History of Highlands town incorporation and dissolution
Court records recount the rise and fall of the Town of Highlands, including inquiries into its incorporation, dissolution in 1937, and the fate of bonds and tax revenue. The piece mentions Spivey Lauver Company owner and city clerk as sources, noting rumors amid investigations into whether the town's assets and liabilities were handled properly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie Myers
Highlands
Spivey
Spivey Lauver Company
Ant Gyn
Hehlands
Gist
Aéth
OLG
W- W. Spivey
Spiv
Spivey Lumber Company
W. W W. Jr
Highlands Will Ask Incorporation Vote
Highland residents packed Highlands elementary school for a town hall on incorporation. After 3.5 hours of debate a vote was taken to petition the county judge to call a ballot election on whether Highlands should incorporate, to avoid being annexed by nearby cities.
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Highlands
Hichion
Klk Frégia
San Jacinto
Burnett Bay
Newton Road
McNair
Lyechburg
Lynchburg
Ciy
EB G. Searcy
Eall
Harry Cier
Fregia
Lynchburg- Fregia
Don Lang
Rey Martin
Baytown
Baytown Training Drill and Mayor Meeting Notice
Training drill warning signals set for 2 30 pm today at Baytown Senior High dining room. Mayors to meet tomorrow at 30 pm. Police inspection by Chief Montgomery found the Baytown meters on five Red Top and six Saigwey taxicabs in good order. Weather: partially cloudy, warm with strong southerly winds tonight.
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Rev
Baytown
W. R. Montgomery
Around Town Snapshots From a City Day
A mosaic of everyday scenes features B H Whyte tipping a cup, J T Adams cooling on a brutal day, D W Lakas bragging about deers, Jim Collin guarding his neck, Don Lang greeting early, and Mayor Jack Ward's steady confidence. Rey Martin asks an attorney about a morning stop, while others mingle at intersections, banks, and a taxi meter debut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.H. Whyte
J. T. Adams
D. W. Lakas
Jim Collin
Don Lang
Jack Ward
Rey Martin
Bay‘ows
Macvanee Millian
John M. Kilgore
Gordon
Marth
Mmna Robertson
Frenchy Broussard
Bill Ehrhardt
Pay Your Poll Tax Deputies Named Across Baytown Area
A fragmented public notice lists deputies for poll tax collection across Harns County and Baytown areas. Names include Roy Elms, C. Fisher of General Tire Plant, Mrs. Lafain Bel at Baxytown Refinery, Laurell Frazier of Tri-City Pharmacy, Gladys Herbert of Citizens National Bank, G W Fayle at Henke and Pilot, plus several others at local businesses. The document references multiple offices and locations such as West Baytown, Mid Baytown, and South Baytown, with various merchants and refiners named. The exact offices and roles are partially obscured by the OCR text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harns
West DeFec
Roy Elms
C. Fisher
General Tire
E. Yount
Lafain Bel
Baxytown
Laurell Frazier
Tri-City Pharmacy
Weingarten's
West Baytown
Gladys Herbert
Citizens National Bank and Trust Company
Weingarten’s
Mid- Baytown
G. W. Fayle
Henke
Pilot
Ceder Bayou
D. Cleveland
Lergett
Prug
South Baytown
George Crist
Baytown
I R
W. W
Red Forces Massing New Controls On Western Front
A late bulletin reports Communist forces in Western Korea massing near Suwon with possible new assault planned. UN members worry about renewed ground fighting as China rejects the UN peace plan and US-led demands condemn China as aggressor. Local Harris County case notes a merchant seaman sentenced to die for raping a 10 year old girl in La Porte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Front
Houston
Allen Conway Williams
la Porte
Eisenhower Visit to Haly Sparks Communist Strike
A mid 20th century dispatch reports Eisenhower's visit triggering strikes and heavy Allied actions. U N patrols withdrew from Wonju area as US Fifth Air Force bombed targets near Suwon, with forces engaging Chinese troops and a surprise reoccupation by American tanks. Rome protests and Italian police crackdowns accompany wider wage and price control talks in Washington as stabilization plans unfold.
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US Fifth Air Force
United Nations
Suwon
Seoul
Eighth Army
Suwor
Central
Sobaek
Chongchon River
Two Mail Services Will Be Restored Ballard Announces
Postmaster N B Ballard announced restoration of two mail services halted by the May economy order. Baytown mail shipments will move to 4 am with collection at 8 pm the prior day, while Main Post Office lobby hours extend to 9 pm and Station A to 8 pm. Station B closes at 5 30 pm.
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Ballard
N. B. Ballard
Baytown
West Baytown
South Baytown
DA Charged With Murder in San Angelo Farm Killing
O'Neal Dendy district attorney of the fifth Judicial District San Angelo charged with murdering tenant Ray Elmo Canada age 44 and father of five. Relph Logan district attorney filed in Justice of Peace Court. Dendy released on $5000 bond after waiving examining trial. Dendy claims self defense after Canada attacked him inside Owens farm home. two shots fired, second hit Canada in the stomach.
