The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 71, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1953 Page: 1 of 14
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BAYTOWN, TEXAS
Friday, August 28, 1953
TODAY'S NEW TODAY
MINUS
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TELEPHONE: 8302. Ry* Cants f
JCs Have One Answer
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j$ Will Hate This Program
, will demonatrate their answer to a public health problem-
garbage can—Saturday at Sears, Roebuck, E6 Pano-
Ijtjce* Public Health committee chairman, announced Friday.
! can holder-uppers will be on sale at Sears, Goldfield’s,
i into and Sanitary Mattress for $3.98, the cost of the ap-
, Ftnowich said.
|rf the equipment has been endorsed by state and local health
|**oMtration Saturday will show advantages, like no lost lids,
I now, can’t turn over, sanitation and neatness of the garbage
LONS WAIT IS OWR
* FA THCII OF TFX'KIMBALL
Baytown Soldier Is
Free After 3 Years
As Prisoner Of Reds
ED PANOWICH
MAX GOLDFIELD
Sales Chairman Panowich and Jayeee President Goldfield
demonstrate the new non-tip garbage can holder.
R. K. Kimball Sr. went to work aa usual Friday at his job in the
main office af th* Baytown P.efioery.
But he didn’t stay long. He couldn’t It wasn’t his day to work.
Not after he had learned that his hero son, Reuben K. (Tex) Kim-
ball Jr. was safe in allied hands after three years a prisoner of war in
Korea.
Kimball firBt got the word Thursday night A relative heard it on
a news cast and called him. newsmen were in touch with
him only a few minutes later. *
After a sleepless night, Kimball started answering the phone again
by 5:15 a.m. Friday and had been talking to reporters and shaking
hands with congratulating friends ever since.
It was the end of a long wait for the kindly father, whose life for
months had been wrapped up in his family. A younger son, Tommy,
had entered the Array since Jack was captured. Tommy served out
his time in Korea and had already been returned to the states and
discharged. '
“I guess you hope that Jack will be flown home," Kinr.baU Sr. was
told at noon.
He smiled a tired smile and replied, “I don’t guess It makes much
difference now. We have waited this long. A few more days won’t
make much difference now."
It was in late, July, 1950, when Jack went AWOL and went to the
front lines to tfght with his old outfit. He was captured after several
feats of heroism that won him world-wide acclaim.
Philip K. Dean, a correspondent for the London Observer was cap-
tured with Kimball. He too has been released. Before thefr capture,
Deane had written a dispatch in which he called Kimball the “great-
soldier lie ever saw.”
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(See Kimball—Page Two)
Ieters Out In South, West Baytown
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S c;ty To Try Again - No Parting
In Brief FAST ACTION PROMISED ON charge For
MINNESOTA ST. DRAINAGE go-Day Test
Baytown Prisoner?
14. Leroy Bond of Baytown waa
In a United Press release as be-
ing among 21 prisoners of war
awaiting their freedom Friday at
Kaesong, the Communist repa-
triation headquarters. A check
through telephone and city direc-
tories, post offices, the draft
board, and other sources by The
Baytown Sun, failed to reveal a
Baytown service man by that
name who has been listed as
missing ha actios or as a prison-
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CALF SCR AMBLE PAYS OFF IN PRIZE WINNER
Don Miller Takes Hoaor. For Calf HeWprWYeaj-
NATIONS, N. Y„
[»-#— India withdrew
[to running for a seat In
political conference
’ and the United Nations
Aaiwmbly then ap-
I, M to 5, the western slate
1 by the United States.
plans we will be able to do this
job for $5,000," Pruett said.
The mayor said he couldn't re-
lease plans for the drainage at
present but pledged that complete
-
Fast action on drainage for plete report at the next council
“Lake Minnesota" had been prom- meeting."
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City Council, particular time Thursday night,
w Mayor R. H. Pruett, who sur- but It was a coincidence that City report will be made when the were
t fh n „ Prised other members of the coun- Manager C. D. Middleton, Public council meets Sept. 10. work on
,“~Jf t levef since cil *nd * delegation of citizen# Works Director C. W. Grantham Attorney Joe Zorn had previ- got well underway,
kif tttts-SL* and Ce! ,rom Wait Baytown, said the area and himself have been working on 0usly caued the drainage situa- The meter “heads" were re-
** drained at * 0081 of *bout 0>. prohleji all week. tion in West Baytown "a disgrace moved as part of a 90-day experi-
*5;!. Thia thing has b®en facing us to a city the size of Baytown.” ment and may or may not be re-
"I can’t tell you right now how for a long time and now we’ve "j-m merely expressing my opto- installed
it’s going to be done,” the mayor come up with what I call a mir- jon,” z^n said, "but I feel that „ ,,
said, "but I will promise a com- acle. If nothing hapn«ns to our any money spent on premanent u^tTan poinUng ouT tha”
By AUBREY BANKS
Sou. i and West Baytown had a
“new look” Friday.
