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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1967
Page
3
Tax primer lists miscellaneous deductions for individuals including unreimbursed work costs, union dues, and education expenses to maintain job skills. It explains child care credits, casualty and theft losses, insurance recoveries, and limits based on income and number of dependents. The piece ends with a reminder that this is the final installment in the series.
In 1912 Chambers County had 15 automobiles owned by residents of Anahuac Wallisville Double Bayou and Winnie including J. E. Brous sard S. S. Shearer Phillip Schwartz E W Wickson Frank Anselm A E Agrelius Archie Middleton Dr G L Morgan Mrs Sarah Jackson J C Jackson Henry Grothgar John Jackson C C Ruch T Lashbaugh R M White Dou ble Bayou Winnie Stowell Louis Broussard owned an Indian motorcycle Dr Morgan praised the 10 horsepower Brush Car as the best road vehicle and noted that nothing beats it.
William Barton Jones an early Wallisville settler owned the sailboat Josephine and sailed between Wallisville Anahuac and Galveston. He carried poultry eggs farm produce charcoal and cord wood to Galveston and returned with groceries and farm supplies for Turtle Bayou area residents.
The article notes Chambers County sits on about 36,000 acres of timber with annual growth exceeding drain by 25 to 35 percent. Weather and bayou conditions affect log transport, often delaying trips for a month. Lumber from hardwood and softwood supports local and Houston based processing and expanding industrial use. Capt. Jones and Emeline Wiggins Hill are briefly referenced alongside family details.
The Silas Smith family arrived in Chambers County by boat after a misnavigation near Trinity River, landing at Turtle Bayou. They camped for the night as passengers rested, and James Taylor White offered land near his, before trading a third of a league on Whitehead and one-third on Smith headright. Smith settled in the Hankamer area.
The Farmers Home Administration offers low-cost government loans to Chambers County farmers unable to borrow from private credit sources. Loans aid operating and ownership obligations and may be made to individuals or associations for water and land developments, housing for elderly and farm labor, and emergency relief, with applications through the Liberty office.
A dense one page listing shows a Tuesday night and Wednesday morning schedule across channels detailing program times, titles, and brief program blocks from 6:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. the next day, including news, talk shows, dramas, and educational segments with multiple stations.
In 1858 Chambers County relied on water routes like Double Bayou Turtle Bayou Cedar Bayou Old River and the Trinity River for transport and mail. Steamboats and sail craft carried goods to Galveston and Houston while Anahuac and nearby settlements depended on river trade for groceries and flour. The era saw a mail steamer on the Trinity and shipyards sprouting along Cedar Bayou.
Robert Monroe White, son of J T White an early Chambers County settler, inspired the name Monroe City. The Anamacoi post office opened in March 1935.
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