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What happened to ‘Sunday best’?
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Thanks to the Alfaros for their service
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TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IN SUN HISTORY
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being over the millennia to help
us differentiate the mundane
from the special, the humdrum
from the sacred.
“But somewhere along the
line we have chosen to cast
these differentiations aside....
We have stopped honoring our
gods, our dead, our aged and
our leaders because it requires
say they prefer a hatless woman
in church to those who come
with “a bit of Kleenex” on their
heads to conform to the letter of
Hot topics from The Sun's
online forum, Baytown Talk.
Put in your two cents today:
www.baytownsun.com
Thank you again and again.
Velina J. Ansley-Nelson
Baytown
Bayou Bowl
“Everyone come out and sup-
port the Bayou Bowl. It is June 19
at Stallworth Stadium. Come out
and see some of the best talent
from around here and Louisiana."
Same-sex marriage
“What is the deal with same-
sex marriages? Do (gay) people
think that if they marry in the eyes
of our Lord they will have a
blessed marriage? Is this a ploy
to receive benefits? I mean, what
is the real deal?”
George
Plagenz
Baytown Talk
“Most of these topic start out
with an interesting vein, then end
up making Baytonians sound like
religious zealots or political
blowhards and generally always
small-minded people. Nearly each
one includes a ridiculous version
of 'shut up, no you shut up.
M.E. Taylor
“I'd like to take a moment and
recognize Mr. M.E. Taylor, owner
of M.E. Taylor Wrecker Service
and M.E. Taylor Transportation
who died May 23. This man was
obviously an outstanding busi-
nessman. He maintained a busi-
ness in Baytown for longer than
some here have been alive. He
sponsored our cookoff team in
many benefits and actually donat-
ed his shop to us for the con-
struction of our barbecue pit.
Hats off to Mr. Taylor and may
god bless."
World peace
“In matters of international
affairs I don't ask for much. I only
want all the governments of all
the nations of the world to cooper-
ate. in providing peace, prosperity
and human rights for all the peo-
pie on Earth."
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Wanda Gamer Cash,
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Barr collects hats, she writes,
to remind herself that “there are
times in life when it is impor-
tant to pay homage and respect,
when it behooves me to wash
my face and hands and put on
my Sunday best.”
Indeed, it seems most of us
have forgotten that there was
once such a thing as “Sunday
best,” where people saved their
best clothes to wear on Sunday.
These days, many clergymen
encourage informality. What
startled us in the 1970s is now
taken for granted. Certainly the
coatless-tieless look for men,
accepted only at summer
church services, today appears
year-round - and seems to be
Obese kids
“I just saw on the news that a
school district in another state is
banning sweets at children’s birth-
day parties at school because of
the alarming rate of obese chil-
dren. How ridiculous is that? I
know here in Goose Creek school
district (how proud we must be),
that you are not allowed to bring
soda to kids' parties and sweets
are limited. It's a party, geez. I
see obese kids, but look at their
parents, also. When the whole
family is lazily laying on the couch
all day or playing video games,
why punish the rest that get off
their bums and go outside and
have family activities that actually
require a pulse? Give me a
break!"
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“The Marshall Plan.”
In 1967, war erupted in the Mideast as
Israel raided Egyptian military taigets. Syria,
Jordan and Iraq entered the conflict.
In 1981, the Centers for Disease Control
reported that five homosexuals in Los
Angeles had come down with a rare kind of
pneumonia; they were the first recognized
cases of what later became known as AIDS.
Ten years ago: President Clinton headed
across the English Channel aboard the USS
George Washington, en route to the 50th
anniversary commemoration of D-Day in
Normandy. At least 264 Indonesian villagers
in East Java were killed by an earthquake.
Five years ago: Jazz and pop singer Mel
Torme died in Los Angeles at age 73. Pope
John Paul II began a 13-day pilgrimage to
his native Poland. Charismatic failed in his
In 1937, the Employees Federation at
Baytown’s Humble Oil and Refining Co. were
to begin election for representatives to the col-
lective bargaining council.
In 1944, a Girl Scout camp opened on the
Isenhour tract along Goose Creek. It cost 10
cents per day to attend.
