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How Will County Sanitation DisBaytown Area}
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Rir CHESTER BULGIER extensions and feeder officials of every municipality in Bavtown’s f!it.v Manntro** p n nhv »♦ tho uraina a Uorric chAna'p* to elfins industrial hunt- Vh» diafri^t umniH h*» nm y»v *#<•**•<**» w/m!4 nM«u«
By iffUMUn to*?SwmrtheXdt^ib^!wuttafSX Hare^^n*** municipality in ®aytown's City Manager C. D. pby at the urging of a Harris charge, to cities, indu
low wilL!L^“ Who will Day money bv buildimr a nianf.kft ,„:n . ..., Middleton h«Ped to formulate the group which included City Attorney nesses and individuals.
nlan ann irrm mii a- I-,-!,,. a r* - r*\---->1— —j——a mu.* —.bj i-.
Will a county sanitation imeswin the city be wasting your
H°w. * financed? Who wiU pay money by building a plant that will
aiStrK0 to S50 nti'bon estimated have to be bypassed and discarded
lout i" Xeu7*ls super-district
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Harris charges to cities, industries, busi- Vhe district would be run by districts would provide
v*. ' _ , ....—uj lurmuiaie uie group wmen mciuuea vity Attorney nesses and indivlduali. nine directors, chosen as follows: sewer systems, which
®°rt. of backing fj,e pjan and iron out i(j hinks. and George Chandler, introduced bills The district could levy taxes only Three by the City of Houston, into a main trunkli:
proposal should have little trouble even ,made a trip to New Jersey in the legislature to authorize or- to raise the ft million for pre- three by the County Commia- county trunkline of the
aiscri hv I* approval by the legii- to study the operation of a similar ganization of the district, limlnary planning and organise- stonen Court and three by an ad- trlct. The cltlea would pi
. ” laWrs--as it.would have little if system there. What about the question* which tion expenses. No other taxes visory board composed of all trunkline service on th
egan this article? Here are the would be authorized, and all other mayors of Incorporated cities in population and gallons
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Continued Warm
baVSHORE WEATHER-—Clear to partly
a„d continued warm throuh Sat.-
f rdav Low of 68 Friday night. Moderate
Afresh southerly winds.
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Cities and the smaller sanitation (See Sanitation—Page TweJk
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Friday, May 8, 1953
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY
Serving La Porta, Graifcy,
HigMondc and
The Greater Baytawa Area
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TELEPHONE: 8302. Five Cents Per Copy
Crane! Total: $23.4 Million—
COUNTY, SCHOOL BOND VOTES SHAPE UP
No Shortage Of Presidents
The Baytown school board had three presidents Thursday night, k
Mrs. E. J. Gray waa elected president long enough to sign her sob’s ;
high school diploma. She resigned and M. W. Harper was elected to i
replace Mrs. Gray. He signed his daughter's diploma, Then A. Ik 1
Stark resumed offioe as the official president.
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UN To Demand That
|Anti>Red PWs Won't
Be Forced To Return
PANMUNJOM, May 8 -UP- The United Nations will
[demand at a truce meeting Saturday that the Communists
[give a firm guarantee against any attempt to force re-
patriation of anti-Red war prisoners, it was understood
fFViday night.
The demand would be made in reply to an eight-point
BULLETIN
Gives Up On Budget
WASHINGTON. May *-<*-
The Eisenhower administration
immune ed Friday that It has
liven up ail hope of balinc-
iai the fiscal 1954 budget and
that it may have to Mk Cen-
tres! to increase the national
debt limit. , .
M Spots
Cedar Bayou Concert
THE CEDAR BAYOU high
trhool and Junior high bands
sill present a Conorrt at 7:39
[ pm. Friday in M» high school
8«a
about an armistice,
it. Gen. William K. Harrison, senior
- UN truce de'egate, will give
the Allied reply to chief
Communist negotiator Gen.
Nam II at a truer meeting sched-
uled for 11 a.m. Saturday (8 p,m.
cst Friday).
Harrison is expected to fire at
Nam a series of searching ques-
tions as to the Communists’ real in-
tention in proposing that the fate
of the anticommunist prisoners
who refuse repatriation be put up
to a political conference.
It was made plain in New York
Thursday night by President Ei-
senhower personally that the UN
will not accept any plan
might leave the Anti-C
prisoners
ess
The United State* stand on the
Red proposal* was worked out at a
meeting in Washington Thursday.
