District debates traditional school aims and funding
The Lamar district weighs transportation for 150 transfer students and sets criteria for admittance to a traditional school. Boundary changes aim to improve racial balance, with potential overcrowding at Pumphrey and need for a new north district elementary. Principal Hill will shape curriculum and administration, while teachers anticipate more applicants.
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Clack
Lamar
Citizenshiol
Hill
Clark
Pumphrey
Arlen
Klosterboer
Area Agronomist
Texas Agricultural Extraditional
Dennis Hancock
Nelson concert arrests at Baytown fairgrounds shake city events
In Baytown at the Nelson Spring Concert at the Baytown Fairgrounds, 37 people were arrested. Police and sheriff’s deputies handled public intoxication charges and other offenses as Vanguard Security led security and emergency responders treated attendees for heat exposure and overdoses.
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Clarence Eldridge
Willie
Harris County
Nelson Spring
Baytown Fairgrounds
Justice of the Peace
N. C
Pookie
Morrison's Court
Georgia Womack
Tom Pickens
Toss Peeisenert
Sein
Mts
Womack
Stable
Vanguard Security Service
Funeral Notices for Arthur C Brigs and Others
Obituaries list Arthur C Briggs 85 of Highlands with service at Highlands Methodist Church and burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park. Surviving include wife Ruth, four daughters, four sons, three sisters, 22 grandchildren, nine great grandchildren. services arranged by Earthman Highlands. Also notices for Pearl Walker 65 of Cleveland, Mrs. W. L. Weather, and Mrs. W. A. Miller 81 of Baytown with details of survivors, service times, and burial plans.
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Arhur C. Briggs
Kerry
Highlands
Highlands Methodist Church
Sam Dares
Briggs
Exxon
Sarvicora
Ruth Briggs
Ruth B. Dill
Baton Rouge
Alto
San Jacinto Memorial Park
Troy Alan Davis
Jeffrey Dill
Toby Hearn
Vic Hearn
Mike Sprigge
Warren Briggs
Earthman Highlands Funeral Home
Pace- Stancil Funeral Home Chapel
Cleveland
Tom Fritts
Calvary Baptist Church
Paul ¥. Stephens
Longpoint Baptist Church
Friendship
Cameron
John H. Miller
San Antonio
Dub) Miller
William F. Miller
Baytown
Diso
Mra
Lynn Miller Weiskittel
Baltimore
Marilyn M. Sowles
Austin
Carol Miller
Scott Miller
Patricia Miller Smith
Johnny A. Miller
William F. Miller Jr
Miller
WMU
First Baptisl Church
Accidental Death Ruled In CV Fire
The medical examiner ruled Donald LaRoche death accidental after a Saturday fire at his home. The blaze exposed fourth degree burns and carbon monoxide inhalation as causes. Firefighters found LaRoche in a bedroom. he was a construction worker living at 17709 River Road.
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Channelview
Donald LaRoche
LaRoche
Acre
River Road
Sion
Aerosol Can Blast Damages Baytown Home
Mrs. Neff cooked at 311 Miriam Street when an aerosol can on the stove exploded as burners and oven were on. Pots flew to the back of the stove causing extensive damage to the stove and surrounding area. Neff reported beef cooking for an hour and two burners were in use at the time.
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J. D. Neff
Miriam
Sterling Student Heads to Honduras as Amigo Volunteer
Gary McGee, a Sterling sophomore at 4807 Burning Tree, will serve a second term with Amigos de las Americas in Honduras as part of the immunization program. From July 21 through August 20 he volunteers to learn about and assist Latin American communities. He enjoys camping, outdoor sports, track, water skiing and rabbit hunting.
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Gary McGee
Burning Tree
Sterling
Amigos de Las Americas
Honduras
Gary
Beach City to appoint treasurer and attorney
Beach City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at West Chambers County Community Building to vote on appointing a city treasurer and city attorney. The session will include a preliminary review of the utilities regulatory ordinance.
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Beach City
West Chambers County
Herschel Scott
School Board Holds Closed Hearing on McGee Family Policy Request
The School Board met in closed chambers for about three hours Monday night with Mr and Mrs John McGee their daughter and attorney H N Love for a hearing on conduct policy applications. An executive session was set for 6 p m Thursday in the board room to consider the matter. Trustees also moved the next regular meeting from June 28 to June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McGee
H. N
Love
McGees
Police Here Thanked For Speed Action
James C. Sanders presented a petition to the Baytown City Council asking for a crackdown on speeding on Massey Tompkins Road. He and other signers thanked the police department for the special effort to enforce the 30 mph limit, noting some would risk a Vega’s first notch to support safety. Sanders urged residents to lobby the mayor and council, citing his own son as a Massey Tompkins Road fatality.
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James C. Sanders
Baytown
Massey-Tompkins Road
Police Department
Sanders
Massey- Tompkins
Baytonians' Son Wins Promotion to General Manager
James C. Eilers, son of Mr and Mrs Eddie Eilers of Baytown, is promoted to general manager of operations for Intercontinental Terminal in Deer Park. He is married to Barbara McCarley of Baytown.
