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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1950
Page
3
Announced today the annual St Mark's Methodist Service Guild event will feature George MacMillan Mrs J and Mrs Miles Smithers. Show opens at 6:30 pm in the Baytown Community Center and runs until 9:30 with a wedding scene and student recital at 7:30. Public invited.
Miss Julia Faye Coleman daughter of Mrs J J Coleman of Baytown wed Ernest W Lindstrom Jr son of Mr and Mrs E W Lindstrom at Crosby Methodist Church in a double ring ceremony. Guests included relatives from Houston Austin Chicago and Templeton with the couple planning to live at 2104 New Jersey Baytown.
Janet Harriman becomes bride of Howard Hamil in a home ceremony hosted by the bride’s parents in Baytown. Rev. Milton S. Jordan officiated beside a mantel arrangement of gardenias as the couple exchanged vows before family. Attendants included maid of honor Abna Dee Hanson and best man Durwood Horwell, with a reception following at 703 East Republic. The newlyweds will reside at 715 North Ashbel after May 30. both graduates of Robert E. Lee High School.
The Ashbel-Smith Elementary School P-TA honored its 18 teachers, principal L A Loy, and secretary Mrs Lela Fisher at a noon luncheon in the school cafeteria. Health chair Mrs Frank Denton urges preschool parents to bring children to the Summer Round-Up at Lerner School on North Pruett Thursday. Victor Dias, retiring president, was honored at a coffee at the home of the new president Mrs Rank Angel. Mrs Harold Scarborough won a prize for being most neatly dressed.
Miss Kathryn Joyce Spence and Thomas C King united in a double ring ceremony at the First Baptist Church of Highlands Mississippi. Rev W C Knester officiated as organist Lucille Teal performed Clair de Lune and soloists sang Because and I Love You Truly. The bride wore nylon maratssette over taffeta and carried red roses with her white Bible. maid of honor Charlene Spence wore navy marquisette over taffeta. Best man J W King of Norman Oklahoma. ushers J S Treat and Bobby King. Guests included out of town relatives from Norman Oklahoma New York City and Houston. Reception followed at the couple’s home. the couple plans to reside at 301 San Jacinto Highlands after a June 4 return from their wedding trip. The bride is a Robert E. Lee High School graduate. groom attends Lee College and works for Humble Oil and Refining in Baytown.
Rev Garnet House led a candlelight installation for new Women’s Society of Christian Service officers after services. Mrs M Al Parker was installed as president with vice president Mrs George Ellender and secretaries including Mrs FTe Burng recording secretary and Mrs Eva Casey treasurer. Other secretaries named cover Christian social relation missionary education Wesleyan service guild student work youth work and more.
Readers have encountered numerous crane stories lately, suggesting continued public attention despite conservation concerns. The bird remains a symbol of endangered species battles, Wildlife groups report ongoing sightings and advocacy, highlighting habitat protection and recovery efforts.
Kathleen Grant and Janet Bernstein will represent Baytown at the Bluebonnet Girls State session in Austin in June 1926. Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary and the American Association of University Women, the event gathers about 275 Texas girls for a week of civic training at the Texas School for the Deaf with a Capitol visit and state official conferences. Participants are juniors in high school and engage in a mock government, learning duties and rights through a hands on approach. The Navy has dropped a prior dental requirement, an unrelated note amid the schedule.
Priscilla Club at 3206 eArkansas hosts the Willing Workers Circle at Cedar Bayou WSCS with a 9 30 am session. Woods Circle of St John Methodist Church also meets at 9 30 am. Friday La Porte Roller Skating Cub in Pine Bluff Fink La Porte clocks 10 pm. An average New Yorker moves every three years, a remark on crowded neighbors out of New York.
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