Funeral Rites Held for Isaac C Mercer in Nacogdoches
Funeral rites were held Sunday at Memorial Baptist Church Nacogdoches for Isaac C Ike Mercer 62 brother of William Mercer of Baytown and Clyde Mercer of La Porte resident of 229 W Austin Nacogdoches who died Friday Also uncle of Mrs E G Bowen Baytown and Jackie Mercer Johnny Mercer Mrs Wanda Barkley Mrs Bernice Smith and Mrs Zelda Mae Fussel all of La Porte Also reports a county TB mobile X ray schedule with times at various sites and several community notices including Craigmont civic Ashbel Smith Elementary sixth grade program Baytown Junior High Parents Council troop 479 scouting and Barbers Hill PTA officer installation details.
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Memorial Baptist Church
Nacogdoches
Isaac C
Ike) Mercer
William “Mercer
Bay‘town
Clyde Mercer
la Porte
W. Austin
E. G. Bowen
Baytown
Jackie Mercer
Johnny Mercer
Wanda “Barkley
Bernice Smith
Trustees Promote Bond Issue At Board Meeting
Baytown school officials press bond issue for 4.3 million dollars as trustees and administrators address parents and civic groups. Meetings outline bids for paint and varnish, cafeteria reports, bids for athletic equipment, and a board of equalization. Projects include a new high school, Harlem Elementary upgrades, Cedar Bayou Junior High cafeteria expansion, and district admin renovations.
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Friends Club
Friendly Friends Club
Wills
Baytown
Joe Horcczy
Board Press
Dent
Rob Ute
John Selensky
E_Lee High School
We Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg J
Rel Auditorium
Knox Beavers
Ft Junior High
Horeczy
Lee College
Joes
Parents Council of
Baytown Junior High
von) Stark
Burnet
Karl Opryshek
Baytown Lions Club
Dr. Hereezy
Bayteam Pilot Club
Opryshek
Ashbel Smith Pta
Bowie
Carver School
Beavers
Baytown Education Association
REL
Hereczy
W. D. Hinson
George Gentry
Cedar R Bayou
Lenchburg Road
Robert E. Lee Hannings
Harlem
Cedar Bayou
Baytown students among 773 candidates for A&M degrees
Baytown residents James Edward Rutledge Paul Charles Ruckman Dennis Michael Trigg Wayne Thurman are among 773 candidates for bachelor’s degrees to be awarded May 3 at Texas A&M College. Rutledge majors animal science Ruckman finance Trigg personnel administration Thurman accounting. Others noted include Rickey Endel who lost a baseball glove at Roseland Ball Park and Claude F McClelland a patient in Houston Veterans Hospital.
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James Edward Rutledge
Paul’ Charles Ruckman
Dennis Michael Trigg
Michael
Wayne Thurman
Baytown
Texas A and M College
Rutledge
Ruckman
Trigg
Thurman
Rickey Endel
Roseland Ball Park
A. B. Lawrence
Pasadena
Brenda Lee Mosley
Robert E. Lee
Ferdinand” Smith
Buddy Rushing
Navy
Lou Stour
Carol Cox
Chevy Family Cars Offer Space and Savings Now
This summer Chevy models promise roomy interiors for families and ample luggage. Fisher Body styling plus Chevrolet build quality highlight the lineup as salesmen tout quick savings and easy financing options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher Body Beauty
Chevy
Buck Turner
Rites Held Today For Hugh Powell in Highlands
Funeral services for Hugh A. Powell 79 longtime Highlands resident who died Friday in a Baytown hospital were held today at Highlands First Baptist Church. Powell, a former Baytown Sun distributor in Highlands for over 20 years, lived at 312 Prairie Ave Highlands for 25 years. Burial followed at Cedar Crest Cemetery under Paul A. Lee Funeral Home direction. Survived by four daughters Doris Adams Gladys Rave Turner Joy Powell Ruth Davis of Highlands and Bob Powell Pasadena six grandchildren and a wife who died in 1962. Pallbearers were Harman Harman Rhodes Lindsey Ezell Brinson Mitchell and Dunks. Baytown Sun employees and Highlands merchants served as honorary pallbearers.
