The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 343, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 5, 1990 Page: 1 of 18
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Volume 68, No. 343
Telephone Number: 422-8302
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Hostage home
for anniversary
Royce Smart returns from Iraq
Checking route twice
By Katherine Feibleman
of The Baytown Sun ^
Having been held hostage by
Saddam Hussein since Aug. 31,
Liberty resident Royce Smart
has returned home in time for
his 39th wedding anniversary
Friday.
“I’m going to use that a? ray
present to (my wife),” Smart
said after his arrival home Tues-
day. Being home “is beyond
words,” he noted.
Smart had been in Kuwait
working for OGE Drilling since
April 25 and witnessed the Iraqi
invasion of the tiny oil-rich
country Aug. 2. Fearing capture,
he stayed locked up in his
apartment until he. started to run
out of food and money. Then he
began thinking, “Come and get
me. Let’s just get this over
with,” he said in an interview
Wednesday morning.
On Aug. 31, 15 Iraqi soldiers
armed with rifles came to his
apartment, “They kept assuring
me everything was OK. They ”
told me not ta worry. I said
‘What do you mean don’t
worry?’ ”
Smart; was used as a “human
shield” to protect different
chemical and utility plants. He
purposely lost 41 pounds during
(The soldiers) told
me not to worry. I
yrsaid, ‘What do
you mean don’t
worry?’
Royce “Red” Smart
his captivity, by jogging eight to
10 kilometers a day. He also
spent a lot of time outdoors
sunbathing because he had
heard a ITS. satellite was trying
to locate the hostages-and he
wanted to be seen.
Smart maintains he was “a
little nervous” when he was
captured but he was never
scared. “I never lost faith. I
don’t know why. For some
reason, I was never scared.”
He credits “a lot of faith and a
lot of praying” for his safe
return. He also notes his fami-
ly’s help in gathering 20,000
names on a petition given to
Iraqi officials.
Arriving Tuesday afternoon
at Intercontinental airport,
Smart was suiprised by the
greeting he received from about
100 relatives and friends. But,
he said, “Knowing my family,
they’d do something like that.”
With his capture, Smart lost
his bank account, work clothes,.
televisions, radios and calcula-
tors. “But 1 didn’t lose my life,”
he noted.
Having caught the tail end of
a Christmas parade Tuesday
night in Liberty that was dedi-
cated to him, Smart was up>,
early Wednesday morning to
plan his next move. He said he
needs to look for a new job, and
while he does not rule out
working abroad again, he noted,
“I may think real hard about the
Middle East.”
The Iraqi hostages — called^
“guests” by Saddam — are
moved to different sites fre-
quently, and Smart said he got
to know about 40 of them. He
said he thinks about the people
he left behind “all the time.
That’s my greatest sorrow.”
He has already met with a
number of his friends to begin
planning a way to help free
those other hostages. They even
discussed the possibility of his
returning to Kuwait to seek their
release, he said.
“We’ve got to do something.
They’ve got to come out of
there.”
Related photo, Page 2-A
Services pending for
I.M. ‘Deacon’ Jones
Area pioneer, 88, dies in Fredericksburg
Photo by Anglo Bracoy
No, it’s not police Sgt. Jon Hudson’s Christmas wish list.that
he and Santa are looking over, it’s the route for the city’s
annual Christmas Parade, set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The
parade, sponsored by Baytown Parks and Recreation De-
partment, will start at Robert E. Lee High School, 1809
Market, will extend to Texas Avenue and end at Texas and
Commerce. Afterward, the Baytown Historical Museum, 220
W. Defee, will be open from 7-9 p.m. for the fifth annual St,
Nicholas Day Christmas Tree Fantasy.
I.M. “Deacon” Jones, 88, a
Baytown and Chambers County
historian and- pioneer, died
Wednesday in a Fredericksburg
nursing home.
. Services are pending at Earth-
I , man Funeral Home.
He was bom
Nov. 8,1904, in
Portales, N.M.
Jones, who
|| • came to the area
I in the early
i* 1920s, was
known as the
official histo-
rian of Baytown
and was instru-
mental in start-
ing the Baytown
Museum. Jones’
yielded much of the early his-
tory found at the museum.
