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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1976
Page
3
Crosby school board meets Monday at 7 30 p m to discuss raising lunch prices. Agenda includes leasing dogs from Houston to detect drugs, coach Jerry Blankenship report on the baseball field completion, and extending Supt Kenneth Pyes contract. Meeting is in the administration building.
Fire officials warn that continued dryness keeps grass fire risk high as debris burning and discarded cigarettes spark blazes. Baytown and Highlands departments fought multiple grass fires Saturday, each starting near trash burning and spreading to surrounding grass, with crews on scene from a few minutes to over an hour.
Eva Rosenbaum of Houston died early Sunday in a Houston hospital at age 83. She was the mother of Baytown resident Mervin Rosenbaum. Survived by husband Harry of Houston and four daughters and three grandchildren. Burial Monday in Emanuel Cemetery, Houston.
Phillip Wayne Cox 38 former Baytonian living in Brazoria died when a timber clearing tractor overturned near his home Saturday. Services were Monday at Brazoria Presbyterian Church with burial in Brazoria. A 1956 Robert E. Lee graduate and Texas A&M 1960 alum, Cox worked as a Dow Chemical supervisor in Freeport. Survived by wife Wanda, two sons Sam and Tim, three stepchildren Randy Scott and Debbie, and his parents Mr and Mrs Sam B. Cox.
Gusty winds bring light rain and possible snow in West Texas with partial moisture into Central and East Texas by Tuesday. Madrid mobilizes 200 000 railroad workers to avert a rail strike, following a prior move against mail workers. Tropical Cyclone David lashes Queensland coasts with 210 mph winds and millions in damage. Austin reports violent deaths over Super Bowl weekend from eight traffic fatalities to a total of 14 including shootings, drowning, and a fire death.
T. L. Paxson is wished a happy Monday birthday by friends and co workers. Teri Lyn Gallatin is thanked by her parents and sister Stephanie for a Monday birthday. Kathryn Roquemore is noted as a Monday celebrant in the community.
A historical note recalls Michigan being organized as a territory on January 13, 1805 and mentions rural Caribbean laundry practices. Residents on Aruba use living clothes lines to hang wash, with cactus fences serving as makeshift racks for clothes.
Funeral services are announced for Ray Hay 78 of Baytown who died Saturday and for Thomas Heflin 73 of Baytown who died Sunday. Hay will be buried in a Baytown cemetery with graveside rites and pallbearers listed. Heflin will be buried at Alexander Cemetery in Bryan with Earthman Funeral Home directing. Survivors include Hay’s daughter and son in law Hazel Ebearer and others. Heflin leaves a wife two daughters ten sisters two brothers and other relatives. Both services are conducted at Earthman Chapel with ministers officiating.
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