Sunrise Easter Service to Hear Rev Paul Stephens in Baytown
Memorial Stadium hosts Baytown eighth annual sunrise Easter service at 6 a.m. Easter Sunday. Rev. Paul Stephens of Second Baptist Church selected to deliver the address. Invocations and readings by local ministers, with music by Baytown junior high bands and choirs. KRBL and KRCT will broadcast the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytows
East Harris Council of Christian
Memorial Stadium
Davaney
Paul Stephens
Second Baptist Church
M Hannemann
St.Paul Lutheran Church
Local Science Fair results and club notices at Cedar Bayou
Susie Reed and Ruth Reed er, Cedar Bayou junior high students, placed in a Galveston Science Fair with Susie taking second for a question and answer board and Miss Reeder i third for a refining plant model. Goose Creek Easter Star chapter schedules Masons night at 730 p.m. Monday with DeMolay quartet entertainment. BAYTOWN Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee meets 7 30 p.m. Tuesday at the Chamber office to discuss 1956 plans. Early Dinner Band PW club dinner Tuesday at 7 p.m. with Miss Sylvian McKinstry presiding. Guatemala consul Mrs M. Prats is speaker. reservations required.
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Alered
Susie
Ruth Reeder
Cedar Bayou
Galveston
Miss Reeder i
Poston
Goose Creak
Masons
Edna Boyer
DeMolay
John Carter
Carlos Worley
Don Calling
Ben Elms
Jerry Stricker
Baytown Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
W. T. Busch
Sylvian’ McKinstry
Irish Parade Dazzles Baytown With Emerald Pride
Baytown residents revel in St Patrick’s Day festivities as Irish clubs and families from O’Firiens to O’Reillys deck out in green. Notables include Father Dennis Kennedy, famed for kissing the Bhitney Stone in Treland, as natives celebrate the memory of St. Patrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Oak
Baytown
Wes
Trish Roy
Montgomery
Insurance on Autos Hiked in Baytown and Nearby Counties
Insurance rates for bodily injury and property damage will rise around May 1 affecting Baytown and Harris County with about a 6.3 percent increase. Jefferson Nueces and Galveston counties see roughly a two hundred percent rise? All other counties in the state enjoy a rate decrease. Rates are based on premiums paid for losses in the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Harris County
Jefferson
Nucees
Galveston
Around Town Gossipy Notes From The Shamrocks Parade
SAM O PAI NE pins on St Patrick s Day left a trail of aunties and mischief as Trishman fends off attention. Jimmy Nelson heads with a large orchid while David Arnett trades tips to get accurate data. Mrs J W Jones joins President Joneses in PTA ranks as new officer succession unfolds. Sylvia Bentz and Alice Feinberg share fashion and recipes with lighthearted chatter. Mary Ware comments on Miss or Mia titles at the Sun. Patricia Thompson performs a spring tune with zest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam O'Paine
Trishman
Jimmy Nelson
David Arnett
J. WW. Jones
Joneses
Attamac Parent-Teacher Association
BD. W
W. FP. Jones Jr
Sylvia Bentz
Alice Feinberg
Mary Ware
Patricia Thompson
Governor Hopefuls Mix It Up In Texas Campaign
Texas gubernatorial race features mix of policy pitches and rapid speeches as candidates campaign across the state. The crowded field includes Democratic and Republican hopefuls outlining plans on taxes, education, and public safety ahead of the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Si. Patrick
Texas
St Patrick's Day in Ireland and Texas speeches
St Patrick's Day observed with bars closed as Irish expatriates and others reflected on homeland. Texas leaders Sen. Price Daniel Gov. Allan Shivers announced not seeking re election while Reuben Senterfitt and James P. Hart spoke on democracy and states rights. Daniel announced a March 26 campaign decision. Daniel spoke at Howard Payne College Brownwood praising liberty limits on federal power.
