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Tuesday, May 5, 1992
THE BAYTOWN SUN
Police beat
DE/
New councilman elected in Dayton
Construction worker dies
DAYTON — City Council elections held received 217 votes. Members of Dayton City
over the weekend in Dayton resulted in the re-
election of two incumbents and the election of vote-getters in this particular election won seats
one new member of council. on council
Incumbents Sam MazzuJr. and Eliza Mae Five propositions to amend and update the
Guidry will return to Qty Council. and Kenny city ch^were ^ appr0VMl by vmm.
Jr. received 91 votes, Ms. Guidry got 317 zale and Bob Edwards were re-elected with r *
votes, Joe Huntley had 167 votes and Etheridge oppositioa
Council are elected at large. The top three
MONT BELVIEU — A Houston man died where the woman escaped and was escorted home
Monday afternoon as die result of an accident at a by a witness.
construction site off Sun Oil Road in Mont Witnesses described the suspects as a Hispanic
Belvieu, according to Police Chief Jerry Whitman, man about 25 years old, 5-feet 7-inches tall and
Rosileo “Charlie” Lopez, 56, was pronounced about 150 pounds and a white man about 27 years
dead just after 2 p.m. at Hermann Hospital, old with red hair, large freckles and blue eyes,
Whitman said. about 5-feet 11-inches tall and weighing 200
The victim was operating a sheep's foot roller, pounds,
heavy machinery used to pack down and level Police said the suspects were driving an older
dirt, about 1:30 p.m. when it slipped and fell over model black or blue Ford LTD with a large grill,
cm him, Whitman said. TRAFFIC
ployee of Duty Construction Inc. of No injuries occurred in a five-vehicle accident
Lopez had been working at the Dia- in the 4600 block of Decker about 5:30 p.m.
mond-Shamrock construction site, helping in Monday.
revamping a brine pit when the accident occurred, Three vehicles belonging to high school stu-
Whitman said. , dents collided at the intersection of West Baker Rodeo prince
The man was trapped under the machine and a and Garth at 3:07 p.m. Monday. Again, no injuries Baytown Youth Fair Ro-
crane was called in, Whitman said. He was taken resulted. ^ and prjncess and
to Hermann Hospital by Life Flight helicopter. Police reported other accidents Monday at the prince and Princess
WOMAN SHOT intersections of the Baytown East Freeway and test will be held May 15 at the
A 21-year-old Baytown woman remained in Garth, in the 4500 block of Garth, North Main and Baytown Fairgrounds Applic-
Ben Taub Hospital’s intensive care unit Tuesday Rollingbrook, at 300 S. Main and at Loop 201 and ^ must jjVg ;n
as police investigated the circumstances sur- North Maia
rounding her shooting.
Officers responded to a call at an apaitment
An em
Houston,
SUNSPOTS
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from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. May 6 at Facilities will be testing their'
the Baytown Community Build- emeigency alarm system each
ing, 2407 Maiket For more in- Tuesday at noon starting May
formation, call 427-5105.
12. Residents are advised that
this is only a test
con-
Defensive driving
Baytown Citizens Safety Blood drive
Council will offer the National
Safety Council’s version of de-
fensive driving in a two-
moming course, from 8 a.m. to
noon May 12 and 14 at 1320
Market Street. Cost is $10 for
senior citizens, $25 for others. . ,
For information or to register, Trinity Bay GCCA
call 427-5470.
Memori;
Cupps, 47,
held at 6:
May 6, 1
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Rev. Art
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April 30,
She wa
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Survive
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of Arling
Bryson of
She was
her father
son, John
Mrs. Cu
of science
cation at
College at
She did
University
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fessional
teaching c
Creek school district and be in
the 4-5-year-old or 6-7-year-old
. „ - ...... - „ .. , . . ... age groups on May 15. Entry fee
complex on East Wnght about 1:15 a.m. Saturday. Street Monday to investigate a case involving is $10 and applications must be
They found no one in the area, but found what family violence, injury to a child and animal received or postmarked by May
i--'“ ‘ r ‘ *J 8. Forms are available at 102 E.
Officers said a man apparently came home Texas, and 228 E. Archer, or by
intoxicated, argued with his wife and children, calling 421-583! or 421-21271
apaitment They found the woman lying on the then killed the children s kitten in front of them,
floor, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head. Police said the man also assaulted both his wife por seniors
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He was arrested and assault charges were filed
HCA Gulf Coast Hospital will „
host a community blood drive
from noon to 6 p.m. May 6 in -
Classroom €. For more infoima- -
tion, call 425-9227.
FAMILY VIOLENCE
Police were called to a residence on Scarlett
looked like blood on one of the apartment doors, cruelty.
Moments later, a man arrived, told them his wife
had shot herself and let the officers into the
Gulf Coast Conservation As-
sociation will have an o
membership meeting at
Mont Belvieu Diamond p.m. May 6 at the Baytown
Shamrock Hydrocarbon Storage _ Community Building.
open
7:30
No gun was found.
After the woman was transported to the hospi-
tal, the 25-year-old husband told police he had against him, police said,
panicked after the shooting, took the gun to his BURGLARIES
mother’s house and hid it under a mattress, though —Someone broke out the windows on two .....
he still maintained that the woman shot herself, vehicles parked at 510 Williams sometime Sunday T|17 A TUC A VTT\ 1?T T\JT?U AT C
police said. night Nothing was taken from either vehicle. UA J.AO J1 LJlNllrlAri.JUi3
INVESTIGATION. CONTINUES Damage is estimated at $300.
