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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1962
Page
1
A Baytown readers notes multiple Christmas parties in local clubs with gift exchanges and toy drives at homes and churches. Also reported are funeral services for Charles O Steele in Beaumont and Emma Huzzler Beck of Huntsville, with survivors listed. Additional brief items cover Little League officer elections, Navy Mothers Club gathering, and community notices.
Bulletin from Longview reports the Gregg County grand jury returned 209 indictments today as part of the East Texas oil well drilling investigation. The findings expand the probe into the stunted drilling scandal.
Much colder tonight with a light freeze expected. Wednesday turns fair and cold. Galveston tides for Wednesday list high at 2:52 AM and 6:27 PM, low at 10:28 AM, with a low tide at 5:42 PM.
Molly Anne Hornsby, a University of Texas senior from Baytown, becomes president of the Physical Education Majors Club. She is vice president of the women's badminton club and a Newman Club member, daughter of Mrs. Leontine D. Hernsby. Chambers County Judge Oscar F. Nelson Jr. congratulates Baytown on Christmas decorations.
Funeral services were held for Robert Wayne Stevenson a 33 year old Horace Mann Junior High teacher killed in a truck train collision near Pearland. Survivors include his widow Delores and four sons. Stevenson taught at Horace Mann and previously at Odessa and Jefferson Davis high schools. He was active in local education and community groups. The accident occurred Sunday at the Pear Street crossing near State Highway 35. Pallbearers and booster club members will attend.
The school board approved hiring an extra teacher for educable mentally retarded students and approved improvements to special education facilities. John A. Woodard outlined current and future needs including classes for partially sighted and trainable mentally disabled students, transportation easing, and a testing coordinator. The board will continue studies and seek recommendations while funding from local sources will cover the new class for one year, with state reimbursement anticipated next year.
Lee College board approves a Dallas trip for the choir to sing at the Texas Junior College Teachers Association convention. The $850 cost will come from the student activity fund. Also approved: presidents Gentry and Waterrundell attend the American Association of Junior Colleges national convention in Seattle February 26 to 28.
Baytown hosts a Friday semi final in the University Interscholastic League football eliminations. New London, undefeated and the division favorite, meets Ingleside at Memorial Stadium. Orange beat Bay City 18-0 last week in the quarterfinals. tickets are sold by the school athletic office with reserved seats at 1.50 and student advance 0.50 or 1 at the gate.
Estony Porter of Seabrook has been appointed to Labal Draft Board No. 63 in Bay town. Cal Martis Schwartz of Selective Service announced the appointment and noted the board's five members will include two more appointees soon. Porter was chosen by President Kennedy on Gov. Price Daniel’s recommendation and the office sits in the Federal Building near the post office.
Baytown leaders urge ICC to restore Baytown LaPorte within Houston Commercial Zone key to trucking firms. Hearings in Houston heard that zone removal cut motor freight service, weakening local merchants and industry, while bond-backed domed stadium plans progress and a new two high schools proposal is outlined.
A county wide drive to support a stadium bond issue is under way with rallies and breakfasts for community leaders to plan the final push before election day. Baytown will host one gathering as county officials outline plans for a two high school setup on existing Robert E. Lee and Carver sites with about 1000 students split into divisions, costing roughly 3 to 4 million dollars.Renovations to current buildings and a site on Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road are included, with a cost estimate due in February as trustees discuss extending Baker Road for future access.
Texas and Panhandle communities faced a hard freeze as a first real norther arrived late Tuesday. Temperatures were projected to dip to 18-28 degrees with snow flurries in the Panhandle and winds up to 30 mph. Farmers protected crops in the Lower Rio Grande Valley while forecasters warned of lingering cold into Wednesday across most of the state. Local readings included 19 in Pampa, 20 in Amarillo, 26 in Dalhart, 28 in Childress and 32 in Lubbock, with Brownsville near 64 earlier in the day.
Baytown’s 1962 Goodfellow Fund shows $2,000 goal with less than two weeks left and under $500 raised so far. Donations to CHIEF GOODFELLOW fund provide Christmas bags with toys and goodies to underprivileged Baytown children, with no dues or meetings required.
An anonymous caller traced to a pay phone booth claimed to be a Baytown minister and criticized The Baytown Son's weekend church page. Efforts by friends and other Baytown ministers to identify the caller failed. Police have been notified.
Washington AP reports Soviet withdrawal from Cuba is very slow. Secretary of State Dean Rusk says Moscow must speed up or face U.S. concern and possible pressure. Estimated 9,000 to 15,000 Soviet personnel on the island, some organized as combat power. Rusk discusses sites, missiles, and purpose as he prepares for Paris talks.
The Robert E. Lee High School Band, loaded with All District Band members, heads for the All Region contest on January 4 at the University of Houston. Conductor Commander Charles Brendier, retired U.S. Navy Band leader, directs 28 Lee students in Crosby selections. 13 of 17 first chairs go to Lee, with many named players across instruments.
Humble Oil and Refining Co of Baytown reports orders totaling 196 547 dollars for overseas sales under the United States foreign aid program. About 120 053 dollars worth of bulk lubricating oil goes to Pakistan and 66 494 dollars of synthetic rubber to South Korea, produced under supply contracts with a New York exporter for Esso International Inc. The sale is financed by U S aid arrangements administered by AID, aiming to keep two thirds of aid dollars in the U S economy. Shipments bear a distinctive emblem identifying U S aided goods.
In Carmichaels Pennsylvania a mine blast at U S Steel Rahena No 3 left many dead. After a five day search rescue crews recovered the last bodies Monday night. Methane gas and coal dust were blamed for the explosion at 1 15 pm Thursday. Forty four other miners were injured.
The icy two punch from a cold front grips the eastern half of the nation since last Thursday. Millions face flights delays and heavy snow as schools close and shoppers wait as storm related deaths rise beyond the previous day.
Funeral services will be held at 10 am Wednesday at Pal UL Lee Chapel for Mrs Mary Kathrine Hillyer Morris 39 of 496 Goose Creek Drive a Baytown resident since 1953 died at 645 Monday in a Houston hospital Survivors include her husband William C Morris two sons Glenn both of Baytown her mother Mrs George M Hillyer of Houston grandmother Mrs A R Hillyer of Palacios and aunt Mrs Arthur Meeks of Houston The Rev Paul Stephens will officiate Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery Houston She was born July 21 1923 in San Antonio and was a member of Second Baptist Church
Newly elected Sawtown Chamber of Commerce directors include Jane Davis, T yO Brian Berry, James Anderson Jr., Donnie Brunson, and Lt. E Fuller. Re-elected directors are Al Melinger, Jack Strickler, Jack Jacobs, and Bruce Ramsey. Officers to be elected by the board and installed at January’s annual banquet.
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