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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1962
Page
2
Funeral notices list Velma Smith Haars and Velma Williams as the deceased, with services in Baytown and Houston area churches. Survivors include husbands, children, grandchildren, and numerous relatives. Rites conducted by Rev. Ed Summers and Rev. J R Woods with burial at Cedar Crest Cemetery and Earthmen Funeral Home directing.
City of Houston must hold another public rate hearing and obtain information on district operations before a valid rate ordinance can pass. District 58 superintendent Ernest Gates says settlement will bring about 40000 dollars to Baytown. Lone Star Water Co. owes Water District 58 a 1504 dollar monthly management fee, delayed for three years by the suit. The bonds are backed by Lone Star assets and income above expenses funds bond retirement.
List of patients admitted to San Jacinto Lilli Duke Gulf Coast and other facilities with room numbers and addresses. Then notes on city water district bids, annexation issues, new arrivals, and a juvenile drinking charge involving a Baytown man and two minors with details of the arrest and releases.
Day and Thompson, both Baytonians, were injured Sunday night in a collision at the intersection of Highway 148 and Elvinta Street. John Kenneth Day, 16, and Georgianna Thompson, 5, were treated at Gulf Coast Hospital. Party details note Wills Kelley Jr of Dayton was in the other car. Day faces charges of failure to yield right of way.
Betty Perkins, sponsor, announced the Candy Stripers will not meet this Tuesday at Gulf Hospital. Mrs. Perkins will notify members of a future meeting date. The group consists of teenage volunteers who assist at the hospital.
Highlands Jamboree and Improvement Club plans a 7 pm reorganizational meeting on Tuesday Dec 4 at the Highlands Star office. Open to the public, attendees may elect new officers revise membership roles and select committee chairs for the 1963 show. Long range plans and a financial report will be presented by general chairman Jeff Tanner.
Highlands State Bank moves to a 160 by 350 foot lot near South Main Street and Vann Road to construct a new bank building by September 24 1963 its sixth anniversary. The plan includes about three times current floor space 75 parking spaces and two to three drive in windows with an architect to be selected. The bank has assets near 3.25 million and 12 employees.
Community charity event allocates prizes including Chief football shoulder pads and a jewelry set. Autographed Houston Oilers footballs donated and given away. Memorial Stadium fees covered. Bonnie Hance coordinates. K‑Mart prints tickets. Programs feature players and coaches. Local businesses listed as contributors and mailing address for donations to Chief Goodfellow, Baytown Sun.
Funeral services for Frances L Portis 83 longtime Baytown resident were to be held at 2 p m Monday at Earthman Chapel with the Rev A L Jordan and Rev L W LaRive officiating Burial followed at Cedar Crest Cemetery under direction of Farthman s Survivors include her daughter Mrs Ruby McKewen of Baytown stepdaughters Mrs Nora Johnson Crowley La and C E Portis San Antonio sister Mrs J W Danhiem Houston two brothers Carl James Vivian La and W Barnes El Campo daughter in law Mrs Bertha Portis Baytown two granddaughters Mrs Linda Wright Baytown and Miss Sheryl Portis Baytown five grandsons Percy Ports Jr James Portis Francis Portis Glenn Portis McCamey Robert Saxon all of Baytown
A scan of noon quotes shows mixed activity among energy, chemical, and tech names with firms like Texas Gulf, Allied lines, Amoco, Exxon and Shell listed alongside United Airlines, Lockheed, General Electric and Texaco. Volatility appears in commodity linked players such as Royal Dutch, Phillips Petroleum, Marathon Oil and Sinclair.
Channelview Hospital lists new admissions including Tunita J Allen Lydia R Smith James C Ehrlich Annie aurie Smith James Stovall and others from Channelview and Houston. Dismissals include Ida Orr Betty Webb John C Manuel Florene McGrathlin Eugene Pierce and more from Channelview and Houston. New arrivals note a birth of a daughter to Clifford Henry Al Houston and family alongside a second birth for W C Harden of Techannelview with dates in November and December.
Mrs W S Neel aged 90 of Dayton died at 7 45 am at the home of a daughter Mrs Dorothy Cheatham in Magnolia Arkansas Funeral rites will be held at 3 30 am Tuesday at Sterling Funeral Home in Dayton She had lived in Dayton 50 years Survived by daughters Mrs Clyde Spear Mrs Cheatham Mrs Nora Derr Graham and Mrs G W Holt Jr Devers two half brothers Ed and Auster Youngblood Houston nine grandchildren 22 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren Rev Aldous Smith First Methodist Church Dayton to officiate
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Dell Neal 74 will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Fellowship Cemetery Warren. She died 12:40 am Monday in a Baytown hospital. She was mother to Baytonians Mrs. W F Overstreet and Mrs. Jay Finkston. survivors include a Warren daughter Mrs E E Mullins three sons E R Neal Atwater Calif R Neal San Diego Calif M L Neal Warner Robins Ga two sisters Mrs W F Terry and Mrs W A Withers and a brother J L Holligan all of Bryan. Edwards Funeral Home Pantie in charge.
W. H. Knox of 108 Patey Drive was treated at Gulf Coast Hospital Monday for a superficial gunshot wound from an accident at his home. He was pulling a dresser drawer when a gun fell and discharged. He was released from the hospital later.
Rain and mild temperatures moved across Texas overnight with heavy fog in spots. A small tornado near Seguin hit the Guadalupe County airport causing about 1000 dollars in damage to hangar and planes. Fog expected to lift gradually as conditions ease.
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