Crosby Man Dies and Local Notices Roundup
Albert Lonzo Welch 96 of Crosby Route 1 died Thursday morning. Earthman’s Highlands Funeral Home to announce arrangements. Dinner honoree R L McGilvray of 2523 Bayou Drive celebrated 20 years with Standard Oil Co at San Jacinto Inn. Various local club meetings and events announced including Woman’s Club at Mrs. R T Barbour’s home, First Mexican Baptist revival services, Vietnam critic talk by Brig Gen Hugh Hester at University of Houston, Girl Scouts cookie sale, Gideon play at Lon Morris, Baytown weather and Galveston tide times.
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Crosby
Albert Lonzo Welch
Route 1
Earthman’s Highlands Funeral Home
R. L. McGilvray
Bayou Drive
San Jacinto Inn
Standard Oi Co
McGilvray
Cedar Point
Standard
Vietnam
Baytoneans
Hugh Hester
Why
U.S
University of Houston
Liberal Arts
Whirlwind of Names and Small Town Moments
A slice of local life features Marilyn Linder and Travis Craig Sr as residents share how they help others while Laver Fuller, R. G. Stephenson and others engage in morning routines. Abigail Frazier notes calmer days, and Steele McDonald recalls planning for city growth. Friends like Tommy Cook and Mrs. Gal latin celebrate, while Ellen Sue Hobbs and Jack Hartt perform playful feats. Nearby, Ed and Bettye travel, and Betsy Messersch toidt visits Baytown.
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Marilyn Linder
Travis Craig Sr
W. O. Tidman
Laver Fuller
R. G. Stephenson
Abigail Frazier
Steele McDonald
Tommy Cook
Lester A. Gallatin
Warren Spencer
Ella Mooney
Jack Hartt
Ellen Sue Hobbs
Ed Vaughts
Bettye Masterson
Bobbie Fortinberry
Betty Messerschtoidts
Norman Fidler
Burlington, N.C
Baytown
W. H Powers
L. M. Hayes
Lufkin
Nell Joris Totes Nachos
Jane Rose
Marines Bomb Hue Citadel in First Assault of Battle
U S Marines bombed Hue's citadel walls for the first time as ground forces pressed a push toward the former imperial capital. Jets dropped heavy bombs and napalm while fighters and artillery targeted North Vietnamese positions to breach the fortress complex as fighting continued around the city.
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Saigon
Hue
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Canal Des Rapides
al Chang
Gia Long
Old Pelly Post Office Moves to 901 W Main
The Pelly post office substation will relocate Feb 29 to Hoffpaul’s Grocery at 301 W Main, becoming Baytown Post Office fifth contract station. All 200 boxes move. hours will extend and Sunday access provided since Hoffpaul’s is open seven days. retirements noted for clerk Mrs Ballard.
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Pelly
Old City Hall
Hoffpaul's
W. Main
M. I. Neal
Bay
Neal
Hoffpaulr
Sitl
Baytown
Adams’ Hardware
Bayway Drive
Hathaway’s Grocery
Sterling Rangers to host Deer Park in 1-44 final at Rice gym
The Sterling Rangers, as home team, face Deer Park in the District 1-44 basketball final at 7:30 pm on February 23 at Rice University gym. Officials planned details Thursday morning. Pre game tickets for students and adults go on sale at Sterling, Robert E. Lee, Memorial Stadium athletic office. Student tickets cost 59.1 cents and adults 1 dollar. tickets at the game are 1 dollar.
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Sterling Rangers
Deer Park
Rice University
Rangers
Vorth
Deers
South
Stuents
Sterling
Robert E. Lee
Memorial Stadium
No Filers Yet In Regent Race
Five applications for the Lee College Board of Regents election were picked up by prospective candidates for the April 6 vote, but none have been turned in as of now. College comptroller Alvin Miles notes applicants often delay filing and expects enough candidates to keep the race competitive. filing deadline is March 7.
