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SATURDAY
JUCO basketbail
Lee College at Bossier Parish
CC, 4 p.m.
Giri’s basketball
GCM, Lee, Crosby, Dayton at
Lee College Classic
Barbers Hill at Nederland
Tournament
BCA at Conroe Covenant
Tournament
Anahuac at Goodrich
Tournament
Girl’s basketball
GCM at Peggy Whitley
Tournament
FRIDAY
Boy’s basketball
GCM, Lee, Crosby, Dayton at
Lee College Classic
Barbers Hill at Nederland
Tournament
Anahuac at Goodrich
Tournament
BCA at Conroe Covenant
Tournament
Girl’s basketball
GCM at Peggy Whitley
Tournament
Splendora at Lee, 7:30 p.m.
Barbers Hill at Crosby, 7 p.m.
BCA at Conroe Lifestyle
Tournament
Dayton at Porter, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY
High school football
TAPPS 6-Man Div. Ill state
championship: Baytown
Christian Academy vs.
Wichita Falls Notre Dame, 3
p.m., at Waco Midway
Boy’s basketball
Barbers Hill at Nederland
Tournament
Anahuac at Goodrich
Tournament
Girl’s basketball
GCM at Peggy Whitley
Tournament
BCA at Conroe Lifestyle
Tournament
Boy’s soccer
BCA at Chinquapin, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY
Girl’s basketball
Goose Creek Memorial at
Clear Falls, 7 p.m.
Lee at Dayton, 7:30 p.m.
Porter at Barbers Hill, 7 p.m.
Crosby at New Caney, 7 p.m.
BCA at Houston Awty
International, 5:30 p.m.
Boy’s basketball
BCA at Houston Awty
International, 7:30 p.m.
Dayton at Cold Spring, 6:30
p.m.
WEDNESDAY
JUCO basketball
Paris Junior College at Lee
College, 7 p.m.
MONDAY
Boy’s soccer
Beaumont Legacy at BCA, 6
p.m.
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In 1953, playwright Eugene O’Neill
died in Boston at age 65.
In 1962, the first Boeing 727 was rolled
out at the company’s Renton Plant.
In 1973, the Senate voted 92-3 to con-
firm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, sue-
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On this date:
In 1910, New York's Pennsylvania Sta-
tion officially opened.
In 1924. Macy’s first Thanksgiving Day
parade t<x>k place in New York.
In 1945, General George C. ^Marshall
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Thought for Today: “In youth we feel
richer for every new illusion; in maturer
years, for every' one we lose.”
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Items featured
saw horses. Platters of food piled
high at breakfast with grits, eggs,
ground beef and biscuits. (Ground
beef was easier to obtain and more
filling to the hungry' workers than
bacon.)
Men on the day shift look sand-
wiches and coffee to work with
them, l or supper, the menus includ-
ed homemade soup, beans, rice, veg-
gies, meat, bread and iced tea.
And Margaret recalled there never
were any leftovers.
I he cost of bed and board was a
dollar a day. A large room served as
the sleeping quarters, and at times
there were more than 200 roughnecks
sleeping on cots day and night. As
their work hours varied with shifts
around the clock, the cot-users took
turns.
Margaret had a vivid memory of
the day in 1917 that oil from Sweet
No. 11 on the Goose Creek field blew
in, the “black gold” gushing forth
mightily in all directions, including
Miss I lettie’s boarding house.
Ihe holidays are all about traditions. And, help-
ing others. Goodfellows, now well into its eighth
decade, is expected to provide toys for thousands of
Baytown area children this year. It’s a community
effort that helps give Christmas to children in fami-
lies that for some reason or another cannot afford to.
Founded by original Sun owner and publisher Bob
Matherne, Goodfellows has helped low-income fam-
ilies every year since 1931. But. with many charita-
ble organizations struggling for support this year, the
2016 drive for funds may prove a challenge. It's up
to residents to keep this humanitarian tradition alive.
Che annual Goodfellows drive, championed by the
Bay town Junior Forum, demonstrates holiday spirit.
Those who volunteer with the drive or make a dona-
tion help not only give toys to a child on Christmas
morning, but also spread good cheer to good fami-
lies who need it.
Volunteers collect money, buy toys, lake and pro-
cess applications, organize the drive and distribute
the toys. They spend a great amount of time on this
project because it's a worthwhile one that shows
how much residents care about the children in their
community.
Donations can be brought to The Baytown Sun
or mailed to Goodfellows (70 BJF, PO BOX 8116,
Baytown, IX 77522. Checks are preferred and
should be made out to (roodfellows.
