Guard convoy Wheels Into New Orleans Amid Flood and Fire
National Guard convoys carrying food water and medicine rolled through axle deep floodwaters into New Orleans amid fires and corpses. Crowds outside the Convention Center cheered and jeered as refugees awaited evacuation while President Bush pledged to make it right.
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Evacuees Forced to Leave Baytown Shelter
Evacuees at Baytown Red Cross shelters faced abrupt closure with only minutes to move to the George R Brown Convention Center in Houston. Officials cited a coordinated relocation goal while residents and volunteers voiced mixed emotions about the sudden upheaval and loss of stability after days of displacement.
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Anahuac shelter to operate as transitional facility
Anahuac evacuee shelter in White's Park will stay open past Sunday as a transitional facility with basic aid and overnight stays if needed. Chambers County officials say the site will close once long term accommodations are available and evacuees are relocated to homes or Red Cross shelters.
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Baytown Women’s Study Club adds eight new members
Members from the defunct Minerva Club and the 39th Study Group joined the Women's Study Club in Baytown, boosting enrollment from 19 to nearly 30. Leaders cited larger, more workable meetings and broader speaker opportunities as the reason for reunification amid declines in other local clubs.
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Margaret Hill
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Mary Helen Shelton
Phyllis Farsvale
Bert Pratt
Anna Maria Chauviere
Sylvia Thomas
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