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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1987
Page
4
A chain reaction crash on the fog shrouded Interstate 10 bridge over Old and Lost River killed five members of a Rockport Vietnamese family amid a 25 vehicle pileup. A Baytown survivor leapt from the bridge to avoid an 18 wheeler.
A Feb 1 history roundup notes Julia Ward Howe’s Battle Hymn published in Atlantic Monthly in 1862, Texas secession in 1861, Edison’s first motion picture studio in 1893, Puccini’s La Boheme premiere in 1896, first auto policy in 1898, RCMP formation in 1920, Lie named UN secretary general in 1946, Greensboro sit-in in 1960, NBC Olympic deal in 1980, Morton Grove handgun ban in 1990, Challenger debris wreath in 1986 from last year’s search.
A heartfelt reminiscence of a farm childhood in Ohio. The narrator recalls working with family at the farm, tending wheat, oats, soy, cattle, and poultry, watching grandpa's stories after beer, and savoring soap making, canning, feed-sack dresses, and mossy troughs. She reflects on how small family farming fades as land yields to housing and highways.
Denzil Shirley, a Baytown resident, left Sayre Oklahoma in search of work and luck in California. After roughing it on the road and in a lettuce shed, he settled in Baytown in 1951 with a $750 loan to start a garage. He then moved into wrecking service, prospering and promoting his business with cheerful card advertising. He is active in voter registration and provides free rides to polls. his wife Esther, speaker of the Shirley wigwam, supported his rise.
Fire destroyed a general merchandise store and a garage on Goose Creek Street in Stewart Heights early today. Owner J A Hafer estimates the loss at 7000 dollars. Nearby, the Baytown Civic Club plans a benefit games party at the Community Building to help cover costs of the park wading pool. Joe Lawrence, 19, UT student, recovers from injuries in a Houston Brenham highway crash.
Jim Kyle reflects on Preston Pendergrass, ex-editor and longtime Baytown Sun writer, praising his investigative instinct and teaching guidance. He notes aging journalists struggle with computers as new electronic writers rise, and quotes a candid question about enduring value.
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