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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1976
Page
3
In a letters page, readers share simple tips for reusing medicine vials to store garden seeds. Vials protect seeds from moisture, aid uniform sowing, and keep prized varieties for winter storage. The column thanks Roger Katz and invites more letters from readers.
June 16 1976 marks the 168th day of the year with historic notes from Valentina Tereshkova's orbit to Harrodsburg Kentucky's first settlement and Lincoln's "A house divided" speech. Also references the Alaska gold rush, League of Nations meeting, Maginot Line, Eisenhower Japan visit cancellation, and postwar trivia. Includes reader tips from Heloise columns and practical household notes.
Miss Linda Lee Crawley is engaged to Philip Dean Wetherbee of Point Comfort. The couple plans a July 16 wedding at Point Comfort First Baptist Church. Linda is Calhoun High 1971 graduate, former Sandette, Miss Spirit 1969 1970, and works for Skytop Brewster in Victoria. Philip attended Victoria High and works for Brown and Root at the South Texas Project in Bay City.
Calhoun County singles club announces a Wednesday Music Box dance and a Saturday 4 p.m. ice cream social at Bennett Park for children. President Marjorie Simmons says the group will stay active this summer despite vacations.
A reader panel shows most regret parenthood, with many citing ongoing work and strain. Lookahead reassures a worried teen that a bad home example does not doom future marriage, urging not to fear joining in wedlock despite parental arguing.
Port Lavaca Wave established 1890 and Calhoun County Times published each afternoon except Christmas Day Monday through Friday by Wave Publishing Co. Inc. 301 Colorado Port Lavaca Texas 77979 telephone Cliff Allen publisher The Associated Press exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches. Delivery and subscription rates listed for carrier and mail.
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