Local graduates and promotions in 1957 era notices
Robert Allen Jones earns a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from Rice Institute and joins Phi Lambda Upsilon and Sigma Tau. Robert Johnson promoted to specialist at Fort Eustis, a 1957 La Porte High School graduate. H. M. Massay funeral held in Clayton New Mexico. Charles Richard Thorpe receives an M S in electrical engineering from the University of Texas. Dr Santiago Canclini to preach at First Mexican Baptist Church with revival services through Sunday.
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Robert Allen Jones
R. A. Jones
Virginia
Rice Institute
Jones
Phi Lambda Upsilon
Sigma Tau
Robert Johnson
Randall Johnson
South Ohio
la Porte
Fort Eustice
Third Transportation Training Group
la Porte High School
Thorpe
Charles Richard Thorpe
Mississippi
University of Texas
Santiago Canclini
Buenos Aires
Argentina
First Mexican Baptist Church
Cypress
Bomb threat interrupts commencement at Lee College
An eight hundred person audience at Robert E Lee auditorium heard no warning as a bomb scare prompted no evacuation during the graduation program. Police and officials determined to keep the ceremony going while a search found nothing amiss. Officers suspect the same caller as last year.
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Lee College
Robert E. Lee
Roy Montgomery
W. M. Westmoreland
Montgomery
Dean
Robert E Lee High School
R. WW
Bo) Turner
Catholic Daughters
A. H
Art) Lintelman
Tur
Catholic Daughters Ofner
B. R. Hardy
Aux- America
Fletcher Hick
Lt. Joseph
W. H. Tayschool
La Porte Traffic Survey Leads City Commission Action
La Porte officials discuss a traffic survey committee to align with a forthcoming traffic ordinance drafted by City Attorney Charles Pitman. The panel will study speed zones, signs, signals, and routes, with appointment planned next week. Officials reiterate that city construction decisions require full commission approval, not a single member.
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la Forte
Billy Stabs
Charles Pitman
la Porte
Proba
Harold P. Pfeiffer
Odell Brown
Stabs
Miss Henneke tops LC graduation honors in 124th class
Miss Patricia Louise Henneke Lee College’s most honored graduate received the Phi Theta Kappa award and a Baytown Education Association scholarship along with offers from SMU and Texas Tech. She plans to teach English after UT graduation and balanced academics with hospital work and campus leadership. About 800 people attended the 124 graduate commencement at Robert E Lee High School.
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Patricia Louise" Henneke
Lee College
Robert E. Lee ‘High School
Henneke
Lee’ College
Baytown Education Assn
Southern Methodist University
Texas Tech
A. F. Henneke
Alabama
Pat
University of Texas
Baytown Hospital
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Gamma Phi Kappa Sorority
Student Assn
Ranglerettes
Cow
Mary
McKinmay
Taxes ' Bowers
Donald Stephen KeAlvaney
Viola Cokor Lannon
Billy Rex McNeese
Doniie
Rae Wiliams
Victor, Waddell
Carol
Ann Alley
Fred
Nancy Wynelle Vernon
Doris Creel Galloway
Walter
Paul Chase
Ronald Gieger
da’ Louise Wells
Wall Street Journal
Patcase
Fedal Aid
Wall Street
Molly “Ann ‘Hornsby
E. H. Westmoreland
South Main Baptist Church
George H. Genity
Dean Walter. Rundell
Rev Haygood Assigned to Tyler Church in Texas
The Rev Hooper Haygood, pastor of St Johns Methodist for five years, will leave Thursday for Tyler to become pastor at St Pauls Methodist Church after Texas Annual Conference assignments read by Bishop A Frank Smith. He was named chairman of the social concerns board for the Texas Conference and previously led churches in Canton Crosby Huntsville and Abilene. He is a graduate of Perdue School and SMU Theology.
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Hooper Haygood
St. John's Methodist Church
Tyler
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
The
Methodist Church
Houston
A. Frank ‘Smith
Higgood
Chris‘dam
Texas
Canton
Crosby
Wesley Church
Hunteville
Pertus
Southern Methodist University
Local teens and adults share summer plans and news
J T Bowling returns rested from a two week vacation while Larry Phillips explains racing car topics to friends. Laura Woods discusses her dad's Republican leanings and Sue Jones with Martha Lilly plan a late July vacation. Karen Black leaves Tintern for summer camp with family at 1906 Gillette. Reagan Simmons and Earl Harvey plan golf. Alan Baumann vacations in Florida. James Shires seeks a summer job like many Baytown teens. Kathy Gunn and David Gunn look forward to hockey practice. J E Treadway and Maurice Weiner seen in art scenes. Lanier is in Gulf Coast Hospital Room 219 improving and expects visitors.
