First Home Building Underway in Ridgewood Subdivision
An artist sketch shows the first Ridgewood home under construction in Baytown. Built by Joe Ayler Homes Inc, the 2,178 square foot house includes three bedrooms a den living and dining rooms a kitchen two baths and a two car garage via a breezeway. Ridgewood Section 1 has 29 wooded homesites off Garth Road north of Gulf Coast Hospital.
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Ridgewood
Baytown
Joe Ayler Homes, Inc
Garth Road
Gulf Coast Hospital
Warne Heads Up Western Auto's Houston Division
Thomas M. Warne, after a two year special in Kansas City, has been named manager of Western Auto's Houston Division replacing L. A. Fults who moves to Western Region headquarters in Los Angeles. Warne, with 25 years in merchandising before joining Western Auto in May 1954, will run from the Houston Wholesale House at 2484 West Eleventh Street and oversees operations from Baytown to San Antonio including 30 company stores and 200 dealer outlets across Texas and Louisiana. He is married with three sons.
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Thomas M. Warne
Western Auto Supply Co
Kansas City
Western Auto
Houston
Warne
L. A. Fults
Western Region
Los Angeles
Baytown
Pasadena
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Corpus, Christi
Austin
San Antonio
Texas
Louisiana
Western Auto Wholesale
West Eleventh Street
New Ridgewood Subdivision Starts Construction
Construction begins on Ridgewood Section 2 led by Joe Ayler Homes Inc at the Bay 1 corner of town. The 32 acre Ridgewood project by A M Howell and J Howell plans 239 wooded homesites with all brick, 3 bedroom houses and 2,200 to 3,000 square feet under roof. Completion expected by mid June with prices from 21000 and lots starting at 3700. Scenic Drive crosses Garth Road north of Goose Creek Bridge. Ayler Homes maintains sales offices at 907 Idlewood Graywood subdivision.
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Joe Ayler
Ridgewood
Homes, Inc
Scenic Drive
Woodcrest
Vision
Garth Road
Devel
Gulf Coast Hospital
Opment
A. M. Howell
Ridgewoodl
J. Howell
Botram
Monti
Goose Creek
Joe Ayler Homes, Inc
Idlewood
Graywood Subdivision
Ruby Provost’s Last Rites Set Saturday
Funeral services for Ruby Gean Provost 21 died of injuries from a hot water heater explosion will be held Saturday in Corrigan under Johnson-Frazier Funeral Home direction. A Corrigan native, she lived in Baytown five years. Survivors include husband J R Provost Baytown, parents Elzie Whitaker and wife of Corrigan, and several brothers and sisters.
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Ruby Gean Provost
Corrigan
Johnson-Frazier Funeral Home
Baytown
J. R. Provost
Elzie Whitaker
Optimists Set Baseball Fete
The Baytown Optimist Club hosts its annual breakfast for Teenage League players at 7 am on Saturday at Junior Street. The meal of bacon eggs and trimmings helps acquaint youths with club members who sponsor the program. Optimists Curtly McNabb Lestier Alford G. K. Hathaway Charles Fuller and W. C. Reeves will be assisted by members of the Optimists, a new teenage girls club.
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Baytown
Alford
Houston City reviews speeding charge wording and audits minor changes
County Judge Billy Ragan upholds action to quash the eighth speeding charge due to vague ticket wording while Houston considers changes to enforcement. Houston School Board rents auditoriums only to activities aligned with community sentiment, drawing complaints from Sigma Delta Chi. Civil Liberties Union meeting notes and handbill incidents spark campus debate. Civil Air Patrol searches for missing pilots linked to Tony Bradford and Dorther Henter. A Houston couple missing after a Dallas flight incident prompts investigations. Gene Carroll Broun of Houston receives life imprisonment for first degree murder. HUD rate hearing extends with recesses to Monday as Houston Lighting and Power seeks higher rates.
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City of Houston
Billy Ragan
Civil Air Patrol
Tony Bradford
Dalian
Dorther
Henter
Houston
Dalla
Lions Club Sells 14 608 Light Bulbs In Baytown Drive
Baytown Lions Club raised funds by selling 14 608 light bulbs during its annual drive and collected 33 652. Team No 2 led with 42 percent of top sales among eight teams under co chair Clint Bates. Captain Arlie Froehner led members Don Allen F K Bengtson Charlie Carney Dr Neal Chastain Hoy Elms J B Hollaway Milton Kelley Charles Kielman Dr David Norton Abe Rosenzweig Rev LeRoy Stanton Roscoe Zierlein. The club supports light conservation Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Boys State Teenage Baseball Cancer Fund and Crippled Children's Camp among other projects.
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Baytown
Baytown Lions Club
Clint Bates
Bayen
Arlie Froehner
Don Allen
F. K. Bengtson
Charlie Carney
Neal Chastain
Hoy Elms
J. B. Hollaway
Milton Kelley
Charles Kielman
David Norton
Abe Rosenzweig
LeRoy Stanton
Roscoe Zierlein
Light Conservation
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Boys State
Cancer Fund
Crippled Children’s Camp
Lions Club
Tower Blakley West Texas vote bid in runoff
West Texas campaign day features Matt Writer report on John G. Tower and Sen. William A. Blakley as they push toward the May 27 U S Senate run off. Blakley visits San Angelo Abilene Big Spring and Sweetwater with supporters and a noon barbecue in downtown San Angelo while Tower campaigns Odessa and other cities with plant and bank tours and a news conference along the route.
