Baytown Area News Briefs Include Club Meetings and Local Events
Dental Assistants Society to install new officers at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Dr T L Smith 1921 W Main Baytown Hospital treats eight month old patient Falkner son of Arlington parents Beach City and Highlands residents plan Baytown council meeting and a Channel 11 drivers test aired in Houston. Bank money bag stolen at Highlands State Bank while a theft from a truck reported in Baytown over the weekend Governor Kuyker to visit Baytown Kiwanis and General Telephone announces Ware named cable foreman for Baytown area weather forecast shows partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday with highs near 84 and lows around 57 to 61.
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Dental Assistants
Baytown
Dental Assistants’ Society
T. L. Smith
W. Main
Doug Falknor
David Falkner
Arlington
C. C. Parrish
Highlands
Baytown Hospital
Falkners
Parrishes
District VFW queen crowns Baytown third beauty
Baytown notes honor as Sandy Busby's new title winner becomes the third Baytown beauty in six years. Mentions include 1962 queen Rose Newman and 1963 queen Gail Lawrence, with marriages to Ayler and Pickering respectively. Also birthday for Emmett Waugh Sr and updates on staffer Rick Hurst, Marine David Alfond home on leave, and local graduation buzz.
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Sandy Busby
Baytown
Rose Newman
Rollang Ayler
Gail Lawrence
David Pickering
Emmett Waugh Sr
Army
Rick Hurst
Baytown Sun
Germany
U.S
Margaret Callaway
Bob Beverly
David Alfond
California
Gary Burroughs
E. W. Bruce
Cecil Bobbitt
Center Would Hold Materials If Bond Issue Approved
Bond issue funds proposed to build instructional materials centers at nine elementary schools to house audiovisual aids, tapes, maps, displays and more. Estimated cost includes 3391506 for rooms, 27000 for furniture, 22500 for basic book collections. Centers aim to expand resources, aid teaching, and provide trained librarians to assist teachers.
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Johnella Boynton
Materi
Latea
Pasadena
Spring Branch
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Sluih Park
Galveston
Brazosport
Deer Park
Clear Creek
Galena Park
League
Iinale
Oyster Dredging Hearing Set Friday Morning In Galveston
A public hearing on requests to dredge Galveston Bay Reefs is set for 1 a.m. Friday in the Ball High School auditorium in Galveston. The U S Army Corps of Engineers will hear statements from shell companies and Bay area clubs about dredging permits. Officials and club members encourage public attendance and note retroactive approvals may be pursued, with lawmakers and local officials planning to attend.
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Ross Sterling High School
Galveston Bay
Ball High School
Galveston
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Parker Brothers
Horton and Horton
W. D. Haden
Matagorda Shell
Washington, D.C
Bayshore Red
Ree
Gun Club
Bay
Fisher's
Dow's
Beazley’s
Lost
Red Fish
Switchour
Todd's Dump
Vingt Eton
Hannah’s
Moody's
Doar
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Jack E. Walker
Baytown Club
Washington
Bob "Eckhardt
8Th
Walker
Rep
Eckhardt
Texas
Joe Ren
Baytown
Harris County
Che
Brooks
Corps .of Engineers
Allen
Chambers County
Joe Lagaw
Grover Edge
Bayshore Club
Edge
Wooster and
San Leon Chambers of Commerce
City Approves June Start for Navarre Ambulance Contract
At a special meeting on Tuesday the city council authorized City Manager Fritz Lanham to sign a contract with Dayton ambulance operator Jesse Navarre. The deal sets a monthly city payment of 4,000 from taxi funds, down from Belfort Ambulance Service’s 6,000. Navarre will charge a base 15 per emergency or transfer call, with Belfort and Ammons bids contrasted. The plan includes two ambulances on day shifts and police backup, with sergeants earning a 20 monthly bonus until desk sergeants are hired.
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Fritz Lanham
Dayton
Jesse de Navarre
Belfort Ambulance ‘Service Co
Navarre
Lanham
Ammons Ambulance Service
Freeport
Ammons Frm
Belfort Ambulance Service Co
Belfort
Council to award sewage work contracts in Baytown East District
Baytown City Council to consider awarding a contract for interceptor and sewer lines at the East District sewage disposal plant. Bids opened at city hall with Joe V Tantillo Co and Whitlak Inc as apparent bidders. Tantillo bid 857385. Whitlak bid 758567.50.
