Calhoun County to hear audit report Friday meeting agenda
Calhoun County Commissioners Court will hear the audit finding on the Federal Revenue Sharing Trust Fund. The session at 10 a.m. also covers hiring a wolf and coyote trapper, buying Port O’Connor landfill land, and rodeo grounds fence, plus highway warrants for County Road 111 and new soil conservation equipment rates. New hospital board members may be appointed and Mosquito Control Advisory Commission considered.
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Commissioners Court
Calhoun County
Revenue Sharing Auditor
Port O’connor
Magnolia Beach
Byron R. Olhausen
Port Lavaca
Ed Wagner
Point Comfort
Juanice Madden
Seadrift
Weather forecast small craft advisory today
Small craft advisory in effect for coastal waters and inland bays. Cloudy and mild this afternoon with a slight chance of showers and thundershowers increasing tonight. Decreasing cloudiness late tonight and cooler Thursday. Southerly winds 18 28 mph, shifting to northerly tonight and diminishing Thursday. High this afternoon in the middle 70s, low tonight in the middle 50s, high Thursday near 60. Precipitation probability 20 percent this afternoon and 60 percent tonight. Sunset 7 35, sunrise 7 31. High tide 5 21 this evening, low 11 08. tomorrow high 5 17, low 11 39. Marine forecast: small craft advisory, southeasterly 15 25 knots gusty, shifting to northwesterly tonight. Thursday northwesterly 15 25 knots gusty. Seas six to eight feet, choppy tonight and Thursday. Barometric pressure 29.69.
House Banking Committee approves 400,000 buyer mortgage subsidy plan
The measure would cut mortgage rates to 6 or 7 percent for eligible buyers through mid-1976, with income caps of 120 percent of area median income and purchase limits up to 38 000 dollars. High cost areas would earmark 10 percent of funds for 42 000 dollar homes.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Ford Administration
Banking Committee
Savings and Loan Associations
Point Comfort debates Cablecom rate increase and franchise terms
Cablecom general presses for a local rate hike as council reviews a new franchise ordinance. City attorneys say the rate structure is tied to the whole franchise and must wait on company counsel. Aldermen approve a 50 cent rise for additional outlets, with installations and reconnections costing extra.
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Point Comfort
Cablecom-General
Board of Aldermen
David Roberts
Rhodes, Garner & Roberts
Tom Lacey
Cablecom
Citizens Advisory Committee
Lacey
Paul Griffith
Robert Sheppard
Time
Federal Communications Commission
Calhoun bands and choirs set for Music Day concert
Calhoun High School will present a March 13 concert at 8 p.m. in the CHS auditorium to honor Music In Our Schools Day. The Girls' Choir, Boys' Choir, and A Cappella Choir perform varied selections with soloist Mary Ann Kosarek and accompanists Anne Rambikar and Lara Williams. The band, directed by Edward Zamora, also plays UIL contest pieces and popular tunes. Narrator Matt Harriss guides the patriotic finale inspired by General MacArthur.
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Calhoun High School
CHS
Calhoun County Independent
United States
Mary Ann Kosarek
Anne Rambikar
Lara Williams
John Williams
Melody Chatelle
Douglas MacArthur
West Point Academy
Matt Harriss
Edward Zamora
Induction for National Honor Society at Calhoun High
Calhoun High School will hold the Karankawa Chapter 4111 National Honor Society induction Monday at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. A 15 member faculty council screens academically eligible candidates. 66 students are invited. Eligibility requires minimum GPAs: 92 for sophomores, 88 for juniors, 85 for seniors, plus leadership service and character.
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Calhoun High School
Melanie Smith
Tentative pilotage rate increase proposed here
The Matagorda Bay Pilots Association asked the Calon County Navigation District pilot board for a tentative rate rise of 12 to 15 percent. Capt. Bill Butler said the package includes detentions up for 15 and 40 dollars an hour and a shift rate rising from 590 to 75, with cooperation from Aluminum Company of America at Point Comfort. action was postponed to the April 10 meeting for a firm presentation.
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Matagorda Bay
Pilot Board
Navigation District
Friendship Bond drive names many team captains
Mrs. W.R. Zwerschke announced American Field Service Friendship Bond drive captains. Captains span several additions and areas including Lou Davis addition, Seadrift, Brookhollow, Lynn Haven, courthouse area, Peikert, Choclate Bayou, Mariemont, DeShazer, Hwy 238, County Road 109, Six Mile, Olivia, Point Comfort, Burkeshire, Meadowbrook, Port O Connor, Greenlake, hospital, First State Bank, Victoria Highway, Alamo Heights, city park, Seadrift highway south, Madison School, and Hanover Germany exchange student Schaper living with the Parsons.
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American Field Service “Friendship
W.R. Zwerschke
Zwerschke
Lou Davis
Cindy Zwerschke
Annette Blinka
Theresa Selph
Seadrift
Tena Gill
Randy Drake
Becky Mesa
DeShazer
Barbara Hahn
Hwy. 238
Dale Hahn
Tanner Road
Mary Martin
Six Mile
Vicki Falk
Olivia
Frances Starnes
Point Comfort
Kay Boyd-Robertson
Burkeshire
Jim Lowery
Meadowbrook
Matson
Barbara Hornsby
Port O’connor
Sami Evans
Peggy Matson
Greenlake
Jeannine Griffin
Sherry Clegg
Ginger Goff
Hospital
Jill Griffin
First State Bank
Erin Collins
Sarah Diebel
Victoria Highway
Jeff Linhart
Astrid Schaper
Tami Parsons
Alamo Heights
Pat Tracy
City Park
Sunlight Girls
Seadrift Highway
Tami Hahn
Madison
Miss
Improved facilities sought by Calhoun Navigation District
Calhoun County Navigation District commissioners urged barge docking facilities at Point Comfort but avoided a construction approach. Frank Diebel said the plan could generate revenue and be placed on the April agenda. They considered funding over up to five years, tasked the district attorney to explore financing and engineering needs, noted a March meeting due to issuance of $4.75 million environmental improvement revenue bonds for Alcoa Point Comfort, and authorized an audit for 1974. The board also acted as Matagorda Bay Pilots Association.
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Calhoun County Navigation District
Point Comfort
Frank Diebel
Future Development Committee
Navigation District
Stanley Mikula
Larry Dio
Mikula
Oscar Hahn
Pittsburgh
Alcoa
Ralph Hearn
CPA
Matagorda Bay Pilots Association
Port Commission
Port Lavaca
Navigation
Mikula seeks re election to Calhoun Navigation District post
Stanley Mikula 34 independent insurance agent and realtor in Port Lavaca seeks a six year term as position two member of Calhoun Navigation District. He cites advantageous tax climate location and water transportation access. Election June 7 with absentee voting May 8.
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Stanley Mikula
Calhoun Navigation District
Port Lavaca
Calhoun County Navigation District
Mikula
Calhoun County
Sam Houston University
Janice
Stanley II
Phillip
Rotary Club
Texas Mid Coast Water Development Association
Jaycee
Chamber of Commerce
James Denham
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Sheriff's Department
Indianola Park
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
U.S. District Court
Richard M Nixon
Bill Pack Wave
Calhoun
Missouri Pacific Railway
Point Comfort and Northern Railway
Port O'Connor
Green Lake
Matagorda
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