Humble Day memories of Baytown picnic era
A vintage postcard scene recalls Humble Oil and Refining Co workers and families at Humble Day in Baytown Texas. The late 1940s to early 1950s gathering featured beef barbecue, dancing, tennis, pageants, and a semi pro baseball team, with cooks tending open pits over oak wood and long dresses on the women.
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Humble Oil & Refining Co
Humble
Exxon -ExxonMobil
Humble Oilers
D.Z. Friermood
Sandy Gaston
Sandy
San Jacinto
Ross S. Sterling
Humble Oil
Sylvan Beach
la Porte
Lynchburg
Humble Docks
Sylvan
Wanda Orton
the Sun
Today in History and Birthdays Snapshot 2012
History notes include Joan of Arc burnings in 1431 and Lincoln Memorial dedication in 1922. It covers WWII and Korean War Unknowns interred in 1958, WTC cleanup ending in 2002, plus birthdays of Faberge and Mel Blanc. Memorial Day flag tradition cited.
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Joan of Arc
Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D.C
Arlington National Cemetery
New York City
Peter the Great
Peter Carl Faberge
Mel Blanc
Benny Goodman
Joseph Stein
Wynonna Judd
Manny Ramirez
Cee Lo Green
Chicago
Frank Chance
Cincinnati
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
You Can’t Fix Stupid Says Baytown Columnist
Chris Buckner reflects on dumb mistakes that make headlines from Boston pub robberies to a washing machine incident in Houston. He laments overreliance on technology and jokes about a non existent app for common sense while warning that some errors are human and enduring.
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Boston
Houston
Bill Engvall
Jeff Foxworthy
Chris Buckner
Baytown
Public Works Department
Chris
Baytown Sun letters and contact policy note
The Baytown Sun outlines submission rules for letters and guest columns, including word limits and required personal details, plus contact options for redelivery and paper timing. It lists staff contacts and publication assurances, ending with editor publisher credit for Janie Gray.
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Baytown Sun
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Joshua.hart
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Jim Finley
M.A. Bengtson Community Member
Jay Eshbach
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
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Ted Poe
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Weinvin
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