Rescue of Rev Alexander and wife in 1875 storm on Adams Island
A historical note recalls Reverend Robert E. Alexander and his wife being rescued from Adams Island during a deadly hurricane September 15 16 1875. Alexander longtime Galveston District presiding elder and Cedar Bayou Methodist Church founder rode to organize churches, described as tall with red hair. Adams Island lay near Point Pleasant and the Houston Ship Channel, later associated with the Williams family and regional land history.
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Robert E. Alexander
Adams Island
Alexanders
Cedar Bayou
Houston Ship Channel
ExxonMobil
Point Pleasant
William Scott
Scott
John Adams
Mary Anna
Austin May Williams
Austin
Sarah Scott Williams
Austin Williams
Williams
Adams
Galveston
Samuel May Williams
Baytown
Point Comfort
Fayette County
Badger’s Island
Ennis
Dallas
Barbers Hill FFA earns National Gold Emblem and Golden Horizon
Barbers Hill FFA Chapter receives the National Gold Emblem rating and the Golden Horizon award at the 80th Texas FFA Convention in Lubbock held July 15 to 18. Two members named Top Ten of Texas Stars are Rylee Hobbs and Alexis Mitchell. Alexis Jenkins and Tifani Oliver also earn Star Chapter honors.
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Barbers Hill
Lubbock
Texas
Rylee Hobbs
Alexis Mitchell
Alexis Jenkins
Tifani Oliver
FFA
Star Agri-Science
Texas Stars
Texas Ffa
Free Prostate Cancer Screenings at Baytown Area Centers
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Cancer Center and related programs offer no cost prostate screenings for men 50 and older from Sept 15 to 19 in Crosby McNair Baytown Mont Belvieu and La Porte. Appointments via 832-667-5864 or 281-420-8557.
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San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
The
Cancer Center
Center For Family Medicine
Baytown
Crosby
McNair
Mont Belvieu
la Porte
American Cancer Society
Timothy Boone
Methodist Department of Urology
Crosby Community Center
Hare Rd
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
Community Calendar Entries Across Baytown Activities
Multiple groups meet in Baytown including vision support at Remington Place and MS self help at First Presbyterian Church. Bay Area Networking Groups gathers at E F Green Center while Bipolar and depression support runs at Texas Child and Family Institute. Senior line dancing, ceramics, bridge, Precinct2gether events, TOPS meetings, and library story times accompany Rotary and Toastmasters sessions at local venues.
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Texas Commission For the Blind
Remington Place
W. Baker
First Presbyterian Church
Market St
Bay Area
B.A.N.G
E. F. Green Center
West
Baker Road
Ross S. Sterling High School
Depression and
Texas Child and Family Institute
Independence Blvd
Baytown
Call
Highlands Community Center
August 20 history highlights span presidents to space
On this date in history notable events include Andrew Johnson declaring the Civil War over in 1866, Benjamin Harrison born in 1833, German forces occupying Brussels in 1914, Detroit’s 8MK launching in 1920, Churchill praising the RAF in 1940, the USSR acknowledging a hydrogen bomb test in 1953, Johnson signing the Economic Opportunity Act in 1964, Voyager 2 launch in 1977, a bloodless hostage resolution in 1982, and AP photographer Joe Rosenthal’s death in 2007.
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Andrew Johnson
Benjamin Harrison
United States
North Bend
Ohio
Brussels
Belgium
8MK
Detroit
WWJ
Winston Churchill
Royal Air Force
Soviet Union
Johnson
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Associated Press
Joe Rosenthal
Iwo Jima
Novato
Calif
Lanier Drive Opens and Traffic Shifts to Highway 146
In 1989 the full Lanier Drive opening changed traffic patterns and raised volumes on Highway 146 east of Lee Drive Cedar Bayou Road and Park Street. In 2004 Moss Bluff evacuated 75 families after a Duke Energy gas storage facility explosion sent flames 150 to 200 feet high.
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Lanier Drive
Lee Drive
Cedar Bayou Road
Park Street
Moss Bluff
Duke Energy
Bible Verse Corinthians Quote
The verse from 1 Corinthians 2 9 proclaims that what God has prepared for those who love him surpasses human perception and understanding as written in scripture.
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Texas Ffa Association
Texasffa.org
J.D. Walker
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Decker Dr
Sterling Municipal Library
Baytown Rotary Club
Goose Creek
Baytown Toastmasters Club
Ralph Matthews
SUN History
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
First Baptist Child Care Center
N. Magnolia
Highlands
Mass Eastham
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Rollingbrook
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Rollingbrook Baytown
Habla Espanol
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