Barbers Hill Elementary Wins District 26 A Literary Meet
Barbers Hill Elementary School students won the District 26 A literary meet held Saturday at C E King High School in Sheldon with top scores. Tarkington was second, Crosby third, and Sheldon fourth. Winners include Alma Lee Tyer, Ronny Cotten, Connie Blythe, Ernie Battle, Jeanna Brooks, Carvelynne Leonard, Sue Davis, Ben Ferrill, Ray Driskill, Glenda Butler, James Clark, Dwayne Iott, Tommy Clark, Vickie Bonner, Tenney Orms, Debbie Kemp, Barbara Pyle, and others in declamation, spelling, ready writing, picture memory, and storytelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbers Hill
C. E. King High School
Sheldon
Tarkington
Crosby
Alma Lee Tyer
Ronny Cotten
Connie Blythe
Seceml
Ernie Battle
Jeanna Brooks
Carvelynne Leonard
Sue Davis
Ben Ferrill
Ray Dr
Dianne Ewell
Cynthia Malear
Edith Cook
Jane Kominek
Cheryle Slovacek
Mary Ransom
Rhondalynn Parker
Monica Malear
Debbie DeBorde
Larry McBroom
Last Rites Held Sunday For Crosby Man
Funeral services for Daniel Webster Wofford 76 of Crosby were held at Crosby Methodist Church with the Rev Joseph Jones officiating Burial followed at White Cemetery under Earthman Highlands Funeral Home direction Wofford a retired Humble Oil field superintendent died Friday night in a Houston hospital Survivors include his widow Mary E Wofford of Crosby one son Irwin Wofford of Corpus Christi four daughters Doris Hammond Ruth Redman Ida Wofford and Wilma Wofford all of Houston one sister Mary Mitchell of Fort Worth two step sons Lee Roy Remkes of Houston and Floyd Remkes of Crosby and two grandchildren Graveside rites were by Sampson Masonic Lodge No 231 Highlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster Wofford
Crosby
Crosby Methodist Church
Joseph Jones
White Cemetery
Earthman Highlands Funeral Home
Wofford
Humble Oil and Refining Production Department
Housston
Mary E. Wofford
Irwin Wofford
Corpus, Christ
Doris Hammond
Ruth Redman
Ida Wofford
Wilma, Wofford
Houston
Mary Mitchell
Fort Worth
Lee Roy ‘Remkes
Floyd ‘Remkes
Cotton Valley Masonic Lodge
Cotton Valley
Sampson Masonic Lodge No
Highlands
Houston Beauty Named Miss Splash Days
Tina Lee a 20 year old Houston secretary for Humble Oil and Refining Co marine division was chosen Miss Splash Days and Miss Sea and Ski in the isle beauty pageant She won over a field of other beauties Runners up were Miss Vivian Southerland 16 and Miss Joyce Sustala 18 both of Houston A two hour parade along Seawall Boulevard drew about 75000 spectators Splash Days activities closed with Moody Center hosting the International Sports and Vacation Show
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Galveston
Tina Lee
Houston
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Lee
Vivian Southerland
Joyce Sustala
Seawall Boulevard
Moody Center
Baytown Man Wounded In Sunday Shooting At 1216 Stowe
A Baytown man was shot at 5 45 am Sunday in front of 1216 Stowe and admitted to Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston for arm injuries. Walter Williams, 1132, was shot in the left arm as he walked toward the residence. Police Lt. Turner said a suspect is in Baytown jail with no charges yet filed.
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Baytown
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Houston
Stowe
Walter Williams
R. H
Bo) Turner
Turner
Houston Roundup Reports Fires and Fatalities Amid Picket Protests
Houston Police report 11 firms open and four sales with no arrests as witnesses. Frank Calahan, 51, dies after being struck by a board during a drink dispute. Emmit Stewart, 56, charged with murder. Twenty-one youths charged with unlawful assembly at two Houston theater pickets protesting segregated seating. American Legion adopts resolution aiding the Supreme Court and urging congressional probe. Olen J. Brune, 66, killed when shotgun discharges while cleaning it. Gene Leroy Laird, 6, killed by auto on Gulf Freeway. driver not charged.
