The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 172, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 24, 1949 Page: 3 of 38
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>$ FAIRFAX, Va.. Dec. 24. <tJ.E>—The
telephone rang. in the Fairfax
?■■■, f County jail house this morning.
NS "This is Washington, D. C., po-
II lice headquarters. Wo have one of
M| ycut prisoners here."
«j "You must have the wrong jail,«
,a voice replied. "We still have all
our prisoners.”’
Washington police: “Wellt this
Wm man says he escaped from your
m jail ... "
mi Fairfax jail: "Must be some mis-
!§p take. Have you tried the Arlington
jftl jail?"
III Washington police: "No. This
H man says he belongs to you."
■ Fairfaxv-jail: “All right, all right
Doctor),Iswyars,pharma- This Doctor’s education or
ciiti, teacher,, grocen, farm- "knew how” b highly impor-
ors and many others have tant to maintaining Amcr-
their ‘'trade aisociationt”for i*»*| present highest level of.,
the purpose of self-iwprove- health on tarth, Hospitals
mont, self-regulation, pro- >n(] Pharmacists art partfcf
CLEARANCE
PRICE
The trustees - >v
Sale Begins Tuesday Morning,
!• entire personne
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► San Jacinto Memorial Hotpital
withal its
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P A Vary Marry Christmas
NO REFUNDS, LAYAWAYS or SXWiAN»t5 *
m-ONS PERMITTED .
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SORRY; NO ALTERATIONS ON SALE &ARMEN*
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Happy New Year
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BAYTOWN SUN—fABHCj
\ SUNDAY and
it MONDAY
The Most An
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of Them Ail!
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MAGIC &
FOUNTAIN V
.. jj^oXHER edition of the traditional J. F. Raws Christmas tree which Rawe makes each
*7 r hls children at their home at 213 West Francis. On one side is the Nativity scene and on
IthJ'other n in01,0 modern Christmas scene. Rawe was taught ■ the
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Brother look around*. Three more
’ prisoners left with him.”
Washington and Virginia police
began looking for the .three mUs-
ing prisoners.
art of oinking the tree by hts
—Kohltfarber Studio.
lex barker - w« |{ere Is ChristmasReport From Britain:
Inglish On Biggest Gift-Buying Orgy Since War
ALL BUT KITCHEN SINK
MEMPHIS, Tenn. <U.P>-When the
big moving ,van pulled up to the
LAST DAT TODAT
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front door of Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
Hicks’ residence, neighbors didn’t
think, anything war. amiss. But
the Hicks did, once they got home.
, Strangers carted away two bed-
silk dress from $9.52 to the say s suites, one living room suite,
on Eeiv. 24- 0>—.Christ, Women's clothes_continued
•onnrt from* Britain":* * '""take a ’ big pill'out'of a man’s UielRntt.” " ^ ^ . an Icebox, a kttchen oil stove,
i,„ L,,« ,p- **** * -fa. — «u „<£*> St i,....TSU -: ’SsftiS^-SS
holidays jammed BriUln’s anything from $9 92 to $28, and a handbag for $13.72. chairs, and the family- clothes.
(ops this Christmas In »;i orgy
ST LOUIS POLICE hunting Rory Heenan, 4, were attracted to a paint
store by light* flashing on and oft irregularly on a Chrlstma* tree.
Rory was there. Wandering off to see Santa Claus, he stopped $ji the
store and was locked in. (International Soundphoto)
TRY SUN CLASSIFIED* ADS
FOR BEST RESULTS
public service sad welfare. that help tS
None wish politic.! dom.na- round 00, comp,tent mcdic.l
con, or to be regul.ted out Krvk( „ th, piticnt.
of existence, •-
79% of *11 families inter- E1*P‘rienc'd- 6u*lifU*
viewed in * recent notional medic, men, Pharmac.ts and
had a "Family Physi- Hoapstal executives—all are
for all illness, using every.effort to keep
survey Had a ' Family rn,..
clan” consulted for all illness. every.effort to keep
The family physician is the politicians from lowering the
fundamental and dominating -standards of education and
faature of rendering medical supervision in ptedical care
Mrvsct.
fields.
116 X. MAIN
126 W. TEXAS
“Two flood Drug
Stores"
buying g^s to,flll up their,
icltiltfs.
felfrldge’a, big department store
fcich sell* everything from pins
jjna,, reportM that an aver-
L 110.000 Christmas shoppers
d jostled’ for goods at the eount-
i every day for a week.
[survey of other London stores
L«i that it was the same everv-
Me-vast crowds and oodles of
nta .
|Th» aurvey also revealed tiiat
Big Christmas In Bethlehem
Not In Palestine But In Georgia
-icef'had not changed vrry-mu^h yulvtide.
raaw* of deYaluat'on. Britons primarily, the town—which
BETHLEHEM. Ga. Dec. 24. ti'.Ps— my oldest boy," 90-year-old W. D.
