Collegeport Day 2015
 


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COLLEGEPORT DAY

SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2015

 

MOPAC HOUSE

 

BBQ Dinner Served at 12:00 Noon

Bring side dishes, salads & desserts

Donations may be sent to:

 

Mopac House Foundation

P. O. Box 175

Collegeport, TX 77428

 

For more information, e-mail or call G. W. Franzen

gfranzen@tisd.net  or (979) 240-8778

 

Search the following link for Collegeport history:

http://www.usgenwebsites.org/TXMatagorda/collegeport.htm

 

Invite your family and friends to keep

our annual Collegeport Day tradition.
 

 


2015 Marks the Collegeport Community’s 107th YEAR

 

Dear friends of Collegeport,

 

We cordially invite you and your family to join in celebrating Collegeport Day on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at the Mopac House.    Our traditional BBQ dinner will begin at 12:00 noon.  Please bring side dishes and desserts to complete the meal.

 

Collegeport Day is the longest-standing annual celebration in Matagorda County.  This commemoration of the community’s founding has been observed every year since 1908. 

 

Barbecue preparations begin mid-afternoon on Friday and continue until dinnertime on Saturday.  Come and experience this tradition as well!

 

Volunteers who assist with set-up of tables and chairs on Saturday morning, and with clean-up after dinner, are GREATLY APPRECIATED!

 

Contributions to the barbecue fund, or for other needs, make it possible to continue this community tradition.  Additionally, your support of the Mopac House Foundation enables this board to carry out its mission of maintaining the Mopac House and grounds for the use and benefit of the community.  The generosity of all who give financial support, as well as those who give of time and talents, make all of this possible.

We extend a grateful “THANK YOU” to all supporters.

 

Post cards notify those for whom we have no e-mail address.  Please share this information with all of your family and friends interested in attending and/or being involved.

 

In lieu of a formal newsletter, please search the following link to the Collegeport Home Page:

http://www.usgenwebsites.org/TXMatagorda/collegeport.htm

 

Please e-mail photos or other information you wish to include in this year’s slideshow.  We will scan any photos or documents that you bring with you to share on Collegeport Day.

 

We’re looking forward to seeing you on Collegeport Day!

For further information, please contact:

 

Mopac House Foundation

c/o G. W. Franzen

P. O. Box 175

Collegeport, Texas 77428

Cell: (979) 240-8778

 

gfranzen@tisd.net

 

Collegeport Trivia: 

Which early Collegeport building still exists in Houston today?

Hint:  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmatago/family_weborg.htm

 

 


In Memoriam


Dorothy Ann Corporon
December 19, 1927 - January 29, 2015

 

Jean Maddox Fitzgerald
February 7, 1937 - March 9, 2015

 

Rocky Flewellen
August 9, 1957 - April 8, 2015
 


Janice Cunningham Harvey
February 15, 1931 - April 27, 2015

 

George Arthur Hubert III

June 29, 1933 - January 12, 2015
(nephew of Hugo Kundinger)

 

Milford Austin Liggett
 August 31, 1923 - June 29, 2014
 
Elisha “Gene” Penland
 December 12, 1926 - February 24, 2015
 
(Please notify us of any omissions.)

 


Collegeport Celebrates 107th Birthday With Annual Collegeport Day BBQ & Fun. Sat.

Collegeport Day is the longest-standing annual celebration in Matagorda County. The commemoration of the community’s founding has been observed every year since 1908.

With the traditional BBQ dinner set to begin at 12-noon on Sat. (May 30), get there early and bring side dishes and desserts to help complete the meal.

BBQ preparations will begin mid-afternoon on Fri. until dinnertime on Saturday.

Volunteers who can assist with the set-up of tables and chairs on Saturday morning, and with clean-up after dinner, are greatly needed and appreciated.

Contributions to the BBQ fund, or for other needs, make it possible to continue this community addition. Additionally, your support of the Mopac House Foundation enables the Board to carry out its mission of maintaining the Mopac House and grounds for the use and benefit of the community. The generosity of all who give financial support, as well as those who give time and talents, make all of this possible.

