Baytown readers share repairs and new friendships amid vehicle wrecks
Retired editor Jim Finley relays readers emails about car crashes, insurance hassles, and costly home repairs. Ronnie Anderson helps Pat Atkins after a wreck, guiding her to dealers and financing while forming a new friendship at Floyd’s Restaurant. Wes Walker chronicles multiple disasters including a roof and AC repairs, totaling thousands, with bankruptcy looming.
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Baytown Old-Tiles History From Bays To A City
Baytown formed from a string of bays along the Houston Ship Channel with roots dating to 1859. The area saw post office origins under Simon Hagerman, Harmony Grove church and school expansion, Civil War disruption, and growth after Humble Oil built the Baytown refinery in 1919. The 1948 charter established Baytown after annexation battles and a name vote. Chuck Chandler, Exxon retiree, leads Baytown Historical Preservation with contact via chuck.chandler@baytownhistory.org.
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San Jacinto Bay
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Missouri Street
Fred Hartman
Mitchell Bay
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Bayway Drive
Crystal Bay
Burnet’s Bay
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Harmony Grove
East Harris
West Chambers Counties
James Rice
Ashbel Smith
Kemp
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Harris County Commissioners Court
Lynchburg
Palmersville
Cedar Bayou
Shearn
C. C. Preston
Bayland
Bayland Orphan Home
Alfred Leger
Humble Oil & Refining Company
East Baytown
Pelly
Tri-Cities
Chuck Chandler
Exxon
Cheers and Jeers Highlight Local Front
Cheers to the full opening of San Jae Boulevard on Friday and to Baytown Chamber of Commerce award winners at the Public Safety Recognition Luncheon. Congrats to Det. Clayton Breeding Lt. Noah Travis Dep. Landon McDonald and all nominees for public service. Gratitude to veterans and those who honored them for their service.
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Texas lawmaker Pancho Nevarez faces drug possession charges
Rep Pancho Nevarez a Democrat from Eagle Pass was arrested after authorities found four bags of cocaine in an envelope. He is not seeking reelection. Rep Mayes Middleton plans drug testing legislation for lawmakers, seeking support.
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Top Baytown Sun stories for Nov 5–12 week
The week’s most read items include a teacher resignation over relationship allegations, a missing Baytown woman found by duck hunters, a district response to an allegation, rulings by Harris County judges touching the DA, a Baytown PD shooting of a robbery suspect, and a baytown couple planning an anniversary dance.
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Today in History milestones from 1967 to 1985
On this date events include the Population Clock passing 200 million in 1967, Nixon era halting residential DDT use in 1969, and Microsoft's Windows 1.0 release in 1985. Thought for Today quotes Leo Tolstoy on simplicity.
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