Funeral notices and local updates in Baytown and region
William Thomas Washburn 69 of 426 Casey Baytown died 1 a.m. Wednesday in a Baytown hospital owner of Washburn Barber Shop arrangements pending at Earthmen Funeral Home. Angelina Contella of Bryan mother of C J Conteha Sr. of Baytown died Wednesday in Bryan funeral service Saturday at Hilard's Funeral Home. Water mains in Goose Creek Baytown to be flushed Wednesday night may cause rust Thursday. Chamber speaker Frank Kenfield Houston Chamber of Commerce to speak at Baytown Chamber Friday noon at Holiday Inn. Baytown Little League Women’s Auxiliary meets 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Citizens National Bank. Wrong Way Package addressed to Mrs W Brown delivered to Ruth Smith real Mrs Brown may call Mr Smith 573 1015. Baytown TOFS Club 126 meets 7 30 p.m. Thursday at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital classroom. Partly cloudy warm with scattered showers through Thursday 70 to 80 degrees. Galveston tides Thursday high 8:24 a.m. and low 12:36 a.m.
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William Thomas Washburn
Casey
Baytown
Washburn
Earthmen Funeral Home
Angelina Contella
Bryan
C. J. ConteHa Sr
Hilard's Funeral Home
Goose Creek
Local Notes Highlight Baytown Visitors and Community Life
Fayetteville visitor Ethylne Pridgen calls Baytown father. San Jacinto Hospital patient Barbers Hill tax official Don McLeod. Ken Personaire queries about a baseball game. Lee College bonds pass cheerfully. Local scenes include journeys, anniversaries, poems, and friendly gatherings among residents and families.
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P. W. Fftts
Ethylne Pridgen
Fayetteville
N.C
Baytown
C. T. Bonner
Don McLeod
Barbers Hill
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Ken
Sam Bramslett
Lee College
Johnny Holloway
Red” Biggers
Tom Berry
Son Ken
Stephen FL Austin State College
John Adamek
Ronnie Berry
Mildred Foster
Alice Coker
J.C. Brantron
Connig
Harold Bordelon
Otis Graham
Vivian Durham
Baytown backs Nick Nichols in Vickery House seat win
Nick Nichols won the Texas House special election for Position 4, District 23, with 51.6 percent of 5,788 votes. He carried 17 Baytown area precincts amid strong local support, defeating Clyde Miller and several opponents. no runoff and no Republican contest in November. Nichols, 39, is a United Steelworkers staffer and longtime Harris County Democrat leader from Northshore.
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Mixe Blackman
R. C
Nick) Nichols
Baytown
Texas
House of Representatives
Nichols
Clyde Miler
Bay
Town Area
Gov. Connally
Glenn Vickery
Justice of the Peace
Precinct 3
Vickery
United Steelworkers of American
Union
Rheem Manufacturing Co
Rainstorm Aftermath Ramsey Helps Flood Area Residents
County Commissioner W. Ramsey spoke of 17 hours aiding people in Banang Bend after a San Jacinto River flood. Crews from Crosby, Highlands, Channelview, and Harris County Emergency Corps evacuated residents and battled water damage. Roads were barricaded near Rio Villa and Jones Road after a bridge failure blamed on excessive load.
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Ramsey
Banang Bend
Aronday
W. ¥. Ramsey
San Jacinto
Banana Bend
Crosby - Lynchburg Road
San Jacinto River
Crosby
Highlands
Channelview
Hartig County
Rio Villa
Jones Road
Thompson Road
Lynchourg
Baytown BEA installs new head and advisory council
Carolyn Baker, a Robert E. Lee High School teacher, becomes BEA president as Baytown Education Association welcomes a new educational advisory council created by the school board. Retiring leaders urge full support, noting the policy changes grant grievance procedures and recognition for BEA and Baytown Classroom Teachers Association.
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Johnella Boynton
Baytaywa Education Association
Carolyn Baker
Robert E. Lee
Arthur Coltharp
Harlem
BEA
Baytown Classroom Teachers Association
Ross Sterling Auditorium
Calthorp
Vera Hartt
Baytown
Baytown Education Association
Hartt
Beth McPhail
Johnelia Baynton
Baytown Sun
Coltharp
Margaret Lark
Thames Mawkins
John Stuart
Mary
Lou Burkett
Robert E Lee
Dorothy Day
Travis
Bay
Town
Jewell Ammons
Ross Sterling
Walter W. Brown
Baytown Chamber selects seven 1968 projects as priorities
Baytown Chamber of Commerce picks seven major 1968 projects per president Ed Vaught. The agenda includes a new Cedar Bayou bridge, continued port facilities study, Bayway Drive improvements, a municipal airport, additional parks and a municipal golf course, plus organized planning and long-range studies for a city capital program.
