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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1962
Page
1
GOOBE CREEK Country Club opens associate memberships at 100 entry fee and 27 60 monthly dues with no annual payment, aiming to add 45 members in a driven push. Work on hole 10 progressed as Baytown area news reports incidents, people and events.
Houston officials led by the Texas Highway Department inspected the metropolitan freeway network in the city. The tour, arranged by the Houston Chamber of Commerce, included a ribbon ceremony at Main and Holcombe underpass and honored Expressway Engineer A C Kyser and District 12 engineer Wiley E Carmichael.
Mrs C J Anderson testifies three children thrived in a nylon mesh play pen called Fancy. She sold one pen for eight dollars after many inquiries and urges mothers to consider play pens as a haven for busy caregivers. Classifieds offer to place Want Ads to reach others.
Partly cloudy and warm through Friday with widely scattered showers. Galveston tides Friday will be high at 1 38 a.m. and low at 10 15 a.m.
A Baytown family notes grandson Ken Norman graduates from W B Bay High School as an honor student and plans Baylor engineering studies. Ken’s parents Rev and Mrs Glen Norman are frequent Baytown Sun readers who call the paper “a letter from home.” Several Baytown students will receive University of Houston degrees June 2 including Carol Alley Mary Nan Carter Sandra Knox Viola Coker Wanda Stewart Juanita Gwin Jane Tippsard Lucas Vegas Jr Louise Stiles Allen Rice Rosie Myers Jon Kenneth Golden David Lamar Geaslin Edwin Terry Delay Lewis Casey Bruce Hanson William Norman Lyster. John S DeVerter will receive a theology degree at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter completed three orbits of the Earth and was later sighted in a life raft in the Atlantic after the capsule overshot the landing area by 200 miles. A Navy P2V Neptune reported Carpenter upright in the raft and two medic drops were prepared. Weather and recovery crews orbited the area as Carpenter, described as calm, maintained systems and evaluated fuel use during the risky reentry.
Baytown City Council meets at 7 p.m. Thursday to consider Houston W Natural Gas Corp. rate increase for Baytown area customers. If approved, monthly bills would rise about 95 cents per customer. Haley Massey of Houston Natural Baytown asked to be placed on the agenda. The city hired rate analyst W A McElfresh of JM Zindler and Associates to review the request. he found no glaring errors in the company’s figures.
Former conservative leaders in Harris County seek a coalition with liberal backing to reclaim party power. Led by Bill Kilgarlin, the group aims to replace the ultra right on the county executive committee and place own members on key posts, facing strong resistance from conservative factions and uncertain state-level seating.
Texas Attorney General Will Wilson said Secretary Freeman refused to let a grand jury view the full Estes cotton allotment record, claiming federal privilege. The Franklin grand jury probes the death of ASC official Henry Marshall tied to Estes affairs. Sanders and Elliott will discuss redacted sections, with civil action possible if full records aren’t produced.
Nine Russians visiting Vientiane were confronted by protesters as they arrived at the International Airport. Officials report the unrest occurred during a first visit, with about fourteen people booing the delegation.
Schools across Baytown La Porte Crosby Channelview and nearby districts plan graduation exercises this week and next. Ninth graders from four junior highs will receive diplomas Thursday at Memorial Stadium weather permitting. Lee College and Robert E Lee High School stage Friday ceremonies with scholarship announcements and outstanding student honors.
The Baytown branch of the County Tax Assessor-Collector’s office will relocate on May 31 from the Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Building to 105 W. Defoe across from the post office in Baytown. Deputy A B Collins said operations will continue during the move with both offices open that day until completion. Mrs Evelyn Frankie Harbin 79 died Thursday at 1 30 a m in a Baytown hospital She had lived in Baytown 15 years and is survived by three sons C W Harbin Dobbin Tex Hugh M Harbin and Herbert F Harbin Houston two daughters Mrs J M Haggard and Mrs W B Hooks Baytown three sisters Mrs Carrie Barron Silsbee Mrs Tom Minnock Dassetta and Mrs Holly D Butler Houston Graveside services will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Dobbin Friday at 1 36 p m.
Bond election in La Porte shifts polling to Bayshore Municipal district site after Convenient Grocery burned. The board borrowed a moving van from Bekins Transfer and Storage Co of Houston to transport ballots, with a Bekins official noting the unusual loan and its purpose.
In Chico California a man named Jody suffered injuries when a bomb exploded in a garbage bin. Police reported the blast occurred in the afternoon and investigators cordoned the area while medical personnel treated the victim.
William B. Gates, chair of Aggie psychology division and longtime Houston figure, will speak at noon Monday at the West Baytown Kiwanis meeting. He holds a psychology doctorate, a law degree, and airborne reserve service, with ties to the Salvation Army and public service.
Four members of the REL High School band from Arlington Virginia earned four year college scholarships. Karl Wikstrom, a NASA employee, and Lois McCullough, both former students, along with Jimmy and Charles Forque were named scholarship winners. The group performed as soloists and in the All State Band, with Houston and Sam Houston State mentioned among supporting details.
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