The Gift That Quit Doing Christmas Gifting Advice
A humorous column targets men and presents gift certificate strategy for wives, recounting a 1991 secret Santa tale. The narrator explains how a planned Pocono Mountains trip turned into an expensive, disappointing gift, with names like Margie, Barbara Bowes, MACE, and Tommie Jones appearing in reminiscence.
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Margie
High Sun Management
Pocono Mountains
Congressional
ACE
Barbara Bowes
Mace
Tommie Jones
Texas First Bank
Longhorn Tommie
Baytown Junior Forum Seeks Ads For Red Stocking Revue
Baytown Junior Forum sells tabloid ads for its biannual Red Stocking Revue set for 7 p.m. Feb 15 and 16 at Lee High School auditorium. The fundraiser lists ad options from 100 to 3500 dollars and supports local groups like American Red Cross and Goodfellows. contact Lori Comanich at 281-428-2712 or lori eshbach com for details.
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Baytown Junior Forum
Lee High School
BJF
Baytown Sun
American Red Cross
Centennial Square
Baytown Fire & Safety and Goodfellows
Share Your Holidays food drive aids Baytown area
The Baytown Firefighters Department and the Baytown Firefighters Association sponsor the Share your Holidays food drive with donation points at Fire Station 1 the Wal Mart parking lot and the H E B parking lot. For more information contact Jim Moss at 281 628 3034. The Country Club Oaks Garden Club hosts its Christmas luncheon and plant exchange at Sylvia Lohkamp's home with hostesses Sylvia Lohkamp Maria Saphos Joyce Bennett and Sandra Woods. Bay Area Networking Groups meets at 7 30 a m at The Baytown Sun building 1301 Memorial Drive. Highlands Community Center seniors offer intermediate line dancing at 8 30 a m beginner line dancing at 9 45 a m ceramics at 9 a m and bridge at noon the phone number 281 426 7561.
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Baytown Firefighters Department
Baytown Firefighters Association
Wal- Mart
H.E.B
Jim Moss
Country Club Oaks Garden Club
Sylvia Lohkamp
Maria Saphos
Joyce Bennett
Sandra Woods
Bay
This Day In History December 4 2007 Highlights
Dec 4 1783 Washington bade farewell at Fraunces Tavern in New York. 1816 James Monroe elected fifth U.S. president. 1875 Tweed escaped jail. 1918 Wilson sails to Versailles. 1942 US bombers strike Italy. WPA dismantled. 1965 Gemini 7 launched. 1978 Dianne Feinstein named SF mayor. 1996 Mars Pathfinder launched. Plus court cases and local notices. Quote by Ogden Nash and Bible verse.
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George Washington
Fraunces Tavern
New York
James Monroe
Virginia
United States
William Marcy Tweed
New York City
Tammany Hall
Wilson
France
U.S
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell
San Francisco
Dianne Feinstein
George Moscone
Cape Canaveral
Mars
Supreme Court
Tyrone Williams
Houston
The
Associated Press
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Highlands Community Center
Highlands Woods Drive
Promise Center
Kentucky
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J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Ladies
Max Bowl
Ward Road
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Market St
Crosby Library
Sterling Municipal Library
King’s Table
Church of New Beginnings
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Duplicate Bridge Club
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Rollingbrook Drive
Nick
Elaine
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N. Main St
Baytown Lions Club
Monument Inn
Bay Area Quilt Guild
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Scarsdale Blvd
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
San Jacinto Cancer Center
Baytown Senior Center
Becky James
Pilot Club
Bay Area Heritage Society
SUN History
Burnet Bay
Mont Belvieu
Target
Ogden Nash
the Sun
David
Bloom
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