The Calhoun County Times (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 27, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 4, 1961 Page: 1 of 6
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TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1961
VOL. VIII—NO. 27
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en by noon Monday in the four- of ceremonies for the occasion of Victoria in 1960.
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cach of the six divisions, and
ly awarded.
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Lavaca, first fish to be weigh-
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Festival Anglers
Set New Records
ed in at the bayfront headquar-
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Oklahoma's U. S. Senator Bob
Kerr has his own well-publiciz-
ed description of John Tower,
way
men
left.
New Lions Club president W
N. Deckert has announced that
the meeting scheduled for to-
night ha been postponed until
July 11. He also said there will
be a board meeting on July 10.
stressed, the fireworks detail has mapped a
special plan to avoid a recurrence of the 1960
display, when the many of explosives were,
ignited on the ground and went off in chain.
Firemen manning the display sought refuge
causeway
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RIBBON SNIPPING — Chairman
Herb Petry, left, of the Texas high-
have lost uncounted hours of pyrotechnie display over the
sleep halted thousands of hooks, bay is scheduled with Port La-
and ti ied just about every fish- vaca volunteer firemen "shoot-
Larry Lanfear. 6, of Port La- When we subscribe to, and live
vaca. youngest entrant in the up to an organization devised
tournament by Alger Hiss, while the lead-
800 entrants still scouring Cal- Fourth of July fireworks di> ounce flounder to smash the AND BE COUNTED for what
houn waters for the 'hie ones"’ •1 play at the Bayfront Park at 8 six iound four ouncerecord set we know to be basically right?
by Doyle Green of Seadrift in Who is Government? When we
says, is not one of those tall
Texans. He’s a compact model
that runs on pure Goldwater.
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An invitation is extended to the public
to attend.
new 2 2-miles-long bridge
in the composing
word really is TA-
Three people have jump-
ed from the Corpus cause-
way since it has been open-
ed.
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looks down 50 feet to the
bay. ..
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Barbecue proceeds will go for I
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An old-fashioned Fourth of July,fireworks
display will brighten the skies above the bay-
front city park tonight, as a finale to the 4-
day Calhoun County Fishing Festival.
The 30 to 45-minute display will be fired
from the far end of the bay front park, start-
ing at 8 p.m. Members of the Port Lavaca fire!
department will man the firing.
our ft lends
1259, ask for that other dollar from
Unofficial winners in three of Washington. do we stop to count
the six special prize cat igories up what it will cost? Just what
as announced by the chairmen I our kids, their kids, and the
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Published in Port Lavaca . . . 'Gateway to the Gulf"
How long until someone
leaps from the bridge peak?
of the colorful annual parade
for the Calhoun County Fish-,
ing Festival. Parade cars went
four abreast along both bridge
roadways, to the ribbon-cutting.
point.
A giant pair of shears, made
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Over 200 entries had been and LeRoy Braden will present fr rmer record of four pounds | by the men who made this great
weighed, and two recoid: brok- awards, with Wood as master five ounces set by T, H. Evans place in the Sun” Arc we really
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commission and former chair-
Marshall Formby, second from
and E H. Thornton, right,
met from it frequently.
The new causeway, nam-
ed for former highway com-
missioner E H. Thornton,
is Texas’ longest bridge but
far. from its highest. This
distinction belongs to the
Pecos Rizer bridge in faT
FOR GOVERNOR:
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Madisonville on June 23
preceded by a downtown par-
of both ade of dignitaries at the head
aluminum shears that snipped a
ribbon to open the new E. II.
Thornton Causeway. Mayor Frank
Kinsey of Port Lavaca is in the cen-
ter and at his right is Mayor Scott
Vaughan of Point Comfort.
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. Mr and Mrs Hayne
ends at noon today, with about climaxed with a
. . During, the awards, Miss the gafftop and flounder records
Fishing Festival Sandra Tenni- broken.
The Calhoun County Times
TRAFFIC LINED thenewEH.
