Civic Association yoga lessons and community notices
Civic Association announces registration for a new yoga class taught by trooper John Bailey and deputies, with a session from 10 to 11 am at Barbers Hill firemen’s building. Harris County Historical Commission to dedicate Lorenzo de Zavala statue at Crockett and Interstate 10E at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Public invited. Includes local activities: tennis helper Dean na Echols, Mary Kilpatrick, and coverage of community events, weddings, and local achievements in Baylawn and surrounding areas.
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Civic Association
Cherry Point Civic Associa
Barbers Hill
Baytowns
Mont Belview
Rana
John Bailey
Pahtke
Chambers County
Marks and Recreation
Jim Curl
Texas
Lorenzo de Zavala
Harris County Historical Commission
Crockett and
Interstate 10
Kathy Barbee
Baylawn
E. A. Milton
Deanna Echols
Mary Kilpatrick
Thelma Hamilton
Baytonians
B. J
Polly Ball
Livingston
Sue Jennings
Harlem
Gil Green
Dob Kelly
Washington, D.C
George Davis
Siinice Roberts
Officer Tolleson Attends Texas Crime Prevention Institute
Baytown Police Officer Danny Tolleson completed a three day advanced school on rape and armed robbery prevention conducted by the Texas Crime Prevention Institute based at Southwest Texas State University last week.
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Danny Tolleson
Baytown
Texas Crime Prevention Institute
Southwest
Texas State University
76 Car Decals to Go On Sale Here Monday
The 1976 decals for passenger cars go on sale Monday at the Baytown branch of Harris County Tax Assessor Collector Carl Smith at 307 W Texas. Decals will be sold at Weingarten’s, Lewis and Coker, and Sears. Bring the three-part card from mail and the required fee to save $1, or last year’s receipt and title if you lack the card. Zoe Miles noted replacements for lost receipts cost 25 cents. A long-range planning committee toured facilities at Lee College and planned future visits to North Harris County College.
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Baytown
Harris County
Carl Smith
Texas
Weingarten’s
Lewis and Coker
Sears
Threesport
Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation Motor Vehicle Division
Zoe Miles
Lee College
Corpus
Tee College
Teray City
North
Harris County College
City Sets Opening Of Bids For Baytown Landfill Service
Baytown invites bids to contract landfill services as it plans to close Coady Landfill when the State Health Department expires its permit in March. Bids open at 10 40 a m Monday at city hall with private operators eligible, including Gene Hazelwood who may run a private Cedar Bayou site adjacent to the old landfill.
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Coady
State Department of Health
Baytown
Posi
Gene
Hazelwood
Cedar Bayou
Old Cedar
Bayou
Ill
Britain and Europe hit by severe cold and storms
Our World From AP Wires reports freezing gales battered ships in the English Channel and at least four people died in Britain and France as a cold spell, the coldest in four years, blanketed England and Western Europe. The Soviet Union confirmed the 1973 grain harvest was the worst in a decade, with gross output totaling only 140 million tons. In Washington, the U S Conference of Mayors faces a legislative fight over federal revenue sharing.
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London
England
Britain
France
Europe
Moscow
Soviet Union
Bicentennial love affair highlighted at Baytown luncheon
Mrs. Jean Browning of the Texas Bicentennial Commission urged Baytown Chamber members to embrace a broad public celebration, noting Texas leads in bicentennial involvement with more than 400 communities and stressing a revolutionary idea bearing fruit for 200 years.
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Muriel Scott
Jean Browning
Texas Bicentennial Commission
Tald Baytown Chamber
Brownrigh
Texas Commission
Browning
Oysterfest Oyster Fry Draws Baytown Officials and Guests
Fry is proof of oysters popularity with Baytown hosting its annual oyster fry at Bayshore Rad Reel and Gun Club headquarters 3223 Minnesota. Event runs 11 a.m. to 7:50 p.m. Tickets from local banks and unions or call Grover Folpe 422-7044. Proceeds support conservation and charity with out of town guests and state leaders expected.
