Missed Then Missed Now The Wayback Wallet of Texas Tales
Baytown native Chris Buckner recalls things he missed over the years from a childhood on Big Wheels and Texas Avenue strolls to LSU and LSU stadium magic. He reflects on wartime memories with his fathers and mentors, parade days, and family, ending with a nudge to count blessings this holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Adams
Maxwell Smart
Drew Williams
LSU
Bill
Texas Avenue
Horace Mann Jr. High
REL
Fred Parker
Charles Forque
Tiger Stadium
Heaven
Baton Rouge
Hank Moreland
Gene Nobel
Tom
22Nd Marines
South Pacific
John Andrews
Liz
Bing Crosby
Irving Berlin
Chris Buckner
Baytown
Houston’ Public Works Department
Chris
Today in History and Birthdays Summary 2011
Today highlights key past events and figures including Columbus landfall in 1492, Khrushchev shoe incident in 1960, population milestones in 1999 and 2011, the USS Cole attack in 2000, notable births like Dick Gregory Pavarotti Wallace Jackman Cameron and Miller, plus sports great Molitor’s 1982 World Series feat and a Warren quote. It notes population projection near 7 billion by October 2011 and a Marion Jones medal record context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Columbus
Bahamas
Nikita Khrushchev
U.N. General Assembly
United Nations Population Fund
Yemen
Dick Gregory
Luciano Pavarotti
Tony Kubek
Chris Wallace
Hugh Jackman
Kirk Cameron
Bode Miller
Paul Molitor
Milwaukee Brewers
St. Louis Cardinals
Earl Warren
Marion Jones
Arcadia Theater History in Baytown Traces 1928 Start
Howard E. Brunson documented Baytown area cinema history from the silent era through the rise of sound films and the Arcadia’s December 1928 completion. The piece recounts local theater firms, key owners, and the sequence of openings, closings, and sales across Brunson’s era to 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Howard E. Brunson
Old Baytown
Brunson
Sun Newsroom
Baytown
W.M. Quartz
Palace Theater
Old Main
Humble Community House
The
Texan
Texas Avenue
Goose Creek
Oiler Theater
Texan Theater
Community House
Palace
Pelly
Alamo
Port
la Porte
Channelview
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Louis Marx & Company
Earl Center
Buckner
H.E. Brunson
Triton
Nu Gulf
Gentlemen of the Goose Creek Amusement Co
North Commerce
George McKinstry
Hugh Echols
Roy Black
Bill Sloan
Homer Davis
Walter Harvey
Airdome
Harbor
Sam Eastwood
Wanda
Orton
Joe Biden
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Ted Poe
Dist
Janie “Ce
Angle Pagel
Angie
Baytownsun.com
Joshua Hart
Joshua.hart
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
Texas
Sun
Adam Vanelli
P.O
Sunnews
Fred Hartman
Editorial
BOARD
Janie Gray
Anglo Pagel
Jim Finley
M.A. Bengtson Community Member
Jay Eshbach
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!