Highlands Man Dies at 52 in Highlands
HIGHLANDS 52 year old H C Ellerbee of 1705 North Main died Saturday morning. Earthman Highlands Funeral Home will announce arrangements. Spaghetti supper fundraiser to be held Saturday 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Parish House, admission $1.23 adults, 50 cents children, 23 cents under six. Mrs Harold Bombeff of Baytown has two extra opera tickets for Hansel and Gretel at Jones Music Hall. contact 582 4353. Directors of Bay shore Red Reel and Gin Club meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. to discuss remodeling, urged by Civic President Grover K Edge. Art League guest speaker Mrs S W Spurlock at Beaumont Museum speaks at 7:30. Dance tonight to 1 a.m. Weather: Baytown area partly cloudy mild. 60s to 80s. Galveston tides Sunday high 12:24 a.m. and 6:36 p.m. No low tide.
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Highlands
H. C. Ellerbee
North Main
Earthiman
Highlands Funeral Home
EYC
Trinity Episcopal Parish House
Harold Bomboif
Baytown
Hansel and Gretel
Jones Music Hall
Bombeff
Bay Shore
Civic
Grover K. Edge
Around Lawn: Birthday Wishes and Local Odds and Ends
A light jumble of local notes mentions Grace Hargrave birthday wishes, Lee Tag as a machine age icon, Nov 15 1991Friday, and Max Altman. It notes Ron Parrish moving to Fort Bend County, Fay Farrar Wood becoming a Pasadena schoolmarm, Rev Edwin Summers dieting, and Norman McElvaney returning home from Allegheny College around December 8.
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Grace Hargrave
Lee Tag
Max Altman
Ron Parrish
Fort Bend County
Fay Farrar Wood
Pasadena
Edwin Summers
Norman McElvaney
Allegheny College
Baytown TSPE Names Young Engineer Award Recipient
Jim Lutes longtime Baytown TSPE leader and Humble Oil engineer received the Outstanding Young Engineer award at a Goose Creek Country Club luncheon. The event coincided with Young Engineers Month and honored his community and professional efforts.
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Jim Laites
Baytown
Texas
Society of Professional Engineers
Wag
TSPE
Goose Creek Country Club
Gerald Hanson
Lutes
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Goose Creek
RIGHT
Jim Lutes
Homecoming honor letter from wounded Marine informs North Texas State
On Homecoming Day at North Texas State University veteran coach Qodus Mitchell received a bloodstained letter from Capt George Herring a wounded M C captain and former Eagle praising Mitchell and describing leadership amid 45 days of combat in Vietnam Herring who lost an eye is hospital bound for care and his parents live in Houston while his wife Charlene Russell Herring resides in Dallas with their year old daughter
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Denton
Tex
North Texas State University
Qodus Mitchell
Mitchell
Marine Corps
En Ingars
George Herring
North Texas State Eagles
Herring
North Texas
George
T.D. Reese Jr
Trinity College
Hartford
REL Night At REL School Draws Thousands Of Parents
About 7,000 parents are expected for Robert E. Lee's Parents Night on Tuesday. The event showcases a shortened school day with eight minute class changes and ten minute periods. Principal Henry Armstrong opens the assembly at 7 30 p.m. with a day in school to follow.
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Robert EL Lees
Misg Eul
Saidies
Sydent Commons
Ricky Burch
Teresa Guest
Creative Writing Class Set For Lee College
A creative writing class is scheduled for next semester at Lee College taught by Mrs Gladys Elis. Classes run 1 p m to 4 p m on Mondays and focus on writing various forms including short stories articles poems and sometimes novels. The only requirement is to have something written for each class period with several students previously published under her guidance including W A Read whose work appeared in Life magazine.
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Lee College
Gladys Elis
W. A. Read
Life Magazine
Baytown Declares TB Christmas Seal Season 1966
Baytown Mayor Seaborn Cravey officially opened the 1966 TB Christmas Seal campaign proclaiming November 1 through January 1 as the season. Dr. A D Lucius Jr notes 390 new TB cases and 75 deaths in Houston Harris County last year, with peak support from Christmas Seal donations funding TB work.
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Seaborn Cravey
Baytown
Cravey
Houston - Harris County
A. D. Lucius Jr
TB Association
Houston-Harris County
Lucius
Major auto makers trim production amid slow sales
The four biggest U.S. automakers General Motors Ford Chrysler and American Motors cut output as sales lag and inventories rise. GM plans an 8.1 percent December through January cut with plant shutdowns and job losses. Ford Chrysler and AMC also reduce quotas while market uncertainty and tax and war concerns loom.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
U. S
Frederic G. Donner
Lee A. Tacocca
Ford Motor Co
State Okays Plan Over Many Protests
Texas Water Pollution Control Board approved the City of Houston plan to dump seven million gallons of treated sewage into Cedar Bayou north of Lake Houston. Baytown officials and several local groups protested, with petitions from Cedar Bayou residents and Rose Land Oaks Civic Association. Proposals also included five other approved applications increasing regional sewage capacity.
