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Baytown Sun year in review series on local history
Wanda Orton reflects on a 2011 series of Baytown Sun features centered on local history. Topics include Black History Month at Carver High, profiles of Joe Tex and Buddy Ace, the REL class of 1951, Bergeron Park memories, life around the ExxonMobil era Company Addition, waterfront life, Bayshore residents with anger issues, Hurricane Alicia, Hurricane Carla, and theater histories at Arcadia and Brunson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Singleton
Carver
Joe Tex
Buddy Ace
Robert E. Lee High School
Bergeron Park
Bev Bergeron
Rufus Bergeron
Billy Barnett
Baytown
ExxonMobil
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Audrey
Sandy” Gaston
Austin
Houston Ship Channel
Morgan’s Point
Bayshore
David Eokernot
William Scott
Scott’s Bay
Bered Hog Island
Carla
Arcadia
Brunson
H.E. Brunson
Wanda Orton
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