Great Ice Storm of 1924 25 Calhoun County Chronicle
An account of the killer blizzard that struck Calhoun County from December 19, 1924, to January 4, 1925, halting electricity and communications, freezing bay waters, and isolating communities. It reports mass livestock losses, disease outbreaks, and personal recollections from locals including Billie Traylor and Vivia Paul, with details of emergency measures and a funeral in freezing conditions.
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Calhoun County
Bay
Jackson Coury
Victoria “Advocate
Billie Traylor
Port Lavaca
Green Lake
Winn Traylor
Sherman
Austin College
Morris Putney
Fred Proctor
Advocate
John Rylander
Long Mott
Chocolate Bayou
Old Thomas Ranch
Gulf Coast
Belmont
Gonzales County
John Schlebach
Vivia Paul
Commerce Street
Paul
Joe Guidry
Grace
G.R. Thayer
Bim” Kitchen
Drayman
Americans cut hours to save jobs across sectors
As unemployment rises, workers including cops pilots garment workers journalists and electricians volunteer to forgo raises or reduce hours to keep positions. In Georgia about 75,000 workers at 45 firms use partial layoffs with one week on unemployment next. Pan Am pilots voteed to take 11 percent pay cut saving about 10 million yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Georgia
Pan American World Airways
Pan Am
Calhoun Victors Lead UIL Solo and Ensemble Contests
At the UIL contest held at Victoria High School last Saturday Calhoun bandsmen earned 1st Division Superior ratings. Listed are numerous Calhoun students across woodwinds brass and percussion, plus separate tallies for Travis and Crockett participants, reflecting a strong regional showing. DALLAS AP SMU administrators order silence on policy inquiries directing reporters to Keith Baker or Joe Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun
U.N
Victoria High School
Carla Bassett
Amanda Boyd
Janie Delgado
David Garcia
Margaret Garcia
Linda Heffernan
Victor Martinez
Cathy Nasser
Nancy Pereira
Robert Perez
Adam Rubio
Allison Saylor
Esmeralda Vasquez
John White
Cindy Hochstein
Jerry Aguilar
Velma Delgado
Janie Trevino
Irene Ysaguirre
Cathy Dumas
Terry Sanders
Victor Calzada
Tracy Guilbean
Ronnie Daigle
Dayna Summers
Melissa Wickes
Patricia Garcia
Rebecca Adame
Tyra Hall
Travis
Melodie Zamora
Laurie Brogger
Valerie Lambert
Sherry Passmore
Betty Reagan
Danny Rogers
Susan Schmidt
Elaina Alaniz
Robbie
Thia Lawhn
Rose Martinez
Priscella Portilla
Jon Reinhard
Vanessa Shannon
Theresa Stringham
Medium
Carolee Cook
Loretta Cuellar
Chuck Daigle
Jerry Guajardo
Gary Jackson
Allen Neuman
Diane Pereira
Carol Pratt
James Whitlock
Francine Venable
Medium Ensemble
Crockett
Judy Boyd
Kathy Broggers
Richard Carrera
Lisa
Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Keith Baker
Joe Sherman
Optimists plan five acre track opening near Farm Road 2433 East
The Port Lavaca Optimists Club announces a five acre multi track site open to all motorcycle classes on Farm Road 2433 East provided by Kenneth Moehnke. Competition will run on the existing mini track on Austin Street until the new site is ready with a mini track as a practice venue. A Saturday 2 pm mini track race will feature two classes. Tonight at 7 pm the club will honor 11 new members at the Whitecap Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Lavaca
Optimist Club
Whitecap
John Nieman
Sergio Munoz
Joe E. Morgenroni
Frank Reyes
Charlie Watkins
Bobby Barefield
Michael B. Ward
Cecil Revier
Tom Taylor
C.H. Smith
Joe Gonzales
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Eleanor
Daley
Orwis Coward
Baxley Veneer and Cleat Co
Baxley
Washington Star News
Philip M. Kadis
Guild
Great Lakes Express
Harold D. Doyle
Ardmore
Okla
Ed Estes
Rendon Memorials
Hwy
Port Ae ‘Funeral Home
Baird
U.I.L
Calhoun Bandsmen
Rhonda Sikes
Cindy Wachtendorf
David Stricklin
Shari Bane
E. Clegg
J. Kirby
Diane Adams
Cindi Henderson
Johnny Kisiah
Cyn
SMU
The
Dallas Times Herald
Paul Hardin
Siderick
Ee Te Ae
Personal Black Awhite TV
FEM
Greens Appliances
Servier Phat
Artcrafts
E. Main
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