United Fund Drive Nears Goal as Contributions Grow
West Baytown clubs push for top participation in the 1962 United Fund Drive. Total contributions rise to 90,291 with 48.1 percent of the goal reached as E. C. Jack Kimmons, campaign chairman, says the drive may be completed next week. Three schools show strong employee pay averages while Anson Jones Sam Houston and James Bowie elementary schools are commended. The campaign total is 185,907 benefiting Thrift Exchange Opportunity School Cerebral Palsy Center Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Health League Welfare League and more agencies locally and nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. Smith
Joe Keating
West Baytown Biwanis
United Fund Drive
E. C
Jack
Kimmons
Anson Jones
Sam Houston
James Bowie
United Fund
Gir Scouts
Health League
Welfare League
Child Care, Center
YMCA
Red Cross
Hearth Association
Mental Health Association
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded Posthumously to Hammarskjöld
Dag Hammarskjöld, UN secretary general, received the 1961 Nobel Peace Prize posthumously for his work to ease Congo fighting and pursue peaceful negotiations with Katanga. The prize, worth 250,232 kroner, honors his efforts before his Sept. 18 death in a plane crash en route to Ndola. Lars Luthuli of South Africa, an anti apartheid leader, also noted for his decades of civil rights work, was a prize finalist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
John Luthuli
South
Afica
Luthuli
Storting
Hammarskjold
U.N
Ndola
Rhodesia
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
United Nations
Congo
Harris County Democrats host monthly forum at Central YMCA
Harris County Democrats will hold the Democratic Forum on civil defense at 7 p.m. Monday at the Central YMCA in Houston, free and open to the public, per chairman R. S. Manne. Nearby notes mention Holy Land slides at Highlands Methodist Church and other community happenings including PTA meetings, local club activities, and a BAYTOWN science fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County Democrats
Democratic Forum
Ian Cibulka
The
Holy Land
Highlands Methodist Men's Brotherhood
Highlands Methodist Church
U. S. Air Force Base
Libya
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Houston
Fisher Scientific Co
Southwestern
Greenbriar Drive
Rites Held Today For Jack Baker
Funeral services were held for Jack Vernon Baker at St. Mark's Methodist Church with burial at Millican Cemetery. The 38 year old Baytown native and construction contractor died of a heart attack early Saturday in a Fort Sumner New Mexico hospital. Survived by wife Gwendolyn and two sons Gregor and Carson Baker, his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mayhan of Baytown, one brother Treeman Ralph Baker of Brownsville, five nieces and a nephew. Baker was en route to Colorado on a deer hunting trip with his son Greg and friends from Pasadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Vernon
Baker
Kansas
Sohe
Fort Sumner
N. M
Baytown
Robert B. Lee High School
Baylor University
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Basil Jones
Colorado
Greg
Pasadena
City’s Zoning Plan Stirs Anticipated Controversy in Baytown
City Attorney George Chandler warns the council's future zoning project will be highly controversial affecting residents and businesses citywide. The seven man zoning commission will be appointed, study begins, and public hearings likely in spring as district reps are chosen and an overall city plan is drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
George Chandler
Chandler
Commission Wusl
Zoning Commission
Council
Texas Avenue
Ashbel Io Gaillard
Tte
Three Baytown Precincts Back Flood Bonds Hospital District Fails
Voters in three of ten Baytown precincts favored flood control bonds while hospital district measures failed county wide. Precinct 165 supported bonds and hospital district failed elsewhere with wide margins. Overall turnout was low with about 2,000 votes cast in Baytown area and 2,540 in eastern precincts. The county count showed flood bonds 18,757 to 15,021 and hospital district 27,348 to 5,838.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
Baytown
Burnet
Wooster
Travis
Carver High School
Jacinto River
San Jacinto
Drew High School
Crosby
Harris County Commissioners Court
City of Houston
Ols
Powice
City of
Houston
Soviet Union fires 50–megaton nuclear test
