Cheers and Jeers in Baytown area holiday season
A Sun column gives thanks to Holy Family Church volunteers for a Thanksgiving meal, praises hurricane season end and Christmas parades in Baytown Crosby and Mont Belvieu, and cheers local choirs. Jeers mock millennial anxiety over Secret Santa and gift buying amid the holidays.
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Holy Family Catholic Church
Neck of the Woods
Baytown
Crosby
Mont Belvieu
End near for Baytown mall as we know it
The top weekly Baytown Sun list highlights an ongoing decline for the local mall as shoppers witness closures and diminished foot traffic amid rising vacancies and changing consumer habits in Baytown Texas.
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Baytownsun.com
Baytown Mall
Anahuac
Walmart Groper
Winnie
Eagles
Baytown
Michael Pineda
Today in history highlights from 1783 to 1997
On this date George Washington bid farewell to his officers in New York in 1783. The first Burger King opened in Miami in 1954. Gemini 7 launched in 1965 with Borman and Lovell, rendezvousing with Gemini 6A. Congress pursued Iran Contra probes in 1986. NATO began Balkans peace mission in 1995. Mars Pathfinder launched in 1996. Obama ACA premiums up in 2011. Ogden Nash quote closes.
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George Washington
New York
Miami
James McLamore
David Edgerton
United States
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell
Houses of
Congress
NATO
Balkans
Cape Canaveral
Red Planet
Mars
Obama
Ogden Nash
Tampico Incident and USS Texas in Veracruz Occupation
Letter discusses the Tampico Incident of 1914 and the USS Texas joining U.S. forces to Veracruz. It notes nine sailors, diplomatic break with Mexico, and Wilson's order for troops and ships to seize the Veracruz customs house. The piece highlights 71 U.S. naval ships in Mexican waters and evacuations to San Diego, Texas City, and New Orleans.
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Texas
U.S
Mexico
General Huerta
Dolphina
United States
Veracruz
Wilson
San Diego
Mazatlan
Iris
Cheyenne
Uss Whipple
Paul Jones
Perry
Stewart
Truxtun
Tampico
Fletcher
Florida
Utah
Prairie
San Francisco
Chester
U.S. Navy
Texas City
New Orleans
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church History Traced to 1844
A historical account from 1897 details Cedar Bayou Methodist Church origins with Robert Alexander. It notes a 1844 organization under Alexander, a home church, land purchase in 1847, and a frame church built around 1848. The report cites early memory, gaps in records before 1853, and ties to nearby Cedar Bayou and Goose Creek precincts, with later deeds filed in 1856.
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Cedar Bayou
E. A. Stocking
H. Baker
J. W. Evans
G. Brooks
Seth Carey
Hance Baker
John H. Watson
Simon Hagerman
Old Baytown
Needle Point Road
Chambers County
East
Harris
West
Chambers Counties
Robert Alexander
Midway
Ship Channel
Baytown
Galveston
Midway Landing
San Jacinto
Louisville
John R. Rhea
Gilbert Brooks
Harrison McLean
Columbus Wiseman
Edward A. Stocking
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Harris County
San Jacinto River
Houston To
Liberty Road
Goose Creek
Abram Kipp
Park Street
Kipp
Galveston Bay
Texas
Cedar Bayou Methodist Cemetery
Sarah E. Scudder Hamilton
William S. Hamilton
Trinity Rivers
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