Sixth Annual Games Party at Baytown Community House
A sixth annual games party sponsored by the Thursday Forum will run from 7 30 to 10 30 p m Tuesday at Baytown Community House to benefit the Baytown Opportunity School A duplicate bridge section will be offered and refreshments served Revival continues at Memorial Assembly of God Church with Joe Ragsdale of Oklahoma City preaching nightly at 7 30 p m except Saturday Baytown Licensed Vocational Nurses Association meets at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Cross Building Dr Louis Cale of Highlands guest speaker Rabbi Louis Firestein of Houston speaks to the Baytown Lions Club at noon Tuesday at the Tower Budget hearing for San Jacinto College is at 7 30 p m Monday at the Deer Park School Administration Building Sunday rainfall in Baytown totals six inches for July per Baytown Research Center Eight days in July have seen rain Executive Board meeting of Beta Sigma Phi City Council at 7 45 p m Monday at Mrs Ted O Sell Jr s home Officers to compile council budget for 1961 62 Ice cream supper at Pentecostal Church of God at 7 p m at Mr and Mrs John Templin s 318 W Nazro proceeds go to the church building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foruim
Baytown
Community House
Memorial ‘Assembly of God Church
Joe Ragsdale
Oklahoma City
Lyn's
Baytown “Licensed Vocational Nurses Association
Wil
Cross Building
Louis Cale
Highlands
L. Russell
LVN
Louis Firestein
Houston
Baytown Lions Club
Tower
Julian Spring
Beta Sigma Phi
Ted O'Sell Jr
Grantham
Pentecostal Church of God
John Templin
W. Nazro
Weather outlook for Galveston shows scattered showers
The forecast predicts scattered showers through Tuesday with warm temperatures and partly cloudy skies. Tidal times list high tides at 3:27 am and 12:13 pm, and low tides at 4:04 am and 8:09 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Baker Predicts New Tax Plan In Texas Session
A Baytown Baytown State Sen Robert W Baker of Houston predicted a new Texas tax plan will emerge during the current special session but may be a photo finish. The Senate will reject the Rouse tax bill version used last Saturday and Baker expects changes and a possible agreement amid intently debated proposals to lower the gas well value and adjust the sales tax base, with relief via exemptions favored over broader burdens. Local items note gifts and prizes from Baytown merchants, a car key find at Tri City Beach Park, and community events including a funeral in Palestine and university studies in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Pres- Baytonians
Martha
Lee
Michigan
Marjorie
Ex- Morse
Lake Louise
Canada
Alice Korthaver
New York City
Bob
Matte Howard
San Francisco
J. C. Holsomback
Dr. Holsomback
Rayford Sanford
Palestine
Gwen Pullen
Rt. 2
Baytown
McCilum Park
Tri-City Beach Road
Sun
E. C. Lask
Johnnie Partin
Maristella
Jobe Britt
Three Accidents Injure Seven In Baytown Area
Weekend traffic mishaps in Baytown left seven people injured. The worst crash involved a pickup driven by Edwin Wotipka colliding with a sedan carrying Mrs. D K Heard and two children Connie Diane and Maryland. All were taken to Gulf Coast Hospital. Mrs Heard remained unconscious Monday. A separate three vehicle crash at Highway 148 and East Texas injured Webb D Harper and Mrs Harper and others. Another car plunged into an eight foot ditch at Wallisville Road and Fourth Street injuring nearby driver Wessie Lucille Florus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnett
Baytown
E. Re
Gulf Coast Hospital
Wotipka
Decker
If‘in-Land
Edwin Dale
Heard
Moon
Webb D. Harper
Highway 148
East Texas
Harper
William Hebert
Palm St. Beaumont
Bullard T. Welborn
Route 4
Mans- Held
Hebert
Texas
Wessie Lucille Florus
Wade Road
Wallisville Road
Fourth Street
Highlands
Fire at Mont Belvieu gas storage well draws crowds
A underground iso butane storage fire near Mont Belvieu Sunday night burned an estimated 300 to 400 barrels of gas from 7 15 to 8 45 p m. The blaze lit the sky and drew hundreds of onlookers but caused little damage. No major explosion risk. valves were shut by Hayes and Hughes as deputies halted traffic and the Mont Belvieu Fire Department stood by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Belvieu
T. F. Hayes
Tenneco Oil Co
Barbers Hills
Hayes
Bank of Tapata expected to recover deposits
AP dispatch reports the Bank of Tapata will recover more than first believed for depositors, with a substantial recovery anticipated. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Byffel Nail
Bank of
Tapata
Tre Benk
Texas Senate stakes billion spending bill in joint conference
A sprawling Texas spending package totaling about 82.5 billion enters a joint conference committee as lawmakers await formal submission of the 523 million tax measure seen as insufficient. The report covers a wide array of political and legal maneuvers involving county boards, insurance rates, and upcoming state actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Senate
Joint Conference Committee
Parkway Aerial View of New Western Corridor Planned
Aerial plans outline a Parkway view from Sylvan Beach west to the Gulf Freeway, crossing Fairmont Park and serving a large Humble Oil industrial area. The proposal envisions a broad roadway to connect industrial zones with major highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont Parkway
Sylvan Beach
Humble Oil
State Highway Commission hears Fairmont Parkway case
A 14 man delegation led by State Sen. Robert W. Baker urged designation of Fairmont Parkway from Sylvan Beach to the Gulf Freeway. Tom T. Chase directed a 39 minute presentation as local officials argued economic growth and flood control work already completed meets state standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FRED HARTMAN _AUSTIN
Robert W. Baker
Houston
Fairmont Parkway
State Highway Commission
Tom T. Chase
la Porte-Bayshore Chamber of Commerce
Herbert Petry
D.C. Greer
Chase
R. C. Carroll
Bay Area, Development Council
Sa Porte
Harris County
W. Kyle Chapman
Sylvan Beach
Gulf Freeway
Chapman
Perry
Sen. Baker
Barris County
W."V. Ram=sey
Frank R. Boyle
la Porte Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
la Porte Mayer
Harold P. Pfeiffer
Carl Reich
la Porte-Bayshore, Chamber of Commerce
Jim Douglas
Houston Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
John §. Kubler
la Porte
Fred Hartman
Baytown Sun
Harvey Condron
G. A. Mabry
Robert F. Harris
Pasadena
Guardsmen Begin Fort Hood Training From Baytown Team
One hundred twenty six soldiers from Baytown's Company D, 1st Battle Group, 36th Infantry Division, left for two weeks of training at Fort Hood. They join nearly 8,000 other trainees at North Fort Hood for realistic combat instruction despite severe weather.
