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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1984
Page
1
Baytown police report an 11 month drop in total offenses from 4,293 in 1983 to 3,720 this year, a 13.34 percent decline, and a 6.16 percent fall in calls for service to 28,297. Cleared offenses rose 8 percent while arrests declined, with adult arrests down 17.36 percent and juveniles down 22.41 percent.
Louise Shaw reports a four day holiday as Christmas falls on Tuesday. County and city offices close Monday and Tuesday, state DPS driver license offices shut Friday through Thursday, post office closes Tuesday, banks near 2 p.m. Monday then reopen Wednesday, and some cities restrict garbage pickup and landfill hours. Dayton keeps offices open Monday and closes Tuesday for Christmas.
Helen Boyce, a 23 year Baytown resident and former teacher, runs for Position 1 on the Baytown School Board in the January 19 election. She cites classical education and philosophy, with two children in Baytown schools, and faces incumbent Paul Hall and Richard Heyen. Absentee voting runs December 1 to January 15.
Baytown mayor Allen Cannon arranged a flower delivery for Mr. and Mrs. Oole Smith on their 50th wedding anniversary. English pen pals Mandy and Deborah Stocks, longtime correspondents with the Smith family, requested help finding a florist to send congratulatory blooms, sharing memories of exchanges about life in Texas and Texas life.
A newly married man jokes that his wife treats him like a Greek god but offers him burnt offerings, reflecting playful domestic humor from Pearce Street.
Rand y Broussard twelve peers share early scenes as town life unfolds. Wes Rabke shows ambition with a word to a friend's boss while Bitsy and Lou Davis enjoy dawn walks. Jean Lestarrette seeks Christmas shopping advice as Progress Sharon Register updates a friend. Sandy Walden models chic wear, June Morris discusses Eve plans, Ethy Black hosts dinner, Jeanne Sapp drives, Thana Clancotte greets guests, Maxine Duke dances, Carol Sherer wears black and white, Jo Ann Talley leads on the floor, Mike Earls gazes at the stars.
The Baytown area will see sunny skies and mild Saturday with a high in the low 70s. Saturday night turns cooler with lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. Sunday remains mostly fair with a high near 70 degrees.
Chief Goodfellow calls Baytown readers to donate to the Goodfellows fund for about 2,700 children who would have little or nothing this holiday season. The appeal notes the year’s list is the longest in 53 years and invites monetary gifts to Chief Goodfellow at the Baytown Sun or in person at 1301 Memorial Drive, with anonymity optional.
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