Baytonian Wins National Defense Graduate Fellowship
Baytown native Fred C. Covey Jr., UT Austin graduate, earned a national defense graduate fellowship to study German for three years. The 23 year old will begin in September, receiving 2000, 2200, and 2400 dollars for each year plus 409 per dependent. He plans to teach German at college level after completing the program. Covey’s Army service sparked his language interest. he previously attended Robert E. Lee High School and Lee College, then the University of Texas. His father Fred C. Covey Sr. works as a petroleum inspector.
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University of Texas
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 Highlights Local Birthdays and Admissions
Mrs Edna Kissick of Mont Bel view celebrates her 80th birthday at Gulf Coast Hospital where she is in Room 14 and visitors are welcome. Robyne Leigh Gold, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Gold, has returned home after surgery in Hermann Hospital Houston. L L Hall of Cedar Bayou is at Baytown Hospital for surgery. Mose Sumner of Baytown was admitted to Lillie Duke Hospital. New admissions include Mrs W H Baughman at Gulf Coast. William Miller Sr at Missouri Street address. Mrs Kenneth W Owens. N M Wilson. Mrs B W Barfield Sr. Mrs L J Wanke at Channelview San Jacinto. Mrs Ralph Keels. Mrs James Richard Holland. Mrs Lloyd L Roper. Ronald Towns. Baby Lobit born at 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
Boy Dies After Accidental Shot in Houston Suburb
Nine year old James Willard Berry, son of Willard and Mrs Berry of W210 Hines, was killed by a shotgun blast at close range while visiting relatives on Hemlock Street in Fausto. William Michael Ward of 1802 Henlock said he fired accidentally thinking the chamber was empty. The incident occurred as the boy’s parents were away on a trip to Galveston.
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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 Slows to Twelve Per Minute
When sleeping calmly your breathing slows to about 12 breaths per minute. A disturbing dream can double that rate up to around 24 breaths per minute, an abrupt rise reflecting arousal and stress.
Waterways Panel Pushes City Program
Baytown representatives from the waterways development committee 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 hoped navigation district, while pursuing a feasibility study on tonnage to support widening and dredging efforts by the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Baytown
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 On Probation In Home Theft Case
Baytown youth Allen Ray Gammage pled guilty to stealing 1886 dollars in home furnishings from houses under construction. Judge Frida and ADA Lee Ward urged probation to allow his college studies at the University of Houston. Father Talmage Gammage, 48, pleaded guilty to receiving and concealing stolen property and drew two years in prison. A petition signed by 250 Baytonians supported probation for the youth.
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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 Brady in Highlands
Funeral services for Hugh Ed ward Brady 49 of 817 Battlebell Road Highlands were set for 3 p m Saturday at Earthman Highlands Chapel He died Friday morning in a Galveston Hospital owner of Holec Drive Inn Survivors include his wife daughter son mother and siblings with four grandchildren pallbearers listed
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Brady
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 state
In Texas moisture was adequate to excessive across most regions despite lingering showers. Harvests are delayed by rain, but overall conditions are good with improving ranges and pastures. Wheat yields are strong. cotton and grain sorghum show good growth, while insect control and replanting occur in parts.
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College Station
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
Train Car Crash Victim Dies in Seabrook Accident
A 54 year old Rosenberg construction worker Richard A. Pettey died at San Jacinto Hospital Baytown from injuries after his pickup struck a Southern Pacific freight engine in Seabrook. Deputy Sheriff Pete Cashiola reported the crash occurred on Red Bluff Road at the Red Bluff and State Highway 146 crossing as Pettey headed east to La Porte.
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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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