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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1961
Page
2
Funeral services for Mrs Zula Savage of Baytown who died Saturday were held Friday at Earthman Chapel. Interment followed at Black Jack Cemetery in Huntaville with Rev C E Meadows officiating. Survived by two daughters and two grandsons in the Navy at San Diego. Pallbearers named S E Roe J J Ryan Dan Dunn J C Weis-Singer B G Walker Gut Gole.
She was the wife of R. N. Dyer who worked for Humble Oil and Refining Co in Baytown before being transferred to Houston. Survived by her brother Bill, mother Mrs. W. M. Quartz Sr. of Baytown, and sister Mrs. C. E. B. Sloan of Baytown. Funeral arrangements announced by Hyde Park Funeral Home in Houston.
Rainbow Rainbow installation event set for 7 p.m. Saturday at the Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge. Linda Herrington will be installed as worthy advisor.
New hospital notices from Baytown area list patients by name address and room. Among entries Mrs Ben Jordan in Room 20 Gulf Coast Hospital and Mrs Horace Helms in Room 102 Gulf Coast Hospital, plus new arrivals and newborns at Gulf Coast and Willie Duke hospitals.
A Cub Scout and Boy Scout training session planned for Saturday at the Community House has been postponed indefinitely.
A reminiscence portrays Sam Paine as a lively figure who cherished humor about a hurricane on a Jewish holiday and the Protestant Brotherhood. His wife and others remember his habit of using absurdity to draw people into the group. The tale centers on a telephone call intended to notify a member about a meeting.
Six key NASA officials arrive at Clear Lake for a $40 million manned space flight lab site inspection. They stay in Harris County for several days meeting business civic and industrial leaders.
Melvin James Machart was found guilty of speeding 60 mph in a 45 mph zone and fined 21.50 by Justice of the Peace Walter Queen. Warren Clay was guilty of disturbing the peace, fined 24.50 with six months suspension. Several other cases were dismissed at the assistant district attorney's request, including theft charges against Albert Kilpatrick and assault with intent to murder against Ron Monroe. Water pollution charges against W B Whiddown were dropped, and Juanita Jackson Neel’s failure to keep a lookout charge was dropped for lack of complaint officers.
Harris County Commissioners urged Texas lawmakers to abolish ad valorem taxes on land homes and businesses and to fund state government with a sales tax. County Judge Bill Elliott backed the resolution noting a sales tax is now in effect to cover much of state expenses. The measure targets fairness amid varying county valuations. The court also approved microfilming piles of court records and planned to present the resolution at the Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association convention in San Antonio.
Ida Powell of Baytown has been selected to sing in the Women’s Choir at Sam Houston State Teachers College for the fall semester. The announcement highlights Powell’s achievement and the college’s choir program.
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