Thornton Causeway for a mile back
from its “hump” at spectators
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WHY NOT? Won’t you agree
that it is time we, as indivi-
duals. took a long look at the
I feller we are obliged to shave
every morning whilst the “lit-
tle woman” is getting the toast
and orange juice ready’’ Can
we stare that feller in the eyes
। and honestly say that he is liv-
ing up the the standards set
willing to let creeping social-
of Portland ism get us by the throat? Or.
West Texas. No one has
plunged from it since its
completion a dozen years
ago.
son will be introduced. and will David Haweg of Port O’Con-
assist in giving out prizes. Fes-, nor brought in a four pound
tival co-chairmen Maurice Wood eight ounce gafftop to top the
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dedication
raised a
about its
yours
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AND SPEAKING OF SHILI-
INGS: Miss Paula Shillings,
peerless horsewoman. and sharp
daughter of that same Skeeter
Shillings. .is working the sum-
mer at Leonard Fisher’s t i n
tarn on the Corpus Christi
Highway. Petite Paula is un-
derstudy to Miss Berta Ward,
Mr Fisher’s office manager.
A new trout record of seven pounds 12
ounces was set Monday morning in the third
day of the Fishing tourney. J. D. Tyler of Gal-
veston brought in the big fish, that topped the
previous record by just one ounce. Jack L. Lin-
ville of Bloomington set the old record in 1959.
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highway board when the new icat ■
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H Thornton
Saturday in
taries Association are Miss Kay
Dunnam, right, runnerup, and Miss
Melanie Hall, third place. Judges
were Leslie Kelley-, David Sheffield,
and Charles S. Hanley, all of Vic-
A Corpus Christi news-
man recalled a staff pool
on the date of the first leap.
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Bridge leaping is relative-
ly common at some of the
more spectacular spans in
the country, where precau-
tions a re 'taken again: t
. jumpers.
plant cafeteria. Thornton, Pet-
ry and Formby were featured
speakers, and City Manu ger
Hugh Bowers was master of
Ct remonies.
Causeway Named
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For E. H. Thornton
tion will be held Thursday night Mr and Mrs Darwin Floyd, by a dinner for members of the
at the First State Bank and parents of 15-year old Charles ■ dedication party at the Alcoa
ordered built in 1958. He has vehicles is still a patient in a
t Saturday .
Marshall Formby, Plainview,
former chairman of the Texas ’
1 highway commission, is definit-
ely in the rae for the govern-
or’s office in 1962, he declared
'here.
"I'm not just considering I '
am a candidate now,” Formby j
’ affirmed.
The Plainview radio and news- '
man was considered a serious
contender in 1960. but did not
enter the race, possibly because
Governor Price Daniel decided j
to seek a third term.
Formby was chairman of the
The ardent fishermen w h o | p.m. tonight when a 15 minute
Not “Tactis”, as it was
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The Farm Bureau Board meet-
ing which was scheduled for to-
night has been cancelled, and
another date has not been set.
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The Port Lavaca Parks and
Recreation Board will meet at
5 p.m. Wednesday in the City
Hall. According to last week's
council decision, six members
present are required for a quor-
um.
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MARSHALL FORMBY
. . . hat in ring
Fourth celebrants can get a
। barbecue dinner today with the
Veterans of Foreign Wars at
the post quarters.
Dinner will be served start-
i mg at noon today, with the pub-
; he invited at a price of $1.25
and 75 cents, says Ben Horecka,
j ost junior vice commander I
who is in charge of the barbe- J
live in used to cut the ribbon.
The ceremony was followed
, been a leading Texas political
। figure for several years.
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Library Meeting
Thursday Night
Monthly meeting of the Cal-
gathere Saturday for the bridge’s--
dedication. (Wave-Times Photo),
THE. WINNER of the Miss Fishing
Festival title was Miss Sandra
ennison,, (center) daughter of Mr.
dndMrs.W: E. Tennison. Seen with
her after the Friday night contest
sponsored by the National Secre-
At least one 1962 candidate
for governor of Texas was in
gry “
Eh
I it is an Anti-God, Anti-Christ
I “ism ” Its Apostles do not go
about in long cloaks, long
! beards, and high, black hats,
and carrying short-fused bombs
in plain sight. On the contrary,
they appear even as you and
I They spout "Peace At Any
Price." and “What has Castro
done wrong?”
