Coast Guard District Notes Personnel Moves and Area Coverage
The Eighth Coast Guard District based in New Orleans covers New Mexico Texas Louisiana parts of Alabama Mississippi Arkansas and Florida west of the Apalachicola River and parts of Georgia up to Montezuma and West Point. Personnel updates include Bragg Chap Han son promoted to SN and Roca aboard from San Juan with a 15 year service span.
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Robert Bragg
Rala
Alex Chap
Peggy Joyce
Port Isabel
Rob Bragg Bmi
Donald Burkhart FN
Gary Hafison
T Hegie
Alex Chapman SA
Ramon Roca EN
San Juan
Porto Rico
Roca
Port Tuna
Coast Guard
Aurthur Smith FA
Corpus Christi
Eighth Coast Guard District
Customs House
New Orleans
L.a
New Mexico
Texas
Lousiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Andrkansas
Florida
Apalachicola River
Georgia
Flint River
Monezuma
Monte
Derry Elementary Student Honor Roll By Grade
Fifth Grade lists A grades for Marita Azocar James Rock Magdalena Zuniga and others. Second Grade shows all A Rosalinda Perez Ana Ziznia Mamie Fine Ernesto Martinez. Third Grade includes Ali Bal douinos Robert Barrera Mike Zimmerman El sie Kaeuando Mary Keller and more. Fourth Grade features all A Katie Fine Leandro Pena Rhodie Mack. Fifth Grade again lists all A Hilda Perez Andrew Zizinia with several B students noted.
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Marita Azocar
James Rock
Magdalena Zuniga
Pedro Perez
Arnold Vasquez
Derry
Rosalinda Perez
Ana Ziznia
Mamie Fine
Ernesto Martinez
Sandra Punetes
Debbie Weikel
Juanita Bocanegra
Orlando Barrera
Frank Seals
Warsha Carpenter
Bill Grant
Ali
Juan Baldouinos
Robert Barrera
Mike Zimmerman
Terri Galloway
Elsie Kaeuando
Mary Keller
Margie Seals
Eric Torres
Cecila Gonzales
Linda Grant
Joann Nelson
Cindy Wilcox
Katie Fine
Leandro Pena
Rhodie Mack
Ester Kaevando
Susan Smith
Susan Zimmerman
Hilda Perez
Andrew Zizinia
David Privett
Martha Estes
Aurora Sandoval
Glenna Jaquillard
Tours Showcase Brownsville and Port Highlights
Mrs Scruggs and Mr Scruggs from Dallas conduct personally guided Brownsville and Matamoros tours for visitors. They emphasize Brownsville points of interest, including residential areas and the Port, challenging stereotypes of Texas as just sagebrush and cactus.
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J. F. McCoy
Dallas
Texas
Scruggs
Mr. Scruggs
Brownsville
Matamor- 03
Port Isabel urged to boost tourist appeal with clean, attractive city
An appeal urges Port Isabel to enhance its tourist draw by tidying land, clearing brush, and painting to greet travelers from across the nation and beyond. The piece commends County Commissioner Ted Hunt and others for a recent cleanup and notes future efforts.
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Port Isabel
Canada
Ted Hunt
Othms
Camih Port Isabel
Weather prompts Purple Blotch on onions this season
Predictions of wet warm weather for three weeks favor development and spread of purple blotch disease on onions. The article notes vulnerable Sweet Spanish varieties and outlines prevention steps including destroying infected trash, weed control, seed treatment with thiram, proper drainage, and repeated fungicide sprays. It ends by urging cleaner premises and community effort in Port Isa.
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Port Isa
Thou Shalt. Ten Commandments of the Highway
Compiled by Dean Roy Pearson of The Andover Newton Theological School at Newton Massachusetts the list urges safe driving rules such as no wheel riding no center lane use and no drunken driving It coaligns with cautionary prompts about pedestrians signals and respect for others on the road.
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Dean Roy Pearson
Andover-Newton Theological School
Newton
Massachusetts
Safety Sunday Proclaimed in Texas for Holiday Drive Safety
Governor Price Daniel designated Sunday December 9 as Safety Sunday in Texas and cited declines in traffic deaths during the Christmas holiday period since 1958. Records show average deaths per holiday season fell from 106 to 83 between 1954-57 and 1958-61, with Sundays dropping from 10.5 to 8 in that era. He credited church groups and the McAllen Chamber of Commerce for promoting moral driving responsibilities and urged Texans and church leaders to reinforce safe driving and respect for life.
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Texas
Govenor Price Daniel
Daniel
Texas Department of Public Safety
McAllen
Contracts Set For Extension To Show Barn
The Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show at Mercedes will extend with a $35,000 project adding breeder barn space and a connected hog and poultry area. H B Iron Works of Weslaco will construct the new structure, tying into the existing complex. Completion is planned for February for the 24th annual show March 20 25 1963.
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Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Grounds
Mercedes
L. W
Mike) Clifford
H & B Iron Works
Weslaco
Morris Welding Service
Clifford
Understanding patents trademarks and copyrights in one case
A young inventor seeks protection for a camera and learns how patents trademark and copyright differ and complement each other. A patent covers novel inventions designs or plants. a trademark identifies goods in commerce and requires use before federal registration. a copyright protects writings and artwork with registration after notice and filing.
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Kerchoo
KODAK
Library of Congress
Port Isabel and Los Fresnos Name Valley CC Directors
The Valley Chamber of Commerce elections list new and holdover directors and community chairmen from Port Isabel and Los Fresnos. R. W. Smith joins Elsa as Delta Area director, with H J Meinken and G M Conrad as Port Isabel directors, Edith Baines as community chairman. Los Fresnos selects Terrell Bogarth Robert Overcash as directors and A V Macomb as community chairman.
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Delta Area
R. W. Smith
Elsa
Port [Sabel
H. J. Meinken
G. M. Conrad
Edith Baines
Raymondville
Carl Conley
Bob Hicks
Charles Machen
Direcor
Los Fresnos
Terrell Bogarth
Robert Overcash
A. V. Macomb
Sweet Construction Project
A candy construction game uses chocolate bars gumdrops and candies as building components. Children build items like an outdoor playground scene with a pavilion bench seesaw and sandbox as a centers piece for a party. Prizes go to the most elaborate or attractive creation built by youngsters.
TSC Chapter Gives Books To Taylor Library
Texas Southmost College Phi Beta Lambda members donate new economics and business books to Zachary Taylor Library for public use. The chapter, made of TSC business students, collects titles via a national economics book club and adds selections as received. Members sell college emblem sweat shirts to support the project.
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Brownsville
Texas Southmost College
Phi Beta Lambda
Zachary Taylor
TSC
Fyodor Sologub
William Golding
Pace 2 levers TSC Phi Beta Lambda fund drive
Pace 2 levers TSC supports Phi Beta Lambda to finance their book project and delegates to the national convention in Dallas next June. An October dance started fundraising, and current meetings will promote Operation Econ a National Business Education Association program. Leslie H. Bonham sponsors the TSC chapter.
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Levers
TSC
Phi Beta Lambda
Dallas
National Business Education Association
Leslie H. Bonham
Texas School Expansion Plans Aim to Add 2500 Classrooms
Texas faces rapid student growth requiring 2500 new classrooms each year, with estimated construction costs around 75 million dollars annually to housing the rising pupil population in public schools.
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Texas
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Padre Island
Valley CC
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Clyde Fincher
Rio Grande City
VCC
From the Moon
Robins
China
Taylor Library
Belen Z. Aguilar
Margarita Zepeda
Estela Z. Gonzales
Pomposa Z. Cantu
Dodgers Year Books
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