New Philadelphia paper plant to rise on old press site
The article describes a new building for the printing plant replacing the old press on Pearce Street. It details the design with a foyer, curved counters, and a front hall leading to a large news room, classified and business departments, and offices. Groundbreaking is planned for March with a layout emphasizing a T shaped hall and distinct editorial, advertising, and women’s news areas.
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A. Wailside
Mimerce
Pearce Street
Cairphila ‘Gclor
Sun i. ‘Ig
Adonine
Dallas News
Hartman
Niov
Baytswin
Centrance Eicer
Atevate
Ieft
Ween
School employees pay hike vote approved for 65,000
The school system votes 5-2 to approve a 65,000 pay hike for staff. Elks Lodge on Market Street Road hosts a bake sale starting at 10 a.m. Saturday with pies, cakes, and cookies from local ladies. Partly cloudy and hot through Saturday with scattered afternoon thunderstorms and a 75 to 96 degree temperature range.
Salary Battle Over District Admin Pay Sparks Debate
Trustees clash over final package with Hill and Opryshek in the minority. Parkinson criticizes opposition to raises for administrators and support staff while four new hires face pay hikes. Opryshek shifts stance after studying the proposal. controversy centers on the finance director and other district employees. Also notes yearbook photo schedule and obituary of Joe Murphy Sr. in Culver City.
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McRaniges
Hill
Oprys del
Rocall
Faises
Trators’ Ag
Asincother
Uo. Parkinson
Mie
Opryshek
Trusteasl
Karl Opryshek
Ben Shirey
Paul Parkinson
Parkinson
Oproskek
Onnushek
Holly McLemore
George H. Gentry
George L
Local chronicle of town figures and events
A mix of short notices lists residents visiting from Baytown Kirkwood Ma and Huntsville trips plus daily errands. Names include Harry Boswell Hiram Sigler Lowell Lam mers Miury Fennington Fred Lintelman Hed Grantham Steele McDonald Dorcas Jackson Rev Ed Summers Robert Barnes Dr Joe Horeczy Lane Ward Kenneth Barrett and others with routine activities at offices post offices and street scenes. A Pythian School of Instruction will be conducted at Goose Creek Knights of Pythias Lodge with delegates from multiple Texas cities. Seven men arrested for a dice game in Oak Addition paid fines.
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Harry Boswell
San Avertising
Kirkwood Ma
Baytown
Hiram Sigler
von) Stark
Esso
Lowell Lammers
Miury Fennington
Fred Lintelman
Hed Grantham
Steele McDonald
Tidman
Huntsville
Dorcas Jackson
Ed Summers
Robert Barnes
Joe Horeczy
Dub Ward
Lane
Kenneth Barrett
A Spicad
A&a Pythian School of Instruction
Goose Creek
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Alexander Drive
T. J. Pow
Texi
Houston
Corpus ‘Christi
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Silsbee
Freeport
Humble
jAll Knights
Oak Addition
D. L. Herring
Ed Hanry
C. R. James
Don Gildreth
J. L. Simpson
C. Moses
Jack Geter
Caston Holmes
Peter McGhee
Barney L. Ward
Corporation Court
Perils Of City Hall Site Cited By BEE LANDRUM
City council discussed connecting the Dorris and Hemlock sites but failed to reach agreement. A citizen advisory committee will study a proposed 3 foot street linking Craigmont and Ponderosa subdivisions to Baker Road. The council awarded a $133,777.57 low bid to Skrla Inc. for 14 Baytown streets improvements and authorized soil tests to locate a lead fault on a 2 acre tract as part of city hall site planning.
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Bee Landrum
Dorris and
Hemlock
Jong
Craigmont
Ponderosa
Baker Road
Baytown
Skrla, Inc
Houston
Andy Braswell
Civic Center
Braswell
Council
Carla
Stland
Capital Improvements Program
Jack Huron
Seaborn Cravey
Hursn
Citizens Advisory Committee
Huron
Lowell Lammers
Lammers
MeDicNand Engineers Inc
J. Robert Barnes
Earl Lively
Jack Kimmons
Norman Foote
Sanjam
Senior Citizens Driver Plan Gains Broad Support in Baytown
The Senior Citizens Club of Baytown wins endorsements from Knights of Pythias Goose Creek Lodge and others for a driver re-education plan for residents 50 plus. The course, taught at Sterling Library by a state highway rep, spans six 90 minute classes with certificates but no final test.
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Senior Citizens Club
Baytown
Haver
W. P. Smith
Senior Citizens Committee
Knights of Pythias
Goose Creek Lodge
State Highway Department
Sterling Municipal Library
Highway Department
Smith
Pennsylvania
Pennsyllvania
Lhe
Plans Move Ahead For New City Buildings
Baytown moves forward on a civic center and city hall with a $31.146 million plan. Architect Lowell Lammers warns of a potential Market Street fault requiring subsoil studies. A tentative schedule targets December this year to September 30 1966 with completion by fall 1966.
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Baytown
U.5
Europe
Brussels
Philadelphia
Orange
East Orange
Washington
Lammers
Baylesa
Baytown Refinery announces new craft worker hires
Humble's Baytown Refinery will add 20 new wage employees across instrument, electrician, and machinist crafts. Meier, Refinery Manager, announced Friday that seven join instrument craft, five electrician craft, and eight machinist craft. After training, some hires are expected to transfer to the Chemical Plant.
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Humble
Senior Citizens To Astrodome To See Braves Game
The Baytown Senior Citizens Cioh charter a 46 passenger bus for a Tuesday night trip to the Astrodome to watch the Milwaukee Braves. President HB C Wood arranged tickets. bus departs at 6 p.m. from Citizens National Bank and Trust Co. and returns after the game with all Stub members seated together.
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Baytown Senior Citizens Cioh
Astrodome
Milwaukee Braves
HB. C. Wood
Citizeng National Bank and Trust Co
Mary Takes Safari Into Creole Land Literary Lagniappe in Cajun Louisiana
Down in Creole Louisiana readers find a rich tapestry of Southern lore. The piece links Evangeline and Gabriel to St Martinsville, notes Creole writers like Cable and Keyes, and highlights New Orleans landmarks, River Road tourism, and the Carville Hansen’s disease retreat as key literary touchstones in Louisiana’s vibrant fictional and real history.
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Mary
Brown
Louisiana
Cain
Redneck
Upstate
Lonetellaw
Evaneeline
Evangeline
Gabriel
Arcadia
St. Martinsville
Lafayette la
Evangelino
George Washington Cable
Mark Twain
New Orleans
Mississippi
Basin Street
Old Basin Street
Beth Brown
Miss Brown
Francis
Parkinson Keyes
South Louisiana
Paradise
Miss Keyee
Masne “As
Mississippi Samblers
Old River Road
Huey P. Long
Miss Keyes
Baton Rouge
San Francisco Plantation
U.S
Carville
Taim
Harnett Kane
Lyle ‘Saxon
Literatire
Robert Perm Warren
Willy Stark
Huey * Ae
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Market
Fritz Lanham
John Busch
Market Street
Bulletin
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