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Claim
Highlands First Baptist
Hugh A. Powell
Highlands
Baytown
Powell
Baytown Sun
Prairie Ave
Thomas E. Himball
R. M. Cheek
Harvey Glass
Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
Houston
Kimball
Cheek
Cedar Crest Cemetery
Paul A. Lee
Doris Adams
Gladys Rave Turner
Joy Powell
Ruth Davis
Bob Powell
Pasadena
Oliver Harman
Oswald Harman
R. L. Rhodes
Jack Lindsey
James B. Ezell Jr
Leonard Brinson
Billy Mitchell
W. E. Dunks
They Go On Sign Spree Across Bay Town
Signs including stop warning and speed limit posts were torn from steel posts and scattered around town over the weekend. A construction flare pot was tossed into a pool at Bayway Apartments on East James. Signs and debris spread to Robert E. Lee High School grounds. some items recovered, others missing.
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Baytown
Bayway Apartments
East James
Robert E. Lee High School
Riot troops mass in Alabama as Birmingham calm returns
Riot trained federal troops are being assembled in Alabama to quell further racial unrest in Birmingham. Life in the city slowly returns to normal as authorities restore order and resume routine activities.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Birningham
REL Honors Winners In League Contests
Nearly 50 participants in the University Interscholastic League Spring meets were honored at the Robert E. Lee Spring Awards banquet. State finalists Nancy Gilmore in speech and debate and Sara Griffin in journalism led a field of district and regional honorees across journalism, spelling, ready writing, science, number sense, and speech and debate with many firsts and all-star recognitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee
Nancy Gilmore
Sara Griffin
Pat O'Rear
Miss Griffin
Herschel Rosser
Robert Ruckman
John Schulze
Katherine Leach
Janice Tidman
Marsha Harper
Stephanie Meadows
Skeet Muncie
Jerri Smith
Susan Brazzil
Libby Comeaux
Miss Comeaux
Kerry Goodson
Jerri ‘Smith
Nancy
Gilmore
Martha Brunson
Chris Whitten
Kay Hester
Linda Galloway
Raymond Crank
Jeff Battle
Kirk Franklin
Jack Halter
Ernest Mueller
Jacklyn Shires
Mack Meigs
Harvey Day
G. T. Newman
James Blanscot
Tom Hendrix
Jerry Hill
Basil Jones
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Tom Murray
Stnlis McLemore
George H. Gentry
Plans Move Ahead For Cooper Space Flight Amid Clouds
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP predicted heavy cloud cover threatened the Cooper Mercury flight but officials said preparations continued for a Tuesday morning launch. NASA forecast morning overcast skies with partial visibility then improving, and a 22 orbit mission lasting over 34 hours with a vast recovery network ready worldwide. Cooper tested countdown and flight plan as ground crews loaded kerosene and fuel and prepared for the final checks ahead of ascent aboard the Atlas rocket.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Project Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape ‘Canaveral
Cooper
Pacific
Mercury Control Center
Ocean
Midway
Island
Gordo
Tal
Baytonians Plan Wait for Cooper Launch from Canaveral
Baytonians Pat Ball and Charles I. Seligman Jr. left Sunday for Cape Canaveral as guests of Dr. J. S. Maxfield of Dallas to witness Gordon Cooper's Tuesday Mercury flight aboard Faith 9. Ball, a former US Navy flier, and Seligman, an Army veteran, will monitor the flight from Mercury Control during the return to Baytown.
