The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 1965 Page: 1 of 26
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NATION THANKFUL IN TIME OF CRISIS
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Records In Good Shape- $0^® Spend
Schools Modernizing jjojjfeto
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Vtfaraut Office
vctxxJ dttrirt^ operating un
During the special fcUml
Accounting <h fo Vm n-t pointed
out by the ichuui district audt-
lor In hit rrimrt (or Ihr 1961-65
fiscal yrtr were eunaklcrBlily
Iru than tt»*c cited In Ihr re-
port on the 1*63-61 audit.
C. VV, Sucear, certified |*ililli
accountant who performed both
of the tudiu, discussed hi*
196445 rrporl with irhoul board
member* during a special meet-
Uidty to afo
drr Article 77*4«, wfoch permit.
VETERANS SERVICE oft ice il
unitmMrd te« levy lor repay'
’Tun Minnesota will hr rioted
tenlton an error In Uir audit
American of
’ '*rs- yftiiAtat;
Monday while Mn Pebble
Lrhdr, the tecrrlary, attend* a
region'll meeting In Hoot Inn The
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be under Article 2784e-l. hr said
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Hut the achuul dlatrlcl'a tea
rate wa* In accordance with Ar-
ticle 77H4C-1 I Incorrectly given In
tlie a tali! at 4794e-l» of the Tex-
as Civil Statute*.
Saul* explained that the
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Surtae expressed appreciation
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lor Ihr eooperaUon that he re-
meeting will be held to five In-
itructluna to help veteran* and
wtdowi In tllllnc out Income
questamnaire cards which they
will receive In their November
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U*t fall in Id* 196344 rt-
port, Suesse laid the tchool dla-
Irict'a accounting method* In
we did not appear To conform
to requirement* of the Trxa*
Education Agency In the folknv-
mg IWpfCt*:
1. Record* wvre nut main-
tai nod on a double-entry bu*U
2. No general ledger w a *
maintained.
2. TIm' budget was not a |»art
of the lecurds.
t. The record* Ml* nol
maintained on u lund Im»I* f
througlMKit the fear.
5, Adequate cuniriJ ivcord* 4
wvre not maintained in Ilie In-1 •
torest and Sinking Fund |icr- j!
tabling to bonded debt and Um- .
unit for retirement of debt
|A Day To Be
Thankful
Boas far Bouquet
In Viet Nam march in Waah-
ington The dcmanatraliun la aet
THE BAYTOWN Jftn-acuAu'
Bootter Club Banquet will be
held at 7:* pm on Saterday.
Dec. 4. ai the Rebel Inn All
Booaler Hub member* are In*
sited, however, reservation* lor
ihe eernt mu*l be made by
lay, Dec. 1, by calling
or 5*2-5771
fa Ml* Antsrteaa LagR* (ten
to distribute 10D.U00 "Blow Your
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ller* U the Hrrtptnral text at lha
I tk. Rev. Grady ABUeo. peator at Weaalar BaftM Char
during Ike rommunHy ThanktgiviM tenrlaa TWndny
Attempted Theft
IWauk .giving turkey dhyter
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with bin I*.ml> and friend* at
A MAN WHO attrmpleil to steal
a fifth of whisky and a filth of
gin wa* arrrsloil at 12 TO p m.
Wednesday at Sum-Tex liquor
Store No l at 3309 Market. Mm.
Jessie Gresham, clerk, called
I* dire after she Mopped a man
who |Kit two Lotties of liquor un-
der hi* shirt ami began walking
out of the store Mrs Gresham
itopiied the man and he re-
tumid the gin and whisky while
. ,. *hc Cflle^l
itoTe owHt
charges. •
terini AUinner
the IVaa* While Home.
In a nimaage to the troop* In
PSALM 100
Viet Nam thw Pivsidcnl aald:
"Today wr do not march In
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Make a Joyful noise unlo the Lord, all ye »
your unfinlaheil task.
We «qr no aiacnidi lo MMer
lands.
Serve tlic Lord with glatlnoss: conic before y
6 The records were nol main- g Hjg presence with singing. '
tained on a modified anvual fi „ ... . . ,, , . lf,
bah|s ~ Know ye that the Lord lie is God: It is He
items numU'ivd 1. 2 aivi t | that hath made us. and not we otirselveg; we j
above again were lush'd in Hie are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
lflBhfTDtaWim drrueg ’Mke tke TUgrtnur-aM —Mm* nmmrkle. *na»»>»nwl»afltea*tm* kttenthnWUeat; UnudllBrVr tette'«6 nwM -HuVL.i.— . ^T1,n if with 1-1^ MmA ALhPfl i» Uw ntust pywertyl
Indian*, show their lde» of the first Thanksgiving many year* and Term* Aguilar, daughter pf Mr. and Mrs. Aguilar. All PVer Suesse eiMtimenied in the ^*\ 1 ■^aNr**WWRW»^^»*»»W»»wnRtv*nRy»*wa- M vwlcc « "
Mt«. The "Indian" 1. Elm. Aldaco. daughter .f Mr. .Ld Mrs. there are second gnule student, at DeZainl. Elementery. Sl^hiTI^mcndllkin ‘ lnt0 I,IS COUrU With praise: 1)0 thankful UntO f
(Itaytowa Son Photm (or a iyt1mu iludy aml tho hlr. : Him. and bless His name.
