COLLEGEPORT INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE HOLDS MEETING

Collegeport , Texas , Mar. 6.--The regular monthly meeting and supper of the Collegeport Industrial League was held Friday night, March 2.

The menu consisted of fried chicken, roast baby beef, escalloped potatoes, gelatin salad, preserved figs, apple pie and coffee. The supper was provided by the wives and daughters of the members and was served by four of Miss Genevieve Miller's club girls. The table was beautifully laid with linen cut glass and decorated with fresh flowers.

Three new members were accepted. The principal speaker was Doctor Mays of Springfield, Illinois.

At this meeting the League voted to organize a troop of Boy Scouts. Collegeport has the honor of having organized the first Boy Scout patrol in Matagorda County and will now give opportunity to acquire sufficient land on which to erect a community house and a Boy Scouts shack. Action was deferred until the next meeting.

H. A. Clapp, chairman of the publicity committee, reported that he had sent reports of the last meeting to five state papers and to the Bay City Tribune.

Several plans for betterment of community facilities are under way and among them is a small hotel. Collegeport presents a favorable plan for the location of such a business. Almost daily men are being turned away because of lack of this facility.

Plans are being made for a representative of the extension service of the A. and M. College to be present at the next meeting which will be held Friday night, March 30.

Matagorda County Tribune?, March __, 1923 or 1917
 

Collegeport Has Social Get-Together

"Two thirsty travelers chanced one day to meet,

Where a spring bubbled from the burning sand;

One drank from the hollow of his hand,

And found the water cool and sweet.

The other waited for a smith to beat,

And fashion for his use a golden cup,

And while he waited, fainting in the heat,

The sunshine came and drank it up."

The Collegeport Woman's Club has never waited for the golden cup but for 17 years it has drunk from the hollow of the hand and the result is seen in the many fine things it has accomplished for the Collegeport district. Owning its own beautiful building which houses 1400 books, it seeks only to serve the men, women and children of the district. Once each month these devoted women meet for "labor and refreshment," business being dispatched, pleasure rules.

The meeting held last Thursday at the home of Mrs. Carl Boeker with Mrs. Boeker and Mrs. Sims as hostesses marked a big red spot on the calendar of club activities. The business portion of the meeting was as serious as may be but that over they proceeded to let the bars down and gave an entertainment which the old-timers pronounced as the best ever given by the club. Every member present participated in some way. They all helped to "brighten up the corner where they were." The beautiful Hurd home on the bayshore, now occupied by the Carl Boeker family, was decorated in a lavish manner, the Christmas sentiment being the theme. One of the features was a big Christmas tree from which was suspended stockings, some short and fat, others long and slim but all filled with surprises.

The hostesses gave the welcome song," How Do You Do, Woman's Club? How Do You Do?" Mrs. Cornelia Holtz took the character of Santa and so effective was her acting of the ancient part that it brought forth screams from the kiddies, some of delight, some of terror. This suggested a duet by Mrs. S. B. Sims and Mrs. H. A. Clapp, entitled "Somewhere a Brat Is Squalling For Me." Then followed a jig by the inimitable Mrs. Richman which, as usual, brought down the house and called for several encores. Mrs. Holtz delivered a recitation in the Bohemian language, while Mrs. Sims startled the members by reciting several classics in Chinese. No one understood a word but all agree it was fine stuff. One of the touching numbers was a bedtime song, "The Tin Man," by Mrs. Roy Nelson. Those present were surprised at the quality and timbre of her voice.

As stated above, they were called to refreshments consisting of delicious cake, smothered with whipped cream, candied orange peel and other trimmings, washed down with Russian tea especially imported for the occasion.

The ladies departed refreshed and determined that future meetings will provide more of these delights.

The Collegeport Woman's Club has been one of the stand-bys of the community and they have never waited for a smith to beat and fashion for their use the golden cup.

Matagorda County Tribune, December __, 1925? - from the Scrapbook of Harry Austin Clapp