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The Sun Invite*
MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM B. CAMP
2206 Tuscan
to the Brunion Theater. This Coupon Good
for two ticket* when preiented
at the Brunson Box Office
Good Throu|h June 4.
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VOL 47, NO. 218
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 422-8302
SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1969
BAYTOWN, TEXAS. 77520
Ten Cenh Per Copy
Bike Rider Struck
TERRY LEE Watkins, 6, of 1702
Gillette, was treated and
released from Gulf Coast
Hospital Friday night after he
was struck by a car. The boy was
riding his bicycle at Ward Road
and Richardson Lane, police
said, when he pulled out in front
of a car driven by Mrs. Blance
Mayhan, 3125 Illinois.' No
charges were filed.
Parents Meeting
■PARENTS WITHOUT Partners
willmeetat7;30p.m. Tuesday in
Apartment 24, Sam Houston
Courts, at Lee Drive and Nazro.
All single parents are eligible to
attend. A speaker from
Pasadena will present
program. Further information
may be obtained from Mrs. j. J.
Compton, Mrs. Adele Trchalek
or. Mrs. Lela Jones.
OTA Classes
ADMISSION requests are now
being accepted for occupational
therapist assistants classes
sponsored by the Houston Health
Department. Classes will be
. conducted daily from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. atSt. Anthony’s Center and
will last for five months. Ap-
plicants must have a high school
education or have passed the
GED tests and should be bet-
ween the ages of 18 and 55. Next
classes begin Aug. 4.
Stereo Theft
A STEREO TAPE player and 26
tapes, valued at a total of $235,
were stolen from a car belonging
to Donald Matthews, Apartment
10. 3500 Decker Drive, early
Friday .Matthews told,police the
theft occurred when his car was
parked at his apartment.
Motor, Watch Gone
AN OUTBOARD motor and a
woman’s white gold watch were
stolen from the back porch at 408
N. Circle, the owner Mrs. M. E,
Lambert told police Friday. She
said the motor is valued at $100
and the watch, $135. !
Tire Stolen
VERNON BATTARBEE, 1203
Strickland, reported to police
that a spare tire was stolen from
his piqjcup truck parked at the
Elks Lodge, 2515 Market,
Friday. The tire is worth $35,
Strickland said., '
Airman Promoted
PAUL H. PRIMEAUX Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hueitt Primeaux of
2401 Alexander Drive has been
promoted to airman first class in
the U.S. Air Force. Airman
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TEACHERS BECOME THE STUDENTS
LOOKING OVER a description of a unique course they are scheduled to take at the University
of Houston this summer are Baytown teachers Richard Cooke, Mrs. Ann* Marie Kalbits, Mrs.
Carolyn Smith, Mrs. Patricia Blundell and Joe Hughes.
Five Baytown Teachers To
Study Unique Taw Course
Five Baytown social science
teachers next week are due to
start getting some laboratory
experience in new constitutional
doctrines developed by the
Warren-led U. S. Supreme Court.
The teachers are Joe Hughes
of Robert E. Lee High School,
Richard Cooke of Baytown
Junior School, Mrs, Anna Marie
Kalbitz of Highlands Junior
court in broadening the
guarantees of individual rights,
according to developers of the
course.
Field trips will be scheduled to
bring the teachers into contact
with practices which are the
subjects of current constitutional
relevance. V
For example, a study will be
made of the so-called “stop and
School, Mrs. Carolyn Smith and frisk” iaws. Houston police have
indicated they were willing to
allow teachers to travel in patrol
Primeaux is a material
specialist at Richards - Gebaur
AFB, Mo., in a unit of the
Aerospace Defense Command.
Service School
AIRMAN First Class George S.
Burt Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
George S. Burt of Baytown, has
graduated from a U.S. Air Force
technical school at Sheppard
AFB, Tex. He was trained as a
medical services specialist and
assigned to Lackland AFB. He is
a graduate of Robert E. Lee High
School and attended Baylor,
GROUND
Miss Patricia Blundell of Cedar
Bayou Junior School.
