Wanda Orton. (original) (raw)
Columns
- Owens saw the Goose Creek light in WWII 10-2-19
- Some like it hot (not really) 7-14-19
- We could dream, couldn't we? 2-2-19
- Memories of Preston L. Pendergrass 1-16-19
- Kids 1-2-19
- Cousins 9-9-18
- Like Zelig, Ashbel Smith was everywhere 4-3-18
- Summer of '52 at The Baytown Sun 2-3-18
- The cat who came in from the cold 1-14-17
- Baytown Sun Roots 1-1-18
- Newshounds/Chowhounds 12-18-17
- Children's Meds 10-1-17
- Talking toddler in grocery cart 9-2-17
- Alcalde, not alcade 8-3-17
- Walking 7-16-17
- Boat races in bay area go back to the 1800s 7-1-17
- Sayings 5-23-17
- Man and wife without a country 5-3-17
- Not a happy camper in Angelina County 4-17-17
- Nurses Uniforms 4-3-17
- Lynchburg Ferry: Baytown had it first 3-1-17
- Ups and downs of write-ups 10-4-16
- Jed and Jude 7-23-16
- From Boom Town to Baytown 7-1-16
- Keeping Up with the Anson Joneses 6-9-16
- All's swell that ends well 5-14-16
- Face Blindness 4-29-15
- Three Civil War vets were doctors in Baytown area 4-1-16
- The FBI and I 2-15-16
- Feeling all closed in 1-6-16
- Welcome to our world of words 12-5-15
- There's something about 'merry' 11-13-15
- And the bands played on at Sylvan 10-24-15
- Balinese Room 10-4-15
- Bandit's bad baby brother 9-20-15
- USS Indianapolis Survivor Lindsey Wilcox 9-8-15
- USS Indianapolis sank 70 years ago 8-22-15
- Nagasaki Bombardier 8-9-15
- Outlaw was crazy like a fox 7-15-15
- Getting 'care-less' with words 7-8-15
- And 'sew' it went 7-1-15
- Friendships in Texas 6-24-15
- Room with a 'Boo!' 6-13 15
- The Yellow Rose 6-2-15
- Safe haven in a hurricane 5-25-15
- More about Smith Point murder case 5-18-15
- The making of a Texas president 5-10-15
- Harris County judges 5-2-15
- When Harvey met Santa Anna 4-13-15
- Ye Olde Houston Press 3-30-15
- Now hear this 3-8-15
- Older and Wider 2-8-15
- Blunders, bloopers and boo-boos 1-24-15
- The death of a subdivision 12-8-14
- Different kind of D 11-14-14
- Let it beeeeeeee 11-1-14
- Gail Borden - Part II 10-1-14
- Gail Borden 9-1-14
- Wallisville Goes Hog Wild 8-4-14
- The good doctor from Canada 7-5-14
- William Fairfax Gray 6-11-14
- Christ Church Cathedral in Houston 6-11-14
- The Lone Star and Charles Zanco 5-23-14
- Father Muldoon forgotten hero of Texas history 5-1-14
- Big Sam vs. Little Davey in Hot Election, 1841 4-7-14
- From High School Senior to Senior Citizen 3-16-14
- Sam�s Kids - the Houston Eight 1-5-14
- The Cane Mutiny 10-14-13
- Double Takes on Names 9-17-13
Emily West and Emily West. - Be it ever so �umble 8-17-13
- Close encounters of the canned kind 7-21-13
- Ghost Story 6-10-13
- Mrs. Anson Jones 4-7-13
- Andy�s Antics in Austin 2-21-13
- French Connection 2-3-13
- Name That Lake 1-5-13
- Cliff notes on �Perils of Nyoka� 12-17-12
- Hughes Who in Oil Field 12-2-12
- Judge Isaac Moreland Interviewed 10-15-12
- La Tipica 10-2-12
- Ashbel Smith's Foster Daughter 9-14-12
- Liberty treated POWs well in 1830s and 1940s 9-1-12
- David Levi Kokernot 8-15-12
- Baytown is so refined 8-3-12
- Rationing during WWII - How sweet it wasn't 7-20-12
- Island Hogs a Lot of History 7-1-12
- 1943 Secret Storm 6-17-12
- Magnolia Gardens 6-2-12
- Retired Seed Company Exec Remembers Mentor 4-1-12
- Faithful wife, dutiful daughter 3-2-12
- Learning news lingo as 2nd language 2-1-12
- Baytown's Post Office Mural 1-9-12
- �Pistol Packin Mama� right on target 12-23-11
Wanda Orton
Wanda Orton is a retired managing editor of the Baytown Sun. A BiB (born in Baytown), she is also a 7th Generation Texan and a Daughter of the Republic of Texas (Wilhelm Keidel Chapter). Her newspaper career began with the Baytown Sun when she was still attending Baytown�s Robert E, Lee High School. She attended classes at Baytown�s own Lee College before transferring to the University of Houston, graduating with a BA in English. She currently lives in Fredericksburg.