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Charles R. Seligman Jr
Baytown
Gordon Cooper
Cape Cameeral
Cape
J. R. Maxfield
Dallas
Pat Ball
Charles I. Seligman Jr
Capes Canaveral
J. S. Maxfield
Southern Governors Conference
Texas Nuclear Advisory Committee
Mercury Centro
Baytown Wetley
Ball
Moffett Field
Calif
Murber
Seligman
Germany
Babies Win As Hospital Week Starts
Baytown two hospitals announce first baby wins for National Hospital Week. Barfield Lyle Nettles, 6 lb 12 oz, born Sunday at San Jayerito Hospital, receives an engraved silver spoon. Johnny Allen Johnson, 6 lb 1 oz, born Sunday at Gulf Coast Hospital, receives an engraved birth certificate. Baytown Hospital to present silver frame. Mayor proclaims May 12-18 as Baytown Hospital Week.
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Baytown
Barfield Lyle Nettles
San Ja Yerito Hospital
National Hospital
Johnny Allen Johnson
Regiment of Gulf Coast Hospital
Baytown Hospital
Barfield Lyle
Sunday
Barry Duncan Net Iies
Chilton
Ietcher
Cedar Bayou
Larry Wade
Tanya Gayle
Johnny Mien
Joseph Raymond Johnson
Gulf Coast
Charylene
Johnny
Raytown
Lee Liggett
State Hospital
Supreme Court Overturns Louisi ana Relays Jailed Negroes
The Supreme Court unanimously overturns relay jail sentences handed to three African Americans for refusing to move to the white section of a courtroom. Officials say the decision reshapes jury and courtroom segregation precedent across the state.
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Supreme Court
Brennan
Washington
Louisiana
Army riot control troops move into tense Birmingham
Federal troops poised to enter Birmingham as 1,200 police enforce martial law amid riots and bombings. President Kennedy plans a weekend visit to Abuna while Gen. Kennedy warns of swift federal action if violence continues. Maj. Gen. Creighton Abrams directs preparations, with troops deployed to Maxwell Air Force Base and Ft McClellan. Alabama National Guard federalization steps begin. Governor Wallace challenges federal authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Kennedy
Aabuna
Alty
Robert F. Kennedy
Army
Creighton Abrams
Abrams
Earle Wheeler
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Robert S. McNamara
Maxell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ft McClellan
Anniston
Guam
Atty
Burke Marshall
Last Call For Humble Jersey Stockholders Meeting Trip
Entourage of Humble Jersey stockholders invited to Houston May 2 prelude to Hugh Echols Jr Gordon event. Departure 7:43 am from Citizens National Bank parking lot Pearce and Jones. Attendees to tour Humble Building and attend luncheon and film at the Music Hall. Fred Dittman leads the jaunt for annuitants from Citizens Bank and Citizens of Texas Savings and Loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Echols Jr
Gordon
iStandard of Jersey Stockholders
Houston
Citizens National Bark and Trust Co
Pearce J and Jones
Music Hall
Humble Building
Fred Dittman
Baytown
Bsaytown
Cizens Bank
Citizens of Texas Savings and Loan Association
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Weingarten
Harris County TB Association
United Rubber
Big Chief
Wooster
Creigmont
Craigmont
Civic Association
VFW Hall
Decker Drive
Ashbel Smith Elementary
Rex Curtin
Redeemer Lutheran Church
John Holland
Barbers Hill
PTA
Parent- Teacher Association
U.S. Weather Bureau
Baytown Area
Queens OF
Dria
Humble Country ‘Club
Red Bluff Road
Tina
Cook
Little Sohn
Stefani Walker
Weaver
Lisa Keel
Magnolia
Picni
Our World
Soviet Union
Greville Wynne
Oleg Penkovsky
United Arab Airlines
Cairo
Alexandria
Sandra Wilkie
Larry Hall
Roy Montgomery
Feft
Lee Liesett
S. Main
Earth
Moon
Baytonians
Canaveral
Fivo Young Bay
Bulletins
Red China
Astronaut L. Gorton Cooper Jr
New York
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Kansas City
Souther Pacific Co
Wasitington
James Douglas Latham
George Ronald York
Kansas
Steel City
Bulletin
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