Ford Foundation grants total half billion to Texas colleges and hospitals
San Jacinto Memorial officials confirm a Ford Foundation grant of 8350 thousand as part of a 500 million nationwide distribution. In Texas, Rice Institute UH University of St Thomas and 12 Houston hospitals receive installments totaling 2.7 million. Hospitals to aid services. colleges to boost teachers salaries.
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San Jacinto Memorial
Ford Foundation
Houston
Rice Institute
University of Houston
University of St. Thomas
Texas Colleges and Universities
2Nd Midre
Baytown selects Maxwell for $370000 Bayou School job
The Baytown Cedar Bayou school board awarded Maxwell Construction Co. a 370,017 dollar contract to build a new 26 classroom, one story school plant on the northeast Ca ncet site. The project includes an auditorium and cafeteria with a modified heating plan and possible extra 4,000 dollars for under floor ducts. The bid was about 40,000 under the budget and construction may begin immediately with completion set for next August.
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Fred Tartan Sapta
Claus
Baytown
Cedar Bayou
Maxwell Construction Co
Base Town
Widow of Coach Armstrong joins Baytown school staff
Mrs. Lela Armstrong widow of late Coach George Armstrong of the Robert E. Lee Gasiders joins Baytown schools as a fourth grade teacher at Baytown Elementary. She replaces Miss Connie Kraft who takes a leave and will marry later this month. Armstrong had served as an office aide at Horace Mann and was previously employed in the school system. The move was approved unanimously by the school board and praised by Superintendent Gentry.
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Jove
Tee
Frances Miller
Los
Peres
T. Martin
Miss Miller
Helen Dill
Adi
Tlinnis
Dhl
Lela
Armstrong
George Armstrong
Robert E. Lee Gasiders
Baytown Schol
Connie Kraft
Baytown
Miss Kraft
Als. Armstrong
W. C. Hinson
Horace Mann
George Ti
Gentry
A. R. Stark
Robert FE
Staf
Dan Stallworth
Athletic and Phystead
Methodist Men Meet at Grave Church and Golden Age Party
The Baytown area reports a Methodist Men meeting at 7 pm Wednesday at Grave Methodist Church chaired by Morris Morrow and Steal McDonald. Golden Age Christmas party set for 3 pm Wednesday at Mrs. George Bruce home on Bayshore Drive with gifts exchange. Service League invited.
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Grave Methodist
Morris Morrow
Steal McDonald
Pam
George Bruce
Bayshore Drive
Golden Age
Service League
Around Town Highlights And Personal Notes From Readers
LANEIGH VONCANSON returns from a cold Detroit stay and awaits her husband. Barbara Hollister peers through artificial snow at her desk as Dor Hin consoles melancholy customers. Patricia Ball, top five percent at Baylor, earns Alpha Chi invitation. Joy Susie Powers balances duties while handling a tricky call. Robert Lee Parker prepares to celebrate a birthday, noted by Mrs. Clarke Jr.
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Laneigh Voncanson
Detroit
Waldrop
Mississippi
Barbara Hollister
Dor
John Chandler
Sera
Walter Queen
Patricia. Ball
R. BR. Ball
Baytown
Baylor University
Alpha Chi
Patricia W
RMNT
Joy Susie Powers
Robert Lee Parker
Mra
Bel lyful of Reds Otto John Jumps Back to West
Otto John 46 former West German security chief who defected to the Soviet zone last year slipped back into West Germany under cover of darkness and is being questioned. His return sparked a government crisis for Chancellor Adenauer and concern among Western intelligence agencies that had hosted him in Washington for talks with Hoover and Dulles.
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Otto John
Bonn
Germany
Otto. John
John
West Germany
J. Edger Hoover
Chantellor
Konrad Adenauer
Washington
Hoover
Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Baytown’s Radar Cop Delayed as Equipment Arrives
Baytown police chief W. Ty Montgomery said a radar device for speed enforcement is about a week late from the manufacturer. He expected rapid deployment once the unit arrives, with officers ready to issue tickets immediately.
