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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1952
Page
12
The Baytown Jaycees launched a nonpartisan drive led by Gordon Denning to urge all citizens to vote in Saturday's primary and attend their party precinct conventions. Denning warned that government by the people will perish if millions stay apathetic and do not voice their opinions at the polls.
Funeral services for Mrs Loretta Nelson, 50, of Highlands are set for 2 p.m. today at First Advent Church Highlands with C Kuester officiating. Interment will follow in White Cemetery. Nelson, a longtime Highlands resident, died Sunday night while visiting daughter Mrs Theo Vaughan in De Queen Arkansas.
City budget for the year beginning October 1 is shaped by department heads reports. City Manager C D Middleton said the documents will be reviewed by council members before final budget figures. Hearings on the recommendations start August 15.
Highlands Rotary Club reports urgent request for a hospital bed. All club beds and one borrowed bed are in use. members seek an additional medical bed. Rotary sponsored trophies for a girls softball tournament and authorized purchases. Attendees included club officers and guests from Houston and Bartown.
Texas draft delinquents fell by several percent over three months, with 843 listed by local boards at end of June, down from 905 in March. El Paso led counties in delinquents, with Dallas Houston Edinburg San Antonio and Fort Worth making up about 93 percent of the state total. Several towns reported no delinquents. In Warwick Massachusetts the post office lost its wheels, moving from a trailer to the village store.
The government will begin paying the higher Social Security benefits around October 3 as officials rush to implement the increases signed into law by President Truman. Over 4.5 million recipients are expected to benefit.
Entomologist George Thompson, state health board representative, will return to Highlands next Tuesday as advisor on community sanitation. Rotary Club President Albert Franta invited Thompson after members voted to complete an investigation of all sanitation program possibilities at their Tuesday meeting. The Rotary drive aims to lead a local organized disposal system with state and county health department support.
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