In 1950, a five-day cooking school, spon-
sored by the two Weingarten’s stores in
Baytown, opened at the Baytown Community
House. ,
In 1953, the ritual team of the Baytown Elk’s
lodge won its fourth consecutive state champi-
onship, defeating eight Texas teams.
In 1975, Mike Davenport pitched a no-hitter
and scored the only run in Crosby’s 1-0 win
over Jacinto City in an American Legion base-
ball season opener.
In 1990, Baytown’s Regional Urban Design
Assistance Team prepared to start an intensive
study to pinpoint community needs.
In 2002, the city of Baytown filed a response
Some of the ladies in my
audience today may appreciate
the story of the woman who
said to her companion,
“Whenever I am down in the
dumps, I always get a new hat.”
To which her friend replied, “I
always wondered where you got
your hats.”
distracts others from worship-
ing.” It was on these same
grounds that one Catholic priest
ruled out shorts, halters and
miniskirts.
On the other end of the spec-
trum, one Episcopal priest,
addressing the comfort factor,
told his summer parishioners,
“If you and your children are
going on a picnic, come to
church in your picnic clothes.
We don’t have any dress code.”
But back to hats for women
in church. St. Paul laid it down
to the new church in Corinth (in
1 Corinthians 11:1-16) that a
woman should have her head
covered in church. The regula-
tions in the early church
restricting the exposure of a
woman’s hair may have also
been based on an ancient rab-
binic dictum (roughly translat-
ed), “The hair of a woman
incites lust.”
Women’s hats started to go
out of style in the 1950s. For a
while after that some women -
especially Catholic women -
continued to have a hat just for
here to stay. But a new question church. Gradually, the custom
about appropriate church dress faded altogether. Not all priests
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Editorial roundup
On planned terrorist attacks:
Bad as the Iraq war has been, at least this country
has had no major terrorist attacks since 9/11. But last
In 1947, Secretary of State George C.
Marshall gave a speech at Harvard
University in which he outlined an aid pro-
When was the last time you
saw a woman wearing a hat? Or
even a man for that matter?
If you can’t remember, you
must not know me or Nevada
Barr, author of the Anna Pigeon
mystery series.
Unfazed by President John
Kennedy, who many credit with
having started the bare-headed
look for men in the 1960s, I
still put on my hat when I go
but on the front porch to pick
up the morning paper. My
father used to do that and I like
to follow his ways.
As for Barr, in her book
“Seeking Enlightenment, Hat
by Hat” (Putnam Publishing
Group, 2003), she writes about
her pursuit of mostly antique
hats, which she collects not to
resell or display, but to wear.
“But in these days of jeans
and T-shirts with slogans,” Ban
writes, “finding a place where
one can wear a hat without
engendering rude stares is a
challenge. ‘Church,’ I thought.
‘Surely one could still wear a
hat to church.’”
Even in church, though, Barr
has found that “except for
Easter Sunday, I am the only
woman in my congregation
wearing a hat.”
“Personal adornments, holi-
Our editorial board
The Baytown Sun's editorial board meets weekly at 2 p.m.
Wednesday. Individuals are encouraged to visit the editorial
board to discuss issues affecting the community. To make an
appointment, contact Managing Editor David Bloom by calling
281-422-8302.
Members of the editorial board include: Wanda Garner Cash,
editor and publisher; David Bloom, managing editor; Joseph
Lohan, city editor; Dee Anne Navarre, business manager: Jim
Finley, retired Sun managing editor; and Jane Howard Lee, retired
Sun reporter.
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On spiraling prescription drug prices:
Two major, recent studies agree: Even as seniors
sign up for the new Medicare prescription-drug bene-
fit, the ever-increasing price of pharmaceuticals
threatens to wipe out any “benefit.”
The grim picture was painted by the numbers in
two separate studies issued by Families USA and the
AARP, both of which showed drug prices increasing
at roughly three times the rate of inflation.
The methodologies were slightly different. The
AARP tracked the list prices for the 200 most com-
monly prescribed drugs from 2000 to 2003, finding
that prices increased nearly three times the rate of
inflation. That’s a fair comparison, given that Social
Security checks are also keyed to the rate of inflation.
The Families USA study used slightly different
methodology and covered 30 drugs, many of which it
has tracked for several years. The conclusions, how-
ever, were the same: Prices have gone up between 6
percent and 7 percent each year....
