Calhoun High honors top students at awards ceremony
Calhoun High School recognized top scholars Nancy Pereira Anne Rambikar and Joyce Kveton along with numerous departmental award recipients and scholarships for the 1974 75 year. Awards honored seniors juniors and sophomores with many community and organizational scholarships listed for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Pereira
Anne Rambikar
Joyce Kveton
Calhoun High School
Pereira
Miss Rambikar
Miss Kveton
Texas Chemical Association
Genaro Gonzales
Ray Gardner
Shirley Williams
First National
Tina Hornsby
Kiwanis Club
Melanie
Melanie Smith
Debbie Carroll
Dawn Newsome
Delana Cornett
Cynthia Alamia
Sherre Clegg
Maria Segura
Marcia ‘Sinrhoen
Elvira Gutierrez
Bob Belk
Debra Huskey
Marsha Moulder
Kim Clark
Gavin Rumble
Cindy Smith
Frances Fenner
Joyce Eveton
Community meeting debates effect of another economic low mood
Attendees at the West Calhoun County Navigation District Seadrift meeting discuss how families, unity, and leadership once steadied people through the Dust Bowl era. They weigh today’s social supports and diverse philosophies against the risk of another downturn and the resilience of the economy and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Calhoun County
Dust Bowl
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Lant Gaines recalls Matagorda Island days and 1886 hurricane
Pioneer living on Matagorda Island unfolds through Lant Gaines born there during the 1886 hurricane. He describes families lining toward the lighthouse, scarce groceries, fishing with stakes, and duck hunting profits. Seadrift memories include mule roads and a dry Seadrift election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matagorda Island
Lant Gaines
Alonso
Amanda Gaines
Bessie
Lizzie
Luther
Lonnie
James
Lester
Swan Point
Seadrift
Gaines
Walter Dierlam
Port Lavaca
Port O’connor
Pearl City
Weather Update: Warm, Partly Cloudy Through Thursday
Partly cloudy and warm through Thursday with variable winds 6-14 mph. High this afternoon in the upper 80s. tonight's low in the mid 60s. High tomorrow in the upper 80s. Marine forecast: northerly winds 8-18 knots through Thursday, seas three to five feet, diminishing tonight and Thursday. Sunset 8:12 p.m. Sunrise 6:37 a.m. Low tide 1:18 a.m. high tide 9:45 a.m. Pressure 29.85 inHg.
Port Lavaca Deep Water Report to be Heard at 7:30 PM
Port Commission of Port Lavaca will meet at City Hall Annex at 7:30 PM to review the deep water port facilities and hold a public hearing on lease proposals. The hearing will cover tracts including a 300 by 435.6 foot waterfront parcel next to Farmland Industries, a 1.929 acre area from Vamore Co. lands, a 190 foot bulkhead at Lynn's Bayou Turning Basin, a boat slip near the channel, and a request for authority to buy two railcar loads of rip-rap for Corporation Ditch at Harbor of Refuge.
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Port Commission of
Port Lavaca
Harbor of Refuge
Montier Dr
Vamore Co
Cablecom General, Inc
Lynn’s Bayou
City Hall
Lynn
Bayou
City council allows temporary stay for Labay chickens
Point Comfort officials told Mike Labay his six chickens may remain until they mature, while rabbits face stricter limits under the new zoning ordinance. Labay, his mother, neighbors, and a FFA advisor requested a clear path to finish his project, noting 199 chickens and about 40 rabbits on Alamo Street. The board will reassess rabbit classification, considering them as livestock or poultry to permit an exception.
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Board of Aldermen
Mike Labay
Labay
Ben Labay
Joe Dettling
Future Farmers of America
Alamo St
Dettling
Calhoun ISD Board to Meet With Wide 75-76 Budget Items
The Calhoun County Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Administration offices to review the 1975-76 budget development and suspend students for up to 10 days. Other agenda items include extending City of Point Comfort lease, hiring an auditor, TEA Development Grant participation, USDA commodities agreement, appointing a cafeteria representative, reviewing April financials and current bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun County Independent School District Board of Trustees
City of
Point Comfort
Block G
Texas Education Agency
Realtors Plan Meet Thursday at Viking Restaurant
The Port Lavaca Calhoun County Board of Realtors will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow at noon at the Viking Restaurant. William R. Reiff, field representative for the Texas Real Estate Commission, will be the guest speaker following the noon luncheon.
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Port Lavaca-Calhoun County
U S Planes Sink Three Cambodian Patrol Craft
The Pentagon announced that U S war planes sank three Cambodian navy patrol craft and crippled four others to stop attempts to seize crewmen of the merchant ship. Cambodian fire had been detected for hours before air strikes. the Mayaguez was anchored off Koh Tang, about 30 miles from the mainland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Pentagon
Mayaguez
Koh Tang
Joseph Laitin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Calhoun High
FFA
Dennis Wagner
John Smith
Debbie Michalik
TARS
Guy Cleveland
Veronica Butler
Calhoun Soil and Water Conservation District
Lisa Foreman
Mark Smith
Tracie Evans
Howard Brooks
Carol Mayer
Monica Turner
Laura Williams
Guadalupe Victoria
DAR
Jimmy Burns
Sarah Diebel
AFS
Astrid Schaper
Sandette Hall of Fame
Ann Pena
Rose Delgado
Leigh Walker
Good Neighbor Commission of Texas
Sandra Bazan
Carlos Falcon
Roger Martinez
Sonia Vasquez
Janie Baladez
Ninfa Heysquerdo
Rose Marie Rodriguez
Texas A&l
Janie Delgado
Maria Seguar
Barton Bane
Anthony Blinka
Jerome Riser
Mike Machicek
Barry Hall
Dennis Sullivan
Curtis Gladney
Jamie Aguilar
Earl Leonard
Sonny McKibbon
Betty Sue Litzler
Jesse Vasquez
Ricardo Rodriguez
Barbara Hornsby
Tyra Hall
Mary Ann Kosarek
Allen Ramirez
Ronnie Butler
Kathy Randle
Cindy Brown
Vicki Falk
Mark Blevins
Mario Morales
Allison Saylor
Ann Rambikur
Alber Weber
Bryan Sanders
Paul Wachtendorf
Linda Hefferman
Bausch & Lamb
Tina Parra
Dale Ward
Martin Garcia
Dough Jackson
John Good
Bobby Smith
Dan Martin
Linda Hodges
Arthur Zamora
Charles Krause
Hector Saenz
Mary Zambrano
Evalina Loya
Vicki Schultz
Barney Geryk
Ann
Diane Lechuga
Paul Stapp
Carl Kimbriel
Dolores Padron
Carolyn Whitlock
Audrey Munsch
Albert Perez
Robert Jedlicka
Jim Burns
Karen Kelton
Ray Griffith
Mike Hahn
Leslie Lee
Jerri Griffith
Ama
Hawes
Will Hawes
Kelly Hawes
Walker Hawes
Saluria
Coast Guard
Fosteria
Rasmussens
Gulf Beach
Gulf
Lant
Rockport
Jim Brown
Hotel Lafitte
Port Commission
By Bill Pack
Wave
Usda Commodities
CCISD
Realtors
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