Medlocks and Marshalls Visit Bit Bend Park
Questing family news from Lt. Col. and Mrs. R B Marshall and their children in Andrews Air Force Base Washington D C. The writeup notes a four day visit to Bit Bend National Park with the Medlocks, plus details on local events and notices including Texas Highways magazine features, a Legion Post 695 meeting, Girl Scout registration, visits by Ray Raymond Sigley and family, a dog obedience demo at Plaza del Sol Mall, Amistad Reservoir release increase, the Slave Wreck youth project at Assemblie Temple Bethel, and a postponed Del Rio High School senior planning session for Wildcat Drive painting.
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G.M. Medlock
R. B. Marshall
Marshall
Agron
Stacey
Medlocks
Marshalls
Bit Bend National Park
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
Contra
Charles Carlson
Texas Highways Magazine
Bob Parvin
Carlson
del Rio
Garfield
Hondo
Val Verde
Wildcat Drive
Air Command and Staff College
Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Divich
National Airborne Command Post
Washington
D.C
Air Force
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Lackland Air Force Base
Laughlin
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
Globe
Pacific
America
Great Britain
Western
Utilities board presses for county zoning enforcement
Del Rio Utilities Commission asks Val Verde County to enforce Amistad Planning and Zoning rules in the city's extra territorial jurisdiction to curb pollution risks to the Edwards Aquifer and San Felipe Springs. The panel delays Quail Run JI subdivision approval until a public engineer certifies compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Bode
News-Herald
Edwards
San Felipe Springs
del Rio Utilities Commission
Amistad
Kaplan
al Cervantes
No Man’s
Amistad Planning and Zoning Commission
Quail
Commission
Limbeck
4Th
6Th Streets
Avenue H
Avenue J
del Rio
James A. Micell
Richard Castro
Castro
Miceli
Dennie W. Berryhill
Bryant- Curington, Inc
New City
Alamo Enterprises
U.S. Highway 90
Berryhill
The
Utilities Commission
Owens
Brackett students return to classes in August 27
Bracketville school reopens on Thursday August 27 with elementary registration set for August 24 and new district students in grades seven through twelve to register on August 25. Principal Bill Johnson announced the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brackettville
Bill Johnson
Brackett High Schoo
High Schoo
Firemen battle grass fire in Val Verde Park Estates
Four Del Rio firefighters answered a 10:10 p.m. alarm Thursday night to extinguish a grass and trash fire in a vacant lot at Val Verde Park Estates. Firefighter Robert Hoyt said the blaze caused no reported injuries and the crew returned to G.W. Cox Memorial Fire Station about 11:05 p.m.
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del, Rio
Val Verde Park Estates
Robert Hoyt
G.W. Cox Memorial Fire Station
Hoyt
Del Rio Students Named to McMurry Dean’s List
ABILENE Three Del Rio area students earned dean’s list honors at McMurry College for the 1981 spring semester. Named to the dean’s list were seniors Francisco R. Reyes Jr. of Del Rio, Steven Kent Davenport of Uvalde, and Tara Lynn Benedict of Alpine.
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Abilene
del Rio Area
McMurry College
Francisco R. Reyes Jr
del Rio
Steven Kent Davenport
Box
Uvalde
Tara Lynn Benedict
Alpine
Deaths Roy Harty Richardson Jr
Rites for Roy Harty Richardson Jr 62 a Del Rio resident were held Thursday at Pilgrim Baptist Church Pearsall with Rev Lt Nious officiating Burial followed at Pearsall under Hurley Funeral Home direction He died Monday in Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio He was born in Pearsall October 20 1918 Survivors include his wife Billie Jean Sandoval a daughter two stepsons one brother four sisters and 18 grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Harty Richardson, Jr
del Rio
Pearsall
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Nious
Hurley Funeral Home
Richardson
Howell St
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Patina Air Force Base
San Antonino
Josefina Richardson
Billie Jean Sandoval
Armando Gonzales
Hondo
Humberto Gonzales
David Richardson
Gladys Smith
Austin
Dorothy Southerland
Minnie Richardson
San Antonio
Mary Adams
Houston
Mrs Guida Rose Brown Dies at 78 in Sonora Texas
Mrs Guida Rose Brown 78 died at 419 am today in a local hospital at 211 Nicholson St funeral arrangements are pending at Humphreys Doran Funeral Home Brown born April 25 1903 in Sonora Texas survivors include her son Martin Rose Jr granddaughters Gina Schapers Sandra Crone great grandchildren Martina Frances Schapers Martine Frances Graham and Bill Jolly a brother W L Miers sisters Stella Keene Addah Cauthorn and Jo Nell Johnson of Sonora
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Guida Rose Brown
Nicholson St
Humphreys-Doran Funeral Home
Brown
Sonora
Texas
Martin
Area Lions Clubs Plan Joint Meetings and Events
San Felipe Lions Club president Ernesto Tijerina announced joint meetings with Del Rio and Brackettville Lions for the upcoming week. A district governor banquet will be held Sept. 3 at the Del Rio Civic Center, with other gatherings including an Aug. 27 luau and Aug. 20 swimming party. Labor Day barbecue tickets go on sale at J.C. Penney’s, and a San Felipe bus trip to a Nov. 29 Houston football game is planned. two new members, Oscar Gutierrez and Israel Chico Flores, were initiated.
