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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1975
Page
3
The Licensed Vocational Nurses Association of Texas Division 20 held its annual picnic Monday at the home of Sarah Regner. Assisting Mrs Regner were Mrs Raymond Albrecht and Mrs
The 25th Blood Services Day was held at Champ Traylor Hospital from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday with 42 applicants and 2 rejects. Pink Ladies thanked the community amid a regional blood shortage and announced the next date for July 16 sponsored by the Hospital Pink Ladies. Cuero LVNA Division 20 members Mary McDonald and others attended with guests from Yoakum Goliad Victoria and Port Lavaca.
A three day workshop in Beaumont Texas from June 5 to 7 focused on New Techniques Early Detection of Cancer and treatments such as Chemotherapy and Radiation. Eleven LVNs from Division 20 attended including Martha Barefield Winnie Grigsby Emma Clay Judy Warren Sophie Kazmir Ida Bell Weiser Dorothy Harris Sadie Hillyer Willie May Hoffman and Wilma Rawlinson representing Port Lavaca Edna Ganado Victoria Cuero and nearby areas.
Patricia Hutar of Chicago will speak at the International Women's Year conference in Mexico City after protests over a male keynote selection. Daniel Parker was the original speaker. Kissinger’s choice drew complaints. The change was announced Wednesday as the event runs June 19 to July 2.
Marlboro Vermont opens its season on June 22 to celebrate 25 summers of professional musicians at the Green Mountains center. Pablo Casals was in residence 1960 to 1973 for 13 summers, with over 1,000 artists participating. Summer schedule runs July 5 to Aug 10 with weekend concerts and three Friday programs July 25 Aug 1 Aug 8. Programs are not announced in advance as performers choose repertoires.
The Progressive Service League will host its annual barbecue at 11 a.m. on June 21 at the Wilkins Sunlight Girls Clubhouse on Mulberry Street. A door prize will be awarded, and proceeds benefit a Calhoun County High School graduate scholarship fund. Current officers are Thur mond Kitchen president D.J. Williams vice-president Donald Washington chairman the Rev. Chester Houston secretary and a board of Alex Dean Ernest Gillis and J.B. Steamer. The league is a nonprofit community affairs organization formed in 1969.
Port Lavacans Christopher Frangullie and Belinda Dunlap join college honor rolls for spring. Frangullie earned a UT pharmacy degree and interns in Austin, planning Fort Worth pharmacist career beginning August. son of George Frangullie, Palacios High School grad. Dunlap, Trinity University computer science senior, first time on honor roll last semester, attended Calhoun County and Priory High in Kingston Jamaica, working in San Antonio. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daughty Dunlap, 113 Beachmont. father a supervisor in Alcoa's clarification department.
A vintage style recipe for a chocolate pie. It instructs beating egg whites with sugar and cream of tartar, folding in pecans, baking a crust, then making a chocolate ganache filling with hot water, cooling, and folding in whipped cream with vanilla before pouring and chilling the pie.
A reader asks about Melanie who wants nose surgery to win romance, while parents fear a botched result. Also, a remarried couple's tension rises as a stepson and a daughter move in. a teacher asks if a 13 year old can be an alcoholic, and Ann Landers replies on personal autonomy and seeking help.
On this date in history several events are noted including New York City incorporation under English law in 1665, John Winthrop's Salem Harbor voyage in 1630, and Medgar Evers assassination in 1963. Also listed are political and terror incidents, Nixon’s Cairo visit, and notable birthdays for David Rockefeller and Vic Damone.
Mrs J P Wood returns from Houston where she attended a Moreland Family Reunion with 27 attendees. Carl Manuel to Corpus Christi hospital for tests, has returned home and is doing well. Fritz Sturm and granddaughter Karen Mills celebrated birthdays. Georgetown High School graduate Michael Shell among attendees. Chalene Young visiting grandparents J P Nunley.
Texas PTA invites members educators and volunteers across the state to research local archives school records and memories from the 1800s. They will compile vignettes supporting books documents or photos into a manuscript to be published in 1976 and housed in the Texas PTA Bicentennial Collection with donor acknowledgments.
Vera Neyland was released from Champ Traylor Hospital Friday and is recuperating at home ahead of scheduled surgery on June 18. Geniveve Ezzell left for Arkansas Friday and returned Sunday. Visitors may see Don Ezzell in Room 13B at Union South 3103 East Airline in Victoria, Texas.
Alan Northcutt son of Mr and Mrs Frank Northcutt of Point Comfort graduated with high honors from the University of Texas with a B S degree in Medical Technology He is a registered MT ASCP and works at the Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital in San Alan was 1969 Valedictorian of Calhoun High School Attending graduation were his parents sisters Kelly and Melanie and grandparents Mr and Mrs O J Atkins of Angleton
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Franklin of Manitoba Canada recently visited Port Lavaca. They had travelled to Mexico and spent two months at Fulton Beach where Mrs. Franklin, a writer, gathered material for a book. They afterward wrote Mrs. Mable McConnico praising Texas saying there is no place like Texas in ten states visited.
Calhoun County Library shelves three new titles. Caribee by Christopher Nicole follows early Caribbean settlement from Tom Warner to Carib tribe uprisings. The Seven Days of Creation by Vladimir Maximov traces seven days across 70 years in the Lashkov family amid revolutions and dictatorship. The Massacre at Fall Creek by Jessamyn West retells 1842 white atrocity against Indians, through Hannah and Charlie Fort, highlighting frontier justice.
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