Baytown Christmas set to be a cold one
Baytonians faced a hard freeze with 23 degrees at the weather station and a high of 43 Friday. Forecasters warned of another freeze Saturday night into Christmas Day with lows near 23 and a 53 high on Christmas. Temperatures fell across Texas as a South-Central storm system moved east.
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Merry Christmas From the Baytown Sun
The Baytown Sun wishes readers a merry Christmas and reports the paper will resume publication on Monday with continued local news and community updates.
Christmas News From Baytown Highlights Local Happenings
Sun Spots home for holiday. Teddy Purdy and Mrs Purdy at 132's home for Christmas. William Roy Haliburton, father of Mrs. R. P. Kelly, dies. funeral by Marrs. Garbage pickup changes from Monday to Thursday in two weeks. Free kittens offered by Mrs. Ray Leavins. Clear and continued cold Christmas Day forecast with temperatures around 23.5. Baytown Sun list of local greetings and busy townsfolk, including Weldon launching a new business and retiree L. Franklin presiding over kitchen chores. Needy family to receive A&P Supermarket holiday basket and toys. Rainbow Assembly 80 cancels meeting, Jan 3 next.
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R. P. Kelly
Burnet Drive
Rhaming
Bastown
Marrs Funeral Marie
Smithville
Baytown Sun
Ben Horton
Jack Hartt
Weldon
Cr. L. Franklin
reHremant
R. Robson
Nancy Gould Jex
Effie LeCompte
Trey Wadley
Mary Efien Bramlett
Chief Goodfellow drives over 1966 Christmas goal
Community drive totals 2876.33 with 333.65 from Brunson Theater Kiddie Show and 40 toy donations from American National Life Insurance Baytown employees. Chief Goodfellow and Sun staff thank Baytown merchants, workers, and volunteers for support and storage help. Final accounting to follow after bills and carton handling by Robert E. Lee students.
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Flufus Honeycutt
Baytown
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Baytonians
Message Of Peace Christmas 1966 Across a Troubled World
The Associated Press reports a Christmas amid global tension. Figures like Pope Paul VI, Prime Minister Lester Pearson, and President Johnson voice hopes for peace and goodwill while wars and borders shape holiday reality. Citizens travel, call volume rises, and symbolic acts across Bethlehem, West Berlin, Vietnam, and Florence mark a year-end plea for harmony.
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Santa Due IN
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A. J. Smith Jr
Renee Whitacre
Jerry Brewer
Fayetteville
Arik
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Smith
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Clint Nicholson
Seth Mitchell
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Louis van Meidhert
Diana Wingate
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Brunson Theater
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