The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 175, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 25, 1986 Page: 4 of 32
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Librarian prim, precise
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he caused b-
from two yea
for. She ordered them deleted from test
papers and eventually learned students were
kidding her about the hated decimal system. "*
Although she wore no makeup, D.D.S.S.
was not unattractive. We tried to visualize
how she.would look with makeup and curls
cascading over her shoulders. A shorter
dress and smart patent leather pumps would
also have contributed to making a new .
woman of her.
But, alas, that was not to be. After being at
dear old MCHS for a while, Marthena, as
faculty and friends called her, did make
room in her lifestyle for dates with French
teacher Richard
Ralph Shelton, but only at well-chaperoned
school functions and parties.
It was obvious Ms. Stovall never intended
to relinquish her lifestyle. She Was married
to the Dewey System and knew it better.than
ol’Dewey himself . ’
By PRESTON PENDERGRASS
to the school superintendent and the presi-
Years before a computer was invented that dent of the State Board of Education,
could almost take the place of a high school
librarian, we suffered through Marthena reported directly to state officials, which
didn't increase her popularity among
She was everything her name implied - teachers or students. The principal grumbl-
prim. precise, picayunish, picky, persistent, ed to no avail.
The sight of a miniskirt would have proved
her undoing. She wore her reddish brown
hair in a bun anchored to the back of her
Reports probe
education crisis
Ms. Stovall never let anyone forget she
Stovall
Every high school student was required to
take a library science course taught by Ms.
Stovall. It was designed to teach students
how to use the library. One of the first things
Marthena was a made-to-order librarian, we learned was the Dewey Decimal System.
Before our school board decided to hire her, If you learned it you could find any book or
the library was kept by language teachers other publication in the library in record
and their brightest students. time.
There was something about a new state It was through teaching this course that
Teachers for the 21st Century’ warns of a “coming law or State Board of Education ruling re- Ms. Stovall became D.D.S. StovalKShe was
crisis in teaching” and sees recent efforts to improve quiring'county school boards to hire high not at all amused,when students started put-
elementary and secondary education, such as increas- school librarians who would be partially paid ting D.D.S.S. on'ttie back of test papers under
•by the .state. They were the only, faculty their name. What irked.her mgre was that no
members required to submit reports directly student would tell her what the initials stood
Two reports on education made public in the past few head bv celluloid hairpins
days signal continued national interest in improving in
many and varied ways methods used to educate young
Americans.
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One of the reports entitled “A Nation Prepared:
, ing high school graduation requirements, as wasted if
the nation fails to improve the quality of teaching.
This study was prepared by the jC^rnegie Forym on
Education and the Economy, a group of education and
government leaders formed by the Carnegie Corp. of
New York.
Wanda Orton •
War memorial
beautiful reality
IF I ONLY
HAP A HEART.
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It says, the coming crisis in teaching requires-sweep-
ing changes in the way teachers are trained, licenses
and deployed in the public school system. It also calls
for abolition of the undergraduate education degree,
creation of a national board to certify teachers, revamp-
ing the teaching force to create a position of “teacher”
and increasing teacher pay. .
The report further notes that 1.3 million new teachers
will be needed by 1992, and if the teacher shortage is
handled as in the past, districts will fill vacancies by
lowering hiring standards. As a result, the country will
have*o use extreme measures to find teachers.
The other report, prepared by the 25-member Na-
tional Task Force on Education Technology, appointed
by former Education Secretary Terrell Bell, calls for
use of computers and other high-technology learning
devices tp accomplish radical changes in the national
education system.
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When theKiwanis Club of (lay- --by ‘Rountree, director of parks
and recreation.
;‘There's been a problem keep- -
on San Jacinto Day. mv. former ingjf iit. '.he said. “Vandals
boss. Jim Finley, Asked me l«;- have damaged it . . It’s so low
reprint the column'I wrote two on the ground, it's easily put . .
years ago about war m’emorials.
I’m a little late in responding
to the request, but this Memorial
Day weekend may be a better-
late-thpn-ever time to recycle
•those"words from M ay ’84.
The only thing I’m leaving out
is the part where I had listed hazard,” he explained, because
names of Robert E. Lee-siudents many youngsters are around,
killed in World War II. Thanks to going in and out of the nearby
the Kiwanis Club and especially. Community Building.
Jim Finley', we how have a Vandalism also has hampered
memorial listing men ki 1 led not - - operation oft he foundation in the
only in World War TI but also in Memorial Plaza near the Com
Korea and Vietnam-. -
If you Rave not seen the war ’.
memorial at Bicentennial P^uT, . Eternal Flame. I"drove over to
you must. It’s beautiful * Memorial Stadium. It was late in
Jim likes to give The Sun the the afternoon and the tall
credit for the idea, but it takes cyclone fence around the sta-
dium was locked at every gate,
with barbed-wire strung across
the top of the entire enclosure.
