Work Day And Night To Restore Service
Ali of the 13500 Baytown telephones were put out of commission Thursday and planned to be in operation by noon Saturday unless rain delays return. A Houston Lighting and Power crew drilled into an 800-pair telephone cable at East Baytown’s traffic circle, disrupting service for about 1,000 phones. Ware, district manager, said eight to 12 men worked day and night since the accident, with limited space in the repair area. four men can work the 500 pairs at a time. Rain could halt work as lines must be climbed and the hole covered to avoid wet cables. R. O. Smith and Charles Barrington have worked since the incident and refused to quit until finished.
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Houston
Ali
Baytown
Joe Are
Telephone Co
West Baytown
Houston Lighting and Power Co
East Baytown
Ware
Salieing
Smith
Charles Barrington
Bouston Lighting and Power Co
Photte Cabie
Desr To Play At Borger In State Finals
Deer Parker will play Stinnett at 2 30 p m Friday December 23 at Borger for the state Class A schoolboy football championship. Site chosen at a meeting of officials Saturday morning. Deer Parker defeated Luling 33 14 to reach final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desr
Borger
Deer Parker
Stinnett
Hye
Deer
Defea!ing Luling
City to borrow to widen East James Street project
City Manager C Darwin Middieson warned the council that funds are not in the current budget to widen East James Street. The plan, supported by Councilman A Clayton, would spend about 10000 dollars to widen four blocks between First and Fourth, with utility relocation needed before work can start. Middleton must contact three utility firms to relocate poles gas lines and telephone lines closer to the sidewalk as widening proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
East James
Paul
East James Fireet
C. Darwin Middieson
Immedi
Ately
A. Clayton
Joe J. Rady Co
Fort Worth
Middleton
Open House at Ashbel Smith Girl Scout House in Abilene
Community notices list an open house at the Ashbel Smith Girl Scout House from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the corner of Seventh and Wright. Other items include Melvin Jasek in Hardin-Simmons University quartet, a Baytown native Tommy York killed in a Gonzales area auto accident, La Porte gas firm talk on Barbour's Cut project, Lions Club drive raising 390 dollars for charity, and a Daughters of the American Revolution meeting change to Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at 2 Burnet Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashbel Smith Girl Scout House
Seventh
Wright, I
Ye Anbhel Smith Dads Clih
Melvin Jasek
Mes. J. A. Jasak
Crosby
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene Ministerial Council
Jasck
Hardin-Simmons
Tommy York
Baytown Mart
Robert R. Turk Post
VFW
Gonzales
York
Baytown
la Porte
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Lakerwood
Seabrook
Barbour's
Cal
Fohn Lewis
Daughters of the American Revelation
Ear) Seeley
Burnet Drive
Around Town Highlights and Local Notices
Jerry McCaskill traces a strange line to catch up on a wedding. Lovig Wilburn, Cotton Love and Don Lumby assist a distressed couple. Georgie Garratt is asked about herranl a the deer. Sam Alford leads a Kiwanis meeting as Police Chief Montgomery pays a fine for another at a Kentucky gathering. Stewart Frazer, in the Air Force at Lackland, receives orders for transfer to California. Mr. and Mrs. David Thomas host a Beaufort reception. Billy Ferguson is called from class for a phone call. Joe Ware conducts an inspection tour in the early hours. Doc Hil debates football viewpoints. George Villine is assigned to Louisiana after his chosen post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry McCaskil
Lovig Wilburn
Cofton
Don Lumby
Georgie Garratt
Heranl-A-The-Deer
Sam Alford
Kiwanis Club
Wlr
Montgomery
Ky Wrnis
Stewart Frazer
Ajir
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
California
David Thomas
Beaumont
Billy Ferguson
Joe Ware
Doc Hil
George Viiline
Louisiana
World News in Brief from California to Jerusalem
