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VOL 44, NO. 213
BAYTOWN, TEXAS. 77520
Monday, April 3,1447
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 5124302
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DAN SAVELI.
Mayor Omdtdato
RAYMOND DONNELLY
■'■I Mayor Candidate
CHARLES CMHOLTZ
Dtotrict |
GLEN WALKER
District S
4*i -.f
ROY WILLIAMS
District I
MAYOR, COUNCIL ELECTION TUESDAY
Runoff Likely In
Hot Mayor's Race
Baytown voter! will SO to the
polls Tuesday to choose a may-
and three members of the
city council from a field of 10
candidates.
Marksmen Course
A BOY SCOUT Marksmanship
Course at First Baptist Church
will be held at 4:45 p.m. Tuesl
day. This is the second sessinn
necessary for the marksmanship
merit badge.
Revival Speaker
CENTRAL BAPTIST Church
will hold a revival service at 7 ble.
Niece Dies
MRS, GORDY' McMaster, a res-
I Went of Cleveland and the nelce
of Mrs. Maggie S. Smith of 101
W Sterling died Sunday in e
Houston hospital. Funeral ser
vices will be at 2 p.m, Tuesday
at the Humble, Tex., Funeral
Home with burial at the Rose-
wood Park Cemetery near Hum-
p.m, Monday. Evangelist Char-
les Massagee will speak, and
Jerry Spencer will direct the
singing.' A
Open House
THE GLEN WALKERS or 226
BAYTOWN RELAYS' QUEEN AND HER COURT
ADENMOIHERS- training
Kackberry will have open house
beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday to
watch eectkm return -to
city council - mayor race. Wal-
night Runners up Included (left to right) Toy Anderson and
presented trophies and medals to track winners during the
Peggy Tlenun, both of Sterling; and Beverly Calhoun and Alice
Training Session
BRSfgggasaa^g m *«e~
For the most part, campaign-
ing for .the council seat* has
been mild with only statements
asking voters’ support Issued by
the seven candidates,
11 However, if has been a dif-
ferent story in the three-way
mayoral contest during the past
few days. Incumbent Mayor Sea-
born Cravey has come under at-
tack by the challengers, Ray-
mond Donnelly and Dan Saveli.
| A runoff in the mayor's race
appears likely.
11 Donnelly and Saveli have at-
tacked. Mayof Cravdy for the
way the city's ambulance serv-
-The Garth Road Extension
was approved by the voters in
the 1965 capita] Improvement
bond issue and funds to com-
plete the project wen ear-
marked by the voters
The polls will open at 7 a.m.
and close at 7 p.m. Persons hav-
ing a valid voter registration
certificate, or exemption certifi-
cate, Will be eligible to vote.
Election Judges will take the
returns to city hall shortly after
the polls -close for tabulation
and recording. The return* will
remain unofficial until can-
vassed by the city council.
The results of the election
should be known by 8 p.m.- or
shortly afterward. The.Baytown
Sun switchboard will be open
Monday in the Fellowship Hall
of Trinity Episcopal Church
Anyone Interested in cubbing is
invited to attend.
Bridge Lessons
the affair.
Historical Society
BAY AREA Historical Society
will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
at the Baytown Chamber of
THERE IS still time to register £Sg' Any0"* ^
for the bridge classes held on” M mvllea’
Tuesdays at the ymca, 201 wye Hairdressers Meet •
Drive. Regtstration will be held BAYTOWN Hairdressers Assoc!
from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 amn|at,on ^ meet at 7:30 p.m,
and 7 to « p.m Tuesday .The Tuesday at juanita.g
T$ phone number Is 583-1797. shop, 809 Bolster. There will be
hairdressing workshop. All
-,
Weather And Tides
PARTLY CLOUDY and con
tinued warm through Tuesday
Is the weather forecast for the
Baytown area. Temperature
range expected Monday, 6S-35
degrees. Sunday’s range was
6S-8S.
AROUND
BARRY AND USA Butrick
make a good brother-sister act
on a swing . . Ralph Kuna
delivers a belated heart fund
check . . . Larry Hale checks
on a subscription that's to
delivered . . . Garrett Herring
getting his fill of baseball during
the weekend.
Jan Wristers helps a friend
out With a delivery .The Rev.
Charles Tekyl does a little plnch-
hltting , . , Jim Sheley Indis-
posed with a stomach upsest
... Olen Erwin all set for the
realtors’ membership drive ■
Mrs. Thad Johnson looking pret-
ty in pink al ,h, YMCA open *d
house . ; . Ozelle Holt giving •
professional looking haircut .
