The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 55, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 3, 1999 Page: 4 of 24
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: The Baytown Sun and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Sterling Municipal Library.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
. jtfi
ftge 4-A ❖ Sunday, January 3,1999
HHhHHI
.riJEJi
PAT ON THE BACK
... to all the people who made generous donations to the Sterling
Library last year.
FEEDBACK: To comment on this page, call the Newsroom at 281-422-8302.
Wt)t $foptoton g>un
m
The Baytown Sun is published Monday through Friday and Sunday at
1301 Memorial Drive in Baytown. ,;L ' ||
Gary Dobbs Edwin Hetny
Editor and Publisher Managing Editor
‘New' year is a
matter of perception
L
et’s all welcome 1999 and try to not write any checks with the wrong year
on them.
1 Actually, it was just another day, right? And, in our case a rainy one.
But, the importance of a “new” year is a matter perception.
Certainly, it is a time to celebrate having gotten through the “old” year and
making it into a new one.
And, the idea of making commitments — resolutions — for the coming year
really does set us up for falling short. For who can say where any of us will be or
what we will be doing when the year 2000 rolls around?
Perhaps the best thing about a new year is that it can be a,demarcation, a
chance for all of us to review our lives and our goals in much the same way we
might update a resume, not because we’re actively looking for work, but • .
because we need to know where we stand with ourselves.
Sure, the new year is a good time to change the battery in the smoke detector,
to get a new calendar, and think about income tax forms.
But, it should be as much a moment of reflection and thanksgiving as it’s .
November holiday cousin. % ■
We hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year’s Day, and we should
all try to make 1999 better than 1998. mm.
inthe
Today in histtny
Today is Sunday, Jan. 3, the third day of 1999. There are 3Oil
year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 3,1777, Gen. George Washington’s army routed the British in the
Battle of Princeton, N.J.
On this date: , /
In 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic
Church. . ' . \
In 1833, Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
(Almost 150 years later, Argentina seized the islands from the British, but
Britain took them back after a 74-day war.)
In 1868, the Meiji Restoration re-established the authority of Japan’s emperor
and heralded the fall of military rulers known as “shoguns.” ■
In 1938, the March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized.
In 1947, congressional proceedings were televised for the first time as viewers
in Washington, Philadelphia and New York saw opening ceremonies of the 80th
Congress...
In 1959, President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the
Union as the 49th state.
In 1961, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba.
In 1967, Jack Ruby, the man who shot accused presidential assassin Lee Har-
vey Oswald, died in a Dallas hospital.
In 1990, ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S.
forces, 10 days after taking refuge in the Vatican’s diplomatic mission.
In 1993, President Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a historic
nuclear missile-reduction treaty in Moscow.
Ten years ago: The 101st Congress held its opening ceremonies as Democrats
pledged to cooperate with the incoming Bush administration.
Five years ago: The White House promised a government-wide effort to learn
the extent of human radiation testing during the Cold War era. A deadly prison
riot broke out in Maracaibo, Venezuela, claiming over a hundred lives.
One year ago: Funeral services were held in Centerville, Mass., for Michael
Kennedy, the son of Robert and Ethel Kennedy who was killed New Year’s Eve
in a skiing accident in Aspen, Colo.
Today’s Birthdays: Comedian Victor Borge is 90. Former U.S. ambassador
Vernon Walters is 82. Sportscaster Hank Stram is 76. Record producer Sir
George Martin is 73. Actor Robert Loggia is 69. Actor Dabney Coleman is 67.
Journalist-author Betty Rollin is 63. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Bobby Hull is 60.
Singer-songwriter-producer Van Dyke Parks is 56. Musician Stephen Stills is
54. Actress Victoria Principal is 49. Actor-director Mel Gibson is 43. Actress
Shannon Sturges is 31. Jazz musician James Carter is 30. Actor Jason Marsden
is 24. Actress Danica McKellar is 24.
Thought for Today: ‘“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,’ is only another way of
saying, ‘I will not forgive.’ Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note — tom
in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.” — Henry
Ward Beecher, American clergyman.(1813-1887).
— The Associated Press
Bible verse
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that lead-
eth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Matthew: 7-13
Milestones in 1999
Around the first of the year we reflect
not only on the future but also yes-
teryears, remembering milestones in his-
tory. - . " . ;
With that in mind, let it be noted that
the 175th birthday of Baytown is coming
up in 1999.
Say what? Is Baytown that old?
, We just got through marking a 50-year
anniversary in 1998, but that was the age
. in city-charter years.
In terms of official settlement, Bay-
town goes back to 1824.
Texas was part of Mexico then, so Bay-
town is older than the state ofTexas and
pre-dates the Republic ofTexas.
