Dental Bus Spends Week At Local Missions
The dental bus sponsored by First Baptist Church Port Isabel will operate Sunday School at the Baptist Mission Los Fresnos and at Matthews Drive-In Grocery Laguna Heights today and Friday. Volunteers and dentists offer free care to all ages with hours 9 12 and 4 830 p m. The Invincibles group from the Baptist General Convention of Texas conducts Vacation Bible Schools and mission work across Texas and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Mission Sunday School
Matthews Drive
Laguna Heights
First Baptist Church
Port Isabel
Los Fresnos
Baptist Mission
State Sunday School Department
The
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Invincibles
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Minnesota
Rio Grande
Home Mission Board
Southern Baptist Convention
State Baptist Student Union
Christian Social Missions
William R Cox
BGCT
Cox
Manning
Tom David
Shawnee
Okla
Baylor School of Dentistry
Janice King
Kingsville
Baylor School of Nursing
Pat Baker
Dallas
Log Fresnos
Heights
Panel To Plan Tourist Booklet for HemisFair Year
Weslaco Valley Chamber of Commerce HemisFair committee and chamber managers will meet at noon Thursday with a similar group in Corpus Christi to discuss a tourist booklet for HemisFair next year. Jack H. Drake says the highway department will handle mailing if all four regional chambers join. The East Texans Chamber agreed this week to participate. The brochures will be designed for general use and tourism promotion, tied to Rotary International and Olympic games in Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weslaco
Valley Chamber of Commerce
HemisFair
Carpet Christi
Jack H. Drake
Valley Chamber
Highway Department
East Texans
Mexico City
Valley Chamber Committee
Dan Sanborn
Pollution Panel Plans Master Sewer for Rio Grande Valley
The Rio Grande Valley Pollution Control Authority begins steps to build a master sewer in Cameron and Hidalgo Counties. Chairman Garland F. Smith is authorized to contract with federal agencies for financing planning. Engineers Joe B. Winston and Naming Rauscher Pierce and Co seek design and fiscal duties with a Dallas firm handling legal work. Members include Vance Raimond, Shelley Collier Jr, and Carlton Farris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande Valley Pollution Control Authority
Cameron
Hidalgo
Garland F. Smith
Weslaco
Joe B. Winston
Mercedes
Rauscher Pierce and Co
Dallas
Harlingen Art Show Registrations Remain Open
Registrations are still being received for the Harlingen Art Show on July 30 at South Padre Island. Reservations come from as far as Long Beach California. Exhibits will be in the pavilion and cabana area with a treasure hunt featuring three prize drawings at 11 am 2 pm and 5 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlingen Ari
Don South Padre Island
Gladys Dixon
Hartingen Organization
Long Beach
Calif
Dixon
Cabana
Harlingen
Three Parleys To Effect Church Merger in Dallas
Dallas prepares to host three General Conferences next spring as the Methodist Church and Evangelical United Brethren Church merge to form the United Methodist Church. Bishop W Kenneth Pope notes Dallas as host for the first General Conference of the new church in the Southern U.S. Since 1939, the region has not hosted this meeting. The merger gains were ratified by both denominations, with Tippett and Miller publicly confirming approval. James H Stewart of Highland Park Methodist Church leads local arrangements as executive secretary of the entertainment committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Methodist
W. Kenneth Pope
Dallas - Fort Worth
The
Methodist Church
Methodist General Conference
Evangelical United Brethren Church Conference
Dallas Memorial Auditorium
New United Methodist Church
EUB Church
General Conference of
United Methodist Church
Donald Harvey Tippett
San Francisco
Council of Bishops of
Reuben H. Miller
Indianapolis
Ind
Board of Bishops
Evangelical United
Brethren Church
General Conference of the Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Protestant Church
Chicago
Tippett
Mueller
James H. Stewart
Highland Park
Middle East trip outlined in Valley lawmaker newsletter
In the Valley newsletter a lawmaker details two days of Agriculture Committee hearings on a bill to bar import of Egyptian long staple cotton and to enable U S farmers to compete. A planned Middle East fact finding mission aims to assess regional food and agricultural needs and U S roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Washington, D.C
House of Representatives
Agriculure Committee
United States
Egypt
U. S
Bob Poage
Secretary of Agriculture
Middle East
Washington
Congress
New Regulation Won't Affect Local Draft Unit Members
Officials in San Benito report Cameron and Willacy Draft boards remain unaffected by a federal amendment to the Selective Service Act. Of 674 state boards, 96 may be ineligible to serve by year end due to age or service limits. Fourteen boards have members with more than 25 years of service, eight boards include the oldest member aged 75, with full implementation by January 1, 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron & Willacy
San Benito
State Selective Service
Austin
Planning notes map committees for national meeting
Numerous committees related to advance planning for the national meeting are mapped in our notes. The document outlines the structure, responsibilities, and timelines for each group involved in coordinating the event.
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Lee Marvin
Ernest Borgnine
Big Jim Brown
Robert Ryan
Clint Walker
Sun
Sandy Dennis
John Wayne
Robert Mitchum
EL Toro
Causeway
Port Isabel - Padre Island Area
Chamber of Commerce
Group Plans Life Insurance Company
of the
Southwest
Halliburton
LEO “Speck” Sanders Lower Valley
P. D. Box 5 Company
Port Isabel, Texas
Lion
Brownsville
Palm Boulevard
Merchants Marine State Bank
San Antonio
Rmet
Port Isabel-Padre Island Area
Vey
Vance Raimond
Shelley Collier, Jr
Carlton Farris
McAllen
United Methodist — Church
M Church
EUB
Kika's Newsletter
Valley Salon
South Texas
Beauty
D. F. McBride
Wessapel
San Fernando Ranch
Suzuki
Suzuki Cycle Center
International
SEA Island Resort
GUIDE
Trump
Charlie's Sporting Goods
C. E. Berry and Clyde Privett
SEA Ranch
Airport Service
S&s
Padre
Padre Island
Fisherman's
Live It Up
White Sands
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