Baytown Tax Pileup Closes City Hall Office Crowd Surges For Real Estate Deadline
Scores of Baytonians crowded the city tax collector’s office on Monday as the deadline to pay real estate taxes loomed. Penalties apply after 5 p.m. Those in the office when the deadline arrives will be helped. A total of $373,000 in taxes is due and 78 percent had been collected by last Thursday. Collections were running about the same as last year, nearing the 4 percent aggregate mark.
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Baytonians
the & Pum
C. E. Hanratty
Hanratty
Fuller
Feray
Kiwanis
Grace Melhadiat Church
Drafts Wide US Health Plan Spooks Readers
The page notes a Baptist Woman's Federation meeting at Crosby Baptist church led by Miss Eva Scranton with Miss Eula Potter directing. Baytown cerebral palsy treatment event attendees depart at noon with Bessie Russell and Leon Neipal, guests of the Howard Tellepsen Co. A Missouri Pacific station funeral adjacency in Abbeville covers Mrs. Bubank and F. L. Nuties. Baytown Exes plan a March banquet, and Civil Air Patrol prepares a new airplane at the Community House meeting.
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Baptist Meeting
Business Women's Federation of the
San Jacinto
Baytown
Celer
Sigs Bessiee Russell
Leon Neipal
Bartel School
Tipalo
Howard Tellepsen
CAP
Civil Air Patrol
Local Sun People Make Early Morning Office Visit
HYMAN APPELlMAN Bart Davis and several Baytown residents stop by The Sun office at dawn. Bob Farrarr shares thoughts on TV program mentality. Wayne Gray discusses a tongue experience while Irma Bostright returns from Houston for a business appointment. Nadine Jimerson appears at an unexpected hour. Beulah Miles recalls gardening stories. Robert Porter seen near a tele phone pole on Texas avenue. Lois Bradshaw Bettie Jane Paitrow study sewing to become better housewives. Dolores Martin leaves town for a weekend. Miriam Loretz praises a photographer's quick shot. Anna Brinkley returns to circulation after illness. Rose Peek restores a natural curl. Ethel Jonecny adheres to a doctor’s diet. Sadye Blum Helen Mollinger fly two weeks to New York via Washington with distinguished company. Sun terminal flashbulbs target Lee of Agriculture Ezra Tait Benson. Dr. Frank Spuhler noted on the dignitary plane. Chester Bulgier, former Sun staffer, also on hand to interview Benson. A set of car keys found at the Sanitary Mattress Co and turned in to The Baytown Sun.
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Hyman Appelman
Bart Davis
Sun
Bob Farrarr
Wayne Gray
Irma Bostright
Houston
Nadine Jimerson
Beulah Miles
Robert Porter
Texas Avenue
Lois Bradshaw
Bettie Jane Paitrow
New York
Washington, D.C
Houston Air Terminal
Lee, of Agriculture
Ezra Tait Benson
Benson
Sanitary Mattress Co
Baytown Sun
B B Raiders Chase Children After Church Outing
Police report that B B gun shooters chased children returning from church on Rusch Terrace and fired at homes and a car windshield. Witnesses describe 322 caliber rifles being used and windows shot on 413 Cutreet and Avenue I.
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Rusch Terrace
Cutreet
J. ©. Harrison
Park
Avenue I
Eight-Point Program Put At 71 Million
President Eisenhower outlined an eight point health program before Congress totaling 71.75 million dollars. The plan centers on a federal health reinsurance scheme to back private insurers and broaden coverage, plus a 20 million annual aid to states for medical care for the blind aged and orphans. The message, read to the House, lists major items and shows budgeted totals of 71.75 million for current health programs.
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John L. Cutter
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
James P Atkinson 72 Dies After Stroke Ex Gulf Oil Worker
James Pawl Atkinson, 72, a Baytown area retired Gulf Oil Co. employee and longtime Second Baptist Church deacon, died Saturday night after a stroke. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Second Baptist, with burial in Cedarcrest Cemetery. He came to Baytown in 1921, lived mostly here, and was survived by wife Tucinda, four sons Earl Prentice Gerald Doyle O. L., four daughters R K McGee C R Bush Otis Little and Rey D Minter, 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pallbearers include K. T. Worthman and others. deacons and Kingdom Builders Bible class members are honorary pallbearers.
