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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1951

Page

8

Firing Franta Faces Humble In Softball Playoffs Opener

Firing Franta and Humble collide in the opening softball playoff doubleheader with Franta relying on power hitters Johnny Jonson George Wilkerson and Hock Butcher while Humble counters with strong pitching from Brinkle and Spurgeon and hitters like Ray Traslor.

Genere Franting Hemphill Hemphalers Franta Johnny Jonson George Wilkerson Hock Butcher Frantas Culpepper A. Keane Humble Clyde Buges John Spurgeon Ray Traslor

Memorial and St Mark's win in arch league softball playoffs

Memorial led by Bob Warford no hitter beat Wooster Baptist 6-0. St Mark's defeated Highland First Baptist 3-5. Friday doubleheaders set with Memorial and Wooster to play at 7:30 p.m. and St Mark's versus Highland First at 3 p.m. If Methodist and Memorial Baptist win, a best-of-three next week will decide the title. Warford struck out 6 across 7 innings, backing solid hitting as Memorial built a 21-0 lead by the third with Godkin drives.

Methodist Memorial Bob Warford Trippe Watford Eugene Godkin Driv Marshall Watts Memarie Godkin Watts Mark’s Highland

Robert E Lee Drive to reshape Baytown traffic future

Editorial praises Mayor Ward plan to widen Robert E Lee Drive to 48 feet as a major city artery linking Lee College Baytown La Porte Tunnel Memorial Stadium and northward routes. The Sun argues the $337,000 spend is essential now and urges broad public support from Chamber School Trustees and residents. It also weighs presidential age questions with Truman and Connally, noting age may influence 1952 and Texas Senate races.

Jack A. Ward Robert E. Lee Drive Goose Creek Stream Robert E. Lee New Lee College New Baytown-La Porte Tunnel Memorial Stadium South Baytown Decker Drive Houston South Pruett Baytown Ward Sun Chamber of Commerce

Reviewing Stand: We Americans Are Just A Bunch Of Phonies

Henry McLemore opines that American readers overreact to the Abbey Theatre fire in Dublin, accusing critics and tourists of phoniness. He recalls visiting the Abbey, finds the plays incomprehensible, and mocks Americans for praising events abroad while preferring talk about them back home. He notes American generosity and urges continued aid, framing money as earned by honest toil.

Henry McLemorre Dublin Abbey Theatre Newcastle Dubin Abbey Players Paris Louvre Pyramids Shepheard Staculus Abbey Ireland America Pisa Iseas toilAs Amerita

Editors Debate Public Access to Relief Rolls

A roundup from the TAMPA Tribune discusses editors divided on whether welfare relief rolls should be open to public inspection. Proponents say Senate permission would curb fraud and waste in federal and state welfare funds, while opponents warn of embarrassment for beneficiaries and political misuse. A minority supports state experiments if the House backs the Senate plan, but the Jenner proposal to open payrolls failed in the Senate by six votes.

Senate House Tampa Florida Tribune Jenner Dayton Ohio Daily News Little Rock aArkansas Gazette John Q Wisconsix State Journal Baltimore Maryland Evening Sun

Goose Creek cancels bus line franchise over 20 minute schedule

Goose Creek city commission Monday night revoked a bus line franchise for the Tri-City Bus Lines because buses were not operated on a 20 minute schedule over fixed routes as required by the city agreement. The move comes amid other regional notes including local officials and civic actions from Goose Creek and Baytown.

Europe Goose Creek Tri-City MM. OW Harper Tri-Cities Tri-Cities Junior Chamber of Commerce.h. A. May

Quotations on grace and virtue from historic authors

A collection of short excerpts on grace, virtue, and spiritual thought from A. B. Stimpson Jonathan Edwards Francis Beaumont and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The quotes praise grace as enduring, see greatness in spiritual governance, and compare Christian graces to perfumes.

A. B. Stimpson Jonathan Edwards Francis Beaumont

Sun Slants ABE STAYS READY

A Baytown Sun column recalls Abe Rosenzweig back from a New York City vacation and remaining ready to go again. The piece notes Busch and Casey store upgrades on East Texas and a near-miss car steer accident witnessed by Carroll Bickerstaffs. It also hints at future guest columnists from Sun staff and readers eager to write.

Abe Abe Rosenzweig New York City Busch Boys Ward Busch and Casey East Texas Charlie Johnny Carroll Bickerstaeff Liberty Carroll Bickerstaffs

Teeth myths and medical misdiagnosis warned by doctors

An essay warns against assuming teeth cause chronic disease and against unnecessary extractions. It recalls cases where x rays were misread due to a nurse’s hair on the plate, urging verification before any operation or medicine. It cautions that doctors may misattribute illness to dental issues and that medicines may harm.

You’re Telling Me by William Ritt Loy

A fragmentary column references Korea and a national forest in a tongue in cheek voice. It notes a fiscal 1951 income of more than 56 million dollars and hints at woodland resources being extensive. The passage mixes opinions on peace with playful sarcasm about American policy.

Our National Forest

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