Letter to the Editor Endorses Wayne Smith in Texas race
Calvin Mundinger of Baytown urges voters to back Wayne Smith for the Texas House District 128 seat, accusing rival Briscoe Cain of falsehoods and campaign deceit while praising Smith as an honorable, proven leader who served in Vietnam. He calls Smith a respected state figure and asks support for his friend and neighbor.
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Briscoe Cain
Texas
House of Representatives
Midland
Wayne Smith
Vietnam
Wayne
Cain
Calvin Mundinger
Baytown
Sterling High Golf Team Thanks Hazelwood Family for Support
The Sterling Ranger golf team thanks the Hazelwood family Ted Tom Tim and Susan for promoting Baytown high school golf at Evergreen Point. They hosted tournaments allowed practice space stored clubs and kept facilities open after the course closed. Coach Kirksey praises their gracious hospitality and ongoing help.
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Evergreen Point
Hazelwood
Ted
Tom
Tim
Susan
Baytown
Sterling High School
Kirksey
Sterling Ranger Golf Team
Wayne Smith Endorsed for Re Election in Texas House
Lyle Larson endorses Wayne Smith for re election in Texas House District 122 praising his 14 year leadership. He cites support for conservative budgets tax cuts border security and pro life and pro Second Amendment laws reflecting Smith’s role in passing key legislation and urging a March 1 vote.
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Wayne Smith
Texas
Smith
Texas-Mexico
Department of Public Safety
Perry
Abbott
Dan Patrick
Texas House
Austin
Lyle Larson
Leap Year Babies and Aunt Pooch Remembered
Wanda Orton, Sun managing editor, recalls Leap Year birthdays and her Aunt Pooch Elva Nelson Cuthbertson born 1924 died 1996. The piece blends family memories with humor about Leap Year dates and staying young.
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Pooch
Elva Nelson Cuthbertson
Aunt Pooch
Nelson
Joe
DeLuxe Theater
the Palace
Texas Avenue
Denison
Goose Creek
Land of Oz
Cartoons ages revealed in playful Baytown column
Jim Finley recalls Wanda Orton sharing unclassified notes on long running cartoon stars ages as of 2015. He recounts Tom and Jerry being 75, with Mickey Mouse 87 and Donald Duck 81 among others, framed as a lighthearted public service in a Baytown Sun column.
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Sun
Wanda Orton
Donald Duck
Mickey Mouse
Goofy
Alec Baldwin
Bat Cave
Erikson
Christian
Connor
Collin
Katie
Kamille
Margie
Tom and Jerry
Newsman
Wanda
Memorial Hermann
Ella Brunt
Bob Chase
Mickey
Minnie Mouse
Bugs Bunny
Daisy Duck
Tweety
Sylvester
Roadrunner
Wile E. Coyote
Eriksons
1844 Princeton gun explosion kills Upshur Gilmer aboard USS Princeton
On the Potomac River the 12 inch gun aboard the USS Princeton exploded, killing Secretary of State Abel Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas Gilmer, and several others. Also mentions 1942 Sunda Strait battle with Houston and Perth sunk, 1953 DNA double helix discovery, and 1993 Waco siege start with four agents and six Davidians killed. Thought for Today by Henry James.
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Princeton
Potomac River
Abel P. Upshur
Navy
Thomas W. Gilmer
Houston
Sunda Strait
James D. Watson
Francis H.C. Crick
Waco
Texas
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Branch Davidian
David Koresh
Henry James
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