Christmas Play At Pentecostal Church Of God
The Pentecostal Church of God at 2211 N Main hosts a Christmas play at 7 30 p m Tuesday with the public invited per Rev L A Harvey church minister Also notes include church news deadline noon Wednesday for this week and more than 10 Baytown men reported for a selective service physical in Houston returning home Monday night
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Church News
Baytown
Selective Service Board
Houston
Pentecostal Church of God
N. Main
L. A. Harvey
Kraak Firm Wins Dirt Bid for Harris County Stadium
Harris County Commissioners Court approved a 430 331 bid by John Kraak for initial dirt work on the Harris County Sports Stadium in Houston. The project supports a domed stadium to open for major league baseball in 1962, with drainage and street plans underway. The Houston Sports Association and county officials push the stadium's rapid completion amid long running pro baseball efforts.
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John Kraak
Harris
Commissioners Court
Houston
E. A. (Squatty) Lyons
Kraak
W. V. Ramsey
Houstoin
Harris County Park Board
Houston Sports Association
Houston Colt .45S
National League
Harris County
City of Houston
Weather and Tides Clear Through Wednesday
Weather outlook shows clear to partly cloudy skies through Wednesday with colder temperatures tonight. In Galveston tides for Wednesday, high tides at 1:21 a.m. and 4:95 p.m. and low tides at 8:54 a.m. and 10:12 p.m.
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Galveston
Local Scenes and Social Snippets Highlight Community Life
A set of brief vignettes from a neighborhood page covers gifts and etiquette at a post office window, a family hosting a Yale gathering, mothers seeking photographs of twirling girls at a Charity Bowl, and praise for the 45 young performers led by Jane Davis. Other items mention a Natap Base airman on leave, a court contest in a pageant, a speed record, and social plans for a special party.
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Juanita Beaird
Elaine Kirkland
Anna
C. A. Davis
SRN
Jane Davis
Jane
Robert Bo Lee Bund
Albert & Romibs
Natap
Little Creek
James Ethridge
Carol Chastain
Teresa Newman
Strorthard
Pat Ayler
Glenda Hein
Miotieten
U S Approves Survey of Storm Loss Here
The article notes a federal approval for a survey of storm damage in the area as Arctic air moves south. It also reports Baytown’s forecasted low of 38 degrees Wednesday morning and a dry northerly wind bringing a cold wave across Texas with subfreezing conditions in the northwest, five degrees above zero in the Panhandle, and warnings for Northwest, North Central and Northeast Texas.
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Baytown
Texas Fanhandle
Northwest
North Central
Texas
West Texas
Chamber Of Commerce To Name 10 Directors
The Baytown Chamber of Commerce will elect ten board directors from a slate of 39 nominees. Ballots were mailed to members and must be returned by December. Principal officers will be chosen at the first meeting of the new board, with current officers including Robert L. Gillette as president.
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Board of Diing
McElroy
Baytown
of Commerce
Nelson McElroy
J. A. Anderson Jrr
Jim Bailey
Knox ‘T. Beavers
M. Eldon Berry
Bert Black
M. Cecil Bobbitt
IGN
Sparky) Bond
James Bond
Perry Britton
W. D
Bill) Broyles
Donald L. Brunson
Truman Cox
James A
Bitsy) Davis
Kenneth Dismany
John C. Echols
Gordon L. Far
Chamber
Robert L
Bob) Gillette
Ray Elms
M. C
Buddy) Bray
Charles L. Tillery
Christmas on High and Earth Voices of the Divine Drama
A reflective Christmas Church article contrasts heaven and earth scenes, tracing God’s sorrow over humanity’s estrangement and the heavenly hosts’ lament. It frames the season as a grand spiritual drama where Lucifer and fallen angels rebel, while Elohim observers witness a longing for human understanding and reconciliation.
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Earth
Heaven
God
Elohim
Accident Victim's Rites Wednesday
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Mrs. Nancy Lee Dillard Johnston age 21 of Highlands. She died after her car struck a Missouri Pacific switch engine on Decker Drive near Wade Road at 8:30 a.m. Monday. Her three month old daughter Cynthia Lee remained hospitalized for observation. The Volkswagen struck the engine’s left front as they rode with Mrs Johnston’s husband Cecil Edwin Johnston and another daughter Lisa Ann Johnston. Survived by her husband, daughter, parents, and three brothers. Burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Nancy Lee Dillard Johnston
Poinsettia
Highlands
East Harris County
Johnston
Missouri-Pacific
Decker Drive
Wade Road
Cynthia Lee
Img
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Carroll Fancher
Toe Jones
Houston
Crosby Methodist Church
Dan Rymin
San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery
Paul A. Lee
Cecil Edwin Johnston
Lisa Ann Johnston
Highlars
Wf. G. Dillard
Crosby
Robert L. Dillard
John Ray Dillard
Creeby
Arthur E. Dailard
Farbenin, Fox
Kennedy Returns to Washington After Latin Trip
President Kennedy flew from Palm Beach to Washington in foggy weather after a Latin American tour and a stay in Palm Beach. An Air Force jet diverted to Reagan National Airport due to fog, but Lt. Col. James B. Swindal landed the presidential plane safely. Kennedy arrived at 11 12 a.m. and proceeded to the White House by car.
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Washington
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Pia
Colt. Mis Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Washington National Airport
James B. Swindal
West Palm Beach
White Mouse
Insurance Fee Division Set By School Trustees
Three committee members share thirty percent of insurance commissions equally among themselves. The remaining commissions go to the district and to 17 qualified agents, with about seven thousand dollars total paid to agents this year. Steele M. McDonald chairs the district insurance committee with David Y. Amnett and Odena Childers. The board approved a larger split than the committee recommended, yet still less than what any single agent currently receives under the prior arrangement.
