Mrs. Somnitz Hosts WSCS Meeting at First Methodist
The Women's Society of Christian Service met on Tuesday April 10 in the Youth Building at First United Methodist Church. Hostess Mrs H H Somnitz served Easter cake coffee and spiced tea. The program used flowers to depict Lent and world cultures. The next meeting is set for 2 p.m. April 24 at the home of Mrs Floyd Bobbitt in Laguna Vista.
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Women's Society of Christian Service
First United Methodist Church
H. H. Somnitz
Floyd Bobbitt
Laguna Vista
All Valley School Style Show Set for June 12
The 19th annual All Valley Schools Cotton Style Show is scheduled for Tuesday June 12 at 8 00 p m at Casa del Sol Harlingen with the Travel With Cotton theme. General chairwoman is Mrs James Van Burkleo homemaking teacher McAllen High School. co chairs Mrs Jack Goodloe La Feria High School and Mrs Della Miller San Benito High School. Contestants will represent homemaking students from junior and senior high schools across four counties. The event is sponsored by the Cotton Committee of the Harlingen Chamber of Commerce.
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All Valley Schools
Casa del Sol
Harlingen
James van Burkleo
McAllen High School
Jack Goodloe
la Feria High School
Della Miller
San Benito High School
Rodriguez Barroso Exchange Vows in Los Fresnos
Maria Socorro Rodriguez and Jose Manuel Barroso wed at St. Cecilia Church in Los Fresnos in a 6 p.m. March 31 ceremony officiated by Rev. Richard G. Oberstar. The couple, of Port Isabel, were celebrated by family and friends with a South Padre Island reception and a seven-tier cake centered by a lighted church keepsake.
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Maria Rodriguez
Jose Barroso
Los Fresnos
St. Cecilia Church
Maria Socorro Rodriguez
Jose Manuel Barroso
Port Isabel
Richard G. Oberstar
Tomas Rodriguez
Rt. 3
Box 71
San Benito
Francisca Barroso
Barroso
Joaquin Sanchez
Mary Eagan
Ave Maria
Juana Perez
Carmen Rivera
San Juana Sauceda
Matilde Sanchez
Raquel Cepeda
Chris Casares
Minerva Rios
Jesusa Rodriguez
Rosa Martinez
Rosa de la Rosa
Rosario Leos
Beatriz Reyes
Martina Garcia
Libro Y Rosario
Natalia Lopez
Cosios
Lou Stubblefield
Marisela Lopez
Sonia Rivera
Ring
Santiago Sanchez
Elisa Hernandez
Lalo Rodriguez
Pete Rodriguez
Tomas Rodriguez, Jr
Esteban Hernandez
Hector Hernandez
Tomas Godinez
Tomas Sanchez
Manuel Leos
Robert Reyes
Pavillion
South Padre Island
Los Fresnos High School
Brownsville Country Club
Meat packing and processing dominates Canada’s food industry
The meat packing and processing sector stands as Canada's largest component of the food industry, driving output, employment, and exports across provinces. It underpins supply chains from cattle and hog processing to cold storage and distribution networks.
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Canada
Homemakers Complete Course Certificates Awarded
A tea at the San Benito Community Building honored area homemakers who finished a Home Furnishings course by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Certificates went to Port Isabel members Larry Keller Robert Christensen Ms Angelina Sanchez Ms Herminia Villarreal Ms Barbara Webb and Mrs Rafael Garza Los Fresnos honorees included Mrs Virginia Ramirez Mr Jose Soto Ms Dolores Garcia Mrs Francisco Guerra and Mrs Peggy Maddix Olmito participant Mrs Dan Rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Benito
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Port Isabel
Larry Keller
Robert Christensen
Angelina Sanchez
Herminia Villarreal
Barbara Webb
Rafael Garza
Los Fresnos
Virginia Ramirez
Jose Soto
Dolores Garcia
Port Isabel Woman Receives 40 Year Rebekah Pin
Mrs. Irene Shaw of Port Isabel was honored with a 40 year membership pin by San Benito Rebekah Lodge No. 229. A former Noble Grand of Donna Lodge No. 65 in 1936, she recently joined the Port Isabel group after moving from Donna.
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Irene Shaw
Port Isabel
San Benito
Nesetril Golden Wedding Honored in Texas and Chicago
Mr and Mrs Joseph Nesetril celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a tea in Los Fresnos Texas hosted by the San Benito China Painters Guild. The Ethel Whipple Memorial Library provided a decorated Open House from 3 to 5 with floral arrangements wedding bells and gold foliage.
