Best Quotes Of 1977 From The Baytown Sun
A collage of Baytown residents and officials delivering witty, sharp, and reflective quotes about local life and national issues. Notable voices include Miss Katherine Morin, Frank Bayle Sr, Dr. Terry King, Basil Dutton, Kevin Lounsberry, Thad Johnson, Ben Nelson, Gray Davis Boone, Ack Peebles, R W Maeser, Tom Gentry, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Qaton
Baytown Sun
Katherine Morin
Frank Bayle Sr
Baytown-La Porte
Louisiana
Terry’ ‘King
New Year Services Pending for Baytown Boy Tim Hughes
Services are pending at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home for seven year old Timothy Brent Hughes of Baytown son of Nancy Hughes and Hughes of Houston. He died Saturday morning at his home. New Year services will be held from 10 30 p m to midnight Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church 2502 Harris in McNair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Lee
Timothy Brent Hughes
Queenswood
Nancy Hughes
Baytown
Toe Hughes
Houston
Antioch Baptist Church
Harris
McNair
Judy Navarre
Sun
Judy
Hoaters
Ods
Robert E. Lee High School
Jess Navarre
Baytown Eyes Surface Water Election and 1977 City Projects
Baytown officials review 1977 progress and outline plans for surface water transition. The city celebrates library expansion, water loop completion, and Cedar Bayou treatment plant milestones while framing 1978 goals including revenue bonds and a new surface water project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Orton
Vineer Weoley
Aan
Ity Aajem
Lanham
Sterling
Bayway Drive
Elly
Sheehy
East District
Cedar Bayou
Fritz Lanahm
Suit Against Schools Tops 77 News Stories
The Baytown Sun lists the top stories of 1977 including a lawsuit to ban religious practices in the school district, a $474 million expansion plan for Exxon Baytown Refinery, Vernon McManus's death sentence, a Paula Cantrell Derese case, a $20.5 million school bond, surface water contract talks, a Saxon Docks explosion with three dead and 11 injured, a bar shooting with three dead and two wounded, the police officers death Dobby Paulk, a northeast Harris County tornado strike, and a measles outbreak affecting hundreds of Baytown, Highlands, and Crosby children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
Chlo
R. H.bo
Tom Gentry
Herman Favers
Turner
Exxon
L.’ G,' Gilbert After Tecely
Tlood
Lng -Atr
Kintex
Lakewood
AL Dennis
South All Stara
Hing
Patrick J. Hogan
Houston
Edward H. Reid
Baytown
John
Victor
Crosby
Baytown Sun
Vernon McManus
Paul Cantrell
Paula Cantrell Derese
Valers’ Akay
City
Aved Water Authority
Saxon Docks
Arbor Drive Bar Root
Dobby Paulk
Newport
Harris County
Highlands
Weather And Tides In Maytown Weekend Forecast
Cloudy and continued cool with a slight chance of rain in the Maytown area. Weekend notes show Baytown waters tides with highs around 1:19 am and 11:38 am and lows near 5:16 am and 2:07 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maytown
Holiday visits and small town frictions noted around Taos
Dennis Curry discusses a Taos holiday skiing trip while Bonnie Bartell asks The Sun for a newspaper for a Triced. Grady Cottrell experiments with fireworks as families gather for the holidays. Jack Henderson shops, Jerry Winton cleans his pickup, and Bain Alford raises questions. Mr and Mrs Robberson celebrate their fourth anniversary as Mila Meier and family visit relatives and siblings. Mary Easley enjoys a holiday trip. Dudy and Tom Martin move to a new home. Lorene Stein runs errands in Clear Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Curry
Taos
W.M
Bonnie Bartell
The
Sun
Grady Cottrell
Diana
Linda Hickerson
J. R. Hickerson
Jack Henderson
Jerry Winton
Bain Alford
V. Robberson
Sally Hodges
Grave Margrave
Mila
Tom Meier
Jan
Keith
Mir
Barney Hillard
Mary
Cleon Easley
Dudy
Tom Martin
Tew
Gens House
Clear Lake
Lorene Stein
Carter's Tehran Visit Marred By Protesters
President Carter flew from Warsaw to Tehran during a snowstorm and arrived at Mehrabad International Airport around 4:45 am local time amid large anti-American demonstrations near the U.S. Embassy. Protesters chanted Yankee go home as a security presence held the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Tehran
Neanan
Lan
Carter Hying
Poland
Tolan
Een International
Warsaw
Umb
U.S
Carten
Graveside rites for Allied A. Bradbury in Waller
Graveside services for Allied A. Bradbury, 68, of 616 Bolsters will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Waller Cemetery in Waller, directed by Earthman Funeral Home. A Gaytown resident since the late 1990s, Bradbury died Friday in a Baytown hospital after suffering a stroke at home. He was a painter and member of a Houston painters union, worked for Baytown contractor EF Lucquaire, and lived formerley in Waller. Survived by his wife Herminnia Bradbury, two sons William and Ray Bradbury, a daughter Lou Sorensen, a sister Dora Greenwood, seven grandchildren and one great-grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied A. Bradbury
Waller
Earthman Finery
Gaytown
Bradbury
Baytown
Pers
Houston Painters
Luc Quire
Baylown
Bradburys
Herminnia Bradbury
William I
Bit) Bradbury
Ray Charles Bradbury
B.A
Dahny
Lou) Sorensen
Haytown
Dora Greenwood
Navasota
Crosby voters back basic school program in 1977
Crosby School District voted April 2 to implement a basic education plan from kindergarten through eighth grade. Reading programs Pegasus Pace and Right to Read were adopted. volunteer program VICS started to boost community involvement and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy Muriel Scott
Crosby
Andergarten
Pegasus
Wuring
Galveston Explosion Kills Eighteen In Turbulent Blast
Relief crews search three days for victims after a fiery blast at a tall Galveston elevator towers, heard seventy miles away. In Washington, hearings loom as prosecutors seek testimony from Tong Wen on alleged lobbying by a capital group. The United Mine Workers strike stretches into 1970 with talks stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tuentay
Pearce Straut Journal All But The Doble
Fragmentary notes describe a chaotic sequence with a chant about the next day and a reset action. The text mentions rub mats and starts over, alongside scattered phrases and unclear references. No clear persons, places, organizations, dates, or events are identifiable from the readable portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearce Straut Journal
All
Doble
Ross Band Parents Set First Meeting
The Rosa Sterling Band Association plans its first meeting at 7:30 pm Tuesday in the Sterling cafeteria. Open to Ross band parents and supporters, the session will elect a nominating committee and set dates for future meetings to establish guidelines and goals for backing the Sterling band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Sterling Band
Sterling
Ross Band
Epie Them
Belmg
Sterting
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Thad Johnson
Shemo
Tay
Ben Nelson
Chambers County
Center
Ack Peebles
Pasadena
R. W
Bob) Maeser
Harris-Galvestor
Paula
Canta Derese
Shepherd
Drownwood Chic Association
Halview
Suby
Dughas
Dugat
Jauin
Cartec
Cpardon
Sarah Bailey
Exxon’ Docks
Mies
Joe Allen
Waren Muecung
Harris County Fresh Water District No
Wade Road
Ray'tonian Roy Bernard
Stj
Luke's Hospital
Area Water Authority
Trinity River
Ily
Aba
Ity
Tony Gentry
Glenn Folkes
Bob Hamric
State Bank
Iderawake
Citizens National Bank and Trust CO
Shah
A.A. Bradbury
Ron Smith
Ron
Sur
Glenn Folkus
Alfred A. Bradbury
Phyllis Ayland
Transilied
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Wastiington — Toure
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