Baytown family notices and local events snapshot
A fragmentary Baytown area page notes the death of A John 5. Broy les father of W D Bill Broyles and bereaved family travel to Shreveport for funeral. Michigan Speaker Robert L Gillette and son Mike plan a Jackson Michigan trip. Community events include a Beauceants steak fry for charity, rummage sale by Bethel Mission Women, a pre med car wash at Lee High, an M&M Crop Dusting plane crash near Liberty, Horace Mann teen canteen final meeting, a Diabetes Complications lecture at Chamber of Commerce, and a 4 H Club rescheduled meeting at Buck Turner Chevrolet.
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Robert E. Lee High School
H. M. McCandless
Wooster
Galveston Saturday Tides Noted With High and Low Times
Partly cloudy conditions and worn through Saturday. Low temps expected tonight in the mid thirties. Tides show high at 3:37 am and 2:30 pm with low tides at 9:00 am and 9:27 pm in Galveston.
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Galveston
Local notices and campus life stir various plans and health updates
Harlen e Davis is home from the hospital but bedridden while Barbara Sanders ponders work. Janel Clayton undergoes hospital tests and Pat Ayler plans a busy weekend. Glenda Helm intends a summer course roll after a year’s break. Cedar Bayou High journalism students earn notable awards teacher Shirley Shanks comments. Paula retiring for summer from Stephene. Mrs. Warne and Mrs. Hazelwood test the country club golf course. Jim Bryan discusses a golf series from the 70s. Contin Retmids resumes Friday visiting.
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Harlene Davis
Barbara Sanders
Janel Clayton
Pat Ayler
Glenda Helm
Burton Boreas
Mmurhaeeios
Ken Perehicner
Curry Dorsa
Cean
Ingh
Cedar Bayou
Shirley Shanks
Hoage
Paula
Stephene
Robert Warne
Gene Hazelwood
Reamtry Club
Perry Britton Leaches
9 000 Pounds Of Meat For Humble Day Picnic
Humble Day activities unfold Saturday at the Humble Recreation Club with 9 000 pounds of meat prepared for barbecue to serve about 11 000 people. The Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang began cooking at noon Friday. serving starts 10 a.m. and ends 6 p.m. Tickets cost 1 50 and benefit those without tickets. A Little Miss Humble Day contest will feature 30 entrants for ages three to six, with judging 2 30 to 3 45 p.m. Events include tennis, hayrides, swimming, square dancing, and a wine of activities culminating with a fashion show. The meat is now cooked at the Humble Recreation Club for the first time.
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Snell
Humble
Red Bluff Anc
Genoa Roads
Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang
Humble Recreation Club
Baytown
Baytown Humble Club
Houston Humble Club
Robert E. Lee High School
Geneva Talks Delayed Over Laos Representation
Britain and the Soviet Union failed to agree on Laos delegation at the 14-nation talks and postponed opening. The US demanded a settlement on representation before seating, as Rusk, Home, and de Murville met to discuss progress._truce commission reported a general halt in fighting._
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Geneva
Britain
Soviet Union
Laos
Cochairmen
United States
Truce Commission
U.S
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Murville
Rusk
Gromyko
Cochairman
Lord Homie
India
Canada
Poland
Refinery Club Plans Barbecue at Camp Reber
Baytown Refinery Club will hold its annual Humble Day celebration Sunday at Camp Reber Decker Drive. About 950 chickens were brought in from Louisiana to feed the crowd. The club, with around 300 members, will serve half a barbecued chicken plus other food. Barbecuing begins Friday afternoon. Highlights include an oboe hall game a drawing for an electric dryer and a scholarship presentation to a high school senior planning to attend a four year college.
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Baytown
Neera
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Camp Reber
Decker Drive
Louisiana
Pruett Portrait Mayor Honored At Red Prutt Day Event
Emeritus Mayor R. H. Pruett received a portrait gifted by city employees and officials for eleven years of service. His granddaughter Pamela Pruett received a duplicate, while Baytown Junior Chamber president George Wikoff held a commemorative plaque. About 200 attended as W. O. Ward led ceremonies and Velma Anstey was credited with organizing the reception at the Chamber of Commerce Building.