They will be among 60 Houston
area teachers participating in a
unique summer in-service
education program on the
University of Houston campus.
Instruction will include
frequent field trips giving
teachers an opportunity to ob-
serve courtroom scenes, the^
work of police and other.public
officials and social problems in
urban poverty areas.
Stress sessions will be
scheduled which involve police,
judges, attorneys, legislators
and various minority group
members. ;
Teachers who participate in
the six-week program are to
receive six hours of graduate
credit and a stipend of $75
weekly. ‘
The unique program , is being
conducted jointly by the College
of Law and the College of
Education at the University1 of
Houston with the active
cooperation and support of the
Houston Independent jSchool
District, the Houston Bat
Association, the Texas Bill of
Rights Foundation and the U. S,
Office of Education.
cars and observe “stop and
frisk” situations. Teachers will
visit jails, talk with prisoners,
observe the courts in action, talk
with prosecutors and defense
lawyers and interview appellate
judges who handle cases with
BUI of Rights problems.
Field trips to the state
penitentiary will be arranged so
that the teachers may learn first
hand the viewpoint of the in-
mates, as well as the views of
officials.
Outstanding Teacher
At LC Is Announced
HANGING OUT HIS
SHINGLE
Our World
Today
fBOHtfWBU
+ New York Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller offers to sit down
and discuss grievances with
students In an effort to prevent
more violence on tain South
American tour.
+ Defense Secretary Melvin
R. Laird returns from a round
of NATO meetings saying be
hopes that proposed Canadian
troop withdrawals won’t have
a snowballing effect on U.S.
committment to the defense
organization.
+ A task force of the Bureau
of the Budget estimates It
would cost $2.9 billion more
than the government Is now
spending on anti-hunger
programs to assure an
adequate diet for the poor.
+ Negro attorneys,
dissatisfied with their
profession’s performance of
racial isaues, vote to form a
new group, the National
Conference of Black Lawyers,
that could emphasize solving
community problems.
Teacher Pay Increase
To Help Schools Here
.S.
I Amount Of
Funds Is
Uncertain
The program was developed m
recognition of a need to help
teachers better understand and
interpret the rapidly changing
social order, particularly in the
cities. ,/' '•
The need has been magnified
by the monumental changes in
constitutional doctrine resulting
from the activity of the Warren
Paul Price, a biology in-
structor at Lee College since
1956, wasi presented an out-
standing teacher award at
college commencement exer-
cises Friday night.
The $300 award was initiated
by Mrs. Robert Wahrmund who
contributed half and was
responsible for a matching
contribution by the Esso
Foundation.
In recognition :of an out-
standing faculty at LC, the
Baytown citizen felt she wanted
to honor at least one. She ap-
pointed a committee of three —
Wallace Heaner, Roland Arm-
strong and Wayne Gregory —
from the college to be respon-
sible for: the selection. This
committee then appointed a sub-
committee to help in the
selection.
The presentation to Price was
made by Gregory in behalf of
Mrs. Wahrmund, and as
recognition of the instructor’s
excellence in teaching and his
to students, and the
community.
Price, who is also chairman of
the Natural Science Division,
was instructed to use the gift for
additional educational or
cultural development and
enrichment.
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PAUL PRICE
A graduate of George Peabody
College lor Teachers in Nash-
ville,Tenn., Price holds the
bachelor and master of arts
degrees. Prior to coming to
Baytown, he taught public school
(See TEACHER, Fife 2)
+ Publisher Ralph Ginzburg
says that congressional
criticism of Supreme Court
Justice William O. Dougins
“could signal the start of a
witch hunt that c&ild destroy
the freedom of everyone,
liberal and conservative
alike.” - ------------------__
+ A plan to admit black and
Puerto Rican students to City
College of New York “without
regard to grades” has stirred
one of the most emotional
debates in recent years.
,. + The brother of George C.