Mr. Eisenhower presided, then
went to New York and in his
speech io Republicans said he
$950,000 Is
Requested
By Trustees
Commissioners Will
Ask $22.5 Million For
Roods, Improvements ■
■■which
U-Communiat
mere to danger of accepting
^reoatrutum or facing end-
i^phiytown'i Newest Skyscreper—the Tunnel Tower Building
By FRED HARTMAN
Later this month Commissioners' Court will call a $22,-
- , . 500,000 bond issue for roads, right of way and other public
$950,000 bond issue election improvements. , ■ jHI
for shortly after school is Late in June qualified voters of the county will vote an
the proposal. .......... ' ;
About half of the bond total will go for roads. County
Commissioner V. V. Ramsey’s Precinct Two will get one-
fourth of the total for roads in this part of the county in
addition to some access roads to the new Lake Houston
The mmey would be ap- which happens to be located in Precinct Two.
portioned between the schools m
the system as follows: Robert E.
Lee, $342,060; Horace Mann Junior IA R • ■
High, $206,000; Baytown Junior fU rrt)l6CTS
High, $233,000; Carver, $70,000; 7 I
Ashbel Smith, $46,000. £* M
In. addition to the specific pro- OIOI GO I ©I
Jects at each of these schools, a _ - • ■ «
SSS^’.LSrssS East Harris
member* of the board of educa-
By AUBREY BANKS
Baytown ■ school trustees
planned Friday to call a
out this spring.
They are expecting to re-
ceive a petition Monday, re-
questing that such a bond
election be held.
Of the $2,500,000 for Pre-
cinct Two, East Harris coun-
ty will get 10 projects either
in the Baytown area or leading
to it. Cost of these 10 project* to
estimated at $1,328,514.27.
- HIES., The only improvement listed as
“East Harris county” but west of
the San Jacinto river is the top-
ping of the present Market Street
—
f. soditoriiim. Admission will be
| ernis, adults* 45 dents, children.
Pweeed* sre to be used for new would never agree to forced repa-
; bind uniforms. Director of both {nation.
[ band, is H. O. Bailey. Harrison is expected to meet the
_ . Communists at the truce session
(Firemen S Fiesta With a full and explicit statement
E NEWLY-FORMED Volun- of the UN stand based on instruc-
r Fire Department at McNair is tions drafted in Washington.
from il 'SO a m. to 11:30 p.m. Sat-
urday at McNair.
The program will include demon-
stratlons of fire-fighting methods, ‘
«imes. food and refreshments' and
t dance beginmng at 8 p ro.
I Class Reunion '
jfiRADI ATES of the IMS
| »t Robert E. Lee <bigh
over old times.
J r-union will hegin *t 4 p.m. at
I Roseland Park.
Mrs. Velma Anatey, high school
[ secretary, has notified as many
members of the class as could be
| retched. Those attending are
asked to bring their own picnic
Munches, ,
A. L Sarver
>i>$ At 62;
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tion decided at a special meeting East Harris county’* stake to road from the river bridge to San
Thursday night. the 1953 county bond issue:
nSSTWi
4.11 mil** from Almanite* rfrivi* three-lftnft concrete thorcaarhl____
.R | . I I bridge), 24-foot concrete strip, at high tide. The'topping job atol
logg urged again that a swimming cost $250,827.54. take out the wave* and smooth
pool be considered, but the aim t J out the surface with the preaent
had been to keep the bond issue Crosby - Lynchburg road concrete as the foundation,
below $1 million and this put the (through Highlands) 9.11 miles Other important improvements
plan on the shelf for & while. from Highway 90 to Lynchbure m the Baytown'area include a eon-
Joe Reid, attorney for the Bay- fe™ PartMfeet near M intere cretc street from Highway 146 and *
town school district, is to draw up ,ecUon part 20 feet pluS to Mar- Ea8t Texa* *• ^e
the petition for the bond issue Uet streeTroad and remainder 20
and trustees hope that enough sig- feet from Market to Lynchburg at. hHv^hh,^ w
natures can be received before total cost of $328 07078 by-Lynchburg road (through
Monday so that the bond issue can *'• Highlands) from Highway 90 to
be called shortly af ter school is , 8. Crosby - Cedar Bayou road
from Highway 146 to Sjolander
road, 1.74 miles, 22sfoot base,
20-foot surfact over nine-inch
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out this year.
