Baytown and Area Events Mixed In Sun Day Spin
Sun Spots Family Day planned by BAYTOWN KART Club at Highlands Go-Kart track with supervised sessions for new drivers. Dr Sherman Shaffer to present Bright Spots of Dark Africa at West Bass town Kiwanis Club meeting Monday noon Rebel Inn per M W Morgan. Two Humble OW and Refinity Baytown Refinery employees to participate in Lirestinly Annual instrumentation symposium in Te ARM January with Ray Martin and Bates chairing sessions. Harry Massey of Houston Natural Gas Co to return Monday after pneumonia. Bids to open 11 a m Thursday Feb 2 for heating and air conditioning at Texas Air National Guard Armory La Porte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Kart Club
Highlands
DR. Sherman
Shaffer
Will Firesent
Africa
West Basstown
Humble OW
Baytown
Te Arm
Ray Martin
Co. OW. Bates
Texas Air National Guard
la Porte Aipdoit
Betty Pul’s Sporting News and Local Odds Mix Up
Readable fragments show Betty Pul and Peark Broadwas in daily errands while John Fehrins seeks neighbor’s dog duties. Al fred Moskowitz touted as luckiest guy in town as pro bowl approaches in Los Angeles. Misc names Mose Sun ner Maude Rich arden Wol ter Alston Robby Rengan Philo Cal vin and others appear in scattered sports notes and local scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Pul
Peark Broadwas
John Fehrins
Alfred Moskowitz
Los Angeles
Mose Sunner
Maude Richarden
Dwo
Wolter Alston
Peteros
Robby Rengan
Teuton Pd
Philo Calvin
Mrs. Richardenn
Gillette to Be Installed as Baytown Chamber Chief
The Baytown Chamber of Commerce will start a new year at 7 p m Monday with Robert L Gillette to succeed Fred Hartman as president A highlight will be editor J Q Mahaffley of the Texarkana Gazette giving the principal address Mahaffey a Pulitzer nominating committee member will discuss the newspaper role in modern life and its service to readers Fred Hartman will preside until Gillette is introduced Ten new directors will be installed and several officers named including Roy Elms M C Buddy Beay and Charles F Tillery Assorted directors and older members will continue terms Rev W Don Harris will give the invocation music by a Robert E Lee trio and Ralph Cam will provide dinner music
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Robert L. Gillette
Fred Hartman
J. Q. Mahaffley
Texarkana Gazette
Mahaffey
I Fred Hartman
Roy Elms
M. C
Buddy) Beay
Charles F. Tillery
Glette
J. W
Sandy) Ainsworth
Buy Your Poll Tax Now Buy Your Poll Tax Now
Public notice urges immediate purchase of poll tax before the January 31 deadline. The item emphasizes compliance for eligible residents and outlines the due date to avoid penalties or denial of services.
Train Car Hit Death Toll At Cros Sing
A foggy sunrise crash near FM 1960 crossing killed San Antonio couple Mr and Mrs Eu scene Anton Branecky both 32 and 25. Their 1956 Pontiac and a Missouri Pacific freight train collided at 5 55 am. Blinker lights had been shot out Friday night, investigators say. They were en route to Florida for a one week vacation.
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San Antonio
Fuffman
Missouri - Pacific
Euscene Anton Branecky
Pace
Dayton
Buddy
Branecky
Crosby
Harris County
Humble Oil wage deal approved by Baytown unions
Baytown workers represented by the BEF and OCAW voted on Humble Oil and Refining Co's wage offer. The BEF tally was 233 to 30, with about 800 employees at the Baytown refinery and Houston specialty plant. The move sets hourly increases of 9 to 16 cents and 5 percent for salaried staff, effective January 27, following a January 3 union meeting. Both unions had sought larger raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Potter
BEF
Baytown
The
BEE
Carvicinimes
Humble
Oil Chemied
Miomic Workers Informational
OCAW
Teens Help With March of Dimes Drive in Baytown
Teens aiding the March of Dimes campaign in Baytown plan a fundraising program to support patient aid research and education in birth defects arthritis and polio. They join volunteers including Dionel Pingel and appeal for local participation at a Chamber of Commerce meeting Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aries Dionel
Pingel
John Asme
Hein O
Toorsagers
Baytown
Maui
Teo
March of Dimes
Velma Ansley
Ghurman
National Foundation
Worth & Cacy Animaniiy
Chamber of Commies
March of 'Dimes
Treasured Visit Ends Wadley Back In Baytown
John Wadley recounts a Christmas trip to Amsterdam filled with new friends and sights. The departure from Schiphol Airport marked a busy goodbye gathering, then a PCR jet flight home after busy packing and immigration formalities.
