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I grew up in the small
Alabama town of Atmore.
When I return I long to
drive north 30 miles to
Monroeville, the setting
for the mythical May-
comb, and call on Harper
Lee. She still lives there,
but sees no one. I would
like to inform her that her
No. 1 fan has a number of
books that explore the
many mysteries her 1961
Pulitzer Prize winner cre-
ated. I’d like her to know
that my high school
grandson told me “To Kill
A Mockingbird” was the
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best book he’d ever read.
My family moved to
Atmore so that my father
could be the “mortician.”
I think the proper termi-
nology now is Funeral
Director. Mrs. McKinley
(Harper Lee’s aunt) lived
across the street and little
girl Nelle, as her family
knew her, visited in the
summer. Nelle belonged
to the neighborhood gang
that played out at night,
catching lightning bugs in
a Mason jar. After
Mockingbird won so
many honors, Auntie
spread the word that her
niece was a famous writer.
Alas! By the time we
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sun. Highs in
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and lows in
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lows in the
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lows in the
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upper 50s.
lows in the
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sfetle was a
i old to spend
the summer with Auntie.
The kids 1 played with at
night were years younger.
She wrote her first and
only novel in the contro-
versial late 1950s. The
Civil Rights Movement
had barely begun. Six-
year-old Scout tells a
story of compassion and
hope that also includes
humor and tragedy,
Harper Lee saw it as
only a simple love story.
As a stay-at-home
mother of four small chil-
dren, I read the 1961 best
seller and recognized my
missed opportunity. I
became interested in ques-
tions about the book.
Was Dill based on
Truman Capote who, as a
child, visited in Nelle’s
Monroeville neighbor-
hood? Did Capote actual-
ly write the novel? They
continued as friends when
they became adults, but a
comparison of Mocking-
bird with Blood and
Money answers that ques-
tion. Why did Haiper Lee
never publish anything
after Mockingbird? As an
author of limited success
myself, I can’t imagine
her not building on such
fame. She left us a literary
mystery that only Harper
Lee can explain.
Baytown Little Theater
presents To Kill A
Mockingbird, that opened
Sept. 28 with three week-
ends of performances to
follow. The story takes me
back to my childhood.
Next year when my high
school reunion rolls
around maybe I can screw
up the courage to drive up
to Monroeville and have
tea with Harper Lee. I’ll
share with her my favorite
line from Atticus, “Most
people are nice. Scout,
when you finally see
them.” .
Baytown Sun photo/Albert Villegas
Jake Dodds, of Highlands, stands with a medal around him following a speech he made last
week at an American Legion District 8 executive meeting in Baytown about partaking in the
American Legion’s Boys State last summer. Dodds, who attends Baytown Christian
Academy, is joined by his brother, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Dodds, left, who current-
ly is on leave after serving in Afghanistan and South Korea. The brothers are seen with fam-
ily members who also attended. Buy this and other photos online at www.baytownsun.com.
ExxonMobil refinery fire
‘immediately extinguished’
BY ADAM YANELLI
adam.yanelli@baytownsun.com
ExxonMobil officials
reported no injuries or
disruptions in operations
from a fire Wednesday at
the Baytown refinery.
ExxonMobil Baytown
Area spokesperson
Connie Tilton said the
fire, which started at 5
p.m. and was confined to
a process unit, was
extinguished by 8:30
p.m.
“Our emergency
response teams respond-
ed immediately and at
approximately 8:30
p.m., the fire was extin-
guished,” Tilton said.
“We want to thank our
emergency response
teams for responding
quickly to bring the fire
under control. There are
no injuries and everyone
is accounted for.”
Tilton added that the
company reported the
event to all regulatory
agencies consistent with
regulatory requirements.
“Our first priority is
the safety of our
employees and the; sur-
rounding community,”
Tilton said. “Remaining
plant operations were
not impacted from the
event and air quality
monitoring around the
complex and in the com-
munity and has revealed
no adverse impact to the
site and surrounding
community.”
Tilton said investiga-
tors are assessing the sit-
uation to find the cause.
“We deeply regret any
disruption or inconve-
nience that this incident
may have caused the
community,” she said.
“A thorough investiga-
tion will be carried out
to determine the cause of
this incident.”
Rail yard
chemical leak
causes
Thursday
traffic snarl
STAFF REPORTS
sunnews@baytownsun.com
The smell of noxious
fumes Thursday from a
rail yard near the Bayer
MaterialScience plant
forced the closure of FM
1405.
Chambers County
Emergency Management
Coordinator Ryan
Holzaepfel said the odor
was reported at 5:45 a.m.
when it was smelled by
Bayer employees.
Baytown HAZMAT
responded, Holzaepfel
said, and were able to
locate the origin of the
smell but as of press time
had not identified the
chemical.
“There are no homes in
the area and the only peo-
ple affected were Bayer
employees,” Holzaepfel
said.
The roadway
reopened at noon.
2407 Market St., hosts a senior
citizens exercise class from 8:30
to 10 a.m.
• Baytown Community Center,
2407 Market St., hosts senior citi-
zens bridge from noon to 3 p.m.
281-422-4188.
• Highlands Community Center,
604 Highland Woods Drive, hosts
intermediate line dancing at 8:30
a.m. and beginner line dancing at
9:30 a.m. 281-426-7561.
• JD Walter Community Center,
7613 Wade Road, Harris County
Pet 2, senior citizens meet week-
days from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Daily
activities (exercise, crafts, lunch,
taUe/Wil games, dominoes)
Monthly grocery shopping, morn-
ing, evening computer classes.
281-426-3551.
• Tate Off Pounds Serwfcly meets
at 10 am. at Crosby Community
Center, 409 Hare Road. 281-462-
0543.
• West Chambers Branch lirary
hosts Story Time for toddlers at
10:30 am. Call Missy Parham, 281-
576-2245.
• Gulf Coast Triers TX 2 Chapter
of Trike Riders International
meets at 10 am. at St. Paul's UMC
on Decker Drive. Call Jim Benton,
281-576-5047.
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Yanelli, Adam. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 199, Ed. 1 Friday, October 5, 2012, newspaper, October 5, 2012; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1063509/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.