The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 103, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 1, 1998 Page: 4 of 57
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RAT ON THE BACK
... to Pennee Hall and the Barbers Hill Lady Eagles for another season of
thrills, chills and basketball wizardry. Congratulations on a valiant defense
of the 1997 state title.
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The Baytown Sun is published Monday through Friday and Sunday at
1301 Memorial Drive in Baytown.
Gaiy Dobbs
Editor and Publisher
David Bdridge
Managing Editor
Ron Embry’s influence
went beyond the refineiy
f you’re a young person, just starting out on a career at Exxon, or Bayer, or
The Baytown Sun, or at any of the other businesses or public entities in
town, and you’re wondering how one person can make a difference in the
community, we hope you took the time to read the story on Page 1 of today’s
edition on Ron Embry. — —--------------—r~—;■
If you’d like to know how to combine personal arid professional achievement
with character, class and a commitment to community, we hope you’ve had the
chance to meet Ron Embry.
If you’re looking for a role model, look no further than Ron Embry.
Ron Embry came to Baytown in 1965 with his wife Lynn, and the two set
about making themselves an integral part of the local fabric, working, raising a
I* family and getting involved. Lynn worked as a nurse, and Embry, an Exxon
engineer, served on the City Council and became active in everything from the
Parent Teacher Association to volunteer tutoring to local youth sports.
Embry was eventually named the public relations spokesman for the Exxon
Refinery, a post he held from 1983 to this year, when he was named to anew
position in Exxon’s Houston office.
Those iri Baytown who know Ron Embry well, like those of us here at The
Baytown Sun, wish our colleague only the best in hip new endeavors, and we
know he’s very excited about taking on a new challenge, with new responsibili-
ties. . .
But we also note that, with his departure, Baytown loses a good friend — a
man whose commitment to serving both Baytown and Exxon with honesty and
.integrity paid dividends for his employer and for his city.
We will miss Ron Embry.
Today is Sunday, March 1, the 60th day of 1998. There are 305 days left in the
year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On March 1,1961, President Kennedy established the Peace Corps.
On this date:
In 1781, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation.
In 1790, Congress authorized the first U.S. census.
In 1845, President Tyler signed a congressional resolution to annex the Republic
of Texas. - ■ ■- . ■■ ■ ■■■■
In 1872, Congress authorized creation of Yellowstone National Park.
In 1896, the Battle of Adowa began in Ethiopia between the forces of Emperor
Menelik II and Italian troops. The Italians suffered a crushing defeat. ■
In 1932, the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped from the
family home near Hopewell, N. J. Remains identified as those of the baby were.
found the following May.
In 1945, President Roosevelt, back from the Yalta Conference, proclaimed-the
meeting a success when he addressed a joint session of Congress.
In 1954, Puerto Ricannationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House
of Representatives, wounding five congressmen.
In 1967, U.S. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell of New York City, accused of miscon-
duct, was denied his seat in the 90th Congress. The Supreme Court ruled in 1969
that Powell had to be seated.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Robert Clary is 72. Singer Harry Belafonte is 71. For-
mer U.S. Solicitor General Robert H.Bork is 71; Actor Robert Conrad is 63. „
Author Judith Rossner is 63. U.S. Sen. John Breaux, D-La., is 54. Rock singer
Roger Daltrey is 54. Actor Dirk Benedict is 53. Actor Alan Thicke is 51, Actor-
director Ron Howard is 44. Actress Catherine Bach is 44. Country singer Janis Gill
(Sweethearts of the Rodeo) is 44. Actor Tim Daly (“Wings”) is 42. Football player
Mike Rozier is 37. Rock musician Bill Leen (formerly of The Gin Blossoms) is 36.
Actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar is 24.
— The Associated Press
Thought for today:
“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”
—James Baldwin, American author (1924-1987)
Bible verse:
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear.
-7John 4:18
I THINK WE SHOULD PUT THE
KIBOSH ON THAT PLANNED
TOWN HALL MEETING ON
presidential dating
Heard of star-spangled Sam Houston.
