The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 109, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 27, 1970 Page: 1 of 30
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The Baytown Sun Invite*
MR. AND MRS. FRANK LUNDY =
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to the Brunson Theater
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Tuesday, January 37, 1970
BAYTOWN, TEXAS. 77120
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Bridge Glasses
BAYTOWN YMCA still has
openings in bridge classes. The.
intermediate class starts at 7
pan. Tuesday, and the begin-
ners’ class at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Country Club
COUNTRY CLUB Oaks Civic
Association will meet at Goose
Creek Country Qub at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday. W. D. Hinson,
deputy superintendent of Ray-
town schools, will discuss the
new Pumphrey Elementary
School adjacent" to Country
Police Reserves
BAYTOWN POLICE reserves
will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at
city hall. All members are
urged to attend. ^
Clayton Hospitalized
AL-CLAYTON, -farmer mayor
of Baytown, is recuperating in
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
2 Renamed To School Tax Board; Vote On 3rd Split
and Norman McElvany to the
tax equalization board Monday
night but split in a 34 tie over
appointment of the third
member.
Voting by secret .ballot,
trustees cast three votes each
• -. >*-’------
for Carter H. Miller, retired
real estate' deaWR'JHFrflfflr
Edwards, Peoples State Bank
vice president. The seventh
member of the school board,
James (Slick) EUis had left the
meeting a few minutes earlier,
excusing himself because of
illmws in his family. "
Miller’s name had been „ they voted for Edwards
subanitiiltatlia tantliqriiu because ^ef the possible
Assessor - Collector Hobart “stigma" of a business con-
Enoch and Edwards was
nominated by Trustee Philip
Digram. The vote apparently
followed the political spilt on
the board, with Dignam and
Trustee Glenn UppmarySttMing
nection between Enoch and
Miller.
Questioned by Dignam about
the business relationship,
Enoch said he had a license as
a salesman with Miller’s firm
but that Miller had sold the
Rem _______
Board President Seth Mit-
chell said he had voted for
Miller because of his age and
retired status. He said he
believed Miller “could be a
symbol of representation of
older people In the com-
munity," but he added, "They
are both fine men."
MttcfceB said he felt the
business connection did not
present an objection “knowing
Hobart as well as I do," . '
— Uppman agreed that he did
not think the connection would
be an obstacle "but some
people would, especially where
there is a problem." ■
Mitchell suggsstedthat the
board could waif until Its next
meeting and select the third
member of the -tax panel
"when Slick gets here."
“That’s a foregone con-
clusion," Uppman said.
Mother Dies
MR. AND MRS. CLEM "
Hausmann of 304 Greenbfiar
Wft Tuesday for the funeral of -
Mrs. Hausmann’s mother
Mrs. Lola Dodson of 'Asper
mont, Tex
Yearbooks
Justice Balks At New
RESPECT FOR LAW MONTH
BAYTOWN OPUMEP" Club is planning to observe "Respect for Law" month. Dtecnssfaf Ih*
program and a proclamation.signed by Mayor Glen Walker are, left to right, Homer McBride,
Optimist Club president; Mayor Walker, Rusty Russell, chairman of the observance com-
mittee, and Glen Rosier, representing tbeDaytown Police Department. Watch for details of the
program to be carried out in February. (Sun Photo By Robby Niioni —
Rep- To Speak
by Friday are subject to resale,
Principal Mrs, Winnie Brown
says.
Ministerial Meeting
DR WALTER GREGORY
"Death,-Grief, AM The Use.
Drags To Delay Grief." All
ministers are invited to atteM.
BULLETIN
Jaycees To Name Award
Parties
Wait For
Ruling
By JOHNKLLA BOYNTON
CROSBY (Spi - Legal
ikirmisTies continued In
Houston Monday with the
Justice Department filing a list
of objections to the Crosby
School District's objections to
Federal Judge Joe Ingraham’s
order desegregating the school
district.
In the meantime Crosby
les
The Latest: FIA Now Says
Flood Insurance Coming
EekhardH
Baffled By
Surety Tiff
•»
aider the court order but
awaiting a new word from
Judge Ingraham before
making any crossover faculty
darigifcante. I
There was no Indication
when Judge Ingraham will rule
on either set of objections or on
a motion filed last week by the
One of-the highlight* of fee
banquet Friday hjjfet at fee
Tower..: '
Congressman GeoW Bush
will be the main
Tickets are available
NEW YORK (Sp) - The :Jayeee or can be
Houston Oilers, picking 14th
selected LBfle AU-American
Doug Wflkcrson, a 8-3, 340-
pound guard from North
Carotin* Central. In the pro
football draft Tuesday
fee Herbert-Hauser
Deadline for
Thursday.
