Baytown Leaders Win Community Service Awards
At a Baytown Chamber luncheon at the Holiday Inn the Rev. Edwin T. Summers pastor Grace Methodist Church and Seaborn Cravey Baytown mayor were named Community Service Award winners. Summers 32nd degree Mason and longtime youth worker. Cravey longtime teacher and mayor. both noted for public service and local leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cravey
Rev. Summers
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Edwin T. Summers
Grace Methodist Church
Seaborn Cravey
Horace Mann
Tory
Baytown
Abe Rosenzweig
Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Inn
Work
Baytown Lions Club
St. John Lodge
Af&am
DeKalb
Scottish Rite Masons
Grace Methodist
Denver
Cols
Fort Worth
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
Elizabeth
Edwin
Ai i
Janet
Rose Enoch
Sandra
Susan
Baylor University
University of Houston
Humble
Obituaries and Baccalaureate Guest Speaker Named
Douglas Abbe of Mont Belvieu dies at 46 in Baytown hospital after illness. Funeral arrangements by Paul A. Lee Funeral Home. Carver Senior High Baccalaureate Sunday guest speaker Reverend H. R. King of Live Oak Baptist Beaumont at 4 p.m. May 22. Lucy Jones, 80, former Huffman resident, dies in Baytown nursing home. Arrangements by Earthman Funeral Home. She is mother of James Jones of Foremost Dairies Baytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Abbe
Mont Belvieu
Baytown
Paul A. Lee
Reverand
H. R. King
Live Oak Baptist Church of
Beaumont
Carver
Jones
Lucy Jones
Huffman
Earthman Guneral Home
James Jones
Foremost Dairies
Weekend Weather and Tides Report
Weekend Bay town forecast shows partly cloudy skies and hot temperatures. Friday night rainfall at The Sun station was under half an inch. Houston recorded four inches. Galveston tides Sunday will be low at 11 30 p.m. and high at 7 12 a.m. Monday tides will be low at 8 12 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Houston
Galveston
Morning Musings From A Small Town
A string of brief, characterful vignettes follows residents starting their day. Names like Velma Munson, Ruth Johnson, S Winston Nowlin, Delbert Ashworth, C W Plato, Nick Gress, the Enderlies, Gladys Elis, Dewey Keene, Dan Harrison, Nap Ballard, Hampton Fontenot, Edgar Enderli, Virginia Malone, Pearl Lee, Rev Burt Dowler, and GB Lee appear in casual scenes of daily life and small ambitions, painting a warm local mosaic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Derryberry
Velma Munson
Ruth Johnson
Winston Nowlin
Delbert Ashworth
C. W. Plato
Nick Gress
Johnny Enderly
Nassau
Gladys Elis
Dewey Keene
Dan Harrison
Nap
Ballard
Hampton Fontenot
Edgar’ Enderli
Virginia Malone
Pearl Lee
Burt Dowler
Lee
Sumner Rites Will Be Sunday
Funeral services for Mose Sumner a prominent Baytown banker and businessman of 44 years will be at noon Sunday at Levy Funeral Home Houston Graveside services follow at 2 p m in Brenham Cemetery Brenham He died shortly before noon Friday in Saint Mary’s Hospital Galveston born January 19 1889 in New York Sumner moved to Texas as a child and built a long community record including 25 years on Citizens National Bank and Trust Co board and a later vice president post Survived by wife six sisters and other relatives He and his brother Joe once ran a dry goods store in Brookshire before Baytown ventures
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose Sumner
Baytown
Levy Funeral Home
Houston
Brenham
Sumner
Saint Mary's Hospital
Galveston
Mose
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
Summer
Tillie Jacobs
St. Louis
Westwood
Roseland Oaks
Eva Smith
Brooklyn
Ida Smith
Butler, Pa
Sarah Simon
Flora Mos
REL Ganders
New York
Texas
Baytown and Pasadena Set Driving Contest
Baytown and Pasadena announce a driving knowledge contest not included in 124A standings. Mayors Seaborn Craver of Baytown and Clyde Doyal of Pasadena will compete, with editor Dick Nichols of the Pasadena Star News and Fred Hartman of The Baytown News as challengers. The event unfolds after last week's meeting of channel-city reps backing Shell Oil's national telecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Pasadena
Seaborn Craver
Clyde Doyal
Dick Wichols
Pasadena Star News
Fred Hartman
Baytown Igen
Shell Oi
Journalism Change Seen By CBS Head
Fred W Friendly, former CBS News president, predicts a decade of sweeping changes in journalism and education driven by satellites and CATV. He cites control disputes and cost as main current hurdles while noting global event access could reach homes and newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CBS
Montreal
Fred W. Friendly
CBS News
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Friendly
Columbia University
Graduate School of Journalism
Perfect Scores at Lee High Latin Contest
Three Robert E. Lee High School students Kurt Pullen Carolyn Strickland and Clifton Wit earned perfect 120 in a nationwide Latin exam. Teacher Sherman Childres noted REL students scored above average and that more than 40 000 people scored lower than the lowest Lee entrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee High School
Kurt Pullen
Carolyn Strickland
Clifton Wit
Sherman Childres
Lee
Debbie Grimes
Kenneth Head
Gary Kappler
Justin Kollmeyer
J. R.pinder
Laura Pohler
Tim Robbins
Curtis Sanders
Randy Short
Brenda Silliman
Henry Stevenson
Lane Ward
Steven Zinn
Mary Anderson
Scott Armstrong
Key Beavers
Joe Bickley
John Bright
Ewell Clarke
Ronald Compton
Roger Dickey
Daniel Hartman
Dede Katt
One Of First REL Teachers Retires After 1928 Move
Clara Scott, longtime Robert E. Lee High School educator and the last remaining faculty member who moved into the original REL building in 1928, retires after being honored Friday by the business education faculty students and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Scott
