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TEXAS
T^C^VCop,
CITY TAKES IN 8.4-MILE AREA;
POPULATION INCREASES 6,000
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Sabin Polio Vaccine Clinics
Open Sunday For Last Dose
If there wag ever any doubt traffic, patrol and many other vol- eryone the Sabirrvacdne has nev- Lakewood, Carver School, DeZa-
about the safety c
there should
of Sabin oral vac-
not be any now.
one case of polio or any
on of polio came from the
doses of Type 3 Sabin oral
te administered in Harris
County in September, Dr. Jack
Hild, county-wide “Victory Over
Polio” chairman, pointed out.
Unfavorable and very unfortun-L
ate publicity about Type 3 vaccine
was caused early this fall by
Canada. In the first place, Canada
did not even use the same manu-
mm A - _ _ . _ . , facturer of Sabin oral vaccine
EDGE RECEPTION ttjeOSSVSt
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MB. AND MRS. Grover K. Edge cut the cake at a reception
honoring him for his 10-year career as the Veterans Service
Officer for East Harris County. The reception at the Baytown
V Chamber of Commerce was attended by 150 persons. Edge,
who ha* retired from the Veterans Service Center, received
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miwz
en that die Type 3 vaccine was
at all connected with the few iso-
lated cases of polio in Canada.
Type 2 vaccine Sunday after-
noon will be .the final Phase of
the program that was started last ‘
r by Harris County physi-
is. Their only aim is to com-
pletely wipe out the dread dis-
ease. This is possible with mass
vaccination. It is only possible if
everyone, all ages, will particia-
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Teen Canteen Slate
HORACE MANN Teen Canteen
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everyone, all ages, will particia-
patein the drive Sunday after-
mm a
Saturday I
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DIANTHA DAV
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MBMipiVliippiillPiiil
Sabin oral vaccine is completely
safe, effective and quick-acting,
Harris County doctors have re-
sized
Giunto i doctors hav
L^r&eun
BSSfaW residents are urged
------ be at one of the eight clinic to-
production cations hi this area, Dr. W. O.
“ T^au) Finch,
liii at drive far toe East
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VETERANS OF
on Decker Drive. Music will be
presented by the
Hours will be froc
| tH
Requiem Moss
THE ANNUAL memorial requiem
mass for deceased members of
the San Jacinto Council No. 2788/
* Sociriy. s«W.
The doctors and nurses wlH
here, the volunteers from org
be
from organ-
communications,
unteers will be there.
The doors will swing open at
noon and will remain open until
6 p.m. There is no charge. D you
defray the cost, it will be appre-
ciated;- This donation is not re-
quired, "however.
T|ie mass maneuver to give ev-
er been a money-making project.
It is only necessary that you
be there to receive a cube of
sugar that is saturated with
can pay a 25-cmt donation to help life-savir^ weapomagmnst^ polio.
town Junior High, Horace Mann
Junior High. Cedar Bayou Jun-
ior High, Travis Elementary inj
'
vala Elementary, Highlands Jun-
ior High and Harlem Elementary
in McNair.
Other clinics near Baytown,
operated out of Houston headquar-
ters, wUl include La Porte High
NewCity
Boundaries
Listed
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School, Drew High School in Bar-
rett Station and Channelview’
Zavala School.
City Offers Benefits
To New Industries
(Sm Map On Fog* 5)
A resolution designed to attract services furnished by fee ctty toting industry shall be treated as
...— "new industry”).
more industry to Baytown was i{s private citizens
»25ssr
f. „ , .f , „ manufacturing industries should
nexauon ana suoaivwion commit- s of 20 per cent of the taxable
tee, toe resolution reduces to writ- rL. of smh nrooertv
ing toe council's attitude toward value 01 such property" ^
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Here is
new industry and defines policies "“2“
shall be con-
------- so that no
25 per cent of the 20
nexed shall be annexed in any
^Itaytovro ,per cent <*? tfae Dndustry to be an-
the "meat" of the reso- one year,
lutions: ..New
dgVtftUlMMSa.saMliM
taring industries within and near have lapsed alter completion of
heavy manufacturing
iJKsEsf
from 9p.m
am
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Share Christmas With A Child
Once Goodfellow, Always Go
More happiness will
-Knights of Columbus- will be heki toisWiday.seas^il
at 8 a.rfe Saturday at St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church. The Rev. Denis
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underprivileged children,
nrttnber of children may not
increased over test year ai "
ceding years, but toe cost
ing them toe kind of du
tows in Baytown — and once a they deserve has increased.
