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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1975
Page
3
The 12th grade led a schoolwide junior Olympics at Austwell Tivoli High School gym with events like basketball free throw, football bounce, penny drop, and ping pong thump. Second place went to 11th grade, followed by 8th grade. sponsors earned prizes for best contests and class spirit.
Mrs J P Wood reports on the State Meeting of the Texas Home Demonstration Association in Abilene with members including Mrs GC Wood and Mrs Pearl Belk. Guests Richard Campbell and sons John and Robert of Pasadena and Splendora visitors, plus Green Lake and Alta Loma hosts. A Hawaii trip was described with craft tips and refreshments of nuts and fresh pineapple. First October meeting canceled due to Calhoun County Fair.
Jackson Elementary School hosts a community Halloween Carnival with supervised booths and refreshments. Organizers seek prizes, time or money donations from residents and list local merchants who supported last year’s event. The Good Witch Halloween may return as a surprise.
Glenda Howard runs Albion Downs, a remote WA sheep station with 9,000 sheep after drought strikes and wool price drops. She describes social life via films, newspapers, and visitors from the Royal Flying Doctor Service, while negotiating rising supplies and dingo control amid Aboriginal residents living on the grounds.
New arrivals at Champ Traylor Hospital include multiple births in Port Lavaca and nearby towns. A daughter to Alfred Courrubiass and wife in Port O’Connor arrived Sept 22. Eduardo Vasquez and a daughter to Christable Heysquerdo in Port Lavaca born Sept 23. A daughter to Manuel Castillo in Austwell Sept 24. Walter Gray in Port Lavaca Sept 25. James Snider in Point Comfort. A son to Leroy Mayne in Port Lavaca. A son to Falous McCarty in Port Lavaca Sept 2. A son to Marcelo Flores in Port Lavaca Sept 2.
The TOPS Club No 903 of Point Comfort met at City Hall at 7 30 p.m. Eleven members attended. There was a loss of 17 lbs and a gain of 7 lbs. Mrs Clarence Foppe won for the week and Mrs Henry H Carpenter was Queen of the Month.
Two vintage recipes for Country Captain with hens and canned tomatoes, plus a chicken souffle with butter, flour, stock, milk, and eggs. Steps include browning, sauce making, stewing, and baking in a water bath, followed by a mushroom sauce. A note from the National Automobile Club warns that rushing can cause accidents.
Fried fish with catsup, buttered potatoes, English pea salad, hot rolls and butter, chocolate milk, and pineapple pudding noted as the day’s school lunch offerings.
Danny Floyd of Arcadia Texas spent the past week with his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Cecil Cleere during a brief hometown visit.
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