1 He moved to Texas in 1914
and spent his early years living
in the Texas Panhandle where
his father published a weekly
newspaper. *
In-1923, he graduated from
Gunter College and entered
State Teachers College in Den-
ton. He later taught in, a two-
room school house in Cove.
Jones became involved in the
electrical business in 1926.
After a long career in the
electrical contracting business
as manager of the Baytown
branch of Pfeiffer Electric Co.,
he retired and did historical
research. . *
He spent all of his spare time
researching and gathering his-
torical articles which he
recorded on a card file system
for Sterling Municipal Library.
Information was collected
through various means includ-
ing interviews and even a few
trips to the city dump -, - ’
Jones served on the Library
Board for six years and was
chairman in 1969-1970, He also
served on the city’s Museum
Committee.
He received a number of
honors in recognition of his
work including the Community
Service Award and the Jaycee’s
Distinguished Citizen Award.
Jones was also active in the
Bay Area Heritage Society,
CharcjJbers County Historical
Society and the West Chambers
County Historical Society..'
He' was a lay minister at.the
Church of Christ in Barbers Hill ,
for many years.
He was preceded in death by
his wife, Lyle Fisher Jones.
Survivors include a daughter
and son-in-law, fonmer Bayto-
nians Joveta and Roland Laird
of Fredericksburg.---------- — -
Memorial donations may be
made to the Baytown Historical
Museum or to Sterling Munici-
pal Library-
Baker: Delaying
clash aids Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Secretary of State James A.
Baker III told Congress Wed-
nesday that delaying a mili-
tary clash with Iraq would
hurt the United States and
help Saddam Hussein destroy
Kuwait as a nation.
The economic squeeze im-
posed by the U.N. Security
Council after the Aug. 2 inva-
sion “has had little, if any,
effect on his inclination to
withdraw,” Baker told the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
He stopped short of saying
the Bush administration
would launch an attack to lib-
erate Kuwait after the Jan. 15
deadline established last week
for an Iraqi pullout by the
U.N: Security Council.
But like Defense Secretary
Dick Cheney, Baker-left no
doubt U.S. policy will not de-
pend on economic sanctions
alone to reverse the invasion.
‘‘He must be stopped,
peacefully if possible, but by
force if necessary,” Baker
said about Saddam.
“Waiting not only gives
Saddam time to break the
sanctions, but it imposes costs
on us,” Baker said. “As we
wait, Saddam will continue
torturing Kuwait, killing it as
a nation.
“As we wait, he will con-
tinue manipulating hostages,
attempting to break the coali-
tion. As we wait, he will con-
tinue to fortify Kuwait, to
build chemical and biological
weapons, and to acquire a nu-'
clear weapons capability,”
Baker said.
Good Afternoon.
Pearce Street Journal AROUND TOWN
Convincing
People will believe
anything if you whisper
it.
-KG.
SUN DIAL
Glen Stephens
makes straight A’s in
all his subjects at St.
Joseph School . . .
Mike Tavary goes out
of his way to avoid
heavy labor.
Classified............4-7-B
Comics/Crossword.... 6-A
Dimension............ 7-A
Editorial.............. 4-A
Markets...............2-A
Movies...............2-B
Obituaries7............ 3-A
Police beat........... 2-A
Sports....'............ 1-B
School Menus. 3-B
Television............ 2-B
Word of Mouth ....... '8-B
WEATHER
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: In-
creasing clouds, low in
lower 40s. .Thursday:
Mostly cloudy with high in “
low 60s. From 8 a.m.
Tuesday to 8 a.m. Wed-
nesday: high of 55, low of
32.
Bridge
contract
awarded
New span near
Barrett Station
Harris County commissioners
authorized a $256,764 contract
Tuesday for the replacement of
the Crosby-Lynchburg Road
Bridge near Barrett Station.
The current timber bridge,
which crosses a flood control,
unit, will be replaced with a
concrete bridge. “We’re in the
process of replacing all the tim-
ber bridges in Precinct 2,”
Robert Castille, Precinct,2 tech-
nical assistant in the county en-
gineer’s office, spid.
