District 11 4-H competition highlights Calhoun County teams
Calhoun County 4-H members and leaders traveled to College Station for District 11 judging events. Junior Livestock Judging placed first with John Canion earning fifth high. Senior Livestock placed third. Junior Horse Judging took fourth with Pam Wright high scoring, while Senior Horse Judging featured Pete Wright coaching both teams. Meats Identification debuts with D Anna Heideman and Mary Ann Knobles. results pending. Youth Leadership conference planned for 4-H members 16+ at William Jewell College with June sessions and leadership training details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun County
4-H
College Station
Texas A&m University
Edward Blinka
John Canion
Gary Heideman
Brad Sanders
Albert Blinka
Alois Blinka
Bart Canion
Max Carrion
Lavonne May
Megan Wright
Pam Wright
Cindy Ramirez
Pam Megan
Erin Collins
Carter
Kenna Davis
Alan Ramirez
Pete Wright
Anna Heideman
Mary Ann Knobles
Shirley Collinss
LaNelle Blinka
Joyce May
Pete
Susie Wright
Chuck Real
Farmland Industries
Coop
William Jewel College
Liberty
Missouri
William Jewell College
Co-op
Calhoun hosts band clinic and district meets
Calhoun High hosts a band clinic led by Edward Zamora. Students attend UIL Ready Writing, Debate, and Area One-Act at Victoria High School. Tennis and track teams from Calhoun prepare for district events in Victoria. A Sandcrab baseball game vs. Lamar is slated for Friday at 7 p.m. in town. City council advances fishing pier project funds, adjusts Highway 185 speed limits, and renews delinquent tax collection contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun High School
Edward Zamora
Doug Newbern
Victoria High School
Calhoun
Victoria
Bill Lorrance
Lamar
Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife
Federal Bureau of Outdoor Reclamation
Texas Highway Department
Gates Steen Associates of
Austin
Briscoe Defends Texas Oil Rights and Resources
Governor Dolph Briscoe announced Texas has a right to reserve gas from state lands under future leases, likening it to New Jersey’s offshore limits. He framed the bill as a proprietary resource action benefiting residents, citing energy needs and state benefits from federal legislation changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Texas
New Jersey
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
California
Madame Alexander's Bicentennial First Lady dolls
Vivian Brown AP reports Madame Alexander selects six First Lady figures for a Bicentennial doll collection. The collection blends culture and education with figures Mary Lincoln Julia Grant Eleanor Roosevelt Dolley Madison Martha Washington Abigail Adams. Alexander, 80, notes her dolls educate children in arts and history, drawing on research and sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Brown
Madame
Bee) Alexander
Mary Lincoln
Julia Grant
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dolley Madison
Martha Washington
Abigail Adams
Madame Alexander
National Library Week Observed at Calhoun Library
Calhoun County Library marks National Library Week April 13 to 19 with the theme Information Power. A book review by Mrs. Ben Comisky on April 15 at 7 30 p.m. will discuss Eleanor and Franklin by Joseph Lash, with refreshments at 7 p.m. Hosts include Library Board Members. An invitation goes to teachers and classes for introductory tours, by appointment to avoid crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun County
Ben Comisky
Joseph Lash
Eleanor and
Franklin
Alice Wasserman
National Library Week
A&I students to visit Giddings State Home Monday
Seventeen Texas A&I University sociology students from Kingsville will visit the Giddings State Home and School on Monday April 7. The group will interview juveniles and staff and tour the facility, the newest state juvenile correctional center opened in October 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsville
Robert L Brown
Texas A & I University
Giddings State
Giddings
Texas Youth Council
Brown
Dr. Brown
Amareli Alaniz
Mary Jane Lopez
Donna Taylor
Alice
Donna C. Canales
Esperanza Ruiz
Benavides
Gerald Stanley Cantrell
Vanderbilt
Kathy Jean DeVries
Corpus Christi
Rosie del Bosque
Beeville
Juan Alfonso Delgado
Port Lavaca
Jesus Benjamin Escobar
Carol Lee Guynn
Premont
Geraldine Ann Hoy
Hebbronville
Billy Michael Pierce
Bishop
Elda Trejo Buenteo
Magda Lourdes Zarate
Abel de Los Santos
Eagle Pass
Manuel Salazar Jr
Ruppert pleads insanity in 11-family killings
In Hamilton Ohio James Ruppert pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to an indictment accusing him of killing 11 relatives at his mother's home on Easter Sunday. The 40 year old unemployed draftsman stood with lawyers as the 11 counts were read and was ordered held without bond after a psychiatric exam is arranged at the Butler County Forensics Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meg
Hamilton
Ohio
James Ruppert
Ruppert
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Charity Ruppert
Fred B. Cramer
Butler County Forensics Center
Butler County
Deaths: Mrs Krell 55 Texas City victim of heart attack
Mrs Krell 55 Texas City was dead on arrival at Traylor Memorial Hospital Monday at 10 40 am from an apparent heart attack. She and her husband were travelling on State Highway 35 near Tivoli when she became ill. Port Lavaca Funeral Home moved the body to Emken Linton Funeral Mortuary Texas City for service and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krell
Loyd Krell
Texas City
Oe Traylor Memorial Hospita
Cancer Control orientation program in Victoria
The Victoria Unit of the American Cancer Society sponsors a two day Basic Orientation on Cancer Control. Sessions run 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Americana Room at the American Bank of Commerce. The program targets volunteers, board members, block workers, drivers, and Reach to Recovery volunteers with talks by Dr. James Coleman Dr. John Starkey Dr. Bruce Bauknight and others on cancer treatment and community care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cancer Control
Victoria Unit
American Cancer Society
Americana
American Bank of Commerce
District 20
Jay Hubbard, Jr
Calhoun County Service and Rehabilitation
Hubbard
James Coleman
John Starkey
Bruce Bauknight
William Pryor
Fred Sandard
Michael Burditt
Bob Davis
Catherine Steel
Jerry Brown
Mary Nichols
Virginia Hargrove
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Adult Leaders Association
Seadrift
Six Mile
Bayside
Long Mott-Greenlake
Horse Project
Houston
W.R. Zwerschke
Cancer Crusade
Vernon Damstrom
Harlan Phifer
Crusade
Joe Lugo
Cancer Society
Girl Scouts
Calhoun County Girl Scouts Service Unit
First National Bank
Brownie
RE. Clegg
Katherine Hill
Katherine Harper
Browne
Lois Graham
Carol Smith
Peggy Mot
Cadettes
Garner
Houston Natural Gas
HNG
Walter Futch
Theola Holder
Lloyd Chatham
E.E. Granger
Sxth St
Washington Ave
Lodi Hall
Friedrich Room
W. Austin
First Lady
Scarlett
New York
Daugher
Mildred
American Friends of Hebrew University
Alfred Einstein College of Medicine
A&i
Associated Press
At&t
Goodrich
Great A&p
Gulf Oil
Abe
John Jon Bbs
Lifton
Marathon
Marcor
Mobil Ot
Monsanto
Penn Cent Penney Wa
Phill Pet
RCA
Safeway
Sears
Sony
Sun Oil
Texaco
UN Carbide
Marie's Pizza Palace
N. Commerce
Leonard Ruppert
Leonard
Alma
Wilke Tire CO
Cooper Tires
W. Main
Gospel Meeting
Church OF Christ
Hwy
Edward P. Myers
Churches of Christ
Beaver
Oklahoma
Newhome
Arlington
Mr. Myers
Berean Christian College
Sunset School of Preaching
Lubbock
Cincinnati Bible Seminary
Madras School of Preaching
Madras
India
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