Baytown Sons 1952 Staff Reported as Kid-Led Paper
The 1952 Baytown Sons started at W R McFerren home in West Baytown selling for 2 cents. Staff aged 6 to 13 included Billy Tom McFerren as copy boy, Mary Helen McFerren the secretary, with Charles Maher and Robert Bowman as elder members. The four page paper covered local and world news, Little League scores, editorials, a cartoon serial Space Girl, ads, and a polio era public health appeal.
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Baytown Sons
W.R. McFerren
West Baytown
Billy Tom McFerren
Charles Maher
Robert Bowman
Larry Maher
Robert Giroir
Ray McFerren
Mary Helen McFerren
Times
Mary Helen
Helen McFerren
Kentucky Street
Baytown League of Women Voters
Baytown
Star
Baytown Junior High
Sun
Wanda Orton
the Sun
Letter to the Editor on Oak Island fire station pace
Oak Island resident David M. Thruston urges County Judge Jimmy Sylvia to explain what it will take to build a fire station for Oak Island and when construction will begin. He questions delaying for safety and notes three and a half years is too long.
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Baytown Sun
Jimmy Sylvia
Oak Island
Sylvia
David M. Thruston
Lizzie Borden acquitted and Peron returns in history notes
Today marks the 172nd day of 2012 with brief history highlights. Lizzie Borden was acquitted in 1893, Juan Peron returned to Argentina in 1973 after exile, and NATO ended bombing in Yugoslavia in 1999.
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Lizzie Borden
Juan Peron
Argentina
NATO
Yugoslavia
Kosovo
Todd
Wedding Toasts and Ties From Niceville to Baytown
A Baytown reader recalls Niceville Florida once named Boggy, its Eglin Air Force Base bombing range, and attending Steven Riggs and Rachel Barber’s wedding. Memories span Plaquemine Louisiana, LSU ties, Humble refinery days, and a humorous family anecdote.
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Liz
Baytown
Niceville
Florida
Panhandle
Pensacola
Boggy
Eglin Air Force Base
Free World
Eglin
Roseland Park
Steven Riggs
Rachel Barber
Steven
Plaquemine
Louisiana
Don Riggs
Kilma Lee Hebert
Rachel
Baytown Sun circulation contact and hours sail through week
The notice lists government officials and a delivery guarantee for Baytown Sun readers. It instructs readers to call for redelivery if the paper is late and provides the circulation department hours and contact times. The editor/publisher is Janie Gray.
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Memorial Drive
P.O
Baytown
Texas
Baytown Sun
PO Box
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Humble
Seth Mitchell
Dad
Baton Rouge
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Rilma Lee
New Orleans
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Chris Buckner
Houstons Public Works Department
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Barack Obama
Rick Perry
Ron Paul
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Ted Poe
Gene Green
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Janie Gray
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Baytownsun.com
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Sandy
Denson
Adam Vanelli
Adam
Yanelli
Joshua Hart
Joshua.hart
Newsroom
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Fred Hartman
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Jim Finley
M.A. Bengtson Community Member
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