Port Isabel club installs officers at Christmas luncheon
The Port Isabel Home Demonstration Club held a December 5 luncheon at Queen Isabel Inn with installing officer Mrs. Ola Sandlin. New officers are Gwen Bellinghausen president Muriel Faile vice president Mary Lee Mock secretary and Corinne Johnston treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel Home
Queen Isabel Inn
Ola Sandlin
Harlingen
Gwen Bellinghausen
Muriel Faile
Mary Lee Mock
Corinne Johnston
Willie Turner
Mary Brown
Mary Nichols
Adabar Lindley
Janet Raymond
Tillie Lorentz
K. M
Hilton
A Sna Clayburn
Port Isabel
Rae Hartfield
Genevieve Martin
Party Honors The Rollmans On Padre Island
Mr. and Mrs. Lindy Rollman celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary with a party at the Trade Winds on Padre Island. Guests included A. R. Kent, Bob Woods, J. Ray, Dorothy Forrest, Jim Gross, William and Clyde Forehand, Rene Dubuse, Don Collins of Okmulgee Oklahoma, and German visitors Gerd Steenbach, Gert Behrenann, Horst Kulow, Karl Schuermann, Gustav Notbomi, Joachim Gehrke, and Kurt Vogl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindy Rollman
Padre Island
A. R. Kent
Bob Woods
Dorothy Forrest
Jim Gross
William Campbell
Clyde Forehand
Rene Dubuse
Don Collins
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Germany
Gerd Steenbach
Gert Behrenann
Horst Kulow
Karl Schuermann
Gustav Notbomi
Joachim Gehrke
Kurt Vogl
Mary Ruth Pockrus Birthday Party Given
Miss Mary Ruth Pockrus daughter of Mr and Mrs O E Pockrus was honored on her 15th birthday with a skating rink party and sock hop from 7 30 p m to 12 30 a m on Monday December 4 at the Pockrus Skating Rink. About 135 young people attended and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ruth Pockrus
O. E. Pockrus
Pockrus Skating Rink
Mary Ruth
WSCS Women Hold Meeting at Laguna Vista Home
The Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church met at 4 p.m. November 28 at Mrs. Walt Zimmerman's Laguna Vista home. Mrs. Doris Bobbitt led the devotional and the Edge of Edge study was concluded by Mrs. Bill Zimmerman. A frozen fruit salad with crackers and coffee was served to Mmes. Langlois Churchwell Bill Zimmerman Byrd Gaskill Bobbitt Grayson Lindley Marlin Caudill and new member Mrs. Somenex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church
Walt Zimmerman
Laguna Vista
Doris Bobbitt
Bill Zimmerman
Mmes. Langlois
Churchwell
Byrd
Gaskill
Bobbitt
Grayson
Lindley
Marlin
Caudill
Somenex
Shell Club Holds Christmas Meeting Tonight
The Shell Club meets at 7 30 p m tonight December 8 at the Sandy Retreat Motel Game Room hosted by Mrs Larry Allen of Port Isabel. The gathering serves as a social Christmas party with shell gifts exchanged and attendees from across the Valley.
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Shell Club
Sandy Retreat Motel
Larry Allen
Port Isabel
State's Traffic Problems Blamed On Public Apathy
Governor Price Daniel and state traffic leaders hear that the 1960 Traffic Safety Inventory shows progress but warns public apathy and weak laws threaten gains. Don Hill presents the National Safety Council analysis ranking Texas fifth among eight big states with an overall 78.
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Price Daniel
National Safety Council
Don Hill
Dallas
Council
Hill
Texas
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ilinois
California
Organization For Traffic Safety Improvement
Ohio
Illinois
Californas &2
George
Texas Department of Safety
Brad H. Smith
Governor's Highway Safety Commission
Texas Traffic Safety Council
Governor's Highway Safety
Birthday Party Honors Rodolfo Carillo Jr. Kin
Rodolfo Carillo III celebrated a birthday at his grandparents home on Sunday December 3 at 3 p.m. Santa Claus Clooney the Clown Elma Ochoa and about 50 children attended. Pinata broke followed by punch cookies and cake served to guests.
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Rodolfo Carillo III
Rodolfo Carillo Jr
Rodolfo
Santa Claus
Clooney the Clown
Elma Ochoa
Birth of son for Mr and Mrs Uvaldo Holland at Mercy Hospital
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Uvaldo Holland at Mercy Hospital in Brownsville on November 30. The baby weighed 6 pounds 4 ounces and was named Uvaldo Holland Jr.
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Uvaldo Holland
Mercy Hospital
Brownsville
Uvaldo Holland Jr
Martens and Spradlins Wintering in Valley Guest Notes
Mr and Mrs H D Martens and daughter Kathy of Wichita Kansas joined Port Isabel hosts Mr and Mrs D P Martens for Thanksgiving and fishing trips. V A Spradlin and wife from Towanda Kansas plan a second winter at Laguna Heights with Skip Edwards. Dr and Mrs J Carpenter of Padre Island visit their Island home and plan return in March after seven years of vacations in Port Isabel and Padre Island.
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H. D. Martens
Kathy
Wichita
Kansas
D. P. Martens
Port Isabel
V. A. Spradlin
Towanda
Ethelyon de Casa
Laguna Heights
Skip Edwards
Valley
Mrs. J. Carpenter
Padre Island
Wayne
Michigan
Mrs. Carpenter
Tarpon Tales Of Honor Dance And Campus Notes
Six week tests end as National Honor hosts a Friday night dance. The readable list includes Glynnda Kennedy Judy Schumacher Denny Dixon Ann Caudill Jimmy Carey Johnny Caudill Carla Berry Lynnda Kedy Mike Wilkins Tom McLellan Gene Mack Grace Evans Ildefonso Silguero Minnie Camacho El ton Tower Sandy Rice and Alfred Vans. Other items note viewings of Lost Balloon Second Time Around Breakfast at Tiffanys bowling with Cordell Kircon nell Minnie Borden and Karlene Jaquillard and a mystery couple profile with a freshman girl and sophomore boy. A dedication line and contact reference appear with Lion Sleeps Tonight and Traveling Man.
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Glynnda Kennedy
Judy Schumacher
Denny Dixon
Ann Caudill
Jimmy Carey
Johnny Caudill
Carla Berry
Lynnda Kedy
Mike Wilkins
Tom McLellan
Gene Mack
Grace Evans
Ildefonso Silguero
Minnie Camacho
Elton Tower
Sandy Rice
Alfred Vans
Judy Gloria Gonzales
Ann
the Majestic
Lynnda Kennedy
Baptist Mex Mission Sees High Sunday School Attendance
The Adult Sunday School Class won the high attendance banner with all but two members present plus four visitors. Overall attendance neared fifty, enrollment hit a high, and Sunday School attendance reached eighty seven percent. Mrs. Morgan's Juniors provided special music while donations support the mission children and Beeville orphans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission
Ethel » Edwards
Laguna Heights
Ethel Morgan
Carl Christensen
Training Union
Lorenzo Silvasae
Vssages
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BIG Grande Valley Gas Company
Port Isabbfl
HD Club
Cudahy
Turkeys
Rome
del Monte
WSCS
Rodolfo Carillo
Beauty Powers
Longoria
By Karlene Jaquillard and
Pamela Poston
Breakfast At Tiffanys
Cordell Kirconnell
Minnie Borden
Karlene Jaquillard
Baptist Mex. Mission
Merchants Marine State Bank
Pearl Harbor
Pacific War
Susan Slade
Troy Donohue
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