Paul Witt offering to fix a flat
about the chicken-pox.
0. R, Perkins gets called out
of‘a meeting . . . Leon Brown
Harold O. Bomhoff gets a gram-
mar punctuation question set-
tled . . . Lucille Jackson de-
lights a friend With seme straw-
enjoy the Sunday Astro ball-
game.
Mary Sue Hester uses the
family car on election day . . ,
Patsy Barnett takes a look at
’•bridge" at a prospective stu-
dent.
Mrs. E. H; Davis, who under-
went surgery in a Houston ho*:
• pltal recently, is back at home
■ at 806 Maplewood
-Jala the parade to the 4th
Annual White Sale At
THAD rCLTON
••NCI I
beauticians are invited and
models.
should bring their own i
Gordon Tour
DIRT GARDENERS 1
Horticulture
Club will meet at 9:15 a.m. Wed-
nesday at Mrs. A. N. Nelson’s
home, 1604 Market. They will
tour the Conservatory of The
Gardens in Houston. Members ly was 2,318.
should bring picnic lunches
Ellis, Peterson New Trustees
re-election to his District 8 coun-
-dl-seat to become Tneandtdatr
By JOHNELLA BOYNTON
James (Slick) Ellis, 41-year-
old insurance underwriter, and
Troy Peterson, 53, supervisor ot
safety and training at Humble
Oil and Refining Co.’s Baytown
|Refinery, are new members of
the school board,
The two were elected Saturday
by voters of the district In the
lightest school election balloting year ago Neither Hill nor
since 1963.
Some 5,177 voters went to the
polls.
Peterson led tee ballot, receiv-
ing 2,802 votes for foe Position
4, post and leading'his oppon-
ent, Champ Crawford, 57, by al-
most 5(1) ballots. Crawford’s tal-
Joe. Speck Explains City
Ambulance Service Issue
that 3. Hlls garnered 2,642 Ing of foe school board this i pass on teacher recommends
votes, leading his opponent, Don —r“- -A.- ’
Wynnemer^ 38, by 133 votes.
w. - .... «a*. ...... night to canvass (school board committees
Wynnemerreeeived 2,5» votes.
Ellis will replace Boyd Hill on
the school board. Peterson will
fill the post now held by Till-
man O’Brien, who was appointed
to foe board after the death of
Karl Opryshek more than
O’Brien sought election this
year.
The election marked foe lat-
est swing in a see-saw contest
over the past several years be-
tween supporters and critics of
foe school administration.
Peterson carried eight of the
13 voting boxes In the election.
The'race was closer in Post-' Cra''*ord oarrie(I «ve. ■
Hi||a Hto Ellis led In six boxes. Wynne-
month on April 10. In the mean-1 tlons for foe coming year and 4nd has blasted foe mayor and
dme, the school board will meet, to hear reports from
some
laaaeiNCT* votino placis
Absentee Votes Cast
12 Alamo ■
13 Burnet 102
63-96 Highlands Elem. I02
99 Felton’s '286
(EDITOR'S
Speck, owner of EarUiman
Funeral Home, issued this
statement Monday regarding
the ambulance service dispute
fat Baytown.)
In foe past few days a num-
ber of Baytown citizens liave re-
quested that a bite picture
the ambulance situation In Bay- ■
be town be made to foe public by
our funeral home.
This is a very important and
vital service. We must have this
service tor foe safety, and wel-
fare of our community, Very
few people realize the tremen-
dous cost involved In the opera-
tion, of ambulance service.
The danger Involved, and foe
many lives that are saved
On Jan. 1, 1967, we were toro-
id discontinue ambulance
service In Baytown due to foe
tremendous loss. In 1966 our
company lost $18,260. Of this,
7j2p0 was for unpaid calls. It
was impossible to operate am-
bulances in 1967, due to changes
in federal wage and hour laws.
NOTEJ o « ) present time due to foe demands
r! the armed services. Over 70
per cent of the funeral homes in
Texas have discontinued this
service and foe remainder will
cease to operate as soon as other
services,can be arranged,
X feel the public has been ill-
ambulance drivers
of three dabs
realize ill foe facts that are in-
volved in foe operation of an
ambulance service. .
