Seabiscuit and a Family of Sayings Across Generations
In Jane Howard Lees Lifestyle column a narrator recalls family sayings from a colorful forebears and the Seabiscuit era. It highlights paternal racehorse memories and two race day exclamations Come on Seabiscuit and Whoa Seabiscuit. The piece notes relatives as published authors and 18th 19th century fame.
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Gosh
Golly
Baytown Sun
Eddie Grace King
Eddie Grace
Dad
California
Santa Anita
Seabiscuit
California Hills
Jane Howard Lees
Bubbalee
Flash
Sterling students host British cadets
Seven cadets from the Suffolk Army Cadet Force spent three weeks in Baytown hosted by Ross Sterling High School JROTC. The exchange focused on friendship and cultural understanding with activities including city hall tours, Civil Air Patrol, Baytown National Guard Armory, and a three day naval experience aboard the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi. Next year Sterling cadets will visit England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Lindsey Harvey
Pete Alfaro
Claude Latt
Glynn Brown
Amanda Thompson
Clare Hazell
Lott
Harvey
Lance Cpl
Joshua Panton
Dorothy LaValley
James Sevier-Martin
Joey Martinez
Scott Ward
Rebecca Ford
Stacey Nichols
Baytown City Hall
Alfaro
City Hall
San Antonio
Schutterbahn
AstroWorld
Galveston
Baytown
Civil Air Patrol
Acer
Sterling Mrotc
Lexington
Corpus Christi
Navy
Naval Air Station
Marine Reserve Rifle Range
Kingsville Naval Air Station
Alfard
JROTC
Sterling
England
David Alford
Ross. S. Sterling
Sonceria Messiah-Jiles Elected NAACP News Chairwoman
Baytown native Sonceria Sonny Messiah-Jiles, a Sterling High School graduate, was elected chairwoman of the National Newspaper Publisher Association. She bought the Houston Defender in 1981 and seeks to unify the African-American press while expanding membership and influence among black leaders, readers, and publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytonian
National Newspaper Publisher Association
Sonceria
Sonny” Messiah-Jiles
Ross S. Sterling
University of Houston
Houston Defender
Messiah-Jiles
Messiah-Jnes
Goose Creek
Sterling
Messiah- Jiles
Sonny
Harlem
Highland
Baytown
Ben Sessions
Messiah-Kiles
Sessions
Messiah Files
Ms. Taylor
Messiah Jiles
Lee College
The
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Jane
Howard Lee
Sterling Grad
Voice of African-American Press
National Newspaper Association
NAACP
Kweisi Mfume
John “Jake” Oliver Jr
Afro- American News
Diles
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