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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1956
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Bob Van Meter will spend the holidays visiting Mrs Van Meter s parents in Oklahoma. Steve Spoonmore left Tuesday to visit Douglas Goss in Raymondville. He will return to Port Isabel this weekend.
Mrs. Orlan Stovall of San Benito and Mrs. Neal Dunnine with her daughter Diane of Barnesville Oklahoma visited Thursday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Reeves.
Mr and Mrs FP L Marlin Penelope and Steve depart Monday for Tilden Texas to visit Mrs Florence Martin the mother of Mrs Marlin They will stay a few days before returning to Port Isabel and plan to remain there for the holidays.
Mr and Mrs A J Reeves Mr and Mrs E W Edward and Buddy Scott spent Christmas Day in the home of Mr and Mrs C R Edwards and family of San Benito.
Visiting in the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Spoonmore for the holidays was Fred Nye of San Antonio, Mrs Spoonmore’s father. Christmas guests included Mr Nye, Mr Spoonmore’s parent, Mr and Mrs G L Spoonmoy, Kuyaponaville, and sisters Mava Jo a UT student, Thielma McClain of Edintare, Homer Jon, and Henry Warner of Port Isabel.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Petch and family traveled to Donna to spend Christmas with Mrs. Petch’s parents Mr and Mrs Fieurier of Donna. Attendants included Mr and Mrs Don Fleucardo La Feria Mrs Jack Thornton of Fort Worth Hank Mohler of Harlingen Air Force Base, Dr and Mrs Bill Kitchell Weslaco, Mr and Mrs John Barber Nowa Park, H W Browning and Tommy Alamo and Bobby Spear of Dalias.
Port Isabel Rebekah Lodge No. 265 met Friday with 19 members and eight guests. They voted to sponsor sending a boy or girl to the United Nations. A Christmas party followed with coffee cookies and punch served by Mesdames Pockru Weikel Oswald Estes and Shaw. The next meeting is Friday January 4.
Mrs Verlie M Harris arrived from Miami for a holiday visit with her son and family in Laguna Vista. Her brother Capt G J Haris and family of Madison Wisconsin are also visiting. Buddy Scott of San Antonio stayed with Mr and Mrs E W Edwards. The Berry family hosted Christmas Day with Mrs Berry’s nephew Mr Paul Lee Alien in Weslaco. The Powers family from Raymondville spent the holiday with Mr and Mrs JB Lester in Laguna Vista. Jack Mortson and sons Ronnie and Jeff visited here with Mrs Mortons parents Mr and Mrs M L Watson of Bayside.
U S Department of Agriculture scientists name agave icchequilia a highly promising native Texas plant covering thousands of square miles in the west and southwest. It is noted for potential use in producing a biofuel. The drug cortisone is widely used for arthritis inflammatory eye diseases asthma and other painful ailments.
Funeral services for C. B. Thompson of Brownsville were held at 5 30 p m Wednesday from Hinkley mortuary with Father Miller officiating. Burial was in the city cemetery. Thompson died Monday at 69. He was known in local political circles and had lived in Brownsville for years. He married Rosalie Barron of Brownsville and is survived by five brothers and two sisters.
San Benito Commandery No. 62 Knights of Templar will hold an open installation of officers at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Masonic Temple. Sir Knight J. Marvin Pugh of Beaumont, grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Texas Knights Templar, will install, assisted by Sir Knight H. B. Beard of Corpus Christi, deputy grand commander and installing marshal. All interested are invited to attend.
A Marine staff sergeant on leave unexpectedly cared for his three month old niece. When a diaper crisis arose he called his uncle who resolved it with a playful baseball themed solution. The uncle instructed him to position the diaper like a baseball diamond and pin bases to home plate, which worked.
Port Isabel Texas notes gratitude from the Officer in Charge of the Fleet Home Town News Center as the post transfers to the Office of Information in Washington. The message lauds cooperation from the nation's media, wishes a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
John M. Black vice president of operations Southwestern Bell Telephone in St Louis will speak at the Valley Chamber of Commerce annual banquet on Monday January 14. Black began in 1921 with Pacific Telephone and Telegraph rising to senior roles including commercial operations engineer and vice president before joining Southwestern Bell in 1951. He has a noted career in the telephone field and a family backstory. The piece also mentions the Queen Isabella Causeway project linking Padre Bay area to the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Two small islands between Padre Island and the Texas mainland are famed as bird sanctuaries. Little Bird and Big Bird host thousands of nesting terns, pelicans, herons, flamingos, cranes, and snipes during breeding season, while the Laguna Madre area remains a key wildlife refuge. New license plates go on sale February 1 in Cameron County. motorists must bring title and prior plates.
A daylight warning emphasizes careful driving to avoid accidents during the holiday season and notes the danger of drunk driving as a car owner.
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