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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1963
Page
4
Andrew Alvarez debuts as CYD editor with Patricio Camacho as assistant. January 31 dance planned with games for non-dancers. CY O Valentine or Washington Birthday dance eyed for February. Installation set for February 3 after Mass. officers to receive CY O cards at church.
Mrs. Laura Bartlett of Port Isabel was surprised on her birthday by winter visitors in Keller Courts with a luncheon at Lubus Cafeteria in Harlingen. Hostess Mrs. Paul E. Brown of Las Vegas Nevada led the party with cake and homemade candle holders. Guests included Ann Noll of Manhattan Kansas and many neighbors from Keller Courts and surrounding towns.
Lana Mobley celebrated her twelfth birthday with a Saturday night party attended by thirty friends. The celebration featured music from a record player, cake cookies candy and ice cream for all in attendance.
The parish recalls Father Fanning's long service and readiness to help at any hour. Sister Mary Eugenia Ipal is featured for her work at Our Lady Star of the Sea School while Idelfonso resigns as CYC reporter and Andrew Alvarez is welcomed as the new reporter by acclamation. Please pray for Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Stanford who are ill. Confessions Thursday ahead of First Friday rituals with Mass Friday morning and evening.
The menu lists fried chicken and sides for Monday, ground beef spaghetti on Tuesday, creamed turkey over rice on Wednesday, chili con carne on Thursday, and fried shrimp pieces on Friday with milk and desserts. An aside notes the River Nile length around four thousand miles.
The Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs Wm Lorentz home in Laguna Heights at 2:00 pm to discuss Housing and Living Conditions in Russia based on a Dallas Tribune article by Felix McKnight. New member Mrs Frances Pecheak attended with Mesdames Corrine Johnson Mary Brown Adabar Lindley Gwen Bellinghausen Mary Lee Mock. Hostess served cake coffee tea and mints. Next meeting set for February 5 at Mrs Gwen Bellinghausen home with Mrs Rae Hartfield present to show cotton use in the home.
Judy Roberts was celebrated on her 10th birthday with a party at her Port Isabel home on Tuesday January 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. Guests included Freddie McNabb Donnie Keller Skipper Ray David Privett Deborah Zigler Nancy Nelson Sylvia Ragusin Esther and Carmen Kaevendo.
The Boy Scouts held their weekly meeting at the Coast Guard Station on South Padre Island on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Weather prevented outdoor drill. they reviewed scout merits and studied the Scout handbook under Scoutmaster Cavanaugh’s instruction.
A compact collection of quotes on the heart as a source of warmth and wisdom. Notable lines from Eddy Fuller Dickens and Austen reflect the power of feeling, kindness, and resilience in human speech and character.
Charro Days in Brownsville books two famed orchestras for the Grand Balls. Tony Pastor's Orchestra will perform on February 21 and Ted Weems' Orchestra on February 23. Tickets are eight dollars per couple, with reservations at the Charro Days Office in the Chamber of Commerce Building.
The Air Force offers a direct commissioning program for registered nurses. Applicants attend a three week course at the School of Aviation Medicine, Gunter AFB Alabama. Open to those 20 to 35 years old with specified nursing experience or degrees.
The guest list includes Mr. and Mrs. Wm Spandekow of Batavia I Rubye Bennett and Gene Phillips with C Stories from Austin Texas Mr and Mrs Ivan Kneffer of Fort Wayne Ind Mr and Mrs S A Roberts of Buffalo Hart IL and others from Highland Ind Princeton NL Washington IA Sandusky MI South Bend IN Wever IA Denver CO Big Spring TX Wheatridge CO Tyler MN and more families sharing visits at White Sand Motor Lodge and Marina.
Cub Scouts of Den Til gathered at Den Mother Mrs Roy Rock's home last Friday. They opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Instead of regular meeting, the boys sold peanuts for the March of Dimes and Danny Rock provided cupcakes and punch.
Prof. Douglas Elliott outlines Tarahumara endurance as a defining trait. The people, famed for long-distance runs and stingy contact with modern life, use running to travel and hunt, with women joining the cheering galleries and Peyote worship central to their rites. Next: family and love life of Tarahumara Indians.
Tom Kelly of Lake Mills Wisconsin renowned cartoonist and conservation lecturer will be the featured speaker at the Southmost Soil Conservation Districts annual banquet at Richards Sun Valley in Harlingen on Thursday evening January 31 at 7 p.m. Tickets at the door are $2 per person.
The Cameron County report shows 45 communicable disease cases for the week ending January 26, up from the prior week. Strep throat led with 34 cases, followed by four measles, three tuberculosis, and one each for hepatitis whooping cough gonorrhea and syphilis.
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