Counting the Indians, Spanish mission-
aries and pirates, plus various pioneers
seeking new frontiers to conquer, people
were here before 1824, but settlement
started officially with Stephen F- Austin’s
colony.
Two of the earliest colonists, not sur-
prisingly, chose to be near the water, one
of them settling on the bayou and the
other on the bay. They were Christian **•'
Smith at Cedar Bayou and William L.
Scott, who lived on Scott Bay near the
present-day Exxon docks.
Smith received his land grant in July
1824, a month before Scott obtained his.
Other land grants were issued in 1824
to settlers in Lynchburg/Highlands area,
including ferry founder Nathaniel Lynch
WANDA
ORTON
at Lynchburg, but “Scotty” and “Smitty”
were the first official residents in the area
now within Baytowns city limits. Like
Lynch and other area pioneers, they had
settled here before making it official with
the 1824 land grants.
In addition to the 175th birthday of the
first official settlement of Baytown, a
brief glance at history yields these
anniversary dates:
Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church
organized 155 years ago in 1844.
Cedar Bayou Eastern Star Chapter
organized 115 years ago in 1884.
Quincy Wooster and other pioneer resi-
dents built the Wooster schoolhouse 105
years ago in 1894.
Construction started on Humble Oil &
Refining Co.’s Baytown Refinery 80
years ago in 1919.
Other happenings 80 years ago: The
Goose Creek school district separated
from the Cedar Bayou school district.
Goose Creek citizens elected W.C.
Bussey as their first mayor in the newly
incorporated city. Frank Boyer founded
the Goose Creek Gasser, a weekly news-
paper that was the forerunner of The Bay-
town Sun.
The Humble Community House was
built 75 years ago in 1924.
Burnet and Alamo elementary schools
and Baytown Junior High were built 70
years ago in 1929.
Lee College held its first classes 65
years ago in 1934.
John P Sjolander, renowned poet, died
at his Cedar Bayou home 60 years ago in
1939.
Gov. Ross S. Sterling, Humble Oil &
Refining Co. founder who played a key
role in the formative years of the city of
Goose Creek, died 50 years ago in 1949.
Other events 50 years ago: The city of
Baytown opened its first big park, Rose-
land, which included the city’s first swim-
ming pool. Movie fans flocked to new
theaters — the Decker drive-in and the
Brunson Theater.
The Goose Creek and Cfedar Bayou
school districts, undoing their separation
in 1919, consolidated 45 years ago in
1954.
Wanda Orton, a former managing editor
of The Baytown Sun, is a regular Sun
columnist. Her e-mail address is
wan@ctesc.net.
UETTERS
Thanks Baytown Sun
The Baytown office of the" American
Red Cross wishes to express our great
appreciation to The Baytown Sun for the
support you have given us for many
years.
Your newspaper has helped us recruit
volunteers, promote services, educate cit-
izens on how to prepare for disasters, and
announce new programs to the communi-
ty. You have encouraged fundraising
through editorials and news stories which
covered local disasters and the relief pro-
vided by Red Cross. And, last but certain-
ly not least, you have allowed us to recog-
nize some of our many special volun- -
teers. Without these volunteers, there
would be no Red Cross.
Thank you for your generous support
of the American Red Cross.
— Barbara Thomas, director
North Bay Area Branch Office
ci catcii
Senator District 6
Mario Gallegos (D-1998)
P.O.Box 41
Galena Park, Texas 77547
(512)463-0106/(713) 678-8600
Senator District 11
Jerry Patterson OR-1998)
1109 Fairmont Parkway
Pasadena, Texas 77504
(512)463-0111/(713)948-0111
Senator District 15
John Whitmire (D-2000)
803 Yale, Houston, Texas 77007
(512)463-0115
V (713)864-8701
Representative District 20
Zeb Zbranek(D-1998)
p.o. Boxiosp
Liberty, Texas 77575
(512)463-0488/1-800-438-6202
Representative District 127
Joe Crabb (R-1998)
2240 North Park Drive No. 101
Kingwood, Texas 77339.
(512) 463-0502/(281) 422-2233
Representative District 128
Fred Bosse (D-1998)
885-A Uvalde Road
Houston, Texas 77015
(512) 463-0660/1-800-388-3359
District Clerk
Charles Bacarisse (R)
(713)755-5711
District Attorney
John B. Holmes (R)
(713)755-5800
County Clerk
B.F. Kaufman (R)
(713)755-6405
County Treasurer
Don Sumners (R)
(713)755-5120
County Attorney
Michael Flerhing (R)
(713)755-5101
County Judge
Robert Eckels (R)
(713)755-6666
Justice of the Peace Pet. 3
Place 1
Mike Parrott (D)
(713)450-2409
I
I
I
7
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View 11 places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 55, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 3, 1999, newspaper, January 3, 1999; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1020495/m1/4/?q=food+rule+for+unt+students: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.