Harris County Farm Youths seek land for new scholarship
Roy Bachmeyer Robert Hiram Angel and Ronda Burrage of 4-H led a ticket sale effort for a Harris County Farm Youth project near La Porte at Oak Stables by Pin Oak. They helped push a $162,150 land purchase while Otis Morrison of La Porte contests the government risk. Willig, a school tax office employee, is recovering from a heart attack at Lillie-Duke Hospital. Baytown weather features mild temps and partly cloudy skies with Wednesday tides at 3:06 am 3:12 pm and low tides at 10:46 am 10:06 pm.
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Roy Bachmeyer
Robert E
Hiram W. Angel
Lee High School
Baytown
Ronda Burrage
Bellaire
la Porte
Harris County
East Harris
Pin Oak Stables
Otis Norrison
A. F. Willig
Lillie- Duke Hospital
Baytown golfer Lowell Lammers opens season win
Baytown golfer Lowell Lammers defended YMCA golf champion status with a one-up victory over Ralph Sharpless on the 22nd hole after both matched par on 18 and birdied 20. This item also notes Baytown Junior High School banquet details and various community notices.
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Baytown
YMCA
Lowell Lammers
Lammers
Ralph Sharpless
H. G. Cornett
Dot
Kerby Norviss
Mary Ellen
Sam Bramlett
G. R. Bloodgood
Tommy Cook
J. R. Bell
Coffer
Sybil Jones
Gulf Coast Hospital
J. M. Lilly
Veterans Hospital
Hionster
Gene
Ruth Slake
Tommy Kimball
Councilmen Take Office Wednesday
Three new Bay town City Council members will be seated after 7 p.m. Wednesday at city hall. Roy H. Hughes Velma Jordan Anstey and Seaborn Cravey, elected in a runoff April 30, will take the oath administered by State Rep. Bill Kilgarlin of Houston, with City Attorney George Chandler issuing the oath. The terms of Mayor R. H. Pruett and councilmen Lacy Lusk W L Ward and Kenneth E Badgett continue to April 1941. Kilgarlin faces a runoff June 4 for State House Position 4. Other items on the agenda include a three-man tax equalization board appointment and traffic survey recommendations.
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Baytown
City Hall
Roy H. Hughes
Velma Jordan Anstey
Seaborn Cravey
Bill Kilgarlin
Houston
George Chandler
Chandler
al Clayton
Paul M. Mears
W. D
Willig
Barney L. Ward
R. H
Bo) Turner
In Person Ad Finds Tenant For Mrs Cox Rent
Mrs O W Cox of 601 North Jones advertised a furnished apartment for rent in a Sun Classifieds notice. Despite no phone inquiries, all inquiries came in person and she easily rented the unit and wished for more rentals.
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O. W. Cox
North Jones
Mrs. Cox
Soviet protest over spy flights and U2 interview request
AP dispatches report a Soviet protest to the United States over spylights over Soviet territory while Washington seeks permission to interview the downed Lockheed U2 pilot near Sverdlovsk. Other items note a fatal car train wreck in Greenville, the Triton submarine’s world cruise, Khrushchev warning on spy planes, and a Dallas Democratic primary upset in Texas.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Sverdnovsk
Dallas
Texas Election Bureau
Kerry Sadler Ieid
Bht
Albcorn
Hugh Prescott Mabe Sr. Dies at 68 in Baytown
Hugh Prescott Mabe Sr., 68, of Harold Lane Baytown, died at 1 a m Monday at home. Native of Knoxville he moved to Baytown earlier. Funeral services set for 4 p m Tuesday at Paul A Lee Funeral Home with Rev P Walter Honckell officiating. Burial Cedar Crest Cemetery. Survived by two sons Hugh P Mabe Jr of Norman Oklahoma and Walter R Mabe of Baytown, a father and children, one sister Mrs Hugh d Jones of Knoxville, one stepsister Mrs Molly Eubank of Knoxville.
