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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1955
Page
7
La Porte residents heard Houston district Southwestern Bell manager C L Pitcock discuss how to use the telephone at a La Porte Rotary luncheon. Mayor Burgin arranged the program and Ann Knight demonstrated proper voice tone and telephone etiquette.
The La Porte school board announces six new teachers. Meryle Murtishaw will teach second grade. Giadog Barkley will teach sixth grade. D Allen Lawshae will handle high school English and speech. Orelle B Hinton will teach home economics. Myrtle St Claire becomes librarian. Michael J Rawlinson Jr will teach math. T L Laurence transfers to teach high school English.
By MICHEY CAVALIER readers learn that First Baptist church organizations held a Wednesday night meeting with Sunbeams 2, Girls auxiliary 16, Royal Ambassadors two, Brotherhood nine, and women’s Missionary Union six. Both classes plan a social at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mrs. R. B. Hathcock’s home. Assembly Of God Woman's Missionary council met and Mrs J. P. Lowery gave a reading on Christians Earnest Need. Here And There notes C J Amundson returning from hospital and Mrs N L Stephen.
Diane Cade daughter of Mr and Mrs Weldon Cade of La Porte returned home after a two week sight seeing tour with Harris County Girl Scouts. The group traveled by air conditioned bus leaving Houston July 6 visiting Cherokee North Carolina Gatlinburg and other stops including Amantea Georgia Montgomery Alabama Mobile Alabama and Gulfport Mississippi. Diane recounts visits to Smoky Mountain National Park and other sights en route.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a son in a new Passadena hospital and a Mrs Lindry with her children visiting Miners Wells with other family members. The text references Mes, OF, L, PHman and vacations involving several individuals in unknown locations.
Bayshore Amateur Radio club of La Porte will hold an eight week school of instruction from 7 20 to 10 p m Thursdays starting July 25. Instruction covers radio theory and practice. Spike Stabs II is noted as Bayshore’s youngest member with a novice license at nine and a general license at ten. federal examiners praised his exam. The text also mentions a World War era topic about the United States Speech Service and President McKinley.
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