The original plan was to cal!
the vote before school is out, but
the election canftot be held less
than 21 days after the trustees call
the election, so it could not pos-
|*ibto be held before June 1. ® _
there is a possibility that Bayou-Crosby road to intersection
mgnianus; jroi
the Lynchburg ferry and topping
of Wallisviileroi
oad east from High-
lands to the Cedar Bayou-Crosby
road intersection.
The four-lane section of Decker
drive and Market street i______________
a concrete strip with emphasto on
4. Sjolander raid from Cedar waves -- will be asphalt topped
compacted flexible base at cost
of 843,244.66.
the board.
at a Baytown hospital at 11:23 a.m,
ITtursday, _
Funeral services wUl be held at 1
4 p.m. Friday at Paul U. Lee ftak ■
eral home with Rev. M. S. Jordan,
pastor of Grace Methodist church,
and Rev. H. T, McCants, pastor
of the Nazarene, of-
1. !
m
of the Church of the
dictating. Burijil will be in Ceda
crest eemeten- wit' ' Mf
iMit'iitiiffil'irewii'
toda»
itS the IOOF
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■ — was we- ices,
ring Friday to broadcast one full A native of Crowley. La., he re-
ii E. Lee Briga- tired as a pumper at the Baytown
B*,! from the high school Sat- refinery in Atoll, 1951.
Nay night. Announcer Jay Oliver Survivors are his wife. Mrs.
1 act as narrator and Lucy Bertha Be.-ituioo; two sons. George
worth will be mistress of cere- L. and Marion C. Sarver, both of
Baytown and a daughter, Mrs. L.
i * . _ v Peatillo of Hardin. Also surviving
Around Town are four sisters. Mrs. A. Smith,
L VUIIU »pwn Mrs, Arvile Larmond, both of Vin-
--— ton. La.. Mrs. J. T. Childress of
W. K. PUDERBAUGH Port Arthur and Mrs. Jack Dar-
"ting a beautiful coraage that deaux of Orange, and eight grand-
mend gave her ,.. Ralph Terry children.
‘tries the best way to raise a Pallbearers will be B, D. Jones,
?cktl i! the direct method . . .
Gamer comes up with a
*ood suggestion for television . . .
jrgaret Bains plunges into a new
tab With vim and vivacity.
Em»nuet Amir is forced to
i * part way home from work,
'because of a flat tire . . , Mr,
BEN FEURS
H..O. MAHONEY ”STUDIE" STUDEVILLE
It Will Take a Heap of Blowing
■■IP^H|||iP|H|Krom the Decker Drive-In theater
the election call may be delayed new Highway 73, 2.58 miles, flex- to the bridge.
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j^TTBsw'jasis aS2®KKBSa;"“-“ “
topping over present concrete.
posed policy and handed a copy
to each trustee to study and de-
cide on.
Kellogg said he felt that the
policy was not specific enough as
(See Schools-fPage Two)
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$106,074.59.
6. Bob Smith road from High-
way 146 to North Main, 1.6 miles,
20-foot topping. $84,613.64.
7. West. Main from Goose
Creek bridge to Lee drive in-
tersection, .6 of a mile. SO feet
width of ashphaltie concrete,
$35,805.59.
Smith’s store.
West Baytown wiH be ,
direct route to the tunnel over- „
new 36-foot concrete street which
will extend from Wisconsin to
Missouri by way of Oklahoma and
on Missouri east to Spur 20L - j|S
West Main will be paved from
Goose Creek bridge to Lee drivel
Bob Smith road will be topped
from Highway 146 to North Main,
County Commisisoner Ramsey
has been working on setting up
C.
T. J. Sanders.
O. Bonner.
Channel Tunnel Adds To Baytown Skyline!
Cops Will
Get You?
The unwavering faith of Bay-
town's small fry in Patrolman
Henry Enax. who polices Texas
avenue and keeps the Saturday
show crowds under control, was
demonstrated early Friday.
A 4au. k.o/l.J ____Ll’.i____:
8. Four-lane section of Decker ’
drive and Market Street from ®JmosL from the day he took of*
"first" to "second" Four Corners. 2* Ht has/^lked to bundredf
1.67 miles. 40-foqt topping of pres- * f °P * “d ^[gone to dozen.
ent four lanes of concrete. $59,990. °J nlfetJn&* ^ k t0 °ut
of ail of his study, cam* this pn»>
• 9. West Baytown entrance to. Fram. J
tunnel from Wisconsin to Spur He *»id every community in tho
201 by way of Oklahoma and Precinct will get county road im-
Missouri streets, 1.2 miles, 86-
foot concrete with monolithic
curb. $160,772.