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Baytown
Spring shrimp season opens in Baytown area
The spring shrimp season runs from opening day Wednesday through July 15 in the Baytown region with possible weather cuts. Major bays are listed for open harvest and bait shrimp rules apply north of the Intracoastal Waterway. A $23 bait trawl tag expires August 31, and boat operators must meet daily crewmate limits. personal-use tags are required for individual bait shrimp.
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Baytown
J. R. Singleton
la Porte
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Sabine Lake
Trinity
Galveston
East Galveston
West Galveston
Matagorda
Keller
East Matagorda
Tres Palacious
Espiritu Santo
Lavaca
Causeway
San Antonio
Ayses
Aransas
Mesquite
Corpus Christi Bay
West Galveston Bay
Chocolate Bay
Texas Parks and Wild
Bob Cross
Tate Spa
Eight year old finds open meter box shows honesty
Police Chief Blair Mann praises an eight year old Warren Massey Sr. who brought a found parking meter coin box to him near 420 W. Pearce. The chief says the box was tampered with but locked and no money missing, calling it an act of honesty.
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Warren Massey Sr
W. Pearce
Mann
Second Houston transplant patient dies of old ills
The world s 12th heart transplant patient, John Stuckwish, 62, died at St Luke s Episcopal Hospital after receiving a heart May 7. Officials cited preexisting liver failure, jaundice, and vascular disease as causes, noting the donor was Clarence Nicks, 22, who died in a tavern fight. The case raised legal questions about donor death and post operative outcomes.
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Houston
John Stockwish
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Newell France
France
Stuckwish
Tex
Sinckwish
Clarence Nicks
Denton Cooley
District Voters OK Tax and Improvements at Lee College
Lee College regents will meet after voters approved two growth proposals in Tuesday’s election. A tax ceiling increase and a $994,000 bond won 2,280 to 1,709 and 2,284 to 1,616 respectively, in a turnout of 4,099, the largest bond election turnout here since 1963. Plans call for two new buildings and other improvements, with construction to start within 180 days and be ready for fall 1969.
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Lee College Regents
Tax Authority
Ross Sterling High School
Baytown
College
Goose Creek
Harris County Library
Highlands
Ashbel-Smith
J. Rodger
Hig ‘Fravis
Ashbel Smith
Austin
San Jacinto
Ian Bramsett
Board of Regents
Bramsett
Paris talks DMZ call and Vietnam war clashes noted
Our World Today reports North Vietnam demands DMZ ceasefire and full withdrawal. A San Francisco doctor says an Alaskan health official was shot and delayed care for 15 hours. Pompidou blames a world wide plot for French student unrest.
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North Vietnam
Paris
U.S
Nalt
Dmz
San Francisco
Two Women Die In Anahuac Auto Crash
In a single vehicle wreck near Anahuac two Hankomer women died at the scene Stella Mae Kirkwood 24 and Sue Ellen Brown 29. Mary Lee Hill was driving the car about 12 36 a m when it ran off Highway 61 struck a tree seven miles northeast of Anahuac near White Memorial Park. Also in the car were Robert D Hill and their two year old son Robert E Hill and a man named Mr Johnson all from Hankomer. The four survivors were hospitalized at Chambers Memorial Hospital.
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Anahuac
Here
Stella Mae Kirkwosd
Sue Ellen Brown
Hankomer
Calvin Walker
Harry H. Stiles
Mary Lee Hill
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SRS
Bors
Flushing
Frank Kenfield
Transportation Department
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Inn
Little League Women's
Little League
Citizens National Bank
TOPS
Baytown Tofs Club No. 126
Peoples State Bank
Nick’ Nichols
Vickery House
Northshore
Harris County Democrats
San Jacinto Junior College
Kiiman
Miller
Davis
Ls Turner
Kirk
Swanson
Howell
Ash
Baytown Education Group
ARTI
John O. Mitchell
Alamo
Burnet
County
Courtesy Ford
Horace Nann
Laytown
Blair Mann
Henry Holcomb
Georges Pompidou
Four People’s March
Washington, D.C
Freddie Brant
Jett
Virginia Carter
Baytown Junior School
Vers Hartt
Tere
Jem
Mary Lou Burkett
Citizens National PT
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