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The Bay town Sun Invites MR AND MRS. D. REDDIN JR. 1017 Parkway This Pass Good Through Jan 2 At The Bmnson Theater Box Office Now Showing BROTHER OF THE WIND" Che at'totuit OVER 50,000 READERS EVERY DAY YOUR HOME A Vol. 51, No.

67 TELEPHONE NUMBER: 422-8302 Sunday, December 24, 1972 BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77520 Ten Cents Per Copy Bulletins WASHINGTON (AP) The State Department said today its embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, has been destroyed by an earthquake that left one-third of the city in flames and had apparently most of its hospitals. The department said it had no word of deaths or injuries. A spokesman said its information was based on a message from the Nicaraguan government. He said authorities were being hampered in fighting the flames because of broken water mains. The National Earthquake Information Center in Boulder, said the quake which registered 6.5 on the Richter scale, was centered somewhat south of Managua, the Nicaraguan capital.

KANSAS CITY (AP) Former President Harry Truman lapsed into critical condition at 7:45 a.m. (EST) today and his family has been notified, a spokesman for Research Hospital and Medical Center announced. The spokesman, Wayne Conery, attributed the change from the former listing of "very serious" to heart problems. BIG BLUE GOING TO STATE FINALS 1,200 Bags Given Goodfellow Party Makes KidsHappy REL FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT WITH FAMILY A. M.

Wallingford, Mimi Verhee, Libby and Wanda Wallingford (SunPhotoByEdMalcik) Exchange Student French Girl Learns About Santa From Baytown View OTS Wrong Figure A A A School's fifth grade donated $59.28 to the Goodfellow fund instead of $39.28 as stated in Thursday's Sun. New Promotion MOLLY SINCLAIR, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bowers, 409 Irnvood, has been promoted to manager of consumer affairs at the Miami Herald newspaper in Miami, Fla. Mrs.

Sinclair formerly worked at The Baytown Sun and on newspapers in Houston and Atlanta. Student Award JOHNNY WRIGHT, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Wright of 1610 Nolan, has made the distinguished student list at Texas AM University with a 3.5 grade point average out of a possible four points.

Wright is a pre-medical student. By BETSY WEBBER Joyeuse Noel! Merry Christmas! Pore Noel or Santa Gaus. It doesn't make an ocean of difference, says Marie Christine Renee Micheline Verhee, better known as Mimi, an American Field Service foreign exchange student from France. Christmas is much the same in France as here, but not so commercial, the pretty brunette said. "We don't spend so much money as you "do." And Christmas trees don't have as much time to dry out because they are not put up until the week before Christmas Day, she said.

In northern France where Mimi lives, Christmas is family time. Christmas Eve is eserved for the immediate amily with games and elevision occupying the until -time for the amily to go together to and eaten ream and avorites. After the family supper in he early morning hours amilies begin to assemble in arger groups including aunts, uncles, grandparents and cou- ins. Everyone brings food and another feast is spread for the mid-day meal on Christmas Day. The weather in Mimi's part of the country is snowy and midnight mass.

There Christmas carols make up a large part of the GROUND urns home to open gifts am sec what Father Noel has Drought for the younger chil dren up through age six. lang up their stockings Hki here and sometime eavc a carrot for Fathe Noel's horse. It seems travels by hosepower, not reindeer or rocket power iere. Feasting is the order of th Day and begins early. As soo as the gifts are open the famil gathers for a 2 a.m.

feast. LIX)YD GARRETT tries to play a trick on a friend Gene Sutton drops by The Sun office. Carroll Russell recalls some funny experiences in the Optimists' Welcome Stranger Deputy Sheriff Jim Douglas again helps out in the Welcome Stranger Projec (Jim will be sworn in as the new Precinct 3 constable New Year's Day A. W. Hensce tells a joke.

Jimmie Woods makes one his rare news reporting appearances at a city counci meeting Former City Councilman Leonard Stasney attends a planning commission meeting Arthur Oviedo defends golfing. ervice. After mass the familv re All sorts of goodies are in- luded, stuffed turkey, chest- uts, oysters and other foods ith a special pain-gateau bread-cake), shaped like a log fudge. Tee are dessert with cake stormy during the Christmas season. Mimi is used to having white Christmases and the weather here will quite a change for her.

Previous contributions In memory of Norman J.Casey 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. Weidon N. Lofton in lieu of Christmas cards 10.00 In memory of Aubrey L. Banks Sr 5.00 Norbert and Clifton Donate in lieu of Christmas cards 12.00 MSgt.

