Weekend Rain Totals and Local Notices in Baytown
Seagy Weekend in Waytown reports 46 inches of rain overnight Saturday raising the month total to 6 inches per H G Work who records at the Rebel Motel. He logged 2.5 inches from 9 p.m. to midnight and 21 inches from midnight to morning. Rotary Club plans noon Wednesday Tower program honoring Baytown High School top graduates with a Litt le Theater representative present. Lynn McCage to join Gulf Coast Association bank audit directors for 1967 68. Michael O Smith 19 of 311 Greenbrier named in Who s Who at Texas Lutheran College. Joe M Lilly recovering from heart attack at Ward 206 Veterans Admin Hospital. Human Relations Council to meet 7 30 p m Tuesday City Hall with FHA rent supplement official W A Samuel Houston. VFW Ladies Auxiliary 912 to install officers 7 30 p m Tuesday VFW Hall Decker Drive. Weather: cloudy to partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday with 56 80 expected Monday and 68 77 Sunday. temperatures fall after 2 a m rain Saturday.
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Waytown
H. G. Work
Rebel
Rotary Club
Baytown
Tower
Robert E. Lee High School
Baytown Little Theater
City Hall
W. A. Samuel
FHA
Houston
Social notes from Baytown gatherings and greetings
Ruth Lucas agrees to share her husband during dinner. Kent and Donna Eiloitt joke about hotel registries. Mrs Don Wagenfaher new to Baytown meets locals at a member guest golf tourney. Wendell Lloyds from Dallas visit Hank Johnsons for the tourney. Allen Meister’s sister-in-law Harold Green attends luncheons. Ida Stevens drops off a story at The Sun. Ken Persen aite returns from Austin. L J Kessliers boast of daughter’s college graduation. Wilma Cappleman discusses summer travel northwest. Janice Shiblett sports a new hairstyle. Elizabeth Schiller wears a bright polka dot dress to brighten a rainy day. Linda de la Vergne and Charlotte Baumbach enjoy ice cream. Peggy Kemplay adds final wedding touches. Mrs Iva Tucker joins a birthday celebration. Sublett visits daughter and son-in-law Gay Lundy with Zoe and Jeff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Lucas
Kent
Donna Eiloitt
Ida Stevens
Ken Persenaite
Austin
L. J Kessliers
Wilma Cappleman
Northwest
Janice Shib
Lett
Elizabeth Schiller
Linda de la Vergne
Charlotte Baumbach
Peggy Kemplay
Iva Tucker
F_. M._ Sublett
Gay Lundy
Zoe
Jeff
Above 1965 Bond Funds Water and Sewage Work
Baytown faces 1387 200 in estimated capital improvements for water and sanitary sewers beyond 1965 bonds. Project engineer Ivan Lankford warned some wells may close as a nine month study shows only two areas meet fire flow standards. The plan, staged to 1975, totals 2 765 200 with first phase 1 349 000 to 1970 and second phase 1 416 200 to 1975.
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Baytown
Ivan Lankford
Bayown
Turner, Colley and
Braden
Chamber’s. Water Re
He ‘Ly
Doe) Satterwhite
Lankford
Fritz Lanham
Lanham
North Main
Central Heights
East James
Carolina Street
Craigmont Country Club
Ashwood
Mercantile
Pruett
Corer
Rabbi urges REL seniors to use minds and decide
At Memorial Stadium the REL High School baccalaureate for 700 seniors faced cold 60s wind as Dr. Schachtel rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel urged graduates to use their minds and think decisions over. He quoted The Quest and Psalms, urged calm reflection, and stressed loving one’s neighbor and trusting in God. Diplomas to be awarded Friday night. band and choir provided processional and hymns.
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REL
Jornella
Boynton
Hymansts Schachtel
Robert E. Lee
Memorial Stadium
Schaehiel
Houston
Beth Israel
Heaven
Earth
Dr. Schachtel
al Melinger
Baytown
Robert, BE. Lee High School
Scott Barringer
Dicky Breeland
Hyman) J. Schachtel
Congregation Beth Israel
Robert E. Lee High School
Carolyn Strickland
Vaesser
Egypt moves warships toward Eilat via Suez Canal
Cairo confirms naval buildup with a cruiser four torpedo boats and two submarines heading toward the Gulf of Aqaba after a callup of military reserves. Reports also say Iraq sent infantry armor and planes to support Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
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Cairo
United Arab Republic
Suez Canal
Eilat
Iraq
Gulf Coast Clinic to add two-story expansion in phase one
Gulf Coast Clinic plans a two story addition estimated at 250000 as the first phase of a 2.5 million five year expansion. The project, announced by hospital administrator Harry Miller, will add six more doctors offices expand X-ray and pharmacy, and create a covered entrance. Construction could begin in September with about six months to completion.