The Soviet Union detonated a massive thermonuclear device today, with estimates centering around 50 megatons. Swedish observatory and U S officials urged caution while pursuing more data, noting the blast was heavier than prior Soviet tests and drawing international protest from the United Nations and other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Soviet Union
Khrush= ehey
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Uppsala
Sweden
Japan
Khrushchev
Communist Party
United Nnions
Arthur Baath
Sala Seismological Jesatiul
Washington
As & S
U S protests as East German guards halt official in Berlin
The United States protested East German border guards after they stopped deputy chief of the U.S. mission KE Allan Lightner Jr at the Friedrichstrasse checkpoint. U S troops with fixed bayonets escorted Lightner to the Soviet sector while three Patton tanks stood nearby before dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
Soviet Union
State Department
Allan Lightner Jr
U.S
Friedrichsstrasse
East Berlin
Lightner
REL College Board Exam Tests Saturday December 2
REL High School students may apply for the December 2 college board exam with guidance office staff listing dates locations and requirements. Exams will be administered twice yearly this year four tests total due to rising interest with separate morning verbal and math sections and a separate afternoon achievement and optional essay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
la Porte
Crosby
Barbers Hill
Pasadena
Rice University
REL
Winnie Brown
REL Students Eligible For GM Scholarships
REL Robert E. Lee High School seniors may compete for General Motors four year scholarships. Winnie Brown assistant principal announced Monday. GM will give 100 scholarships nationwide. Applicants must take the college aptitude test on December 2 or January 13 at the REL guidance office. Applications are available at the REL guidance office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Board Examinations
Robert E. Lee
Princeton
Robert E. Lee High School
General Motors
Winnie Brown
United States
REL
Famed Fire Fighter Directs Gas Well Tactics in Blowout
Paul N. Adair renowned fire fighting expert will oversee Humble Oil and Refiner’s Southwest Region team as a gas well in the Red Fish Reef area near the Ship Channel north of Houston blew out at 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The No. 116A well, 60 to 90 days to drill, 11,000 feet deep, erupted after pressure rose to nearly double normal. Bell said Coast Guard stood by to keep boats away while Humble personnel fought the flare and expected limited impact on nearby wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul N
Red
Adair
John 5
Will Bell
Houston
Humble
Galveston Bay
Humble Oil and Refiring Co
Bell
U.S. Coast Guard
Red Fish Reef
Storm Aid Fete Honors Carla Helpers in Baytown
An appreciation dinner in Baytown honors 24 individuals and groups for their Hurricane Carla response. The Greater Baytown Development Council sponsors the 7:30 p.m. event at Goose Creek Country Club with Dan Rather as speaker and E. V. Muller as master of ceremonies. More than 100 guests are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Greater Baytown
Muller
Carla
Frank Thielen
Jim McDaniel
Funeral Today For Mrs White
Mrs Clyde Webb White aged 25 years died Saturday in a Houston hospital. Funeral services were held at St Mark's Methodist Church with Rev Wayne McCleskey presiding. Interment at San Jacinto Memorial Park under Earthman Funeral Home direction. She leaves a daughter Mrs Lauis Foreman of Ballinger Texas two sons Rankin J White of Jackson Alabama and Rev Jester White of Huntsville along with four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Webb White
Miriam
Baytown
Houston
Wayne McCleskey
St. Mark's Methodist Church
San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery
Earthman
Jester White
Huntsville
Funeral services held for 10 year old Terry Glynn Lounsberry
Funeral services were held at 1 pm Monday for Terry Glynn Lounsberry 10 of 200 Wildwood who died Sunday in a Houston hospital. He was a Baytown native. Rev Grady Allison officiated at Earthman Chapel with interment at San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery. He is survived by his parents a brother a sister and grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Glynn Lounsberry
Wildwood
Houston
Baytown
Grady Allison
Wooster Baptist Church
