Baytown Kiwanians Set for Texas-Oklahoma District Meet
Baytown Kiwanis will attend the 1955 Texas-Oklahoma district convention in San Antonio from Oct 2 to 4. Club President R L Van Deventer announced delegates include George Baya Sam Alford and D A Tracht. Alternates are Ben Wilson Lavern Fuller and Jim Sherwood.
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Baytown Kiwanis
San Antonio
R. L. van Deventer
Baytown
George Baya
Sam Alford
D. A. Tracht
Ben Wilson
Lavern Fuller
Jim Sherwood
Baytown and Houston Birth Announcements
Stork stops for Velda Sue Rogers born Sept 15 at Baytown hospital a five pound fourteen ounce girl. Grandmothers Leora Creel Baytown and Eva Avant Houston. Bryan Keith Bailey and wife announce birth of Leslie Keith at St Luke's Houston Sept 22. grandparents John Miller Highlands and Bryan Bailey Navyasata.
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Carl Rogers
Cedar Bayou Road
Velda Sue
Baytown Hospital
Leora Creel
Baytown
Eva Avant
Houston
Bryan Keith Bailey
Leslie Keith
St. Luke's Hospital
John Miller
Highlands
Bryan Bailey
Navyasata
Major oil and chemical stocks show mixed moves on market close
A diverse list of firms including Allis-Chalmere, American Cyanamid, Eastman Kodak, Dow Chemical, Du Pont, General Electric, Gen Motors, Pfizer and Union Oil reports varied closing figures and percentage changes. Investors monitored energy, chemical and utility equities as trading ended, with some names edging higher while others fell.
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Gen
Gillette Safvance
Goodyear Tire
Greyhound Bus
Gulf Oil
Seeeensee
Houston
Seane
Humble
Libby McN
Liggett and Myers Loew's Inc S.ssees
la Land
Merrill Petr Monsanto Scree
Nat Dalry Prodev
Newp Wews
Ohio Oil
Olin Math
Oliver Corp
Packard-Stude Pacific Pet
Pac West Oil
Panhandle P and Penney's Inc
Phillips Petr
Proc and Gamble Pure Oil
Caeser Sperry Card Co
Richfield Oil
Repab Steel
Rohm and Haas
Sharon Steel
Shell
Sinclair Oil
Skelly Oi
Socony-Vac
St Regis Paper
Stan Oil
Calif
Stan Oil Ind
Stan Oil Ohio
Stain Oil N. J
Sun Oil
Hennessee Gas
Texas Cansacces
Texas Gulf
Tex Gulf
Textron
Union C
Union Oil
Cali
U. S. Steel
United Airlines
United Carbon
Woodley Petr
Budget Surplus and Water Fund Forecasts Highlight Council Note
Budget figures show a prior surplus carried to end of year with 19 300 total. Water Fund expects 315 800 in revenue and 296 720 in expenditures for a 50 000 end year surplus. Traffic Fund projects 32 000 revenue and 22 400 expenditures for a 24 000 surplus. Council extends appreciation to Humble for financial support and orders a thank you letter to Gordon L Farned Humble plants manager after Humble calls the city the most efficiently operated in its territory.
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Humble
Gordon L. Farned
Humble Plants
Middleton
Mrs Gloyds Last Rites Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs Olive Gloyd were held at 10 am Friday at the First Presbyterian church with Rev M EB McPhail officiating and burial in Cedar Bayou Masonic cemetery under Hartiman funeral home. She died at 1 20 am Wednesday at her daughter's home on Kilgore road. she was a Presbyterian member. Pallbearers included W A Ashe Dr G A Lillie Hugh M Stewart Dr Ernest W Bowerman Dr W Harper and Douglas Barr. honorary pallbearers were church elders and deacons.
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Olive Gloyd
First Presbyterian Church
M. EB. McPhail
Cedar Bayou Masonic Cemetery
Hartiman Funeral Home
G. A. Lillie
Hugh M. Stewart
Ernest W. Bowerman
W. Harper
Douglas Barr
Elders and
Deacens
The
Marriage Aboard Ship Before Munkebal Night Duty
A couple returned to Baytown with proper permission and wed in a Lutheran church. The ceremony, read by a captain who could depart only if Linder boarded, was arranged with Rev. A. M. Hannemann after a dock officer’s contact. The service at 6 p.m. was followed by a shipboard dinner, and Mrs. Linder will serve six months as stewardess aboard the Munkebal, per Norwegian ship custom.
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Baytown
Linder
A. M. Hannemann
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Hannemann
Munkebal
Ex Baytonian Takes Amarillo Sears Store Manager Post
Robertus Williams, longtime Baytown Sears veteran and former assistant manager, has been named manager of the Amarillo Sears Store by Vernon Wright. Williams came to Baytown after WWII, worked in groceries, then joined Sears, serving as assistant manager at Baytown when the store opened in October 1950. He remained until January 1952 and later became assistant manager at the Austin Sears.
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Robertus Williams
Wright
Sears
Austin
Rawson
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Allen Meister
East Texas Avenue
American General Life Insurance
Baytown Kiwanians
South Amerca
Stork
Rogers
Bailey
Navceseseue IU Sa
Baytown Sun
Watchmakers
Robson’s
Baytowns Watch
Texas
Gaillard
Babel
West Texas Avenue
BUSCH
Anheuser-Busch
St.louis
Sun
Baytonian
Amarillo
Arctic
F. M. Worden
Hownee
BERRY
American General Life Woods Bldg
YTOWN
San Jacinto River
Clear Lake Road
Pat
West
Yim T
Esai
Tamale
Buick
Wim. US
Burck
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