The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 288, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1953 Page: 2 of 16
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Previously, the rally was more
or less an athletic meet with the
boys com Deling in such things as
the baseball throw. This year the
boys will demonstrate their skill in
12 fields of Cub Scout work.
The boys will participate by dens.
verted into an
■■ | used for this Into two science lab-
's; Untie! mm oratories. The library will be en-
' * larged by removing a partition
(Continued Prom Page One) from an adjoining classroom,
of a few feet at the north portal, which will restore the library to
This pavement will not be laid its original size. The teachers’
until some installations are com- lounge will be created by renovat-
pleted that will be covered by the ing space used as a store room at
last coat of concrete for the drive- present
way- Baytown Junior High’s *233,000
Steel ha* already been laid on will go for a 343,00 band room,
the two-way traffic Interchange 375,000 worth of classrooms, 325,-
on the north side where Highway 000 for gym space reuse, 335,000
148 and Spur 201 separate to bring for shops, 345,000 for a cafeteria
traffic In anu out of Baytown. addition and 310,000 for renova-
A three-level interchange is tion-
under construction on the La Porte
side at the juncture of Highways
rs on a tram tor uucago rri- T . ~ r ns European opponent who
to open a 13-game road trip. Sumner G. Whit- weij?hed in at im, caught up with
ambition was to have the team tier and his brother. Fire Capt. Mineiii often enough to be credited
>f the basement when it returns Robert M. Whittier, are the fathers with at least half the rounds. One
e.__ of twins.
Gentry said that the additional g] piatur«
____j. facllitiea for the cafeteria can be Fairchild Eng .
146 and 225. Steel for this inter- acquired by using space now oc- Freeport Sulph’
change will probably be ready for cupied by the boy s dressing room on Electric ..
laying toward the end of May. ^ ............ “
Steel also has been laid pn the
bridge across Goose Creek stream
on Highway 146.
Meanwhile dirt work is being x ,
completed on both Spur 201 to West Carvpl,
Main and on the new Highway 146
cutoff which skirts the southern
limits of Baytown.
... It may bg, aL least.a- month or
six weeks before there can be an
official opening date, but unoffici-
ally it is beginning to look as if
the project will be ready either in
the latter part of July or the first
part of August.
This date is contingent upon
good weather and no unforeseen
^S^FarMwffth'and Chambers and indoor restrooms for the first Mick”TruckT..
Co. is the general contractor on three graders who attended Little Mid Don Pet ....
the second phase of the tunnel. Carver. Mont-Dakota Util
Several companies, including the The temporary shacks on the Nat Dairy Prod ..
F. and C. Engineering Co. and Lltlle Carver campus will be done Ohio Oil .........
Brown and Root, have contracts on away with and the campua lm- Packard Motor* ,
the access roads, the interchanges proved, according to the plan. Pancoastal Pet ...
and the bridges. This program was unanimously Panhandle Oil ...
judge gave him seven.
and the band. The present shop
( space win be used for expansion
of the girls dressing room and
quiet game areas and another
dressing room built for the boys.
Improvements planned at G. W.
include dressing rooms, a
band room, arts and crafts room
and a vocational laboratory, which
e,relSlT^lMSr00m!i ^ *- iuurnrau .............. «.c
Included in the facility Improve- Imperla, oa ................si <4
monf nrrtO’rom oefimafo/) 4a onet « .f *... . .
Gillette Saf
Across the Pacific, from Tahiti
to New Guinea, the production of
beef cattle Is growing. Interest In
cattle centers on new cross-
breeds that combine the best fea-
tures of Asian and European ani-
17-Year-Old Atlantans
Registering To Yote
ATLANTA. Ga.. May 7-flB-The
youngest voters in the United
States are registering here.
Residents who are 17 years old
but will be 18 before Nov. 3. 1953,
will be allowed to vote in the
spring city primaries here May 13
under an unofficial ruling by Jack
Savage, city attorney.
High school students have been
flocking to register and take ad-
vantage of their voting privileges.
An act of the 1945 legislature
gives the vote to Georgia residents
when they become 18, making
GLASS
ADDS THE MODERN TOUCH
TO TOUR BATHROOM
lounge
.... No Sal*
zens in America. Now, the Atlanta Wilson and Co.......
ruling lowers the age limit for May N, O. Cotton up .... 16 pts.
teen-agers in the area.
