Portpourri Society Notes Parade of Local Figures
Mary Rothb presents a light column listing local residents seen about town. Clara Knipling and H Laoueil Elles are noted in evenings, Ted and Kathryn Davant lunching, Mrs. Chaterton busy, Winona Williams and Lee Williams taking pizza home, Gladys Mikula a proud grandmother, Mrs Harlan Pifer busy, Carol Boyd helping youth, Bob Reilly welcomed, Margie and Mickey Davis with Bill Bauer Jr, Phyllis and Tom Taylor missed. Constitution Week Sept 17–23 honors freedoms and vigilance. Grover Cleveland quote about government balance closes.
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Mary Rothb
H.laoueilles
Clara Knipling
Ted
Kathryn Davant
LS. Chatterton
Lil Bards
Winona
Lee Williams
Gladys Mikula
Harlan Phifer
Carol Boyd
Bob Reilly
Margie
Mickey Davis
Bill Bauer, JR
Phyllis
Tom Taylor
Grover Cleveland
Church Activities Across Local Churches This Sunday
Port Lavaca Presbyterian guest minister is Rev Jesse Lees from Kingsville at services this Sunday. First United Methodist hosts a churchwide CampHE retreat starting today through Sunday. Salem Lutheran holds eighth grade parents catechism meetings at 2 8 p m with pastors Haynes Megahan. Grace Episcopal celebrates Holy Eucharist at 7 30 a m and 9 15 a m with Church School at 9 15 a m. First Baptist features Dr HJ Green of Beeville in sermons. Youth Alive film in Fort Worth tonight. Singing Christians program at Travis Jr High Sunday 2 p m.
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Port Lavaca
First United Methodist Church
HE. B. Camp
Leadey
Salem Lutheran Church
Haynes
Megahan
Grace Episcopal Church
First Baptist Church
HJ. Green
Beeville
Rev. Bush
Fort Worth
Youth Alive
Ron Sells
Travis Jr High
Al Azhar University bans Western dress in Cairo
Al Azhar University in Cairo, a millennium old Islamic center, bans Western dress for faculty and may require female students to cover up. Rector Abdel Halim Mahmoud cites religious dignity, while some professors support strict garb and others oppose, noting Koran does not specify dress. Students express mixed views amid fashion shifts and prior reforms.
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Cairo
Egypt
al Azhar University
al Azhar
Abdel Halim Mahmoud
Tryouts for Civic Theater for Othello at UH Victoria Center
University Civic Theatre auditions for Othello begin 8 p m on Monday and Tuesday at the UH Victoria Center Theatre. Producer-director Roger Sorey urges a large turnout from UGVC Victoria College and the community, noting at least ten male roles and several major and minor female roles.
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University of Houston Victoria Center
Sorey
UGVC
Victoria College
University Civic Theatre
Victoria College Library
Victoria
Roger Sorey
Navarro and
Mockingbird Lane
Shakespare
Mark Twain
Egyptian Fatwa and Veil Reform Across Centuries
A 19th century fatwa allowed Western dress if heads remained covered. reformer Kassem Amin in 1891 led a campaign against the veil, deeming it Turkish. After street demonstrations by women, the veil faded by 1901, and the fez vanished following Egypt’s 1952 revolution that toppled the monarchy.
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Kassem Amin
Club Activities and Home Demonstration Officers Installed
Mrs. W M Mickle hosted a Thursday bridge session with guests Mrs. Roy Whitmire Mrs. R C Wilson and Mrs J B Chatterton The winners were Mrs Charles Boyd Mrs Jr Randle Sr and Mrs P B Rothband The Point Comfort Home Demonstration Club installed 1975 1976 officers Mrs Henry Garza president Mrs Louis Hicks vice president Mrs James Tanner secretary reporter Mrs Albert Winter treasurer and Mrs Richard Miller Council Delegate The next meeting is Sept 17 at 9 30 a m at the County Agriculture Building with County Home Demonstration Agent Shirley Dodd presenting on canning and affordable meats
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W.M. Mickle
Roy Whitmire
R.C. Wilson
Chatterton
Charles Boyd
Jr. Randle
P.B. Rothband
Point Comfort
Henry Garza
Louis Hicks
James Tanner
Albert Winter
Richard Miller
Carroll Knuepper
Nellie Muenich
County Agriculture
Shirley Dodd
County Home
Recipe Corner Cheese Biscuits and Variations
A compact collection of biscuit variants including Cheese Biscuits, Fried Biscuits, Honeyed Biscuits, and Biscuits from Scratch. Each uses common ingredients like flour, leaveners, salt, and dairy, with notes on mixing, rolling, cutting, and baking or frying. Includes methods to add cheese, honey, cinnamon, nut meats, and shortening or Crisco.
