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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1965
Page
3
Tuesday evening was Master point night for the Bay Area Duplicate Bridge Club. Top teams were Me. and Mrs. Wheeter from Pacre Island, Rufus Ransome Sr. and Olga Posey of Brownsville, Helen Gilmore and Edna Riecker of Brownsville, Sammie Schmidt and Harold Royer of Laguna Vista, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hinkley of Port Isabel. Regular meetings are at Firemen's Hall Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Players welcome.
The Associational Brotherhood of the Lowes Rio Grande met at First Vietist Church on Thursday Aug 12 with about seventy men present. The Junior Girls Auxiliary and Intermediate Girls Auxiliary held sessions Tuesday night and worked on forward steps. Joe De La Garza returned home after a summer away. The W A M U met Wednesday for Royal Service. May belle Paston led the program.
Fashionwise lines emphasize a total look with stockings and short skirts, combining Courreges shaping with London softness. Knit dresses and sweaters stay slim, leather trims and cuffed hems appear, while textures like embroidery and crochet add surface interest. Accessories include matching stockings and hats.
COLLEGE STATION Parents of children entering school this fall face higher costs and new supply lists. Patsy Reynolds of Texas A&M Extension notes the trend away from the old one room schoolhouse and urges families to budget for rising items. Group health policies, grade based supply fees, and varied costs per pupil can total 30 to 60 dollars for the first week for two to three children.
Laguna Vista Civic Club hosts a welcome coffee for new women residents on Monday August 23 at 10:30 a.m. at the Harold F. Roger home on Beach Boulevard. President Mrs A W Jardine says newcomers should attend to meet neighbors.
Birthday greetings note for Jimmy Galvan on August 19 and Robert Eugene Martin on August 24. The items celebrate both individuals with standard well wishes.
Harlingen State Tuberculosis Hospital wins a national "PULSE on Patient Relations" award for best patient relations idea. A $230 grant and an Oscar-like statuette will be presented to hospital officials. Colgate-Palmolive funds seven other grants totaling $5,000 for patient relations programs.
The Cameron County Home Demonstration Council will hold a Hat Party at the Woman's Building in Harlingen on Wednesday August 2 The building on Second and Madison will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Attendees can choose hats from the latest styles and colors and refreshments will be served.
The Women's Auxiliary of Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital reports a successful rummage sale last Saturday and plans another event this Saturday August 21 a white elephant sale at the same Robertson Street vacant building behind the Ogdee Department Store. Miss Lucy Decker will arrange pickups for donated items and can be reached by phone. The sale opens at 9 am and closes at noon with continued hours into the afternoon.
J Eugene Sheets district manager of the local social security office warned of impersonators offering cheaper health insurance under social security. He said no social security representatives collect taxes or money for health insurance and urged reporting any attempts to the social security office FBI or local police.
A compact saying notes women live longer than men globally, with India as the exception. The remark adds a wry twist by calling Pessimust a financier of an optimist once.
Grand officers of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls of Texas visited the Valley for six days ending August 10. Led by grand worthy adviser Sheila Frazier of Pasadena, 25 officers toured Brownsville Harlingen Edinburg McAllen Mercedes Mission Rio Hondo San Juan and other host assemblies. Attendees included grand officers from Dallas Kingsville Mission Houston and more, plus representatives to multiple states and committees.
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