Christmas seal drive targets $170000 for mobile X-ray unit
Baytown chairman Mrs L J Reilly announces Houston Harris County Christmas seal drive to fund a mobile X-ray unit. Red Cross will mail recorded Christmas greetings to deployed servicemen. phone for appointments listed. Baytown hires Clark B McCune as new foreman at Service Pipe Line Co Baytown terminal. Eugene B McLemore also transferred.
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Houston
Harris County
L. J. Reilly
Baytown
Red Cross
Atlantic Storm Strikes Europe As Vessels and Lives Affected
A severe Atlantic storm battered Britain and Portugal coastlines causing road and rail disruption. Up to two feet of snow blanketed southern Sweden and northern Baltic states while waves 50 feet high damaged ships and port facilities. Four northern European nations reported multiple fatalities and widespread outages as crews battled ice and flooding.
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London
Britain
Atlantic
Cherbourg
Sweden
Nouthern Baltic
Supreme Court to hear Parr and eight on mall fraud appeal
The Supreme Court granted a hearing today to George Parr a former South Texas political leader and eight others convicted of mall fraud and conspiracy. The group allegedly used mall funds from the Benavides Lex School District for personal use and claimed the Houston trial judge erred by not allowing defense to inspect grand jury testimony of Diego Heras who is identified as a key government witness.
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Washington
Supreme Court
George Parr
South Texas
Benavides
Lex
U.S. District Court
Houston
Diego Heras
Neras
Rod, Reel And Gun Club Boosts Goodfellow Fund
Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club president Taylor Hunt presented 156 dollars for the 1959 Goodfellows drive after a club night of entertainment. The gift doubles a prior total with mail support from Leo Heinemann. Proceeds from a teenage dance at 3223 Minnesota will go to needy Baytown children, with donors asked for 50 cents or more per ticket.
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Taylor Hunt
Bayshore Rad
Goodfellow
Bayshore
Baytown Sun
The
Goodfellows
Leo Heinemann
Red, Reel and Gun Club
Hunt
Minnesota
Baytown
Girls’ Sports Association
Robert , Lee High School
Leslie School of Dancing
Local Notes and Community Snippets Spark Quick Chats
A scattered list of town happenings covers spellings, ideas for discussion, and local duties. The piece notes residents like Della Phillips and Sylvia Coleman, mentions the Hembree family and Mayfield as a hot dog provider, and cites Lula Elam recalling past times. Mr and Mrs Will Stephenson return from a month with relatives in Los Angeles while Pris cilla Ann Taylor approaches her 1a-year birthday. The Dell Holmes seek a favor and V. He McBride hosts the Fire Widows Club gathering ahead of a baby’s birth in the McBride family.
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A. J. Lewis
Della Phillips
Sylvia Coleman
Ronald Hembree
George Mayfield
Dell Holmes
Lula Elam
Will Stephenson
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Lee College Opens Spring Registration as Permits Go Out
Dean Watter Rundell announced that spring permits are available at Lee College. Returning students can obtain permits automatically while new students must submit applications and transcripts. Those with under 24 hours must take the School and College Ability Test. testing times are 9 am and 6 pm on January 25.
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Lee College
Watter Rundell
Want To Help This Christmas With Jaycee Clearing House
Appeal invites assistance for charity baskets to aid the needy this Christmas through the Jaycee Clearing House contact JU 2-2359.
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Jayceeattes Clearing House
Yule Lights Are Going Up Today in Baytown
Baytown dresses for the holidays as decorations go up along West Texas Avenue from Commerce to Whiting. City workers install lights costing about 1500 dollars per block to create a continuous festive display. The Lions Club contributes the old oak tree in front of Culpepper’s and the Morrell Park Garden Club decorates the traffic circle tree. Public works places lights on the water tank at Seventh and Defre, and the refinery adds a large tree outline on a tall unit to enhance the holiday scene.
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Baytown
Texas Ave
Commerce
Whiting
Culpepper
Baytown Lions Club
Water District Flection Jan. 5 Candidates Listed
Residents of Water District No. 5 will elect five members to the board of supervisors January 5. The district serves Wooster Brownwood and Lakewood with filing deadline December 21 at the district office 6109 Bayway Dr. Eight names appear including incumbent G W Robinson C T Bonner Sr T J Gilliam C L Umholtz Carl Shorty Tharp R L Clift and James Harrop. Robinson Gilliam and Umholtz are Baytown Refinery employees Bonner and Harrop are refinery relieved. Tharp is a Wooster cabinet maker and Clift works at Diamond Alkali. Present board members are Chairman B Greenwood Albert Franta B M Bill Beck W J CrI Service and Robinson. Tax assessor-collector and office manager is Mrs Dean McCain John L Bletsoh is superintendent.
