Baytown Recycles Day Returns With Drive-Through Drop Off
The Baytown Health Department and Keep Baytown Beautiful host the 14th annual Baytown Recycles Day on November 15 in Lowe's south parking lot from 9 am to 2 pm. Residents may drop off motor oil, oil filters, anti free ze, tires, auto batteries and metals with name and address. no businesses accepted. Reusable bags offered for exchange. sponsors listed include Bayer, Chevron Phillips, ExxonMobil, NRG Cedar Bayou, Walmart, and Lowe's. For details call 281-420-5384.
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Baytown dedicates Bafuelos Elementary in honored ceremony
Letter to the editor defends the Oct 30 Bafuelos Elementary School dedication in Baytown. The author corrects Hilda Martinez about a Texas Historical Commission marker for DeZavala School awarded at the event. She notes district personnel and the Bafiuelos family were informed in advance and joined in the unveiling.
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Today in History November 9 highlights milestones
The entry recalls events on November 9 across years including the 1989 opening of East Germany borders, the Mayflower sighting of Cape Cod in 1620, a 1967 Saturn V test flight, Roger Clemens' seventh Cy Young, and a Doolittle Raiders toast in Dayton. Thought for Today quotes Robert Frost.
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Berlin Wall
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Cape Kennedy
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Cy Young
Tokyo
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
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Robert Frost
Goose Creek 1940s Christmas Shopping Tour
Wanda Orton guides a nostalgic tour of Goose Creek shopping in the 1940s. She lists jewelry shops on Texas Avenue and North Gaillard, department stores like JC Penney, Woolworth, Rosenzweig’s, Town and Country dress shop, and gifts from Drew’s, The Style Shoppe, Paine Bros, Altman’s, and King’s. The piece notes postage, catalogs, and a time-travel tone before ending with a return to 2014.
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Town & Country
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Altman’s
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Penney
Sears
Rosenzweig’s
Town & Country Dress Shop
Woolworth
Big Jake and John Wayne’s enduring screen presence
Baytown Sun columnist recalls John Wayne film Big Jake (1971) and his career highlights. The piece notes co stars Maureen O Hara Richard Boone and Bruce Cabot, Elmer Bernstein score, Wayne's long career from 1926 to 1976, and his final film The Shootist.
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Rooster” Cogburn
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