Freeze Tonight Completes Trains for Army Pvt Rickletsen
Weather bulletin notes a high of 58 F with general fair weather through Saturday and diminishing northerly winds by Thursday night. A legal hearing on the Save Our Shell suit is set for 9 a.m. Jan 3 in Austin before Judge Jack Roberts. Local church, dance, census, wheelchair donation, and service notices follow with Baytown area details.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Army Pvt
John C.rickletsen
Alice JE
Rickletsen
Lof Crosby
Iyfair
Sos
Save Our Shell
Chu
Shell
Austin
Jack Roberts
126Th
Judicial District Court
Smith to speak at Lions Club meeting January 14
Lt Gov Preston Smith will address Baytown Lions Club at noon Tuesday with an open house to follow at the Holiday Inn from 4 to 5 20 p.m. He travels from Lufkin to Beaumont and is noted as a veteran lawmaker with a long Texas career including a governor for a day moment and leadership in creating a permanent state college building fund and the underground water law.
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Bayshore
Red, Reef and Gun
Holiday Inn
Lions Club
Smith
Lufkin
Beaumont
Lubbock
Texas House of Representatives
Sale Senate
Senate
Town Around and Notes From Around the North Pole
A collage of brief local items including letters to Santa, coffee-fueled problem solving by Granville Laughlin Forest McKinney and Joe Kilgore, and various snapshots: Allen Rice braving a windy traffic-filled street, Witten Roper described as the only coat and tie yard man on the east side, and Salvatore Vallenti spotlighted by Gladys Ellis. Also mentioned are Winston Nowlin’s aromatic pipe, Mrs. Dewey Keene bracing against 24 mph winds, Tom Heflin’s heroics, Frank Gosch studying meeting identifications, Rev. Dave Williams notes, Bob Jordan’s hurried smile, Mrs. B R Whitcomb preferring sunshine in Raytown over snow in Dallas, Mrs. Jim Nelson busy with bookkeeping, Johnny Enderli delaying deer hunting until fall, Mrs. Charley Foerster detailing a Rio Grande trip, Jessie Mae Stayall awaiting a later assignment, Neal Seekley weighing outlooks, and Mrs. Je W Bain’s post hospital return.
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Robin Sand
Joel ‘Ball
Witten Roper
Gladys Ellis
Salvatore Vallenti
Enrico Carruso
Winston Nowlin
Dewey Keene
Tom Heflin
Frank Gosch
Dave Williams
Bob Jordan
Jim Nelson
Tohnny Enderli
Charley
Foerster
The
Rio Grande
Valley
Jessie Mae Stayall
Neal Seeley
Bain
J L Carr 57 Dies Rites Set Friday
James Leroy Carr a Baytown Plumbing Co owner died Wednesday afternoon in a Baytown hospital Funeral services are scheduled for 2 pm Friday at Earthman Funeral Home with Rev Paul Stephens Second Baptist Church pastor officiating Interment will be Memory Gardens Survivors include widow Eva Alice Carr a son James I Carr Jr a daughter Mrs George Ke Drewitt two sisters Mrs Billie C Wesley and Dr J Boldman Houston mother Mrs James D Carr Galena Park and five grandchildren Ehes -Details limited by OCR fragment-
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James Leroy (Dale) Carr
Baytown
Plumbing Co
Earthman
Paul Stephens
Memory Gardens
Carr
The
Humble Oil. and Refining .Co
Tall in the Saddle Our World Today
Nationwide concerns mix political maneuvering with wartime and economic notes. Kennedy backs an attorney general run while Johnson policies face tax and poverty debates. Military posts, production controls, and regional tensions frame a day of rapid developments.
Baytown City Manager Fritz Tanhany to speak at luncheon
Baytown city manager Fritz Tanhany will discuss the comprehensive plan theory at a noon luncheon hosted by the Greater Kayinisin Chanter in Lanhaus. Bernard Johnson Engineers of Houston will present slides on the plan, with City Manager Tanhany recapping his background and goals. Reservations are encouraged for chamber members.
