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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1959

Page

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SUN Spots and community events in Baytown area

Christmas music by Kee High School Choir directed by T. F. Seale for Baytown Rotary Club at noon Wednesday at the Tower. Garden clubs host annual Christmas party at 9 30 am Tuesday at the Community House. KOZT and KOZT Will meet Monday at 7 30 pm at St Joseph s Catholic School hall. annual Christmas party to follow. Moose Women of the Loyal Order of Moose 1050 will meet Wednesday at 6 30 pm at the lodge home 710 West Main. turkey dinner served. Cub Scout Pack 93 meets 7 pm Tuesday at Cedar Bayou s Methodist Church. Mrs Minnie Clayton, wife of City Councilman Al Clayton, improving at Gulf Coast Hospital. Bill of Rights Day observed nationally with no local programs announced. Baytown Refinery San Jacinto Gate closes 5 30 pm to 6 am daily beginning today. Corral gate remains open.

Robery FR East Harris County Women of Moose Loyal Order of Moose Lodge West Main

Galveston Weather Outlook With Tides This Week

The forecast calls for partly cloudy mornings and wind through Tuesday with scattered thunderstorms tonight. Cold air arrives Tuesday with sunrise at 7:09 am and sunset listed. Tuesday tides will be high at 2:20 am and 5:49 pm with low tides around 9:40 am and 1:18 pm.

Galveston

Christmas Social Snippets From Bay Town Newsroom

Local notes recall visits by Mr and Mrs Lee Dunn of Fort Till near Alexandria and Eddie Krenick gearing Santa Claus plans for the New Year. Capt Earl Barnett shares a durk hunting album while Mr and Mrs L Gislebrandt recount a Mobile vacation. Mrs Eris Browssard and Mary Ann visit Willie Toups at Pickett's Bayou barbecue. Chad Manson Clark wraps holiday errands as Johnny Fulker-Son helps with a Christmas tree. Bessie Hell Daves Shubert, ex AEL tennis champ, leads the Jones High drum corps in Houston after a Sam Houston graduate taught in Anahuac. Vi Saunders sends greetings from Grand Junction to Ray friends. Jeanette Kostka notes small plants destined to grow, and the Meltons welcome an early Christmas with a new TV.

Lee Dunn Alexandria Baytown Eddie Krenick Earl Barnett L. Gislebrandt Mobile Ala Eris Browssard Mary Ann Willie Toups Pickett’s Bayou Manson Clark Johnny Fulker Bessie Hell Daves Shubert AEL Jones High School Houston Sam Houston State College Anahuac Vi Saunders Grand Junction Colo Ray Jeanette Kostka Melton Durants

Panhandle Weather Alert Signals Blizzard Risk

The Weather Bureau issued a heavy snow and local blizzard warning for parts of Northwest Texas and New Mexico as a slow moving storm over New Mexico pushed snow eastward. Dalhart Dumas and Amarillo reported snow with winds up to 35 mph. forecasters warned motorists to heed later forecasts.

Associated Press Weather Bureau Texas New Mesxico Dalhart Dumas Amarillo Panhandle New Mexico Rockies South Plains

Assistant Police Chief Freeman to resign to run service station

Assistant Police Chief Herbert F Freeman will resign from the Baytown Police Department December 31 to take over a new service station on Highway 116. Police Chief Roy Montgomery will name Lt. Cleve Dickens acting assistant chief until civil service examinations are held. Freeman, a Baytown resident since 1912, graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1949 and joined the force on July 16, 1951. He has been assistant chief for about five years. The new station is expected to open around December 21. He and his wife live at 802 Pearl with two sons, Terry and Wayne.

Herbert &.Merchiel Freeman Baytown Roy Montgomery Cleve Dickens Freeman Robert E. Let High School

Do It Day Prompts Baytown Christmas Seal Campaign

Tuesday marks Do It Day in Yale Seal efforts to fund TB work in Baytown and Harris County. Mrs L J Reilly leads volunteers urging a $3 donation or more by mail to Christmas Seal Headquarters Houston to aid mobile X ray units and TB prevention.

Yale Baytown Harris County L. J. Reilly Houston-Harris County TB Assn Reilly Robert V. Moise Fealty Board Issnes Nelvin Moise Christmas Seal P.O. Box Houston

Happy Ending Story of Child and Mother Hospital Return

A three month old named David Grubig is held by his mother for the first time. She arrived at the hospital six months before his birth and has now returned home. Her tuberculosis story ends happily. Your Christmas Seat contribution can help write happy endings for 0,000 other s. Struck Dy TR each send a check to.

David Grubig

Eisenhower Welcomed by King Paul in Athens

President Eisenhower arrived in Athens on a six hour Iran layover for a grand welcome by King Paul I and Prime Minister Karamantis. Thousands lined the route as flags and banners flocked the city while schools granted holidays. He will address the Greek Parliament and then board the Des Moines cruiser in Phaleron Bay.

