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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1950
Page
10
A colorful wartime scene unfolds as Gl participates in a beauty contest on a parade ground. The colonel balks at the spectacle while Miss Ball assigns the winner and Sergeant Svaces fears the social fallout from his victory after 15 years in the army.
Analyzes how refusing extra tricks can risk a contract in rubber bridge. Describes a hand where South avoids pursuing extras, leading to a four heart opener and a missed chance for additional tricks. Explores why players bid four card majors and use specific bidding methods.
The Lee College Choir directed by J. F. Seale with Jonell Seale as accompanist will perform sacred works featuring soloists Barbara Clark and Shirley Durham. Selections include Gounod’s Miserere, Braver’s Lord of All, Palestrina In Monte Oliveti, Bach Come, Satisfy, and titles by Titcomb and Shaw, closing with The Lord Bless You and Keep You. The event is scheduled tomorrow at School.
Fort Worth market: cattle prices show cows at 200s per hundredweight, stockers around mid twenty five, feeders near 26, medium cows and canners 285 to 472. Hog section lists butcher hogs up to 27.50, sows around 35.52, feeder pigs 11.02 to 24.09. Closing bulk notes good and choice cuts with ranges for weights 210 to 176 pounds.
Billy Stanger tops the Lee College Homer roll for the first nine weeks of the second semester with ninety six grade points. The list, released by registrar Mark W. Eakin, also names Lara Hebel Kenneth Seird Wayland Coffey Annette Costley Juni Lloyd Flourine Wonne Mary Ellen Brannon Cherian Jackson Jonett Scate and Dean Williams with points ranging from thirty one to fifty seven. Students with four A grades include Jack Alford N Reager and Cecil Scott. A historical note recalls the 1908 to 1911 polar explorations of Peary and Amundsen.
The Amarillo Chamber discusses a two day counter plan connected to a rainmaking idea attributed to Aaker. The claim involves using silver iodide dispersed via kerosene to create fog or rain. The text is fragmentary and unclear on sources or outcomes.
A two story six room Carnes home was purchased by Billy Gene White from Mr and Mrs Nugent. Both parties were involved with Humise Ci Sn Refining Company. The sale was arranged through Bond Realty Campaigns with Clifford Bond acting as intermediary.
City sanitation officials led by Muennink inspect outdoor toilets and septic tanks in Baytran to identify unconnected sewer lines and enforce a new ordinance. The program aims to locate faulty connections, charge a fee for testing, and protect public health with stricter sanitary controls.
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