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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1964
Page
2
Highlands Garden Club votes unanimously to donate 25 to a scholarship fund by the Baytown Council of Parents and Teachers. The meeting at Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Jones’s home featured Frank Brewer on soils and plant nutrition.
Workshop continued outlines biographical notes on Harris County state representative Garrison and Eckhart. Garrison, 38, a practicing attorney, veterans of tax assessor roles, Stanford graduate 1949 and South Texas Law 1960, also runs an insurance agency. Eckhart, UT law degree holder, helped craft open beaches legislation, tax provisions, industrial sales and anti pollution bills, and led efforts on equal rights for women in constitutional debates. He also backed University of Houston state support and chairs the criminal jurisprudence committee.
A historic stage legend transforms cinema with Richard Burton in Hamlet released via Electronovision. The production blends theater prowess with early screen technology, drawing dense crowds and stirring vigorous critical discussion about adaptation and performance.
A helicopter rescued one man from a tree after his car was swept from a low water crossing. Dozens were stranded as water rose on roads near McKinney, Greenville, and Fort Worth. Rain totals ranged from 2 to 5 inches with higher amounts around Brownwood and Del Rio. Authorities evacuated families and warned residents to brace for more flooding today.
J Frank Dobie, famed Texas cowboy author and UT lecturer, was buried after a non religious service at Hogg Auditorium. About 700 attended as friends and U.S. officials spoke. Dobie’s life rooted in Southwest history and folkways. He valued service and inquiry over dogma and religion.
Funeral services were held for Theodore Eugene Rankin Sr 69 a retired barker and Baytown resident at Berthman Funeral Hone Chapel. Interment was in Brookside Memorial Park Cemetery in Houston. He is survived by wife Minnie Lee Rankin son Theodore Rankin Jr. and several sisters and grandchildren. Also at First Baptist Church in Dayton Vickie Barclay 63 died at her home. Interment was in Lin Cemetery. She was a member of First Baptist Church and survived by two sons five daughters nine nieces and one nephew and twenty grandchildren. Arrangements were under Sterling Funeral. The obituary also notes a broader historical discussion about Texas university president and writer Dobie, his awards, and his influence.
Charles F. Pierze, 42, of Bay town, freed on bond after arrest on a swindle by worths check charge. Warrant issued by Justice of the Peace M. At Brown's Court. Charges include aggravated assault and thefts as noted in the court records.
Ramsey county commissioner of Precinct 2 will be guest speaker at the regular monthly Ladies Night of the Optimist Club in Highlands. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. Monday at Cedar Ray. Mrs. J. N. Chatfield presents a program on India at 7:20 p.m. Monday at the American Lutheran Church. An officers election is planned and a nursery will be provided.
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