Did you know Sam Houston’s birthday
is on Texas Independence Day March 2?
Knew that already.,/
OK. ; ■
Here’s another one: Did you know that
die only home owned by Sam and Mar-
garet Houston continuously throughout
their marriage was at Cedar Point?
You knew that, too.
. Smarty.
Well, here’s one you may not know.
Sam Houston, after assaulting a con-
gressman on a street in Washington,
DC., in 1832, hired a high-profile
lawyer.
Name, please.
I’m Waiting. •
Oh, say can you see... Francis Scott
Key.
The man who wrote the “Star Spangled
Banner” defended Sam Houston.
Jim Kyle, who’s kind of an authority on
the subject of his favorite Texas hero, told
me about the Key connection. He said the
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term as governor ofTennessee.
Sam’s first reaction Was, “Did. the
newspaper misquote Stanbery?” ■
Attempts to talk to Stanbery failed.
Stanbery avoided him, refused to com-
municate.
Then one day Sam spotted his accuser
on a street in the nation’s capital and
started beating him with a walking cane.
Sam had made the cane himself, whit-
tling it from a limb of a tree in Tennessee.
Because Sam was a tall man, he created a
cane inthe extra-large size.
Fearing he was on Sam’s hit list, Stan-
bery was armed. When Sam attacked
contacted soon after the assault occurred
to handle the case. “They got in touch
with him the next day, by dawn’s early
light,” Kyle said,
It’s an interesting story—that time in
Sam’s life, after Tennessee and before
Texas, when he was at loose ends and
considered a political has-been.
Fact was, he was a man behaving badly
and even his good friends, the Cherokee
Indians, were getting fedufr with him,—-
They called “Big Drunk.”
Sam already was depressed about how
things were going in his life when he read
in a newspaper that Ohio Congressman
William Stanbery thought he was a
crook. To be specific, Stanbery was
accusing him of fraud in connection with
a contract for Indian rations during Sam’s
him, he tried to shoot him. The gun didn’t
fire.
Meanwhile Sam was getting madder
and he ended up by grabbing Stanbery by
the feet, swinging him in the air.
Not a pretty picture. •
The press went Wild about Sam Hous- J
ton — himself a former congressman —
“raising cane” with Rep. Stanbery. Yes,
there was a “feeding frenzy” about the
At the end of a congressional hearing,
Houston received a reprimand which, in
Stanbery’s opinion,sounded more like a
commendation. Stanbery then pushed for
a congressional committee investigation
of the fraud allegations and included
himself on the committee.
Sam was cleared.
Finally, Sam was tried on criminal
charges for beating up Stanbery and was
fined. In connection with the assault,
Sam knew he did wrong; he shouldn’t
take the law into his own hands. On the
other hand, Stanbery shouldn’t have lied
about him.
So what about his famous lawyer, Fran-
cis Scott Key?
As it turned out, Sam did most of the
talking, defending himself in eloquent
oratory, referring to the Greeks and
Romans and even to the flag of the Unit-
ed States. He stole his own lawyer’s thun-
der. (Whatta ham, that Sam.)
As they say, sometimes good comes
from bad. From this whole unsavory
episode, Sam returned to the political
spotlight. The “comeback kid,” he found
out that the people hadn’t forgotten him.
His mentor, President Andrew Jackson,
hadn’t forgotten him. He supported him
throughout the ordeal, showing he was a
friend through good times and bad.
Although neVer proven, historians have
speculated that Sam wanted to secure
devoured every sensational word. They
just couldn’t get enough of it.
The “powers that be” were so preoccu-,
pied with Houston vs. Stanbery that they
could hardly get any work done. They
found difficulty in concentrating on
issues that really affected the nation and
world.
Texas for the U.S. with the hope of repay-
ing his dear friend Andy Jackson.
We’ll never know for sure if that was
his motivation.
All we know is that, four years before
he won independence for Texas, Sam *
“caned” and he conquered.
Wanda Orton is a regular Sun colum-
nist.
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