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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1975
Page
3
The bridge club met at home for a recipe corner featuring sweet potato croquettes. MedIUM size tubers were boiled and mashed with brown sugar salt nutmeg and pecan meats. Balls formed dipped in egg rolled in Post Toasties and fried until golden. winners listed as Mrs JC Crver and Mrs WR Mickle.
Local brief by Margaret Chatham notes community events and daily happenings in Seadrift with a focus on upcoming gatherings, school notices, and weather outlook for the week.
Monday through Friday school lunch entries show meals like Frito pie and meatloaf with sides. Seadrift Elementary hosts a 7:30 p.m. PTA meeting with speaker Jack Hunt on Community Education, plus door prize.
TV producer Jacqueline Babbin explains two producer types and compares her craft to factory foremanship. She notes hands on control over shots lighting and props and emphasizes instinct and experience in editing. She praises Beacons Hill as New York’s first prime time network show shot there and highlights her varied path since 1968.
Gulf Bend Center announces two new facilities to open Monday in Victoria and Cuero. In Victoria the Mental Health Half-way House will occupy the second floor of the Human Growth Center at 207 North William Wayne. Duane Gonzales and Victor Gonzales have been named Unit Supervisors and the house will house six residents from state hospitals under supervision of Dr. Forrest Sager, Medical Director. Most residents will work offsite while living in supervised quarters.
Mary Rothb presents a light column noting Norman and Lamar Marshall during breakfast with Lamar quizzed over an empty bottle. Dr. Bill Smith vanishes before a birthday cake arrives, later delivered to his home. Joan Alexander hears a Portuguese birthday call from Brazil, with a correction on a snake story. Breadcrumbs include Clara Thompson, Woody Guidry Sr., Pete Mowen, Jack Hurst boat inquiry, J B Graham’s death, Chris DelCambre in golf, Charlene and Peter Oshman in Europe, Katie Jones’ food hunt, and a reference to Emperor Hirohito’s era and the funeral train as remembered in the US.
The 1975 Rand McNally Road Atlas recalls George Washington urging Congress in 1777 to appoint an official geographer amid map shortages. His maps helped plan routes and logistics, aiding Washington as he moved toward Yorktown in 1781 where Cornwallis surrendered.
Book listings describe Basil Beyen s The Golden Mistress with Betsey Bowen as a famed New York courtesan. Lothar Gunther Bucheim s The Boat presents a German U boat tale. James Clavell s Shogun spans Japan 1600 with John Blackman Toranaga and Lady Mariko. Calhoun County Library notice.
Mrs. D J Lenertz and Mrs Howard Chrisco spent several days in Austin as guests of Mrs Lenerts sister Mrs Ross Hamilton. Lenertz visited her parents in Granger Texas. Miss Connie Dolezal a freshman at Texas A M will spend the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Kenneth Dolezal.
Alamo Heights Baptist Church begins Sunday revival through Oct 19 led by Rev. Hob Hairston from Cuero with afternoon lunch for business leaders. United Pentecostal Church hosts nightly 7 30 revival with evangelist Jerry Dean. Grace Episcopal holds Hold Eucharist at 7 30 and 9 15 am. Salem Lutheran youth retreat leaves at 8 am returns by 7 pm. Port Lavaca Presbyterian to welcome Rev Ralph Person with Holy Communion Sunday morning.
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