Athens Greece Eisenhower Iran Paul I Ellinikon Tehran Constantine Constantine Karamantis Karamantis Bay of Phaleron U.S Acropolis Parthenon EDA Royal Palace Maj John and Barbara Eisenhower Paul Frederika Cane Harme Tali Des Moines Phaleron Bay

Pioneer Resident Of Huffman Dies

funeral services held for Etta Wolfe a longtime Huffman resident who died Sunday in Channelview at 4 50 am Survivors include two sons W J Wolfe Baytown and C R Wolfe Mighlands a daughter Mrs Ava Smith Huffman six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren She was active in Huffman Baptist Church and the Order of Eastern Star aged 83 born October 10 and lived in Huffman all her life Burial was at Huffman Cemetery under Pace Stancil Funeral Home Dayton guidance

Pace-Staneil Funeral Home of Dayton Wolfe Buftman Baptist Church Order of Eastern Star Huffman

Manne to speak at December Engineers Society meeting

Dick Manne, senior research chemical engineer at THumbs Off and Refining Co Baytown Refinery, will address the Society of Automotive Engineers in Houston on the Miteaze Accumulation Dynamometer. He holds degrees from Yale and Vanderbilt and is a specialist in internal combustion fuel and lubricant problems.

Manne Society of Automotive Engineers Wenesday Houston Engineering and Scientific Society Thumbs Off and Refining Co Baytown Ite Yale University Vanderbilt University

HORC Increases Hospitalization Plan Contributions

HORC raises monthly company payment to 3 for the Bankers Life Plan effective January 1 1960 for current participants and Baytown Refinery clerical employees. Annuities on and after January 1 1960 gain the increase. existing annuitants keep 2 per month. OCAW and brick masons under month to month Blue Cross Blue Shield contracts not yet included pending negotiations.

Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown Eec Bankers Life Plan Baytown Employes Federation OCAW Brickmasons Blue Cross Blue Shield

Mrs Casey Rites Held in Baytown Church

Mrs Minnie Ola Casey 59 of 1649 Market died 12:10 am Sunday in a Baytown hospital born August 8 1900 in Hillsboro Texas moved to Baytown 35 years ago survived by three daughters Mrs Vernon D Clement Mrs J L Wells and Mrs Alvin Henderson all of Baytown four grandchildren six brothers and sisters and four sisters Funeral services 2 pm Monday at Central Assembly of God Church officiated by Rev Lonnie Bowlen burial Meanwary Gardens Baytown Cemetery

Minnie Ola Casey Market Baytown Hillsboro Texas Vernon D .Clement J. L. Wells Alvin Henderson Willam HH. Scharder Highilmmis J. P. Powell Port O'Conner Roy Scarborough Houston Roy Jordan Austin Odie Hendricks Dewey Hendricks Odell Hendricks Highlands Rm. W. Hendricks Elmer Hendricks J. QO. Hendricks Central Assembly of God Church Lonnie Bowlen Meanwary Gardens Baytown Cemetery

NATO ministers meet as Twining quotes flare in Paris

In Paris the NATO talks open with U S officials critiquing Western delays in absorbing U S atomic arms and air defense integration. France objects to the remarks while Chretien Herter seeks cautious progress toward a summit with the Soviet Union.

Twining North Atlantic Treaty Organization U.S United States France Maurice Cove de Murville Chistian A. Herter Conve de Murville Couve de Murville Herter NATO Soviet Union Paul-Henri Spaak Laurig Norstad Europe Selwyn Lloyd Paris Douglas Dillon London Brussels Bonn Dillon

Fire damages two businesses in Baytown blaze

A Sunday fire at Clyde Spear's Insurance Agency at 3008 Market, owned by E. Woodruff, damaged Spear's office and the Lowry Martin Cleaners and Dyers, with total losses estimated at $12,000. Fire started in a back room and smoldered for hours before firefighters responded, threatening adjacent structures.

Clyde Spear Market Baytown Firas A. H Art) Lintelman Spear Lowry-Martin Lintelman

Baytown Leads All REL Science Awards Winner

Baytown's Robert E. Lee High School topped Texas junior science awards in Austin, winning seven honors of 22 entries. REL claimed all first place awards, with students Jan Badhe and Wake Rosser among top winners. other Baytown honorees earned high placements amid involvement from local clubs and mentors.

Wanda Orton Sun Welteg Robert E. Lee High School Texas Tesag Junior Academy of Science Austin REL Schol Baytown Stephen F. Austin Kinkaid Spring Branch Ball High Galveston Wruke FF Amy Jan Badhe R. J. Badhe South Burnet Drive Jan Wake Roger Sear Juvay Rand Evans W. R. Evans North Market Loop Rand Bill Grace Bill National Science Encoll Grace Broussard yMr W. Ef. Broussard West Bayshore Drive Wort Whitee Rel John Cater Paul G. Cater Bayshore Drive Billy Edwards W. R. Edwards Scott Richard Rose

Goodfellow Till Swells To 675 More Needed

A Baytown report portrays a family aided by Goodfellows facing hardship. The father seeks work to feed five children whose meals have been limited to potatoes and beans. Community appeal notes hundreds of similar cases and calls for donor support to cover needs and upcoming holidays.

Goodfellows Ant the Baytown Chieb

Babson 1960 Forecast Promises Insightful Projections

Babson previews its 1960 Forecast highlighting outstanding forecasts on key topics. The feature promises value to readers and invites attention to forward-looking analyses.

Babson

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