Goose Creek Study Group Meets at Dudley Home
Goose Creek Chapter 798 Order of East m Star gathers at 7 p.m. Thursday at 231 E Lobit to discuss upcoming events led by Worthy Matron J H Loc kett. Also notes Mardi Gras dance at Knights of Columbus Hall and oyster fry preparations at Bayshore club.
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OES
Goose Creek
Order of East'm Star
G B. Dudley
E. Lobit
J. H. Lockett
Knights of Columbus Hall
W. Main
Joe Zatopek
Order of Eastern Star
H. H. Dorris Jr
Country Club View
Round Town Gossip and Local Side Notes
Houston gossip column mentions George Chan ders ski trip and “honorable mention” while Joy Whittington and Charles Moser escape a road slip into a ditch. Baytown coverage praised. mayor husband location sought. various locals share small updates and thanks for found film and scouting news.
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George Chanders
Aspen
Cole
Houston
Joy Whittington
Charles Moser
Paul Archie
Gus Brinkman
Hobart Enoch
Sun
Albert Thomas
Baytown
East
Harris County
Rose Cravey
Dan Savell
Elbert Black
Larry Hale
James A
Bitsy) Davis
Ann
Comeaux
Joan Johnson
Peru
Dick Rains
Mary Ann Veselka
Philmont
New Purchasing Agent For City Is Native Here
Baytown appoints Don P. Cooke as city purchasing agent starting Monday. A 28-year-old native, he is a Deer Park High School and Lee College alum who studied accounting at Sam Houston State and the University of Houston at night. He lives at 1300 Parkway Drive with wife LaNelle Williams. Funds for the position were approved in the 1965-66 city budget adopted last September.
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Baytown
New City
Don P. Cooke
Cooke
W. A. Cooke
Burnet
Lynchburg
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Deer Park
Lee College
Sam Houston State College
University of Houston
Brown & Hoot, Inc
Cecil Bobbitt
Baytown Certified Public Accountant
LaNelle Williams
Parkway Drive
Final Rites Planned for Albert Thomas in Houston Funeral
Baytonians prepare to attend final rites for Albert Thomas, longtime congressman from the Eighth District, with services set at First Methodist Church in Houston. The body lies in state at Settegast-Kopf Funeral Home. Attendees include House leaders and Texas delegation members. President Johnson may also attend. Thomas, age 67, died Tuesday near Houston after a prolonged cancer battle. He is survived by his wife Lera and two daughters Anne Lasater and Lera Thomas.
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Harric
Thomas
Congress
Settegast - Kopf
Kirby Drive
Hous
Bethlehem
Washington National Cathedral
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
Congressman Thomas
House Appropriations Committee
House
Community Chest Meeting Set For Monday Night
The Welfare League Health League and Community Chest plan a joint meeting at 7 30 p m Monday Feb 21 in the Chamber of Commerce building. A new chair and secretary will be elected along with new directors for all groups. Holdover directors remain and attendees may vote on elections and other council matters.
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Welfare League
Karl W
Baytown
East Harris
Opryshek
W. H. Bridges
County Community Chest
N. C. Foote
A. N. Johnson
Healthy League
wChamber
Commerce
Perry Britton
Community Chest
Health League
Sam Bramlett
Leonard Hart
Herbert V. Herbert
W. C. Jackson
Max Mosesman
W. Carroll
Paul Edwards
Ted Kloesel
Frank Thompson
Ed Vaught
Malcolm Jones
Jim Black
L. J. Marsh
Britton
Marilyn Linder
Lee Brasfield
John J. Coates
Burnette Dowler
Clyde Messia
Fit Lanham
Silas Moore
E. H. Oliver
Preston Pendergrass
J. C. Sheffield
Herbert L. Boggess
W. P. Denman
David Funderburk
L. E Pennington
Abe Rosenzweig
M. E. Gillis
Forrest Gober
E. F. Green
Tillman O'Brien Jr
Dave Sherron
Sincere Tributes for Albert Thomas Highlight Baytown Reactions
Baytown officials and residents mourn U S Representative Albert Thomas with tributes from City Council members and citizens. They recall his decades of service, deep local ties, and impact on Harris County and the nation as officials plan continued duties in his honor.
Violence in Santo Domingo wounds American troopers
Three U S para troopers are wounded, one critically, as terrorists mount a violent attack in Santo Domingo. The briefing notes the attack amid secretary Freeman praising fertilizer's wartime importance in Viet Nam. The World Council of Churches calls for halting bombing in North Viet Nam and supports Red China’s UN admission. Humphrey offers aid to Indian farmers, and Johnson may raise savings bonds rates by up to half a percentage point.
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Santo Domingo
Johnson
Elevation Study for Brownwood Area Streets
City council heard a report on Brownwood area street elevations. City Engineer Jack Morton said most roads run about five feet above grade and considered raising Cabaniss and Bayshore Drive from Mapleton to West Bayshore to seven or eight feet to ease flood tides. He warned subsidence since 1943 could lower levels again and noted a sea wall as permanent relief, with drainage pumped. Council asked for cost estimates and noted driveway ramps and drainage must be addressed.
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Brownwood
Jack Morton
Cabaniss
Bayshore Drive
Mapleton
West Bayshore
Morton
Ploye
Port Arthur
Bond Sale Trip Takes Cravey and Lanham to New York
Mayor Seaborn Cravey and City Manager Fritz Lanham will visit bond rating services and investment firm officials in New York City Thursday and Friday ahead of a bond sale planned for February 24 by the City of Baytown. They will be joined by Thomas Masterson of Underwood Neuhaus Co., the city's fiscal agent, departing at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Seaborn Cravey
Fritz Lanham
New York City
Baytown
Cravey
Lanham
New York
Thomas Masterson
Underwood, Neuhaus & Co
Council Lauds Albert Thomas
City council held a special meeting Tuesday night to pass a tribute resolution for late Rep. Albert Thomas. Councilman Jack Hurer urged sending a sympathy letter to Mrs. Thomas and honoring the congressman as a great statesman. The measure, drafted by City Attorney George Chandler, was approved unanimously and a copy sent to Mrs. Thomas.
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Albert Thomas
Jack Hurer
Robert Barnes
Thomas
Annexation Worries Chambers Residents
Baytown aims to protect development area while Mont Belvieu pursues incorporation. A Feb 24 public hearing will consider annexing a two mile railroad right of way near Mont Belvieu. Mont Belvieu seeks a larger corridor including Barbers Hill School District site and water district protection against annexation. Local residents assure no desire to expand south or west beyond I 10 and Cedar Bayou.
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Bee Landrum
Baytown
Mont Belvieu
Southern Pacific Railroad
Chambers County
Thesday
Mont Belview
Gordon Speer
Cedar Bayou
Don McLeod
Mont Belieu
Speer
Robert Barnes
Chambers
Woman Indicted In Slaying Of Husband Here
Mrs. Sarah Hirams White, 56, of 801 Bowie, was indicted by a Harris County Grand Jury on a charge of murdering her husband Simmie Belton White at their home on Jan. 16. Bond denied. she had been bound over to the grand jury on $5,000 bond. The fatal shooting followed an altercation after Mrs. White criticized her daughter's fiancé Billie Lee Hassan and a struggle over a pistol.
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Sarah Hirams White
Bowie
Harris County
Grand
Simmie Belton White
White
Criminal District Court
Justice of the Peace M -M. Brown
Billie
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Greenbriar
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Eighth Congressional District
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