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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Sunday, June 16, 1991
Opinion
Sun editorial
Achievements
acknowledged
Memorable ‘Father’s Day’
T| There are many people in this area who help make il
9 a better place to live.
A , Once again, we’d like to single out some of those
grpups, organizations and individuals who distinguished
themselves over the past week or so.
This week, congratulations go to:
—A1 Dennis, who has been named to
Bates as superintendent of the Barbers Hill school district.
-Surviving Families of Petrochemical Disasters, a
The happiest '‘Father's Day" 1 can ever
remember spending with my Dad was in late
December 1938. ' ,
My Christmas present that year was a .410
single barrel' Eastern Anns shotgun. After
begging Mom and Dad lor months, I got the
most prized gift 1 had ever received as a
presdnt.
1 went right to work on Dad to take me
rabbit homing, Every day, I oiled and shined
my jewel and showed Dad HOW good 1 took
care of my gun. •
"Dad, please take me huntin.’ ” I said this
to him just about every time 1 looked at him.
Finally after what seemed-bkejtges, Dad
“thm-
-4ia! dawtial Ilosie Miner’s old farm. Hosic
was an -eld baseball playing buddy of Dad’s
.Jim
Kyle
said, “Good shot, Jimmy." 1 was so proud I
could have bitsted. - After a couple of hours, 1
had bagged four bunnies and Dad had five-
He said we had enough and we would go on
back anti "dean them: —~~~~-
As we began to walk back, it started
_ , snowing) By'the'flme we'rejpicdjOig'fibusc,"
group spearheading a drive 10 uisc funds for a liLnioiui, ;V *£$£££ iTaSKSSfiSS
recognizing those who died in petrochemical industry ac-
“Vidents in the Houston Ship. Channel area.
—Patricia Rodriguez, recipient of the ROTC Medal
from the John Lewis Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
• —The Rev. J. Stewart Bell, new Houston East District
superintendent for the United Methodist church.
—The Ross S. Sterling High School Choir, which
earned a first division rating at the Big D Classic; Choral
Festival at Southern Methodist University in‘Dallas.
and the umnails were/plentiful.
......F'cntmfrr?' wmTttr show Dad' what a good
shot i was, especially with my new shotgun.
Mom lived us a pack sack full of stuff to cat
and Saturday morning before daylight, we
headed south on U.S. 41.
Boy. was it cold. It must have been in the
low 20s. When we arrived at the old fann
house, Dad put the Model A in the bam so
the radiator wouldn’t freeze. Hosic lived on
ffnwrr the road. 'The -old house'we-went to
had been abandoned many years before.,
We loaded up our guns and headed out
into a stubble lickLthat had earlier been
corn. Dad popped three or four rabbit’s in just
a few minutes with his double barrelled
12-gauge.”
Finally, 1 killed my first rabbit ever. Dad
our hands in front of us. We skinned the rab-
bits at the edge of the bam and Dad sard
we’d better gtj itrtlffi old house and1 wait on
the snow to let up. There was a pile of old
logs stacked outside so we built a big fire in
the fire place to warm up and wait on the
snow to slow down so we could head home.
The snow got worse and worse and 1
knew Dad knew we were in a blizzard. Ho-
sic came by on his tractor to check on us and
told us we weren’t going to be able to go
home. .........
“The highway back to Terre Haute is im-
possible to drive on," he told Its. “The radio
says this blizzard is going “to last until
morning.” ■ •
He brought us some old quilts and told us
to keep a fire going all night and he would
check on us in the morning. Dad asked'him
to call Mom in Terre Haute and tell her wc
were snowed in and not to worry. 'Dad
seemed worried, but for me this was the
greatest adventure of my life. We kept the
fire going and fixed our quilts a few feet
away. The wind howled outside. Wo could
hear the muffled sound of geese honking in
the sky.
Dad finally went out and brought in
enough wood lo last the night. He also
drained the radiator on the Model A so it
wouldn’t freeze.
The temperature dropped and dropped
during the night. It must have gotten way
down below zero. We opened up the sack
Mom had fixed for us and got out some
■ bread and a couple of apples. Dad roasted a
rabbit on our open fire and we had a feast. 1
melted some icicles in a pan for drinking
water.
While wc lay there under those quilts that •
night. Dad told me how he had. grown up.,,Re,,
told me how lie had to leave school in the
fourth grade lo work in the glass factory. He
told me how he and his brother botli had to
help support the family. He told me how he
started playing professional baseball and
then later went to work for the Terre Haute
City Fire Department. He told me things that
he had never told me before. None of my
brothers and sisters were around so it was a
oile-on-One conversation.
By daylight, the snow had stopped and by
mid-morning, we were heading back home.
The month wasn’t June, but that wgs.my-.
happiest Father’s Day ever.
Jim Kyle is the former feature editor of
The Baytown Sun.
The St. Petersburg Principle
From Sun files_______ ________________________
City asked to start
perimeter road, ’71
From The Baytown Sun files, this is the,way it was:
In 1951
Cpl. Robert Tucker of Baytown becomes the first American sol-
dier to own a horse in Korea. The infantryman found a stray horse,
mounted it bareback and galloped back to headquarters. Named “Fa-
deaway,” Tucker’s horse does not like C Rations.
In 1971
Representing the Brownwood Civic Association, Seth Mitchell
asks Council to expedite the Brownwood perimeter street work as
soon as possible. 9
-Baytown City Council receives a request for a salary increase of
$100 a month and increased benefits for Baytown police officers.
