Cedar Bayou Church honors war victims during 125th anniversary
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church marks its 125th anniversary with tributes to members who died in wars. Names include World War II soldiers Sgt. James Bearden and Sgt. James Bayliss, Korean War Capt. Minter Terry, and Vietnam era casualties Pfc. Charles Kilgore and Capt. Royal Fisher Jr. Details on some members are unavailable.
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Wanda Orton
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
James E. Beardan
James Lee Bayliss
Sgt
Bearden
A. J. Bearden
Italy
Rome
Cedar Bayou
Camp Blanding
Bayliss
Minter Charles Terry
M. W.terry
Robert 5. Lee High School
Armed Services
Terry
Pusan
Korea
11St Airborne
Central Highlands
Fisher
75Th Maneuver Area Command
Fort Benning
Viet Nam
Lull in Vietnam War Expected To End With Viet Cong Campaign
In Saigon AP reports the war lull, now in its sixth week, is likely to persist only until the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese plan their winter spring offensive, according to a U.S. estimate.
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Saigon
U.S
Crosby Firemen Honored by Crosby Kids Tribute
Nearly 600 elementary students gathered to honor the Crosby Volunteer Fire Department. They donated about 95 dollars, placing pennies in a coffee can as they passed a new fire truck. Chief Phillip Baker recalled promising the truck would be visible on the first day of National Fire Prevention Week.
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Ron Lennard Crosby
Crosby Volunteer Fire Department
Phillip Baker
Baker
Crosby Fire Department
Charles Ecles
Crosby
Ecles
Gayle Cunningham
Robert Cunningham
Crosby High School
Melinda Boyles
Eileen Firecoat
Pawnee Thomas
Vickie Hinton
Bobby Wright
Susan Reeder
Mary Jo Stovall
Burnice Buckman
Billie Thompson
Margaret Seal
Mary Walsingham
Johnnie Gilbert
Jerry Prochazka
Ramon
City drafts new billing plan after data contract breach
Cannon was appointed chairman and Councilman David Evans co chair. Voelkel said two other firms offered free trial services while the city tested options. Until billing can run electronically the city will keep manual processes to retain staff. The attorney concluded Data breached its contract for delay, damaging the city enough to offset any Data compensation claim.
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Cannon
David Evans
Voelkel
Voelke
Data, Inc
Data
Funeral Notices William Henry Smith 61 Baytown resident
Funeral services for William Henry Smith age 61 of 2718 Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ear thman Chapel. Smith died Monday in a Houston hospital after living in Baytown 30 years and retiring from Humble Oil Baytown Refinery. Survivors include wife Agnes T. Smith of Baytown. daughters Marga Parker Janelle Pate Marcella Baker all of Houston Darlene Donna Linda Smith of Baytown. three sons Lawson Smith Houston William Smith Jr Baytown Louis Medhura Houston. sister Mrs Lucy Mullins Baytown. brothers Otto Smith Corsicana Jack Smith Humble. 15 grandchildren. Interment in San Jacinto Memorial Park.
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William Henry Smith
Earthman Chapel
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
Smith
Houston
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Agnes T. Smith
Marga Parker
Janelle Pate
Marcella Baker
Cold Front Drenches Texas With Heavy Weekend Rain
A cold front swept through Texas over the weekend and moved into the Gulf of Mexico bringing heavy rainfall and freezing temperatures. The front sparked tornadoes and violent weather across the state Sunday, with Panhandle readings in the 20s and Dallas logging 3.98 inches of rain along with several other cities recording over an inch.
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Associated Press
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Gulf of Mexico
Panhandle
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
Dallas
Mineral Wells
Fort Worth
College Station
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Longview San Antonio
Brownsville
Victoria
Waco
Two Hurt In Car Accident At North Highway 146
At 1 30 p m Saturday a three car crash at North Highway 146 and Bowie School Drive injured two people. Charles M Birman of 1834 Driscoll Houston and Gary Lee Leonard 18 of 1914 Cedar Bayou were treated at Gulf Coast Hospital. Birman was charged with failure to yield right of way. James E Dreher of 113 Graham was not injured.
