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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 2007
Page
2
The piece surveys the trend of extravagant children's birthday parties and a Minnesota movement Birthdays Without Pressure that argues parties reflect consumer culture and create entitlement. It notes yesterday’s parties, neighborhood scenes, and comparisons to simpler childhood celebrations, urging balance.
Members of AS Chapter of PEO Sisterhood attended the Founders Day Luncheon Saturday at the Houston Junior League building. Carol Bartz and Moreno Lundy planned reservations. PEO, founded in 1869 by seven women students in Mt. Pleasant Iowa, is a pioneer women’s society. The US Baytown Chapter formed April 4 1940. Today its main aim is encouraging and assisting women’s education.
The First Christian Church of Baytown presents the second in a spiritual life series titled What is Prayer. Sister Mary Dennison founder of The Cenacle Retreat House in Houston speaks at 7 p.m. in the Church Fellowship Hall. The event is free with a love offering for the speaker.
Seniors at Highlands Community Center offer ceramics at 9 a.m. and a 1 p.m Spanish class at 604 Highland Woods Drive. UTI logistics hosts a job fair 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Comfort Suites 7209 Garth Road. Many activities follow across Baytown Crosby area venues with contact numbers listed for each group.
Local author James Wilson Brazzil of Highlands signs his third book A Thistle in the Wind from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Woods Drive venue. Baytown groups host Go Getters activities 1 to 5 p.m. in Lone Star Room. Scrapbooking night 6 to 10 p.m. at Baytown Community Center costs 12 dollars. Live music by Bert Owens 7 to 9 p.m. at St Pauls United Methodist Church. Baytown Senior Center at 1715 Market St offers transportation and senior services. Overeaters Anonymous meets 7:30 p.m. at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Alexander Campus. Ruth contact 832-838-0901.
Today’s history notes key events such as Shays’s Rebellion setback in 1787, Nellie Bly’s 1890 round-the-world trip, the founding of the United Mine Workers in 1890, Capone’s death in 1947, and Manson’s 1971 murder convictions, among others from 1946 to 1961.
A historical timeline notes Goose Creek oil field drilling with nearly 100 wells by four majors in 1950. It recalls a 1975 narcotics raid leading to felony charges against a Baytown elementary teacher and spouse. It also marks Baytown’s 1990 unemployment at 7.6 percent, a 2001 meningitis case in Chambers County, a 2004 Exxon Mobil lawsuit over alleged firing linked to resisting a “New Age” religion, and a 2005 city council vote extending Strong Sports Management’s contract for Eagle Pointe Golf and Recreation Complex.
The Sun invites readers to share notable photos for possible publication. Email to david.bloom bay townsun com or mail to Su offices at 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas 77520. Include clear captions and contact information for verification.
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