Make your voice heard in Baytown election season
Editorial calls Baytown Crosby Beach City and Old River voters to participate in local and national races. It outlines Goose Creek CISD tax ratification election TRE plans and debt service changes, notes registration deadlines, and urges readers to register or verify status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump
Baytown
Crosby
Beach City
Old River-Winfree
Goose Creek Cisd
Department of Public Safety
Sos.state
This Week's Question Reflects Voter Views on Clinton
The poll asks whether this week's Democratic convention altered opinions of Hillary Clinton. Responses split between more positive and more negative positions with no change noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Lafayette made major general in 1777 era anniversary
On this date the 19 year old Marquis de Lafayette was promoted to major general in the Continental Army in 1777. The day also marks The Shadow debut on CBS Radio in 1930 and Ranger 7 lunar mission in 1964. Milton Friedman, born 1912, is noted for a quip about government and paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis de Lafayette
CBS Radio
Moon
Earth
Lunar
Milton Friedman
Pelly’s short lived Depression era zoo on King Street
In the early 1930s Pelly established a small city zoo housing a gray timber wolf pair a red fox and other creatures on King Street near Central Baptist Church The zoo closed due to economic strain with animals reassigned or given away The best known resident was a tame red fox that lounged by City Hall eating ice cream Virginia Youngblood recalls her father Q S Powers as Pelly’s first fire chief zoo keeper and city beautifier The fire department was voluntary and aided community projects while Pelly’s 1935 Gulf Coast award and 1935 Nu Gulf Theater fire left strong memories From Wanda Orton Sun archives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelly
Goose Creek
Baytown
Virginia Youngblood
la Porte
Q.S. Powers
King Street
Central Baptist Church
Virginia
Houston
Chief Pow
Ers
Fire Department
Animal Kingdom
Little Red Fox
Pelly City Hall
West Main
City Hall
Pelly Civic Club
Civic Club
Tri-Cities Welfare League
Pelly Fire Department
Texas A&m University
Train Memories and Baytown Echoes by Jim Finley
Retired editor Jim Finley recalls Baytown train nostalgia and family rail tales from Sweeny to Kilgore. He narrates long freight waits on Defee Street, Otto Broderhausen’s pith helmet at the depot, his early rail trips with his Mama in Kilgore, and a bygone era when a child could ride alone across miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweeny
Otto Broderhausen
Carl Broderhausen
Otto
Main Street
Margie
Kilgore
Mama
Papa Finley
Also Mentioned on This Page
David Bloom
The
Baytown Sun
More
Baytownsun.com
Memorial Drive
Baytownsun
Facebook
Thebaytownsun
Janie Gray
Carol Skewes
Jim Finley
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengtson
Mike Wilson
Bill Hou
Accounting Circulation
Newsroom
Wanda Orton
the Sun
Baytownsun. Com
Wanda
Orton
Trump
Pomc Com
Texas Avenue
John F. Reiter Opticians
John Reiter No. 2
Bitss Rose
John No. 2
Keith Dougherty
Defee
Main
Eyeglass
Jimbo
Defee and Commerce
Jim
Finley
Sun
Sion
P.O
Sunnews
Home Delivery
Texas
Southern Newspapers Inc
P.O. Box
All Rights Reserve
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!