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J. T
Cotton
Larry Phillips
Laura Woods
Sue Jones
Martha Lilly
Karen Black
W. B. Black Jr
Gillette
Tintern
Reagan Simmons
Earl Harvey
Alan Baumann
N. FE. Baumann
Minnesota
Florida
James Shires
Baytown
Kathy
David Gunn
J. E. Treadway
Maurice Weiner
Lanier
Gulf Coast Hospital
Two Pasadena Men Killed In Wreck Near Dickinson
In Galveston County early Saturday a one car crash three miles east of Dickinson left two men dead and four injured. Victims from Pasadena were Robert Stevenson 30 and Royce Duckworth 23. injured were Jim Herod 42 Eddie Dudaworth 23 William Justice 42 and E. J. Dixon 31. The car reportedly flipped on a sharp curve near a Gulf Free road after 12 45 a m. Driver William Justice 42 from Pasadena was hospitalized in LaMarque.
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Andrew Eubanks
Gulf Free
Dead letters and misaddressed mail at Baytown Post Office
Baytown postal workers process 18,000–20,000 outgoing and up to 50,000 incoming pieces daily with 15–20 undeliverable letters. Dead letters go to regional offices for address recovery. if unresolved, letters are destroyed or auctioned if contents are saleable.
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Baytown
Dallas
Fort Worth
Dead Letter Office Excerpt From Baytown Prete
Fragmentary note from DinBien Baytown Prete describes the dead letter office processing daily mail and the grim fate of unclaimed letters. Contains garbled phrasing and unclear names but centers on post office duties and letter handling practices.
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Timat
DinBien
Baytown Prete
Engineers Set Austin Hearing On Wallisville Refuge
The State Board of Water Engineers will hear Wallisville Landowners Assn. at 10 a.m. Friday, June 10, in Austin regarding the U S Army Corps of Engineers plan for a 23.20 acre reservoir near Trinity River mouth and a wildlife refuge needing 6 725 additional acres. A Mont Belvieu co chair says a 7 p.m. June 7 meeting at Barbers Hill High School will discuss attendance and letter writing to Durwood Manford at 201 East 14th Austin Texas urging views. The group formed three weeks ago to oppose the project, favoring a smaller reservoir and no wildlife refuge.
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State Board of Water Engineers
Wallisville
Matthews
Durwood Manford
East 14Th
Austin
Tex
Wallisville Landowners Assn
Congress
Washington protests over alleged anti American propaganda
The United States filed a formal protest about an intense official campaign and a list of anti American activities. The note aimed to set the record straight amid reports spread by streams linked to a foreign leader during travels in the region.
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Washington
United States
Guba Angele
Stander
Dong
Ceban
Chevalie Dorfhens
Homkl
Property Room Harbors Host Of Missing Items
Baytown Police Headquarters storage handles lost and found items and evidence goods for at least nine days before auction. Public identification permitted. weapons kept until trial completion. Mo zelie Davis oversees registration. car parts and liquor also stored. Public reclaim encouraged as items range from purses to stolen vehicles.
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Mozelle Davis
Baytown
Mozelie Davis
Texas Hit By Winds Rain and Hail Across State
A severe weather outbreak struck Texas with high winds heavy rain and hail. Perryton reported 1.9 inches of rain causing street flooding and temporary highway closures. A fire started by lightning damaged a home and a business. Power outages affected Bellaire and West University areas of Houston. No injuries were reported as temperatures topped 106 to 108 degrees across several cities.
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Texas
Perryton
Panhandle
Bellaire
West University
Laredo
College Station
Cotulla
del Rin
Junction 10
New College Panel Sets First Meeting for June 6
East Harris County Junior College District trustees sworn in Thursday plan their first regular meeting Monday from 6 to 8 pm at Pasadena School Administration Building. They authorize acquiring a 140 acre Spencer Highway site, a federal surplus land tied up in court. Trustees include Gilbert McCollum Jr and Gordon Ball, with other members from Pasadena, Galena Park, Baytown, La Porte, and Deer Park.
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East Harris County Junior College
Pasadena
East Broadway
Bill Elliott
Spencer Highway
le Porte
Ft J
Union Junior College
Bae Sen Beth Tution
Smith Gredeaies Smith Receives Mass at Exercises
An individual named Smith Gredeaies John C SMT, age 32, received a mass at arms Saturday during exercises at Oye las.
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Smith Gredeaies
John C. Smt
Ards
Jercises
Oyelas
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