General Tel Project 67 Aimed at Better Baytown Service
General Telephone in Baytown outlined Project 67 a 400000 expansion to upgrade central office facilities and enable direct dialing to Houston and beyond. The plan includes new call areas parity lines and four and two party changes, with Extended Area Service reducing some long distance charges. Several firms and 26 installers are on site plus training lounges and fire proofing upgrades.
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E. O. Camberm
General Telephone Co
Baytown
Houston
General Telephone
Baytown Central Zone
Highlands
Crosby
Sheldon
Shiloh
Huffman
Tri- City Beach
Cambern
U.S
LULAC Scholarship Dance Sets Houston Club Fundraiser
The LULAC scholarship dance will run 3 p m to 1 am Saturday in the Texas Room of the Houston Club at Travis and Rusk. Donations of 2 per person will be asked. Proceeds go to scholarship funds. Call HU 44057 for tickets. Church Women United holds May Fellowship luncheon May 5 at St Pauls Lutheran Church and needs reservations with Mrs W G Metike by Tuesday.
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League of United Latin American Citizens
Texas
Houston
Travis and
Rusk
Church Women United Church Women United
St Paul's Lutheran Church
W. G. ‘Metike
Police Association Letter Outlines Pay Hike Request
The Baytown Police Association urged councilmen to raise officers pay, citing gulf coast wage scales from 2.70 to 4.81 per hour for various trades and noting that police duties require special skills. The letter compares police salaries to other city roles, including engineers and dragline operators, and highlights financial strain from part time work and wives’ earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Association
Baytown
Carpenter's
New Security Vehicle Plan For City Police and Fire Service
The plan proposes bonuses for six sergeants and two lieutenants totaling 480 over three months to support an emergency vehicle. It recommends relocating Fire Station No 1 to Market Street and housing ambulances there. The vehicle will be police operated with limited city-boundary travel and a May 9 bid for contracts to offset costs.
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Texas Board of Fire Examiners
Baytown
Houston
Galveston
Etc. Co
College to Use Fee For Parking Lots And Housing Plans
The board unanimously approved a four semester plan to add a $20 annual fee for full-time students to fund parking lots starting Sept 1953. Outer state students pay an added fee, with concerns about enrollment and state funds. Regents discussed housing options financed by bonds, philanthropy, HUD, or private development, and approved hiring for academic and library roles while delaying music scholarships and updating book pricing strategies.
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Outer State
Strahan
Regents
Gunn
Bill Strickler
Bread and P
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Royal D. Burnside
Alvin H. Miles
Miles
James P. McWilliams
William K Peac
David Corder
James A. Davis
Davis
Alma McNulty
LJ. Marsh
Val Crubirds
S. Whiting
Police pay raise details on retirement and rank differences
The article lists proposed monthly retirement sums and specific pay increases for city workers. It compares retirements at 65 for $90 to sum, and 59 to 85 for industrial workers at $200 to $300 monthly, then details raises for meter maids, patrolmen, sergeants, lieutenants, assistant chiefs, and the chief of police with varying amounts.
Funeral Notice for Ainsworth Selkirk of Baytown
Ainsworth Selkirk longtime Baytonian and Gull Oil Co. field gather for 41 years died Thursday in a Bay town hospital. Survived by wife Stella, son James Edward, daughters Mrs. D. C. Kelly and Mrs. J. L. Franklin, brother John B. Selkirk, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services Friday at 4 p.m. at Paul U. Lee Chapel with Rev. Thom Holcomb officiating. Burial Memory Gardens Baytown Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers include Gulf Oil Co. employees.
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Ainswokig
Ainsworth Selkirk
Kilgore
Fred Hand
J. C. Bevers
James A. Davis
Dezra McManus
Gulf Oil Co
Port Bonds Endorsed By Clearing House
The Houston Clearing House Association of eight major Harris County banks unanimously endorsed the $16 million Port Bonds to be voted on Saturday. Association President Charles W. Hemilion said bank officials feel approval is vital to the growth and prosperity of Harris County.
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Houston
Houston Clearning House Association
Harris County
Haris County
Association
Charles W. Hemilion
Bolivian Hospital Director To Speak At Church News
Dr. Bill Jack Marshall, Pfeiffer Memorial Hospital La Paz Bolivia director, will speak at Cedar Bayou Methodist Church for a Mission Festival at 6 30 p m Friday. The event highlights mission work across multiple regions with rooms on Japan Taiwan India Africa and Latin America plus displays from Church World Service. Dinner costs $1 for adults and 5 cents for children with proceeds funding missionary education through the Commission on Missions.
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Bill Jack Marshall
Pfeiffer Memorial Hospital
la Paz
Bolivia
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
B Mershall
Methodist Church
U.S
Japan
Far East
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
India
Pakistan
Africa
Latin America
Church World Service
National Council of Churches
The
Commission On Missions
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General Tel
Martha Hemphill
Isun
Fredna Tillery
Lée College
Texas Tech College of Arts and Sciences
Fred Tillery
Baytown Stars
Luau
North Pruett
Inau
E. B. Bagley
Chemical Engineering Department
Washington University
St. Louis
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Baytown Research Center
L. V. Ashe
Shell Chemical Co
Doris
Lve
Bruce Ramsey
Chamber of Ecommerce
B. EF. Ammons
Sam H. Hastings
Samuel C. Bramlett
Bramlett
Seth Mitchell
Goose Creek Independent School District
O. A. Boatright
Strickler
Sir Winston Churchill
Blenheim Palace
Oxfordshire
England
SS. Kresge Company
United States
Canada
Puerto Rico
ORTHO
Handy
Piasus
Isotox
N. Pruett Street
K-Mart Plaza
Kmart
Phillips
Dieldrin
C. Handy
Charae i. Redwood
Briggs & Stratton
Briggs Stratton Motor
K Mart Plaza
Formica
Graham
Oran Corlee
OUR
Mayfair Jewelry
W. Texas
Citizens Bank
Volkswagen
Texas Motor Volkswagen, Inc
East
Texas Ave
Clearing House
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