Apparently, vandalism has been "
a problem there, too, _
The next morning I gained ac-
cess to the-.stadium through the '
school athletic office.
The,inscription at the flagpole
monument says:
l.X- ME MO Kl AM to honor
those vnliant young men \ylio "
gn ve themselves in service and
sacrifice for Clod‘and Country.
Robert hi Lee Roll of Honor:
Names of former REL
students killed'in World War 11
are listed. . .
We must not forget these men
these and the others who have
dipd in all wars fighting for the
United States of America.
It’s a shame the stadium’s
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thy and note',-.
P. Thompson,
from Hit ap|
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eluded that i
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they think that
man' would'!
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Now that 1 li;
ed and arena
Ins office ovei
and the redbr
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town dedicated the war
memorial at Bicentennial Park
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if
out. ”
Referring to the inscription, on
th6 granite block, Bobby added,
“1 think the thought is the im'por
taut thing,more than the fact the
flame is not there.”
And the flame js a “kind o£
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Make sure aid goes
where it is needed
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munity Building, Bobby said.
After looking at the flameless
Jim K^le
Monks' vows of
silence good idea
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The Polish Communist government is filled with *
. righteous indignation because tije U.S. Senate“passed a
resolution stipulating that a shipfrient of powdered milk
to Poland be routed through church and other charitable
T groups to assure distribution without regard to political
considerations.
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mere, than words to get
something -done*, The credit
should go to Jim, his club col
, leagues and to Sgt. Ernie Bond,
who helped the club wilts the list
‘of names.
OK. Jim. Here’s mv column,
May 28.1984:
II l ever get the staff cleaned ■ *. And -»thaf -silence -vow. How
off the top of my-^esk it’s going nice it would, be to come .to work
to be an occasion for some sort of and no bosses ordering me
alifflecefebratton. around. I can live with dirty
looks and a fist shook at me once
» The Senate deserves praise for foresight. It’s about
time precautions vverd taken to make certain U.S.
foreign aid reaches the people who need it instead of be-
........,... . ... . _ . , There’s no telling what I’d find
ing expropriated by pohticans, whether in Communist if i went through it. To combine in awhile, but I don’t, like bad
what is on my desk with what is mouthing,
in my garage and attic al home
Making the- rounds
memorials to veterans in the ci-
< ty'last week, 4 visited brtfle Art
ington at Cedarcrest■ Cemetery,
the Eternal Ffame near City
Hall, the flagpole monument al
Memorial Stadium and a
marker in front ofjh.e fire sta-
tion on South Main.
of
or democratic countries. y
Past investigations have revealed that in some cases
only a small part of foreign aid commodities eventually, would be enough stuff to have .a
reach the people for whom they are intended. ' garage sale lasting irom two to
The Senate authorized shipment of powdered milk to -'’l( ln(>n ls,
replace milk tainted by radiation from the April 26 ^etiuiaSiat homeU^ore i
nuclear accident at Chernobyl in the Soviet Ukraine. think about selling the place and
Because of conditions imposed by the Senate, on starting over
distribution of the milk, 'the Polish government vyill give i read a book recently -.about
5,000 sleeping bags and blankets to New York’s this order oUmonks who live far
homeless who sleep on the streets. {)ack in the mountains ol Mexico..
'That didn’t set weil with New York Mayor Edward ^ey only come to jji.city once a
Koch, who called the Polish offer foolish tfnd said the cfo. ;,uat cheese Thev rajse ^oats
ty’s homeless were provided shelter! food and medical and .the cheese provides them
services: He suggested the items be donated,to Boy with iheir livelihood.
To some people their vow of
But then a silence vow at home
might gel me in trouble. I'd be
going to work with no socks or
shirt on if I couldn’t ask mv. wife
where they were
It might be,worth it-though,
because she couldn’t tell me
» what 1 had. to do pn 'the-., wasn’t aware of the fire sta
weekends. tion marker until W.C. “Buddy”
1 really would have no pro- Moravits told me about it. “In
blem praying a lot if A were one
of those monks I’d have to keep is inscribed on this marker pro-
praying lor support to keep my vided by the Veterans ot Foreign
Wars, Robert Tuck Post 912'.
