The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 257, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 26, 1984 Page: 4 of 81
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Sunday, August 26, 1984
THE BAYTOWN SUN
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off gets good ratings.
1 might add to all this that 1
some exciting things I’m
working on for future programs.
Like, the 1988 local
Democratic and GOP precinct
conventions, live from Box 96 at
Lynchburg. We’ll have to pre-
empt some of our other pro-
'*On Black Duck grams, of course, to provide full
Some talk has been floating my jumping with clothesline
around about the possibility of a rope.. *
television station in the Baytown
area.
Power to search
would broaden
refit
that
times)
8:30 Jim’s Gym
9:30 News break (I’ll break up
thick newspapers.)
9:59 Sixty Seconds (I’d Rather
offer 60 Minutes but can’t afford
Before you see me in my
tights, I can assure you I’m not
tho
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With all speed, I am putting pregnant,
together a plan for a TV station
of my own so I can compete for a teresting areas in the state but I
license with all those other ap-
plicants.
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have
dire>
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Plans include shows about in-
has
won’t be able to go very far. Any-
way, I think you’ll enjoy it —
“The Eyes of Texas Avenue.”
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10:00 Movie: “The Dirty Half-
Dozen”
If the Reagan administration has its way the Supreme
to 2i
I’m going to run the whole sha-
Court will broaden the power Of school authorities to bang. For financial reasons,.^ I will also be doing a “Meet the
search student belongings for drugs and weapons. will have to cut every corner and " Press” program for one hour 12:00 Movie:
Speaking for President Reagan, the Justice Depart- be the owner, manager, pro- daily. The program will consist Bay” (Couidn’t afford “On coverage,
ment asked the court to use a New Jersey case to ducer, director and star in all of myself sitting at a desk wear Golden Pond”) T^.S^S^Surwhoinever
rstahlkh that students do not have the same constitu- local shows 111 also do 8,1 the ,ng 8 fedora Wlth a blg PRESS 2:00 Local Geographic Special An interview^ witn wnomever
establish that Students 00 not nave tne same COnSillU sets and write everything. sign attached. on Hoc Island narrated (for will succeed Johnny Clark as
tional protection as adults against searches and seizures it Will be called Station KYLE, I’ll have an old Underwood free) by Bryan Nethery superintendent of schools, prob-
conducted without warrants. Channel 0, with the tower typewriter in front of me. For 3:00 “Kyle’s Kitchen” ,, ably in about 20, 30 or 40 years
In a speech last January, the president laid the located at Barbers Hill. Power one hour I’ll just sit there and 4:00 Comedy time: “The Two from now.
groundwork for his recent appeal to the Supreme Court, will be 860 bicycles with 300 look at you in your living room. stooges”. •** , why’J ™a „ be„JuLni'Wfnr
declaring “many classrooms are not temples of learn- tricycle-wattage. a fewSigestfresXTthe Ridgemontmar" * “Mouse Patrol,” “Guiding
ing, teaching lessons of goodwill, civility and wisdom I’ll do a cooking program call- hour but ng many Wingng g s ts and Flashlight” and “Father Knows
important to the whole fabric Of American life.” ed„Kyie s Kltcher! w,th UPS ton smiling, cleaning my glasses, weather (I’ll only be able to give Least.” Also, I plan to film live
Concluding its 1983-84 term in July, the Supreme Court colterd greens, beans, water brushjng my teeth, stuff like the low tide on the weather.) coverage of a traffic jam at Bay-
called for another round Of arguments in the school case ff^xon $12 a week without eeU that Inl 8ive viewers an °p- 7:00 p.m. Game show: “The shore Rod, Reel and Gun c ub
when it reconvenes in October ? t ^ Portunity to meet me - the Half-Price Is Right.” . . oyster fry.