David N. Cowan and Irene Cowan in lieu of presents for each other 20.00 Mr. and Mrs. Charles School, too, is although Mimi's different, school in France closes for about 18 holidays, about the same as here. All the Baytown hoopla about football is new to Mimi and'she likes it.

In France the favorite sport for boys' is soccer; for girls, volley ball. Her school there has no band, choir, pep squad or drill team, nor any organized sports (SeeFRENCH, Page 10) 15.11 Anonymous 8.01 TOTAL By CHIEF GOODFELLOW And what a party it was I Chief Goodfellow's annua Christmas party, that is. If those of you who sent in contributions to this year's drive could have seen the ligh in their eyes and the smile on the faces of some 1,200 youngs ters who received Goodfellow I bags this Christmas, you woul Baytown Gets Funds To Aid Police Work tave been repaid many times over. Although the party cost more than Chief Goodfellow had estimated, late contributions the fund sent the total soaring near the mark, which is enough to pay all the costs. The Chief had estimated he would need $3,000 to fill the oodfellow bags this year, what with increased prices, but when he went shopping for toys and goodies he found that it wouldn't be enough.

Weather And Tides PARTLY CLOUDY and warmer Saturday with winds from the south. High Saturday in the lower 79s. MORGAN'S POINT tides for Sunday: Highs at 8:13 a.m. and 2:43 p.m. Lows at 6 a.m.

and 5:37 p.m. SUNDAY'S SUN will rise at 7:14 a.m. and set at 5:28 p.m. Gov. Preston Smith has approved two criminal justice action grants totaling $45,844 or police cadets and technical equipment in Baytown.

These awards were recommended by the Texas Criminal Justice. Council for approval. The cadet funds amount to $28,800 and the technical equipment, $17,044. The police department's 12 cadets, ranging in ages from 17 to 20, work parttime in the department and attend Lee College. The purpose of the program is to steer well qualified college students into police work.

Three types of technica equipment will be provided the funds microfilm for reading and printing crimina records being filmed with equipment already on hand video equipment and metal de tector for better jail security and photo equipment for better identification photos. The City of Baytown wil provide $29,722 funds to match the two projects. Baytonians Throng To Capital City By JOHN BLACK AUSTIN (Sp) Baytonians unable to be here at the state's apital Saturday wait with breaths held to hear the outcome of the 2 p.m. battle between the Ross Sterling Rangers and powerful Odessa Permian. There were teams in 32 districts across Texas that started he 1972 season with hopes of making it to the state finals.

Only two made it. Baytown Sterling and Odessa Permian. Many fans left for Austin Friday. The team took to the buses morning and went through a practice session on the UT Astro-turf Friday evening. Many more fans from the Baytown area left Saturday morning to make the three-hour trip to the state's capital for the 2 p.m.

kickoff. Austin motels reported a number of reservations for Friday night travelers, and many more will stay overnight Saturday before making the trip back to Baytown Sunday. For those fans who did not make the trip, a chance to get the play-by-play analysis comes'from Baytown radio station KWBA. And the fans who missed the game in'person can view the replay at 5 p.m. Sunday on television station Channel26.

For Baytown, it will be the first trip to the state finals in 20 years. It was back in 1952 that the Robert E. Lee Ganders made their last trip to the finals. And for Sterling, under new head coach Al Dennis, it will be the culmination of just five years of varsity competition to reach the big game. Also for Baytown, it will be another chance to grab that elusive championship trophy that eluded the grasps of this football community since its founding.

An early check Saturday found roads clear to Austin, and there were no reports of injuries on the Austin route. Kidney Transplanted From Sister Baytonian Gets Christmas Gift He 'II Never Forget By JOHNELLA BOYNTON Al Watson will never forget his sister's gift. To Al, her gift is the gift of life itself. That is what he means when his eyes light up, his mouth moves into a mischievous grin and he places his hand on the lower right side of his abdomen and says, "It feels great." The lower right abdomen marks the spot where Al's sister's kidney now rests, providing her brother with the vital functions to sustain life. It was transplanted there in October of 1971, and Al has had it ever since, enjoying every minute of it.

That kidney marks the beginning of a new life for Al. It has allowed him to win a long bout with chronic renal failure. No one is saying that it is the last bout, but having kept the kidney for more than a year now, Al is beginning to feel as if it is his very own, though he continues to take anti-rejection drugs. Who knows but perhaps he may be lucky enough to have one of those one in 8,000 perfect kidney matches in a surgical technique so new that statistics and treatment methods are still developing. For the moment, however, it is enough for Al to be free again from the discomforts of an artificial kidney machine and from a highly restricted low protein, low sodium diet.

