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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1968
Page
3
Port Isabel Texas declares August 1968 as HemisFair Month. Mayor Leo F. Sanders affixes seal proclaiming international exhibition’s value to the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Port Isabel.
R A Ewing of San Benito retires as Valley district manager for Central Power and Light Co after 41 years. B C Kindel of Alice will become Valley district manager. W C Coward Edcouch Elsa joins as new manager. multiple promotions shift CPL leaders in McAllen Harlingen Alice and Uvalde with Allen Wallace and Truett Baucum also reassigned.
Brownsville area librarian Homeyer died Thursday from a heart attack while en route to Mercy Hospital. A native of Austin, he led the Texas Southmost College library from 1948 and helped create a city college library partnership. He was active in Masons Shrines and DeMolay. Survived by wife Helen and three children.
Lavaca, Miss Susanne Homeyer of Austin and Major B. C. Homeyer Jr. stationed in Germany are survived by two sisters Elizabeth Jackson of San Marcos and Eva Stever of Austin, one brother Eric Homeyer of Austin, and two grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to a Texas Southmost College memorial fund.
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