Hurricane Carla devastates Baytown area in 1961
Baytown residents faced a direct hit from Hurricane Carla as it moved ashore with 173 mph winds and 11 foot tides. National Guard and emergency crews evacuated Brownwood and Tri-City Beach Road, shelters housed 2000, while Cedar Point and Lakewood suffered severe damage. Across Brownwood, hundreds of homes were wrecked, utilities damaged, and thousands faced long rebuilding efforts. No serious injuries reported locally.
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Blue Beathard
Texas
National Guard
Brownwood
Berlin
Baytown
J. B. Les
Tri-City
Fevre
Beach Road
South Burnet
Carla
Deive
Lakewood
Baytown Area
Caribbean
Honduras
Guatemala
British Honduras
Swan Island
Miami Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
The
Sun
Roy Montgomery
Cuba
Yucatan
Castro
Key West
Fila
Yucatan Channel
Gulf of Mexico
Betsy
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
United States
Caria
Gulf Coast Line
Cape San Antonio
LeFevre
Florida
Yucatan Peninsula
Celeeporn
Esnayueas
Stoi
Hitoue
Anna Lane
Gordon
Freeport
Grand Isle
Bay- Dunn
Uae
Kean
Bay
Newtown
Orleans
George H
Gentry
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Humble Oil and Refining ,Co
Brownwood Area
Wooster
Texas City
Cedar Point
Tri-City Beach Road
Galveston
Channelview
Purnet Bay
Crystal Bay
Scott's Bay
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Tri City Beach
Tabs Bay
Hog Island
Engineer Replies About Brownwood Levee Plans
Lt Col Oscar C Torbett writes Galveston District study plans to protect Brownwood Wooster area from hurricane Carla. He describes a comprehensive Gulf Coast program, funding limits, hearings, and the need for coordinated protection along the Texas coast.
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Brownwood
Lakewood
Wooster
Gulf Coast
Oscar C. Torbett
U. S. Army Engineer District
Galveston
Gene Muller
Col. Torbett
Muller
Baytown
Public Law
Secretary of the Army
Secretary of Commerce
United States
Texas Gulf Coast
Freeport
Port Arthur
Texas Coast
Congress
Engi Zation
Neer
Gulf Coast of
Texas
Galveston Bay
Kirkpatricks Move Into New Home on Bayshore Drive
Dr. and Mrs. Jess Kirkpatrick have moved to 106 W. Bayshore Drive after leaving their former Bayshore address in June. They relocated to the rebuilt home formerly owned by W. T. Harris.
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Jess Kirkpatrick
Bayshore Drive
W.tw Harris
Rev Lestarjette to Be Guest Speaker at Young People's Service
The Assembly of God will feature Rev A G Lestarjette pastor of Baptist Assembly of God as guest speaker at 7 30 p m Thursday Young People's service. Dennis Hamm of Baytown will be special speaker at 6 30 p m Sunday Young People's service. The Rev Lonnie Bowlen will speak on The World's Great Crisis at 11 a m Sunday and preside at 7 30 p m service. Bowlen also appears on KWRA radio Sundays at 6 30 a m.
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Central
Assembly of God
A. G. Lestarjette
Baptist Assembly of God
Dennis Hamm
Baytown
Lonnie Bowlen
Hep
Rev. Bowlen
KWRA
Olen Troutman
Hag
Brownwood People Still Erasing Marks Of Storm
Brownwood residents continue salvage and repair of hurricane wreckage from last September. Mrs J M Breeland recalls sentimental value guiding repairs as flood water eight inches rose five feet eight inches in their Bayshore Drive home. Foundation on blocks aided drying while debris and oil-covered rooms faced major repairs. Tables and small items survived, highlighting resilience amid destruction near Mapleton and Malcolm Jones.
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Breelands
Bayshore Drive
Mapleton
Malcolm Jones
Cedar Point Home Rebuilt On Stilts
Mr and Mrs R F Fayle rebuilt their Cedar Point home on stilts after the previous house was demolished by a hurricane. Neighbors reported the family moved back in after repairs and restoration, with the new elevated dwelling described as a ground off structure.
