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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1972
Page
1
The Baytown Planning Commission will consider two subdivisions for preliminary approval at 7 p.m. Thursday in the conference room at City Hall Cedar Bayou Acres subdivision 30 lots on 15.9 acres south of Farm Road 1992 and west of Cedar Bayou and Staples subdivision Section 2 36 lots on 0.734 acres east of Highway 146 north of Cedar Bayou and south of Interstate 10.
The Baytown Parks and Recreation Department offers adult swim lessons from 8:45 a.m. Monday through Friday starting in June. Registration is at the Community Building through Friday, May.
Baytown residents are invited to a 1 p.m. bus tour of city park sites forming part of the 1970 capital improvements program. Director Terry J. Dopson says if space allows, others may follow by car. The tour from the Baytown Community Building will last about two and a half hours and feature a dedication at Danubiia Park, renamed Frank D. Murdoch.
Fred Alfred Saxon of 4519 North Main died Tuesday after a 45 year Baytown residence. Retired from General Tire. Survived by son TC Saxon and two daughters Mrs J W Garner and Mrs J Harper, plus sister Mrs Ladie Yhomae of Shreveport. Visitation Thursday at Earthman Chapel. Interment San Jacinto Memorial Park. Clergy Rev. William Commer and Rev. Robert Joiner officiating. pallbearers Bill Stutte Lee Horacefield Freddy Garner Tommy Saxon Ben Hilliard Doug Wallace.
Projections show San Jacinto course could yield over $36 000 in revenue with 19 600 in expenses from Sept 1 1970 to July 20 1971. Plumbley suggests higher potential at Lew College with 78 000 from green fees annually plus 35 200 from 6 cart rentals daily and 317 300 from a practice range. He warns risk lies in overuse and notes construction costs around 375 000 including irrigation and piping, while Bennie Moskowitz proposes golf classes and driving range for scholarship integration and student use of Moler Hall facilities.
Services for Mrs. Hattie Orr of Houston mother of Mrs. D Fr Chasteen of Baytown will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Heights Funeral Home Houston. Mrs Orr died Monday in a Houston hospital. Survivors include sister Mrs. Sally Petty of Dallas and another daughter Mrs Cleo Crummy of New Caney, plus two grandchildren James Crummey and Danny Chasteen of Houston.
Honored Airman First Class Robert W Billingsley son of Mr and Mrs Bob D Billingsley of Highlands has been named Outstanding Airman in his unit at Dyess Air Force Base Texas for conduct and duty performance Selected for his conduct and duty performance
The Texas Water Quality Board issued an order governing new private sewage disposal systems in Chambers County. It requires mandatory licensing and inspection for new septic tanks, up to 100 dollars, with grandfather clauses for existing systems. Licenses last five years and can be renewed, and plans encourage municipal-type wastewater solutions nearby. The order aims to protect Lake Anahuac and county waters from septic seepage, with enforcement through the county commissioners court.
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Council discusses using bond funds for a Bayshore perimeter road with federal permits and environmental studies likely delaying contracts. Officials note partial interim protection may be funded, while full protection requires more city money. Residents express concern over timing and potential property impact as work shifts to Brownwood.
After the April V election, Ammon's college stated state law requires vacancies to be filled by appointment and not by election. Tuesday's meeting marked the first full session for newly elected regents Aggie Wager and Tom Meinr to attend, with Regent Ed Gunn winning re election as the sole incumbent.
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