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Lee College Board of Recents
Alvin Miles
College Comptroller
Miles
Niles
Real Estate Booming in Baytown As Film Studio Leases Land
Baytown real estate activity surges as Universal Studios leases two tracts for action scenes in Hell Fighters. One site lies south of Highway 146 on Ashbel Smith Land Co. property, with a 75 day lease from March 1 to May 15. T. A. James of Crosby handles leasing, with terms not yet agreed. A second area near the Baytown La Porte Tunnel, owned by five local beer distributors, will host most oil well fire scenes in a 20,000 square foot lot. Prices rise. specific figures are being negotiated. A small plot across Highway 146 from Bay Plaza Shopping Center near Garth Road is sought for 15,000, and a Mont Belvieu tech center may include an automotive parts supply store. Local firms quote land prices climbing and hope to cluster related facilities nearby.
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Mike Lonsford
Baytown
Hollywood Film Studio
Hellfighters
Ashbel Smith Land Co
Highway 146
Houston
Universal
T. A. James
Ramsey Road
Crosby
Baytown-La Porte Tunnel
Five Baytown Beer Distributors
Kirkindall Uphol
Truman Cox
John Busch
Garth Road
k_mery Hughes
Hughes Reardeal
Mont Belvieun
Busch
J. M. Turnbow
Turnbow
Hughes
Lumm
Assatiation
Florida
Combe Rebo
Sizejouter Company
Jalso
Luimm’s
Addi- Busch
Baytonian's Sen War Victim Rites in Little Rock
Funeral services were held in Little Rock Arkansas for Army Pvt. Gerald L. Fitts killed in action near Chu Chi Vietnam on January 31. He belonged to the 34th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division and was buried with military honors at the National Cemetery. Survivors include his father Elmer Fitts Jr of Baytown and mother Har ard Osborn of Jacksonville plus siblings and grandparents.
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Little Rock
Ark
Army
Gerald L. Fitts
Fitts
Chu Chi
Vietnam
34Th Cavalry
25Th Infantry Division
National Cemetery
Elmer Fitts Jr
440 Park
Baytown
Harard Osborn
Jacksonville
Ann Fitts
Cynthia Robin
Kim Fitts
Kevin Fitts
David Fitts
Elmer Fitts Sr
Somerville
Mass
Bernice van Lear
Baytown Sailor Demonstrates River Defense Tactics
Baytown sailor Seaman Arthur R. Hill, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Hill Jr, of Baytown Texas, volunteers with the Navy river assault division. He throws a concussion grenade toward a green painted barracks ship to deter Viet Cong swimmers who might plant explosives on hulls or anchor chains. The blast stirs the river mud but harms no ships.
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Mekong Delta
Baytown
Tex
Arthur R. Hill
Robert Hill, Jr
Hill
Navy
iRiver Assault Division 112
Mobile Riverine Force
Sailor
Ptacek Files Candidacy for Baytown City Council Seat
C Dutch Ptacek, longtime Baytown political hopeful, files to run for city council as a candidate in District 3. Incumbents Braswell and Ball seek re election in a race shaping up as Ptacek versus several rivals. Ptacek, builder and landlord with past tax issues now resolved, lives at 1229 Magnolia and formerly worked for Humble Oil.
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Ptacek
Baytown
Joffice
Albert
Dis-Fanesties
Drew
Andy
Braswell
Pat
Ball
W. Pat
Pappy} Knowles
J. Robert Barnes
West Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Magnolia
Tor
School District Receives Ten Bids to Lease Pasture Land
The district received ten bids ranging from 100 to 765 dollars annually for leasing 100 acres of improved pasture on Archer Road near Sjolander Road. Apparent high bidder is George Sjolander at 76 dollars per year. other bids include H. O. Johnson 450, Henry Drake 100, Billy Going 400, Floyd Walters 330, and more. Water rights and a district water well are not included. lease would cover pasture and certain controlled farming with a 60 day vacate period if canceled.
