Christmas Midnight Mass Open To Public At Port Isabel Church
Father Lawrence Fanning of Our Lady of the Stn Catholic Church in Port Isabel invites the general public to attend the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass. The choir will present a special program and Father Fanning will supervise the services. The church will open at 11:00 p.m. on December 2nd.
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Father Lawrence Fanning
O.M.I
Our Lady of the Stn Catholic Church
Port Isabel
Father Fanning
Early Christmas Cards Weave a 1450 Rhine Valley Woodcut Tale
A history of Christmas greetings traces the first woodcut in 1450 from the Rhine Valley showing the Christ Child and Holy Mother, through English and American card origins. Sir He Cole and John Horsley publish the first mass produced card in 1843, with Louis Prang popularizing chromolithography and mass production by the 1880s. The first American card appears in 1853 as an Albany merchant's advertisement card.
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Rhine Valley
Germany
Alexandria
Sir He Cole
John Horsley
United States
Louis Prang
Boston
Prang
Europe
Bavaria
America
R. J. Pease
Albany, N
Rust Craft
Leo Vergott Sr. Funeral Held in Brownsville
Leo Vergott Sr. 60 died December 22 at Mercy Hospital Brownsville. He managed Magic Valley Armored Car Service and retired in 1959 after 37 years in the U S Army. Survivors include his widow three daughters two sons. Rosary Monday night at Hinkley Mortuary. Mass Tuesday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Burial Buena Vista Cemetery. Memorial donations to Our Lady of Guadalupe Memorial Fund.
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Leo Vergott Sr
Mercy Hospital
Brownsville
Vergott
Magic Valley Armored Car Service
U. S. Army
Dolores H. Vergott
Arnold Serrata
Martin Galvan, Jr
Sigifredo Vera
Leo Vergott, Jr
Henry Vergot
Hinkley Mortuary
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Buena Vista Cemetery
Our Lady of Guadalupe Memorial Fund
Drainage Talks In Los Fresnos Hide City District Route
Los Fresnos officials and Water Districts 10 and 11 met in Bayview to discuss north to south drainage into a district canal. Districts object to city runoff bringing trash and potential canal overload. city considers costly bypass or ditching. No action taken. engineer study and cost estimates discussed as possible next steps.
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Los Fresnos
District IL
Bayview
Water District
Sea Island Hotel Hosts New Year’s Eve Dance
The Sea Island Hotel will sponsor a New Year’s Eve dance in its lobby with music by the Beach Combers Combo. Admission is $5 per couple, hors d oeuvres provided, and the general public is invited.
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Sea Island
Tony Mannella
Rotarians Hold Christmas Party at El Toro Restaurant
Port Isabel Rotary Club held its regular Christmas party last Friday night at the El Toro Restaurant. Members and spouses shared a Christmas dinner and gift exchange. President Stuart Adkins led the program. Five Rotarians were absent.
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Port Isabel
Winter Visitors Elect Officers
The Winter Visitors Club held its first meeting on December 18 at the Firemen's Hall. New officers were C. A. Hubbard president L. L. Luce vice president and Gertrude Giles secretary treasurer A Christmas day dinner was planned at the Squeeze Inn and a New Year’s Eve party was announced with all winter visitors invited to meet at Firemen's Hall.
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Winter Visitors Club
Firemen’s Hall
C. A. Hubbard
L. L. Luce
Gertrude Giles
Squeeze Inn
Firemen's Hall
Deputies Join Holiday Traffic Safety Patrol
Sheriff Boynton Fleming announced that Cameron County deputies will join state and county traffic officers in a holiday traffic safety patrol from Sunday through January 1. Deputies will forgo regular work except emergencies, patrol highways in unmarked cars, and target drunk and dangerous drivers to ensure a safe season. Fleming described it as a plea for public cooperation, not a threat.
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Leming
Fleming
Charro Days Goes World Wide With International Parade Theme
Brownsville's Charro Days festival unveils a world wide theme for the February event. Grand Parades will depict nations from England to India with floats carrying typical costumes and locals in Charro attire as the pre-Lenten celebration emphasizes fun, costumes, dances, and parades with no speeches.
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Brownsville
England
Canada
France
Ialy
Japan
Thailand
Egypt
Arctic
Ireland
United States
Mexico
Holland
Norway
Arabia
India
al Roser
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Norman Wharton To Speak At Brownsville Convention
Norman Wharton, longtime Port Isabel and Harlingen resident now in Corpus Christi, is invited by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society to speak at the opening session of the convention at Ft Brown Memorial Center December 27 to 29. He will address about 650 delegates after remarks on the theme Feed My Little Sheep.
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Norman Wharton
Port Isabel
Harlingen
Corpus Christi
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Ft. Brown Memorial Center
Wharton
H. A. Fetzik
Southwestern
South Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Valley
Union Rejects Gas Company's Latest Offer
In Brownsville and Herlingen on Monday Local 4604 union members rejected the gas company's latest contract offer. Company vice president Bill Wood said service would continue for customers in the event of a strike while talks addressed how to handle potential labor action.
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Rio Grande Valley Gas Company
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers’ Union
Brownsville
Herlingen
Gas Company
Bill Wood
Brazos Santiago Confederate Markers to Be Dedicated
A pair of Texas Confederate Memorial Information markers for Brazos Santiago and Brownsville will be erected in Cameron County with dedications January 11 as part of a Texas State Historical Survey Committee regional meeting in Brownsville. A caravan will tour Brazos Santiago Padre Island, Brownsville, and Palmito Hill.
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Brazos Santiago
C.S.A
Brownsville
Cameron County
John Ben Shepperd
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Palmito Hill
Tex
State Historical Survey Committee
Fort Brown Motor Hotel
Padre Island
Brazos Santiago Pass
Texas
John S. Pord
U. S
Cuba
Europe
Asia
Bagdad
Mexico
Neutral
Rio Grande
Mississippi River
State Building Commission
TSHSC
Sea Rider Beached After Tank Seas Rescue Near Padre Island
The nine crewmen of the Sea Rider from Corpus Christi battled mountainous seas and winds to beach the 55 foot boat on Padre Island Sunday night. Navy helicopters rescued them at dawn. The boat broke in two on the shore. damage estimated at 30 000 to 40 000 dollars. Crewmembers named include Eddie Bishop Earl Konoski Don Whitehorn Jerry Erne Raymond Scott Paul Bailey Boby Kedlecek and Sam Witten.
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Port Mansfield
Texas
Sea Rider
Corpus Christi
Padre Island
Navy
J. G. Pringle
Pringle
Coast Guard
Padre
Eddie Bishop
Earl Konoski
Don Whitehorn
Jerry Erne
Raymond Scott
Paul Bailey
Boby Kedlecek
Sam Witten
Pre-School PTA Annual Christmas Dinner and Dance
The Pre-School PTA hosted its annual Christmas Dinner and dance at the PreSchool Building on Sunday December 22. All members attended with each inviting a guest couple. After a turkey supper the group exchanged gifts and danced.
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PTA
Babson 1964 Forecast Coming In Next Week
The Port Isabel Press will publish Roger W. Babson's Business And Financial Forecast For 1964 in next week's issue. Babson's track record shows about four percent correct over 20 years, with predictions on general business elections tax cuts labor inflation agriculture stock market real estate and cost of living.
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Port Isabel
Roger W. Babson
Babson
U. S
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Texas Department of Public Safety
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