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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1961
Page
2
CAP Cadets and Baytown Civil Guard volunteers assist in hurricane aid. Members from Wooster Volunteer Department Civil Defense and Police Reserve guard the station and help at Channelview. Crews moved between Wooster Fire Station and relief sites to support police and community needs.
Flooring and fixtures in the Channelview Post Office building were installed after delays by Wyninger General Contractor of Fort Worth. Subcontractors' supply shortages slowed progress. final work ongoing Friday. The brick color match and sand casting are complete. The 10 year lease by Gus Cooley of Fort Worth awaits federal inspection beforeChannelview staff move in within two weeks. Postmaster Bernie Summers and Assistant Postmaster Wilson Moffitt expect October occupancy with dedication possible then. Rep Albert Thomas helped secure the construction contract awarded in June 1960 with start in spring 1960.
Baytown YMCA launches two programs the Junior Quarterback Club and weight-building classes. Boys aged 11 to 14 may join 4 to 5 pm and 15 to 18 from 5 to 6 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Sponsored with the Houston Oilers, fees are 1.50 daily with a membership card two Oilers shirts and 25-cent game admission. The Quarterback Club meets semi monthly to view Oilers game films.
The Salvation Army Pasadena Corps, a United Fund agency, provides emergency relief and counseling and supervises youth and religious activities. The work is supported in part by gifts to the United Fund.
Hal W. Earhart has been promoted to research specialist at Humble Oil and Refining Co. He serves on a rotational assignment as laboratory head at the Special Products Plant in Houston, directing research on surface castings and oil field chemicals. He heads the control and service laboratory and recently spent a year in New York on loan to Enjay Chemical in product management. He holds BS chemical engineering from Penn State and MLS from Purdue, authored a chapter in the Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, has several patents, and resides with Mrs Earhart and their two daughters at 905 Fleetwood Drive.
Ronnie Clarion Gene Peacock and Robert E Lee football team members share Room V1 Gulf Coast Hospital seeking visitors including young and old. Several patients listed by name with rooms at Gulf Coast Baytown Lillie Duke San Jacinto and Tidelands hospitals. new arrivals include Baytown and Channelview families with newborns and recent admissions.
AUSTIN AP A parks board official reported Saturday that state parks chartered about 25 000 evacuees from Jeane Carla. Figures from belated reports by R W Barlow assistant executive director show most refugees housed in 12 of the state parks with lodging generally without cost.
In Huntsville Alabama AP report explains the push to launch Saturn boosters and orbit a moon capsule by 1964 while noting Soviet gains with smaller craft. Experts Werner von Braun and Ernst Stuhlinger warn the path remains costly and technically challenging, with a long road to a three man lunar mission.
AUSTIN AP Col Homer Garrison director of the Department of Public Safety says motorists may obtain the new 1982 vehicle inspection sticker. The deadline for inspection is April 16, 1962. He notes autumn is an ideal time to prepare for winter driving.
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