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Cedar Point
R. F. Fayle
Carl Chute
Breen
Sloum
Chen
Neighbors Stand By Victims After Baytown Hurricane
Mrs. William Patten Smith recalls how friends, former Boy Scouts, and church members aided the Smiths after Carla wrecked their Milner Drive home. They returned from Hot Springs Ark to find Brownwood under water and neighbors unreachable by phone. Four weeks later they moved back in, grateful for widespread help and the brotherly love shown in Baytown.
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John Venable
Brownwod
Wooster
William Patten Smith
LeRoy ,Stanton
David Funderburk
Mrs. Smith
Smith
Baytown
Roger Wylie Home Nears Completion
Roger Wylie and wife work on their two story home at 111 W Bayshie Drive, rebuilt after Hurricane Carla destroyed their previous one story house on Brownwood peninsula. A tornado is believed to have torn the masonry wall, seventy feet of the wall blown out, and plywood scattered. They moved in the first of June to a home with two story living and dining areas and a circular stairway.
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Roger Wyle
Bayshie Drive
Brownwood
Scenic
Carla
Wylie
Wylies
Most Insurance Claims Settled After Carla Floods
About 350 insurance damage claims were filed in Brownwood, Wooster, and Lakewood after Hurricane Carla. roughly 75 remain unsettled. Blackburn, elected head of a local property owners group, reported most settlements were satisfactory and allowed homeowners to repair and return home. Some claims paid as little as 10 percent. hearings on claims handling are planned, with calls to make the state Insurance Board elective.
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Blue Beathard
Brownwood Wooster
Lakewood
John S
Bud) Blackburn
Blackburn
U. S
E. L. Parmer
Houston
Mapleton
Parmer
Dan Walton
Austin Bryan Jr
Carla
Port Lavaca
Port O'Connor
Harris County
W. H
Bill) Miller
Brownwood
Texas
State Insurance Board
Linwood Drive
Tla
Blackturn
Analis
New Home Destroyed Twelve Days After Move In
Mr and Mrs A R Knox rebuilt their Mapleton Brownwood home after rushing to finish before moving to England. Knox worked on temporary assignment for Esso at Fawley and was loaned by Humble Oil Baytown refinery. Hurricane Carla flattened the house after 12 days, leaving only foundation and studs. the couple flew back to England for two weeks, then resumed life overseas.
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England
Carla
A. R. Knox
Mapleton
Brownwood
Knox
Esso
Fawley
London
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Knoxes
Corpus ‘Christi
Galveston
Mrs. Knox
New York
Nothling
Bayi
Atte Ieee Fue & Saag Aes
North South reach four diamonds in NI England bridge match
In a North South team match between Northern Ireland and England the second table reached five diamonds after a complex bidding sequence. East defense misdefense choices are debated, including when to win spades and clubs, with the declarer choosing a line that could, depending on opponents play, fail or succeed.
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Northern Ireland
England
South
West
Declarer
Weat
Bouth
Essil
East
Dummy
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across Clues Mixed Jumbles
Puzzle items include many fragments across clues such as Lose strength Ethereal fluid Myth Postpone Scotch ten cake and other scattered entries with partial words, suggesting a torn crossword page with mixed letters and unused spaces for a Daily Crossword.
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Sherwoo Forest
Royal Air Force
Baytown Sun staff and publication details
The Baytown Sun operates afternoons and Sundays with editors and managers named. It lists offices at Pearce and Ashbel Baytown Texas and P O Box 308. Subscription rates are 1.45 per month or 17.40 per year by carrier. Includes Associated Press rights and Texas newspaper associations.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbel
Baytown
Texas
Fred Hartman
James H. Hale
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
Robert K. Gilmore
Tohn Wadley
Congress
P. O
Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc
THY
Associated Press
Texas Daily
Asem
Quick Quiz Grab Bag from a Historic Page
Answers span Grehinekonatack tree alias, Virgil born in Italys ally, viola da gambe precursor to violin, Colossus of Rhodes statue of Helios, plus a mix of historical names and events. On this date in 1565 Spanish expedition landed near St Augustine Florida.
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Virgil
Rhodes
Horvertoe Falls
Fe Gow
Augustine, Fle
Medieval chronicler born in Valenciennes gains queen's welcome
NAN JONES notes a 14th century writer from Valenciennes who began as a clerk and historian at 19, traveled with knights, gathered vast information for his Chronicle, and earned royal introduction before shaping European history through interviews and observation.
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Valenciennes
France
Europe
Cohima
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