The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 187, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 8, 1986 Page: 4 of 37
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Sunday. June 8, 1986
THE BAYTOWN SUN
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Jim Kyle
^EDITORIAL 1
Aid should be
A
two-way street
First kiss remembered
hand as they listened to the car- want anything, didn’t want to
nival barker coaxing people to blow my 45 cents,
pay a dime and come on in.
Their daughter never looked at
me one time as I tried to get her
attentioo by screaming back at
the barker asking him what they
that Saturday, I had 45 cents in
my pocket. Any girl at that
movie would be a fool not to
latch on to me, I thought.
It was about dark when I got
there and boy was I surprised. A
Ferris wheel all lit up was turn-
ing, the music from a merry-go-
round was churning out music
and men were standing behind
counters shouting, “Pitch til ya
win, it’s only a dime.”
I had on a pair of black-
checkered knickers and a white
shirt and as we used to say, “I
looked keen.”
My 45 cents stayed in my
pocket. These carnival barkers
weren’t going to con me out of
my yard earnings.
They had a sideshow that
featured what all the old
sideshows featured. The fat
North Terre Haute up in In-
, diana isn't a big place, not at all.
It’s just a hamlet north of the big
city of Terre Haute on U.S.
Highway 41 that goes to Chicago.
Like I said, it's a small place
but there is a big memory place
in my head for all the stuff that
Countries receiving U.S. aid, most of which would be happened to me when i was
in far worse economic straits than they are if it were not growing up in Terre Haute.
Why, the first girl I ever kissed
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My cash funds left w^rp
enough to take us for a ride on
the Ferris wheel. When Bess put,
her hands on the wood rail in,,!
j „ . „ . front of us she told me she was£
charged for kids. He hollered scare(j, go being a gentleman, KJ
back that kids weren’t allowed. put my left hand on top of hej^
That was good for me because , right hand and squeezed,
that little girl’s dad noticed me
standing there and asked me if I
would stay with his daughter
while he and his wife went to the
sideshow. He told me to be back
there in 30 minutes.
for such help, may find them&lves getting less in the
future if they vote against the U.S. in the U.N. General was at a carnivalII went toion my
J bicycle up m North Terre Haute.
_ Mom would have killed me if
There are several examples of countries that almost She knew I sneaked off and went
consistently vote against U.S. interests with what ap- to that carnival,
pears to be impunity. Egypt, which is receiving about $2
billion in U.S. aid this year, opposed the U.S. 85 percent was going on until 1 got up
'The WPA showed free outside
The Philippines, which has always been subsidized by 'fuii-iength movies and a couple
U.S>. funds and now seeks an additional $150 million to of comedies every Saturday
help President Corazon Aquino’s new government get on night in North Terre Haute. I’d
its feet, supported the U.S. only 22 percent of the time in heard about how many #r,s at‘
1085 tended the show and at 13 years
’ . o . . .. . , .. . , of age, that was reason enough
With Congress becoming more irritated over the trend t0 p^,al five m[]es from 0*r
and U.N. spending policies, U.N. Ambassador Vernon house.
Walters is warning nations getting U.S. aid they can ex- After cleaning three yards
pect less in the future if they vote against U.S. interests.
The U.S. has grown increasingly weary of U.N. spen-
ding practices and there have been both presidential
and congressional moves to withhold part of the 25 per-
cent American share of the U.N. budget. There are signs
such action may beTaken before the year ends.
f Worse Still, the 159-nation TI N mpmhprship a.& a
whole voted against U.S. interest nearly 80 percent of
the time in 1985. Without U.S. support the U.N. would
lose much of its economic power because other member
countries, notably the Soviet Union, reluctantly pay
their share and sometimes not at all. The U.S. action is
long overdue/
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About the time the ride waC!
over Bess leaned over and gaylt.;
me a smacker right on the lipi$
It didn’t even last long enougjj^
" for me to smack back.
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Her name was Bess. When her we got off the Ferris wheel;'
parents got out of sight I offered and j delivered her back to her ;
to take her to ride on the Ferris parents at the sideshow and we-:
wheel and she sheepishly nodded waved goodbye,
her head. She had long golden
curls and wore a dress that hit
her knees. She was an angel.
When we took off I asked her if
I really didn’t know the car-
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of the time in 1985. .
