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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1952
Page
5
Bernice Goetz recounts how Valentine’s Day evolved from medieval customs to modern markets. The piece notes lottery feasts, billets and verses, birds and folk games, and costly wagers in England and Scotland. It highlights how candy, gifts, and jewelry became the contemporary expression of courtship.
Charles Caldwell executive secretary of the Community Chest praised Highlands residents in a Highlands Rotary Club talk. He said Baytown and Highlands are welded by Chest work. An outline of Chest organizations and a report on Monday night’s Council of Members election were noted. Rotarians will meet Saturday to plan the ball diamond lighting system at Highway Elementary School. Supervisors Jeff Tanner and George Bowers will oversee the project.
Funeral services for Mrs Thomas Watt Gregory 33 widow of the second Texan cabinet member were held in Houston at 8 pm today at the home of a daughter Mrs Great Marechal. A service was planned for 8 am in Austin at St Davis Episcopal Church followed by burial in Oakwood Cemetery beside her late husband. Mrs Gregory mother of Mrs Harry F Hartman of Bay town. She lived at 3622 Wickersham Lane Houston. She died Monday night after a brief illness. Her husband served as attorney general in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet from 1914 to 1919. He practiced law in Washington until 1924 when the Gregorys returned to Houston. He died in 1933. Mrs Gregory is the former Julia Wilie of Austin. Other survivors include two sons Thomas Wait Gregory Jr of Houston and Joseph Nalle Gregory of San Angelo.
Franta Motor Company in DeSoto-Plymouth Center opens 800 West Texas Ave showroom at 3 a.m. for the 160 horsepower DeSoto Fire Dome debut. Event features a new V eight engine, Air-Vent Hood, power steering, Fluid-Torque Drive, power brakes, and electric window lifts with special demonstrations planned all day. Albert Franta touts the car as the finest DeSoto yet and expects a large turnout.
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