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Sy Marshall
Con
San Angelo
Democrats
Abilene
Sen. Blakley
Gon
Big Spring
Colorado
Zalez Said
City
Sweetwater
Rascoe
VPM
Alent
John F. Kennedy ally backs Blakley in party loyalty remark
Maverick supporter in Austin criticizes voting for Blakley as a stand of Democratic loyalty to the New Frontier, while a San Antonio rally echoes party alignment. The text also lists a stock quote blur background with company names and a local note on Johns Hopkins medical student Bargainer, a Baytown native.
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Franklin Boonevelt
John Kennedy
Blakley
Democratic Party
New Frontier
Maverick
Austin
Tery
San An- Alleg Ludlum
S . Allis-Chalmers
Util
United Natifs America
Gustin Bacon
Visco
IBM
Kerr-McGee
Libby
Liggett and Myers Sacesensae
Ett
Johns Hopkins
Nat Dairy
Pancoastal Oil
MD Ford
Parke-Davis
Johns Hopkins Uni- Freeport x
Phillips Petr
Versity School of Medicine
Robert E. Lee High School
Gen Tire
Shell
Lee College
Georgia Pac
Sinclair Wa &Uated
University of Tex- Gillette
Socony-Mob
Goodyear Tire
Sou Pacific
Sperry-Rand
John F. Mosby
Sunray-Mid
Tennessee Gas
Bargainer
Texas Co
Judy Abraham
Houston
Texas Taste Us
Texas Gulf
Timken
Baltimore
Tidewater
Trans Am Corp
Hopkins
Luther W Laughlin Funeral Notice in Baytown
Luther Walter Laughlin aged 87 died at his home at 7 am today. Survived by wife Alma and four sons Carl Joe George L W Laughlin Jr, one sister Ivy Smith, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Born March 7 1874 in Corinth Mississippi, he lived in Jacksonville prior to Baytown. Funeral at 2 pm Sunday at Corinth Baptist Church with Rev Jones, burial in Jarrett Cemetery.
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Jacksonville
Tex
Baytown
Paul A. Lee
Holmes Brothers Funeral Home
Corinth Baptist Church
J. §. Jones
Jarrett Cemetery
Morrison Promoted to superintendent at Houston Sheffield plant
James Morrison of Baytown has been named superintendent of the yard and track department at Sheffield Division Armco Steel Corp in Houston after joining Sheffield in 1929 and transferring to the Houston plant in 183. Kemp B Greig son of Mr and Mrs Jim Greig of 216 Jefferson La Porte La has been assigned to a Medical Administrative Specialist unit at Dover Air Force Base Del for training and duty after completing basic at Lackland AFB and graduating La Porte High School
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James C. Morrison
Baytown
Houston
Sheffield
Armco Steel Corp
Morrison
Kemp B&. Greig
Jim K. Greig
Jefferson, la Porte
Miliary Air Transport Service
Dover Air Force Base
Del
Lackland Air Force Base
la Porte High School
Fire erupts on dredge amid gas explosion near Baytown
A 260 foot dredge, under Port Commission contract, suffered a gas explosion as flames rose up to 500 feet. Several workers were burned, including Suggs, Marks, and Horton, with others treated and released. Humble Oil reported a damaged gas line. duplicate piping will keep refinery output steady.
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Port Commission
Baytown-La Porte
San Jacinto Hospital
Suggs
Daniel Marks
Arandville
Forrest W Horton
Memphis
Tenn
Marks
Horton
Maxwell Miller
la Porte
Allen, Badeaux
Opelousas
Tommy Doster
Arkansas
William Floyd Lewis
Lake Providence
sa _ Lewis
Baytown
Texas
Houston
R. R. Manant
Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Co
Badeaux
Fred Cavitt
Humble Docks
University of Tene to honor two BBA degree candidates
Virginia Lynn Lucas of 1800 Southwood and Dan Thomas Royle of 117 E Sterling are candidates for bachelor of business administration degrees at University of Tene commencement services June 3.
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Virginia Lynn Lucas
Southwood
Dan Thomas Royle
E. Sterling
University of Tene
Skeet Shoot Sunday at Camp Rebel Boy Scout Camp
A skeet shoot is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at Camp Rebel Boy Scout Camp on Decker Drive. Participants may buy ammunition at the event. Open to the public.
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Rebel Boy
Decker Drive
Bargainer Birth in Baltimore Delights Family Ties
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bargainer of Baltimore announce the birth of a son on April 25 in Baltimore weighing 8 pounds. He has two sisters, Boniami Jackie. Grandparents include A. T. Bargainer of Baytown and Carl Abraham of Houston with great grandparents A. Abraham of California and B. M. Baker of Lufkin. The Rev. J. C. Dias of Lufkin is the great great grandfather.
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Jack D. Bargainer
Baltimore
Boniami Jackie
A. T. Bargainer
Baytown
Carl Abraham
Houston
A. Abraham
California
B. M. Baker
Lufkin
J. C. Dias
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Ruby Provost
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Gulliver
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Calor
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Shirley Jones
Jack Lammon
Shirlet
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Kay Cromene
Cilio Atatne
Feataven
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Harris County
Houston School Board
Sigma Delia Chi
U.S
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Frank Dyer
American Civil Liberties Union
Gene Carroll Broun
John Martin Farting
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Tower
West Texas
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Midland
Barry Goldwater
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Odessa
Maury Maverick Jr
Merril Lynch
Pierce, Fenner and
Scnithy
American Legion Hall
Crosby, Texas
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