Ashbel Street Memories of Baytown’s Busy Side Street
In a nostalgic tour of Ashbel Street Baytown, the piece recalls The Baytown Sun hospital ties at Ashbel and Pearce, reporters at the side door, and staff who kept alert views from the press room. It names Max Altman’s on Ashbel, Culpepper’s furniture, The Cage dress shop, Del Monte Hotel, and local landmarks shaping daily life on the Ashbel block.
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Baytown
Texas Avenue
North Main
Market
Paul A. Lee
Rosalie Myers
Rosalie
Fred Hartman
Ashbel
Beulah Mae Jackson
Herbert H. Duke
West Gulf
Brunson Theater
Hank Williams
Max Altman
Culpepper’s
House of Fashion
The
Cage
H.J. Davis
N.L Dudley
del Monte
Defoe and
Ben Ammons
Maryland Street
Sterling and
Baytown Home with bomb shelter to be on TV show
Baytown couple Javier Hess and Kristine Hess will showcase their Southwood Drive house on If Walls Could Talk. Built in 1968 and once owned by Baytown’s Dr. George Felkner, the single story home hides a two bunk bed underground bunker with blue green regal turquoise paint. The feature highlights the home’s rare shelter and quirky 1950s color while producers emphasize telling the house story rather than altering it.
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Baytown Sun Photos
Ryan Culver
Mike Siegel
Bear
Kristine Estrada
Estrada
Southwood Drive
Cineowners
Javier “Bear
Kristine Hess
Home and Garden Channel
Baytown
George Felkner
United States
Tammy Schmidt
Gulf Coast
Bear Estrada
Chevy
Grebes and birds seen at Baytown Nature Center
The Baytown Nature Center Journal lists birds spotted at the center including common loon, grebes, pelicans, herons, ibises, terns and warblers. Common loons were seen in Scott Bay Crystal Bay and Burnet Bay, while twelve eared grebes were noted in Scott Bay. A pair of downy woodpeckers moved through Cypress Pond and a male yellowthroat flitted along Heron Haven as a north wind reduced water in flow channels.
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Baytown Nature
Baytown Sun
Baytown Nature Center
Dwayne Litteer
Ron Ummel
Scott Bay
Crystal Bay
Burnet Bay
Cypress Pond
Heron Haven
Eight Below review notes dogs’ struggle in Antarctica
The nature and survival film follows eight sled dogs left behind in a killer Antarctic storm. Director Frank Marshall emphasizes the canines over human drama, delivering striking snowy imagery and a solid tale of endurance and companionship despite reworked framing and credit to Paul Walker.
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Antarctica
Frank Marshall
David DiGilio
Jerry Shepard
Paul Walker
Antiarctica
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Wanda Orton
Tesc.net
Kristine
BNC Journal
Ron Ummel and
Qwnsun.com
Sunnews
Avti
Paul Walker, Jason Biggs
Brothers
Jean-Jacques Annaud
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