The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 175, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 25, 1986 Page: 1 of 32
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By LOUISE SHAW
Memorial Day activities will
be held at 10:45 a.4n. Monday at
Memory Gardens Cemetery,
8624 Garth Road.
The services will begin with
the Ross S. Sterling High School
Reserve Officer Training Corps
presenting the U.S. and Texas
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ByLINNEASCHLOBOHM •
Baytown school trustees ..are
expected to approve tour resolu
Rons objecting 19 provisions in
the I984 Texas Education
Reform Act during a regular
meeting at 7 p in Monday i
admmistrat ion board roOtn
The resolutions relate to prt
blems associated with im
plementing lower teacher pup
ratios in the element ar> grade
and current state pol
districts right to expel
from school campuses for drug
or weapons offenses
11 approved the resolutions
will .be presented to the Texas
Association of School Boards
Del eg a t e Assembly in
September in Sail Anton:'- Thev
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The Rev. James Mills, who is a
member of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post in Barrett
Station, will give the invocation.
Main speaker will be Lindon
Williams, justice of the peace in
Precinct 3.
. Williams is a Korean War
veteran and a life member of
VFW, American Legion and
Disabled American Veterans.
He serves as chairman of the
Texas Medal of Honor Commit-
tee, which established the Texas
Acre at Freedoms Foundation,
Valley Forge, Pa, He also serves
as a member of the Texas
Veterans Commission and is a
member of the Texas State
Korean and Vietnam Veterans
Memorials Committee.
Various veteran organiza-
tions, including VFW, American
Legion, ex-prisioners of war and
Disabled America^ Veterans,
will place wreaths on a represen-
tative grave in a special sym-
bolic ceremony.
A firing squad from the
Baytown Police Department will
present a 21-gun salute.
Brenda Harrington, band
director at Horace Mann Junior
School, will serve as bugler. ^
Buddy” Moravits'
„ longtime VFW member, said,
some 50 flags will line the
driveway into the cemetery.
And in keeping with tradition,
members of Baytown VFW post
will place flags on the graves of-,
veterans at all cemeteries in the
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FLAGS WILL mark the graves of U.S! ser- 8624 Garth Road. Shown placing flags on graves
vicemen in cemeteries throughout Baytown in Cedarcrest Cemetery are, from left, Bob
Monday* as the city commemorates Memorial Chase and Otto Ziegler, both of American
Day. In addition, representatives of various Legion Post 323; Gator Emerson, of VFW Post
veteran organizations are expected to pay 912; and Bee Emerson, of the Ladies Auxiliary
tribute to those who lost their lives in service to of VFW Post 912.
their country during services tq be held at 10:45
a.m. Monday at Memory Gardens Cemetery,
-Approximately 970 students Baptist, Church win deliver the
will graduate this'week from sermon
Baytown's.two high schoolr — The Invocation arid benedic
Graduation activities will Mon will tie given by graduates
begin with baccalaureate-ser Reginald Tyler and Julio David
vices Sunday and conoiudt-.w ith Torres
commencement exercises Fri
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Musical accompaniment* will
day and Saturday at Stallworth be provided by the RSS band
choir and a quartet‘composed of
The Ross S Sterling High seniors Marlon Littlejohn, Anita
School baccalaureate service Green, Anthony Estes and
will be at 3 p m Sunday in the Robyn Wyatt ‘ '
school auditorium .The Rev
Richard Steel of Cedar Bavou
(Sun staff photo by Angle Bracey
Stadium
Reorganization explained ,
Exxon employees given outline of plan
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The Robert E Lee High School
See CITY, Page 7-A)
Councilman wants
tree made symbol
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In the wake of voluntary employees received a letter tlvities,” he continued "It will
retirement offers and changing from former refinery manager also provide support and advice
times in the oil industry, the .Ed T. DiCorcia, vice president of on brbad environmental matters
president of Exxon Co. USA Fri- the refining department for Exx- affecting the company
day announced plans for onCo.USA
regrouping activities
President Randa11 Meyer, tion charts to illustrate changes not have a significant impact on
One opponent of dayligm- whose office is headquartered in In the refining department He the Baytown Refinery However,
saving time says the only dlf- Houston, set a target date of said that Baytown, Baton Rouge, official spokesmen could not, be
ference he sees Is that bad news Aug. 1 for the new organization Baywav, Benicia and Billings reached for comment during the
(rom Washington reaches him tobe functioninc *
an hour sooner. ■ ■'•implementation will begin
promptly,” Meyer said in a let- plementation of approved fective management.. studies
confirm that the direction the
Engineering of large capital company has been moving for
cumstances; reorganization of projects and specialized some time Is sound but that it is
individual units will be com- technical services will be con- necessary "to intensify our ef-
pleted at various times, but it is solidated at Baytown and Baton forts and accelerate the pace of
change.” *
In general, Meyer said, the
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Now is the hour
As far as could.be determined
“DiCorcla distributed organize- by The Sun, these changes will
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Baytown City Councilman Jimmy Johnson wants the old oak
tree on Texas Avenue designated as the official symbol of the
city of Baytown /*
Johnson Thursday asked that this proposal be placed on the
agenda of the next City Council „ .
