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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1955

Page

2

A G Lestarjette Rites Thursday At Trinity Tabernacle

A G Lestarjette 68 will be buried Thursday with funeral services at Trinity Tabernacle. The Rev W Graham and the Rev E R Mason will officiate. Arrangements by Paul A Lee Funeral Home. Survivor: wife Gertie. two sons A G and Norman. daughter J W Dowling. four sisters. one brother. five grandchildren.

A. G. Lestarjette Trinity Tabernacle Carpenter Calvert Gertie Lestarjette J. W. Dowling Baytown A. G Lestarjette Norman Lestarjette Dalles Aline Cherry Grapeland D. R. Watson Terrell Hite Walaton Saratoga Mamie Wil Eagle Lake L. Lestarrette Elmo O. H. Hunter E. O. Schieck R. C. Partin E. B. Swick C. A. Young R. M .Woods

July Insured Fire Losses in Baytown Total $6,262

City report by City Manager D Middleton shows Baytown’s insured fire losses for July totaled 6 262 on a valuation of 867 500 with insured valuation 408 229 The department answered eight alarms affecting residential commercial and personal property Four grass fires one target caught fire and two car fires were reported Causes traced to carelogs smoking and children playing with matches The seven month total for 1955 stood at 23 719 35 4 compared with 5 864 11 for the same period in 1954.

Baytown D. Middleton

Cedar Bayou Native Dies Services Set

Charlie Brown 64 died Monday. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Morgan's Point Baptist Church. Born Cedar Bayou, lived in Morgan's Point, Houston. Survived by his mother Dou Brown and four sisters. Burial at Morgan's Point Cemetery. ministers L. C. Smith and Earl Davis officiating. Funeral directed by Art Simpson Funeral Home.

Charlie Brown Morgan's Point Baptist Church Brown Nellie Hartman Force Street Houston Cedar Bayou Morgan's Point Ceder Bayou Dou Batelie Hammond Hartman Viola Brush Morgen’s Point Alice Fockey Genes L. C. Smith Earl Davis Art Simpson

Schools Begin Registration for Lakewood Area Pupils

Registration Friday for Baytown students includes special instructions for new attendees. Pupils to attend 19th 11th and 12th grades report to Robert E. Lee at 8 30 am with book cards report cards and writing implements. East Goose Creek students go to Cedar Bayou or Horace Mann junior high west Goose Creek to Baytown Junior High.

Ustike Lakewood Baytown Robert B. Lee Channelview Gentry Goose Creek Stream Cedar Bayou Horace Mann Junior High Robert BH. Lee

Dupre stars for Colts with rookies Shaw Ameche

Baltimore Colts rally to a 28 28 tie with the Washington Redskins in an exhibition. Rookie trio L G Dupre quarterback George Shaw and fullback Alan Ameche contributed to all scoring after halftime. Colts had previously lost 21 6 to the Philadelphia Eagles.

United Press L. G. Dupre George Shaw Alan Ameche Weeb Ewbank Baltimore Colts Dupre Shaw Ameche Cleveland Browns Baltimore Colts Washington Redskins Philadelphia Eagles

Shrimp and Ore Boats to Track Gulf Storms

The weather bureau will install weather equipment on three Gulf vessels to improve storm forecasts. The shrimp boats Whiralway Mada and Cashier and Aluminum Company ore ships will report wind direction and speed cloud conditions and readings every six hours from Brownsville to Carmen Mex and Corpus Christi Tex. Chief forecaster John Hagan notes Gulf blank spots hinder forecasts during tropical storm buildup.

Brownsville Tex Weather Bureau Gulf of Mexico Whiralway Mada Cashier Aluminum Company of America John Hagan Carmen Mex Aluminum Company Jamaica Corpus Christi Hagan Gulf

Health unit chief seeks extension of county dog control

Dr J L D Marragut Harris County Health unit director urges a one year renewal of the rabies control law set to expire Friday. The program requiring anti rabies vaccination and confinement reduced rabies cases from last year with August reporting three cases and July also three. Stray dog pickups totaled 21 538 for the year versus 12 961 prior year. Warrarut warned that continuing the law is needed to avoid Hartig County becoming the rabies capital of the nation.

JL. D. Marragut Harris County Health Unit Commissioners Court Tr Warrarut Hartig County

Stock Closes Special To The Baytown Sun

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Birth notices from Baytown area in August

Specimens of 500 wild plants donated to Lee College botany department by Baytown gardener Mrs. Fred Hederhorst. The collection includes native species with family classifications and common names, plus brief descriptions of each specimen.

Lee College Fred Hederhorst Baytown Hederhorst

Struggle Report From Wallisville Road Home Attack

Chambers County deputies seek a knife attacker who entered Melba Miller's living room at 12:20 am on Monday. The 18 year old was treated at Chamber Memorial Hospital for three arm and back lacerations after the assailant fled through a back door. She could not describe the attacker.

Chambers County Wallisville Road Carroll Hand Melba Miller Henry Miller Wand Chamber Memorial Hospital

UT Offers Norwegian Language Course This Fall

The University of Texas Germanic languages department will offer a beginner Norwegian course this fall taught by Dr. Lee M. Hollander a renowned scholar in Scandinavian and Icelandic literature. The curriculum also adds German culture and the history of German literature and translation taught by Don Carlos Travia Jr.

Baytown Residents Win Morrison Furniture Prizes at New Store

Twenty eight Baytown area residents received $1500 worth of Morrison Furniture merchandise as the company opened a new Baytown store. Winners include Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Childress Jr. and many others across the Baytown area, Crosby and Highlands.

Baytown Morrison Furniture Morrison Furniture Company

San Antonio Rites For Mrs. Johnson

Mrs Harriett Isabelle Johnson 75 of 1710 Hillcrest Lane died at 10 30 pm Tuesday at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs L Aubrey Santieben She lived with them The body will be shipped Wednesday night to San Antonio Funeral services set for 10 am Friday at Porter Laring Funeral Home San Antonio Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Survivors include her husband Charles B Johnson one daughter Mrs Santelben both of Baytown a son Charles N Johnson of Brownsville one grandson Glenn David Sandleben of Baytown four brothers and one sister

Harriett Isabelle Johnson Hillcrest Lane L. Aubrey Santieben San Antonio Paul A. Lee Porter Laring Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery Charles B. Johnson Mrs. Santelben Baytown Charles N. Johnson Brownsville Glenn David Sandleben

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