And businessmen in both areas
wearing broad smiles as
removing parking meters
Crosby FFA Boys Catch Calves
Fair Scramble Pays Off For Don Miller, 17
Isamed <rf floods from Rio
iGfy to its mouth.
FRANCISCO, An*. 28-
fugitive Communist
kiders, disguised with
I hir, mustaches and crew
[*«e in federal custody
I after FBI agents trapped
f h a dramatic raid on s
. mountain hideout to toe
[Sierra.
JOM. Aug. 28 -UP-
contingent of Indian
pwed into the Korean de-
ation zone Friday to take
war prisoners refusing
ft* CHHBTI, Aug. 18
-A heavy downpour dumped
to* three inches of rata
C«tms Christ! area early
r a»d scattered rain fell
tor points in South Texas
■iaor flood conditions
fWted in at least three
Council Briefs -
Four Apply For Job
Of City Court Judge
COUNCILMEN are studying the Councilman Rufus Bergeron a
merits of four applicants for judge- committee of one to look into the
ship of Corporation Court possibilities and report to the
Two attorneys, a retired minis- * _
ter and a retired telephone com- council Sept. 10. Bergeron had
pany employe were the applicants previously estimated the cost at
who appeared Thursday night. Mil- 54,000. Councilmen agreed that it
lard Carter of the Mark Carter would be money well spent,
law firm, and Walter'Queen, an
attorney, were interviewed along_ Equipment Bought
with George Conway, a retired COUNCILMEN have accepted the
minister and W. W. Hunt, who is 513,510 bid of the American Well-
improvements should first be spent u‘«“1 “F
on that situation. It’s not only a ongiin il piurpoiw for• installing
menace to health, but a traffic tbe m*ters in 1,0 th,areas has g
hazard to Refinery workers and
is depriving land owners of their
since been removed.
"Meters are put up to control
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to retire soon from the General
Telephone Co. of the Southwest.
The new judge will be appointed
Sept. 28.
in Spots
JP0wt> Fire Drill Tower
£ Baytown Refinery em- IT looks Iike the Baytown Fire
: inVceremon WJd toe^Re- DePartment wi^ soon 1)6 getting a
Councilman Rufus Bergeron
the 30-year men.
Cto To Meet
®WING meeting of the
ft Boat club, scheduled for
Saturday, has been
the Riverview Inn to
•to Dinner club on Hlgh-
long-sought fire drill tower.
Mayor R. H. Pruett appointed
property rights.” traffic,” the councilman declared.
Attorney Howard Boyles asked “The fact that they bring in rev-
what would happen if a fite oc- enue to the city is of secondary
curred on Oklahoma or Wlscon- importance. I personally feel that
sin after a four-inch rain. we’ll find that they aren’t needed.”
Steele McDonald, who was also Councilman Rufus Bergeron,
a member of the group, said he who had brought up the question
hoped the problem could be solved earlier, agreed wholeheartedly
this fiscal year. with Councilman H. M. Campbell,
“I realize that you gentlemen adding that he didn't believe the
are conscious of the problem and meters were paying for them-
all of you have pledged to take selves anyway,
care of it as soon as you can. Urn City Manager C. D. Middleton
sure that you will keep that pledge estimated the average meter take
and I hope it can be this fiscal from South Baytown at $23 a
year.” week and between $115 and $130
After McDonald spoke, the a week from West Baytown,
mayor dropped his bombshell. Mayor R H. Pruett flared up a
■ 4V, Pruett exPlained th6t the city little when Attorney Howard
®Wg*®£ manager and Grantham and him- Boyles spoke in favor of the move
1 sewage disposal self had qinetiy been working on and nointed to'the “slow death”
the problem recently. Engineer H. 0f what was once two thriving
S. Berlin’s estimate on the cost of communities,
the project was in the neighbor- do„.t think this council „ re_
hood of $80,000, Pruett said. sponible for that situation," the
Under the new plan, he added, mayor gaid firmiy. “That’s up to
the job can be done for about the people and has nothing to do
$5,000.
works Co. for
South Baytown sewage
plant.
American's bid was $146 high,
but councilmen felt that the other
bid, which' was for three different
kinds of pumps, was not low
enough to justify added mainte-
nance problems.
(See Council—Page Two)
with this subject—you’re out
order”
The mayor added that he was
perfectly willing to go along with
members of the council on the ex-
periment.