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Jim Boone
Steele M. McDonald
David Y. Amnett
Odena Childers
McDonald
R A Bozarth Dies After Long Illness
Ralph A. Bozarth 54 long time Baytown resident dies at John P Mooney home after illness. Rosaries set for Earthman Chapel Baytown and St Josephs East Harris County Conserva tive Democrats invite members to a reception at Baytown Chamber of Commerce. Organization aims to mobilize Conservative Democrats across East Harris County.
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Earthman Chapel
Ralph A. Bozarth
Baytown
John P. Mooney
Burnet Drive
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
East
Harris County
Conserva
East Harris County
Conservative Education Office
Pasadena
John Sr
Bud) Blackburn
B. J. Andersson
D. Harold Aken
Helen Alexander
David TH. Paul Galena Park
Herbert BE. Snutt
Stauth
Houston
Harms
Blackburn
Raytown
Bozarth Family Rebuilds After Hurricane Carla
Survivors include widow Myrteel Allen Bozarth and mother Lydia Bozarth. The family, long-time Brownwood residents, faced home destruction by Hurricane Carla and later resided with relatives in DeRidder, Louisiana. The entry notes a 9 Mapleton address and references Bozarth on page 2.
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Bozarths
Mapleton
Brownwood
Bayshore Motors to Share Bonus for 1961 Profits
Bayshore Motors to distribute twenty percent of 1961 net profits among twenty employees. The Lincoln and Mercury dealer, Baytown since 1951, posted a strong year with bright prospects, led by president R. Seligman Sr. and credited officers including Charles KR and JT Leheman.
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Bayshore Motors
The
Charles KR
Leheman
Cummings resigns as executive at Citizens Bank Houston
Glenn Cummings, after three years as assistant to the president at Citizens National Bank and Trust Co., resigns to become executive vice president of Matteson-Southwest Co. in Houston, Jan. 1. John Echols notes the loss but praises the opportunity and Cummings’s role in Gulf Coast bank development. Hugh Echols Jr. says the bank intends to capitalize on his successor's insights for Baytown area growth.
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Glenn Cummings
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
Matteson-Southwest Co
Houston
John Echols
Cummings
Glenn
Citizens
Gulf Coast
Matteson - Southwest
Baytown
Hugh Echols Jr
Thomas urges access to Harris County space lab site
U S Representative Albert Thomas urged Harris County leaders to ensure access to the Clear Creek space laboratory site. He supported expanding FM Highway 52% from Seabrook to the Gulf Freeway and pushing Fairmont Parkway to connect Houston and Pasadena to the space lab. He noted acreage increasing from 1000 to 1693 acres and called for coordinated highway work amid funding limits.
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Harris County
Clear Creek
Manned Spacecraft Center
U. S
Albert Thomas
Baytown Sun
Space Laboratory
Thomas
Seabrook
Gulf Freeway
Hall
Fairmont Parkway
Hoston
Pasadena
Space Lab
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Lamon
Rte Gear Court
Fairing Co
Baytown
Parkway
Board Works On School Building Insurance Plan
Trustees study district insurance methods for school buildings under President Roy Fuller and Dr. W. N. Bridges with Beavers Adams and Opryshek joining Supt. George H. Gentry. Executive committee includes Fuller Bridges Beavers Adams.
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Roy Fuller
W. N. Bridges
Knox T. Beavers
Clifton Adams
Karl Opryshek
George H. Gentry
Fuller
Bridges
Beavers
Ladams
Opryshek
Baywide Dike Plan Emerges From Study Hope
County officials report U S Army Corps of Engineers commitment to a public hearing in Baytown on storm damage spanning Wooster Brownwood Seabrook and Shore areas of Harris County. The hearing will launch a Gulf Coast feasibility study for baywide barrier dikes to prevent storm surge and shoreline flooding.
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W .Ramsey
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Baytown
Wooster
Brownwood
Seabrook
Acres
Haring County
Texas Gulf Coast
James
Maxwell
Galveston District
U.S
Kyle Chapman
Galveston Bay
Galveston
Ramsey
Muller
Mrs Florus Dies A Crosby Resident After 51 Years
Mrs Annie Florus 76 longtime Crosby resident died Monday in Bay town. Service at Czech Moravian Brethren Church Crosby with Rev Albert Michalak officiating. Interment White Cemetery directed by Earthman Highlands Funeral Home. Survived by daughters Mrs Mrenie Danek and Mrs Viasta, sister Mrs Mary Sehesia, and several grandchildren.
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Annie Florus
Crosby
Baytown
Czech Moravian Brethren Church
1Crosby
Albert Michalak
White Cemetery
Earthman Highlands
Jens Richard Plutus
Willeadin Phau
Goodfellows Begin Packing Bags For Christmas Aid
Baytown Parent-Teacher group gathers at Carpenters Hall Decker Drive to assemble and ship Christmas bags for underprivileged children. Each bag will include nuts fruit candy and toys. no dues are required just an annual contribution to become a Goodfellow.
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Goodfellow
Baytown
Carpenters Hall
Ty Decker
TAM Goodfellow
Raytown
Goodfellow Organization
Felton Gets Contract For New City Vehicles
Baytown Ford dealer Thad Felton was awarded a 16,818 contract to furnish the City of Baytown with two garbage truck chassis and cabs four pickup trucks and two passenger cars. The city council awarded at a special meeting.
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Baytown
Ford
Thad Felton
Texas
City Hall
Vial
Bebesce
C. W. Red Grantham
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