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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1969

Page

2

Services For Russell Scheduled Monday

Lester Lane Russell 70 a retired Baytown Refinery guard chief died Friday at M D Anderson Hospital Houston. He lived at 412 Holly and will lie in state Forest Park Funeral Home Houston then at 11 a.m. Monday services at Forest Park East Cemetery Gulf Freeway near League City with Rev George Parrigin officiating. Burial at Forest Park Last Cemetery. He worked 23 years at Baytown Refinery retiring in 1964 and moved to Baytown 12 years ago from Houston. Survivors include wife Victoria, daughter Mrs Frank Whaley, son Lester b Russell Jr, four grandsons Robert Whaley Richard Whaley Larry Russell Stuart Russell. Pallbearers listed.

Lester Lane Russell Baytown M.D. Anderson Hospital Houston Russell Holly Forest Park Lawndale Forest Park East Gulf Freeway League City George Parrigin Forest Park Last Burleson County Victoria Russell Frank Whaley Lester B Russell, Jr Robert Whaley U.S. Army Ft. Louis Wash Richard Whaley Larry Russell Stuart Russell T. EB. Rollins C. Fl. Hillen W. D. Macon H. J. Parker J. C. Garrison D. O. Cartlidge

Four-Foot Chicken Snake Arrested in Roseland Oaks

Patrolman Zach Booth captured a four foot chicken snake found in a mailbox in Roseland Oaks on Friday. He wrapped the snake around his arm and brought it to the patrol car before releasing it in a field behind the station. Patrolman W R Dabney assisted, and the incident ends with the snake expected to work for the city. Dial telephones were installed in Edmonton in 1908.

Roseland Oaks Zach Booth Booth W. R. Dabney

Summer School Opens At Ross Sterling High

Baytown students begin summer sessions at Ross Sterling High School with registration at 9 a.m. for elementary and 10 a.m. for junior students. Classes run five days weekly from 7 a.m. to 12 40 p.m. High school permits required, driver education offered in morning sessions, and behind the wheel training starts Monday.

Baytown Ross Sterling High School Winnie Brown Sterling

Baytonian Named To Research Post By Humble

C. M. Floyd named research associate in the Baytown Petroleum Research Laboratory of Esso Research and Engineering Co. He studies lubricating oils with focus on gas engine lubricants in field engines. Floyd, a UT chemical engineering graduate, holds patents and papers with ASME AIChE SAE memberships. He and his wife reside at 176 Bayshore Drive with two sons.

C. M. Floyd Baytown Petroleum Research Laboratory Esso Research and Engineering Co Floyd Chemical Engineering University of Texas American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Institute of Chemical Engineers Society of Automotive Engineers U. S Bayshore Drive

Furry car in Glasgow sports epoxy fur finish

A Glasgow businessman RB Whitehead parks a furry car with epoxy resin paint and a high voltage fiber deposit creating a nap like billiard cloth. The window notice reads You can touch it it won’t bite. The owner runs Glasgow Trim supplying hotel and bar interiors.

Glasgow Scotland RB Whitehead

State plans big teacher pay raise in coming years

The bill would raise starting teachers with a bachelor’s degree from $4,744 to $5,597 in 1965-70 and set a $6,000 minimum for new bachelor’s degree teachers in 1970-71. Provisions include a 5 percent annual rise for ten years, $60 monthly cost of living increases in 1974 and $468 by 1978, with total 1970s costs estimated at $3.2 billion. The local school board boosted starting pay by $701, from $5,814 to $6,515, and expanded raises for experienced and master’s degree teachers.

Associated Press Texas Research Leagues

Funeral notices for Patrick B. O Sullivan and Lester L Russell

Patrick Barduls O Sullivan 76 of Baytown funeral at 10 am Monday at Paul A. Lee Funeral Chapel officiated by Rev. Robert M. Cheek. Burial Cedar Crest Cemetery. He died Saturday in Baytown hospital. Retired Humble Oil supervisor and Baytown First Baptist member survived by wife Ida, three sons, three grandchildren. Lester Lane Russell Sr of Baytown funeral Monday at Chapel of Faith Forest Park East near League City. Burial Forest Park Cemetery. Visitation at Forest Park Funeral Home. Surviving family includes wife Victoria Russell, daughter Elizabeth Russell Whaley, son Lester L. Russell Jr., four sons and relatives. Pallbearers listed.