The ambulance committee of
Andy Braswell, Raymond Don-
nelly, Fritz Lanhara and George
Chandler, should be commended
for foe fine work and time that
has been spent in trying to solve
this situation. A few mistakes
hay* been made, but if given
time they can work this prote
mer led in seven boxes,
Both Peterson and Ellis
ceived major ities In absentee
voting. Of the 69 baUots cast ab-
sentee (four were received in
foe mail after voting closed
Tuesday, but were postmarked
before the deadline) Ellis re-
ceived 44 votes, and Peterson
received 43.
EUis and Peterson led in five
of. the 13 boxes, Voting Precincts
12, M0, 101, 99 and 249. Wynne-
Mte and CrawforfoSMuriedfour
of the voting plaees. Precinct 96ju
(where -part of Box 63 also
voted), 103, 248 and 250.
Wynnemer and Peterson were
favored over Ellis and Crawford
in three of the 13 boxes, Pre-
cincts 13. 149 and 165. Precinet
165 was the home box of both
Wynnemer and Peterson^^H
The total 5,177 votes cast in
100
101
102
103
149
165
248
249
290 .
TOTALS
Ashbel Smith 308
Fire;
■men’s Hall 198
• Baytown Junior 70
IHli Wymwmw Crawford
44 25 25
202 205
234 199
144 139
164 152
180 176
151 156
68
140
Austin School 105
San Jacinto 208 236
Lakewood 321 398
Carver 10 102
James Bowie 467 312
McNair 8 153
43
320
224
109
299
308
188
65
108
195 249
305 410
13
463
3
72
133
98
308
2642 2509 2318 2802
Trustees Xfo'' Mitchelt S
Parkinson and Sam Alford were
elected in 1965 in a hotly-con-
tested election that drew over 8,-
000 votes in a' first eiectioit rmd
in a run-off election. Trustees
ui n meeting . „ . jla-uu Drown fn auu nuur mws. vi uus v'miuimee uui n is .ape Eob Wahrmund and Mrs. Kari
spends half of Saturday morning In order to continue, it would to a misunderstanding of foe W. Opryshek (daughter-in-law
"paying back a favor.” Rev. have been necessary to employ facts and coet of foe operation Of foe late
tnced in past years by foe two
funeral homes in Baytown.
This committee nebds the full
cooperation of foe entire city
and the many industries. A few
people havie been very critical
ot this committee but 4 is foie
in other cities that has experien-
ced the same conditions we
have.
The present operator, Belfort
^AMMJMNCIl Pa*. t)
cast in the election of 1963. In
lem out and give the community 1964. Wll and Opryshek were
the type of service it has expert W*W, In " ------* * “
'Spring Cleaning' Week
In Baytown On Calendar
TP* time for Baytown’s annual "This won’t be regular trash,
"spring cleaning," according to
lhe City Fathers.
This coming week hits been
declared Clean-up, Palnt-up, Fix-
P Week, bg Mayor "Seaborn ter, cans, old furniture, and old
Cravey. The city’s Beautification ....... '
Committee headed by Al John-
son la in full swing spotlighting
such as limb cuttings and leaves
nor will it be for regular gar-
bage .. . This is for Old tires,
old water heaters, garage clut-
«r;cans, old furr - ............ ’•
rags.” Adcox said,
He said residents should have
pretty yards and pushing the
planting of watermelon red
crape myrtle, the city's .official
flower, i i
Floyd Adcox, operations super-
intendent for the city, said his
’pickups two days-
’ and Saturday,
-Wed-
said. He said his men Will aiso
Roger since 4,492 votes were junk ptekuoa two dava _ w«i. ourb jj necessary, but added he
hopes almost everyone will be
able to have it at the curb.
"We may be swamped with
calls," he added.
The city dump, located on Fer-
ry Road at the old Cedar Bayou
Brick Yards, is open from 7 a.m
Trustee Opryshek)
were chosen in 1966 in an elec-
tion that drew 6,543 votes.
junk1
nesday arid
The mayor said all Baytonlans
are encouraged to take a critical
view of their homes and busi-
nesses, then take advantage of
the city’s special haul-away days
to -get rid of foe clutter.
Adcox said his office, in addi-
tion to the regular trash and
garbage pick-ups, will make spe-
cial junk pickups on Wednes-
day and Saturday an request.
Homeowners are asked to tele-
Peterson and Ellis will take
office at the first regular meet-
foe retunu ot
day for those who can Haul
their own junk or debria.
