Harvey Way and Harvey Girls Lift Feisty Clara’s Flight
Clara Fern Massie at fourteen flees tyrannical father to reach Granny and holidaying Harvey Girl cousin Opal. Opal nudges her to wait till eighteen to join Harvey Houses, famed railway restaurants employing nearly a hundred thousand women. Clara trains in the Harvey Way, faces strict codes, corsets, and nightly curfews, while pursuing a rare career for women of the era. Sheila Wood Foard, former teacher and Harvey House docent, presents this slice of women’s history with photographs and an author’s note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Fern Massie
Granny
Opal
Kansas City
Harvey
Clara
Sheila Wood Foard
Students win Rotary drug prevention essays at five Goose Creek junior highs
Eighth graders from five Goose Creek junior high schools submitted anti drug essays. Winners from Cedar Bayou Baytown Highlands Gentry Horace Mann and others received certificates and $150 savings bonds. Several students could not attend the luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holister
Goose Creek
Rotary
Frankie Pasillas
Baytown
Grant Hanson
Cedar Bayou
Hanson
Serdalia Garza
Gentry Junior High
Ashley Almanza
Highlands Junior High
Savannah Solis
Horace Mann Junior High
Texas First Bank
Alison Little
Highlands
Amber Wade
Katie Vasquez
Kristie Kenny
Dominika Snodgrass
Samira Abunemeh
Gentry
Kaitlyn Cryer
Christy Mullen
Kelli VanNatta
Horace Mann
Christin Duggins
Rosa Cuellar
Rotary Club of
Four-Part Look Back at Pelly’s Stores and Streets
In a nostalgic four-part series, the author recalls Lou Floyd Elam and her brother Robert W. Floyd guiding readers through Pelly’s past. They mention a dime store bargain at a bar, Goose Creek library visits, Woolworth’s lunch counter on Texas Avenue, and other five and dime shops like Kress and Wainscott’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou
Goose Creek
Woolworth’s
Texas Avenue
Kress and
Wainscott’s
Lou Floyd Elam
Robert W. Floyd
Pelly
Sophie Naivar Celebrates First Birthday in Mont Belvieu
Sophie Renee Naivar daughter of Kyle and Nicole Naivar of Mont Belvieu turns one on April 9. She has a brother James and a sister Kimberlin. Grandparents Roger and Aretha Valois of Baytown and Joya Naivar of Spring. Great grandparent Rita Abshire of Baytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle
Nicole Naivar
Mont Belvieu
James
Kimberlin
Roger
Aretha Valois
Baytown
Joya Naivar
Spring
Rita Abshire
Creating a Home That Reflects Personal Style and Comfort
A decorator explains the process of guiding clients to define personal style, set a focused plan, and balance budget with color, antiques, and technology. She highlights avoiding overbearing input, using color to transform spaces, and blending client desires with architectural integrity to create character, warmth, and beauty.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harvey Way
Josbook
Mindspring
Joan
Martin
Harvey Girl
Shelia Wood
Foard
Texas Tech University Press
Baytown Sun
Ryan Culver
Orton
Happy
Sophie Renee Naivar
Msn.com
Debbie Fitzgerald
Hobby
Furnitur
Ana
Provo Craft
Framing ‘Ateanrine Char
Fiskars
Ative Boxes
Walnut Hollow
Provo
Calico
Seeaypey
Muslin
Andy
Lae
Omega la Espiga
Garth Rd
RAPER
Charreemaatnedana
Coats
TLC
Amore
Pasadena
Pasadena Blvd
IPPE
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