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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1962
Page
10
A Brownsville floral shop Art in Flowers offers weddings parties corsages funeral designs and holiday decorations with fast delivery to hospitals. They provide emblems, special designs, reach destinations fresh and can include cards with orders. The review highlights their floral service for funeral, wedding, banquet designs and gifts.
The A M School of Business advertises English typing shorthand accounting and shorthand courses with new terms beginning soon and a job placement service for graduates. It touts low cost training, specialized instruction, competent teachers, and facilities to help both young men and women secure good paying positions.
The Brownsville store Cruz Shoes promotes quality footwear for the family with a wide range of sizes and styles for ladies. Well trained staff promise proper fit and complete stock year round, emphasizing fashion, economy, and correct shoe fitting.
Bowman Distributing Co promotes Famous Perma-Stone laminated stone siding for homes and businesses in Brownsville Harlingen and coastal areas. The ad touts termite and fire resistance plus low maintenance with no painting required and invites free estimates and aluminum siding options.
The Engates Supply in Brownsville promotes Du Pont paints and varnishes at 2445 Boca Chica. They emphasize long lasting coverage and economy, advising customers to compare quality and price before buying and to visit for estimates and the Lucite Interior Paint line.
The Brownsville Fashion Fabrics of Palm Village offers a wide selection of woolens silks nylons cottons and more for holiday sewing. They stock latest Vogue and McCall patterns along with Xmas tree skirts stocking kits felt appliques beads and accessories.
The OK Rubber Welders promote Mohawk tires with low new tire prices and recaps. They offer new and used tires for autos trucks and tractors along with expert recapping and repairs of all tire sizes. Visit 3036 F. 18th for service and savings.
The OK Rubber Welders in Brownsville offer recapping and repair to extend tire life, saving farmers and auto owners money. Their up to date process provides economical service for auto truck and tractor tires, making them a regional headquarters for tire care.
Bannert Auto Service offers complete auto repairs including brake service wheel alignment motor tune ups and expert repairs on all makes of automatic transmissions. With updated tools they claim to service cars accurately and economically and emphasize the transmission as a key safety and efficiency component. Take it to Bannert's Auto Service for transmission repair or adjustment.
Central Motor Supply and Machine Shop offers complete automotive machine work for auto, tractor, marine, and stationary engines. Services include crankshaft grinding pin fitting cylinder and surface grinding and metalizing with free estimates in Brownsville and San Benito.
The Abel Tractor Co. offers complete hay equipment including balers rakes mowers plows and repair parts. Known as a widely respected local firm they are dealers for a famous farm machinery line and provide parts service and new or used equipment in Olmito.
The Star Electric and Plumbing Co. of Brownsville has served since 1931 offering complete electrical plumbing and heating contracts for homes cafes stores motels and public buildings. They emphasize fire underwriter approved work, experienced staff, fair estimates and reliable power and light wiring plumbing and heating. Owners L Van? and T. Vane. LI 2-3382.
The well known Brownsville store showcases modern electric appliances including refrigerators freezers washers and radios with outlets in every room. Modern Home Appliance Center emphasizes famous brands and budget terms for Christmas gifts for the home.
Block welding specialists serving auto, truck, tractor, and marine engines. Repairs for cracked blocks and valve parts. Bargains in used cars, pickups, trailers, and used engines. Located at 6638 E. 14th. call TE 14411 for estimates.
Lydia's Ready-To-Wear in Brownsville showcases dresses suits coats sportswear lingerie and more with emphasis on individuality elegance and value. The store highlights quality and current fashions at reasonable prices for all occasions and invites customers to view their sportswear line before purchasing.
The Bill Grindle Auto Electric Co. offers complete electrical equipment sales and service for autos trucks tractors and marine engines. They test generators starters magnetos and batteries and provide repairs and rebuilds along with authorized sales and service for Wisconsin Heavy Duty Industrial Engines and Briggs and Stratton air cooled engines.
Brownsville readers are urged to visit the International Bowling Lanes in Brownsville. The establishment features modern pin setters and air conditioned alleys, with free instruction and a restaurant. The ad promotes bowling as healthful recreation and welcomes women to join teams and practice with superior equipment. Drop in soon.
The Rite-Way Co. offers expert body and fender service, auto and truck painting, glass installation, underseal, and rust prevention. It promotes insurance estimates and claims to be the largest independent shop in the area with modern equipment for quick, cost-efficient service. The piece recommends the Brownsville shop to motorists in the district.
Invitations to the 1963 Texas inaugural ceremonies in Austin will be printed and mailed after Christmas to ease post office volume and avoid lost mail. All four inauguration events are free to the public. the $25 Victory Dinner on Jan 14 at Municipal Auditorium requires tickets. The dinner, sponsored by the State Democratic Executive Committee, supports party building in Texas.
Six different diseases were listed among 33 communicable cases reported to the Cameron County Health Department for the week ending Dec. 8. The tally shows 21 strept throat cases, four gonorrhea, three tuberculosis, two infectious hepatitis, and one each of syphilis and typhus. An English brewery offered to aid the Red Cross blood donor drive by exchanging beer pint for pint.
The U S Army offers a liberal 15 day Christmas leave to men enlisting Dec 1 1962 to Jan 1 1963 while remaining on full pay. Contact Sfc Julian M Bueno or Sgt Mata at 118 W Jackson Harlingen for details on enlistment benefits and the offer.
Mac's Hobby Shop announces a new and complete stock of educational toys dolls science toys games and wheel goods in Brownsville inviting shoppers to browse the wide selection for gifts and personal use.
The Cameron County Title Company promotes title insurance and services for buying or selling real estate. They claim to insure good marketable title and urge readers to use their office in Brownsville for reliable, economical handling of title work.
The Garza Funeral Home in Brownsville offers a dignified service with a free chapel, private and comfortable facilities, and assistance to families in sorrow. Experienced personnel provide consolation and help during the hour of bereavement.
An advertisement from Brownsville promotes Central Walgreen Drugs and Grab Walgreen Drugs offering expert prescription service. It highlights low prices on cosmetics perfumes shaving sets smokers lace toys photography equipment and other drugstore staples with mail order options and large-quantity purchasing for savings.
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