ling fat. (You should try. my press If the show gets good 7'io Mnvip- “Snow White and “I Witness News also hopes
A ruling.last year by the New Jersey Supreme Court recipe for Poorest Boy Sand- Patings one dayh, mig?lt begab,e SomDwarfs to be on the scene to provide live
will be debated in arguments against depriving students wich.) t0 hire another rep0rter to join 9:30 “My Two Sons” coverage of someone lighting a
Of constitutional protection. The court held the so-called Another show I’ll do will be on me on Meet the Press. 10:00 “I Witness News” (I’m the firecracker next July 4 for those
“exclusionary rule,” created by the Supreme Court in exercising. The name will be Channel 0 will begin the day at only witness.) unable to attend the fireworks
1914 to bar illegal conduct by law enforcement officers, J|m’s Gym^ Either that or the 8 a m witb me singing “God 10.01 “Hawaii 3-0” shcratBif“LPHamneintn
applies to public school searches by administrators and im ln 8 or ou Bless America,” accompanied 10:31 Movie: “Two-Hundred KYIap P(°batnej 0 _ the Mark of
fpflphprc For monetary reasons I’ll lift by a Ray Charles record. Leagues Under the Sea.” KYLE, Channel 0 me Marx 01
Houston phone books and 25- Here’s what the schedule looks ll:59 Sign-off with Kyle hum- Zero, in Baytown, lexas.
pound sacks of dog food and do like: ming the National Anthem.
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However, the high court has since relaxed the rule to
allow introduction of testimony obtained in good faith,
although it may not pass all legal tests.
If the Supreme Court rules against warrantless sear-
ches and seizures in schools, it will be up to authorities
to devise an effective method of controlling classroom
violence, some of it stemming frorri drug abuse and
complicated by possession of dangerous weapons by
some students.
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The September issue of Texas ed in 1952, it was enlarged and
Highways, with its fine feature revised in 1958.
on the late E.M. “Buck”
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I treasure the autographed
Schiwetz, brings back memories copy of the sketchbook that j
of an interview I did in m hurry Schiwetz gave me during the in- ’
one morning in August of 1969. terview. •
I also have one of his hard- ’ .
Barber finally
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Lots of interviews have to be
Bay
bound books that includes draw-
done hurriedly, of course, when ___..____ ___.
vou’re under deadline nressnre mgs of two local homes the old
Ha i ! Wooster home on Mapleton and
ami covering ate-breaking homestead near
stories. But this story was one I , D i •
chose to cram into my schedule Mont Belvieu'
before leaving for an important
event at the Manned Spacecraft
Center. The first men to land on
the moon had returned, and I
was pretty excited about being
on the scene when they met the
jsffess.
However, when E.M. “Buck”.
Schiwetz walked into the
newsroom unexpectedly, I
momentarily forgot about the
moon men. I’d been a longtime
fan of his sketches and paintings
of Texas scenes and had always
wanted to meet him.
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By PRESTON PENDERGRASS odor. On jrwq occasions >the,
There was no barbershop in women would accidentally burn
the community where I grew up. each other’s scalp, ears or neck.
About 100 families lived in Perms made with hot wavers
rent-free houses owned by an lasted about a week, or until a
electric power company. Most of woman decided to straighten her
them had one or more children, hair by washing it. Beauty shop
There may not have been enough perms lasted longer and cost
folks for a full-time barber, but more. Women who could afford I-.........
someone with(hair-cutting-abili- beauty shop perms and silk •• fSjPtgg
ty could havemiade pretty good, stocki-ngs were 'IFfM
money on a part-time basis. • something.1"’’’* '■ ‘‘M
To get a haircut, people had to Boys beyond the “bowl cut”
go to the County seat town seven stage were required to wear 'MU-*
miles away or a big town 30 short hair, primarily for «
miles away. Prices ranged from sanitary reasons. Some gram- f|jk
25, to 50 cents Men who got a mar schools were noted for head
shave paid more. Remember the lice, and it took unpleasant 'wSAk
ditty, “shave and a haircut six remedies to get rid of them. . .. .. ,. My boss, Preston Pender-
bit”? I wore a crewcut until I started As promised, Sorter’s ever, meaning they wouldn t grass> knew I was about
Parents usually cut their to high school and got “struck guaranteed, sure-fire presiden- dare think of dropping the bomb to blast off to the space center
children’s hair or had a neighbor on” gilds. Then I began using fial. campaign primer so you now. ■ and, said he’d get another
do it untihthey got old enough to “greasy kid stuff” that glued don’t have to feel guilty when Meanwhile, Bush and friends reporter to interview the artist.
