Calhoun County Vegetable Show champions named at Viking Mall
Bobby Meyer and Tony Boyd earned senior and junior division champions for bell peppers and crimson spineless okra at the Calhoun County Vegetable Show in Viking Mall. About 500 people viewed roughly 200 entries. Co sponsored by the Calhoun County Horticulture Sub-Committee and County Agriculture Extension Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Meyer
Tony Boyd
Calhoun County
Viking Mall
Calhoun County Horticulture Sub-Committee
County Agriculture Extension Office
Johnnie Blinka
W.B. Barnes
Milton Roeder
Debbie Real
Joe Boyd
Lillian Elder
Perry Haskin Jr
Helen Brown
Ervin Hermes
Dodi Boyd
Clara Graham
Calvin Lewis
Bobby Meyers
Johnnie R. Fogle
Lori Lanfear
Boyd
Lori
W.A. Zbikowski
Shirley Dodd
County Home Demonstration Clubs
Family Living Committee
Taylor Kainer Honored Benefit Roasted By Community
Ed Taylor and Leo Rainer were roasted at a 400 attendee testimonial dinner in Port Lavaca for 25 years of serving as community chefs. The event urged building a civic center, with remarks from local officials and a formal Cancer Society tribute for Mila Cameron, highlighting long civic service and local fundraising efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Taylor
Port Lavaca
Taylor
Alcoa
Point Comfort
Leo Rainer
Dean Holford
Willis Jetton
K. A. “Roots” Wallace
George Dettman
Chamber of Commerce
Vernon Damstrom
Calhoun County
American Cancer Society
Mila Cameron
Sword of Hope
ACS
Cameron
Voters back Schwartz in Calhoun County race slate
Calhoun County and Texas voters backed A R Schwartz for state senator in the 17th District while Jon Newton and W T Phillips topped statewide contests. Browning led the Precinct 1 constable race with 739 votes to Gibson’s 324, amid 1,854 total votes. Polls closed with light turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun County
Texas
Jon Newton
W.T. Phillips
A. R. Schwartz
B. B. Browning
Jack Gibson
Browning
Gibson
Newton
Jerry Sadler
Also
Phillips
Court of Criminal Appeals
Carl Dally
Schwartz
Dean Neugent
Sadler
Dally
Neugent
Seadrift Pair Break US Canoe Race Record
Seadrift two man team Butch Hodges and Robert Chatham set a new United States Canoe Association unlimited class record in the Texas Water Safari finishing at 10 18 p m Sunday after 37 hours 18 minutes on the San Marcos and Guadalupe Rivers They beat the previous year s record by 18 minutes and earned the Argosy Adventure Trophy with the overall win Other divisions saw Peter Derrick and Dennis Borowicz win the USC A class and Dough Lewis and Richard Miller take aluminum canoes as finishers continue into Wednesday with awards at Bayfront Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Hodges
Chatham
Aquarena Springs
San Marcos
Guadalupe
U.S.C.A
Peter Derrick
Dickenson
Dennis Borowicz
Victoria
Dough Lewis
Tomball
Richard Miller
Houston
Bayfront Park
Us.c.a
Tremor Felt In Mexico City Across Regions
An earthquake lasting over a minute rattled Mexico City with skyscrapers swaying. No immediate casualties or damage reported. Police noted effects in Acapulco and Veracruz, while the Mexican Red Cross reported no emergency calls as phones and power largely functioned.
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Mexico City
Pacific
Acapulco
Veracruz
Gulf of Mexico
Mexican Red Cross
Emancipation Day Celebration Plans In Port Lavaca
Preparations move ahead for a two day Emancipation Day event in Port Lavaca organized by the Progressive Service League. A queen contest, speeches, parades, park dedication, and street dance are planned with out of town guests including Don Hardiman and Fred McClure. The June 18 19 program centers at George Adams park with events from 6 30 p m onward and a parade ending at Adams Park.
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Port Lavaca
Don Washington
Progressive Service League
George Adams Park
South Benavides and
Mulberry Streets
Don Hardiman
Houston Oiler
Fred McClure
Texas Future Farmers of America
George W. Adams
Port
Naomi Chase
Boy Scouts of America
Franklin Harvey
Bloomingtn
K. A. Wallace
Park Board
Adams
Corpus Christi
Calhoun County Independent School District
Wilkins High School
Calhoun High School
Mary Elizabeth Rubio
Arthur Haller
Mount Sinai
George Dettman
Shell Fish
Coastal Bend Savings and Loan
Viking Mall
Main St
Austin St
Adams Park
Aldermen to vote on new yield signs in Point Comfort
The Point Comfort Board of Aldermen will amend resolutions Tuesday night to add yield right of way signs at the Henderson and Lamar Street intersection and the Jester and Wood Street intersection. The measure also legalizes the entrance and exit for the Point Comfort shopping center, with the meeting at 7 p.m. in city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Point Comfort
Henderson and
Lamar Street
Jester and
Wood Street
Point Comfort Shopping Center
Weather outlook with warm臼 showers and gusty winds
Partly cloudy and warm through Tuesday with a chance of daytime showers and thundershowers. Northeast to east winds 10-18 mph gusty in thundershowers. High this afternoon in the mid 80s, low tonight in the upper 60s. Rain chance 30 percent today and Tuesday. Boating winds east to northeast 15-20 knots, gusty near scattered thundershowers. Seas 3-5 feet. Tides low this evening 7:33 p.m. and Tuesday 8:19 a.m. High Tuesday 3:09 p.m. and 12:43 p.m. Barometric pressure 30.04.
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Meyer
Harvey Hoermann
Refugio County
Nancy Maguire
Perry Haskins Jr
Orval Graham
Raymond Barefield
H.D. McCain
Boyd and
Lanfear
James Crober
Mike Alexander
Mark Krause
Michael Coughron
Scott Skelton
Bill Crober
Meyer and Fogle
M. M. Little
Perry Haskin, Jr
Ester Scott
John Meitzen
Roy Schmidli
Julius Pustejovsky
Edward Zamora
Johnnie Fogle
Joe Williams
Mary Jane Leal
Nancy Nunley
Taylor, Kainer
Jean Ann Jungman
Wave
Jim Wilson
Don Lenertz
Howard Lewis
Jack Schaefer
Commissioners Court
Doris Welch
Carolyn Hill
Marvin Kirkman
L. C. Gossett
Fred Sharkey
Wilson
Dem
Carassing
Coastal Bend Savings and Loan Association
Wayne Wehmeyer
Salder
Howard Gore
Mike Wooley
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