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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1963
Page
1
Monday’s postage hike bumps first class letters to a nickel per ounce and air mail to eight cents, with post cards rising to four cents. Baytown residents largely forgot the changes as officials redirected postage due and returned mail. Sun staffer Wanda Orton notes the corner stamp on a letter to Mr and Mrs John Doe.
Baytown Chamber of Commerce names Jack Strickler as 1963 president at a noon luncheon. Norman Hargrave, Jary, and Perry H. Britton elected as officers with W. J. Strickler and Knox Beavers continuing as secretary and treasurer. Retiring president Jack Kimmons and officers from last year will attend and speak. Principal after dinner speaker Bryan Blalock L Borden Co of Texas. Dinner menu includes ship sirloin steak baked potato string beans green salad pie and coffee.
The Sun Spots School Board schedules its first regular meeting of the year for 7 20 p m Monday Jan 14 at the school Administration Building. The Adventurers Baytown travel club meets 7 30 p m Monday at the Baytown Chamber of Commerce with Mrs Georgine Neuriter presenting slides from her Asia trip. Mrs Mary Walker remains critically ill with blood poisoning in Cleveland Tex others visit.
Mostly clear weather with increasing clouds Monday night and a low near 38. Baytown and area brief notes include Mrs. J F Jennings traveling to visit relatives in Washington DC and Montgomery AL, remarks on Greenland weather, a farewell party for Rev and Mrs Richardson, a barbeque inquiry, a Dickinson transfer, a knife incident with no charges filed, and various local civic club activities at The Tower and Baytown venues.
The 1962 built Manhattan, the largest American made ship, is set to reach Humble Oil Baytown docks midweek on its first Houston Ship Channel voyage but will not load full capacity of 38.22 million gallons due to shallow channel depth. The vessel, 99 feet long and 132 feet wide, will stay several days as Dalton Steamship Corp and Hudson Waterways Corp arrange cleaner inspection after arriving Bolivar Roads at 7:30 a.m. Monday.
Funeral services for Seep Watson Williams longtime Mont Belvieu resident were set for 4 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church Mont Belvieu with Rev. Ronnie Skages and Rev. A L Jordan officiating. Burial followed in Barbers Cemetery under Paul A. Lee Funeral Directors. Survivors include Daisy Williams wife three daughters Mrs L I Swint Mrs R T Armstrong and Mrs J B Cooper a son Herbert Williams two brothers Tra Williams Ross Williams and a sister Mrs Rowena Smbbs plus seven grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Legislators arrived in Austin for the noon opening of the Legislature. Rep Byron Tunnell leads for speaker with about 195 pledges. 76 needed. The Senate will elect a pro tempore, likely Sen Martin Dies or Sen Louis Crump, after caucus toss. Connally to be inaugurated next week. Daniel to give final joint session address.
Oxford Mississippi AP report states James H Meredith, the first Black student at the University of Mississippi, will not enroll next semester under current circumstances. He has studied under federal guard and troops since his Oct 1 enrollment.
Voters in Highlands McNair Mont Belvieu and Channelview will vote Tuesday on candidates for five water district boards. Sixteen positions are to be filled from 25 candidates as districts renew full boards or half their members yearly. Voting occurs at district offices, except McNair at Harlem Elementary School.
Washington notes show the 85th Congress opening with liberal versus conservative battles shaping up over House rules and Senate filibuster limits. Democrats hold 67–33 in the Senate and 238–176 in the House, with Kerr’s seat filled by Democrat Edmondson. spillover fights may reshape Kennedy’s agenda and 1964 elections.
A Saturday wreck on East Judes left three injured as Arthur Lee Oates waited to turn left. Miss Moore faces negligent collision charges in Corporation Court, per Lankford.
Howard Edmondson, Oklahoma governor and Kennedy ally, resigns to join the U S Senate in a move that shifts state leadership. Lieutenant Governor George Nigh becomes governor for one week as Henry Bellmon, Oklahoma’s first Republican governor, prepares to take office next Monday. Kerr’s death and Kerr Jr.’s bid for the seat add to the political shifts surrounding the transition.
Baytown Optimist Club will re host a District 26 Optimist International convention at Holiday Inn on February 23 with about 250 attendees. It is the first district convention Baytown has sponsored since its eight year organization.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp announces the purchase of two industrial tracts adjoining the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center at Clear Lake, totaling 550 acres for long-range planning. Lockheed aims to expand facilities as space programs grow, with no immediate construction plans disclosed.
Funeral services for Eric Fred Garbs 81 will be at 9 am Tuesday at Earthman Highlands Funeral Home Chapel Crosby and 9 30 am at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Rev A J Pavalka. Interment Crosby Catholic Cemetery. Garbs a retired lab worker at Humble Oil Baytown Refiners lived in Crosby 4 years. Survived by widow Josephine and children Frank Crosby Longview Baytown two brothers, two sisters, and several grandchildren.
Ella Henrietta Wehmeyer died Saturday at La Forte at age 70, after living in Crosby and Baytown for two decades. Funeral services were held Monday at Earthman Chapel with Rev. F. H. Lintelman officiating. Interment followed at Hill of Rest Cemetery. Survived by four daughters Martha Towler, Berta Hayek, Clementine Humphreys, Elia Mae Wehmeyer. four sons Herbert C., Walter, Ernest L., Ennis Wehmeyer. two sisters Martha Ruetz and Fred Winkelman. one brother Herman Abnke. 19 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
London papers claimed British Vulcan bombers slipped past U S defenses in a mock H bomb attack threatening major cities including New York Washington Chicago and Los Angeles. NORAD and the British Air Ministry denied the reports saying no such penetration occurred and recalling Skyshield 1 from 1961.
La Porte police pursue a bandit who slugged and robbed jeweler Raron R. Gissler Jr. at his 307 West Sey street store. Gissler received a severe scalp wound requiring thirty stitches and was bound with an electric cord before freeing himself and calling police. A statewide lookout was issued for the suspect, who may have fled with cash and jewelry.
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