make theih own spending money hair to scalp untilIthe sun melted ^ w^ch footba11 untl1 “incompetent6 and As* he was making these ar-
and get barbershop haircuts, it and caused it to drip. I don’t November. in incompetent ana . I-alreadv had mv u *... u ,
Older boys and girls, particular- remember the name of the stuff. Actually, though the official economy-busting’Carter ad- t already had my much of ,t is phony. I can usually
ly those high school age, got It was a cheap red liquid. Mama campaign usually doesn’t start minis ration, while praising "ast aadf^ sPot them whe« ^ey
ihPir h-iir nft atlhe count v seat said itwas as areasv as com- until Labor Day, things are Bush’s governmental ex- ‘ , ”atunousiyiwith the great
their hair, cut at the county seal saia 11 was as greasy as com a,readv faibfio ,'nf0 nredictable Derierice against Ferraro’s This Buck Schiwetz. The fact was, I’d THAT’S ENOUGH now about
where the school was located. pound lard. She fussed about it already tailing into preaictame perience against rerraro s. 1 ms - .
Vniino Oirk whose narenk staining sheets and Dillow cases form. will also start Bush’s 1988 ‘dmer "uss me ina&a con- my hurried interview 15 years
Young girls whose parents staining sneets ana pmow cases. Fnr pxamn.p there’s Presi Dresidential camnaien ference than miss the opportuni- ago - the day of the artist and
could afford it had their hair As our community began to * or example, there s Presi presidential^campaign tv to interview the artist the astronauts^ what von need to
trimmed and styled at a beauty grow with increased demand for dent Reagan making his now Hoping for the up^t: Mondale ty to interview the artist Uie astronauts. What you need to
shop. Women often styled each electric power in the mid-1980s, famous “we start bombing won tplaycoy.He.il say that he He was visi mg here that day do®readthestorybyfree-
nther’s hair at home Some company officials brought in a Russia ...” joke, and the has already done more for with his longtime friend, W.L. lancer Howard Peacock in
women used metal hair curlers barber from a nearby town He Republicans finding a non- women by picking Ferraro than “Dub” Ward. They’d met years Texas Highways and relish the
and wavers that had to be heated cut hair two days at “two-bits” a gender related issue about Reagan ever has. Mondale and ago through the artist’s associa- reprints of Schiwetz drawings
in the firebox of the cookstove head Most of his customers democratic vice presidential his team will hit, primarily, the tion with Humble Oil & Refining that accompany the article.
The^alscTusedgreen wavhig'lo- were men anl bTys In thoS nominee Geraldine Ferraro. South and Industrial North, hop- Co. (Exxon) Peacock interviewed Schiwetz
tion for styling without curlers. days a quarter was worth 25 Same song, 49th verse. mg to.build up epough big-state We took a photo of Ward and }us ® f®w week® bef®re he died
I remember coming home cents. The barber probably Loose lips cause blips: If you’ll electoral vot«s to go along with Schiwetz looking at the Texas ^st February at his home near
from school to find a neighbor mademore on Friday and Satur- remember, Reagan put his foot the Democratic bastions of sketchbook that morning and Westnoff. , - . ...
woman giving Mama a “perma- day than he could have made in in bis mouth quite a few times MassachusSetts, Maryland, ran it with my story. - fami>y s been subscribing
nent Wave,” as they were called his big town shop. during the early days of the 1980 West Virginia; Minnesota and Thp Te Jas sketchbook is a col to Texas Highways for severtil
hi those dlys. Then Mama would It’s hard to believe a hair cut campaign against Jimmy Hawaii. now and it’s always a
give her friend one. Sometimes once cost only a quarter. They Carter. With his microphone Mondale will chide Reagan anDeared previously fn ^T^spntpmhpr i«. with thp
they would use the metal waver cost more than 20 times that check two weeks ago, the incum- about ignoring the poor and a cnmnLv c I SePtember issue with the
Eu cooled enough. The much now. bent has once again begun by minorities and about runaway oS^wTbS the best yet.
