Port Isabel event notes crown queens and camp trips
Josephine Holland of Port Isabel is named Queen of the Fleet at a Saturday ceremony and will be crowned July 3. The town reports on campers to Kerrville and Mt Wesley, local gossip, and plans for the 4th of July celebration, with updates on residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Holland
Port Isabel
Miss Holland
Penelope Marlin
Karen Petch
Larry Bidell
Tom McClellan
M.Y.F
Kerrville
Harlingen
Tommy McClellan
Larry Bedell
Mt Wesley Camp
Frances Loften
Purnet
Houston
Marlene Churchwell
Girl's State
Austin
Rebekahs Meet At San Benito
San Benito Rebekah Lodge No. 229 held a regular meeting Tuesday night at the Odd Fellows Temple with a covered dish supper honoring the San Benito Odd Fellows lodge. Fifty members from both branches attended the supper with guests from Port Isabel including Elizabeth Berry Blanche Haney Mike Nichols and Mr and Mrs C W Starling and son Desa Wayne. Next meeting is set for July 6 and visiting Rebekahs are invited. Charles Wayne Berry left Friday for Edinburg to visit friends and Mrs Charles Berry drove him south for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Benito
Blanche Haney Wins Medal at Rio Grande Rebekahs Meeting
Blanche Haney of Port Isabel and vice grand of the San Benito Rebekah lodge won the chaplain's medal in individual competition at the Rio Grande Valley Rebekahs and Odd Fellows association meeting in Edinburg. Her score was 1000, just 0.1 point ahead of the runner up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande Valley
Rebekahs and Odd Fellows Association
Edinburg
Blanche Haney
Port Isabel
San Benito
Bayview Apts Guest List Visits Port Isabel
Visiting in Port Isabel and checked into Bayview apartments were O. G. Metz of Beaumont Jack Crixell and J. L. Glasscock of Dallas H. A. Tate of San Antonio W. E. Paine of Freer and Mr and Mrs Einer Wickhorn of Garwood New Jersey.
Neptune Apts Guest List Noted at Port Isabel
Registered at the Neptune and visitors to the Port Isabel area were Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Small and family of Austin.
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Neptune Apts
Neptune
Port Isabel
A. G. Small
Family
Austin
Town Preps for Holidays Amid Rain and Hype
A bustling scene as the town gears up with floats costumes and schedules for a big holiday celebration. Hurricane Alice disrupts plans and TV appearances while local girls like Josephine and Joyce headline radio and station events.
Promised to drop a line in Monroe and move on
The excerpt describes locals debating moving to Arkansas from Monroe Louisiana. It notes Luxuries and downsides of riding in air conditioned Cadillacs. Several named people are referenced in light personal anecdotes and social chatter. The piece ends with a prompt that the continuation is on Page 3.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Arkansas
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Harry
George Groomer
Marines
George
P. I
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Rosemary Perez
Eva Montelongo
Queenie
Lenora Dixon
Brownsville
Myrtle Lois
Lenora
Myrt
Martha
Neptune Apartments
Mary Alice Carr
San Antonio
George Carr
Mary Alice
Southwestern University
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Alfonso Barrientes, Jr
Our Lady Star of the Sea
Gulf Cafe
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Ester Salcedo
Alejandro Mendez
Port Electric Service
Lady Star of the Sea
Rose Mary Perez
Norberto Perez
Roselie
Lloyd A. Foreman
Joanne
Frederick Karl] Fischer
George W. Fischer
Assonet
Mass
Fischer
Kelley Air Force Base
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Charles Wayne Berry
Victor Saens
Jack Wallace
Charles Berry
Charles
Producers Corp
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Charlene Bobbitt
Alice
Lulu
Lorna
David
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B’'ville
Dea Lynn
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Patricia
Connie Green
KBOR
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Tom Kennedy
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Edward Shillings
Buddy Johnston
Bobby Holland
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Tony Martin
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Road TO
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Iron Glove
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