The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 180, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1957 Page: 1 of 28
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, 1957
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GALVESTON TIDES: High Low
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lAYTOWN. TEXAS
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Flash!
LATE
NEWS:
Anotheff New Business On Texas Avenue
Hargrave Buyer -
Perry Store At
(From United Trent Wires)
SAN DIEGc* calif. -r Ameri-
ca's atomic submarine,N;he USS
Nautilus, claims a new under-
water cruising record of 3,049
miles. \
WACHI.NGTON - A Hungar-
ian refugee discovered to have
been a member of the Hun-
garian military intelligence
has been deported with his
wife and two children.
ARLINGTON, Va._ Deputy De-
fense Secretary Donald A. Quar-
les says this generation has a
— -unique'’ opportunity to elimi-
nate war.
BULLETIN"-
INDIANAPOLIS, ted. «*>-
Sam Hanks, driving a bright
yellow car, took over first place
on the 36 th lap today and was
leading in the Indianapolis
Speedway race at the halfway
niark of the 500-mile contest.
The 42-.vear-oId Hanks, sec-
ond oldest driver in the race,
who finished second last year,
just 20 seconds behind Fat
Flaherty, was driving at a
record speed; as he led the
field into the final too laps.
.Norman Hargrave has bought jeweler, and
the Texan theater property on-----
West Texas and has leased it to
Perry Bros, of Lufkin for a
variety store to open In the late
summer.
Work will atart Monday on
renovation of the building.
Architect Dan Perkins has plan-
ned the face-lifting project, and
Robert H. Kirschke of South
Houston has been given, the
contract.
The store may be ready by
August 15.
Perry’s is a Texas-ownej com-
pany. The Baytown outlet is the
80th. All but one are in Texas
! . : '
H
SUN
spots
New
Texan Theater Site
W1 m ..._____Baytown stockholders in
Negotiations were completed company arc Hugh Echols,
between Hargrave, Baytown George McKinstry and C. I.
representing the East Texans.
There will be 5,000 square feet
of sales space on the main floor
with 2000 feet in a mezzanine to
be used for offices, a women's
lounge and stock space.
The store will have an all-
plate glass front with vertical
metal strips of silver and blue
across the front above the en-
trance. There will be access to
the building from DeFee.
Hargrave bought the property
from the Goose Creek Amuse-
ment Co., represented by W, R.
Sloan and Roy Black. Other
the
B. Perry Jr., Fortinberry, A lease to Howard
• ~ E. Brunson and East Texas
theaters expired last Dec. 31,
The building was erected
about 30. years ago and was
used as a movie house until It
was dosed several years ago,
"I think that Perry's will be
a fine addition to the downtown
shopping district in Baytown,”
Hargrave said-
No purchase price nor cost
of construction was announced,
but it is estimated to be' in the
neighborhood of $50,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Hargrave have
operated the Robson Jewelry
store on the same btock of West
Texas for the past 16 years.
Nominees for new officers of
the Baytown Employes Federa-
tion were announced Thursday
by Wendell Boyce, chairman of
the BEF Nominating committee
Federation members will vote on
the candidates at a date to be
announced later.
Nominees for each office fol-
low:
FOR PRESIDENT (ELECT 1)
R. R. Dawson, HTJT (SonT Dove,
W. D. <Red) Henderson.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
(ELECT 1)
R. L. Potter
FOR SECRETARY (ELECT 1)
D. M. Gillespie.
FOR TREASURER (ELECT
................weeMMSF'S
w.;; •
Chiropractic Meet
.BAYTOWN Chiropractors who.J(-
will attend the 42nd annual con- (JW BEF pagP Two)
vention of the Texas State Chiro- -—— -
practic association in El Paso
June 13-15 are Dr. James
Nolan and Dr. W. T Travis.
They will take an annual refresh-
er course while at the conven-
""Boifi—4 WOW state requirement
before they can be re-licensed by
the state.
Kolach Sale
ST ^AGNES SOCIETY of St.
Joseph’s Catholic church will
hold its annual Kolach sale be-
ginning at 7 a.m. Friday at St
Joseph's ‘Parqchial school, 2501
Kentucky.
(Continued On Page Two)
Around Town
LA PORTE visitors in Baytown
were the Misses Miriam and
Mary Alice Moody and Evie
Higgins .., W. A. Read has now
.........becomc___a full-fledged member
of, the never-no-holidayers . . .
