Rummage Sale and Local Events Highlight Highlands Baytown News
A quarter inch of rain fell Tuesday night at Humble Orang Refining Co Baytown Refinery Research Center, the first measurable drop since April 19. ALL SAINTS Guild hosts its annual spring rummage sale next door to the Highlands post office Thursday through Saturday starting 9 a.m., featuring summer clothing and bric a brac. KEY CLUB at Robert E Lee High School sponsors a car wash 3 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Saturday at Baytown Little Theater and Memorial Baptist Church parking lot, presale tickets 1.00. Saturday tickets 1.25. Kenneth Tilton, Lamar Tech senior from Barbers Hill, receives the Delta Sigma Pi business award, gold key presented by the Delta Era Chapter. A short course for swimming pool operators is set for Friday May 24 at the Alice Keith Park Recreation Center with experts on operation and sanitation. Sterling Municipal Public Library Story Hour for children 11 to 12 years old occurs Thursday. Women’s Association of the Pentecostal Church of God plans German chocolate muffin sale Friday with orders due by Thursday afternoon. Mrs A M Betty Love of Baytown will appear on NBC Channel 2 Match Game Thursday at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Orang Refining Co
Baytown
ALL Saints Guild
Highlands
KEY Club
Robert E. Lee High School
Memorial Baptist Church
Kenneth Tilton
Lamar Tech
Barbers Hill
Delta Sigma Pi
School of Business
International Business Fraternity
Weather roundup for Baytown area and Galveston tides
The Weather Bureau in Houston reports fair conditions in the Baytown area through Thursday with temperatures ranging from 53 to 85 degrees. In Baytown, a cool 58 degrees was recorded at 6 a.m. Wednesday. Galveston tides will be high on Tuesday at 1 43 p.m. and again at 6:02 a.m. and 3:03 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
U.S. Weather Bureau
Houston
Galveston
Local Briefs From Around Surroundings
Melba Alford undergoes heart surgery at St. Luke's Houston. Visitors not allowed. sister Mrs. R. L. Jacobs invites cards. Lacy Lusk recovering at home after brief hospitalization and may receive visitors. Roy Hughes visits for chair pickup and a chat with a sick friend. Winnie Brown provides information. Daylight saving time prompts Sue Jones to forget to set clocks. Lillie Nelson and her son Willie B. O'Quinn vacationing in East Texas to visit relatives. Gerald Landry's musicianship praised. Nita Barker prepares to report on Little League season opener in Channelview. John Killough, Mike Jones, and Joe Aylis chosen for summer math and science programs. Norman D'Olive shares about United Nations delegates. Mrs. B. E. Sutphin attends a Bellaire High School program. Mrs. C. H. Love shows photos of her cute grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melba Alford
N. Commerce
St. Luke's Hospital
Houston
R. L. Jacobs
Lacy Lusk
Roy Hughes
Winnie Brown
Sue Jones
Lillie Nelson
Willie B. O'Quinn
East Texas
Gerald Landry
Nita Barker
Channelview
John Killough
Mike Jones
Joe Alyis
Norman D'Olive
United Nations
B. E. Sutphin
Bellaire High School
C. H. Love
Harris County Court Defers Action On Bond Plan Changes
Harris County Commissioners defer final action for a week on a 36.9 million bond program. The court considers deleting Chimney Rock Place segment and moving Fairmont Parkway into NASA Red Bluff proposals. Chair Elliott and Commissioners Ramsey Chapman Lyons push changes while voting machines jail and courthouse expansion remain portions of the general fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hartman Houston
Harris County Commissioners Court
Gram
Kyle Chapman
Bylion
Y. V. Ramsey
Ramsey
Supcourt
Chapman
Posal
Harris
Vor Elliott
Harris County
E. A
Lyons
Fairmont Parkway
NASA
Red Bluff
Baytown
Abandon Hope On School Aid Bill Faces Roadblocks
Democratic leaders abandon general federal aid to schools and plan a seven-section omnibus in Kennedy education bill. Powell's delegation aims to keep college aid measures, while House Rules blocks floor votes. Opposition centers on religious, racial issues and federal funding for education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell
Europe
International Labor Organization
Switzerland
House Rules Committee
House Education Committee
Adam. Clayton~ Powell
Duny
Congress
Kennedy
House
BJH Band To Give Concert On Thursday
The Baytown Junior High Band will present its annual concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the school auditorium. Admission is free. The 211-member group includes 43 eighth graders and 68 ninth graders. The program features marches, Latin rhythms, and Night Beat. A flute trio of Susan Arvin, Jan Orr, and Carel Rushing will perform Beguine for Flute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Elmer Hargis
Susan Arvin
Jan Orr
Carel Rushing
Beguine
Janice Land
REL Senior Is Appointed To West Point Academy
George Edward Perkins, 18, of Baytown, Texas, earned a West Point appointment through Congressman Albert Thomas. He plans to enter July 1 and study four years. Perkins is a Robert E. Lee High School senior active in football, basketball, Dean's List activities, and youth groups, with family ties to Navy veterans and Gulf Coast Hospital staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Edward
Butch) Perkins
and Mirs
George Perkins
Mississippi
Tal
West Point Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Albert Thomas
West Prant
Robert E. Lee High School
George
Key Club
American ‘Legion
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Goose Creek
Wilmington
Del
Texas
Gulf Coast Hospital
Jedar Bayou
Oran
North Africa
San Jacinto
Baytown Junior High
Bill
San Jacinto Elementary
Hudson River
New York City
Mrs. J. T. Adams Dies Rites Set Thursday
Mrs. J. T. Adams 61 of 3201 Missouri Baytown died Tuesday at a Baytown hospital. Funeral services at 2 pm Thursday Earthman Funeral Home. Survived by husband J. T. Adams. daughter Mrs. I. R. Kirkland. brother Vester Lee Milton. sister Mrs. Edith Mae Douglas. grandson Andy Kirkland. Burial Forest Park Cemetery Houston. Rev. Robert Cheek to officiate. She was a First Baptist Church member and East Harris County Registered Nurses Society member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earthman Funeral Home
J.T
Corielie Anne) Adams
Missouri
Baytown
First Baptist ‘Church
East Harris County
Vester Lee Melton
Grand Prairie
Edith Mae Douglas
Houston
Andy Kirkland
Robert Cheek
Forest Park Cemetery
City Welcomes UN Delegates During Baytown Refinery Tour
A Baytown Sun report describes a noon luncheon at Holiday Inn and a guided tour of the Baytown Refinery for 25 United Nations delegates from multiple nations. Delegates, including ambassadors and secretaries from Ceylon, Syria, Uganda, Sweden, and Japan, visited Manned Spacecraft Center and Port of Houston, after attending Fiesta Flambeau in San Antonio and touring King Ranch. Local officials Mayor Lee Liggett, Chamber manager Dave Moore, and publisher Fred Hartman greeted them as refinery officials led the briefing and tour, part of a national get acquainted series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nepal
Marof Achkar
am-Hassan Nur Elmi
Leband
Noonbassador
Guinea
Somalia
G. P. Malalasekera
Janon
Karoly Osaterday
Ambas
Alaa Eldin Khairat
Sec
Ceylon
Mohamsador
Hungary
Salah el Dine
United Arab
Humble Oil
Rener
Sweden
Kingdon
Khalil Makkawi
Depo
Cyprus
Fining Co
Baytown
Lee Liggett
Chamber of Commerce
Dave Moore
Baytown Sun
Fred Hartman
Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch
San Antonio
King Ranch
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Watart
Hiraizemi
Japan
Carlos Gonzalez
Guatemala
I “Moodie
Canada
Carlos Dos Saantos Veras
Brazil
Turkey
Christa Kolev
Bulgaria
Fernando Volio Jimenez
Costa Rica
Torbjorn Chris Hansen
Norway
Ram C. Malhotra
Middle East Crisis Spurs Bipartisan Warning in U S Senate
Senate leaders including Dirksen Javits Humphrey warn drift toward Arab confrontation risks war. Calls grow for arms embargo, stronger U N peacekeeping and regional arms control as U S policy faces pressure from Egypt Israel and Soviet buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Everett M.tion