Earthman Chapel
San Jacinto Me
Precinct Tabulation Box Locations listed Crosby
Box 12 Alamo School Box 13 Burnet School Box 6 Highlands Elementary School Box 87 Crosby High School Box 98 Huffman Elementary School Box 99 Thad Felton's Box 100 Wilkenfeld Furniture Box 101 Firemen's Recreation Hall Box 102 Humble Community House No 2 Box 108 Stephen F Austin School Box 149 San Jacinto School Box 165 Travis School Box 250 Harlem School Box 251 Drew High School Crosby
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo School
Burnet School
Highlands Elementary
Crosby High School
Huffman Elementary
Thad Felton's
Wilkenfeld Furniture
Firemen’s Recreation Hall
Humble Community House
Stephen F. Austin
San Jacinto School
Travis School
Harlem School
Drew High School
Crosby
REL Senior Anna Smith Dies at 16 in Highlands
A 16 year old REL senior Anna Smith of 1116 N Main Highlands died Sunday in a Houston hospital. Lifelong Highlands resident, she attended Robert E. Lee High School and played in the REL band. Funeral services Tuesday at First Baptist Highlands with Rev. Jimmie Ponder officiating. Burial in Huffman Cemetery under Earthman Faesal Hone Funeral Directors. Survivors include her parents Mr. and Mrs J W Smith and two sisters Mrs Bette Gigout and Miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherry Smith
Highlands
Pam
First Baptist
Anna
Gee
LaVois Smith
N. Main
Samme Highlands
Houston
Robert Fr. Lee
REL
Jimmie Ponder
First Baptist Church
Huffman Cemetery
Faesal Hone
J. W. Smith
Bette Gigout
Former Baytown Teacher Vera T Marshall Dies
Vera T Marshall, former Ashoel Smith Elementary School teacher, died at 2 a.m. Sunday in Morgan City Louisiana at age 41. Funeral services were held 10 a.m. Monday at Twin City Funeral Home Morgan City with a second service 10 a.m. Tuesday at Brookside Memorial Park Crematory Chapel under Paul A. Lee Funeral Home. Survived by husband R. E. Marshall former Humble Oil and Refining Baytown Refinery production supervisor. Marshall was named to Who's Who of American Women in 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera T. Marshall
Ashoel Smith
Morgan City
Twin City Funeral Home
Brookside Memorial
Paul A. Lee
Rites Tuesday For J. L. Shanks 64
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday for Jessie Lee Shanks a member of the Second Baptist Church and BPOE Lodge No 116. Shanks 64 of 518 N Ashbel died Sunday morning at Paul A Lee Funeral Home Baytown resident since 1942 a retired coal pipe fitter. He is survived by his widow Mrs Fannie Shanks one daughter Mrs Tommie Scarborough of Baytown three sons Larry W Shanks of Channelview Terry I Shanks and Jack D Shanks of Baytown one brother Henry Shanks of Trinidad Cole one sister Mrs Ada Hollingsworth of Trinidad fe gramichildren and one greatgrandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Baptist
Jessie Lee
Bpoe Lodge
Shanks
N. Ashbel
Paul U. Lee
Panhomie
Patenhen
Second Bay
Baytown
Ada Hollingsworth
Ifrinidad
Fe Gramichildren
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Dag
Oslo
Norway
Dag Hammarskjold
South Africa
Bwanee
South Arica
Vaughn M. Bryant
League For Veterans of Foreign Wars
Government of Women Voters
Tuessert R. Tuck
Thesto
Trinity Episcopal Church
VFW
Decker Drive
Colored Peoples Fellowship Hall
Congress
Republic
Alfred Nobel
Rose Corder
Galveston
Democrat ’ Forum
PTA
Channelview
Kenneth Trent
Second Baptist Church
Cecil Holliman
Pilot Club
J. H. Tennison
Joe Edwards
Doug
Betty Butler
Brownwood
Lucille Rockhold
Bill Strickler
Jonny Lind Whitesides
Bay Jor University
Jay Idoux
Raymond Helpert Furs
Knights of Columbus
J. L. Franklin
League of Women Voters
Judy Givens
Arinna Watson
Janes Ethridge
Kansas City
Liberty
Ann Lask
Leon (Sparky) Lask
Janice Fonteno
James Fonteno
Karla Kay Opryshek
Karl W. Opryshek
Cohen
Aubrey J. Brown
Gaskiet Board of Trusters
Schedwel
Ray
Sapt
George H. Gentry
Cretewed
ARMY
William C. Lafaber
Albert C. Lafaber
8Th Infantry Division
68Th Armor
Germany
John Richard Nichols
H. R. Nichols
Bob’ “Jones
University ‘Music
University
Greenville, S. C
Jack Baker
Vernon
ACK Garer
al Clayton
Sam. Alford
Raymond L
Tickner
James A
Bitsy) Davis
Taylor Miller
Dub
C. A
Chris) Hansen
Seaborn Cravey
J. B. LeFevre
LeFevre
Albert Watson TI
Andrei I. Solovyev
Lucius D. Clay
Taylor
Kennedy
REL College Board
Brown
Dorothy Willis
Frank James
Roy White
Tae
Mrs. White
Precinct
J. L. Shanks
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