Scouts Lease 80 Acres For Camp Friendswood Near NASA
Bayshore District Boy Scouts secure an 8 acre tract in Clear Lake City Bayport area to be leased for $1 a year by Friendswood Development Co. to form Camp Friendswood. The site will serve 50 units and 2,200 scouts in the Bayshore District with access for Houston area units, nine rebuildable cabins, and a wilderness camping goal near NASA facilities.
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Bayshore
Baytown
Friendswood Development Co
Sam Houston Area Council of
Boy Scouts of America
Friendswood
Clear Lake City
Bayport
NASA
Lunar Science Institute
Forest Lake
Camp Friendswood
Hous
Ben Love
Sam Houston
Charles L. Pence
Sam Houston Area Council
U. S
Chambers
Delegates To Firemen Meet Chosen Here
Delegates from Baytown Volunteer Fire Department Station 3 are chosen to attend the State Firemen's Convention in Dallas, June 7 to 9. Jack Pennington Gilbert Contreras Sonny Hoover and L M Oliver will serve as delegates with Oliver as voting delegate. wives of the delegates will represent the Ladies Auxiliary.
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Baytown
Dallas
Jack Pennington
Gilbert Contreras
Sonny Hoover
L. M. Oliver
Middleton retires from Office of Civil Defense Region 4
C Darwin Middleton, Baytown city manager from 188 to 1958, retires from the Office of Civil Defense Region 4 headquarters in Battle Creek Michigan. A Michigan field officer, Middleton has served with OCD since 1958 and will relocate with his family to Orlando Florida.
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C. Darwin Middleton
Baytown
Office of Civil Defense
Region 4
Battle Creek
Mich
Michigan
Middleton
OCD
Middletons
Orlando
Fla
Poole Funeral Services for Mrs Willie Belle Poole
Funeral services for Mrs Willie Belle Poole 82 of 1116 Edison Courts will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Paul A Lee Chapel Funeral Home with Rev J J Krimmer of Trinity Tabernacle officiating Burial will follow at Memory Gardens of Baytown Cemetery She died in a Baytown hospital at 6 a m Monday A native of Akron Alabama she moved to Baytown eight years ago She was a member of Trinity Tabernacle Survivors include one son William Travis Farr of Baytown two grandchildren Mrs Brenda Lindsey and Ronald G Farr both of Baytown six great grandchildren and two sisters of Birmingham Alabama Pallbearers will be Dan Savell G L Kiland G B Chatham C M Beaird J E Burgess and J H Furney
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Willie Belle Poole
Edison Courts
Paul A. Lee
J. J. Krimmer
Trinity Tabernacle
Baytown Cemetery
William Travis Farr
Baytown
Brenda Lindsey
Ronald G. Farr
Birmingham
Ala
Dan Savell
G. L. Kiland
G. B. Chatham
C. M. Beaird
J. E. Burgess
J. H. Furney
Free motherhood aid course offered by Bay Town Red Cross
The Bay Town Red Cross Chapter offers a free A MOTHER'S AIDE course on baby and young child care. Classes run 10 a.m. to noon on June 5, 10, 13 and 17 at Memorial Baptist Church. Call 427-3114 to register.
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Baytown
East Texas Indians Improve Tour Site
East Texas Indians of the Alabama and Coushatta Tribe announce 1971 tourist upgrades near Livingston. The Tombigbee Lake Camp Ground is complete with a new Tribal Dance Square Living Indian Village and a train ride track. Big Sandy Creek Camp Ground and enhanced tours add forest and swamp roads. Open through Labor Day 9 am to 6 pm weekdays and Saturdays 12:30 to 6 pm Sundays. Reservation is 0 miles north of Houston on US Highway 190.
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Livingston
East Texas
Tombigbee Lake
Fulton Battise
Alabama
Coushatta
Texas
Lake
Big Sandy Creek
Alabama and Coushatta
Houston
U.S. Highway 190
Texas' Private Ocean Is Texas Star Feature
A Texas Star feature highlights the Gulf Coast as a personal ocean with coast line sights and low cost activities. Leon Hale writes on July Fourth plans, coast events, and regional spots. Carol Burnett’s rise from San Antonio to TV fame is covered in Hank Moore’s feature.
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Texas
Texas Star Feature
Austin
Caral Burnett
Texas Star
Leon Hale
Texas Gulf Coast
Hale
Hugh Williamson
Williamson
San Antonio
Carol Burnett
Hank Moore
Carol
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Penny Davis
Sterling High School
Baytown Police Association
Lee College
Joel Whitaker
James T. Hagee
Mary Davis
Penny
Sterling
Wanda Orton
ART League
Danny Rodgers
James Ford
League
Rodgers
Ross Sterling
Elton L. Rodgers
Pinemont
Ford
W. L. Ford
Scarlett
B. W. Dowler
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
C. E. Wilson
Scout Council
Finland
Gibbon
N. Alexander Drive
East Texas Indians
Cherelle
Chevrolet
America
Car and Driver Magazine
Impala
Automolice Industries
U.S.A
Motor Service
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