School Funds Earn Highest Interest Rate for District Bonds
School Finance Director Robert Sauls reinvested $1 million for six months at 5.42 percent under Citizens National Bank as part of the district depository contract tied to the U S Treasury Bill rate. Additional investments included $300000 for 50 days at 3.23 percent and $250600 for 60 days at 5.03 percent. The district expects to gain more funds for its building program as higher rates persist and the Lands bond proceeds are reinvested.
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Johnella Boynton
Citizens National Bank
Robert Sauls
Federal Reserve System
Sauls
U. S. Treasury
Rowles, Winston & Co
Two School Bids Are Within Estimates
A Baytown area notice summarizes local bids within estimates for school projects while listing incidents and events. Ricky Allen Jordan was treated after a Market Street incident near Lee High School, Linda Guice also injured. Science fair at St Joseph’s Junior High set for Saturday with judging 10 am to noon and public viewing 1 to 5 pm. Cub Rally postponed to April 2 with rounds to share rally info. Heart Fund Drive notes areas not yet covered and total raised $1,954. Galveston tides forecast Saturday high of 6:12 am and 5:38 pm with low at 12:18 pm. Central Fair to Friday night improving cloudiness through Saturday and warmer temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricky Allen Jordan
E. Fayre
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Market Street
Robert E. Lee
Linda Sue Guice
Travis
Baytown Hospital
ST. Joseph'’S Junior High School
Raytown
Craigmont
Ponderosa
Glen Arbor
Pelly
Thad Johnson
Ralph Kunz
Johnson
Fox family weekend trip and local notes
John Fox and family travel to Pleasanton to visit his sister Mrs H L Akridge while other community members send updates. Mrs Victor Waddell leaves Houston hospital, Dorothy McKay retires as a California principal, and her dentist son is mentioned. L R Daniels and Jay Hendrick join the Noon Optimists Club as Ora Lee Lyons heads to Chicago with a new grandchild.
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John
Lorene Fox
Pleasanton
H. L_ Akridge
Victor Waddell
Houston
Haskell Pruett
Dorothy McKay
California
Eddie Beal
Baytown
Judy Burnette
Orlean Hickerson
Ora Lee Lyons
Chicago
L. R. Daniels
Jay Hendrick
Noon Optimists
Lester Alford
Shel McDonald
Abe Simon
Ken
Mike McKee
Robert E. Lee
Bob Walford
Sharon
Incumbent Baytown Councilman Bal Exits Race
District 7 council member Pat Bal announced he will not seek re election and endorses Braswell and Fanestiel for reelection. Filing ends March 2 with Braswell and Fanestiel filed in Districts 4 and 5. Ward and Ptacek filed in Bal’s district. election April 2. Absentee voting March 12 to 29 at city hall.
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Pat Bal
Albert Fanestiel
Andy Braswell
Braswell
Fanestiel
Baytown
W. J. “Dub” Ward
Ptacek
Ball
Edna Oliver
City Hall
Scarborough dies BAYTOWN pharmacist and civic leader
Thomas C. Scarborough a Baytown pharmacist for 42 years and longtime leader in business and civic affairs died Thursday after a several week illness. Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 am at Cedar Bayou Methodist Church. Burial in Cedar Crest Cemetery under Earthman Funeral Home direction. He was owner of Scarborough's pharmacy and a director of Citizens National Bank, member of Masonic Lodge 473 AF and AM in Grapeland, the Scottish Rite Arabia Temple in Houston, Baytown Chamber of Commerce and Cedar Bayou Methodist Church. He came to Baytown in 1927, native of Grapeland, Texas, graduate of the University of Texas College of Pharmacy in 1925.
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Thomas C
Tommy” Scarborough
Baytown
Cedar Crest Cemetery
Earthman Funeral Home
Scarborough
Tri City Beach Road
Citizens National Bank
Masonic Lodge
Grapeland
Scottish Rite Arabia Temple
Houston
Houston County
University of Texas College of Pharmacy
Galveston
East Texas
Beytown
W. K. Quinn
Quinn
Scarborough's
Main
In Like Lamb Out Like Lion in Baytown Weather
March began with a cold snap in Baytown as readings hit 29 degrees around 6 a.m. Friday, one degree above the U.S. Weather Bureau forecast. Conditions are expected to moderate overnight Friday as the month proceeds.
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Baytown
U.S. Weather Bureau
Sterling Plans for Barbecue Offcers of the Ross
Sterling High School German Club will hold a barbecue at the Baytown Community Building next Saturday night to raise funds for member travel to the Texas Association of German Students convention in Huntaville. Dinner features half chicken, potato salad, baked beans, bread and drink. hours 11 am to 3 pm. German band will perform. Donations are $1.50 per meal and proceeds support travel costs for club members.
