lake
el Largo
Oak Cliff
Tews
Dan Stallworth
Bonn
Stadium Drive
Clay Nelen
Baytown Lions
THAD
Felton
Citizens OF Texas Savings
Emergency Corps
Cherokee Livestock Commission Co
Jacksonville
Tex
Johnson
Washington
Frank Church
Rinho Democrat
Europe
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Federal ‘Savings and Loan
Anan
Chambers Schools
Cam
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