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} } //}); </script> <div id="main" class="left "> <div class="archive-header-wrap"> <h2 class="archive-header pagetitle">Monthly Archive for April, 2009</h2> <div class="widget widget_categories" style="display: block;"> <h2 class="widgettitle cats-closed" style="cursor: pointer;"> : <span class="taxonomy-title">April, 2009</span> </h2> </div> </div> <div id="blogcontent"> <div id="post-236" class="blogentry post-number-0 partial-post post-236 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-city-life" data-post-id="236"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/more-street-scenes-from-1920s-houston/" title="Permalink to More street scenes from 1920s Houston" rel="bookmark">More street scenes from 1920s Houston</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on April 29, 2009 at 11:14 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Mary BavousetJulia Ideson Building, late 1920s. I’m going to try to publish the rest of the photos provided by Mary Bavouset by the end of next week. Enjoy! *** Sticking with Houston in the 1920s, one <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/more-street-scenes-from-1920s-houston/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-235" class="blogentry post-number-1 partial-post post-235 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-entertainment" data-post-id="235"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/nothing-plain-about-this-jayne/" title="Permalink to Nothing plain about this Jayne" rel="bookmark">Nothing plain about this Jayne</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on April 27, 2009 at 1:31 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Pete Vazquez : Chronicle fileJayne Mansfield, husband Mickey Hargitay and the University of Houston’s Gloria Hunt gather at Houston International Airport for a brief visit before heading to Corpus <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/nothing-plain-about-this-jayne/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-234" class="blogentry post-number-2 partial-post post-234 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements" data-post-id="234"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/a-mystery-person-revealed/" title="Permalink to A mystery person revealed" rel="bookmark">A mystery person revealed</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on April 24, 2009 at 10:34 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Darrell Davidson : Chronicle fileComedian Jerry Lewis accepts a key to the city from Houston City Councilman Johnny Goyen, June 1966. We have a winner! After dozens of guesses, reader “Brent” got it <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/a-mystery-person-revealed/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-233" class="blogentry post-number-3 partial-post post-233 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-delivering-history" data-post-id="233"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/delivering-history-3/" title="Permalink to Delivering History #3" rel="bookmark">Delivering History #3</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on April 22, 2009 at 10:19 PM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Personal photoChellie and Jim Adrian. You meet a lot of interesting people on a paper route. Some folks are nice, some aren’t. Some make an impression, some you’ll end up forgetting over time. Jim <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/delivering-history-3/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-232" class="blogentry post-number-4 partial-post post-232 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements" data-post-id="232"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/a-san-jacinto-day-giveaway/" title="Permalink to A San Jacinto Day giveaway" rel="bookmark">A San Jacinto Day giveaway</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on April 21, 2009 at 1:53 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Chronicle fileWho’s that with Houston City Councilman Johnny Goyen? Let’s give away some free stuff. Even though today is San Jacinto Day, the photo here has nothing to do with that historic day in <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/a-san-jacinto-day-giveaway/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-231" class="blogentry post-number-5 partial-post post-231 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-entertainment" data-post-id="231"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/when-arena-rock-came-to-houston/" title="Permalink to When arena rock came to Houston" rel="bookmark">When arena rock came to Houston</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on April 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Let’s have a little bit of fun today. Longtime BCH readers might have come across comments from “Mrs. Lupner.” And, chances are, if you took in some late ’70s concerts at The Summit, the Sam Houston <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/when-arena-rock-came-to-houston/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-230" class="blogentry post-number-6 partial-post post-230 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-delivering-history" data-post-id="230"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/delivering-history-2/" title="Permalink to Delivering History #2" rel="bookmark">Delivering History #2</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on April 13, 2009 at 8:07 PM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Personal photoFormer Houston Post paperboy Cullen Duoto. Of the hundreds of former carriers I’ve heard from in the past month, almost all of them have something in common: They’re proud of their work. <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/delivering-history-2/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-229" class="blogentry post-number-7 partial-post post-229 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry tag-crime" data-post-id="229"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/harris-county-da-wasnt-immune-to-crime/" title="Permalink to Harris County DA wasn’t immune to crime" rel="bookmark">Harris County DA wasn’t immune to crime</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on April 7, 2009 at 6:01 PM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">What kind of a society do we live in when one of the county’s top lawmen becomes a crime victim? That’s probably what Houstonians asked back in 1895, when Harris County District Attorney James K.P. <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/harris-county-da-wasnt-immune-to-crime/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-228" class="blogentry post-number-8 partial-post post-228 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements" data-post-id="228"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/marker-dedication-at-olivewood-cemetery/" title="Permalink to Marker dedication at Olivewood Cemetery" rel="bookmark">Marker dedication at Olivewood Cemetery</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on April 5, 2009 at 12:40 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Personal photoCharles Cook, vice president and treasurer of the nonprofit Descendants of Olivewood, leads visitors on a tour of Olivewood Cemetery after its marker dedication Saturday. A historic <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/marker-dedication-at-olivewood-cemetery/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-227" class="blogentry post-number-9 partial-post post-227 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements" data-post-id="227"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/some-items-on-san-jacinto-and-hpd/" title="Permalink to Some items on San Jacinto and HPD" rel="bookmark">Some items on San Jacinto and HPD</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on April 2, 2009 at 2:00 PM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Here are a couple more items worth passing along before we go back to uncovering Houston’s hidden history. *** New Light on Old Stories is the theme behind this year’s San Jacinto Symposium on <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2009/04/some-items-on-san-jacinto-and-hpd/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> if(window.is_mobile) jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('.blog-headline a :visible').each(function(){jQuery(this).text(window.responsive_base.shorten_title(jQuery(this).text()));}); }); </script> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="left"> <div id="hdn_ad_position-7" class="widget-ad-position-A300 widget ad_position"> <div class="hdn-ad-position ad-A300 hdn-ap-visible-mobile 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