Tars State Meet at Baytown Wednesday
The BAYTOWN TARS will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the Jewish Community Building. All members are urged to attend.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1969
Page
2
The BAYTOWN TARS will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the Jewish Community Building. All members are urged to attend.
The school board approves a six percent raise for secretaries, with a proposed extra six percent hike to reduce inequities in pay. The plan raises overall district costs by about $19,000, funded partly by maintaining the tax rate around $1.48 and offset by a six cent cut in debt service tax, driven by a larger tax base. Trustee Wahrmund and Lippman opposed the additional raise while President Mrs. Karl W. Opryshek led the push backed by Supt. George H. Gentry and the secretaries association.
Neuman argued developers do not include perpetual water and sewer service with land and cannot predict what buyers deduct. He supported forming a water district as the most effective way to provide top quality water and sewage. Including the school district as a customer could reduce residents’ service costs.
Officials discuss inequities in clerical salaries, noting misinterpretations and the need to adjust individual cases rather than grant a blanket raise. The board also considers reorganizing Robert E. Lee High and adding a director of special services, plus securing psychological treatment services from Bayshore Mental Health Center. A non salary sick leave expansion was approved for all employees.
Harris County area residents face septic tank limits as rainfall hampers absorption. Baytown approves a 188 acre utility district with bonds restricted to water, sewer, and drainage facilities. Board members include Fleming and Rogers amid concerns about district formation and residency rules.
The school board on Monday night officially set the annual trustee election for Oct. 4 with Sept. 3 as the candidate filing deadline and Sept. 15 through Sept. 30 for absentee balloting. Positions 1 and 2 are open. current holders are Mrs. Kart W. Opryshek and Bob Wahrmund. Wahrmund will not seek re election. Opryshek has not announced plans but is widely believed to run.
Baytown police investigate the theft of a pickup from Humble Oil and Refining Co. Baytown Works. James F. Cook of 310 Merrell reported his unlocked truck worth about 1700 dollars missing at 4 p.m. A tape player and tapes worth 140 dollars were stolen from Patrice Turner in Anahauc cars at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital lot at 2 15 p.m. Friday.
The April Fools starts Wednesday for a one week run at the Brunson and features Jack Lemmon and Catherine Deneuve in a romantic fantasy comedy from The Cinema Center Films. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg and produced by Gordon Carroll, with Hal Dresner adapting the screenplay for National General Pictures.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Pat H. Foley Funeral Home in Houston for 76 year old Miss Mary Ruth Buchanan. Her late father Rev A B Buchanan helped found the Presbyterian Church in Baytown. She died Sunday in Houston and is survived by two nieces Mrs Anna Premeaux and Mrs Anna Lee Smith and a nephew Andrew Buchanan. Burial was in Forest Park Lawndale cemetery.
Funeral services are set for Jimmie Barnett at Mt. Rose Baptist Church at 1 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Magnolia Springs. Barnett, 80, died Sunday in a Baytown hospital. survivors include three daughters and two stepsisters. Also listed are funeral arrangements for Thomas Joseph Mosley, 38, of Highlands, who died Sunday in an Austin hospital. Service at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 10 a.m. Wednesday. burial at Rock Prairie Baptist Church in North Zulch. Mosley survived by wife and four sons, with numerous relatives and a Masonic burial.
Verna Ray Brown of 813 East Wallisville Road Highlands and 14 year old Connie Edmundson of 208 E Schreck were treated and released at Gulf Coast Hospital after a two car crash at East Texas and Eighth. Brown was charged with negligent collision for rear ending Floyd R. Shymanski of 611 Reddell Road, who was not injured.
The Bookmobile sponsored by Sterling Municipal Library and the Baytown Service League will stop at 100 W. Texas at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday and at the washateria on Clyde Drive in Archia Courts at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
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