Wallace says the former
Alabama governor wffl be
prepared to run for president
again in 1972 if President
Nixon doesn’t live up to
‘committments’ to the South,
RECEPTION FOR GEORGE BUSH
CONGRESSMAN GEORGE Bush of Harris County, guest speaker at Lee College commencement
exercises Friday night, was honored with a reception in the home of Lee College President and
Mrs. Richard Strahan. Board of regents chairman Sam Bnmlett is on the left, Dr. Stnhnn and
Paul Price of the Lee College faculty are on either side of Bush. (Sun Photo)
Bush Tells LC Graduates
President Will End War
By WANDA ORTON
President Nixon will be suc-
cessful in bringing the Vietnam
War to an end, Congressman
"eorge Bush said here Friday
ght.
Speaking to a capacity crowd
at the Lee College com-
mencement exercises, Bush said
is “essential” to end the
Vietnam war which is costing be solved.”
billions in dollars and millions In
pMpBfeMi . Mf 1
“The war in this piece of real
estate is disporpqrtionate to our
national interest."
The congressman also ex-
pressed optimism in the nation’s
economy problems being solved;
It is too early to calculate just
how much a teacher pay raise
bill passed by the Texas Senate
will help this school district in
financing a teacher pay raise
granted by the school board
earlier this week, Supt. George
Gentry said Saturday.
The state pay raise, which
would' grant an average $700
increase to Texas teachers for
1989-70 Tpid an additional'$1,100
increase for 1970-71, was ex-
pected to get approval from the
Texas House and be passed on to
Gov.Preston Smith for signing.
The school board here has
granted teachers a 12 per cent
salary hike, expected to average
about $864, for 1969-70. It left the
salary question open for 1970-71. .
State participation in school
district finances here will
depend not only on the amount of
salary increases granted by the
legislature but will depend on
this district’s local fund
assignment for 1969-70, Supt.
George Genuy pointed out.
Gentry and Finance Director
Robert Sauls said recently they
believe this district’s local fund
assignment will be increased
this year, which would result in
the district paying more than its
Hie thread of optimism ran (current 60 per cent assignment,
throughout the congressman’s There is still a question as to
speech which was devoted whether or not Gov. Preston
largely to the ideals of today’s I Smith Will sign the ap-
generation. •- .. propriations bill passed by the
Bush recently led a team of 20 Legislature Friday. The state
congressmen across the country comptroller baa to determine if
to visit campuses. “We listened sufficient funds 'are available
“The crudest tax of all,” he rather than talked which may be before the bill goes to the
said, “is the tax of inflation. But
I tun confident this problem can
A YOUNG MAN Identified as,
James Jones suffered
Saturday in the llOO' block of
Harbor. Baytown police
arrested a suspect. Jones was
taken to the emergency room
at Sin Jacinto Methodist
Hospital.
35 Baytonians Will
Receive UH Degrees
Thirty - five Baytoniahs will trical engineering,
receive degrees from the Also, Florence M. Richards,
University of Houston in spring master of education; Kenneth R.
commencement exercises at I Parker, doctorate in optometry;
7:30 p.tn. Saturday at odtdoor Mart D. Nelson, BS in eldjjri'caljto correct abuses or be fair or
' monies in front of the engineering; Lyla Nettles,’Intellectually honest. Such
I Cullen auditorium. master of education; Jerome T. persons put their own values
Jhey are Patricia Lubbock Johnson, BS in math; Emmett
Young, BA in English; Dorothy | Rodney Hutt, doctorate in op-
Wilson, BA in sociology; Doris
James Jones sqneren a WiJson BA ^ sodology; Doris tometry; Marvin L. Hanson Jr.,
gunshot wound at about noon Bifd wiUiford M math BS in math; Burnette W.Dowler,
teacher education; James N.l MA in English; Cova Renfro
Thompson, bachelor of ar- Davis, BS in math; Mary
chitecture; Henry G. Tamayo, Weidner Davis, BS in speech
BBA in economics - finance; education; Herbert A. Busby,
Thomas Smith, BA in English; BBA in general business ad-
Robert P. Schieshl, BS in dee-| ministration.
