Tales of Snake Handlers in Grasshopper Tennessee
A Baytown Sun retrospective covers the Grasshopper Tennessee Holy Rollers who defied a 1950s anti snake handling law. Officers confronted the ceremony at Dolly Pond Church as worshipers retrieved rattlesnakes from boxes, causing a panic and resulting in arrests for misdemeanor violations. The incident highlighted tensions between religious freedom and public safety.
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Hamilton
Morenessee
Chattanooga
Bradley
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Carolinas
U.S
Cleveland Banner
Cleveland
Dolly Pond Church
Bradley County
Paul
Silas
Lightning Damages Home Wiring In Bay Town
A lightning strike hit the television antenna at Erwin McNees home at 5314 Lorraine Wednesday night, damaging all house wiring and causing smoke after the residents returned and switched on the TV. No flames were seen and no other damage was reported.
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Firesnen
Baytown
Rites Set On Saturday For Ex Baytonian Cooke
Funeral services for former Baytonian Albert Cooke of Lampasas are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church of Lampasas with Rev. Adrian Coleman officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery under Adkins Funeral Home of Lampasas. Cooke, 77, died at 11:35 p.m. Wednesday in a Lampasas hospital after a brief illness. He moved to Lampasas in 1961 after retiring from Exxon USA's Baytown Refinery. Surviving are his wife Mrs Johnnye Cooke of Lampasas, six daughters and two sons, two brothers, one sister, twenty grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be deacons of First Baptist Church of Lampasas.
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Lampasas
Baytown First Baptist Church
Johnnye Cooke
Ellen Flynt
Addie Belle Bailey
Baytown
DeLoise Miller
San Antonio
Allene Butler
Port Lavaca
Dorothy Hayes
Grapevine
Flora Mae Nickerson
Los Angeles
Calif
W. A. Cooke
Barnet
Charles Cooke
Odessa
Barnett Cooke
Monahans
Robert Cooke
Sugarland
Cora Lewis
Abilene
Don Cooke
Shirley Box
Paul Flynt
Mary Ellen Flynt
Thhe First Baptist Church of
Tunnel Closure Near Saytown La Porte in Flood Prep
Texas Highway Department closed the Saytown La Porte tunnel for about 45 minutes mid morning Thursday during steel beam tests for flood conditions. Beams will block tunnel mouth and be sandbagged as water threat rises. A 12 year old female Dalmatian is missing from 229 Forther area. call 424 5672 with information.
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Texas Highway Department
Saytown-La Porte
Forther
Honors for Denton Engineer Reflects Service and Career
The article profiles Carmichael, a Clayton native and Denton resident, who earned a civil engineering degree at Texas A&M. He is a member of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, has held Lions Club offices, and serves as an elder in the Presbyterian Church.
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Hartman
Clayton
Carmichael
Denton
Texas A&m University
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Lions Club
Presbyterian Church
Funeral notices for Zelma A Engle in Baytown
Zelma A Engle 62 of 108 Weaver Baytown died Wednesday in a Houston hospital. Funeral 2 pm Friday Earthman Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev Ed Weatherly. Survived by wife Ruby two daughters Mary Louise Flora and Juanita J Kelly two sons Zelma Ray Engle Bobby Wayne Engle two sisters Della Campbell and Lilace Ray eleven grandchildren burial Memory Gardens Baytown Cemetery pallbearers Lee Engle Albert Kelly Wayne Flora Cecil Kelly Jerry Jenkins Jimmy Plemons. Arrangements Earthman Funeral Home.
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Zelma A. Engle
Weaver
Earthman Funeral Home
Ed Weatherly
Engle
Baytown
Houston
Ruby Engle
Mary Louise Flora
Juanita J. Kelly
Zelma Ray Engle
Bobby Wayne Engle
Georgia
Della Campbell
Lillace Ray
Alabama
Baytown Cemetery
Lee Engle
Albert Kelly
Wayne Flora
Cecil Kelly
Jerry Jenkins
Jimmy Plemons
DDT Effects Continue Near Rio Grande
HARLINGEN Texas AP biologists report drastic cuts in DDT use in the Rio Grande Valley yet the chemical’s legacy harms speckled trout in the Lower Laguna Madre. Reproduction has declined as DDT accumulates in trout tissues, a problem that will persist for years despite curtailment.
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Harlingen, Tex
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Rio Grande Valley
Laguna Madre
Parks and Wildlife Department
World Briefs From Around the World
A quick dispatch across cities notes market shifts in Frankfurt and Zurich steadying, U S price controls denying most food industry exemption requests, Texas teachers voting against union mergers, and Rogers urging a free flow of people and ideas at an European security forum. Other items report Jehovahs Witnesses meeting in the Astrodome, Belfast rioting injuring two, eleven Houston prisoners escaping, and a Chinese toast to U S Chinese friendship with a Fourth of July party in the homeland.
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Helsinki
Finland
William P. Rogers
European Security Conference
Stolen Truck Found and Dimes Missing Case
Leonard James reports his stolen truck recovered Wednesday at Alamo Elementary after being taken from a department store lot. Police say battery was missing and dimes totaling $76.25 were stolen from Village Inn, with entry through a broken dining room window. Footprints found at the scene.
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Village Inn Pizza Parlor
Leonard James
Oak
Alamo Elementary
Village Inn
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