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May 25, 1963 |
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The Women’s Club of Collegeport is sponsoring the Annual Home Coming
with a covered dish dinner at the Mopac at noon on Collegeport Day,
Saturday, May 25th. Former residents are invited. Collegeport, a rural community in the southern part of Matagorda County, where ranching, rice and cotton farming are the chief occupations, is a very closely knit community where the U. S. postoffice, the Baptist and Presbyterian churches and the Mopac (the community center) were the only meeting places left when Carla played havoc to all the business houses in September 1961.
Collegeport News The 54th anniversary of Collegeport Day was celebrated Saturday May 25 at the Mopac. There were many oldtimers who came from far and near. There was said to have been approximately 300 present at the dinner. There were people from Brownsville, Houston, Dallas, Angleton and other surrounding areas. We would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Robbins for furnishing the meat and Taylor Brothers Funeral Home for the public address system. Rev. Bill Hodge of Baytown gave the invocation. Daily Tribune, May 30, 1963 Nearly 300 Registered At 54th Anniversary Collegeport Founding Collegeport Day was celebrated on its 54th anniversary, Saturday, May 25, when approximately 300 guests registered to renew friendships of yesteryears. Dean Merck was master of ceremonies, assisted by Mrs. Fred Law president of the Woman's Club which sponsors the homecoming annually. The Rev. William Hodge of Baytown, who married the former Miss Margaret Ann Holsworth, gave the invocation. Two long tables in the Mopac were loaded with barbecued beef, beans, salads and desserts, tea and coffee. The dining room was decorated with beautiful art painting displayed by local and Palacios artists. The Drug Store scene, with Miss Hattie behind the counter, and the Mowery Home, painted by Mrs. Billy Halfen, were of much interest to local people. The Drug Store no longer exists as it was destroyed by Carla and the Mowery Home was badly damaged. The Yeamans Brothers entertained with violin and accordion music after the dinner. Out of town pioneers of the 1909-1910 era were: Howard Duckworth, Stanley Duckworth, Charlie Lyn, Vic and Gene Yeamans, Mrs. Harry (Morris) Smith, Mrs. Della Braden, Mrs. A. R. Matthes, Omer Crabill, Mr. and Mrs. Kay Legg, Mrs. J. F. Kilpatrick (Merck), Mrs. E. C. (Merck) Wilson, Dale Welsby and Mrs. Reba Corporon Price. The Woman's Club wishes to thank all who gave so generously and assisted in making the day one long to be remembered, and to Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Robbins of Bay City who gave the beef for the barbecue, which was barbecued by some of our local men.
Palacios Beacon, May 10, 1963 |
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The annual "Collegeport Day" will be held at the Mopac House at noon Saturday, May 30. All are invited to bring a covered dish and have lunch with your Collegeport friends. Collegeport was founded in 1909 and "Collegeport Day" has been held annually. Palacios Beacon, May 28, 1964
Collegeport News Collegeport Day was celebrated on its 54th anniversary Saturday, May 25th at the Mopac when approximately 300 guests registered and renewed friendships. The Mopac dining hall was unusually interesting. On the walls were paintings displayed by local and Palacios artists. Local artists displaying art work were Mrs. A. A. Penland and Mrs. Billy Halfin. Mrs. Halfin's paintings of "Miss Hattie" in the Drug Store, and of the Mowery Home were very outstanding. Two long tables in the Mopac were loaded with delicious barbecue, beans, salads, desserts, coffee and tea. Everybody served themselves. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Robbins of Bay City donated the beef for the barbecue, which was barbecued by a number of local citizens. Dean Merck was master of ceremonies. He was assisted by Mrs. Fred Law, president of the Woman's Club of Collegeport. The Rev. William Hodge of Baytown gave the invocation. Mrs. William Hodge s the former Margaret Ann Holsworth. The Yeamans brothers entertained with violin and accordion music. Among the out-of-town Pioneers of 1909-1910 attending were: Howard Duckworth, Stanley Duckworth, Stanley Wright, Charles, Gene, Lynn and Victor Yeamans, Omer Crabill, Mrs. Lizzie Will, Morris Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Ray [Kay?] Legg. Mesdames Bessie Merck Wilson, Jessie Merck Kilpatrick, Dale Welsby, Rebecca Corporon Price, Della Braden and Ruth Braden Matthes. The Woman's Club wants to take the means of thanking everyone for the cooperation given to carry out the celebration with donations and helping hands.
Daily Tribune, June 5, 1963 |
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May 30, 1964 |
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The crowd of 400 which gathered at the Mopac in Collegeport on May 30 was much larger than that which celebrated the first Collegeport Day under a tent in 1910 according to the enlarged photograph given to the Woman's Club on Saturday.
Collegeport, which was founded on May 25, 1909, has observed this date as the homecoming day for over half a century. The Woman's Club has always sponsored this celebration.
There are still a few of the pioneers left in the community who can remember the celebrations held at the Collegeport pavilion, The Collegeport Hotel and the community House (Presbyterian Church) before the Mopac came into being.
A few years ago the date for the celebration was set for the last Saturday in May. In reading some of the old records, it was learned that Mr. Kone, who ran the Collegeport Hotel, offered the Woman's Club the use of the hotel for the celebration held May 31, 1913.
Mrs. Fred Law, chairman of the Woman's Club, gave the welcome and expressed the appreciation of the Club to all those who had helped make the homecoming an event to look forward to each year. Special thanks were given to Mr. and Mrs. Verner Bowers and Mr. and Mrs. Billy Halfen for the delicious barbecue they donated.
Dean Merck, chairman of the Mopac Board of trustees, expressed the board's appreciation, and speaking in behalf of the community, too, for the contributions and labor given by the people of Collegeport, their friends who return each year, and to G. L. Harrison, Commissioner of Precinct 3 for the work that has been done on the Mopac since the last Collegeport Day.
"The Mopac, our Community House, which has been restored on both the exterior and the interior, has meant so much to our community and we are proud of it."
The Rev. Wm. Hodge, Methodist minister from Baytown, Texas, and husband of the former Margaret Ann Holsworth, paid tribute to Mrs. Hugo Kundinger and A. A. Brown in a brief memorial service. Mrs. Kundinger, better known as Miss Hattie, who came to Collegeport in May of 1909, passed away May 22nd. Arlie and Miss Hattie were missed but everyone will long remember the contributions they made to the community of Collegeport.
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