Ress
Robert E. Lee High School
REL
Retirement Fete For Mrs. Scott At Lee College Event
Mrs. Scott, longtime Goese Creek High School and Lee College staff member, received a silver engraved tray at her retirement party. Guests included Johnny Riley, Gladys Barbour, Babe Badgley, and Mrs. W. B. Patterson. Beverly McCall sang from The Sound of Music with David Petrash accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Goese Creek High School
Lee College
REL
Johnny ‘D. Riley
Tthe
Gladys Barbour
Babe Badgley
W. B. Patterson
Beverly McCall
Sound of Music
David Petrash
David
Baccalaureate Speaker Named for Lee High School
Dr. Brooks Wester of Park Place Baptist Church Houston will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at Robert E. Lee High School Sunday night at 8 in Memorial Stadium. The REL Band will play Pomp and Circumstances the choir will sing two selections Dwight Denson will give the invocation Bonner Magness will introduce the speaker and Tommy Pullen will give the benediction Students will remain seated until their class leaves the field at the close of the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks Wester
Park Place Baptist Church
Houston
Robert E. Lee
Memorial Stadium
REL
Dwight Denson
Bonner Magness
Highlands First Baptist Church
Tommy Pullen
City Hall Decision Wednesday On City Hall Plans
Baytown City Council will vote Wednesday night on contract bids for the new city hall and community center. Architect Lowell Lammers discussed reductions with Grimshaw Construction, the low bidder, reducing the bid from about 825000 to roughly 785000 with further negotiation possible. The council also considered site development funds and basement costs, with federal share about 20000 and total space expanding to 4 000 square feet, raising the cost per foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Nartman
Baytown
Lews
Patrick Ball
Lowell Lammers
Grimshaw Construction. Co
Lammers
Hey
Seaborn Cravey
City Hall
Grmshaw
Baytown Civil Defense Unit
Raymond Donnelly
More Industrial Growth Predicted For Baytown Area
Jim Covell of General Telephone spoke at the Baytown Chamber luncheon urging advance planning for expected industrial growth. He linked U S Steel and the Manned Spacecraft Center to broader expansion, noting Baytown's role as both suburb and economic base. Covell urged regional cooperation with Houston and Fort Worth areas to avoid missing the growth opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Covell
Generals Telephone Co
Baytown Chamber of Commercce
Holiday Inn
Tevel
Cowell
Manned Spacecraft Center
U.S. Steel
Covell
Baytown
Fort Worth
North Texas
Baytown Marine Earns Merit for Heroic Swim Rescue in Vietnam
Pvt Michael W. Hart 18 of Baytown received a certificate of merit for saving a fellow serviceman on China Beach near Da Nang Vietnam. While swimming with other Marines three men sank Hart saved one. two others drowned. Hart a 1965 graduate of Robert E Lee High School joined the Marines in September and is the son of Mr and Mrs Herschel Hart of 2507 Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road. The May 1 incident details were not fully disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael W. Hart
Baytown
China Beach
Viet
Hart
Mahé
Whas -Héé
da Nang
Robert B. Lee High School
Marines
Ats. Hersche
O. Hart
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
Baytown Man Faces Kidnapping Charge After Car Abduction
A Baytown man Vivian Romas Benavides 1301 Lind berg is charged with kidnapping in M M Brown Court after allegedly forcing Mrs Ellis Leatherwood 701 E Gulf into his car at knife point on a Weingarten lot around 1230 am Saturday They say her husband went for help as Benavides drove off toward Gulf Street Highway 146 and Texas Avenue with the victim pleading to be released as young men pursued and later provided police with the license number
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Vivian Romas Benavides
Lindberg
Justice of the Peace
Ellis Leatherwood
E. Gulf
Benavides
Weingarten's J
Pitt Grill
Houston
Y Leatherwoods
Gulf’ Street
Highway 146
Texas Avenue
Ficilm
New First National VP Heads Insurance Agency
Gerald N. Zeringue of Baton Rouge was elected vice president of First National Bank of Baytown by President J. Lee Brasfield. He will supervise The First Agency, the general and life insurance arm, which includes 10 bank directors. Zeringue plans to offer all forms of insurance with focus on aircraft and yacht marine policies and will represent major old line stock companies. He expects to contribute to Baytown’s growth after moving there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald N
Jerry) Zeringue
Baton Rouge
First National Bank of
Baytown
J. Lee Brasfield
Zeringue
First
Ea General Agency
Brasfield
Baty On Ree
Beringue
Dak
F Mortgage Corp
Washington, D.C
Pringle Associated Insurance Agency
Louisiana Association of Insurance Agents
United Commercial Travelers
Baton Rouge Insurance Exchange
South Baton Rouge Exchange Club
Alpha, Tau Omega — Fraternity
LSU Alumni Association
Zelingue
American General
Aetna Life and Casualty
Fidelity and Deposit Insurance Co
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Edwin Summers
Citizens National
Nichols
Hartman
Dick Nichels
Mme
Doyal
Doyel
Peoples State Bank
Clinton Witt
Coates
Yudy Ann Coates
J. J. Coates
Southwood
U.S. Air Force
Preston S. Beard
Mina Coates
Emmarich College
Denton
Air Force
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Carroll Miller
Citizens OF
Michael Hart
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Agee
Baytown Gleets Award
Buddy
Vietnam
First National
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