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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1961
Page
2
Seba Bylvester presided over the meeting with Frank Goss in attendance as treasurer. The report noted $1,700 spent on youth activities this year and highlighted scholarships and inter-club visits as aims for broader community engagement.
Widow Janie M Nail 77 of Houston died Friday in a Houston hospital Survivors include husband G C Nail daughter Mrs F B Heaslet sister Mrs W S Latan i Amarillo and brothers Guy D Mathis Las Vegas James H Mathis Panhandle and J H Mathis Post Burial is in San Jacinto Memorial Park Service conducted by Rev John Ferguson at Earthman Funeral Chapel Also listed Jewell Dean Adcox 53 of Baytown died Friday in Fort Worth Hospital He was street foreman for Baytown for 21 years Survived by wife Elizabeth two daughters Sue Adcox Crosby and Alford Eugene Adcox Highlands plus two sisters and two brothers Burial at Earthman Funeral Home chapel service led by L N Balke of South Main Church of Christ
The Baytown Elks Lodge hosts a luau party around the pool from 8 p.m. to midnight this Saturday. Members and guests are invited with admission listed as per couple.
A series of legal and crime events unfolds as 14 of the district attorneys are reassigned amid a Wednesday knife point robbery arrest by a woman. Offender, a Port of Houston employee, faces investigation alongside two Houston youths from a gang of about 15 after a wild downtown chase. A Houston attorney sworn in as U.S. district attorney for the Southern District of Texas. Freedom Riders pause in Houston en route to New Orleans. A prominent Houston John Birch Society member resigns in protest detailing lists of liberals, socialists, and communists.
Two East Harris County men, Fred Hartman editor of The Baytown Sun and Harold Pfeiffer mayor of La Porte, were named to Harris County’s law enforce ment committee on small loans. Appointments came from Rep Criss Cole, author of a loan shark bill. The panel will join a statewide group appointed by the attorney general and meet soon to organize. An office in Houston will handle complaints, with processing to the attorney general.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Milner mother of Mrs. R. R. Williams of 1623 Willow and grandmother of Mrs. M. J. Ellis died. Funeral services were held Monday at Ebenezer Cemetery in Tyler County. Baytown attendees included several relatives. Survived by five sons Roy G Milner R T Milner Guy Milner Ray Milner Bill Milner four sisters 14 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Center ceremony for a new shopping project in Baytown faced absence by Mayor Al Clayton due to family illness and T C Scarborough noting his work duties, while S S Kresge’s William Obrien sent regrets for missing the event praising the project’s economic promise.
Allen Lane, Robe rt E Lee High School and Lee College graduate, received a 2400 fellowship from the American Petroleum Institute to pursue a doctorate in organic chemistry at the University. Lane is the son of Mire Lane of Beeyioon.
Warren Thomas Harris of 506 Green is named one of 89 Texas A and M high school graduates winning four year Opportunity Award Scholarships. Announcement by Dr G M Watkins notes awards are $800 to $1,200 yearly, with $200 and $300 annually for four years plus part time work. Since 1946 over 4,400 graduates have benefited, with 90 percent advancing or graduating.
Hospital Beat lists Floyd Chud of 21 E Sterling and Charles Cockerham of 612 Travis as patients at Gulf Coast Hospital for tests with Chud reported resting well in room 117. Also noted are N Wyis at 2T Busch Rd Loyd C. Peks at 1210 Willow and an imminent Saturday survey at Gulf Coast Hospital.
Mrs. Janie Nail of Houston dies in Houston after long illness. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Monday in San Jacinto with Rev. John Karnes officiating. She is survived by her husband G. C. Nall of Houston, one daughter Mrs. F. B. Heaslet of Houston, one sister Mrs. W. W. Latani of Amarillo, and three brothers. Burial will follow in Baytown. Small note mentions other distant relatives and great grand children.
A cryptic Som iat party paper from Peava discusses a hen that lays fewer eggs and a claim that 2 to silence synthetic ceets the chicken. The author predicts Czechoslovakia’s egg production could rise by millions in the coming years.
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