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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1968
Page
5
The 46th annual San Jacinto Girl Scout Council banquet will be held Monday at 6:30 pm in the Shamrock Hilton Regency Room. About 800 attendees are expected as awards are presented to Laytonians and officers are elected. Westward District will perform an international flag ceremony and 75 scouts will sing under Mrs. J. Lucian Smith. Theme is Many Worlds to Explore.
Mrs Ray L Spear Baytown piano teacher will adjudicate at the Sonatina and Sonata Competition in New Orleans this Saturday. Other judges include William Gillock of New Orleans and Edgar Davis of Lafayette. Event organized by the New Orleans Music Teachers Association draws hundreds of students from elementary school to college level.
Fourteen members of Minerval Study Club and guest Mrs. Bill Roberts heard a program titled The Mississippi River and Its Tributaries by Mrs. Norman D'Olive. The talk covered the river system's role in U S history and economy, focusing on the Mississippi Missouri Ohio Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. The next meeting is at 10 a m Friday at the home of Mrs. Cecil Phillips Jr 1506 E Texas.
Friday events include the Minerva Study Club at 10 a.m. hosted by Mrs. Cecil Philips Jr. at 1506 E. Texas and the Welcome Wagon Club couples' bridge at 8 p.m. at Newby's. Saturday features the Bayshore Wagon Wheel Square Dancers Club at 8 p.m. in the Knights of Pythias Hall.
The seventh annual pageant sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held at 7:30 p.m. February 22 at the Community Building. Any business, service or product may sponsor a contestant, with a $20 entry fee. Contestants must be single and aged 16 to 19. Judging focuses on charm, personality and beauty. deadline to enter is February 21. Entry blanks available from listed local contacts. Previous winners include Rose Newman, Gail Lawrence, Sandy Busby, with Aylor and others noted for titles.
Judson and Mallory Women's Church groups met for a covered dish supper at the church. Rev W E Thiele gave the invocation and led singing with Mrs T W Lyons on piano. Miss Evla Potter led a prayer for the sick as participants shared a program on foreign and home missions.
Local Baytown feature socking in a Friday edition of Woman's World highlights community events and profiles a Baytown woman. Read about upcoming gatherings, neighborhood notes, and notable achievements captured in this 1968 issue.
E. M. Buck Schiwetz the noted author and artist from Houston will be guest speaker at the Art League of Baytown’s February 19 meeting at Sterling Municipal Library. Diamantis J. Cassis of Houston, also an artist, gave a program on Iconography using recorded music and paintings to illustrate religious art.
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