The banquet climaxes a
year for Baytown Jaye
whose contributions have been
Through the life selection, many aid varied. The Jaycees
Heisman Trophy winner
? SBvr Ow*ni of OkWrnmn
had not been picked
The draft Is expected to
zamgst.
Wednesday
have sponsored the Teenage
Driving "Rwnheo- whteh
stresses the principles of safe
driving and gives youth fee
to demonstrate
.......... mi of the
Baytown- contestants; Jimmy fecumben1
Sammons, placed second in
state competition, -----------
"Die Jaycees also sponsored District 1,
junior golf tournament at the
Atascocita Country Club
OvariesT
championship
golfers r
for junior
When Hurricane Camille
the entire community to
supplies to’ storm victims.
More than 2,p00. parcels were
sent and a total of $1,700
Jaycees also hosted a
Christmas party -for needy
Baytown, Mental Health Center
Baytown Javceea struck the Gulf Coast, fee children, feted more than
L a motion filed last wees Dy me ^ ^ ^
Christinas season, too
Jaycees sponsored programs
on drug education in order to
(See JAYCEES, Page 3)
communications
a misunderstanding hut week
by city officials as to the status
of the flood
program
court to speed up the merger of
students from the scheduled
late of Sept. 1 to Feb. 1.
reassigning teachers without
their consent because teachers
are not parties to fee civil
rights suit is without merit,
ity Election Is
Set Here April 7
official assurances, fee Health,
Education and Welfare
Department's Office of Civil
JH Rights in Dallas may be
The Justice Department also reviewing a letter It sent
says that Judge Ingraham has earlier this month to the
alfeady rtrted feet the »chooJ district asking the dis-
District
^District 5,
Kloesel has'
re-election,
say
decided whether 1
Leonard St*sney,‘n*Fi, meyenu cmnumnes -^fTundarlhaLonerGwby Highfoffice
Allen. Cannon, not required to live m any
Ted Kloeeel, specific district....... (See CROSBY, Page I)
v up for election. I There are six geographic*
PRESTON PENDERGRASS
Walter Sutton, an official in
tin Federal Jnaurance Ad-
ministration’s office in
Washington, hts advised
Baytown’s application for flood
Insurance
HHHHIHHHHH HHHHHHHHBI "Application for approval
Baytown city officials that they council had passed asking for status, but doubts were ^ flood insurance program
have complied with all the flood Insurance could be resolved when Sutton assured hasbeen.framthebeginning, a
requirements for flood in-
meeting last Thursday feat he
had learned from officials in
fee Federal Insurance •Ad-
ministration office that no
record of resolutions the
found,
11 City Attorney Bill Laughlln
also told fee council at fee
the FIA “didn’t have s thing on
it,” (the city council
insurance resolutions.)
This triggered a short-lived
Mayor Glen Walker told furor as city officials bom-
A baffled Congressman Bob
Erkhardt said Monday he did
not -understaM why misun-
derstandings had occurred
of
Calls and accusations
Everybody who talked with over transmission
Washington seemed to came
away wife a different im-
pression of the flood Insurance
city officials that the insurance
communications between city
officials and Congressman Bob
Eckhardt’s office.
Federally - subsidized in-
(See FLOOD, Page 3)
£——
-----
- •
Orders Oil Harlem Case
two-step process,” Eckhardt
IMeed would be forthcoming. told ne Baytown Sun. He said
q( iko miatiH. -. - . JL • »
Though there have been no "racial-1
ilil
Harlem School. The district
had attempted to integrate fee
school this year through an
* qnhiioygtive
desegregation plan submitted trict to develop a new deseg-
by the Health Education and regatlon plan for Harlem Eic-
Welfare desegregation center rnentary School
in . Austin and ordered by the Supt , Johnny Clark told the
. court Is “legally and prsc- school board Monday night
Councilraen are elected by acceptable/’ Crosby thathe had been ln-touch with
April7,hasbeen
theeityeouncila*
date for fee 1970 city election in j voted on at-large by all voters
frhich\three council seats will | p^tidpatlng in s city election. ^ nu nber 0, ^^ desegregation plans and feat
. 1-t----llTr^riTr-r-+n-n n... - - ____being bused. fee TEA staff has in turn been
^ ® f^ge because, it said, it would In-
isney
for districts containing near equal
and!numbers of residents Each
BERTIE CARPENTER ped-
dling Girl Scout cookies
. ... Mrs. E A. Arthur
^ begins a reportihg job , Oeo
Wears gets ready for* a blR
meeting Flossie Bone
getting ready for fee Red j A committee of 14 to expedite
Stocking;Efvue again . . (completion of Spur 201 (North-
Susan liodgw sa ya sh*
afraid of Friday, the 13th si*}’ announced by the Baytown
wjU open her latest art display | chamber of Commerce
that .day | The^board of directcffs at the
Sharon Anderton and Linda hut meeting instructed Fred
Edna Oliver, who accepts feel
filing forms at her office} in cityl
hal!. There is no charge for !
