Kiwanis Club Meeting Notes Include Gifts and Pranks
The Kiwanis district meeting featured Callaway receiving a leather suitcase as a symbol of club unity. Attendance contests were announced for April with teams named Law and Outlaws. Easter Seal funds were discussed for a cerebral palsy clinic in Baytown while an April Fool program ended when the debate plan collapsed. Guests included members from Greens Bayou and Key Club, with humor and community service themes highlighted. In Okla the next item notes Herman Burns fined for not repairing car lights to avoid dirt on his suit, a judge noting the fine as part of a civil matter.
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Jmbrage Callewar
Kiwanis
Bill Hytase
Greens Bayou Hingins
Sesterder
Callaway
Hyland
A E. Meee
AFL van Deventer
Outlaws
James Bond Hes
Pray
Normen Hargraves
Baytown
Rufus Honeycutt
Honeycutt
Beytown
T. C Morrison
Relph Phillins
Greens Beyou
Anadareo
Okla
Herman Lee Burns
Livestock Market Report Fort Worth March 31
Livestock market notes cattle receipts around 200 with steady to weak demand. Slaughter steers and yearlings mostly 19.00 to 25.50, common and medium cuts 16.00 to 18.00, canners and cutters 11.00 to 16.00. Hogs 350 head with butcher hogs steady to 25 lower. sows steady. pigs scarce. Good and choice 185 to 278 pounds mostly 15.75, some 16.00, 150 to 120 weight 14.25 to 15.50. Sows 23.00 to 14.06.
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Fort Wosth
David Arnett to Film Fire Prevention Meet
Elytown insurance agent and photographer David Arnett will film a three day Fire Prevention Week program in Bryan. The Field Club of six or more fire insurance agents will attend the festivities including a parade dance and 4 Spe by Governor Allan Shivers. The movie will promote interest in general fire inspections in other cities.
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David Arnett
Elytown
Wilh
Bryan
Allan Shivers
Arnett
Frightened neighbors thwart burglar at local store
Two nearby women confronted a burglar at a grocery store after waking to a light. A tall man leaped from behind the counter, prompting the women to dodge and pull the owner to safety. He fled with two cartons of cigarettes and five dollars in coins. Deputies Brown and Anderson investigated.
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Marelyn Alford
Daugter
AL MS -Brown
Pauli Anderson
General Tire Announces Shortened Work Week Amid Strike Impact
General Tire plans a 22 hour per week schedule for production and maintenance departments from March 20 to March 27 due to consumer demand and styrene shortages linked to the cigarette strike. The guard and fire forces continue 25 hours daily, while operations aim to return to a 40 hour week starting April 2 after personnel adjustments.
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Cqgar
Grant And Lee To Meet Again At Appomattox
Washington dispatch reports Grant and Lee will reunite at Appomattox Courthouse Virginia for a dedication April 16 of the McLean Surrender House. Participants include Major General Ulysses S Grant and Robert E Lee descendants and relatives.
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Washington
Grant
Lee
Appomattox Courthouse
Virginia
Watkins ML Abbitt
Ulysses S.grent
TFL
Robert E. Lee
San Francisco
McLean
Seniors To Be Given Silver Spoon
Jacobs Jewelry invites seniors from Robert E Lee LaPorte Cedar Bayou Barbers Enill and Crufty High Schools to visit the store and choose a spoon from 50 sterling silver patterns. Owner Gureth Marvin Jacobs conducts this annual gift event for local seniors.
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Jacobs Jewelry
Robert E. Lee
LaPorte
Cedar Bayou
Barbers Enill
Crufty
Gureth Marvin Jacobs
Contest Brings Out New Band Uniforms
The schedule lists soloists and ensembles from multiple Baytown and area schools for a band contest. Cedar Bayou, Horace Mann, and Barbers Hill soloists perform in morning slots, with additional solos from Woodlands Acres, Galena Park, and more. Bands span classes from small junior highs to large high schools and include an entry from Sugar Land Elementary.
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Horace Menn
Baytown
Patricia Ball
Jack Barguiner
Woodland Acres
Gelena Park
Galena Park
Alvin
Velasco
Freeport
McArthur
Beaumont
Horace Mann
South Park
Robert E. Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Port Arthur
Sugar Land
Latin Students Host Ice Cream Party for Latin Week
Members of the Junior Classical League of Roberts High School welcomed 36 students to an ice cream party at Shirley Kaplan's home, with outdoor games and open house sessions during Latin Week to recruit prospective members. Tommy Smith shared notes on ancient Rome while Sherman Childres displayed club films and light refreshments were served.
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Roberts BE
Les High School
Gtew
Shirley Kaplan
Tommy-Smith
Sherman Childres
Cortisone Costs Drive Hope For Cheaper Treatments
New York dispatch notes cortisone at $350 per ounce with demand rising while synthetic production advances. Merck scientists pursue total synthesis, cheaper starting materials, and improved processes as they compare cortisone’s promise to penicillin and streptomycin, amid ongoing supply shortages.
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Paul F. Ellis
New York
Merck and Company
Rahway
New Jersey
Merck Jete
Merck
Unclear Wichita Dispatch Note Inspires Fix Effort
A fragmentary dispatch note from Wichita Kansas references Sheriff Charles Baxter and a broken car screen. The readable text shows requests for instructions and steps to correct the situation, with quotes about not working and a plea for aid.
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Wichita
Kans
Charles Baxter
Baxter
Coyotes Outpaced By Hounds In Farm Chase
In Blackwell Oklahoma on March 31 a first coyote chase saw 16 dogs entered by owners at Charlie Clark's farm. Twenty yelping hounds overtook and chased the coyotes, with over 100 spectators cheering as the hunt concluded. Lee Wardin Grange addressed the crowd.
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Blackwell
Okla
Charlie Clark
Lee Wardin Grange
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