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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1949
Page
2
A historical summary notes ongoing civil rights debates and major bills passed by Congress, including arms aid, foreign recovery funds, military pay, and trade measures. It highlights 91 days until the second session of the 21st Congress begins January 3, 1980, with holidays breaking the schedule.
The Humbie Pioneers Club announced a banquet on October 24 with tickets sold through October 20. Dues must be paid to attend, no tickets at the door, and two ferry boats will operate at the Lynchburg crossing to handle crowds. An expected turnout of about 500 is noted. Also reported is the death of Mrs Teressa Davis, Baytown, with funeral in Houston. A zoology note states parrots and woodpeckers have four toes on the back foot, two forward and two backward.
About 400 members of a religious sect arrived for a three day Gainesville meeting. A deputy described a banner reading Hear The Only Light. A fight injured men, with one face taped and teeth loosened or knocked out. The group began leaving town yesterday after the disturbance.
Livestock at Fort Worth on October 3 shows cattle mainly steady for stocker and feeder classes with some declines in canners and cutters. Slaughter steers and yearlings 18.00 to 23.50, beef cows 13.50 to 15.50, hogs mostly steady to 25 lower, good to choice feeder pigs 16.00 to 28.00, and calves varying with market conditions. Also note birth: Myr and Mrs Emory Hallman announce the birth of daughter Kul Kar at 2:30 am October 2 at Bay Town Hospital weighing six pounds and ? ounces.
Boston girl Martha Humphrey sketches symphony conductors from the orchestra seats turning musical observation into rapid drawings. She captures Koussevitzky Stokowski Munch Bernstein Walter Reiner and others with multiple angles and focus on rhythm and gesture noting Bach Beethoven Brahms and Hagen shape the art. Duke Ellington conducted only wrist motions at the Symphony Ball, she says.
In Washington speculation rises that President Truman may seize steel mills under the Selective Service Act if a strike becomes a national emergency. Officials doubt he will invoke Taft-Hartley given his past criticism and previous delays.
Jesse Dye Rundel an 82 year old Baytown resident died at 5 am at his West Mein street home after a lengthy illness. He worked 20 years for the Southern Pacific Railroad and also for the City of Houston. Survived by his wife and a brother Lee Rundell of Austin. Body to be shipped to Austin tonight by Harthmer Funeral Home for burial.
Ralph Hagan credit manager of Culpeppers Furniture Company was elected to the board of governors of the fifth district Retail Credit Executives of Texas at a Galveston meeting. The semi annual conference included Retail Credit Executives of Texas Texas Retail Credit Bureaus and its collection service division and Lone Star Council of Credit Women. Baytown gains its first board representation. W. J S. Strickler also elected to the Texas Retail Credit Bureaus board. Present were Mrs. C. H. Mills and Mrs. Strickler.
Officials announce a weather disaster with schools and fire stations opened for refuge. Police and fire crews are on standby as storms approach. Harris County rice farmers report early rice beaten by the wind and rain, with damage and harvest costs rising if winds intensify.
Baylor University has opened a mental hygiene clinic to help students with emotional problems that cause physical symptoms. Dr Kenneth Bean, clinical psychologist on the Peyler faculty, notes many patients suffer stomach ailments fatigue headaches and fainting from emotional conflict.
Two Channelview brothers went missing after a fishing trip in Trinity Bay on Sunday afternoon. A tugboat crew rescued them and brought them ashore around midnight. Fire Marshal Hub Bounds said the youths, who left in an outboard motorboat, encountered trouble early, and Baytown Emergency Corps aided the search. names were not obtained.
COLLEGE STATION Oct 3 The time to build it now a Texas A and M agricultural engineers report says Cost declines six to eight percent from a year ago lumber down about 40 percent from last year level brick cement prices paint and plumbing costs lower Heating and plumbing down about two percent The report adds little or no further saving by waiting until next year Also Kennedy Veterans Hospital location noted at Park and Getwell Avenues Memphis Tenn
Prime Minister Yoshida signals desire for a peace treaty while cautioning about possible U.S. pullback. He praises allies, mentions austerity measures, and notes Japan’s postwar recovery mindset as it unveils a new budget and reforms to attract foreign capital.
Mes. Fr I r Nichols reported today their total of 627.58 had been contributed to the Effie Dubose fund. The Lions Club wired 140 for nurses fees to the New York hospital where Ms. Dubose recently underwent an eye operation. Mrs. Nichols said the business men and the police department aided contributions. All money received for the fund except 150 from the Lions Club was deposited to a bank account.
Max Goldfield proprietor of Goldfield's Groceries and Markets announces the opening of a third store named Goldfield's No. 3 at 3809 Market Street Road the former Economy Food Store site. The same specialty will be available in all three Baytown locations including 12 North Main and 17 West.
Hardin College remains undefeated and untied after a 28 0 win over Austin College in Childress lifting their Gulf Coast Conference record to four straight victories. Houston defeated Wichita 26 8 and Worth Texas beat Oklahoma City University 28 7 in other league games.
Peggy Petersen, a 22 year old former California modeling student, visits William Lansbury in a Baltimore jail while awaiting a parole board decision on his release from San Quentin for forgery. She hopes they can marry if he is freed and plans to support him returning to work. The couple says they fear a California parole hold and worry about his future.
Galveston activates shelters at the city auditorium, courthouse, and schools as evacuation expands. Island City Homes, a 200 unit federal housing project, sits vacant. Coast Guard halts shipping, a highway to Port Arthur closes, and ferry service is unmanned. Houston braces with Ellington base evacuations planned and ready auxiliary police.
In Austin on October 3 the Texas Employment Commission announced a job-finding push toward placing about 8500 disabled Texans as National Employ Physically Handicapped Week begins October 28. H. L. Coffman said the agency aimed to make a big dent in active handicap applications and noted the observance marks its fifth anniversary.
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