tiling
... , . ^ ^ fp Uto sMtw
Spur 201 work election must satisfy i
Committee Is
Named To Push
Us reprosemed_dir<
councilman who also
at-targe all other
Mayor aM counrilmen are
for a two-year-term:
Texas law, a city’s
ivernihg body has authority
CQNTPfUED CLOUDY to Roberto Gonzalez, acting
fmrtK ctoudv aMmihi wife- rf the IMtiu^branch
requirements under state law\
must own taxable property in J
the city and must art owe the]
city delinquent taxes *
lengthen the mayor’s
ncilmen’s terms to four
! if it desires No action to
i the terms of officials
i has been taken
Weather
And Tides
“Everything up to this point
looks favorabte,” Clark told
T| trustees. "As long as we can
we ought to let the TEA handle
this. They are on our side . They
think we have a real good
program
drizzle through Wedaesday. ssid he had learned, and did
Temperature raage expected not actually write the letter to
Tuesday, tow Ms to mid-79t> which his name w#s signed
The Irtter was drafted before
MORGAN’S POINT tides for he took the position, Clark »oid. A
Wednesday: High, at l:tt Gonzalez’ letter said
am. and 5:35 pm; tows at
S;55 a m. aM *:49 p.m.
district’s desegregation plan
had pot resulted in fee toss of1
Pledge Of
Allegiance
Next Target?
progress program and some 60
white students- rnore than the
district had , expected or
.promised HEW--enrolled in
the school. Since school
opened, other parents have -------- ------
inquired about seMing their forwarded .by. the Dallas office
children to the school next of the U.S, Corps of Engineers
HEW letter, stating the district
did not understand HEW’S
"about face” on the agreement
Sutton of the FIA and
nrinctafis^rfee city’s 3“neither said he had talked
reality nor sobriety of
thought;"
atteM the 43 academic high
State law requires feat the
pledge be recited In each
classroom each school
Ellisor Home To\Be Razed
the right to refuse to recite
fee pledge
NEW YORK (AP)
School
ittoh Itoi
principals of the city’s 13
academic high schools to
discontinue use of the Pledge
of afleglsnce etch school
day-
in A letter mailed to
principals Monday, the
association’s executive
board said fee confused legal
status of the mandatory
pledge made it difficult to
conduct fee dally ceremony,
About 248,446 students 8:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at
on March 20 and April 3, the .
council passed a resolution
the requirements of
fee first step - Indicating an
Interest and willingness to take
action to participate in the
program,
Hhi second step — a com-
mitment to take action, which
tides a promise to enact
local legislation no later than
31,1971, creating land use
and management controls for
fee affected areas - could not
be taken until after completion
study This ^
a .passed by.....
the city council Thursday
night, he said.
The rate-making study —
actually a survey fit elevations
in the affected area — has now
been completed, has been
and is now being studied by the
Clark has since replied to the FloofT Insurance Ad-
ministration in Washington,
Eckhardt said.
Eckhardt said he had talked
earlier Monday wife Walter-
of the FIA and Sutton
with
Baytown Atty. Bill Laughlln
(See SURETY, Page 2)
REL Parents Night
Scheduled Monday
Parents Night will be held at From other department areas
Robert E Lee High School
The theme will be “Robert E [ (Duplays will be set up
Iax in Action- Now Learning
for Tomorrow,” Opening
exercises in the auditorium
will feature the band, choir and
students from the speech aM
drama department!
Students Will be at many
esses. Several will be
promise tasty
desserts for fee annual Police
—Wives chili
r. . -Florence O’Connell
Hartman, highway committee
chairman, to recruit- this!
meet: with
state highway .(rfficials. in « _
Baytown Landmark To Breathe Its Last
departments they want to visit
There will be no schedules to
follow.