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Chicago
Ill
Rose Bitza
Joseph Nesetril
John Marek
Los Fresnos
Tex
San Benito
China Painters’ Guild
Ethel Whipple
Rudolph Schauer
Phoenix Arizona
John Petrosky
Chicago, Ill
Vola Prentiss
E. Pederson, Jr
Noel Ryall
John Chase
Amich Spensler
Elmer Meek
Kenneth Schukman
Rose
Joe Nesetril
Texas
Bayview
Los Fresnos Women’s Club
Valley Federation of Women’s Clubs
Nesetril
Austria
America
Vienna
Joe
Texas Southmost Junior College
Brownsville
Harlingen
Bananas Arrive in Caribbean Roots of a Market Icon
A historical note recalls how bananas reached the Caribbean coast 25 years after Columbus, via Friar Tomas de Berlanga who carried dry rootstocks from the Canary Islands to Santo Domingo and planted them. The fruit spread across borders and into gardens. The piece then shifts to a social notice about a Bayview wedding reception and local honors for Rose and Joe Nesetril, longtime residents active in community clubs and library projects.
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Tomas de Berlanga
Canary Islands
Santo Domingo
Caribbean Sea
Alpha Mu Formal Dinner Sees Four New Members Initiated
Delta Kappa Gamma Society Alpha Mu Chapter held its annual dinner on April 7 1973 at the Valley International Country Club. Four new members were initiated Mrs L C Becker Charles Richie Elizabeth Deason and Ronald Boudreaux. Hostesses included Mrs W M Stovall Jr Arnulfo Oliveira and James Ogg. The event featured a slide-tape on The Expressive Dimension of a Culture and a display on art and cultural change.
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Delta Kappa Gamma Society
Alpha Mu
The
Valley International Country Club
L. C. Becker
Charles Richie
Elizabeth Deason
Ronald Boudreaux
Becker
Richie
Brownsville
Deason
Boudreaux
Point Isabel N.S.D
W. M. Stovall, Jr
Arnulfo Oliveira
James Ogg
Mary Francis Hardin
Harold Burkhardt
Travel Topic For Past Matrons In Palmville Center
The Past Matrons Club in Palmville Center discussed “Travel in Texas” at its April 12 meeting. Mrs Dorris Smith shared Texas tour facts and resources, Mrs Catherine Vondera gave an Easter devotional, and a memorial was held for Mrs Olive Ridgeway. The next meeting, a chicken barbecue at the Bland home in Brownsville on May 10, will include co-hosts and invitations to husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Palmville Center
Dorris Smith
Catherine Vondera
Olive Ridgeway
Mamie Malone
Ridgeway
Malone
Helen Smith
Eva Dillard
Lea Yarrow
Clara Goolsby
Lucy Decker
Mattie Mae Deen
Elsie Robertson
Peggy Bennett
San Benito
Emogene Bland
Brownsville
Kitty Davis
Los Fresnos
Irene Shaw
Fran Firth Lowmiller
Port Isabel
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Mrs. Somnitz
WSCS
C. B. Colley
Dale Anderson
Cecil Moses
Les Hawkinson
Charles Youbert
Earl Platt
FR. George
Helen Cail
Eva Harris
Roy Coons
Rob Ramp
Henry Hart
Walter Zimmerman
Paul Golterman
AirNita
Pullman
Calla
Ventura
Delta
W. Jackson
Francisco Guerra
Peggy Maddix
Olmito
Dan Rooms
Mrs
Caribbean
Columbus
Karen Kreipke
Texas A&m University
F. F. Conley
Church of Christ
FTD
F. Elizabeth
Nhin of
ASN Coutts Shoe Store
Coronado
Luby
McAllen
Chica Services
First Baptist Church
Longoria
Washington Sts
Everette Young
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Longoria and
Madison Sts
A. Santos O
St. Andrew's Episcopal Mission
North Shore Drive and
Yturria St
John Covey
Bishop's Committee
Musina and Adams Sts
F. J. Marlin
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Port Isabel Church of Christ Tarnava and
B. Moses Osborn
South Padre
Civic Center
Clarence Bassett
Assembly of God Church
Port Road
Hazel
Ocean Palm Center
Merchants Marine State Bank
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