Texas Municipal League Region 11 Holds Quarterly Meeting
About 175 people from 18 towns attended the Region 11 quarterly TML meeting at the VFW Post Home. Don Sissions of Austin discussed legislation important to cities and urged attendees to engage with the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Municipal League
VFW
W.R. Zwerschke
Port Lavaca
Bill Carper
Sinton
Walter S. Falk
TML
Don Sissions
Austin
Elected leaders urged residents to heed state budget effect
City officials urged citizens to express views to lawmakers on costly state measures that would raise police and fire pay and exempt utilities from sales tax. The Port Lavaca hosted meeting named regional leaders and attendees from numerous cities. Exhibits from Alcoa Union Carbide Texas A&M and Calhoun Extension supported the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sissions
Region 11
Walter S. Falk
Rockport
Bill Carper
Linton
W.R. Zwerschke
Port Lavaca
Herman C. Johnson
Robert Kubena
Hallettsville
Water trouble in Port Lavaca spurs calls for investigation
Dick Fisher laments ongoing water contamination in Port Lavaca and Calhoun County. He questions why Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority added chemicals without warning, urges a full investigation, and notes visitors left after the disturbance. He asks why the issue is localized and demands answers to protect residents.
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Guadalupe-Blanco
Weather forecast with warm days and slight storm risk
Partly cloudy and warm through Tuesday with a slight chance of thunder showers on Tuesday. Southeasterly winds 6 to 16 mph. Highs in mid 80s, tonight lows upper 60s. Probability of precipitation 20 percent Tuesday. Marine forecast shows south to southeast winds 8 to 18 knots, increasing Tuesday to 12 to 22 knots. Seas two to four feet, increasing Tuesday. Showers possible tonight. Sunset 8 15 p.m. Tonight sunrise 6 35 a.m. Low tide 7 06 p.m., high 1 28 a.m., low 6 59 a.m., high 12 51 p.m. tomorrow. Barometer 29.92.
Calhoun Golden Revue Opens Spring Concert Night
Calhoun High School presents the 19th Annual Spring Concert and Calhoun Golden Revue on Tuesday at 8 00 in the Gold Room of the Sand Castle Club Calhoun Auditorium with Girls Choir Mini Choir and A Cappella Choir performing in formal the show will feature nostalgia acts from past and present stars plus songs from Sentimental Journey Chickery Chick Mr Sandman and more Senior choir members will be recognized and several names listed will make final appearances Denise Arnold Grover Boyd Melody Chatelle Dena Cumba Julie deBruin Sarah Diebel Linda Diethorn Vickie Falk Barbara Hahn Melinda Henderson Jocelyn Rainer Mary Ann Kosarek Betty Sue Litzler Gary Lively Chuck Moss Astrid Schaper John Smith Pam Wagner Zindi Young Joe Garcia Matin Garcia Alonzo Garza Doris Crawley Cynthia Curtis Sharon Gladney Vickie Hotz Bettie Lindsey Debbie Palmer Carla Passmore Kathy Velasquez Rotary Club Award to Outstanding Member of the A Cappella Choir will be announced Admission is free.
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Calhoun High School
Calhoun
Mr. Sandman
Nellie
Cher
Chicago
Olivia Newton-John
Edelweiss
Sound of Music
Denise Arnold
Grover Boyd
Melody Chatelle
Dena Cumba
Julie deBruin
Sarah Diebel
Linda Diethorn
Vickie Falk
Barbara Hahn
Melinda Henderson
Jocelyn Rainer
Mary Ann Kosarek
Betty Sue Litzler
Gary Lively
Chuck Moss
Astrid Schaper
John Smith
Pam Wagner
Zindi Young
Joe Garcia
Matin Garcia
Alonzo Garza
Doris Crawley
Cynthia Curtis
Sharon Gladney
Vickie Hotz
Bettie Lindsey
Debbie Palmer
Carla Passmore
Kathy Velasquez
Rotary Club
UIL
John Williams
Bus Car Collision Injures 47 in East Texas Crash
A Continental Trailways bus from Shreveport to Dallas collided head on with a sports car on Interstate 20 near Liberty City injuring 47 aboard the bus. Two infants were among those hospitalized. two bus occupants were listed in critical condition and several others in serious or fair condition at Kilgore and Longview hospitals. The car driver Patricia Mason 27 of Kilgore had critical injuries. the 4 year old daughter Melanie was in good condition. Bus driver Bill Coty 62 sustained minor injuries.