World News in Brief reports tremors in El Centro California after a quake Friday night with shattered storefronts and homes. In Alden Minnesota GI Richard Tenneson returns as a prodigal son, must prove himself to townspeople. Paris and Washington dispatches note Dukes seeks atomic aid to Europe. Kefauver eyes Wisconsin and possibly Florida for presidential primaries, Califia and June dates cited. Egypt accuses Israel of attacking positions in Gaza during a 21 minute battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Estes Kefauver
Wisconsin
Florida
Tennessey
Adlai F. Stevenson
California
Jerusalem
Egypt
Sun Carriers Racing Time To Win Christmas Turkey
The Sun circulation department sponsors a contest offering free turkeys to carriers who turn in meat subscriptions by December 20. The piece praises carriers for supporting subscribers, thrift, and earning money, urging readers to subscribe or contact the office to be visited by a carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Carriers
Christmas
Turkey
Sun
The
Sun Office
Hi Y Delegates Turn Senate Lawmakers at State Capitol
Tri Hi Y delegates from Bay Town Austin three authors saw a bill pass Friday in the Texas House during the Ninth Annual Hi Y Youth Legislature. Naida Bond Glenda Clamon and Sandra Read authored the measure requiring senior high schools with enrollments over 500 to offer two or more foreign languages. Other Bay Town students introduced bills including a proposal to exempt volunteer fire departments from vehicle license fees by Nancy Swenson and Glenda Hollingshead. Additional bills before Saturday’s committee cover creation of a state water pollution bureau. Seventeen reports follow.
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Austin
Texas
Baytown
Nancy Swenson
Glenda Hollingshead
House Bilsb
State Water Pollution Bureau
Syn
Ses
Ronort i
Police Civil Service Exams Set for December 30
Baytown police and civil service exams will be held December 30 at 101 Woods, announced by A C Chaddick civil service director. Applicants must be 21 to 35 years old, weigh 160 pounds, and stand five feet eight inches tall. Application blanks available at the 101 Weoda building.
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Civil Service
Woods
Baytown
A. C. Chaddick
Police and Fire Departments
Chaddick
Weoda
Christmas Goodfellows fund passes $1000 mark
Baytown Sun reports the Goodfellows drive surpassed the 1000 dollar threshold as Baytown Sun employees and community groups contribute. Brownie Troop 13 Lamar School and the Golden Age Club add funds. United Rubber and Chemical, Butchers Union Local 608, Carpenters Union, and many individuals donate. Carpenters Union delivers Friday and Saturday as 850 packages are prepared for late week distribution to needy children.
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Lamar School
Thy Golden Age Club
East Harris County
Vieceesesseese Fos
Jones
Eeeerees
South Main
Wighlands
Amalgamated
Dbutchers
Lo Mra
Gessip Trifomne
George TH. Binder
Baytown Sun
Carpenters Local Union
Goodfellow
Baytown Sia
Goodfellows
Goorfellow
The
Golden Age Club
Harris County Professional Registered Nurses Nurses Society
I. M.deacon
South Main Missionary Baptist Church of Highlands
United Rubber and Chemical
Butchers Union
Tocal No
Bessie
Triton
George Binder
Good Old Carpenters Union
Carpenterg Union
Minuute
Mild damp weekend forecast from Baytown to Reed River Valley
The weekend weather remains mild and damp with overcast skies and scattered showers expected. Friday night lows around 24 degrees gave way to a Saturday high near 60, though a 38 to 63 degree range was projected and a morning reading of 47 noted as unofficial. A cold front from Canada was seen as building, possibly affecting early next week, while Oklahoma felt a deeper freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Mercury
Red River Valley
Oklahoms
Insane Texas Killer Ends 3-Year Flight by Police
Syracuse police captured Howard Merit Pierson, a former University of Texas student and son of Texas Supreme Court Justice William Pierson, ending a three year wandering escape from a Texas mental hospital. Pierson, who killed his parents in 1935, surrendered after investigators traced his visit to a Syracuse psychiatrist. He had used several aliases, including Donald Alcott Kennedy, and previously escaped Austin’s mental hospital in 1985.
