Baytown council schedule and community notices
Baytown City Council will hold a work session at 5:90 p.m. Thursday and a meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers to discuss the West Sewer District. Barbers Hill Home Demonstration Council meets at 10 a.m. Friday at Barbers Hill Firemen's Hall. A accident witness is asked to call 422-7589 regarding a 7:44 p.m. Sunday crash at North Pruett and Williams. Toastmasters Club meets at 6 p.m. Thursday at Ramada Inn. Baytown A M Mothers Club hosts a 6:30 p.m. Thursday covered dish supper at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Rebecca Leigh Tidmon earns a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Lamar University and will join Mobil Oil Co. in Beaumont. Keith W. Rowe graduates from Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB and will receive security police training. Airman Loyd E. Haehn is assigned to Chanute AFB after basic training.
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Baytown City
Thireday
West
Baytown A&m Mothers Club
St. Paul's
Rebecca Leigh Tidmon
W. 0. Tidmon
Baytown
Lamar University
Mobil Oil Co
Beaumont
Atrman
Keith W. Rowe
Clifford F. Rowe Jr
Cedar Bayou Road
Lackland Afb
Air Force
Baytown Weather Outlook With Tides For Friday
Cloudy and cooler tonight with a scattered chance of rain, decreasing clouds and warmer temperatures on Friday. Lows near the mid 40s Thursday night, highs in the mid 60s Friday. Tides show high periods at 12:56 a.m. and 1:12 p.m. with lows at 1:12 a.m. and 9:21 p.m. Sunrise Friday at 7:18 a.m. and sunset at 5:43 p.m. Denotes weak tides.
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Baytown
Fragmented Local Item Notes Unclear Names and Events
Doris Williams delayed on a return from Dallas due to icy weather. Frank Griffith and Michael Peterson monitor instructions. Wendi Verguson bakes a reticious cake. Mickie Simes grants emergency babysitting approval for daughter Renae. Betty Rice shows a new diamond ring Mikel. Howell cites a blind friend. Cindy Williams finds her billfold. Virginia Holcomb tracks others' belongings. Janet Stansbury covers the paper business. Nell Price shares an old family recipe. Becky Griffin seeks a tennis match. Cast asked about Mack the Cue in Marriage Go Round. Joe Sanches congratulated on new assignment. Jessica Sylvester frets about rain.
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Doris Williams
Dallas
Frank Griffith
Michael Peterson
Wendi Verguson
Mickie Simes
Renae
Betty Rice
Howell
Cindy Williams
Virginia Holcomb
Janet Stansbury
Nell Price
Becky Griffin
Mack
Joe Sanches
Jessica Sylvester
Donors Needed Here To Make Up Blood Shortage
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center reports a severe shortage affecting 86 area hospitals including Baytown facilities. Regular donors are lax after Christmas and weather and flu slow collections. Blood types, especially O positive, run low as surgeries are postponed and mobile units visit Gulf Coast Hospital in Baytown.
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Betsy Webber
Baytown
Gulf Coast Regional
Janis Manteris
Gulf Coast Hospital
C.C. Shullenberger
Manteris
American Association
Bill Teague
Gulf Coast Center
Midwest
Northeast
AABB
Betty Jones
Long
Greater Houston
Texas Medical Center
Gulf Coast
Hoon
Peggy
Atkins
Tri-City
Beach Road
Shullenberger
Pasadena Plaza
Crosby Group Seeks Ways To Improve Schools
More than 100 Crosby residents attended a CAL meeting to discuss improving the school system. Topics included facilities and maintenance, teaching quality, administration and finances, with criticisms of flooding, overcrowding, lack of bell systems, and long bus rides. Residents urged community funding and volunteer aides to aid instruction.
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Muriel Scott Crosby
Crosby
Community Advancement League
CAL
Mary Wilson
CAL Committee
Harris County
Dr. Gupta
Bob Luquette
Battie Worth Fighting Subsidence in Baytown
Pearce Street Journal notes a housewife’s subsidence cake joke and urges readers to influence change from underground to surface water in Baytown, FH, as campaign rhetoric features in a local stance.
