History making at LC Room 203 first black student 1963
Alton Williams became Lee College's first black student on Jan 31 1963 in Room 203. An Army veteran and former Lincoln High School football player he attended part time while working as a pipe fitter in Texas City. The campus scene featured trustees and police officers in plain clothes as Williams registered and started his class.
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Lee College
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Lincoln
la Marque
Texas City
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LC Liberal Arts
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Goose Creek
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Luther Victory
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Karl Opryshek
The
Gentry
Baytown
the Sun
Goodfellows Help Baytown Children This Christmas
In the Ainsworth and Company Warehouse anteroom, Baytown families wait to register for the Goodfellows program, aiding low income residents since 1931. A laid-off Kmart worker with young children expresses hope for housing and Christmas gifts amid tough times.
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Ainsworth and Company
Goodfellows Program
Baytown
Kmart
Donations Drive Supports Baytown Goodfellows Appeal
Registration at Ainsworth and Company Warehouse 2500 Market St runs December 11 to 13 with times listed, distribution December 18 and 29. The Baytown Sun describes a struggling family aided by Goodfellows since 1931 aiming to raise $30,000. only a fraction raised, about 2,400 local children affected. Call 281-425-8020 for details and donations mailed to PO Box 90 Baytown TX 77520 or delivered to The Baytown Sun.
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Paytowngun
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Dwayne Hucksby
Townsun
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Mima
Bassoun
Register Goodfellows
Ainsworth and Company
Market St
Ainsworth
Goodfellows
Baytown
Texas
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
Christmas concert and holiday events in Baytown area
Baytown Symphony Orchestra and Baytown Community Chorus present Sing in the Season at Grace United Methodist Church at 7 30 p m. St Joseph School hosts Breakfast with Santa 9 a m to 4 p m at 1811 Carolina St with pancakes sausage drinks priced 4 adults 2 for seniors and children. Santa photos 5 each. Baytown Little Theater stages Same Time Next Year at 2 30 p m 1500 Lakewood Village with tickets 10 adults 6 students and seniors 65 plus. Hymn singing and preaching Sundays at 10 a m and 5 p m in Hampton Inn Conference Room 7211 Garth Rd contact W F McCorkle 281 422 7849. Barbers Hill High School Project Graduation chili dinner and silent auction at gym from 5 30.
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Baytown
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Baytown Little Theater
Lakewood Village
Hampton Inn
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Pinehurst Garden Club holiday decoration contest
The Pinehurst Garden Club judges Christmas decorations in Pinehurst today and Monday with categories fun and fantasy traditional religious most original and lights only. Residents are asked to have their lights on both days and winners receive a ham from the Pinehurst Homeowners Association.
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Pinehurst
Weather watch for Point Barrow Trinity Bay
Mostly sunny with highs in the lower 60s and patchy fog after midnight. Partly cloudy and warmer night with lows in the lower 50s. Sunrise 7 01 am sunset 5 20 pm. Tides vary with two high and two low phases. Partly cloudy with highs in the lower 70s and isolated showers and storms at night. Lows in the upper 50s. Sunrise 7 02 am. Low 2 08 pm. High 11 50 pm.
Good Morning Greeting Recap Signals Morning Readership
A brief note thanks readers for starting their day with the paper. It emphasizes morning readership andcurbs with a cheerful welcome.
Paper Delivery Reminder for Baytown Sun Readers
Notice to Baytown Sun subscribers about delivery times and re delivery procedures. If the newspaper is not received by 6 a.m. Monday through Saturday or 8 a.m. Sunday, call 425 8048 by 4 0 a.m. for re delivery.
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Baytown Sun
Obituary notices for Straw Tavary Purvis Sorrells Sieber Cordes Jr
Page 6B lists deaths Mary Straw Tavary Erma Purvis Sorrells Dennis Fay Sieber and Lester Gladden Cordes Jr with a pending notice for Teresa R. Sammon. Names and status reflect a late obituary column.
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Erma Purvis Sorrells
Dennis Fay Sieber
Lester Gladden Cordes Jr
Teresa R. Sammon
Neighbors organize fundraiser for Bruce Boyd family
Friends of Bruce Boyd plan a 2 to 5 p.m. benefit at Especial Events in Bay Plaza to aid his family after the Baytown man died from motorcycle accident injuries. Boyd co owned Boyd's Blossoms Florist and Gifts on Texas Avenue and was active in church and youth athletics. Donations can be made at Southwest Bank locations. A photographer will offer pictures with Santa for families.
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Bruce Boyd
Baytown
Boyd
Blossoms Florist
Texas Avenue
North Alexander
Bay Plaza
Sun photo submissions sought for publication
Readers encouraged to share photo submissions with the Baytown Sun. Email photographs to Managing Editor David Bloom at david.bloom@baytownsun.com or mail prints to 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas 77520. Inspirational quotes from Ralph Bunche and a Bible verse are included.
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Memorial Drive
Baytown
Texas
P.O. Box
Baytownsun.com
The
Sun
David Bloom
David. Bloom
Corrections Policy Notice From The Baytown Sun
The Baytown Sun states corrections and clarifications are published in this space. Readers may inquire by calling managing editor David Bloom at 281 425 8016 or emailing david bloom baytownsun com for questions.
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Baytown Sun
Sun
David Bloom
David.bloom
Baytownsun.com
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