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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1956
Page
2
The Baytown page reports Houston Lighting and Power plans a large new plant 45 miles southeast of Richmond Rosenberg area near Smithers Lake. The facility will serve the region and discharge water from the lake, with dam and spillway plans along the lake shore and expected intake and outlet considerations.
The Shriners of Arabia Temple announce a charity event in Baytown to support hospital services. Tickets at £1 grant admission to an all night show and Western dance on March 19 at the Baytown school auditorium. Gerald Vincent and his seven piece orchestra donate services. Proceeds aid crippled children under 14 with clothing, food, braces and medical aids provided.
Fragmentary OCR lists individuals such as Lou Young Moryris Allgeier KF Hartman A Strickler Rev Clyde Fultz and others associated with a Jaycees entry. No clear event or outcome is discernible from the readable text.
A short, fragmentary item notes a stork stopping at an area under the initials QO Abd Ray, with limited readable context and no clear event or details available.
E Z Horridge completes fifteen years service with Shell Oil Company in a milestone acknowledgment. He began with the firm in an early position and has since advanced, earning recognition from peers and management for steady performance and loyalty.
Bebomeyr chairs a Baytown housing proposal funded by private and federal guarantees. The plan targets low income families with rents around 149 to 123 a month and maximum incomes of 32700. If rejected, units may move elsewhere, costing Baytown tax revenue. A public hearing preceded a council vote to place the issue on the March 24 ballot.
The article lists a long slate of officers and committee chairs for a teachers group including Mrs. Martha Jones vice president Mrs. Margaret Eliis and Miss Miriam Loretz secretaries treasurer Mr Henson and Martin live leee and Jack Simmons live five chairmen Mrs Lucille Hazelwood and Jim MobKinnes chairman Mrs Andrey Mildred and arn ational att isery and provement of educiti chairman Mrs Marion Brown and Idan social chairman Aiis Porter and Davie Thompson nominations and elections chairmen S G J Hudson and Mrs N igg attended Centerville event and visited Mrs Hudsons brother Aimon Blakely in Teague during trip back to Highlands.
Pat Rice, 26, joins Tuck Insurance Agency as a representative of Southwestern Life Insurance Co. He and wife Nell Moses of Baytown and their son Patrick live at 407B For rest. Rice is a Conroe native, Davy Crockett high school graduate, and Army veteran who served in Korea and Japan.
In Deer Park a speech and drama workshop at Beer Pack junior high School directed by Worden McDonald gathers participants from Austin to Waco. Events include declamations poetry readings debate and one act plays with a banquet and a cotch conference breakfast.
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