Center ville Mourns 83-Year-Old Alice Wood
Mrs. Alice Wood 83 of Center ville died Thursday in Methodist Hospital Houston. Funeral services at Green Funeral Home Center ville pending. Also in brief local items: WWI Barracks to hold a regular meeting at Baytown Civic Center. Garden Club cancels December meeting. Eddie Postels wins first in model division at Galveston hobby show. local cycle accident reports Dudley Mouton 15 charged with speeding. Frederick C Brandt assigned to Viet Nam as Army aircraft mechanic. NTSA honors Robert Hu-wieler among 124 North Texas State students on all A honor roll. piano students recital at Sterling Library with Trumpet performances.
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Alice Wood
Centerville
Cecil Wood
Morrell
Baytown
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Green Funeral Home
NTSA
Robert Huwieler
Robert W. Huweller
Windy Lane
North Texas State University
Denton
Crosby School District Bond Election Vote Slow Morning
Rain slowed turnout in the Crosby School District bond election on Saturday with 426 votes cast by 11:40 am. The Crosby High School box reported 336 votes and Drew High School precinct 120 as ballots were still coming in.
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Crosby School
Crosby High School
Drew High School
Baytown Weekend Weather Turns Cooler With Scattered Showers
Scattered showers expected in the Baytown area as a cooler weekend forecast unfolds. Temperatures down to the 60s and tides noted for Galveston with Sunday high near 12:45 pm and early Monday low around 6:36 am.
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Baytown Area
Galveston
Community Notes From a Busy Week of Local Life
Greg Angel makes a special request. Billy and Eutha Angel celebrate their wedding anniversary with a meal out. J. D. Reavis brings by story information. Pam Mills seeks a ride to Austin. Mrs. Adams class at St Joseph's Elementary reports a Christmas message from a 56k diet in Vietnam. Jim Bailey builds information. Katie Belle Froehner collects money for a fundraising campaign. Johnny Fulton plans a big party for Friday night. Bill is distressed over the loss of her dog Smokey. Martha O'Brien returns to Christmas activities. Joyce Rowe plans a family get-together. Buelow conducts a grapefruit tour of his backyard. Bob Collins asks what is going on. Bernard Selensky named to Northrup, King and Co. president's advisory council. he is married to the former Geraldine Kugman of Baytown.
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Greg Angel
Billy
Eutha Angel
J. D. Reavis
Pam Mills
Austin
Adams
St Joseph's Elementary School
Vietnam
Jim Bailey
Katie Belle Froehner
Johnny Fulton
Bill
Smokey
Martha O'Brien
Joyce Rowe
BU Buelow
Bob Collins Akes
Bernard Selensky
Northrup, King and Co
Geraldine Kugman
Baytown
Baytown Panel to Study City Needs and Plan
Baytown Mayor Seaborn Cravey calls a meeting of prominent citizens to discuss the city’s needs and outline a tentative plan for a thorough study. The session begins Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber with Cravey presiding. Invited are members of the city’s improvements committee including Theo Wilburn Til lman O’Brien Sr. Gentry Hathaway Herry Massey Robert P. Ker T. Lo Doc Satterwhite A. Bryan Stratton Jack Saunders W. D. Hinson Norman Foote Mrs Thelma Sanders ey C Jack Kimmons Bill Strickler W. Li Dub Ward and Allen Rice.
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Baytown
Seaborn Cravey
City Wall
Theo Wilburn
Tillman O'Brien Sr
Gentry, Hathaway
Herry
Moody Foundation Grants 73000 To Lee College
Lee College received notice of a 73000 grant from the Moody Foundation of Galveston for reconstruction in Walter Burdell Hall. The project recreates 8364 square feet of space used as a Student Union, bookstore, counseling, and offices. The grant supports development of a career development center and information systems within the college.
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Lee College
Moody Foundation of
Galveston
Walter Burdell Hal
REL Students Receive National Recognition
Jane Parker and Iris Harrington, high school students, earned national recognition in the 1967 NCTE Achievement Awards. Jane won a national award and Iris was a national runner-up, with their school Robert E. Lee High School receiving a certificate of merit from NCTE. The program honors top English students selected by their schools based on junior year performance in English, reading, and spelling.
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Jane Parker
J. H. Parker
Maplewood Drive
National Council of Teachers of English
Iris Harrington
R. R. Harrington Jr
Danobina
Jane
Iris
National Council
Robert E. Lee High School
Partment
NCTE
United States
Goodfellow Fund Seeks Final Holiday Donations
Chief Goodfellow thanks early supporters and urges more Baytonians to help fill Christmas bags for about 1000 underprivileged youngsters. With 2300 dollars still needed to reach 3000, volunteers will pick up toys December 2 and pack bags December 21 for distribution December 22 at the carpenters hall on Decker. Contributions to Chief Goodfellow care of The Baytown Sun, Box 90.
