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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1954

Page

8

Toy Gift Spotlight Promises Easy Holiday Shopping

Bargain shoppers are urged to visit local stores such as Beall Bros, Black’s Pharmacies, The Book Stall, and Wikie’s for discounted toys and gifts. Highlights include gloves, plastic jackets, bikes, modeling clay, books, doll buggies, electric trains, figurine dolls, hobby kits, and a portable record player, with prices ranging from one to several dollars.

Wiener Market St McKem Kayness Scout-Tex Ho-Pepa West Texas Avenue Hoya James Schiwing Wikie's Bos Box Bourge Art Center Mother Gap Green Meadow Boole Stall Wo Texas Gaillard Bourge Act Center Gus Fireworkas Ray Market St. Rd Buytown Hirdwire Roy Yellow Jacket Black

Local Stores Advertise Holiday Gift Items and Prices

A fragmented advertisement page lists numerous retailers and items including furniture by Wilanted Furniture Co and Lang chests, home appliances from DREW'S and HERRING'S DRUG STORE, clothing such as velvet slippers and nylon lingerie, and gift sets from Scarborough's and Beall Bros. The items cover kitchen appliances, cosmetics, perfume, jewelry, and seasonal clothing with price cues like 8.50 and 2.25. Retailers include Lang, Taylor, Paine Brox, Wiener’s, Hobson’s, Scarborough’s, and Beall Bros across Baytown and nearby streets.

Wiener's Mariel St Tommie Seis Palite S. Fabergr Vanity Paine Brox West Texas Ave Handy Tve Taylor Baytown Hardware Revlon Scarborough Purple Bear Acts International Hobson's Beall Bros Wiener’s Market Street Old Baytown STIGR Lucien Lelong Sid Pr. Paine Irene’s Teva

Baytown hardware ads list sporting goods and gear

A collage of local ads advertising broad breast turkeys leather kits Browning automatic shotguns Browning Browne silent gear from Baytown stores Nelson Sporting Goods Beall Bros Rand McNally lighting fiber glue and Beall Brothers items. The notices list prices from 1.25 to 85.50 and feature retailers like Mallin's Pawn Shop Herving's Drug Store Raytown Hardware and West Texas Avenue locations.

Alwats Dyrcing's Texas Ave Te Tan Baytown Martin Beall Bros Rapagliy Fen Jim Nelson Sporting Buck Hunters Browt Gift Nelson Sporting Goods North Main St Baysown Evershanp Seurnoraukh Fisheraad Jhatsi Nelson Sporting Goods Jrather Ash Triya Ixetsnors Rand-McNaily Gieben Witkenfeld Wirniture Co Texas Main Prince Gataner Robson's Paine’s. Sportsman Jim Nelson Goody Mohawk Jim Nelson Sporting Goods Rowson's W. Texas Westinghouse Raytown Market St Yardley Herving's

Christmas Gift Shops Offer Wide Variety Across Texan Stores

Readable ad style list shows various shops in West Texas and nearby areas offering holiday gifts. Mentions Black's Pharmacies Drew's The Book Stall Culpepper's Irene's Bourges Art Center and others with prices on items from pottery and brass trivets to canaries and parakeets. Includes gift certificates hardware and home goods.

Black's Chartrevsé Drew's West Bend Kovar Appliance Co Texas Roy Market St. Ra Yellow Jarket Inn BleDonald Bob Smith Road Konak Biyek Weel Mogage Peter Marshall Elsa Maswel Herrhig's Scarborough Culpepper's W, Texas Gale Brunsop Bay Theatres Cypewriters Remington Nortable Acme ‘Eynewriter Co Dua Market Tve Channelview Nursery Channelview Culpepper’s Admiral CUS Hoffman Philo Roa Gentih Motorola Tvs Kovar Appliance’ Co Wwe Bourges Act Center W. Gulf Ena Wongreh Creer Ee Bendix Martin Cryer Daigie Dickson’s Radio & Television 311 Wiener Marker China Havilland Syracuse Frantiscan Rowann's W. Texas Wilkenfold Furniture Co Mala Basse’s Market St Ulpepner’s Sasse’s Marken Irene’s Minnesla St Culpepper's Bourge Art Center West Gull Wikle's Lazy Susan Southeas Robson's Robeson Irene's Minnesota Wilkentfeld. Furniture Co VaCula G.F. Swivel Tor Eleaer Navar

Infant care ad with assorted items and prices

A fragmentary newspaper ad lists baby products and prices including surity diapers at $2.98, infant dresses $1.95, and baby hooks. Mentions Irene's at 3207 Minnesota and Herring's gift items with color options and a note to keep track of baby's milestones.

Wiener's Irene's Minnesota Herring's

Housing Problems Shift To Local Level Across Nation

Washington dispatch notes a shift in housing policy toward local handling, led by urban renewal efforts and reorganized federal programs. FHA HFA restructure, regional mortgage committees, and NAREB model housing standards aim to boost local action, with Clarksville Tenn first approved and more areas pursuing similar plans.

Richard EB. Mooney Washington Housing and Home Finance Agency Federal Housing Administration HHPA FHA HFA HHFA U.S Coin Jeague Savings and National Association of Real Estate Boards Inareb NAREB Health

Part of Highway 183 Will Be 'Divided'

Fort Worth reports the State Highway Department will convert a section of Highway 783 into a divided roadway between Fort Worth and Dallas in 1955 A $580 000 contract for the super highway between the Irving cutoff overpass and the Loop 12 junction is expected to be awarded.

Fort Worth State Highway Department Dallas Flo Highway Department Irving Loop 12

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