Texans Honor Battle of 1836 at San Jacinto Day Event
Baytonians and others joined a Navy Texans gathering to mark San Jacinto Day. Gov. John Connally spoke twice during a day of ceremonies at the San Jacinto Memorial, with a parade along the Ship Channel and a review of the USS Texas. Knights and honorary members of the Sons of the Republic of Texas were announced, including Uvalde's John Nance Garner and notable Texans from Houston, Austin, Tomball, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Texans
Sam Houston
A. U.S
Marine Corps
John Connally
San Jacinto Battleers
Houston
Connally
Ta Anna
Texas
San
Jacinto
Navy
Order of the Ship Channel
USS Texas Knights of San Jacinto
The
Sons of the Republic of Texas
New Knights
Somer
John Nance Garner
Uvalde
Frank Mulder Gossett
Highlands
John Spence Hornbuckle
James W. Sartwell
Paul R .Stalnaker
George Lester Charlton
Tomball
Frank Edward Tritico
Hous
Local civic events and school activities in Baytown area
Absentee voting hours extended at Baytown City Hall for April 27 city runoff with machines available and Edna Oliver guiding voters. Zavala Elementary hosts spring carnival with Mexican supper and Mr. and Miss De Zavala contest. Centenary College invites Mary Cathleen Devins to an April 27 orientation conference on campus. Humble Day contest registers three to six year olds by Jo Helen Clore for May 11 and play suit attire. Baytown Coin Club meets Monday at Sterling Library with auction and officer election. Dr Vrobert Lakins promoted to staff engineer at Humble Refining, Humble Oil. Humble Club dance scheduled at Knights of Columbus Hall with Jules Curilli Orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Edna Oliver
City
City Hall
Centenary College
Mary Cathleen Devins
John M. Devins
Goose Creek Dr
Jo Helen Clore
Coin Club
Baytown Coin Club
Sterling Municipal Library
Larkins
Vrobert
Lakins
Humble Club
Jing
Humble Oil
Lang Refining Co
Knights of Columbus
Gn West Main
Suesis
Jules Curiili
Library Week Proclaimed Across Baytown and Texas
Mayor Lee Liggett proclaims April 21 27 as Library Week urging Baytown residents to visit their libraries to access knowledge imagination and stories. Gov John Connally designates Library Week in Texas reinforcing Read the fifth freedom enjoy it with emphasis on library expansion and free access to reading materials. Dr Dorman Winfrey notes Library Week as part of a ongoing drive for better informed America with libraries open to all and help available to use them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Liggett
Baytown
John Connally
Texas
National Library
Dorman Winfrey
Texas State Library
America
Baytown Hawks schedule doubleheader at Roseland Park
The Baytown Hawks softball team set a 1 p.m. Sunday doubleheader at Roseland Park with Hilsher Home Supply in the first game and Lone Star Brewers in the second. Also, the Baytown Camera Club meets 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church. all are invited. Partly cloudy and warm weekend with highs near 86. Galveston tides list high and low times for Sunday and Monday.
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Baytown Hawks
Roseland Park
Hawks
Hilsher
Lone Star Brewers
Camera Club
Baytown
Trinity Episcopal Church
Survival training at Fort Hood with 2nd Armored soldiers
SGT Robert L Ree trained in cliff climbing bridge demolition and survival techniques at Fort Hood with the 2nd Armored Division. An 18 year old from Robert E. Lee High School, patient in Gulf Coast Hospital Room 109, shows improvement. Dot Sitton plans lunch with Gov Connally at San Jacinto Inn during San Jacinto Day events with Battleship Texas bowling team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Ree
Fort Hood
2Nd Armored
Robert E. Lee High School
C. S
Pop
Stone
Gulf Coast Hospital
Dot Sitton
John B. Connally
San Jacinto Inn
San Jacinto Day
Texas
la Porte
Lennis Pizzatola
Bonnie Poston
Maggie White
Dot
Baytown
Reie Dries
TSO
Les
Exas
David" Mack
Trey Beathard
The
Sun
Walter
Olive Rundell
La Porte Savings Firm Plans $350000 Building Expansion
Bayshore Savings and Loan Association announced a $250,000 investment in La Porte, planning a new 8200 square foot building at Highway 146 and J Street. Construction starts July with 2400 square feet for tenants, a drive in window, and a 29-car parking lot. The project aims to boost development and attract more business, with occupancy by February 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hartman
