COLLEGEPORT DAY

MAY 29, 2004

WELCOME!  The Woman’s Club of Collegeport invite you and your family or guest to celebrate the the 96th Anniversary of the founding of Collegeport.  The annual homecoming will be held at the Mopac House on Saturday, May 29, 2004 .  Dinner will be served at 12:00 Noon .  Please bring a side dish, salad, or dessert to compliment barbecued beef.  Please use the parking area behind the building if able.  Help celebrate our heritage and continue this community tradition.  We hope to see you!

 

 

 SPECIAL THANKS  TO MEAT DONORS:

Dennis & Lee Ann Bowers

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Bowers

Daniel & Gertrude Ryan

J. W. & Elaine (Hendrix) Shows

John Wayne Shows

AND TO COLLEGEPORT AREA VFD and ALL who work to make this event a success.

 

PERSONS WISHING TO CONTRIBUTE toward the purchase of beef for the barbecue next year should contact Ida Mae Franzen.

 

REMAINING BARBECUE will be sold after lunch @ $6.00/pound. 

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES!

         Stacey Bowers

         Chelsy Corporon

          Heather (Green) Evans

         Stephanie Hansen

         Edgar Padron

A Senior Party was held on May 3, 2004 at Mopac House honoring these local graduates.

 

 

COLLEGEPORT TREASURES, the updated Collegeport Cookbook enjoyed a great debut, selling out the first publication of 200 copies!  Thank you to everyone who participated in contributing recipes, photos, and historical information to make this publication a great success!  Proceeds benefit the Woman’s Club, who sponsor Collegeport Day.  The second printing of 100 copies will be available for sale on Collegeport Day for $25.00 each.  To order by mail, add $4.00 for postage and handling.  Make checks payable to:

 

       Woman’s Club of Collegeport

       P. O. Box 151

       Collegeport , TX 77428

 

 

IN MEMORIAM

Dorothy M. (Crane) Corporon

Thomas Hale

Johnnie Mae (Kubela) Henry

Robert Holloway

Beatrice (Wickens) Rucker

 

 

THE SECOND ANNUAL CHRISTMAS FAMILY REUNION was held at Mopac House on Saturday, April 24, 2004 .  Approximately 64 attended this event.  A wonderful day of reminiscing, food and fellowship was enjoyed by all.

 

COLLEGEPORT  PIONEER  MEMORIAL

A monument has been commissioned by the Mopac House Foundation to commemorate the “Pioneers Who Settled the Collegeport Area”.  Contributions to the memorial may be made to Mopac House Foundation, designated for the Pioneer Memorial Fund.  Your assistance with this project is greatly appreciated.  The monument will be in place and a dedication ceremony will be held on Collegeport Day, May 29 at 10:00 AM on the Mopac House grounds.  Make plans to attend this dedication.  Marker text is printed on the back of this newsletter.   

   

  In Remembrance

 

Dorothy Maxine (Crane) Corporon departed this life on January 10, 2004 .  A resident of the Collegeport area for most of her life, she came here in 1925 with her mother.  In 1930, she married R. L. “Dick” Corporon and they resided in the Citrus Grove Community where they were engaged in farming and ranching.  Here they raised their five children.  Dorothy’s special talent was her music—particularly playing the piano.  She began sharing her talents in the Presbyterian Church in 1925, where she served as pianist for over 75 years.  Dorothy taught in the Citrus Grove School where she organized a rhythm band for the children.  She also played the piano for and worked with the Girl Reserves of the YWCA at Collegeport.  The Corporons were active in the community and were recognized as Collegeport Man and Woman of the Year in 1988.  She is fondly remembered by all in our community.

 

THE MARKER DEDICATION designating Collegeport Cemetery as a TEXAS HISTORIC CEMETERY was attended by approximately 60 persons last Collegeport Day, May 31, 2003 .  Marker is located on the corner of FM 1095 and County Road 364

(River Road ).

 

Collegeport Irrigation Plant

 

Following is the marker inscription:

  (Front of Marker)

DEDICATED TO THE PIONEERS

WHO SETTLED THE COLLEGEPORT AREA

AND TO THOSE WHO FOLLOWED—

THEIR LEGACY IS OUR HERITAGE;

THEIR MEMORY—OUR INSPIRATION.

 MOPAC HOUSE FOUNDATION

-2004-

  COLLEGEPORT , TEXAS

“The Town of Opportunity ”

(Back of Marker)

SIGNIFICANT DATES IN COLLEGEPORT HISTORY

COLLEGEPORT FOUNDED- MAY 25, 1908

COAST UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS 1909-1915

INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE 1909-1935

GRAND OPENING OF COLLEGEPORT-MAY 25, 1909

POST OFFICE-1909

FIRST CHURCH-FEDERATED (14 DENOMINATIONS) 1909-1922

CEMETERY- CA. 1909

WOMAN ’ S CLUB-1910

GRACE CHAPEL OF ST. MARY ’ S MISSION (EPISCOPAL) 1910-1926 MISSOURI-PACIFIC RAIL SERVICE 1911-1933

PUBLIC LIBRARY-1912

BAY VIEW PUBLIC SCHOOL 1912-1947

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-1922

MOPAC HOUSE FOUNDATION-1935

MOPAC HOUSE OPENED- MAY 4, 1935

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-1949

COLLEGEPORT AREA VFD-1965