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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1964
Page
6
Harlingen and Weslaco stations feature morning religious and weather blocks, daytime dramas and news, then prime time with Bob Hope Show, Greatest Show on Earth, Gunsmoke, Hitchcock, and Ed Sullivan. Evening offerings include Diners, Theatre, Pro Bowl, Jackie Glen, and late news.
Harriet Taber began a parakeet business after acquiring two unwanted blue love birds. She built a stock of about 200 birds, shipped to Michigan Illinois New Jersey and New York, with a major sale to Woolworths. Despite setbacks in the 1950s she remained involved in birds and helped spark the parakeet industry.
In a 1964 column the Rotana club shares a four way test for self improvement, condemns smoking and urges personal responsibility for health. It stresses constructive criticism, visitor hospitality in Portischel, and supporting local ambulance funds and volunteer fire efforts. It closes with personal encouragement to attend church and find security within.
The list highlights community happenings in the Rio Grande Valley area including the McAllen Chamber of Commerce annual banquet at the McAllen Civic Center, the South Texas Lamb and Sheep Exposition at Downs Armory Donna, Arbor Day observance by the District Garden Club at Edinburg Court House, and a horticultural institute and an exhibit at Weslaco's VCC Auditorium.
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