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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1961
Page
10
In Austin AP reports Republicans claim Texas has become a two party state after John Tower's Senate victory. Democratic leaders, stunned and divided, face critique of party unity and techniques while noting rising Republican strength and new, professional local party conduct.
Classified item list includes musical instruments, pets, furniture, and odd jobs. Names and ages recur with contact numbers such as JU 2-7806 JU 2-246% and JU 2 24668. Listings cover sax, clarinet, couch, guppies, pigeons, scooter, kitten, and painting work.
Funeral services for Mrs Lillie Turner of 6220 Bayway will be at 5 p m Monday at Earthman Chapel. She died Sunday afternoon at home after 32 years in Baytown. Rev Wayne Harbaugh will officiate with Rev T L Spiers assisting. Interment Cedar Crest Cemetery under Earthman Funeral Home. She is survived by husband Albert C Turner and sister Mrs J D Le Comte. Pallbearers named.
Bray Fears Distributing Co buys into Pearl Beer Distributing Co of Houston in a 5.5 million transaction. Bray will run eastern Houston, Bob Derden Pearl Beer Distributing Co handles downtown north and northwest, Frank Horlock serves the south. Pearl Beer dominates Texas and Houston markets per brewery VP H. B. O'Brien.
John G. Tower, 35, becomes the first Republican elected to the U S Senate from Texas. He defeated Democrat William A. Blakley by about 8,000 votes in a runoff and plans to take his seat by June 15. Tower defends Goldwater ties and says he will follow his own course within the party while aiming to bring Republican influence to Texas politics.
Due to a long Memorial Day weekend the Merrill Lynch offices were closed Monday and no stock quotes were available.
A. 5. Lamb 87 of Cleveland, father of four Baytown residents, died Sunday night. Funeral at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Pace Stancil Funeral Home in Cleveland. Burial at Bear Creek Cemetery near Cleveland. Survivors include five daughters in Baytown and Houston, two sons in Baytown and Livingston, 17 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
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