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Montgomery
Mars
San Jacinto Hospital Names Dr Friske Chief Of Staff
Dr Oscar W Friske named chief of medical staff at San Jacinto hospital following a truste es meeting in Baytown He has led the Baytown Mutual Benefit association as chief of state for five years and will assume office in January The hospital board elected Joe Reid and J Bryar Stratton to three year terms on the board The Friske family details and staff officers are listed along with a November loss of 4009 53 after depreciation at the hospital
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Oscar W. Friske
Baytown Mutual Benefit Association
San Jacinto Hospital
Burton M. Batue
Yuesdar
Joe Reid
J. Bryar Stratton
Medics
8. G. Humphry
H.W. Kilpatrick Lif
New Tay F. McDonald
George K. Felkner
H. T. Davis
H. O. Sappington
Battie
Chief Goodfellow Faces Growing Need This Christmas
Chief Goodfellow warns of rising number of needy children as Christmas gifts and donations trail last year. Rotarians and local groups like Northside Improvement Club and Goose Creek Patrons pledge funds, with Baytown drives inviting residents to drop donations at local stores or mail to The Sun.
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Chief Goodfellow
Goodfellows
Northside Improvement Club
Brownlie
Trent Lynchburg School
Baytown
FE. B. Bird
Louis
Goose Creek
Patricia Harrop
Priscila Club
Eda Donnelly
Michael Joy Melanin
W. L. Barnes
Opposition grows to tighter subdivision ordinance
Mayor BR. H. Pruett criticized the proposed subdivision ordinance on Tuesday, opposing five per cent park property deeding, street widenings, and 60 foot wide streets. He warned against overregulation hindering growth and urged a council review to reach a practical middle ground. He also questioned using unanimous passage, favoring a majority vote.
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BR. H. Pruett
Pruett
Clinkier
Fruett
100-Foot Barge Sinks Off Morgan's Point
A 100-foot barge in tow of a Houston ship channel tug sank off Morgan's Point after a collision with an inbound freighter. One person was injured, the Mayday operator said. The freighter was the Robert E. Hopkins. the barge was empty and headed for Horton and Horton sand dredge on the San Jacinto River.
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Houston Ship Channel
Morgan's Point
Jack Miday
Robert E. Hopkins
Miday
San Jacinto River
BEA Faculty Variety Revue Planned by Baytown Teachers
Baytown Education Association schedules a 7 30 p m Tuesday Faculty Variety Revue in the Robert E Lee auditorium with BEA members as entertainers. The one act comedy Take a Lecter by Lucitle Crites directed by Pauline Glenn features Mrs Howard Adams and other Mrss Slick Ellis Parker Jollingsworth Russell M M Brown and Ja oon Murdock as secretaries. Additional acts include Bob Rigby solo, Mrs Sam Powers monologue and a dance routine by San Jacinto elementary teachers proceeds fund a constitutional amendment to improve Texas teachers retirement system.
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Baytown Education Association
Robert £. Lee
BEA
Loucitle Crites
Pauline Glenn
Howard Adams
Slick Ellis
Richard Parker
Wilma Jollingsworth
A. R. Russell
Is. M. M. Brown
Ja Oon Murdock
Bob Rigby
Sam Powers
San Jacinta
Texas
Henry Bahrens Dies At Age Of 73
Funeral services for Henry Bahrens Sr. 73, who died Tuesday morning in Graytown hospital, will be at 5 pm Wednesday at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home with graveside services at 10 am Thursday in Thornton Cemetery Thornton Tex. L Bankhead minister of Pasadena Church of Christ will officiate. He lived at 506 West Lohnt and had been in ill health eight years. A native of Germany and formerly employed at the Baytown refinery, he had lived in Baytown since 1931. Honorary pallbearers will be all employees of the Utilities department at the refinery. Survivors include his wife Mrs Bheja Bahrens a son Henry Bahrens Jr two grandchildren Zandra Allen Christie Lea Bahrens and a sister Mrs Anna Beins of Germany.
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Henry Bahrens Sr
Graytown Hospital
Paul A. Lee
Thornton Cemetery
Thornton
Tex
L. €. Bankhead
Pasadena
Bheja Bahrens
Henry Bahrens Jr
Zandra Allen
Christie Lea Bahrens
Baytown
Anna Beins
Germany
Ex Con Calhoun Kills Family Then Is Wounded in Dallas
In northeast Dallas Buford Calhoun, 32, killed his wife Mary Calhoun and three children Pamela Sue Patricia Lou and Bobby Lynn, and shot dead his son-in-law John Warren. He fought police sergeant Jim Johns in a booths gun battle and was wounded. an ambulance took him to Parkland hospital.