These reports expose the truth. Congress has not
dealt with the issue of prescription-drug price goug-
ing. In fact, the new law — which prevents the feder-
al government from negotiating for price discounts
and undermines existing Medicare supplement jtlans
— could actually make the situation considerably
worse for seniors.
— The Daytona (Fla.) Beach News-Journal
On McDonald's pedometer:
There’s something disorienting about McDonald’s
current marketing ploy. With its GoActive! Happy
Meal, the restaurant chain gives a pedometer a bat-
tery-powered device that counts the wearer’s steps to
encourage physical fitness. Ten thousand steps per
day is said to be a good target for reducing body fat
and conditioning the heart and lungs.
You can imagine McDonald’s giving its customers
many things a toy, a ring, a game token. But try to get
your mind around a McDonald’s pedometer. After all,
this is the same company that brought “super-size” to
the American vocabulary and anti-fat lawsuits to
American jurisprudence.
It would be less difficult to imagine a steakhouse
giving a discount coupon for organic tofu, or a
motorcycle gang enforcing a code against excessive
body hair, or a racecar advertising a ballet company.
Some things just don’t go together....
The GoActive! Happy Meal is salad and bottled
water. McDonald’s deserves credit for providing that
healthful option. It also deserves credit for eliminat-
ing its super-sizes of fries and soft drinks. But it has-,
n’t implemented its 2002 promise to stop cooking in
less healthful oils. And it doesn’t post calorie counts
on its menu boards, though consumers have urged it
to do just that.
week brought two pieces of bad news.'
Government officials said they think terrorists are
planning a major attack this summer and are already
deployed here.
Meanwhile, a respected British-based think tank
offered its guess that al-Qaida still has 18,000 terror-
ists scattered around the world.
The 340-page survey rejects completely the Bush
notion that Iraq is the front line of the war against ter-
ror. The Bush administration has, of course, rejected
the institute’s criticism of the Iraq war.
But, given the administration’s own need to keep
pressing the anti-terrorist campaign in this country to
keep funding it, to keep warning people, the White
House cannot convincingly argue that the situation is
much better than the institute suggests, a year after
the fall of Saddam.
Today is Saturday, June 5, the 157th day of gram for Europe that came to be known as
2004. There are 209 days left in the year. “The Marshall Plan.”
Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 5,1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy
was assassinated after claiming victory in
California’s Democratic presidential primary.
Gunman Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was immedi-
ately arrested.
On this date:
In 1783, Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier
publicly demonstrated their hot-air balloon in
a ten-minute flight over Annonay, France.
In 1794, Congress passed the Neutrality
Art, which prohibited Americans from
enlisting in the service of a foreign power.
In 1917, about 10 million American men
began registering for the draft in World
War I. .
In 1933* the United States went off the
gold standard.
In 1940, the Battle of France began during bid to win racing’s Triple Crown, finishing
World War II. third behind Lemon Drop Kid and Vision
and Verse in the Belmont Stakes. Steffi Graf to a lawsuit brought by U.S. Steel Corp., which
won her sixth French Open title, beating top- alleged the city is violating its contract with the
' "■ w company by opposing the TSP landfill.
The First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the, press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
Government for a redress of grievances.
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about appropriate church dress faded altogether. Not all priests
is being raised. Is it worshipful? are upset. I’ve known some to
Do the clothes you wear help
you to worship better? Do they
distract others from worship-
days and rituals have come into ing?
There seems to be no def ini- the law.
five answer. Some clergy have
relaxed the old rules but still
draw a line. A Lutheran pastor
said he had no objections to
men and boys wearing sport
shirts to church without jackets.
But there are, he said, rules of
propriety to be observed. One
was, “don’t wear clothing that
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1 feel that I am speaking for the citizenry of working Mom and PTO member at school.
Baytown when I say “Thank you” to former Whatever was needed was given by these two
mayor Pete Alfaro and his wife Lupe. No one outstanding parents.
knows the amount of time and energy one Therefore, the citizens of Baytown are deeply
spends being an elected official. indebted to these two good Christian people for
I have known the Alfaros for many, many all the support they have supplied to us.
years dating back to the time they registered
their children in Pumphrey school. Pete was
still at Exxon at that time and Lupe was a hard
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