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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 2016
Page
4
The text recalls Woodrow Wilson designating Mother's Day as a national holiday on the second Sunday in May and urges continued appreciation for mothers. It extols mothers as family energizers and first teachers, urging a day off from worry and expressions of love.
A Baytonian supporter urges voters to back state Rep Wayne Smith in the May 24 runoff for District 128. The letter asserts Smith’s Vietnam service, business background, civil engineering expertise, and coastal governance knowledge, arguing opponent Briscoe Cain lacks in-district ties and transparency.
On this date in 1886 Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton began selling Coca Cola, the beverage he created. In 1945 President Truman announced Nazi Germany had surrendered, with the flags of freedom flying over Europe. In 1973 militants at Wounded Knee surrendered after a ten week standoff. Thought for Today by Lester Markel reflects on news versus background.
Nelson McElroy led the Baytown Chamber of Commerce from 1946 to 1963 after a World War II Air Force service and teaching career. E D Williams ran Grand Cleaners on North Main with brother B B Williams as a developer and former city engineer. Bob Van Deventer planned Britton Cravens streets in the 1940s. Fairy Godfrey owned an Market Street insurance agency. Buck Turner operated a North Main Chevrolet dealership. Bernice Giddings, wife of J D Giddings, was a Cedar Bayou civic leader. Otis Baughman ran Rhythm Music Co. on South Ashbel. Julian Spring practiced optometry on South Ashbel. Joe Speck managed Earthman Funeral Home. Bill Castleman worked as a Baytown Refinery Docks port dispatcher. wife Geraldine taught English at Baytown Junior High and Robert E. Lee High School. James Chamberlain taught at Lee College and died of polio in 1952. Jake Burkett led the Robert E. Lee Band. his wife Mary Lou taught English and wrote poetry. Sam and Leon Paine ran Paine Bros. clothing on Texas Avenue. the store began as Sumner’s Dry Goods. W F Muller, father of vocational ed, founded job classes. Lela Muller taught at Horace Mann Junior High. Howard Brunson ran theaters including the Brunson Theater on Texas Avenue. John Brunson owned a Market and Minnesota grocery. Wanda Orton, retired Sun editor, can be reached at viewpoints baytownsun.com.
Jim Finley recalls a black and white portrait of his mother Vera Nell Scarborough and himself as a child in Kilgore Texas. He shares family ties, West Columbia memories, and the enduring, bittersweet loss of his mother on Mother's Day.
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