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Baytown
New Braunfels
Bayshore
Minnesota
Exxon Crédit Union
Contact Hobby Sutphin
Peoples State Bank
Ike Hall
First’American Bank & Trust
Allen Rice
Steel
Texas Works
Bess
Wolf
Citizens National Ban
Knights of Columbus
Grover K. Folpe
Bayshore Rad, Reel and Gun “Club
Harris County
Weather And Tides In Baytown For Weekend
Fair and cooler conditions expected Saturday night and Sunday in the Baytown area. Lows near the mid 30s, daytime highs in the mid 30s. Sunday tides show highs at 4 13 am and 10 38 pm with lows at 4 27 am and 3 27 pm.
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Baytown Area
Baytown
Pearce Street Journal In Verse Two Husbands Argue Mornings
Two young men discuss married life in a brisk Pearce Street Journal column. One praises a poetic wife who rises at dawn while the other claims his wife wakes early and shouts a blunt command. The exchange asks whether a world with uniform mornings would be better or worse.
Hartman to Receive Baylor Distinguished Alumnus Honor
Fred Hartman, longtime Baytown Sun editor and publisher, will be named a Baylor University Distinguished Alumnus at an February ceremony in Waco. Hartman, Baylor BA and MA holder, and LLB from Houston Law, joins Dr. Robert Sparkman and Jimi Bowmer as 1970s honorees for outstanding professional achievement and university contributions. He helped establish major gifts to Baylor including 150000 for Castel lan Communications Center and 400000 for the Baylor Journalism Scholarship Fund, bolstering national prominence.
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Baytown. Sun
Fred Hartman
Baylor University
Waco
Ibanquel
Hartman
Southern Newspapers, Inc
Baylor Ex-Students Association
Baylor
Robert
Sparkman
Dallas
Jimi 0. Bowmer
Temple
Houston Law School
Castellan Communications Center Fund
Baytown Planning Commission Meets Monday on Transport Plan
The Baytown Planning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday to hear a report on a work program in transportation planning prepared by transportation planner Mike Weaver covering October 1975 to August 1976. Also on the agenda is the final approval of a replat of Jan Jack Estates in Highlands. Commissioners will review subdivision plans outside city limits but within the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
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Wearborn
Mich
Ford
Congress
Baytown
Traffic Panel To Get Guard Study
Baytown City Council traffic committee will review a report on school crossing guards at 1 am Wednesday in city hall. The panel has surveyed surrounding cities on guard criteria and will consider left turn restrictions and stop sign changes at several intersections while evaluating parking limits on North Gaillard.
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Wanda Orton Ec
Cornelius
North Main and
James
Jecker Drive
Memorial Drive
Deckera Airhart
Fayle North Main
McKinney Road
Rob Smith Road
Kilgore
Ward
North Gaillard
West Defeet
West Sterling
Est Delee
Volunteers Contribute to Baytown Oral History Project
A growing Baytown Oral History Collection expands as volunteers take on taping assignments. Twelve Baytonians met at Sterling Municipal Library to plan further interviews, including J. M. Jones and Dr. James Maroney. They discussed release forms, a uniform file card, and agreed to draft samples for group review.
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Betsy Webber
Baytown
Mary Elizabeth Wilbanks
the Sun
Sarah Swoltard
Linda Roberson
Flora Wilhite
Sterling’ Municipal
McNeill
Jones
Roberson
Maroney
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U.S. Conference of Mayors
Pearce
Merkel
We Harries
Charpe Minjbir Nee
Sian
J. M. (Deacon) Jones
James Maroney
Bill McNeill
Rom Redmond
Bethany Picard
W. 0. Tidman
Carte Miller
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Rick McCunley
The
First American Bank
Jody R. Lander
Jesse Navarre
Hayton Ambulance Service
Mit
Richard Atkins
East Harris County Medical Society
Aurilary
Enat Am. and
Citizens National Bank
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