Around Town: local notes and community updates
Joe Frank Robins thanks supporters during his illness and aims to return to the Gathering Of Old Toots club. Harris County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia honors Marvin Zindler with the Jim Fontena Service to Seniors Award at the East Harris County Senior Citizens Gala.
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Joe Frank Robins
Toots
Goots
Harris County
Sylvia Garcia
Marvin Zindler
Channel 13
Jim Fontena
Zindler
Love in bloom Margie and Jim Finley celebrate wedding anniversary
Margie and Jim Finley mark their 46th wedding anniversary with family gathering and joyful reminiscences. The couple, long settled in their community, reflect on decades of marriage and shared milestones. Relatives attended the celebration at their home on a sunny weekend.
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Margie
Jim Finley
Nativity scene Birthday greetings for Baytown councilman
Belated birthday wishes to Barbara Burg on Oct 9. Kim Cannon has cake on Oct 13 and Perry Britton blows out candles on Oct 14. Sharon Sprayberry marks a birthday with a special sail. LaRisa King turns a year older on Wednesday. Scott Finley to celebrate on Oct 16. Send Around Town items to sunnews baytownsun.com.
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Baytown
Mercedes Renteria III
Kim Cannon
Perry Britton
Barbara Burg
Sharon Sprayberry
LaRisa King
Scott Finley
91 year old Baytown man to receive lifetime honor
Marshall Durward Bailey, 91, will receive a lifetime award from the National Association of Retired Federal Employees for his decades with the Veterans Administration in Houston and Exxon Mobil retirement. He has two daughters, a son-in-law, and siblings in Baytown. The ceremony starts at 1 p.m. at Remington Park Assisted Living, 901 W. Baker Road.
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Baytown
National Association of
Marshall Durward Bailey
Veterans Administration
Houston
Exxon Mobil
Shirley Box
Peggy Stephens
Arkansas
Roger Stephens
Lorna
Leon McCraw
Remington Park Assisted Living
W. Baker Road
Busy Chambers County community calendar highlights local meetings
The Community Calendar lists multiple groups meeting in Chambers County including the Republican Women at 6:30 p.m. in Anahuac with speaker Lonnie Arrington on a water law, a Teen Advisory Board at 4 p.m. at the Chambers County Library, and the Crosby Quilt Guild at 7 p.m. at Crosby Brethren Church. Additional events cover Baytown and LaPorte clubs, libraries, senior activities, and hobby groups with dates, times, and contact numbers.
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Chambers County Republican
Anahuac
South Main
Lonnie Arrington
Vickey Goulding
Chambers County
Crosby Quilt Guild
Crosby Brethren Church
First St
First
Church Streets
Debbie Alley
West Chambers
Mont Belvieu
Baytown Lions Club
Golden Corral
Tim Rogers
Baytown
N. Alexander Drive
Baytown West
Little League
Hispanic chamber meeting Tuesday in Baytown
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Baytown will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Goose Creek Country Club with Mike Pereira of 4P Enterprises as guest speaker. Lunch costs 15 per person or 25 for a member and guest. reservations at 281-422-6908.
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Baytown Genealogy Society
BGS
Decker Drive
Baytown Optimist Club
Market Street
Stan White
Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce
Red
Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
Crosby Community Center
Anne Vandagriff
Baytown Sun
NAM
National Alliance For the Mentally III
Nami Texas
Southwest Subdivision Civic Association
Missouri Street Church of
Highlands
San Jacinto
Highlands Woods Drive
Ward Road
Mary Ann Cowley
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of
Greater Baytown
Goose Creek Country Club
Mike Pereira
4P Enterprises
Today in History highlights Oct 9 events and figures
Key events on October 9 across history include the Washington Monument opening in 1888, Yale University charter in 1701, and figures such as Laura Ingalls Wilder and Che Guevara. The Baytown Sun invites reader photos and hobby stories, with contact details for submissions.
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Canada
Washington Monument
Collegiate School of Connecticut
Yale University
San Francisco
Laura Ingalls
United States
Roosevelt Field
N.Y
Glendale
Calif
Boulder
Hoover) Dam
Los Angeles
Eugene O’neill
Martin Beck
New York
Pope Pius XII
Pope John XXIII
Che Guevara
Bolivia
Andrei Sakharov
Achille Lauro
Port Said
Egypt
Afghanistan
Kandahar
Associated Press
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Ronnie Kramer
Ganders
James
Linda Sterling
Dan Borza
Love In Bloom
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Kirk Ehlig
Brianna Edwards
Mandy Moore
Edr
Heather Herbert
Max Bowl East
Lee College
Hare Road
Market St
Sterling Municipal Library
Duplicate Bridge Club
City of Baytown Parks and Recreation
LaPorte Ladies Group
LLG
Alcoholics Anonymous
Light of Christ Lutheran Church
South Broadway
Gilbert Hinojosa
Crosby Library
Sterling
Hispanic Chamber
Municipal Library
Lisa
King’s Table
Church of New Beginnings
Our Promise
West Baytown
Iglesia Bautista Betel
Call
Grace United Methodist Church
N. Pruett St
Darren Cherry
First Baptist Church
Rollingbrook Drive
Baytown Senior Center
SUN History
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Bicentennial Park
Market and Lee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
the Sun
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Bloom
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Memorial Drive
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