Baytown Briefs Highlights Community Meetings and Local News
SASbons Joint Meeting in Baytown sees Traffic Council and City Council convene at City Hall with guest speaker Car Vogt. New students enrolling for Robert E. Lee and Ross Sterling high schools must register before Aug 20. Rotary Club previews 1967 football season at noon meeting. Leonard Derden chairs. Baytown Kiwanis hears about Baytown Little Theater upcoming productions. Mrs Harold Hooper leads. Three boys released to grandmother after breaking into a storage building on North Main while seeking dirt dobbers. Maxine Ward of Fort Lauderdale arrested for shoplifting at Kmart for 19.76. Baytown Little Theater tickets for The Boy Friend on sale 2-5 p.m. daily. performances Thu-Sat this week and Aug 22-24.
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Pick’n Save
North Main
Baytown Little Theater
Weather And Tides For Galveston Through Wednesday
Parily Clouby reports hot weather through Wednesday with high temperatures around 70s. Tide times in Galveston show highs at 6:43 a.m. and 11:36 p.m., lows at 1:42 p.m. and 2:48 p.m., with conditions expected to stay sunny and dry.
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Milis
Galveston
Creative stitchery shines at Houston judged shows
Mrs. Clay Leach wins three prizes in stitchery as Jack Furbee and others attend the Houston shows. Sue Wenckens bakes a wedding cake amid weekend events and Beverly Lynn Roberts plays flute in a Baytown school bands recap. Mary Jane Norris and Mary Isyers win an Oklahoma air race with $300 first prize. Airs. Byers co pilots. Jeannette Eike continues sewing for fall.
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Clay Leach
Houston
Jack Furbee
Sue Wenckens
Beverly Lynn Roberts
Baytown
Beverly
Bill Strickler
Sherri Magee
John Magee
Peggy Sibley
Parks and Recreation Department
Mary Jane Norris
Mary Isyers
Oklahoma
Byers
Baytonian
Jeannette Eike
Baytown Bids for City and East Harris Road Access Upgrades
Baytown Chamber directors back Accent on Access plans for 1968 69 to widen routes and add a multi-lane bridge. Proposals include a loop between Highways 146 and 1405 with a Cedar Bayou bridge, and right of way buys along Douglas Drive Spur 2141 to support a multi-lane Baytown La Porte tunnel bridge. County road bonds may fund the effort, with other projects on North Main to Route 10 and Decker Drive upgrades linking to Spur 21 and Spur 339 interchanges.
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Baytown
U. S. Steel
Chamber of Commerce
Herris County
Holiday Inn
Normandy Apartments
Roseland Oaks
Roseland Park Tao
Chambers County
Pirtle Fisher
City of
Harris County
Douglas Drive
South Main
Baytown-La Porte Tunnel
City and County Projects and State Route Improvements
City and County Projects outline Bayway Drive expansion Worth Main from Baker Road to Highway 10 Garth Road from Park to Highway 10 Decker Drive from 201 330 interchange near Tower to Albert Thomas Circle State Projects include a Loop from Highway 146 to Highway 1405 in Chamber County with Cedar Bayou bridge and additional Right of Way on Spur 201 from South Main to Baytown tunnel for a future multi lane bridge.
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Highway Committee
Beytown
Chamber of Commerce
W. Hamsey
Ed Vaught
Garth
Park
Highway 10
Decker
Tower
Albert Thomas Circle
Chamber County
Cedar Bayou
South Main
Baytown
Gentry Plans Retirement At End Of 1971
Supt George Gentry told the school board he would retire after the 1970 71 year. He noted he would be 65 in 1976 71 and may seek continued service after that time. Trustees discussed arranging a successor and immediate work to begin after the October election.
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George Gentry
Gentry
George Walmsley
Paul Parkinson
Parkinson
Robert Wahrmund
Lee College tax hike proposal falls short of expectations
Lee College trustees plan a public hearing on a 3.5 cent per $100 tax increase, lower than anticipated. Dr Richard Strahan reports a $4,287,342 budget reflecting a $1,745,000 new buildings outlay and bond debt service, with non tax funds now required to be reported. He notes per student costs are higher here due to long serving faculty and favorable student to teacher ratio.
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Wanda Orton
Lee College
Richard
Strahan
Sain| Thema
Board of Regents
College Technical
Nuywte Coordinating Board
Lee
Biafrans Starving as Nigerian Blockade Tightens
Addis Ababa AP report says Red Cross planes are shot at as Nigeria refuses to halt attacks on mercy flights into besieged Biafra. Red Cross suspends Fernando Po flights after a food carrier was fired on. Caritas also flies supplies at night while mass starvation looms.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Red Cross
Lagos
Biafra
Een
Fernando Po
DCE
Charles de Gaulle
Caritas
Nigeria
State Department
Dry weather calls for water test in Oregon ranch
Fort Rock Oregon AP report quotes rancher R A Leng noting a sample analysis showing 40 percent moisture in the summer air. The comment highlights drought conditions and water scarcity affecting ranch operations in the region.
