Baytown events mix music dances meetings and tides
Baytown Lu las plan a Mothers Day Dance at Baytown Rod and Gun Club from Saturday to 1 am Sunday with Eloy Perez and Orchestra, admission $2. Genealogical Society meets Monday 9:30 am at Sterling Municipal Library. Weekend weather shows turbulence and thundershowers with temps in upper 60s to low 30s. Galveston tides listed for Sunday and Monday. Matrons Picnic at Goose Creek with guest picnic Thursday 6:30 pm at Roseland Pavilion. Knights of Columbus Hall dance Saturday with Karels Kapela. donations $3 per couple. Baytown La Porte Association for Retained Children meets Monday 7:30 pm at Baytown Civic Center Activity Room 1. Michael Smith named humor prize winner at Texas Lutheran College Sequin. studying at University of Bonn as exchange student. Marlene Butcher initiated into Pi Delta Phi at Baylor University. Karen Pam Spuhler appointed to Colorado travel commission.
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Baytown Lulacs
Baytown
Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Eloy Perez
Michael Smith
Clyce Smith
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Michael
University of Bonn
Germany
Local Society Notes Debut and Rain Reports
A string of brief notes mentions A. R. Lorfing and Roy Pickett in a skit with Nolan Barth Ralph Johnson and W Heints. Mrs Herman Kreinschmidt celebrates a new baby. Evelyn Underhill reports water from her office. Nancy Threadgill walks for a rain gauge reading then reports to The Sun. Pem Berry surprises family by coming home through heavy rains. Saunders remains as substitute. Anna and Richard excited about buying a fishing cabin at Dam. Pat Goodrich praises her precinct while Rodger Read makes the same claim for his. Winston Hayes shows a political leaning rumor. Becky Griffin phones after work to remind a fellow employer.
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A. R. Lorfing
Roy Pickett
Nolan Barth
Ralph Johnson
W. Heints
Katiener
Herman Kreinschmidt
Evelyn Underhill
Nancy Threadgill
Pem Berry
Saunders
Anna
Richard
Dam T
Pat Goodrich
Rodger Read
Winston Hayes
Becky Griffin
Youth Rodeo Planned in Highlands by Gulf Coast H S A
Gulf Coast High School Rodeo Association will sponsor a youth rodeo at Double Trouble Arena 215 Steele Road Highlands Saturday 2 30 pm Sunday. Events include bareback riding steer roping calf roping ribbon roping and barrel racing. Queen’s contest medals and trophies awarded. Participation limited to members of clubs within the association including Baytown La Porte Northshore Sam Rayburn Channelview and Smiley Crosby Youth Rodeo Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast High School Rodeo Association
Pam
Double Trouble
Steele, Road
Highlands
Association
Baytown Youth Rodeo Club
la Porte Youth
Northshore Youth Rodeo Club
Sam Rayturn High School
Channelview Youth Rodeo Club
Smiley - Crosby Youth
Last in a Series Bond costs for Lee College on ballot
Financial experts say the two ballot proposals in the Tuesday Lee College election will cost a $15,000 home about $5 yearly. The $954,690 bond issue and estimated maintenance tax raise could push taxes higher for several years. Hobart Enoch, fiscal agent, notes taxes may fall within three years as capital projects boost the district, a view supported by the citizens committee. The piece hints at related stories on Page 8 and letters supporting the bond on Page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College
Hobart Enoch
U. S. Steel and
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Citizens Committee
Lee Colle
Bishop Heads District 7 Convention As Chairman
Raleigh Bishop, dean of the Harris County Democratic Executive Committee, won a decisive vote to become permanent chairman of the District 7 Democratic Convention. Sen. Chet Brooks backed him, and Bishop defeated Felix Salazar 1,241 to 400. Brooks’ influence was evident as most conservative precincts supported Bishop. The convention, held at San Jacinto College, showed anti Connally and pro Yarborough sentiment in the crowd with signs and leaflets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hartman
Raleigh Bishop
Harris County
Democratic Executive Committee
Chet Brooks
Halal
San Jacinto College
Bishop
Sen. Brooks
Felix Salazari
Baviewn
East
Carvers
Sen
Brooks
John Connally
Yarborough
Gov. Connally
Texas
Bay
Tamp Hardeway Remains a Baytown Favorite figure
Tamp Hardeway, a Baytown fixture for decades, shined shoes and helped neighbors from his two-room Oak Addition home at 1128 Daniel. Known for generosity, pride, and daily visits to Baytown shops, he supported children at Christmas and bought ice cream after church. Despite health issues, he paid cash for medicines and never sought charity, leaving friends with deep respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Cleveland
Tamp
Cleveland
W. Main
Eddie
James (Slick) Lis
Ellis
Slick
Tamy
Houston
Baytown Soldier Pfe. Victor J Humphrey Killed in Vietnam
Former Robert E Lee High School track star Pfe. Victor J Humphrey, 20, was killed in action in Vietnam. He died after a jeep hit a mine near An Khe. His family in Baytown learned of his death and awaits word on his remains. Humphrey had earned running honors at Robert E Lee and had joined the Army in 1967. He trained at Fort Polk and Fort Benning and served at Fort Bragg before deployment.