Palacios Beacon, May 27, 1915
 


Palacios Beacon, June 10, 2015
 
Photos courtesy of Anthony Doubek

 


Collegeport Day Attendees
May 30, 2015
166 in Attendance
 

1

____, Victor LGR

1

_____, Amber

1

_____, Brady

1

_____, Terry

1

Adams, Terri

1

Benson, Bonnie M.

2

Bowers, Ralph & Alix

2

Bracken, Mel & Luvy

1

Brown, Fred & Shirley

1

Brune, Bobbie

1

Bryan, Margaret (Franzen)

1

Buffaloe, Henry

1

Burnham, Sharon

3

Busby, Brian, Stephanie & Reese

2

Canfield, Frank & Betty

1

Canfield, Mark

1

Claybourn, Colleen

1

Claybourn, Holly

1

Cornett, Anisa?

1

Cornett, Faith

1

Cornett, Heather

1

Cornett, Hope

1

Cornett, Jack

2

Cornett, Joey & Lindsay

1

Cornett, Nettie

1

Cornett, Suzanne

1

Corporon, Allen

1

Corporon, Brett

1

Corporon, Charles

1

Corporon, Kenneth

1

Corporon, Larry

1

Corporon, Tommy

6

DeLeon, Longinos

1

Doubek, Anthony

2

Ellis, Tommy & Pat

2

Estes, Danny & Mary Sue

1

Estlinbaum, Craig

1

Fitzgerald, Alan

2

Fletcher, Scott & Cynthia

1

Flora, Donna

1

Flores, LaDonna

1

Fondon, Jeanne

1

Fondon, Roland

1

Franzen, Derril

1

Franzen, G. W.

1

Franzen, Wesley

1

Garrett, Peggy

1

Gerken, Lynda Williams

1

Gibson, Chuck

7

Gibson, Jason & Chi, Hadleigh, Heath, Hughston, Pearl, Amber

1

Gibson, Justin

1

Gibson, Marley

1

Griffith, Carissa

2

Griffith, Lewis & Linda

1

Halfen, Lee Roy

1

Hansen, Bill

2

Harrison, John & Lisa

1

Harrison, Slone

1

Harvey, Donnie & Mary Jo

1

Harvey, Joyce

1

Heffington, Cindy Wolf

1

Herreth, A. C.

1

Herreth, Abby

1

Herreth, Georgia

1

Hickl, Jerome

1

Holsworth, Edwin

1

Holsworth, Thomas

1

Hubert, Bill

2

Huges, Katy & Anzley

1

Huitt, Connie

1

Hunt, Vernon

1

Hunter, Jan

1

Jenkins, Mike

1

Laslie, Buddy

1

Laslie, Margaret

1

Lenz, Lynda

1

Lowry, Lacey

1

Maris, Heather

1

Maris, Josh

1

Mathis, Gary

1

Mathis, James

1

Mayfield, Shelley

2

McCauley, Annie & Jimmy

1

McKinney, Joyce

1

McKinney, Ricky & April

1

Merck, Cathy & Mark

1

Merck, Danyelle & Adyson

1

Merck, Galen

1

Merck, Nelda

2

Miller, Bill & Sandy

3

Mondrik, Ed & Dorothy & Donnie

1

Moore, Duane

1

Moore, Lisa Harvey

1

Moore, Mike

1

Moreno, Hailey

1

Moreno, Justice

2

Murat, Martin & Chris

4

Murry, David

2

Murry, Jenny & Robert

1

Nelson, Anthony

1

Orsak, Frances

4

Pennington, Chris

1

Pennington, Madison Ann

1

Pennington, Ted

2

Pierce, Lee Hall & Ona Lee

1

Pierce, Zack

1

Piwonka, Tonya

1

Polle, Doris

1

Potter, Vanessa

1

Reitz, Judy

2

Rhymes, Jug & Virginia

2

Rider, Brian & Patsy

4

Rusk, Ray & wife, 2 kids

1

Shafer, Sissy

1

Sustaita, Abel

2

Tuck, Ouida & Sammy

1

Tuck, Rachel

1

Vavra, Wilma

1

Welfel, Sue McBeth

1

Whitley, Robert

1

Williams, Ethel Nelson

1

Woolf, Chip

1

Wright, Jim
 

 

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