Maryjane Dahl a Seventeen Year Old Heroic Student
Selden New York AP report recalls Maryjane Dahl a 16 year old honor student who sought to graduate early to pursue biochemistry and cure diseases. She faced Hodgkin's disease in remission but died after meningitis led to coma and her life support was unplugged. Her burial drew 1590 students in tribute.
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Jay Flescher
Mary Jane
Flescher
Hodgkin
Maryjane
Maryjane Dahl
Selden
Hints from Heloise and a Mysterious Death Story
A collage of reader tips on home hacks from Heloise about prolonging fitted sheets, extending bed sheets, and organizing storage. The piece shifts to a tragic Nassau County case where police probe mercy killing in the death of Mary Jane Sheehan, detailing family remarks and Mary Jane’s school life and plans before death.
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Heloise
Nassau County Medical Examiner
Kenneth Sarvent
Upper Nyack
N.Y
Mary Jane
Sheehan
Mrs Sheehan
Mary Manuchin
Long Island
Mrs Manuchin
Hello
Dolly
California
Swingers Dance In Victoria Bay Club Attends South Texas Event
Ten couples from the Bay Swingers Square Dance Club attended a South Texas Area Association dance in Victoria on Saturday night. Dancers wore red, white and blue for Bicentennial Festivities. Martha and George Washington and Curtis and Jo Young of Kingsville greeted attendees. The grand march included 23 squares before more dancers joined. Callers from Kingsville Corpus Christi Bishop and Victoria led varied calling. Jack and Ramona Pickle of the Victoria Promenaders were elected presidents for the coming year.
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Bay Swingers Square
South Texas Area Association
Victoria
Martha
George Washington
Curtis
Jo Young
Kingsville
South Texas
Corpus Christi
Bishop
Victoria Jack
Ramona Pickle
Victoria Promenaders
Addict son prompts parents to seek help and laws question
A reader asks how to cope with a 27 year old drug addict son living at home and derailing family life as they search for peace. Ann Landers suggests contacting the County Mental Health Society for specific guidance and notes laws vary.
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Ann Landers
U.S
Canada
County Mental Health Society
PTA Program Set On Child Abuse At Roosevelt School
Roosevelt Elementary School PTA schedules a 3 pm meeting in the school auditorium Monday where Mary Junek from the County Services Office will present a firm on child abuse and speak on the issue.
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Roosevelt Elementary School
PTA
Mary Junek
County Services Office
Calhoun County Home Demonstration Council Meeting Recap
The Calhoun County Home Demonstration Council met with 17 members present to discuss district meeting dates and a district planning meeting in Beeville in January. A special poultry program is set for Nov 18 with specialists. The annual Christmas party and luncheon will be at First Baptist Church on Dec 2 with gift exchanges and invites extended to all members.
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Calhoun County Home Demonstration Council
Beeville
First Baptist Church
Home Demonstration Club
Local families recount hunting and camping trips in Texas
Warren Whatley returns from a Colorado hunting trip with a buck. Adolph and Fritz Morgenroth couples enjoy a Gonzales campout, later joining Billie Warren Morgenroth. They fish and gather pecans. Lynn Frazier of Kingsville visits relatives for the weekend with Lester Frazier.
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Warren Whatley
Colorado
Adolph Morgenroth
Fritz Morgenroth
Gonzales
Billie Warren Morgenroth
Lynn Frazier
Kingsville
Lester Frazier
School Lunch Menu Amid Messy OCR Text
Readable lines show a weekly lunch menu with items like enchiladas and hamburgers. Several words are garbled but indicate daily offerings and sides such as crackers potatoes and beans.
Vocational Nurses Set Election Meeting in Victoria
The Licensed Vocational Nurses Association of Texas Division 20 will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in Luby's Cafeteria Victoria to elect an LVN to the Health Service Advisory Council of the Golden Crescent Council of Governments. Two of the three nurses on the council were elected Tuesday in Yoakum. Lice Miller of Halietsville and Elsey Wendel of Cuero, both registered nurses. The association will have dinner at 7 and hear Dr James Coleman explain the health services program.
