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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1968
Page
2
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union members are voting this week on three options in wage talks with Humble and Enjoy Companies. Choices include a four percent raise from Jan 1, a 100 lump sum plus a four percent raise from Apr 16, or rejecting both offers with no board recommendation. Ballot counting begins after 5 p.m. Jan 31.
Bayshore National Bank of La Porte reported 1961 earnings of 4.02 per share, up 24 percent from the prior year, on total earnings of 80,500 from 20,000 outstanding shares. Deposits reached 4,054,000, up 33 percent in 1967. No changes in officers or directors. Br. W. Freeman chairs the board, G. J. Hoff is president, W. E. Booze Jr. is VP and cashier, and Mrs. Joyce Watters is assistant cashier.
Obituary notice continues for Garth Read Baker with survivors including wife Twillia Baker of Baytown and children in Baytown. Other lines list mother Theresa Baker and siblings in multiple states. Pallbearers named and honorary pallbearers listed. Also note Columbia University reading room with Emerson’s 1855 letter praising Leaves of Grass as extraordinary wit and wisdom.
Ladies Auxiliary of Stations No 4 meets at 7 30 p m Thursday at 3321 Hwy 146 with officers to be elected. Baytown Stamp Club holds a 7 p m Thursday meeting at Sterling Library open to the public. The Crippled Children's fifth annual Benefit Ball co sponsored by Baytown Elks Lodge and Knights of Columbus No 2788 runs 9 p m to 1 a m Saturday at the Knights of Columbus Hall with Frank Tilton's Orchestra. Admission five dollars per couple, tickets from Elks or Knights members or at the door. Baytown East Little League organizing at 7 p m Thursday at the Civic Center, invitation to interested residents. Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union attended a San Francisco conference. GCOWU officials Pete Brewer, C H Hargrove, RL Potter, H W Kerr present. Baytown Employes Federation also attended. Mrs Bosby Harris seeks help supplying Marines in Vietnam, call 422-2607. Mrs Vernon Schwanke of 6822 North Main reports a lost brown Pekingese. call 575-1436. Bloodmobile visit postponed due to flu. rescheduled to 2–6 p m Thursday Feb 1 at the Community Building. contact Gulf Coast Hospital Laboratory for appointments.
Annie Bozich 17 of Galveston died at Bayshore Nursing Home La Porte. Survived by son Samuel Baytown sister Francis Gavranich Galveston and granddaughter Anna Marie Ford Galveston. Rosary 7 30 pm Wednesday Malloy Galveston. Funeral Thursday Malloy Chapel and 9 15 am Mass St Patrick s Church. Burial Old Catholic Cemetery Galveston. Effie K Chambers 55 Baytown ticket agent Continental Trailways died Baytown hospital. Services 2 pm Wednesday Earthman Chapel burial Cedar Crest Cemetery. Survived by father C Howell Baytown son C R Chambers Houston daughter Shirley Fletcher Baytown five grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Charles Roy Baker 38 Baytown died Morgan City. 2 pm Thursday Earthman Chapel burial Cedar Crest Cemetery. Married life long Baytown resident veteran Korea. Survived by wife Twillin. five sons Charles Roy Jr Andy Keith Jack Stephen Kimberly Ross David Anthony. mother Theresa Baker Corpus Christi. siblings Theresa Grossman Kingsville Sarah M Rombs Gulfport. brothers John S Baker McAllen Joe G Baker Corpus Christi Kimberly Baker Oklahoma. Durwood Alcorn and W E McFatridge listed as pallbearers. Walter Ervin McFatridge 60 Baytown area died Monday Baytown hospital. Services 4 pm Thursday Earthman Chapel burial Memory Gardens. Survived by wife Grace McFatridge Baytown. three sons Gary Dale in Laredo Thomas Edwin in Korea Michael Ray in Baytown. mother Lilie McFatridge Baytown. brother J E McFatridge Freeport. sister E L Johnson Stuttgart Ark.
A reader complains of last night sewer backups into a home, improper response by the sewer department, a temporary patch with a borrowed trash can, and lack of claim payment by the city manager. The writer vows to contact the health department and cites ongoing sewage problems after rains.
Hospital notes list patients and rooms including Mrs Reba Beal 309 Stewart Room 103 James Roy 1100 Parkway Room 128 James M Rogers Highlands Room 108 James H Roark 201 Morrell Willie O Wilkes 5106 Inter lochen Room 204 George H Amason Highlands Room 203 Walter Pat Morris Highlands Aoora 203 and a birth announced for Mr and Mrs Joe Cash Cros by son born Jan 23 at Gulf Coast.
School trustees approve buying 114 Motorola TV sets for 14,505.59 funded by a bond program approved last May. Sets will be used in educational television setup with local service from three dealers and a one year parts warranty.
United States officials faced a flood of questions after North Korea seized the Pueblo. Pentagon spokesmen said no shots were fired and fatalities were not confirmed. Cmdr. Bucher’s actions and the timing of Washington’s alerts drew sharp scrutiny as the crew faced captivity and international tension mounted in Seoul and Tokyo.
Sgt James W Clanton Jr of Baytown will begin Air Force duty in Germany with Sembach Air Base to host his family for later joining. He earned the Air Medal with oak leaf clusters after a Vietnam tour and is a 1956 Robert E Lee graduate. His wife Shelley Campbell and children will join him in four to five months.
Teens participate in art and speech classes producing paper mache puppets while a future staged play is planned. Rob ert Lee High hosts band and choir tryouts February 21 22 and 23 with selections by Miss Adeline Knodel.
Seabrook city hearing scheduled for 10 a.m. March 27 to determine navigation improvements for Clear Lake and Clear Creek. Public Works funds authorized for survey, field investigation, and planning, at the request of Col. Francis B. Moon of the U S Army Corps of Engineers.
A fine blooded brown collie was picked up Tuesday by the Gog catcher and taken to the city pound. Owners are urged to contact the pound to claim the dog with proof of ownership.
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