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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1969
Page
2
Police report a regular visitor in Narcille damages a yard at 1908 Narcille every Friday and Saturday night from 9 to 11 40 PM driving in deep ruts and leaving the property marred.
The passage explains two commissions, one appointed by the Commissioners Court and the other by the Houston City Council, plus a chairman chosen at their joint meeting. It records that Pruett was first named to the commission in 1963.
The Jones 7 11 7 store at Bayway Drive and Cabaniss was robbed at gunpoint at 9 44 p m Saturday, Baytown police reported. Cashier Laura Tanner said a man entered with a pistol partly covered by a red bandanna and ordered her to fill a paper bag with register money. She can identify the robber, though the amount taken was not determined. Baytown detectives division is investigating.
New Arrival: Mr and Mrs Jerry Stanley of 1307 Sandy welcomed a son born May 11. Other listed admissions include Mrs Viola Marie Hayes of 112 Midway in Room 152 and Mrs Helen Marie Doyle of 1801 Ontario in Room 123. Walter Alfred Simpson Jr of Baytown in Room 122. Lorene Fox of 2161 Clayton in Room 209. Patricia Ann Soffes of Channelview in Room 206. Fern Katherine Mc Williams of 1000 W Murrill in Room ? and Cecil Ruth Knecht of La Porte in Room 219. Branda Gayle Wilkerson of 604 E Republic in Room 200.
Kehoe held leadership roles in the Serra Club from 1954, guiding Houston events and achieving 150 members. He served as District 10 governor (1962-1964), chaired multiple Catholic organizations, and sits on St. Joseph's Hospital trustee board and Duchense Academy board. He is UH alumnus, Navy WWII veteran, and Army Reserve officer. A Thursday cocktail hour precedes the meeting. Katamai National Monument in Alaska is the largest U.S. monument at 4,125 square miles.
The article traces Wilbert Lee O Daniel's arc from wartime influence in Washington to a Texas fallback in real estate and business ventures. It notes his 1948 retirement, failed gubernatorial bids in 1956 and 1958, and later public memory as his son Pat pursued the governor's race. It references FDR, Winston Churchill, and the Atlantic Conference as context.
Ex teacher Virginia Nelms Victory dies in Houston after 40 years in Baytown. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sedegast Kopf Funeral Home. widow of John B. Victory of Gulf Oil Co. Storytime at Sterling Library hosted by Junior Forum at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Friends of Sterling Library to meet 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to elect trustees.
Editor notes a two sided Q and A on a proposed city zoning ordinance to be voted May 20 prepared by anti zoning and pro development groups. It covers history, current adoption, effectiveness, effects on unzoned cities and character of the Baytown proposal with claims of technical binding nature.
A South Houston machinist Herbert Edwin Taylor 44 of 1625 Ave M was killed in a two car crash on Interstate 10 about 2 1/2 miles east of Highway 146 in Chambers County at 2 25 am Sunday. Anahuac patrolman Henry Stiles westbound with a flat tire was rear ended by Carolyn Mann 32 of Alvin whose six passengers and two in Taylors car were injured none seriously.
Funeral services for Carl Edgar Cannon 83 of Dayton will be Tuesday at First Baptist Church Dayton with Rev R C Hammock officiating. Burial Magnolia Ridge Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs G H Barclay Bay town and Mrs Ei J Stoesser Dayton a son Rev David B Cannon Killeen four brothers 13 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren. Pallbearers named. Brazil borders every nation on South America except Chile and Ecuador.
The city has held a campaign on zoning for weeks with a question answered by a hearing method. Since the 1948 Tri-Cities consolidation zoning has surfaced but faced strong opposition and stalled before referendum. Mayor Glen Walker will preside Monday night, the final of three hearings called by the mayor.
City council and the Planning and Zoning Commission oversee absentee voting on zoning. Balloting runs May 5 to 5 p.m. May 16. Ballots can be cast by machine in City Secretary Edna Oliver's office at city hall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday during regular hours. A large voter turnout is predicted by both sides in the controversy.
Tickets for the 25th annual Pin Oak Charity Horse Show are available at Citizens National Bank. For details about the show scheduled for June 2, call Gail Guidry at 427-7201.
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