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Fritz Tanhany
Baytown
Comiserre
Lanhaus
Ety
Tate Bork
Mes
Bernard Tohnson
Houston
Lanham
Hint
Tribute to a Personality Milestones in Echols Life at 60
An editor's tribute to Hugh Echols Jr born October 16 1898 or 1958 unclear in Baytown Texas notes his career as a banker with Citizens National Bank and Trust Co The piece honors his community work and lasting influence on local readers and affairs.
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Echols
Hugh Echols Jr
Baytown
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
Hugh | Echols
Hugh Echols
Street Resurfacing On Council Agenda in Baytown
Baytown City Council meeting set for 6 30 p m Thursday at City Hall to discuss bids on two street resurfacing jobs Pruett Drive from West Main to Texas Avenue and Alexander Drive from West Main to Highway 146 Also on agenda a revised ordinance regulating tent shows including permit fees and a bonding requirement with a health and safety cleanup clause and an effective date ten days after adoption The meeting will also hear progress reports on city employee pay plan and a transportation survey by Frank Frey Urban Engineer with the Texas Highway Department plus a request from former City Engineer John Busch for pipe material changes and sewer extension funding for Pine Forest Subdivision
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Baytown
Pruett
West Main
Texas Avenue
Alexander Dr
Highway 146
Fri’ Lanham
Lanham
Elmer Williams
Griffenhagen-Kroger
Los Angeles
Frank Frey
Texas Highway Department
John Busch
C. J Bailey Jr
Bowie
City of Baytown
Busch
Pine Forest
Pasadena engineer to speak at Baytown TSPE meeting
E B Mansfield a consulting engineer from Pasadena will speak at the Baytown Chapter TSPE noon meeting at Goose Creek Country Club. He will discuss revision of the Engineering Registration Act as outlined in the December 1963 Texas Professional Engineer. Mansfield, longtime Registration Committee chair, has helped shape current proposals and urged members to review changes before the Baytown session.
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E.’B
Mansfield
P. E
Pasadena
Baytown
Texas’ Society ‘of Professional Engineers
Goose Creek Country Club
Texas Professional Engineer
University of Utah
George Washington University
Lake Oklahoma State University
EB. Mansfield, Co
Strea Rs
Brown ‘and Root
Phillips Chemicz) Co
Firestone Tire and Rubber’ Co
TSPE
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Rotary Ipapos
Bayton
Fort Worth
City Mourns Passing Of Hugh Echols Jr
Baytown community mourns Hugh Echols Jr former Citizens National Bank and Trust Co chairman and longtime booster known as Mr Baytown His death drew tributes from Congressman Albert Thomas rice farmer Albert Nelson and Baytown officials who lauded his leadership and impact on East Harris County Baytown will miss his guidance and friendship
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Baytown
Hugh Echols Jr
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
Albert Thomas
Houston
Harris County
Albert Nelson
South Texas
Hugh Echols
Prof
Sanders
Culpepper Furniture Co
Bayitown
Hewa
BR. H
Red) Pruett
C. le Liggett
Truy
Echols
Lions Club District Conference Set For Baytown
About 400 Lions Club members are expected in Baytown on January 25 for the annual mid winter district conference. W H. Bond will chair the event with Dan Buck presiding over sessions. Activities include a buffet lunch, a banquet at Robert E. Lee High School, a dance at the Holiday Inn, and entertainment arranged by com mittee members. Carroll Wehberg of Bellflower California will speak as international director of Lions Clubs.