Just Wanted Free Meal SflWfOtlQII ■■
TRURO, Mass—UP—You can’t (Continued From Page One)
ruih^a Yankee. Truro folks sat In probably be paid by taxation, the
the longest-town meeting In the gam* way money Is raised to pay
history of the Cape Cod town, a for the city sewer facilities.
flve*hour discourse on the building __ Trunklines would go to all areas
of an addition to the scfioolhouse. where the population and sanitation
In the middle of the meeting din- problems would justify the outlay,
ner was served by the Girl Scouts. In unincorporai ‘ ' '
Mothers everywhere-young
end old alike-love flowers.
• TUB ENCLOSURES
• SHOWER ENCLOSURES
• DECORATIVE PANELING
CAN BE HANDLED ON
- FHA TITLE I LOAX
llfrf 4s some
remains longer than any
area* which
K & R
SUSS COMPANY
2*1 E. Texas Phone 5026
have had no set
service, a sew-
other token of love
and appreciation
ship channel. This line would
carry the waste several miles out
into Galveston Bay,
In areas where it might not be
practical to tie into the main
trunkline, such as in the northern
end of the county, the district could
set up separate treatment plants
to take care of sewage problems.
Estimates of the cost of install-
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, and other equipment neceaaary to
• take car* of the county's sewage
’ problems ranga from 330 million
to 350 million.
In cases where municipalities
have recently - installed sewage
, treatment facilities, the county
1 district would reimburse the citlee
for the value atill remaining in
their plants,
Baytown, for instance, is about
to start work on a 3200,-
000-plus treatment plant and about
3100,000 worth of connecting and
feeder lines.
It may be from two to flvb
year* or longer before the county-
wide system is in Operation, Mid-
dleton explained, and the city
needs the extra facilities NOW.
So the city will go ahead with
its plans.
But when the county system is
built, the new city plant will prob-
ably be bypassed. In that case, the
county district would pay the city
back for a large part ot the cost
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Cleaning
of the Blast,
The same system wold be fol-
lowed in other communities which
have relatively modern and useful
plants. ................-
This expense would not be nearly
to much as most.people might
>106 Market
(Across from San Jacinto Hospital)
BRING THIS AD
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^MONTGOMERY ROWER SHOP 1 GREENHOUSE
OFFER GOOD AT BOTH STORES
THURSDAY — FRIDAY — SATURDAY
(Formerly LaFrance Flower Shop)
so muco as most.people mignx
think, Middleton aaid. because^*, ,
large percentage of the, sew**e,
treatment facilities in Harris
county are outdated and over* *
leaded. ^
GE 2 - THE BAYTOWN SUN, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1953
Harris Cub
To Stage
Saturday
Schools— LIVESTOCK
Scouts from throughout the
(Continued From Page One)
concerned the present bond issue,
especially as concerned the need
for more space for vocational and
other elective courses.
This difference seemed to be re-
solvsd and when the board finally
FORT WORTH. May I -UP-
Livestock:
Cattle 500. Generally steady. Few
commercial and good slaughter
yearlings, steers and heifers. 16-21;
choice scarce; cutter and utility
yearlings, 40-15; utility cows, 12-
13.50; load 1,0314b. commercial
cows, 15-25; canner and cutters, 8-
12; bulls, 10-15.50; stackers scarce.
Calves 100. Slow and weak. Good
and choice slaughter calves. 19-23,
Utility and commercial. 12-19; culls
11 down; stackers scarce.
Hogs 100. Steady, Choice 190-240
commissioner In charge of Cub vocational agriculture building and 'b. butchers.
Scout work, said the rally will 315,000 in renovations. and heavler wei*hta- 22'2S 50; ,ows
fallow a different pattern this year The two claa8rTOm„ with a sman
East Harris district—an estimated aPProv«1 « program for the pro-
200 of them—will join in the an- P°,ed bond there w*r« vtry
HU*l Cub- Scout rally at Camp ,ew chan*M-
Reber from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. The 3342,000 to be spent at the
Saturday. high school is to include a band.
