Deacon Jones Builds Baytown History Card Catalog
Baytown resident Deacon Jones, a retired electrician, is compiling a Baytown area history card catalog at Sterling Municipal Library. The growing index, started in January, now holds about 300 cards and adds 25 to 30 weekly, aided by donations and local archives. He preserves old Sun editions, census records, and newspaper clippings, giving students and historians a searchable timeline of Baytown’s economic and social development.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
Ramo
T. M
Deacon
Deacon Jones
Tober
Baytown Area
Baytenian
Sun
The
Morgan's Point Ferry
Baytown-La Porte Tunnel
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Tory
Mic
News-Tribune
Democrat
Sterling
Withitel
the Sun
Anghuacj
Harrisburg
Liberty
Clear Creek
Sterling Library
Harald J. Matthews
Bagland
William Sears
Olds Wooster
Mapleton
Brownwood
Point Pleasant
W. J. Jones
Texas
Hannah Este Burnet
David G. Burnet
Burnet Drive
Lakewood
William S. Red
Presbyterian Church of Texas
Burnet
Ashbel Smith
de Zavala
Baytown area listings and local notices
Baytown area houses a mix of school drum and trumpet group announcements. Weather forecast predicts cloudy weekend with temperatures between 65 and 85 degrees. Local updates include soldier assignment to Viet Nam, degree recipients at the University of Texas, and community events such as traffic council meeting and theater casting.
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Baytown Area
Galveston
Baytonian Sentenced For Draft Violation
Thomas Gene French 26 of Baytown a Jehovah's Witness was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for violating Selective Service laws He pleaded guilty for failing to report to the Austin State Hospital as two years of alternative service He had been ordered to report April 22 1963 Two other Baytown draft board members appeared before Judge Adrian Spears
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Austin
Thomas Gene French
Baytown
Jehovah's Witnesses
French
Austin State Hospital
Call Tracing Devices Due Here Soon
General Telephone Co. Baytown will receive tracing devices to identify origins of obscene and harassing calls. Installations will be at the request of the Baytown Police Department and only on central switchboards. The system links calls to their source and aids law enforcement under Texas Criminal Code Article 476, in effect since Aug. 30, 1965.
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O. Camberm
General Telephone Co
Baytown
Cambern
Texas
Southwesterm Bell
Harris County runoffs and bond vote light turnout
Voters in 17 East Harris precincts cast fewer than 500 ballots by noon as they chose runoffs for state attorney general and State Representative District 23, plus an $11 million bond for road improvements. Polls close at 7 p.m. in Harris County.
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San Jacinto River
Harris County
East Harris
Crawford Martin
Franklin Spears
Laura Gruz
Gill Rice
East Harris County
Little York
Houston
Baytown Tops Texas in $10,000+ Income Bracket
Baytown ranks third in Texas for residents earning $10,000 or more, at 24.4 percent, behind University Park Dallas at 54.4 and Midland at 29.5. Baytown's overall income spread shows 18.7 percent in $37,600 to $9,999, 30 percent in $4,000 to $6,999, 11.8 percent in $2,500 to $3,999, and 15 percent below $2,495. Population was estimated at 42,000 as of May 1, 1986, per Baytown Chamber of Commerce manager Dave Moore.
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Baytown
Texas
University Park
Dallas
Midland
Dave Moore
Moore
Route Planned for Spur to U S Steel Site Near Baytown
Missouri Pacific outlines tentative four mile spur route to U S Steel proposed site in West Chambers County east of Baytown. Officials expect track installation by start of U S Steel construction. plan aims to minimize residential impact with detailed study ongoing.
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George Ferguson
Missouri Pacific
Baytown
U.S. Steel
West
Chambers County
J. C. Love
Gulf District
J. W. Dolson
Missouri Fuelsie
US 5 Steel
South Main
Alexander Drive
Dolson
Low
U. S. Steel
Humble to Hire 50 More Workers at Baytown Plants
Humble Oil and Refining Co. Baytown Refinery and Enjay Chemical Baytown Plant will hire about 50 new hourly workers in electric, machinist and instrument crafts. Refinery Manager H H Meijer and Chemical Plant Manager J J Coates said total Baytown hires reach about 120 since July 1965, fourth and largest program in 10 months. Applications start Monday at the Community Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Enjay Chemical Co
H. H. Meijer
J. J. Coates
Baytown i
Meier and
Coxtes
Angry Gator satellite abandoned amid Gemini 9 troubles
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Hard luck hit the Gemini 9 crew again as they abandoned the angry al igator satellite and delayed Eugene A Cernan's space walk for 24 hours. Ground control postponed the EVA to Sunday as fatigue and fuel use during the rendezvous increased.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla.ap
Geminni 9
Eugene A. Cernan
Thomas P. Stafford
Mission Control Center
Houston
Tex
Jever
Stafford
Cernan
William C. Schneider
Atlas
Baytown mink farmer eyes 1000 stock soon
Leonard Gibson of Baytown near Chambers County runs a small mink operation with his son Donald. He aims to grow breeding stock toward 1,000 within two years, handling the aggressive animals in cages and sheds while managing feed, veterinary work, and rising costs.
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Don Bibson
Sun
Mike Winkle
Don
Leonard
Jackson
Chambers County
Gibson
Baytown
Drexel Turner
Texas
Leonard Gibson
Donald
Nacogdoches and Bays
Jake
Deeiees
United States
Canada
Alaska
Gilson
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Flora Wilhite
Flora Withite
Trumpet Girls
Sterling High School
Drumond
Rel Brig
Eke Wiltons
Lexington
Ohio
Parker
Ellington
John Durham
Weidrop
Jimmie Shepherd
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
California
W. Fox
Baytown Hospital
Alton Herring
Baytown Little Theater
Toni Kent
E. D. Rahnlquist
Baytooms
Carolyn Barsey
Virginia Wert
Linda Dyer
Europe
ARMY
Larry D. Eatherton
Highlands
I?fard Airborne
Viet Nam
Eatherton
Robert E. Lee
Fort Gordon
Stephen P. Coburn
Alabama
Tom R. Edwards
Mississippi
University of Texas Graduate School
Lawrence Cummings
Dong Ha
Mexico
West Baytown
Kiwanis Club
Rebel Inn
Harry Harvey
Larry Anderson
L. le Anderson
Crosby
Bracketville
Kingsville
Mrs. Anderson
Wharton
Henry E. Stevenson
Clarence H. Stevenson
Franklin and Marshall College
Pennsylvania
Stevenson
Crosby High School
Humble
Billy Anderson
Allison Koonce
Eddie Glover
Leroy Janacek
Buck Leftin
Dale Henson
I. L Clemmons
Lewis Harris
Evelle Gresham
Bert Gresham
Women's Marine Corps
North Carolina
Gresham
Bert
Navy
Rhode Island
Citizens National
F.d.1.c
Baytonian
Baytown San
Peoples State Bank
Harris County Federal
Savings and Loan Asso
Council
MOPAC
Goose Creek Country Club
Albert Fanstiel
Andy Braswell
Pat Ball
Raymond Donnelly
Clem Massey
Fritz Lenham
Jack Morton
George Chandler
Seaborn ‘Cravey
Love
Delson
RB. A. Griesman
R L. Carmical
E. F. Hednett
White
Tri-City
Beach Road
Cedar Bayou
Roseland Park
Gator
Citizens OF Texas Savings
Thad
Felton
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!