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San Jacinto
Houston
Harris County
Easthaven
Berry Gully
Sims Bayou
la Porte Road
Lakeside Country Club
Ashford
Ashford West
Buffalo Bayou
Sam Hawkins
Cedar Bayou
Huffsmith East
Crosby ~ Huffman
Hugh Yantis
Anderson Road Civic Club
Buxley
Memorial Glen
Qwmers, Inc
Hermitage
Powell Hearing Seeks Seat Rights in Congress
A federal judge schedules a Tuesday hearing on Rep. Adant Powell's eligibility to keep his seat, with contention focused on his residence in New York. President Johnson leaves hospital for his Texas ranch to rest and recover after surgery. Dean Rusk says open to possible quiet in the ground war in Vietnam during Christmas and the Lunar New Year. Dr. Garner, a Texan who once served as vice president under FDR, noted. Dr. Roosevelt would turn 93 this Tuesday. A Delta jet diverted near Carswell Air Force Base to extend fuel, landing safely with one gear questionably off. Catholics face Friday abstinence decision as 10000-year-old tradition ends. Freezing temps hit the Panhandle Plains as a cool front advances into Texas. John Tower, R-Tex., spent 301168 in campaign funds to defeat Carr.
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Rep
Adant Clayton Powell
Congress
New York
Cactus Dack Garner
Franklin
Roosevelt
Delta Airlines
Carswell Air Force Base
Haddox Named Baytown Jaycees President
Ronald D Haddox a longtime Baytown resident has been elected president of the Baytown Jaycees succeeding Ron Parrish who resigns to take a new advertising role in Rosenberg. Haddox a 1956 Lee High School graduate served in the army with Korea service and later worked in the Diamond Alkali personnel department. He and his wife Anna Lee reside at 1305 Navecille and attend Grace Methodist Church. A director successor will be named at Tuesday's meeting.
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Ronald D. Haddox
Baytown Jaycees
Haddox
Ron Parrish
Rosenberg
Parrish
Baytown Sun
Herald Coaster
J. W. Schiller
Baytown
Robert E. Lee High School
Korea
Samari Tech
Diamond Alkali
Baytown Jayetes
Sun
Viet Nam
Anna Lee
Navecille
Grace Methodist Church
New Look Proposed For Texas Avenue Mall Plan
Two Houston planning architects outlined a three-block mall concept for downtown Texas Avenue at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Peck Drennan and Tom McKittrick described a phased development from Decker’s Drive to Highway 146 with canopy covered malls, high rise parking, and all weather protection. Estimated cost is 157000 dollars not including parking. four locals joined a mall committee led by Bil Strickler to pursue the project.
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Bobby Sutphin
Houston
Texas Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Peck Drennan
Tom McKittrick
Decker
Highway 146
Atthree
Tones
Commerce
Brazosport Battles Port Arthur In Bi-District Showdown
Brazosport and Port Arthur meet in a bi-district playoff at 7:30 p.m. after coin flip in Baytown. Both teams faced Robert E. Lee this season with Brazosport suffering a 15-14 loss to the Ganders and Port Arthur beating REL 16-4.
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Brazosport
Port Arthur
Yellow Jackets
Harden Cooper
Smith Hill
Baytown
Xoenen
Robert E. Lee
Ganders
Junior Scores In Saturday Morning Action At Cedar Bay
Eighth graders Itootha Cedar Bayo beat Horace Mann 12 to 0 while Carver Triryret Highlands eighth graders defeated them 12 to 6 in Saturday morning play.
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Itootha
Cedar Bayo
Horace Mann
Carver Triryret
Highlands
Superwoman For Sure! Parrett Survives Pipe Through Chest
Judith Parrett, 24, describes how a 14 inch fence pipe pierced her car and chest after she swerved to avoid a child. Police rescue freed her, the pipe and seat fragments remained in the car. Doctors at Carney Hospital said the pipe passed between ribs without hitting major arteries and she could go home in four to five days.
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Boston
Judith Parrett
Parrett
Stephen
Cathy
Carney Hospital
Walter Rundell Hall Named At Lee College For Dean Rundel
Walter Rundell, dean at Lee College, will be honored at a 7 p.m. retirement dinner at Ross Sterling High School cafeteria. The college board of regents unanimously approved naming the campus administration building Walter Rundell Hall in recognition of his many years of service. Dean Rundell expressed gratitude, saying he was overwhelmed.
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Walter Rundell
Lee College
Ross Sterling High School
Rundell
Board of
Regents
Sam Hastings
Hastings
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Beaumont Aseum
Galveston
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Jim Lates
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Commission On Education
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Humble Credit Union
JETS
C. V. Kirkpatrick
Cullen College of Engineering
University of Houston
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Yale
U.S
Big 4 Auto Makers
New York Stock Exchange
United States
President Johnson
Dean Rusk
Panhandle Plains
John Tower
R-Tex
U.S. Senate
Waggoner Carr
Carr
Ronald Haddox
McKittrick
Gulf Coast
W. J
Bil) Strickler
Central
Dean Rundel
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