Camp Reber Is located on Decker choral and Brigadier building,
Drive. a 375,000 home-making building, a
Delmas Smith, assistant district 380,000 shop, woodworking and
1921.
Sheep 1,500. Steady.
audio-visual room.
■■PPBIIUPPB |____ I____ ____■ Good and
room between them now being choice spring lambs. 25; culls
used in homemaking nan be con- down to 15; utility ind good shorn
verted Into additional office space slaughter lambs. 1921.50; utility
for administration or teacher*’ and good slaughter ewes. 6; me-
conference roms. The space form- djum and KOod shorn stacker feed-
cafeteria can be con- er lamb*. 12-19.
floor covering will be laid.
The *206,000 to be spent
be rated as honor, satisfactory or
participating dens.
E. K. (Gene i. Erwin, assistant
eflbmaster of Pack No. 255. will be Horace Mann will include a home-
the rally director. making building for *62,000, a *45,-
A picnic lunch Will be held at 000 cafeteria, *54,000 in classroom*,
noon. The parents of all the bovs *30,000 on girl** gymnaaium and
have been invited to bring a lunch *15,000 on renovations,
and join, the boy* in ‘dinner on the The construction of the home-
grounds” from 12 to 1:30 p.m.
Stock Quotes
Special To The Baytown Sun
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Alils-Chalmers ........
American Repub .......
Anaconda Copper.....
Barium Sttel...........
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CWvan Oil.............
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Canada So Qil *##*#*#*•**#*# 10
ChiCorp ...............
Chrysler Corp..........
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Du Pont Chem .........
.... 95%
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Fairchild Eng ..........
World News Briefs (ft* flwtiwn a
lit
By United Pres*
arsTIN—The House of Representative* schedules Its first Frida}’
team plans to meet with the governor to determine his stand
compromise teacher pay-raise plan.
m . n j .... sneak out of thbir Manchurian sanctuary
SEOUL—Sixteen Red ™ k offered *100,000 to the flrit
for the first time sipce Gen. Mark uarx onerea
pilot to deliver a MIG-15 to the Allies.
HANO Indo-Ohlna—American civUlan pilots, flying ths latest
m^U.R cargo planes, begin ..^hutlng emergency supplies to
the main French Union defenses of invaded Laos.
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LAS VEGAS-One of the most powerful atomic hombi ever exploded _justice was 'at „ 'j Mjl
in the United States is ict off a half mile above an elaborate array of 4U_ x .m0ass* k*. I
targets at the Frenchman Flat proving ground.
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Friday while the town's''^ ^1
Roland C. Webb, tried *to'EM
how he could try himSeO?i
was arrested in a bar
and charged with bein
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WASHINGTON—Democrats and Republicans clash over whether
President Elsenhower’s *2.3 billion cut in the defense budget would
undermine the nation’s security.
Bratton Mates Renewed
Bid For Title Fight •
There’s Always The Weather
SOUTH BEND, Ind.—UP—John
J. Powers, South Bend Tribune re- (
porter, spent four hours trying to (
Mmrfuw ton — MdU urn u at, m..t a, m tin,. »• .BfjSjSS
CLEVELAND. Ohio. fcV-OP
-Matchmaker Larry Atkins r<s yQnd the pr8fi ,eeretary, Jameg C.
newed his efforts Friday to get Kid Hagerty. “It was ju*t as well,”
Gavilan to put up his welterweight powers said “I never did figure <
championship in a bout here later out what to ask the man,
this year agains| Johnny Bratton of were connected.”
Chicago.
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broil appearing In a Juggling act in New York. Nine-month-old Chris- niSt to Tain a unani-
tian Jaequea waa bon in Franc* during Pi*ro’* ahience. Ths baby1* mous decision. an<j to strengthen
mother ia a danear. (International; hjs bid f0r a third bout with Gavi-
lan and also for a crack at the
title. In previous fights Gavilan
Tiger* Take To Road Double WWtUera nra owm^ai^late ^as^abk"^
DETROIT. May $—UP—Freddie EVERETT. Mass, (IB—Twins run in gain only a draw in the return go.
Hutchlnaoo loaded his lowly Detroit the Whittier family. Both Massa- Bratton, two pounds lighter titan
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 288, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1953, newspaper, May 8, 1953; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1041567/m1/2/?q=technical+manual: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.