Faces from Robert E. Lee High School yearbooks across decades
The writer reminisces about REL yearbooks from 1929 and 1930 revealing family ties and community continuity in Baytown. He notes students who became teachers, mothers who won beauty contests, and fathers who worked for Humble Oil. The piece ties place, time, and alumni careers in a vivid local memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee High School
Baytown
Neck of the Woods
AEL
Suzanne Long Tiller Adams
Sue Frazier Dean
New Jersey
Barbara Whitesides Mixon
Carolina
Charlotte McNulty Holladay
Virginia Street
REL
Suzanne
Avis Lee Wright
Terry Long
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Charlotte
Kathryn Ciruti
McNultys
San Jacinto Elementary
San Jacinto
Skeeter
Lakewood
Irene Ciuti Lancaster
Paul
Facebook
Rosa Perkins
Manuel Ciruti
Irene
Kathryn
Lon
Margie
Virginia Ann Dumas
Barbara “Whitey
Whitesides Mixon
WB. Dumas
Best Friends
Virginia Dumas Whitesides
Ruby New Frazier
Jack Cummings
Nebraska
Louisiana
Margaret Cummings
Sunshine Battles Oltman
Geraldine Miles Castleman
BJH
Goose Creek
Myrtle Louise Jackson Moore
Cynthia Moore
Foylette Fayle
Eugene
Afternoon Getaway Spots Near Town for All Ages
Explore Gator Country at 21159 FM 365 offering a family adventure with wildlife including the largest American alligator in captivity. Park hours 10 am-6 pm, admission $10 adults $7 for seniors and children 2-12. Also visit the National Museum of Funeral History at 415 Barren Springs Dr with exhibits on embalming and historic hearses, open 10 am-4 pm weekdays and noon-4 pm weekends, admission $10 adults $9 seniors and veterans $7 children 4-12. Nearby Larry's Old Time Trade Days at Exit 829 on I 10 runs Friday to Sunday 8 am-5 pm with antiques and crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gator County
Gatorcountrytx.net
National Museum OF Funeral History
Barren Sprincs Dr
Rockfalls
Nmfh.org
Larry’s
Interstate 10
Texas
Lone Star Flight Museum Opens In Houston Park Complex
Lone Star Flight Museum at 2002 Terminal Dr Houston unveils military aircraft, civilian vehicles and aviation art with hours 9 AM to 5 PM admission 8 adults 5 to 17 and seniors free under 4. Discovery Green at 1500 McKinney St in downtown offers a 12 acre park with lake, model boats, playgrounds and events hours 6 AM to 11 PM and free admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Flight Museum
Terminal DR
DAIL
Lsfm.org
Discovery Green
Houston
Discoverygreen.com
Computer trivia from Aaron Barbee on early portable PCs and bugs
The column covers the Osborne and IBM portable computers, the origin of the word SPAM, the term bug from a moth in the Mark I, and ENIAC details. It notes modern desktops perform billions of operations per second, explains bytes and bits, and directs readers to Texas Computer Guru for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron
Osborne Computer Corporation
Osborne
IBM
U.S. Navy
Grace Murray Hopper
ENIAC
TexasComputerGuru.com
Aaron Barbee
Texas Computer Guru
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
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