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Pearce Street Journal
Battie Worth Fighting
State of the Union terming Ford address touching swan song
President Ford delivered a farewell State of the Union describing his tenure as a 30 month presidency as a bridge from conflict to peace. Congress praised the speech as touching and a nice swan song while preparing to welcome President-elect Carter.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Ford
Carter
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Dmass
The
United States
Jack ‘Brooks
Tex
Baytown Faces Surface Water Vote On City Water Fate
Voters decide Saturday whether to approve a contract between Baytown city and the Baytown Area Water Authority for surface water supply. The issue shapes how Baytown will finance and treat water, with surface water costs estimate at about 2.5 times current bills.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
Baytown Area
Texas
Trinity River
Houston Ship Channel
Ship Channel
BAWA
Fritz Lanham
Baytown Polling Places Open 7 am to 7 pm Saturday
Baytown voters may cast ballots at 13 polling locations from 7 am to 7 pm for the surface water election. Precincts list school sites and assigned election judges including Box 12 Alamo Elementary School Bill G. Rogers presiding and C C Laughlin alternate, Box 13 Burnet Elementary Irving St John presiding and Dorothy St John alternate, Box 28 Pumphrey Elementary J F McChesney Jr presiding and John L Priddy alternate, Box 99 Dutch Holland Oldsmobile Jack G Hester presiding and Ouida Hester alternate, Box 100 Ashbel Smith W C Tidmon presiding and Grace Tidmon alternate, Box 101 Horace Mann J W Bill Thornton presiding and Mrs S V Robberson alternate, Box 102 Baytown Junior Andy Contreras presiding and Mrs J W Sprayberry alternate, Box 149 San Jacinto Mrs Marjie Kloesel presiding and Mrs Fred Marti Sr alternate, Box 165 Travis J Rodger Read presiding and Troy E Peterson alternate, Box 248 Carver Jones Mrs Woodrow W Lewis presiding and Mrs Johanna Wilson alternate, Box 249 Bowie Wayrie McClurg presiding and Milton Stein alternate, Box 386 Stephen J Austin Mrs Sandra Boothe presiding and Mrs Henry Hunt alternate, Box 414 Cedar Bayou Junior Charles M Albright presiding and Mrs Charles M Albright alternate.
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Baytown
Alamo
Bill G. Rogers
C. C. Laughlin
Burnet
Irving St. John
Dorothy St. John
Pumphrey
J. F. McChesney Jr
John L. Priddy
Dutch Holland
Oldsmobile
Jack G. Hester
Ouida
Hester
Ashbel Smith
W. C.tidmon
Grace Tidmon
Horace Mann
J. W
Bill
Thornton
S. V. Robberson
Andy Contreras
J. W. Sprayberry
San Jacinto
Marjie Kloesel
Fred Marti Sr
Travis
J. Rodger Read
Troy E
Carver-Jones
Woodrow W. Lewis
Johanna Wilson
Bowie
Wayrie McClurg
Milton Stein
Box
Stephen J. Austin
Sandra Boothe
Henry Hunt
Cedar Bayou
Charles M. Albright
New Bayshore Club Boss Eyes Oyster Fry Challenge
Don Middleton, elected at 29 one of the youngest Bayshore Rod Reel and Gun Club presidents, pledges focus on the Oyster Fry Feb 4 and Baytown surface water switch to curb subsidence. He is a Baytown native, senior residential appraiser, SHSU BBA graduate, and active in Grace United Methodist Church and local civic groups. Middleton has led environmental and conservation efforts since youth, shaping club policy and regional land use.
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Don Middleton
Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Recil
T. Bishop
Jack E. Walker
Grover K. Edge
Eddie C. Huron
Joe W. Leatherwood
Ray C. Damron
Linda Arthur
Middleton
Baytown
The
Society of Real Estate Appraisers
National Association of Review Appraisers
American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers
Decker
Bayshore Club
REL
Sam Houston State University
Frank E. Middleton
Exxon
Aileen Middleton
Burnet
Joanna
Scott
Mary Katherine
Grace United Methodist Church
Rose Creek
Masonic Lodge
Afram
Houston
Order of Scottish Rites
Derese Murder Trial Sees Third Juror Selected
In Houston, the Paula Cantrell Derese murder case gains a third juror as selection continues in Judge Guarino's court. The pool included Richard Campbell, IBM electronics engineer, chosen by both sides. The state accuses Derese of killing her parents for estate and life insurance proceeds. co-defendant Vernon McManus faces trial March 7.
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Lynn Hughes Houston
Paula Cantrell Derese
Paul Cantrell
Baytown
Joseph ‘Guarino
Richard Campbell
IBM
Houston
Richard Mayhan
Thomas Barlowe
Mike Hinton
L. H
Stu) Stewart
Derese
Mary Bright Cantrell
Cantrell
Houston Chamber officer to speak at Baytown meeting
Leonard Patillo of Houston Chamber of Commerce will discuss Into Century NT at the Baytown Chamber noon Friday at the Holiday Inn. Patillo, chief administrative officer since 1959, later became general manager in 1970 and executive VP in 1972, with prior roles in American and Southern chamber groups. Call 422-8359 for reservations.
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Leonard — Patillo
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Inn
Patillo
Baytown Chamber
Houston Chamber
Patilla
American Chamber of Commerce
Southern Association of Chamber of Commerce
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Willl
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Rowe
Loyd E. Haehn
Audrey F. Bennot
Channelview
Chanute Afb
Ill
Vicki Zimpfer
Sun
Glenn Forkes
Clouby
Peoples State Bank
People Helpers
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Crosby Group
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Helpingest Bank
Saytown
Citizens National Bank
AKO Trust CO. Fo.c
Bayshore
Trinity Bay
Houston CC
Leonard Patillo
Hugh Wood Ford
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