Memory of a 19th Century Baytown Hurricane Horror
A Baytown hurricane tale recalls the 19th century disaster on Black Duck Bay. John West, Clara McKie Grafton, and relatives sought shelter in a home that flooded to the ceiling, forcing a perilous escape via a drifting roof and boat. Clara drowned, and others perished as wreckage drifted toward Morgan's Point canal.
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Carla
Brownwood
Black Duck Bay
Margaret Henson
Baytown
Lynchburg
Cedar Bayou
High Bluffs
John West
Missouri Street
Arkansas Street
West
Clara McKie Grafton
Clara Grafton
West Home
Hog Island
Clara
Oscar McKie
Elizabeth McKie Pierce
Charles Post
Pierce
San Jacinto River
Houston Ship Channel
McKie
John
Elizabeth Pierce
Elizabeth
Morgan’s Point Canal
Mrs. Pierce
One Woman Show at Lee College features Donna Lambert art
Lee College Enterprise Gallery hosts a 24 plus oil painting exhibit by Donna Lambert on the second floor of the Student Center east side campus. Lambert, a Baytown artist, exhibits landscapes and florals as part of her extended career after studying with Caruthers in 1975 and Tieman in 1981. Public view is daily 9 am to 6 pm through October. elevator available.
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Highlands
Donna Lambert
Enterprise
Lee College
Pat Wheeler
Capital Bank
Garth Road
Lambert
Wheeler
Baytown Art League
Art League of
Baytown
Art League
Texas Avenue
Art League of Baytown
Kingwood Society
Kingwood Art Society
Call
Community Calendar for Baytown Area Groups and Activities
Plumwood Eva Maud Garden Club meets 9 30 at JoAnn Moody 1703 Amy Dr. Texas Laureate Mu Beta Sigma Phi first 2008 2009 meeting at Wendy Pepper home with co hostess Karen DeLoss Adele Pumphrey presiding dinner served secret sister meeting 7 at Pepper home Low mood Bipolar Support Alliance offers free groups at 6 30 pm Texas Child and Family Institute 6730 Independence Blvd Suite 300 Baytown call 713 600 1131 Highlands seniors learn line dancing 8 30 am 9 45 am ceramics 9 am bridge noon 281 426 7561 Precinct2gether 9 am 1 pm J D Walker Community Center 7613 Wade Rd 281 426 3551 TOPS TX No 594 9 11 am at Community Center 2407 Market old and new members welcome 281 424 3124 281 421 1429 Baytown Genealogy Library 5203 Decker Dr open Wed Fri 10 2 Thu 10 5 281 424 8388 Sterling Municipal Library Spanish Story Time 11 15 11 45 am 281 427 7331
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Plumwood
Eva Maud Garden Club
JoAnn Moody
Amy
The
Depression and
Texas Child and Family Institute
Independence Blvd
Baytown
Highlands Community Center
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Market
Decker Dr
Max East
Ward Road
Market St
Sterling Municipal Library
REL Cheerleaders Fundraiser at Double Dave’s Tonight
The REL varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders host a meet and greet and salad and pizza buffet at Double Dave’s 3517 Garth Rd from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. A portion of buffet sales will fund cheer supplies to decorate the football stadium for Gander games. Open to the public.
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Robert E. Lee
Double Dave’s
Garth Road
Today in History highlights Sept 10 events across centuries
Sept 10 marks John Smith's 1608 election as Jamestown president and Perry's 1813 victory at Lake Erie. Other notes include Howe's sewing machine patent in 1846, Huey Long's 1935 death, Canada's 1939 war declaration, Axis Sally indictment in 1948, Alabama student integration in 1963, the 1977 French execution, Pope John Paul II's 1987 visit, a 2003 Osama bin Laden image on Al Jazeera, and Gen Petraeus remarks in 2007.
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John Smith
Jamestown
Virginia
Oliver H. Perry
Lake Erie
Elias Howe
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Canada
Mildred Gillars
Washington
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Hamida Djandoubi
France
Pope John Paul II
Miami
Reagan
United States
Osama bin Laden
Al-Jazeera TV
Israel
Hamas
David Petraeus
Iraq
Congress
Associated Press
Polio cases and school enrollments noted in Baytown and region
In 1950 Baytown reported a fourth polio victim for the year a 2 year old boy in fair condition avoided an iron lung. Gatorfest 1990 drew over 23000 attendees. Goose Creek and Barbers Hill districts gained students after Hurricane Katrina with 255 and at least 90 new enrollments respectively.
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Baytown
Goose Creek
Barbers Hill
Louisiana
Mississippi
Noted Philosophers Quote on Values and Attention
Simone Weil presents a concise thesis that authentic values arise from a single act of full attention to the object. Truth beauty and goodness emerge together through focused, attentive engagement by a person.
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Simone Weil
Verse Reflection From James on Life and Time
A biblical excerpt cautions that human life is fleeting like a vapour that appears briefly and vanishes, urging humility about the future and dependence on divine will. The passage in James 4 14 emphasizes uncertainty of tomorrow and the brevity of earthly existence.
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Baytown Sun
Cliff Clements
Cliff.clements
Baytownsun.com
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Wanda Orton
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REL Cheerleaders
ExxonMobil Baytown Toastmasters Club
ExxonMobil
Ralph Matthews
St. John's United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Max Bowl Easton Ward
Baytown Community Center
Grace’s Kitchen
Grace United Methodist
Calvary Temple
Breda
Walker Elementary
Baytown Alzheimer’s
Remington Park
Crosby Community Center
Hare Road
Beach City
Make Over In Christ Inc
Riley Chambers Community Center
Barrett Station
Chickfil A
Garth Rd
Informa
the Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
J.D. Walker Community Center
Riley Chambers
Diane
Sherita
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Bayway Drive
Crosby
Surrender
Alcoholics Anonymous
Redeemer Lutheran Church
E. Lobit Ave
SUN History
James
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