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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1955
Page
3
Lee College reporters note the annual All-School Picnic sponsored by the student council runs from 1 pm to 8 pm at Lynondell grounds this Saturday. Tickets cost 1 and cover admission. food includes barbecue and sides. events include a student faculty baseball game, swimming, and dancing. Tickets available through Thursday afternoon from council members or the main office desk.
Santa Fe Railway tests self service luggage carts promising 400 pound capacity. Deploying by June at Temple Amarillo Lubbock Texas Albuquerque Clovis and other cities across several western states to replace Red Cap service.
Two youths visited the George Casey residence at 1818 Cypress and asked if the J. L. Skains family at 1322 Cypress was home. Later, Skains reported a burglary at 10330 party. Entry by pried window screen. $15 taken from a dresser, 90 cents from a bottle, flashlight damaged.
A man wearing a police uniform loitered on West Main in Baytown prompting a police check. He was identified as a Houston auxiliary policeman waiting for a ride.
President Eisenhower in a dramatic national address with Secretary Dulles spoke of a possible new dawn of peace as West Germany joined NATO and Austria’s independence treaty was signed. Dulles noted turning points in Europe while Tito fears surfaced over Bulganin Khrushchev visit. Chinese Premier Chou En-hai urged talks with the United States as Formosa tensions lingered. A Republican win solidified Adenauer’s policies in Rhineland Palatinate. Chinese demonstrations in Singapore left journalist Gene Symonds dead, provoking questions about police response.
Dr. M Walker governor of the Texas Oklahoma district of Kiwanis International addressed Baytown Kiwanis at Tower cafe. He urged extending Christianity beyond Sunday and noted growth in church building and service attendance. He highlighted school church family and community work as key areas for the Baytown committee’s efforts.
The Agriculture Department extended a farm loan program to help farmers build grain storage bins through 1956. It also plans to use 30 government owned ships as floating grain bins at Jones Point in the Hudson River to ease storage pinch after the 1955 wheat harvest. Loans cover up to 80 percent of building costs for four years at 4 percent interest and up to 75 percent for drying equipment with repayment over four to five years at 4 percent.
Stork reports the birth of Jean Ann to Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Messinger of 2 West Main on May 15 at San Jacinto Memorial hospital. She weighed four pounds three ounces. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Messinger and Mrs. Trudie Tiendraon. Acosta Family Welcomes Donald May 18 at San Jacinto Memorial hospital. Grandparents listed as Maretts De Leon of Houston. Harris Family Announces Susan Lynn Born May 20 at San Jacinto Memorial hospital. Hofstetter Family Announces Peter Karl Born May 20 at San Jacinto Memorial hospital. Grover and Taylor Families Mention Births in Fremont and Warsaw.
Three Baytown Refinery employees Sam E L Hastings J Fletcher Hickerson and H Earl Lumpkin will travel to San Francisco for the American Society for Testing Materials mass spectroscopy meeting. Hickerson will present a co authored paper with Earl B Harris on Techniques of Analyzing Volatile Liquids by Mass Spectrometry. Hastings will speak on Analysis of the Aromatic Fractions of Virgin Gas Oils by Mass Spectrometer and co authors Parl Gump kin Burnett Johnson. Hastings and Lumpkin are with the Baytown Refinery research development division and Lumkin serves on the committee on high resolutions and solids mass spectrometers.
Col George L Keene national executive officer and Capt George Vilrine of Baytown will attend State Chapter 18 Legion of Valor events Saturday and Sunday at Fort Hood. Maj Gen Theseas L Harrell will host with a First Armored Division air show and memorial service planned along with a post dining program.
Oklahoma City reports Charles Thompson alerted highway patrol to a car plunging into Deep Fork Creek amid rain floods. An hour later Polix Kin kowski of Harrah arrived, having swum from the sinking vehicle unseen by Thompson, and rode into town unhurt.
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