Friends Serving Friends Thanksgiving drive fuels Baytown dinner
An 18 year Baytown Community Alliance effort feeds Thanksgiving to the lonely and needy. About 2,000 dinners were served last year and similarly large turnout is expected. Donations support food, delivery to homebound, and volunteer efforts. Call or visit online to donate or volunteer.
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Letter to the Editor on Monied Gentry Blocking Golf Plans
A Baytown draftsman recalls assisting potential developers with two golf course projects north of Whispering Pines and near North Main. Both plans failed when Goose Creek Country Club members blocked financing, fearing a public course would divert local dollars. Ironically, this attitude foreshadowed the club's demise.
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Today in History highlights key political and military events
On this date Lincoln won re election in 1864 defeating McClellan. Roosevelt defeated Hoover in 1932. Operation Torch began in 1942 with Allied landings in North Africa. In 1950 a jet fight saw Lt. Brown shoot down a MiG 15. Kennedy defeated Nixon in 1960. A 1974 Cleveland court case dismissed Kent State charges. Thought for Today by Margaret Runbeck.
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George B. McClellan
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
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French North Africa
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Russell J. Brown
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Cleveland
Ohio
Kent State
Margaret Lee Runbeck
Naming the Houston area bridges and their tangled histories
Wanda Orton reflects on bridge names along the Houston Ship Channel. The Jesse H. Jones Memorial Bridge became the Sam Houston Beltway 8 Tollway Bridge, and the 610 bridge was renamed for Sidney Sherman in 1974, connecting battles of San Jacinto to local landmarks. The piece blends history, local trivia, and commentator voice from the Baytown Sun.
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San Jacinto Battleground
Jesse H. Jones
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Jesse Jones
Sidney Sherman
610 Bridge
San Jacinto
Battle of
Atlanta
San Jacinto Monument
William Tecumseh Sherman
Sherman
Kentucky
Kentucky Rifles
Alamo
Goliad
New Republic
la Porte
Harrisburg
Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway Co
Shermans
Galveston
Richmond
I am a complete klutz and aging daily collapse
Jim Finley, a retired managing editor of The Sun, writes a humorousconfessional column about chronic clumsiness. He recounts morning mishaps from stumbling over a pineapple doorstop to misplacing pills and tangled plastic bags, noting a pattern of accidents that worsens with age and daily routines. He invites readers to question his self assessment and signs off with contact details.
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Dwight Howard
Jim Finley
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