Baytown golf course bond on Nov 3 ballot faces questions
The Baytown Sun weighs Proposition 24 to buy and redevelop Evergreen Point Golf Club into a city managed course for 12.5 million dollars funded by sales tax from the Municipal Development District. Editors note divided opinion on costs, demand, and priorities.
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Evergreen Point
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Evergreen
Hartman Bridge
Pirates Bay
Goose Creek Country Club
Lime for Christians to walk their talk
Letter to the editor praising Jesse Flowers column I am a Christian about Umpqua Community College incident. The writer thanks Flowers for urging Christians to live their faith openly and to show a better way, encouraging action and testimony.
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Jesse Flowers
Pruett and
Spbst Church of Christ
Umpqua Community College
Oregon
Brother Flowers
Baytown’s 1948 boom anchors landmark hospital era
A look at Baytown’s postwar surge in 1948 to 1949 as the new city charter formed Baytown, major infrastructure projects, new schools and churches rose, and the 100-bed San Jacinto Memorial Hospital on Decker Drive opened amid a civic fundraising push led by Humble Oil. The era brought KRCT broadcasting ceremonies and the debut of KREL, along with Roseland Park and local civic milestones.
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San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Baytown
Decker Drive
Tri-Cities
Good-Bye
Goose Creek
Pelly
Cedar Bayou
Rosa Kilgore
Thomas Wright
Roseland Park
KRCT
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
KREL
Carver High School
Memorial Stadium
Carver
Robert E. Lee
St. Joseph Catholic School
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Ble Oil & Refining Co
ExxonMobil
Houston
Southwestern Associated Telephone Co
Kress
Texas Avenue
First National Bank
Stem
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Gordon Farned
Marking Old Products Brings Back Memories From Jim Finley
Jim Finley recalls cars, brands, and everyday goods from the past, noting his habit of marking purchases like a bottle of S.T.37 from February 15, 2005. He lists Hudson, Nash, Studebaker, Ipana, Pepsodent, and drinks like Falstaff and Jax, while joking about golf and chess as less interesting.
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Lake Beer
Lone Star
Pearl
Jax
Delaware
Nehi
Hudson
Nash
DeSoto
Studebaker
Jack Crawley
Sweeny Bulldogs
Crawley
Raleighs
L&m
Lucky Strike
Chesterfield
Camel
Old Gold
High Sun Management
On This Date Historical Landmarks And Births
A timeline notes Mason and Dixon completing the boundary survey in 1767, Alaska’s formal U S possession in 1867, the first long distance New York Chicago telephone line in 1892, Edison’s death in 1931, Texas Instruments transistor radio in 1954, cyclamate ban in 1969, and a 1997 Arlington monument dedication to American servicewomen. Thought for Today quotes Henri Bergson.
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Maryland
Charles Mason
Jeremiah Dixon
United States
Alaska
Russia
New York
Chicago
Thomas Alva Edison
New Jersey
Texas Instruments
Arlington National Cemetery
Henri Bergson
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