Rev Cheek Resigns From Baytown First Baptist Church
Reverend Robert M Cheek resigns as pastor effective July 14 to lead Westheimer Baptist in Houston He announced the decision to his Baytown congregation during Sunday services Stolen items valued over 20 dollars a list of tools clothing cartridges and light fixture boxes were taken from Gene Georgy s residence and trailer in the past week Police note items valued above twenty dollars Funeral details recall a Benton Harbor Michigan trip for Dale Longacre brother of Mrs Ted Puniy Radio worth 15 stolen from Johnny Ballard s car at 404 John A Ballard reported the theft Saturday night Community events cover story hour at Sterling Municipal Library Dirt Gardeners Club meeting Daylilies program Ice Zorn speaks at Summer Swing Ladies clinic at Community Building Beta Psi Chapter to discuss Judaism Weather: Baytown area clear to partly cloudy warm mid 70s to low 90s Galveston tides high 9:12 am 9:42 pm low 1:18 pm 1:00 am Banking class at SMU Go Goose Creek air show and poolside barbecue planned by Representative Joe Allen with 5 pm flag raising meal details
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Cheek
Robert M
Bob” Cheek
Baytown
First Baptist Church
Westheimer Baptist Church
Houston
Sun Gay Services
Around Town gathers local residents in playful notes
John Russell Carl Russell David DeWitt Jr Kathy Power and Linda Patterson visit Astroworld wish vicky Power a happy end It s her 1th T Breeman returns to work after vacation Eva Chervenka enjoys a swim Lisa Fuse- Tier colors in a coloring book Dr Lee Liggett and John C Echols stop for ice cream on way home Verna Isola checks the community calendar Sterling s Boosters plan an ice cream supper Mrs Earl Snake checks a wedding story Dottie Tickner helps teens organize a meeting room Dr Gerald Smith wins a sail boat race from Galveston to Vera Cruz Judy Burnet Robbie Nixon and Kent Gandy ski Robbie Gordy spends summer in San Juan Puerto Rico Cindy Jackson answers the phone for Cuba Joy Ferrell
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John Russell
Carl Russell
David DeWitt Jr
Kathy Power
Linda Patterson
Astroworld
Vicky Power
T. Breeman
Eva Chervenka
Lisa Fuse
Lee Liggett
John C. Echols
Verna Isola
Sterling
Earl Snake
Dottie Tickner
Gerald Smith
Galveston
Vera Cruz
Mex
Judy Burnet
Robbie Nixon
Kent Gandy
Robbie Gordy
San Juan
Buerto Rico
Cindy Jackson
Cuba
Joy Ferrell
Playground Land Of Mother Goose Being Erected
Ken Persenaire, director of parks and recreation, says a Mother Goose playground is rising on city West Main property between Market and West Main, about half an acre of a purchased tract. Current equipment includes a shoe slide, two saddle animals on coil springs, a barry-Bo ground, and an arch swing set. Additional items planned are a saddle slide, a concrete castle, and a giant turtle. Weather has slowed progress but work continues. visitors are urged not to drive onto the wet site.
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West Main
Ken Persenaire
Parks and Recreation
Market
Personaire
Second Baytown phone booth blows up again
Police linked a second blast to the Bayway Drive Erco Service Station booth and the Park and Pruett site, both set with a charge under the shelf. Investigators note the device damaged only the booths and did not target coins, with a similar explosive suspected.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
Bayway Drive
Ross Crow
Erco
Park
Pruett_ Homer _ McBride
Yelephons. Co
J. C. Deel
Robert Knight
McBride
Jack of
Ome
Charles Cowan
Park Street
Crime Laboratory
Houston
Pooth
Park and Pructt
Crow's
U.S. and Soviet to discuss limited nuclear arms
President Johnson announced that the United States and the Soviet Union will begin talks soon on limiting offensive and defensive nuclear missiles systems. Kosygin urged talks on disarmament and a halt to nuclear weapon production while criticizing U.S. actions in Vietnam.
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U.S
Russia
Washington
Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
White House
London
Mascow
John
Son
Alexei N. Kosygin
Moscow
Kosygin
United State
U.S.A
Harold Wilson
Grover Edge Reflects a Life of Service in Baytown
Grover Edge, a 76 year old Baytown resident, reflects on a life spanning Newfoundland to Cuba, and Texas to Oklahoma. The Navy veteran survived a 1918 hurricane while aboard the USS Perkins and later built a community career, with the Texas Legislature poised to honor his veterans service and local contributions. Edge arrived in Baytown 47 years ago after earlier work in Laredo and Aransas Pass.
