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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1959
Page
1
The annual DeMolay Christmas Dance runs 7 30 to 11 30 p m Saturday at the Community Hall. New officers and the 1960 DeMolay Sweetheart will be announced. Also noted are scholarships, college football preps, and local civic recognitions.
A collage of holiday greetings shows MR and Mrs L W Dude in Austin with Mallory and children Jerry Lee Kay and Lyndon Wayne. Mrs MW B Black Jr and Karen visit Tomball. Sam Paine hurried about chores for an appointment. Ann Kelly wonders about Rice library hours. Scott Atkinson chases after his mother while his dad is away. Mrs RL Bull and daughter Mary Jane travel to Houston. Bill and Pat Abbott return home for holidays. Maidie Baldwin entertains old friends. Young Bill Bridges on army leave. Pat Bord in Baytown before six month Virginia tour. Kris Love delivers candles. Audrey Fuller helps friends. Harry Bonds, Bill Stolhandske and Denny Herring plan a hunting trip. Jerry Don Pace visits Highlands. Arthur Coltharp wonders about West Texas. Sun Women’s News notes wedding write-ups for Jack Cummings and George Earl Going. Ed Schiller Sr vacations. Eugene Woods home from service for Christmas. Jo Anna Etheridge at a loss for words. Chester Rogers wishes Merry Christmas to fishing friends.
Baytown area expected cloudy and mild Saturday with scattered light rain and possible Sunday showers. Nationwide, weather ranged from snow to drizzle. higher elevations saw heavy snow in Colorado and road blocks on Wolf Creek Pass.
New York AP reported cash registers rang with robust Christmas shopping, hinting at record 1958 totals being surpassed. Yet rising living costs and a dimmer steel dispute outlook tempered the mood as economists noted stronger manufacturing orders and multiple surveys showing gains in retail trade and toy sales.
The 1959 Baytown Goodfellows completed bag deliveries to late names at the Sun office. Over 1,000 children received gift bags as volunteers distributed toys, books, and fruit on doorsteps. The wrap-up will quantify activities and remaining bills for 28 years of Goodfellows.
Frank Briscoe, 33, announced his Democratic bid for district attorney pledging strong and vigorous prosecution. He resigned as assistant DA to run, promising to spend substantial time in court and fight crime rather than desk work. He criticizes leniency toward the accused and stresses public safety over individual rights.
The Associated Press reports a memorial weekend sees rising traffic deaths in Texas amid speed bad weather and careless driving. Baytown warns against firecracker use as nationwide totals climb with 324 traffic fatalities and 68 other accident deaths through the holiday period.
Christmas 1959 brings brighter peace hopes as Khrushchev agrees to an East West summit in Paris, while global tensions linger from Algeria to Cuba. The piece notes varied New Year dating histories and explores calendar origins, urging reflection on peace and time.
Wilbur Franklin Woods, 35, of Fort Worth, jailed in Chambers County without bond after admitting robbery by assault and the shooting of Winnie station attendant Donat Broussard, 67, who is recovering in Beaumont’s Baptist Hospital. The pair robbed the Winnie station of 181 dollars, then drove Broussard three miles and struck him. Police retain the gun and red car used in the crime. no trial date set.
CHICAGO AP Spacemen visiting Venus would fry in a frying pan a scientist reports today. Radio signals from Venus indicate a surface temperature of 585 degrees Fahrenheit making water impossible. Similar readings from Jupiter suggest a radiation halo far more dangerous than Earth’s Van Allen belts, as stated by Frank Drake of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank opening remarks.
New York reports bus advertisement program underway since May aimed at five million dollars annually. So far ads brought under $102,000 to bus companies, city receiving $4,400, with the American Association for the Advancement of Science noting modest returns. Separate science notes discuss Venus and Jupiter radio emissions and planetary heat dynamics.
Funeral services for Rev. Thomas A Gray former Baytown Baptist pastor were held in Conroe on Saturday He retired from the ministry and was director of public relations for the First National Bank at Conroe He led Central Baptist in 1983 and 1931 later served in Conroe and McAllen A heart ailment ended his pastorate at McAllen He was brother to Rev Jim Gray and held statewide Baptist posts including vice president of the state convention and member of the state executive board He also served as a trustee at the University of Corpus Christi and on the board supervising the Baptist Standard publication
Tass quotes Latvia's Archbishop Gustav Turs calling Christmas a festival of spaces while American and Episcopal services occur in the Soviet Union and British Embassy in Moscow. Poland prints Christmas greetings as Communist press notes reflect religious prints.
Professional safecrackers stole about 20000 dollars from Big Chief Supermarket No 4 in Wooster between Thursday night and Saturday morning. A dummy safe was used to roll the safe inside the store and attempts were made to open it. investigators found prints on the dummy safe. The burglary occurred through the rear door. the burglars plastered mud to obscure clues and left broken brooms behind.
President and Mrs. Eisenhower will fly to Augusta Georgia for a short vacation, staying through New Year's Day. They spent Christmas Eve at the White House and Christmas Day at the National Presbyterian Church. Their son Maj John Eisenhower joined family in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The couple drove to Gettysburg to visit grandchildren.
Reports note President Eisenhower’s trip and related events as Christmas packages arrive and headlines shift. They mention a summit, potential delays for ambassadors, and the impact on political coverage. In Warsaw Kentucky a house explosion damages many homes, with no fatalities yet.
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