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Hugh Prescott Mabe Sr
Fa Harold Lane
Knoxville
Baytown
Paul A. Lee
P. Walter Honckell
Trinity Episcopal Church
Burdal
Cedar Crest Cemetery
Mabe
High P. Mahe Jr
Norman, Oxta
Walter Rb, Mahe
Hugh d. Jones
Molly Eubank
Humble opens major polypropylene plant at Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co opens a large polyolefin plant at Baytown, the world’s largest for the material. Initial capacity is 40 million pounds per year with expansion potential to 100 million, part of a 30 million dollar investment including Enjay division marketing and Enjay Laboratories. The plant supports new plastic uses in dinnerware, packaging, and automotive parts as plastics demand grows nationwide.
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Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Humble
Baton We
Esso
Linden
N.J
William Naden
Humble Co
Charles F. Jones
Ray H. Horton
Humble Division
Jersey Standard
Petrochemical
ESCON
Enjay Chemical Co
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Enjay Laboratories
New Jersey
United States
Bond Financed Expansion At Lee College Gets Green Light
Lee College trustees approve preliminary architectural plans for a northeast wing expansion including women's locker rooms, pool facilities, and additional offices. The $570,000 bond funded project, designed by Lowell Lam, will integrate with the existing gym and pool, allow unisex pool access, and add spectator gallery space. Other actions include resignations, bill payments, tax collection update at 98.17 percent, and May 15 service pin awards.
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Archi Mers
Saoilege
Dawe
Ct Jans
Lee
Ea Ee
Nasium
Lowell Lam
Leetween
Marion Orgain
Lee College
Baytown
George Gentry
Humble Optimist Club salutes Baytown Refinery workers
The Optimist Club in Humble hosted a Monday night event at the Tower to honor Humble Oil and Refining Co. Baytown Refinery employees as part of the first salutes of Optimist International Employee Appreciation Week. Homer Bass spoke on the Humble family history and present, with about 70 Optimists and guests in attendance.
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Baytown Optimist Club
Humble
the Tower
Optimists
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown Refining
Optimist International
Homer Bass
Mana Lager
HORC
Humble Company
Wilton Roper
Gordon L.farned
Baytown
Lester Alford
Gentry Hathaway
Andrew
Shad) Shaddix
Baytown School Board OKs Summer Teachers at Three Schools
Baytown trustees approved summer employment for 44 faculty at Robert E. Lee High School Baytown Junior High and Lamar Elementary. May 31 to July 27 session includes Lamar staff W C Beasley Audrey Kendrick Mildred Brown Chowning O Dell Eugenia Lee Baytown Junior High staff Arnie Higby Robert Bradford M C Rushing REL staff Jane Mitcham R W Wedgeworth Sherman Childres Robert P Kelly Charles Glass Clyde Henderson Five resignations were accepted including Mabel W Plagens after 29 years with Baytown schools and John T Jackson Jo Ann Murdoch Taylor Myrtle R Johnson Hazel Page moving out of town District actions included approving bills and reviewing tax collections at 9817% and plan for athletic injury forms.
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W. C. Beasley
Audrey B. Kendrick
Mildred Brown
Chowning O'Dell
Eugenia Lee
Lamar
Arnie Higby
Robert Bradford
M. C. Rushing
Baytown
REL
Jane Mitcham
R. W. Wedgeworth
Sherman Childres
Robert P. Kelly
Charles Glass
Clyde Henderson
Mabel W. Plagens
Plagens
John T. Jackson
California
Jo Ann Murdoch Taylor
Myrtle R. Johnson
Hazel Page
Taylor
Johnson
Miss Page
Contestants Lose Channelview School Bond Appeal Slated
Contestants in a Channelview school bond case lost their bid, with Judge John Byron Johnson denying the challenge to a $620,000 election. An appeal could be filed within 35 days, while the ruling remains pending. Gerald P. Coen and others weighed next steps amid alleged irregularities and potential voter issues.
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Blue Beathard
Channelview
John Byron Johnson
Houston Morison
Gerald P. Coen
Johnson
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