Community Calendar and Events Roundup
A study and fun night opens at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Knights of Columbus Hall by San Jacinto Council No. 2788 as part of the regular social meetings. Electronics Technician Gordon C Lannoy Jr USN 22 is noted for the crossing of the equator ceremony aboard the destroyer USS John A Boles. American Party meetings at 7 p.m. at 1300 N Main Baytown are urged for precinct chairmen and interested persons. Advisory Council of the Bayshore Mental Health and Retardation Center meets at 1 30 p.m. Monday at St Pauls Lutheran Church. Ex-Students Dance by Channelview Ex-Students Association starts at 8 p.m. Friday at VFW Hall with Western Cousins Band. $2 per couple or $1.75 stag. Welcome Wagon Club meets at noon Wednesday at Goose Creek Country Club. Airman Joe L Trampota guest speaker. Crosby resident graduated from a U S Air Force tech school and assigned to Laughlin AFB. Story Hour at Sterling Municipal Library at 10 am Tuesday for children ages 5 to 9. led by Mrs 0 Huggins and storytellers Mrs Dan Willson and Mrs William J Gidley. Mrs Wardie Lamson, 73, of 317 Holly, dies. Earthman Funeral Home handles arrangements and LaFond Funeral Home in Opelousas La. is notified for services.
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Channelview
VFW
Decker~Drive
Western Cousins
New Goose Créet
Ken
Baytown
Joe L. Trampota
Son Parks and Recreation
Will Belof
Joe Trampota
Crosby
Air Force Technical School
Sheppard Afb
Crosby Hisn School
Air Training Command
Laughlin Afb
Weather and Tides Forecast for Baytown Area
Scattered afternoon thunderstorms are in store through Tuesday. Temperature range expected from the mid teens to the low nineties. Galveston tides Tuesday will be high at 1:42 am and 9:36 pm with low at 2:00 am and 4:00 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Galveston
Community Scenes at Local Texas Hospital and Homes
PATI KATE Massey rests in room 324 at Diagnostic Center Hospital Houston. Pa Hayes demonstrates her goat catching skill while Carmen Martinez handles a busy meeting schedule. Fegsy Shepherd returns home after surgery to remove pins from a broken arm. Max Masesman uses a slide rule for quick calculations. Dorothy Bloom recounts delivering two refrigerators to a ship. Norma Wood repairs a fuel pump on a new car. Linda Ferrell cheers a new automobile. Charles Melton praises a six-foot fence. Richard Savage troubleshoots tire problems. Roy McCormick pinpoints assembly issues tied to a coffee break. Virginia Carter looks forward to a San John visit. John Pat Staples saves first dollars toward becoming a millionaire.
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Pati Kate Massey
Diagnostic Center
Houston
Pa Hayes
Carmen Martinez
Fegsy Shepherd
Max Masesman
Dorothy Bloom
Norma Wood
Linda Ferrell
Charles Melton
Richard Savage
Roy McCormick
Virginia Carter
San John
John Pat Staples
Country Club Manager John Holloway Dies at 53
Funeral services for John William Holloway 53 manager of Goose Creek Country Club will be announced by Rose Neath Funeral Home Shreveport. He died in a Baytown hospital Sunday night after arriving May 27 from Shreveport to lead the Baytown club. Holloway a retired Army major 23 years active and reserve also led clubs in Shreveport Richmond and was a Club Managers of America member. Survivors include his wife Mrs Robertine Holloway two daughters Mrs Jonnay Noble and Jerin Holloway, his mother Mrs Rosa Holloway, two brothers J C Holloway Johnny Holloway, three sisters and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John William Holloway
Inhaneer
Goose Creek
Baytown
Rose-Neath Funeral Home
Shreveport
Istricken
Lake Charles
Holloway
A. E. Price
Herbert Branch
Monroe
Edwart Gautha
Inglewood
Calif
Baytown Hosts Minchen Children Week of Activities
Four Methodist Home children from Waco spent a week in Baytown sponsored by Grace Church groups. George 15 and Bobby 11 joined in swimming and fishing while Janice 14 and Barbara enjoyed hair styling and shopping. Hosts, the Steele McDonalds and W. J. Stricklers, praised well behaved guests. the visit ended with postcards and souvenirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Maeser
San Jacinto
Indian Shores
Lakeview Methodist Camp
Baytown
Waco
Grace Methodist Church
George
W. J. Stricklers
W. Lobit
Bobby
Methodist Mens’ Brotherhood
Stricklers
Janice
Steele McDonalds
Olive
Barbara
Graco Methodist
McDonalds
Sun
Mrs. McDonald
Strickiers
Texas
Ving
Wacodar- George
State College board creates Houston junior college district
The State College Coordinating Board approved a new junior college district for the Houston area and then privately discussed a new higher education commissioner to be named by Sept. 1, the date of Dr. J. K. Williams resignation. The rest of the report covers Gallup polling on Governor Wallace, the Ford swing wing jet, Civil rights unrest in York Pa, UTEP athletic program review, Warsaw talks on Czechoslovakia, a Mexican fisherman rescued in Houston, and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College Coordinating Board
Houston
J. K. Williams
Annuitants Club To Change Meeting Day
Humble Annuitants club moves its meeting from 2 p.m. to 10 a.m. on the third Wednesday each month. Due to growth the group will meet in the Community Building Committee Room to accommodate 420 to 500 people, since the afternoon room is unavailable. Former Humble Oil and Refining Co. employees who are not club members are invited to attend regardless of grace creed or color.
