Additions Planned Redernizing School At McNair Gets Board OK
McNair area board okays plans to transform Harlem Elementary into a Ti community school with renovations and additions funded by 1963 bonds. Supt. Gentry outlined phased work targeting Sept 1966 completion, pending interim improvements. Other actions include contracts for yearbook photos, teaching aids, microscopes under NDEA, and a Highlands Junior High band room upgrade. Sterling High School progress report cites April 12, 1966 as predicted completion for the new building with fall 1966 occupancy.
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Gentry
Sterling High School
Elementa Cool
Sam Alford
Knox Beavers
Chadwick Studio
Baytown
G.B. Chatham
Highlands
G. B. Chatham
Chatham
James A. Davis
Bayport Construction Co
Davis
Sent. J
Span-Glass Inc
Sun Spots And Local Notices From City Scene
Sun Spots lists a free barbecue for Knights of Columbus members at the San Jacinto Building Association meeting with an 8 p.m. start and director elections. Also pre-registration at Lee College for the second summer term runs until Thursday night for enrolled and eligible entrants. Trinity County Reunion invites all who lived or live there to a picnic August 15 at Sylvan Beach La Porte. Theta Gamma Beta Sigma Phi posters for their annual fish fry will be prepared at Mrs. John Thomas’s home. Rotary Club hosts a family picnic at Roseland Park Pavilion at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Weather forecasts partly cloudy and warm with isolated thunderstorms. Tuesday temperatures around 75. Galveston tides referenced for Wednesday. Distinguished student Joseph Douglas Wert named among Texas A&M University College of Engineering spring scholars. Bayt Republicans plan Fourth of July outreach at Pineshaven Ranch. speaker is Ed Foreman. McCure wills Shadow 1a8 to meet at p.m. Thursday in Elks Lodge. Gulf Coast Gun Club meets 7 p.m. Tuesday at Chamber of Commerce. two films shown and a 6:30 p.m. board meeting.
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Knights of Columbus
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Jefferson
Gulf Coast Gun Club
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Around Towns Notes and Family Plans
Foreign exchange students SHIDOKHT SADOUGHI and Jo se Tavares met Gemi ni twins Ed White and Jim Mc Diviat at Spacecraft Center. Chester and Mrs Rogers plan a three week vacation. Sarge Roark takes off on a vacation. Marilyn Linder receives an early Christmas present a nickel for a waiting parking meter. Deputy Sheriff Morrison recalls redecorating his office. Mr and Mrs Dickson Baytown attend Will Lawrence’s nephew wedding in Coleman and return via Billsboro. Martha Hemphill heads to Arizona for a family vacation. Pat Brown begins work at The Sun. Mike Hinkle named youngest member of the National Photographers Association at Houston convention.
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Gemini
Ed White
Jim McDiviat
Chester
Rogers
Sarge Roark
Alton Leatrd
Marilyn Linder
Eric Schulze
Eric, Jr
Kari
Kristen
San Antonio
Nolan Schulze
Baytown
Lutheran Bible Camp
Kerrville
C. N. Morrison
R. L. Dickson
Will PF. Lawrence
Coleman
Tex
Billsboro
Martha Hemphill
Arizona
California
Pat Brown
the Sun
Sue Sublett
Mike Hinkle
National Press Photographers Association
Houston
Bob Ussery Leaves HORC Production After 32 Years
R. H. Bob Ussery will retire Aug 2 from Humble Production Goose Creek district after more than 32 years of service. He has been Goose Creek district superintendent since 19. Named district superintendent at Grand Isle and Bayou Sale in 1952. Guardie Krateschmar named to succeed Ussery as Rosenberg district superintendent. A. E. Jones appointed district superintendent at Rosenberg. Jones native of Manilla Iowa. first Humble assignment in 1948 at Tomball. Announcement by John Bell, Houston area manager.
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Bob) Ussery
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Dutch) Krateschmar
Rosenbers
Ussery
Cat Springs
Raccoon Bend
Conroe
Rotary
Tomball
John 15
Bell
Houston
Houston All-City Symphony seeks 3000 for Europe trip
Houston All-City Symphony Orchestra with three Baytown musicians needs 3000 more to fund its Europe tour to the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth Germany. About 2000 was raised at a Music Hall benefit. 2000 more is needed and will be matched by a 5000 pledge from Houston Endowment. Baytown residents can donate via Peoples State Bank.