There are 32 meters in two
blocks of West Main in South Bay-
„„ rwFSTFR BULGIER (This was supposed to be a so a scrapbook of clippings, docu- town and 225 meters in West Bay-
fSSL&fss sKttSSMStf wrays-jss's
Friday at the Baytown Community
house.
By JOHNELLA BOYNTON won a calf sponsored by G. E.
Eight Crosby Future Farmers of Spain; Frank Lawrence, with A. H.
America members won calves Eilers and A. A. Evans as spon-
Thursday night at the Crosby sors; Melvin Peavy, with Mont-
Fair’s rodeo. emayor as sponsor; Mike Murray,
The calves were won in the first with Pete and Thomas Leibham
of three scrambles to be held on as sponsors; Gayle Rar.some, with
consecutive nights during the fair. Crosby State Bank as sponsor;
Winners were Jody Tepera, who Bobby Navair, with E. A. Kruse
'Drouth' Again Hits
Coady As Weil Fails
Coady residents had their jugs they are without service one day
and buckets out Friday hauling or one week and have charged
water after their private well serv- that Woodrow McLean, operator
ice failed again. of the waterworks, is slow to
Without water since 2:30 p.m. make repairs.
Thursday, the 200 or so residents McLean was not available Fri-
whtf are serviced by the McLean day morning for comment, but one
Waterworks were vexed at the user said that the waterworks
drouth—but their vexation was only pump had again broken
mixed with some hope this time. down.
Their hope stemmed from the Mrs. E. F. Bird said that Coady
fact that an election to create a residents "aren’t mad at McLean,
fresh water distrht in the area They just don’t line the service.’
is scheduled for Sept 5, a week The water election Sept. 5 would
from Saturday. make the residents themselves
Residents claim they are re- owners of a water system after
quired to pay their $3.50 monthly passage of a $115,000 bond issue,
bill to the waterwor-u whether (See Coady)—Page Two)
Stricken Policeman Finds
Baytonians Have Big Hearts
Hind Town
Its 'Goodbye Refinery' For W. J. Bennett
Plant's First Maintenance Inspector Retires Today
J. C. Sheffield, a long-time co-
Die celebration is a party in
honor of W. J. Bennett, chief gas
tester in the maintenance inspec-
tion department at the Baytown
Refinery. He is retiring after 33
JGHTFOOT back in Bay-
vety important mission luuwaj. *3 -------- -
"to Rosenfeld and wife years’ service in the Diant.
to *way on vacation . . .
gander blames missing
snacks for his trimmer
. • • • Cecil Morse taking
PV the bills.
7 and Louis Stroble get
weaning up after the
The small sadness will be when
the Bennetts say goodbye—or at
least au revoir—to their many
friends and co-workers here.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have sold
their home in Wooster and are
moving to their ranch near Madi-
son ville to do a little gardening,
raise some cattle and do anything
else they have a mind to.
About 200 people, including Gor-
don Famed, James Harrop and
i*d 8 aun 8tatr' other high refinery officials, were
- ’ ’ Mike exacted at the party this after-
W *e’s, slowe^ noon to do honor to the man who
waS Humble’s first ,i“!fPfCtSL re-
Gifts to be presented to tbe re*
*d Jakfp ;/ ’ Dan stall‘ tiring veteran include two heifer
^heda,ad calves and a twowheel stock trad-
roc Friday night to er madp bv hjs co-workers J S.
form a Touchdown Cook /head of Bennett's depart-
>__ ment. was to make the presen’a-
Middleton said the meter heads
would be stored in the city garage
until they are needed.
Heroic Engineer Dies
Saying Lives Of 120
wrek . . .
loif If01? flndihg that wor-
aon t mix on the score-
l Rogers due back
te? from his vacation.
“ rwiJ giving & gun staff-
J818* iflk . . . Mike
emitting Ae’s slowed
' ?Tat' Sanders and
ge Armstrong talking
n*
t
‘city
the plant. Bavtown.
worker with Bennett, has made up »
f paying for them in 1951. The 686
I to ** “ 3t *e^y- meters cost $48,906.75, which ave-
TTie Bennetts, members of the ra about $71 each.
Humble Pioneer Club, really quail- Middleton said the n
fy as “pioneers.’'
He was hired at Humble on his
birthday, Aug. 30. 1920. He was 32.
He went to work the next day.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, both na-
tive Alabamans, both started their
careers as school teachers. They
met while both were attending sum-
mer school, and were married Dec.
25. 1915. AULT, Colo., Aug. 28-UP—One
After serving in the Coast Ar- hundred twenty people owned their
tillery at Pensacola, Fla 4 during lives Friday to a heroic train en-
World War I, he went back to gineer who stuck to the controls of
Pensacola in 1919 to work in a his flaming engine after it hit an
shipyard. oil truck.