The request is presented by Detective Glen Rosier, spokesman for
the Baytown Police Association.
Rod Gorman, an assistant district attorney, tells City Council that
Baytown officers are well-respected in the DA’s office and have a
“high rate of crime solving.”
City Council agrees to seek; state and federal funds for the Bay-
way Drive project.
Joe Wood becomes social studies coordinator; for the school
district.
In 1981
Three people die in the crash of a single-engine plane in the Smith
Point area, south of Anahuac. Killed were Josh Harmon, 19, of Ana-
huae; Allen Ray Pierce, 22, and Anita Herrington, 17, both of
Winnie.
Of the 12 high schools in this, only four have captured state titles
— Robert E. Lee, Barbers Hill, Deer Park and Huffman Hargraves.'
REL has the most with 10 while Barbers Hill and Qeer Park have
won four each. Huffman has one state title to its record.
S. Roy White, 79, dies at his ranch near, Anahuac. He was a
descendant.of pioneer Chambers County cattle rancher James Taylor
White.
One of the world’s more prominent cities
may be on the verge of vanishing from the
face of the canh.
No, Leningrad isn’t beirtg'thrcatcned by a
nuclear disaster or a natural calamity.
it may simply be votcd.'dut of existence.
In the latest in a long Series of startling,
developments in the Soviet Union, the good
people of Leningrad voted last week to
change the name of thbir city back to St.
-Petersburg.
Bruce
Guynn
and could even have disastrous
consequences. . C
Just call it the. “St. Pctcngbur^Principle.’’
A wealthy -husband and wiTecould think
they’re putting money down on a bungalow
in Florida only to find out they’ve bought a
dacha overlooking the chilly Gulf of
Finland.
Instead of spending their retirement years
basking in the warm Florida sun, they would
be huddled up against the cold Siberian
winds. .
The Russian Parliament wilLhavc the final could swap signs.
word on the matter...... ■ ' Nyet, that's not going to wpfkj-eitHcr, Thd ., ,
If the change is approved, Leningraders, English and Russian languages use different might, inadvertently be awarded to St. Pete
-err,-St.-Petersburgers will face the problem^ alphabets,
But, wait! There may be a solution.
____If folks in the redubbed Soviet city scan
convince their counterparts in St. Petersburg,
Fda., to rename their town Leningrad, then
the problem may be solved,
in the true spirit of glasnost, the two cities
Today in history
St. Pete, Fla., aren’t going to.allow their city
to be natiftd Jtftcr the leader of the Bolshevik
Revolution,
The world appears to be destined to have
two major cities named St. Petersburg.
This is bound to create Sonfe confusion
Russia, instead of St. Pete, Fla.
Then the Senior‘Circuit would have to
contend with two “Big Red Machines.”
The possibilities are.seemingly endless,
but that’s enough, for St., Pete’s sake,
Bruce Guynn is the associate managing
editor of The Baytown Sun.
1858: Lincoln addresses slavery issue
On June 16,-1858, in a speech in Springfield, 111., Senate candi-
date Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved,
declaring, “A house divided against itself. cannot stand.”
In 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Lochlevcn
Castle in Scotland. ‘ .
In 1883, baseball’s first “Ladies’ Day” took place as the New
York Gothams offered free admission for women to a .game against
the Cleveland Spiders (New York won, 5-2).
In 1903, Ford Motor Company was incorporated,
in 1932, President Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis were
renominated by the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
In 1933, the National Industrial Recovery Act became law. (It was
later struck down by the U'.S. Supreme Court).
In 1940, a pro-Communist government was,installed in the Baltic
stale of Lithuania, following .an invasion of Soviet- forces.
In 1955, Pope Pius XII excommunicated Argentine President Juan
DomingO Peron —- a ban lifted eight years later.
In 1961, 30 years ago, Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nurcyev de-
fected to the West -while his troupe was in Paris.
In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became, the first female space
traveler when Vostok VI was launched front the Soviet Union.
Today’s Birthdays: Washington Post Chairman Katharine Graham
is 74. Author Erich Segal is 54. Author Joyce Carol Oates is 53.
Actress Joan Van Ark is 48. Boxer Roberto Duran is 40,..
BIBLE VERSE
“Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the
Lord thy, God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”
Joshua 1:9.
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QUESTION: What do you feel can be done to relieve overcrowding in
county jails and the state prison system?
SHELLY SLACK: “We
should fill the existing state
prisons to 100 percent ca-
pacity. The violent offen-
dets...siiould serve their en-
tire sentence in a facility
that provides basic neces-
sities only."
SCOTT CHARLSON:
“Teaching our children ac-
countability to the govern-
ment and God should re-
duce the number of future
.....inmates......Meanwhile, use
funds from highway con-
struction to build more
prisons."............. ................
NANCY BORGFELDT:
“We should override Judge
(William Wayne) Justice's
court mandate of 95 per-
-„eent prison population ca-
pacity. We should renovate
the old military bases that
are closed."
MARIBEL MARTINEZ:
“Overcrowding is a discom-
fort. It is not- fatal. We
should keep these inmates
in prison -regardless of the
overcrowding or it could
prove fatal to innocent
people.”
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 195, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 16, 1991, newspaper, June 16, 1991; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1052967/m1/4/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.