Tribute to Geraldine Hinton-Green and Baytown history
In Black History Month tribute, Geraldine Hinton-Green widow of Baytown Carver High principal Edward Green is celebrated for 56 years of service. A Houston native, educator and community leader, she taught at multiple district schools, earned degrees from Texas Southern University, and once met President Reagan at a White House lunch for black colleges.
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Geraldine Hinton-Green
Edward Franklin Green
George Washington Carver High School
Geraldine
Jones Hinton
Alabama
Leatrice Hinton
Beaumont
Featherstone St
Houston
Fifth Ward
Gulf Avenue
Houston Phillis Wheatley
Texas Southern University
George Washington Carver
Teacher’s College
Columbia University
New York
Gladys Tipton
Southern Methodist University
David G. Burnet
Travis
Wooster Common School
Republic of Texas
N. Main St
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Phillis Wheatley
Barbara Jordan
National Women of Achievement
Texas Southern University Alumni Association
Friends of the Houston Ebony Opera Guild
Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church
NAACP
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Ronald
White House
Reagan
Baytown Briefs August 1961 highlights at Humble Baytown
The Baytown Briefs for Humble Oil employees features Mary Hastings off to Germany as a foreign exchange student, refinery staff teaching Lee College night classes, Owin honored at Army reunion, and photos of Willie Michalsky and Ed Novosad with kittens. It notes a British patent for a solid catalyst by four refinery men and a nine hour five minute tanker Esso Suez loading record. The issue is dated a month before Hurricane Carla in September 61.
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Chambers County
Solomon Barrow
Baytown
Humble Oil & Refining Co
ExxonMobil
Mary Hastings
Sam Hastings
Hastings
Lakewood
Germany
Sam
Mary
Kiel
Lee College
E.K. Erwin
Jim Cunningham
R.G. Mitchell
Owin
Army
B.T. Owin
Refinery
Larry Zimmerman
Fort Bliss
R.P. Larkins
D.W. Jeffrey
Journal of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Robert Larkins
Robert E. Lee
Baytown Briefs
E.L. Gunn
Lee College Board of Regents
Willie Michalsky
Ed Novosad
Kenny Featherston
J.P. Featherston
J.A. Anderson
J.A. Dinwiddie
Max Mosesman
L.W. Vernon
Esso Suez
Carla
Cold Snap Touts Modern Comforts and Old Cattle Memories
Jim Finley recalls a Baytown cold spell that shut schools and iced roads while noting the Fred Hartman Bridge stayed open. He contrasts modern central heat and carpet with earlier cold winters, sharing cattle-farm chores and warm family meals, then reflects on aging and weather nostalgia.
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Baytown
Fred Hartman
Pasadena
Mr. Hartman
Sparkling Men’s Forum
Groundhog Day and notable events on February 2
Groundhog Day is marked with a history of events on February 2. Notable items include New Amsterdam’s incorporation in 1653, the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty in 1848, Punxsutawney’s festival first held in 1887, Joyce’s Ulysses published in Paris in 1922, Ranger 6 lunar mission in 1964, Reagan’s Nicaraguan aid speech in 1988, Bush’s 2003 budget notice, and Hillary Clinton becoming secretary of state in 2009.
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New Amsterdam
New York City
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Punxsutawney
James Joyce
Ulysses
Paris
NASA
Moon
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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