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Humble Annuitants Club
Humble of
Crosby Board to Consider Annexation and Budget
The Crosby School Board meets at 7 30 p m Monday to discuss annexation of the district by Lee College though not on the agenda. Trustees also plan to review classrooms for fall open bids on buses resignations new employees and the 1968 69 budget as part of district affairs. Dr H M Landrum and supporters visit Austin seeking creation of a Greater Houston Community College District with a petition to Harris County Board of Education likely to call an election.
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Crosby
Lee College
Greater Houston Community College
H. M. Landrum
Community College
Austin
Coordinating Board of the
Texas College and University System
Harris County Board of Education
Crosby Board
Jopen
Houston investors buy 31-acre land near steel plant
A Houston group led by R-S-C Management Co. as trustee for local investors purchased 31 acres along State Highway 146 south of I-10 for about 800000. The two parcels, split by Abbe Estates, span three quarters of a mile south of I-10 to under two miles east. The deal adds to more than 1000 acres the firm already owns in the Goose Creek district, with long term investment aim.
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R-S-C Management Co
Houston
Herb Warren
Abbe Estates
Warren
Erty
Goose Creek
Tri-City Beach Road
Finger Interests
Allen Co Sponsors Bill For Texas House Study
Rep Joe Allen Baytown and Rep Ralph Wayne Plainview co sponsor a resolution to spend 50000 for a study of Texas House budgeting and taxation methods. The Speaker would hire a consulting firm with funds from the House Contingency Expense Fund. Allen spoke at Baytown Chamber luncheon about the special session.
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Allen
Bill
Johnella Boynton
Texas House of Representatives
Joe Allen
Baytown
House
Texas
San Jacinto Battlegrounds
Clifford Briefed on Saigon Threats and U.S. Dilemma
U S Defense Secretary Clark Clifford was briefed by top commanders on enemy threats to Saigon and northern provinces as police go on alert after an intelligence tip. The lull in ground fighting continues, and Clifford indicates faster M16 deliveries to South Vietnamese forces even at risk to U S troops while considering future withdrawal and transfer of burden.
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Saigon
U.S
Clark Clifford
Clifford
King Roberts
McNamara
Penttagon East
Thai Students Adopt Baytown Schools for Education
Somchai Hanatanakul Chat Oung komol and Smath Tukameya from Bangkok Thailand came to Baytown to pursue schooling. All three say Baytown offers good schools but English poses a challenge. Somchai and Smath plan to live on 3000 a year. Chat on 2000. Somchai and Smath aim for engineering or business. Chat wishes to become an engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Ferrell
Baytown
Somchai Hanatanakul
Chat Oung Komol
Smath Tukameya
Bangkok
Thailand
Bay Town
Somechai
Chat
Smath
Somchai
Semehai
Ismath
Sormelrai
White Chat
Honesto
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Whites
Knights of Columbus
Gordon C Lannoy Jr
USN
Gordon C. Lannoy
Lindberg
John A. Boles
American Party
N. Main
Bayshore
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Story Hour Service League
Sterling Municipal Library
0. Huggins
Dan Willson
William J. Gidley
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
Metre
Baytonians
Toda
Albama
George C. Wallace
Gallup
North Vietnam
Johnson
Southwest Asia
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
York
University of Texas At el Paso
James Ray
UTEP
Warsaw
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Gulf of Mexico
Annuitants Club
REL
Semchai
Robert E. Lee High School
Lawrence Meyer
Meyer
Humble Oil and Refining Company
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