The Baytown Sun from Baytown, Texas • Page 2

Tuttday. 12. 196 1 22 Persons Art Injured In Channelview Tornado By WOODS A tornado, growing out of fringe winds of Hurricane Carla, cut a hell-block wide swath for about a mile through the Channelview area late Monday, and a sheriff's department spokesman said 22 persons were injured. Witnesses said the tornado, described as a "huge funnel." came out of tile San Jacinto River bottoms from the southeast shortly before 6 p.m., swept northwestward and toppled a Houston Light ing Power Company tower and its high-voltage lines across the 16000 block of Market Street Road. An early estimate of damage by Major Glen Rose of the State Highway Patrol counted 18 homes, six business houses and a trailer house destroyed, and at least 34 residences damaged.

The tornado started near De- and Elsbeth Streets, de- was pulled a flattened Jerry Cobb and of the Channel- A 5-year-old girl from the rubble of brick home by Robert Reichle view fire department, and another fireman. Walter Rendon, said one man suffered a possible broken back. Lonnie E. Hathom of 532 Sheldon Road saw the storm wreck a garage next door, scatter lumber at Helmcamp's Lumber at 607 Sheldon and demolish Taylor's Dairy Mart. W.

0. McDonald, a fireman, estimated the funnel to be as large as a "good-sized water 1 and Ira of 1007 Lakeside Drive spotted what appeared to be other funnels forming south of Channel view. Mr. and Mrs. V.

John Keller watched parts of roofs, telephone pole and trash sweep past their home at 15530 Vonnet, and saw of a nouM Sheriffs Capt. Edd TVhite made the estimate of 22 injuries. All the injured were treated at Tidelands Rain lack of electric power and Hospital where most of the in- hisMrind Tgustin? up to 65 miles I juries were described as minor. vd and crossed Grollwood Street, Casey Drive and Ashland Drive. hisMrind gustn? up mes pcf hour rescue opera- Some, however, were bebeved se- Tions.

riously hurt. City Of La Porte On Way Back To Normal La Porte was on its way back to normal Tuesday as the city restored communications in some measure and residents waited for flood waters to subside. Telephone communication in the Anahuac and Crosby areas were still out at noon Tuesday. Bill Stabs said from tile La Porte Police Department that the city's water supply remained uncontaminated. At Mont Belvieu, property escaped damage cases of wind except for a few damage to roofs.

Telephone, Utility Lines Are Heavily Damaged Hurricane tola deal, stag-jof the telephone company said gering blow to telephone and power utility companies sen-ing the Baytown area. Emergency measures were being taken Tuesday by General Telephone Co. of the Southwest and Houston Lighting and Power Co. to accomplish the mamrnouth repair job as soon as possible. crews were working around the clock to restore power and many areas had electric service by Tuesday noon.

"We will do everything possible to restore service," said a company spokesman. K. E. Dismang, local manager WEEK-END SPECIALS SUNDAY ONLY CHICKEN DINNER B9c MONDAY ALL DAY Be(t. 40c Jumbo Sandwich BROWN'S Chicken Shack Hwy.

146-E. Tex. Order to ROUT NOW SHOWING about 3,500 lines are our. He was unable to estimate how many oi his company's 17.000 telephones here were involved. He said about 600 lines are out on the 566 exchange and the remainder are on telephones with 582-583 prefixes.

Four crews are en route here from Texarkana and will arrive late Tuesday to help with the repair job. Most of the trouble has been caused, Dismang said, by wet cables and fallen poles. Work has also been impaired by dangling eleciric wires which must be attended to by crews. "We hope to have all the telephones in good shape within three weeks," Dismang said. "All persons who are having telephone trouble are urged to dial 114 and report it to us." During the storm.

Dismang said J10 full-time operators stayed on jduty around the clock. They slepi in the building and expedited calls as fast as conditions woulc permit. Maintenance men were on the job at Huffman. Barbers Hill and Highlands 24 hours a day. Dismang said he expects long distance to Crosby and Mont Bel vieu to be.

restored Tuesday af ternoon. Power was off in about half the town Tuesday morning, and a few telephone poles were down in the area, but communications remained intact. McDaniel Brothers, an oil producer, lost at least one derrick to the wind. It was located on Wilburri lease or. Cove Road.

A Mont Belvieu source said it was understood another derrick had been toppled, but the location was uncretaln. About 250 to 300 persons rode out part of the storm at Barbers -Till High School and Barbers Hill elementary. There was surprisingly little damage to trees and no broken vindows were reported. "Most of the folks trimmed branches of the trees and boarded up their windows," Don Mc- school and water district collector said. McLeod said, was off for about iMs to 2 hours early Tuesday, but had been partially restored by noon.

