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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1963
Page
2
The text states graduation requirements for Robert E. Lee High School are set by the local school board of trustees within the framework of State Board of Education rules. Superintendent George H. Gentry notes states minimums must be met though local specifics may vary.
The report outlines first aid stations operated by the American Red Cross and Public Health Service doctors with volunteer nurses, travel safety supplies, ambulances on standby, and constant medical staff at the Willard Hotel. Civil rights medical committee facilities, police presence, and nearby fire department support are described for crowd safety.
Readers ask about a small bus marked RSD No 72 used for deaf education students, a county wide Houston School District program, and Baytown admissions. They seek why ninth grade credits count toward graduation, the city cannot regulate ice trucks, why no police presence at Robert E Lee High, traffic light plans at Carnegie and Market to ease school congestion, and apartment cockroach control with health rules on garbage receptacles.
Four years after a powerful earthquake in Montana threw a mountain top into the Madison River, dammed the valley, and buried 28 vacationers, tour guides and engineers recount the lasting scene. Quake Lake, Hebgen Dam, and scenes of rescue mark the anniversary as tourists return in growing numbers.
Northshore National Bank outlines a day of festivities for its grand opening at 13301 North Shore Drive in Northshore Village Shopping Center. A 3 p.m. drawing for 500 in savings prizes, a 9 a.m. ribbon cutting with officials including V. W. Ramsey and A. L. Miller, and refreshments mark the launch as Moody leads the venture with 200000 capital and surplus, while noting Northshore Village’s seventh anniversary and local banking ties.
A list details 40 donated books to Sterling Municipal Library including titles such as The Cross and the Switchblade, The Dark Night at the Dawn, David Copperfield, The Yearling, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and The Crowded Shadow. Donors include R M Wright, G W James, Brian Collins, Mrs T P Rosenbaucher, Mrs Dan Edwards, Mrs Marty T Sloan, Rev Wiley T Davis, and others at addresses like 900 Elmwood and 7 Idlewood.
Humble Oil and Refining Co. reports an oil discovery in the main body of the Anahuac Oil Field. The No. 33 H. A. Gripon well, 6.31 miles east of Monroe City, is described as a field wildcat drilled last March. It flowed 98 barrels daily from a depth of 2621 feet in the Frio formation before casing at 15.8 feet.
The opening shrimp season along Trinity Bay brings big catches with 100 pounds per camp per day common for boot trawl crews. Capt. W. B. Thomson’s Cedar Bayou camp reports rapid limits. Fishermen note varied success with speckled trout as birds signal better fishing conditions. Local wind shifts and a norther bring fall-like weather and a busy fishing weekend.
Bay Town Branch of the American Association of University Women names committee chairs for the new year at Goose Creek Country Club. Mrs. Grace Winn of NASA Manned Space Craft Center discussed Bridging the Gap Between Science and the Layman as the featured speaker.
Corinne Stout Higbee, a Baytonian, will teach general science at Baytown Junior High. She majored in biology and minored in chemistry at Southwestern University Georgetown and earned a bachelor of science degree in 1960. Her paper on regenerative tissue of planaria was recommended for the Texas Academy of Science after study at Waterloo-Kitchner Canada.
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