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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1976
Page
3
Miss Estella Perez and Ruben Lee announce engagement. Estella Perez of Victoria works as credit manager for SIC Credit Company. Ruben Lee of Tivoli is a Brown & Root employee at Union Carbide Corp. The wedding is set for 2 p.m. June 26 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Victoria.
A collection of reader tips including a tiny saccharin container from a salt box, soap scraps turned into a bar, freezing popcorn for freshness, fixing scratched patent leather heels with polish and nail polish, mashed potatoes with cream cheese, slicing cheese to prevent sticking, repurposing plastic lids to prevent rust, boiling lemon juice to keep stainless pots shiny, and a note on the column’s format and audience submission process.
Miss Sandra Jo Haynie and Wesley Dean Spells were married at the bride’s mother’s Seadrift home at 2 p.m. April 25 with Judge James Dworaczyk officiating. The couple, both from Aransas Pass, plan to reside there after a Louisiana Mississippi Alabama wedding trip.
A revival led by Allen Buchenek at Seadrift First Baptist runs daily with services at 10 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. David Garrett directs songs, Jimmy Kelley is accompanist, and the event extends through Sunday.
Mrs J P Wood reports visitors to Edna hospital wife of Walter Zbikowski and children visited his mother Alice Robinson. Frank Fritz hosted Karneski aunt and uncle Victoria. Joe Frenzel Edna visited. Election duties held by Mrs Harold Evans and others in Long Mott. convention after polls. Green Lake voters elected Mrs J C Williams and others to attend Democratic County Convention. Sikes family attended Austin motorcycle races. Ricky placed sixth. Kingsville visitors hosted by parents.
Debra Ann Vickery of Port Lavaca and James B. Kyle of Point Comfort have scheduled a June 25 wedding at 7 30 p m in the First Baptist Church. The bride elect is the daughter of Eldon Ray Vickery Sr., a Calhoun High School student and HEB employee. The groom is the son of James B. Kyle Sr. of Port Lavaca and works for Brown & Root.
A compilation of Ann Landers letters and replies covers topics from aging spouses and body image to marital boundaries and wedding plans. Advice urges clear boundaries with boreish friends, honest invitations to meet potential in laws, and decisive action to preserve marriage and family dignity.
Washington AP report says FDA commissioner may approve limited use of cyclamate as a tabletop sweetener despite a 1969 ban. An Abbott Laboratories petition and new animal studies underpin the move while officials note concerns from NCI on chromosomal damage and other risks. Decision expected in late May.
The Woman's Study Club closed its year with a president's luncheon at the home of Mrs. Jay Hubbard. A bicentennial theme and lunch served on plates hand-painted by the late Mrs. Hubbard Sr. were noted as the club paused before planning next year. Mrs. D. V. Dunlap gave the annual report in president Wehmeyer Jr.'s absence, with several guests in attendance.
Oakland Oregon AP Barents 49 year old Bill Barton who designed the original Barbie doll 18 years ago criticizes the modern Barbie as overly sexual with exaggerated features and oversexed clothes He moved from Los Angeles to Oregon and warns of moral implications in today’s product lines Mattel could not be reached for comment He notes Barbie sales remain dominant in the more than 98 million dolls reported sold in the series
Mrs. William C. Sanders and Johnnie M. Gresham of Louise announce the engagement of Linda Sue Gresham to Gary Dolph Reese son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd M. Reese. A June 26 wedding is planned at the First United Methodist Church in El Campo at 6 p.m. The bride elect a Louise High School May graduate and Calhoun High School 1970 graduate now works as a heavy equipment operator for Brown and Root at the South Texas Nuclear Project near Palacios.
Local column recounts Seadrift alderman Marlyn O Briant being assigned to streets and drainage and denying knowledge of it. Mayor Billy Wilson taunts him about past complaints. The piece also jokes about a boastful expert teaching daily lessons and ends with a quip about crow tasting awful and a moral.
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