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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1969
Page
3
Police investigated Mapleton Street Brownwood Friday night after gunfire reports. Officers traced the noise to a stalled waterlogged car with backfiring. Local resident Martin Luther is noted for a Christmas tree tradition.
Reports cite rain slick roads and poor visibility for Friday's spike in accidents in Baytown. Among the incidents, Layne Lumus, 19, injured when his car hit a power pole on Market Street. two others, Willie Ward and Mrs. H M Chatham, injured on Highway 146. four Harris County fatalities include a La Porte pedestrian, Thomas Rector, and a head-on collision on Spencer Highway near La Porte.
In Thailand SGT Albert A. Romberg son of Mrs A A Romberg 715 Gulf is on duty at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai AFB Thailand as a flight equipment specialist serving with a unit of the Pacific Air Forces.
Mrs. Bessie Reach Nesbit, 65, longtime custodian and unofficial mentor to the Lee Brigadiers at Robert E. Lee High School, died Friday after months of illness. She retired in May. Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Thompson Chapel in Oak Addition, with a wake Saturday night at the church. Burial will be in Live Oak Cemetery in Beaumont.
The Rev Harold O Bomhoff delivers The Axe At The Root as the subject of the family worship service at St Pauls Lutheran Church Sunday with Holy Communion. Services begin 10 15 a m Advent midweek at 7 p m Choirs meet weekly and Christmas activities outlined.
First Baptist Church Baytown schedules a 9 45 a m general assembly for Married Young People through Adults Sunday School departments with Rev Gary Bonner delivering a Lottie Moon Missions Emphasis and preaching at 10 50 a m and 7 p m. A 4 30 p m Sunday rehearsal for Primary and Pre Teen Choirs precedes the Christmas program on December 17. The Flo Love WMS Current Missions Study meets Tuesday at Mrs E L Deans 431 Inwood and WMU serves lunch for Lee College YWA s at the Baptist Student Building. Junior Christmas Party is Thursday 6 30 p m in Fellowship Hall and Intermediate Christmas Banquet Friday 6 30 p m. First Baptist Deacons meet Monday at 7 p m.
Memorial services for Baytown Elks Lodge No. 1649 at Market Street lodge at 4 p.m. Sunday will be led by C. R. Miller with Rev P Walter Henckell as guest speaker. Ten new names join the memory table including A C LaVergne and W H Bayne among others. music by Mrs R Gipson and Pamela Herring.
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