Big Brother Bill Albers Retires From Louisiana Optical Family
Chris Buckner recalls fifty years with Bill J. Albers, from Baytown to Baton Rouge. The piece honors Bill’s creation of Louisiana’s largest private family owned optical dispensary, his move in 1967, shared adventures, Rose Albers’s cooking and home on Highland Road, and Buckner’s friendship and career notes.
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William J
Bill” Albers
Bill
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
New Orleans
Baytown
John H. Andrews
Bert Black
Texas Avenue
Andrews
Allen Hall
Rosalie
Rose
Debra
Ronald
Linda
Lee
Five Horsemen
John Andrews, Sr
Jack Cantrell, Jr
Dwight Fisher
Steve Holmes
Johnny
Doc
Craigmont
Camilla
LSU
Ford
Texas
del Rio
Acuna
Dad
Austin
Mom
Kilgore
Elvinia
Ninth Ward
Highland Road
Quotables and a Civil War history note mix in today's brief
Quotes from Holland Taylor about Charlie Sheen reflect personal affection amid a sad time. A Pompton Lakes resident recalls fleeing flooding with pants and a small case. Also noted is March 9 historical markers: Monitor and Virginia’s five hour clash at Hampton Roads in 1862 and Napoleon’s 1796 marriage to Josephine.
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Charlie
Holland Taylor
Charlie Sheen
Tee
Monitor
Virginia
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Napoleon Bonaparte
Josephine de Beauharnais
Bohahr-Nay
History milestones marked on today’s calendar
Key events on this date include Samuel Barber born in 1910, Pancho Villa ledraiders attacking Columbus in 1916, de Valera named head of government in 1932, WWII incendiary raids in 1945 causing heavy losses, Murrow’s 1954 See It Now critique of McCarthy, Barbie’s 1959 public debut, and Antonia Novello sworn in as surgeon general in 1990.
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Samuel Barber
West Chester
Pancho Villa
Columbus
N.M
Eamon de Valera
Irish Free State
Japan
Ing
CBS
Edward R. Murrow
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
Mattel
Ruth Handler
New York
Antonia Novello
Reminiscences of Robert E. Lee High in the 1950s
Wanda Orton, former Sun editor, recalls REL High School in the early 1950s. She describes the auditorium as central to programs, the stage doubling as a gym, classrooms facing Market Street and Hill of Rest Cemetery, a new cafeteria under construction, and the band and choir housed in makeshift shacks.
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Robert E. Lee High School
REL
Civic MU 61S Association
Olive Pruett
Market Street
Hill of Rest Cemetery
Clare Farrar
Goose Creek
Man Lee
Carmel Norton
J.C. Burkett
Tommy Seale
Burkett
Charles Forque
Stallworth
Memorial Stadium
Dan Stallworth
Beverly Rockhold
Baytown Sun letters policy and contact details
The Baytown Sun invites original letters and guest columns up to 500 words, with signatures and return address. Submissions may be edited and publication is not guaranteed. Include phone for publication exclusion and send to Carla Torres at P O Box 90 Baytown TX 77522, fax 281 427 1880, or email sunnews baytownsun.com.
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Memorial Drive
P.O
Baytown
Texas
Sunnews
Baytownsun
Baytown Sun
Sun
Carla Torres
Baytownsun.com
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Orton
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Carla
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Sandy Denson
Sandy.denson
Joshua Hart
Joshua.hart
Newsroom
The
Fred Hartman
Editorial
Adam Vanelli
Jim Finley
M.A. Bengtson Community Member
Jay Eshbach
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