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Weslaco Takes Lead In Obtaining Palms To Set Out On RoadThlt;j jwlrn planting drive to complete beautification work conimenlt;*e«| at long !l»«* highway froiu Brownavllle to Edinburg two yearn ago :* gathering momentmn tinder the zealnti* leader, ahip of roemticrx of tin* Hio ilramle Valley federated Woman'* i'lulw.Following announcement of plan* to interest resident in planting iNtlm on their property fronting the hitrh way. Wealjieo in the firxt town to report. aeeording to Mm. J. C. Myrlek of Haillngcn. chairman of the p**l raid* committee of the elnh. The We*, laco committee under the leadorahip of Lealie Neal ha* obtained a large quantity of palm* which will tie don-a ted. Work of netting out the palm ft will he handled by eonvtct labor according to arrangement announced by It. E. Colp. fttate park comm i**i oner.Plana of the cluh women for making the Valley’a highway the moat picturesque acenic driveway in the I’nited Htatea are meeting with entbiiftiafttic oooperation from organization* and Individual* in varioua cl tie* and it la expected that a long atep toward the completion of the beautification pro. gram will he taken noon following the viait of Mr. Tolp who will lie in the Valley within a abort time.Mra. t\ A. Maey. chairman, and member* of lier committee at Harlingen will vialt renfdenra on the motorway three mile* went of Harlingen during the next week for the purpose of acquainting them with the propoa-ed palm planting program and enlixt-ing their cooperattion in imtting over Harlingen’ii xhare of the undertaking in riH-ord time. •
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Harlingen Star

Harlingen, Texas, US

Fri, Jan 23, 1925

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