Shell Club Meet Features La Paz Shells Talk
Edinburg residents Mr and Mrs Wayne Holiman will present an illustrated talk on the sea shells of La Paz Baja California Mexico at the South Padre Island Shell Club meeting Friday evening December 7. The couple state they are currently shelling at San Blas and will return in time for the program at the Isla Blanca Park Civic Center.
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Wayne Holiman
Edinburg
la Paz
Baja
Holimans
Mexico
San Blas
Mexican
Holiman
South Padre Island
Shell Club
Isla Blanca Park
Card Party Gives Switzerland Atmosphere at St. Andrew’s Hall
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Parish Hall transformed into a Swiss scene as Mr and Mrs J J Brand hosted a Friday card party marking their Switzerland return. Swiss posters and music set the mood with Bliss Lorraine lunch and prizes from Switzerland for bridge and pinochle winners. Weekly sessions run Fridays 10 am to 2 pm. bring a sandwich. coffee and dessert provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Brand
St. Andrew’s Church
St. Andrew's Episcopal Parish
Switzerland
John Winslow
Alpha Mu Christmas Party in Laguna Vista
The Alpha Mu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma held its annual Christmas party at Miss Charlene Bobbitt’s Laguna Vista home on Saturday December 4. About 30 members and guests including Mrs. Cecil Moses Mrs. Deyaun Boudreaux and others attended. The bazaar raised funds for the scholarship and activity fund with Katherine Bader of Brownsville as auctioneer.
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Charlene Bobbitt
Laguna Vista
Alpha Mu Chapter
Delta Kappa Gamma Society
Mesdames Cecil Moses
Deyaun Boudreaux
Irene Shaw
Port Isabel
Anna McAteer
Gladys V. King
Brownsville
Doris Bobbitt
Hazel Marlin
Melba Caudill
Elizabeth McCollum
Caroline Hunter
Katherine Bader
Kappa Kappa Iota Members Meet District Officers
Delta state president Mrs. Hazel G. Standlee of Amarillo met Kappa Kappa Iota members in Edinburg during the District I Texas State Teacher's Convention at the Echo Motor Hotel. Brownsville leaders Mrs. Walton and Mrs. Denson spoke on future aims while district members from Los Fresnos were listed.
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K.K
Bess Walton
Brownsville
Delta
Hazel Standlee
Amarillo
Delta State
Nadine Denson
Kappa Kappa Iota
Hazel G. Standlee
Kappa
Edinburg
Texas
Echo Motor Hotel
Walton
Denson
Los Fresnos
Jeffie Palmer
Dolores Wood
Helen Squire
Dixie Hobbs
Leola Gwathmey
Origin of the word muslin linked to Mosul
The term muslin derives from Mosul, a historic textile center in the Middle East known for cotton production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosul
Middle East
Chamber of Commerce Dinner Dance Held
George Young former mayor of Harlingen and Rio Grande Valley Development Council member spoke at a Chamber of Commerce dinner dance on Padre Island. The event at Sandy Retreat Motor Resort Hotel supported the building fund with 82 attendees from Valley cities. Young urged growth and framed the Chamber as an independent force driving regional progress.
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George Young
Harlingen
Rio Grande Valley Development Council
Chamber of Commerce
Sandy Retreat Motor Resort
Padre Island
Building Committee
Chamber
Building Fund
Young
Ted Hunt
David Allen
Harlingen Chamber of Commerce
Talley-Powers visit highlights Chamber message and local notices
Doris and Leo V Talley of Huachuca Arizona visited with their cousins Mr and Mrs Joseph R Powers of Port Isabel during November to celebrate the Powers anniversary. The piece notes chamber goals and invites readers to share Christmas recipes and acrylic fabric trends.
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Doris
Leo V. Talley
Huachuca
Arizona
Joseph R. Powers
Port Isabel
Powers
Yule Music Program Slated at Garriga A Auditorium
A Christmas Music Program will be held at Garriga A auditorium on Thursday December 9 at 7 30 pm. The Garriga Music Department directed by Mario Garica will perform Christmas songs in English Spanish and German. The public is invited.
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Garriga A
Garriga Music Department
Mario Garica
Menu for the Week Ahead
Daily school lunch menu lists meals from Monday December 13 to Friday December 17 featuring beef stew meat loaf beef cubes in barbecue sauce corn dog ham and pineapple rings with sides such as sweet potatoes peas rice rolls and desserts including fruit cups short cake strawberry gelatin cake and candy with milk each day specifies a hot rolls and fruit or dessert option.
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Alpha Mu
Alonzo de Leon
Maria Alma
Manuel Gomez
Emeterio Gomez
St. Cecilia Catholic Church
Vanity Fatr
KKI
A.A. Pechacek
Edmund Pechacek
Stephen F. Austin University
Nacogdoches
Fred W. LaRoche
la Porte
E.R. Bell
Laguna Heights
Jimmy Bell
Laredo
Jimmy
Kevin
Stephen
Yule Music
First Baptist Church
Longoria and
Washington Sts
Everette Young
Baptist Training Union
Assembly of God
Port Road
Paul Cunningham
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Madison Sts
Father Eloy Fuentes
M.I
St. Andrew's By the Sea
Episcopal Mission
North Shore Drive
Yturria
John Covey
Bishop's Committee
First United Methodist Church
Musina and Adams Sts
F. L. Marlin
Women's Society of Christian Service
Tarnava and
Kenneth G. Haas
Hazel
Merchants Marine State Bank
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