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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1965
Page
2
Mrs Vernon Eilers and Mrs Thomas Carpenter announce births and entries at San Jacinto Hospital. Names include Crosby, Hous ton, Highlands residents with room numbers and dates. several individuals admitted or born in July at San Jacinto, with numerous listed addresses and room allocations.
Elizabeth Denke Trahan, eight, of Houston, drowned Sunday while crabbing with family near the San Jacinto River Bridge on Market Street. Her body was recovered about 12:30 p.m. in seven feet of water, 100 feet from shore, 200 yards south of the bridge, as authorities from Harris County Sheriff’s Marine Division, Highlands Emergency Corps, and Channelview Emergency Corps assisted. Her father James Trahan and uncle Jimmy Pat reported the incident. sister Mary, age unspecified, and the father’s presence are noted. Elizabeth’s body was taken to Sacred Hope Funeral Home for services at Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church in Houston Wednesday at 9 a.m.
A two car collision at 6:45 p m Saturday on Highway 148 and Cedar Bayou Road sent four people to Gulf Coast Hospital, including Nancy L Jackson 23 and her 2 year old son Doyle Ray. James Caldwell and wife were later moved to Pasadena Baytown Hospital. Three other relatives received emergency treatment. Caldwell was charged with running a red light by Patrolman A P Liles. The Jackson party included two sisters and a cousin. The Jacksons were headed west on Cedar Bayou Road when Caldwell’s car struck the left front. Mrs Caldwell and Mr Caldwell had serious injuries. Mrs Jackson suffered a broken collarbone and Doyle Ray a head injury. A relative said Mrs Jackson may be released Monday.
Funeral services are planned Wednesday in Heflin Louisiana for three relatives of former Baytonian Thomas M Babin. His sister her husband and their daughter from Hobbs New Mexico were killed in a plane crash from Salt Lake City Utah to Farmington New Mexico. The wreck with three bodies was found by a sheep herder. Babin recently moved to Madison New Jersey and works for Humble Oil. A note on submarine construction mentions seven million items used in building a modern US submarine.
A mixed page item lists stocks including Aluminum Ltd Amer Cyan Amer Tel Amoco and others, followed by agriculture notes on galls on ornamental plants and shade trees. It cites insects and mites forming abnormal leaf and stem growths, stages and control limits, with mentions of Chambers County Agent J. R. Carroll and conditions affecting plant health.
Carroll advises early preventative spray treatments in the slowing season to curb galls on plants and trees using DDT and malathion. Begin with new growth and continue weekly until galls are fully developed. Zarro recommends Texas Guide for Controlling Insects on Ornamental Plants for more information, free at his office.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson, former vice president and United Nations ambassador, to be buried in a family plot after a community memorial in Bloomington. Services at SWindy State University and a church ceremony limited to 200 guests, with officials and family in attendance. Police blocked streets for the procession from the church to Evergreen Cemetery as thousands filed by the flag-draped casket.
The list records numerous building permits issued in June for residential and commercial work. Names include J. P. Wellace and Charles S. Brownfield with addresses in Missouri and Bayshore Drive, alongside firms like Statewide Model Homes and Statewide Modern Homes. Commercial permits go to Fred Dittmen Jr. and Reagan Glass Co., with values from 210 to 5,560 dollars and various contractors such as Willie Moreno and Joe Gregory.
A Citizens Traffic Council committee in Texas discussed six mixed breed puppies intended to aid downtown improvement. The puppies, about six weeks old, would be given to people who provide them good homes. No final action reached. a Tuesday night meeting was planned to decide on next steps.
The report shows a 1964 tax debt service of 10.61 and Baytown total expenditures of 2,726,806 or 69.74 per capita. Per capita comparisons place Baytown below several large county cities while above Bellaire and Pasadena. Indebtedness reached 35,381,000 or 137.62 per person, with Gulf Coast-city averages around 249.14 and Harris County cities at 244.78.
Baytown Motors announces two new salesmen for its Pontiac and Cadillac dealership. Willard Gardner, a long-time Baytown resident, and Bobby Odoms bring local ties and prior education at Cedar Bayou Junior High, Robert E. Lee High School, and Sam Houston State College. Gardner belongs to Cedar Bayou Baptist Church and Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge. Odom is a Barbers Hill alum, attends Mont Belvieu Baptist Church, and resides in Pasadena with his wife and young son.
Funeral services were held for Samuel Weasley Wilburn 6 formerly of Boytonian at Earthman Chapel with Rev Paul Stephens officiating. Survivors include daughter Mia and two brothers plus grandchildren. Also noted is Horry Scarborough 63 resident of Mont Belvieu and former Texas Gulf Producing Co. pumper with funeral at Sterling Funeral Home Dayton burial Cedar Crest Cemetery Baytown. Survivors include wife two daughters sister and five grandchildren.
President Johnson may appoint Secretary of State Dean Rusk to lead the US United Nations delegation to replace the late Adlai Stevenson. Johnson travels to Bloomington Illinois for Stevenson funeral as tensions rise in Sarawak Malaysia and a race rights case surfaces in Retalusa Louisiana with contempt motions against local officials.
The narrator recalls a chaotic journey with a mayor and land promoter through remote terrain. A lost red bone hound bays as an inspector returns while a baby armadillo is stolen for daughters. A wench truck rescues a Buick in a muddy stretch near Bay Town. a fan belt breaks during the escape. Seaborn buys a watermelon.
The Weather Bureau outlines seeding and satellite weather data as part of hurricane control efforts. Volbrecht explains TIROS-16 satellite coverage and the weather network from San Juan to New Orleans. Dow Chemical details hurricane operation plans and staff contact systems. Civil defense coordinators from Baytown attend briefing in Saigon with officials from state, Red Cross, and industry.
Nearly 200 dollars worth of items were taken from Baytown Hardware Co at 3425 Market Street in a Sunday morning theft reported by owner Mrs Ray Cochrum. Detective Alvin Soileau said stolen goods included radios, radio parts, shell boxes totaling about 89.95 35 22. 10 42 9 80 and cash from registers and drawers including a ten dollar Kennedy half roll, with coins and small change also missing.
Mrs. Melba Ruth Bates was admitted to Gulf Coast Hospital after a Sunday crash on Highway 146 near East Fayle. Her car ran a red light and collided with a Fryar vehicle, injuring Bates and prompting police charges of running a red light and excessive speed.
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