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James Pawl Atkinson
Poineer Haya
Second Baptist Church
Paul Stephens
John Osteen
Central Baptist Church
E. R. Burns
Cedar Bayou Baptist Church
Cedarcrest Cemetery
Paul A. Lee
Atkinson
Gulf of] Co
Baytown
Hunter
Dassetta
Gulf Company
Kingdom Builders Bible
Tucinda Atkinson
East Sterling
Earl Prentice Atkinson
Gerald and
Doyle Atkinson
O. L. Atkinson
Liverpoo
R. K. McGee
Clinton, la
C. R. Bush
Cedar Bayou
Otis Little
Nacogdoches
Rey D. Minter
la Marque
KK. T. Worthman
Ray Hollingshead
A.B. Price
T. F. Odom
J. R. Beastey
R. L. Nichols
Kingdom Builders Bible Class
Coady Residents Seek Extension of Rural Mail Service
Coady residents and the North Side Improvement Club plan a petition to Postmaster M. L. Neal demanding extended rural mail service. A committee led by Mrs. S. B. Stricklin and Ted Mazoch will draft the petition, while W. H. Raschke will secure a community map for volunteer fire departments. The club also commends County Commissioner W. V. Ramsey for road markers and related county work. The next meeting will be hosted by directors B. F. Hicits and others.
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North Side
W. V. Ramsey
Vome of
Dirs. B. F. Hicits
Fuller Named Trustee to Baytown School Board
La Verne L. Fuller, Baytown resident since 1997 and partner in Fuller Bros, will join the school board of trustees when it next meets. He will take Hutson's seat, replacing J. L. Hutson, with Horeczy taking the Pyle vacancy. Fuller, ex Fort Worth, served in the Army Transportation corps overseas, later co owning Fuller Bros service station and expanding into groceries and tires. He and his wife have no daughters.
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la. Verne L. Fuller
Fuller Bros
Baytown
Joe Hereezy
J. W. Pyle
J.L. Hutson
Horeczy
Plye
Fuller
Hutson
Fort Worth
Phenix Dairy
Army Transportation Corps
Baytonians Queue For Taxes At Deadline
Dozens of Baytonians lined up at the office of A B Collins East Harris county tax assessor collector to beat the midnight deadline for paying county ad valorem personal and real estate taxes. Collins said the office was overflowing with taxpayers and noted two fines posted at the sidewall. Payments accepted until midnight, extra hours granted beyond the usual 5 p.m. close.
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Colling
Rubber Plant Bill Hearing Set In Baytown Bid
Congressman Ar thomas announces a Senate Armed Services hearing around February 14 on the Rubber Producing Disposal Act bill to reopen bids for the Baytown synthetic rubber plant run by General Tire. The measure adds 30 days for new bids and 30 days for sale negotiations. fate unclear in Senate.
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Ar Btrl Thomas
Sun
Thomas
Baytown
General Tire
Ikely
Armed Services Committee
Rubber Plant Disposal Commission
Price Daniel
U.S. Senate
Carl Vinson
Georggia
Howse
West Main To Close for Storm Sewer Work
West Main will be closed to traffic for three or four weeks as city workers cut in road lines for storm sewer connections. Public works director C W Grantham said traffic will be rerouted with ample notice. More than 400 feet of the sewer line has been installed and the project runs from West Main to Lee Drive, with pipe diameter from 48 inches to 12 inches.
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West Main
C. W. Grantham
Grantham
Lee Drive
le Drive
Mrs. Martha Scott Dies At Son's Home
Mrs. Martha A. Scott, 81, longtime Baytown resident, died at 1 30 am Monday at her son E M Scott's home in Baytown after a stroke in August. Funeral services set for 4 pm Tuesday at Earthman Funeral Home. graveside in Elkhart at 3 pm with burial under Earthman direction. Survived by two sons KE Scott of Baytown and F M Scott of Salinas, Calif, a daughter in law Callie Scott of Coady, two brothers John and Will Montgomery of Elkhart, four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Martha A. Scott
Baytown
E. ©. Scott
Baal Sterling
Scott
Earthman Funeral Home
Paul Stephens
Second Baptist Church
Elkhart
KE. Ik Scott
F. M. Scott
Salinas
Calif
Callie Scott
Coady
John
Will Montgomery
Bomb Death Suspect Referred To As Noble Man By Lawyer
San Angelo Texas January report says attorney Percy Foreman called murder suspect Harry Washburn a noble man in reference to the defendant’s arrest for the killing of his former mother in law. Washburn, from Houston, had custody of his two children Gregory and Peggy after a 22 month battle with Helen Harris Weaver's family. Neighbors described Washburn as both father and mother to the children since losing custody.