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National
Fort Hood
Carl Phinney
Dallas
Phinney
36Th
Nnyone
Kennedy
Berlin
Wilsite
Khreshelev
Ce‘ronts
Mounting Rifle Four Members of Baytown Company D
Four soldiers from Baytown Company D of the Guard Brigade pose with a new recelless rifle on a jeep. The unit prepares for a Fort Meade Texas two week intensive teaming, with named personnel identified in the caption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Mth Tetantey Divistor
Erownt
Fort Meet
Tex
Pioneer Family Patriarch Julian Barber Dies in Houston
Julian Rudolph Barber of Mont Belvieu aged 7 born August 28 1889 died at Medical Arts Hospital Houston after months of ill health. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday at Mont Belvieu Methodist Church with multiple local pastors. interment Fisher's Chapel Cemetery Mont Belvieu. Survived by wife Lula two sisters Bessie Brown Elsie Gilbert brother Q K Barber and many nieces nephews. Barber served on local bank and bank trust boards Lions Club leader Barbers Hill ISD leader and cattle industry and soil conservation groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Rudolph Barber
Barbers Hill
Medical Arts Hospital
Houston
West
Chambers County
Mont Belvieu
Barber
Mont Belvieu Methodist Church
J. Paul Horton
W. W. Grant
Mont Belvieu First
Mrs Cecil Hamm 63 Dies At Baytown Funeral Held
Mrs. Cecil Irene Hamm, 63, of 1004 Bowie, Baytown, died in a Houston hospital Saturday night. Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m Monday at Central Assembly of God Church, with Rev Lonnie BowTen and Rev C G Owen officiating. Burial followed in Memory Gardens under Earthman Funeral Home direction. Survivors include her husband Phillip Hamm of Baytown, three daughters Bertha Peacock Whitney Texas Otha Eddleman Italy Texas and Alice Wright Baytown, one son Dennis Hamm Baytown, brothers Lawrence Peacock Whitney Leon Peacock Baytown and Frank Pewersk Clifton, two sisters Mrs R F Faullner Hillsboro and Mrs Tom Miller Whitney, her mother Mrs Emma Peacock Whitney, 10 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Irene Hamm
Bowie
Central Assembly of God
Lonnie Bow' Ten
C. G. Owen
Gardens
Earth‘man Funeral Home
Eastern Air Lines Propjet Hijacked to Cuba
An Eastern Air Lines propjet Electra was hijacked on a flight to Tampa. The pilot forced to Havana at gunpoint and landed at Jose Marti Airport near Havana. The jet carried 98 passengers and five crew members. Last radio contact with the hijacker was with Aeronautical Radio Inc in Key West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MIAME
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Tampa
Cuba
Jose Marti
Ha J
Misi
Jij
W. BE. Buchanan
Aeronautical Radio, Inc
Amari
Nes Radio Pool
Key ‘West
Ernest Ivey Funeral Rites Held for Baytown Refinery Worker
Ernest Fumble, 53, a Baytown Refinery worker with 10k Ker fuicks, died Saturday in Baytown. Funeral services were held Monday at Earthman Funeral Home with the Rev A L Jordan officiating. Burial followed at Memory Gardens. He leaves a wife Mire, daughter Mrs Edwin Thomes of Baytown, four sisters Mrs Mabel Wilson of Port Arthur, Mrs F Riley of Beaumont, Mrs C Twey of Port Isabel, and Mrs Meyears, and a brother Lester of Diboll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Fumble
One Refining Co
Twey
Atek
Baytown
Wey
Mire
Ivey
Avepital
Edwin Thomes
Earthman Funeral Home
Mabel
A. L. Jordan
Wilson
Port Arthur
Riley
Beaumont
C. Twey
Coody
Port Isabel
Mer Lester
Diboll
Gree Slave Equipment Department
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San Jacinto College
Deer Park
Baytown Research Center
Humble Oil and Refining, Co
Geru
Edwin, Wouipke
Decker Drive
Burnett Drive
Wotipkas
Birs
D. K. Mearder
Beytown
Eldon Hughes
Prince
Ed Ward
County Board of Superiors
Bizerte
Midland
Cape Code
White
House
British Honduras
Habit Bourguiba Jr
Secretary of State
Dean Ruck
Texas Mouse Committee
Cada
Bere’s. Wol
Vari Ga
Riegh
Fidel Castro
Adolf Eichmann
S Plen
Esraeli
Manuela Medina
John Glens
U.5
Mat
J. KR. Barber
Bulletin
Ernest Ivey
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