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Victor J. Humphey
Vietnam
Humphrey
An Khe
J. A. Humphrey
Bayway Drive
Baytown
Homer Kuhn
Robert E. Lee
Army
Fort Polk
Fort Benning
Fort Bragg
ER&E Chemist Hurt In Baytown Wreck
Esso Research chemist Robert I. McDougall 34 of Nassau Bay remained unconscious in Methodist Hospital Houston after a Friday morning crash on Highway N near the Baytown La Porte Tunnel. Passenger Luigi Boghitich 41, also an Esso chemist, was treated at San Jacinto Methodist. both were en route to Baytown work.
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Esso Research and Development Co
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Robert I. McDougall
Nassau Bay Area
Rainslick Highway N
Baytown - la Porte Tunnel
K D L. Woolsey
Luigi Boghitich
Esso
Baytown
Woolsey
Forhitich
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Boghitich
McDougall
Violent Thunderstorms Flood Vast Areas Here
Violent back to back thunderstorms drenched Baytown on Friday shutting streets and businesses. The first deluge struck at noon amid tornado warnings, flooding River streets and submerging parts of the Police Administration Building. A second wave at 5:30 p.m. worsened water levels, with Manuel Pease reporting five and a half feet in front of his Main Street business. Water affected the Chamber of Commerce Building and nearby stores as two hours of pumping followed. Memorial Drive remained flooded between Decker Drive and Graywood Arms, with cars stalled and neighborhoods like Pamela Street Hooded. No dollar damage figures were established.
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Henry Wolcomb
Baytown
Cit
Manuel Pease
Main Street
Asst
R. H. “Bo” [Turner
Worth Main
Baker Road
Chamber of Commerce
Sum- Tex
John Wiesner
Chevrolet
Dave Moore
Moore
Bremer
Nora Badgett
Badgett
Irma Turner
Memorial Drive
Decker Drive
Graywood Arms Apartments
Memorial
Pamela Street
Glen Arbor
Water leaks blamed on timing not contractor at two schools
Rain over the past week and again Friday soaked Highlands Junior School and James Bowie Elementary while add-ons are being built. Downing Roofing says work hadn’t started on the affected sections and notes a base coat and seven day cure period for decking. Architect James A. Davis says waterproofing depends on drying concrete as the blend with existing structures awaits completion.
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Highlands
James Bowie
Baytown Sun
R. L. Downing
Downing Roofing Co
Downing
Highlands Junior School
Bowie
James A. Davis
Davis
Tornado Watch Issued for Southeast Texas Saturday
The Weather Bureau warned of a tornado and severe thunderstorm watch from noon to 5 p.m. CDT Saturday across parts of Southeast and Extreme South Texas. The greatest risk lay along a line from north of Houston to southeast of Cotulla, with heavy rain and possible flooding. Houston forecast cloudy and mild with 60 percent rain chances. storms caused local flooding and stalled cars on nearby routes.
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Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Texas
Houston
Cotulla
Fox
Houston U. S
Baytonian Soldier Receives Army Commendation Medal
Melvin E. Roark of Houston is awarded the U S Army Commendation Medal for heroism in Vietnam while serving as a Bulldozer Operator with Company D, 65th Engineer Battalion. On June 21, 1967, at an ammunition depot near Dee Pho he entered a burning area to save supplies, risking his life as he pushed burning drums and helped avert greater loss. He is a 1964 Robert E. Lee High School graduate and resides with his wife Linda Dunlap at 94 Miriam where he works at A M Welding Machine Shop.
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Melvin E. Roark
U. S. Army
Vietnam
Robert E. Lee High School
Melvin R. Roark
Houston
Linda Dunlap
Roger E. Dunlap
1609
Marion
Roark
Republic of Vietnam
Co. D
Batalion
Dee Pho
Rourk
Jeand
U. S
Miriam
A&m
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Main
Chamber
Pat Ryan
Billy Barnett
Vincent Romberg
Charles
Janice Mead
Brentwood Witly -Alfonso
Jim McLain
Henry Holcomb
Genealogical Society
Baytown Genealogical Society
Sterlingnicipal Library
Galveston
Goose Creek
Roseland
Pavilion
Knights of Columbus Hall
Karel’s Kapela
Marlene Butcher
H. W. Butcher
Lynchburg
Pi Delta Phi
Baylor University
Miss Butcher
Karen Pam Spuhler
Burnet
The
Associated Students
University of Colorado
Caround
Mike Blackman
Tamp Hardeway
Hardeway
Tom Crawford
Temp
Citizens National Eit
Victor J. Humphrey
Er&e
Melyly E. Roark
Lee Drive
Alexander Drive
Highway 146
Fayle
Brownwood
Lakewood
Carla
Baytonian
JO Insuparice
John O. Mitchell
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