Contract Set On First Project Involves $4.29 Million Bonds
School trustees awarded the first of four school improvement projects funded by a $4.29 million bond issue. Bonds sold to a 14 member syndicate led by Rowles Winston at an average rate of 3.30941 percent, totaling $2,612,696.88 in interest over 26 years. Bayport Construction Co. won the Cedar Bayou Junior High additions bid at $51,782.66 with others ranging up to $59,487. Seven firms bid. Bayport is a Baytown sub and the total Cedar Bayou project cost is $70,000. Additional projects include a new high school, renovation of Robert E. Lee High, and a new school at McNair. Bids for gasoline and petroleum products were postponed to Aug. 26 to allow tank installation bids. Current gasoline supply is via tank wagon deliveries at 2.04–2.05 dollars per gallon plus state taxes.
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Jim Hale
Houston
Rowles, Winston and Co
NY Bay
First National Bank of Dallas
Goldman, Sachs and Co
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith
George Gentry
Bayport Construction Co
Cedar Bayou
Iself
Davis
Tate
Wilks Brothers
George W. Ross
David M. Maxwell
Hollis Construction Co
Epco Construction Co
Pruett Construction Co
Bayport Development Co., Inc
Jim Bailey
Fear
Thielen
Doe Ayler
Baytown Home Builders
Robert E. Lee Hich
McNair
Jumble Oil and Refining Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Sinclair Refining Co
iTexaco, Inc
Gulf
Transport Direct
Seven Baytown graduates listed from Sam Houston State Teachers College
Seven Baytown students, Roy Edward Drew Jr to James David Glenn, will graduate August 23 from Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville. The list includes Roy Edward Drew Jr, Johnnie William Smith, Myra Lee Dawson, Dennis Kelso Stubbs, Linda Webb Smith, James Travis Sterling, and James David Glenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
Roy Edward Drew Jr
Johnnie William Smith
Myra Lee Dawson
Dennis Kelso Stubbs
Linda Webb Smith
James Travis Sterling
James David Glenn
Johnson praises Albert Thomas backers in Baytown
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed about 2,500 at Holiday Inn Baytown praising Albert Thomas and urging support for equal rights while defending Kennedy era programs. He noted GNP growth, personal income rise, and higher corporate profits since 1961 and urged pro‑business policies as he thanked Baytown friends and urged unity.
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Preston Pendergrass
Harris County
Albert Thomas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Holiday Inn
Johnson
Secret Service
Baytown
Johnson Stron
Kennedy
Staes
United States
Lyndon Johnson visits Baytown friend Mrs Callaway recollects early ties
Arm strong REL Boss McLemore is promoted. Mrs Callaway recalls early friendship with Lyndon Johnson as Vice President Johnson visits Baytown motel. She and Mrs Keller co chaired the hostess team. Johnson’s mother Rebecca Johnson had strong influence. The Callaway and Johnson families were close in Johnson City and Baytown.
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Johnson
Baytown
Nettie Lee
J. W.) Bradshaw
Herbert Ti. Duke
Hugh Echols Jr
J. . Ketter
WH. Callaway
Bobby Supply
U.S
W. H. Callaway
Ivan Sincla
Lyndon Johnson
Holiday Inn
School Bi-Racial Panel Meet Set
A biracial panel to study school problems in Baytown will hold its first meeting at 4:20 p.m. on August 26. Dr. Joe T. Horeczy, school board president, said the committee will include three board members and three Black residents from the Baytown area. A subcommittee structure will discuss area issues, with frank and open discussions expected.
