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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1950
Page
5
A Buceisor Springs Missouri notice offers a free booklet on arthritis and rheumatism. The Ball Clinic claims sixty years of testing rheumatic sufferers and promises a free booklet titled Rheurma gm fully explaining causes and limits of medicines. Readers are invited to write to The Ball Clinic at 2335 Excelsior Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Dickson were honored over the weekend with a housewarming at their new home at 314 Shady Lane in Bass wood Addition. Hostesses were Mrs. Guy Woods, Mrs. Gus Lang ley, Mrs. R. E. Page and Mrs. J. A. Lilly. Zinnias and fern provided decor while Miss Martha Lilly served punch. Mrs. J. M. Lilly registered 32 guests with many gifts from attendees and non attenders.
Margaret Sue Summers, a Dallas born 2nd year UT coed, was chosen as Miss Lexes at New Braunfels to represent Texas in the 1950 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. She entered as Miss Austin and stood five feet two inches tall with 33–23–33 measurements.
Postmaster N B Ballard announced that cash on delivery parcels will be held at the post office for 15 days rather than the previous 20. He said the change comes from higher sources and he could not explain the motive.
Temple’s Scott and White Hospital reopens as a non profit foundation and publicly owned hospital after a month of reorganization from a private corporation. A nine member board of trustees will govern the foundation, including physicians and laymen, and the foundation includes Scott and White Memorial Hospital and the Scott Sherwood and Brindley Foundation.
Baytown Chamber of Commerce directors will meet at 7 30 pm at the chamber office. Nelson McElroy, manager, said the session covers routine business. President W T Busch will preside. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs William Johnson announce the birth of a son at 2 45 am at Lillie Duke Hospital. The baby weighs eight pounds four ounces. Grandparents are Mrs Velma Johnson and Mrs A H Nay, both of LaPorte.
Ella Lee Chapman became the bride of John W Dunn Jr in a Trinity Episcopal Church ceremony officiated by Rev P Walter Henckell. The couple, both with Texas ties, will reside in Velasco where Dunn will teach.
Texas business activity ended the first half of 1950 at its highest postwar peak, running 12 percent above last year. John R. Stockton, director of UT Bureau of Business Research, cites Korea crisis sustaining high demand with new munitions orders and consumer fears of shortages boosting retail activity, absorbing stocks and supporting peak output for an indeterminate period.
Billy Paul Fowler, a Cedar Bayou native and Baylor alumnus who served in the occupation forces in Japan, has opened a Humble Station at the corner of Highway 126 and Cedar Bayou Road. He purchased the lot from Mrs. Gienn Brey and is the son of Mrs. Louise Fowler Hines.
The executive committee of the Baytown Garden Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Jacl Furbee at 704 East Defoe Drive. Important business is on the agenda and every member is expected to attend.
September 18 marks the opening of freshman week at Texs College. The registrar lists the calendar with registration dates for new and returning students and the start of classes on September 18.
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