Humble Oil chief Davis to retire after 40 years
Morgan J. Davis, chairman of the Humble Oil and Refining Co., will retire in November upon reaching the mandatory 65 retirement age. Carl E. Reistle Jr., Humble president, is expected to succeed him. Davis joined Humble in 1925, rising from a geologist to chief executive officer and board member, and has held multiple executive roles since 1956. He serves on many industry groups and federal reserve links, with a long record in corporate leadership.
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Seresee
SOM
Otis
Elov
Safeway
Sears
Shell
Sinclair . A
Socony-Mob
Sou Pacific
Sperry-Rand
Stan Calif
Tennessee Gas
Dow Chem
DuPont
Texas Co
Davis
Eastman Kodak
Texas Eastern
el Paso
Texas Gulf
Ford
Foremost Dairies Freeport Sulphur
Elec
Gen Motors
Telec
Georgia Pacific Gillene Saf
Goodyear Tire
Greyhound Gulf Oil
Ceeeeae Gulf States Util
Gustin - Bac
HLE& Po
Texas Gulf Sulp
Tidewater
Timken
Transam Corp
Union Carbide UN
Oil of Calif
United Aircraft
United Carbon
U. S. Steel
Westinghouse _ Davis
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Standiford Oil Co
New Jersey
Humble Company
Intl Harv
Int’ Minerals Int
Tidelands
Deane Lynn Starnes
Edgar Noe
Eee Es
Naomi Stovall
Daniel Lynn Bush
Wagnaves Isace
Houston
Alta Sivil
Mable Marathon Oil
Williams
Geraldine Byrd
John
M. Sutterfield
Channelview
Bernice Daniel
Jacinto City
Cig Margie
B. N. Bridges
Pasadena
R. E. Russell
Houston, Bay
Monsanto
Nat
News News
New York Central
Qlin - Math
Alee
Divers alight on strange reefs near Stetson Bank
Divers describe friendly barracuda curiosity and a hammer throwing incident with no injuries. They collected specimens and color photos for exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The rock peak is petirified mud aged about 30 million years, formed by salt dome pressures. King Fins divers Seeley and Hamil from Baytown work and volunteer in Channelview.
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Hamil
Marine Biological Lab
Houston Museum of Natural Science
B. & Pulley
Pulley
Seeley
King Fins
Baytown
Sinclair Petro-Chemical Co
Channelview
Stetson Bank
Dennis Riley
Paul Atts
Del Webb Corp Earnings Rise
Del E Webb Corp reports 1962 consolidated earnings of 33 703 248 or 58 cents per share on revenue of 80 756 238. Net earnings rose 31 percent from 1961, with per share up 16 percent as shares increased 57 percent to 4 594. President Jacobson says 1963 is expected to show continued growth in net earnings.
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del E. Webb Corp
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Webb
Pres. L. C. Jacobson
Klein couple welcome Cindy Kay Jackson in Tomball
Mrs. Gay Hickerson Jackson and N E Jackson of Klein announce the birth of their daughter Cindy Kay on April 25 at Leon Memorial Hospital Tomball weight six pounds fifteen ounces. She has a 14 month old brother Scott and grandparents Fletcher Hickerson Baytown and Edgar Jackson Conroe.
Elliott Proposes Vote To Settle Hospital Problem
Harris County residents may win a fourth chance to decide on a hospital district to run the vacant 9.2 million city county charity hospital. County Judge Bill Elliott signed the petition as a homeowner and father urging 100 qualified voters’ names to trigger the election. Mayor Lewis Cutter backs the district, ending Houston Harris County financing dispute that kept the hospital closed since completion in February. Voters previously rejected district formation in 1961 1957 and 1955.
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Harris County
Bill Elliott
Lo Father
Elliott
Houston
Lewis Cutter
Birth of Kevin Wayne Jones in Baytown Hospital
Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Jones of 1503 Hawthorne Baytown welcomed a son Kevin Wayne born Tuesday at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital weighing seven pounds 17 ounces Grandparents are R L Jones Jr Burl Jewell all of Baytown Great grandmother Mrs Goldie Lamb of Houston He has a sister Jana Lee.
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Robert Lee Jones
Hawthorne
Kevin Wayne
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
R. L. Jones Jr
Burl Jewell
Baytown
Goldie Lamb
Houston
Batty
Jana Lee
Hospital Beat Admits Several Patients and Newborns
A list from Gulf Coast and San Jacinto hospitals shows multiple admissions and new arrivals. Names include Edward D. Porter and Amosl R. Oakley among inpatients, with room numbers listed. births note Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Billy David Shelton Sr. at respective facilities.
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Gulf Coast
Edward D. Porter
Raymond Forter Sr
Begonia
Highlands
Amosl R. Oakley
Edgewood
la Porte
Bryant Bonetti
Channelview
J. J. Sheffield
Michigan
Robert Lee Jones
Lindberg
San Jacinto
Billy David Shelton Sr
Morrell
Barber Jr. Promoted to Commander in Navy
A. V. Barber Jr., 41, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Barber of Baytown, Texas, has been promoted to commander in the U.S. Navy. He has served nine years and is now at sea. He previously lived in Jacksonville, Florida, and Cecil Field, with a long Navy and Air Force service background. His family includes Amy Sue, 2, and A. V. Barber III, six months. He is a graduate of Robert E. Lee High School and attended Lee College and Texas A&M.
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A. V. Barber Jr
Amy Sue
A. V. Barber
A. V. III
Wisconsin
Barber
U.S. Navall Navy
Air Force
Fly
Baytown
Jacksonville
Fla
Cecil Field
Vember
Naval Air Force Base
Cmdr
Donald L. Brun
Robert E. Lee High School
Lee College
Texas A&m
Orange Park
Funeral notices for Ruby Solleau and J T Cordie Adams
Funeral services set for 10 a m Thursday at Paul U Lee Funeral for Mrs Ruby Solleau 62 of Cedar Bayou wife mother and Baytown patrolman Alvin Solleau among survivors. Burial in Memory Gardens. Also Mrs J T Cordie Adams 61 of 3201 Missouri died Tuesday in Baytown hospital with funeral 2 p m Thursday Earthman Funeral Home burial Forest Park Cemetery. Brazil nuts note appears as odd aside.
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B. W. Barfield Jr
Cedar Bayou
Dorothy Barfield
Baytown
Everett Solleau
Mont Belvieu
Clift de Louche
West Monroe
Lester de Louche
Sulphur
Nelle Hall
Zelio
Zelio 1Oqwens of West Monroe and Mrs. G. C.childress
R. P. Skaggs
First ‘Baptist Church
Mont Belview
Vester Lee Metts
Grand ‘Prairie
Edith Moe Douglas
Houston
Andy Kirkland
Earthman Funeral Home
Robert Cheek
Forest Park Cemetery
R. A. Wolfe Jr
H. J. Kloesel
E. M. Simmons
T. Ms Ponder
Howard Griffin
Ted Hunt
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Hospital
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Higgins
Earl S. Barnett Jr
James R. Jones
Lane's End
Andrew Kleypas
E. Pearce
Woodie A. Shivers
Ft. Worth
Leamon Cooper
William T. Eford Jr
Bessie Brown
Fayle
Franziskus Cardinal
Koenig
Vienna
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
U.S
Budapest
Mindszenty
Anderson Shoe & Saddle Repair, Inc
Western Wear, Saddeley and Shoe Repair
Baytown Lions Club
Food Service
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Wilburn's
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