Chandler on ship hit by U-boat
George Chandler grew up near Baytown docks and joined the merchant marines before World War II. His tanker Olean was torpedoed by U-158 off Cape Lookout on March 14, 1942, with 33 survivors and six deaths. He later joined the Navy, earned three degrees, and became a prominent Baytown lawyer and civic figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Street
George Chandler
Baytown
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Robert E. Lee High School
Atlantic
Gulf
George
U.S
North Carolina
Cape Lookout
U.S. Coast Guard
Virginia
Baltimore
Beaumont
Gulf Coast
Kingdom
Olean
Erwin Rostin
U.S. Navy
Navy
University of Texas At Austin
Harvard
Bay Area Community Calendar Highlights and Contacts
Bay Area groups meet for networking senior programs and clubs across Baytown Highlands and Crosby including B A N G at Cadillac Career Center 4721 Garth Rd Suite B50 and various classes at Highlands Community Center J D Walker Center 7613 Wade Rd and Sterling Library. Activities feature line dancing ceramics bridge bingo and blood donation with multiple contact numbers and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Area
Cadillac Career Center
Garth Rd
Wal-Mart
Highlands Community Center
East Harris County
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
Market St
Baytown
Golden Corral
Garth
Chambers County
Anahuac
Sterling Municipal Library
Goose Creek
Highlands Woods Drive
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Lee College
Lee Drive
Student Government Association
Blood Center
Giveblood.org
St. John’s United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Max Bowl
Ward Road
Market Street
VEW
N. Main
KHITS
Roosters
Highland Woods Drive
Max East
Market St. Baytown
Decker Drive
Sterling Municipal
Huffman
Joe Beurke
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Goose Creek Country Club
AARP
North Channel Library
Chambers County Library
Christ Inc
Riley Chambers Community Center
Barrett Station
TOPS
Remington Park
Today in History highlights from March 28, 2007
March 28 marks notable events including the 1979 Three Mile Island accident near Middletown Pennsylvania, the 1834 Senate censure of Andrew Jackson over deposits, United States v Wong Kim Ark establishing birthright citizenship, and the deaths of Virginia Woolf Dwight Eisenhower Maria von Trapp. Also noted are anniversaries from 1940 to 2002 and a Bible verse quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Three Mile Island
Middletown
U.S. Senate
Jackson
Bank of the United States
Supreme Court
United States
Wong Kim Ark
Virginia Woolf
Lewes
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Maria von Trapp
Morrisville
Heaven’s Gate
California
U.S. Air Force
Timothy Woodland
Okinawa
Bush
Andy Card
Joshua Bolten
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wanda Orton
Cesc
Citizen’s Police Academy
BPD
Baytown Citizen’s Police Academy Alumni Association
Baytown Police Department
Trudy Nuce
Margie O’neil
Betty Worcester
Linda Blevins
Lavon Heintschel
Ruth Foster
Weaver Foster
Bill Daley
Tony O’neil
Garland Huey
John Tobin
Eugene Farek
The
Sandy M. Smith
Jill Littlefield
Gus Bradley
Angie Fehring
Aubry Sartori
Carolyn Francis
Kent Knowles
Tom Knowles
Sylvester Cantu
Robert Francis
Baytown Senior Center
Crosby/Huffman Chamber of Commerce
Cedar
SU History
Stewart Heights
Morrell Park
Highlands
San Jacinto Mall
Lone Star
Interstate 10
Garth Road
TS. Eliot
Kingdom of Heaven
the Sun
David
Bloom
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!