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Beverly Threadgill
Baytown
Grover Edge
Mark Twain
Texas
Grover> Fdge
St John’s
Newfoundland
Guantanamo
Cuba
Edge
Edges
Lafayette
Grover
Goliad
Tex
Oklahoma Territory
Oklahoma
Charee
Goliad County
San Antonio
West Texas Military Academy
The
Texas Military Institute
Marlandale
San Antonio Public Service Co
Navy
Norfolk
Charleston
S.C
Brooklyn Naval Hospital
New York
Laredo
Aransas Press
San
Baytonian Named To Harris County Poor Board
C A Brownfield of Baytown was chosen as Area 7 representative to Harris County anti poverty board. Area 7 includes Baytown and La Porte, with about 12 present at the election in Oair Addition. Alternate Ardilla Ruben and delegates from Area 18 were also named in a county wide process to form a 24 member ACCAA board.
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C. A. Brownfield
Baytramiam
Harris County
Anti - Poverty Board
Baytown
la Porte
Harris County Community Action Association
Oair
Ardilla Ruben
Carnegie
Hocas
Area 18
McNair
Barrett Station
Jamie Lee Barnes
Huffsmith
Bernice Lee McGinty
ACCAA
Meyer Seaborn Gravey
City of Houston
Harris County Commissioners Court
Houston
Houston Chamber of Commerce
The
Afl-Cio
NAACP
Houston Council of Churches
United Fund
Browniteld
Carpenters Union Ratifies New Pact
Area residents unhappy Houston may face suit over San Jac flooding as attorney George Chandler accuses dam staff of delaying gate opening during heavy rains. He says losses could near 1 million and urges city council to act to prevent further damages, referencing the Gene Woods et al versus City of Houston case.
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Houston
San Jac
San Jacinto
Lake Houston
Baytown
George Chandler
Chandler
City Hall
Gene Woods
City of Houston
Lake Houston Dam
Airliner held by MIG fighters and struck ports slow global unrest
An airliner with 214 US servicemen lands on a Soviet island after being forced off course by MIGs. a nationwide strike by the AFI CIO Maritime Union idles 128 ships affecting the Port of Houston. political shifts include Minnesota senator and John Tower delegate moves. a nah economic boom may ease. Berkeley curfew and riots. Vietnam air raids escalate. U.S. civilian and crime incidents rise. British labor pressure grows. agriculture boosts hunger relief programs.
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Viettm
Pacific Ocean
Afi-Cio National Maritime Union
Houston
Humbledocks
Carpenters Local 1334 ratifies three year contract
Members of Carpenters Local 1334 in Baytown approve a three year contract with health and welfare and pension programs. The ratification vote 160 to 35 covers about 5,000 to 6,000 Houston area carpenters with a base wage of 4.50 per hour and minutes noting negotiations with Houston Associated General Contractors and Construction Employee Association of Texas.
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Carpenters Local
Baytown
B. A
Bert’ “Gresham
The
Dear Here
Gresham
SM Carpenters
Houston
Associated Genmeval Contractors
Construction Employee Association of Texas
Gusranteg
Carpenters
Jack Fountain
Texas
Building and Trades
Fountain
Carpenters Disnee Carpenters
Baytonians honor Fennemas with Community Service Award
Thad and Roberta Fennema exemplify service to others through broad civic work in Baytown. He chairs the San Jacinto Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association and leads city planning efforts, while she volunteers with Sheltering Arms in Houston and supports United Fund programs. The couple, married with three children, moved to Baytown in 1950 and are active in St. Mark's Church.
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Linda Ferrell
Thad
Roberta Fenneman
Fennema
San Jacinto
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
American Society of Professional Mechanical Engineers
The
Society of Professional Engineers
Fennemas
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Fennenyi
United Fund Agency
Sheltering Arms
Houston
National Council On Aging
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Gene Georgy
Stewart
Pahulman
M. Gastley
Ted Puniy
Main
Benton Harbor, Mich
Dale Longacre
Johnny Ballard
John A. Ballard
Baytown Service League
Sterling Municipal Library
Gardeners Horticulture Club
J. T. Traylor
Burnet
A. H. Bynum
Ice Zorn
Beytown
Audrey Maeser
Zorn
Beta Psi
Phi Sigma Alpha
Bonnie Hazel Martin
Richardson
tBank School
Kime
First National Bank
Southwestern Graduate School of Banking
SMU
Goose Creek Country Club
Joe Allen
Berbecue
Bank & Trust Co
F.D
City Park
City Bell
Civic Center
Becky
Becky Bordelon
al Bordelon
Todd
Todd Brooks
Fred Brooks
Pioneer
Baytonian
Poor’ Board
Peoples State Bank Master Flo.1.c
Carpenters Union
Denverithc
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
John Tower
University of California At Berkeley
Walter Johnson
Eugene McCarthy
Nelson Rockefeller
North Vietnam
Saipen
Ray Gunter
Department of Agriculture
Pink Ladies
Gulf Coast Hospital
Ennjoys
Fenseoma
Fennermas
Thrir
C. E. Gore
Austin
Alan
Susan Gore
Carol Fennema
Don Fennema
Thad and
Roberta Fennema
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