The underpass at U. S. 73 and lighwav 146 was still under about feet of water Tuesday mom- Guardsmen Keeping Vigil On Debris Washed Ashore Grim National Guardsmen, with bayonets drawn. Tuesday were maintaining a vigil over debris which washed ashore here during Hurricane Carla. Scavengers attempting to claim such items as washing machines, outboard motors and boats, were turned back by members of Bay- Weary ax assessor er.

in: 'Ff, NOW SHOWING Thro WEDNESDAY Caldwell's most I mlsbehavln' 'Cbudelle Adults AJI St-atis 80c Damage (Continued From Page One) as the water continued to Grantham went on, "in order to cut off power from the motors before the water reached them. If I we had allowed the water to I reach them, they would have been ruined." I Sewage disposal plants were by- i passed when they went out of op- ieration and raw sewage was dumped into Goose Creek stream, i Grantham said. He added that it jwill be several days before nor- jmal operations can be resumed. Garbage pick-ups by the Public Works Department were necessarily halted during the storm, and will resume Wednesday, Grantham said. Residents should have all garbage and other refuse ready for the pick up.

Here is a list of Public Works Department employes who worked around the clock during the storm: Grantiiam. W. C. (Clyde) Pond G. Adcox.

A. J. Ogden. N. L.

Horn, J. W. Patterson. Talmace Aubuchon. W.

E. Woods, R. H. McClendon, J. D.

Ganey, Earl Thrasher. W. P. Dickson, J. 'H.

Dickson. B. R. Woods, J. H.

Buck Miller, Dalton Al- jlen. F. Williams. Buck Ellis, Steed. A.

W. Hicks, H. L. iMeeks. E.

T. Smith. J. V. Gracev.

'V. E. Merri't, H. H. Streich.

W. H. Costlow, J. A. Donath, and H.

Z. Houghton. Major damage from Hurricane Carla was along the bayfront area where buildings were hardest hit by water and wind. Stores in downtown La Porte were closed Tuesday, but only a few lost their plate glass windows or sustained heavy damage. Most of the minor damage was to roofs.

"We have been fortunate," Stabs said Tuesday morning, "in that we've had power off and on all the time. We never did lose power completely. "We have had no communica tions. however. But we got a telephone transmitter office set up late last night" The only previous communication with La Porte was through a few Houston numbers.

"Our water supply is in good shape." South of La Porte. Highway 146 was still covered by about 2Va feet of water in some places, sources reported Tuesday. Stabs said it was too early to try to estimate damages to the cirv. (Continued From One) it had begun to recede as the last high winds of the storm died down. Tornadoes played wound the Baytown area Monday afternoon and night, helping to increase wind velocity, but none touched ground as far at could be learned.

The city was placed in a tornado alert zone shortly after 1 p.m. Monday until late Monday night. One of the twitters hit Channelview and another was believed to have struck Highlands. This could not be confirmed. Hurricane Carla caused widespread street flooding in Baytown, although less man 12 inches of rain was recorded during the itonn.

Tides at Humble Oil and Refining Co. docks was reported to lave reached the highest mark of any previous storm nearly 12 feet That would be nine feet above normal mean high tide. Because telephone service was disrupted Tuesday morning, this could not be confirmed. Oldtimers along the bayshore, including John M. Kilgore of Kilgore Road, said they could not remember a time when tides were higher since the 1915 hurricane.

Water covered Ihe first floor of the Kilgore residence Monday. Numerous other homes- also suf- ered extensive water damage. Humble Ofl and Refining Baytown Refinery, which ceased operations Sunday night, began resuming them Tuesday morning as all employes returned to work. town's Co. 1st Battle Group, 36th Infantry Division, who have been on duty around-the-clock for nearly four days.

"Looters, with a stick in one hand to ward off snakes, were caught probing the heap of debris which washed up on Highway 146 from Tabbs Bay," said Baytown Police Lffc. H. (Bo) Turner. "We have not made any arrests, but we will if they (the scavengers) keep it up." Persons claiming their property washed up on the highway have attempted to argue with the guardsmen who turned a deaf ear. "Nobody will go through that debris until city crews have first sifted it and picked put salvageable articles which will be stored in a warehouse for the rightful owner," said Turner.

