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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1965
Page
1
Mrs Mildred Smith a veteran teacher will be honored with an arena house at Roselend Park Pavilion from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Former students and others are invited to attend the event and pay tribute to her longtime service.
Arouhda Matherne and her son Robert Collard arrived in town for a week with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Matherne. Ron Bradley teaches yearbook tasks to Rusty Russell and others. Jimbo Wooldridge’s Anahuac party postcard from Las Vegas follows a California trip. Former Baytown Mayor Al Clayton reports Minnie improving after a hospital discharge. Joy Lynn of Norwalk visits her uncle and aunt the Burchetts. Alice Haltom arranges a photo. Byron Hanes in Hermann Hospital after surgery. Endie Wayne Rassow enjoys his puppy. Virginia Knowles works on safety slogans.
Burnet Drive improvements are on the agenda for the city council meeting Thursday night as part of Phase I and II street programs. An estimate for the Burnet project will be presented, with bids for Phase II opening July 4. Other items include weed mowing policy, Morris Street fencing bids, Human Relations Council report, water well cathodic protection, police code draft, council procedure revisions, and a Market Street fire zone prefab construction request. Meeting starts 6:30 p.m. at city hall auditorium.
Construction on 30 housing units for elderly and handicapped residents progresses at two Baytown locations. Forty two units rise off Highway 146 north near East Foyle and Tenth streets, eight at Archia Courts on Airhart Drive. Contractor is J M Hollis Construction Co of Pasadena. Completion set for March 1. Contract price about 491,886 dollars, including work on Sam Houston Courts facilities and an addition to the housing authority office building.
Baytown Citizens Traffic Council approved two plans to improve voluntary road safety during a Tuesday meeting. One encourages residents to remove view obstructions near intersections. the other forms an I Man Committee to report traffic violations and send warning letters to owners. A Texas Avenue parking lot proposal and removal of permanent parking were discussed, with feasibility and costs weighing against full implementation.
Baytown joins 393 Texas towns awarded highway markers by the Texas State Historical Survey Committee to highlight Civil War history. Signs, placed by the Texas Highway Department and contracted by the State Building Commission, aim to attract tourists and stimulate local interest in Texas towns along travel routes. John Ben Shepperd, committee president, says tourists seek context about towns they pass through and may miss local history without the markers.
Mrs. Elsie Alleman 71 of 304 Ruth Baytown died after two years of residency. Rosary at Earthman's Baytown Chapel at 3 pm Wednesday. Funeral services at 9:30 am Thursday at Earthman's Chapel and 10 am Thursday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Burial in San Jose Memorial Park. Survived by two sisters, three brothers, and one niece. Pallbearers named.
Baytown and Houston area men, totaling 123, left for physicals and induction. Names include Joseph C. Jenkins Marion Lisenbee Jimmy Gentry Robert Francis Donald Fuller and others from Channelview Cloverleaf Deer Park Crosby La Porte Pasadena and nearby communities. Inductees will travel to Fort Polk Louisiana for basic training. Office details and registration reminders included.
A seven year old boy chasing a city fogging truck at 7 33 pm Tuesday was hit by a car at Yupon and Turner. Robert Clay son of Mr and Mrs Henry Clay suffered a broken left leg. He was to have a cast placed at Gulf Coast Hospital Wednesday. William McNeal 54 of 119 Turner was the driver. No charges were filed. Patrolman A R Liles said McNeal stopped to let the fogging truck pass and after it had gone across the road the car struck the boy in the fog mist.
Tony Lemt of Dallas shoots five under par to lead the British Open at Birkdale after round one. Ireland's Chisty O'Conner tied for second with 69, Joe Carr third at 70, Jack Wicklaws 73, Sam Snead 74, and amateurs Hadlock and Richards posting 70s and 73 respectively.
Negotiations between carpenters union reps and general contractors resume at 10 a.m. Thursday after a three hour Tuesday meeting produced no progress on new contracts. Baytown area work remains halted on New Sterling High School while Gulf Oil Baytown plant expansion work has been restarted. Gulf officials disclosed June deposits figures from local banks via Stone & Webster, detailing retroactive contract implications and bank deposits for Baytown projects.
Officials report a healthy Texas economy with rising bank deposits state wide. In the La Porte area three banks La Porte State Bayshore National and Clear Creek together posted a $3,020,421.57 year over year gain with deposits totaling $13,143,796.29 as of June 30. Individual figures show La Porte State from 4,243,501.50 to 5,238,620.27 Clear Creek Bank from 3,590,773.58 to 5,066,261.19 and Bayshore National from 1,?60 to 1,828,904.87.
Army officials say new arrivals would be deployed along the coastal strip to bolster existing Marine forces. Units are stationed near Dai Nat and Qui Nhon as Viet Cong is assessed to be readying a major strike against central Viet Nam bases and provincial capitals coastal towns such as Quang Ngai and Qui Nhon are seen as likely targets.
Washington AP reports the Senate approved a Social Security health care bill provision allowing all beneficiaries to retire at age 60 with monthly payments amounting to two thirds of the age 63 rate. The voice vote included a Byrd amendment and brief debate.
St Pauls Lutheran Church at 712 Schilling hosts its annual Vacation Bible School through July 36 for children ages three to fifth grade. Hours run from 9 to 11 am.
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