Miss Billie Gatliff Coffee Honoree
Mrs Flem Marlin and Mrs Millard Caudill hosted a Friday morning coffee at the Marlin home honoring Miss Billie Gatliff of Brownsville who is to be married. The table featured a white linen cloth and a tropical fruit arrangement. Mrs George Trump led the silver service as sweetrolls and Mexican wedding cookies were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flem Marlin
Millard Caudill
Marlin
Billie Gatliff
Brownsville
George Trump
Bill Gatliff
Ross Stanley
Gale Gatliff
John Trump
George Carr Jr
Francis Kershaw
George Carr
Ted Hunt
Jim Keller
Cecil Moses
Charlene Bobbitt
Mary Alice Carr
Ann Marie Caudill
Penelope Marlin
Port Isabel
Garden Club Moves Meeting Location
Driftwood Garden club president Mrs. E. E. Spradling announced the regular meeting on Wednesday at 2 p.m. August 6 will be held at the home of Mrs. Isabel Branch instead of Mrs. C. E. Pockrus. The Branch home sits across from the Pockrus house in North Shore near the High School. Members unable to attend should contact Mrs. Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Spradling
Driftwood Garden Club
C. E. Pockrus
Isabel Branch
Pockrus
North Shore Addition
Byrd Children Are Party Honorees
Sharon Byrd celebrated her tenth birthday and Calvin Byrd his fifth with a Thursday party. Guests served chocolate cake and other treats include Carolyn Cail Rodney and Becky Kershaw and many Byrd family members. Port Isabel and Arlington attendees are noted along with visiting guests Dorothy McIntosh and Virginia Senior from San Benito.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Calvin Byrd
Calvin
Carolyn Cail
Rodney
Becky Kershaw
Wanda
Lea
Beverly Raypole
Charles
Sandra Bobbitt
Martha Merryman
Sammy
Janet
Becky Byrd
Glenna
Karlene Jaquillard
Buster
Charlene Armstrong
Crisanne
Mike Meyners
Garland Green
Susan
Kathy Byrd
Sam Byrd
Karl Jaquillard
Lee Sears
Eugene Eguin
Joe Lofton
Frank Meyners
Port Isabel
Vernon Porter
Arlington
Tex
A. J. Reeves
Dorothy McIntosh
Virginia Senior
San Benito
Local Girls Attend Camp Lula Sams and Return Home
Lynn Heinze returns from two weeks at Camp Lula Sams with Girl Scouts. Lorna Petch comes home after a month at the same camp. Jo Jean Ross Gloria Gonzales Jerrie Birge and Tom McClellan move back from various engagements. The Butler family visit Port Isabel while Mrs Floyd Bobbitt recovers at home after Mercy hospital surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Heinze
Mrs. Heinze
Laguna Vista
Camp Lula Sams
Jo Jean Ross
J. B. Ross
Gloria Gonzales
Lupe Gonzales
Lorna Petch
Fred Petch
Local Social News Highlights Brownsville Area
Mrs. F L Marlin recovers from surgery at Mercy hospital Brownsville and plans early next week return home. Edcouch relatives include Mr and Mrs Don Cummings and Emma Cummings. Mrs Francis Kershaw and Catheryne Raypole families head to New Augusta Mississippi. Spoonemore and Caudill families visit Corpus Christi and Browns ville. Lendgren and Zimmer man visit Laguna Vista. Andersons from New Orleans return after four days with Van Meter family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Marlin
Mercy Hospital
Brownsville
Darrell Cummings
Mr. Cummings
Emma Cummings
Don Cummings
Edcouch
Francis Kershaw
Catheryne Raypole
New Augusta
Kershaw
S. F. Mills
Raypole
Allan Anderson
New Orleans
Port Isabel
Robert van Meter
First Time Visitors Enjoy Port Isabel Beach Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sergeant of San Antonio visited Port Isabel last week for the first time. Mrs. Sergeant said they had always gone to Port Aransas for beach trips before but they liked Port Isabel and plan to return often.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Sergeant
San Antonio
Port Isabel
Sergeant
Port Aransas
San Antonio Visitors Spend Time in Port Isabel
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Kern from San Antonio visited Port Isabel for several days to enjoy fishing. Regular visitors include Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Treadwell and Mrs. Treadwell's parents, the Goerings, also from San Antonio. The Goerings visit at least four times yearly while the Treadwells come about twice a year due to business and schooling duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
R. W. Kern
Port Isabel
R. M. Treadwell
New Mexico Visitors Weigh Move to Port Isabel
Mrs. A. L. Williams and her child visits Port Isabel while husband serves at the Navy Base. She notes the town’s friendliness and comfort for children and says she is seriously considering relocating here during his assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
A. L. Williams
Las Cruces
N.M
Port Isabel
Williams
Here for Fishing Field Trip From Dallas Visitors
Mr and Mrs C L Sharp and Mr and Mrs C R Wood with daughter Judy of Dallas spent several days here on a fishing trip their second visit this year after a January stay. The Sharps run a tackle and sporting goods store in Dallas making their vacations a field trip to test Stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Sharp
Dallas
C. R. Wood
Judy
Annual Area Visitors Stay in Port Isabel for Fishing
Mr and Mrs Dale Cox of Red Springs Texas and Mr and Mrs Walter Miller of Seymour Texas linger in Port Isabel for several weeks each cotton season. Cox a cotton ginner seeks cool night fishing after hot days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Cox
Red Springs
Texas
Walter Miller
Seymour
Port Isabel
Cox
Have A Medal Coming Just Write For It
Former Army servicemen may obtain all their military service medals by a simple informal request. Maj. Gen. Robert G. Gard says the Army will provide medals without proof of entitlement, using an ex serviceman’s written request and service record. Include full name service number and current address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Gard
VIII
US Army Corps
Army
Special Toppings For Ice Cream Desserts By Alice Denhoff
Summer ice cream ideas with toppings including chocolate sauces nuts butterscotch honey and marshmallow. Recipes describe banana royal and dieter friendly orange sections sundae sauces and a homemade peanut butter topping.
