Washers, trains, and baseball at Union Station in Houston
Dale Crawford recalls the lunch hour Washers games near Union Station linked to baseball and rail history. In the 1950s Belt employees pitched washers in two shallow pits with tin cans, attracting railroad workers, spectators, and local press attention. Minute Maid Park sits where this Belt complex once stood at 409 Crawford.
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Minute Maid Park
Dale
Union Station
Houston Press
Houston Post
the Chronicle
Paul Hochuli
Hb&t
Oilers
Nashville
Bud Adams
Bud
Minute Maid
Crawford
Astros
Baytown Area Community Calendar Highlights
Bay Area groups list events at local venues including B A N G meetings at Cadillac Career Center and seniors classes at Highlands Community Center. Activities cover line dancing ceramics bridge and more with multiple contact numbers for RSVP and notices about Thanksgiving services, bingo, story times, and to go meal orders.
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Bay Area
B.A.N.G
Cadillac Career Center
Garth Road
Wal-Mart
Highlands Community Center
Today in history November 22 highlights and events
On November 22 a set of historical events are noted including the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy and wounding of Gov. Connally in Dallas, the 1718 death of Blackbeard, the 1935 China Clipper flight, Hart’s death in 1943, La Mancha opening in 1965, and O J Simpson's 2006 testimony.
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Kennedy
Dallas
Texas
John B. Connally
Lee Harvey Oswald
Edward Teach
Blackbeard
Virginia
Alameda
Calif
Lorenz Hart
New York
O.J. Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
The
Associated Press
Five Lee High students join Macy’s Parade opening number
In 2004 five Lee High School teens Monica Ramirez Katy Winans Ashley Hinojosa Diana Mendieta and Joanna Mendieta joined 5 000 dancers headed to New York City to perform on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade opening number. The trip featured a week of sightseeing shopping and dancing amid Baytown’s community memories.
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Bush Cafe
West Main
Rufus Honeycutt
Baytown
Brunson Theater
Texas Employment Commission
Lee High School
New York City
Monica Ramirez
Katy Winans
Ashley Hinojosa
Diana Mendieta
Joanna Mendieta
Big Apple
Goodfellows Drive Under Way In Baytown Area
The 75th annual Goodfellows drive seeks to ensure no Baytown area child wakes up to an empty stocking on Christmas morning. Mail contributions to Goodfellows P O Box 90 Baytown Texas 77522 or deliver to The Baytown Sun at 1301 Memorial Drive. For those in need, call 281 425 8033 with contact details.
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Goodfellows
Baytown
Goodfellows Drive
P.O
Texas
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
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Dale Crawford
Angelina County
Houston Yesteryears
Wanda Orton
Sun
Cesc
Cedar Bayou Umc
Samaritan Purse Organization
Cedar Bayou
Kenzie Lackey
Kelsey Hudspeth
Blake Campbell
Front Row
Faye Kaib
Kaitlin Whitehead
Kelley Whitehead
S. Main St
Crosby
R.S.V.P
Yahoo
Tops TX
Market St
Chambers County Library
Anahuac
Sterling Municipal Library
Baytown Toastmasters Group
Exxon Mobil
Decker
Highlands
San Jacinto
Highlands Woods Drive
St. John’s United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Ward Road
Baytown Community Center
Market Street
First Christian Church
Fecbtx
Baytown Community Alliance
Friends Serving Friends
VFW
N. Main
Overeaters Anonymous
Grace United Methodist Church
North Pruett
Ruth
Baytown Senior Center
Chambers County
Marsha Burton
Larry Newton
Celebration of Life
Goose Creek
Carrie Pryor-Newman
Stephen F. Austin Elementary School
CISD
Juana Rebollar
Carmen DeGerman
Ester Sanchez
Jessie Ramirez
Siliva Andrade
Maria Alvarez
Bart Cobb
Laura Smith
Melba Waller
Danielle Ponder
Ross Sterling Ffa
Hisnarda Ortiz
Nancy Jacobs
SUN History
Charles de Gaulle
Peter
the Sun
David
Bloom
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