10. Wallisville road from High-
JP Sa“w. G^cUkHandhE.’ North Portal Entrance Rises 42 Feet Above Ground
A tow-headed, sunblisfered little lands to Crosby-Cedar Bayou road,
boy. following close behind his 5.38 miles, flexible base, asphalt
mother, spotted Enax on the side- topping. $180,598.20,
You wouldn’t think offhand that the building extends 42.8 feet above (NY) Forge Co., are being in-
an underwater ship channel cross- the ground. stalled by the D. M. Mitchie Co. of
ing would add to Baytown's sky- The building has six levels Houston with Ben Feurhs of Hous- what my mamma did to me? She
line, but that is exactly what is where machinery is being in- ton as resident foreman. Air will whupped me!”
happening. stalled, but it is actually tall be forced in and out of the tunnel
Workmen have completed the enough to equal a normal eight- by these blowers. The air in the
skeleton of the tunnel’s north por- story building. tunnel can be changed in a mat-
tal tower. The structure measures The building measures 74 by 60 ter of seconds, thus voiding any
84 feet in overall height, but it feet and contains 26,640 feet of chance of any obnoxious gases be-
lck Ellis dropped in"bright arid a second-degree murder warrant extends nearly half of that under floor space. tog a threat to motorists.
% with some information , . . Friday for the father to a five- the surface. Two huge air ducts run the H, O. Mahoney, an architectual
A tunnel tube runs through the length of the building. Three huge engineer with the Parsons, Brick-
building, and the blueprints show fans, manufactured by the Buffalo erhoff, Hall and Macdonald? firms,
is supervising the tower building.
In addition to the housing the
Father Is Charged
In Child's Death
MIAMI. May 8 -UP-Folice held
He dropped about three steps
behind his mother, turned around,
and said quickly: ~
Mr. Policeman, do you know
Total: $1X25A 14.27.
provements equal to the portion
going to the Baytown area. “
“I havs done my best to do my
people a good job all over th«
precinct," Ramsey said. “If you
approve the bond issue, I pledge
you all that I will do every!''
I can to see that you get 100 <
for every dollar to imp
you authorize.
lomia'3' ^l°bcr1t Ma4H*rne ta J^k-
itio«aS !'r<‘ss Association conven-
VkGrorgr Armstrong and
>»riv u',1s dropfH'd in bri*hl and
"J J'1lth *ome Information
''’ U. UnderwMd to Barblrs Hili dea,h allwofedTy resulted from
ri,it» Baj-town to watch the Gand- extremely brutal" beating.
;r» in an int«-«ai»d'° Conviction on the charge could
bf Sun had mme d|.ho« from bri«K 20 years to life imprisonment
Srberg fourth for Russel> Ton)?aV’ 361 {or ^
^ accompanied * bv^mnthere death <* his famous "aauat°L
** teacher. °y mother daughter. Kathy, whom he trained
Mrs. Irene Lilly Baiter, 66, Dies
Southern Baptists
Take (ip Education
HOUSTON, May 8-UP-South-
em Baptists turned their sights on
religious education Friday as their
ventilaticn system, the building r^°
will also include space for all of ^rd d v ln Sam Houslon Co1'
usrz^sr&srjs .■)'**»:«!»<*
Dub's™.*1;. .. ^'a^p^essionaj swimmer before Funeral services for Mr* Irene a son. Elton Barixr of .League rtanMhM^ftiTS of the denomination’s newest sem-
t£U* “ ,nten!ive she could walk Lilly Barber. 66. of Mont Bely eu City; and two foster sons. Kenneth toary. warned that education in the
SilBBSilPifc
ung over headlines.
r. c Th «» m. sftjswftassrae
Fitz- ha* been laid with th- excejftion of the election as first vice pr«>-
(Sm Tunnel-Page Two) dent Thursday night. *
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Ferguson Motors, Inc,
J. C. Penney Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
MEDIUM ADS TODAY
3 Beall Brothers 3
(Ladies)
Thsd Felton
The Tower
SMALL ADS TODAY
Max Altman
Baytown Hardware
. .Baytown Paint * Supply
Big Chief Super Market
Chicken Shack
Willis Cobb Nash Co.
Mike Fransaen
Gulf Coast Venetian Blind
Higginbotham Motor Co,
Home Lockers, Inc,
Raybom Johnson Agency
Kovar Appliance Co.
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Rebel Inn
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