Johnson *aid, "we hope every-
one will riot only clean up, but
phone hi* department, 582-4051 «■»** thelr yards
beginning Tuesday to specify
which (Jay.they will need the
CRy Manager Fritz Lanham
said the c#y will “haul away
anyfotagtwirtneircairfoffc*’-----
for mayor, is a member of foe
council’s Ambulance Service Stu-
dy Committee,.?
Saveli has also used foe am-
bulance problem as an issue
ing to charges made by one
his opponents, Raymond Donnel-
ly, in Tuesday’s city election, Is-
sued this statement Monday
_ _____|_____________P Last Wednesday a man called
ice problem has been handled, to give election results. me from Houston, saying that
Donnelly, who did not seek Here la the ballot in Tuesday’s he was te the ambulance busi-
C dWflBBt MM
MAYOR
city council In paid political ad-'
vertisementg on other issues
Including foe Garth Road Ex-
tension, which he has described
as a road "leading from no-
where to nowhere."
Board President
Leads Field In
Bartend Vote
bMON^ELVIEU (Sp)—School
fed a field of 12 candidates in
the Barbery Hill school trustee
elections Saturday.
Gotten polled 187 votes ;Rich-
ard Johnson got 171 and Joe
Blythe received 130 votes to
take fog three positions open on
foe. board. Incumbent Johnnv
Zlomke had 127 votes, but, failed
to; regain his seat on foe board.
Other candidates and their to-
tals were Jack Fikes, 122; [Ver-
non Lawrence, 84; Norris Thom-
as Jr., 82; Frank McCune. 5;
Claude Hamilton, 72; V. B. Fish-
! efc, ©dPhtesf-Beh
and Ralph Camp, 21. • "
A total of 435 votes were. cast.
In country school trustee elec-
foe junk placed next to foe curb. T toccumbente C. T. Jo
“We would also appreciate it. If ?eph Jr' and Joe Ezer w«re un-
foe small items were placed’ In dosePt* ** ^ Precinct
boxes or some sort of containers - toustee and Ezer te trustee-at-
to make the pick-up faster,” he
large. There were 25 votes cast
in this election.
Speck Jury
Is Sworn I
Seaborn Cravey
Rayiwwd T. Donnelly
DISTRICT no. 1
. Roy K. Williams
Glen Walker
C, L. (Oiuck) Umholtx
DISTRICT NO. I
PWHp T, Etchelberger Jr.,
MD
Don M. (Donnie) Rulliun
DISTRICT NO. I
Larnar Kelley
' Tommie Jonea
Mayor Replies To
Criticisms By
Raymond Donnelly
Mayor Seaborn Cravey, reply-
x>e of
ness there and would like-to dis-
uss a plan he had for opei adng
ambulance service here.
He told me that he could otter
us "first-class" service without
a nnhnidv nn,l 4Hn4 ho Kari ori...
subsidy and that he had ade-
late financial
VOTINO LOCATIONS
Precinct It, Alamo School,
#. W. Heyet, election judfe.
Precinct 13, SfelMMi,
Irving St John.
Precinct 98, Thad Felton
Ford Agency, Jaok G. Hester.
Preelnet too, Aahbel Smith
School, Wi O. Tidmon.
Precinct id, Volunteer Ftn-
men’t Hall, Q. E. Dabney.
Preelnet 102, Baytown Jnil-
ior School, Andy Contreras.
Precinet lot, Stephen F.
Tompkins*1100*’ Hn’ CUude
Preelnet W, Trnvto School,
J. Rodger Read.
quate financial backing.!
I told him I was sure every
member of the city council
would like to hear Ws proposal
as soon a possible. We tenta-
tively agreed that he was to
meet with foe council at 5:30
Friday. I contacted Councilman
Andy Braswell, chairman of foe
council’s Ambulance Committee,
and on Thursday night I asked
foe council to meet to hear the
proposal as agreed. •
On Friday two men from "Su-
perior" Ambulance Co. met with
the council. The spokesman, Al-
len Cole, stated that they could
operate here without a subsidy
‘in two or three years."
This proposal was no better
than our present arrangement
with Belfort Ambulance Co. It
was a disappointment but I feel
the council must listen to any
proposals which is offered.
Another ambulance opeiator
has called Councilman Braswell
recently and will ask to be
heard by the council. I feel sure
that we will want to hear him.
I hope he will be able to offer
a practical solution.
Di the Mj^ijdme,. we' must ;
continue our study of the prob-
lem to decide on the best aotuse --
of action.
