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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1950
Page
7
A Founders Day event is planned for 6 pm Tuesday in the backyard of the Jack Ace home at 20 Perils. Members are urged to attend and bring guests. Le Nelson of Houston is listed as guest speaker.
The Wooster Garden Club held its annual spring flower show at St Mark's Methodist annex, drawing 117 guests. Mrs. John T. Porter won a copper bowl for highest points, with MLA Jones, Mrs. Ray L. Fuller, and Mrs. C. E. Bone trailing. Results spanned horticulture and arrangement divisions, blue ribbons awarded, and judges honored at Rebel Inn. The season ends with a 2 pm meeting at Mrs. Leo K. Font's Burnet Drive home in Lakewood.
Baytown residents Mrs. F. Weir and Mrs. Linnie Williams announce the engagement and approaching marriage of Peggy Flynn Weir to Jack Williams. The ceremony is scheduled for June 3 at 8 p.m. at Central Baptist Church officiated by Rev. John Osteen.
Wesley Foundation of Lee College honored A H Miles, faculty counselor, with a gift at the final meeting of the term. Catherine Baker led a discussion on the foundation's past activities and next year’s plans. Retiring officers include Taylor Miller, Jackie Alford, Catherine Beaker, and Linda Hennigan. Two local Methodist churches sponsor the foundation.
Mrs Pearl Attebsky was elected District Junior Vice President of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary as delegates from the fourth district met in Houston. Peggy Koster will serve as district color poster number two and Louise Morevlis was reelected district treasurer. Delegates from Baytown attending the two day convention included Mrs Atteberry Mrs Koster Gladys Berry and Blanche Hunter.
Miss Joan Elizabeth Henderson and Thomas Ripkowski wed Friday at Lynchburg home of the bride with Rev. Paul Brown officiating. Attendants wore navy and brown, corsages of camellias and pink camellias, followed by a reception.
Mrs A Lierman of Belleville Texas honored Sunday with a Mothers Day dinner at MacPhersons Cafe hosted by Mr and Mrs F A Lierman of Baytown. Guests include many Lierman family members and friends from Houston Belleville and Baytown. Phillip Banning Horace Mann Junior High student entered San Jacinto Memorial Hospital Saturday for an appendectomy and is reported getting along nicely.
The calendar lists numerous gatherings including Bethlehem Baptist and Trinity Tabernacle services, Baytown Community House events, and Garden Club meetings at Tower Dining Room and Baytown Country Club. Also noted are women’s circles at Trinity Tabernacle and Mont Belvieu Methodist, plus Rebekah Lodge and Thimble Club sessions with varied start times.
Severe weather swept Rio Grande Valley with hurricane velocity winds and a lightning storm killing Mrs. Meria Garcia, 50, as she worked in a field near Sebastian, Riviera, and Ricardo. Winds felled a high school gym roof and toppled railroad boxcars. a water tower top was blown off at Sarita. Rain measured, temperatures plunged, crop damage not reported.
An absorbing boxing episode recounts a dramatic two minute onslaught by Peter Msher who collapsed as Mexican troops neared. promoters fled toward American territory by train. The tale sits beside garden club elections in East Harris County and a Moscow social note honoring UN Secretary Lie amid reported German displacements.
Classified ads information outlines how orders are taken by phone with memo charges for a few days. Rates for banks notices legals and in memoriams are available on request. Ads must be ordered before 10 am on publication day. Also a Texas Board of Insurance Certificate of Authority grants Mission Life Insurance Company authority to do business for the year ending May 31, 1951.
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