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R. H. Ced
Pruett
Pamela Pruett
George Wikoff
Baytown
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Let
Chamber of Commerce
W. OL. (Dub) Ward
Velma Anstey
Bastoayen Photas
Baytonians Attend Chamber of Commerce Meeting
A well attended Baytown reception featured several speakers and presentations. Notable remarks praised local service and progress, highlighting improvements at the chamber and urging ongoing civic effort.
American carrier fires shots near Santiago de Cuba
Havana Radio quotes a Santiago corre spondent saying an American aircraft carrier fired several shots near Playa Siboney about 40 miles west of Guantanamo Bay. Five jet planes took off and conducted threatening flights over the area in what the report calls another act of Yankee imperialist aggression.
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Key West
Fla
Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Tve
Plays Siboney
Santiago
Playa Siboney
U.S Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Recount Ordered in Galveston Ballots For First Negro Office
City commissioners in Galveston order a recount after ballots appear to have elected the city’s first Black office holder by three votes. News also notes Kennedy’s Florida rest plans, indictments in Jefferson County for gambling, and Viet Nam policy statements amid other national events.
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Galveston
REL's 1961 Annual Is Distributed
Our Year At REL theme of this year’s Robert E. Lee High School annual the Lee Traveler 1500 copies distributed Thursday afternoon to students The glossy silver cover is embossed in maroon with Lee Traveler Opening section describes the past school year by the staff The epistle illustrated with maroon pictures and silver strips down page sides Images of Mr and Miss Robert E Lee for this year Bill Kersh and Ginter Ross appear in the personality section Betty DeShone editor assisted by Albert Harris Virginia Cook business manager kept books Eva Tathringer organization editors etc Mass Vernon Liles was faculty aid editor
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REL
Robert E. Lee High School
Lee Traveler
Lee
Robert KK. Lee
Bill Kersh
Ginter Ross
Betty DeShone
Bby
Albert Harris
Virginia Cook
Eva Tathringer
John Saunders
Spears
Brenda Strark
Pat Morgan
Mary Yepex
Linda Henderson
Mirg Incis Miler
Karen Otto
Seehon
Mass Vernon Liles
Geeculty
Aid Ixor
Pryett Park Traffic Light Now Operating
Pryett Park installs a traffic light at Perk and Murire to reduce stop sign violations. Chief Roy Montgomery said patrol cars will patrol the area this weekend and issue citations for violations. A new traffic control system aims to improve safety around the park.
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Perk
Murire
Riad Armas
Bales
Roy Montgomery
Incoherent OCR fragment hints at worker terms and locations
Fragments mention Aroslire Stns and Sen Jac with scattered phrases about workers, mines, camps, and clones. Names and places are unclear, yielding an unreliable, partial picture of a labor scene or facility.
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Aroslire
Hart
Gonzales Urges Liberals to Back Blakley in Runoff
State Sen Henry B Gonzales urged liberal Democrats to back U S Senator William A Blakley in the May 27 runoff against Republican John Tower after Gonzales carried 562 votes in Baytown and East Harris County. Maverick May t ick Jr warned he might abstain if Blakley does not align with his views.
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Henry B. Gonzales
Baytown
Harris County
U. S. Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
U. S
William A
Bill) Blakley
John Tower
Gonzales
Blakley
Maverick
Misaasene
Tower
Blakley i
Willsihe
Baytown City
East
Democratic Party
Six Injured In Channel Dredge Fire Near Humble Docks
A dredge explosion ripped a natural gas line 45 feet under the Houston Ship Channel opposite the Humble docks around 7 p.m. Thursday. Six people were injured including a 14 year old in critical condition at San Jacinto Hospital. Qodis Suggs, a deck captain aboard the George W. Catt dredge barge, suffered facial chest and arm burns. two crewmen had second and third degree burns. The fire raged hours, with Coast Guard boats and a Houston fire boat assisting before the pipeline could be located and shut off. The dredge was towed away and the scene contained.
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John
San Jacinto Hospital
Houston Ship Channel
Humbledocks
Qodis Suggs
George W. Catt
Hummo Oh and Refining Co
Scout
Anderson Oil Co
Atlantic Gut
Pacific Co
la P
Humble
Us, Coast Guard
F Houston
Angleton Refinery Worker Dies In Tank Accident Funeral Today
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Saturday for B. R. Lide, an Angleton, Texas resident and steel worker who died at the Pashnen Refinery. Lide suffered a fatal neck injury while working inside a tank at the refinery. He is survived by his wife, two sons, and several relatives. Deputy medical examiner supplied the details.
