A Strange Football Trip Crosses Paths with Baytown Ties
A travel tale recounts a covert style road trip from Oklahoma to Arkansas during a college football visit. The narrator's vintage shirt sparks a nearby meeting with a Baytown connected stranger, revealing shared regional fashion and personal ties as the journey crosses Hobby Airport, Siloam Springs, and Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Auburn
Hogs
CIA
Baytown
Area
Margie
J.J
Annette Brown
Oklahoma
Hobby Airport
Southwest Airlines
Siloam Spring
Ark
Fayetteville
Braum’s
Dairy Queen
California
Ninth Memory Walk to End Alzheimer's in Baytown
Pilot Club of Baytown hosts the ninth annual Memory Walk to raise funds for Alzheimer's research. Mayor DonCarlos proclaims National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Day in Baytown for Saturday with the walk starting at 8 a.m. at Bayland Park and on-site registration at 7 30. Donations target exceeds 30 000 dollars. as of now 26 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Club of
Baytown
North Shore High School
Anchor Club
Pilot International
Steve DonCarlos
Pilot Club
DonCarlos
Bayland Park
Judy Wheat
Wheat
Alt.org
Edward Jones Investments
Rollingbrook Drive
Crosby State Bank
Garth Road
Country Club View
Texas
Alzheimer’s Association
Gina Rivon
Community Calendar Highlights at Local Centers
A packed schedule lists line dancing at Highlands Community Center at 8 30 a m and beginner sessions at 9 45 a m, senior activities at J D Walker Center from 9 a m to 1 p m, artist sessions at Baytown Art League, TOPS meetings in Crosby, toddler story time at West Chambers Library, free Internet Basics at Sterling Library, Baytown Shrine oyster fry, breast cancer awareness lunch with San Jacinto Methodist Cancer Program, bridge at Community Center, Go Getters at Lone Star Room, advanced internet class, Baytown Homecoming barbecue, Baytown Ballroom Dance Club event with Foxtrot demonstration, Overeaters Anonymous meetings at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands Community Center
Highlands Woods Drive
East Harris County
J.D. Walker
Crosby Community Center
West Chambers
Suellyn Melcher
Sterling Municipal Library
Baytown Shrine Club
Main Street
San Jacinto Methodist Cancer Program
Texas Oncology
Garth Road
Market St
Barbers Hill Homecoming and Scholarship Association
Mgmalechek
Teleshare.net
Mike Flinn
Baytown
Market Street
David
Diane Klingman
Today in History highlights Oct 19 events
On October 19 events span from 1781 Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown to 1987 stock market crash. Notable moments include the Stamp Act Congress 1765 declaration, Jubal Early's Cedar Creek attack, Eisenhower embargo on Cuba in 1960, Pyongyang entry in 1950, Schleyer body found in 1977, and Dow crash of 508 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Cornwallis
Yorktown
New York
Jubal A. Early
Cedar Creek
H.R. Ekins
New York World-Telegram
Dorothy Kilgallen
The
New York Journal
Leo Kieran
New York Times
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cuba
United Nations
Pyongyang
Hanns Martin Schleyer
Mulhouse
France
Exxon Shell mini gas war in Crosby 2005 price cuts
Local Exxon store manager cut prices by ten cents triggering a price war with Shell across the street. Both stations undercut until prices were over fifty cents below the Texas average of 2.89, reflecting a tense local competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exxon
Crosby
Shell
Chambers County
Baytown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jim Finley
Big Red’s
Jerry Elmore
Nancy Mann
Lone Star
Baytown Ballroom Dance Club
Highlands Park
Garcia
Gil Sosa
Veterans County Services Office
Daryl Fontenot
Stolander Rd
Tcsfurniture
Heart and Home Inspirations
Kipling Street
Hwy 146
Bowie Drive
Abigail Shirley Jones
Jimmy
Angie Jones
Georgetown
Jimmy and
Bettie Jones
Clyde Houston
Tyler
Shirley
Houston
Ellision
Baytown Motors
N. Main
Associated Press
SUN History
Winston Churchill
John
Brandon Wheeland
Sterling
Joe
Joyce
S. Alexander
A-1 Furniture
Ashley*vaughn-Bassett
Garth
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