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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Thursday, October 28, 1993
Community Calendar
Thursday, Oct. 28
booster Club — Bay Area Friends of Florida College Booster Club,
20th semi-annual garage/yard sale fund-raiser for Roy H. Rowland
Memorial Scholarships, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oct. 28-30 and Nov. 1-2,803
W Murrill. Fresh shelled pecans will be sold for $6 per pound.
Baytown Kiwanis Club — Luncheon meeting, noon at Goose Creek
Country Club. Speaker: Jeannette Watson of Austin, Early Childhood
Development consultant.
Police beat
Seven juveniles nabbed for 911 abuse
Baytown police took seven
juveniles into custody after they
spent the day skipping school,
playing on the 911 emergency
line and wasting a lot of police
time.
Officers went to a residence juveniles, boys and girls ranging
in the 700 block of Travis after in age from 13 to 151 poured out
calls made to the 911 dispatcher of their hiding places, police
unlocked door, just in case a
medical emergency existed.
There was no one in sight but
the officers smelled fresh
cigarette smoke and called for
anyone hiding to come out. The
Bayshore Fine Rides
Complex
Car club meets at 7 p.m. at the Gray Sports
Garage sale — Robert E. Lee Band Boosters host sale from 8 a.m. to 1
p.m. Thursday and Friday at 102 Lakewood. Donations appreciated.
Will pick up. Call 424-8342 or 427-3854.
Open forum — Open forum to discuss newly formed Crisis
Pregnancy Center of the Baytown area, 7:30 p.m. Cedar Bayou
Community Building, 7711 Hwy. 146. For more information, call 428-
8769.
Housing Authority meeting — The Baytown City Housing Authority
will hold its monthly board meeting at 5:30 p.m. at 805 Nazro. For
more information, call 427-6686.
TOPS meeting — Taking OS’Pounds Sensibly will meet from 6:30 to
8 p.m. at The Redeemer Lutheran Church at 1200 E. Lobit. For more
information, call 427-2095.
Lupus group — Baytown Lupus Support Group, meeting, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 28, San Jacinto Methodist Hospital, Baker Road cam-
pus.
Carifiesta — The Lee College Caribbean Association “Carifiesta,” 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Lee College campus. Caribbean food and drinks
will be sold and Caribbean arts, crafts and music featured. Scheduled
events include a limbo contest with a trophy for the winner. For more
information, call Moses Anthony at 422-0622 or 428-1176.
Friday, Oct. 29
Volunteers needed — Baytown Habitat for Humanity needs volunteers
with carpenter skills from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 29 and 30 for work at
Avenue K. Busch Terrace. For more information, call 422-3537
Barbecue — Sponsored by the Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge, barbecue
dinners will be served from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Cedar Bayou
Community Building on North 146. Dinners will cost $6, with pro-
ceeds to be used for the improvements of the Masonic Lodge building
Mothers’ Circle — Meeting, 9-11 a.m. 2701 W. Main. Babysitting
provided. Topic will be “Ages and Stages of Impulse Control.” For
more information, call 426-4617.
were traced to that address.
Police are required to check out
every 911 call, either by phone
or in person. No one answered
the door of the residence so
police went in through an
said.
They were taken into custody,
referred to juvenile authorities
for 911 abuse and truancy, then
released to relatives.
TRAFFIC
—A 29-year-old Baytown
woman was injured in a three-
vehicle accident in the 5200
block of Garth Road Wednes-
day. One of those vehicles was a
school bus but no passengers
were in it, police said. The
injured woman was transported
by ambulance for treatment of
non-cridcal injuries.
—Two people were injured in
a two-vehicle collision that
occurred on North Main at
Fayle about 3 pjn. Wednesday.
One vehicle broadsided the
other, causing it to toll over two
times, police said. Occupants of
that car were transported to a
Baytown hospital.
ARRESTS
Between Wednesday and
Thursday mornings, Baytown
police arrested three robbery
suspects and jailed one person
on a disorderly conduct charge,
one for criminal mischief, one
for criminal trespass, two for
traffic violations, one for furn-
ishing alcohol to a minor and
one for parole violations.
