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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1976
Page
3
Dear readers reveal a playful approach to flavor using sniff tests and improvisation. Heloise explains choosing spices by scent, warns about cayenne mishaps, and notes she never measures, trusting her nose to guide seasoning and creativity in dinner prep.
Members of the Dial A Friend group marked their first anniversary with a coffee at the First State Bank Town Hall. Volunteers were honored for weekday welfare checks on elderly residents, with carnations for top hour contributors. Frances Adame, Elizabeth Olhausen, and Gladys Cole were among those recognized.
Boy Scout troop 391 holds a bake sale and first aid kit sale at Viking Mall in Port Lavaca from 9 a.m. until sold out. Proceeds go to fund a summer camp.
Local notes celebrate Ken Shearer recovering at home from illness and Jimmy Fox's ongoing promising career. A Bicentennial Pageant involving 2,000 volunteers is set for 8 p.m. Thursday with free admission, praised by John Williams, Eddie Zamora, and others. Gentle tributes to Weldon Weeks and Clara Knipling appear amid a town busy with weddings, parties, clubs, dances, and summer events. Port Lavaca is portrayed as lively with many entertainments across sports, culture, and community service.
Mr and Mrs Jarrell Spears attended graduation for their son Capt Rodney Spears at Trinity University in San Antonio where he earned a master degree in business administration. He will teach ROTC at the university this fall.
Port Lavaca students are invited to a Panhellenic Forum for graduating coeds at 10 a.m. May 22 in Victoria at Mrs. Al Hogan’s home. The Victoria Area Panhellenic Council hosts the event for high school graduates and college students planning to join sororities. Mothers and daughters may attend to ask questions about sorority life and rush. College reps from Texas universities will discuss rush procedures and sorority offers and requirements.
Texas TOPS number 383 met Monday night at First Baptist Church in Port Lavaca with 25 members attending. The group reported a 38 pound loss and an 18 pound gain for the week, while Donna Shackleford led with a seven pound loss. A club member read a dieting article for inspiration. The group plans to acquire new scales and will meet next Monday at 7 p.m. at the same church.
Alan Ramirez Avis Krause Janet Benarden and Barbara Maguire are selected for this year's Who's Who Among American High School Students based on their 4 H Club activities.
The Lois Jones School of Dance presents the 16th annual recital Remember at Calhoun High School auditorium Saturday at 6 30 p m. Three acts trace dance from today back through the western era. Admission is free and all are invited.
Piano pupils from the studio of Mrs. Clifon Gruetzmacher will perform at a spring recital at 2 p.m. Sunday in the First Methodist Church. The program features James Cornett Jamie Badgett Gina Dodd DeAna Dohmann Stephanie Foreman Danette Nunley Chris Dodd Sharon Hudson Theresa Mabry Lori Treumer Ellen Mutchler Michelle LaQuay Tommy Mutchler Julie Smith Lisa Obrom Quay Cunningham Michael Greenly Cindy Moses Diana Nichols Tracy Rose Kay Badgett Lisa Rogers Patricia Harriss Anita Hrdlicka Kim Carrick April Mitchell Grace Janca Janet Knopp Gina Meyer Betty Reagan Robbie Braden Karen Moses Shari Cunningham and Mark Treumer. A reception follows and the public is invited.
Kay Elizabeth Jennings of Long Mott and Richard Stephen Ohendalski of Houston will marry on September 4 at St. Charles Catholic Church in Houston. Kay Elizabeth is a Calhoun High School graduate and SHSU alumna pursuing nursing, while Richard is a Sam Houston High School graduate and SHSU accounting major.
Births: Capt. and Mrs. Rodney Spears of San Antonio welcome a son named Justin Bradley born May 17 at Brooks Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jarrell Spear of Port Lavaca and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Gore of El Paso.
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