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Fort Rock
Ofc
R. A. Leng
Oregon
Baytown Lions Club marks 40 years of service
Baytown Lions Club celebrated forty years of Lionsism at a banquet at Goose Creek Country Club. Guests heard from David A. Evans of Texas City, president of Lions International, who urged focus on local projects next year and introduced the ROPE and PAM plans aimed at retaining members and boosting youth involvement. He spoke of Lions aiming for one million members by the Tokyo convention and outlined efforts on information, youth exchange, and long-range planning to support a free world where every member is his brother's keeper.
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Legn Brown
Baytown
Goose Creek Country Club
David A. Evans
Texas City
Lions International
Evans
Dallas
Pam
Lions Club
Tokyo
Lions
Lions Fete Past Present Art Anniversary Banquet
Dr Richard Strahan of Lee College presided at the 50th anniversary dinner of the Baytown Lions Club held at Goose Creek Country Club. Tailtwister Sparky Bond recounted club history, noting 15 new Lions clubs formed since 1921 and 13 remain active.
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Lions
Richard Strahan
Lee College
Baytown Lions Club
Goose Creek Country Club
Lion Curtis Herring
Lion Fred Parker
Lions Club
James M. Cauley
Lion B. D. Nisbet
First Christian Church
Robbers Nabbed After Confederate Flag Sighting
Baytown police arrested Linise Daigle and Eigen Portis after witnesses reported a man with a handgun and a Confederate flag on a car antenna leaving Ashworth Grocery at 814 W Main. The incident led to arrests on drunk in public charges and armed robbery charges filed later in JP Glenn Vickery’s court.
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Baytown
West Main
Ashworth Grocery
W. Main
Market Street
Bfllingis
R. Watson
Billy Welch
Barney Ward
Corporation Court
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Vickery
Linise Daigle
Danville, OL
Eigen KR. Portis
Port Aranses
Ne Bend
Taxpayers to Start Legal Action Over Valuations
A Barbers Hill School District dispute over land valuations moves toward district court. A group of 63 to 70 taxpayers met in the high school library to protest a valuation hike and budget timing, electing Guy Matthews as moderator and Charles T. Joseph as permanent chairman, with plans for a restraining order and temporary injunction to halt the budget. They must show unequal treatment by the board of equalization and named committees to contact affected property owners.
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Uelen Leonard
Sun
Mont Belvieu
Jami Val
Barbers Hill
Barbers Hill High School
Guy Matthews
Charles T. Joseph
Joseph
Harry Daves
Matthews
Prohiti
Board of Equalization
W. B. Fisher
Vernon Lawrence
Loop 365
Frank McCune
Job Fair Provides Work and Counseling to Youths
Beverly Thureadgill reports on Baytown's Job Fair led by Mayor Seaborn Cravey, offering summer jobs and personal counseling. Over 200 area students, including Jo Ann Harvey, find positions with firms like Bayou Maintenance, Humble, NASA, and Sears, with some staying on for summer or longer. The program emphasizes qualification, fit, and non discrimination, aided by a local committee and church networks.
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Beverly Thureadgill
Jo Ann Harvey
City of
Seaborn Cravey
Clyde Messiah
Sylvia McKinstry
Ervie Coxson
Rob Caples
Tom Litras
Bayou Maintenance
Diamond Wikali
Baytown
Blume System
Tree Experts
Humble
Enjay
NASA
Brownland Root
Starce
Dickson Carpenters
ChanTex
Wolfenson Electric
Patterson's Bakery
Gregory's
Walker Real
Jo Ann
Water Department
Robert E. Lee
Sears Sporting Goods Department
Donkey Game At Crosby High School Booster Club Event
Crosby donors host a donkey ball game at Crosby Little League field with Crosby High ex students led by Mickey Welch. Proceeds aid Crosby High School sports program, per club president J M Davenport. Game to start at 7 20 pm Tuesday, Miller Wilson Road area north of town.
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Crosby
Crosby High School
Menwers
Crosby Little League
Miller- Wilson
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Citizens Traffic Council
City Council
City Hall
Car Vogt
Ross Sterling Hich
Rotary Club
Leonard Derden
Kiwanis
Harold Hooper
Littl Theater
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Maxine Ward
Fort Lauderdale
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Kmart
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Bank& Trust Ce
East Harris
Bayway Drive
Worth Main
Baker Road
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Ted L. Kloesel
Humble Oil and Refining Co
U.S. Army Reserve School
Albuquerque
ML Hivesel
Diamantis J. Cassis
Galena Park High School
Maj. Hloesel
David Evans
Lions Clubs Internationa
Allen Rice
Rice
Baytown Club
Guytown Sun
Bond
Lion W. T.busch
Fessie Cooper
Sears
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