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North Highway 146
Bowie School Drive
Charles M. Birman
Driscoll
Houston
Gary Lee Leonard
Cedar Bayou
Gulf Coast Hospital
Baytown
Soviet trio aboard Soyuz 6 and 7 report comforted in space
Lt Col Georgy Shonin and engineer Valery Kubasov on Soyuz 6 and Lt Col Anatoly Filipchenko with engineers Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Gorbatko on Soyuz 7 say they feel well in space. The mission targets include scientific-technical experiments and testing a three-ship flight with mutual maneuvers to advance piloted space systems and near-terrestrial space knowledge.
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Georgy Shonin
Valery Kubasov
Anatoly Filipchenko
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Gorbatko
Soviet Union
Alexei Leonov
United States
Shatalov
Yeliseyev
Tass
VFW Turkey Shoot Set at Post Home on Decker Drive
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 912 announces its annual turkey shoot this Saturday and Sunday and on Oct 25-26 at the VFW Post Home on Decker Drive. Participants may use .22 rifles or shotguns. ammunition provided. A magnum 12 gauge shotgun will be awarded Oct 26. winner need not be present. The Ladies Auxiliary will serve food. the public is invited.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 912
VFW
Decker Drive
Barbers Hill Cafeteria Menus Include Mixed Dishes
Cafeteria menus list Barbers Hill High as serving lunch items such as steak with gravy steamed rice baked squash carrot sticks hot rolls and cake. Elementary and Junior levels offer rice baked squash lettuce tomato salad milk and pineapple pudding. Breakfast features quartered orange sausage biscuit butter and milk and lunch includes chicken dumplings patent corn congealed cherry salad bread sticks and oatmeal cookies.
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Barbers Hill High
Barbers Hill
TANE Talks Alcohol and Drug Abuse at Cedar Bayou Church
Narcotics Education program TANE will address Cedar Bayou Baptist Church on October 19 to explain alcohol and drug abuse problems and discuss possible solutions for the community.
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Texas Alcohol. Narcotics Education
TANE
Cedar Bayou
Sun Spots to Host HGAC Meeting and Police Talk
An executive committee meeting of the Houston-Galveston Area Council is set for 9 30 a m Oct 21 in the Federal Land Bank Building Houston with Chief John Wilkinson as guest speaker at Knights of Columbus Hall after the council session In Vietnam Seaman Apprentice Ernest L Felder USN son of Mr and Mrs Sam Felder of 1205 Bookertee serves aboard USS Cochrane near Pleiku A stereo tuner amplifier and record changer were stolen from William Challenger 2300 Taft Circle valued at 220 Also M P and L L Fuller depart for a Volvo dealers conference in Freeport Bahamas and Army PFC Harold D Johnson assigned to the 4th Infantry near Pleiku Vietnam. A pair of trousers and a bilfold with 270 were stolen from Joe Calo at 511 W Humble while he slept.
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Houston-Galveston
John Wilkinson
Knights of Columbus Hall
San Jacinto Council
D. C. Kane
Vietnam
Ernest L. Felder
USN
Sam Felder
Bookertee
Cochrane
William Challenger
Taft Circle
Joe Calo
W. Humble
Tool Box Stolen From Home In Burnet Area
A tool box containing small tools and art supplies worth 15 dollars was stolen from the home of Mrs. Sue Ziriax at 708 Morrell. Police say the theft occurred between 11 30 a.m. and 3 40 p.m. Thursday. Burnet Parents Council will meet at 9 30 a.m. Tuesday in Room 2 at the school. All mothers are invited.
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Sue Ziriax
Morrell
I Burnet Parents Burnet Parents Council
Boy, 8, Has A First Book Hit
SAN ANTONIO AP Robert Kelsey, 8, has a first book that is a hit at Woodridge Elementary School library. The Lion That Wanted tells of a lion that visits a fair spook house and pie toss. Robert also illustrated the tale and hopes to be a writer.
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San Antonio
Robert Kelsey
Woodridge
Robert
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