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I got on my bicycle and pedal-:;
ed home as fast as I could go.
To this day when I see a Ferrjjs;-'
wheel on a cool summer ni"
ladies, two-headed dogs, big
snakes and all that stuff.
When I first laid eyes on her I she said she would rather have a
knew she was the only girl I Nehi. I told her to get anything round blaring in the backgro
would ever love. ghe wanted so she got the Nehi I can st>H see the face of little
Her mom and dad held her and a hot dog. I told her I didn’t Bess, the first girl I ever kissed.
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she wanted a candy cotton but
with the music of a merry-
So
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Today is Sunday, June 8, the
159th day of 1986. There are 206
days left in the year.*
On June 8, A.D. 632, thf pro-
phet Mohammed died.
On this date:
I« 1845, Andrew Jackson, the >
seventh president of the United-
States, died. . ,
In 1861, Tennessee seceded
fromtheunion V*.
In 1869, Chicago inventor Ives' *
W. McGaffey received a pateht '•*
> for a vacuum cleaner.
In 1905, President Theodore-
Roosevelt offered to act as a
mediator in the Russo-Japanese
War.
In 1915, Secretary of State
William Jennings Bryan resign-;
ed in a disagreement over U.S.
handling of the sinking of the'
Lusitania
In 1953, the U.S. Supreme*
Court ruled that restaurants j*.
the District of Columbia could;
not refuse to serve blacks
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Readers' views
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To The Sun :
square. The young men were
jumping from roof top to roof top
and from hood to hood on the
vehicles.
The smell of marijuana over-
powered the traditional Cedar
Bayou salt air smell, their
stereos were deafening and wine
coolers-and beer were being con-
sumed.
I'm told that this same group
of “heads" go through this
distasteful ritual every Sunday.
Where was the Baytown Po-
lice?
Obviously, they’re joo busy
checking expired license plates
and looking for seat belt viola-
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The Baytown Youth Fair
would like to thank you for your
coverage and support of the 1986
Baytown Youth Fair.
Without the support of
businesses like you, this
organization could not continue
to grow. Your continued support
is greatly appreciated by us and
the youth in this area.
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To The Sun:
Thank you so much for the
stories on Kent Cole (physically
challenged) and Kevin Hendon
Cl Dare You’ recipient a model
of courage.)
All of us can learn from their
fine examples. I hope I never
complain again, because after
reading stories like theirs. I
realize I have no problems.
Melahie Ferguson
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From Sun files
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1966: Ray Holbrook wins race
his
This is not a good example for
pre-teens, teens and visitors to
see when they come to Roseland.
After all the park is also used for
baseball, swimming, meetings
and general family recreation.
I say let’s have BPD or the
sheriff’s department make a few
“raids’: on Roseland. There is old score with the Houston
only one way out and it is easy Lighting & Power do. team with
enough to make a simple road a 3-2 victory,
block.
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from injuries Albana of Syracuse, N.Y., in 10
From The Baytown Sun files,
this is the way it was:
55 YEARS AGO
The Baytown Oilers even an
Baytown hospital
suffered when struck by a car as rounds at the Houston Arena.
he walked along a highway in 40 YEARS AGO ^
Highlands on his way to church. Laura Gentry arrives here
L.G. Sanders, manager of from Temple to join her hus-
Culpepper’s, says his firm will band, George Gentry, newly
give the June wedding couple a employed as the school
$90 cedar chest. Henry Dudley, superintendent.
Harris County clerk, says he will
give the couple a marriage week I was here,” Mrs. Gentry
license free of charge. The wed- reports. After living for years in
A burglai1 alarm, fastened to ding, sponsored by The Daily dry West Texas, she is getting
Leroy Hyltin Jr. the rear entrance of Sol Aron’s Sun. will be staged at the Ar- accustomed to Goose, Creek’s
7322 Hickory dry goods store on Goose Creek cadia Theater. - wet climate.. • >v
Street at East Main, scares Sophia Steirer returns from
away prowlers. Aron says ^Dallas where she attended the Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gentry
nothing is missing from the opening of the Texas Centennial, are at home in Dallas after their
store. David Y. Arnett, G- wedding in the home of the
The Goose Creek Pharmacy Association reporter; invites bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sandwich Shop on Texas Avenue members of the Robert E. Lee R.A. Baker in Longview,
has a new manager, S.H. girls basketball team to the next Mrs. Forrest McKinney
meeting at the Community presents a devotional at
1 House. meeting of the Cedar Bayou
Dick McCawley, hilled as the Woman’s Society of Christian
Highlands, dies today in a Goose Creek Bonroer, faces A1 Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hamp-
ton Duke Jr. are on a trip to
Florida after their wedding at
Grace Methodist Church.
