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OUR VIEW
Grocery store check writer a rare sight
The clerk thanked him very much
credit card.
open his ledger page and subtracts over 30 years.
amount in the upper square and there in front of everyone.
I thought my head was going to
explode until I saw the manager like watching the History Channel
come alive. God bless him.
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Tribute to Birdie Mary Donato
McNair resident who
The Liberty Opry band will perform at the Baytown Com-
munity Center on Feb. 23, Apr. 27, June 8, August 10, Oct.
26, and Dec. 14 from 5-8 p.m. and will cost $15 per person.
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the amount from his current balance
and proceeds to do arithmetic right
Lanny Griffith is an REL graduate
and media mogul. Contact him at
Accounting
Circulation
A former longtime Baytown resident, Ginger Stripling
now lives in Mont Belvieu. She can be reached at view-
draw a cross on the back of the check
and write the current date in the up-
per left corner, the man’s license in
the right corner, his birthdate in the
In a day of swiping and chipping
and online banking, to see some-
one write a check and subtract the
amount from the old balance was
The Liberty Opry band is coming
to Baytown! They will be perfonning
at the Baytown Community Center
throughout the year. You can come en-
joy their great music and dance as well.
They scheduled perfonnances here
because the Opry venue in Liberty
was being sold and it would no longer
be available to house the Opry shows.
wrote out the words 19 dollars and
97 over 100. He signed it, and then
wrote “Groceries” on the Memo line
in the lower left comer.
This is where the plot thickens.
The young clerk had never pro-
It is a rave (radical audio visual experience) new
world now of electronic entertainment these days. Fight
back. Get up and go out to the Baytown Community
Center and experience the Opry Band in person. Shake
a leg or just tap your foot to the music. You will not be
disappointed.
J. Warren Singleton is a local historian and Baytown
resident.
rounds out the band on drums Most of them have been
singing and playing since a very young age.
Usually their shows have a feature entertainer ac-
companied by the band. However, these musicians are
fantastic entertainers in their own right. I enjoy them as
much as the headliner. Several of the band members do
featured songs. Owners Jay and Nina Cantu also sing
beautifully. I am told they will probably stick to this for-
mat for most of the Baytown shows.
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However, upon talking to Nina Cantu STRIPLING
last week, I was told that the sale did---------------
not go through and the Liberty shows would continue.
There are plans to have two shows a month starting in
March now that they are able to stay there.
The band plans to honor their commitment to
Baytown, so the shows scheduled at the Baytown Com-
munity Center will go as planned. Perfonnances will be
Feb. 23, Apr. 27, June 8, August 10, Oct. 26, and Dec.
14 from 5-8 p.m. and will cost $15 per person.
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reached century mark
BY J. WARREN SINGLETON
As Black History Month begins, we would like to pay
tribute to a woman from McNair Station who lived 100
years.
Mrs. Birdie Mary (Mother) Donato was born March 24,
1909 in Monow, Louisiana to the Gilbert and Alma Wil-
getters
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Baytown.
Saw something recently I have not
seen in more than a year. An older
gentlemen in the checkout line at the
grocery store actually wrote a check
for his goods - $19.97 to be exact.
He had nine items, just enough to
carry in his recycle bag. I held my
breath watching it all go down.
The gentleman began writing his
check and immediately the people
behind me began to groan and get
restless as this was going to take
a while. He slowly wrote down
the date, the name of the store, the
was presented a Grace Award for her example of “Grace
Filled Spirituality” by the Holy Family Catholic Church.
She received a letter from First Lady Michelle Obama
and President Barack Obama for her 100th birthday. She
also received Proclamations from the City of Baytown
and Sylvia Garcia - former Harris County Commissioner.
Mrs. Birdie was married to the late Leopold P Dona-
to Sr. From that union six children were bom, Mercedes
Boyd (deceased), Vera Dumas, Marion Donato (de-
ceased), Leo P. Donato, Jr. (deceased), Verne Donato and
Norbert Donato, Sr. (deceased). At the time of her death,
she had 17 grandchildren, a host of great- and great-great-
grand children and a host of other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Birdie had seven siblings - Lula Mae Goudeau
and Rosa Lee Brinac of McNair, Beatrice Maryland, Ce-
cil Williams, Clifton Williams, Soloman Williams and
Gilbert Williams (all of California).
Mrs. Birdie hobbies were gardening, sewing and bak-
ing. During her lifetime, she baked numerous cakes for
the church to sell after Sunday Mass.
