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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1966
Page
1
BAYSHORE club holds 8 p.m. Wednesday business meeting at First National Bank led by President Cal Hartrick. Jubilee plans for August and Humble Day May 14 feature in the agenda plus routine club matters. Also included are local notices of luncheons and public events.
The forecast calls for scattered showers with highs 62 to 75 degrees. Tuesday’s range reached 69 degrees with a 66 degree reading this morning at the Sun weather station. No rainfall was measured.
Deacon Jones pursues Baytown history at the library and local markers while Chet Brooks recalls Pasadena paper days. Melva Istra calls in a meeting reminder and Pat Goodrich receives praise for her rain cap. Robert Knight helps a Sun reporter as Cleve Dickens fields a call. Mrs. Taylor Hammack shares facts and Ruthi Bender rehearses for South Pacific. Rose Ann Moody fixes a photo date and Cal Hartrick reads a thank you from Swing Ezy Square Dancers.
A 1 dollar dedication for the Slocomb Fine Arts Building and the Anders Physical Education Building at San Jacinto College has been postponed to 2 30 p m Friday due to a last minute plan change by Gov John Connally. Baytown Housing Authority will host a May 20 meeting in Houston with officials from 16 Texas locales to discuss public housing tenants involvement in Scouting. Barrett Station resident Joe Allen’s car was damaged at a political rally. reports had linked the rally to McNair but it occurred in Barrett Station.
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital invites Baytonians to an open house and tour during National Hospital Week. From 1 30 to 4 p m visitors will tour admitting, surgical, X ray, medical records, and chapel areas with Blue Birds leading tours. Hospital administrator Daniel Brown notes Phase 1 construction exceeding 1 million dollars will add 13 doctors offices X ray and lab facilities on the west side with a covered walkway and Japanese gardens and landscaping revisions including new parking and a landscape design guide for planting.
A long list of voting locations by precinct names and associated schools and officials. Precinct numbers range across many schools and facilities including Irving St. John, Highlands Elementary, Baytown, San Jacinto, Travis, Carver High School, James Bowie Elementary, and others with named administrators. The page enumerates locations for a Saturday election voting day.
Former VP Richard Nixon told the Soung Republicans Club in Houston that a divided Democratic Party will yield major Republican victories in 1966. He projected four Senate seats, 40 House seats, five governorships, and gains in state legislatures, citing Viet Nam differences and Alabama race prospects. inflation as a forthcoming issue.
Elmer Hargis will conduct his last Baytown Juniors band concert before becoming Ross Sterling High School director. The 1:30 p.m. Thursday event at Ball High School invites ex-students and the public with free admission. The program features Bassonata solo by Terry Smith, a Note trio, trombone trio, a Dixieland group, and Vincent Persichetti’s Pag eant. The band members will join Robert E. Lee for Ross Sterling High next year.
Voters prepare for Saturday elections as Baytown issues dominate the scene with the precinct 2 Commission race between W Ramsey and Truman Reed and the late Albert Thomas District 8 Congressional contest. Mrs. Leral Thomas supports her husband’s legacy seeking a full term while Thomas' name appears on the ballot along with Eckhardt and McKaskle amid ongoing pre election activity.
Washington AP The Wallace family dynasty in Alabama rode a stunning primary win. Lurleen Wallace, 23, mother of four, defeated nine male candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, avoiding a runoff and setting the November election. Her husband remains the power broker, though not officially succeeding himself. Negro and white voters both turned out in large numbers under the voting rights act, boosting Fred Gray of Tuskegee as a historic Negro candidate for the Alabama House, while other races for sheriff and county offices produced mixed results.
The district unveils a seven period day moving sixth through eighth grades into a junior school structure. Elementary shares first five grades while junior high becomes grades seven through nine or nine through twelve, with a longer day starting 8 10 a.m. and a 60 minute activity period.
The Bayshore Area Committee for the establishment of a mental health and mental retardation center will meet at noon Monday May 8 at Tel Tower. Rev Harold O Bomhoff chairman said he will explain the relation between the movement and the hospital district and the county. Funds will be available, he said.
The AP brief notes that all Texas regions suffering damage since April 24 were named SBA disaster areas, enabling homeowners and businesses to apply for repair loans at 3 percent interest. Also mentions James J. Fessler on death list and Mao Tze-tung health claim in report from IN.
Robert E. Lee High School celebrates seven National Merit finalists for 1966, tying its record from 1962. Betsy Broyles, John Hunt, Mary Nichols, Mary Schillaci, Henry Stevenson, Pierce Swofford, and Robert Whitson comprise REL’s honorees as Harris County totals show Bellaire 46, Memorial 22, and other area schools contributing finalists.
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