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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1971
Page
1
New Navy recruit James P. Callaghan son of Mr and Mrs J P Callaghan of 16029 Ridlon Channelview has graduated from recruit training at the Naval Recruit Training Center in Orlando Florida.
A $28,000 renovation at Anson Jones school building nears completion as the district reports ongoing improvements across multiple campuses. Projects include Highlands Elementary classrooms and office remodeling, vinyl flooring, blinds, stage curtains, and various renovations at Cedar Bayou Junior, Baytown Junior, Horace Mann, Sterling, Robert E. Lee, Ashbel Smith, Highlands, Carver Jones, and Alamo Elementary.
Continued from Page 1 a roster of firms and individuals appears including Villa Marina Apartments Rogers Furniture First National Bank Otis Graham realtor Chateau Realty David Rogers builder Eddie's Mobile Homes Citizens of Texas Savings and Loan Peoples State Bank Lakewood Realtors Citizens National Bank Harris County Savings and Loan Joe Ayler Barcelona Enterprises Coachman Homes Carter W H Miller Brooks Studd Wad dell Furniture Vic Davis and Culpepper's.
Tass reported two Mars probes launched May 19 and 29, each 4% tons, are on course and active. Both surpassed 10 million miles and are expected to reach Mars in November.
Two free female kittens about five weeks old available for pickup at 3307 Crosby Cedar Bayou Road belonging to Mrs Jack Williams. Potential adopters may visit the residence to claim them.
Miss Lau rel Lambert and Herman D. Garrett join Robert E. Lee High School staff as teachers in the vocational program and math department respectively. Kathy Standefer hired as special education counselor. 1971 72 interns named at Highlands Austin Travis Pumphrey Elementarys with UH students. A Franklin Award winner and University of Houston researcher Dr Diebel, native of Baytown, active in Cedarcrest Church and local clubs, excelled in science fairs and music while earning multiple honors fr om UH and Phi Kappa Phi.
William C Stackhouse 56 of 123 Bayshore Drive died Thursday in Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Survived by wife Marguerite one daughter and two grandchildren all of Baytown and mother Elizabeth Sackhouse of Miami. Services 2 0 p m Wednesday at Paul U Lee Funeral Home Chapel burial Memory Gardens Cemetery. Donny Rae Diebel 26 of San Francisco died Sunday in San Francisco. Funeral at Cedar Bayou Methodist Church with burial Cedar Bayou Cemetery. Survivors mother Glenella Diebel father Floyd Diebel uncle A A Leslie cousins. Ash children Frederick 7 and Remonia 3 of Houston killed in Fredericksburg auto wreck. Services 2 p m Wednesday Lillie Grove Baptist Church Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Surviving are parents Freddie and two brothers Brandon Adrian Ash and grandparents. Burial at Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
The school district reports extension of Stallworth Stadium parking for 500 more spaces on the west side, with an estimated cost of 75000 dollars. Work near completion includes ventilating dressing rooms restrooms and offices with vandalism repairs costing 1000 dollars. Additional projects involve concrete walks for 195000 dollars and hard surfacing beside the field benches with Astros grass, materials ordered at 2900 dollars.
Services for Iria Brown 76 of 210 FE Adone were held at Paul A Lee Chapel with Rev C Lile Calhoun officiating. A native of Winfree, she moved to Baytown 25 years ago and died Saturday in a Baytown hospital. She belonged to Northside Baptist Church. Survivors include one son Arthur Brown of Mont Belvieu, two daughters and two sisters. Burial followed at Cedar Crest Cemetery. Pallbearers were Semmie Short Bill Ree Doc Hudson Gene Long Joe Long and James Douglas.
Mrs M K Smith of Anahuac dies at 89 in Liberty after 71 years in Chambers county. Services at First Baptist Church Anahuac presided by Rev Rufus Zachery, burial in Anahuac Memorial Cemetery. Survived by 3 sons, 6 daughters, 2 sisters, 16 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, 3 great great grandchildren. pallbearers are grandsons Damon McKay Alva J Clark Oscar Lee Duncan David Walker Jim Benel James Clark James Lee Lucas.
The city council set a 5 pm Tuesday session to consider General Telephone Co. rate hikes with Al Chappell as spokesman. The body will also review fire department equipment and personnel requests, Boise Cascade apartment occupancy, and Craigmont wage plant expansion progress. A traffic committee report asks for a traffic consultant for Decker Drive and a plan to raise Park Street speed limits.
Michael Erin Allen escaped from the Harris County jail annex Monday morning at 7:35 a.m. He shoved deputy Dale T. Lasader and fled. Tracking dogs flushed him from a ditch four hours later and he was found near a water tower in the Fairmont Park subdivision on Spencer Highway in La Porte.
Supt. Johnny Clark told the school board that recruiting Mexican American teachers remains difficult though a citizen group backs efforts. He noted teachers hesitate to move from their hometowns and that students prefer campuses with peers like them. Trustee Glenn Lippman cited University of Houston recruiting.
The proposal covers phase one including 12 classroom addition at the high school a 400 seat auditorium and a new commons cafeteria for the intermediate school plus a band hall for Drew Junior School bus services sewage treatment and parking. Phase two adds a gym at the high school site and possible auditorium relocation with space for storage and a tax office. Phase three calls for a stadium on the Krenek property across from the fair grounds and a shared kitchen expansion to serve Drew Junior School and the intermediate school.
Mission Control weighed risks as Endeavour and the attached lunar lander Falcon stayed nine miles from the moon before landing. Scott improvised to keep a light off, officials cited a faulty switch likely causing the issue. NASA planned further tests while Apollo 15 launched from Cape Kennedy and reached 24,218 mph on its Earth to Moon flight.
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