On Dec. 13, 2009, Mrs. Birdie, who was a beloved
mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend
to many, went to be with the Lord. Her funeral service
was held at the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in
McNair on December 17, 2009. She was laid to rest in
the St. Martin de Porres/Holy Family Cemetery in Barrett
Station.
liams. She was blessed by
almighty God to be able to
celebrate her 100th birthday
with family and friends on
April 4, 2009.
Mrs. Birdie’s legacy was
immeasurable faith and
unwavering love. She was
a longtime and dedicated I
member of the Altar Soci-
ety at Holy Family Catholic
Church in McNair Station.
She was an active member
of the senior citizens group
at the J. D. Walker commu-
nity center in McNair Station.
On September 11,2005, she
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ager comes over the square. His credit card was Sears
and asks for a driv- and Roebuck and it was filthy from
er’s license and a being old.
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PVNOM-CoM SYNDICATION 2019
Black History
Month
As most people know, today is the first day of Black
History Month, meaning February will be full of history
lessons other events relating to the history of black Amer-
icans.
Black History Month, which began as Negro History
Week in 1926, was the idea of Harvard scholar Dr. Car-
ter G. Woodson, who wanted to bring black history into
the public arena. The original celebration was the second
week in February, which coincided with the birthdays of
Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, two men who
had a great impact on the black population.
Over time, the event grew to what it is today, a month-
long celebration of black history.
We all know the history of black Americans; kidnapped
from their homeland, enslaved of over 200 years, and
suffered another 100 years of legalized segregation and
discrimination before achieving equality and acceptance.
Black History Month will be observed across the
Baytown area in many ways. Schools, churches, business-
es, community centers and even major corporations will
have a variety of programs. Schools will have programs
ranging from black historical information announced
over the intercom to full-scale productions.
As we join the nation to celebrate Black History Month,
it’s important that we reflect on the remarkable role black
Americans have played in our community’s and nation’s
history.
So the great value of Black History Month is it’s a time
to learn about the contributions of black Americans in
building our nation and our community. It’s also a time
to gather a deeper understanding of the struggle of black
Americans to overcome discrimination and prejudice and
to gain what is rightfully theirs — equal treatment under
the law, equal civil rights and equal opportunities.
— David Bloom
A lot of people had mentioned that they would like to
dance to their music, which they cannot do at the Opry comic relief several times during the show. His redneck
Theater, so that will happen in Baytown. You can go to humor and costume is so corny, you have to laugh. A
www.libertyopry.com for info on all the shows and the rope belt that encircles his coveralls also holds a roll of
cast. toilet paper, just in case.
Most of the band will be there. And you are in for a Sad to say, but many small music venues across
treat. Jim Cox will play guitar, and maybe croon some America are struggling. With wall-size televisions at
smooth ballads. Calvin Gainey will pound the ivories home now, and a thousand channels via satellite or ca-
and sing, also. He does a mean “Great Balls of Fire.” ble, people are staying at home to be entertained. I am
John Ray Baxter will strum guitar and Bryan Thom- glad to see that the Liberty Opry will continue regular
as will make the steel guitar sing. Joining them, Rod- shows in Liberty as well as treating Baytown to their
ney Smith makes those violin strings cry. Rick Burton tremendous talents.
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On this date: TODAY IN HISTORY ing’s ex-husband, pleaded guilty in
In 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court ---------------------- Portland, Ore., to racketeering for
convened for the first time in New In 1960, four black college stu- his part in the attack on figure skat-
York. dents began a sit-in protest at a er Nancy Kerrigan in exchange for
In 1862, “The Battle Hymn of the Woolworths lunch counter in a 24-month sentence (he ended up
Republic,” a poem by Julia Ward Greensboro, North Carolina, where serving six) and a $100,000 fine.
Howe, was published in the Atlantic they d been refused service. In 2003, the space shuttle Colum-
Monthly. In 1968, Richard M. Nixon an- bia broke up during re-entry, killing
In 1942, during World War II, nounced his bid for the Republican all seven of its crew members
the Voice of America broadcast its presidential nomination. Thought for Today: ‘‘To forgive
first program to Europe, relaying it In 1982, Late Night with David is wisdom, to forget is genius.”
through the facilities of the British Letterman premiered on NBC. — Joyce Cary
Broadcasting Corp, in London. In 1994, Jeff Gillooly, Tonya Hard- Anglo-Irish author (1888-1957)
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Gentleman hands and the gentlemen went on his mer-
over said items, and ry way.
while the manag- The manager told me the gentle-
er is looking over man man walks everywhere, has
the documents, the never owned a car, and has always
gentleman flips written checks. Been a regular for
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