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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1955
Page
4
A busy local column recalls summer plans and outings. Teens and scouts report camping trips, movie outings, and errands around town. Readers share weather jokes, car troubles, and reflections on vacation momentum as summer ends.
A collage of social notes recalls students and families in Whitehall Michigan and nearby towns. Highlights include Miss Sharon Fleming’s work at White Lake Country Club, Sammy Ray’s training at Fort Bliss, and various weekend trips to San Antonio Corpus and Houston with friends and relatives.
Wednesday afternoon Jean Privett Janet Be ell and Janie Carpenter visited town to see The Glass Shipper and praised the show. Others joined later for The Glass Slipper with all reports of a good performance. Summer visitors include Sherry Guthridge from Wichita and friends enjoying a second Port Isabel summer.
Local youths enjoyed evenings at Rosalie’s house and the Cadet Club with dancing, popcorn, and shows. Friends from HAFB and Brownsville joined outings, dates formed, and car talk sparked among the group as they shared letters and laughed at playful Wolfram style chatter.
Slugger Ted Kluszewski of the Cincinnati Reds uses 40 to 50 bats each season. Pee Wee Reese quipped that he breaks bats by squeezing them.
The piece notes Denmark funds poets from city treasuries to prevent economic hardship from hindering verse. Sweden offers honorary posts that provide income with minimal work to keep thinkers active. Iceland emphasizes literary culture with generous pensions, reflecting high regard for writers across the Nordic nations.
The text notes funding flows to France, Germany, and Italy with relative frequency and states taxpayers endorse the expenditure as money well spent. It frames public opinion as supportive of continued international aid.
No sub-base activity reported to date for the proposed Navy installation on the World War II Gunnery range site. Appropriation exists, but engineering, plans, and bid advertisements must proceed for the $5,400,000 project.
In Los Angeles 38 year old Frank Spiker broke into a market and made himself a jelly sandwich from stock. He slipped on a dropped jelly glass in the dark, fell and knocked himself out. Market manager Joe Bennish found him unconscious and alerted police.
Dispatches report Londonweather in a heat wave with temperatures reaching a maximum of 70 degrees. Officials urge sun protection and hydration as residents adjust routines amid the warm spell.
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