result was scorched or burned Pres.onim,.saying something he really def.cits.He 11 continue trying to publication. O ig y pub
hair that gave off an unpleasant eduwo/TheSun ,shouldn’t have. put Reagan on the defensive
* Expect two or more examples about tax increases (something
of Reagan tasting shoe leather, on which he’s already scored
He always seems to start as a well) and needless war-
heel, but then captures the soul o mongering.
of the voters. Ferraro, meanwhile, will con-
Actually, the Reagan cam- tinue playing Queens housewife,
paign should be quite organized, adding a homey touch to Mon-
The president will probably stick dale’s themes to put that family
to the Rose Garden until about flavor in the campaign. But, as
Oct. 1, letting Vice President the newest face in the campaign,
Bush and Cabinet and Congres- everybody will still be out to get
siQnal, surrogates chop down her. Her position as America’s
Walter Mondale and Ferraro.
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Schiwetz told me that the
finest thing that ever happened
in his^rt training was studying
architecture at Texas A&M. Ar- „
chitecture provided a foundation
in draftsmanship and keen
knowledge of the buildings he 3F" ’
, drew. - / .■ •
-He always liked to talk to the
people wl)o lived in the areas
where he was sketching
buildings and nature scenes.
Knowing how to speak German
was a plus, enabling him to find
out a lot about Texas’ German-
populated towns.
I also asked him about
abstract art. “I’ve done some of
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“F*or all that is In the world,
the lust of the flesh, and the lust
of the eyes, and the pride of life,
is not of the Father, but is of the
world.”
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'54: Hodges gets patent
on acidic oil treatment
are
of (
Bible verse
The
1981
I John 2:16,
From The Baytown Sun files, birthday party at the home of
this is the way it was 40 and 30 her parents^ Mr. and Mrs. J.W.
Pittman Jr.
City Attorney George
Four Goose Creek residents Chandler and Police Chief W.R.-
aje injured in a car wreck en Montgomery return from
They Austin, where they obtained
are Mr. and Mrs. D.V. Givens information on how the city
and Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Powers, should appoint an assistant po-
All deputy sheriffs will be in lice chief under Civil Service re-
uniform, reports Deputy Sheriff gulations.
H.G. Spence. Only four deputies Marion Adams, who earned a
so far have had uniforms. They bachelor’s degree at Sam Hous-
are G.B. Scott, L.fi. Faulkner, ton State College, will teach in
Beaumont.
Zf)e Baptoton &un
and 20 years ago:
AUG. 26,1944
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.......Editor and Publisher
........Assistant to Publisher
Editor and Publisher, 1950 ,1974
Leon BrOwn
Fred Hornberger
-.Fred Hartman
.Sweetheart taken by Olympic
Then, come October, Reagan gymnast Mary Lou Retton, Fer-
will hit the trail high above the raro, as the finances flap prov-
war zone. He will stress his ed, will stop being a novelty and
“non-plans” not to raise taxes become another target-targeter.
The offshoot of the whole deal:
route home from Houston
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
at at&e«r—
. Managing Editor
.....News Editor
Wanda Qrtoni...,...
Joan McAnall.......
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT
and will ask the same question
Advertising Director - he^beat'Carter: Are Reagan will attempt to build a
,r you betterofftjian you were four coalition in every state, based on
years ago?A“ »white-collar businessmen and
Reagan won’t get down and conservatives from the West and H v M p FmtT,pri
get dirty. He will stress what he South. Mondale will try to at- E. McKee and M^REmmon.
believes are great strides in tract the old Democratic coali- AUijr.26,1954 • T v r T ll ’
building ttieecoBoroyJhuring his tion of, minorities and labor, L:P. Hodges,, chemistm Jerry G ToHeson, is was
"Term, and shove aside any ques- bring Southern conservative- research and development at kd ®d a a 0 ght
tions about the deficit. Reagan moderates back into the fold and Humble s Baytown Refinery, on Massey-Tompkms Road
will say that he’s madd America majte a perfunctory fay at Gary receives a patent for his work on :Martin J teach
stronc acaio and that the Rus- Hart’s yuppies. 1 treatment of acidic oils. chemistry and biology at Chan-
sians areafrafd of us more than , Dav.sortWiIwir.«ii(oro/Th«sun Sherry Pittman is feted with a' nelview High School.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 257, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 26, 1984, newspaper, August 26, 1984; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153588/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.