Drift into past in poetry book
Local poetry scene in 1955 Baytown area highlighted by Driftwood and Dreams from Candor Press. Baytown Chapter members Mary Lou Burkett Elizabeth Cloud Clara Dickerson Hobart Enoch Elizabeth Evans Nell Fenton Virginia Meyer Alma Moore Lula V Rice Glen Rodgers Helen Wilder Annie Grey Young gain national notice through Poetry Society and Baytown Writers Guild activities. Notable works by Annie Grey Young Nell Fenton Clara Dickerson Elizabeth Cloud and Cecile LeCompte Cecile Hays. Page continues with SEE ORTON PAGE 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Candor Press
Baytown
Poetry Society of Texas
Baytown Writers Guild
Gladys Ellis Irwin
Lee College
Dee Walker
Texas City
Poetry Society
Mary Lou Burkett
Elizabeth Cloud
Clara Dickerson
Hobart Enoch
Elizabeth Evans
Nell Fenton
Virginia Meyer
Alma Moore
Lula V. Rice
Glen Rodgers
Helen Wilder
Annie Grey Young
Esquire Magazine
Southwest Writers Conference
Annie Greys
Quicksilver Magazine
Poetry Digest
New Mexico
Westminster Magazine
Lula
Allen
W.A
Life Magazine
Anahuac
Cecile LeCompte
Cecil Hays
YMCA Operation Backpack seeks backpacks for Houston kids
The YMCA across 38 Greater Houston locations and 40 parishes partner to collect brand new backpacks and school supplies through August 17 for distribution to students in 31 Houston area districts. Baytown YMCA reports 1,494 items collected last year.
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Ymca Operation Backpack
Ymcas
Houston Area
Houston
Ymca of
Greater Houston
Baytown Family Ymca
Baytown Ymca
Carrie Gaskamp
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
First Christian Church
YMCA
Goose Creek
Archdiocese of
Galveston-Houston
Baytown
Baytown Theft Reports Include Vehicles and Burglaries
Baytown police responded to three incidents. A 19 foot black flatbed trailer with TX LP 81YPYP was stolen from Ron Craft Chevrolet on I 10 East valued at 3500 dollars. Hood Action store on East James Avenue was burgled with 2960 dollars of clothing taken. An apartment on Massey Tompkins Avenue was burgled Monday with electronics and household items valued over 2400 dollars stolen.
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Baytown
Ron Craft
Interstate 10
Hood
East James Avenue
Massey Tompkins
Assault at Bayland Park Reported to Baytown Police
A man reported an assault at Bayland Park around 11 a.m. Sunday. Police logged a shooting report at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital for an incident on Cherry Street around 9 p.m. Monday. Between 6 a.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday Baytown officers filed 35 offense reports including four assaults four burglaries four thefts and four forgeries along with other arrests and vehicle accidents. Crime Stoppers offers cash tips 281-427-TIPS.
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Bayland Park
Baytown
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Cherry Street
City of
Community calendar highlights in Baytown area events
SNAP offers free spaying and neutering and rabies vaccines at Walmart on Garth Road from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 713-S22-2337. BAYTOWN groups meet at E F Green Center and LD Walker Center. Numerous groups, classes, and clubs host meetings, classes, and bingo throughout the day at local centers, libraries, churches, and the Baytown area.
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Walmart
Garth Road
Bay Area
B.A.N.G
E. F. Green Center
West
Baker Road
Ross S. Sterling High School
Highlands Community Center
LD. Walker
Wade Road
Tops TX
Market
Baytown
Decker Dr
Sterling Municipal Library
ExxonMobil
Baytown Toastmasters Club
Ralph Matthews
St. John's United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Max Bowl Easton Ward Rd
Baytown Community Center
Grace’s Kitchen
Grace United
Make Over In Christ Inc
Riley Chambers Community Center
Barrett Station
History highlights July 30 in Baytown era notes
July 30 history marks include the 1945 sinking of USS Indianapolis after delivering atomic bomb components with 316 survivors, the 1619 Jamestown assembly, 1729 Baltimore founding, and 1844 NY Yacht Club founding. Other items recall Petersburg mine attack failures, 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, WAVES 1942, Medicare 1965, Hoffa 1975, and Baytown civic events.
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Indianapolis
Hiroshima
America
Jamestown
Baltimore
New York
Lyndon B. Johnson
Teamsters Union
Jimmy Hoffa
Detroit
George W. Bush
Associated Press
Goose Creek Memorial Hosts Events Includes Key Official
Goose Creek Memorial High School feature notes Goose Creek CISD Facilities Planning and Construction Manager David Fluker is quoted. A Bay Area Homeless Services comedy fundraiser offers space reservations by calling 281 420 6728 with no advance ticket sales.
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Goose Creek Memorial High School
David Fluker
Goose Creek
Bay Area Homeless Services
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See Orton
Wanda Orton
NEW Testament Missionary Baptist Church
Baytown Sun
Kari Griffin
McNair
Clarence Creeks
Aldair Allen Taylor
James Taylor
Police
Ron Craft Chevrolet
Baytown Police
Rotary Club
Goose Creek Country Club
Methodist Church
N. Pruett
VFW
N. Main
Calvary Temple
Breda
Cedar Bayou Baptist Church
N. Alexander Dr
The
Promise Center
Kentucky
SUN History
National Guard
C.D. Middleton
Citizens National Bank
Marvin Zindler
TV Consumer Reporting
Texas
Edward Bellamy
Joel
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