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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 2007
Page
2
In a brisk reminiscence the author recalls old phones with rotary dials and cords, contrasts them with today’s wireless and multiple lines, and notes how access to telephones shaped daily life. Gladys Adcox’s memories about jitneys, no cars, and single phones frame a dated but vivid portrait.
Baytown Police Explorers Post 1255 sent two teams to a February 10 event in Lake Jackson competing with 15 area Explorer Posts and earning first place Building Search A, first place Bomb Scene A, and third place Overall Post. Team members include James Selmser, Travis Fullbright, Chenevert, Haley Kelly, and Rawlyn Hart.
Bishop Suffragan of Texas Dena Harrison will confirm new members at Trinity Episcopal Church on March 11. Confirmation classes are set for 9 a.m. on Saturday and March 10. Harrison, born in Lufkin and raised in Orange, earned a UT Austin BBA and an MDiv from the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.
A packed schedule lists line dancing at Highlands San Jacinto Community Center 604 Highlands Woods Drive, basic computer class at Juanita Hargraves Memorial Branch Library Winnie, World Day of Prayer at St John United Methodist 501 Alexander Drive, and a Veterans Mobile Van at VFW 8204 North Main. Also on tap are fried fish dinners, art sessions, genealogy hours, TOPS weight management, Read Across America story hour, bridge at Market Street, cancer center support group, senior activities, book sales, theater at Baytown Little Theater, a college fair, youth bowling, polio survivors meeting, and a gospel concert at Eminence Baptist Church.
Saturday Knights of Peter Claver Council 341 host a golf tournament to raise funds for scholarships and charities at New Port Country Club. Registration opens at 7 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. fees are 85 dollars per player or 340 per team. Contact K C Simon at 281 427 4901 or kestis2000 yahoo com, or the club at 281 328 3576. North Point garden club holds a neighborhood garage sale 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cedar Bayou Community Building 7711 Hwy 146 to support landscaping projects. 281 573 1183. Mt. Rose Re Generation X presents.
The Disabled American Veterans Chapter 126 sponsors a Mobile Service Officers Van from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall at 8204 N. Main. Veterans and families can talk with service officers about benefits, understand the benefits system, and get help with filing procedures.
The Baytown Sun shares March 2 historical milestones from 1793 Sam Houston birth to 1933 King Kong premiere and 1965 Sound of Music debut, plus local items from 1951 to 2002. Readers are invited to submit photos to the Baytown Sun offices.
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