ing of a highly qualified auiar- *j For the Lord is good; His mercy is ever- ,
viaor for the accounting function < lasting; and His truth endureth to all genera-
had been implemented by the | |tonS. • •
school board.
The auditor (minted out thal
the supervisor wa* hired about
midyear and tluit the analysis
part of Ihe system* work ha*
in-on completed.
He added, "At this writing
Ilie tschooll administration b
studying the recommendations
and the implementation phasi
of the program should be com.
pleted during the coming school
year."
Finance Director Rober t Sauls up.
sakl the school lajsiness office
liegan maintaining a g e n e r a I
ledger and record* on double-en-
try basis on Sept 1. The 1964-65
fiscal year ended on Aug. 31.
Sauls said he plans to discus* tatlon department
maintenance of records on fund Adcox said many residents are
basis with Suesse within .the next | (riling the leaves on sidewalks
and In the streets .
yuur cause. Wr sign an prtitkiu*
to show you our unity.
Hut wr do much more. Tie
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FIRST THANKSGIVING WAS LIKE THIS
Kir prayer of thanks lor yuur
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llumksgii mg i> also a lim*
for spectacular parades that are
a p.vludc to Christma*. Itetaw
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Jesus Aid am of l«M W. Humble and tke Pilgrims are Jesse
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Fiery Armory Explosion-
Our World
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PARTLY (U)I DY and mild
through Friday wltfc early
morning log. Teniprratare
are In Philadrlidua, litruit.
Pittsburgh, Charlotte, N.C.. and
I'oronlo, Canada.
Acmas the nution families
’sthered for the holiday.
Former President Dwight D.
Eisenhowi-r, recovering front a
heart attack, will have turkey
with his immediate family In
(Bee Tt RREV, fge »«> _
Celebration Ends With Death
range rtperled, U-M degrees.
Today
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Remember Ordinances
When Doing Clean-Up
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KEOKUK, Iowa (AP)-A shat-’are filled," the slterlff said.: Mrs Ray (Alice) Summers of
t ignmnn v t , in, ,orinB **Pk»k» and flash fire j "We had lo send some patients (Keokuk,
o i.. « „ , demolished a National Guard to Quincy, III,, Burlington undj Dr. Cooper said "most ot
Swiftly moving flan,.;* engulfedjarnv,ry w^nesday night, send- Iowa City."
a three-story rooming liouse,ing wvcn [KTson.s to a fiery Dr R E Cooper on duty at
here before dawn today and dMth arvl traKKally ending a s, jose,4, Hositital here said up ”
killed at least five person*. i„ai. Th,.nk*eivin,, eve souare ■ J. 1 non. sata t
Police Sgi Edward Tayfo. X* K‘ V‘ qU <*i*ht IK-rson* were in critical
said one or two pcrs.«s are be-.0".^^,. Qr fj "t**1*"* tbn'e ^er*‘T^
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Delahoyde said today.
Musi of the other 60 to 70 per-
sons in the building wen1 burned
or injured "All our hospitals
Fir* Kill* Five
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FROM AI* HIRES
# Storm-weary Callforniumi
are happy lo setllr fur a
eluudy Thauksgh ing after
h'Mty ruins fur twu weeks
have wrought haioc In Uir
southern parts of Ihe state.
# Mind American trou|i* in
Viet Nam ohaerve Thanks-
giving with a lull In combat,
but a few soldiers must liear
the drudgery and death of war
in lliiili Tuy Province north-
east of Kalgon. wly-re an olfen
tlie is lie Ing pressed.
# President Johnson and
tits family relelirate Uq. Tur-
key day observanee as a fam-
ily unit at the IJU Ranch.
# APL-f ll» New York News-
paper Guild says II will strike
the New York Hally News at,
8 p.m. fVhlay unles* agree-
ment on a new contract Is
reached.
these people can't tell us any-
thing. The damn tiling just blew
He reported also that many
resident* who place Ihe leaves
Mlaincrs use cardboard box-
es that arc Uw large.
The containers should be «mall
enough lor one man lo liandle,
Adcox explained.
He said the city trash pickup
is now "on schedule," but there
is danger that it will drop be-
hind if the volume of leave* and
other trash increases.