Goodfellow fraternity,"
There are hundreds of Goodfel-
at St. Joseph’i
. ...... jilffll
the'^councilTwill be th^ celebrant. ^Gwidfeiiow^ ^ m to dues to
Research Meet
ffiui®S3i| SS-'
t ot giv- of all sizes from all Goodfellows now. Mail your check, mone;
my'M
PHILLIP GRAYSON of Baytown
is one of four Lamar Tech chem-
istry majors who will attend the
annual Texas Academy of Science
collegiate research conference
, jiOfeoday and Tuesday at Tex-
You
amber"
longer live in Baytown, but who
never let Christmas go by without
sending a contribution.
Most of toe hundreds at Good-
fellows are well-known because
their names are usually pub-
lished when they make a contri-
than 30
long to toe failed to accomplish its goal of
letting children know that Sa
bylaws to obey, no
attend when you belong
Goodfellow fraternity. All you
have to do to Income a member Claus" really does exist.
standing is to make
“Furthermore, upon application
by an interested party, if land
within toe city is sold to a heavy
manufacturing industry or if same
starts being Used as such indus-
trial property or net capital im-
provements are made to existing
industry, such land, or a propor-
tionate part toereof shall be de-
as” other
set forth above.
“This resolution shall take ef-
fect from and after its passage
1~" the council, and toe mayor and
y clerk are hereby authorized
i directed to execute this reso-
£ Se rttv^ls^
directed to furnish copies of this
resolution to the Chamber of Com-
merce and interested industries.”
In other business, toe council:
2. Passed an ordinance defining
regulations applicable to Hty em-
... ployes who wished to Uve outside
the city. The ordinance will be
r administered by
" who will decide .on
the kind of Christmas to put the drive over the top’. ’ ’ der or'cLhXcWrf'tSenfw’ ^visions oftoe ordinance.
In the more than 30 years i
* * — aaoitcu mien wcj «*one » v.wiur
as A and M College in College button. However, there are others
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Weather And Tides
aOUDY THROUGH SatunUy
will drizzle or light rain tonight
and continuing through tomor-
.....'"t"".....
GALVESTON TIDES Saturday
will be high* at l:M pm. and
tow at 12:28 p.m.
Arouhi
;TT own:
BEVERLY MILLS is looking for
her puppy who was lost in toe vi-
cinity ol Scott Street. If anyone
finds toe dog they can phone Bev-
erly at 582-4933.
Texas teasipper is down—Brad town area,
Cash falls for a line . . . Frances ''L
Bryan’s name does look good in
print, doesn’t it? , „ . Roy Elms
helps out with some fine informa-
tion ... Les Wilburn, who suf-
fered a heart attack several
weeks ago is doing fine, says
brother Theo . . . Jack Huron
and Mozeli Davis are bat
nose colds and sinus trouble.
Someone left a pair of brown-
framed glasses with gold trim at
the office of toe General Tele-
phone Co.
A black pigeon with a band on
one leg has been found at the
home of Isaac Alexander Jr., 302
N. Sevenlh. They are looking, for
the owner ... Ann Rowe hears
some "weird sounds” at night
wonders what they are. She
they sound like a flying saucer,
The police say they are probably
the hew sirens on their new pa-
trol cars. They have a weird
sound *. . Betty Merrick, Bar-
bara Keller and Jayne Clinton
make preparations to model in
toe Future Homemakers style
■how at 7 p.m, Saturday at La-
mar Elementary auditorium.
Paid positions in the program
are open to residents of the Bay-
town area, including La Porte,
Channelview, Highlands, Crosby,
and Anahuac.
si, The
i-|Texas
pany D, V
not for the Goodfel
lows, Christmas would be a
dreary time tor underprivileged
children in Baytown and adjacent
area who would not share in toe
wonderful spirit that pervades all
Hie true spirit of Christmas is
the intangible factor that kebpk
the Goodfellow organization alive.
If it were not for toe compassion
Baytonians show for their less-
fortunate neighbors. Christmas
would pass unnoticed as do seme
other occasions that have some-
how lost meaning.
This year, Chief Goodfellow
needs at least $2,500 to provide
gifts and Christmas goodies for
lr
laus really does exist. fellow and to thank you personally and appropriate council commit
Chief. Goodfellow and all the for your gift. tees to make a study of the needs
of meeting places to replace
closed. ■
5. Accepted a city audit pre-
pared by the Baytown firm of
Bobbitt and Gambles and direct-
Special Yule Four-Cent
Postage Stamp On Sale
Availability at toe Baytown Post ] branches and station?
