Local Rotary Club Marks Golden Jubilee Event
The Local Rotary Club celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a Gulf cafe ladies night banquet. Former Harlingen mayor Gene McCullough spoke on Rotary’s history and the Rotary Foundation supporting student exchanges and scholarships. Attendees included Mrs. Bama Binion and others. Ted Hunt led ceremonies as members signed the anniversary book for club archives.
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Rotary International
Gulf Cafe
Gene McCullough
Harlingen
Rotary
Rotary Foundation
Bama _ Binion
Port Isabel
Ross Stanley
Shaw
Rotagn
R. O. Cur
Marion
Indiana
Duck Kroeger
Har
W. O
Lds
Ted Hunt
Charmen
Club Crak
Waa Nue Daudon
D. L. Propill Brown
Imittee
J. L. Merryman Hee
Iadies
Cal
Doris Fair
James Haley
Bille Storey
N. C. Williamson
Rotary Club
Paving Signers Hit 42 Percent In Weekly Total
Signers for paying this week raised the tally to 42.44 percent. Named contributors include Mary Holland A C Pockrus Wm Tompkins trustee and the Port Isabel Independent School District.
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Mary Holland
A. C. Pockrus
Wm. Tompkins
Port Isabel Independent
Port Isabel Quarterback Club Banquet Planned
The Port Isabel Quarterback Club announces a banquet next Thursday at the Gulf Cafe to raise funds for football and basketball squads and cheerleaders. Members should contact Archie Causey at Lighthouse Grocery for reservations. president J. L. Merryman hopes it becomes an annual event.
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Port Isabel
Gulf Cafe
Quarterback Club
Archie Causey
Lighthouse Grocery
J. L. Merryman
Legion Hosts Covered Dish Supper for Tourists Tonight
The Port Isabel Post of the American Legion and its auxiliary sponsor a covered dish supper at the Legion Hall starting at 7 pm. The post provides the meat course and tourist guests are asked to bring covered dishes such as salads and vegetables.
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Port Isabel
The
American Legion
Legion Hall
American Legion Post
Mothers Club Postpones Local School Play
The Mothers Club of the Aptist Day school announced the play It Wasea Lovely Meeting has been postponed until further notice. The all local cast was set to perform last night. Mrs A J Reeves and daughter Susie left Wednesday to visit Mr and Mrs Orlan Stovall in San Benito.
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Mothers’ Club
Aptist Day School
A. J. Reeves
Susie
Orlan Stovall
San Benito
Port Isabel Chamber Urges Return of Questionnaires
The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce asks all area merchants and residents who received questionnaires to return them promptly to enable a complete and accurate tabulation. This will help the chamber gauge member disposition for future actions.
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Port Isabel
Missouri Day To Be Held Sunday
Missouri Day set for February 27 will be held rain or shine, with plans for a Padre Island bath house gathering if weather allows or a Port Isabel Firemen’s Community Hall meeting if not. Missouri visitors, winter residents, and locals with Missouri ties are invited to bring a covered dish and enjoy the day.
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W. W. Brown
Port Isabel
Port Isabel Paving and Local Payroll Impact
In Port Isabel the H B Zachry contract requires at least half the labor be local when available, with four months of paving work totaling 200000 dollars and a potential 400000 dollars more to come. The wage payroll could sustain a year of weekly salaries, boosting local commerce and livelihoods. The Rotary International celebrates 50 years with projects completed at Port Isabel High School and a Welcome sign, plus Lions club tickets for a three ring circus aiding the Light Conservation fund. Skipper and mate of Ship 56 of the Sea Scouts announce troop fund work.
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Port Isabel
H. B. Zachry Company
Rotary International
Rotary Foundation
Drain Structures Work Starts Next Week In Town
H B Zachry Co representatives announce drainage structure work will start next week with dirt moving and heavy equipment arrival in about two weeks. Cameron County Fresh Water supply district will relocate and deepen water mains before paving proceeds, with about 200000 dollars approved for paving. contractors will not backtrack for late signers. most units may finish within four months.