There he learned the welding The engineer, John Elsie, 62, of
trade. In 1920 he was invited to go Wheatridge. Colo., clung grimly to
to work in Galveston by a friend the controls at the Union Pacific s
who was an official in a plant "Portland Rose” after the truck
there. But the plant became strike- burst into flames and covered the
bound, and he looked around for engine and some of the cars with
other work. / burning oil. Elsie managed to bring
The Bennetts had never heard of the train to a stop two miles from
Baytown, but they had heard of the point of impact, and died of
(S» R*nn#tt — Far* Two) burns seven hours later.
G. E. Allen, a hard-working
Baytown policeman, is finding out
that Baytown has a heart.
Allen wae taken to the Veter-
ans Administration hospital in
Houston Thursday by an Earth-
man ambulance. He was suffering
from alternate chills and high
fever, severe headaches and de-
lirium.
Allen had collapsed at his home
Tuesday and had been at the Bay-
town hospital for two days. It was
reported that his temperature
reached 105 degrees.
A doctor at the VA hospital Fri-
day said Allen was apparently
much better, and that his temper-
ature was down and he was speak-
ing rationally Friday morning.
He said the policeman’s body
was dehydrated, and his illness
could have been caused by fatigue
from overwork and heat exhaus-
tion.
Even in delirium Allen was wor-
rying about doing his job, friends
reported.
After taking care of a wife and
four small children, a policeman’s
salary doesn’t leave much for em-
ergencies.
So Allen’s friends stepped in to
help.
Councilman Lacy Lusk “passed
the hat” at last night's City Coun-
(See Police-—Page Two)
Business Women Get Tunnel Preview
The women absolutely do not view may be Jim Douglas, district
want to be left out in this matter highway engineer, and Jim Rich-
of a preview of the Baytown-La ards, director of the public works
Porte tunnel.
So they’ll hayg; "ladies night”
next Tuesday bight.,'.
More than 50 members of the
Baytown Business and Profes-
sional Women’s club ’and guests
will meet at the north portal
(Baytown side) at 8:30 p.m. and
will be taken on a tour of inspec-
tion of the tunnel by Ray F. Lyons,
resident
Also
department of the Houston Cham-
ber of Commerce. They have been
invited to attend.
The women will walk as far
through the'tunnel as they want
to and then will be taken on a
tour of the eight-story control and
ventilation tower above the north
portal.
The tunnel will be formally
as sponsor; Vernon Eilers witi
Howard Poteet as sponsor; Clan
ence Hechler with E. C. Eileri
as sponsors.
A calf won by a Crosby FFA
member in the Crosby Fair’s 1951
calf scramble paid dividends fra
toe boy and the fair in the live-
stock show Thursday.
The calf came back a handsoma
heifer and was awarded the grand
champion banner in the 1953 Fair’s
market class competition. Tbs
smiling owner was Don Miller, 17-
year old Crosby high school youth.
Other grand champions were ex-
hibited by Homer Lord, adult
breeding class, Mike Yates, junior
breeding, and Vernon Eilers, dairy
division.
A Jersey cow won the dairy divi-
sion, and a Bharman bull won the
adult beef class. A Brahman cow
took the purple pennant in the jun-
ior beef class.
Reserve champion exhibitors in
each class were Eugene Dillard,
market class; James Yates, adult
breeding; John Lemon, junior
breeding: Clarence Hechler, dairy.
Only Crosby Future Farmers of
America and Crosby and Highlands
Rain Or Shine
The Crosby Fair Is going os
rain or shine.
Don Ramsey, president of the
1953 community fair, said Fri-
day morning while showers
sprinkled Crosby that any rain
would not affect the fair proper,
but a heavy rain might cause
cancellation of tbe rodeos, which
are scheduled for 8 p, m. Friday
and Saturday.
4-H club members were allowed to
exhibit in the fair, except in the
adult class of the beef division
where outsiders exhibited.
A grand champion for the show
will not be selected.
In the poultry division. Jimmy
Havard had the grand champion,
a capon. Dub Gentry of Highlands
won grand champion ribbons for
his New Zealand white doe in the
rabbit division. He also won the
reserve champion ribbons. The
reserve champion in the poultry
division, a turkey tom. was exhib-
ited by Donnie Doskoci.
Winners in each division of the
cattle show were: *'
Market Class: Grand champion
exhibitor Don Miller, Eugene Dll-
(See Fair - Page Two)
Ernest Moss, 18. son of
M. Moss, 11»
patient ato.
in Houston.
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 71, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1953, newspaper, August 28, 1953; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1041491/m1/1/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.