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Houlston Endowment, Inc
Baytown
Peoples State Bank
After Twenty Years Our World Today
A mosaic of global notes reports on Saigon air operation near 20 miles north, Australian infantry, Dallas and Port Worth leaders, a proposed North Texas airport site, Cuban and Fidel Castro references, a heart attack death in Las Vegas, and NASA astronauts debut near Clear Lake.
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Saigon
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Ann Inter
O Cy Conneils
Dallas
Port Worth
King of
NASA
Clear Lake
Sterling Administrative Staff To Be Named Soon
The school board discussed plans for staffing the new Sterling High School and reviewed a preliminary organizational chart by Mrs Winnie Br printival of Ross Sterling High. Officials noted the chart is an initial study and will be refined to fit the new campus.
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Winnie Br Printival
Ross Sterling High School
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de. Normine
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Brown
Robert E. Lee High
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Stock Market Posts Heaviest Hourly Trading on NYSE
New York trading opens with the heaviest hourly volume in NYSE history at 2.65 million shares as buying surges. The AP notes a broad rally aided by short-covering after four straight loss days, with the Dow up at noon and indexes advancing across industrials rails and utilities.
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New York Stock Exchange
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Associated Press
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Dow Jones
Ross Sterling High School draws eyeballs as town tours new steel-beam campus
A stream of cars slows by Baker Road Extension where the Ross Sterling High School rises as the town’s hot construction topic. Principal Winnie Brown notes community-wide effort shaping planning and goals for a 2500 capacity campus with safety, flexibility, and economy. The design includes 13 classrooms per floor, a gym, auditorium, library, cafeteria, multiple specialized rooms, and 679 parking spaces for about 1,280 seating.
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Baker Road
Garth
North Main
Ross S. Sterling High School
Ross Sterling
Lrs
Winnie Brown
Traffic Crackdown Nets 339 Violators
Baytown police issued 339 traffic tickets over 100 days as part of a concentrated crackdown. Special patrols on Bayway Drive Texas Avenue Highway 146 and Decker Drive led to most tickets, with Fridays and Saturdays busiest. Chief R H Turner and Assistant Chief Mann cited speeding and failure to yield as top offenses and noted an education-focused approach.
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Baytown
Bayown
Mann
Bayway Drive
Texas Avenue
Highway 146
Decker Drive
Turner
Bank Robber Really Is In A Bind
A convicted bank robber Envin Rogers, 43, is sued by American General Insurance to recover 4000 dollars held by the FBI. Rogers was sentenced to five years for the May 6 robbery of South Main State Bank of 7000, with the suit seeking a writ of garnishment against FBI agent Frank Hitt. The money, bound in bank wrappers, was used as evidence and may not be refunded.
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FBI
American General Insurance Co
Envin Rogers
Actuely
Frank Hitt
American General
Laborers Here Get 11 Cent Raise 112 Cent Rise
About 500 Baytown area workers in Construction and General Laborers Local No. 383 will receive wage increases July 7 as the third step of a three year contract negotiated earlier. The raises include a 2.04 dollar hourly rise for semi skilled workers and smaller boosts for supervisory members, with specifics for tenders and plaster trades.
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Construction and Gene Laserers Union
Laborers
Earl
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Lively
Baytown approves teacher pay scale boosts for 1965-66
The Baytown school board approved a new teacher salary schedule increasing minimum pay from 4800 to 5300 and providing for annual rises up to about 706 dollars, with five years to reach full effect. The district expects roughly 828000 more state funds for salaries, while the cost of 1965-66 raises remains undetermined.
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Inet
Texas
W. D. Hinson
Hinson
Bevtown
Paul Parkinson
Karl Qoryshek
Ben Shirey
Parkinson
Baytown Education Association
Opryshek
BEA
Two Baytonians Held in McNair Man Death
Harris County Sheriff's Department holds two Baytown men in connection with the beating death of Ezeklis Williams, found near Jarinto River Bridge on Highway 90. Williams, father of seven, last seen around Barrett Station, with possible death around 1:42 a.m. Saturday. Investigators seek tips.
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Houston
McNair
Jarinto River
Steve Goodnight
Sheriff's Department
Ezek List Williams
Tereta
Houston Area
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Barrett Station
Williams Jeff Horse
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