Leggerts Soda Fountain and Baytown Bus Memories
In old Pelly Leggett's Pharmacy soda fountain on West Main drew kids and locals with Eddie Cleveland’s leadership and welcoming service. Memories recount after school trips to Leggett's and nearby shops, Mister Rogers street vendor fried pies, tamales, and bus rides linking Pelly Goose Creek and Baytown in the late 1940s and 1950s.
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Baytown
Jimmy’s
Minnesota
Goose Creek
Black’s
Texas Avenue
Leggett’s
West Main
Pelly
Eddie Cleveland
Cleveland
Tri-Cities
Lou Floyd Elam
Jimmy
Ol’ Baytown
Lou
Derryberry
Morgan’s Point
Johnny King
Texan Theater
Mona Oakes
Suzanne Long
Old Baytown
West Chambers County Pilot Club Gala Hosts Performances
The West Chambers County Pilot Club held its annual Gala on April 1 with Barbers Hill High School Anchor Club performing The Star Spangled Banner, an Abbott and Costello skit Whose on First, and songs by Choo Choo and the Gadwalls, Barton Dutton Coy Farmer Steve Wilburn and Eularian Dugat. Auctioneer Buddy Irby led the auction. Judges Jimmy Sylvia and Larry Cryer served as spotters. Celebrity waiters included Robert Barrow Cheryl Lieck Jerry Sparks Logan Haynie and BHISD board members Jef Farrell Carmena Goss Joe Presnall and John Koonce. New Pilot member Cynthia Lusignolo assisted at the photo booth.
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Barbers Hill High School
Terry Jones
John Morales
Choo Choo
The
Gadwalls
Barton Dutton
Coy Farmer
Steve Wilburn
Eularian Dugat
Buddy Irby
Chambers County
Jimmy Sylvia
Justice of the Peace
Larry Cryer
Robert Barrow
Cheryl Lieck
Jerry Sparks
Logan Haynie
BHISD
Jef Farrell
Carmena Goss
Joe Presnall
John Koonce
Pilot
Cynthia Lusignolo
T. West
Chambers County Pilot Club
Baytown Nature Center Journal notes tern gathering and birding
The Baytown Nature Center Journal reports ongoing sightings at Brownwood Marsh including Forsters terns diving for fish and continual flocks of black bellied whistling ducks. Dwayne Litteer and Ron Ummel describe good early morning birding conditions with mild temps and light breezes for visitors and photographers.
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Baytown Nature Center
Dwayne Litteer
Ron Ummel
Baytown
BNC
Brownwood
Baytown Rotarians honor top essayists
Baytown Rotary members cited Highlands Junior High seventh graders for essays on Rotary's four-way test and drug avoidance. Third place winner Joshalyn Jones urged truthfulness and integrity, while Kholman Holister earned second for arguing how the test guides right choices.
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Rotary Club of
Baytown
Rotary
Highlands Junior High
Joshalyn Jones
Jones
Kholman Holister
Highlands
Baytown Sun
Ryan Culver
Goose Creek
Savannah Solis
Horace Mann
Ashley Almanza
Serdalia Garza
Gentry
Frankie Pasillas
Grant Hanson
Cedar Bayou
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Wanda Orton
Wonton
Cesc
West Chambers County Pilot Club
Anchor Club
Brady Alexander
Natalie Donald
Andrea Kelly
Jenny Patterson
Alura Hernandez
Emily Donald
Rachel Conger
Hannah Donnelly
Landy Dutton
BrainMinders Buddies
Susan Haynie
Pilot Club
Elaine Wolking
Sharon Harper
Judy Duncan
BNC Journal
BY Ron Ummel and
Sunnews
Baytown Rotarians
Ryan
Culver
Baytownsun
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