Unclear historic quote on school board duties
Fragmentary line about the school board and a person named Tompkins. lacks full context, names, dates, or events to form a complete report.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1960
Page
8
Fragmentary line about the school board and a person named Tompkins. lacks full context, names, dates, or events to form a complete report.
The fragment discusses a 0 percent minimum increase critique by a district rep, a 3,000 writer strike, and school board concerns over bond issues harming students. It notes principals conventions and a need for teaching aids like globes charts and bulletin boards at a time of educational demand.
Hirsch is named manager of Baytown operations and will continue to provide the same services to Baytown customers. The appointment covers all Baytown Hirsch customers and the firm commits to ongoing service.
Gen Ralph W Zwicker awarded the Distinguished Service Medal at a ceremony in which the Army officer faced questions over a 1950s kiss incident involving a 16 year old girl. The case spurred Senate investigations into alleged communism and raised debate over military discipline.
Wayne Shanklin 43 songwriter of Chanson d Amour files for divorce in Los Angeles. Gloria Shanklin 34 accuses cruelty in the suit filed Tuesday, seeking custody of their four children. The couple married in 1942 and separated last February.
Baytown Kiwanis Club and West Baytown Kiwanis Club join for their annual Ladies Night Dinner at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Tower. Master of ceremonies will be former State Sen. Leroy Bracewell with music by Robert E. Lee High School stage crew. Entertainers include Mrs. Michael EOS and Mrs. W. J. Bill Gore. Guest speaker Rev. W. P. Deatherage of Second Christian Church in Houston will speak, with Ben Wilson giving a brief origin and objects of Kiwanis International.
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