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Water District No
Board of Supervisors
Wooster
Brownwood
Lakewood
Bayway Dr
G. W. Robinson
C. T. Bonner Sr
T. J. Gilliam
C. L
Umholtz
Carl (Shorty) Tharp
R.L. Clift
James Harrop
La Porte Bayshore Chamber to Announce Directors
The La Porte Bayshore Chamber of Commerce will reveal new board members at a Thursday luncheon at Zesse’s Patio. Nominees include Kenneth Adams Chris Arno Frank Baker W R Bacon L C Beels John Eckhardt Neal Greer Jr Don Heard Ralph Irving John Kubler Dr W A Long Raymond Sparks W L Bud West and Wendell Wilkes. Seven nominees are slated for three year terms.
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la Porte-Bayshore
Two Houstonians Rescued From Scott's Bay Accident
Victor L. Kelley and his son Allen, 14, were saved by the Wooster Volunteer Emergency Corps after their 14 foot skiff with a 12 horsepower motor capsized near Scott's Bay. They were treated for shock at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital and released.
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Allen
Kelley
Wooster Emergency Corps
James F. Casey
Sheridan
Bayshore Drive
Wooster Volunter Fire Department
TL. Knox
Kelleys
Emergency Corps
Eddie Whitten
Grady (Cotton) Shépard
Bares
Bob Tucker
Barnes
Kim Venable
Bayway Drive
Frank Kelley Jr
Kuwait Island
South Pacific
Causeway Wreck Fatally Injures Mrs Poore 42
Mrs Mabel Beatrice Poore aged 42 of 1101 Sunset died when her car plunged off the Tabbs Bay Causeway at 10 p.m. Saturday. husband Gerald Poore 30 survived and said she lost control while they were fishing on Hag Island. Autopsy ordered. funeral Tuesday at Earthman Chapel with Rev Dan Gardner officiating. She had worked 17 years in the Dumbie Oil Baytown refinery. survivors include husband, a daughter Sharon Beatrice Minard, parents, siblings, and relatives. Interment Cedar Forest Cemetery.
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Mabel Beatrice Poore
Tabbs Bay
Gerald G. Poore
Hari Fasley
Hag Island
Tabhs Bay
State Highway Department
Baytown-La Porte
Hog Island
Morgans Point
James Samyowns
Highlands
Harris County
Poore
Dumbie Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Standard
Poor
Earthman Chapel
Dan Gardner
Central Baptist Church
Shat 'Ron Beatrice Minard
Gi i Ward
Racliff
Ebchell
R. Dirst
G. A. Nortis
E. E. Matthews
Houston
Virgil Huggins
Channelview
Jugenus
Cedar Iorest Cemetery
Convicted family slayer dies by own action in prison cell
Oklahoma State Prison reports Dr. Ben Galbraith 37, serving a double life for family murder, died after cutting femoral artery with a razor in his cell at 2:30 a.m. Guard and Lt. Harrell found him. he died during surgery at 3:37 a.m. A note claimed his wife Kitty and children Frank Jere Sarah Ann would be cremated with his body.
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Withl Cere
Oita
Ben Galbraith
Oklahoma State Prison
Robert Raines
McAlester
Joe Sherrill
E.W. Harrell
Loral Whitlock
Tulsa
Galbraith
Whitlock
Galraith
Kitty
Frank
Jere
Sarah Ann
Eisenhower Receives Rousing Welcome In Karachi
President Eisenhower arrived in Pakistan aboard a U.S. jet at Mauripur base after a 12‑thousand mile flight from Ankara. A million Pakistanis cheered as he traveled in a gold and red coach to the Ayub Khan residence, with streets lined in flags and lights. The scene blended festivity with a formal greeting as Ayub Khan’s government officials were introduced.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Artrom
Turkey
James C. Hrty
White House
Amer
Bamuer
Ike
U.S. Tiaubassy
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Eisenhofer
Mauripar Air Force Base
Ankara
Ayub Khan
The Eskimo Ice King Festival Story
In a northern tale Lucrece Hudgins Beale relates how Santa Claus and Oonik tame the Ice King to bring summer. An Eskimo family endures a brutal winter of scarce food before seeking Miski the village sage who explains the Ice King’s anger and a festival to placate him so summer returns.
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Surmmer
South Pole
North Pole
Santa Claus
Oonik
Arotic Sea
Donik
Qonik
Popik
Miski
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W. H. Freeman
Texas
Iumeheen
Walter Kerr
UCW
United Church Women
Brunson Theater
Child“ Ety Center
BHEA
Baytown Home . Economics Assn
Robert E Lee Fligh School
Rollie Williams
Duplicate Bridge
Raytown
Jack Furbee
Helping Hands
Helping Hands Society of Redeemer Lutheran Church
A&m Mothers Eas
Harris County A and Um Mothers Club
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Building
Galveston
Norway
Helgeland
Bulletin
Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Goodfellow Fund
Moial
Water District
Bayshore Chamber
Scott's Bay
Causeway
Brentzel
Wornee Munn Sunier High
Mie
Canada
William FB. Brentzel
Highway 146
Decker Drive
Wilbour
Willow
Oklahoma City
Tennessee
Memphis
Galuraith
Santa and the
ICE King
Che Baytown Sun
U.S
Lucrece Hudgins Beale
Chapter
Oaonik
An Iglaa
Arctic Sea
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