Flag waving and Yankee Doodle inspiring the Fourth
A columnist recalls watching Yankee Doodle Dandy starring James Cagney to spark patriotic mood for July 4th. He reflects on Cohan era songs and WWI themes, notes Baytown’s Celebrate America program at Second Baptist Church, and shares a personal memory of first grade teacher Gladys Avera and a reader correspondence from Jan Avera Humphrey.
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James Cagney
High Sun Management
Jimmy
George M. Cohan
Cohan
Franklin Roosevelt
Baytown
Second Baptist Church
Second
Jack Hall
George
Sam Harris
Gladys Avera
Baytown residents urged to prepare for next hurricane strike
Baytown area residents should ready for the next big hurricane says Fox 26 meteorologist Cecilia Sinclair at a Baytown Kiwanis Club talk. She warns direct hits would differ greatly, urges stockpiling food water and first aid, securing documents, and planning evacuations or sheltering based on surge risk. Weather guidance includes 14 gallons water per person two weeks of food and prep for window protection with plywood and Psylox locks.
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Baytown
Fox 26
Cecilia Sinclair
Sinclair
Kiwanis Club
Gary Englert
Englert
Kiwanis
Anthony Crespo
Crespo
FEMA
Baytown Community Calendar Shows Local Activities
The Art League of Baytown hosts 10 am painting sessions at Baytown Community Center with attendees supplying supplies. Go Getters meet Fridays 1 to 5 pm in Lone Star Room for seniors at 2407 Market St. Bridge at noon weekly, seniors shopping day at Baytown Senior Center 1715 Market St inside First Presbyterian Church. Line dancing and genealogy library hours listed with multiple contact numbers. TOPS meets Fridays at Crosby Community Center for weight control education. Consumer group Both Sides Now meets Saturdays at La Familia Restaurant NASA Road.
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Baytown
Baytown Community Center
Go Getters
Lone Star Room
Market St
First Presbyterian Church
Highlands
San Jacinto
Highlands Woods Drive
Crosby Community Center
la Familia
NASA Road
Clear Lake
ExpoSure auditions seek diverse acts at Lee College
Lee College invites singers dancers comedians magicians and performers of all types to audition for ExpoSure A Night of DECADEnce a 1940s cabaret. Auditions run Wednesday July 19 from 10 am to 6 30 pm and Saturday July 22 from 10 am in the McNulty Haddick Complex theatre wing. Community members may audition and may perform more than one song or act but up to five appearances. For details contact Amanda Murray at 832-556-4043 or amurray@lee.edu.
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Lee College
Lee College McNulty- Haddick
Amanda Murray
Amurray
Lee.edu
Today in History June 30 highlights from 1906 to 2004
June 30 marks major events from Theodore Roosevelt signing the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act in 1906 to ExxonMobil Baytown implementing heightened security for the July 4 weekend in 2004. Other notes include Gone with the Wind 1936 debut, Guiding Light TV debut 1952, 26th Amendment ratified in 1971, a NASA mission five years ago, and local museum listings. The entry closes with a Winston Churchill quote and a biblical verse.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Margaret Mitchell
Guiding Light
CBS
Ohio
NASA
Associated Press
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