SttOMMUtUM
mmmsiuM
SMPPII1
BITS LEFT
Office at ample supplies of toe Dee- 31.
Christmas postage stamp
ever issued by the United States
was announced Friday by Post-
master M. C. Neal. .................
The 4-cent green, red and white
stamp went on initial sale in Pitts-
burgh, Pa., Nov. 1, in conjunction
with the annual convention of the
national Association of Post-
masters of toe United States and
"second day” sale began here
Nov. 2.
The unusual new issue will be
available at local post office
Two Water
Units Taken
By BLUE BEATHA&D tages for residents of toe annexed
Sun News Editor areas: direct participation in gov-
bcjr3d?oto^miSel^^jdt?fc2^1^!re^
From toe press* city limits,
on the West side of Baytown
by toe Humble Refinery along
toe shoreline of Scott Bay, Crys-
tal Bay and Barnett Bay to
Spring Galley at toe north end
of toe hay; op Spring Galley
(tyso called 8bp - out - Galley)
to Decker Drive; ^own Decker
toward Baytown to a point west
ot Wade Ro*d where tbe Haroid
Wilting survey Hue intersects
Decker; due east along toe sur-
vey line across the top of Water
District 58 to Goose Creek
Stream; down toe stream to
Baker Road; torn due east along
Baker Road to N**. Mata;
down North Main to a point 200
feet north of Maaaey Tompkins
Road; east along a Hbe parallel
to and HW feet north of Mas-
sey-Tompktas to Cedar Bayou
stream; and down Cedar Bayou
city limits on the
of Baytown.
fee north
of Decker Drive a
Road city limits will
city, while those on
side win be outside,
on both sides of North Main
and Massey -Tompkins will be in
i care at The Baytown Sun, Post - 3. Passed a resolution express-
ke hands w^another Good 4. Instructed the city manager
3rd Stadium Bond -
Vote thing May
Come On Monday
bond election ask-
liSWJSXS
stadium, build a new county jail
and buy more voting machines.
A low bid of $19,440,000 for com-
pletion of the stadium was accept-
at a meeting
the functions of two water ds-jPj^.006.
trictg included in an 8.4 square j°rd
^ he^ft “^*-services ** *
The annexed area which is now
part of Baytown includes Woo-
moat and Ponderosa.
tion); two
rfMas^Tomrtos2^?1 "°» aPP*ies ® wat<* districts; li-
fThe cSu hK>t^idedred tak- °fa5“
ino in ^or»o nnHh iS X, per cent franchise from Houston
Sf toe to^dJ and Power Co.woukLap.
ggjgrs * sa-*
The annexation ordinance was
m&m§m
garbage pickups a i
rash pickup (no charge
trash pickup); better police
and fire protection; sanitation and
health inspection services not of-
fered these residents at present;
, -rt Bw™, includes W«-
jdes not now available; dt-
would have local tasted at ~
It also includes an area north *****
of the old city limits. The area
is bounded on the north s Baker ,mlhnitM, ^ ^
ce, street, drainage); tax
wUl be limited in the city
ad of unlimited tax rate winch
could be encouraged by toe city
A'iSiSKS £ s
creases the city’s land area from
14 square miles to 22.5 square
I . l.._s
and Improvement District 58 were
Boundary Change
tot vnmt town Sun’s description of that
tt meeting Sev- boundaiy “ « TtaSSqt story.
members of the audience who
city council
in thp annexed onvL vrarwi inotth boundary line redrawn at
opposition to toe annexation be- f *» B^1"
fore toe vote was taken, but one •
later announced he had changed
his mind and did not oppose the
would encounter difficulty in pro-
Harris Countv Commissioners fevered annexation and that the anginal boundary.
Bams Gounty Gommtssiono* ma^r Mg neighbors «M,--also: “MfS. W. J. Hdneke Qf 2000 Ala-
iployes based on nre£hristmas bond election ask- division and annexation commit- man James M (Jim) Brvan at
ed by the court
Thursday. That sum, plus com-
to replace mltments toe county has made
rchase of extra land,
seats and improvements for the
stadium, will exceed remaining
stadium funds by about $7.5 mil-
lion.
County Judge Bill Elliott said
ed the firm be paid for its work. ^ elation can be called within
v Cecil Bobbitt told the council that ™d*ys after next Monday’s reg-
toere were no discrepancies in city
mmanI re “Thnu ora In OfWvi
for use on season’s «. Gave final approval to Coun-
PiDUOTEY, Page 8)
ular court meeting if the court de-
SwSgSSS? sjggjgag
Ramsey of Precinct 2 said
would recommend at next '
tapers and an evergreen wreath,
adorned with a red bow. Letter
is in Old English.
