Santa Sale at Laguna Vista Public Library
A one day Christmas sale by the Laguna Vista Public Library Board of Trustees and the Civic Club will be held December 9 in the Fire Hall annex at Fernandez St and State Highway 510 from 10 a.m. Jewelry, leather goods, baskets, decorative items, colognes, evening purses and other boutique gifts will be offered to raise donations for the library. No rummage items will be sold.
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Santa Claus
Board of Trustees
Laguna Vista Public Library
Civic Club
Fernandez St
Valley Numismatic Calendar for December
Hidalgo Coin Club meets December 7 at 7 30 p m in Chisum's Rock Shop Pharr Port Isabel Coin Club gathers December 10 at 1 30 p m in Chuck Wagon Port Isabel Brownsville Coin Club meets December 12 at 7 30 p m in First National Bank San Benito Coin Club December 14 at 7 30 p m in Palmville Center Harlingen Coin Club December 18 at 7 30 p m Willacy County Coin Club December 20 at 7 30 p m in Dew Drop Inn Lyford An old timer recalls when the Old Man could not return from a coast to coast business trip in less than four days.
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Hidalgo Coin Club
Chisum’s
Pharr
Port Isabel
Brownsville Coin Club
First National Bank
San Benito
Salvation Army Drive Headed By Zimmerman
Zimmerman announces an $800 goal for a three week Salvation Army fund drive in Port Isabel with Mrs. Maria Torres leading the 1972 committee. A kickoff is planned at Merchants Marine State Bank on Dec 8 1972 with 18 volunteers to assist and details on the on the spot service program run by the Port Isabel unit and statewide volunteers.
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Salvation Army
W.W. Zimmerman, Sr
Port Isabel
Salvation Army Service Unit Committee
Maria Torres
Merchants Marine State Bank Board Room
Torres
Zimmerman
Salvation Army Service Unit
Stella Ewing
Jose V. Martinez
Frank Stanford
Chuck Londrie
John Wheeler
Mario Perez
Roy A. Smith
Audit report from Long Chilton and Co. setesverene firm
The statement presents an annual audit from Long Chilton and Com as Setesverene, SRpany, a certified public accounting firm. It notes the District records underpinning the audit and references the ongoing accountability process.
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Long, Chilton and Com
Setesverene, Srpany, Certified Public Accountants
Plans To Rebuild Shrine Of San Juan Unveiled
Bishop John J. Fitzpatrick announced reconstruction and enlargement of the Shrine of the Virgin of San Juan in San Juan. A new parish church dedicated to St. John the Baptist will seat about 2,000, cost around 2 million dollars, and aim to reduce commercial intrusions during pilgrimages.
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San Juan
Fitzpatrick
Th Grade 7 Basketball Team Opens Season With Three Wins
The 7th graders under coach Alberto Garza Jr win three straight to start the season. Port Isabel defeats Cummings 27 17 then Edcouch Elsa 21 14 before repeating 18 8 against Cummings in a defensive battle. The team learns of their first defeat December 4 in Raymondville. They return December 13 at home vs St Joseph Academy.
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Cummings
Brownsville
Port Isabel
Edcouch Elsa
Tarpons
Alberto Garza, Jr
Raymondville
St. Joseph Academy
Javier Chavez
Noe Garcia
Ruben Torres
Carl Martin
Raul Zamora
Joey Garza
Leonzo Camacho
Pablo Martinez
Greg Harbour
Mike Boynt
Gerardo Castillo
Jimmy Sagnes
Noel Nino
Robert Reyes
Segundo Vasquez
Domesticated Salmon Hits Menu Across Cities
Domsea Farms in Puget Sound raises one pound pan sized salmon hatched from Coho and Chinook. The floating net pen operation began three months from incubation and fed with pollutant free dry feed. Pilot run 1970-71 led by Jon Lindbergh with early restaurant service in Boston Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles Milwaukee Vancouver. U S fatalities by fire totalled 11 850 last year vs 12 200 in 1970 per NFPA.
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Domsea Farms, Inc
Puget Sound
Seattle
Wash
Jon Lindbergh
Boston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Vancouver
Death Claims Elmer Spradling at Laguna Heights
Elmer Earl Spradling died at his home in Laguna Heights on Friday afternoon, December 1, from a sudden heart attack. Born in Rolla, Missouri in 1891, he was 81. He and his wife Toni moved to the Rio Grande Valley 17 years ago from Trinidad, Colorado. He ran a motel, grocery, gift shop and service station in Stonewall area, worked 21 years for Keebler Biscuit Company, and was on the payroll at his death. Surviving: Toni Spradling. son Warren E Spradling. granddaughter and husband Bob Martin. grandson Dale Spradling. great granddaughter Stacy Spradling. sister Arch Davis. sister-in-law Etna Rash. A memorial service was held Sunday at the Church of Christ in Port Isabel. Funeral under Kreidler Ashcraft. Burial in Trinidad, Colorado. Masonic Lodge 28 conducted graveside rites. Memorial gifts may go to Chest Hospital in Harlingen.
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Elmer Earl Spradling
Laguna Heights
Sprad
Rolla
Supreme Bakers
Laguna Hts
Port Isabel
Toni Spradling
Warren E Spradling
Gulf Breeze, Fla
Dale Spradling
Church of Christ
Moses Osborn
Kreidler Ashcraft
Harlingen
Trinidad
Colo
Masonic Lodge
Spradling
Chest Hospital
Death of Claude Williams 84 in Napa California
Claude Williams 84 of Napa California died Sunday November 26 at Queen of the Valley Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Alexander Alabama and taught in Texas before a pro baseball career. He later farmed and fished commercially, then worked at Benicia Arsenal until 1955. Survivors include his wife Ora five sons three daughters a brother and three sisters, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services were held November 28 in California with Masonic and church officials officiating. burial followed in Sunrise Cemetery Vallejo.
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Claude Leonard Williams
Napa
California
Reba Landers
Laguna Heights
Queen of the Valley Hospital
Alexander
Ala
DeLeon
Tex
Texas
Ora Parnell
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Morro Bay
Benicia
Calif
Williams
Redwood Baptist Church
Silverado
Keystone
OES
Ora
Joseph Calvin Williams
Long Beach
Leonard Harrison Williams
Holdenville
Okla
Herbert Eugene Williams
Houston
James Horace Williams
Liberty
Jack B. Haywood
Fresno
Erline Stokes
la Marque
Port Isabel
Katherine Lash
Easley
S.C
Shepherdville
Polly Brown
Desdemona
Margaret Vinson
Floydada
Danny Harris
Corpus Christi
Treadway and
Wigger
Harrell G Miller
Lowe Snyder
James Kennedy
Silverado Lodge No
Frank Azlin
Louis Carsner
Charles Moore
James Williams
Richard Hennessy
Otto Lindke
Sigfried Olson
Harvey Camren
Sunrise Cemetery
Vallejo
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Santa Sale
South Padre Island
Mary Campise
Style Shop
Sun Valley Mall
Volnt Isabel Independent School District
United States
Opera NG
Ntenance
U.S
National Fire Protection Association
Elmer Spradling
Claude Williams
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