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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1950

Page

2

Shriners Dance and Parade Set for Baytown Event

Shriners prepare a two night event featuring Layland twins Normagene and Imogene, the Lee Brigadier Sextette, the Lee Quartet, Miss Pegsey Starr, and a Judy show by Sidney Ham of Houston. Lu Kaiser will perform as amateur magician with family. Doors open 7 20 p.m. Saturday 8 50 p.m. Baytown Community House hosts a Houstonians band.

Puge i Flay Layland Twins Normagene Imogene Lee Brigadier Lee Pegsey Starr Sidney Ham Houston Mariorette Puichard Lu Kaiser Baytown Comvunity House Houstonians Sam Houston State College Charles Lee Hill Robex EL Lee High School Hill Charles Forque Eddie Thompson Paul Webber Baytown Houstontians

Eggs Leave Port Houston for Belgium Under AOA Plan

Eggs by the thousands head from Port Houston to Europe under the Economic Cooperation Administration plan. Nearly 9,600 tins of frozen fresh eggs ship aboard the Wernessee, a Norwegian vessel, destined for Antwerp for unloading.

Houston Port Houston Economic Cooperation Administration Belgium Antwerp

Livestock prices at Fort Worth market report

Fort Worth livestock market shows cattle: 1200 head with steers and yearlings slow, some lighter heifers stronger. calves active with gains. hogs 1100 head steady. sows and pigs steady. sheep 1060 head with slaughter and feeder lambs strong, Good and choice slaughter lambs around 25 to 26 dollars per hundredweight. Canners and cutters weak to mid teens.

Fort Worth USDA

Death Takes Famed Oklahoma Oilman Lloyd Noble

Lloyd Noble Oklahoma oil millionaire and longtime Republican leader dies in Houston at 74 after heart disease. Services set for 2 pm Thursday at Ardmore First Presbyterian Church with burial there. Family asks donations to worthy causes, including the Lloyd Noble fund for the Heart Association via Reverend Glenn McGee.

Houston Lloyd Noble Oklahoma Ardmore First Presbyterian Church Heert Association Glenn ©. McGee Ardmore First Presbyterian Church

Three Crewmen Killed in Bomber Crash

A wartime casualty notice details a B-26 crash with three crewmen killed. The report cites search efforts by U S Navy P-2Vs, B-29s from multiple bases, and Canadian Coast Guard vessels patrolling Queen Charlotte Sound amid a broad search area northwest of Seattle. Also noted are community reports of a plane overhead near Vancouver Island and associated weather conditions projected for the search. Father’s Night at Ashbel Smith PTA is announced with speakers on teamwork and citizenship, plus a social hour and an upcoming executive meeting.

Seattle Tofino British Columbia Vancouver Island West Bay Point Santula Nimpkish Lake U. S.S. Navy Spokane Washington Afb Rapid City South Dakota Afe- Clellan Field Sacramento California Great Falls Montana Queen Charlotte Sound Ruska Weather Bureau Gordon Sell- Irving Coast Guard Ashbel-Smith Ashbel-Smith Parent-Teacher Association Vietor Dias Holly McLemore J. FR. Meekins Alex LaVergne

Christian Science Touted as Key to Spiritual Healing

Will B. Davis of Chicago told a Baytown audience that Christianity, studied deeply, is a religion able to heal present human problems through spiritual power. He cited Jesus and early followers healing without material remedies and urged applying Christian Science methods to health, business, social issues, and general human problems.

Bny Will B. Davis Chicago Baytown First Church of Christ Scientist Boston David Maxwell Davis Davis Mary Baker Eddy Christian Science

Ex Dallas Chief Jones Goes On Trial In Murder Case

A special jury of 500 was ordered for the second murder trial of R L Jones former Dallas police chief. His lawyers sought delay citing illness of daughter witness Mrs Marjorie McCaffrey but doctors testified she could testify. Jones is charged with the January 1948 shooting of his son in law George Vadere on a downtown street.