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Wadley
Baytown
John Wadley
Tavis Ivay
Schipol
Kam
Ravitie
Mrs Lonnie Tilton Dies Funeral Monday
Funeral services for Mrs Lon ome Lani Tilton of 621 Tolster, Baytown, who died at 6:20 am Sunday in Baytown hospital, will be held at Doom Paul U. Lee Funeral Homes. Cedar Reverend High School graduate and Baytown native, Mrs Tilton is survived by husband Pemisery AL Tour. Tree vsons, Charles heath T. Tames ar Titan and M. Storene heather, Marvin Ty Pith man, parents Me and Mes Len Pithnan, all of Baytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonome Lani Tilton
Tolster
Sanday Ina Baytown Hos
Doom Paul U. Lee Funeral 8
Owns & Cedar Revon High School
Baytow
Tilton
Pemisery
Tree Vsons
Charles Heath T. Tames
Titan
M. Storene Heather
Marvin Ty Pithman
Lenare Pithnan
Baytoun
Services Monday For Sam Timmons
Graveside military services for Sam Timmons 72 will be held at 1 pm Monday at Cedar Crest Cemetery Baytown resident died in a Houston hospital Friday Timmons worked at Humble Oil and Refining Baytown refinery twelve years before retiring in 193 due to poor health Burial will be under direction of Palms Funeral Home in Houston Timmons is survived by one wife Mrs Wo FL Quick of Freese Calif six nieces and nephews and other relatives Rev Bul Hapiv pastor of Con erecationaliat Methorist Church will officiate
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Sam Timmons
Baytown
Pam
Cedar, Crest Cemetery
Timmons
Houston
Humble Oil Land Refining Co
Palms Funeral Home
Wo FL Quick
Freese
Calif
D. FL LaBase
Frank; Elliott
HL Treamas
Walter Firace
Oak Harbor
Ohio
Gra Kabireon
Bradner Oh
Joh Orderan
Choyelon
Tye
Tirraens
Artesia Calif
Frend Farchick
Wayne
Bul Hapiv
Con Erecationaliat Methorist Church
Onil
Scientists ponder Soviet mystery rocket in Pacific
News capsule notes Air Force officers weighing whether the craft was a long range missile or space rocket after landing in the Pacific Ocean. Castro’s victory speech warns Kennedy inauguration day vigilance. Kennedy names $20,000 a year aides from Midwest governors. Congo talks stall as Belgium charges go before UN. Coast Guard halts search for seven aboard a barge near West Palm Beach. Houston homicide probes a suspected revenge killing of a Latin American youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Ocean
Air Force
Riddled body mystery and Beaumont audit firing
Assistant Jefferson County Auditor E. Foreman is fired in Beaumont after accusations of slipshod bookkeeping causing a $15,000 shortage. The piece notes Kennedy cabinet picks facing smooth Senate confirmation and mentions a federal court block over New Orleans school integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
E. $. Foreman
Beaumont
County Officials Discuss Ways To Finance Stadium
Harris County commissioners and state legislators opened a high level meeting to decide stadium financing and whether to seek voter approval. They urged a $22 million tax backed general obligation bond plan over $20 million in voter approved revenue bonds. The aim is to finish the stadium by April 1962 with no time for an election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County
Commissioners Court
Bill Eliott
Governor Promises To Prevent Violence At Univ of Georgia
Gov. Ernest Vandiver pledged state forces to avert a new outbreak of violence as University of Georgia students and faculty awaited the second test of integration. Federal Judge W A Bootle ordered readmission for Char layne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, barred suspension, and allowed classes to resume under court injunction. University president Dr C C Aderhold said the order would be carried out and urged prevention of outsider violence, while Athens police noted eight rioters were Ku Klux Klan members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlayne A. Hunter
