Inner Sanctum memory shocks two girls at home
Wanda Orton recalls a 1960s Baytown Sun memory from Leger Addition in which two nine or ten year old girls hide as the Inner Sanctum radio show begins. A creaking door and eerie sounds heighten fear while a neighbor Mr Carlton checks on them after a knock. Mother consoles and laughs at the wholesome reaction.
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Tri-Cities
Leger Addition
Philco
Maryland Street
Raymond
Mr. Carlton
Marilyn Padgett Critzer
Joyce Maroch Muckleroy
Carlton
Lorenzo de Zavala Texas legend celebrated in family memory
Sophia Rivera, a professional seamstress in Baytown, recalls meeting Eppie Higginbotham who whispered she was Mexican as their families embraced. The piece traces Lorenzo de Zavala, ancestor of Eppie de Zavala Higginbotham, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and early Republic of Texas figure born in the Yucatan around 1788 or 1789, noting his influence in Mexican and Texas history and his political career.
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Sophia Rivera
Floyd Higginbotham
Baytown
Rivera
Eppie Higginbotham
Republic of Texas
Washington-on-the-Brazos
Texas
Lorenzo de Zavala
Mexico
Sam Houston
Zavala
Yucatan
Ten Questions: Tonya Callahan Profile in Baytown
Tonya Callahan a Ross Sterling graduate now teaches choir at Highlands Junior School. She is married with a one year old and loves music since age 12. She credits her parents husband son and Tim Vaughn as inspirations. Her life goals include expanding her family two more children achieving UIL sweepstakes with her choirs and a Bahamas vacation. She would modernize Baytown with a new mall and would travel to the 1950s for its music and fashion. She hopes to meet Jesus Christ someday.
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Ross Sterling
Highlands Junior School
Baytown
Ryan
Ronnie
Tim Vaughn
UIL
Bahamas
Jesus Christ
Celebrating our Elders at UHCL honors African-American legacies
The University of Houston Clear Lake hosted the annual African-American Celebrating our Elders scholarship program on Oct. 20. Theme honored love and legacy, with Dr. Anthony Jenkins noting personal roots in support and Rayehnsen Wilson of Baytown winning first place for an essay on resilience amid a mother’s long MS battle.
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University of Houston- Clear Lake
America
Anthony Jenkins
UHCL
Rayehnsen Wilson
Baytown
Our Elders
Ross Sterling
Ray Chasen Wilson
Ray Wilson
Michael Wilson
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Wanda Orton
The
Baytown Sun
Nicki Evans
de Zavala
Spain
Father Hildalgo
Father Morelos
Tonya Callahan
Baytown Area
the Sun
David
Bloom
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