Rotary’s Golden Anniversary Marks Global Service
The Baytown Sun recounts Rotary International’s 50 years of service from Paul Harris’s Chicago meeting in 1905 to 8,477 clubs and 298,000 members worldwide. It notes Rotary’s humanitarian programs, including the Foundation and student loans, and praises local Baytown Rotarians and related civic efforts while stressing Rotary ideals amid global politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harris
Chicago
Rotary ‘Club
Rotary
Sawyer Harris
Canada
Adolph Hitler
Rotary Foundation
Studenll
Texas
South
Africa
Australia
Rotary Club
Baytown
Nick“We
Rotary International
George H. Gentry
Hugh M. Stewart
Recreation Council Reports Large Share Of City Funds
This third in a Bay town series shows two thirds of Recreation Council spending went to salaries, with 9 295 for staff and 560 for custodial services out of 15 184.35. City 3 000, school district 6 000, and Community Chest 3 000 fund operations. playgrounds logged 79 081 attendances over 48 days, Mc Nair and Carver centers highest. Activities covered basketball softball tennis swimming drama and youth programs with summer peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Recreation Council
McNair
Carver School
Burnet
San Jacinto
Highlands
Cedar Bayou
DeZavalg
Horace Mann
Lamar Schotlg
Roseland Park
Dramatics
Verdon Cast Lead in Damm Yankees Musical
Gwen Verdon chosen as leading lady for a new musical based on The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant. Rehearsals start March 1 with George Abbott directing and Adler Ross composing. New York premiere targeted May 5 with tryouts in New Haven and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gwen Verdon
Yankees
Damm Yankees
Fred Brisson
Robert Griffith
Harold Prince
Richard Adler
Jerry Ross
George Abbott
Wallop
New Haven
Boston
First international show plane brings Fanny cast to New York
Forty two theatre minded guests from Paris arrived at Idlewild to see Fanny at the Majestic Theatre. Producers Merrick and Logan arranged the overseas tour with Pan American World Airways. The deluxe Stratocruiser bore Fanny on its fuselage and featured Maxim cuisine and champagne for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Fanny
Majestic Theatre
David Merrick
Joshua Logan
Paan American World Airways
Orly Field
Idlewild
Hzio Pinza
Walter Sicrak
Maxim
Globe
Donald Crisp Stresses Choosing Roles in Hollywood
film veteran Donald Crisp with fifty years in motion pictures argues actors grow by selecting parts carefully. He warns against taking every role and credits his high standing to being choosy, saying a good judge of scripts protects the illusion that holds the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Donald Crisp
Crisp
Hollinood
Psalm 28 7 Verse Strength and Shield
The verse proclaims the Lord as strength and shield. It expresses trust in God and states that help brings the heart to rejoice and a song of praise follows. The sentiment centers on faith, gratitude, and worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannes Gutenberg
United States
Mount Suribachi
Czechoslovakia
Edward Benes
British Labor Party
House of Commons
Crisp on The Man from Laramie and his screen persona
Henry Thornberry notes Crisp defends audience trust and selects roles with redeeming features. Crowned by his turn in The Man from Laramie, Crisp portrays a selfish, hard man drawn to his son, yet human and understandable. He recalls passing earlier villain roles for ones with decency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crisp
Laramie
William Goetz
Columbia
Heavais
Shaking With Cold Oillionaire Kerr Runs Out Of Heating Oil
In Washington Sen. Robert Kerr Oklahoma Democrat faced a heating oil shortage after waking with the colds shakes. Oil experts arrived quickly, but Kerr had run out of fuel during a snowstorm. Other notes touch on quill pens for congress, Army field tents with light windows, Oveta Hobby’s praise, and HEW officials misnaming WHO sites.
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Tarman W. Nichols
Washington
Sen
Robert $. Kerr
Oklahoma Democrat
Cole
Oil People
Ralph RB. Roberts
House of Representatives
Lewis Glaser
New Haven
Conn
America
Glaser
Roberts
Quartermaster Corps
Oveta Culp Hobby
Buffalo
Hobby
Senate
Trilalien
Bradshaw Mintoner
the Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
WHO
Mintener
Department In Health
Publc Health Service
World Health Organizaion
Rosetta Stone and the Lorelei and Other Quick Facts
Quick knowledge grab: Rosetta Stone unlocked hieroglyphs, Lucerne is in Switzerland, Lam mond in Scotland. The Lorelei subject involves a Rhine river siren. Trinity College Oxford was founded by Henry VIII in 1546. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded by Henry Bergh in 1866. More items list famous actors and singers including Sydney Greenstreet and Mahalia Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucerne
Laomond
Friedrich Nietzsche
Trinity College
Oxford
England
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Rosetta
Egypt
Swizerland
Lammond
Scotland
High Rocks
Rhine
Henry VIII
Henry Bergh
Sydney Greenstreet
Mahalia Jackson
Washington Merry-Go-Round Civil Defense Flap Sparks Reform Talk
Washington column notes AEC delay in briefing Civil Defense Director Val Peterson about H bomb fall out raises alarm. Sen Kefauver hearings push civil defense reforms and a shakeup in FCC chairmanship with McConnaughey tied to Bell interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Defense
Drew Pearson
Atomic Energy Commission
Val Peterson
Pearson
USA
Pacific
Dixon-Yates
Adm
Lewis Strauss
AEC
Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Sen
Kefauver
Tennessee
Peterson
Tycoon and Taxman Clash Sparks Founders’ Quote
A steel industry magnate faced a setback with the internal revenue service and recounted a quip from Patrick Henry about taxation with representation. The remarks came as he left a conference, portraying a history minded critique of tax policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Department
Patrick Henry
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GOP
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Ied
Dennis Barnes
Highlands Rotary Club
New Baptist Parson
Baytown Sun
Mars
BE. C. Bond
Milwaukee
Clifford M. Bond
Wisconsin
By Fred Hartmen
Highway 6
Bryan
Syd Gould
Syd
Ben Ferrell
Tyler
Jerry Sadler
Percilla
Sadler
Sage
Formosa
Community Chest
By Johnella Boynton
By Jack Gaver
Film Shop
Henry Thornberry
Chilvalry
Central Press
Fuomee HL Huxley
Sandwich
Kent
Ceylon
Ben Greet
Marseille
Mark
Dimitrios
the Verdict
the Hucksters
Woman In White
Malaya
Flamingo Road
New Orleans
France
Denmark
John Mills
Norman Tau- Tog
Tee
Eisenhower
Civil Defense Administration
Army
Air Force
Battle Creek
Mich
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Nebraska
Interior
Butler
Ike
India
White House
George McConnaughey
Federal Communications Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
FCC
McConnaughey
Ohio
Bricker
McConnaughy
John Pastore
Rhodes Island
Commission
Ohio Bell
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Ohio State
Cincinnati
AT and T
Supreme Court of Ohio
Bell
Suburban
McConnaughty
Bell System
McConnaugey
Bennett Cert
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