Baytown Then and Now Through a 1952 Class Memoir
Wanda Orton recalls Baytown circa 1952 for Robert E. Lee High School’s 60 year reunion. She details local groceries like Brunson’s and the Koenig store, drive ins such as Brown’s Chicken Shack and Decker Drive-in Theater, theaters Brunson and Bay, and dining spots including the Rebel Inn, Tower, and Tri-City Café.
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Robert E. Lee
Baytown
Weingarten
Henke & Pillot
Brunson
Rebel Inn
Koenig Fam
Ily
Missouri
Brown’s Chicken Shack
Decker
Texas Avenue
Bay Theater
Baytown Cinema Guild
Red Shoes
Houston
River Oaks
Galveston
Manteris
Tower
Emmett O. Hutto
Frenchy Riber
Tri-City
Wanda Orton
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Today in History 2012 Highlights and Birthdays
Today highlights include Spain ceding eastern Florida in 1819 and a 1993 UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Notable births include George Washington, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. The Miracle on Ice occurred in 1980, and Mozart and Chopin are cited as prodigies. Kosovo population reached 1,825,632 mid 2011.
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Spain
Florida
United States
White House
U.N. Security Council
Yugoslavia
George Washington
U.S
Arthur Schopenhauer
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edward
Ted" Kennedy
Julius Erving
James Blunt
Drew Barrymore
Soviet Union
Lake Placid
N.Y
Mozart
Chopin
Kosovo
Mardi Gras Morning Memories From Louisiana Nights
A first person recount of Mardi Gras day after Ash Wednesday in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The narrator describes crowded Canal Street parades, loud crowds, and a close call with a child’s shoe in a crush of revelers. The piece recounts a college trip from LSU to Tulane and back, plus a plug for Chris Buckner a Baytown native and disaster debris planning professional.
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Sabine River
Sabine
South
Louisiana
New Orleans
LSU
Baton Rouge
Jack Cantrell
John Andrews
Jack
Tulane
Nick’s
Tulane Avenue
Nick Castrogiovanni
Nick
Canal
Bourbon Streets
Canal Street
Champs Elysees
Paris
Bill
Rose
Chris Buckner
Baytown
Houston
Public Works Department
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Baytown Sun circulation contact hours
Miss your paper call the Baytown Sun redelivery line at (281) 425-8066 by 9 a.m. weekdays or 11 a.m. Sundays. Circulation dept hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays. Editor Publisher Janie Gray.
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Memorial Drive
Baytown
Texas
Sunnews
Baytownsun
Baytownsun.com
Baytown Sun
Sun
Adam Vanelli
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