City Hall Civic Center breaks ground and budget set
City officials approve 31 050 000 for city hall and civic center with land purchase and mall. Bayport Construction Co. of Baytown to build the two buildings, separated by a civic mall. Groundbreaking honors include architect Lammers and comments from former Mayor Lee Liggett and committee chairs Theo Wilburn Ike Hall.
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Norman Foote
City Hall
Civic Center
Lammers
Eivic Center
Kilgore Estate
Bayport Construction Co
Baytown
Grimshaw Construction Co
New York City
Bays Town
Baytown Resident 45 Years Dies Rites Planned
Seale Seale of Baytown Texas aged 69 died Friday evening in Baytown Hospital. Survived by husband James Edgar Seale Baytown. daughter Mrs Joel Glass La Marque. sister Mrs T Bones Amarillo. brothers Mather Hilburn Amarillo and Dr Sam Hilburn Jasper. Ten grandchildren also survive. Funeral 3 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Episcopal Church with Revs Henckels and Herrell. interment San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery. Earthman Funeral Home in charge. pallbearers named. Honorary pallbearers listed.
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Benleh Mae Hilburn
Seale
High St
Baytown Hospital
Baytown
James Edgar Seale
Teesens
Thomas
Robert Je. Seale
Greens Bayou
Joel. Glass
T. Iz Bones
Amarill
Mather Hilburn
jAmarillo
Sam Hilburn
Lof Jasper
Forrest McKee
Cabas
Eugene St. Julien
Broussard
Trinity Episcopal Church
Walter Henckels
Buford Herrell
Highlands Man Dies at Home. Rites Planned
Albert Levin Peterson 83 of 206 West Wellisville Highlands died Friday at 12 45 pm after long residence in Highlands. Retired farmer survived by wife Inez. children Parker Ingram of Baytown Virginia White Helen Dickey and Luella Ingram of Highlands. nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. two brothers Rev Eddie Peterson of Rusk. Services 2 30 pm Sunday at Highlands Chapel officiated by Rev James Permer Mont Belvieu Assembly of God and Rev James Morris Highlands Assembly of God. interment Huffman Cemetery. nephews pallbearers.
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Albert Levin Peterson
West Wellisville
Highlands
Inez Peterson
Parker
Luella Ingram
Baytown
Virginia White
Helen Dickey
Eddie Petrson
iRusk
Asa
Earthman Highlands Chapel
James Farmer
Belvies Assermbly of God Church
Joel Morris
Hinwlands Assembly of God Church
Huffman Cemenews
Bomhoffs Rin Off To England For A Year
The Rev and Mrs Harold A Bomhoff took their daughter in law Mrs Harold L Bomhoff and daughter Joanna to New Orleans where the latter boarded a ship for England. Joanna will join Sidmouth in South England with her parents as her husband serves in Southeast Asia in the Air Force. They had been visiting in Baytown for several weeks.
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Harold A Bomhoff
Harold L. Bomhoff
Joanna
New Orleans
England
Grant Approved for Carthage Water Expansion
The Department of Housing approved a $687,300 grant for Carthage Texas on Friday to help finance expansion of the town’s water facilities. The funding supports projects to improve water supply and distribution in East Texas.
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Washington
Carthage
Tex
Department of Housing
East Texas
Communion observances at Baytown Christian Science Church
Communion will be observed in Baytown Christian Science Church branch services this Sunday with silent communion, readings of the Lord's Prayer, and the Golden Text from Romans. The Baytown church at Nevada and Michigan offers Sunday School, a Wednesday meeting at 8 pm, and a reading room open weekdays 10 am to 4 pm and Saturdays 1 pm to 4 pm, with nursery care during services.
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Christian Science Church
Baytown
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Hoam
Smaall
Christian Science Reading Room
N. Ashbel
Beta Psi and Phi Sigma Alpha Meet at Mrs Carver Home
Beta Psi and Phi Sigma Alpha plan a 7 30 p m meeting Tuesday at Mrs D M Carver s residence 209 Kelley Lane.
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PHI Sigma Alpha
D. M. Carver
Kelley Lane
Funeral Notices for Peak Seale and Peterson
Obituaries report Elisebeth Ann Peak 61 of Baytown Fort Worth and Albert Levin Peterson 97 of Highlands. Both graveside or church services are planned with Earthman Funeral Home directing and multiple survivors listed. Funeral dates span Sunday in Cedar Crest Cemetery Amarillo and Trinity Episcopal Church Fort Worth with local clergy officiating.
La Portian Heads Youth Corps in Harris County
Richard (Dick) Scott of La Porte is named by Harris County Commissioners Court to direct the Neighborhood Youth Corps in the Houston Harris County area. A $247,790 federal grant funds the six month program for high school dropouts from low income families with enrollees aged 16 to 21. applications are at the Texas Employment Commission office in Houston.
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Richard
Dick) Scott
la Porte
Haris County
Court
Houston
Harris County
Texas Employment Commission
Travis
Scott
Mosquito
Lost Billfold Claimed Offer Reward For Papers
DONALD P. BANNING reports his billfold lost Friday night between Third Street and Highway 146 on James Street. He says any finder may keep the money if they return the papers and the billfold. Contact 583-1885. Separate items note a T X Employment Commission program and a Henderson County native Scott with degrees at Texas A&M and SMU, teaching in Kaufman and La Porte since 1963.
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DONALD P_. Banning
Third Street
Highway 146
James Street
Former Baytonian Elisabeth Peak Dies in Fort Worth
Elisabeth Ann Peak 81 longtime Baytown resident died Friday in Fort Worth. Survived by son Jai W. Peak Fort Worth and daughter Mrs Forest G. Ray, six grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Services 4 pm Sunday at Cedar Crest Cemetery directed by Earthman Funeral Home. Rev Edmund Pendleton of First Christian Church to officiate.
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Peak Seale
Elisebeth Ann Peak
Bevich Mee Hifsern
Baytown
Fort Worth
Ales
Edgar Seale
Greens Bayou
Joe L. Glass
Be Mar
T. Ro
Neio
Samorita
Mamer Nilburnipm
Cedar Crest
Amorillo
Sam Hilbeumn
Earihman
Jasper
Nelces
Forrest McHome
Edmund Pendleton
Dallas
Eugene
Julien Usserd
Grant
Christian Church
Stasher
Peterson
Trinity Episcopal Church
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Eas
P. Walter Henckell
Ists
Harrell
Galliswitte
Highlangs
Rey Fricay
San Junto
Highlands
Earthman Funeral Home
Paubavaryees
Wille Travis
Dickeee Ee
Elisabeth Ann Peak
Jai W. Peak
Forest G. Ray
Sewer project plans and funding outlined in 1967
The article details a 1967 sanitary sewer program with a total cost of 2,124,900. It covers construction of the sewer system including the East District lateral sewers from February to August 1967, and bids for a 289,600 project due in January 1967. Funding gaps total 949,500, to be covered by school district funds, city budget, and anticipated federal grants under Public Law 117.
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East District
West District
Ex-Student Teacher Earns A Honor Scholarship Chance
A 35-year-old former student and public school teacher faced reading challenges yet showed surprising progress at Texas. In his first semester he earned straight A's and secured a scholarship opportunity, reflecting notable academic improvement and potential for further study.
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