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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1956
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Kay Bobbitt Norma Lou Browder and guests related to a TV show. The text references a guest book, pages, and various scattered phrases about events, conversations, and acknowledgments. The readable portions suggest a casual record or memoir fragment.
A mix of social items from Port Seobe, Texas. Updates include Worner at Texas State College for Women and TSCW student status, Edith and Linda and Kay at the drug store team, Charley Bennett buying the Heinze boat, and Rose and Dicky Broxman enjoying a week of movies and dances. Publication details list Port Seobe weekly, with subscription rates and publisher information.
The Port Isabel Rotary Club schedules a Saturday potluck supper and Ladies Night on Padre Island. Supper starts at 6 30 with wives of Rotarians asked to bring items. exact location to be announced. Vice president Dick Roles returns from St. Louis after a beer purchase. meeting notes mention tours of Point Taylor and Mayfair refinities under George Owsl y.
Marjory Pockins owner of Marjorys Beauty Salon announced new equipment arriving next week and installed shortly after. The shop will include radar booth units for complete chairless services, automatic Mercury dryers with built in chairs, and swing type manicure tables. She plans specials and door prizes to promote the modern equipment.
Port Isabel dedicates a granite and marble outdoor altar in the Port Isabel cemetery. Erected by Bishop Mariano S Garriga to honor all interred there, with yearly All Souls Day services at the altar. The statue depicts the Crucifixion with Mary and John at the feet.
The Centenary of the local volunteer fire department hosted a large Padre Island picnic for employees and families. Attendees enjoyed a Sunday event with games and a raffle as firemen served meals to a record turnout.
A classified notice invites readers over 40 to improve health by sending a postcard with name address and age to BETTER HEALTH P O Box 111 A Mineral Wells Texas. Free full information offered. Cite Mineral Wells famous Crazy Water.
Citation issued for Pedro Villarreal plaintiff and Matilde Cobos Villarreal defendant in No. 39624 A filed June 1956 in Brownsville. Case seeks divorce on abandonment grounds. Clerk L A George of the District Court Cameron County signs August 37 1956 with Frances Pinkerton deputy.
A couple requests a one month December rental of a modern furnished two bedroom house without children. They seek Lynn A Woollen in Maron Illinois and offer contact for a sale listing. The notice mentions an attached carport and 40 by 120 foot lot on a paved street with strong income potential. They request details and suitable arrangements.
Real estate ad offers a modern five room home with paved street, large yard, and good location. Down payment is 500 dollars and 50 dollars per month. See or call Everything in Real Estate at WH3-2592.
Fishing reports list trout catches by numerous Houston Harlingen Brownsville and Port Isabel parties along with Spanish mackerel redfish red snapper and bonito. Notable totals include 96 trout by Ray Ward and McDuffy and 100 pounds of red snapper by Clayton Coyle party aboard the Texas Joy with guide Frank Roberts.
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