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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1958
Page
3
Mr and Mrs R T Frasier of Whitney Texas visited Port Isa for the first time this week with daughter Rosemary and Rosemarys friend Miss Lucretia Riggs. The girls said they had a wonderful time on the beach but waves soaked them while wading.
The Wes leyan Service Guild of the Methodist church held its regular meeting on Thursday evening July 17 at Mrs. Blanche Haney's home. President Mrs. Mabel Hickman led the session with reports from Mrs. J. H. Wood Mrs. Mae Lowery and Mrs. Haney. Mrs. Charles Ballenger was named reporter and publicity chairman. The program titled The World Federation of Women was presented in playlet form by Mrs. Hickman and Mrs. Ballenger. A worship center arranged by Mrs. Lowry featured dolls from many countries around a miniature church.
Announcement says starting in August the Guild will meet on the third Tuesday of each month at 8 p.m. Monthly notice will announce the meeting time. All interested in joining or attending are invited. After adjournment guests were served iced tea and angel food cake to the eight members present.
Miss Marcia Spoonemore celebrated her ninth birthday Friday with a party at KGBT-TV featuring Clooney the Clown. Guests from Port Isabel and nearby towns enjoyed cake and drinks including Beverly, Wanda, Paul, Sandra, Terry, Bobby, Becky, Rodney, Martha, and Storey of San Benito.
Mrs W W Zimmerman of Port Isabel and McAllen was chosen as lieutenant governor candidate for District X Zonta International at a West Hidalgo County Zonta Club meeting. The election occurs at the all Zonta conference in Austin September 26-28. She attended the New York convention with two other delegates and reported back to the club.
Harris Marr thanks Port Isabel residents for their comments on service and outlines a forward looking town mindset. He suggests time saving ideas for summer activities and notes people are busy with tourism. A wall telephone in color is proposed to brighten kitchens while enabling easy calls for tasks like baking.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church met at Mrs. Obert Monlux home Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. F L Marlin led worship and the second portion of the study Such a Lord was given by Mrs. Fred Petch. A frozen dessert with nuts and coffee was served to Mesdames Whitney Gaskill Petch Marlin the hostess Monlux and guest Schuetz. N A Henrickson Brownsville visited Monday with her niece and family Darrell Cummings. Alan Anderson and daughter Linda, formerly of Port Isabel now in New Orleans, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Meter.
Mr and Mrs E W Heinze and Mr and Mrs Charles Reed visited Camp Lula Sams near Olmito on Tuesday night where Lynn Heinze attends a two week camp. Mrs Cummings hosted her mother and stepfather from Harlingen. Mrs Fred Petch and son Randy visited Don Fleuriet in La Feria. Fleuriet is Petchs brother. Mary Ruth Puckrus returned from Fort Worth after three weeks with grandparents Mr and Mrs Jake Motley and aunt and family Mr and Mrs Haskell Pricer. The Pricers accompanied her to the Pockrun home. Fred Petch and Randy attended a barbecue at Dr and Mrs Archie Matin in La Feria. Archie Purdy and wife returned from a 30 day trip to Ohio and Kentucky visiting relatives. Weekend guests at A J Reeves included Dorothy McIntosh Martha Booth Virginia Sargent of San Benito on Saturday and Helen Edwards and Anna Yarbrough of Harlingen on Sunday. E W Edwards and family returned from Corpus Christi where they visited Ray Hynds former Port Isabel superintendent of schools.
Mr and Mrs R L Gidden of Dallas and Mrs Gidden's parents visited this area for several days. Mrs Gidden's brother, a returning seasonal guest, invited them to spend time here. The group enjoyed the stay and plan to visit more often in the future.
Mr and Mrs Don Pruitt of Abilene spent their vacation in Port Isabel enjoying points of interest and good fishing weather. From Hobbs New Mexico Mr and Mrs Wisely and daughter Carla visited Port Isabel after time in Temple and the middle Gulf Coast and planned to return Monday.
From Russiaville Indiana the Rev and Mrs Francis Clark Brown spent several days here recently Rev Brown enjoyed painting local scenery He is described as an artist before relocating suggesting a return to painting activity during the visit.
The article notes a person entering the ministry and pursuing a vacation hobby. It mentions painting vacations on the Gulf Coast and the Northeast Coast, with additional trips to Europe and Jamaica for similar pursuits.
A Port Isabel columnil writer recalls a new deadline system for columns, laments memory quirks, and shares mnemonic ruses for compass sites ship terms and dates. The piece notes shrimp unloading progress, odd geography facts, and hints at continued discussion on page 4.
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