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Port Lavaca Wave

Location

Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1975

Page

3

Shower Honors Miss Gibbons Bride Elect

Nancy Jean Gibbons was honored with a miscellaneous bridal shower hosted by Mrs. Melanie Gibbons and Mrs Nelda Fritzinger of Victoria. Guests included Mrs Charles Gibbons and Mrs Victor Gonzales, with Mrs Wayne Gibbons as grandmother. The event featured a blue crystal punch bowl, blue and white cake, white carnation corsages for guests, and forty minutes of visiting. The bride elect, Miss Gibbons, is to wed Duane Gonzales of Port Lavaca.

Nancy Jean Gibbons Melanie Gibbons Nelda Fritzinger Victoria Charles Gibbons Victor Gonzales Wayne Gibbons Miss Gibbons Duane Gonzales Port Lavaca

Sacred Heart Society celebrates 25th anniversary at Our Lady of the Gulf

The Sacred Heart Society of Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church marks its 25th anniversary this Saturday with a 6 30 pm mass and a covered dish supper in the Parish Hall. Six founding members remain active Mrs Josefita Alvarez Carmelita Benavides Andrea Flores Epifania Flores Paulita Martinez Martina Velasquez are honored. The society now has thirty three members. Salem Lutheran Church Youth Choir rehearses Tuesdays 4 to 4 45 pm and will perform at Late Service October 12. First Baptist Church invites sign up for supper tomorrow night.

Sacred Heart Society of Our Salem Lutheran Church

Cancer Society films offered to local clubs

Richard Neyland public education chairman for the Calhoun County unit of the American Cancer Society announced that films on cancer are available to local clubs and organizations. Films include Time and Two Women about uterine cancer Life Story about colon cancer Man Alive a cartoon on cancer signals Smoking and You for adults. Neyland said he would be glad to show the films produced to educate students on smoking hazards and to answer parents questions about their children’s health. Groups should contact Neyland at 552-3296.

Richard Neyland Calhoun County The American Cancer Society America Neyland Cancer Society Phil Philippines Ann Landers

Delicious Cheese Ball and Fillings from a Classic Recipe

A nostalgic guide detailing a cheese ball with walnut crust and brandy or gin, plus blue cheese and Bel Paese fillings. It provides steps to blend nuts, butter, and cheeses, shape into a ball, and chill, then offers blue cheese and pimiento spread variations with cream cheese and horseradish for sandwiches.

Comfort Focused Living Room Design By Michael Greer

Interior designer Michael Greer of New York urges furniture choices that respect the human body. He warns low coffee tables strain the back armless chairs burden the arms and small dining seats irritate capability while lighting should suit aging eyes and skin.

Michael Greer New York Greer

Personal travel notes and society visits across multiple cities

Mr and Mrs GE McKamey completed a month long tour visiting Halifax Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Cape Breton Quebec City Montreal Ottawa Toronto Niagara Falls Saments Park Lake Louise Vancouver BC Vancouver Island and Seattle Washington They returned Wednesday from a two week visit to their son and daughter in law Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Wesley E Corbins who stayed with Ted Corbins in Haleiwa Hawaii Mr and Mrs Martin Hillis attended the Alcoa Golf Tournament in Rockdale Tex as guests of Mr and Mrs Jim Goley Mr and Mrs Woodward Regan joined a reception in Austin for Rev Charles A Sumners retiring rector of St Davids Episcopal Church after 36 years in the priesthood 40 years total The reception was in Sumner Hall Last year Rev Sumners was named the Most Outstanding Citizen in Austin Other Port Lavaca connections included Mr and Mrs Walter H Payne now of Houston

GE McKamey Halifax Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Cape Breton Quebec City Montreal Ottawa Toronto Niagara Falls Saments Park Lake Louise Canada Vancouver B.C Vancouver Island Seattle Washington Wesley E. Corbins Ted Corbins Haleiwa Hawaii Oahu Woodward Regan Austin Regan Charles A. Sumners St. David's Episcopal Church Sumners St. Davids St. Stephens Houston Sumner Hall Port Lavacans Walter H. Payne

Four Women Serve as GMs in Baseball League

The AP reports four women hold general manager roles in organized baseball. Nadine Horst leads the Lodi Orioles in the California League, Lanny Moss runs the Portland Mavericks in the Northwest League, Eva Smith heads the Charleston Pirates in the Western Carolinas League, and Velma Wright manages the Spartanburg Phillies in the Western Carolinas League. Moss is the youngest at 24.

