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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1949
Page
4
The gym hosts the badminton finals with singles winners Peyton Williams Arnold Stern Otto Mullins and Bob Hensley. The final is slated for next week. Mixed doubles reach quarter finals with Hensley Cates Starn Moskowitz Portis Kellogg favored.
Lee College Choir votes to sponsor a Texas college choir concert in Baytown this winter. Director Tommy Seale says several colleges have agreed to participate. Officers elected include Joe Dollar president and Mrs Gordon Leib secretary. The choir, over twenty members mostly freshmen, will open the season with a Houston concert in early November, two shows that night for visiting Southern educators.
The Curtain Club presents a twenty minute skit Monday October 17 about proper Community Chest fundraising. In an office setting three salesmen show brash timid and correct approaches to urging donations. Performers include Sandy Gaston Joe Chandler and Jimmy Bailey with Guy Winstead Olive Jean Bailey and Ann Schmadl in key roles.
At 7 15 Wednesday the Lee College Speech class presented a short program over radio station KREL. Led by Joseph Stanwood and Jimmy Bailey the class read two hundred fifty words commonly mispronounced, showing correct and incorrect pronunciations.
The proverbs advise private rebuke from loved ones. A single father can support ten children, yet ten children struggle to support one father. Fools make the feast while the wise savor it. A future favor is worth more than many past gifts.
The piece notes Yankees defeat Dodgers in the World Series marking a break until spring 1950 and shifts focus to sandlot football and baseball for all ages. It highlights sponsors from schools churches and stores and the dream of scouts guiding hopeful players toward the majors while acknowledging the hard road and big money in the sport.
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