Girl Scout Senior Roundup Opens in Vermont With 10 000 Campers
July 20 1962 marked the opening of the Sen ior Girl Scout Roundup in Button Day Vermont. National President Marjorie Culmer welcomed attendees as 10 000 campers sang and regional symbols were displayed. The July 24 birthday celebration featured a plaster cake honors 50th anniversary with 30 000 campers. Elizabeth Ann Sterrett from Region 9 of Texas won a Readers Digest scholarship. International campers from Bermuda shared plans and Culmer noted growth from 12 to 3 500 000 scouts.
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Button Day
Marjorie Culmer
United States
America
George von Trapp
Texas
Elizabeth Ann Sterrett
Lake Champlain
Port Isabel News Briefs Highlight Local Social and Church Events
Social notices from Port Isabel list visits among Coleman, San Antonio, and Brownsville residents. Baptism of Robin June Saynes at Our Lady Star of the Sea with sponsors from Port Isabel. visits from Harris, Flaig, and Kirconnell families. pastor Jerry Boss assigned to Laguna Heights Church. discussions on Scouting education and 40 years of service.
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Robin June
Everett Saynes
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Lawrence Fannin
Carl Martin
Port Isabel
Jerry Boss
Brownsville
Laguna Heights Baptist Church
Mr. Boss
Texas
Shrimp Fiesta Boosters Reorganize for Community Fun
The Shrimp Fiesta Boosters Club met at the Queen Isabel Inn on Tuesday July 31 1962 to reorganize. Officers elected Gwen Bellinghausen President Myrtle Cateora Vice President Edith Baines Secretary and Lillian Mercurio Treasurer. A next meeting is planned for August 28 with location to be announced. Refreshments were served.
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Shrimp Fiesta Boosters Club
Queen Isabel Inn
Gwen Bellinghausen
Myrtle Cateora
Edith Baines
Lillian Mercurio
Skrimr Fiesta Boosters Club
Square Dance Club Organized in Port Isabel
A new Square Dance Club is forming in Port Isabel led by Mr and Mrs Reed Swindell. The Beginners Club meets Wednesdays at 8 PM at the Yacht Hotel with a buffet supper from 6 to 8 PM. A Children’s Square Dance Club begins this week for ages six to ten, also meeting Wednesdays 6 to 7 PM starting August 1. Call 2711 for details.
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Port Isabel
Reed Swindell
Yacht Hotel
Jack Merryman
Templo Bautista July Activities Move Church Forward
The Templo Bautista reports July gains with 51 attendees on Sunday including a beginner class banner. Nursery and Training Union had good turnout, and the Mission Church yard shows improvement under Brother Collins Wickham. Members helped with Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church. Marriage is described with social exclusivity noted.
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Templo Bautista
Mission Church
Collins Wickham
First Baptist Church
Layreaders To Lead Services At St. Andrew's This Month
During the annual vacation of Rev. James W. Copeland layreaders from Brownsville and San Benito will conduct Morning Prayer at 8 a.m. Bishop Everett Jones of West Texas will appear later in the month. William Rockwood of Brownsville is set to officiate on August 5.
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James W. Copeland
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Brownsville
San Benito
Everett Jones
West Texas
William Rockwood
Birth of Jose Daniel Guevara III at Hockaday Clinic
Mr and Mrs Daniel Guevara announce the birth of their son Jose Daniel Guevara III at the Hockaday Clinic on Sunday July 7 1962. The baby weighed 8 pounds 0 ounces at birth.
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Daniel Guevara
Jose Daniel III
Hockaday Clinic
Correction notice on Mrs Hickman’s marriage line
A Port Isabel Press correction notes an error in last week’s obituary line. It clarifies that on April twenty first nineteen seventeen Mrs Hickman married Frank Llwellyn Hickan. The correction also defines spices versus herbs.
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Port Isabel
Vacation Bible School Activities at Baptist Church Spotlight
The Vacation Bible School week concludes Friday at 7:00 p.m. with a watermelon social in the Educational Buildings. The church showcases department work. Junior and Intermediate Training Unions hold events at homes with ice cream socials and planning sessions. A group from First Baptist attended Youth for Christ at Calvary Baptist in Brownsville with young men preaching and special music. Edgar Hood of Port Isabel is listed on the program. WMA canceled its regular meeting Wednesday due to VBS. will gather at 9:30 a.m. in the Educational Building.
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First Baptist Church
Youth For Christ
Calvary Baptist Church
Brownsville
Edgar Hood
Port Isabe
W.M.A
Junior Training Union
Floyd Seals
Dale Drewery
Obituary for George B. Brazil of Corpus Christi
George B. Brazil of Corpus Christi died July 25 after a long illness. He is survived by brother W F Brazil of Fort Worth and sisters Mrs Willie C Turner of Port Isabel and Mrs Thelma Gilmore of McAllen. Funeral services were held at Cage Mills Funeral Home Corpus Christi July 26 and burial followed in Beaumont. Mrs Willie Turner returned to Port Isabel after visiting his bedside.
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George B. Brazil
Corpus Christi
W. F. Brazil
Fort Worth
Willie C. Turner
Port Isabel
Thelma Gilmore
McAllen
Union Meeting Led by Alfred Evans With Nine Attendees
Alfred Evans served as Union President and led a business meeting attended by nine members. Refreshments included lemonade and cup cakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Evans
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Claire Retta Trump
Laguna Vista
Magic Valley
Laguna Madre
Pt. Isabel Hwy
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Port Foliet
Walter Morris
Coleman
H. N. Barrows
Joe Perez
Rachel Hernandez
Lorraine Romo
Emily Cortez
Jamel
Island
B. Meyer
San Antonio
Padre Island
Eagle Lumber Co
Walter Kirconnell
Mrs. Luther Hare
Mr Hare
Mr. Hare
Silas
Josefa Fiigar of
Tampico
Delores
Lee Smith
Chuck Benton
the Valley Baptist Hospital
Harlingen
Helen Cail
Carolyn Cail
Norman Butler
Odessa
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R. Danson
Panama City
Mobile
Major
Wm. Nausbaum
Findley
Ohio
Fort Isabel
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St. Andrew's
Baptist News
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The
Intermediate Training Union
R. D. Carpenter
Drive Inn
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