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memory of the unknown soldier’
memorial is not always accessi-
ble to the public. Since
Stallworth 'Stadium was. built,
, ■■■,.. ,, ■ ... . . .. . ... .. . . Memorial Stadium has been us-
charades. Gestures like twisting Arlington, ,the: seed,on ..-jyherc rnost)y foi- lrack raeets and
my neck, pointing atthe light bill veterans are buried at Cedar
"and-then at me. I’d get-even crest Cemetery, was donated by
silence sounds unbearable. To -though bv pointing at- the his father-in-law, Bill Dommert.
me — not too bad ref rigerator and then my He said the VFW used to conduct
They don’t get anywhere To stomach
buy-trinkets so they have a • There, is just no way silence . Day but finally gave up that pro
sgoUes's stable where they park would work at our house. How ject.
their donkeys. 1 don’t think’ couhL anybody even exist-
monasteries haveGHics ** without television
mouth shut anefnot talk. *
I can see my .wife now doing
Buddy also told me that Little
non-varsitv football games.
Several months ago, retired
military officer Buck Young
wrote a letter- to The Sun. sug-
gesting that the memorial be
removed to a place where it can
be viewed by the public. "
lagree.
Also, 1 wish we had additional
memorial plaques listing all
Baytown servicemen killed in
WWI1. (The Memorial Stadium
plaque only names the former
REL students.) And thereshould
be memorial plaques naming
those who lost their lives in the
Korean and Vietnam wars.
Perhaps it would'be: an im-
possible task to obtain all those
names. • *
Would it-?
- -ScoutsSnd Girl Scouts. :-
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services there every Memorial
A GOVERNMENT ST910$
THOT 70% OF THE POPULATION
k. , LIVE4 ON 1% OFTUE LAND-
IN ed TUM LEWVE-jTWE OTtfER30?
TO THROW TME1R E/WPTV .
BEER CRN‘5 ON THE 00%/
By -
“No one ever came except for
the people participating rin ttie
ceremony,” he said.
In the early 1970s the Pilot
Club of Baytown donated the
Eternal Flame to the city,
dedicated to “those who-.have
served our country .”
r- Located in the section between
City Hall and the Community
Building, the Eternal Flame has
been darklor several years.
From Sun files
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Jerry Wiener receives
medical degree in 1956
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From The Baytown Sun files, prom, accompanied by'George
this is the way it was 40 and‘30 Crawford, pianist,
and 20 vears ago: • ■
' 50 YEARS AGO
Five members of the Cedar Wiener, will receive his medical
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Jerry Wiener, son of Dora
Wondering why, I called Bob-
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Today in history
A
Bayou School faculty are not degree from Baylor University
given new contracts while eight College of Medicine in Houston. ,
are re-elected for next year.
Culpepper/s' $4,000 expansion
program will begin as soon as Girls and Geraldine Shoemaker,
the $20,000 Goose Creek Hospital associate worthy advisor,
project.is finished, permitting
.........< J.he -iiospytal facility
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Patsy McDaniel is worthy ad-
visor pf Cedar Bayou Rainbow .
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bra ves, against the Pittsburgh
Today is Sunday, May ‘2%, the Pirates at»Forbes Field.
In 1979. ill, people died in the
li- United States’ worst aviation
- disaster as an American Airlines
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145th day of 1986. There are 220
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history
anu s Bowi< E'lemejitaxy---Twenty-five years aguwn May ^tn lO Tost one of its cnglrles on —~
from the Joseph Guberman School pupils Amy Morgan and 25, 1961, President John F. Ken " take-off and crashed ' at
Building. The Guberman Keith Sanders, in a front-page nedy said the United States Chicago’s O’Hare International
Building then will be remodeled . photo, .show the trophy won by. /should commit itself to achiev- Airport.
to become a part of the Culpep- their school for participation in ing the goal, before this decade Iir 1979, convicted murderer ”,
the U.S. savings bond program. is out, of landing a man on the John Spenkelink was executed in
40 YEARS \G<m- X'hris Milner receives a dozen moon, and returning him safelv Florida's electric chAir
-Frank Sheffield an^.layne red carnations and a silver belt (o the Earth.” Apollo H ac- Ten years ago: Rep, Wayne L.
are elected senior buckle as queen of the Bayti^yn complished the goal in 1989 Hays, D-ahio, admitted having ^
cheerleaders at REL-for next Youth Fair and Rodeo. On thisdate:. had a “personal relationship”
>’ear — —tt--------- Janice Shifflett is the new- In 1787, the Constitutional Con with Elizabeth Ray. a commit-
FM Powell sings “House of president of the Baytown Little ven’tion in Philadelphia was eon tee staff member whe-eHHWed
Blue Lights” at the REL senior theater verged - she receivefrher job to be HfiyS*”
In 1803, American essayist and mistress. . ,
poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was 1 Five years ago: Mario Andret-
ti was declared the winner ot the
Indianapolis 500' after race * -
stewards penalized first-place
20 YEARS AGO
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Ruth hit the 714th and final home peals panel restored Unsw- .s vic-
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 175, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 25, 1986, newspaper, May 25, 1986; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153142/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.