“Once a Goodfellow, always a Goodfellow'” is a
filling slogan that has been a part of the drive. Many
Bay tomans have contributed over the years, a prac-
tice that is being continued by their children.
Ihe true spirit of Christmas is shown by the Good-
fellows. \\ hy don’t you he a Goodfellow this year?
Make your contribution today.
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Main and Travis
in Houston. Whole
beeves were hung
from the ceiling in
the boarding house
in room kept cool
by ice brought twice
a week.
Ed Eisemann, a
well-known busi-
ness man in the bay
area, brought water to the island ev-
ery day. He obtained water from a
well located where, in future years,
Lamar Elementary would be built on
North Pruett.
Water designated for cleaning pur-
poses sold for 25 cents per barrel
while drinking water cost 35 cents
per barrel. In addition, Miss Hettie
(as she was called) set up a big tank
on the back porch to catch rainwater
rolling off the roof.
Margaret explained they had to be
careful with the water supply, keep-
ing the barrels separate for cleaning,
drinking and cooking.
Using wash pans kept on a shelf
outside, the roughnecks washed their
hands before every meal.
The meals were served family style
on tables made of planks laid over
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est man in Harris
County. Maybe
even Texas. May-
be even America.
Our first lunch
took place at
Bay town Seafood
Egon should
try' it — with Bill
Bowes and Bryan
Wirwicz. Both are
longtime, cher-
ished friends we don’t see nearly
enough anymore.
Bill was married to the late Bar-
bara Bowes, who was the Motherly
Assistant Congressional Executive
(MACE) and the funniest woman
I've ever known when 1 was the
Assistant Congressional Executive
(ACE) to Congressman Jack Fields
back in the Dinosaur Era.
Bryan was the congressman’s
press director. He was simply the
best in Washington. Period!
Bryan also served as chauffeur
for Barbara and me when we were
urgently summoned to D.C. to brief
Jack, President Reagan, and Secre-
tary of State Alexander Haig on mat-
ters of National Security.
Wife Margie and I also made sev-
eral trips to the Indianapolis 500 with
Bill and Barbara.
It was a great lunch that could've
only been made better had Barbara
been there.
Next we met with friends who
hailed originally from the old home-
place. We met them at Pappadeaux
in Houston. (Pappadeaux, I believe,
is misspelled. It should be “Papa
Doze.”)
We were joined by Annette and
I,J. Brown and Pat and Gary Thom-
4A The Baytown Sun
It is not difficult to understand the reasoning of the Sun’s
subscribers who complain about the subject matter of the
editorial page’s cartoons. They want the Sun to be part
of their personal echo chamber in which the only point
of view allowed is one that agrees w ith their world view.
I hey believe in truthiness, not truth. (Truthiness is a word.
I hank you Stephen Colbert.) At home they watch only Fox
News and avoid other TV news outlets that are part of their
imagined “media conspiracy.” If they can successfully bul-
ly the Sun through threats to unsubscribe, their insulation y
from reality will be almost complete. Face it. From Don-
ald Trump's hairdo to his tweets, he is the perfect foil for L
cartoons and comedians. Cartoonists may or may not be
prejudiced, but it's hard to blame them for not being able
to resist the temptation to lampoon such an outrageous per-
son. Ihank you. Bay town Sun editors, for standing up for
f reedom of the press.
TAKE US TO
VOUR 'NOT
Y1V LEADER.'
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Herman now gets his
chance for a lexas take-
over. said.
Herman, who coached
Houston to national
prominence the last two
seasons, was announced
as the new Texas coach
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as, all proud Sweeny Bulldogs. Ihe
Browns, who were in town to see
medical people, now live in George-
town, while the T homases are long-
time Bay tonians.
It was a couple of hours of laughter
and frivolity, as always. We forgot all
about the world’s many problems.
Only one thing spoiled the lunch.
My stupidity.
To explain, I was in the middle of
treating my forehead for pre-cancer
cells which had congregated up there
like supporters at a Bernie Sand-
ers Rally. Part of the treatment was
smearing medical goop on the affect-
ed spots.
Dr. Robert lausend, of Pasade-
na, my dermatologist for almost 25
years, told me to do it. I always do
what Dr. Robert says.
So just before we left for Houston,
I removed my cap and glasses and
put lube-like junk on my forehead.
What a fine sight I was.
Then off we roared.
Later I noticed something was
wrong. But what?
