Not a happy camper in Angelina Co
Wanda Orton recalls childhood camping misadventure in Angelina County asking to go home from a rough piney woods night. The piece shifts to present day and a granddaughter named Olivia, a city girl, with a Baytown Sun editor’s voice.
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Angelina Co
Angelina County
Mother
Daddy
Panthers
Lufkin Panthers
Angelina
Dave
Uncle Dave
Lufkin
Pines
Perry's
Five & Dime
National Park
Olivia
Wanda Orton
Baytown Sun
Spray park opens Tuesday in McNair
Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Sylvia Garcia heads a nearly $200,000 spray park project at Edna Mae Washington Park on Wade Road with a ribbon cutting Tuesday from 4 to 5 p.m. The water play area, part of a living classroom themed park, aims to engage children and families and mirrors a similar device in Cloverleaf that drew hundreds of kids.
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McNair
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Harris County
Sylvia Garcia
Garcia
Edna Mae Washington Park
Mark Seegers
Seegers
Cloverleaf
Community activity schedule for Bay Area groups and libraries
Bay Area groups meet at 7 30 a m in the Cadillac Career Center. Highlands seniors offer line dancing ceramics and bridge lessons at several times. East Harris County Senior Citizen Program runs 9 a m to 1 p m at J D Walker Center. TOPS TX No 594 meets 9 11 a m at the Community Center. Baytown Genealogy Library is open 10 a m to 2 p m. Pre School Storytime at 10 30 and Anime Club at 4 p m at Chambers County Library Anahuac Sterling Library hosts 18 month olds Spanish Story Time 11 15 to 11 45 a m. Baytown Homeschoolers meet 11 30 a m at Highlands Community Center.
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Bay Area
B.A.N.G
Cadillac Career Center
Garth Road
Wal-Mart
Highlands Community Center
East Harris County
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
TOPS
Market St
Baytown
Chambers County
Anahuac
Sterling Municipal Library
Highland Woods Drive
Max Bowl
Ward Road
Market St. Baytown
St Pauls garage sale supports church programs Saturday
St Pauls United Methodist Church hosts a community garage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 7915 Bayway Drive to raise about $10,000 for apportionments and yearlong activities. Donated items will be sold, face painting offered, and delivery available for heavy items. Call 281-424-7511 for details.
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Louise May
Geraldine Funderburk
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Bayway Drive
San Jacinto Day ceremony highlights Texas Independence Squares
Ron Stone hosts the San Jacinto Day Celebration with the Texas Independence Squares as Mary Lou and John Krolczyk Emma Lou and Gus Bradley perform in state flag colors. Lee College led a Brookwood Community trip with Fern Cooper presenting caladium bulbs from the garden club fundraiser.
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Ron Stone
San Jacinto
Lee College
Brookwood
Fern Cooper
Baytown
Plumwood-Eva Maude Garden Club
Brookwood Community
Ryan Jung
Lee College Continuing Education
Lynne Foley
Sharon Terrell
Bonita Elliot
May 2 history highlights and notable events
On May 2 1945 Berlin fell as Allies announced Nazi surrender in Italy and Austria. The day marks Jacksons wounding at Chancellorsville in 1863, Oklahoma Territory organizing in 1890, and McCarthy dying in 1957. Also Costello survived an assassination attempt in New York in 1957.
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Soviet Union
Berlin
Italy
Austria
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Chancellorsville
Oklahoma Territory
Joseph R McCarthy
Wisconsin
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland
Frank Costello
New York
Vincent
Costello
Daryl Chessman
San Quentin Prison
California
Bird
Atlantic
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Clinton
The
Associated Press
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S. Alexander Drive
Max Bowl East
Market Street
N. Main
Overeaters Anonymous
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N. Pruett. Ruth
SUN History
Texas
West Main
Bryan
West Baytown “Y
Mont Belvieu
Texas Attorney General’s Office
Goose Creek
Beavers Construction Co
Philip G. Hamerton
the Sun
David
Bloom
David Bloom
David. Bloom
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