City County Road Plan Faces Funding and Lease Talks
A Baytown council meeting discussed a 1965 bond drainage fund use for a joint 50-50 long range study financed by motor fuel taxes from municipalities for street improvements. Officials debated 3000 homestead tax exemptions for widows and disabled persons and considered leasing part of the new police courts building to the county for a courtroom and jail.
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Central Elctriot
Texas Good Roads Association
D. Hinson
Baytown
Ag Samapenee
Texas lawmaker targets bail system with deposit plan
Allen argues defendants often cannot afford bail or bond interest, denying witnesses and investigation. He plans a companion bill to make bail jumping a felony and to curb alleged abuses of the bail bond system, criticizing it as a travesty of justice. Under the deposit system, courts could forfeit the full bail if conditions are not met.
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Allen
Texas
Bids On BH School Due By Thursday
Bids for Barbers Hill High School repairs and remodeling must be submitted to the school business office by 4 p.m. Tuesday March 16. Plans from architect Lowell Lammers call for gym floor work and refinishing, gutter and downspout revisions, interior wall refinishes, and ceiling tile replacement. A 5 percent bid bond or equivalent cashier’s or certified check is required with each bid.
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Mont. Belvieu
Barbers Hill High School
Lowell Lammers
Radio Show KWBA Extends Morning Program
KWBA will extend the morning show Call a Cop by ten minutes daily starting Friday. The program runs from 7:05 to 7:30 a.m. each morning beginning this Friday.
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KWBA
Spanish Keys Apartments Northwood Phase 1 Completed
Native Baytonian Lewis Wilburn announces completion of Phase 1 of Spanish Keys Apartments off Garth Road near Gulf Coast Hospital. The 87-unit complex features seven floor plans, a clubhouse, pool, private patios, and priced from 135 to 250 dollars monthly.
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Spanish Keys
Northwood
Lewis Wilburn
Garth Road
Gulf Coast Hospital
Faye Halsey
Wilburn
Park
Downstair
Halsey
Gulfport
New Orleans
Robert E. Lee High School
Old Miss
North Texas State
L. D. Wilburn
Lillian Wilburn
Funeral notices for Sol Barnes and John Terrell Murdock
Sol Barnes 78 of 2510 Clyde Drive died Saturday in a Baytown hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson and Frazier with Rev. Wallace Burns. burial Evergreen Cemetery Crosby. Survived by wife Rosie Lee Barnes and aunt Sallie Davis. 30 years at Thad Felton Ford Co. Murdock 85 of Route 2 Baytown died Tuesday in a Baytown hospital. Service at 2 p.m. Thursday at Earthman Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. J J Krimmer. burial Memory Gardens. Survived by son W Lurdock, daughter Dorothy Puccio, two sisters, three grandchildren, three great grandchildren. pallbearers named.
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Sol Barnes
Clyde Drive
Johnson and Frazier
Wallace Burns
Baytown
Barnes
Thad Felton Ford Co
Thad Felton
Rosie Lee Barnes
Sallie Davis
Austin
Evergreen Cemetery
Crosby
Johnson and Frazier Funeral Home
John T. Murdock
John Terrell Murdock
Route 2
Earthman Funeral Home
J. J. Krimmer
Mur
Hargrove Becomes Annuitant At Humble Baytown Refinery
Cecil H. Hargrove, formerly a materials clerk at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery Storehouse, has become an annuitant. He joined Refinery Maintenance in 1912 and moved to Storehouse a month later. He and his wife Alta have son Cecil Mac Hargrove of Bonham and daughter Alta Sue Swint of Deer Park, plus six grandchildren. A native of Bell County, he attends Baptist Temple Church and the Masonic Lodge. The Latin phrase caveat tempter means Buy at your own risk.
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Cecil H. Hargrove
Humble Oil and Refinling Co
Baytown
Hargrove
Alta
Cecil Mac Hargrove
Bonham
Alta Sue Swint
Deer Park
Bell County
Baptist ‘Temple Church
Masonic Lodge
Finley Retires From Humble Oil and Refining Co
M. H. (Goolie) Fenley, chief operator in Fuels, retires from Humble Oil and Refining Co. Process Department. A Keltys native, he joined the maintenance department in 1935, worked in boilermakers before moving to Process in 1938. He plans hunting and travel and is a Baptist Church member.
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M. H
Goolie) Fenley
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Keltys
Fenley
Process
Fentey
The
Baptist Church
Policeman to Speak at Brunson Kiddie Show
Sgt. Don Baker of the Bay town Police Department will address youngsters at the Brunson kiddie show on traffic safety. Manager Rufus Honeycutt reports 1000 to 1200 children attend each Saturday, often creating traffic hazards as parents urge children to cross streets. Policewoman Shirley Turner has Saturdays off for school patrol duties, leaving no officer assigned to Saturday theater traffic duty for six months.
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Don Baker
Baytown
Rufus Honeycutt
Honeycutt
Shirley Turner
Free Puppy Seeks New Home from Cheney Coker
A brown and white small mixed breed puppy is offered by Cheney Coker for gifting. Interested parties may call 427-2107. Little League Ladies Auxiliary schedules a 7 p.m. meeting Thursday at Courtesy Ford conference room and invites all Little League mothers to attend.
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Cheney Coker
Teall
Little League Little League
Ford
Little’ ‘League
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