La Porte Mayor Burgin chairs Rotary survey of Community House
La Porte Mayor M. D. Burgin was named chairman of a Rotary Club committee to survey the Community House for repairs and needs. First improvements planned include kitchen cabinets and shelf space. An attendance contest is announced with six teams to be formed and changes in casting.
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M. D. Burgin
Rotary Club
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Castaing
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Deer Park Annexation Petitions Move Through Council
The Deer Park city council considered four annexation petitions from private property owners with a fifth from Shell, aiming to extend city limits to include all land within defined boundaries and grant residents rights and duties of Deer Park. Signatories included residents and couples such as O Neal Hendrick and Mrs A A Hendrick, and others cited like Nichols and Crockett, Rector and Rector. In a separate note, Mrs Ruth Pelletier survived a crash that sent her into a greenhouse bed of orchids.
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A. A. Hendrick
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R. Crockett
Airs
Helen Crockett
Aston S. Rector
Alton Rector
Newton W. Peacock
Crosby Votes On Tax Hike For Schools
Crosby voters will decide on raising the Crosby School District tax limit from 1.50 to 2.00 at Crosby High School on August 20. The board called the election after noting more revenue is needed to operate the coming year. Election judges are Guy Flourngy Grady Dillard and T. J. Denson.
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Crosby Board of Education
Crosby High School
Guy Flourngy
Grady Dillard
T. J. Denson
Weather Update: Ceiling Collapse Injures No One
Weather continues as debris is cleared after 30 foot ceiling joists and roof collapse. Official notes a flagged drain may have caused water buildup, prompting inspections of the remaining corrugated iron section while rebuilding is prepared. Bergfield relocated his office amid cleanup.
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Bergfield
Alcoholism Costs Millions, Rotary Speaker Says
Attorney Lee M. Sharrar told Baytown Rotary Club that alcoholism is the nation’s third public health menace, costing millions and causing personal suffering, but it can be cured. He cited 12,000 deaths yearly, four million alcoholics, and a 3.5 percent productivity loss, noting New York City losses at 50 million and Texas costs around 50 million. The Houston program funds counseling for those unable to pay, with three young psychiatrists and a referral office in the Prudential Building, and he praised Alcoholics Anonymous for aiding recovery.
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Sharrar
Ernst Japhet
Mike Murphy
Louis Miller
Ralph Schweitzer
Houston
Japhet
Rotary
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New York City
Texas
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Prudential
Chambers County Judge Williams nearing 20 years of service
Chambers County Judge Floyd Williams, a Baytown native born February 26, 1913 in Mont Belvieu, is nearing two decades in public service. First elected treasurer in 1936, he later became county judge in 1945 and has since won re election in 1946 1948 1950 1952 and 1954. He serves ex officio as county school superintendent probate judge and county court at law trial judge. He enjoys accounting tax work from home and has three children with his wife Villa Mae. He recalls close races against Everett Cain and notes a Baytown teacher who influenced him early in Cove.
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Bridgework to Start on Rio Grande Crossing
Construction to begin this week on a new four lane prestressed concrete highway bridge over the Rio Grande at Laredo Texas. The project will be executed by Concretos 3 A of Monterrey Mexico and is expected to take about 330 days to complete.
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Witness Says He Hopes Officer Akquitted In Korea Trial
Fort Lewis Washington UP A former Air Force officer testified he hopes First Lt Jefferson Tevin Blanchard Oklahoma is acquitted of charges he collaborated with Reds while a prisoner of war in Korea John R Gaston 27 of Calhoun testified. He said he would never change his view about Tevin despite saying he hopes for acquittal for his wife and children Sake. Gaston volunteered to testify after Tevin’s direct examination. The judge Col Walter O Davis prepared to dismiss him before Gaston asked to make a final statement.
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