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Goodfellow
Baytown
Carpenters’ Hall
Decker
Baytown Pta Cancil
Chief Goodfellow
Baytown Sun
Baytown_ Tex
Baytown Hit by Thunder Storm Rain Hail Debris
A fast moving cool front brought thunder lightning and hail to Baytown before dawn on Saturday. Rain gauges recorded about two to three inches with up to three inches at a local home gauge. Flash flooding and debris filled streets but no damage reported. Temperature dropped to the low sixties as the cold front was expected to intensify later Saturday night.
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Baytown
U.S. Weather Bureau
Houston
Rebel Motel
Highway
Harris County Mosquito Control District
Gleger
Keller Lane
Gieger
Drowned newborn found in area ditch near Baytown
A preliminary autopsy concluded a newborn found in a ditch near McKinney Road Baytown probably died by drowning. The infant, about seven inches long, was in three inches of water and had an umbilical cord cut and tied. The body showed animal bites and decomposition, with no identification or certainty on the mother, and the discovery followed another abandoned infant found a week earlier.
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Renry Holcomb
James H.sammons
Harris County
Sammons
Wallisville Road
Maxey Road
James
D. Russell
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg
Bayshore Constructors, Inc
McKinney Road
Bob Smith Road
Baytown
Dr Sammons
Expanded Dialing Brings 450000 Choices to Baytown Area
Baytown and Highlands will gain 43 000 micro telephones without long distance charges in a new expanded area service starting next Sunday. The Houston Central Zone and La Porte will be dialable direct with area codes and numbers. By April direct dial of all long distance calls and new services like person to person credit cards will be available, with touch tone dialing arriving in early 1969.
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Baytown
Rigtlands
Houston Central Zone
la Porte
E. QO
Cambern
General Telephone
Highlands
Alsec
Houston
Chamber of Commerce
Two men in fatal Baytown burglary attempt
One man was killed and a second captured after a burglary attempt at Reynolds Outboard Motor Sales on West Main. The dead man was identified as Smitty Smith, 30, of New Jersey. James Robert Ingram, 38, of 2013 Wentworth in Pasadena, is in custody and charged with burglary andfelony theft. Reynolds and his wife confronted the intruders as police arrived around 3:07 a.m. Smith died at the scene. Ingram is being questioned with bond not set. The case will go to the Harris County Grand Jury.
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Mike Lonsford
Reynolds
West Main
Robert Wi. Reynolds
Baytown
Smitty
Smit
New. Jersey
James
Robert Ingram
Wentworth
Pasardera
Ingram
Brown's Court
Reynass
Hhis -Store
Smith
Mes
Reyds -Wrere
Jwill
Harris County Grand Jury
Baytown Junior Forum Follies to Aid Palsy Center
The Baytown Junior Forum plans the Red Stocking Review February 2 and 3 to raise funds for a new Cerebral Palsy Center. Lee Brasfield chairs a $65,000 drive, with a $120,000 center cost and a federal grant match. Rehearsals start January 15 for a Sterling High auditorium show featuring 4% members and their families, with tickets at $2.50.
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Bill Hartman
Baytown
CP Center
West Sterling
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Junior Forum
New York
New York Fim
Sterling High
Bluebonnet Tickets Available At Sun
Baytown Sun offers Bluebonnet Bowl tickets next week at the paper office. The December 3 game at Rice Stadium features Miami vs Colorado with tickets $5.50. Proceeds benefit Baytown Opportunity School which recently received a $500 bowl gift to aid construction and facilities nearby.
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Baytown Sun
University of Miami
University of Colorado
Rice Stadium
Sun
Baytown Opportunity School
Son Baker Reed
Garth
Bay Town
Opportunity ‘School
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Garden Club
Estellle
East Harris County
Eddie Postels
313 Park
Gak
Yeston County
Dudley Charles Mouton
Gulf Coast Hospital
Leopoldo ‘Chapa
Doris
Mouton
Brandt
Viet Nam
Frederick C. Brandt
John H. Brandt
E. Leke
Frank C. Ernhart
Sterling Library
Nathan Speights
Moody Foundation
Richard Strahan
Robert E. Baker
Moody
Williams
Baker
Marcus
Greer
Founda
Board of Regents
Strahan
James Mi
Joe Allen
REL
Goodfellow Fund
Peerotely
W. J. Strickler
Virginia K. Wesides
Asene
W. Barmes
Mra. T
Hoffman Jr
Mra. B
Huddieston
Dorothy Manuel Trinity Episcopal Guild
Trinity Church
E. C. Cambern
Dim MeLaln
Henscey
Baily
Henry
Holcomb
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