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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1950

Page

2

Chamber Directors Urge Reversal On Tidelands

Baytown group discusses Tidelands policy and legal options to challenge recent Supreme Court rulings. They weigh routing truck traffic via Texas Avenue and Cedar Bayou Road, designate lanes, and address Baytown Bay postoffice area parking while reports cover fair committee, armory site, Baytown La Porte tunnel, and Huber carbon black plant location.

Highway 146 Decker Drive Cedar Bayou Morrell Park Texas Avenue Sloaa B Tenager D. Middleton Baytour Postoffice Station James Harrop Fair Committee

Larkin Named on Berks Grand Jury Duty Ahead of Budget

S P Larkin an assistant shipping clerk at the Baytown Refinery was among the Berks County Grand Jury sworn in. The August term starts September 6 with three negro members in the jury. Hogan is foreman Moroney is secretary and W C Williams remarks on funds for minor tools. A $50 089 item for water transmission menus drew questions and will be studied with the bond issue. The African elephant has large fan like ears and skyscrapers lean away from the sun.

S. P. Larkin Chkh Baytown Berks County Cri- Tina Langston G. King Co BE EE. Hogan Drywoods Robert E. Moroney Housin W. C. Wiliams Williams

Bartown News Briefs Highlight Health and Oddities

SAM CAMPBELL a Grace Of Company employee suffers a severe heart attack early Monday and is hospitalized at Lillie Duke Hospital. Bartown insurance man ADDICE recovers from major recent surgery at the same hospital. A box turtle features a hinged shell lid allowing tight closure.

Sam Campbell Grace of Company Elillie Duke Hospital Addice Bartownh Ingure Ance Lillie Duke Hospital

Coast Guard and Navy Aid to Storm Stricken Freighter

The Coast Guard Cutter Dexter and the Navy Transport Gen. J. H. McCrae reached the stricken freighter S S Belfin in the North Atlantic about 900 miles northeast of St John s Newfoundland. The crew of 50 faced leaks as they battled to keep the ship afloat while the Gen. J A McCrae carried 1155 displaced persons en route from Bremerhaven to New York. Two passenger liners sped to assist.

New York Coast Guard Dexter Navy J. H. McCrae S. S. Belfin North Atlantic St. John's Newfoundland J. A. McCrae Bremerhaven

School Budget Tops $2 Million Figure

Budget details show Baytown public schools facing high costs for maintenance, salaries, utilities, and construction. Funds cover janitors, building upkeep, utilities, site purchases, and additions to Horace Mann and Baytown Junior Highs. Lee College mirrors these expenses with notable debt service and construction outlays. Absent trustees were Eoaellogg and Clifton Adams.

Gentry Baytown Horace Mann Baytown Junisor Saamar Lee College Eoaellogg Clifton Adams

Son of Baytonian Dies In Vets Hospital

Alvin LeBlanc of Beaumont died in a Houston veterans hospital at midnight Sunday. He was 50 and survived by his wife Mary LeBlanc and four children, Joyce and Richard LeBlanc of Beaumont, Helen Stacy of Orange, and Alvin LeBlanc Jr. He served with the US Air Force in Japan. Also surviving are three sisters, Helen Leslie, Stewart, both of Beaumont, Blanche Bocle of Pine and one brother, Richard LeBlance of Houston. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.

Alvin LeBlanc Beaumont Mer C. LaBlanc Sin Houston LaBlanc Mary LeBlanc Joyce LeBlanc Richard LeBlanc Helen Stacy Orange Alvin US Air Force Japan Helen Leslie Stewart Blanche Bocle Richard LéBlance

Decatur Baptist College Names Rev Otis Strickland President

Decatur Texas September 1 Rev Otis Strickland will assume leadership of Decatur Baptist College the oldest automatic junior college in the world He comes from Cisco where he served as pastor at First Baptist Church and succeeds Dr J L Ward who ends a half century at the college Strickland has pastored in Crowell and Vernon and is an alumnus of Decatur and Howard Payne College Brownwood

Decatur Tex CPI Otis Strickland Decatur Baptist College Strickland First Baptist Church Cisco J. L. Ward Crowell Vernon Howard Peyne College Brownwood

Turkeys Suffer Sinus Trouble Warned by Association

The American Veterinary Medical Association reports turkeys suffer sinus trouble just as humans do. The precise symptoms are unclear, but the condition causes severity in flocks and is described as contagious among turkeys unlike human sinus infections.