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Baytown
East District
Whitelak, Inc
Tantillo
Whitelak’s
Former City Directory Publisher O H Page Dies
Oliver Heber Page 72 of 12217 Rock Glen Baytown area longtime publisher of city directories, WWI veteran, dies Sunday in Houston. Funeral Tuesday at Glendale Chapel Greens Bayou. interment Veterans Administration Cemetery. Survived by wife Madeline, two daughters Mrs Guy M Crews of Columbus Ohio and Mrs Roy A Herbert of Houma Louisiana, son Jack W Page of Breese Illinois, eight grandchildren. Page came to Baytown in 1931 to publish a directory, led Page Interstate Directory Co, directed census for new owners, home was Greens Bayou.
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Oliver Heber Page
Rockglen
Baytown
Glendale Chapel of the Oaks
Greens Bayou
Page
Houton Hospital
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Woocmen
Madeline, Page
Houston
Guy
M. Crews
Columbus
Ohio
Roy A. Herbert
Houma
Jack
W. Page
Breese
Henry T. Ree
Northshore Baptist Church
Veterans Administration Cemetery
Albert Floyd
R.L. Williams
W. C. Carbon
Ken Daily
James' BR. Williams
David H. Daily
Trinities
Page Inter State Directory Co
Ciy
Uwl.s
Harris County
Springfield
Baytown Couple's Son Named College President
Baytown residents Dr. Lloyd Drexel Vincent, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Vincent, has been named president of San Angelo State College by the State Senior Colleges board. He will succeed Dr. Raymond M. Cayness, retiring for health reasons, on Sept 1. Vincent, 43, a physicist, was assistant to the president at Sam Houston State College and has notable science and education credentials including work with AID in India and the National Science Foundation.
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Lloyd Drexel Vincent
Sam Vincent
Baytown
San Angelo State College
Board of Regents of
State Senior Colleges
Vincent
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Raymond M. Cayness
San Angelo
Caymess
Dr. Vincent
James
Slick) Elis
Gerald Vincent
la Porte
U.S .Agency For International Development
United States
India
National Science Foundation
Smeke
Southwest Education Development Laboratory
Thomas Smith Dies Rites Set
Funeral services for Thomas Claud Smith 78 of Route 1 Baytown will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Paul A. Lee Chapel. He died at 11:30 p.m. Monday in a Baytown hospital. A native of Waxahachie he was a supervisor in the pumping and gauging department at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery until retirement. Survived by wife Lillian three sons Earl R Thomas Bryant and Kenneth Harlan all of Baytown one brother Ocie Smith of Baytown eight grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Rev E R Burns Cedar Bayou Baptist Church will officiate with Goose Creek Masonic Lodge in charge at the grave. Interment San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery under Paul O Lee Funeral Home direction with Masons as pallbearers.
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Thomas Claud Smith
Route 1
Baytown
Paul A. Lee
Smith
Waxahachie
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Cedar Bayou
Paul O' Lee
San Jacinto Memorial Mark Cemetery
Masons
US Advises Americans To Leave Middle East Regions
The State Department urged tourists and nonessential Americans to depart Israel Egypt Syria and Jordan amid Nasser s threat to close the Gulf of Aqaba. Britain advised Britons to leave Egypt Israel and nearby areas as tensions rise, with UN action possible to protect free shipping.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Gamal
Abdel Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
Middle East
Nasser
Sinan Desert
Israel
Red Sea
Eilat
Washington
State’ Department
Leaye
Eigypt
Syria
Jordan
United States
Britain
Russia
U.S
Mediterranean
Egypt
Iraq
State Department
Gulf
United Nations
George
Mid-East
Memorial Fund Established For Brent Ray Athlete
A memorial scholarship fund has been created in honor of Brent Ray, Barbers Hill athlete killed in a May 14 traffic accident. Donations by check or money order are payable to Brent Ray Memorial Scholarship Fund and given to Mrs. Dorothy Kemp or Mrs. Helen Leonard of Mont Belvieu. Details are to be announced later.
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Brent Ray
Barbers Hill
Dorothy Kemp
Helen Leonard
Mont Belvieu
Baytown Leader Alford Elected Optimist Lt Governor
Lester Alford of Baytown was elected lieutenant governor of Optimist International Zone Eight at the 19th annual convention held at the Continental Houston Mirror Hotel. He will assume office July 1 and has led the Baytown Club to multiple honors, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars district award and the Pick Axe Award for 35 new members by March 3. Additional attendees included Mrs. Lester Alford and several Baytown officials as McDonald set to become Baytown Club president for 1967-1968.
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Lester Alford
Baytown
Zone Eight
Southeast Texas
Optimist International
Continenttal
Houston Mirror
Highlands
Deer Park
Pasadena
South Houston
Alford
Baytown Club
Boys Work
Sof al Jforg
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harris County
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Garland D. Ware
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Missouri Pacific
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League of Women Voters
Lee College Student Association
Dennia Williams
Lagan’ McAlister
Terry Gordon
Dennis
James M
Massey Tompkins Road
Lagan
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