The Commons aM Cafeteria
will be the hub of activity.
commenting ^n-the busv Ufe tn «p»«i >h» finish nf ton By BETSY WEBBER on one of his
fee’s leading now aM how she
stays so perky through it all
. Maudie Pack distributing
Information for the secretaries
Mike Stewart Being
project.
The groqp will meet at 3 p.m
next Monday at the chamber of
csnoMtce office to diacuss the
project and what steps on be
landmark* the Day
into
helpful .. . Betty Laughlin uken
nrnrtjng Hnrifop TfrieMf *" WmAap of^tbe committee fire hazard.
Another naytow
will soon disappear
history.
The old Ellisor home on
Kilgore' RoM is to be razM
The porch
across the front
original bouse
Ellisor family of
within the next few days as> children tived. Later
porch was converted i
i through.. He brought his bride there
and "raised his daughter
extended
Baytown for a dance coBccrt, ve Dr. bee TjjggaBT J4Bb ; Theheuaewaatiwihjahaidjaft jporn^and
side of the teach school in Chambers
County. She aMherdaughter.
Mrs. Frank Billiptt, are now
living in Hondo.
Ruck Ellisor used to recall
r 1
* BANKING’S HHE ^
' IN THE WINTERTIME
Baytown State laek
Member F fiXC
Seligman, hjrs. Mary F
Huiigins, T R.. Kemplay,
Mayor- Glen Walker, Harry F. mostly
Hall Alien Rice ~
years ago when the Wboded lot
was bald prairi;, Large trees,
' ' %
------, r biglwry; jRUt,:
surrounding the house were
old-time family frieM.
R. P. (Ruck j Ellisor’s i
bait the house back in the <
Jack Jaootia; J D: GMitings: pianted,.after if was built...______days;Ruck was born there aM
Thro Wilburn, Albert Fanestiel It is ;ranared that Sam Dved there until he died at"age
aid Grover K. Edge
It u nimored that Sam
Houston opce slept op the porch 80 in 1962.
Kathryn. Mrs. Ellisor used to
a long pine pole to propel the Ellisor was a man who
ship'Tiiitil a fresh breeze cherished ■ his privacy and
stored. -- “—planted the hedge
Ellfsor worked as a hoisting The hedge is gone now
engineer in the rigging The late Leslie D. Wilburn
department at Humble from purchased the five-sere
1919 to 1947 when be retired on property in 1917 from Mrs
,——-——I. —the early days when he worked boat building kept him busy
W. L. nfrey of 219 Elt2>hx an as raatieeon hiatother.'s
masted schooner hauling
merchandise, brick'and farm
Sducta across Galveston
■■Ullf ' Bayou as far
: Tfctatisn. When the wmd
his 56th birthday. Hia bobby of
feey had to revert to I Kilgore Road side of the 1
student escorts will take guests
to nearby classrooms where
Each department is making
its own plans, but the object in
each case is to give patrons an
opportunity to see sane of fee
best materials aM procedures
used in day-today teaching
The Department of Mathe-
stations, serving sis hosts aM matics, for example, will
present a display to explain
to take guests to fee «)•• progresswrt from Algebra
I to calculus.
The English Department will
provide a roan of displays fa-
each grade level — bulletin
boards, supplementary texts.
ch department will have a filmstrip* and recordings,
ainly marked area, an^ .overhead projections. In sd-
chers will be tii these area^fdition, two rooms will be sat
(See Picture On Page 2)
talk - about
courses, policies and pro-
lures.
In some of feeM areas
students will explain certain
displays aM demonstrations.
two- uoHl hu death. He built Etiuor Mrs Wilburn said
iling |^ei^i^ up to73W6er ®5tii|5^ are iK5‘tranie(liate plans tyg StTYiCC UUFM
romn miitfrt fee /teual/iriind thm IMWl^rtV 7".
cruisers. for developing fee property,
You may have missed this bid that her Son, Lewis, will
Md landmark because of a develop it some time in fet
thickiiedge planted acro*s fee future as s site for apartments
toad side of the SaaeWWTrPubdivMam-—------
People* State Bank
SUntar F.O.l.C. ...
aside far five-minute views of s
new type of teaching film for
literature aM a non-verbal
film which may be shown as
an art form itself aM as moti-
vation for writing.
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 109, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 27, 1970, newspaper, January 27, 1970; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1061606/m1/1/?q=1966+yearbook+north+texas+state+university: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.