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Liberty City, Tex
Continental Trailways
Shreveport
Dallas
Liberty City
Bobby Lee Sherbin
Kilgore
Longview
Tex
Pat Patterson
Gregg County Sheriff's Dept
Patricia Mason
Melanie
Carrie Alston
Natchez
Miss
Pauline Sheperd
William McKeever
Chatham
Texas Highway Patrol
Bruce Worthy
Rayville
Lola Lewis
Sacramento
Calif
Estella Sellers
Hebert Sellers
Danny Ray Odom
Monroe
Marcella Williams
Agnes Whitson
Barnardsville
N.C
Matt Conrow
Harley Pritchard
Fort Hood
Hazle Wynch
Tulsa
Oklo
Bill Coty
Commissioners Court sets report on revenue sharing projects
County Judge Willis F. Jetton announced the court will submit a preliminary report on revenue sharing projects by June 24 based on executive proposals. A major share will fund the sanitary landfill off State Highway 87 with engineering and equipment. The $263,321 entitlement VI funds may be adjusted as priorities evolve. Cecil Blake was named election judge and Mrs. Lillian Elder as alternate for the June 7 Calhoun County Navigation District election in precinct 7.
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Commissioners Court
Willis F. Jetton
Jetton
Dept. of Treasury
Calhoun County Navigation
Cecil Blake
Lillian Elder
Water in Port Lavaca still tainted by cleaning process
Port Lavaca water remains with bad taste and odor despite steps by Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority manager John H. Specht. He blamed a filter media cleaning agent used at the Water Treatment Plant last Tuesday for raising chloride levels and causing chemical taste and odor in municipal and domestic supplies in Port Lavaca and Calhoun County.
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Port Lavaca
Buadalupe-Blanco River Authority
John H. Specht
Specht
Calhoun County
City Council Sets Final Readings On Gas Rates
Port Lavaca City Council will hold a 7:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall Annex to give final readings on ordinances for natural gas rates and camping fees at the Port Lavaca State Fishing Pier. The agenda includes Cablecom General franchise, revenue sharing entitlement of 147512 dollars for 1975 76, park use for Lot 9, Brock Hollow, and actions on landfill equipment.
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Port Lavaca
City Hall
Port Lavaca State Fishing Pier
Cablecom General, Inc
Recreation and Parks Board
Brock Hollow
De-Go-La proposals approved for RC&D planning
Two proposals were approved for planning by the De-Go-La Resources Conservation and Development District executive board at the Agriculture Building. One, from Water Control & Improvement District No. 1 Calhoun County, targets erosion on the county's southeast side with silt deposits in the Victoria Barge Canal. The other, from DeWitt County, addresses roadside erosion with an estimated cost of about $35,000 and RC&D assistance.
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De-Go-La
Pete Wright
Rc&d
DeWitt County
Carl R. Wood
Indianola Park
Fort Wallls
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
State Division of Planning and Coordination
Recreation program draws hundreds of youth registrations
More than a hundred students registered for the Summer Youth Recreation Program on Saturday. The City Parks and Recreation Board sponsors the program which will run five weeks at Crockett and Travis junior high gyms from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Mondays through Fridays for ages six to sixteen. First registrants include Mitchell Frankson, six, at Travis and Judy Boyd, thirteen, at Crockett. Pre-registrants can join on June 9 but each gym caps at 400.
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City Parks and Recreation Board
Judy Boyd
Crockett Junior High School
Crockett and
Travis
Naomi Chase
Former Alcoa manager Ervin Wahlsten dies in Port Lavaca
Ervin L. Wahlsten 63 a former operations manager for Alcoa Point Comfort Operations died Sunday in Port Lavaca after an extended illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Salem Lutheran Church with burial at Memory Gardens Victoria. Survived by wife Dorothy three daughters mother brother and grandson. Born June 27 1911 in Tower Minnesota he earned a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota 1937 and joined Alcoa at East St. Louis. He held leadership roles across Alcoa plants worldwide and served on multiple company and civic boards including the University of Texas Engineering Advisory Council. The Wahlsten home is 99 Houston Street Port Lavaca. Memorial gifts may go to Salem Lutheran Church Living Memorial Fund.
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Ervin L. Wahlsten
Alcoa
Point Comfort
Port Lavaca
Salem Lutheran Church
George Haynes
Memory Gardens
Victoria
Directton
Walston
Dorothy
James
Sally) Lorey
Atlanta
Neil
Linda) Hammer
Perth
Australia
Karen Walsten
Genevieve Bystrom
Tower
Robert
Duluth
Minn
Mark Lorey
Wallsten
Kwinana
Western Australia
Wahlsten
North Woods
University of Minnesota
East St. Louis
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Lavaca Pipe Line Company
Lavaca Production Company
Point Comfort Water Company
Texas Chemical Council
Texas Research League
Texas Mid-Coast Water Development Association
South Texas Chamber of Commerce
Wahlisten
University of Texas At Austin
University
Board of Regents
Guadalupe
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Gulf Coast Council
Boy Scouts of America
Indianola
B.S.A
Rotary Club
Port Lavaca-Calhoun County
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Union Carbine
Texas A & M University Marine Division
Home Demonstration Club
Joe Surovik
Marine Extension
Dick Fisher
East
Texas
Travis Junior High School
Mitchell Frankson
Errin L. Wahlsten
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