Mrs. Mike Franssen STATE RESERVE LIFE "Set M. Eefort You Dit" Three-foot Waves which washed I right-of-way boats, motors, oil across Highway 146 at one time tanks, pots, pans, household furni- Sunday deposited articles of every conceivable description along the Rescue Workers Find Drowned Negro's Body Rescue workers Tuesday morning recovered the body of an unidentified Negro youth who drowned in a rain-swollen rice canal on Cove Road about 10 miles northeast of Baytown. He apparently was the only fatality in this area as a result of Hurricane Carla. Baytown Emergency Corps and Baytown firemen assisted in the rescue.

ture, a dead cow, oilfield equipment, pillows, stairsteps, doors, window frames, huge timbers, palm trees, and butane tanks. Texas Highway Department and City Baytown heavy equipment and trucks were going through the debris to remove traffic hazards Tuesday, They have found scores of snakes driven to high ground by the influx of salt wa- ta-. TV SERVICE CALL SI2-4403 FROEHNER'S Ml W. TttM John M. READY MIX CONCREH STAIIUZED MATERIAL 582-8118 IMS BAYSHORE BUS Lines of Baytown announced Tuesday that bus service would be resumed from Boytown at I pjn.

Tuesday and that normal schedules would be resumed Wednesday. MEET YOUR SHEFFIELD One of the moct Birttimr nh.u*i» fe UxJy Srottfa, right Sheffield pipefitter DON'T MISS IT! The Gigantic Money Saving, Value Packed Wait For Notice 'ADVENTURERS Travel Club of iEaytowTi has cancelled it5 meet! iris's until furthor notice. It was have met at 7:30 p.m. Tues- jday Ctonijrhtt at Chamber of I Commerce building. Sept.

21 Meeting I ALAMO SCHOOL PTA has re- jprhoduled its Sept. 14 meeting un- jtil pt. 21. Tlv executive' corri- jrnittf-c of )he orwr.iza'ion will jmeet p.m. on Sept.

21 at Alamo School. PARKER TAR ONERS' SET Poffcer T-fcoH Jotter foftwr "Writefirw" Pencil Right for family or friends, enjoyed afl year round. Parker T-Ball Jotter is for one year of proof writing. Four precision Jotter point sizes. Five attractive colors.

Matching "Write-fine" mechanical penal. Ctrtifeolt for hwrt flM Up. matherne's MJffBfY) STOCK REDUCTION! SALE Prices DOORS WILL OflN 10 A.M.I THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14th MORRISON'S How Sheffield Folks Help You 3500 HrastoiMra employees of STttfffeTA DMsiiro, Arrow StMrt Corporation, there are many like Lindy Smith wbo eojoy pitching in to help in community service. Smith, a naflve Texan, came to for Sheffield in 1955. Three years ago he became a joprneyman of the first graduates of the Houston plant's apprentice improvement program.

Today, his attractive home at 15534 Vonnet in Channelview filled with evidence of the Smith family's full participation in community life. Lindy Smith and his wife, Beryl, whom he met and married in England during his Air Force service, are active. With two husky sons growing rapidly toward Scout age, landy Smith's particular interest is Boy Scouting, and his hard work and leadership with Troop 788 have meant a great deal to his friends and neighbors. The Smith family hobbies center around ttte garden of their Channelview home, vhere Lindy Smith's extensive collection of rare cacti competes with Mrs. Smith's chrysanthemums and roses.

Vacations in the family car usually turn into outdoor camping expeditions through Western Texas, with all the Smiths keeping an eye out for unusual cactus specimens to add to Dad's collection. Fishing, home study and work- chop activities for landy; sewing and gardening for Mrs. Smith round out their busy days. But there's always tame at the Smiths' home for Scouting and fellowship with their Mends and neighbors. Good folks, the Lindy Smifca Good folks to have for neigh- bora.

Your Sheffield neighbors. Rare cacti, Lindy Smith's pet hobby, fills the back yard rock garden he built himself. Two-year-old Wayne and Mrs. Smith look on as Lindy points out a new cactus blossom. Steelmakinf at Sheffield takes lots of specialized work.

Here, Lindy Smith is threading pipe for Sheffield's new plate heat-treat- Ing production equipment, which soon will open up new industrial fields for Texas and the Southwest Thousands of tons of highest quality steel arc produced fry Sheffield for our missile aircraft and submarine defenses; for construction, farms and ranches, and for many vital industries. Sheffield fe a good neighbor to South- industry. Sheffield family shopping. All the Smith menfolks go along when Mrs. Smith visits one of the many fine department stores near their home.

Baby Dale, in Mrs. Smith's arms, is too tiny for shirts just yet, but his time will come soon. Sheffield families spend more than $3,100,000 a year at Houston-area stores on clothing. And each week more than $105,000 of Sheffield wages goes for food in Houston for groceries. In every way Sheffield's payroll helps keep business humming in Houston.

Houston Mflftes Houston UflMOtW.TmM ARMCO Sheffield Division.