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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1968
Page
1
The reservation deadline for the annual secretaries seminar is set for Thursday with the event on February 24 at Lee College. Sen Barbara Jordan will speak. Mrs Donald Badgett chairs the event and Mrs Cave Kominek handles registration.
Mrs DORINE SAULS is hard to find Becky Hill finds work interferes with the opportunity to model at the National Secretaries Seminar There is nothing like getting the wrong number when it is Judy Burnett s getting to talk to it as good as the right name Mrs Elizabeth F Brown newcomer to Baytown is a spry 93-year-old looking forward to meeting some friendly Baytonians Texora Satterwhite aflutter over daughter Judy s return from Africa where she s been serving with the Peace Corps for two years Gwen Barnett in a dither with all the Girl Scout cookies Mark Allen Barren and his mother the former Claudia Travis fly back to McAllen after a visit with his grandparents Doyle Morgan proves honesty is the best policy and re learns a pen she accidentally carried off the day before Shows our teens aren t all bad newspaper headlines.
City Council moves toward a possible city owned deep water port with Descon Engineers Houston proposing a $4,000 feasibility survey. The plan includes port operations review, tariffs, cargo patterns and future industrial needs to assess potential revenue and investment viability. If feasible, a detailed follow on study and master plan may cost $15,000 in later phases. Descon is affiliated with Diveon and International Utilities Corp.
Citizens of Mont Belvieu will vote April 6 for a mayor and two city councilmen. Terms of Mayor J. B. Gill and councilmen Warner Laughlin and C. J. Poniykal expire. No announcements of re election yet. Prospective candidates may file for any race by March 7 with Mayor Gill.
Our World Time Inc purchases the Newark Times marking entry into newspaper publishing. The UT Austin signs first Negro football player Eileen linebacker Leon O’Neal to a scholarship amid national civil rights momentum.
Baytown Chamber of Commerce members will vote by mail to elect 10 of 15 nominees to three year terms. Nominated members include H W Blackwood of Gulf Oil and many prominent local executives from First National Bank Pearl Beer Texas Eastern Humble Marketing Peoples State Bank and others. Ballots go out Monday to Florida? Wait, no. Ballots will be mailed to about 550 chamber members for the vois.
The Baytown Junior Forum raised 8500 for the Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center through the Red Stocking Revue. Kudos go to members cast patrons and Baytown supporters who helped. New advisory directors named at Peoples State Bank include Douglas Gunn William Miller and Paul Edwards. Gunn is a longtime Baytonian and business leader.
Three new advisory directors named by Peoples State include Miller of Baytown a longtime banker Edwards resident at 228 Hackberry Lane senior vice president at Peoples State and a Lee College and UT Austin graduate all three educated in Baytown schools active in local civic groups and churches.
BEA seeks teacher input on school board committee proposals at a Ross Sterling High School meeting. A questionnaire will guide whether the BEA pursues a professional consultation agreement or broader action with Texas State Teachers Association or National Education Association. Nosh Lee of NEA spoke on professional consultation and legislative needs.
Mont Belvieu has annexed a tract around the new Barbers Hill High School at the school board's request. The high school on the east side of Eagle Drive between I-10 and FM 565 is a $14 million project nearing completion. Initial capacity is 450, with expansion to 1,000 students. a 2,400-seat stadium is under construction.
Civil service exams to fill 12 Baytown Police Department vacancies set for 7 p.m. Wednesday February 28 in the Community Building meeting room at 2407 Market. Applicants must meet age 21 to 35, height 5 feet 8 inches, weight at least 145 pounds. Applications available at 12214 W Defee Civil Service Commission office or Police Chief Blair Mann, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekly. Return by 5 p.m. February 27. Starting patrolmen salary $565 monthly.
Baytown residents can order Houston Oiler season tickets through Bit Hartman at The Baytown Sun or via contacts at BayPort Construction Peoples Star Bank Ci izens National Bank and First National Bank. Signups place you in the Astrodome upon receipt of your order.
Four Baytown high school seniors across Ross Sterling and Robert E. Lee were named National Merit Finalists. Adrian Raymer, Hal Gober, Jane Parker, and Ewell A. Clarke advanced from semi finalist status based on tests, grades, and college-board scores. Raymer and Gober hold leadership roles and plan college study in marketing, accounting, or related fields. Parker attends UT Austin with NHS and student council roles. Clarke participates in NHS, JETS, and choir and seeks college plans.
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