Issuance of the stamp ties In
with the Post Office Department’s
"Shop and Mail Early" campaign,
the postmaster pointed out. The
stamp will supply a colorful fillip
cards — and this is
Need Men 17 to 35-
National Guard In Recruiting Drive
A stepped-up recruiting cam-
paign for men 17 to 35 years old
has been started by the National
Guard unit in Baytown.
Division fa com-
Infantry. First Lt.
Robert H. Williams Jr. of La
Porte fa commanding officer at
the company.
There are no restrictions in the
y training, are eligible to
join toe unit More information is
available by calling 582-5719, or
Dec. 3 and Dec. 10. inches, to be issued in panes of
of the famed T-patch outfit are
required to pass the Armed
Forces qualification test and a
1 examination,
school students and older
men, with or without previous
to greeting
in response to heavy public re-
quest, Neal noted.
It will also encourage fee use
of first class postal rate for greet-
ing cards, providing preferred
service in the event of non-ddiv-
The stamp fa intended for gen-
eral postal use, and plans are to
reissue a Christmas stamp during
future holiday seasons. It will re-
main on sale indefinitely at the
"Philatelic Sales Agency, Wash-
ington 25, D.C.”
The Christmas issue is regular
inches,-
Lt. Williams said: “The nation 100. Initial
Post Office
000 from six
School Property Vandalism Costly
The school district spent $8,500
during the past year to replace
broken windows in school build-
ings. Most of toe windows were
broken by vandals.
This fact was disclosed in a
school board discussion of main*
tenance and transportation depart-
ment operations. Members of a
committee who studied toe opera-
ism.
George Scott, superintendent at
maintenance and transportation,
said 33 windows were broken
overnight at one school by some-
one who walked around fee build-
ing knocking out panes with a tire
tool *
Hie committee report pointed
out that the school district also
has to bear the expense of other
vandalism. Examples were toe
setting off of firecrackers in
plumbing fixtures, tearing of
{dumbing fixtures from their
mountings and obstructing plumb*
ing systems with towels.
Repairs and replacements
is being gM to program 99,500
men into Ufa six months program
by the end of June 1963. The
quota for Texas is 5,284 men.
Therefore, the recruiting efforts
double its previous best year of
fiscal 1962 when 2,590 men joined
toe National Guard program."
Joining toe National Guard
gives a young man “a wonderful
fulfill his military
issued in panes
by the U. S.
is 500,000-
printing by i
Department:
c plates.
New Carbon
Complex Is
Now Open
HOUSTON (Sp) - A new Unit-
ed Carbon Research and Develop-
ment Center, officially opened
here Thursday, offers unequaled
facilities and laboratory and pilot
plant worte on carbon black syn-
thetic polymers and masterbatch-
es.
Located cm a 32-acre wooded
site 16 miles west of downtown
Houston on Highway 90, the tech-
nical complex provides individual
fypes of black, finding better
ways of making synthetic rubbers,
formulating new rubber - black
combinations, improving disper-
sion of carbon black in runner
jolymer and developing useful
latex products.
Attending from Baytown were
several officials of United Rubber
«J , l«J_ « 1* | and Chemical Co.; subsidiary of
holiday Mints United Carbon. Among them
' were:
1 TEACHER: Wife can para'
phrase the sentence “He was
bent on seeing her?”
STUDENT: “The sight of
her doubled him up."
the same time and spend their
complete six-month tour together.
training at one of several military
posts such as Fort Polk, La. This
te followed with eight weeks of
significant portion of the manpow-
er available for maintenance
work, according to the committee. . , ...
Board members expressed advanced individual training ami
nwnnf' thnf th« vandalism is climaxed with basic unittraln-
ing.
The National Guard Armory in
Baytown fa at 3015 N. Main.
And, the sight of a 1 top
last minute Christmas shop*
raE5b™.<««*
easy remedy. Make use at
the Sun Gift Guide found in
the Classified section. It will
save you a lot of the hustle
and bustle of shopping that
goes with the Yuletide sea*
son.
agreement1’ that the vandalism
problem was serious and that a
means for solving tt should be
The Guide has • gift sug-
gestion for everyone on your
list. Give tt a try.
and Chemical Co,; subsidiary of All bids were referred to Coun-
ty Engineer Richard P. Doss and
the stadium architects for tabula-
K. K. Kitchel, safety engineer; tion and recommendations to be
D. L. Teter, technical manager; given to toe court next Monday.
G. D. Hanson, research and de- —--“a
velopment manager; E. J. Cham-
blee, finished products manager;
B. C. Bailey Jr., production man-
ager; Hugh Lansford, chief en-
gineer, and C. M. McKay, plant
manager. ________________
Also on hand for fee plant open-
ing and a Houston Club dinner
Thursday night was Dr. Alfred
G. Susie, former vice president
and head of toe Research and De-
velopment Division of United Rub-
ber at Baytown. He te now work-
ing at United Carbon’s headquar-
ters here.