Houston Mayor Lanier described as ‘unbeatable’
FOrmer Baytonian Bob Lanier
heads for re-election next week
as mayor of Houston with a bet-
ter than 80 percent approval rat-
ing in the latest polls and no or-
ganized or well-financed
opposition.
“He’s unbeatable,” pollster
Richard Murray, a University of
Houston political scientist, said.
“He has everythhng going for
him.”
The political tranquility in the
nation’s fourth-largest city is a
far cry from the tumult that two
years ago marked Lanier’s inau-
gural race against 10-year in-
cumbent Kathy Whitmire and
state Rep. Sylvester Turner.
Crime and how to fight it
emerged as the top issue in that
campaign as the city reeled
under a crime wave while Mrs.
walking the beat or if we’re pav-
ing a street in front of his house
or cleaning out a ditch so he
doesn’t flood or putting up
5,000 streetlights extra —
those f'
Whitmire was touting the bene-
fits of a monorail system.
Lanier, as promised, juggled
city revenues by getting the
mass transit agency to scuttle
monorail plans and diverted that
money for street improvements
and repairs. City cash normally
earmarked for those purposes
went to pay police overtime.
Results were dramatic. Crime gay rights computer operator;
rates tumbled and Lanier’s poll Luis Ullrich, 43, a plumber and
numbers soared. coffee house owner, and Jerry
Two years later, homicides Freiwirth, 42, an oil refinery
fatherly sense of security be-
cause he’s in charge.
“More than promoting my
own campaign, it’s trying to set
in the public mind and public
things are kind of practical psyche that you really can make
common sense things the aver- things better in a city,” Lanier
age citizens see and appreciate.” ...... ‘
Lanier has token opposition
Nov. 2 from Brian Bowen, 27, a
are down 23 percent, robberies
are off 26 percent and rapes
down 13 percent. Police re-
sponse time is down and morale
in the department is high.
“But we’ve worked in more
than just law enforcement,” La-
nier, 68, who made millions as a
developer, said. “When a cop is
STOCK QUOTES
YMCA haunted house — The Baytown YMCA will have a haunted
house for all ages from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Cost is $ 1 per person
Hoedown — Baytown Chamber of Commerce hosts tiie country west-
dri! hoedown and benefit dance from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Baytown
Recreation Hall, 5517 East Road. There will be barbecue dinners,
dance, live music and auctions. Tickets are $20. For more information,
'call 422-8595.
Lock in — The Baytown YMCA will hold a junior high lock-in from
7-11 p.m. For more information, call 427-1797
•Christian concert — The singing Huclkaba family will be in concert at
Victory Temple Church, 2211 N. Main, Oct. 30-31. Revival services
will be held at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29,6:30 p.m. Oct. 30 and 11 a.m. Oct. 31
to celebrate the 26th anniversary of Dr. Charles R. Kyles as pastor.
Garage sale — Baytown Opportunity Center, 1507 W. Baker, fifth
annual garage sale, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 30. For
Ijmore information, call Ruby J. Pinson or Judy Gamble at 427-0545.
Saturday, Oct. 30
Garage sale — St. Pauls United Methodist hosts garage sale from 9
;a.m. -1 p.m. at the church, 7915 Bayway.
Museum exhibit — Bay Area HEritage Society will have a program
previewing the new Black Heritage exhibit from 1 to 3 p.m. at the
Baytown Historical Museum, 220 W. Defee. There will be refresh-
ments.
.'Halloween carnival — City of Baytown, Parks and Recreation
Department, Annual Great Pumpkin Halloween Carnival, free admis-
sion, 4 to 7 p.m., Baytown Community Center, 2407 Market. A cos-
tume contest with four age brackets will be held. Judging for those
under 3 begins at 4 p.m., ages 4 to 6 at 4:30 p.m., ages 7 to 9 at 5 p.m.
and 10 years and older at 5:30 p.m.
Haunted house — GAP and Upward Bound programs host a
Haunted House in the old Brunson movie Theater on Texas Avenue
from 6-10 p.m. Saturday and again Sunday.
Halloween festival — The Historic Goose Creek Association hosts
street fair on Texas Avenue in old downtown district from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday. A big purple anonymous dinosaur will join McDonald’s
Grimace as special guests. Activities include arts and crafts booths,
food booths, carnival-style game booths and live entertainment.
