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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1976
Page
3
A reader letter saga covers nine years of family rifts after a mother’s divorce, with grandparents and cousins lost to memory. Another couple seeks legal clarity on a proxy Mexican divorce and remarriage, while Ann urges contacting a U.S. lawyer and promoting her sex-education booklet.
Calhoun County Fair directors and committee chairs plan a Monday 7 p.m. work session at the County Agriculture Building to set funding estimates for the Oct 6 to 9 fair. The feature recipe outlines a Franco American fresh corn souffle with cream style corn, plus a note on a corn grater. ingredients include fresh corn, butter, cornstarch, milk, eggs, salt and pepper, with detailed step by step instructions and baking guidance.
A reader shares a simple fix for frayed venetian blind cords using tape to join a new cord to the old one and guiding it through the blind. The note ends with thanks and a friendly postscript about a chihuahua and household tips.
Calhoun County Library adds new nonfiction titles including The Lady and Her Tiger by Pat Derby The Floor and Ceiling Book by Stanley Schuler The First Casualty From Crimea to Vietnam by Phillip Knightley The Trouble They Seen edited by Dorothy Sterling The New York Times Book of Antiques by Marvin D Schwartz Betsy Wade and fiction Motelle by Gertrude Samuels Girls Turn Wives by Norma Klein Barlow Comes to Judgment by Elwyn Jones The Distant Summer by Sarah Patterson Willing Hostage by Marlys Millhister.
The article recalls Eliza Leslie praising fritters over pancakes and outlines a tested recipe for fruit fritters using nectarines. Wedges are battered, fried until crisp, and sugared, ideal with pork, ham, chicken, turkey, or as dessert. A 12 inch electric skillet is used for frying in two batches with care to keep oil temperature steady.
The Founder's Day gathering will be held at 7 30 p m Monday in the Masonic Hall with Sherry Colvin presiding. A program honoring Rob Morris founder of the Eastern Star is planned and all members are urged to attend.
Delta Kappa Gamma Ep silon Pi chapter held a summer workshop at the high school homemaking dept. Altus Aschen chaired her first meeting with 38 members joining committees. An area meeting in Port Lavaca on Sept 25 is expected to draw about 200 Gulf Coast residents. Hostesses were Mary Claiborne Ann Jacobs Allene Butler and Justine Huey.
An open house honoring William B Neill on his 80th birthday will be at his home Saturday. The retired U S Coast Guardsman and wife Lillian expect about 100 guests. Attending will be the Neill children and families, 13 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Parents of three sons and a daughter, the children include Thomas Neill of Washington Dale Cooper of Port Lavaca W F Neill of Seadrift and David Neill of Waco.
The Gateway Home Demonstration Club held a regular meeting at Pearl Belk's home with Mrs. Chester Schumann presiding in Belk's absence while she attended a national convention of home demonstration clubs in Morgantown West Virginia. The program focused on continuing work on a bicentennial quilt with Mrs. W. M. Shireman attending as a guest.
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