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unusual for some congressmen,"
tie said.
‘It is appropriate from time to
time to question the system to
obtain changes. Just go back to
Plato to see that restlessness on
campuses is not particularly
new.”
He called this year "the year
of the great debate,” in which
idealism is pitted against
selfishness and areatifity against
copping out,"
Some people want to “cop out”
And are not constructively trying
[governor’s desk.
(See PAY RAISE, Page 2)
ahead of the law and "do their
own thing” without any
redeeming social value.
“But there are just a few such
people. Only nine per colt of"
campuses have disorders and
only a small percentage caiisej
these on the campuses.”
Bush said (us generation needs
be more perceptive as the
Also, Judy Rhodes Bailey, BS young people seek legitimate
in elementary education; Mary social change and needs to be
MRS. J. R. BUSBY would like to
find a good home for a two-
month old black and white
puppy. ’
......Gregg Garrett and David
Eckerman making plans for
' their Florida trip. ,
, Out-of-town relatives see Jo-
anna Brewer graduate cum
laude from Ross Sterling.
Mrs. Earl Bowers and Mrs. P.
B. Milner delighted with a
reception given them at First
Baptist 'Church kindergarten,
the kindergarten is closing this
year in anticipation of the start
of public school kindergartens
next fall . . . Sparky Bond in-
troducing . his son-in-law, Bill
Darlirig, young attorney who is
moving here and who will office
with Andrew Lannie. '
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CARRIE CASEY
CRISPIN JAMES
JODY LAIRD
FI
DONALD DIAL
DONALD CARTNER
FivfeXee College Students Receive Honors
No Scnrice Charge
At...
Peoples State Bank
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Six top honors were handed out
to Lee College students Friday
night at the 1969 commencement
exercises.
Hall of Fame honors went to
four students, the Most
Representative Student title to
one, and the, Walter Rundell
Scholar to another.
In addition, two graduates
were announced as scholarship
recipients and a third presented
an award from a local
organization. ‘
Hall of Fame honors went to
Carrie Casey, Crispin James,
Miss Jqmes was also named
the Most Representative
student.
^Donald C. Cartner, the top
ranking male graduate, was
given the Walter Rundell Scholar
plaque because of his scholastic
achievement. He resides at 715
Grantham Road.
The Hall of Fame and Most
Representative student
recipients are named by a
faculty committee whose
selection ip made from a list of
nominees chosen by the student
body. Criteria includes
iJJofry Laird and Donald r*** ;| yiphnmftre rank, contribution to
re-
tire college, leadership ability,
general attitude, and grades.
Barry Reiter, who was
president of the Student
Governmentthis year, waa given
the bronze good citizenship
medal by the Major White
Chapter, Sons'of the American
Revolution. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Reiter, 1800
Gillette. ,
Miss Casey is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Casey, 728
Travis. Miss James’ parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph James, 15811
Ridlon in Channelview. '
Miss Laird is the daughter of
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Mr. and Mrs. Alton Laird, 1705
E. Texas, and Dial is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. H, J. Smith, 310 S.
Gaillard.
With the exception of Miss
James, who graduated from
Channelview High School, the
Hall of Fame winners are
graduates of Robert E. Lee High
School.
Scholarship* were presented
two graduates 4 Dial and
Dorothy Faye Harris. Dial was
given the West Baytown Kiwanis
Clqb award of $300 for , his
contribution to the college. He
plans to attend Stephen F. Austin
College next fall.
Miss Harris was presented the
American Association of
University Women’s $150 award.
She will attend the University of
Houston. A graduate of REL, she
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Harris, 4922 Middleton.
Top ranking graduates, in
addition to Cartrier, were Stade
Erwin and Florence Lee House.
Both are REL graduates. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. G.
Erwin, 216 HacMfery, and she is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.