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Licensed Vocational Nurses Association of Texas Division 20
Luby’s
Victoria
LVN
Health Service Advisory Council
The
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
Yoakum
Lice Miller
Halietsville
Elsey Wendel
Cuero
James Coleman
Green Lake Club Takes 3-Day Sightseeing Tour
Members traveled in two cars through Austin Johnson City San Marcos and San Antonio on a three day tour Highlights included a surprise birthday party for Mary Fay with a white carnation corsage red roses and cake They toured Johnson Memorial Museum Johnson family homes Ole Main at Southwest Texas State University viewed the Aquarena show and visited Buckhorn Hall of Horn and Sunken Gardens in San Antonio
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Green Lake
Mary Fay
Johnson Memorial Museum
Johnson
Southwest Texas State University
Sunken Gardens
San Antonio
Charity Ball in Houston Sets Old Fashioned Christmas Theme
Junior Service League announces the tenth annual Charity Ball to be held December 6 from 9 pm to 2 am at the VFW Hall. The Lanny Steel Quintet will perform with a buffet, and Mrs. David Denham is general chairman. Door prizes include cookware sets, electronics, jewelry, gift certificates, and a $100 savings bond, funded by donors from local businesses and clubs. Proceeds support league projects.
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Port Lavaca Junior Service League
VFW
Junior Service League
Lanny Steel Quintet
Houston
David Denham
Clifton Gruetzmacher
League
Davis Gordon
Aluminum Company of America
Cable Com General Electrical
Central Power & Light
Men’s Samsonite
Cole's Department Store
Coastal Bend Savings & Loan
Cunningham Pharmacy
Church News Weekly Baptist, Methodist and Episcopal notes
First Baptist hosts Baptist Women meeting November 11 at 7 90 p.m. at the church plus youth hayride on November 14 with 6 30 p.m. Wednesday sessions at the Youth Building. First Methodist holds a Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 1 30 p.m. workshop for teachers and parents led by Kathrine Foster from St John’s University. Grace Episcopal reports Sunday Holy Eucharist at 7 30 a.m. and 9 a.m. services with church school, midweek pastoral visits by Bishop Dicus, baptism and confirmation, and a 7 30 p.m. Eucharist. First Baptist Point Comfort welcomes Rev Maurice Marrow, missionary from Tanzania, East Africa, speaking daily November 9-16 at 7 p.m. weekdays. A nondenominational women’s brunch is planned at Shell Fish restaurant on the third Saturday at 9 a.m. Call Mrs Milton Jones for info.
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First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
Kathrine Foster
St John's University Church
Austin
Southwest
Shell Fish
Milton Jones
Grace Episcopal Church
Dicus
Parrish Hall
Point Comfort
Maurice Marrow
Tanzania
East Africa
Seadrift PTA Set to Host Gym Program Display
Seadrift PTA will meet Monday at Fannin Junior High School to present a physical education program by grades K through 6. Under Mrs Max Waghorne, students will perform tumbling gymnastics folk dancing and basketball to show what they have learned.
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Seadrift
Seadrift Pta
Fannin Junior High
Max Waghorne
Cardinal Heenan Dies in London at 70
Cardinal John Heenan Archbishop of Westminster and top English Catholic prelate died in London after a prolonged illness. He was 70.
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London
John Cardinal Heenan
Westminster
Port Tickets Available for UH Chorus
A Victoria area concert by the UHVC Civic Chorus directed by David Arness will feature American folk songs and works by Gabrielli, Brahms, and Buxtehude at Victoria College auditorium Tuesday at 8 p.m. Tickets for Port Lavaca and Point Comfort are available from Mrs. Jeff Underwood.
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Gabrielli
Brahms
Buxethude
Victoria College
Uhvc Civic Chorus
David Arness
Port Lavaca
Jeff Underwood
Point Comfort
Calhoun County Times advertisers and service details
Advert section lists publication days Monday through Friday afternoons except Christmas Day. Adds Wave Publishing Co. Inc. as owner with contact info in Port Lavaca Texas. States AP is exclusive for republication and notes postal rates and delivery charges for mail and carrier service.
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Calhoun County Times
Wave Publishing Co. Inc
Colorado
Port Lavaca
Texas
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