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Ross Sterling High School
Baytown
Mra Janise
Hoover
Parks and Recreation Department
Sherrie Purcell
Cheater Read
Brett Gooffarth
Huntaville
Sterling
Attack on Khe Sanh Base Ended Promptly
More than 500 North Vietnamese troops assaulted the Khe Sanh Combat Base before dawn. They breached the barbed wire ring but were driven back with at least 70 killed. Red infantrymen supported by sapper units attacked the base's eastern perimeter held by a battalion of 400 South Vietnamese troops as U.S. Marines remained on high alert.
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Khe Sanh
Vietnam
Red
U. S. Marine
South Vietnnam
Accreditation group to visit Crosby Schools
Crosby schools face an accreditation review as the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges plans a visiting team. Superintendent O R Perkins urges a 6 30 p m called meeting with trustees to discuss the visit, the first since 1958 when the district was accredited.
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Crosby
Southern Association of‘Secondary Schools and Colleges
Supt O. R. Perkins
Perkins
Southern Association
Association
Evening Optimist Club Awards Fete Set Monday
The Baytown Evening Optimist Club will name the annual Optimist of the Year at the birth day celebration Monday night in the Junior Optimist Building on Market Street. Charter members and past recipients are honored. the club supports youth programs, contributes to Boys Harbor, sponsors Youth Appreciation Week, and runs the Dittman Scholarship Fund. Current officers include Steele McDonald president and Lee Robertson vice president.
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Baytown
Clip
Boys Harbor
la Porte
Dittman
Albert Thomas Circle
Steele McDonald
Barry Nettles
Sam Deshazo
Lee Robertson
Don Stacey
Jim Carter
BH Grocer Files in Barbers Hill School Board Race
Douglas Williams of Mont Belvieu filed to run for one of two Barbers Hill School Board seats. Incumbent Bobby Joe Austin seeks reelection. Willie Kilgore has not filed. Filing closes March 16 with election April 6 at the Mont Belvieu sub courthouse. Absentee voting March 13 to April 2. Holdovers: Harvey Cotten, N G Dardin, Whalen Green, Joe Blythe, Richard Johnson. Filing at School Supt J O Horn’s office in the elementary building.
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Douglas Williams
Williams
Mont Belvieu
Barbers Hit
Bobby Joe Austin
Willie Kilgore
O. E. Forbus
Barbers Hill
Harvey Cotten
N. G. Dardin
Whalen Green
Joe Blythe
Richard Johnson
J. O. Horn
Indian Shores Officials Not In District Move Bid
A group of 60 Indian Shores residents seeks to de annex from the Crosby School District and join the Huffman district. Indian Shores spans 967 acres with 650 in Crosby and 327 in Huffman. The subdivision says it has no stance and will remain neutral while noting 200 jets are in Huffman and a Crosby section will open. A petition was submitted to the Crosby school board asking permission to transfer the Crosby portion to Huffman.
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Indian Shores
Crosby
Huffman
Craig C. Cook
Cook
Crosby School Board
Crosby Board
Martha Ann Hemphill Wins Multiple Texas Press Women Awards
Bay town Sun editor Martha Ann Hemphill won four first place prizes for writing layout and editing, plus six second places and a third in the Texas Press Women contest. Entries included Focus on Fashion and a News feature on a peanut brittle recipe, with national judging pending in Wichita Kansas.
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Martha Ann Hemphill
Bay
Town Sun
Texas Press Women, Inc
Violet W. Stone
TPW
Martha Ann
The
Sum
National Press Women
Wichita
Kan
D. Thomas
Baytown Service
Laasque
Tor Ia
Nella Broussard
Bids Open For Bowle and Dustin School Additions
The school board meets 5 p.m. Monday to consider awarding contracts for proposed renovations at Bowle and Dustin Elementary Schools. Bids opened Thursday for the district’s 7.77 million capital improvements were within estimates, with Fleetwood Construction of Houston the apparent low bidder on Bowie air conditioning and a 12 classroom addition and a media center.
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Bowle and
Dustin
Bowie
Austin
iFleetwood
Chatham
Fleetwood
James A. Davis
Bowie School
Austin School
BHM Construction Co
Baytown
Epco Construction Co
Rowe - Mayfield
Day Savell
Span - Glass
BHM and
Wood Leppard Construction Co
Seth Mitchell
James Ellis
Kari W. Opryshek
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Tention
Tommy Scarborough
Sana
Texas Education
U. S
Sea Crosby
Optimist Club
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