Bud Marsh receiving the verba!
flowers, only he wasn't .around
to hear them ... Horace Helms
has now added a potato to that
select group of vegetables he
has photographed . . . Eugene
” Scott must be a busy man these
days; he isn't seen around -
much.
R. C. Stephenson enjoying a
leisurely cup of coffee . . . Sam
Paine holds a news conference
at breakfast. one very popu-
lar college beauty confided on
the eve of her graduation from
Lee, that her greatest desire
this vear has been to slide the
length of the library, yelling
every incf! of the way.
Priscilla Myers coming home
from Baylor for the summer by
wav of Mexico City. Dr. and Mrs.
Jenkins, who are on the faculty
three other students to «C„__
panv them on an eight-day tour
of Mexico City and other parts
rf Mexico before coming bome
for the summer. Priscilla is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ver-
non L. Myen, «R W. Sterling.
... ....... ^
Soldier, Rest!- —
He Is Known
But To God...
Today will be the last time Americana will
gather at Arlington National Cemetery to honor
the Unknown Soldier of ■ World War I, resting
beneath the stately, marble tomb we know so
-well. - ----- - -.....■ ..... , -
By Memorial Day of 1958, Congress plans to
remodel thla famous monument so it will *c-......
commodate two more unknown soldiers, one from
World War II and one from the Korean conflict.
Their bodies will be proved from U. S. military
cemeteries abroad, and reinterred at Arlington
with special ceremonies set .for next May 30.
Some have objected to Congress’ plan for open-
ing the beautiful tomb and changing its design.
(See SOLDIER, Page Two) '
MEMORIAL DAY DEATH
TOLL SO FAR IS 43
wtuun tmfflo jam would —
pen** "unteiut i,hf extra danger*
of holiday traffic are mei with ex-
tra cate and caution,"'
Many Mate* acted to keep down
the slaughter by ordering extra
police patrol* and supplementing
them in tome c«*e* with National
Guard-trooper*
WIUXUH
,\ United Pis-*s rou.,1 from
« p.m. local time " ediwwtep
to II noon c.* t. today nhowrd
at tons! M person* killed In
t raffle aretdenU In » variety
of aeeldents, |neludlnf two In
plane erashoo, fo, a total seel
dental dmth eo«mt during the
holiday ol il
By I NIT ED PRESS
The nation's Memorial Day hott-
£>v SWWS?
feared (he death
*t* the 'tughwa*'*^ midnight. «nue at an a-
A United Press count from *
P m local time Wednesday lo *
a m r. * I today showed at
least 21 persons kilted in trattic
accidents. One person drownesl in
Ohio ami another died in a plaro-
crash m California for nn overall
total of 23.
California and Wisconsin each
reiwrted Hurt- traffic death*, and
Indiana, New Mexico. PennSyl
vam.’i, Texas and Washington each
two:
Ned II. Dearborn, president ol
the National Safety Council satd
the death toll was'"tragically on
schedule " The council had e*n
£53 tt&SfmZ tSSi« » m »«.
anldtauri Irssffio Jam would M 130 offict id .Memorial Day period la 45
offlci d Memonal Pay period
deaths greater than the average
of 75 for a ntmbottday ttmem
tn May
Generally fair weather contrite
uted to the cruah nf hotlitey trav-
eler* ami anted die more sombre
ohnervance* of llw day tftwugte
out the nation
Rtwlgr, | with electronic timer* were used
Ht i&i» -
lion M wars. gwtfy ww dW Wlnwiy
Parade* and memorial oheerv ! trooper*, tflfi national guardsmen
since* were held In cities aero** and police plane* on highway pa-
th.- nation, after which pientc*. trot duty
dotibteheader baseball game* or! California termed Ite holktoy a
AwuiMik AMRHiRMNMMiMA . lafMRlMr*
dmibteheader baseball game* or California temMd Ilia holiday a
featt-d the death toU would con- Air three secretary imnaio »:,inr ---dut Su^v drlv
... 9.....HU *tate police were
ordered to arreat the slow aa well
auto at the fast driver* on the theory
Hteayjmte^iriwn" eauae Me
their temper* and
Britain Resumes
Red China Trade
Lee College
Contractor
In Trouble
Representative* of all parties
concerned In construction of the
la# College addition worked
Thursday on a plan to iron out
•Irwclry difficulties faced by Rpartwn
Construction Oo., the general
contractor.
