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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1965
Page
1
Halloween celebrations shift to Saturday night in Baytown as the usual Sunday date falls on a different day. Residents are urged to follow posted local guidance and safety tips for the changed schedule.
Baytown area residents join Texans in voting on 10 proposed constitutional amendments. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday with amendments covering taxes education and state government. A separate fundraiser sale at 14 E Texas Ave runs during voting hours. Autopsy ordered for Ernest Earl Johnson after collapse. tributes and church offerings noted.
Mrs Blanche Duplantis, manager of Baytown Hospital, will be in Austin for several days beginning Nov 3 for a course on credit collection sponsored by the Texas Hospital Association. Also, Faith Temple Ladies Auxiliary hosts a church supper at 01 Bolster from 6 to 9 pm with tickets 1.75 dollars for adults and 50 cents for children.
Generally fair conditions expected through Saturday with little temperature change. Baytown area highs around 80 and nights near 51. Galveston tides will be low on Sunday around 2 am and high again Monday afternoon near 12:22 pm.
Bonnie Griffen shares a picture of Amit's new Tulsa granddaughter while Mrs. Roy Elms directs a "men from Mars" program. Ken Schoppe chauffeurs a photographer in a golf cart as Mrs. G R Bleatgnod nears resignation as club reporter. Mrs Henry Swain hosts apple recipes. Local figures such as Jus Robersong, Mi Stubbs, Barbara Groussard, James Buch, Mike Ellison, Laura Worls, Al Johnson, Burt Pyrater, Tom Moon, Qtis Graham, and Mrs Bobby Humphreys feature in notices of Halloween events, stock concerns, and community activities at The Sun.
East Harris County voters have polling places and election judges listed by precinct. Locations include Alamo Elementary, David Burnet, Highlands, Crosby, Huffman, Thad Feliton Ford, Ashbel Smith, Firemen's Recreation Hall, Baytown Junior High, Stephen F. Austin, San Jacinto, William B. Travis, George Washington Carver, James Bowie, Harlem, Charles R. Drew, with assigned judges and officials for each precinct.
Charles Dewitt, psychologist, will speak at 7 30 p m Monday to the Parents Council for Exceptional Children held in Anson Jones auditorium. The event invites parents and educators to discuss child needs and support services.
Capt. Delmar Ray Dyer 28, of Baytown, reported killed during a routine training mission southeast of Okinawa, had not been recovered initially. Survived by daughter Sherry, 6, Houston. parents Mr. and Mrs. Milmar Dyer of Baytown. siblings and many relatives in Baytown and La Mar. Dyer attended Robert E. Lee High School, served ten years in the Air Force as a carving officer and pilot with the 559th Fighter Squadron at Eglin/Florida base.
The Rob ert E. Lee Ganders defeated the Pasadena Eagles 24-7 after a first-quarter kickoff fumble set up their opening score. Jimmy Savell added a 26-yard field goal before halftime, and Alan Acosta sealed the win with a 48-yard interception return. Pasadena answered late in the fourth quarter with John Burns finding Pat Norville for a score.
William Willis a 71 year old mariner who crossed 2000 miles from moa to Australia on a raft was a frequent Baytown visitor years ago when he helped dredge the Houston Ship Channel. The raft Ad Unlimited now on display at the Marines Museum Newport News Va. Willis recalled his Pacific voyage in the Sateveport and spoke of future plans to sail again if fate allows.
Baytowns United Fund drive has been extended to November 15 as $18,216 remains to reach the $197,145 goal. General chairwoman Joan C. Echols says some think the drive ended, noting Baytown and Houston drives are separate. Several local businesses report 100 percent employee participation in other drives. many Baytown firms have similar results.
Funeral services for William Ronald Kellogg longtime Bay St. Louis resident will be held Monday at Banthman Funeral Home and St Josephs Church. Kellogg died of a heart attack in Alexander City Alabama while on a construction job. He would have been 61 Monday. He is survived by his widow Emma Kellogg a daughter Frances Baumbach two brothers Roy Kellogg and the late T I Kellogg. Burial will be in Cedar Crest Cemetery.
Baytown luncheon hears United Carbon president William Gammon describe rapid growth and global reach. Plants in France Wales Venezuela Austria with future sites Manila Bombay. US plants in Bay Pass Shamrock Mojave Eunice Franklin Houston HQ Addicks lab. Annual sales $55 million. Ashland Oil unit with 250 million capital. Baytown plant payroll $12 million supports regional economy and taxes.
Sun's Open House invites Baytown residents and paper friends to tour the new The Sun building from 2 to 5 p.m. November 14. About 60 employees and families will host the event, showcasing the plant and how daily papers are produced, with tours of offices editorial, circulation and press areas and a rear warehouse for future expansion.
Lee College announces adult basic education classes for 18 plus residents with less than eight years of schooling. Courses cover reading writing speaking and math with levels from beginner to upper, plus health citizenship and employment knowledge. Registration runs Mon Nov 1 through Fri Nov 3 at designated locations in Baytown and Cedar Bayou area.
AUSTEN Tex AP Seven years in prison is the penalty assessed Mair Schepps wealthy Houston tobacco dealer by jurors who convicted him of cigarette stamping fraud The verdict was returned Friday in a district court trial that began Monday Officers raided a Haas stom residence and found a stamping machine Three men Dist Atty Tom Brnc k well rested for the state atter imme ducing Statements from Reyes and Vitel to be tried for acquittal of others In addition the men confessed to stamping about 40 cases of cigarettes a day Fusilier and NiteHo said they were employees of Schepps Statements from the trinade tied have been returned in the same case against Oranza Terry WooJ Court and John Mo Evste
Houston police and sheriff officers arrested 71 year old Jerry Michael Ward after a landlady tipped off investigators. Ward is charged with the murder of Joyce Osten 18 who was kidnapped Oct 18 from a department store parking lot. Osten was found in a pasture west of Houston shot four times. Ward previously abducted four other young women at parking lots. all escaped.
The American Cancer Society will screen the film Sense in the Sun at 7:00 pm Monday in the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital classroom. Dr. James Walmsley will comment on the film. The public is invited and refreshments will be served.
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