Baytown cookbook ads recall 1950s town life and local merchants
A memoir recounts the 1953 Baytown Home Economics Association cookbook and the era's local ads. It honors Ferguson Motors owner Geneva Ferguson, flower shops on Illinois Street, Humble Oil stations, and Baytown businesses along Texas Avenue and Market Street, linking memories to people and places.
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Chevrolet
Buck Turner
North Main
Buick
Paul Prince
Pontiac
Cadillac
Ferguson Motors
West Texas
Baytown Home Economics Association
Association
Baytown
Old Baytown
Geneva Ferguson
Jan
Geneva
Montgomery Flower Shop
Illinois Street
Montgomery
Busy Bee
Decker Drive
Helen
Helen Hensler
Debbie Fitzgerald
the Sun
Texas Avenue
Moore’s Shop
Edelman’s
Rosenzweig
Black’s Pharmacy
J.C. Penney’s
Robson’s Jewelry
Jacob’s Jewelry
Texas State Optical
Singer Sewing Machine
Drew’s
A.E
Thelma Drew
Jessica
Ashlee Simpson
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Humble
N.G. Latham
J.T. Adams
Gordon Young
Guy Hensley
Ed Johnson
Latham
Highway 146
Cedar Bayou Road
Johnson
Whiting
Young
West Main
Hensley
Wooster
Sherwood
Mike
Anne Adams
Goose Creek
Charlie Schwartz
Adams
Missouri
Huggins
Black Duck Bay
YMCA Bachelor and Silent Auction Set in Baytown
Fifteen bachelors aged 24 to 65 including two Baytown firefighters a doctor and several local business owners will be auctioned at the 3rd annual YMCA Bachelor and Silent Auction at Goose Creek Country Club. Proceeds benefit the Baytown YMCA Partners Campaign with Outback Steakhouse providing meals.
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Baytown Sun
Nicki Evans
Tucker John
Kyle Dodson
John Nelson
Steve Jimenez
Herbert Johns
Tim Planty
Joe Kubik
Frank Hester
Outback
YMCA
Goose Creek Country Club
Baytown
Mary Vera
Baytown Ymca Partners
Vera
Interstate 10
Port of
Johns
Debbie Siegel profile
Debbie Siegel says she is a stay at home housekeeper with three grown children, seeks better retail help in Baytown, is inspired by her family, aims to move from Texas, walk faith more, quit smoking, and would grant all workers an extra week of vacation if she ruled times. She admires Princess Diana and enjoys While You Were Sleeping and Hard Times. The Baytown Sun invites nominations for future Ten Questions profiles.
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Debbie Siegel
Texas
Sandra Bullock
Peter Gallagher
Bill Pullman
Charles Dickens
Princess Diana
Baytown Area
the Sun
David
Bloom
Baytownsun
Black History Month kickoff at J D Walker Center features heritage celebration
The J D Walker Community Center hosts Black History 2007 365 Days a Year with Celebration of Heritage and Cul Pride. The event includes the Black In & Science Museum display guest speakers a celebrity basketball game and a gospel concert to conclude the week. Assistant District Attorney Oshea Spencer opens the festivities with a speech. Spencer, formerly of Baytown, earlier served in Fort Bend County D A's Office and now works as an Associated Municipal Court judge and adjunct instructor at Lee College. History page 2B.
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J.D. Walker Community Center
Black In & Science Museum
Ey Oshea Spencer Willkck
Baytown
D.A
Spencer
Lee College
Astronaut Jose Hernandez Visits Fifth Grade at Ashbel Smith
NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez spoke to Ashbel Smith fifth graders as they prepared for TAKS testing. A former migrant from Mexico he learned English by age 12 and recalled Apollo era inspiration. He will publish a bilingual children’s book autobiography titled Reaching for the Stars.
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Ashbel Smith
NASA
Jose Hernandez
Hernandez
Mexico
Ms. Winslow
Cassandra Diaz
Monica del Rio
Mendez
Victoria Martinez
Lee College hosts Valentine vow renewal at Kilgore game
On February 14, during halftime of the Lee College Rebels basketball game vs Kilgore at 7 p.m. in the Sports Arena, Judge Tony Palumbo will officiate a public vow renewal. Fans supply witnesses and support. contact Robert Cantrell at 832-556-4079 for details.
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Lee College Rebels
Lee College
Kilgore
Tony Palumbo
Runnin’ Rebels
Robert Cantrell
Reantrell
Lee
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