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Dallas
George Johns
Buford Calhoun
Jim
Johns
Calhoun
Fies
John Warren
Warren
Shirley
Illness Claims Baytown Broker W Bill Reichart
W Bill Reichart 69 investment broker died after a long illness in a Baytown hospital. He operated Reichart Investments at 12 East Texas and lived in Baytown ten years after moving from Kansas City Missouri in 1945. He belonged to Baytown BPOE 1649 and chaired the lodge board of trustees and was in the Variety Club. Survived by wife Irene two brothers two sisters and two grandsons. Funeral at Trinity Episcopal Thursday with Paul A Lee Funeral Home directing. Interment Grand View Memorial Park.
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I Reichart
Baytown
Reichart
East Texas
Kansas City
BPOE
Lodge Board of Trusters
Variety Club
Irene
Tmo Brothers
Fred ‘Vl Reichart
Art Reichart
Houston
Oliver Gober
Ohn Jackson
Ear Jr
Warren Hightower
Wickenburg
Ariz
Trinity Episcopal Church
Walter Henekell
Paul A. Lee Fune
Murray Rogers
J. H. Strait
Charles Pierson
J. R. Bell
James Girardeau
Joe Zarn
Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery
Spenver Highway
Absentee Votes In Wooster Coady Water Elections Set
Absentee voting for the January 3 supervisor elections in two Baytown area water districts starts Wednesday at the Harris County courthouse in Houston. District coverage includes Wooster Brownwood Lakewood and District 27 Coady with voting at David G Burnet school 5720 Bayway Drive using machines. Election judge J F Hickerson, candidates include T W Golden and W W Sehoppa seeking re election to the board. other contenders L W Wilkerson W L Shepherd A M C Setliff J P Burnell John M Starr T A Black T E Boatright Ollie Ly Ostrum and W H A Miller. Incumbent Gladys Stone opposed by Doris R B Smith for tax assessor collector. Five supervisors to be elected for a four year term in Wooster District. Eight candidates qualified by the 5 pm filing deadline.
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Baytown Area
Harris County Court House
Houston
Wooster
Brownwood
Lakewood
Coady
David G. Burnet
Bayway Drive
J. FP. Hickerson
T. W. Golden
WW. T. Sehoppa
Board of Supervisors
L. W. Wilkerson
W. L. Shepherd
AM. C. Setliff
J. P. Burnell
John M. Starr
T. At. Black
T. E. Boatright
Ollie Ly Ostrum
WH. A. Miller
Gladys Stone
Doris RB
Gift-Spotter invites easy shopping relief this Christmas
Read the Gift Spotter daily for a shop easing feature that eases Christmas shopping pressure. The easy chair approach highlights simple, stress free deals and tips to streamline purchases.
Proposal Up For Council Okay Tonight
A proposed new Baytown subdivision ordinance, described as strict, likely to receive first reading at the Tuesday council meeting. Engineers, contractors, and developers object, citing five percent land setaside for park use and street material requirements, with revisions sought before final reading.
Peoples State Bank Building Undergoing Delays
Construction of the new 95,000 Peoples State bank building between West Main and Market streets is set to begin Wednesday. Maxwell Construction Co. plans to start, but two city water lines must be removed first. City Manager Darwin Middleton said removal will take one or two days. Architect Lowell Lammers will supervise as work proceeds with entrances on both streets and drive-in windows.
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Peoples State Bank
West Main
Market
Maxwell Construction Co
Maxwell
Darwin Middleton
Bank
West Baytown
Hetween West Main
Market Streets
Lowell Lammers
Architest
Killer Frost Hits Baytown Area
The first winter frost of the season struck Baytown Monday night as a cold air mass sent temperatures to freezing. Tender vegetation including tropical plants pasture grasses and garden vegetables suffered damage, with Monday morning at 32 degrees and a stronger frost night before. The Tuesday noon high reached 48 degrees signaling a warming trend while more cold weather was expected to continue.
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Baytown
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