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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1967
Page
2
The Houston Outdoor Nature Club conducts a bird census to learn how species are distributed and how heavy industry in Chambers County may affect populations. Treten has divided the area into 19 subareas with leaders. landowners have granted entry permissions for observers.
Highlands Methodist plans Christmas services with 9 45 am morning worship led by Rev Marks and a Sunday evening sermon by Rev Lewis on When God Came. Communion will follow conducted by Rev Lewis. Sanctuary Choir directed by Mrs Nellie Johnston will perform Come and Go. Church School classes offered. public invited.
Donations totaling 350 were gathered from varied groups including Tri City motion picture operators local 276 IFSE and local families. Contributions came from Horace Smith Gari Thars Welcome Wagon Ross Sterling Interact Tesco 883 and Susie Belle Lewin among others plus anonymous gifts. Miss Burchs third grade class donated 2.46 and Stan Norton Carmel Norton gave 650 in Christmas cards. Mrs Ruth Shannon gave 4. Your response was wonderful and the reward will be seeing happy youngsters.
Two children Pam Halford aged eight and Tammy Halford aged nine write Santa from addresses on Kettering. They request clothes making materials, a doll clothes sewing set, a stuffed toy, a suitcase, and a leftover baby doll or toy. They sign with love and wish Merry Christmas.
Mr and Mrs B G McPherson of 5644 Bayway Drive returned to Baytown after hospitalization in Luling following a deer hunting trip. Their Volkswagen bus rolled several times, landing on its top in a ditch on Sunday December 17. McPherson suffered a arm injury and was treated and released Sunday afternoon. Mrs McPherson had three brown ribs and was hospitalized Friday afternoon. The bus was a total loss.
Baytown builders outline plans for Kountry Village and Bayshore developments with 335,000 to 350,000 dollar homes, plus 30 Bayshore lots and apartment units. The average Baytown home now runs 18,500 to 21,000 dollars, has three bedrooms, two baths, a two-car garage, den and living room, but no formal dining room. Landscaping grows bolder as land remains treeless. many homes emphasize bathrooms and living space over bed rooms.
Fragmentary OCR text shows Baytown Texas publication name The Baytown Sum with unclear statement about printing acts, dates, and Associated Press credit. The readable portions mention memorial drive and rights of republication, but the content is garbled and lacks clear events or names to summarize a cohesive news item.
The search for Malcolm xo Hunter OT and Robert J. Mc Tawain continues in Trinity Bay. Emergency groups including Bartown, Wooster, and Bay Town Civil Air Patrol assist. Coast Guard paused Thursday as boats moved to Port Haven Marina due to low tide.
Leon Brown observes last minute Christmas shopping dynamics noting men often stand with packages while a female relative acts as receiving station in stores. Sales staff say men know what they want and prefer to finish quickly, though the piece lightly ribs stereotypes.
Admitted to Gulf Coast for the week are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A Scheifler of 203 Grantham. Their daughter was born on December 22 at Gulf Coast.
D Pardee Parish 74 of Anahuac died early Saturday in a Houston hospital. Born in Henrietta he moved to Baytown in 1917 and worked for Cameron and Devant Humble Oil and Refining Co. until retirement. Funeral at Anahuac Baptist Church 2 pm Sunday with Rev. Bob Mitchell officiating. Survivors include a son Cave Parish Baytown a daughter Mrs W H Dobbs Anahuac a sister Mrs J L Bennett Baytown a stepson WR McFerren Baytown a stepdaughter Mrs Lorea Pizzitola Houston six grandchildren two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Mary Marbury 1 of Route 2 Houston died at 6 30 pm Thursday in a Houston hospital. Charter member Yale Street Garden Baptist Church. Survivors include daughters Mrs Goldie Little Mrs J H Pfardres seher of Baytown and Mrs W Koester of Houston two sons Dan J and Mack L Marbury Houston a sister Mrs Bessie Parker Enisbero Texas nine grandchildren seven great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral 10 am Saturday Glendale Funeral Home Chapel Houston burial Hollywood Cemetery Houston.
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