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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1967
Page
6
A fragmented note offers curious household tips about reducing paint odor by placing a potato in a paint tin and heating it. It also claims ironing monograms on linens will flare and stand out when heated, with various impractical steps and cautions.
Miss Susan Knox daughter of Mr and Mrs T Knox Jr married James McDonald in a candlelight ceremony at St Josephs Church. The couple will honeymoon in New Orleans then live in Atlanta after a Navy discharge.
Mr and Mrs Floyd E Hert of 115 Massey Tompkins announce the engagement of their daughter Deborah Sue Grimes to Woody Franklin Duncan of Austin. The couple plans a January 27 wedding at Wooster Baptist Church. Grimes is a Robert E Lee High School graduate attending Lea College. Duncan is a REL and Wharton Junior College graduate who attended Sam Houston State College and works for Armeo Steel.
The Guess Creek Past Matters Club met at the home of Mrs. C N Ammons for a Christmas party. Cohostesses were Mrs. Carl Bush Mrs L G Barber and Mrs Leia Krobne. They sang carols a solo by Mrs Della Taylor followed by gift exchanges and refreshments. The January meeting will include officer elections.
Mrs Hurst hosted the 38 Study Club Christmas party recently with 14 members and guest Mrs John Morris in attendance. Steele A McDonald presided, Myles Keller led a program on How Came Christmas by Roark Bradford, gifts exchanged, and refreshments served.
The Thurber Carnival with drawings by Isrlene Holland and a two-act cast, directed by Philip Dignam, opens New Year Eve at Baytown Little Theater in Lakewood Shopping Center. A cocktail hour precedes a 9 p.m. show with a buffet and party to follow. Tickets are 7.50 per couple or 3.75 per person. Performances run Jan 5 6 12 and 13 with box office hours 2 to 5 p.m. daily after Jan 2.
Baytoun Grandmothers Club hosted a Christmas party at the Community Center with a decorated front table and a Christmas tree. Members heard a Christmas Prayer by Lemma Longbotham and readings by K A Graham and R A Breme, sang carols led by Olivia McClelland and Johnny Longbottom, and shared refreshments for 27 members and one guest. Hostesses included Massey, Graham, Jewel, and Bloodgood. gifts were distributed by Bittick and Culver, with funds raised for an elder woman in need.
Mr and Mrs H Lee Dunn longtime Baytown residents celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with a Sunday reception at their Forest Hill Louisiana home. Dunn retired as a Missouri Pacific railroad conductor after 25 years in Baytown. Mrs Dunn active in Memorial Baptist Church and Eastern Star. Friends invited.
Mr and Mrs Louis Rice and Bob and Jeannie Bryant visited their aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs L Johnson in Port Arthur on Sunday. Rollie Kuntz and Floyd Lee Kuntz attended Lee College presentation of The Member of The Wedding by Carson McCullers in which Crosby High School graduate Ella Wright played a major role.
Mr and Mrs Robert C Paul Sr honored their son and his bride former Miss Claire Cone with a rehearsal dinner at the Tower before their Saturday wedding. Out of town guests and wedding party attended as pink and green floral decor graced tables along with silver candelabra and pink votive candles. Gifts marked places for attendants while bridesmaids received silver letter openers and groomsmen key rings. The flower girl received a tiny cross.
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Jackson announce the birth of daughter Kristal Denease on December 23 in Huntsville. The baby weighs 8 pounds 18 ounces and has a sister Dena Lynn. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. C. D. McKnight of Baytown and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Jackson of Richardson. Great-grandparents are Mrs. Ellen Tompkins, Mrs. Virgie McKnight, and Mrs. Kizzle Jackson of Brownsboro.
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