R.R. Dawson is re-elect'pd
president of the BaytovTn
Employees Federation. R’.L.
Potter is vice president; R.ft.;
Clark, secretary; J.H. Parr;-
treasurer; A.E. “Hut” Oliphfttf'
trustee.
20 YEARS AGO ;
Former Gander track stjSi1'
Ray Holbrook is still winning
races. He beat his opponent itv
the primary runoff for Galveston
County judge. f';-
Two Baytonians, John
Durham Jr. and William ft:”
Broyles Jr., are awarded thd
coveted Rice University Service
Awards.
Henry Connor retires from $n»
jay’s Baytown Plari.
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To The Sun:
On Sunday evening at 7 p.m.
June 1, my wife and I went to
Roseland Park to walk our dogs.
This was our first trip to
Roseland in years. Were we ever
in for a rude awakening!
At the south end of the
bulkhead Jivstem. there were 11
cars ancTpickups parked in a,
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had
unifoi
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chost
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sent t>
djecisi
The
white
the fa
the fir
And
was b
Navy
here.
Tfowds of buyers flock to
Or is there a problem with Guberman’s 15th anniversary
stepping on the wrong toes if sale., according to the store
they make such a general or ran- owner, Ira Guberman
domraid?
“My feet were wet the first
30 YEARS AGO
Berry's
World
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50 YEARS AGO
A.M. Morgan, 63, of
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Great camping place recalled
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of one of the many trips we took anything it probably was a vicious thunderstorm struck iff
to Mullins Cove. It Was virtually white-spotted polecat, Dad kidh- the early morning hours flooding
untouched by civilization for ed. tents and sleeping bags Most $
many years until the Tennessee As youngsters we were ready us fled to a nearby cave whilj
Valley Authority started to believe unusual stories. So it the others fed the fire to keep 2
building more dams. was not unexpected when we from being smothered by driiS
There had been rumors for took turns on watch at night by a ingrain.
weeks that a rare white panther fire that seemed to produce, for _ 2
had beep sighted id the foothills me at least, dancing visions of . . *eared the white panther*
of Raccoon Mountajp^and was more than one white panther. had taken refuge from the stornv
blamed fqfkilling stock, j It was mid-summer and hot ^ going as far as he could intfj|
Everybody who Anew even at night, but I could feel thecave- 5
anything at all about panthers cold chills dancing up my spine (EDITOR’S .NOTE: Nex|
began saying, how dangerous when there was an unrecognized weekend we’ll tell you anoth5
these animals were, especially noise or rustling in the thick story about the Mullins Co^#
white ones. Mama didn’t want underbrush. Cold sweat poured camp-out. **
me to go on that particular off my forehead as I edged
safari to Mullins Cove because of closer to the fire,
outboard motor. We the stories. Sometimes there was a false
to Mullins Cove by • Dad assured her it was just alarm. A young Scout would yell
erator. He used it to talk. From what he’d read, pan- he had , seen the elusive white
repair crews to the there hardly ever ventured from panther bound across a clearing
hydro-electric plant dam whei£ their mountaintop lairs and near the river. Soon the camp
«*ono»yk,YWsyn4ca»,^~w they installed splash boards dur- white panthers were so rare, on- would be aroused and a
djy weather to help maintain ly one or two had ever been
the desired lake level. sighted in the entire U.S. If peo-
ITl always remember details pie who were telling tales Sirf On our last night in
By PRESTON PENDERGRASS
Some of the most enjoyable
times of my life as a youngster
and a Boy Scout were spent on
camping trips to a place on the
Tennessee River called Mullins
Cove.
The easiest way to get to the
cove was by boat. The other was
to walk around the steep base of
Raccoon Mountain to the back
side of the forested retreat. We
walked it a time or two but it was
rough and dangerous because of
... Advertising Director steep cliffs overhanging deep
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 187, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 8, 1986, newspaper, June 8, 1986; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154465/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.