Highlands Seeks Trustee Replacement Without Pressure
The Highlands Sun urges the Baytown School Board to appoint a Highlands resident to fill the unexpired term of I L Kellogg, who served on the trustees since 1948. Six remaining trustees must choose a successor who will serve until the May 1957 election. The Sun endorses a resident appointment while praising Kellogg’s 25 years of community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y Faming
Ly Kellogg
Baytown Schools
Jate
Kellogg
Sun
the Sun
Highlands
Sup
I. L. Kellogg
Four Issues On Sept 17 Vote In Harris County
Harris County voters face four measures on September 17. A county wide hospital district to fund a charity hospital in the Texas Medical Center Houston. A $10 million bond to build a high level Ship Channel bridge linking north and south Harris County as part of outer belt plans. A commissioners court power to set up a freeway user fee of one third of the state license, $30 max for trucks, to fund bonds for right of way. An $8.5 million bond for Port of Houston navigation district projects including new wharves an expanded turning basin and dredging supports. The Sun will run detailed discussion to inform East Harris County readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hartman
Harris
Texas Medical Center
Houston
Shoji
Harris County
Commissioners Court
Rearms County
Chantiai ‘Navigation District
Harty County
The
Sun
Jaycee Joint Meeting and Masonic Club Event
A Baytown area note reports a Jaycee board and membership gathering at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce office to discuss fall plans. Also listed is a Baytown A and M club lawn gathering at 5:30 p.m. Thursday with wives invited, plus a Baytown Great Books organizational meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Community House auditorium to read the Declaration of Independence and form the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee
Jaycee Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
George Hanson
Baytown
Around Town Tales and Rainy Day Echoes
Local notes recount everyday headlines around Gulf Avenue. CAPTAIN RITA Whitredge organizes weather plans as Eddie Krenick tests a rain coat. Frenchy Broussard offers smiles as a remedy. Tee Dunn skips carrying a coat to avoid rain. Tommy Rochelle pursues a noted sweet tooth item. Fritz Wooley manages mail flow. Butch Austin’s station wagon imitates a jet in motion. Johnny DeLoach Anally traces distant kin. Sue zenne Felton arranges an errand for Admiral Thad. Benny Gadd steers political chatter. Dick Broughton rests in Her Mann hospital, Houston, after surgery, in Room 336, awaiting visitors after Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Whitredge
Eddie Krenick
Frenchy
Broussard
East Gulf Avenue
Tee Dunn
Tommy Rochelle
Fritz Wooley
Butch” Austin
Johnny DeLoach
Sue Zenne Felton
Thad
Benny Gadd
Death Toll Soars In California Heat Wave
California endures a killer heat wave as death toll climbs and crop and poultry damage reaches millions. Los Angeles foresees a 104 degree high amid an eight day siege blamed on lacking sea breezes. Smog alerts persist, with record air pollution levels and multiple alerts reported across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
County Air Pollution Control District
Los Angeles County
5,000 Year Old California Trees Threatened By Fire
Fires raged across California as 12 major blazes over 300 acres each burned out of control. More than 126,000 acres were scorched while 47,000 firefighters fought to save ancient redwoods in General Grant grove and other threatened areas. Yreka residents watched a 30,000-acre blaze approach, and a 15,000-acre Santa Barbara county fire halted traffic on Highway 101. Scattered communities evacuated as crews battled the flames amid a six day heat wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
General Grant Grove
Yreka
Santa Barbara
U.S. Highway 101
Hell
Fred Herbert
Con
Judge Mills To Talk On Juvenile Problem In Baytown
W Mills of the domestic relations court in Houston will speak to the American Association of University Women in Baytown Wednesday night at 7 20 p m. The meeting at the Baytown Community House aims to address juveniles and their problems with Mrs Nelson McElroy directing the program for the AAUW social studies committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Mills
Houston
Baytown
American Association of University Womer
Honea
Nelson McElroy
AAUW
Highlands Seeks Baytown School Board Replacement
A three member committee appointed by the Highlands Rotary seeks a Baytown school board member to fill the vacancy caused by the death of I L Kellogg. The petition will go to the school board at its next meeting. Committee members Spivey Martin and Prince were sanctioned by the Rotary. Dr W L Herndon urged consideration for appointment. Kellogg had served on the board since 1948 and died last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands
Baytown
TL. Kellogg
Warren Spivey
Ray Martin
Ray Prince
Rotary Club
Spivey
Rotary
W. L. Merndon
Herndon
Highlands School
Lee College
Kellogg
N. BH. Coward
Houston Labor and Trades Council Afl
Coward
Houston Rotary Club
ARL
Sam. Stassi
Baytonian Heads LULAC Group as New Leader
Tommy Sandoval a Lee college student aged 18 was elected president of the National Junior League of United Latin American Citizens at an August meeting in San Antonio Argentina Delegates from Baytown included Argentina Nemesio Esquivel Dante Garcia and Servendo Campos with alternates Jesse Lopez and Richard Oviedo while De Reyes a Robert E Lee graduate and Citizens National Bank employee was elected secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Sandoval
Lee College
National Junior League of United Latin American Citizens
Sandoval
LULAC
San Antonio
Argentina
de Reyes
Robert E. Lee