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Houston
Bine
Frank Calahan
Emmit Stewart
Gene Leroy Laird
Gulf Freeway
Trusties Serve as Clerks in County Jail in Florida
Sheriff Dale Carson asks the Durry County Civil Service Board to approve clerks at the county jail. He says current work is done by trusties and questions their reliability. He suggests calling them riskless but warns some cannot be trusted far.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Dale Carson
Durry County Civil Service Board
Dutton funeral rites for Mrs Celate Jenthia Dutton
Funeral services for Mrs Celate Jenthia Dutton 79 of Tri City Beach Road Baytown were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Earthman Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Cedar Crest Cemetery. She died Sunday at her home leaving a daughter Martha Giese and son Basil Dutton plus five sisters and two grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Maley
Cove
Clara Dell Tyrone
Houston
Jessie Reeves
Old River
Letitia Montgomery
Alma, Dutton
Thurman Reeves
Tom Dutton
Johnnie Dutton
Eugene Dutton
L. J. Oman
Ercil Montgomery
Dead Heat Ruled In Marathon Race At Bayshore Club
Lee Ritcher of Pasadena and Clayton Elmer of Baytown finished in a dead heat in the 10 mile marathon stock race at Bayshore Boat Club. Both drivers shared first place trophies as Grover Spurlin, owner of Elmer’s boat, rode as a passenger. The Sunday event was non sanctioned with next heat races set for May 21 as the Bayshore club secures National Outboard Association sanctioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Ritcher
Pasadena
Clayton Elmer
Baytown
Bayshore Boat Club
Grover Spurlin
Elmer
National Outboard Association
Bayshore Club
Cancer Fund Gifts May Be Sent By Mail
The 1961 Cancer Crusade drive led by Harris County chairman Vernon Frost urges gifts by mail as days remain and the fund trails its goal. The residential division raised $50,110 in a house-to-house march, with contributors urged to send donations to Cancer Houston Tex for delivery to the society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Frost
Harris County
Ldrive
Houston
Tex
Highlands Woman's Father Dies In Paris
Dr. J. R. McLemore president of Paris Junior College since 1929 died Sunday at his Paris home at age 65. Survived by wife, daughter Mrs. Wallace Fir of Dallas, and son Capt. Pondus McLemore stationed with the Air Force in Florida. Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home of Paris to handle arrangements, not yet completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. McLemore
Paris
Newton Felps
Highlands
McLemore
Wallace Fir, Frock
Dallas
Pondus McLemore
Florida
Air Force
Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home
PTA Council States Officer Installation
A school of instruction and installation of new officers of the Baytown PTA Council set for 9 30 a m Wednesday at the Community House with Mrs C H Allen president of the LaManque PTA Council to lead the presidents conference A Baytown Sun representative will direct the publicity chairmen conference Officers from each school PTA are invited to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Parent-Teachers City Council
C. H. Allen
LaManque Pta City Council
Iwoman
Department of the Bay
Town Sun
PTA
Instructional Spanish program stalls at Hollenbeck Station
Los Angeles AP report notes Police Lt. D. S. Arroyo struggles to advance his program to teach Spanish to officers at Hollenbeck Division in a predominantly Mexican American district. The effort, described as stalled, was documented after a prior letter to the US promoting the initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
D. S. Arroyo
Hollenbeck
Arroyo
Pri.ing
Stig Soonanes
Policy makers eye changes in gas act
NEW ORLEANS AP Policy makers for independent oil and gas producers review President Kennedy proposals to overhaul the Natural Gas Act and federal controls on wellhead prices. The IPAA's mid year meeting addresses imports policy, tax issues, and mutual policies with Canadian and U S producers amid calls for reform and concerns over small producer exemptions.
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New Orleans
Kennedy
Independent
Petroeum Association of America
Congress
Prics
Interior Department
FPC
IPAA
TPAA
Interior
Stewart Udall
Partic Pate
Russell Long
D-La
Hale Boggs
Frank Ikard
D-Tex
Walter Rogers
D- Tex
Alvin Hope
San Antonio
F. Allen Calvert Or
Tulsa
Paul Schultz
United States
Canada
Alexander Clark
Calgary
Alberta
Independent Petroleum Association of Canada
Austin angler Murray Muston seeks third Texas bass crown
AUSTIN AP Murray Muston defends his state bass tournament title May 20 21 1961 using the same bottom fishing method that won him the crown. The veteran from Austin emphasizes deep water eel fishing with pork rind and plastic jigs to lure big bass. Muston has consistently fished year round and holds multiple title wins including 1958 individual and 1959 team championships.