Bayshore Savings and Loan Association
la Porte
Associaton
Highway 146
J Street
Caly
Robert A
Bob) White
Association
White
DuPont
Baytown
Robert E. Lee
Bank Building Corp
W. Main
Lila Hallmark
Hallmark
W. R. Davison
John Kubler Sr
Jack P. Kerber
F. Mayes
R.A. Wright
New Building Association
Topansion
Fourth Generation Is Born To Schrock Clan
A nine pound boy was born at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital on Thursday, completing the fourth generation in the Schrock family. David Wayne Schrock weighs nine pounds and 4.9 ounces. He has many grandparents including a great great grandmother Mrs. Alice Burke of Conroe. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Schrock of Baytown. Grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Lawrence and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Schrock Jr., all of Baytown. Great-grandparents are Mrs. Maude Walters of Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Cryar of Conroe, and Mrs. C. W. Schrock 1Sz, of Conroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
David Wayne Schrock
Alice Burke
Conroe
Robert W. Schrock
Baytown
Joe W. Lawrence
C. W. Schrock Jr
Three Baytown Students Win Slide Rule Awards
Three Baytown area high school pupils are among top students from U4 Texas schools to receive slide rules from the Texas Chemical Council, an association of 50 chemical processing firms in Texas. Humble Oil and Refining Co. Baytown refinery is a member of the Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
U4 Texas
Texas Chemical Council
Texas
Humble Oil & Refining Co
S' iBaytown
Foreign Country Students Attend Pipeline Course
Twenty six students from Canada Saudi Arabia Indonesia Colombia S A West Africa France and Egypt will arrive in Baytown to attend the 14th annual School of Pipeline Technology at Lee College starting Monday The event is sponsored by the America Petroleum Institute and run by UT Petroleum Extension Service with Lee College facilities The six week program hosts about 45 guest speakers and the group will stay at the Holiday Inn James E Conway UT coordinator and Fred Hartman of The Baytown Sun will lead a luncheon with welcome remarks by Mayor Lee Liggett and Baytown Chamber president Jack Strickler
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Lee College
America Petroleum Institute
Petroleum Extension Service of
University of Texas
Canada
Saudi Arabia
Indonesia
Columbia
S.A
West Africa
France
Egypt
Holiday Inn
James E. Conway
Fred Hartman
Baytown Sun
Lee Liggett
J. W
Jack) Strickler
Commerce
Cal Progress
Goose Creek Country Club
Chub
Jack Jacobs
Citcall
National Bank
Enstry
Texas
Ang Aaray
Walter Rundell
la Porte High School
Hein
Conway
Dave Moore
James A. Anderson Jr
Humble
Texas Chemical Council
Anderson
Texas Chemical Industry
Aeaseeast
New Jersey
Clevenger
Vivian Hilton
Jimmy Redd
Lee College Leases IBM 1620 Computer for Data Processing Course
Lee College has leased a TBM 1620 computer and related data processing equipment for an open market value over 250000 dollars. John Gnemple says the installation in September precedes the fall 1963 semester. Hollis Latimer will teach the machine course with Allen Bailey offering a math course. Latimer attends an eight week Fort Collins training. Only 40 students may register. interested parties should contact Guemple at 583-7368.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College
John FR. Gnemple
IBM
Hollis Latimer
Allen Bailey
Latimer
Fort Collins
Fla
Guemple
Global news wrap spans Cuba, Laos, Spain and space
President Kennedy denies promising a U S invasion of Cuba and vows it would be a mistake. Cuban exiles call for renewed unity to topple Castro. Laos crisis issues loom with no U S troop deployment. Spanish Red leader Grimau Garcia is executed despite clemency appeal. Hefner admits payoffs for a New York liquor license. China and Indonesia urge peaceful border settlement. Titan 2 and Gemini probes face potential impact from failures. Campaigns use loudspeakers in speed to local office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Grimau Garcia
Madrid
Khrushchev
Sun Grin in Window Promotes Odd Payment Plan
A furniture store window displays a promotional line urging customers to try an easy plan promising 108 percent down and nothing else, signaling an odd marketing gimmick. The quirky offer draws attention as shoppers pass by the storefront.
