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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 2006
Page
2
Jane Howard Lee recounts a chance meeting on Burnet Bay when a Baytown couple invited her and her husband into their home to wait out a rainstorm. They shared stories, offered trout, slickers, and a local title chart, highlighting genuine hospitality. Lee, a Mont Belvieu resident and former Sun employee, hints at an upcoming story about the host’s late mother-in-law.
The Baytown Historical Museum at 220 W Defee St hosts a raffle drawing featuring Jim Shore decorations and an angel sculpture. Tickets are 1 dollar for one or five dollars for six. An open house runs Monday from 6 to 8 30 p m with Santa, a choir, and tree fantasy entries from about 18 local groups.
Donations from San Jacinto Council Troop 7003 provide meals and reading material to New Horizon Family Center. The presentation includes Troop Leader Perla Passament and New Horizon Residential Services Director Diane Pinkston, with listed members photographed across three rows. Not pictured: Troop Leader Blanca Arredondo.
The Baytown Symphony Orchestra invites the community to a Holiday Festival Concert featuring horn soloist Charles Gavin at 7 p.m. Friday in Lee High School auditorium. Admission is free under Dennis Eichler. The program includes Lee High School choir and Lee College Chorale. Gavin is a renowned educator and performer with ties to SFA, Cedar Rapids, and various regional ensembles. For details visit the BSO website or contact director Dennis Eichler.
West Baytown offers free English classes at Iglesia Bautista Betel from 9 to 11 a.m. and senior programs at Highlands Community Center include ceramics at 9 a.m. and Spanish at 1 p.m. A range of activities follow at Baytown centers, libraries, and clubs with contact numbers for each event.
On this date in history, events include 1782 peace talks ending the Revolutionary War between the United States and Britain in Paris. Louisiana transfers and Mark Twain’s birth also feature, with 1993 Clinton signing the Brady bill and Tiny Tim’s death noted.
The Baytown Sun notes Baytown history from 1949 to 2005 including a Texas Eastern Division office opening in Baytown, a busy 1974 shopping season, a 1989 LC settlement, and a record hurricane year. It highlights the 75th Goodfellows drive aiding area children and provides contact info for contributions and photo submissions.
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