United Carbon scientists and
technicians also will test the phys-
ical and chemical properties of
(8m UNITED, Page ()
The Sun did not have inform.-
the north boundary had
result of toe annexation. He ^ changed ^
vrouM receive an average $20 re- „
auction. Counolman Biyan rejfeed to «»■
The overall reduction would re- swer te Mre. Reineke’s questio*
suit from lower electrical rates, concerning the discrepancy m de-
lower insurance rates and cheap- senption of the noth boundary
- said iine. IJiat “you can’t believe every-
sewer serv- thing you read in me papers.
day’s meeting that the election be
held on Saturday, Dec. 22.
Individual members of the court
said they may ask $8 million to
$10 million more for toe stadium,
from $5 million to $8 million for
a new jail and prison farm, and
$1 million or more for additional
voting machines.
The apparent low base bid was
submitted by Johnson, Drake k
Piper of Minneapolis, Minn.,
association with H. A. Lott
Houston.
tt was the lowest of six bidsre-
ceived. The highest bid asked $24,
792,000.
The Minneapolis firm said in a
brochure with its bid feat tt built
fee George Washington Bridge in
New York City, toe $2.5 million
sports stadium in Minneapolis,
several installations for the Atomic
Energy Commission, various Air
Force bases, and numerous
schoois and public buildings.
It submitted alternate bids for
deletions of certain features in
the stadium which could, if all
were accepted, reduce toe Md
price to $18,650,000.
“J, te ice costs wiH increase, but these Councilman Bryan did not tell
M<»- wffi be tnore than offset by the Mrs. Beinekr toat,;tbe council......
m te reductions, he told the audience, changed the boundary line at a
Bryan said the study showed
taxpayers of Water District 8 Road,
would receive an average reduc-
reductions, he told the audience, changed the boundary tine at
Bryan listed the following advan- Thursday afternoon meeting.
a noonlinK^meetmg at Hoi
f.s&'SJrSr.,
division and annexation commit- man James M, JJim)
rted mi information gath- Thursday’s council meeting after
. fee committee during the Bryan had stated feat toe north
past several months. Other com- boundary would be Baker Road
mittee members are C. A. (Chris) across to North Main, thence
Hansen and W. L. (Dub) Ward, down North Main to a potat 200
" ' Wt “ Tompkins
feet north of Massey
Big Things Scheduled
Downtown Saturday
Whether th« weather is hot or
odd, it fa going to snow at 10 a.m.
Saturday in Baytown, And again
at 4 p.m.
TTiis is the sure prediction from
Baytown’s snow-makers, the mer-
chants. They will sponsor the two
snowfalls in a special blocked-off
area on Texas Avenue between
Jones and Commerce Streets.
The snow will cascade down
from a helicopter. The snowballs
are made of styrofoam and their
most important features are num-
bers. Catch * falling snowball and
trade it in for a free gift from
one of the sponsoring merchants.
You match the number with toe
right store by looking at a direc-
peze act fa slated at 3
tab'- Tfefa'dtertory^wHI be at a Persons who win
on Texas Avenue and Gail-
TTie stage will be the scene of
a big show at 11 a.m. At the
same time, announcement will be
made of fee first helicopter ride
winners. The participating
conduct individual
mer-
chants will conduct individual con-
tests at their stores to determine
winners of these free rides.
A juggler act will be featured
at noon and more whirlybird rid-
ers will be announced.
Santa Claug will arrive by heli-
copter at 1 p.m., landing on Citi-
zens National Bank parking
lot. He will spend fee next hours
in downtown Baytown. Ms im-
pending arrival will be advertised
earlier in the day when a heli-
copter win fly over the Baytown
area with a banner at 9 ajn.
At 2 pjn. a trampoline act will
be presented and a helicopter tra-
rife* wtil gojo te ll
Inn Motel where fee
chine will take off and
ing the day. Any person
must have hfa parents’
take a ride.
helicopter
new Holiday
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son under 16
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