Citizen's National Bank
Baytown
Tommy
Nemesio Esquivel
Dante Garcia
Servendo Campos
Jesse Lopez
Richard Oviedo
Fire blast injures two men at San Lee apartments
A gas explosion at the San Lee apartments in Houston near 4 a.m. injured Harold Davenport and James Runge, both 27 and 26, engineers for Eastman Kodak Co. Davenport escaped with burns while Runge was rescued unconscious from a lower apartment. The blast shattered nearby windows but caused no immediate further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Opa
San-Lee
James
Harold J. Davenport
James Rungé
The
Eastman
Weill
Ne Survey” Co
Pital Midd Rudge's
Dave
Joank Wisnewski
Mme
Veteran Railroad Engineer Rufus Jacobs Dies at 61
Rufus Jacobs a Baytown railroad veteran died at 61 after an illness. He worked for T and NO and began with Dayton and Goose Creek Railway in the early 1920s. Survived by wife Amelia C. Jacobs, three daughters, two sons, twelve grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at Barnhman Funeral Home with burial in Memory Gardens. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church and the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus No Jacobs
Baytown
Jacobs
T and NO
R. S. Sterling
Dayton and
Goose Creek
Sterling
Barnhman Funeral
A. le Jordan
Memorial Tapitat Church
Gardena
Brotherhood of Railway Iengineers
Amelia C. Jacobs
Russell Calhurn Jr
Sam Kimmey
Curtis Ha
Negro High At San Marcos Enrolls All Students In White School
UNITED PRESS reports San Marcos Negro high school closed after 36 students enrolled in the former white high school. Principal Yancy Yarbrough praised orderly behavior. Across Texas districts, integration moves vary with many schools absorbing Negro students into white campuses while some plans were postponed pending court rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
United Press
Tat Sin Morros Echoel Board
Wail
Thildran
Big Spring
Austin
Hev
Schemis
Nera
Brownwood High
Bushtind
Amarilla
San Antonio
Bexar County
Texas Citizens Council
Ceil
Tha C'imer Aikin School
Police Chief Faces Suspension Over On Duty Conduct
Officer Erwin received a three day suspension for poor conduct on duty while handling an assignment. Patrolman Eugene Slagle resigned, turning in his badge on Tuesday night without explanation. Chief Montgomery said he had not spoken with Slagle about the matter by Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Montgomery
Westnesday
He Erwin
Eugene Slagle
Erwin
Montgomery
Slagh
Kail
Two Ships Sink in Gulf as Storm Gladys Hits Coast
Corpus Christi reports two vessels sinking in the Gulf of Mexico as tropical storm Gladys brings 6 to 8 inches of rain in 24 hours. High tides flood streets, evacuations rise, and a child is among minor casualties as authorities assess the widespread damage along the Texas coast. The storm path shifts from the interior toward South Texas, with lingering rain and dangerous conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Gulf of Mexico
St. Louis
Brownsville
Aransas Pass
Tex
Corpus Olivisti
Beeise Hier Readio
Con Mission
Corpus
Crawley
Tadnehes
Gorpug
Corpus Chilau Naval
Staflin
South Texas
Gladys
Mexico City
Mexico
Maxiimim Co
Texas Rio Grande
Enett Sda
Teast
Tarmaica
Texas
Gladya
Datla
Uma
Moxing
Tampico
Granda Valley of Tours
Laredo-Ded Ro
Capncrontly
Christi
French Jury Continues Its Election Inquiry
Harris county grand jury remains inquiring into the Crosby election. Foreman G W Hunt says the panel should finish soon. Baytown deputy tax assessor collector A B Collins testified before the jury on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County
Grand Jury
Crosby
G. W. Hunt
A. B Collins
Baytown
Hunt
Freeway Fee and Bond Issues to Be Voted On
A meeting will discuss the bond issues and freeway fee to be voted on. The session is set for Sept 17 at 7:45 p.m. at the Christ Church Cathedral inter Latham auditorium, Texas and Fannin in Houston. Speakers include Inshine Ware tra La Port Houston, Maley director of Traffi and transportation for Foustan, and George Nichols of the Tax Research Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latham Auditorium
Christ Church Cathedral
Texas
Fannin
Houston
Wilh Inshine Ware
Tra la Port Af Houston ci Recisi
Mo Maley
Traffi
Transportation For
Foustan
George Nichols
Tax Research Associsation
City Police Coordinate in Disaster Plan Effort
Montgomery officials joined local and county leaders in a Tuesday meeting forming a district defense and disaster council. The plan envisions mobilizing about 25,000 officers from 14 counties into a centralized relief network with rapid response across the region, backed by state safety leaders and Civil Defense expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Montgomry
Freeman
Naalstnit
Bastown
Macualona
Foxslort
Houston
Barria
Cotine Ves
Mobilix
Clen Rose
Texas Highway Patrol
Strickey
Brow
Ond
Wiliam Tate
Aus
Union 8
Pletehar
Department of
Hin Bafety
Avastin
Drangter
Flatscher
Miss Texas Steals Show In Pageant On Borrowed Horse
June Prichard of Seymour Texas wowed crowds in Atlantic City during the Miss America parade on a borrowed pony. The 2-year old mare drew big cheers as Prichard rode along the Boardwalk, delivering a lively routine that captivated spectators and added to the pageant's festive atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
June Prichard
Seymour
Tex
Chinden
Neane
Jane
Lone Star State
Also Mentioned on This Page
Judge Mills
Baytonian
Lulac Group
Port Paint Channel
Boston
Carlene Carter
Hyannis
Mass
David Howard
Rufus Jacobs
Palmvarers
L. A. Hanson
W. M. Knowles
L. M. Alford
C. V. Jordan
Russell Calhurn Sr
W. F. Langford
H. Jentina
J. Dixon
Lon Perkins
A. Nye
W. Matthews
Hertie Hansom
A. B. Calvin
Sucobs
Memorial Baptist Church
Ken Reynolds
Gulf
Bev Letin
Henry Enox
Raytown
Ged Short Starm
Vetorag
Rew
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!