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Syracuse
Texas
Howard
Merit’ Pierson
William Pierson
Texas Supreme Court
Pierson
Austin
Tex
Tala
Pickson
University of Texas
Philadelphia
Rochester
N. Y
Buffalo
N.Y
Donald Alcott Kennedy
George Watts
Minneapolis
Minn
Sheriff's Office
Shri
Justice Pierson
Mayor To Help Dedicate Junior Optimist Club House
Dedication ceremonies for the new Junior Optimist Club house on Market Street run 6 to 9 p.m. Monday with the public invited. Mayor RB H Pruett will take part. Fred Dithnan will present a lease. a Model T Board winner will be announced. Optimists donated $250 toward furnishings and parents are invited to meet the club’s youngsters. Trade sponsors from Baytown Merchants helped furnish the clubhouse next to Robert Lee High School and Pile's supermarket.
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Market Street
Baye Town Optimist Club
RB. H. Pruett
Fred Dithnan
Baytown
Robert Stockton
Eth
Clent
Royal
Wilkenfield’s
Ditette
Morrison
Sam Stass
Gentry Hathaway
Rhythm Music Co
Ellisor Gets 10 Day Stay
Gov. Allan Shivers grants a ten day stay of execution for Merle Wayne Ellisor, who was sentenced to die for the killing of a highway patrolman in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellisor
Austin
Allan Shivers
Merle Wayne Elsor
Honston
Four Young Victims Die In Texas Blaze
United Press reports multiple early Friday fires across Texas killed four children under three in a Mission-area farmhouse blast and four elderly women in a Beaumont two-story home. Other fatalities included Houston firefighters and residents, with retail and office damages in Cleburne, and official costs estimated at 225000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Texas
Beaumont
Mission
John T. Christing
Houston
Jimmy Hinton
Horns
Harry Friedlander
Tyler
Lee College and Baytown Schools Halt Classes for Holidays
Lee College's 900 plus students end Friday for a Christmas break lasting until January 2. Baytown area schools enroll about 10,000 elementary and high school students who resume classes next Wednesday December 31. Area college and university students return home for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College
Baytown
Aig Fo
Ean
Lee Hich Key Club Stems From California Idea Thirty Years Ago
Nancy Gould reports on Robert E. Lee High School's Key Club and its long history as a youth service organization. Originating in Sacramento by Kiwanis members to counter growing fraternal influence, the program now claims about 25 126 members nationwide with 1 100 clubs enjoying the association. Each Key Club chapter aligns with Kiwanis in its community and holds annual conventions, details continued on Page Two.
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Service
Lee Hich
Kiwanians
California
Nancy Gould
Robert E. Lee
Kiwanis Club
Try
Key 1
KEY Club
Heart Attack Claims E H Gregory 73
Emmitt Harper Gregory 73 longtime Baytown resident found dead in front of Cook's Grocery. Funeral set for Pattison cemetery with Earthman Funeral Home directing. Survivors include two daughters, three sons, four brothers, two sisters, mother aged 95. Interment scheduled for Sunday at Pattison cemetery.
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Finneral Services
Emmitt Harper Gregory
Baytown
Cook
East James
Pattisan
Patti
A. L. Jordan
Gregory
Pattison
Texas
JM. Hayes
Brookshire
Earthman Funeral Home
George Durst
Borne
N. J. Conway
FL HS Gregory
Grover Gregory
Tlano
A. L. Gregory
Waller
D. J. Gregory
Kemah
Clyde Gregory
Freeport
John Brown
Wil Adams
Tsabeth Gregory
Weller
Cat Conway
Kenneth Conway
Richard Gregory
Leon Trenchman
H. Gregory
Arthur Shields
Also Mentioned on This Page
D.C. Whiteteld
Clayton
Council
Lions Club Drive
David Tunderhark
First National Bank
Ionship Fund
World News IN
EL Centro
Calif
Paris
al Poe
Johna Foster Dukes
Dulles
United Europe Movement
Tily
State Capitol
Goodfellows Sun
Help Fight
Boosters
America
Lonkitte
Sue Lang
Sur
Sientatys
University ”of Texas
Res
Don Vanya
Joe Platt
James Stricklin
Jimmy Browder
Bobby Sanders
E. H. Gregory
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