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Archer Road
Sjolander
George Sjolander
Sander
H. 0. Johnson
Henry Drake
W. D
Billy) Going
Floyd K. Walters
Crosby
W. E. Haltom
Tommy J. Kimmey
Johnny G. Ludtke
Ruth E. Wilson
K. A. Baker
Ex Sun Business Chief Named Among Top Young Men
James B. Boone Jr., former Baytown Sun business manager 1958 to 1962, selected for the 196¢ Outstanding Young Men of America. Boone now edits and publishes the Suffolk News Herald in Virginia, was Suffolk's Outstanding Young Man, and was nominated for national honor by the local Jaycees. He is married to the former Gray Davis, daughter of Baytown residents Edwin T. Davis and Mrs A. B. O'Brien Jr. Boone’s parents are Buford Boone and his wife. the elder Boone edits the Tuscaloosa News in Alabama.
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James B
Jim) Boone Jr
Baytown Sun
Boone
Suffolk
News Herald
Baytown
Virginia
Jaycee
Gray Davis
A. B. O'Brien Jr
Edwin T. Davis
Boone’s
Buford. Boone
Tuscaloosa
Ala
The
Baytown JP Glenn Vickery and family move to Precinct 3
Justice of the Peace Glenn Vickery and his family relocate from North shore to 214 Hunnicutt in Baytown. He says they plan to meet residents and engage in community efforts while serving in the unexpired term of the late Justice M. Mr Brown and seeking election to the JP post in his own right.
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Glenn Vickery
Northshore
Baytown
Hunnicutt
Vickery
Brown Vickery
JP Post
Lyndon Peace Offer Censored In Saigon Papers
South Viet Namese censors removed President Johnson remarks that the United States is willing to meet with the Communists tomorrow and that the San Antonio peace formula still stands. The missing text in two Washington dispatches signals ongoing U.S. South Vietnamese rifts over negotiations.
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Saigon
Johnson
United States
San Antonio
Washington
Salton
U.S
Insurance board weighs lower fire homeowner premiums
The Texas Insurance Board considers rate cuts after reduced losses. A 3.6 percent statewide average decrease is planned, with 4.4 percent for fire, 3.0 percent for extended coverage and 3.1 percent for homeowners. Beulah losses won’t affect rates until next year.
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Austen
State Insurance Board
Texas
Central Territory
Collin
Cook
Delta
Denton
Fannin
Franklin
Grayison
Hopkins
Hunt
Lamar
Seacoast
Northwest
Houston
Dallas
Central
Amarillo
Sherman
ASME Meeting To Hear Burnet Levee Project Talk
Baytown group of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers will meet at 7 30 p.m. Thursday at the Activities Building of Humble Of and Refining Co. Don R Van Sickle, vice president of Turner Collie and Braden Inc Consulting Engineers of Houston, will speak on the proposed levee project for Burnet Crystal and Scott counties. Non members are invited to attend.
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Baytown Group
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Humble of and Refining Co
Don R van Sickle
Turner, Collie and Braden, Inc
Houston
Burnet, Crystal
Scott Boys
Baytown Heart Fund Drive Chairs Ready To Go
Mrs Thad Johnson and Ralph Kunz co chair Bay Center efforts for February drive by Baytown and Houston Harris County Heart group. They back research into serum prep to combat tissue rejection in heart transplants and have led many health fund campaigns locally. Volunteers contact Mrs Johnson at 422-4237 or Kunz at 427-7301.
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Thad Johnson
Ralph
Houston Medical
Bay Center
Houston Group
Houston - Harris County
Involved Research Association
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Woman's Club
R. T. Barbour
Whiting
First Mexican Baptist Church
G. M. Vinson
Wallis Hunt
Gideon
Lon’ Morris Masque and
Wig Theater Company
Baytown Area
Galveston
Peoples State Bank
Sherwber
South Vietnam
Pentagon
China
Hainan
U.S. Command
Mit
U.S. Air Force
Old Pelly
Bulletin
Seaman Arthur RF. Will
Baytonian
Sen
Gerald Fitts
C. Dutch Ptacek
Butch” Ptacek
Ralph Kunz
Mrs
Sun
James B. Boone
New JP
Bayown
Lyndon
Asme Meeting
Baytown Heart Fund Drive
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
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