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Bobby Sutphin
Gulf Coast Clinic
Harry Miller
Lowell Lammers
Baytown
Miller
Ber
Gulf Coast Hospital
Capite
Garth Road
Gulf Coast
Solons Split Over Water Pollution Funding 1968
In Austin lawmakers disputed whether a 1968 water pollution control package should use the House's 3 million appropriation or the Senate's 454,742. Speaker Barnes said an agreement was reached, while Lt. Gov. Smith and Sen. Aikin said no decision had been made. The conference aimed to craft a unified spending bill with differing positions on regional sewage planning and Galveston Bay study funding.
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The
Barnes
House Victory
Dorsey Hardeman
Hardeman
House
Bruce Reagan
Corpus Christi
Charles Herring
Austin
Galveston Bay
Smith
North Main Street closure for storm sewer work near Bob Smith
North Main Street between Bob Smith and Massey Tompkins Roads will close Tuesday through Thursday for major storm sewer improvements ahead of North Main reconstruction. City Manager Fritz Lanham suggests Walter Singleton and McKinney Ehoads as detour routes connecting the two roads east of North Dlam.
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North Main
Bob Smith
Massey-Tompkins
Fritz Lanham
Walter-Singleton
McKinney Ehoads
North Dlam
Absentee Vote Ends Tuesday For Bonds
Absentee voting for the Saturday bond election ends at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Trustees will hold a public forum at Ross Sterling auditorium broadcast on KWBA. If all propositions pass, the district could modernize buildings, air condition, add classrooms, build a 20,000 seat stadium, plus new shops and libraries. Voters face three propositions totaling 7,?06,000 with tax impact estimates for homes at 4.4 to 2.88 dollars yearly. A school office official noted 37 absentee ballots cast so far.
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Ross Sterling Auditorium
KWBA
Robert E. Lee
Four-Lane Bay Bridge Proposal Faces Hearing Move
Anahuac and eight coastal counties pressed for a State Highway Commission hearing on a planned four-lane high rise bridge across Galveston Bay from Smith Point in Chambers County to San Leon in Harris County. The $100 million project would be 16 feet above the water with a 373 foot rise over the channel and could become an interstate, federally financed project.
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Preston Pendergrass
Anahuac
Chambers County
Commissioners Court
State Highway Commission
Galveston Bay
Upper
Texas
Coast
Court
Floyd E. Williams
American Legion” Hall
Fort Anahuac Park
Joe Lagaw
Smith Point
Chambers County Commissioners
Bay Bridge
Lagan
Galveston Bay Ship Channel
Lagaw
Baytown Man Drowns in San Jacinto River Tragedy
Thomas Edison Alford, 42, of Baytown, drowned while fishing on the San Jacinto River near Magnolia Gardens Saturday evening. His companion, E J Keith Jr., reported a leak and boat swamping as heavy rain set in. Alford’s body was recovered Sunday morning by the Harris County Sheriff’s Marine Division, near the last sighting spot.
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San Jacinto River
Baytown
Thomas Edison Alford
Staples Lane
Staples Addition
E. J Keith Jr
Massey-Tompkins Road
Magnolia Gardens
Alford
Harris County
Sheriff's Marine Division
E.E. Ebarb
Marine Division
Ebarb
Langdon Warns Federal Officials On Oil Import Gaps
Washington AP Langdon, chairman of the Railroad Commission, told Interior Department officials that “incredible gaps” in the 1959 mandatory oil imports endanger the U S petroleum industry and national security. He urged sealing gaps to prevent political misuse of the program and warned of reduced Texas oil production amid weak demand.
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Washington
United States
Railroad Commission
Jim Langdon
Department of Interior
Langdon
State Department
U.S
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Guam
Landon
Texas
Brown Magness Dies Rites Set
Funeral services for Brown Lowe Magness of 103 Williams Baytown were set for 2 p.m. Monday at the Paul A. Lee Chapel. Magness, a retiree from Humble Oil Baytown Refinery, died Saturday in a Baytown hospital. He is survived by his wife Mary L. Magness, one daughter and five stepsons, two grandchildren, and one sister. The Rev. A J Jordan and Rev. Jim Grown officiated. Burial was in Cedar Crest Cemetery under Paul A. Lee Funeral Home direction.
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Brown Lowe Magness
Williams
Baytown
Paul A. Lee
Magness
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Rao P
Mary L. Magness
Fivo
Charles Head
Mickey Beaman
Charles Beaman
Janie Head
Charlie Head
Bud Anderson
Garden Grove
Calif
A.J. Jordan
Memorial Baptist Church
Jim Grown
Central Baptist
Burtai
Cedar Crest
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NABAC
Lynn McCage
Citizens National Bank
Gulf Coast Association
Michael O. Smith
Greenbrier
Texas Lutheran College
VFW Ladies Auxiliary
VFW
Decker Drive
Thad Felton
Bayteym, Ine
Baf
Anahuse
H. H. McCellum
Mont Belvieu
Oscar ¥. Nelson Jr
Fred Hartman
Bulletin
Chambers
Bay Channel
San Jacinto
Keith
Ebard
Sheriff's Department
Baytown and Woosteres
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