Baytown Optimists Honor Traveling Merritts With Welcome Gifts
Baytown Optimists hosted Mrs. and Mrs. Ray Merritt of Camden Arkansas during their Christmas visit. The couple, arrested jokingly as part of the Welcome Stranger program, were escorted to a Holiday Inn for dinner and lodging, received gifts and a city key, and praised Baytown volunteers for kindness and hospitality.
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Peggy Florida
Baytown
Raymong Merritt
Camden
Ark
Holiday Inn
Merritts
Lester Alford
The
Baytown Optimists
Camden News
Alfords
Keith Parker
Raymond
Mary Merritt
Baytonian Receives UT Bachelor of Science Degree
Charles F Stratton of Baytown toUT awarded bachelor of science from the University of Texas. Son of Mr and Mrs Louis R Stratton formerly of Mont Belvieu he graduated Barber’s Hill High School and Lee College. He works for Diamond Alkali Co in Deer Park and held roles in AIChE student chapter and Alpha Chi Sigma.
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Charles, F. Stratton
Baytown
Louis R. Stratton
Mont Belview
University of Texas
Charles
Barbers Hill High School
Lee College
Diamond Alkali Co
Deer Park
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Alpha Chi. Sigma
Selective Clothing Thief Strikes Again on Pershing Street
A teen thief stole clothes from a garage line on Pershing Street. Willie Juarez, a Robert E Lee High School student, chased the youth who fled over a fence carrying three trousers and several sweat shirts. Neighbor Mrs Cornelio Serrano notes repeated thefts of boys' clothes around 29 inch waist. Police investigate.
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Pershing Street
Willie Juarez
Robert E. Lee High School
Cornelio Serrano
Jayne Mansfield Plans South Vietnam Visit
TOKYO AP Jayne Mansfield says she will fly to South Vietnam on February 4 for a three day visit to U S troops. She arrived in Tokyo on Saturday to perform at a nightclub and will depart Friday for Hong Kong Bangkok Manila Taipei and Okinawa before heading to South Vietnam.
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Tokyo
Jayne Mansfield
South Vietnam
U.S
Miss. Mansfield
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Manila
Taipei
Okinawa
Revelation of Liberty secrets scheduled at city hall
A Liberty historic program on Friday February 17 at city hall features a 5:30 p.m. barbecue and a 7 p.m. program. Curtis Tunnell state archaeologist and Rev Anton Frank will speak. Exhibits include maps early Texas furniture artifacts and portraits of former city officials. Historians from across the state will attend this one day event.
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Liberty (Sp
Enstoncall
City Hall
Liberty Historical Committee
Liberty County Historical Survey Committee
Curtis Tunnell
Anton
Former California Teacher Attends Campus Crusade Event
Miss Sharon Branscome, a former James Bowie School teacher and Campus Crusade for Christ staff member, attended the annual leanvention at the University of California. The Berkeley Chapter hosted the conference with several hundred delegates from the U S and abroad. Evangelist Billy Graham gave several addresses, and Branscome noted Berkeley students are similar to other college students nationwide.
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Sharon Branscome
James Bowie
Crusade For Christ
University of California
Campus Crusade For Christ
Berkeley
U.S
Billy Graham
Branscome
United States
Law Day Essay Contest Slated Across Harris ISD
Harris County Independent School District junior and senior high students may enter a Law Day essay contest sponsored by the Houston Legal Foundation. Junior and senior divisions set themes on why we need lawyers and how lawyers safeguard democracy with prizes including a savings bond for first place and smaller awards for second and third.
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Harris County Independent School
Houston Legal Foundation
U.S
Texan of the Year Allen Ludden Receives 1947 Honor
Allen Ludden of Corpus Christi earned the Texas Press Association Texan of the Year award for promoting Texas on CBS TV Password. The copper plaque was presented by TPA President Jim Barnhill at the Honor Banquet during the Winter Meeting in San Antonio, with Ludden pictured with his wife Betty White.
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Allen Ludden
Corpus Christi
Texas Press Association
Ludden
TPA
Jim Barnhill
Hillsboro Daily Mirror
Betty” White
Lone Star State
San Antonio
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