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Baytown
Cefy ‘Council
City Hall
Velma Anstey
Lee Liggett
Joe T. Horeczy
Hinson And Stuart Named Deputy Superintendents
Four Baytown school administrators gained re assignments at the trustees meeting led by Supt George Gentry. Hinson and Stuart will be deputy superintendents with new roles in business research and curriculum. Holly McLemore becomes assistant superintendent and Henry Armstrong elevated to principal at Robert E Lee High School. Salary raises of 31,200 for Hinson and Stuart, 12,200 for McLemore, 11,600 for Armstrong were approved with future detailed duty descriptions to follow.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Schol Board
Karl Opryshek
D. J. D. Vietory
George Gentry
W. H W
Bil) Hinson
J. M. Stuart
Holly McLemore
Robert E. Lee
Henry Armstrong
REL
Hinson
Baytown
Yinson
Busine Research and Service
McLemore
Stuart
Knox Beavers
W. H L. Bridges
Horeczy
Ben Shirev
Opryshek
Victory
A. R
von) Stark
Registration Dates Set for Baytown Schools
Baytown schools outline Sept 5 and 6 registration for 11,703 pupils by grade level with times. New teachers have an orientation on Sept 3 at Robert F. Lee High School and a general meeting at REL before classes begin Sept 9. Substitutes receive workshop Aug 27 and ongoing support from administration.
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Robert F. Lee High School
Momlay
Hinson
Aly Bel
Property Tax Equalization Board Approves City Adjustments
More than 200 valuation adjustments will be made after 53 separate complaints to Baytown’s Board of Tax Equalization. City tax assessor David C. Funderburk said all 58 property owners who appeared received changes, with acreage values lowered on Massey Tompins Road Middleton Road and Bayiway Drive. The board, consisting of David C Clark Carter H Miller and R J Pruett, will prepare a report for the council before Sept 1.
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Baytown
Bay Iway Drive
Funderburk
Lakewood-Brownwood
Town
David C. Clark
Carter H. Miller
R. J. Pruett
Funderburks
Tve
Baytonian Aline Bourge Heads to Tanganyika Peace Corps
Aline Bourge of Baytown, English graduate, will join Peace Corps service in Tanganyika. She will train eight weeks at Syracuse University and seven more weeks with other volunteers before teaching seventh and eighth grade biology under Tanganyika’s headmaster supervision. Bourge, Mary Hardin Baylor alumna, prepared in Quantico and toured the U S before accepting the assignment. Tanganyika population exceeds five million with 72 percent European and the nation gained independence in 1961. Bourge will be among eighty volunteers heading to the republic for two years.
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Aline Bourge
Baytown
Tanganyika
South Africa
Peace Corps
Syracuse University
New York
Africa
Ty Thi
Aime
Mine
Lawrence Bouree
W.W. Gulf
Robert E. Lee High School
Lee College
Mary Hardin - Baylor
Bel 1Ton
Quantico
U.S. Marine Corps
Aline Sak
Jtst
Boston
York
Miami
Washington
D. C
Aline
Great Lakes
Central Africa
Indian Ocean
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Crosby FFA Air and Rodeo Features Shetland Pony Race
Crosby Future Farmers of America hosts a three day event with a Shetland pony race pulling sulkies. Rodeo performances run at 8 pm nightly in the new 3,000 seat stadium. Larry Cooper notes the show’s judging in the rodeo arena as part of the fair fund-raiser.
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Crosby
Lige
Cooper
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Sinclair
Sam Boyd Taylor Jr
Sam B. Taylor Sr
Chandler
Trinity Memorial Hospital
Trinity
Trinity River Bridge
Society of Helping Hands of the Redeemer Lutheran Church
Allison Funeral Home
Liberty
W. E. Cotton
R. B. Barrett
Aaron
Batson
Texa
Leslie Couch
Galveston
Willie Hooper
Highlands
Allison Memorial Park
Bartown-Houston
LBI
Danny Lee Riggs
Danny
Wanda Orton
Sue Haynes
Dave Moore
Ken Pace
Bill Laughlin
Nancy Hsie
Ross Hargis
Angelina National Forest
Joan Tetega
California
Willadene
Nettie Hines
Albert
Lyndon
Armstrong
Mrs. Callaway
Bayown
Herbert Duke
Ervin Flowers
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W. D
Bill) Hinson
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