Baytown's Humble Oil name and local memory endure
In Baytown the Humble Oil era lingers in speech and memory as locals recount the company’s evolving identity from Humble Oil and Refining Co to Enco, Exxon, and Exxon Mobil. The Plant and Lakewood area symbolize a community connected to the Houston Ship Channel boom and refinery culture.
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Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
Baytown
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Burnet
San Jacinto
Ross S. Sterling
Humble
Texas
HORC
Umble
Houston Ship Channel
Lakewood Subdivision
Shell
Diamond Shamrock
Ethyl
Chemical Engineers Wives Auxiliary
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Exxon
Enco
Energy Company
Exxon Mobil
Winter on the Riviera Ball Raises Over 20000 for Diabetes Research
The Baytown Council of the American Diabetes Association hosted Winter on the Riviera at Le Grande Salon in Houston on January 14. The event raised more than $20,000 for diabetes research and patient education, with attendees enjoying live music from New Life Singers of Baytown and a silent auction. Local donors supported the fundraiser, praised by co chair Laurie Terry.
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la Colombe d’ Or
Houston
Riviera
Baytown
Laurie Terry
Terry
Northern shoveler spotted at Baytown Nature Center
Baytown Nature Center notes a rare winter sighting list with the northern shoveler among many species. Dwayne Litteer and Ron Ummel submit weekly bird notes, highlighting a blue headed vireo a golden crowned kinglet and a pine warbler seen near the upland woods and butterfly garden.
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Baytown Nature Center
Dwayne Litteer
Ron Ummel
Baytown
Butterfly Garden
Elmer Kelton to Speak at Lee College Tuesday Night
Lee College honors groups host award-winning Texas author Elmer Kelton for a 7:30 p.m. talk in John Tucker Hall. The visit includes a 3 p.m. pre event paper by Angie Renteria and a morning film study of The Good Old Boys with a pizza discussion in the Edythe Old Studio and Bayer Conference Center.
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Texas
Lee College
Lee College Honors Council
Friends of the Lee College Library
Lee College Student Congress
Elmer Kelton
John Tucker
Kelton
Angie Renteria
Renteria
Edythe Old
Bayer
TNT
Tommy Lee Jones
Jones
Howey Calloway
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Wanda Orton
The
Baytown Sun
Carrie Pryor-Newman
Tena Hallam
New Life Singers
Pete Alfaro
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Ball
Helen Hughes
Kathi Krisher Clausen
Lanell Brown
Gena Hutto
Kathy Villarreal
BNC Journal
Nature Center
Ton Ummel and
Sunnews
Wnsun.com
Shoveler
Rohnson
Lee
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