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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1960
Page
1
Baytown veterans group and auxiliary announce their Buddy Poppy Sale on May 27-28 to honor the dead by helping the living. Walter Becker, post Buddy Poppy chairman, says proceeds support welfare for veterans and their dependents.
District Census Director Hargrove Smith announces a last effort to locate uncounted Baytown area residents. People who were missed should display a green mailbox form requesting a census form. Submit name address and ages, including home street address and a phone number. The Baytown enumeration is complete with checks and rechecks to improve accuracy.
SUN Spots program led by Mrs. Larry Davis at the church fellowship hall Monday at 7 30 p m. Seventeen pupils will receive certificates as parents and friends attend. Also Lakewood Pool Club offers limited memberships for Lakewood Brownwood and nearby residents via P O Box 400. X ray unit in Baytown Harris County reports 8400 X rays in three weeks. Mrs Mary Ann Layne treated after jumping from a moving car at Avon and Market. Rotary Singers male quartet to perform at Wednesday luncheon. David Lange to receive BA June 5 at Concordia Senior College Fort Wayne Indiana.
The board of trustees of Golden Gate Theological Seminary in Berkeley Calif announces the graduation of 125 students from Lee College. The graduate is a native of Booneville Ark. Ushers for the ceremony are Kay Clark Sharon Douglas Jere Sue Parker and Virginia Robey. Partly cloudy and warm through Tuesday with widely scattered showers.
Lee College holds its graduation at Robert E. Lee High School auditorium June 3 with 125 diplomas. Dr E Hermond Westmoreland of South Main Baptist Church delivers the principal address and George H. Gentry presents diplomas. Choirs perform sacred works as faculty and graduates march in.
At the United Nations the United States and the Soviet Union prepared for a Security Council debate on espionage likely to deepen East West tensions from the recent summit. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko planned an hour long speech backing the Berlin claim that U S spy flights threaten peace.
Harris County and state officials prepare for an ICC hearing in Pasadena on moving the T and N O rail line to run along Sterling Avenue toward the Shell refinery. The plan shifts freight tracks from the Pasadena Freeway to a new right of way, with an estimated $1.75 million cost shared 50 50. Local leaders, Baytown Chamber of Commerce, and area industries will participate, with Pasadena and Deer Park officials weighing final positions.
About 5 000 attended the Robert E Lee High School bac calaureate at Memorial Stadium for the largest graduating class. Rev J Hoytt Boles urged the 516 REL graduates to set a life goal. Diplomas and scholarships will dominate Friday night exercises at Memorial Stadium with George Gentry issuing diplomas and Holly McLemore presenting special awards. Mary Lee is valedictorian and Marlene Rushing salutatorian. many top students will receive scholarships. Junior high ceremonies follow at 5 p.m. Thursday for about 411 graduates from Baytown Cedar Bayou Horace Mann and Highlands Junior Highs.
Dr W T Jones Jr is resting well in Gulf Coast Hospital after an eye injury sustained during a deep sea fishing trip off Freeport Saturday afternoon. A fish fin struck his eye as rough seas caused the boat to lurch, leaving him hospitalized several hours after the accident. The cornea was cut and doctors strive to prevent infection. no visitors are allowed at this time.
C A Niederhofer aged 47 of 106 High died at 4 30 p m Sunday after being stricken. A 38 year veteran of the Humble Oil and Refining Co maintenance and construction dept he served as a church official board member and Sunday School class member. Born Huntsville June 12 1912 he lived in Baytown 21 years and attended Huntsville High School and Sam Houston. Funeral at Grace Methodist Church 2 p m Tuesday with Rev Chester Steele. Burial Earthman Funeral Home directed. He is survived by his widow Leona a son E G Ellis his mother four brothers and four sisters. Pallbearers listed with honorary pallbearers including Humble employer.
Goose Creek Country Club opens with over 1,100 expected attendees as entertainment committee announces full-scale activities starting Tuesday. Guards will be on duty for three weeks. club hours run 11:30 a.m. to 12 midnight with lunch 12 to 2 p.m. and dinner 6 to 9 p.m. A buffet lunch is planned for $1 and an Aqua Terrace short-order menu will offer fountain drinks.
Baytown University of Houston graduates are listed with degrees in psychology home economics education education petroleum engineering accounting industrial electronics accounting education general business finance mathematics education geology radio TV and more. Commencement is at 7 p.m. Saturday on campus with Oveta Cassie Benes Perm presenting the main address.
President Eisenhower sideshow broadcast outlines the likely collapse of the summit with Soviet Embassy Berlin in focus. News notes Air Force plane downed in East Germany with seven or more Americans missing. Fire at old Houston City Hall consumes hours. Texan violence weekend tallies 31 dead with 10 traffic fatalities. Bourton school board desegregation plan before U.S. District Court. Unitarian Universalists vote on merger, forming a 90,000-member single denomination group.
AP report describes massive Chilean earthquake generated waves striking Hawaii with Hilo hardest hit. Five to six foot surges damaged docks and vessels, causing evacuations and infrastructure disruption while San Diego and Sego Bay report notable wave impacts. Aid from Latin American nations and U.S. bases en route.
Robert E. Lee seniors concluded classes on Monday after completing final examinations. Juniors and sophomores face regular classes Tuesday and final exams Wednesday and Thursday. Report cards will be issued Friday after a 2 p.m. attendance, with REL teachers on a work day to prepare reports. Senior exams spanned two hours per subject across first to sixth periods last week.
Norris Glenn Long son of J L Long 903 West Morrill was elected well leader for Abi lene Christian College for the 1980 61 school term. He was among six leaders selected from thirty students.
Baytown schools awarded service pins in a ceremony at Robert E. Lee High School. honorees include 30 year recipients such as Gladys M. Barbour and Troy Casey, 15 year group of 93, 10 year 122, and 5 year 206 awardees across REL faculty and staff.
Baytown held its annual spring banquet with 28 REL literary award recipients and 13 drama students honored. William Edwards won the 1944 ready writing contest and third in Region II. first place boys debate went to John Lee and Andre Wilson. Tana Miller and Bonnie McDaniel took district second in girls debate. The drama department staged six plays and the 124A pre act entry This Property Is Condemned.
Mrs Lafuente 36 resident of Baytown dies at 7 a m Sunday in a Baytown hospital. She lived in Baytown 32 years. Funeral services set for 4 p m Tuesday at Guadalupe Catholic Church. Interment in Garden of Gethsemani. Survived by husband Gilbert Lafuente a son Gilbert Fuente Jr a brother Conrad Garcia five sisters Mary Ann Lopez Rose Rodriguez Soleda Gutieris Margareta Walden and Dianantina Ortiz. Isabell Garcia Lafuente 36 of 1108 Airhart title listed in text.
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