Sites For Mrs. Alsup Are Held
A 75 year old Louise Alsup widow of Rod ney J. Alsup longtime Baytown resident and former city playground director died in Houston. Funeral services were held at 1 30 p m Friday. She leaves her husband two daughters Mrs Tris Parker and Mrs Eloise McGlain two brothers Hugo and Robert Schwartz and Fritz Schwartz four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Her son First Lt R J Alsup Jr was killed in a 148 plane crash en route from Evington Field to New Orleans during World War I after making bomber raids in the South Pacific.
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Houston
Louise Alsup
Anson Jones
Rodney J. Alsup
Baytown
City of Houston F
R. J. Alsup
Montridge Drive
Tris E. Parker
Eloise A. McGlain
Philadelphia
Hugo
Robert Schwartz
Burton
Fritz Schwartz
Kerrville
the Alsups
R. J. Alsup Jr
Evington Field
New Orleans
South Pacific
Battleship Texas Chief Retires After 21 Years
Capt. Jack McKeown retires after 21 years as superintendent of the Battleship Texas due to illness. He is succeeded by Harry B. Thomas of Galveston, chosen by the nine member board led by Lloyd Gregory. Thomas, born in Arkansas, enlisted at 15 and survived a sinking incident aboard the Astoria. his selection follows a unanimous vote despite some members’ absence.
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Jack McKeown
Texas
Jiggs
Harry B. Thomas
Houston
Galveston
Lloyd Gregory
Texas Commission
McKeown
U.S. Navy
San Jacinto Battleground
Gregory
Crossett
Ark
Navy
U.S
Astoria
Save Island
Thomas
Joseph B. Hutchison
Fredericksburg
Murray Ezell
Port Neches
Mack Webb
el Campo
Col. L. O. Wells
Jim Bowmer
Temple
R. C. Gusman
Bay City
Adm
S. M. Robinson
C. H. Coffield
Quarrel on Majority Voting For School Boards Cont.
The nine member board discussed possible majority vote changes. Ramsey doubted the new code affects public school boards while Mrs. Opryshek said she had no information on a major ity voting law. Board policy already requires five affirmative votes for policy changes and certain actions including removing a member, filling vacancies, changing meeting places, closing meetings, or firing the superintendent.
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Ramsey
Karl W. Opryshek
the Sun
Sales tax election proposed to fund ad valorem need
ICITIZENS said raising the ad valorem tax rate requires a sales tax vote. The proposal aims to let the people decide, with Councilman Lamar Kelley seconding the motion. Councilman Ted Kloesel questioned its necessity and noted Sept 23 is too near the school trustee election. He had not studied the budget and was not ready to vote.
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Icitizens
Tnat
Lamar Kelley
Ted Kloesel
Kloesel
Late Night Call At Moore's Shoe Store
Police found store employees still working at Moore's Shoe Store 213 W Texas after midnight. Officers noted no reason to disturb the workers as they continued setting up a display.
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Moore's
Texas
Woman driver fails to avoid fire truck collision
Mrs. Linda Davis of 104 Harold Lane was driving south on North Main at 7 53 p m Friday when a large fire truck in the inside lane was running ahead. She swerved to the right believing the truck was too near and her car hit a curb blowing out both right tires.
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Linda Davis
Harold Lane
North Main
River shoaling hampers Trinity chemical shipments to Liberty
Officials report barges carrying Trinity chemicals from Pascagoula docked at Moss Bluff after the river narrows. Transport to Liberty has caused losses due to trucking and labor needs plus fertilizer spillage, with dredging needed to restore navigation. Col. Moon forecasts bids next spring for flood control and river widening.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Moss Bluff
Liberty
Mississippi
Col. Moon
Dallas-Fort Worth
Ditch Project Lauded as Model for Beautified Ditchwork
Burnside touts Lee College ditch as ideal pilot for soil conservation and beautification. He cites San Antonio area streams with parks along waterways as proof such projects improve appeal. Officials toured area and Burnside says success here could advertise future schemes.
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Burnside
San Antonio
Lee College Ditch
Soil Conservation District
Lee College
Warren Will 7 Teaches Science at St Joseph's Junior School
James Warren IV a UH graduate will instruct junior school science at St Joseph's Junior School He previously attended St Joseph's elementary and Robert E Lee High School Warren is studying English f and psychology at the University of Houston.
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Warren
James Warren IV
University of Houston
St. Joseph's
Robert E. Lee
Muller's Last Rites Are Held
Funeral services were set for 3 30 p m Saturday at Paul A Lee Funeral Home Chapel and 4 p m at St Joseph s Catholic Church for E V Gene Muller 61 of 106 N Burnet Drive who died Friday morning in a Baytown hospital Burial was planned at San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery Survivors include wife Jillian Pamela Muller Baytown two daughters Mrs Richard H Judice Baton Rouge La and Mrs Richard H Cooke Baytown six brothers J C Port Arthur S J Lafayette E H Houston S Q Baytown Sidney Tomball and W J Muller Pensacola Fla two sisters Mrs A E Cunningham Baytown and Mrs Gantt Nicholson Opelousas La
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E. V
Gene) Muller
N. Burnet Drive
Paul A. Lee
Former CB Man Roy Epperson Dies at 41 in Pasadena
Roy Harrison Epperson Jr., 41, longtime Cedar Bayou family member, died Friday evening in a Pasadena hospital after a several day illness. Funeral services are planned for Monday at a time to be announced by Colonial Funeral Home in Pasadena. He worked at Jay Marks Chevrolet in La Porte and was a Cedar Bayou Methodist Church member. He is survived by his wife Pollye, a son Roy Harrison Epperson III, his parents, a brother, a Baytown and Cedar Bayou kin network, a grandson, and educational ties to Cedar Bayou and Stephen F. Austin High School.
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Roy Harrison Epperson Jr
Cedar Bayou
Pasadena
Colonial Funeral Home
Roy Felder
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
Grandview Cemetery
Epperson
Jay Marks Chevrolet
la Porte
Pollye Epperson
Roy Harrison Epperson III
R. H. Epperson
South Houston
Kenneth Epperson
del Rio
Baytown
J. L. Johnson
C. R. Cockerham
I. H. Epperson
Lee College District Tax Totals and Budget Update
Current Lee College District tax collections from Sept 1968 to June 30 1969 total 832 898 04 with delinquent 12 228 93 for the same period. From Sept 1 1968 through July 31 1969 total collections and deposits reach 846 605 68. Delinquent taxes of 31 454 73 go back to 1937. Regents Thursday night amended last year final budget to 4 379 855.
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Lee College
Lee College Regents
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