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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1968
Page
3
The piece notes a rich underground world on Padre Island with ghost crabs fox holes and pockets of gophers kangaroo rats fiddler crabs blue crabs and tarantula spiders. It highlights burrows in dunes grasslands ponds and even above ground cavities in logs and plants.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley gains four listings in the Texas Museum Directory by the Texas Historical Survey Committee and Humble Oil. The Stillman House in Brownsville, Live Steam Museum near Alamo, Confederate Air Force Museum, and Lower Rio Grande Valley Museum in Harlingen are featured, with other Valley museums noted as opening soon.
Garden notes describe gloxinias as hardy for Texas summers, with standard bell shaped blooms in many colors, slipper types with more flowers, and rare tigrina hybrids. Care instructions cover potting, drainage, soil mix, dormancy, and light and moisture needs for successful cultivation.
The article advises on nonskid foot plates and adhesive strips to improve boat deck safety, warns against slippery rubber mats, and suggests cementing mats down. It explains paint mixed with nonskid compound and cautions over application. It also covers lure color tricks and padding techniques to fool fish without altering casting or performance.
Mrs. Toy Smith, County home demonstration agent, advises freezing baked breads cakes and pies before storage. Cool wrap and freeze in moisture vapor proof material using standard recipes. Baked goods store 9 12 months while dough rises to double bulk. prebaked cakes may dry after four months.
Laguna Madre BPW Civ members and Weslaco club hosted a tea at the Weslaco Civic Center on Sunday to honor Mrs. Golda Roberts elected as state treasurer of the BPW Clubs of Texas. Local attendees included Ann Trice, Emily Hunt, Mary Maramo, Thelma Colley, Tina Barrera, Tillie Franke, Tina Rispolli, Doris Kent, Dorothy Peyton, and Mickie Newton.
Mrs. Ethel Beasley celebrated her birthday on July 4 at the Beasley home. Guests included Helene Dame of Indiana, Edith Ray, Billy Joe Aud of Owensboro, Ky., Zo ma Williamson of Utica, Ky., and Lena Bunk of Maceo, Ky.
Olga Posey and Edna Riecker took first place in the Bay Area Duplicate Bridge Club game held Tuesday night in the Junior Service League building Los Fresnos. Harold Royer with Rufus Ransome, Sr. earned second, while Sam mie Schmidt with Alice Landry and John Landry with Bernice Waldron tied for third and fourth.
The Texas Federation of Women's Clubs received the Automotive Safety Foundation Judges Special Citation for its traffic safety contributions. Mrs. B. F. Seay revealed the honor at the National Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Boston. Miss Eudora Hawkins was named Who's Who in Traffic Safety by the foundation.
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