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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1963
Page
1
BAYTOWN ROUGH Riders plan a Saturday trail ride leaving 9 am from W F McBride home at 3306 Cedar Bayou Crosby Road. The group heads to Interstate 30 then a park near the San Jacinto River. Members should bring sack lunches and money for soft drinks. return expected about 3 pm.
Baytown council faced a dispute over a land grant for a service station at Texas Avenue and Decker Drive. The council learned the deed was never signed, prompting a move to rescind the giveaway while noting weather and thin details of the original request. Meanwhile, Baytown gas station operator Gus Hill attended his mother’s funeral in Charleston Missouri.
Dr. J T Horeezy will lead a Baytown League of Women Voters discussion on the pros and cons of a new high school at Trinity Episcopal Church parish hall today at p.m. The meeting follows local council tensions over joint sessions with the school board.
A winter tornado struck Spring Hill Tennessee early today damaging the business district and dozens of homes. Two Negro churches were destroyed and a route through the orphanage housing 180 children was spared. No serious injuries were reported as the National Guard assisted with search and crowd control.
The U S Weather Bureau warned Baytonians to expect freezing rain early Saturday with a low of 30 and a high of 34. Occasional rain is expected Friday afternoon and night. Exposed water pipes automobile radiators firestock and tender vegetation should be protected for the freezing temperatures Saturday.
Woodmen of the World and San Jacinto Log Rollers Association plan a 6 pm Saturday meeting at the American Legion building 27k4 Waugh Houston hosted by Magnolia Camp 13. Baytown Woodmen families invited. Scout Troop 235 seeks three army font lockers and lists Odis Muennink contacts. Bear Den will meet 7 20 to 10 pm Saturday at Cedar Bayou Junior High Gym. Ralph Waldo Emerson study group meets Thursday Jan 17 at 9 30 am in Mrs Standleys Old River Terrace Channelview with lunch at Holiday Inn Baytown.
Forecasters predict rain Friday night with a low around 30 degrees. Saturday looks cloudy with little daytime warming and temperatures not rising much above the freezing level.
Baytown residents report enrollments and new addresses as Marvin Ayers Singleton enters the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis. Dean Walter Run Cell forecasts 1,209 to 1,300 Lee College spring term students. Others, including Jimmy and Edna Boyer, travel plans to Dallas, and Mrs. Preston Ward recovers from an appendectomy after a trip to New Orleans.
City officials, led by Manager J. B. LeFevre, move to begin curbside garbage pickup in newly annexed areas. Private haulers may continue briefly. three new packer trucks enable expanded service while city crews prepare. Council favors early start, with details to be decided at the next meeting.
Bay Area Board of Realtors officers for 1963 will be installed at a banquet at 7 20 p m Tuesday January 29 at the Tower Restaurant. About 150 persons are expected to attend including active associate and affiliate members and guests. New officers are Charles W Gordon president Col Karl L Springer vice president Frank R Boyle Jr secretary treasurer and George De Ment director for a three year term. Two free tickets are offered to members paying 1963 dues before January 2. Clifford M Sparky Bond is general chairman with Springer and Boyle on the committee. A social hour and a short musical program will precede the dinner. There will be no long speeches. Names of the master of ceremonies and installing officer are to be announced. The Bay Area Board of Realtors is an outgrowth of the former Baytown Board of Realtors and includes much of NASA and south bayshore areas.
The Marian Martin Spring Summer 1983 Catalog offers 116 patterns and 304 outfit ideas with one free starter pattern. Send 50c to The Baytown Sun Pattern Dept, 232 West 18th Street, New York 11, New York to receive the catalog.
George B. Tims, 39, of Pasadena, was found dead in Trinity Bay by a Baytown Emergency Corps boat crew at 10 39 a.m. He had been missing since early Thursday after the tug Ruth A Dell towed two barges toward an offshore oil well. Tims worked for Dicks Swabbing Co. Searchers led by Chambers County Sheriff Louis Otter had spent the day seeking him.
Baytown City Council approved a redistricting plan affecting annexed northwest areas including former Water Districts 8 and 58. District 1 now includes Ward’s home area. District 2 becomes the annexed areas district. An April council election will choose a new representative for the district, while Ward may face status changes. City Attorney Chandler to advise on effective date to avoid impacting Ward’s current council term.
A chaotic collage reports Americans returning from Cuba with medical supplies, a Navy plane crash near Alaska, air operations in Vietnam, college protests at Ole Miss over James Meredith, and political tensions from Rhodesia to Berlin. Reports mention Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Cushing, with labor strikes and missing professors also noted.
Construction of a new post office at Crosby will start once title to the site is cleared. Old Market Corp of Houston, the low bidder, will own the building with a 15 year lease to the Post Office Department and option for five year renewals. A door to door drive and a teen age fundraiser will support the project and the Mothers March.
Baytown Lions Club marked its 34th year with an anniversary dinner and tribute to long serving members. W. T. Busch, a charter member since September 1928, was named among the oldest active members. The event highlighted past presidents and listed many members with long tenures, including Busch at 34 years and others ranging from 3 to 46 years.
Baytown area residents prepare for a March of Dimes drive with two city council figures as co chairmen Mrs Velma Jordan Nesley and W L Dub Ward steering the campaign. The effort aims to raise funds for polio relief and health programs in the region.
A county bond issue may be held in May or June to consider a court house annex in Baytown and other projects. Estimated annex cost about 20000, based on a Pasadena subcourthouse. Other proposed items include a prison farm, 500 more voting machines, road improvements, and a high bridge over the Houston Ship Channel near Deer Park. Ram sey says items may be numbered for individual approval.
The Sun Classified Department will open one hour earlier beginning Monday January 14. Classified hours will be from 7 am to 5 pm. Customers may telephone or visit the office to place Want Ads, with bright-eyed classified ad writers ready to assist.
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