First Black Student Enrolled at Lee College in 1963
Nyree Doucette researches Baytown’s Lee College integration, focusing on Alton Vernice Williams, the first Black student enrolled January 31, 1963. She notes local coverage lacked the violent imagery seen in national Meridian Mississippi stories and aims to explain why Baytown’s papers treated the event differently.
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Baytown
Carver High School
Clay Doucette
DuPont
McNair
Mary Jenkins Doucette
Daily Journal
Galveston County Daily News
the Sun
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Internal Communications
University of Houston
Baytown Sun
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Oxford
Miss
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Meredith
Goodfellows fund seeks help to aid Baytown children
The 72nd annual Goodfellows drive in Baytown appeals for gifts to reach 2,400 underprivileged youngsters before Christmas. With a $30,000 goal and only about $2,500 raised, Chief Goodfellow urges donations via The Baytown Sun to supply toy-filled Christmas bags.
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Goodfellow
Chief Goodfellow
Baytonians
Baytown Sun
Community calendar highlights bayland gift gallery opens daily
The Harbor Lights gift Bailery gallery, directed by the Baytown Art League, runs daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through December 14 at Bayland Island Pavilion 2464 State Highway 146 South. Call 281-427-1414 or 281-427-9553 for details. Hymn Singing invites all faiths to Sunday sessions at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the Hampton Inn Conference Room 7211 Garth Road at I-10. Call 281-422-7949. Anahuac Project Graduation meets 7:30 p.m. in Room 200 at Anahuac High School. parents and seniors urged to attend. Tickets for Ross S Sterling choir Christmas dinner at 7 p.m. Dec 5 available from choir students or directors Tim Vaughn and Holly Hopper. call 281-420-4500 Ext 255. Today is ticket deadline. Goose Creek DAR hosts a Christmas sing along at Remington Park at 2 p.m. followed by a Christmas party.
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Baytown Art League
Bayland Island Pavilion
Fred Hartman
Hampton Inn
Garth Road
Interstate 10
Anahuac
Anahuac High School
Ross S. Sterling
Tim Vaughn
Holly Hopper
DAR Sing-Along
Goose Creek
Daughters of the American Revolution
Remington Park
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Veterans — Disabled American Veterans
Golden Corral
Melvin Smith
Bay Area Rehabilitation Center
Baytown
Decker Drive
Matthew Flanagan
Matthew.flanagan
Bayarearehab
Baytown Area
Annette Kutler
Baytown area groups host blood drive and support events
A replacement blood drive at Quality Inn on Business 446 in Baytown will honor Leroy Heintschel, hospitalized with leukemia, from 11 am to 2 pm Monday. The DAR invites items for veterans, with contact numbers for donations and event details. Community groups hold meetings on chemotherapy cosmetic care, veterans’ issues, special needs families, quilting, and holiday gift wrapping with locations and times in Baytown.
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Baytown
Leroy Heintschel
Quality Inn
Sammy Mahan
Olivia Duffey
Quiet Texas Weather Across State With Mild Weekend Expected
Quiet conditions prevail across Texas with highs in the 60s, mostly clear skies in South Texas, and 40s to 50s at night. West Texas looks for sunny skies with weekend 70s, while far west stays cloudier and cooler. Houston and Austin stay mostly sunny then partly cloudy with mid 40s to lower 40s lows. Dallas Fort Worth remains mostly sunny with upper 60s highs and mid 40s nights.
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Rio Grande Valley
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Associated Press
Baytown Sun Delivery Hours and Re delivery Help
Notice to readers about normal delivery times for Baytown Sun Monday through Saturday by 6 a.m. and Sunday by 8 a.m. If undelivered, call 425-8048 by 10 a.m. to arrange re delivery.
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Baytown Sun
Baytown Sun Obituaries List and Photo Submissions
The Baytown Sun notes deaths of Troy Little Ronnie Anthony Doucet Jr Edwin Gerald Cortez Sr Carl H Benjamin Diamond Garcia Cecil Edwin Johnston Larry Wade Casey Paul Holcomb and Dan Janowski with Rene Flowers pending. Readers are invited to submit photos via email to david bloom bay townsun com or to send prints to 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas 77520.
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Ronnie Anthony Doucet Jr
Edwin Gerald Cortez Sr
Carl H. Benjamin
Diamond Garcia
Cecil Edwin Johnston
Larry Wade
Casey
Paul Holcomb
Dan Janowski
Rene Flowers
the Sun
David Bloom
Baytownsun
Memorial Driv
Baytown
Baytown Sun
Sun
David-Bloom
Baytownsun.com
Bible Verse Encourages Quiet Diligence and Integrity
A Bible verse urges believers to do everything without complaining or arguing to remain blameless and pure, as children of God free from fault in a crooked and depraved generation. It calls followers to shine like stars in the universe.
Corrections and clarifications published by The Baytown Sun
The Baytown Sun announces corrections to two November Page 1 stories on a proposed industrial landfill outside Beach City. The Kingwood based TSP Development suit was overturned on appeal. a separate case favors the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality per the US Court of Appeals ruling.
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Kingwood Based
TSP Development
Chambers County
Carroll E. Wilbers
344Th District Court
TSP
14Th Court of Appeals
Texas Supreme Court
Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
Informed Citizens United
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
TCEQ
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