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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1954
Page
3
The Port Isabel youth division crowned first place after a weekend pageant with Girl Scout and Boy Scout entries. The event featured a coronation, bathing-suit fashion, and a bustling island carnival with teens visiting from Weslaco and Donna.
The piece chronicles a flurry of hometown youth notes from a holiday period, naming several teens and their activities. It mentions travels to Florida and Austin, a gulf outing, rain, new haircuts, boat rides, a Girls State trip, and porch conversations with neighbors and families.
At the Queen s Ball Saturday night a lively crowd enjoyed dancing and socializing. Several couples are named among attendees including Joe and Raylene Wayne and Joan David and Lorna Larry M and Erma Lee Roy and Gay Butch and Betty, Don and Ellen Kaufman, Sammy and Dorothy Bagwell, Guy and Ginger Roberson, Judy and Russell, and Kenny Cook and Norma Louw. Others attended events at the Charlie Berry building or Brownsville show, with many choosing rest after a long weekend.
Court records from city hall over several weeks show Sosimo Rodriguez and others fined for drunkenness with amounts from 10 to 25 dollars and multiple 60 day suspensions. Traffic fines include speeding running red lights and stopping at signs with small sums noted for each offender.
Bayview Apartments reported visitors this week including John Fios, W B Bradley, E E King from Houston, Jerry Badeaux from Edinburg, Mr and Mrs Lee Smith from Harlingen, W C Puckett from Hartin gen, B C Massey and family from Edinburg, B Bland and family from Edinburg, Sid Hardin and John Hardin from Edinburg, Mr and Mrs J F Mullins from Denna, Elden Carlsen from Pharr, and Mr and Mrs John Thormpron.
Social column notes multiple households visiting relatives in Donna Edinburg Brownsville Harlingen and San Antonio area over the holidays. Guests include Mr and Mrs George Rinehardt Mr and Mrs Riskind Mr and Mrs Klinger Mr and Mrs Yournie and others. Mrs J C Ray returns to work after hospital stay. S/Sgt Ray promoted stationed in Charleston and Ensign Bud Gross visits in Port Isabel.
The record shows the president who vetoed the most bills during the early presidency era under Conservative prem. the second-highest veto count follows. The questions ask for the top and second vetoing presidents, plus the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee and Capehart’s Senate committee, and the number of workers involved.
Franklin D Roosevelt with 63 votes. Grover Cleveland in his first term with 312 vetoes. Clifford R Hope R Kansas. Banking and Currency Committee. About 16 800 000 as of March 1951. Around 1 000 000 000 as of 1961. Near Snohomish Washington 50 miles north of Seattle. 81 000 000 watts built by the US Navy. Winston Churchill 1940 to 1945. David Lloyd George 1916 to 1922.
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