History of former Port Lavaca landmark and Wave offices
A photo and reminiscences recount a South Commerce Street building once home to the Port Lavaca Wave printing offices from 1923 to 1952. The piece traces its earlier uses as Smith-Braden saloon, post office space, and a center for local bands, with names of owners, residents, and musicians identified by local elders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Freier
Port Lavaca
Commerce Street
Bay
Port Lavaca Wave
Vivia Paul
The
Wave
Paul
Rae Elder
Constant Montier
Smith-Braden
Smith
Indianola
South Commerce
Elder
W.H. Smith
John Paul
Emmett Machacek
Six Mile
Joe Marek
Marek
Ed Bierman
Frank Montier
Bud’’ Goron
Will Smith
Kucera
Ed. Lee
G. Charbula
Fred Roemer
WP. Regan
Port Lavaca urged to form leaders club for downtown cleanup
Residents push for a unified downtown restoration with work and funding as cornerstones. The Calhoun County Chamber plans a slide show showing peer city successes while Port Lavaca leaders consider a President's Club to galvanize planning and mobilize broad community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Lavaca
Wyatt creates three Ways and Means subcommittees in Texas House
State Representative Joe Wyatt Jr. announces three subcommittees under the Ways and Means Committee to focus on procedure fiscal notes and Constitutional implementation. Bob Davis of Irving to chair Procedures Subcommittee, Bill Caraway of Houston to chair Fiscal Notes, Joe Salem of Corpus Christi to chair Constitutional Implementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wyatt
Texas House Committee On Ways and Means
Wyatt
Rep
Bob Davis
Irving
Houston
Bill Caraway
Caraway
Ways and Means
Joe Salem
Corpus Christi
Salem
Interior seeks federal land control for Matagorda Island
Bill Nelson of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service says the Interior Department awaits a final GSA decision on federal land on Matagorda Island before negotiating with Texas on management. The plan proposed 6 000 acres as refuge with 4 000 state land in exchange for joint management of 12 000 acres. Texas seeks complete state ownership. Nelson favors federal control to preserve the island, with a winter hunting ban on high ground to protect whooping cranes and year round beaches for general use. Federal funding is not yet available but Congress may appropriate in the next budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
General Services Administration
Matagorda Island
State of
Texas
Bill Nelson
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Albuquerque
Nelson
State Parks and Wildlife Commission
Clayton Garrison
Interior
Garrison
Austin
GSA
Defense Department
House
Senate
Congress
Public Hearing Set On Point Comfort Budget
Point Comfort officials schedule a September 9 public hearing at 7 p.m. in city hall on the proposed $187,000 budget for 1975-76. The plan increases administrative and utility costs and funds a new fire truck, with water rate hikes to cover a utility fund shortfall and depreciation reserves. The board amended the current budget to cover overruns and approved projects including dog pound improvements and a traffic safety program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Comfort
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Aluminum Company of America
Paul Griffity
General Telephone Co
Albert Winter
Winter
United Brine Pipeline Co
Alamo St
Tom Schmidt
Victoria
Adult Education class registration scheduled
Registration for Adult Basic Education and General Education Certificate study is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Travis Junior High Science building on Tilley St. Courses in English social studies math reading arithmetic sewing algebra and ESL are free with classes Tuesdays and Thursdays. Instructors include Mrs J C Alderete Mrs Naomi Chase Dwayne Dumas and Keith Matlock. Vocational education registration will be announced later.
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Travis Junior High
Tilley St
GBRA adopts 1976 work plan segments for water systems
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority sets fiscal year 1976 priorities including Calhoun County Rural Water Distribution System and Victoria Regional Wastewater Disposal System. Board approves Port Lavaca Plant and Calhoun project segments, signs cooperative stream gaging contract with USGS and TWDB for 1976, and authorizes retirement of 110000 in hydroelectric revenue bonds bringing total retired to 1.58 million since 1963. Hydroelectric system spans six plants in Guadalupe and Gonzales counties with 16080 kilowatts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalupe-Blanco River
Port Lavaca
Victoria
Calhoun County
City of
Cit of
Rural Water Supply Corporation
Seguin
United States Geological Survey
Texas Water Development Board
John H. Speck
Optimists Give 500 to Calhoun County Youth Center Boxing
Port Lavaca Optimists donated 500 to the Calhoun County Youth Center boys boxing program last night. The program grades eight to twenty, aiming for Golden Gloves, and is part of the Victoria Youth Center system. Appointed officers include Bobby Joe Barefield Abel Velasquez J B Steamer, with Henry Perez as coordinator and Dizzy Martinez as secretary treasurer. Joe Mireias and Mike Ward received posts, while weekend proceeds from the eye sence slo pitch tournament will go to Port Lavaca Little League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun County Youth Center
Port Lavaca
Victoria Youth Center
Optimists
Bobby Joe Barefield
Abel Velasquez
J.B. Steamer
Henry Perez
Joe Mireias
Mike Ward
Dizzy Martinez
Aeyence
Injured woman in Port Lavaca crash remains critical
Mrs. Faye Craft Shaver, 58, of Rockport, injured in the Aug 4 wreck that killed her husband Carl V. Shaver, 65, on Highway 35 when a rain slick jackknifed flatbed swung into her car. She stayed in poor condition Tuesday at Citizens Memorial Hospital Victoria, unconscious in a private room after transfer from ICU. Truck driver Alfred Sykes, 22, of Bay City, was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Craft Shaver
Rockport
Carl V. Shaver
Port Lavaca
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Victoria
Shaver
Alfred Sykes
Bay City
Weather Outlook with Thunderstorms Through Thursday
Partly cloudy and warm with a chance of locally heavy afternoon and evening thundershowers through Thursday. Easterly winds 6 to 14 mph, gusty near storms. Highs in the upper 80s, lows tonight in the low 70s. Rain chances 50% today, 30% tonight, 40% tomorrow. Seas 3 to 4 feet, winds SE 8 to 16 knots. High tide times 10:21 p.m. and 7:05 a.m., low tides 2:06 a.m. and 3:23 p.m. Barometer 30.13 and falling.
Also Mentioned on This Page
J.M. Tucker
John Frizzie
Great Port Lavaca
Savery
Captain Brower
Lavaca
Live Oak
U.S. Mail
Post Office
Eagle
Robert Grigsby
Grigsbys
Grigsby
Dick Fisher
Matagorda
Bill Pack Wave
Gbra
Guadalupe
Gonzales
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