Architect Dan Perkins, Supt
George H. Gentry and Attorney
Joe Raid had been in conference
over the Job’s status. ...................
In Houston, officials of the
bond department of Trinity
Universal Inauranc* Oo. were
conferring with P. J. Haginas
and George J. Loisoua. owners
of th# firm. ^
They said that by Monday
difficulties between the general
contractor and sub-contractors
might be worked out
Ry JOHN D. 1‘ARKY
United Fie** Hlsff
LONDON Britain cleared the way
today for substantial resumption Of trade
with Red China despite American urotetU.
Th* United State* Immediately declared It
was "moat disappointed" with the move.
Foreign Secretary Selwyn Uoyd went be
fore Parliament with an announcement of
major relaxations In the Korean War em-
bargo enforced up Ull now by W Western
nation*.
The United State* had been Informed in
advance of Britain * godtalone decision A
protest statement was released by the State
Department and distributed through Amert
ran embassies In Europe.
It said the British decision prevented an
Allied agreement nn continuing stiff reslric
turn* on China trade.
nin i 'imgi iiMqMBl'Tt The United State* and Britain and other
NMHHMSnMMMK NATO allte* had been merito* tn Part* more'
1 iiaaaM « MMsth ■Msamnllnv la Ami b Fnmitro-
Protest
By U S
Ignored!
B ■. Ji-' • ‘ ‘ ' . K
Why Eke
Would If Be
TEX-oma?
A note to Oklahoma—Bay-
town, Tex, Has jumped your
claim on a native son.
Shannon Morris, Baytown at-
torney, apparently is the only
person who spotted a misplaced
lake on the front page of the
Baytown ,Bun Wednesday
Morel*, .iJBadMLJMrit
. that Texas assert Its right to it*
share of 1-ake Texoma which
the Sun outlines under a pic-
ture said Uea In Oklahoma
near the Texas border.”
• Lake Texoma la the largart
man-made lake in the world, It
ilea- BETWEEN Texas and
Oklahoma, with th* largest part
of it In Texaa. Since w« Texan#
know we have the biggest of
everything, we might a* well
claim our share of the biggest
man-made lake, and not let the
Sooner* take any of It from ua,”
Morris, laid. _ ,,
IM. Murray’s
Rites Saturday
Funeral service* for R. M
Murray, father of Tom Murray
of The Baytown Sun, will be held
at 2:30 pm. Saturday at the
Velasco Methodist church. Free-
port Funeral Home has. charge
of the arrangement*. He died!
suddenly Wednesday morning!
at his home in Port Sulphur.!
La. • ' I
Murray, a 35-year employe of
Freeport Sulphur, had .lived in
Freeport from 1«2 until lie was
than a month attempting to find a eempro-
miJte on_ Britain'* pntnhed move ,
The tAlka broke down thl# week
Informed source* Mid Britain Intended to
ship to CommunUt China many of the items
now Mng ihlwwl to Soviet Ru**ta and Rus-
sia* east European satellite*. Strategic goods
are atilt banned,
The OWneae embargo hat sraa agrrwd upon
tfUr atari of the Korean war. It Is much
longer than the list of good* banned In Inni-
ng with Russia. China got around th# em
largo in the past by re-buytng some item*
bom Moscow
The taaue rained the sharp#*! Angto-Ameri-
1 .-an policy split store the Sue* invasion. But
i -liptomat* believed Washington and London
*■ had- agrce-l to disagree and forecaat there
he no drawn out controversy. •
... • • •
Graduation Tonight-
foe the cnmnaOv's Garden Island mmmm mm •
for the company's Garden Wand
Bay properties.
Memorial sendees were set for
Friday morninj; at Port Sulphur.
Murray is survived by his wife
and a daughter, Mr*. Paul B.
james o. McClellan
S VAN MELDERT
'THESE HONORED DEAD'
- - ... .._ —— _ .
Houaeton of Three /Rivers,
grandchildren also survive.
American Legion Post
^ *te> ^Ji
g,-.’ airtry-asgphro- isa s
UnOv An-fiu SoiatM (mi. firiv# aocia! fraternity At Ga.waton fraternity s repreaentative
Morty, for the first time.