Chicago American Veterinary Medical Association Turkey

First War Dead Returned Letter Tells Of Dreams Of Home

Detroit report on Pvt John L. Marruso 19, among first Korean War dead returned aboard E T Collins. His mother, a Czech immigrant, recalls Johnny in a small three room home behind a vacant store. The letter from Sasabo Japan describes his dreams of home and fears of a wider war.

Tom Farrell Detroit Johnny United States John L. Marruso Taejon Little Rock Arkansas E. T. Collins Motor City Sasabo Japan Far East Korea

Chief Still Going Strong At 125 Years In Guilford

In Guilford Vermont Chief Jameco, a cigar store Indian carved from a single block, has lived for 125 years. He has drawn attention since 1927 mainly at antique shows, where his owner Robert Euhn displays him.

Guliford Guilford Jameco Robert Euhn

Wartime Radio Schedule Fragments Include Pearl Beer The Saviowa

A fragmentary radio schedule lists wartime broadcasts and shows across multiple stations. Readings include Pearl Beer programs, the Raytow News segment and a Funeral Home listing. The schedule includes varied times from early morning to evening and notes several program titles.

Pearl Beer David Rose Ster Ray Elatk Jaxz Beer Raytowa Automotive News Tontebt Earl Roesner Art Simpson Funeral Home Raytow Culpeppers Wu Aoe Capa Palilies Vx Brooklyn Major Ler Buredall Fey Billy the New Sporta

Livestock market figures from Fort Worth auction

Livestock at Fort Worth shows cattle mostly steady to weak with stockers strong and calves steady. Small lots of fed yearling steers 23.00-30.00, stocker cows 18.00-22.00, heifers to 28.00 in good stocker runs, hogs steady to 25 higher, butchers 23.25-30.00 per 100 pounds, sows 18.06-21.00. Also notes a line about 256,000 patients admitted yearly to American mental institutions.

Fort Worth

Japanese robot plane launch site depopulated amid air craft clash

Five years ago today news recounted a bombing of a robot plane launch site by 400 land based aircraft. Major Richard L Bong, famed American ace, died in a jet crash near Burbank California. Goose Creek city commission adopted parallel parking loading zones for trucks and parking fines. Miss Erma Kathleen Hilton and B Atkinson were married July 23.

Richard L Bong America Burbank California Goose Creek Erma Kathleen Hilton B. Atkinson

One Naughty Peed Can Be Overlooked

Dr. Edward Dyer Anderson told a Minnesota welfare conference that a single tantrum or stolen candy bar does not label a child delinquent. He warned parents against assuming a problem child after one misbehavior incident. He stressed that repeated acts alone create a habit and define a delinquent pattern.

ST. Paul Edward Dyer Anderson Minnesota Welfare Conference University of Minnesota New Iatires

Draft Will Wait On College Students

College students regularly enrolled in colleges or universities may have their military induction postponed until the end of the academic year, according to State Selective Service Headquarters. The notice outlines postponement eligibility for full time students and sets the policy for deferment.

Austen State Selective Service Headquarters

Arab student at Baylor comments on American life

Suhail mwa Nazareth from Palestine told a news porter at Baylor University that Americans work hard and have plenty of money, though he believes a person could live without eating longer and that sleeping is easier by contrast.

WACO Suhail Mwa Nazareth Palestine Contes Baylor University

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