Margaret Armstrong, master of
education; .., Jocelyn M
Wesseihoft, BS in sociology;
Monte Porter West, master of
education; Karen Walton, BS in
elementary .education;
Catherine Wahrmund, BA in
psychology; Horace D. Smith,
BS in math; Claire Cone
Paulson, BA in English; John K.
Pierce Jr., BS in math.
Sister Mary; Virginia
O'Donnell, master of education,
Dewojyn J‘uller Hullum, BS in
etomMtary education, James
W. Herring, PhD in psychology
Howard Duhon, master o:
education; Patrick Leo Cox, BA
in history; Sarah Swain Cryer,
BS in elementary education; W
E. Brown Jr., BS In elementary
Funeral services will be at 2
p.m. Sunday in Anahuac at the
^uqationi. Muj[ WanukwBou- First Baptist Church for James
Chebl, speech education.
•Weather, Tidefe
CLEAR TO PARTLY cloudy
and warm through Sunday is
the Baytown area weather
prediction. Temperature
raage expected Saturday,
towtt.?#* to near $9.
MORGAN’S POINT tides for
Sunday: High at 1:1$ pja.; low
•I 4:1$ a.m.
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academic achievement and j House, 380 S. Sixth in
FULL SERVICE
NO SERVICE CHARGE
CITIZENS NATIONAL
Bank & Trust Co.
Highlands.
more compassionate when the
young ask for fair play.
"Not one of you should seek
complacency. There is room for
constructive change But you
have todo it th the frame work of
and ordered society.” 1 ,
Bush sees a trend now
swinging against the “accesses
of dissent." He said that
(See BUSH, Page 2)
Rites Are Set
For Longtime
Baytonian
Patrick BarM* O'Sullivan,
71, who moved to Baytown in
1838, died at 4:14 ajn. Satur-
day in a Baytown hospital.
O’Sullivan lived at 5106
Tamarack He retired as a
i supervisor from Humble Oil
and Refining Company’s
Baytiwa plant in 1958 after 38
years of service.
Funeral services will be held
at Ma.nL Monday at the Paul
U. Lee Funeral Home Chapel.
Rev. Robert M. Cheek, pastor
of Westheimer Baptist Church
in Houston, will officiate.
Burial will be in Cedar Crest
Cemetery.
O’Sullivan waa a member of
the First Baptist Church of
Baytawa.--'
Survivors hidwfc Ms wife,
Mrs. Ida M. O’Sullivan of
Baytown; three sous, Leroy
O’Suilivau, Patrick O’Sullivan ,
and Gordon A. O’Sullivan, all
of Baytown; three grand-
children, Misses Sosas
Elizabeth O’Suilivan, Patti
Lynn O’Sullivan and Jeanie
Ann O’Snilivaa, all of
Baytown.
J. O. Nelson, Former
Anahuac Mayor, Dies
Oliver (OUie) Nelson, 71, former
mayor of Anahuac, who died at
his home in Anahuac Friday
night,
Nelson was born in
Gladewaferon August23, 1897
and had lived most of his life in
Anahuac. He was a retired rice
farmer, a deacon at the First
Baptist Church, past master of
Anahuac Lodge No. 995 AF and
AM, El Mina Shrine, Anahuac
Eastern Star and secretary of
the board of commissioners of
the Chhmbers • Liberty
Navigation District.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Rena Nelson;,,three
daughters, Mrs. tioda Gibson,
Mrs. Evelyn Stanley and Mrs. Jo
Ann Matthews, all of Anahuac;
three sisters, Mrs. Lawrence
Schaeffer of Baytown, Mrs.
Roland Davis of Tom Ball, Mrs.
George Myers of Brinkley, Ark. ;
sax brothers, Clyde Nelson and
George Nelson of Katy, Albert
Nelson and John Nelson of
Baytown, William Nelson of
Houston, Clarence Nelson of
Pearland: Seven grandchildren
also survive.
Services will be conducted by
the Rev. Rufus Zachry. The Rev.
Bob Mitchell will assist
Burial will be in the Anahuac
City Cemetery under the
direction of the 1
Home in Anahuac.
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