The oak tree symbol currently graces Baytown city vehicles.
Johnson said the oak tree has been the informal symbol of the
city for years' He nowthinks its time to make it official
The 50-foot high oak tree, growing right smack dab In the
middle of Texas Avenue, is estimated to be anywhere from 200
to 2,000 years old .
It has survived disease, car wrecks and attempts to cut U
down
a In January, the Baytown Sesquicentennial Commission pro-
posed that the Sesquicentennial logo be designated as the city’s
official symbol
However, no action was taken on the suggestion and some
citizens protested the proposal '
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refineries will be responsible for holiday weekend
“efficient operations and im
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our intention to have most of the Rouge, said DiCorcia.
Technical will provide sup-
changes made and the gew
organization functioning by Aug port for capital project develop- company will be regrouping to
” ment, technology appplication, 'achieve "the most cost-effective
In addition to the letter from economic and operations alignment for identification of
(See EXXON, Page 7-A)
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DR. DONALD BRUNSON,"
longtime Baytown dentist, is
reported to be in good condition
after undergoing surgery at *
Methodist Hospital in Houston.
Blood clots, resulting from in*,
juries in a recent auto accident,
were removed.
Meyer, Baytown Refinery analyses and synthetic fuels ac
Rudy Acosta services scheduled
Acosta had “quite an impact” in
Houston
He was probably one of the
4nosL-wett4tked peoptp in the
Hispanic community of
Houston, " said Rios
Acosta served as president of
the League of United Latin
American Citizens tLULAC*
Council 673 and was on the Board
of Directors of the University of
St Thomas.
He also held offices in Knights
of Columbus Council 2788o of
Baytowp. the Houston Hispanic
(See RUDY, Page 7-A)
p m Sunday'at Navarre’s Paul
U Lee Funeral Home.
Jess Navarre, owner the
funeral home, said he has handl
ed services for mayors and
police chiefs, but never has had
a response equal to that after
Acosta’s death
"The response has been over-
whelming," said Navarre "If
the phone has rung once, it has
rung 300 or 400 times ’
Former Baytonian Manuel
Rios, brother of Freddy and Am-
brose Rios of Baytown,^ said
By DAVID MOHLMAN
Services for Rudy Garcia
Acosta, 40, of Houston, a native
well-known
leader in the Hispanic communi-
ty of Houston, are scheduled for
10 a m Monday at Navarre's
t Paul U. Lee Funeral Home
chapel
Acosta, who was knbwn as a
star baseball player at Robert E.
Lee' High School during the
1960’s, died Thursday in Houston
of injuries he "stuttered in an
automobile accident
The rosary wUl be said at 7
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Mike Duke recuperates at
home following an auto accident
in which both his car and truck
Sandy Walden
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 175, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 25, 1986, newspaper, May 25, 1986; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153142/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.