09 Mar 1956
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1956
Page
1
Enquote Washington discusses immediate steps following an unspecified event. The text references Ezra T and mentions possible aid from Rysbpaty without clear actions or outcomes. The fragment provides limited context for a fuller report.
City officials move to discard its earlier annexation plan and adopt new territory rules after flagging possible noncompliance with state law. Chandler notes the 2,500 acre strip north of the city includes Decker Drive and much of Highway 73, with questions whether the territory is truly adjacent as required.
Kolaches pies and bread will be sold by the Mothers Club of Sacred Heart School Crosby on Saturday morning in front of the Crosby theater. Proceeds will go into the school fund. Parking lot near Memorial Baptist church site at Jones and West Pearce nears completion. Bernice E Good enlists for the 8th Infantry Division at Fort Carson bound for Germany. VFW members urged to report 2:40 PM Saturday at Texas and Hempstead to join the Bar ing parade. Commander Kim McClellan requests attendance.
Abbott finesses with a board showing an L on one check and a C T on the other. J Toss White draws a crowd with one of his many tales. Don Walker greets Ms friends at a Uday Jeave event. Harvey Powell makes sharp remarks about soft voices at the piano. Melba Jackson returns from San Francisco visiting in style. Gwen Epperson struggles on a quick school trip. Normé Williams goes wild with nissorgs and starts a new ap mete. Homer Everitt mimics Charlie Chan on the Lae campus. Pud Wilson and Mitshell get a chance to play cops and robbers.
Old Toronto man confessed Friday to having two wives living within a block of each other near Valentine’s Day. George McMahon’s first wife, Lettie Peters, 27, he wed in 1847 and she bore his five children. He later married wife No. 2, Darbar J. Smith, 21, on New Year’s Eve, all while living with both families in adjacent homes. The constable noted neighbors were aware of the situation as McMahon’s two households shared a back yard and faced each other.
Dayton resident Charley T. Barker, 34, said he had trouble parking his new car Friday night and police charged him with leaving the scene of an accident after his car struck three garages a house a convertible a tree a rosebush a fence and damaged three lawns.
Baytown city council tightens garbage charges saying all citizens able to pay must cover the monthly pickup fee. Councilman Al Clayton cites nonpayers while defending exemptions for widows and pensioners as the dispute ends with residents resisting discriminatory charges.
Oxford Pennsylvania resident police report a midnight fire in a wood and cardboard two room shack on the borough line killed twelve members of one African American family. Victims include Katherine Twyman 35 and her children ages 2 to 20 plus two grandchildren. John Twyman husband was away in Baltimore.
Ben Ramsey, 52, a San Augustine lawyer, announced he will seek an unprecedented fourth term as Texas lieutenant governor on the Democratic primary ballot. He pledged honesty and integrity in state government and called for strict laws to bar legislators from voting on matters involving personal or client interests. Ramsey joins A. M. Aikin Jr. and Co. T. Johnson in the race, with Johnson previously alleging campaign expenditure issues connected to Ramsey.
Washington reports Democrats hopeful of defeating the farm bill provisions. The Senate rejected a 90 percent price supports restore for cotton corn peanuts and rice 41 to 4 1 with 11 senators voting for. The fight shifts to wheat. House committee backs 2 billion missiles program and atomic powered aircraft. Senate probe of East West trade questions Weeks as copper shipments to allies are cited.
In Pasadena Texas Ralph Yarborough former governor candidate urged Texans to send a Democratic national convention delegation He argued Texans have long sent Republicans to Democratic conventions and urged loyalty to the Democratic party He also criticized state insurance scandals and what he called a hostile national administration.
Shriners annual drive peaks with a 3:30 p.m. Saturday parade in Baytown, hailed as the largest yet, moving from West Texas to Fourth Street. Civil Air Patrol plans a plane landing near Lee College and a Be-47 jet flyover if conditions permit, while CAP cadet drill teams march in the parade. A Friday 7:30 p.m. show at Lee High School Theatre kicks off a fundraising effort for Shrine Crippled Children Hospital, with Joe Jaubert of Houston performing magic and humor.
The council formed a committee including Rufus Bergerson Lacy Bush and Al Clayton to confer with Houston Lighting and Power and Houston Natural Gas about plans if city hall closes on Saturdays. The issue was referred after discussion on whether to extend weekend hours.
Baytown plans two new swimming pools at Robert E. Lee and Carver high schools completed at a cost of 23479 dollars and set to open by summer. An inspection by the full school board and Supt. George B. Gent is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Saturday to review the facilities.
Dr Charles Wray Gillette, a Baytown native and naval veteran, opens a dental office in the Meister Building on East Texas after attending Lae College University of Houston and the University of Texas. His career spans service in the Navy during World War II including Sicily, France, and the Pacific, culminating in a homecoming to practice dentistry locally.
Thirteen Kiwanis Key Club members depart with Roy White and Dr. Jesse Kirkpatrick to attend the Texas Oklahoma District convention at the Roosevelt hotel in Waco over the weekend. Baytown’s James Strickland seeks the district governorship as officers are elected the meeting’s second day. Ronald Dean represents Baytown in a talent contest. Participants include Jamies Stricklin, Danny Bauer, Reggie King, Wilbert Walker, Bruce Walker, Don Vanya, Don Lumley, Joe Antie, Jesse Kirkpatrick Jr, Fred Rabin, Wyman Lee Shaw, Jerry Strickler, J. Robert Barnes and Reynolds.
A 168 acre Kennedy land tract sold for 252000 completing a transaction. Details mention Jetts Fieming Gulf Lord and suburban/urban descriptions with partial unclear wording regarding tract particulars. Further readable facts indicate the sale was completed and the price paid.
Estelle Doucet a 34 year old woman at Memorial hospital San Jacinto revived after doctors found no heartbeat during anesthesia for surgery. Surgeons opened the upper abdomen and diaphragm to reach the heart and massaged it while artificial respiration and oxygen were administered for about 30 minutes until breathing resumed. She was conscious and well at noon Friday.
Baytown City Council ordered installation of a private branch exchange to improve city hall service. Manager Middleton to hire an operator at 175 dollars monthly. two lines will be integrated into an intercom system. Project reduces monthly bill from about 140 to roughly 110. Other actions include Sunset drive street study, drainage relief request, recreation council budget approval, and a telecoms return explanation.
Robert E. Lee high school band earned one of the festival’s top ratings at the Southeast Texas Music Festival held March 3 in Conroe. Director J. C. Burkett said the band performed three pieces under critic Al Wright of Purdue University, receiving high marks for technique, intonation, and expression, with one noted minor rhythm flaw. The group heads to Texas City for a band clinic before returning to Baytown for a Shrine parade and a public performance at Lee High School Auditorium later.
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