New Debris Clue Emerges On Thresher Sinking
At Portsmouth naval court hearings a large 18 inch plastic piece with charred marks was presented as evidence that debris from the Thresher debris shows signs of contact with a rush of flame. Chemist Frederick L Downs testified the plastic is from Thresher class submarines used in reactor shielding and that further tests are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Thresher
Downs
Samuel R. Heller
Blaze Damages Doyle Huron Home. Fire In Kitchen
Fire at 1000 W. Lobit Baytown damaged kitchen and dining room with smoke spread. Loss estimated $3,500 to $3,000. Hurons absent. neighbors called in. Fire Chief A H Lintelman credited prompt response and noted rest of house smoky. Baytown 1963 directory details and counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Huron
W. Lobit
Baytown
A. H
Art) Lintelman
Lintelman
Huron
Ment
Page Interstate Co
Hebert Page
Brownwood
Lakewood
la Porte
Wooster
Four REL Students Injured in Wreck Near Crosby
Four Robert E. Lee students were injured Friday night in an automobile crash en route home from a banquet at Atascocita Country Club. Tom Crocker, 38, suffered a back injury. Mary Louise Davis, 18, Ossie Wright, 17, and Janell Craher, 18, were in another car that veered into a ditch. Davis and Craher sustained severe bruises. Crocker and Davis were admitted for observation while Wright and Craher were not hospitalized. The crash occurred between Highlands and Crosby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee
Atascocita Country Club
Tom Crocker
Mary Louise Davis
Ossie Wright
Janell Craher
Miss Davis
Miss Craher
Youmg Wright
Cracker
Chest X Ray Unit to Begin May 1 in Baytown
Mobile chest X ray units from the Houston-Harris County Association arrive in Baytown May 1 for a month of screenings. Odis Muennink, Baytown health officer, urges food and beverage handlers to get tested at Robert E. Lee High School May 1 2 from 8 40 am to 3 30 pm and Baytown Senior High May 3, with follow ups at Holliday’s Grocery May 4. Admission is 50 cents for adults 25 cents for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston-Harks County ‘Us Association
Baytown
Odis Muennink
Mobil
Hees
Taytown Service League
Ty AS Livan
CUEST
Rabid skunk prowls Baytown campus ends as concern grows
Baytown residents urged to watch pets after a rabid skunk bit a city employee and was killed near Baytown Junior High. Mrs. Billie R. Cherry, a Gulf Coast Hospital employee, was treated with anti rabies vaccine and reported in good condition. City officials advised vaccination checks and confinement of pets, noting this may be Baytown’s first rabid skunk sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
City Hall
City Health Department
M. C. Rushing
Baytown Junior High
Huemane
Roy Tankersley
Muennink
J. 3B
LaPeyre
Baytown
Highway 225 overpass project reshapes Harris County roads
District Engineer Wiley E. Car announced freeway plans for Highway 225 extending from Allen-Genoa Road toward Pasadena with overpasses and frontage roads to ease traffic. Crews progress on grading, right of way, and paving from the Porte Cutoff to the Gulf Freeway while talks continue on bridge and interchanges including Taaster and La Porte Cutoff corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County
I Movine
Allen-Genoa Road Tours
Richey
Pasadena
Wiley E
Michael Friday
Southern Pacific Railroad
Houston Bell Carmichae
Shell
Sinclair
Houston
Sa Porte
Gulf Freeway
Allen-Genoa Road
la Porte Cutoff
Humble
OCAW
Sec l
Simms Bayou
Port Commission
Pires
Carmichael
Baytown
Rites Held For Major Penn Rogers 48-Year Baytown Resident
Funeral services for Rogers 78 longtime Baytown resident will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Paul A. Funeral Home for Major Penn Rogers who died at 4 15 a.m. Friday in a local hospital after a long illness He had lived in Baytown 48 years Survivors include his widow Ima Mae Rogers of Baytown two daughters Mrs W E Warner and Mrs Wilma Gingies six grandchildren four great grandchildren three brothers and one sister He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and belonged to IGOF Lodge No 960 He retired as night manager of Hou Port Aviation at the La Porte Airport and earlier worked as deputy constable and ferry worker He was born in Henderson grew up in Brazoria County and held various jobs including dock freight handler in Galveston streetcar conductor and Morgans Point Ferry worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin
Leo
Major Penn
Goose
Stim
Burnette Dowler
Itor
First Presbyterian Church
Ima Mae Rogers
Baytown
Chester Rogers
Cedar Bayou
W. E. Warner
Masonic Cemetery
R.L. Fulkerson
Wilma Gingies
W. [Do Brenne
DA Trone
WeaNugura UL Reayluwa
Gmb
Rogers
Houston
Ernest Rogers
Phoenix
Ariz
Ada Wrenn
IGOF
Hou-Port Aviation, Inc
la Porte
Old Main Street
Harris County
Morgans Point Ferry
Texas Highway Department
Henderson
Brazoria County
Galveston
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Zavala
de Zavala
Brian N. Wilcox
Jean E. Cobb
S. Blackwell
U.S. Air Force
Sharon ‘Hendricks
Bloomington
Ind
Schrock
IBM 1620
Kennedy
U.S
Tvasion
Cuba
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Fidel Castro
Richard Es
Spert
Laos
Mugh Hefner
Playboy Clubs
New York State
China
Washington
Trieste
Atlantic
John S. McCain
Blaze Mars Doyle
REL
Miter
M. T
Slim) Rogers
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