Col Norman L Callish Takes HAFB Wing Command
Col Norman L. Callish assumed duties as commander of Harlingen AFB transferring from Ellington AFB. A San Jose native and UC Los Angeles alumnus, he began service in 1933 with pilot training at Randolph Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman L. Callish
HAFB
the Colonel Is
San Jose, Calif
The
University of California of Los
Career of Colonel Callish in World War II era aviation
The record tracks Colonel Callish from a 1935 commission and October 1935 assignment at Luke Field Hawaii to pilot Keystone and B-12 bombers. He rises through roles at Kelly Field and various training stations, receiving promotions to 1st Lt, Major, Lt Colonel, and finally Colonel while serving as Deputy and then Assistant Chief of Staff A-3. He also attends B-17 school at Hobbs New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke Field
Hawaii
Kelly Field
Keystone
BC-1
Stockton Field
Mather
Moffett
Calif
West Coast Air Corps Training Center
Air Force Command
Moffett Field
Aaron
A-3
Callish
Hobbs
New Mexico
Colonel Callish Career Highlights at Rosewell Tinian and Ellington
Group Commander at B-29 school in Rosewell New Mexico moved to Tinian Island where he led the wing until March 1946. The unit moved to Clarke Field in the Philippines and deactivated in 1947. Callish then served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations with the 1st Air Division in Okinawa. He returned to the United States in 1947 to attend the Army Staff College in Norfolk and later the National War College at Fort McNair. In 1953 he commanded Ellington AFB until the navigator training ended earlier that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cailish
Tinian Islands
Clarke Field
Philippines
1St Air Division
Okinawa
Callish
Armed Forces Staff College
Norfolk
Pentagon
Directorate of Military Personnel
National War College
Ft. McNair
Washington D.C
Ellington Afb
Dove Hunting Dates Set for Valley Two-Day Season
The State Game and Fish Commission approved a two day whitewing dove season for the Valley with hunting on Sunday September 14 and Tuesday September 16. Shooting hours run 2 p.m. to sundown. A 1957 three day session was discussed but a two day session was recommended this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Game and Fish Commission
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Billie Gatliff Coffee
Garden Club
Byrd
Vernon Porter Jr
Boca Chica
Clark Gable
Doris Day
Gunsight Ridge
Joel McCrea
Mark Stevens
Charlotte Austin
Lance Fuller
Young Lions
Marlon Brando
Montgomery Clift
Jose Ferrer
Gena Rowlands
Joan Taylor
Hugh Marlowe
Forbidden Planet
Anne Francis
Walter Pidgeon
Kieron Moore
Lois Maxwell
Hell
Don Murray
Dianna Varsi
Tyrone Power
Ava Gardner
Norman Butler
Odessa
Port Isavel
Butlers
Texas State Teachers College
San Marcus
Joan Trump
Jerrie Birge
John Birge
Tom McClellan
E. E. McClellan
Floyd Bobbitt
Robert Spoonemore
Eens
Mire and
Ah L. Spoonemore
Millard Caudil
Ann Marie
Corpus Christi
Jerry Lendgren
McAllen
Walter Zimmerman
By Alice Denhoff
Dana
Harlingen Air Force Base
Department of Defense
Army Records Center
Tago
Page Boulevard
St. Louis
Missouri
Adjutant General
Department of the Army
Washington
D.c
Kelly
W. Eliz. St. Prover
Sohmer - Janssen
Story & Clark
Pons
Emmfptt
Spwell
N. Sam Houston
Fashion Center
Rosewell, N.M
Byrle M. Hearne
Optometrist
Summer
J. K. Frater
Laptherick
Guf-Senioe
Wzes
Weaver
Sam Houston
Palm Beach
Price
Stetson
Shop Now & Save
Be Pollock
Elizabeth
PAN American State Bank
F.d.1.c
Federal Reserve System
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