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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1969
Page
2
Bailey, long time director of data processing at Lee College, has resigned. The board accepted the resignation and Bailey will assume the role of director of the computer center at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches.
Baytown recorded 2.07 inches of rain from Saturday through Thursday, bringing the July 3 to now total to 13.31 inches. The weekly Wednesday rainfall was 0.78 inches, and the year to date total stands at 23.98 inches.
Mayor Glen Walker and Councilman Lamar Kelley form Kelley Walker Inc an advertising and public relations firm in Baytown to operate from 614 Park at the Book Inn with plans to move to Bay Plaza Shopping Center by Sept 1 The agency will offer full services from consulting to media buying and art work and plans to avoid conflicts of interest by stepping aside if a client does business with the city. Walker also runs KWBA radio and is a Baylor graduate Kelley studied advertising and marketing at UT and works as transportation and communications supervisor for Diamond Shamrock Corp The firm already lists clients in auto sales TV and radio sales and service furniture banking and industry.
The Texas lexus Legislature passes a bill renaming the corporation court to municipal court with Sept. 1 effective date. Baytown Council has not acted yet. A second bill, signed June 2, requires written complaints against law enforcement officers and firemen, to be filed and shared with the employee before any discipline.
The council discussed Highlands boundaries and the proposed incorporation area of about 150 square miles. Ezell outlined boundaries like San Jacinto River, I 10, Big Orchard Road, Bluff Gully, and Thompson Road. Councils debated timing and the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction two miles from the core, with legal counsel noting Highlands would honor Baytown’s ETJ.
Hundreds of Baytown area youths join recreation programs sponsored by the Harris County Community Action Association. Centers at Carver-Jones Delavala McNair Barrett Station and La Porte host activities daily through August 22 with meals from a Houston food truck. Volunteers from Redeemer Lutheran and other groups assist, led by coordinator Mrs Tom Kilras.
Winegartner notes Baytown lacks a HUD workable program, plans to apply for 100 leased housing units and lease 20 to 50 new houses. The aim is to shelter 1,290 additional families with large units for applicants on file, pending HUD certification. If not certified, excess applicants will be placed in leased housing.
Bobby Ven Barnes of 280d Maryland and a one year old student at Robert B. Lee High School died Thursday in a Toston hospital. Funeral services were held Friday at Barthman chapel with Rev. Roy Cloudet officiating at Memory Gardens. Survivors include his father William D. Barnes of Baytown, his mother Lorraine Barnes of Houston, a brother William D. Barnes Jr. of Baytown, a stepbrother Robert Frank Gibson of Finid Okla, a sister Rosemary Barnes of Baytown, two stepsisters Audrey Denise Gibson and Karen Lynn Gibson, and paternal grandparents D. A. Barnes of Conroe and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Bell of Lufkin.
Dayton soldier William L. Barham died in a Houston hospital after an automobile crash near Dayton. He was a passenger when the car was hit at the Brown Road and Sawmill Road intersection about one and a half miles west of Dayton. Investigators include Highway Patrolmen O. J. Stewart and B L. Bean and Bayton Police Chief Harley Loving. Barham had just completed basic training and been assigned to Vietnam, having come home on leave before his new posting.
The Hastings regents debated whether to renew a college banking contract with First National or switch to Citizens' Bank. Opinions varied on financial risk and benefit to the college with Regent J Marsh proposing Citizens' aid and Comptroller Alvin Miles noting the long standing arrangements. The vote favored First National 3 to 1 with Marsh dissenting and several regents absent.
The Bayshore center confirms state funds and negotiates with the local school district to provide psychological and treatment services. A $5,000 Community Chest grant will support next year's mental health services for residents of La Porte Baytown Crosby Huffman Sheldon and Channelview. No one is turned away for inability to pay. fees are charged to those who can.
Gulf Oil Corp reports consolidated net income for the first half of 1969 at 823.977 million, a 4.1 percent rise from the prior year. Earnings equal 1.56 per share, six cents above the 1968 period after a two-for-one stock split. Chairman Orl D. Brockett cites higher wages, refinery disruptions from a nationwide strike, a fire at the Puerto La Cruz refinery, and ongoing reconstruction and operating costs as factors.
Baytown police report a suspect detained after a Friday morning robbery at B's Liquor Store on North Highway L1G. Clerk Beatrice Dodson says a Black man entered, brandished a gun, demanded cash, and as he fled she fired a shot. He struck her with the pistol before escaping. Dodson was hospitalized at San Jacinto Methodist.
The document lists starting salaries and progression for staff: doctoral and master degree holders, technical vocational teachers, and bachelor degree holders with varying years of industrial experience. Part time instructors have distinct rates, with general staff salaries and maintenance scales also detailed, reflecting a broad pay structure.
Funeral services are set for Chellie Boyd Nixon Waldrip 79 at Highlands First Baptist Church with burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park. Anna Armata Slagle 71 of Baytown dies. services at Paul U Sue Chapel with burial at Cedar Crest. Clarence Eugene Seidel 64 of Baytown to be buried in Oak Hill Cemetery after rites at Goliad Presbyterian Church.
Dr David Glen Hurr of 1724 Bayview Drive has received a Master of Science degree from the University of Texas Dental Branch in Houston.
Funeral services were held at 2 pm Friday for former Baytonian Polly Davis Richardson 43 of Nederland who died Wednesday in Beaumont hospital. Surviving are Ravelle Richardson of Nederland son Bobby Davis of Pasadena six sisters and two grandchildren and two stepchildren. Rites at Pilgrim Rest Primitive Baptist Church near Cleveland with burial in Morgan Cemetery.
In Parma Heights Ohio John Hudd a service station operator faced repeated break ins with three burglaries in eight months. He bought a fierce Norwegian elkhound as a watchdog but a neighbor complained of loud howling. Mayor Paul Cassidy ordered the dog removed after a fresh $100 burglary theft.
Hollywood composer Henry Mangini, maker of Moon River, says the Apollo 11 landing may complicate his work. He notes the moon theme may surge again but hopes for a new direction rather than a lunar craze.
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