Woman Heritage Program Promotes Equality at Sorority Meeting
Seadrift Alpha Delta Gamma of Beta Sigma Phi presented Woman: Her Heritage and Her Hope by Mrs. Ricky Whatley. 1975 76 budget and yearbook approved. Attendees listed. Beginning Day brunch at Mrs Robert Sanders home included yearbooks and page assembly. Rose care tips offered on wilt prevention and stem trimming.
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Seadrift
Ricky Whatley
The
Seadrift Alpha Delta Gamma
Beta Sigma Phi
Eldon Gooden
Archie Dworaczyk
James Dworaczyk
Ben Dworaczyk
Henry Milligan
Elizabeth Hassell
Norman Morgan
Robert Sanders
Floyd Thompson
Jerry Weaver
Ruben Whatley
Ricky Watley
Alpha Delta Gamma
Sanders
R.W. Whatley
Texas Teen-Ager Pageant Interviews Tour Schedule
Miss Texas Teen-Ager Jana Collard and State Director Cappy Munday will tour Texas interviewing 13 to 17 year olds for the 1976 Texas National Teen-Ager Pageant. Interviews run Sept 16 to 19 at Holiday Inns in Dallas, Huntsville, Houston, and Corpus Christi. finalists compete in March 1976 at Astroworld Houston.
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Jana Collard
Holiday Inns
Dallas Central Holiday Inn
Huntsville Holiday Inn
Houston Astroworld Holiday Inn
Emerald Beach Holiday Inn
Corpus Christi
Atlanta
Georgia
Texas
Astroworld
Houston
America
Cappy Munday
P.O. Box
Penwood Place
Lithonia
Cancer meet set at White Cap Cafe noon Monday
The Calhoun County Cancer Society will hold an organizational meeting at the White Cap Cafe at 12 noon on Monday. It will be a Dutch Treat luncheon.
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Calhoun County Cancer Society
White Cap Cafe
Dear Ann Landers Boston Accent Quip and Personal Help
The letter recalls Ann Landers defending a Boston accent and praising speakers like Elliott Richardson and Ted Kennedy, then shifts to a Pensacola Woman asking how to live with a husband accused of indecent exposure and other crimes. It ends with guidance on naming a caregiver and a Stumped reader seeking a respectful title for stepchildren, plus a note about booze education for teens and a mailing address for Ann Landers materials.
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Ann Landers
Ann
Pensacola
Ann Landers L
May
Mama May
P.O
Elgin
Field Enterprises, Inc
Monaco Denies Caroline to Enter Princeton This Fall
Royal house refutes claims that 18 year old Princess Caroline will enroll at Princeton this autumn. She will study at Paris School of Political Science this fall while brother Albert remains in Monte Carlo for high school. The report suggested enrollment next year. palace gave no confirmation.
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Monte Carla
Monaco
Caroline of
Princeton College
Palace
Caroline
French School of Political Science
Paris
New York Daily News
Prince Rainier
Grace Kelly
Ivy League College
Prince Albert
Princeton
Albert
Monte Carlo
Riverside Art Show scheduled in Town Plaza Mall
The fifth annual Riverside Art Show will Sunday Sept 21 from 9 30 a m to 6 p m at Town Plaza Mall. Victoria Junior Woman's Club sponsors the event with over 168 artists from Victoria Houston San Antonio and other Texas areas. Residents from Lake City Colorado and Texas will display oil paintings watercolors seascapes photography pottery jewelry dolls batiks metal art and more with proceeds funding community service projects including prenatal care classes toy funds for foster children and a Christmas toy repair drive. Club president is Mrs Daniel Eckermann with co chairs Mrs Reggie Ebner and Mrs David Sutherland.
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Riverside
Town Plaza
Victoria Junior Woman's Club
Victoria
Houston
San Antonio
McGregor
Austin
Corpus Christi
Texas
Lake City
Colorado
DeLeon Plaza
Hopkins School
Daniel Eckermann
Reggie Ebner
David Sutherland
Living rugs bloom in Sundar Shadi hillside garden
In Calhoun High School colors and a hillside garden Sundar Shadi creates three Persian rug style plant designs and an old fashioned quilt using over 8000 plants. The project cost an estimated 500 to 600 dollars this summer and uses 35 pounds of snail pellets to protect fragile specimens. Shadi, a long time resident since 1935, also stages Christmas displays during holidays attracting thousands and causing traffic jams.
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EL Cerrito
Calif
Sundar Shadi
Ile
Shadi
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