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Price Daniel
Dtex
Texas House
Reuben Senterfitt
Texas Supreme Court
James P. Hart
Daniel
Senterfitt
Hari
Allan Shivers
Semerfitt
Hart
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Washington
Wilson
J J Hill Found Dead with Last Rites Sunday
James Joseph Hill 65 longtime Highlands resident and Baytown refinery employee was found dead in his car on Highlands Barbers Hill Road. Last rites set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Earthman chapel Highlands with burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park under Earthman funeral direction. Survivors include wife C Lola Hill three daughters and five siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Joseph Hill
Highlands Insurance
Baytown
Earthmar Chapel
Highlands
T. P. Hendrick
Highlands Methodist Church
San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery
Earthman Funeral Home
Hill
Highlands- Barbers Hil Road
Justice of the Peace
Walter Queen
Sampson Lodge
A. F
Civic Music Elects Heads for 1956 57 Season
Civic Music association elected officers for 1956 57 with G R L Shephered as president and Al Melinger Mrs Walter Rundell and Gene Walden as vice presidents. E I Gunn is secretary with Miss Fivn Scranton as assistant secretary and Bruce Day as treasurer. A membership drive March 1 24 will set artist budgets and bookings for the coming season. Mayor R H Pruett proclaimed next week Civic Music Association Week in Baytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostows Civic Music Association
G. R. L. Shepherd
al Melinger
Walter Rundell
C. L. Thorpe
Gene Walden
E. I. Gunn
Fivn Scranton
Bruce Day
Translurer
Aternal
J. A. Dinwid
Civic Music Association
Ruben Varga
Dinwidd
J.T. Horeczy
Z. G. Lillard
Jacek Henderson
Chamber of Commerce
Pools Built For Teaching Inter School Meets Seen In Future
Pools at Robert E Lee and Carver designed as teaching facilities with eye toward intramural and interscholastic swimming and diving. They are the only enclosed pools in Baytown, with public after hours use and school vacations. Features include underwater view windows, high lighting, sanitary water with minimal waste, and insect resistant flooring and walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert BE. Lee
Carver
Baytown
Short Change Artist Visit Sparks Cash Ills in Baytown
A con man toured Baytown between two grocery stores and a market, shorting registers and leaving patrons unsure if counterfeit notes circulated. Police traced the suspect to an old model GUsmobile with two accompanying children. A service station reported suspicious money, prompting further checks.
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Baytown Prides
Uird Procery
Thal
Local Card Sent From Bridie Murphy Stuns Hartfield Reader
A Hartford man received a St Patrick's Day card signed Bridie Murphy that read oddly out of this world. The item appeared in Hartfield and is currently under local police review.
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Hartpforg
Conn
Vuartford
Gas World
Bridie Murphy
Fort Worth Opponents Rally Against School Desegregation
About 1,400 Texas opponents of racial integration gathered in Fort Worth at a meeting sponsored by the local Citizens Council. Speakers denounced the Supreme Court ruling while urging Texas secession from the Union, though a motion for secession was pigeonholed amid parliamentary maneuvers.
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Rep
Rhurmond Chatham
North. Carolina
Fort Worth
Texas
Mississippi
U.S. Supreme Court
The
John Beil Williams
D-Miss
John J. Flynt Jr
D-Ga
Tarrant County
Fort, Worth
John T. Gang
Citizens’ Council
Stuart
Supreme Court
Union
Connr Cts
Williams
United States
Dulles urged to provide atomic arms to S Korea army
UNITED PRESS reports that South Korea calls on Secretary of State Dulles to provide atomic weapons for Seoul's forces. In other items, Gov. Shivers to address about aid to Texas Southern University, a Houston raid on an after-hours club linked to University of Houston students, and ongoing farm bill deliberations as senators plan to retry a vote. Also noted are crash victims identified by dental charts in Silverton and Dulles's return timing influencing Middle East policy.
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Seoul
Dulles
South Korea
Houston
Texas
Southern University
Shivers
University of Houston
Washington
Silverton
Tex
Fir Force
Middle East
Mont Belvieu Water Board Buys System
Mont Belvieu Water Board plans to assume ownership of the Crumpler Bros. Independent water system on April 1 after purchasing equipment, pipes and two deep wells for 313,700. The merger adds about 100 customers to WCID and consolidates former independent service with the district. Officials include McDaniel Blythe Mills Swint Smith and McLeod.