Proceeds will be used to restore the old Brunson Theater. For more
information, call 420-1593.
Duck Derby — Adopt a rubber duck to try to win $1,000 in prizes in
;the Barbers Hill Young Farmers Fun Fest Duck Deiby, set for 3 p.m.
during the BH Fun Fest. Cost is $5 per duck. For information, call
Vicki Batson at 383-2390, Missy Malacheck, 576-5440 or Kathy
Erskins at 383-3096. Proceeds benefit the BH Drug Awareness pro-
grams.
Halloween banquet — Crosby Area Ducks Unlimited, first Halloween
^Couples Banquet and Dance, 6 p.m. to midnight, Knights of Columbus
'Hall, 1508 Crosby-Dayton Road. Tickets are $30 per couple and
include a steak dinner. Auction and raffle follow. Southern Breeze will
perform. For information, call 328-7447 or 328-6567.
Harvest Moon Fiesta — Baytown Chapter of the American Diabetes
Association’s eighth-annual benefit gala at Goose Creek Country Club.
Cash bar, 6:30 p.m.; dinner, 7 p.m.; dancing and silent auction.
Reservations $50 per person or $600 for table of 10.
(Courtesy of Texas Brokerage
Services of Baytown)
(As of 8:40 a.m.)
AT&T.................... 58
Amoco.........;..........56Vi
Armco.......... 5%
Ashland................... 345/i
Atlantic Rich............111’/.
Beth. Steel................ 16'/.
CG&E.................... 28%
Chevron................ 97*4
Dial Corp................. 39%
Dow Chem...............55%
Dresser Ind...............21%
DSHRM.................. 26%,
Du Pont..................46%
Enron Corp......... 33%
Ethyl Corp................17%
Exxon ..................66
Ford...................... 60%
General Electric..........97%
General Motors...........47%
GTE...................... 38%
G.R....................... 45%
GSU...................... 18%
Halliburton...............33%
Hanson...................19%
HCA...................... 28%
Home Depot..............39
Houston Industries........47%
Humana.................. 13%
IBM......................45%
Kimberly Clarke..........52
Kmart....................23%
Kroger.................... 19%
Lubrizol..................35%
Lyondell Petro. Chem____19%
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Maxus Energy Corp.......6%
Mobil.....................81%
Monsanto.................68%
Occidental Petro..........18%
Panhandle Eastern........22%
Pennzoil............ 56%
Phillips Petro.............31%
Pin Wst..................22%
Royal Dutch.............104%
Schlumberger............. 63
Sears.....................58%
Southern Co........ 45%
Sterling Chemical..........3%
Sun Oil............. 31%
Tenneco .............. 50%
Texaco....................67%
TNP Ent....;............. 17%
Unilever................. 113%
Upjohn....................31%
USX Corp................37
Walgreens................42%
Wal-Mart................. 26
Woolworth................23%
Xerox.....................70%
Dow Ind. Average......3670.97
Dow Change...........(Up)5.87
Silver........i.............4.41
Gold.....................368.50
Exxon’s dividend per share is
$.72 paid quarterly.
Designers At A Discount
worker who is the Socialist
Woikers Party candidate in the
non-partisan balloting.
Lanier has done virtually no
campaigning and his television
ads seek to convey a grand-
Friday
Tides
HIGH:+6:27 a.m., 10:02 p.m.
LOW:+1.17 a.m.,2:42 p.m.
(+ denotes weak tides)
Tides forecast are
for the Baytown area
Sun
SUNRISE: 7:33 a.m.
SUNSET: 6:37 p.m.
said. “You don’t have to let a
city decline.”
Lanier already is working on
goals for his second term, in-
cluding more sidewalks, street
lights and parks and the
broadening of an effort to reha-
bilitate decaying inner-city
neighborhoods so the city can
better compete with suburbs in
drawing and keeping residents.
Happy Birthday
Julia Pauline Liles
10-29-1898/10-29-1993 = 95
And still rolling at Allenbrook
Healthcare Center, Baytown.
Mother of C.H. "Hub" Bounds
says Hi to all her friends
& fellow members of
Memorial Baptist Church
of Baytown
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 311, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 1993, newspaper, October 28, 1993; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051791/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.