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Alleg Ludlum
Stan Nod Son
Snseveseseresees
Allis-Chalmers
Stan Ohio
Amer Cyan
Stude-Packard iAmer Tel & Tel
Sun Dib
jAm Visco
Anaconda
Texas Gulf
Timken
Tidewater Sardenerorgere Az Celotex
Chrysler
Paar
Union Carbide Cities
Califorum
United Airlines
Uni
U. S. Steel
du Pont
Westinghouse
Eastman
Austin (Ap
Murray Muston
Una
TN Rage
Gillette
Goodyear Tire
Greyhound Grace
Gulf Oil
Gulf State Utls
Gustin Bacon
IBM
Nickel Jones & Law
Kerr-McGee H Libby
Liggett and
Myer
Louis Land
Monsantos
Rees
Ohiy
Murray
Inks
Granite Shoals
Buchanan Lakes
Muston
OOSS
Royal Dutch
Sears
Belton
Shell
Whitney
George Raven
Austin
Sinclair Free Socony-Mob
Sou Pacific
Sperry-Rand
Stan Calif
Stan Ind
Young Journalists Meet In Austin May 5 6
More than six hundred Texas high school journalists and teachers will gather in Austin on May 5 and 6 for the fourth Tutorscholas tic League Press Conference. Speakers include William Steven editor of the Houston Chronicle and national officers from Theta Sigma Phi Sigma Delta Chi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Farr
Texas
Unemy of Texas School of Joumnahs
Injured in Auto Mishap Not In Riot
Marshall Watkins, 24, reported injured in the Galveston riot, suffered injuries in a preceding car crash when his vehicle was rear ended by a 15 year old. He had brought 30 service members to Splash Days from Lake Charles Louisiana and was treated at John Sealy Hospital. He is the brother of Mrs. Harley Ponder of Baytown and son of parents living in Chatham New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Watkins
Galveston
Watkins
Lake Charles
John Sealy Hospital
Harley Ponder
Baytown
Chatham
N.J
Baytonians
Tomar
Mexican Economy Optimism voiced by Finance Chief
MONTERREY Mexico AP An optimistic briefing on the Mexican economy was given today by Finance Minister Antonio Ortiz Mena to a banking convention. He cited Bank of Mexico dollar reserves at 257.2 million, stable gold and foreign currency levels, and a minimum 2.9 percent rise in the general price index over the President Adolfo Lopez Mateos era. He noted credits for agriculture and livestock rising to over 314 million, with Inter-American Development Bank and banks ramping up lending, and said Mexico’s currency reforms aim to industrialize small provincial towns as part of a broad consolidation of the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterrey
Mexico
Mance Antonio Ortiz Mena
Bank of Mexico
Lopez Mateos
de Made
InterAmerican
Employed Travel Rules Tighten After May 15
Washington AP report says federal employees and dependents must fly on U.S. airlines when covered by government funds after May 15. Sen. Warren Magnuson announced a Budget Bureau directive ordering use of American flag carriers following his appeal to President Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Magnuson
Senate Commerce Ittee
Budget Bureau
American Flag
Kennedy
Did You Know Holes in Swiss Cheese From Bacterial Action
A fragment notes holes in Swiss cheese form via bacterial action during a process named Trientation Man Tans. It also mentions telephones saved and the possibility of connecting with the German telephone system.
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Brunson
Eden Ferber
Hove
Fred Mac
Kaiba
United States Supreme Court
22Nd District
American Legion
Olen J. Brune
Bruce
Houston Bowling Association
Cursnar
Elizabeth Taylor
Laurence Harvey
Eddie Fisher
Butterfield
Cimtmascope
Ue Olor
Pios
Lellobrigibl
Britt Firtthials
Elvin Ren
Werwer Mlewperer
Ruta Lee
Donald Rota
Steve Craters
Flos
Virgin Island
Caskey
Samuel A. Caskey
Milner Drive
Rest Haven Cemetery
Earthman Funeral Home
Infantry
W. A. Caskey
Ervin Flowers
John Sessions Rice
Shepherd
Cleveland
John Sealy
Gonzales
Paul U. Lee
Rev
A. L. Jordan
Memorial Baptist Church
Hill of Rest Cemetery
Paul
Cancer Fund
PTA Council
the MoDern Farmers’ Friend
Gourtery
Merrill Lynch
Benebtein
Seeigeene
Roxana
Samuel Winston's
Baytown Fire Department
Gall
Sion
Rascal Institute
Baytown Fun Aarne Ts Central
Sar
Ortiz Mena
J.S
Holawiay
Wilburn
California
Turnip Greens
Anny
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