Goodfellows deliver Christmas gifts to Baytown children
About 3,000 area children would have had no presents without 50 volunteers who sorted decorated and distributed toys. Nearly $30,000 donated last year funded three toys per child ages 2 through 12 for low income families with WIC Lone Star Card or free lunch aid. A recipient hugged chair Lor Lucius as she cried saying this is the only Christmas her son will have.
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Baytown — Goodfellows
Lor Lucius
Lucius
Baytown Optimists plan welcome stranger Christmas effort
Baytown Evening Optimist Club members prepare for a 26-year Christmas dinner and gifts program with Hastis County Precinct 3 constables. Vernon Hayes explains they target an old car with out-of-town plates and kids inside as part of a surprise for travelers, following the late Calvin Evans who led the effort. Optimist President Gary Anderson takes over organizing duties.
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Baytown
Optimist Club
Gary Anderson
Fermin
Mary Fermin
Optimists
Vernon Hayes
Hastis County Precinct 3
Bles
Calvin Evans
Evans
Hayes
Firefighters Union Accepts City Proposal In Baytown Contract Deal
Baytown firefighters approved a new contract ending a three month dispute. The measure passed 31 to 1 in a three day vote led by union leader Thomas Carr. The plan shifts to City Council for final approval at the January 8 meeting.
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Baytown
Thomas Carr
Reunion after 31 years as mother meets daughter at Christmas
A Baytown woman and her grown daughter connect after 31 years apart following an adoption in 1972 at DePelchin Children's Center. Gale Doergé, then a 17 year old senior at Ross S. Sterling, chose not to raise her baby, who later seeks family ties and a son of her own. The emotional reunion unfolds with warmth and healing.
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Baytown
Gale Doergé
DePelchin Children’s Center
Houston
Gale
Ross S. Sterling High School
Lynn
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