Shrine clubs host fall festival fundraiser in Baytown
The Arabia Shrine Center and Baytown Shrine Club present a Tuesday October 27 benefit at 110 W Main St Baytown from 7 to 830 pm featuring a fall festival and variety show with magic comedy and giveaways Proceeds fund Shrine Center operations and aid needy children and families Tickets are 8 per child and sponsors may buy advertising banners Contact Ruben Robles at 713 472 5500 for tickets and sponsorships
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The right District 5 candidate endorsed by Thomas Parent
Letters to the editor praise Thomas Parent as the right District 5 candidate. They cite support for first responders, tax cuts, and sensible, controlled city growth for Baytonians.
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District 5
Cummings for Baytown District 6 Urges Diverse Council
Rhonda Lopez endorses Susan Cummings for Baytown City Council District 6, citing over 30 years in higher education. She argues the current council roster lacks diversity, noting one social worker, one developer, and five petrochemical industry employees, urging a vote for Cummings.
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Susan Cummings
Baytown
Rhonda Lopez
Emergency Declarations And Federal Power Abuse Explored
Rick Crotts argues that presidential and state emergency declarations grant broad unilateral power, bypassing legislatures. He contrasts the border crisis emergency with the pandemic response, accusing the administration of political maneuvering by both centralizing control and blaming local governments for lack of leadership.
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Rick Crotts
Baytown
Top BAYTOWN SUN reads week of Oct 12 19
Top weekly Baytown Sun stories include Cast your ballots Tuesday and Record-breaking turnout Thursday. Other popular items cover GC breaks down COVID letters and Missing person sought, with Baytown Council authorizing two IDAs and a Bike ride with Baytown police. Local obituaries note a longtime Baytonian dies at 107.
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Fiddle Music Shaped 19th Century Baytown Life
Baytown history recalls 19th century music in the Cedar Bayou region with fiddlers, bands, and dances. Local figures like Thomas Jefferson Cary and Crip John are named among performers, while instruments such as fiddles and banjos dominated social events from weddings to corrals. References to schools, fairs, and regional newspapers document music instruction and performances before modern media.
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Wallisville
Minnie Gaillard
Thomas Jefferson Cary
Galveston
Louisiana Purchase ratified by Senate in 1803
On this date the Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and in 1947 the House Un American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence in the motion picture industry. In 1967 a jury in Mississippi.
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Today in History highlights civil rights and rock tragedy
The entry notes the 1967 convictions of seven men for their roles in the murders of James Chaney Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. It recalls the 1973 Saturday Night Massacre when Archibald Cox was fired and Richardson and Ruckelshaus resigned. It also marks 1977 the fatal Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash near McComb Mississippi that killed Ronnie Van Zant and five others.
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Michael Schwerner
Watergate
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