Coast Guard Personnel and District Details Updated
Coast Guard personnel changes include promotion of Gary Hanson and Alex Chapman to SN while Donald Burkhart takes leave for Christmas. Ram on Roca joins from San Juan and plans move to Port Isabel. Arthur Smith transferred to Corpus Christi. The 8th District covers Gulf region including parts of Texas and Louisiana with boundaries described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bragg
Alex Chappe
Peggy Joyce
Port Isabel
Ro- Bragg Bmi
Donald Burkhart FN
Gary Hafison
H Sa
Donald Burkhart
Missouri
Gary Hanson SA
Alex Chapman SA
Ramon Roca
San Juan
Porto Rico
Roca
Port Tuna
Coast Guard
Aurthur Smith FA
Corpus Christi
Eighth Coast Guard District
Customs House
New Orleans
New Mexico
Texas
Lousiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Andrkansas
Florida
Apalachicola River
Georgia
Flint River
Monezuma
Montezuma
West Point
Gulf of Mexico
Elementary grade roster shows mixed grades and teachers
A OCR readable list of students and teachers by grade from Derry Elementary. Names include James Rock Mag lena Fifth Grade and many others with A and B grade designations. The fragment lists students by grade and the teachers associated with each group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rnta Azocar
James Rock
Maglena
Pedro Perez
Arnold Vasquez
Derry
Terri Galloway
Elsie Kaevando
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 Perex
Andrew Zizinia
David Privett
Martha Estes
Aurora Sandoval
Glenna Jaquillard
Padre Island Tour Hosts Stir Interest in Valley Visits
Mrs J F McCoy of Dallas asks Mrs Scruggs about Valley sightings. She and Mr Scruggs have been giving tours from Brownsville and Matamoros to show points of interest including the Port of Brownsville and residential areas. The article notes Texas scenery beyond sagebrush and cactus as Christmas approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. McCoy
Dallas
Scruggs
Mr. Scruges
Brownsville
Matamoros
Texas
Port Isabel urged to boost tourist appeal and cleanliness
The article argues Port Isabel should be kept attractive for visitors from all states and other countries. It stresses keeping land clear of brush, painting buildings, and presenting a clean, welcoming civic image as a lift to travelers heading to the Seashore Area. It commends County Commissioner Ted Hunt and others for recent cleanup efforts and notes a similar past initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Canada
Ted Hunt
Weather Promises Purple Blotch Trouble For Onions
Predictions of wet warm weather for the next three weeks favor development of purple blotch disease on onions. Infected fields yield low quality onions. Sweet Spanish varieties are most susceptible. Control includes destroying infected trash, removing volunteer onions, using well drained soils, seed treatment with thiram, and repeated fungicide sprays with a spreader-sticker.
Thou Shalt Ten Commandments of the Highway
Compiled by Dean a Pearson from Andover Newton Theological School Massachusetts these commandments warn drivers about safe behavior on the road. They cover not distracting a wheel with a baby, not worshiping a horse, not hogging center lanes, aiding passing, respecting passengers, avoiding pedestrian harm, sober driving, not stealing others’ sight or horn, truthful signals, and not coveting others right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deana Pearson
Andover-Newton Theological School
Massachusetts
Safety Sunday Declared in Texas For Holiday Traffic Safety
Governor Price Daniel proclaims December 9 as Safety Sunday, noting a drop in holiday traffic deaths since 1958 when religious figures joined the safety drive. Texas DPS records show Christmas New Year tolls and daily deaths improved over 1954 1961, with church programs urged to expand the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Govenor Price Daniel
Daniel
Texas Department of Public Safety
McAllen
Governor urges Texans to seek traffic safety through conscience
The governor issues a proclamation calling drivers to moral responsibility for personal safety on highways. It urges churches to remind members to drive legally, respect life, and uphold traffic laws to reduce reckless vehicle use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Contracts Set For Extension To Show Barn
Contracts have been let for a 35000 extension to the present breeder barn and coliseum at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Mercedes. L. W. Clifford reports H B Iron Works Weslaco will build the structure similar to the existing building. The new facility aims to improve movement of animals and attract top breeders to the Valley show set for March 20 25 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercedes
H & B Iron Works
Weslaco
Morriseldi Service
Clifford
Understanding patents trademarks and copyrights explained
A young inventor visits a patent attorney to sort out protection for a camera. The article explains how patents cover new inventions, trademarks identify goods in commerce, and copyrights shield written or artistic material, noting these forms complement each other and are not interchangeable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KODAK
Library of Congress
Port Isabel and Los Fresnos Elect Valley CC Directors
Ediction of new directors and community chairmen of the Valley Chamber of Commerce is virtually complete. Four community election meetings were held last week with Rio Grande City set for December 7. New and holdover directors will meet December 10 in Weslaco to name officers. Delta Area R W Smith Elsa new director and chair. Port Isabel H J Meinken and G M Conrad new directors with Edith Baines community chair. Raymndville Carl Conley Bob Hicks new directors Charles Machen holdover director re elected chair. Los Fresnos Terrell Bogarth Robert Overcash directors A V Macomb community chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Clyde Fincher
Rio Grande City
VCC
Weslaco
Delta Area
R. W. Smith
Elsa
Port Isabel
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 Figure Building Game
A party activity using chocolate bars gumdrops and candies to build edible scenes. Children craft items like a pavilion bench seesaw and pail from bars and treats with gumdrops providing supports and decoration. Prizes go to the most elaborate center piece suitable for the party table.
TSC Chapter Gives Books To Taylor Library
Phi Beta Lambda chapter of Texas Southmost College donates new business and economics books to Zachary Taylor Library in Brownsville. Members, two business students, fund the project via a national economics book club and place new selections for general use. Recent suggestions include The Petty Demon and Lord of the Flies. Members also sell college emblem sweat shirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Texas Southmost College
Phi Beta Lambda
Zachary Taylor
TSC
Fyodor Sologub
William Golding
TSC Phi Beta Lambda Seeks Funds for Dallas Convention
The Texas State College chapter plans to raise money for their book project and delegates attending the national Phi Beta Lambda convention in Dallas next June. An October dance was an earlier fundraiser. The program, Operation Econ, aims to boost business students’ understanding of the American economy, with Leslie H. Bonham as sponsor. Enrollment data show Texas public schools growing about 76,000 students annually since 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levers
TSC
Phi Beta Lambda
Dallas
National Business Education Association
Leslie H. Bonham
Texas
Texas schools need 2500 new classrooms yearly
Texas faces a growing student population requiring about 2500 new classrooms each year at an estimated cost near 75 million dollars. The figure reflects ongoing school construction needs to accommodate enrollment increases across the state.
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Padre Island
Port Isa
Valley CC
Robins
China
Taylor Library
Watkins
Belen Z. Aguilar
Margarita Zepeda
Estela Z. Gonzales
Pomposa Z. Cantu
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