Broadcast public meetings to boost transparency in Baytown
Our view argues for live streaming and archiving Baytown City Council meetings along with school boards and college bodies. It contends that televised access increases citizen participation, reduces ignorance of government action, and can be managed with rules to limit disruptions while noting potential drawbacks and the need for accessible records. Editorial by David Bloom.
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Baytown School Board
College Regents
Goose Creek and Lee College
Baytown
Today in History Highlights From Major Events
On this date events include Washington signing the first US Patent Act in 1790, the ASPCA incorporation in 1866, the Titanic set sail in 1912, Gatsby published in 1925, Branch Rickey acquiring Jackie Robinson in 1947, Madonna launching The Virgin Tour in 1985, mass citizenship protests a decade ago, Bob Dylan in Vietnam five years ago, and Apple Watch debut one year ago. Thought for Today by Evelyn Waugh.
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American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Southampton
Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Brooklyn Dodgers
Branch Rickey
Jackie Robinson
Montreal Royals
Madonna
Paramount Theater
Seattle
U.S
New York
San Diego
Bob Dylan
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Apple Watch
Evelyn Waugh
Anson Jones Legacy Ties to Baytown Leaders and Heirs
Charles E. Ashe of Cedar Bayou rose from local roots to 11th District Court judge in Houston from 1900 to 1936 and helped found the Lawyers Library Association. The article traces the Jones family lineage from Anson Jones, last president of the Republic of Texas, throughAshbel Smith era ties, noting descendants Cromwell Anson Jones and Sam Edward Jones, and Mary Jones’s resilience after tragedy and Civil War. It closes with Wanda Orton of The Sun inviting reader letters.
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Anson Jones
Charles E. Ashe
Cedar Bayou
11Th District
Houston
Lawyers Library Association
Texas
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
Jones
Baytown
Capitol Hotel
Rice Hotel
Main Street
Republic of Texas
Mary
Charles Elliott
Sam Edward
Cromwell Anson
Sallie
Barrington
Washington-on-the-Brazos
Galveston
Sam Houston Jones
Sam Edward Jones
Elliott
Charles Elliott Jones
Sam
Edward
Sam Houston Jr
Bagland Guards
Ashbel Smith
Smith
Evergreen Plantation
Cromwell Anson Jones
Harris County Commissioners Court
Mary Jones
Goose Creek
San Jacinto Battleground
Willis
Montgomery County
Harris County
Cromwell Jones
Charles Ashe
Remembering Little League ties spark Small World echoes
A Baytown Sun columnist recalls 1951 Little League roots with the Old Ocean Bucaneers, shoreside connections, and later collisions of people and places. Email exchanges link Jan Harper, the Browns, Lake Jackson, and public notices of Sweeny Indians past and present, highlighting lingering local ties across generations.
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Neck of the Woods
Old Ocean Buccaneers
Brazoria County
Vern Underhill
Cleveland Indians
Babe Ruth
Vern
Vance
IJ. Brown
Sweeny Indians
Austin
Jerry Spence
Lake Jackson
Jerry
Houston
Buffs
Cardinals
Gary Thomas
Buccaneers
Gary
Baytown
Brazosport Facts
Bill Cornwell
Bill
Sweeny
Cotton Liles
West Columbia
Jan
J.J
Annette
Jan Harper
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