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San Angelo
Tex
Jan
Berth
Harry Washburn
Percy Foreman
Deserding Washburn
Heston
Washburn
Gregory
Paggy
Mothers for polio fund drive mobilizes 600 volunteers
More than 600 volunteer mothers will canvass East Harris county tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. with lighted porch signals asking residents to donate to the March of Dimes. Key areas include Baytown, La Porte and Crosby, with goals unofficially set to near last year’s total.
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Harris County
Ayvide Uimnix
J. H. Slonchairmi
Cedar Bayou Trict
Ty Baytown
la Porta
Derr Park
Crosby
Channelview
Sheldon
Met
Baytown
National Foundation For
Wilton Roper
East Harris County
Harry Fanestiel Dies At 65 Electrified Oilfields From 1919
Harry Fanestiel 65 of 1208 Cedar Bayou Mead died at 1 p m Sunday in a Baytown hospital. He helped electrify oilfields starting in 1919 and worked in Baytown Refinery’s electrical department from 1924 until retiring in 1946. Born in Brazil, he came to the U S at age two. Surviving: son Albert of Baytown. daughters Alta Froiss of San Francisco and Mrs J S Simmons of Guerneville. stepson Otto Paterson of San Jose. four sisters and three brothers. Pallbearers listed with honorary pallbearers from BPOE Ledger No 1649. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
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Harry Panestiel
Cedar Bayou Mead
Baytown
Trinity Episcopal Church
Walter Meneckill
San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery
Park U. Lee Funeral Home
Fanestiel
Brazil
United States
Albert Fanestiel
Sion
Alta Froiss
San Francisco
Calif
J. S. Simmons
Guerneville
Otto Paterson
San Jose
Calt
Fiso
J. T. Binnihan
Hobbs
Fred Schuler
Russell, Kans
Rarph Sheeley
Lena Fanestiel
Houston
Nick
Jake Fanestiel
A. A. Fanestiel
Banton, Ark
R. D. Martin
J. F. Heintschel
Carl R. Mann
F. D. Rockmore
B. W. Bruce
J. A. Lovering
Bpoe Ledger
Fanesnel
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Reds Demand Nationalists Quit Islands
The United Nations Security Council opened debate on the Formosa issue with Soviet calls to surrender the Nationalists. Western allies pressed for a ceasefire proposal from New Zealand while awaiting Moscow's plan, as bodies debated Nationalist participation in UN considerations.
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Bruce W. Munn
United Nations
United Nations Security Council
New Zealand
Kremlin
Communists Threaten Formosa Move in Security Council Talks
Reported air strikes by Chinese Communist bombers hit Trehen Is lands as Nationalists dismantle gear for possible evacuation. Soviet envoy Sobolev proposed a cease fire if U S and Nationalists surrender Formosa, while observers note Peiping may send observers to discuss Soviet ideas. Proceedings in the Security Council focus on New Zealand’s plan and potential further action.
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China
Zoskind
Peiping
Security Council
Hitler
Arkady A. Sobcolev
United States
Formosa
U. S. Seventh Fleet
U.S. Air Force
Sobolevrrute
Ino Z Teller
Leslie Knox Munro
New Zealand
Severity Council
Mani
Volunteers Sought For Library Drive In 1945 Campaign
The Friends of the Baytown Library launch a membership drive starting Tuesday to fund a new library building. Chairman John W Strickler urges volunteers to cover outlying districts including Pambina Acres Milbydate Britlnathavens Lakewood and Brownwood. Open house Thursday from 7 to 9 pm at the library invites public participation with Mrs Ed Vaught leading the comité.
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Friends of the Baytown Library
Ors Wainian Lion's
Pambina Acres
Milbydate
Britlnathavens
Lakewood
Brownwood
John W. Strickler
Strickler
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Association
Baytown Library
Ed Vaught
The
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