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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1955

Page

2

Baytown Lions Club Seeks Applicants for Texas Lions Camp

Baytown Lions Club opens applications for Texas Lions Camp for Crippled Children in Kerrville. The camp on a 101 acre Hill Country site offers six 13 day sessions starting the first Sunday in June for ages 7 to 16. Eligibility excludes contagious disease, mental retardation, bedfast or nursing care needs. Applications via Dr A R Padgett Kim Sheley Dr Ben Ammons or G R Bennett with no parental cost and bedding provided.

Baytown Lions Club Texas Lions Camp Texas Hill Country Kerrville The Lions Clubs of Texas Texas Baytown A. R. Padgett Kim Sheley Ben F. Ammons G. R. Bennett League Lions Clubs

Baytown Sun Pays Rates and Office Staff Details

The Baytown Sun lists subscription rates for mail and domestic delivery with annual and multi month options. It notes staff positions including editor and office manager and mentions advertising representation.

Baytown Sun, Inc Pearce Ashbet Baytown Texas Fred Henman Editec Pauliener Beulah Mae Meekson Warren Edwards Edito Gcarrier Sonin Armed Services Moaub le Baytown General Advertising Service

Residents of DP Terrace Vote In City Election

Deer Park Terrace residents may vote in the April 5 city election. Mayor EB Dunn notes the Supreme Court ruling against Deer Park annexation does not remove the area from city limits since it was annexed in December 1953. Eligible residents with six months in area can cast ballots. races include two aldermen posts and the city marshal.

DP Terrace Deer Park Terrace Deer Park EB. E. Dunn Supreme Court Shell Oil Shell Chemical Companies Dunn Deer Park Ter W. C. Tompkins P. L. Sadler I. I. Graves F. A. Ward R. L Babe) Trammell EB. J. Royall

La Porte Rotarians Name Officer Candidate

La Porte Rotary club nominated new officers at a meeting held this week in Bob and Marie's restaurant. Election is set for next Tuesday. The club was entertained by the Hungry Five, La Porte High School students, with Joy Connally singing solos. Henry Hinfeldt chaired the program and served as ban director at the high school. At next Tuesday's meeting a Bath anniversary film will be shown and all past presidents and charter members will be honored.

la Porte Phant Mary Rice Joy Connally Henry Hinfeldt Ban Bath

Peggy Kelly Injured In School Bus Fall

Peggy Kelly a Robert E Lee sophomore 15 broke her right leg stepping from a bus at South Main and Gail She has fractured the same leg before and wore a cast previously Her parents Mr and Mrs A W Kelly live at 121 East Gulf She was treated at Lillie Duke hospital and sent home after the accident.

Peggy Kelly Robert E. Lee South Main Gail Peggy Ganghster A. Wi. Kelly East Gulf Horace Mann Junior High School

Houston Woman's Case Thrown Out At Justice Court

A Houston woman charged with a minor traffic violation appeared in justice court with assistance from defense supporters. After hours of questioning, Justice Peace Walter Queen dismissed the charge, ruling the state failed to prove the incident fell under the court's jurisdiction.

Houston Justice Court Justice Peace Walter Queen Queen's Court

Cat On Roof Triggers Police Aid in City

City Manager Darwin Middleton reports a nighttime disturbance on his roof. Police remove the noises, confirming the culprits were only cats, not humans, leaving Middleton nervous but relieved.

Cat Darwin Middleton

La Porte C C Plans Annual Banquet

Members of the La Porte Bay shore Chamber of Commerce prepared for their annual installation banquet at the Houston Yacht Club Friday night. Former congressman Lloyd Bentsen will speak on the Cold War. Banquet tickets cost 2.75 each from the Chamber office. Mrs Bertha Cook will preside as new chamber president.

la Porte Bayshore

Services Held Today For Louis C. Windt

Funeral services for Louis Carl Windt an 8 year old widely known in Bucyte were held at 2 pm Thursday at Ray Du Cal Funeral Home with burial in Rosewood Bark Cemetery Survivors include the widow and two daughters Ann Louise and Carlene Windt.

