Recreation Complex Earns Council Backing In Port Lavaca
Port Lavaca city council heard Schwarz Construction Co receive a building permit for an 88 unit Brookhollow Addition apartment complex valued at 440000 and approved a sewer easement for the project. The firm aims to start within two weeks after permit history and discussed a proposed recreation park behind Jackson Elementary with plans for two softball fields four tennis courts and a covered playground area. A committee will negotiate financing with school trustees. The meeting also approved earmarking Entitlement VII funds for a construction account to address space needs and discussed veteran tax exemption legislation, warning tickets for wrong side parking, a closed session on pending litigation, and reappointing Dr. Horine as health officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Wilson
Jackson Elementary School
Wilson
Parks and Recreation Board
Parks Board
Victoria
David Swenson
Groundwork For Study Laid by '76 Committee
SEADRIFT The Calhoun Independent School District Citizens Advisory Committee of 76 began groundwork for its recommendations at its second meeting. Don Ragin Jr. chaired the 76 member panel as three subcommittees study vocational education physical education and athletics and air conditioning of campuses. Members will vote on subcommittee reports before board referral. Enrollment declined from 5387 in 1971 to 5034 last fall despite new kindergartens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seadrift
Calhoun Independent School
Citizens Advisory Committee of
Don Ragin Jr
Port O'Connor
Public Urged to Lock Belongings Amid Port Lavaca Burglaries
Port Lavaca police urge residents to lock up belongings and report suspicious persons. Police Chief Gene Durrant warns unlocked items invite theft while city detective Joe Pena asks residents and CB radio users to call in any suspicious activity after a caller reported a suspicious person near Marshall Point used car lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Lavaca
Gene Durrant
Joe Pena
Cb’er
Police Department
Marshall Point
Edward Miller
Box 332
Seadrift
Miller
Channel 9
Flags stolen from Pier Park flagpole during night
Police report that American and Bicentennial flags raised at Pier Park were stolen between 2:30 and 3:15 am during dedication. Other incidents include vehicle burglaries, a coin display theft, CB radios taken from two cars, and glass-entry damage at Jackson Elementary School. Authorities urged public cooperation and crime prevention programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishing Pier Park
Steffanie Venable
Mike Holladay
Gail Sturm
Scott Hollas
Kent Kirkman
Road Work Planned in Port Lavaca on Two Streets
Construction on Virginia Street and Half League Road in Port Lavaca is set to start Monday. El Campo firm awarded a 94000 contract for 100 working days. Virginia Street will close to through traffic. Half League Road will be rebuilt in half widths. Public cooperation and adherence to signs urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Lavaca
Johnnie Zapalac
Wendel Construction Co
el Campo Construction Company
Virginia Street
Half League Road
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
City of
Main Street
Austin Street
Weather Outlook With Thundershowers Possible Through Wednesday
Considerable cloudiness and warmth with a slight chance of thundershowers through Wednesday. Winds from 12 to 20 mph, easing to 10-16 mph by Wednesday. Tonight’s low in the low 70s, Wednesday’s high in the upper 80s. Rain chances 20 percent tonight and 30 percent Wednesday. Boating conditions show southeasterly 10-20 knots shifting to northeast 8-18 knots Wednesday, seas 2-3 feet. Tides and solar times listed, barometer 29.87.
Airport Engineering Contract Approved by Calhoun County Commissioners
Calhoun County Commissioners Court accepted a 482000 engineering contract with Forrest and Cotton Inc. for airport rebuilding plans and specifications and approved a TAC FAA grant mix, with FAA covering 29106 and TAC up to 50000 matching funds. The action accompanies road materials bids and other budget adjustments including a Maxwell Ditch project funding push and various bureau changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners Court
Calhoun County
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Forrest and Cotton Inc
Austin
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
TAC
Martinez Bros. Trucking Co
el Campo
Precinct 2
Old Settlement Road
Precinct 4
Seadrift
Willis Jetton
Civil Defense
San Antonio
Texas Highway Patrol
Go-La Maxwell Ditch
Indianola Park
Richard Wolf Medical Instruments
Charles E. Real
Janet Custer
Ron Kuerner
Commissioners Approve New Calhoun County Extension Agent
The Calhoun Commissioners Court approved hiring Margaret L. Rhule of Ingleside as county extension agent home economics. The appointment is effective Sept. 1 with a supplemental salary of 2523 dollars and a 1640 dollar annual car allowance. Rhule, introduced by Claudia Williams and Gilbert Heideman, is a Louisville native and 1974 Southwest Texas State University home economics education graduate. She succeeds Shirley Gray Dodd, who resigned to join the Extension Service at the state level on May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret L. Rhule
Ingleside
Calhoun Commissioners Court
Miss Rhule
Claudia Williams
College Station
Texas Extension Service
Gilbert Heideman
Louisville
Ingleside High School
Future Homemakers of America
Southwest Texas State University
Shirley Gray Dodd
Methodist Church Names New Minister in Port Lavaca
The Rev. Thomas Ochhs McClung Jr. began his ministry Sunday at the First United Methodist Church in Port Lavaca. A Greenville native, he is a Cooper High School and Southwestern University graduate with a BA in history and earned a divinity degree with honors from Perkins School of Theology at SMU in 1965. He previously pastored churches in George West and Corpus Christi and served at Rockport First United Methodist Church since June 1971. He has served as a counselor to the Southwest Texas Conference Youth Council and sat on the Corpus Christi District Council on Ministries. He and his wife Susan Stark have an 8-year-old son, Brett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ochhs McClung Jr
First United Methodist Church
Port Lavaca
Greenville
McClung
Cooper High School
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
George West
Corpus Christi
Rockport
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Jean Ann Jungman
Wave
Brookhollow
Schwarz Construction Co. of
Lancaster
Mike Gibson
Schwarz Comp
Gibson
K.A. Wallace
Progressive Service League
W.R. Zwerschke
Paul Gary
M.S. Horine
John Calzada
Darryl Smith
Clayton Toulson
Gray
Park Service
Columbia Marina
Washington
Kenneth Gray
D-Ill
National Park Service
Texas Education Agency
Smyth & Smyth of
Calhoun High School
Ragin
Madison-Jefferson-Harrison
Pier Park
Calhoun County Bicentennial Commission
Richard Mauer
Bowie
King Fisher Marine
Kelly Durham
Shofner
Durham
Jackson
Eugene Sumter
Luis Calzada
Pena
Durrant
Margaret Rhule
Methodist Church
Susan Victoria Stark
Brett
Thomas McClung Jr
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