Baytown resident* doing fall
dean-up work in their yards
are reminded of the city ordi-
nance |HTtaining to trash pick-
In pi
Mrs. Darrell Cooper of Car-
thage said If the dancers had
been around the refreshment
stand at the time of the explo-
sion "we all would have been
killed."
She said tlie stand was neat
the center of the blast.
"There were 48 persons dunc-
Ing in six squares ami 12 others
were sitting along the side-
lines," she said.
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"leaves must lie placed in
containers in order to get them
picked up by the city trash
trucks." |iolnted out Floyd Ad-
cox, tu(iervisor of the city sani-
cajied.
The dead ami missing wnv
mil Identified immediately.
The masonry structure, known
as Irvington Lodge, housed em-
ployes of the Irvington Hotel
and mold two blocks away.
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"It was a horrible sight," said
Mrs. John Talbott. "There-was
screaming and everyone was
hollering for people to call doc-
tors and ambulances."
Mrs. Marilyn Chance said she
saw people "running from tho
building. They were naked.
Their clothes were burned off."
Fire Chief John Breheny and
Delahoyde said the explosion
was caused by gas. "There is a
gai' IQffiaciT'out Uierc," Ihe
sheriff said.
“The explosion blew the walls
out and the top up," lie said.
"Tltere wa* a terrific fire for a
few seconds. It had to be gas."
Capt. James Baugher, 34,
commander of the N a t i o n a 1
Guard company based at the
armory, said the blast apparent-
ly originated In the basement.
"It heaved that reinforced
steel floor right up and it fell
back down into the basement," ankle injuries,
he said.
Dr. Cooper said the dead in-
cluded four women, one man
and two children. Four of the
dead were burned beyond recog-
nition. ,
The dead were identified as:
Billy Bennett of Keokuk and
his son, Tony. 7.
Mrs. Louis Besscr, sister of hot see the train, a Southern Ra-
the mayor-elect of Keokuk, Ken-cific diesel engine pulling 2!
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Library Friends
Undertake Drive
A "quick change" artist,
brundishing un addressed enve-
jjgf top* and asking for muney ord-
ci* lilt four Baytown sfotv* for
J2U each Wednesday
Baytown Folic* foamed he al.
so got fJO flvm lwo ylt ires In
Ln Foi1e and U wauled by Fusii-
dctia I'olive,
The man Was desevibed as
about 22 with medium build. 1
Twice he Wore a la ul suit ami
lie and twice lie was wearing
blue jeans and a white divss
shirt.
Baylown I'olicy said Ihe man.
in each case, went into the store
with a stamped, addressed enve-
lop* also bearing a bogus return 111
address. He asked lor, a rtionqv
order and when thq clerk no-
cked him they did nol sell mon-
•y Older*, he Hen asked for a
120 bill lo put in the envelope.
■After he wa* given the bill, he
lupposedly pul U in the enve-
toiic and sealed It. He then look-
ed into hi* billfold and had only
119 In bills. He would then teU
the clerk to hold Jh* enyffope,
while he WM hdrqe to get the
■ther dollar.
When he did not return, the
envefopet were opened and
found to be empty.
few days.
Arouhd^
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Car-Train Crash
Injures Youth
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A membership drive is under-
way for Ihe Friends of the Li-
brary,-Mrs;-James T. Richard-
son, president announced.
, Anyone interested in joining
may leave, $1 at the desk of
Sterling Municipal Library and
receive a membership card.
The Friends voted at the last
meeting to give $100 to help
furnish the children's section of
the library.
Another project of the organl-
Mtion is to publicize tho memo-
rial fund. Persons interested in
donating new books to the li-
brary may have a memorial in-
scribed In the books. The library
invites interested persons to do-
nate new books in memory of
deceased relatives or friends.
A notation is made in the book
of the donor and the [arson to
whom the memorial is dedicat-
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A car-lrain collision at 6:0.'
a.m. Tliursday at the Southmi
pacific crossing imi Carnegie in-
jured a Baytown youth.
Ixuniud Hodge, 18, of 504 Oak,
was a passenger in the bock
seat of a car driven by John D
Martin of Baytown. Patrolmen
Ernest Pence and A. R. Liles,
who investigated, said Hodge ap-
paivnlly suffered head, neck ami
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IRENE RODEN PROVIDES a
lurkey dinner for a hungry Sun
staffer . . . Mrs. Mark Carter
has a busy day . ^ , Rosabelle
Pridmore checks on a story , . .
Sue Dykes phones in some infor-
mation . . . Margie Willbom
calls attention lo a pretty yard
Louise Wilson and Nell Wade
appreciate a ride on the Baptist
bus going to the Billy Graham
revival in Houston ...Ann
Farmer extends an invitation:
likewise, Nita Northcutt... Ida
Stevens is being missed tremen-
dously during the holiday rush.