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Port Isabel
Doug Christensen
C. H. Noble
W. R. Sparkman
H. B. Zachry Co
Noble
Water District
Cameron County
W.R. Sparkman
Coastal Hotel
Ship 56 Sea Scouts Offer Yard Work For Fund Drive
At their regular meeting on Monday Ship 56 Sea Scouts set up a yard cleaning service to raise funds. Pairs of boys will rotate on odd jobs with 75 percent of earnings going to the ship fund and 25 percent to the workers. Call Leo Baumfelder or Curtiss Carpenter for yard work, garage or closet cleaning, and other odd jobs. The group also planned their annual explorer bivouac at Camp Perry in Rio Hondo in March.
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Leo Baumfelder
Curtis Carpenter
Sea Scouts
Sea Scouts of Ship 56
Curtiss Carpenter
Camp Perry
Rio Hondo
Troop Fund Push Encourages Scout Donations
A local message urges boys to keep 75 percent of some proceeds for the troop fund. The plan aims to complete the task while supporting the troop financially.
Barron to Deliver VFW Memorial Address in San Benito
John F. Barron will speak at the VFW 18th District memorial services in San Benito at 10 30 Sunday morning in the Odd Fellows hall. Miss Iantha Demaree and Mrs Angie Taylor will provide musical selections with audience participation. The event is arranged by Col Sam Robertson Post 2414 and adjoined by an open meeting afterward.
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Iantha ‘Demaree
Angie Taylor
VFW
Odd Fellows Hall
Sam Robertson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Nexarer
God
John F. Barron
San Benito
M. G. Frost
Mr and Mrs Brown Visit To McAllen
Mr and Mrs J W Brown left Saturday for a few days visit to McAllen.
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J. W. Brown
McAllen
President cites 617 million in surplus farm exports
The President told Congress that 617 million dollars worth of surplus farm products had been or would be shipped abroad through sales gifts and barter arrangements.
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Congress
Circus Arrives in Port Isabel With Cast Of Acrobats
The Hagen Bros three ring circus rolls into Port Isabel March 4 with aerialists clowns and a cast including the Reyros Caudillo Sisters and Dixie the largest performing elephant. Port Isabel Lions Club sponsor. shows scheduled for afternoon and evening.
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Fort Isabel
Ae Hagen Bros
Port Isabel
Reyroses
Caudillo
Hanel
Sweden
Nixon
Dixie
Allen
Navarro Brothers
Lee Virtue
Eighth District Music Club Opens Tea in La Feria
Mrs. Fred Petch attended the annual past presidents meeting of the Eighth District Music Club held at Mrs. W. Sanders home in La Feria. The musical tea was scheduled for 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday.
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Fred Petch
Eighth District Music Club
W. Sanders
la Feria
Ward elected vice president of CLWV state group
Jeanene Ward a junior at Texas State College for Women is elected vice president of the state Campus League of Women Voters. She serves on the CLWV board at TSCW and will oversee conference arrangements for next year’s convention on the TSCW campus. She is the daughter of the Rev and Mrs Judson Briscoe Ward and majors in occupational therapy.
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Jeanene Ward
Texas State College For Women
Campus League of Women Voters
Miss Ward
CLWV
TSCW
Austin
University of Texas and
Southern Methodist University
University of Houston
Judson Briscow Ward
Mason Returns Home From Mercy Hospital Mission
William Mason has recovered from illness and returned to his home. Mr and Mrs Mason are winter visitors in Port Isabel from Kingsley Iowa.
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William Mason
Mercy Hospital
Brownsville
Mrs. Mason
Port Isabel
Kingsley
Iowa
Port Isabel hosts Fleuriet relatives from Bradegate Iowa
Mr and Mrs Randolph Fleuriet of Harlingen visit Port Isabel in the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Petch. The Fleuriets are related through Mrs Petch. Mr and Mrs Hanson of Bradegate Iowa are Fleuriets’ parents while Mr and Mrs Anderson are their aunt and uncle.
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Randolph Fleuriet
Harlingen
W. Hanson
F. Anderson
Bradegate
Iowa
Fred Petch
Port Isabel
Mr. Fleuriet
Mrs. Petch
Mrs. Hanson
Mrs. Anderson
Fleuriers
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Missouri
Tom Kennedy
Norma Lou Browder
Port Isabel School
Norma Lou
Louis Browder
Tom
George Kennedy
John Barron
Adkins-Phelps Company
Little Rock
Ark
Kipfer Chemical Company
Port Chemical Company
Los Fresnos
Southwest Chemical Company
Vailey Growers Co-Operative Association of Mission
Pacific Coast
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Ashley B. Taylor
Kansas City
Colley
Laguna Madre Bay
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