Murray seat a native of , _
cer. N, C,, and came to Tewu 112 Miriam. Hi* mother, Mrs,
with Ms parents when he was Louis* Bolster, lives at soe
18 year* old. Bolster.
SCHOOL'S OUT'.—Sylvia Walle. and John Dnvld ItesiaW. araduatlng^
la class secretary.
Three REL Alumni To Get MD's
"" ’ . . r; Av ' °
Three Baytown alumni' of, Urelte’s Wife, his 10-month-
inree rmywwit wwiim -7 —
Robert E, Lee High school witljold son Kenneth William, and
b* grwhteted from the Gniv«r- his parents. Me. and Mr*, V, A,
Fannett and*°R' at ^wemonte*10*! *8 ------ ' “
- Urette. are Market Street road
* residents
Moody
They are
Lynn Hodges Jr,
The eider Murray spent the Phillip Eichelberger and Billy
|Mt weekend In Baytown a* a Ghetto.
Hodges is the son of Mr and
Hodges finished Robert E. Lee
in 1949 He completed pre-medi-
cal work at the University of
Alabama where he was named
to Phi Bet* Kappa, national
honoF frateroity. He waa- altto
internship.
IJrette is *-«M90 Robert E. tee
graduate. Hi* pre-medicai stud-
ies were completed At the Uni-
versity of Texas at Austin.
There he was a member of
flph* Epsilon Delts, honorary
pre-medical fraternity and of
Delta Upsiton social fraternity.
H. Is currently a member of
Alpha Kafrp* Kappa medical
social fraternity. At Galveston
at JteJ* a member of prof#»i«n*|
medical - fraterntty- Phi OB.
Hodges will go to University w«i go w *
Hospital to Birmingham lor hi* (Stoa ALIMNI, Pag* Two)
Bus Strike .
Set Friday
DALLAS (UP) - An estimate*. 1
5W) employes uf the Continental m
Bus System will strike at 3 p. ra. j
Friday in » dispute over wages, ,|
Milting service over part of ns 5,- j
(DO mile **f niute* in Texas, Okla- m
homa and Gotoradi) m
Baytown repreaentative* of" , ."I
the Continental Bus system j
could not be reached Thursday S
to determine what effect, (|
any, a strike of bus company
-employe*' 'xriB<”tMi'~Mr~BMI 1
senlce between Baytown and
Ott«i dttrmrtly afiected ter the .1
strike include Houston, Corpus 1
Christ!, fkm Antonio, Austin, Dal* 'Am
Ms. Fort Worth, Wichita Kails,
am) Amarillo.
Continental Bua System is a I
part of the Contim-fflai Tralfwayr si
Bus System An eytimsted 2.500
Dallas area commuters will be
among those affected
The um<m involved i, Hus Em-
ployes' Loral I! 12. It voted
Wednesday to strike at .1 p. m.
Friday, ft seek* a ZlKrnf-per- 'I
hrxir pay hike for some 100 hour- I
Ir Ptorf TMimentnce wrakers and m
one cent per mile increase for 210 1
drivers . . • ;|il
A company spokesman said the
unon rejected two offer*. The last . |
one wa* a threoyoar nmtnet ]
with an increase of the basic wage |
rate, for drivers, now 7 rent* per ,|
mite to 7.35 cents the first year, m
f* the second and 7.56 the third, |
plus eo*it of living
Dn hourly rated worker*, the
company proposed raising the
pitsent to $169 the first
year. $1 77 the second anti $1.73
the third year, plus cost of living
laeraasts. ■
Most Folks
Here Take
A Holiday
Baytown was on holiday
it At us Thursday with th* Bay*
town refine#, city hall, utll' y
companies and some business
house* and the post office ob-
serving Memorial Day.
Banks and many other busi-
ness places, however, did not
close for the holiday.
No formal observance is being
held in the community, but
many families are visiting
grave* of relatives in the ceme-
teries in the Baytown area. |
Many other people took advant-
age of the holiday for picnics |
and outings or out-of-town trip*. J
Veterans organization* is |
Baytown held a Memorial Day 1
service last Sunday in the Uttte : 1
wm «o to Tacoma. W^ton's to. teen *c«sted Is observ-
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 180, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1957, newspaper, May 30, 1957; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1042844/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.