Louis Carl Windt

Baytown Lawyer Roscoe Zierlein Plans New Office

Baytown attorney Roscoe Zierlein hopes to move into a $4,500 brick law office at 908 West Texas by March 1. The building, under construction by T. E. Gilbert Co., will house two offices a reception area and a library tailored for Zierlein.

Baytown Roscoe Zierlien Wast Texas Zierlien T. E. Gilbert Company South Texas Law School Houston

Yalta Papers Stir Debate On Postwar Poland and German Split

The released documents reveal President Roosevelt favored breaking Germany into multiple states and sought Polish gestures to appease Polish Americans. Stalin and Molotov resisted postwar Poland aims, while U.S. plan for observing Polish elections was rejected. Alger Hiss appears briefly in notes with no clear policy role.

State Department China Soviet Union Japan Roosevelt Germany Poland Yalta Churchill Stalin United States V. M. Molotoy Slatin Alger Hiss

Lawyers Fill Baytown Court In Heavy Week

Justice court in Baytown saw a flood of pleas as six to eight weeks of hearings unfolded. Prosecutors reported most defendants pleaded guilty and were fined while high powered Houston attorneys appeared for oil firms and individuals including Foreman and Kronzer. The docket included a traffic case, a burglary charge, and requests for continuances as seasoned Harris county counsel offered representation.

Pace Justice Court Warden Cross Baytown BF. Weems Vinson, Hilms Hill, Brown W Kronzer Abraham C. DB. ( Dink) Little Harris County

LP Boy Recovers From Broken Arm After Fall

Butch Moser son of Mr and Mrs Ray Moser of La Porte is recovering from a broken arm suffered last week when he fell from a small bridge during a hunting trip. His companions were Robert Dean and David Gureh of La Porte. He was treated at Sandacity Memorial Hospital in Bay LOW.

Butch Moser Ray Moser la Porte Robert Dean David Gureh Butch Sandacinty Memorial Hospital Bay Low

Comptons Attend Son Billy Compton’s Graduation

Mr and Mrs J Z Compton of A038 Travis left by plane Thursday to attend the graduation exercises of the U S Naval Dental Technicians school on March 18. Their son Billy Compton is among the graduates after enlisting in August and completing basic training at Lackland AFB with friends E G Larkin Bennie Heiman and Morris Littlefield. He was to be degreed at Great Lakes early in the year and the Comptons expected to return Sunday. The Navy, a South American rodent, has no tail.

J. Z. Compton Travis U.S. Naval Dental Technicians School Billy Compton Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio E.G. Larkin Bennie Heinman Morris Littlefield Great Lakes Comptons

Industry names flood a stock-like list with no clear event

A dense OCR fragment lists numerous energy and chemical brands, oil companies, and manufacturers in a loose catalog format. Mentions include Amer, Celanese, Dow, Eastman, Gen Electric, General Motors, Goodyear, Gulf Oil, Humble, Shell, Textron, US Steel, and others amid stray percentages and scattered terms, concluding with No Sale and a 6 down.

Alley Tuudlm Sesyeseenseeeee Allis-Chalmers S.sses Amer Feptth Bailey-Selburn Gulf Stat Utl Houston Oi Ff L. and P. Co Humble Imperial Interlake Tron Jangs Laugh Kirby Libby McN Liggett Myers Thoen Tnes la Land Mack Trucks Morrill Pet Monsante Chem - Wat Nat's Dairy Olio Oil Olin-Math Oliver Pac Pet Packard-Stude Motors Ves Pac West Oil Pancostal Oil Panhandle P and R Penney Phillips Pure Oil Rem Rand Repab Steel Bane St. Regis Paper - Shell Sinclair Skelly Oil Socony Sou Pacif Stan Oil Calif Ind Stan Oil Ohio Btuu Novaceee Sterling Drug Sun Oil Sunray Offe Sharon Steel Cocere Tex Gulp Tidewater Corp Textron Amer Union Qil Calif Steel Weslingh AB Western Union Woodley Pets N.O. Cotton eNo Sale

Lions Club Cancels Meeting To Sell Light Bulbs

Members of the La Porte Lions club suspended their Monday night session and conducted a house-to-house bulb sale to raise funds for underprivileged children. The group met at St. John’s Hall for dinner with President Jim Mayes presiding.

la Porte

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