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Tharseax
Thanble Cit and Refining Co
Seal Orth
Heo Wars
Ripley Toh Tank Steel Co
Woatt Industries
Hobston
Feefar
Pinble
Hearotta Gide
Bya Sons
Tenies
Russell Slade
Preents
Mra
Lidey
Sooms
Ad Oon Abedin Twa Pyne Botole Mena
Tay Parte
Ramsey outlines nearly 250000 road plan for Precinct 3
Harris County Commissioner W. V. Ramsey details 13 proposed road projects split by Baytown and west of the San Jacinto River, with a total road and bridge fund budget of 755,091. Projects include Uvalde Road and Wallisville Road as the most expensive west-side item, plus 24 east-side projects costing about 108,909.78. Some work already completed. remaining funds cover planned improvements and an emergency reserve of 70,000 for potential repairs.
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Harris County
W. V. Ramery
Baytown
San Jacinto
Ramsey
Panise
Aeieg Pds Oun
Aardihan
Ramses
Chars
Sete
Raryse
Lauchlin Dies at 87 in local church service
Luther Walter Lauchlin, aged 87, native of Coon, died here. Funeral services are set at the community church with survivors including his wife and children. burial at nearby cemetery.
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Luther Walter Lauchlin
Texas Senate approves state support for University of Houston
In a swift voice vote the Texas Senate passed a measure to make the University of Houston fully state supported in 1963. The redistricting bill faced delays as committees debated district revisions and annexation procedures, while House members advanced a public school recodification bill altering teacher education requirements and a liquor-by-the-drink proposal drew opposition.
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Ben Ramsey
Lane
Baker
Senate
House
Sinan
Abraham Kazen Jr
Laredo
James i
REL Students Named For Special Math Class
Twenty five REL students selected for a special summer advanced math track at Lee High School. The Rivenweek Course mirrors content from Rien University summers to stimulate gifted students in authentic topics beyond the standard curriculum. Participants include Richard Andersen, Joseph Barsalog, John Bilan, Brian Hotton, Cheryl Price, Della Robberson, and many others, with daily lectures, problem sets, and monthly reports to the REL board.
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Robert Ena
Lee High School
Cowes Eo Dune
Hich Schol
Ingie
Coral Reperis
He Coless
Frank James
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John 5. Broyles
W. D.bill Broyles
Broyles and Associates Engineering
Shreveport
Michigan
Robert L
Bob) Gillette
Mike Gillette
Jackson, Mich
Gillette
Gillettes
Stoak Fry Beauceants
Fireman's
Lee Drive
Nazro
Bethel Mission
Wilkenfeld
J. F. Smith
M&m
Liberty
Horace Mann
eoRrain
Ernestine Bricht
Buck Turner Cheviniet Acancy
Dan Daniel
Humble’s
Andrei A. Gromyko
Pavithment
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Refinery Club
Baytonians
Chamber
Horar Ofidgnine
Fod
Peart
Fermen
Kana
Davis
Maar Emerens Penett
Ihay Cenrtian
Bulletin
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Jefferson County
Grand Jury
Port Arthur
Viet Namese Optiow 1
Lubbock
U. 8
Heliecopter
Carl T. Curtis
RiNeb
Civil Servicen
AO Bane
Enffor Db
Perel
Vaeitass
Sen. Gonzales
Mauryn Mayetick Jr
San Antonio
Blak Jey
Angleton
Blaze
Fanyal
Wetter Ledighlin
Pats
Coon
Basiasay
Card Lauahtin
Georse
Lawchlin
S S Stam
Panny Poor Henie
Absa
John Wesley
Durham
Hannes Leon Ranes
Th Lynn Brae
Hay Geviin
Danny
Deaie Ann Gatling
Culles
Anh Culley
Job Ars
A. McSurbane
Mise
Roaten
Cauahter
Mean
Meigs
Paull Richie Moore
Sen
Paula A. Moore
Cheryl Price
Chanahter
Cnd
Michary Proce
Della Lonise Robberson
Dassa'ter
Tis
Svalel Bodybotsons
Swarahgs
Siena
Ailison Wals
Chinghitor
Davay
Sen Ol
Geemeny
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