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James C. Eilers
Intercontinental Terminal
Deer Park
Eddie Eilers
Baytown
Barbara McCarley
Ford Reagan delegates clash in Ohio and New Jersey
Ford faces 77 Republican delegates with 24 unopposed in Ohio as Reagan campaigns to halt his rival. Carter fights for 152 Democratic delegates with Udall attacking his rival. New Jersey offers 67 GOP delegates with a split field. Both camps clash over campaign ads and loyalty to the party ticket.
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Reagan
Ohio
Carter
Dail
Church
Udall
Georgia
Sean
Wallace
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
New Jersey
California
Brown and Son
Hubert H. Humphrey
Jackson
Harris
McCormack
Brown
President
Sacramento
U.S
Rhodesia
Africa
Faid
Retiring Baytown Teacher End of 42 Year Career
Veteran educator Mrs J Olive Foreman of 2005 W Gulf Baytown ends a 42 year teaching career. She served in Thompson Chapel Church the school district for 25 years as English teacher at Horace Mann Junior G W Carver Wheelock and Fearne districts. She holds a BS in English from Wiley College and did graduate work at Texas Southern University. Foreman has a daughter Mrs Robbie Richardson and three grandchildren Alva Jewel Carl Anthony and Kevin David all of Baytown. She is active in state and local teachers associations.
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Baytown Education Association
National Education Association
Texas Classroom Teachers Association
Baytown Classroom
Teachers Association
Foreman
Thompson Chapel Church
Horace Mann
G. W
Carver
Wheelock Common
Robertson County
Fearne Independent
Wiley College
Marshall
Texas Southern University
Robbie Richardson
Alva Jewel
Carl Anthony
Kevin David
Baytown
Texas State Teachers Association
Four Retired Teachers Honored At Baytown Luncheon
Four retired teachers were honored at a mid day luncheon at Thompson Chapel Christian. Olive Foreman Mary Johnson Goldie Moye and J D Walker received plaques commemorating their combined service to the church and Texas public schools. Baytown Junior-School principal E C Woods presented the awards. Preparation committee was led by Margaret Thompson and Catherine White served as emcee.
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Thompson Chapel Christian Methodist Church
Olive Foreman
Mary 8. Johnson
Goldie B. Moye
J.D. Walker
Public Schools of
Texas
E. C. Woods
Baytown
Margaret Thompson
Catherine White
Three Boaters Rescued From Trinity Bay
ANAHUAC Liberty County sheriff reports three men from Liberty were found Monday in an 18 foot motor boat that ran out of gas. The boat was towed to Smith Point by a shrimp boat around noon. The trio, identified as Bob Free Kittens Dunigan and two passengers, were unharmed after drifting about a few hours. The sheriff’s office had searched for the vessel after it failed to return Sunday night.
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Schultz
Klosterboer
Chambers County
Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
Carroll
Gene Nelson
Anahuac
Liberty
Louis Otter
Smith
Bob
Dunigan
Sheriff's Department
Burglary and Radio Thefts Reported in Baytown
Baytown police investigated a weekend burglary at B and B Insulation warehouse on Bayway 7026, with hand and power tools missing pending inventory. Norma Jean Cloudy reported a 1976 Oldsmobile stolen from her east side street valued at 9200. Judy Craig and A L Jacobs reported CB radio thefts from cars at the school building and Robert E Lee baseball field, values listed as unknown and 160 respectively.
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Moray
Baytown
Kenneth Baughman
Bayway
Norma Jean Cloudy
Birdsong
Baytonian Is Injured In Car Accident
A Baytown woman was injured in a two car crash at Main and Gulf at 3 42 p m Monday. David Michael Munson 19 of 605 N Main allegedly ran a stop sign and caused the collision with Dorothy G Knight 50 of 704 Parkway. Knight was taken to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Munson was charged with turning a stop sign and driving while intoxicated.
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Baytown
Main
Gulf
Danny Tolleson
David Michael Munson
N. Main
Dorothy G. Knight
Parkway
Knight
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Tolleson
Munson
Mobile homes spark call for city ordinance
Rowland urged a specific mobile home ordinance while a survey listed more than 100 mobile homes in paide theory. A building permit was granted to C R Adams for two one story three bedroom houses occupying 15081 square feet at Cherry Point. Councilman Cotten pushed action on fly spraying for Chambers County bins and Williams announced street signs for Winfree Fudge intersection. Two youths Lary Lawrence and James Davis hired for summer city utility work. Susan Huddleston earned a license and a $25 monthly raise was approved pending salary committee.
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Rowland
Betty Jo Epperson
C. R. Adams
Cherry Point
C. J. Cotten
Chambers County
Matthews
Douglas Dugat
T. W. Williams
Winfree
Fudge
Lary Lawrence
James Davis
City
Williams
Susan Huddleston
Lost Collie Near Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road
A collie is missing in the Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road area. People with information are asked to call 4273098.
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Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
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