Nativity Scene at Trinity Episcopal Church Wednesday
Sun Spots reports a live nativity staged by Trinity Episcopal Church youth in front of the church with a real donkey. Event times span 7:00 to 8:20 p.m and 8:30 to 8:50 p.m. at Baytown. Kiwanis Luncheon and Christmas shopping plans noted. Parking rules extended downtown after 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Funeral rites held in Houston for Marshall ONeal age 56, uncle of Baytown residents. Wiles cited as patent holder on hydrogen production methods used in fuel refining.
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Marshall O'Neal
Floyd O'Neel
Jack Maxwell
Baytown
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P. S. Wiles
Pricoleum
Wiles
Shimble
Baytown Research Center
Galveston Tide Forecast Th Low High Times
Partly cloudy through Thursday with cooler temps. Thursday sunrise at 714, sunset at 5728 pm. Tides: Thursday low at 5 42 am and 5 10 pm. Low tides listed as 30 38 pm and 13 17 pm.
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Galveston
Old Bossy Stays and Has Twin Calves
In a rural tale a cow named Bossy is kept instead of being sent to stockyards. Her owner Bob Debriid relented after his wife Dotricht urged him to keep the cow. Bossy then produced twin calves sired by a Santa Gertrudis bull, with the mother described as Hois and Brahma cross.
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Bob Debriid
Port City
Bob
Wooster Water District election to fill five supervisors
Water District No. 8 serving Wooster and nearby areas will elect five supervisors and a tax assessor collector on Tuesday January 5. Voting at David G Birnett Elementary School Wooster opens 7 am closes 7 pm with voting machines. Incumbents and several contenders named. Many locals noted in scattered items and holiday greetings.
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Water District No
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Lakewood
Brownwood
Bay Villa
Wooster Terrace
Wooster Heights
David G. Birnet
R. S
Rick) Manne
Lelose
Girl Having First Christmas In U S
A nine year old girl from Venezuela, Tana Hull, marks her first Christmas in the United States. She travels with her parents Mr and Mrs W E Hull, staying with the Hi N McGrew family at 224 Mayhaw. Siblings Kay Hull studies at Robert E Lee High School. Other relatives, Mr and Mrs R H Parker of McAllen and Mr and Mrs A B Parker of Center, visit through Christmas Day.
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Tana Hull
Carlpito
Venezuela
W. E. Hull
Hi. N
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McAllen
A. 13. Parker
Center
Angleside
Tex
Goodfellows Delivering Bacs To Kiddies Today
Goodfellows bags are being delivered today in Raytown with 1,000 bags ready at Carpenters Hall at 9 a.m. Volunteers, including Boy Scout Troop 255, collected money and toys for 46 scouts. funds cover bills for toys candy and crafts. The drive aims to help 1,000 needy children enjoy Christmas, with more donations welcomed to finish unpaid costs.
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Goodfellow
Carpenters Hall
Goodfellows
Raytown
Randy Rogers
Arthur Ilill
Gene Smith
Gene
Gary
Baytown
Robert E. Lee
Girl Sports
Godfellows
Baytown Goodfellow
Eisenhower Returns From World Tour With Merry Christmas Greeting
President Eisenhower landed at the White House after a 22 000 mile trip spanning three continents. Crowds estimated up to 40000 lined Pennsylvania Avenue to salute him as he and Mrs Eisenhower arrived from Andrews Air Force Base. He said his travels carried a message of Merry Christmas for the nation and promised a fuller report on his trip.
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Eisenhower
Free World
Prave
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Presi
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Augusta
Congress
Pope John XXIII denounces communist ways in peace message
In a Vatican broadcast speech, Pope John XXIII urged world leaders to pursue true peace based on human dignity. He warned against treating people as machine like cogs and criticized wartime engagement and what he termed a dangerous disengagement that unsettles international order. He did not name communism but called its lifestyle an obvious target. He referenced Eisenhower's global peace efforts and stressed that peace rests on truth and mutual respect among nations.
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Vatican City
Eisenhower
Pontif
Sun Will Begin Sunday School Lesson Series
The Baytown Sun will start a weekly Ray L. Smith Bible Lesson column on Sunday January 3 on the church page. Dr. Smith, a noted Methodist churchman and author, writes a study aligned with Uniform Lesson outlines used nationwide. He has held multiple editorial and teaching roles and authored many books including What Can We Believe and It All Happened Once Before.
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Ray ‘Tl. Smith
Baytown
The
Christian Advocate
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Methodist Church
la Joba
Calif
Division of Christian Edudation
America
Southwestern College
Winfield
Kan
Garrett Biblical, Seminary
Northwestern University
Jace
Pis
First Assembly of World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
Folland
Teens Injured In Baytown Wreck On Murrill Street
Three Baytown teenagers were injured when their car hit a parked vehicle in the 200 block of Murrill. Mary Louise Ehrhardt, 17, sustained injuries to her left eye and right leg and received a ticket for driving on the wrong side of the road. Janice Diane Jackson, 18, broke two feet, Edith L. O Hara, 18, treated for injuries to the right leg. Charles Paxton, owner of the parked car, was ticketed for illegal parking. Police say tickets will be issued for all illegally parked cars involved in accidents under new regulations.
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Baytown
Murrill
Mary Louise Ehrhardt
W. E. Ehrhardt
East James
Gaytown Hospital
Janice Diane Jackson
Edith L. O'Hara
North First
Charles Paxton
East Murrill
Montgomery
Rites Held For Vet at Baptist Church
In Houston Texas water W Willits a Civil War veteran was honored in a military procession to a Baptist church where he was eulogized as a symbol of mankind immortals. Thousands lined downtown streets as the Civil Courts Building sent off the survivor of the War Between the States to his final rest. Williams died after age related causes.
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Tex
W. Willits
Civil Courts
Williams
Bovides
Businesses Closing for Long Christmas Weekend in Baytown
Baytown merchants and many firms plan a long Christmas weekend with about 80 percent of stores and all banks, insurers, and real estate offices closing from Friday. Some reopen Thursday noon, while most downtown shops stay open until 5 30 p m Thursday. Banks keep regular hours on Christmas Eve, reopen with extra Wednesday hours to accommodate Humble Oil and Refining Company employees. Postal service operates normally Saturday with skeleton crews for Christmas Day. Garbage pickup continues Saturday. residents are asked to place bins out Friday. Skeleton crews will run at Humble, United Rubber, and other plants. Veterans Service Center closes Wednesday through Monday, reopening Tuesday.
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Baytown
Chamber of Commerce
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Lowever
Nea
Texans urged to heed safety during Chelstias holidays
A scrambled report notes appeals for Texans to focus on safety during holidays and the frontier period. It references family reunions, political figures, a federal mediation call for joint steel bargaining, and state highway improvements planned for 1960. The piece hints at unsettled Western and NATO talks and ongoing East-West tension.
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Chelstias
Poleo
Daniel Tho
Andrews All Taree
Manic Eisenhower
Yale Post Office Experiment Handles Christmas Mail Well
Baytown Post Office’s Christmas mail operation uses eight extra temporary workers plus 33 regulars to handle peak volume. Since Dec 1 the office processed 2,465,905 pieces with no mail mixups and improved efficiency. Postmaster M L Neal says the system saves money, may be adopted by other offices, and postage receipts rose about 3 percent this quarter.
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Baytown
M. L. Neal
Neal
Serand
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