Remembering Glenn Ford In A Roundabout Way
A columnist recounts his repeated tributes to actor Glenn Ford, noting Ford's death at ninety and recalling his early admiration for Ford's calm, dignified screen presence in The Blackboard Jungle. The piece blends past recollections with reflections on journalism and nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Ford
Gene Autry
Glenn
Brad Pitt
Rita
Gulf
Baytown
the Sun
High Sun
Gene
Community calendar listings span Highlands to Baytown events
A dense list of local happenings covers morning and afternoon activities at community centers, libraries, churches, and clubs. Highlights include 9 a.m. game day at Highlands San Jacinto Center, bowling at Max Bowl East, Lee College senior programs, quilting, story times, Bible study, luncheon programs, bridge, yoga, Tai Chi, and various youth, senior, and civic group meetings with contact numbers.
Baytown Community Events And Meetings Schedule
A roundup of Baytown gatherings includes the October Business Exchange at The Dawg House Café from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday to celebrate Baytown Business Month, plus noon bridge at Highlands/San, 1 p.m. Over 42 Club at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 1 p.m. seniors bowling at Max Bowl East, bingo at Baytown Community Center 1 to 3 p.m., First Christian Church porch gatherings with live music 6 to 8 p.m., Overeaters Anonymous group at First Westminster Presbyterian Church at 7 p.m., VFW Post 912 bingo 7 p.m. Doors open 5 p.m., HOW meets at First Presbyterian Church 7 p.m., and a senior arts and crafts center day with lunch at 281-427-2145.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wallisville Lake Project
Chambers County
Anahuac
Sjolander Road
Jenkins Park
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
Grace
Darren Cherry
Our Promise
West Baytown
Iglesia Bautista Betel
Baytown
First Baptist Church
Rollingbrook Drive
Veterans of Foreign Wars
N. Main St
Bay Area Quilt Guild
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Scarsdale Blvd
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
San Jacinto
Cancer Center
Ross S. Sterling
S. Main St
Crosby
R.S.V.P
Yahoo.com
Tops TX
Market St
Call
West Chambers
Mont Belvieu
Sterling Municipal Library
Highlands Community Center
Baytown Toastmasters Group
Dawg House
Exxon Mobil
Decker
Highlands
Highlands Woods Drive
St. John’s United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Ward Road
Baytown Community Center
Market Street
First Christian Church
Fecbtx
Fecbtx.org
First Westminster Presbyterian Church
VFW
N. Main
First Presbyterian Church
Bayway Drive
el Toro
Baytown Senior Center
Today in History highlights from 1863 to 2006
Notable events span Lincoln declaring Thanksgiving on the last Thursday in November 1863 to the 2006 date, including Hitler's 1941 remark on Russia, Thomson’s 1951 pennant shot, Britain’s 1952 bomb test, Schirra’s 1962 flight, Maze hunger strikes ending 1981, K 219 incident 1986, Clinton’s 1991 run, OJ verdicts 1995, Nobel prize 2000, and a 2005 bus crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Russia
New York Giants
Bobby Thomson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ralph Branca
Britain
Monte Bello Islands
Australia
Wally Schirra
Cape Canaveral
Maze
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Bermuda
Arkansas
Bill Clinton
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Jim Finley
Nou
Baytown Sun
Danielle Ponder
Ross S. Sterling Meistersingers
RSS
Sterling
Gentry
Tim Vaughn
Holly Hopper
San Jacinto Community Center
Ladies
Mary Ann Cowley
Lee College
Bayer
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Lynne Foley
Happy Quilters
Crosby Library
Lisa
King’s Table
Church of New Beginnings
Baytown Lions Club
Golden
Bay Area
B.A.N.G
Cadillac Career Center
Garth Road
Wal-Mart
O.J. Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Simpson
Wislawa Szymborska
Tennessee
Senate
United States
Vietnam
Bush
White House
Harriet Miers
Supreme Court
The
Associated Press
Will A Cather
David Bloom
Memorial Drive
Texas
Bloom
David
Baytownsun
Linda Englert
Senior Recreation
Tom Peeler
Joanne Webb
Happy Quilters Club
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