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San Felipe
Ernesto Tijerina
del Rio
Brackettvilla
del Rio Civic Center
San Felipe Lioness Club
Lion 4
Pena
The
San Felipe Lions and Lioness
Buena Vista Park
Victor Ortiz
Lions Club
Moore Park
J.C. Penney's
Plaza del Sol Mall
Ortiz
San Felipe Lions Club
Houston
San Felipe Lions
Oscar Gutierrez
Alex Camacho
Israel Chico” Flores
Dan Hernandez
Del Rio Scouts Attend National Jamboree in Virginia
Area scouts from Del Rio and Concho Valley Council joined 36 scouts and four leaders from San Angelo at the National Scout Jamboree held July 23 to Aug 4 at Fort A.P. Hill. About 22,000 scouts camped and participated in archery rifle rafting and obstacle courses while tours included the Smithsonian Arlington Cemetery and the White House.
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Concho Valley Council
San Angelo
21St Congressional District
Tom Loeffler
Capitol
del Rio
Virginia
Michael Russ
Scott Wolff
Victor Meza Jr
Rene Meza
Ernest Keller
Victor Meza
Gary Milam
Fort A.P. Hill
Concho Valley Council of Boy Scouts
Texas
Sonora
Sanderson
Iowa
Fort Stockton
Cristoval
Eldorado
Robert Lee
Deltio
Smithsonian Institute
Jefferson and
Lincoln Memorials
Arlington Cemetery
Washington Monument
White House
Capitol Hill
Pentagon
21St
Queen City
Army
Weather outlook with storms and hot weekend forecast
Thunderstorms may drop this afternoon and Saturday with a 20 percent chance per the National Weather Service. Temperatures hold steady with highs in the mid 90s today and upper 90s Saturday, southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Rainfall year to date totals 18.82 inches, 9.13 inches above normal. all time high for today is 105 in 1911 and low 67 in 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Del Rio Welcomes Divich and Farrington Farewell Party
The Military Affairs Association hosted a sendoff barbecue for Colonel and Mrs. Divich as they depart Del Rio after years of service. Nearly 200 attendees celebrated with Mexican decorations and pinatas while presenting mementoes and a plaque naming Divich a Traveling Ambassador for the City of Del Rio.
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Europe
Miliary Affairs Association
del Rio Chamber of Commerce
Divich
Farrington
Whitehead Museum
Military Affairs Association
Pete
Roy Bean
Monzingo
del Rio
Herb Whitis
Frank Larson
The
Ryan
Parolee Charged in Aggravated Assault at Minit Mart
Rogelio Castillo 24 surrendered at Del Rio police after a shooting at Minit Mart on Ave F. He fired into the air and struck Marvin Flowers in the eye with the handgun butt. Castillo, paroled from a 12 year heroin sentence, faces a $10000 bond in Val Verde Jail. He was arraigned before Justice Leon Best.
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Val Verde
Rogelio Castillo
Adobe St
del Rio
Charles Bruce
Minit Mart
Ave. F
Bruce
Castillo
Marvin PD
Flowers
N. Main St
Val Verde County
Leon
Ben Pierce
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Police investigate stereo theft in Del Rio residence
Del Rio police investigate a burglary that removed 1850 dollars worth of stereo equipment from Beverly Krock at 104A Shannon Circle between 3 and 6 pm Wednesday. A goldish brown four door Chevrolet Nova with license RMS 627 was stolen from Manuela Mendoza at 06 Jones Street between 2 and 3:30 pm Monday. tips to 775-5786 or 775-7055.
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del Rio
Beverly Krock
Shannon Circle
Manuela Mendoza
Jones St
Abilene Man Remains Jailed After Car Theft Arrest
An Abilene man, 18, remained in City Jail today after a Thursday arrest for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Police said Jesse Antonio Arizpe Hernandez was stopped for speeding near West Second Street around 5:30 p.m. and found driving a vehicle owned by Linda Leal of Abilene.
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Abilene
Jesse Antonio Arizpe Hernandez
West Second Street
del Rio
Linda Leal
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John Rowland Community Center
W. Martin St
Girl Scout Movement
Saturcoyene
Plaza de Sol
Raymond Sigley
Sylvia Hardesty
Rivesville
W.V
Helen Dy
Dorothy Hoover
Jefferson
Ohio
Sigley
Thal
Amistad Kennel
Lake Amistad
International Boundary and Water Commission
Assemblie Temple Bethel
Utilities Board
Better County Zoning
Roy Harty Richardson Jr
Area Lions Clubs
Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Ernest Kristof
Billie Clark
Julia Veliz
Ramona Veliz
Osvaldo Lopez
Gregorio Briones
Maynard Hill
Enrique Valdez
Tomas Hernandez
Isabel Hernandez
Francisco Antu
Macario Aguilar
Robert Glenn
Charles Boston
Frankie Martin
Robert Miner II
Thala Mills
Dulce Graf
Norma Martinez
Juanita Sanchez
Maria Garza
Pura Ibarra
Samuel Guerra
NWS
South Texas
Rio Grange Plains
Barrier Islands
West Texas
Rio Grande
Associated Press
Galveston
McAllen
Amarillo
San Eho
Alta
Vetoria
Wichita Falls Fort Worth
Honolulu
Ena Cay
Albany
Kane City
Atlante
Milwaukee
Bromravile Mons
Naswwite
Jody New Gricart
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