Baytown Native Wins National German Studies Fellowship
Fred C. Covey Jr., UT Austin graduate from Baytown, earned a national defense graduate fellowship to pursue a German master’s degree. The 23-year-old, son of Fred C. Covey Sr., will study starting September with $2,000 first year, $2,200 second year, and $2,400 third year plus $409 per dependent. Covey plans to teach German at the college level after his studies. He served in Germany with the Army, attended Robert E. Lee High School and Lee College, then UT Austin, and was born in Williams, Oklahoma. His father works as a petroleum inspector for Charles Martin Co.
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Baytown
National Defense
Fred C. Covey Jr
Fred C. Covey Sr
Abbott
Texas
Covey
Germar
Germany
Robert E. Lee
Lee College
Army
Williams
Oklo
Hospital Beat Chronicle of Local Birthdays and Admittances
Mrs Edna Kissick of Mont Belview celebrates an 80th birthday at Gulf Coast Hospital in Room 14 with visitors welcome. Robyne Leigh Gold, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Gold, has returned home after surgery in Hermann Hospital Houston and may have visitors indoors for several days. Mrs L L Hall of Cedar Bayou is at Baytown Hospital for surgery. Mose Sumner of Baytown admitted to Lillie Duke Hospital. New admissions include Mrs W H Baughman 915 Fortune Dr William Miller Sr 2108 Missouri Admitted to Baytown Hospital Mrs Kenneth W Owens 15642 Elgin Channelview N M Wilson 200 Hafer Mrs B W Barfield Sr Crosby Lynchburg Rd Admitted to San Jacinto Hospital Mrs L J Wanke 12745 Waxahchie Channelview Room 331 Mrs Ralph Keels 314 Williams Room 335 Mrs James Richard Holland Bustown Room 215 Mrs Lloyd L Roper La Porte Room John and Mrs Ronald D Town S11 EF Lobit baby boy born Fri ar al San Jacinto.
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Edna Kissick
Mont Belview
Gulf Coast
R. W
Robyne Leigh Gold
Robert Gold
W. Elvinta
Hermann Hospital
Houston
L. L. Hall
Cedar Bayou
Baytown Hospital
Gery
Mose Sumner
Baytown
Lillie Duke Hospital
W. H. Baughman
Fortune Drive
Wiliam Miller Sr
W. F. Miller
Missuri
Kenneth W. Owens
Elgin
Channelview
N. M. Wilson
Hafer
B. W. Barfield Sr
Crosby-Lynchburg Road
San Jacinto Hospital
L. J. Wanke
Waxa‘hachie
Ralph Keels
Williams
James Richard Holland
Bustown
Lioyd L. Roper
la Porte
Ronald D. Town
Lobit
Friar al San Jacinto
Shotgun Fatality Kills 9 Year Old in Houston
A nine year old Houston boy, James Willard Berry, was killed when a hunter fired a shotgun, thinking it was empty, at a residence on Hemlock near Fausto. The shooter, William Michael Ward, stated the firearm discharged by accident while he believed the chamber was empty as Berry visited his aunt and uncle.
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Houston
Janvis Willard Berry
Willard Berry
Hines
Willian Michael Ward
Henlock
Berry
Hemlock
Llive
Fausto
Galveston
Did You Know Sleep Breathing Changes With Dreams
When deeply asleep breathing slows to about 12 breaths per minute. A disturbing dream can raise breathing to roughly twice that rate, around 24 breaths per minute.
Waterways Panel Presses Baytown Development Plan
Baytown waterways committee members met with Harris County Navigation District attorney Joe Lockett in Houston to discuss Cedar Bayou and Goose Creek development. The group explored district functions and Baytown’s move toward a city navigation district, while pursuing a feasibility study to assess tonnage and justify Army Corps dredging efforts.
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Waterways Development Committee
Harris County Navigation District
Cedar Bayou
Goose Creek
Huston I
Joe Lockett
Navigation District
M. L
Wimpy) Wismer
Roy Hughes
J. B. le Fevre
George Chandler
Chandler
Baytown Area
Lockett
Waterways Group
Bayton
Army Corps of En
Baytown Youth Given Probation In Home Theft Case
Pleading guilty to stealing 1886 dollars in home furnishings, Baytown youth Allen Ray Gammage received probation to continue his University of Houston studies, as Judge Edmund B. Duggan opted against prison. His father Talmage Gammage, 48, pleaded guilty to receiving and concealing stolen property and was sentenced to two years in prison. A petition with 250 signers urged probation for the younger Gammage.
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Frida
Baytown
Allen Ray Gammage
Lee P. Ward Jr
Edmund B. Duggan
Gammage
University of Houston
Young Gammage
Talmage Gammage
Elder Gammage
Ruth Street
Talmage James Gammage
Funeral services for Hugh Edward Brady in Highlands
Funeral services for Hugh Edward Brady age 49 of 817 Battlebell Road Highlands were set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Earthman Highlands Chapel. He died Friday at 10 45 a.m. in a Galveston hospital after a short illness. Brady owned and operated Hole in Drive Inn at 96 North Main Highlands. Burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park with Earthman Funeral Home directing. Survivors include wife Empelia Marie, son Gene Edward, daughter Marie Gayle, mother Ethel Brady, three sisters Irene Smith Bella Riser and R C Mack, three brothers Luther W. Brady Liddell Brady and Ben Brady, and four grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Hugh Edward Brady
Battlebell Road
Highlands
Earthman Highlands Chapel
Galveston
Holec Drive Inn
N. Main
Derwin Walker
Highlands Methodist Church
San Jacinto Memorial Park
Earthmain Funeral Home
Empelia Marie Brady
Gene Edward Brady
Marie Gayle Brady
Ethel Brady
Houston
Irene Smith
Bella Riser
R. C. Mack
Luther W. Brady
Crosby
Liddell Brady
Kountze
Ben Brady
Wilbert Benoit
Harold Elledge
James Cast
Raymond James
Earl Weaver
Pete Peterson
Soil moisture adequate in most areas of Texas
Statewide soil moisture was adequate to excessive in all sections except small areas, as lingering showers delay cotton harvesting and insecticide work. Wheat and sorghum growth show good progress, pastures improve, and overall crop prospects remain favorable despite wet fields hampering control efforts and late crops still developing.
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APJ
Texas
John ‘Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Ex
South Plains
W. W. Grisham Jr
Amarillo
W. H. Jones
Lubbock
North Central
Ted Martin
Denton
John Surrovik
Mt. Pleasant
Coctton
West Texas
el ‘Paso
Hudspeth
Culberson
Ray Siegmund
Ft. Stockton
Coleman
Taylor
Roy Huckabee
San Angelo
West
R. G. Burwell
Stephenville
Joe Rothe
Welsaco
Train Car Crash Victim Dies in Seabrook
A 51-year-old Rosenberg construction worker, Richard A. Pettey, died at 7 15 a m in San Jacinto Hospital Baytown from injuries after his pickup struck a Southern Pacific Lines freight engine at the Seabrook crossing near Red Bluff Road and Highway 146 while en route to La Porte. Deputy Sheriff Pete Cashiola said he collided with the engine, suffering head chest and internal injuries.
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Rosenberg
San Jacinto Hospital
Baytown
Southernifie Lines
Seabrook
Richard A. Pettey
la Porte
Harris County
Pete Cashiola
Potter
Red Bluff Road
Red Bluff
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