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ED Tillery
Sun
Wester Chambers County Water
Lat
Mont. Belvieu
Crumpler Bros
A. McDaniel
C. B
Jack Crumpler
Neers
Mont Belview
Lee Swint
Water, District’ Board of Directors
District Water, Supply
Ticsinss
Roe
Swint
Mont Bel‘view
Es M. Heiligman
WCID
Water District
Mont Beivieu
Chambers County Water District
J. A. McDaniel
A. G. Blythe
George Mills
W. Carroll Smith
D. W
Don) McLeod
Wooster C of C Sponsors Yard Beautification Drive
Wooster Chamber of Commerce sponsors a yard beautification contest for residents of Fresh Water District including Wooster Brownwood and Lakewood. Entries must be mailed and postmarked by March 25 to Box 3897 Baytown. Final judging will occur after May 15 with prizes for top improvements and a $25 most beautiful yard award. First 23 entrants receive a crepe myrtle plant.
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Fresh Water
Wooster
Brownwood
Lakewood
Wooster Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Wolverton
Baytown
Wolverton
Nelson Longnecker
Wooster Pharmacy
Chamber of Commerce
Vernon Ploeger
The
Wooster Garden Club
John McClintock
Lakewood Garden Club
Elwood Rose
Yupan Garden Club
C. H. Bone
Death Follows Retirement R J Cooke From Baytown Refinery
R J Cooke 56 recently retired from Baytown refinery and moved to a McAlister Oklahoma ranch where he died of a heart attack Friday. He is the second Baytown family member to die after relocating to Oklahoma. his father in law Frank Luskac 92 who lived with them moved to Cameron and was buried March 1. Cooke’s body was flown to Baytown for funeral arrangements by Earthman funeral home. His daughter Mary Ellen Cooke and a Houston heart specialist flew to McAlister but he was dead on arrival. Survivors include his wife and daughter, a sister Mrs L By White of Fort Worth five brothers J G Cooke Boyd J C Cooke and D D Cooke of Baytown D F Cooke of Fort Worth and W M Cooke of Atoka Oklahoma. Baytown Horace Mann junior high band and Texas City bands attended a band clinic at Spring Branch high school with instructors including George Wilson and Metburn Nixon.
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Baytown
Elmer Hargis
Horace Mann
George Garer
Iasman
Davaney
KRBL
KRCT
R. J. Cooke
Oklahoma
McAlister
Okla
Cooke
New Jersey
McAlister Ranch
Mrs. Cooke
Frank Luskac
Cookes
Cameron
Earthman Funeral Home
Mary Ellen Cooke
Houston
Mrs. L
White
Fort Worth
J. G. Cooke
Boyd
J. C. Cooke
D. D. Cooke
D. F. Cooke
Fort. Worth
W. M. Cooke
Atoka
Texas City
Satantay
Spring Branch High School
Fred Parker
George Wilson
University of Music
Thierslochen
Hand
Metburn Nixon
Durant
Baytown Society reelects Mosesman as president for 1958
Dr. Max A. Mosesman wins a second term as president of the Baytown Society of Professional Chemists and Engineers. He holds degrees from Texas A and M and UC Berkeley, and is a senior research chemist at the Baytown refinery. New officers include W E Askey as first vice president, A Kappele as second vice president, D W Johnson as secretary, and J A Farley as treasurer. The society counts 207 members and began duties in March.
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Max A. Mosesman
Bron
Baytown Society of Professional Chemists Andengineers
Texas A and M College
University of California
Baytown
Wel Askey
First View
7. A. Kappele
D. W. Johnson
J. A. Farley
Marek
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Eastern Star Meeting
Committee
Ireland
Dublan
St Patrick's
Trishimen
J. J. Hill
Gilmer
Rose Cataginey
Winnsboro
Eugene Capps
Gainesville
Houston Me
Clary
Barfield Nettle
Dick Carroll
C. L. Wilson
H. B. Johnston
A. H Tribe
Lloyd Miller
W. L. Blansett
Ennis May
Paul Scott
Claude Waggoner
Civic Music
Garold D. Cootey
Quit Nation
South
Flynt
Everston
NAACP
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
World News
Ly United Press
Mont Belvieu
Wooster C. of C
Mosesman
MW. A. Wolesman
Askey
A. A, Kappele
Y W. Joilnson
J. A, Farley
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