Billy Boy and Biscuits Lessons on Matrimony
Wilson Adams of Eastside Church of Christ in Baytown recalls the folk song Billy Boy and shares humorous home truths about married life. The tale contrasts age, family influence, and domestic misadventures from biscuits to peas, urging couples to learn their partners' quirks.
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Billy Boy
Billy
Mom
Dad
Buster
Wilson Adams
Eastside Church of Christ
Baytown
Annual Trash-Off set for April 14 in Baytown
The 7th annual City of Baytown Dont Mess With Texas Trash-Off will be April 14, coordinated by the Health Department Keep Baytown Beautiful and Litter Abatement programs with Baytown Beautification Advisory Commission. Drop-off and registration start at 8 a.m. and run to 1 p.m. Volunteers from neighborhoods, civic groups, businesses, youth programs, and individuals are expected to participate across five drop-off sites. Last year 1,564 volunteers collected 1,015 tires and about 37 large dumpsters of trash.
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Baytown
Texas
Health Department
Wetlands Center
Market
Bergeron Park
Louisiana
Kentucky
Bayway
Sterling High School
W. Baker
Bay Plaza
N. Alexander Drive
James Bowie
Partners
Bayer Baytown Industrial Park
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
Liberty Tire Recycling, LLC
Baytown Sun
Environmental Health
Larry Newton
Cedar Bayou Self Storage
LEPC
JDH Property Management
Baytown Motors
ProMedic Consultants, LLC
Baytown Downtown Association
Newport Nursery and Landscape
Community Calendar Highlights Local church and center events
Community calendar lists church services and activities at St Johns United Methodist Comfort Suites meeting room and Eminence Baptist Open Mic Night. Highlands Center offers line dancing and quilting while East Harris County Senior program meets at J D Walker Center. Other listings include library classes at Juanita Hargraves Memorial and Sterling Library, senior bowling at Max Bowl East, and various clubs and support groups with contact numbers.
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St. John’s United Methodist Church
Comfort Suites
Interstate 10
VEW
N. Main
Eminence Baptist Church
Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
East
Harris County
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Juanita Hargraves
Lee College
St. James Auxiliary
St. James House
West
Baker Road
Crosby Community Center
Hare Rd
Market St
Sterling Municipal Library
Chambers County Library
Anahuac
Community Duplicate Bridge Club
Baytown Optimist
Market Street
Stan White
Compassionate Friends
Remington Park
Baker
LaPorte Ladies Group
Alcoholics Anonymous
Light of Christ Lutheran Church
South Broadway
Call
Endangered Animals Need Our Help Now
A pre teen reporter from Highlands Elementary urges awareness of animal extinction due to hunting and habitat loss. She notes grizzly bears and other species face increasing danger, urges restraint and care, and asks readers to consider the impact of hunting on wildlife. Tiffany Triola, 9, closes with a call to protect dying animals.
Today in History March 25 highlights from Baytown and beyond
March 25 marks events from 1965 when Martin Luther King Jr led 25000 to Montgomery to protest voting rights denial. Other notes include Maryland founding 1634, Fort Stedman clash 1865, Coxey’s 1894 march, a fatal 1990 NYC social club fire, 1996 new $100 bill, and Baytown items such as rural mail route changes and 2002 church sanctuary ground breaking.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Fort Stedman
Virginia
Jacob S. Coxey
Massillon
Ohio
Washington
New York City
Federal Reserve
Zell Miller
Georgia
George Bush
Arizona Desert
Los Angeles
Associated Press
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Aroundthehousebooks.com
Baytonians
Eddie V. Gray
Baytow
Jessica Robertson
BY Tiffany Triola
Highlands Elementary Reporter
Tiffany Triola
Highlands Elementary
Triola
SUN History
Wooster
Crystal Bay
Bay Villa
Old River Terrace
Coady
McNair
David Bowman
Martha Ellis
Kay
Jay Eshbach
Lord Beveridge
Jancey Sheats
Sheats
Ross S. Sterling
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