First Negro Is Elected
To Crosby School Board
The first Negro ever to run
for a seat on the Crosby School
Board of Trustees, Wilbert Ea-
gieton, 27„ was elected Saturday
voting that also returned
PEORIA, m. (AP)-A jury
of aeve* men, and five WMnea
was swore today tor the-trisl
to 5 p.m. Monday through Saw- Rk^ard Speck on charges
“ J “ morderUg eight student
The seating of the jurqrt, nt
foe start of the seventh week
of the proceedings, cleared the
way for opening statements
and the taking of testimony.
lhfocumt*nt Floyd Remkes.
board members for 18 years, and
Knute Blomstiom, oppenents
Collins, 47; -Position -4, Eagel-
ton, 447, Remkes, 288, and
Biomstrom, 122.
The board will meet at 7 p.m.
Monday in the superintendent’s
James Ewill, board president, to qffiee to make foe official can-
vass of the'
Afterward, the meeting will
adjourn to the cafeteria where
foe bOard will present the re-
for the Position 4 won by Eagle- suits of a survey for the needs of
ton, garnered a total of 402 votes the Crosby School District for
together while Eagleton copped foe next 10 years. About 50 "In-
togetber while Eagie|on copped foe next 10 years. About 50 "in-
a total of 447 votes. terested individuals" have been
a Barrett Station hearing, Supt. O. R. Perkins
contractor and apart- said-
Eagleton,
bullfing con
..—
East Harris Poverty Program Make Up Changed
A re - organisation plan for
the federal governments war
against poverty in the East Har-
Ooiinty area has been ap-|
proved by foe Houston - Harris
County Economic Opportunity
Organizations, board of dlrectort-
The new plan will place Bay-
town and La Porte In foe same
area and leaves the organiza-
tional future gt the Barrett Sta-
tion and McNair operation stii,
undetermined.
The Baytown - La Porte area
will ba known as Area 7. Area
man of foe board, said that un-
der the reorganization plan, Bay-
“ Will be treat-
town and La Porte
ed at * major metropolitan
area rather than as a part of
an area which Includes smaller
7 has previously consisted of communities which do not have
Baytown, Highlands, Crosby,
Barrett Station and McNair,
similar problem*,
"We feel that these new bound-
William V, Ballew Jr., chair- arles will make It possible to
provide better services for Bay-
town and La Porte," Ballew
wK'
La Porte have been under
considerable criticism by citizens
of both communities. The La
Porte office was picketed in re
cent weeks by citizens unhappy
with its work- Many Baytowr.
citizens have claimed that EOO gram’s offices in McNair and
work was being Inefficiently con-
ducted here, and Woodfow Lew-
is of Oak Addition boycotted an
EOO election and refused to
serve as an election judge in
protest.
A spokesman at the EOO head-
quarters In Houston said that
operation of the poverty pro •
Barrett Station will continue, but
how they will be organized is to
be deefcSd later . i .
The proposed changes will not
take effect ton
immediately. It to
not dear yet how foe change-.
nents In
may affect staff assignments
this area. Earl Cromwell is foe
(Sc, POVERTY, Page I)
ment owner, was the runaway
winnerispPrecinct 251 in Barrett
Station with 385 (votes. He re-
ceived 62 votes in thi Precinct
97 balloting hr Crosby.
Ewell got a total of 403 votes
BH To Break Ground
htM
CoMlhs got 307 and 47 respective- plant at Mont Belvieu are slated
ly. -" ■HR
A total of 458 votes were cast
in Precinct 97. Voting for Posi-
tion 3 was Ewell, 238 |
nett, 186; and Cbllins, 186. For
Position 4, voting was Eagleton,
62; Remkes, 275; and Biom-
strom, 121.
Total votes cast In Precinct
251 was 392. In position J Ewell
received 165; Bennett, 121, and
Collins, a For Position 4, Eagfo.
ton received 385; ;Remkes, 5;
arid Biomstrom, 1.
The final totals were, Position
at,5 p m .Tuesday at the site of
foe new coostnictfoa.
Sup*- J.
O. H«wn said the pub-
lic is invited to the aflair. The
site can be reached from Inter*-'
state 10 turning onto a new road
near a P G. Btll Construction
Co, sign, which leads to Farm
tjto Market Road 565.
Among those at the cere-
monies will be the Barbers Hill
School Board of trustees, Johnny
Joiner of the architectural firm
of Dewsey. Joiner, Coburn and
King, and repersentatives from
3, Ewell, 403, Bennett, 307, and foe construction firm-
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