U hl’iu town of Bethlehem, G.-or- Hendrix recalled beaide the belly
gIa, is having Its biggest Christinas of .the Main Store’s stove, "a camp
in history. meeting had just broken up and
Not sine* an 1886 earthquake everybody was climbing Into thelir
shivered the town s timbers a year wagons to go home.’’
after it was born has the namesake “Then all of a sudden," Hendrix
lit Christ s birthplace had such a gestured for emphasis, "the earth
shook. Oil sloshed in the lamps and
an- the flames flickered. Everybody
L of prices skyrocketing by next quest* .M* "Christmassy ' post- an end'?"’
prlstinas. , narks, - is getting a new Methodist At that point, the old man mused,
fiamda-a aoft'harpeted store in f'hureh. The Baptist Church is on,; Kev.''Miller Willis rushed from
mahtsbriilse reported that it had freshly painted and newly roofed, his tent, crying “shake 'em again,
iT.mt better goods'than at any Too, the town wafldled out into Iy0rd;-
.......1----- -------tet-moduHt- protnlimncu by -- }»-thirhem—■^had-- buen .ghttken
me in the las. _ winning first prize in Barrow enough to *uit its tast*.
l"0nr cash boxes are filling p pounty jn (|„. N'orth Gvorgia oom-
ltllf *• almppera cram their has- munitv improvement contest.
U, with gifts," a spokesman said. ■ , . , . . .
f ’■ * , , . , , But when you get right down to
[Selfridgc’s, founded In 1909 by an )x-<lro< k. it s the glistening splendor
|ctrlc*n millionaire. Gorton Self- of t,)(, ,'.hurchf., that ls giving 242
PERSONALS
Bp,even hired two Sant* (lausea ijvthlchcmites a ruddy glow.
l deal wiih the hordes of British Because for all tts modern pro- SMI' Senior Horn*
gross, the town has long had re- Mr and jjrl Walter Roberts,
[The two favorite toys sold were a llgion. ... Jr., and Becky, arrived Wednesday
pri’s fancy doll for <4 22 and a Judann L Moore named It after from nallas to spend the holidays
fyjmet&l sled for $3 76. The most a nearby church In 1885 and legs w.ith hjs parentg, yfr and Mrs. W
kpenelve doll was prire-tshbrd than a year later the ones who w Rol)erts. Sr Roberts is a senior
k Neither Withered cotton In didn't hav, religion got It In *„Jtud,nt gt Southern Methodist,
le boll, make* Bcthleh. m look hurry - University in Dallas.
|tiit* for Christmas , The ground started shaking. No
ghe rolled her eye* and had m kn*’w '* W M *he Charleston Uavlng Today
ktra let of lingerie to take care of earthquake hranchlng out Mr and Mrs John W Lcftch are
fnie most rtiffCut gift to get in’ 8 Sl on 8 nc_ leatdng to spend the holidays In
Britain was a pair of nylons Their , . El Campo, with his mother. Mrs
... $1.46, ia‘'government con; Caaim/S CfJll Rallfluinfl ol-vic Leach- They will also visit in
(died. Bur finding nvlomx, in Ivon- JvvIflU Jllll DvIKJYIlIU , jMidfield with Mr. and Mrs. George
fit * ■**’ ” ‘Tn Spite Of Experts ’ ’
[•W. do act put tt*m on .ale to ^ F Via" In Trinity
k* publft, but iF>7id about on** pair MONTPEAL* 24. P'—A r^- Mr. and .Mrs. Ralph W. flkains
mty thrff njonths to our arrount phoned the city weather and daughter, Glcnna Dean, are
*aid Harroda ^ office today about the prospect's spending the holidays In Trinity
IVOM haven't „ ■at'l «v.,h„ “ ""
r. ***• . ...u Fhlner Visitors
“Jrthta*l 1TT The reporter looked out hi, of- Christmas will U spent by Mr.
^1' ! ,\ml Wer* ln bU flee window. Snow was falling. and Mrs. Robert A. Wolfe, Jr., ht
nm-tfiM (iiriatmaa. A man a * _ * Shiner with relatives.
(crater coat about $365, and a ,,, u, i ti 6Hg I.AST ( hriatmaa At Horn*
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Mudd and
Kelly Charles, ar» . spending
awm #.vw, nno
^ with eollar- attached $6 72.
INSURANCE”
... Windstorm
(iei Insurance Agency
UKutaJi* Bld(, Phona 1M-J
I’l'Bf.M’ LAUGHS LAST
CARMEL, Cal. (I T'- A Hollywool
movie company tied up traffic for
r fciChmdfw Atta. Phono t-400
volrtng the star, Robert Voung Ho||(ja,‘vis"
Irata *- residents who had been „ and Mrg. James Hirvey
blocked ^fh th,* t *ldf h*howey'r Taylor, Jr„ and Patsy will spend
of fllm'taken’had to beThrown out •« the homo of Mrl’ Ch*rIe* M'
because of poo ^-lighting.
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OUR ENTIRE STOCK
FALL AND WINTER DRESSES
lines. Crepes, gabardines
. A . wonderful collection of styles in famous label
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 172, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 24, 1949, newspaper, December 24, 1949; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1027424/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.