For all of you fun loving ladies that enjoy throwing the dice; Bunco met on Tuesday, March 5th at 7:00 p.m. in the back room of the Community Center. Hostesses for the evening were Annette Leach and Peggy Elliott to help set up an amazing table of diet threatening appetizers and desserts. One of the champions for the evening was Biddie Hileman, who was then accompanied by the prize winning play of Sally Jones and Shirley Gordon. So, all you local Ladies, if you’re interested in having a good time without that masculine interference, do plan on attending the next evening of good food and conversation and even some playing on Tuesday, April 2nd. Contact Shirley Gordon at the Library for further information.
TOMORROW IS THE DAY! For the very First Arts & Crafts Festival as staged by the Lions Club on SATURDAY, March the 16th. Vendors are prominent with many booths displaying for sale so many items, both artistic i.e., photographs by a well-known “lens” woman as well as several paintings by an established local artist. Additionally, there will be books of all types for sale by the Friends of the Library as well as a huge, huge bake sale being prepared by members of the Lions Club. Held at the Pavilion of the Community Center, this is an event not to be missed.
April is coming shortly and the Service Club will once again be holding their semi-annual BIG BIG BIG Garage Sale on Saturday, April 13th! Contrary to rumors the County Barn is NOT full, so please contact Chairman, Lydia Strakos 983-2341 or 983-2003; Debbie Busby 512 914-9521; or Janet Johnson 983-4737 for storage of those items when you clean out those ungainly-filled closets and other hidden areas. All items, be they kitchen equipment or unbelievable paintings or gorgeous clothes that have gotten too small or large, are more than welcome at this Sale; and all monies from this Sale as well as the accompanying Bake Sale go to fund the many worth-while projects of the Service Club. See you there on the 13th of April! You may just find that item you’ve been searching for many years! I did!!
Has anyone noticed what’s happening with places for sale here in Port O’Connor? I’m not saying that there is really a stupendous increase of sales on many homes; however, I’ve noticed that a building lot has just been sold on Maple Street; a new building of steel structure is going up on Harrison; BUT evidently, the property with the Port Motel has been sold. Watching the destruction of the various buildings of the old Port was sad as one remembered so much being there; originally, the old Port Motel was on Washington and Adams Streets as owned by Ed Payne; and now there shortly will be nothing. Just trust I can get the pictures as needed.
Gas prices keep wandering up and down with the price of it changing every day on Wall Street. Really makes you wonder! Just hope that it will not cause a problem competing with the next soon to be established Fishing Tournament!
Do hope that the Pennsylvania Ground Hog was correct with his prophecy of only 6 weeks more of winter following February 2nd. And I’m certain that the residents of those Eastern states are praying for the end of winter and not having to shovel snow on Easter Sunday as I did one year.
In my Library column I wrote of earlier life as described by the book “To Kill A Mockingbird”. We here in Port O’Connor often have that ability to enjoy a more simpler life; i.e., when the community bonds together to support a benefit dinner or attend the Christmas Musicale as presented by our Elementary School. Often this type of an event brings our community even closer and much more cognizant of this superb life without the stop lights or the busy streets with stores on every corner. We have the opportunity to enjoy our lives fully hour by hour, and when we want excitement, Victoria or Rockport are only one hour away.
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