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Lions Club
Ray) Sioan
Baytown
Clifford M
Sparky
Bond
Dis
Jtrict
Dan Buck
Harris’ County
Alaw
Humble
Robert E. Lee
Carroll Wehberg
Bellflower
Calif
Liane’! Clubs
Holiday Inn
Chet Brantley
A. R. Padgett
Provo
C. M. Bond
A. P. Fuller
Ray Stina
W. Strickler
Krs von Lirette
Roy Holzhauser
Inckule
Arte J. Froehner
Pen F. Rammons
Lioness
Clihoft Pohert Foree High School
Tommy Cook
Banquet Tickets On Sale At CC Building
Greater Baytown Chamber of Commerce announces tickets for the January banquet at five dollars each. Limited to 50 seats, the event will be in Knights of Columbus Hall with Kansas City Strip sirloin. Dallas banker Ton Wooten to speak, Perry Britten to intro, Rev Extvin Summers to give invocation, Madrigal Singers of Robert E Lee High School to perform.
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Greater
Baytown
Ehber
Ton Wooten
Dallas
Dallas Federal Savings and Loan Association
Perry Britten
Peoples State Bank
Extvin Summers
Grace Methodist Church
Yorktown Rites Held For Former Baytown Resident P F Lehrmeter
Funeral services for P. F. Lehrmeter 7 128-820 a former Baytown resident were held in Yorktown Texas. He moved from Baytown in 1953 after retiring from Humble Oil and Refining Co s Baytown Refinery. Survived by brother A Selirdeter and four sisters Mrs Lillie Teschendorf both of Baytown.
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P. F. Lehrmeter
Baytown
Wedney
Final Rites For Baytown Leader Hugh Echols Jr
Hugh Echols Jr 63 dies of heart ailment at St Luke's Hospital in Houston after a Sunday collapse. A banker for 46 years and active community figure, he is survived by wife Hazel, daughter Mars, son John, two grandchildren, mother Pearl Echols, and brother James. Funeral 2 PM Friday at Memorial Baptist Church with interment Cedar Crest.
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Baytown
Hugh Echols Jr
St. Luke’s Hospital
Houston
Echols
Oak Shadows
Roseland Oaks
St. Luke's
Hugh Echols
Memorial Baptist Church
Burnette W. Downer
First Presbyterian Church
Echals
Memorial Baptist
Cedar Crest
Earthman Funeral Home
Hazel Cape Echols
Mars Echols Stewart
John Cape Eshals
Mary
Catherine
Susan
Douglas
Stewart
John Houston
Andrew
Cape Echols
Pearl. Smith Echols
New Braunfels
James L. Echols
Echols Led Citizens National Eye and Trust Co
The Citizens National Eye and Trust Co statement notes board member Hugh Echols will close from noon to 4 p.m. Friday. The family requests Heart Fund contributions in lieu of other remembrances. Echols stepped down as president Oct 30, 1961 after 48 years, followed by his son John Co. Echols, remaining chairman. He faced multiple heart attacks before Hurricane Carla's aftermath. Echols began banking in Conroe, later worked in Humble, then Goose Creek, gaining control of Citizens Bank in 1939. Citizens State Bank opened Sept 29, 1920 led by A E Kerr. Echols was a junior associate of Sterling.
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Hugh’ Echols
Longview
East Texas
Eve
Hagh Echols
Sle
Conroe
First National
Couroe
Humble State Bank
Hurbble
Goose Oars
Goose Creek
Ross Sterling
Citizens State Bank and Trust Co
Henry Cuthriner
Pearce and Commerce
Citizens
Citizens Building
Opr
Hugh
Echols
Baytown
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
John Co. Echols
Humble
Lafe Guv Ross Sterling
Citizens Bank
Sterling
Citizens State Bank
A. E. Kerr
Cooperation Sought for East Harris County Religious Survey
Plans for the East Harris County Religious Survey set for January 25 face delays as Rev. Burnett Dowler urges immediate church enrollment. The effort will apportion costs by church membership and request 10 cents per member nine and up plus ten percent enlistment workers. About 20 000 unchurched in the area may gain church homes, with multiple pastors and coordinators named.
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East
Harris County
Burnett Dowler
Dowler
Earl _Bissex
Harold O. Bomhef
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