Welcome Stranger tradition remembered in Baytown Sun feature
Retired Sun editor Wanda Orton recalls the Baytown Optimist Club Welcome Stranger holiday tradition. The program invites out‑of‑town visitors for lunch and gifts, tracing back to 1958 with first hosts from Borger and ongoing hospitality by local law enforcement, including Lt. Vern Miller since 1983.
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Baytown Sun
Sun
Kari Griffin
Baytown Optimist Club
Welcome Stranger
Louisiana
Baytown
Vern Miller
Pct. 3
California
Texas
Holiday Inn
Florida
Clear Lake City
Borger
Lloyd Lane
Wayne Barfield
Roy Montgomery
Montgomery
Tower
A.P Shaddix
Optimist Club
BLT group reaches state competition for Sordid Lives
Baytown Little Theater advances from Quad IV to the AACTFest state level with Del Shores comedy Sordid Lives. Dawn Daily and Neal Gage earn All Star cast honors as Baytown joins six regional groups in Fort Worth March 22 24. Other area theatres include Pasadena Little Theatre Origins Theatre Port Arthur Little Theatre and Huntsville Community Theatre.
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Dawn Daily
Lattrelle Williamson
Neal Gage
Ty Williamson
Baytown Little Theater
American Association of Community Theatres
del Shores
San Jacinto College
Texas
Houston
Baytown Theater
Fort Worth
Bay Harbor Playhouse
Dickinson
Pasadena Little Theatre
Origins Theatre
Port Arthur
Alexandria
Charlotte
N.C
T. Baytown
Little Theater
John Britt of Lee College Reflects on Teaching and Life
John Britt a history teacher at Lee College and coordinator of the Honors Program shares his Baytown roots and long career since 1964. He cites inspiring students across careers, aims to tour the Greek isles Nile trip and own a Galveston home, and notes traffic on Garth Road as a daily irritant.
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John Britt
Lee College
Baytown
Robert Lee High School
Sam Houston State University
Sam Houston
Robert E. Lee
Donna Montgomery Britt
Sterling High School
Garth Road
Garth
National Counterterrorist Center
Esquire Magazine
Nile River
Galveston
Highlands man 91 pens third book A Thistle in the Wind
James Wilson Brazzil of Highlands writes a third book detailing his journalism career from the Philippines during World War II to small Texas towns. The volume closes his career with Star Dust columns and portraits contributions by his daughters and granddaughters. He will sign copies January 25 at the Highlands Community Center.
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James Wilson Brazzil
Brazzil
Philippines
13Th Jungle Air Force
Texas
Gatesville
Brownfield
Nacogdoches
The
Highlands Star
Big-Nose
Star
Bonita Tankursley
Susan Adcox
Barbers Hill High School
Laurie Haffelfinger
Leslie Sanderson
Nikki Tankursley
Highlands Community Center
Highlands Woods Drive
Geocities.com
Jamesbrazzil
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Highlands
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