Baytown police are continuing to investigate —Four truck tires valued at $1,000 were
the April 27 kidnapping and sexual assault of a reported stolen over the weekend from the tire
30-year-old Baytown woman. room of Mobley Company, 4510 Garth.
Police said two men forced the woman into a —The owner of a used car lot in the 6300 block
car while she was walking home from a club on of Garth reported a drive shaft stolen from one of
Highway 146 about 9 p.m. his cars while it was on the lot Loss is $450.
The woman told police she was taken to a CRIME SCENE
woodedI area in J.C. Holloway Park where she was During the 24 hours between Monday and
repeatedly raped by the two men. Afterward, the TueSfoy*niormn&, Baytown police handled 114
men forced her back into the car and were driving 1 6 3 v
on Cedar Bayou-Lynchburg Road when the driver
lost control and the car went into the ditch. r .
One suspect fled the scene, while the other theft, one stolen auto recovery, four assaults, two
suspect found a passing driver to pull his car out cases involving injuries to children, one shooting
of the ditch. They continued on to a gas station, and one illegal weapon case.
Emergency test
Baytown Senior Citizens In-
formation and Recreation Center
will hold a Skip Bo tournament^
His early service as a minister
included congregations in Mont
Belvieu, Nacogdoches and
Winnie-Stowell. He later served
as senior minister at St. Mark’s
United Methodist Church in
Baytown.
His many community activi-
ties include being a past presi-
dent of the West Baytown Ki-
wanis Qub and a member of
Anson Jones Lodge No. 1313.
Holmes is survived by his
sons and daughter-in-law, Harry
Dadisman and Patricia Holmes,;
and William Newton Holmes,;
all of Houston; daughter and
son-in-law, Ruth Ann and John
Winslow of Tampa, Fla.; their
mother, Ruth D. Holmes; grand-
children, Hillary Hunt Holmes,
Ashley Elizabeth Holmes, Brian
Walker Holmes and Molly Ann
Holmes, all of Houston, and Ni-
cole Lynette Day, Lee Holmes
Day and Natalie Christine Wins-
low, all of Tampa, Fla.; and spe-
cial friends, including Helen
Beyer.
Burial will be at Forest Park ;
Lawndale Cemetery.
In lieu of the usual remem-
brances, donations may be made
to Holly Hall, the Rev. Harry N.
Holmes Memorial Fund, 8304
Knight Road, Houston. 77054.
Services are under the direc- j
tion of Settegast-Kopf Funeral:
Home.
was a mother and a Christian.
Mrs. Russell is survived by
her sons and daughters-in-law,
Jon and Elaine Russell of Bay-
town and Dr. Jeff and Lynne
Russell of Lufkin; daughter and
son-in-law, Rebecca and Stanley
Edmonson of Baytown; grand-
children, Amy and Michael Rus-
sell of Baytown, Sarah and
Katherine Russell of Lufkin and
Lee and Laura Edmonson of
Baytown; mother and father,
Mable and Gus Daunie of Bay-
town; sister, Sarah Oliver of Pa-
sadena; and numerous loving
friends and relatives.
The family received friends
from 7-9 p.m. Monday, May 4,
at Earthman Funeral Home.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Earthman Funeral
Home in Baytown.
HOLMES
Services for the Rev. Harry
Newton Holmes, 76, of Houston
will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday,
May 5, 1992, at First United
Methodist Church, 1320 Main at
Clay, with the Rev. Boyd Wag-
ner officiating.
Holmes died Sunday, May 3.
He received his bachelor of
divinity degree from the Peikins
School of Theology at Southern
Methodist University in 1940,
and was ordained a minister in
the Methodist Church.
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complaints and investigated incidents that
included four burglaries, three thefts, one auto
Baytonian advocates branding horses
According to the Texas Rail-
For Baytonian Janet Sides, a fore the state Legislature’s Joint
passion for training and riding Agriculture Committee regard-' road Commission, more than
of horses has led her to become ing whether mandatory branding 20,000 unbranded horses were
an advocate for the branding of become a state law. stolen during the past calender
horses. “We’re trying to enact a bill year. Ms. Sides said that in all of
And her fight will lead her to so that all horses in the state of Harris County, only 35 branded
Austin Thursday to testify be- Texas will have to be branded,” horses were stolen.
Ms. Sides said. “The bill would
call for a mandatory three-day “We need to lobby for the Earthman Baytown Chapel with
hold on all horses which are protection of Texas horses,” she the Rev. Roy Parker of First
found without any branding.” said. Baptist Church and Curtis Her-
ring of Eastside Baptist Church
officiating.
JANE RUSSELL
Services for Jane Russell, 65,
of Baytown will be held at 2
Wilof
r p.m. Tuesday, May 5, 1992, at
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Mrs. Russell died Sunday,
May 3, in a Baytown hospital.
She had been a resident of
Baytown for many years.
Mrs. Russell was active in the
Baptist church. She was a retired
school counselor and a member
of Delta Kappa Gamma. She
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 160, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1992, newspaper, May 5, 1992; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153507/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.