Hamilton E. Holmes
Atlanta
Macon
W. A. Bootle
Bootle
Hunter
Holmes
C. C. Aderhold
Athens
Joseph Williams
U.S. Bars Citizens From Holding Overseas Gold Holdings
The United States issued an order restricting American citizens and firms abroad from holding gold or gold securities deposited abroad. The White House said holders overseas have a grace period to dispose of holdings until June 1, 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
U.S
White House
Community Chest Annual Meeting Set For Feb 14
Baytown and East Harris County Community Chest announces its annual public meeting for February 14 at 1 30 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce building. The gathering will review Red Feather agency reports on activities and finances. New chairperson and secretary of the Council, plus directors for the Chest Welfare League and Health League, will be elected. Members present may vote on elections and other council matters. Nominations open to the public until February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown and
East Harris County Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Goss
Cuthinenaty
Baytown
East Harris County
Red Feather
Community Chest, Welfare League
Health League
Goss
Jullian Spring
Bill Hinson
D. A. Smith
Troy Peterson
Charles White
Baytown Headline Tour meeting invites public
Public invited to a meeting in the Baytown Chamber of Commerce director’s room to hear highlights of the Baytown Sun Citizens Headline Tour to Europe. The six week trip runs June 8 to July 4 visiting Amsterdam Copenhagen Zurich Rome Paris and London with a trans Atlantic flight via KLM. The cost is 107 dollars and includes transportation tips hotels meals and extras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Sun-Citizens
Europe
John Wadley
Sun
Guanager
Baytown
Wadley
Amsterdam
Houston
Holland
Denmark
Switzerland
Italy
France
England
Copenhagen
Zurich
Rome
Paris
London
trans-Atlantec
Montreal
Canada
Break-Up Of Pine Ridge Baytonian Witness To Ship Disaster
The tanker Fine Ridge broke in two near Cape Hatteras last month. Jamestown was among first to reach the scene and docked in Baton to load gasoline for New York. Chief engineer Myles Keller of Baytown reported details of the distress, noting survivors were scarce and many may have perished. Jamestown aided with helicopters and planes, then sailed to Baton Rouge and on to New York, while Keller, a 32 year veteran of Fisher Standard, hails from Texarkana with family ties in Baytown.
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Pine Ridge
Baytonian
Fine Ridge
Cape Hatteras
Jamestown
Hunible Docks
Batown
New York
Myles Keller
EL Fayle
Bist i
de Keller
Baton Rouge
Stowe
Agr Wepp
Bey
Keller
Bey Forge
Yhouey
Eartier
Vos
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Edgar A. Mauer
Mauer
Elee
Kennedy
South Pacific
Cahokia
Mayer
Harry Massey
Houston Natural Gis; Co
la Porte
Tasker Haynes
Gillette
Ainsworth Appliances Co
Barsalou
Tillery
A. C. Kraft
Coma
Joe
W. T. Busch
Bray
Sam Paine
Lloyd T. Jones
E. C
Ack Kimmons
Max Nuttall
William
Lonnie Tilton
Castro
John F. Kennedy
Hye
U.N. Security Council
Belgium
Congo
Taos
Kaiser Sicel
Union
Avorkers
Mini
Ban Hin Heup
Coast Guard
West Palm Beach
Senate
Three Judge Federal Court
Louisiana
New Orleans
U. X
Patrice La-Toumba
Braz
U. S
Texas
Army
Paul D. Hickman
Raytown Sun
Eugene Whitt
Neva Whitt
and Shilling
Eugene
Robert Br. Lee
Civil Air 7
Bulletin
Community Chest
Brytown Chamber of Commierce
Hatward J. Bissell
RLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Beytown
Fiso Standard
Tewarkana
Alytone
Oklahoma
Mylene
Robert LE. Lee
Goose Crétk
Lowell Laronere
New Tee College
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