Drift Dirksen
Ilinois
Middle East
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
U.S
Dirksen
Javits
Soviet Union
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Lumphrey
U.N
Clifford P. “Case
RNA
United States
Cedar Bayou Resident 62 Dies in Mont Belvieu Funeral
Ruby Soileau of Cedar Bayou dies at home age 62. Funeral at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home Thursday at 10 a.m. Survivors include husband Mark K. Soileau two children Alvin Howard Soileau Baytown police patrolman and two daughters Mrs. E B W Barfield Jr. and Mrs Dorothy Barfield plus six grandchildren a foster son Everett Soileau and siblings from Louisiana. Burial at Memory Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Lee
Ruby Soileau
Cedar Bayou
First Baptist Church
Mont Beivieu
Mark K. Soileau
Alvin Howard Soileau
Baytown
Lwo
EB. W. Bar
May brings snow and cold across Great Lakes to New York
The Associated Press reports cold unsettled spring weather across the Midwest and Great Lakes. Snow fell in Michigan Indiana and western New York with up to three inches in places. Two traffic deaths occurred in Ohio on snow covered highways. Temperatures ranged from 20s to 30s with mid 40s in coastal areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Midwest
New York State
Great Lakes
West Virginia
New York
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Grand Rapids
Mich
Canada
North Central
Marquette
Kentucky
Louisville
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Coastal
Texas
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Baytown Divers Describe 90-Foot Gulf Descent Expedition
Baytown divers Neill Seeley and Howard Hamil joined a Navy and Houston Museum of Natural Science research party to explore Stetson Bank southeast of Galveston. They mapped an underwater peak, found ancient lake evidence, observed seaweed on rock formations, and noted a rare barracuda shortage. The mission used the USS Wren destroyer to record temperature data for naval study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Orton
Gruber
Gulf of Mexico
Baytown
Houston Museum of Natural Science
U.S. Navy
Neill Seeley
Howard Hamil
Navy
Pelican Island
Stetson Bank
Galveston
Gulf
The
Dennis
Paul Watts
King Fins
Baytown Merchants Consider Mall on Texas Avenue
Baytown merchants study the feasibility of turning Texas Avenue from Commerce to Jones into a mall or partial mall with no car traffic, trees, and curb changes. About 35 attended a meeting. Feinberg chairs a committee to evaluate costs and report back before city approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Texas
Commerce
Jones
Robert G
Bob) Feinberg
Chamber of Commerce
Glen Cumings
Houston
Man
James A. 'Bitsy Davis
Bigtown
Texas Avenue
Feinberg
Jack Jacobs
W. J
Bil) Strickler
Abe Rosenzweig
Virgie Woods
Merchants’ Association
Five Bond Proposals Placed On Baytown Ballot
Baytown School District voters will decide on five separate bond propositions totaling 4 350 000 for a new high school modernization at Robert E Lee High School additions to McNair Cedar Bayou Junior High and the administration building Absentee ballots must be cast by May 7 and the tax rate could rise about eight cents if all five proposals pass The plan includes a 10 classroom science building and a 3 30 square foot expansion of the administration building The five propositions are labeled with specific project costs and issuance terms"
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hale
Baytown
Robert E. Lee High
McNair School
Cedar Bayou
Robert E. Lee Itigh
Joe Horeczy
Horeczy
Deer Park
G. L. Bennett
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Beaumont
Baytown City
Odis Muennink
Sterling Municipal Public Library
Women's Association of the Pentecostal Church
God
Bae
Mrs. A. M
Betty
Channel 2
Nbc-Tv
John Lindmark
Poughkeepsie
Lindmark
Ferman Soloway
Denis
Aid Bill
Rel
West Point Academy
G. E
J. T. Adams
Buck Turner Saltsman
Baytown Merchants
Dennis Riley
Howard Tamil
Hamil
Yamil
Seeley
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