James 'Webb doesn't concen-
trate enough on curves and Buds
his car is going too fast for jom-
fort V . . Charles Caldwell noti-
fies his Community Chest direc-
tors about an imixirtantr ses-
sion . . • Holly McLemore greets
friends with a firm handshake
. .. School Supt. George H, Gen-
try is attending a college meet-
ing in Louisville, Ky.
Bob Kalbitz offers to help lo-
cate an absent Insurance man
. . . Ben Shirey and Felix Hatch-
ell get stuck with coffee tab*
again . . • Kirk Mann, Dee Did-
riksen and Charles Redden final-
ly discover their error in col-
lege accounting after working
E. L. Jordan
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The Oliver esea|»ed injury.
Pence said a third passenger
in tlie Martin car juiiqicd tail
and ran.
The o.ficers said the car was
traveling south about 15 miles
l>er hour and the' train was go-
ing west about 10 mph.
Martin told the officers he did
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A total of J156,358.81 was re-
ceived by the school district dur-
ing the 1964-65 fiscal year as in-
terest on time deposits, Finance
Director Robert Sauls reiwrted.
Sauls said most of this was
interest from building funds
placed on time deposit, but that
some money also was earned by
interest and sinking and main-
tenance funds deposited for 9U
days or six months.
Less interest money will be
earned during the 1965-66 fiscal
year, Saqls explained, because
most of the building funds wUI
be expended.
At one time during Ihe 1964-65
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Bookmarkers are now being
placed in library books describ-
ing this memorial fund.
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Police Here Can't Avoid Babysitting
Rundetf k Going
Ta Virginia Meet
Walter Rundcll. dean of Lee J|
College, will lly to Kichmond,
Va„ Saturday to attend the Sev- ! >.
•ntieth Annual Meeting of the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools Nov. 28-Dec. 2,
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Baylown policemen sonfetTmes
have to serve as babysitters —
at work as well as at home.
In addition to recovering some
1139 in cash and merchandise
taken from eight Baytown
merchants, Baytown detectives
ended up with two babies on
their-hands. ■— *
They were two boys, two
months and 18 months old, who
were later turned over to the
Harris County Probation office
while their parents remained in
city jail.
Arretted mug, a Jtyear - old
RMBMr ai^ W huaband,' J7:
They are being held in city jail
awaiting officers from Wichita
Falls where" the couple faces a
charge of felony theft by bailee.
Detective Robert Merchant
said the couple had been living
in Houston two weeks but came
here from Oklahoma. He said
they Were stopped by Patrol-
man Joe Huntley.
Merchant said the merchan-,,. . ,
disc and cash recovered w a
from Beall's, O'Brien s Food ’ $4,7j0'000 0,1 ,ime
Sauls said the school dis-
trict's time deposits currently
total 11.725,009. This includes
51.5 million of building funds and
5225,000 of interest and sinking
fund money.
The finance director explained
that 51 million of the building
Merchant said so far none of funds and all of the Interest and
the victimized Baytown merch- sinking fund money are on 90-
has pressed charges be • tiay. deposlt, and half.a^ million
cause of the7 children involved, dollars of the building funds is
deposited tor six months.
Sauls added that 557.000 of
Lee College's Interest and. sink-
ing fund money is on time de-
they were arrested after a two-
day spree of writing worthless
cheeks in Baylown on a Dayton
bank.
LiWi&s
"We credit tiidir apprehension
to the work of Dave Sherron,
manager of Beall Bros. Depart-
ment Store, who became suspi-
cious when they cashed a check
at his store Tuesday," Merchant
said Sherron got the license
number of their car. When the
police discovered the couple had
no account at the Dayton bank,
they began searching for them.
After , betag spotted, by Merch-
ant and Detective Jack Maxwell,
Martlet, Kress', Town and Couro
try, Sears, Weingarten's, Henke
and Pillot and Perry's. Consta-
ble Paul Anderson assisted in
.he Investigation. ,
Merchant said the Wichita
Falls charge alleges the couple
rented a car and failed to re-
turn It.
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The meeting will be held at
ihe John Marshall Hotel in Rich-
mond. While attending the SACS
meeting Dean Rundcll will also ‘
attend the annual meeting of the ? ’
Southern Association of Junior •'
until 4 a.m
makes an early morning phone
call for information.
Robert (Duel Util waits pa-
tiently while Hie cyr* stream by
. . . Lois Scott replace* dough-
nuts mistakenly taken from
someone else * supply.
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which will be held Nov.
be back In ^
MICHAEL WATKINS, «, ha* a watermrioa his mother, Mn. Dorothy Within*, make
nearly as big w be la from a vine he plant- thetr home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
o* In he gnadmotteria Onov betL TV vine Jfejt Watkins at I l(M Wright He la a lint
had only one melon to mature. Mlehnel and grpder at A»hh«l Sm t» Etomentnnr.———
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