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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1955
Page
1
Baytown residents are promised a Martian invasion on Saturday night at Humble ball park as Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Explorers stage the annual circus with the future theme. Troops 93 94 and 142 created space age costumes with box heads bird outfits and tall yellow legs for a volunteer cast of about 1500 youths.
The Texas Highway Department will interview between 15 000 and 26 000 drivers in a Baytown La Porte traffic origin and destination study. They will also run over 100 counts with automatic recorders on main thoroughfares and set up interview stations along roads to Houston and Highlands. Data will be sent to Austin for analysis and charts.
Geneva reports China said it hopes missing servicemen from the Korean War are still held in China. Jersey City notes Bernarr MacFadlen, 87, died Wednesday night. Pan American World Airways announced purchase of 457 jetliners at 357 million dollars. Eisenhower sent Sherman Adams to Washington with views for Friday’s meeting. General Tire workers end sitdown strike after union leader said contract bans racial discrimination.
TOR G. PSCOALY, civilian with two years in the U. S. Army, leads in the Research and Development Division at Baytown refinery. He lives at 2400 Michigan. Eddie Bsolily injured Tuesday in an auto crash is reported to be feeling fine and may be released from San Jacinto Memorial hospital Thursday. His mother, Mrs. St. J. Bolen, says he has neck strain. Blood donors needed for Mrs. A. Faulkenberch at San Jacinto Memorial hospital.
Local snippets cover weather chatter, coffee breaks, hunting plans in Colorado, sales pressure, office chatter, and everyday greetings. Names include Laughlin, Tom Loglericie, John Wilson, Pep Andrus, Skip Brasswell, Bert Altman, Roger Anderson, Winston Hayes, Vic Dayly, Vie Sr, and Yorckmann.
A Chambers County land sale closed with Baytown buyers Mace Wilburys LD and C E Buseh purchasing a 278 316 acre tract from Lumber Co for about 100 000 cash plus the stated price 278/316. The buyers drilled a deep water well and built a reservoir on site. The highway splits the property which is described as good rice and harvested land. Officials call it one of the county’s largest deals in years and the new owners plan to plant rice.
Texas Real Estate official Ervin W. Luedtke told Baytown realtors that within 25 years a college diploma will be compulsory for real estate brokers. He spoke at the Baytown Real Estate Board luncheon in Humble, noting the new license law taking effect.
Two Baytown physicians were named to committees addressing indigent medical care. Dr George Bruce joins Texas Medical Association Rural Health and Doctor Distribution. Dr Haniel Davis joins Harris County Medical Society special panel. The group aims to include diverse viewpoints, coordinate with city and county officials, and meet with other groups to craft an acceptable plan. Other members include Dr C Forrest Jorns as chairman.
W J Strickler, chairman, reports $51 985 02 of a $197 125 goal raised by Thursday morning with more payroll based groups needed to reach the E award. Listings include Economy Department store Humble Refinery main office Zone 2 United Rubber and Chemical Co Singer Sewing Machine Co and F Goodrich plus the Automobile Dealers association.
A cool front swept into the Baytown area Wednesday night dropping temperatures from 90s to 43 in the north and 47 in the south by Thursday morning. Forecast calls for generally fair cooler weather through Friday with light rain along the Texas Louisiana line. Baytown radar speed control to be installed within six weeks at a cost over original estimates, with radar signs to follow.
Crosby State Bank plans a new four thousand nine hundred square foot facility on Main Street, with night depository, drive in window, large vaults, and expanded safe deposit area. Built by Brown Construction of Houston, the bank expects completion around February 1956.
A preliminary hearing for Jesse Quijano on a narcotics charge was postponed until next week after police Chief W R Montgomery failed to appear. The case stems from a September death of Jose Jorge Martinez a 23 year old seaman and involves investigators’ statements that Quijano and Martinez used heroin together.
Baytown area receives first agricultural labor based social security benefits. Asa Luthringer, who worked on a Baytown farm since 1951, collects retroactive payments from March 1954 through August 1955 totaling 891.60 after eligibility was verified. The couple also notes rate increases from 1954 to 1955 and ongoing benefits for retirement at 65.
Birdie Louise Drury 65 died in a Baytown hospital after a stroke. she had traveled from Calvert with her sister for a weeklong visit. Survivors include husband John I. Drury Sr. and three children, with services at Calvert First Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Cecil McBeth and Rev. A I. Jordan. Burial under Earthman’s Baytown.
Irmgard Stamm, native of Vienna, Austria, and her seven year old son Richard arrive in Baytown from New Orleans after a five year wait for US entry. They live with Dr. and Mrs. Jesse Kirkpatrick on Sayshore Drive while Irmgard learns English and plans to start a new life in Texas. Richard survived a Vienna accident that left a skull fracture, and Irmgard endured bureaucratic delays and hardship to pursue the American dream.
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