The replacements are being
made because the timber bridges
cannot carry heavy loads, Cas-
tille said. [
The contract was ! awarded to
Hatcher Construcfion Company
Inc. The project should begin in
January and be completed by
June or July 1991. Since the pre-
sent road carries a lpt of traffic,
Castille said an psphalt detour
road will be built to handle that
traffic flow during the construc-
tion period.
Anahuac
man wins
top prize
By the nanovjes t of tiebreak-
ing margins, George Taylor of
Anahuac edged jEdwip Smesny
of Baytown for grand prize hon-
ors in The Sun’sjfgotball contest
-thisTan.—r—| H’''' « y ~
Taylor wins a three-day, two-
night stay in Las! Vegas for two.
The package, inc|uqes round trip
air fare, lodging ^t|the Flamingo
Hilton, room ta^ejs, some gra-
tuities and more.
As second-place finisher in
the grand prize sweepstakes,
Smesny will receive $150 cash.
Both Taylor and -Smesny
made 102 correct predictions
throughout the run of the contest
this fall, so contest judges in
The Sun’s advertising depart-
ment went to head-to-head re-
sults between the two contes-
tants’ weekly entries.
However, the men tied in that
respect also, with each one top-
ping the other four times in the
number of correct predictions.
In four of the weeks, they both *
correctly predicted the same
number of games____________
Going to the weekly tie-
breaker games, the grand prize
was dcteimined because Taylor
came closer than Smesny six
times to four on predicting
scores of the weekly tiebreaker
games. They tied , twice in this
category.
Anticipation mounting .
Include Goodfellows in plans
Previous Balance...................$2,847.00 LhiJP(jOodfellow
“In'1 memory of Oran’ I' Shiriev”..........50'°° These.last few daYs of cool, crisp weather
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Whitaker..............25.00 i^‘/ghlened our anticipation of Chnst-
Farris R. Pagitt..........................50.00 mal.
“In loving memory of my wife, Grace” Christmas trees are selling, cards are be-
David and Kathy Glowczwski.......20.00 mg sent 0l!f and houses are being decorated
“In memory of mamaw LaVergne” ™ore !?PldlY as we move-Towards the big
A.M. Young...........................,..25.00 daL , , ’
Baytown Saints Soccer Club .............100.00 We are also planning the time we will
Paul and Betty Ostermayef..............25.00 ?^nd wlth our family’s >n celebration of
“In memory of Tut and Bess Lauland” Christmas. Spending the holidays with those
EugAe and Ruchelle Malley......... 25 00 we love’ and watching their expressions of
Mrs. John W. Sylvester......... 25.00 Joy and gratltude as they unveil gifts, is qne
FJeuterio Juarez........... i.......77..... 10.00 of .Christmas true delights.
Anonymous...............................20 00 Goodfellows know that Christmas is one
Joe. Nieto. 7L ~ .............25 00 time we should also think of ■our larger fanjt-,
“In remembrance of MichaeV ’ ’ ily — all of Baytown. It is a time we need to
Anonymous..............................200.00 extend-a helping hand to those who need us.
Total.....A'!;!!!!!!!"!!”!!!!””” $344700 A simple donation is aJJ it will take to hejfr
.......... ” ......... ’ ' . children whose -families cannot afford'
——-----Christmas gifts and goodies. A few dollars
njj way
from each Baytonian will go a Ion;
the hearts of our children. ‘
Experience the joy of being a Goodfellow.
Bring your contribution to The Baytown
Sun, 1301/ Memorial, or mail it to Chief
Goodfellow, in care of The Baytown Sun,
P.O. Box 90, Baytown, 77522.
SIGNUP ...
Families with no school-age children may
pldce their children on the list to-receive
Goodfellow gifts between noon and 2 p.m.
c. 11 at the Baytown Welfare League,
5309 Decker Drive. Parents or guardians are
quired to have either a letter from Human
esources, some proof of salary or a Social
Security number. Families with school-age ,
r children may sign up at _ the individual
school. ,j.L- f- i ■ *
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Table at Citizens Bank............ $50.00
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 343, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 5, 1990, newspaper, December 5, 1990; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1044347/m1/1/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.