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San Angelo
O'Neal Dendy
Fifth Judicial District
San Anelo
Ray Elmo Canada
Relph Logan
51St
Justice of Peace Court
Dendy
Logan
Canada
Canada Place
A. T. Owens
Owens
Embleton Dies After Illness at 42 in Baytown
Lena B Embleton 42 a longtime Community Laundry employee died at Baytown hospital after months of illness. She lived at 2626 West Mein and is survived by husband Robert T Embleton Jr and a daughter, plus her mother, three sisters and a brother. Funeral at Barthman Chapel officiated by Rev A J Jordan. Burial San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named.
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Lena B. Embleton
Tueedey
Baytown Hospital
West Mein
Barthman Chapel
A. J. Jordan
Memorial Baptist Church
San Jacinto Memorial Park
Robert T. Embleton Jr
Dora EB. Barnwell
Orange
Madge’ Fitz
Truman Pleven plan talks on world problems
Washington reports that President Truman and French Premier Rene Pleven will meet January 29 and 30 to discuss the Communist-threatened Endo-China and other global issues. Burma’s Burma Surgeon Dr Gordon Seagrave was convicted of aiding rebels and sentenced to six years hard labor. Dr Hal F Buckner, noted Texas Baptist minister, died at Baylor Hospital after a heart attack. In Korea 1,000,000 reservists have completed training and await UN arming. A Fort Worth B36 bomber set a non-stop flight record of 51 hours 20 minutes though miles flown and route were undisclosed.
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Washington
U P
Charles =E. Wilson
Philadelphia
Wilson
Alan Valentine
Michael V. DiSalle
Labor Department
Federal Reserve Board
Tighe E. Woods
DiSalle
Truman
Rene Pleven
Rangoon
Burma
Gordon 3S
Seagrave
Dallas
Hal F. Buckner
Muckner -O~ Plans
Baylor Hospital
Fort Worth
Watartuter
Haas Honored For Service With Scouts Silver Beaver Award given in Houston
D Marshall Haas Baytown refinery engineer and Boy Scout worker for 25 years received the Silver Beaver Award the Sam Houston Council Bay Scouts of America at the council annual meeting in the Rice Hotel eight men were honored by a secret committee from the local area BP P Butler president of the Houston Chamber of Commerce presented the award Mrs Haas noted his long tenure and service in nearly every scouting role including the district committee
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D. Marshall Haas
Baytown
Houston
Sam Houston Council
Bay Scouts of America
Rice Hotel
Lb-county
BP. P. Butler
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Haas
Yank Airmen Ready To Retaliate Instantly Against Sneak Attack
Tokyo U P 1 United States would be unable to avoid bombing in an undeclared war but the Air Force is ready to retaliate almost instantly after any air attack. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg said the American Air Forces completed missions against weather only and enemy planes could bomb the homeland despite defenses. He noted interceptions were exceedingly good and that enemy losses could be 20 to 30 percent.
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Tokyo
U.P
United States
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
US Army
I. En Collins
Jett
Air Force Plans Growth To 95‑100 Air Groups
Lieutenant General Idwal Bayard testified that the Air Force is being built to a strength of 95 to 100 air groups, roughly double the pre Korean War level, with secret current figures and manpower rising from 412,000 to about 511,000 in fiscal 1952.
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Washington Locp
Idwal Bayards
Air Force
House
Armed Services
Subcommittee
Polio Film Scheduled Here by Foundation Official Heads Program
A March of Dimes event in Robert E. Lee Auditorium features Mrs Beatrice Wright giving a speech and a showing of Mothers and Children film titled Mothers Merch on Polio. The program runs about one hour with public invitation. Joycesette committee leads the drive. Mrs Wright, assistant director of women's activities for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis since 1950, is a liaison between state advisors and state women’s organizations. She was stricken by infantile paralysis in 1949 while planning a fund drive at Detroit's Herma Keifer Hospital.
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Beatrice Wright
Polipam
Robert: E. Lee
George F. Spangler
Joycesette Committee
Sodey
Edgar
Wisconsin
Wright
National Foundation
Wayne County
Detroit
Herma: Keifer Hospital
Fragmented OCR hints at a missing local notice or ad
The readable bits mention found items and a vanes reference with garbled text. No clear people, places, or dates emerge to form a complete news item but suggests a lost and found or advertisement fragment needing clarification.
Man Seriously Injured in Freak Truck Mishap
A worker suffered severe injuries after being crushed between two large trucks during steel unloading for a construction project. The incident occurred as crews from Tribadaux Brown and Root and Joe Hughes Company moved steel from a railroad car. He was taken by Memorial Hospital ambulance.
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Lit Nelv
Tribadaux
Brown and Root
Joe Hughes Company
Carson
Memorial Hos
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
China
Lake Success
tWuri
Far East
World Organization
Korea
Eisenhower
Haly
Rome
Kiak
Communist Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Turin
Ciampino
Hisenhower
Lena Embleton
Gerald
Springhill
West Virginia
Airs
Harry Coates
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Marie Rahrbough
Buchanan
Madeline Honeycutt
Spring Hill
C. L. Fitzgerald
R. Stone
A. L. Cheshire
R.P Jones, Jr
P.P. Martin
W. B. Burchett
J. H
Pleven
Dr. Buckner
South Korea
Shin Sung Mo
Yank
US Air Force
St. the Hospital
Irs
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