Southern Dinner Pleasures And Berry-Picking Memories
A nostalgic reminiscence of southern cooking and family food memories. The narrator favors fried chicken okra and tomatoes, black eyed peas, hush puppies, and blackberry cobbler with iced tea. He recalls berry picking days with neighbors, fig trees, and a strict father who demanded meat or fish at meals and Party Pak with oysters. Wanda Orton is noted as retired managing editor of The Baytown Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny
Jenny Craig
Lakewood Drive
Pearl Laughlin
Wanda Sdoux
Billie Godwin
Oklahoma Street
St. Mark’s
Missouri
Oklahoma
Sun Oil
Sands
Reservoir Tank
Daddy
Benny Hearn
Heights
Houston
Bay Area
Benny
Mother
Baytown Youth Fair sets records in 47th edition
The Baytown Youth Fair and Rodeo raised 194977 for 150 local youths through auction cook-off rodeo and exhibits. Five time grand champion Brandon Rowland earned 36250 including 18500 for his steer, the highest steer bid in fair history. Landmark Interest placed the winning 1327 pound steer bid. about 65 bidders contributed to 163690 live auction total.
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Baytown
Brandon Rowland
Spur Club
Rowland
Landmark
Dustin Steegar
Channel Shipyard
Gary Angel
Angel Brothers
Valedictorian Eugene Martir Shares Baytown Ties and Future Plans
Eugene Martir, Sterling Class of 2007 valedictorian, reflects on band roots, school involvement, and St. John's participation. He cites Photoshop and photography as hobbies, and aims to become an anesthesiologist, marry, and start a family. He notes road construction as a local irritant and credits friends and family as inspiration.
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Eugene Martir
Sterling
St. John’s
Baytown
Baytown quilter Marian Woods features in June show
Special to The Sun profile of 75 year old Marian Woods a Baytown quilter active since 1958 and member of local clubs. She started quilting about 20 years ago after her husband’s hospital stay and describes her first attempts as horrid yet her second won multiple awards including at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo in 1994. Woods often has two quilts in progress and travels for quilting events with frequent invitations from quilters groups.
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Crespo & Jirrell
Garth Road
Madeleine Crespo
Marian Woods
Marian
Baytown
Houston
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Wanda Orton
The
Baytown Sun
Bobby Fehring
Angel Bros
Heifers
Robert E. Lee High School
FFA
Matt Cannon
Jakob Ponder
Gerald Martin
J.T
Chena Martin
Baytown Youth Fair Board
Sammy Hotchkiss
Cannon
Jessica.robertson
Baytown Youth Fair
Katie Sidley
Daniel Sonnier
Joey Enderli
Enderli
Team America
Martir
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