( Bryan hospital, and still on the
critical list.
' Mrs Hayne who was also in-
। jured in the accident has been
! relcased from the Madisonville
colorful dedication exercises
that honored the former Texas
highway commission chairman
who initiated the causeway.
Herb Petry, present chairman
of the highway commission,
made the biggest news of the
day witn the name announce-
ment - . I
The naming of the bridge for J
Thornton, now a Houston attor-
ney and who headed Saturday's..!
program, was an unusual tri- '
bute to his service with.the
highway body, and a departure
fiom Texas custom. Public fa-
cilities in Texas are more usual-
ly named geographically.
Marshall Formby, another
former highway commission
chairman, joined Petry in a tri-
bute to Thornton's “outstanding I
public service" as a member "
and chief of the commission,
which administers the billion-
dollar Texas system of high-
ways.
The bridge dedication cere-
mony was witnessed by about
1.500 persons atop the 50-foot
clearance is provided for water
traffic under it.
The ceremony had as other
participants Mayor Frank Kin- j
sey of Port Lavaca and Scott
Vaughan of Point Comfort, State i
Senator Bill Patman and State
Representative Dick Cory, Couh- j
ty Judge Howard Hartzog and I
a number of neighboring city I
and county officials.
Thornton made the principal I
address, pointed to the ihcreas- I
ed progress possible for the new ■
bridge, and charged that the i
old 19-foot causeway “too long i
has been an impediment to pro-
gress" in the Calhoun and neigh- l
boring coastal area. I
The theme of progress mark- |
ed all dedicatory talks, by Pe- I
try. Formby, Patman, Cory and
Hartzog I
The dedication ceremony was |
Marine Recruiter Paul Mar- i
tin will be at the Port Lavaca ,
Post Office from 8 to 10 a.m. :0
Wednesday to interview young et
men and women interested in
the U. S. Marines. He will have i j
information on such Marine ।
Corps progranis as 120 Fixtend q {
ed Active Duty, and aviation .882228
duty. ! dele
Mrs. Vick’ Matulik vl Port ers 01 Communism laugh at us,
vnch. first fiek to he weiah. can we feel good about the the gtant kilter -Tower, Kerr
A. M. Stork
' spelled in the “TIMES" of June
27th It means, according to my
mother-in-law, some things left ।
lover. And some things passed,
such as the local Quarter Horse I
Show. which was sponsored by I
The Calhoun County Youth
• Rodeo Association. Among those
who did Herculian work to
make the show go over, were
- Mes "Bubba" Zwerschke, "Bub-
ba" himself. Billy Saylor, and
1 "Texaco'' Shannon To say noth-
ing of Louis Jaster, the No. 1,
Ring Steward And Sketeer Shill-
I ings who saved a life by bring-
! ing the old announcer several
I cups of coffee
hospital and is inBryan with ' of Alcoa aluminum in the com-
her husband j pany's Point Comfort shops, was
ing spot will receive their a- ing the fireworks".
wards in ceremonies at the Bay- The festival got off to a bang-
front Park at 3 p.m. today when up start Saturday when near-
the $2,400 in prizes are official- record catches were entered in
Trust Company: Time 1s 7 30 .Chuck Floyd who died in the
1 The library group has in pro- crash, have returned to Port
gross an extensive “Give a Lavaca from Jacksonville where
Book’’ drive to fill the shelves funeral services for their son
of new $35,000 county library , were conducted.
ee.
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M B r R T H D A Y Today, my
K | friends, is the birthday of our
K i county Whether you have
j taken advantage of one of th
fine flags that Don Lenertz,
Chamber Of Commerce Presi-
4 dent, obtained for distribution
• i through the local C of C, or
i not. it is long past time when
all of us should take stock of
our attitude toward this great
Nation into which most of us
were born There are a few
things we ought to consider at
‘ this time: Communism is not
just another political ideology;
.2. era. •
Agbb-csioe ■
opam“-et
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Grady Hayne who was criti-
calls inured in a two-car wreck
day Fishing Tournament which The entire Festival will be
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