ST. Peterssburg Fla National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues Nadine Horst Lodi Orioles Lanny Moss Portland Mavericks Eva Smith Charleston Pirates Velma Wright Spartanburg Phillies

Birth of Peggy Elizabeth Genter in Lower Burrell Penn

Mr and Mrs Wayne Genter announce the birth of their daughter Peggy Elizabeth yesterday at 3 01 a m weighing 5 lbs 0 oz Maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs John H Jackson of Port Lavaca Texas Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Everett P Genter of Jacksonville Texas The mother is Barbara Jackson formerly

Wayne Genter Lower Burrell Pennsylvania Peggy Elizabeth John H. Jackson Port Lavaca Everett P. Genter Jacksonville Texas Barbara Jackson

School Lunches Menu Wednesday Highlights

Wednesday menu features chicken fried steak with gravy, creamed rice, green beans, carrot cabbage and apple salad, hot rolls and butter, peanut butter and jelly, and milk.

Pincushion Patients From Hari Acupuncture In Japan

Milwaukee doctors report rare Hari acupuncture where numerous fine gold needles are left implanted for life. Radiologists note needles can migrate through the body, appearing in X rays for unrelated reasons and mimicking parasitic infections. Researchers Imray and Hiramatsu warn about diagnostic confusion.

Milwaukee Japan Thomas J. Imray Medical College of Wisconsin Yoshiuro Hiramatsu Teikyo University School Tokyo

Sewing machine inventor Howe sparks a lineage and impact

In September 1846 Elias Howe Jr of Cambridge Massachusetts patented the first workable sewing machine. The invention created factory jobs for women but also sweatshop exploitation. Isaac Singer later built a sewing empire using Howe’s patents while Howe, initially a failure, eventually earned about two million dollars in fortune.

Washington Elias Howe Jr Cambridge Mass Howe Isaac M. Singer Ers

Read family marks 75th birthday and reunion

Over the weekend Dr. and Mrs. M. S. Horine hosted a Read family reunion for Mrs Eula M. Read’s 75th birthday born September 27, 1900 in Hillsboro. Relatives traveled from New Orleans, Mobile, Corpus Christi, Ingleside, North Cape May, and beyond to gather with her daughters sons and grandchildren in a rare all-tamily assembly.

Eula M. Read CS Galloway Willian Read Commander Read New Orleans Mrs. Read M. S. Horine Mrs Horine Read Michael Kops Vicki Mobile Donal Ruth Read Corpus Christi B.F. White Ingleside Jim Leigh Ann Robert Dowdy Jan Earl Tyler Kelly North Cape May New Jersey Horine Jim White Lane Cooke Shore Read Horine Kay Read

Farewell Coffee for Mrs Tom Taylor Hosted by Dierlam

Mrs Dwain Holmes and Mrs Wallace Dierlam hosted a farewell coffee for Mrs Tom Taylor at the Dierlam home. About 40 guests called between 2 and 4 p.m. to wish the Taylors well before they move to Fountain Valley California for Mr Taylor’s job transfer. The event featured fall flower arrangements a silver coffee service and a crystal punch bowl along with petite fours. Also noted was Mrs Read’s 75th birthday celebrated with a dinner cake and gifts later that evening including a treasure hunt devised by Dr Horine.

Bill Horine Houston W.L. Thompson Kathy Sheri Horine San Antonio C.S Galloway Read's Corpus Christi Lane Cooke Read Drs. Heaney and Conolly Horine

Domestic Engineers and the New Morality Debate

Readers exchange views on women and work versus homemaking roles. A housewife argues for the “Domestic Engineers” title against a male engineer’s complaint. The column also addresses rape questions, a college student with no transport, and a teen sex guide while promoting Ann Landers material.

Reputation restored after 450 years in Marguerite tale

Elizabeth Boyer an attorney who reads medieval French seeks to correct a 40 year old injustice to Marguerite de la Roque accused with her lover Roberval marooned on a Labrador shore. She self publishes a documentary style book after extensive research in Paris Edinburgh and LOC, arguing Marguerite’s innocence and minimal introspection or explicit sex.

Novelty Ohio Elizabeth Boyer Canada Jean Francois de la Roque Roberval Labr Boyer Dr. Boyer National Women's Equity Action League Cleveland Library of Congress Washington Michigan Bibliotheque Nationale Paris Edinburgh Marguerite

Hollywood Bowl sets two-night box office record

Los Angeles Philharmonic concerts on August 1 and 2 grossed 141,208 dollars, the largest two-night regular-season Hollywood Bowl total. Attendance reached 16,073 on the first night and 17,562 on the second.

Los Angeles Los Angeles Philharmonic

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