Dallas R. L Bob) Jones Robert Hall Jones Marjorie McCaffrey J. M. Pickard George Vadere McCaffrey

Mardi Gras Dance In Knights Hall Friday Night

A Mardi Gras dance will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall here Friday night starting at 8 pm and running until 2 am. Sponsored by San Jacinto Council No. 2788 Knights of Columbus, with Tom Novosad as general chairman. Music by Ray Krenek and his Hungry Five.

Knights of Columbus San Jacinto The Tom Novosad Ray Krenek Hungry Five

Square Dance Class Organized in Baytown

Baytown schedules an eight week beginner square dance course starting next Tuesday at Robert Lee High School Gym. Doors open at 7 p.m. with instruction from 7 30 to 9 30 p.m. The Recreation Council sponsors the class taught by Alvera Grif, the girls' physical education instructor at the high school.

Baytown Robert Lee High School The Recreation Council Alvera Grif

South in battle with spreading flood water

The South faced a spreading flood that displaced about 40,000 residents as rivers surged across seven states. Meanwhile, a snow and ice storm ended 21 lives across the Midwest and Northeast, driving 20,000 from Arkansas, 10,000 from Kentucky, and 7,500 from Eastern Louisiana and Western Mississippi, with hundreds seeking higher ground in Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee.

Chicago South Midwest Arkansas Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Indians Ohio Tennessee

Shepperd Edgars UK Appointments Approved by Senate

In Austin on February 15 the Texas Senate approved the appointments of John Ben Shepperd as Secretary of State and J W Edgar as State Commissioner of Education. Shepperd, 24, is a Gladewater attorney named by Governor Shivers to succeed Ben Ramsey. Edgar was named to the $17,500 post and formerly supervised Austin schools. The Senate also approved 160 other appointments and sent seven back to committee, including six members of the Texas Real Estate Board and Allen H Hughey of El Paso for the Teacher Retirement Board.

Austin John Ben Shepperd J. W. Edgar Senate Shepperd Gladewater Allan Shivers Ben Ramsey Edgar State Board of Education Upper Chambr Senate Committeee On Governors Texas Real Estate Board Allen H. Hughey el Paso Teacher Retirement Board

Navy Keeps Search For Missing Flying Boat In Gulf

Corpus Christi February 15. A PBAL flying boat with nine naval airmen aboard remains unfound as the Navy continues a search in the Gulf of Mexico. A naval air station spokesman said hope is not abandoned and noted that aircraft have floated for longer periods.

Corpus Christi PBAL Gulf of Mexico Corpus Christi Naval Air Station

Car Crashes Power Poles Causing Houston Blackout

A car struck two power poles in Southeast Houston early today, triggering a loud explosion and a blackout. Residents alerted police and fire crews, and an emergency team from Houston Lighting and Power repaired the damage within an hour. Police said the vehicle occupants were not burned.

Houston Houston Lighting and Power Company

Educator to Speak Before Inquiry Class in St Joseph

Rev. L A D S Brezizk C B of St Thomas High School Ho ton will address St Joseph's Inquiry Class at St Joseph's School at 7 30 p m Thursday on The Precepts of the Church. It is the 14th lecture in a 16 part Catholic faith series. Brezik, a Houston native educated in Canada, belongs to the Basilian Order noted for secondary and higher education. The Basilica of St Peter's in Rome covers 3 7 acres.

L A D S Brezizk St. Thomas High School Hoton St Joseph's Inquiry St Joseph's School Father Brezik Houston Canada Basilian Order

Madison High Sencol teachers quit over conduct charges

DETROIT Feb 15 All but four Madison High Sencol teachers resigned in protest after students staged a 1 day strike urging a state investigation of alleged loose conduct by male instructors who interrupted classes to smoke. Principal J Russel Roe quit 10 days earlier citing ethics and discipline failures and lack of board support.

Detroit Madison High Sencol Royal Oak State Department of Public Instruction J. Russel Roe Peters

Birth of Lynn A. and Dana's son at Memorial Hospital

The child named Dana born February 11 at Memorial Hospital weighs eight pounds eight ounces. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Lynn A. son of 2201 Alabama. Grandparents are Mrs. J. J. Orms of Baytown and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Seaman of Chester, Texas.

Lynn A Alabama Ah Memorial Hospital Dana Augeniyo J. J. Orms Baytown Ross Seaman Chester Texas

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