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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 2015
Page
4
Letter urges delay on GCCISD transportation center planned behind Gentry Junior School. criticizes use of former Chevrolet dealership on North Main, notes bond history, costs, and voters’ memory with future bond needs. Calls for new board input and was seeking reevaluation before proceeding.
A reader contrasts biblical scenes of Jesus dining with a hated tax collector and healing strangers with modern politics in Texas. The letter criticizes a state representative and officials for ejecting a Muslim American citizen and urges quoting scripture on inclusion and compassion.
Events include MGM releasing Puss Gets the Boot the first Tom and Jerry animated short in 1940, the first singing telegram in 1933, Death of a Salesman opening in 1949, Powers swap in 1962, 25th Amendment ratified in 1967, Peggy Fleming’s 1968 Olympic gold, and Endeavour’s 2013 shuttle arrival at the ISS. Thought for Today quotes Lincoln Steffens.
Winston Gardner recalls a Baytown youth with his brother Wilford who died in 1985 and his wife Brenda BR whom he met through a Baytown cashier aunt. He describes early driving for his mom, roller skating at the Baytown Roller Rink, dating BR, their 1961 marriage, a disrupted Galveston honeymoon, a first Corvair, and his Exxon career starting in 1961. Gardner notes BR’s father Togie worked for Esso, and that he later retired after 33.5 years at Exxon.
A Baytown reader describes a walker setup including a 26 inch grabber, two binder clips, and a walker hook catalog item for shopping access. He lists local stores, catalogs, prices, and methods to prevent items slipping, plus notes on health and mobility aids and a Baytown residency.
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