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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1956
Page
2
New York sources report the national antiques show at Madison Square Garden expands with memorabilia from wider sources. The piece notes nostalgia may be lacking for some items such as a wooden wash tub linked to a hand pumped vacuum cleaner, advertised as a combination device.
CAP continued from page one details the CAP SARCAP exercise near La Porte with Major Behymer expecting about ten percent turnout from Baytown. training targets include parachutes or wrecked aircraft within a hundred miles. Antiques show highlights from 1806 with a wooden tub and washboard, copper washing machine, and century-old home life tips, illustrating old methods contrasted with modern life.
Allen Finkle Moore 79 died at home in Crosby at 2 a.m. Funeral plans await family contact with daughter Abrs Inez Jones who moved to California. Body to Barthlian funeral home in Highlands. Moore, Albany Masonic lodge member, survived by daughters Lela Taylor and Resis Dial, sons Elmer, Otto, and Allen Jr., brothers J. D. Moore and FLL Moore, and 18 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Lions club heard a color presentation on Alaskan game hunting by Jimmy Carpenter assisted by Freeman Pruett and Tommy Morrison. The meeting continued with President Jack Strick presiding as members noted the program's highlights.
Conshohocken fire crews report trouble locating incidents as radios deliver mixed Spanish voices from an unknown source on the fire engine systems. Officials blame faulty transmission and unclear signals that impede early response.
Baytown representatives will join Harris County Mayors and Councilmen at the Igloo cafe in Jacinta City to discuss a countywide sanitary sewer system. Attending are Weston McElroy of the Sanitation authority City Manager Darwin Middleton Mayor Fr Pruete and association president Clyde Garr with possible Wooster councilmembers D C Cartlidge and Wilburn Morgan in Athens for a sister’s funeral. services set Friday at 10 am.
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co posted a 37 percent rise in net income for the year, with $30,316,277 versus $22,075,852 in 1954. The annual report highlights diversification, expansion of transmission facilities, and accelerated oil and gas production.
Tulsa based Skelly Oil Co reports 1955 gross operating income of 231,639,059 and net income of 32,240,262 or 142 a share, up from 5.12 in 1954. Net oil and gas production totaled 24,524,958 barrels, with 58 wildcat wells drilled and nine oil and seven gas discoveries. Significant finds include Boyd C No. 1 in Nolan County Texas and Jicarilla C No. 1 in Rio Arriba County New Mexico. Progress on Halley Ranch sands testing in Winkler County Texas is noted.
Daily stock quotes courtesy Merrill Lynch and others show notable listings including Chrysler, Gen Electric, Gen Motors, Eastman Kodak, Gulf Oil, Humble Oil, Union Oil, Texaco, Tex Gulf Sulphur, Phillips Petroleum, Pens, and United Airlines. Price figures like Celotex 0.6046 and Goodyear 49 appear alongside numerous energy, chemical, and manufacturing names.
Answers cover graduate course enrollment at a second school with VA certification, changing GI Insurance beneficiaries via VA notice, ROTC active-duty status for payout, and insurance after grace period. Expressways safety note reports Detroit expressways far safer than six main streets with lower accident rate per distance.
New York report notes surgeons, masters of the threaded needle, perform button sewing on patients to prevent blood pockets. Describes household variety care as a novelty in the medical field.
Birth announcements recount babies Debra Ann Karen Lynn and a Ben Jesse with weights and parental details. An elderly list notes 60 years driving in Westfield. A Dartmouth surgeon promotes button sutures to prevent hematomas, citing cases and anatomical sites for practical use.
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