I hen, near Pasadena. I figured it
out. I was driving down 225 WITH-
OU I my glasses, which were resting
back home.
How idiotic can one person be?
Don't answer that.
Anyway, I somehow made it. and
confessed to our friends that I was a
moron. They agreed.
Just stupid, but we enjoyed the
lunch.
Top that, Egon Ronay!
Herman in,
Strong out
at lexas
promises
Seems Ms. I udy thinks with her patootie. Incoming |p]
Resident I rump has broken another campaign promise to
lock up crooked Hillary.
Ms. I udy's patootie thinks broken promises are not lies.
We all know Dirty Donald lied consistently during the
campaign to scare the Electoral College into not voting for
his opponent.
Dirty Donald has no experience to fall back on to make
America great again, yet Ms Eudy’s patootie tells her
I rump can lie his way through that campaign promise too.
One thing is certain. After Dirty Donald's snakebelly
campaign of hate, walls, white supremacy, lies and racism,
he'll never he accepted as a “legitimate" president by those
who overwhelmingly elected Clinton as president in the
popular vote.
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No food critique, but lunchtime banter
Sometimes 1 wish 1 had devoted
my journalistic career to becoming a
world-renown Food Critic instead of
delving into the significantly less in-
teresting areas of sports and humor.
I'm terribly jealous, for instance,
of critics like Hugh Feamley-Whit-
tingstall, Ruth Reichl, and Egon
Ronay, which I believe rhymes with
macaroni. If you’ve never heard of
these brilliant critics, I urge you to
Google them.
Of course, there are also I he Sun’s
Doyle Barlow and Michael Pineda
who do food columns in their spare
time, adding a local touch. (You
think Egon Ronay has ever been to
I he Burger Bam?)
However, to be completely hon-
est. which I guarantee 95 percent of
the time on most of what I write, I
don’t think I would've done well as
a food critic. The reason being is, I
don’t have much depth in the selec-
tion process when I dine out, which
is often.
Like, I'll go to El Toro, Panda Ex-
press, Johnny Carino’s, Rooster’s,
or Outback, and each time I order
the EXACT SAME THING. So I’m
guessing that once you had read the
EXACT SAME WORDS 14 times
about, say, Panda’s fried rice and or-
ange chicken, you'd quit reading my
food column.
Thusly, I’m sticking with sports
and humor, although neither is near-
ly as exciting.
That said, what I can report on to-
day are two recent lunches (where
food was served) that Wife Margie
and I had with friends who are su-
per-special to us.
I confess upfront that regarding
Lunch No. 2 I became the stupid-
Boarding house thrived on Hog Island
A boarding house used to be
where? On Hog Island?
I'd never heard of it until reporter
Betsy Webber, back in 1976, came
up with this history scoop while we
were preparing the special Bicenten-
nial Edition.
Betsy interviewed Margaret Davis,
a McNair resident who worked at the
Hog Island boarding house during
the hectic era of the Goose Creek oil
field boom. Betsy even took Marga-
ret’s photo holding items from the
boarding house, including a spoon
holder, coffee pot and tea service.
Margaret's boss and lifelong friend
Hettie Perry had a good reason for
running a boarding house on the little
old island across Tabbs Bay from the
Goose Creek oil field. Roughnecks
“gotta work and gotta eat.”
Bringing food supplies from Hous-
ton to Hog Island was a big deal,
involving transportation by cov-
ered wagon and then by boat. No
causeway existed back then to link
Baytown with Hog Island.
On a weekly basis, barrels of flour,
sugar, cornmeal and kegs of pick-
led pigs feet plus ample supplies of
cheese, meat and veggies were pur-
chased at Henke & Pillot located on
after three consecutive
losing seasons. we fi He
“Longhorn football has The kic
been — and always will |
be — a national power,
winning and playing for
national championships
with great pride and pas-
sion, supported by an
unbelievable fan base,”
Herman said in statement
released by lexas.
Contract details were |
not immediately released,
and must still be approved
by Texas’ Board of Re-
gents. Texas still owes
Strong nearly $11 million
on his original five-year ’
guaranteed contract.
Texas acted quickly to
snag Herman, who has
only two years of experi-
ence as a head coach but
is 22-4 with the Cougars,
with a 9-3 mark this sea-
son after Friday’s loss to
Memphis.
Herman’s brief stint at
Houston galvanized the
Cougars.
The 41-year-old Her- I
man now gets a chance to
do the same at one of col-
lege football’s blue-blood
programs, stocked with
money, prestige, its own
television network and a I
feverish fan base.
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