Patrick B. O'Sullivan Patrick Barduls O'Sullivan Paul A. Lee Robert M. Cheek Westheimer Baptists Church Houston Cedar Crest O'Sullivan Baytown Humble Oil and Refining Co First Baptist ‘Church of Ida M. O'Sullivan Leroy O'Sullivan Patrick O'Sullivan Gordon A. O'Sullivan Susan Elizabeth O'Sullivan Patti Lynn O'Sullivan Jeanie Ann O'Sullivan Lester Lane Russell L Aym Lester Lane Russell Sr Holly Dr Elizabeth Russell Whaley Lester L. Russell Jr Robert Whaley U.S. Array Richard Whaley Lavery Russell Stuart Russell T. E B. Rollins C. H. Hillen W. D. Macon R. L. Parker J. C. Garrison D. O. Cartlidge

Board Sets Tentative School Rental Rates

The school board proposes ten revised rental fees for district facilities. If approved, rates will lower high school auditorium prices by 25 dollars while increasing most other charges. Harlem Elementary retains higher Harlem auditorium cost due to permanent air conditioning. Harlem’s rate has been 50 dollars while Roberts Lee and Ross Sterling auditoriums would be 75 dollars under the new plan.

Roberts, Lee Ross Sterling Harlem Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts

Hospital Notes Admitted to Gulf Coast

Rosa Young of Highlands is admitted to Gulf Coast in Room 22. Douglas Simmons from Baytown is admitted to Room 127. Jimmy Barham of Mont Belvieu is admitted to Room 127. John M. Moore from Baytown is admitted to Room 128.

Gulf Coast Rosa Young Highlands Douglas Simmons Baytown Jimmy Barham Mont Belvieu John M. Moore

My Side of the Mountain at Hamson Theater

The Hamson Theater screens My Side of the Mountain a family friendly film about a Toronto boy Sam living alone in the Canadian woods. Teddy Eccles plays Sam with his raccoon Gus and falcon Frightful as companions while he explores survival and algae experiments inspired by Thoreau and Schweitzer. Theodore Bikel voices a folk singer who arrives and the story highlights conservation and nature appreciation.

Paul Church of God Corinth Christ Jesus Lord Jesus Christ H.A. Moss Wanda Orton Hamson Junior Teddy Eccles Sam Gus Frightful Theodore Bikel Thoreau Walden Toronto

Bush urges graduates to keep idealism and aim for social value

Bush tells graduates to protect rights, balance wealth with optimism, and judge others by merit. He praises campus awareness, urges long term change with redeeming social value, and notes his generation lacked today’s idealism. He says if he could time travel, he’d join today’s generation.

Bush

Teacher from Blytheville and Caruthersville Active in Associations

Price, a Blytheville Ark and Caruthersville Mo teacher, is active in LC chapters of the Texas Association of College Teachers and the Texas Junior College Teachers Association. He lives with wife Adrian and two children at 40H Vae [erve, attends Wooster Baptist Church, is a Roger sville Tenn native, and served in the Armed Forces from 1942 to 1946. His hobbies include sports and bridge.

Blytheville Ark Caruthersville Texas Association of College Teachers Texas Junior College Teachers Association Prices Adrian Cynthia Sammy Wooster Baptist Church Price Rogersville Tenn

School board approves eight new teachers for 1969-70

Employment of eight new teachers for the 1969-70 school year has been approved. New hires include Miss Sallie Brooks Spanish at Highlands Junior School, Mrs. Kathryn Hurzeler kindergarten at James Bowie, Mrs. Diane K. Detwiler language arts at Baytown Junior, Mrs. Barbara J. Owen kindergarten at Bowie, Miguel de los Santos Spanish at Cedar Bayou Junior, Keith Whited speech at Horace Mann Junior, Mrs. Martha Mitchell speech therapist in special education, and Miss Laura Skelton third grade at Highlands Elementary. Resignations: Henry H. Norcomb social studies at Cedar Bayou, retiring, and Connie Bremer special education at Baytown, moving away.

Sallie Brooks Highlands Junior School Kathryn Hurzeler James Bowie Diane K. Detwiler Baytown Junior School Barbara J. Owen Bowie Miguel de Los Santos Cedar Henry H. Norcomb Cedar Bayou Connie Bremer Baytown

School contracts set for paint lumber and duplicating supplies

The school board awarded paint and lumber supply contracts totaling about 11,169 dollars with five bidders Brilton Cravens Lumber Co Cook Paint and Varnish Sheley Lumber Co Sherwin Williams Co and Starett Lumber Co Most supplies fund district summer maintenance. Duplicating fluids and paper bids were rejected from four firms after a recommendation by Purchasing Agent David Sherron who cited rising prices He proposed a 6000 dollar August delivery under the old Ditto Inc contract and an additional 8000 dollars in January through the Harris County superintendent's office.

David Sherron Ditto, Inc Harris County Brilton-Cravens Lumber Co Cook Paint and Varnish Sheley Lumber Co Sherwin-Williams Co Starett Lumber Co Distric A. W. Costley

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