Sweeny reunion feeds Bulldogs football buzz and fun
An informal 1957 class reunion gathers old Beeville and West Columbia classmates for seafood at Baytown Seafood in West Columbia and a Bulldogs football game. Attendees include Denny Clark, Linda Hightower Albrecht, Wayne Albrecht, Robert Dixon, and Ross Earley. The party blends humor, memory, and surprise misdirections amid rivalries and a grandchild’s birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Bulldogs
Linda Hightower Albrecht
Wayne
Denny Clark
Denny
Beeville
U.N
Peggy
Dan Ellis
Baytown
West Columbia
Nancy Boden Grisham
Hubby
Jimmy
van Vleck
Matagorda County
Robert Dixon
Isabella Elise Boettcher
Robert
Dan
Isabella
Daniella
Ross Earley
Shaklee
Fairview
Metropolex
Dallas
Baytown Seafood
Christmas Celebration on Texas Avenue Plans Under Way
The Historic Goose Creek Association and Baytown Parks Department invite vendors and visitors to the 10th annual Christmas Celebration on Texas Avenue in Baytown on December 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event features dozens of craft booths, food vendors, a car show, Santa Claus, stage entertainment, and children's activities with booths and rides available for contributions.
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Texas Avenue
Joe Wheat
Jake Foyt
James Work
Kenneth Nasser
Tom Maxwell
Historic
Goose Creek
Baytown
Santa Claus
Santa
Brunson Theatre
Judy Wheat
Terry Presley
Community Calendar Highlights in Baytown Area
Baytown clubs churches and libraries host events from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. including Lions Club game day at Highlands Community Center and Free English classes at Promise Center. Other activities covered include Senior programs, Ladies Bowling, Happy Quilters, library programs, Story Time, Bible study with lunch, Duplicate Bridge, computer basics, and a Halloween festival at Central Baptist Church.
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Baytown Lions Club
Highlands Community Center
Highlands Woods Drive
Promise Center
Kentucky
Harris County
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Max Bowl
Ward Road
Mary Ann Cowley
Happy Quilters
Market St
Crosby
Sterling Municipal Library
King’s Table
Church of New Beginnings
Ross S. Sterling High School
Lynda Smith
Iss
Yahoo.com
First Baptist Church
Rollingbrook Drive
Nick
Elaine
Baytown Senior Center
Bay Area
B.A.N.G
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
TOPS
Baytown
Call
Baytown Rotary Club
Goose Creek
ExxonMobil Baytown Toastmasters Club
ExxonMobil
Ralph Matthews
St. John’s United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Market Street
Central Baptist Church
King Street
War of the Worlds broadcast and other historical notes
On October 30 1938 CBS aired The War of the Worlds radio play starring Orson Welles, sparking panic among listeners who believed the Martian invasion was real. The date also marks births and events including John Adams in 1735, Appalachian Spring in 1944, shoe rationing end in 1945, the Tsar Bomba test in 1961, and Stalin’s tomb removal. The record notes other items from 1950 to 2006 and includes closing quotes from Ecclesiastes and scripture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orson Welles
CBS
United States
John Adams
Braintree
Mass
Martha Graham
Aaron Copland
Library of Congress
Washington
D.C
Graham
U.S
Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
Lenin
New York Daily News
Ford
Gerald Ford
New York City
Cambridge
Louis Woodward
Matthew Kappen
Hiller B. Zobel
Woodward
Jiang Zemin
Congress
John Kerry
California
Iraq
Kerry
Bush
Associated Press
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Jim Finley
Finley
Duplicate Bridge Club
East
Michael Pineda
Lorena Mullins
Mullins
SUN History
Avon
Highway 146
Knowlton
Gulf Street
South Main Street
Key Club
Sterling High School
Unicef
Kenya
Anonymous
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