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A brief note reflects on humility and obedience, citing Philippians 2 3 about humility as a guiding Christian virtue. The fragment suggests a religious editorial stance emphasizing selflessness and devotion.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1950
Page
4
A brief note reflects on humility and obedience, citing Philippians 2 3 about humility as a guiding Christian virtue. The fragment suggests a religious editorial stance emphasizing selflessness and devotion.
The piece urges caution with bad checks, advising knowing who you cash for and stressing personal responsibility. It also notes the death of Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan, whose legacy endures through his enduring character across media and generations.
Three Erie seventh graders fled home taking nine thousand dollars from a closet. They spent about one hundred fifty before being found and returned. The father plans to store the money safely, noting how easily harm could have occurred. A separate note mentions an insane man who cut newspapers into currency forms as training for the future.
A man who once failed at everything started a business on borrowed money five years ago and now grows. He credits focusing his mind on his work, not avoidance, for his turnaround. He adopted a Ford like idea that persistent, positive thoughts attract solutions and progress.
The Baytown Sun listing shows the Deity Sun Company publishing from Pearce and Ashbel, Baytown Texas with staff including Publisher Fred Bartman and Editor Syd S. Gould. Advertising Manager Beulah Mae Jackson and Office Manager Morith are named. Subscriptions are listed as 850 for 3 months, with other rates for various terms. The notice references a post office and a March 3, 1879 date.
A reflective column recounts eight years of weekly pieces and vast word count, musing on repetition and the era’s B O B fear. It satirizes lawmakers, critics, and public figures, proposing a joking “Brink Plan” for burglars and noting curiosities like a 23 inch flying saucer pilot.
Longhairs flock to The Consul opening as Giaa Carlo Menotti's new musical drama debuts. Celebrities such as Frank Sinatra Ava Gardner Greta Garbo and Irving Hoffman attend, with gossip on Gigi and the composer’s nerves. Entertainment flavor, backstage moments and social flurries follow.
Long personal column recalls the death of Mrs. Tommy King and honors her memory. The author quotes community votes, Highlands expansion talk, and a lighthearted take on local politics and civic projects, praising volunteers and moral support while joking about workday plans.
Henry McLemore imagines a Manhattan reminder service run by elephants that never forget. The piece pokes fun at memory aids, yearning for a service that helps forget birthdays and weddings to save money, ending with a humorous caveat about unhappy elephants.
Gene Fowler recalls a mele about his grandfather and a Hollywood associate. A male mule, always quick to jump to conclusions, once stayed in a barn with a hundred bushels of popcorn. Fire started, corn popped, mule mistook it for snow and froze to death.
Five years ago today headlines report German forces suffering heavy casualties in Saar while American forces engage the Japanese fleet at Pearl Harbor. Ration coupons expire at midnight as Tri-Cities alert warning of shortages. New sheriff’s deputy W R Montgomery joins Baytown force. Burglary and vehicle theft charged in Goose Creek case. Parsley family mourns a son killed in Germany March 6. Granddaughter born to Captain Charles Sielstein family in Oklahoma City.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Elbert D Thom son of Utah was secretly investigated by the FBI during his tenure in the Senate. Thom son, a former Mormon missionary and political science professor, chaired the Labor and Public Welfare Committee and was a candidate for a fourth term. The piece ties the probe to pressures on government figures amid McCarthy era scrutiny.
The column blends trivia and public life with anecdotes about notable births and events in Washington. It weaves questions on famous figures with notes on policy debates, FBI procedures, and political maneuvering surrounding education funding and federal commissions. The piece names figures like Sir Anthony van Dyck, Georges Enesco, and Senator Arthur Vandenberg, while detailing ongoing congressional wrangling and expected votes.
A humorous exchange features Clarence Darrow praising a Phoenician lecture then quipping about money. The piece notes Red Grange, hailed as a great running back, with critics contrasting him to Caruso in a witty sports remark.
Fragmentary OCR yields a garbled quote about a captain and orders. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities emerge to anchor a factual summary.
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