To this day, Al remembers the bologna sandwich he was iven after the transplant. "It was the best food I ever ate," says simply. A quiet-spoken South Caro- inian, Al is a PhD chemist rom Vanderbilt University who manages polypropylene )lastics research at the Esso Research Center here. He is a big man, standing an even six eet and weighing 195 pounds; so food is mighty important to him. Sampling a bit of fruit cake and eggnog at home this week, Al and his wife Mary were smiling again over the news that the new Social Security bill passed by Congress and signed by President Nixon will place kidney patients like him who must live with either a kidney machine or a trans- A GIFT WORTH REMEMBERING Mary aid Al CbrfetaMs Tree plant under the Medicare program.

Al was one of the lucky ones. When it became apparent that he would need an artificial kidney or a transplant to continue living, he was admitted to Veterans Hospital in Houston, one of the few places in Texas equipped to treat patients with end-stage kidney disease. Al qualified for treatment as a veteran, which was fortunate because the VA facilities are not readily available elsewhere. For other patients with chronic kidney failure who must use private facilities, the expensive treatments have been financially staggering, if the scarce facilities could be obtained at all. The problem, sometimes a tragic one, is that while great advances have been made in recent years in treatment of chronic kidney failure, a system for delivering that care to patients is just now being developed.

The Social Security bill is a long step forward. According to doctors who have been closely involved in planning a regional renal treatment program, there are some 418 -550 patients per year in Texas who reach a point where their own kidneys no longer sustain life and are suitable candidates for maintenance dialysis (kidney machines) or transplantation. Al was only the seventh patient to receive a transplant at VA Hospital. So far, there has been a total of 19 since the start of transplants there in February of 1971. "Let's call up Marty," Ai suggests.

Marty is his sister, the donor of his kidney. She is Mrs. Martine Brownley of Chattanooga, and her husband, Dr. F. I.

Brownley, is vice-chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Marty than Al. is an easier talker 'I can tell absolutely no difference," she says to the inevitable question about giving up a kidney. She goes to Nashville every six months for a checkup at the VA Hospital there, but she has had no problems. "I'm just thrilled every time I think about Albert," she says.

Marty also has a sense of tiumor. "I kept thinking 'Surely they will find I don't have two kidneys and I won't have to go through with she says. Marty had never had surgery before. She admits, "I was scared to death but I got along beautifully." She continues in a more serious vein, "The whole thing was a lot harder on my family than it was on me." No, she had had no queries from people who may be contemplating a similar donation but those who know of her experience "are amazed that we went through this thing and came out like we did." Because his kidney came (See BAYTONIAN. Page 10) Society of St Vincent de Paul Baytown Men's Group Ready To Give Aid The Christmas spirit of helping others is spread year around by the Society of St.

Vincent de Paul. Active here since 1968, this men's organization continuously provides assistance to families who need medical help, food, clothing or household appliances and furnishings. A warehouse is maintained by the society at 1210 Cherry. And although the membership of the society is predominantly Catholic, neither members nor recipients of their aid are limited to that denomination. "I'd say three out of four of our recipients are not Catholics," said one of the members.

Their main concern is to live the Gospels by helping the poor the same goal of Frederick Ozanam, who founded the society in France in the 19th century. The organization is named for a priest who worked with the poor. The society cooperates with the Baytown Welfare League, Red Cross, county health organization and any person who calls to tell therh about people in need. Their hilp is of a tem- Peoples State Bank NOSCRVtCtCHMKE DM Cufit Ovt porary nature, with long range cases being referred to proper agencies. In every case the needs are fully investigated by the society by personal visits to homes.

Society members visit homes in pairs. In one recent incident they found a family without heat and beds. Members of the family were wearing their coats inside the house to keep warm. Another time the society- learned about an elderly woman who needed a hot water heater and bathroom facilities. She was existing on a very- meager income.

Many times the society has elped families in cases of ickness and injuries. One man rho had a heart attack was into debt until the society irovided him temporary inancial relief. Those who have been helped the past do not forget St. Vincent de Paul Society. The society recalls several people who have given them dona- ions because they themselves had been helped when they needed it.

Citizens National Bank F.O.I.C. There are many people in Baytown, too, who contribute donations anonymously to St. Vincent de Paul Society. In addition to their own vork, the society members are cooperating with a Methodist organization called St. Society from St.

Mark's Methodist Church. These two groups, with similar goals, are ivorking together to help those in need. St. Vincent de Paul Society meets weekly in the library at St. Joseph's School.

It has no paid workers or executive staff. Anyone who would like to donate items may phone 422-2072 (See SOCIETY, Page 10).