Garden Club Meeting Hosts Mrs Zimmerman in Laguna Vista
Driftwood Garden Club of Isabel meets at Mrs Walter Zimmerman home in Laguna Vista. Budget for coming year approved. Float plan for Shrimp Fiesta Street parade submitted. Mrs E E Spradling reports on 10th district meeting. invites members to president's tea June 18 at Gulf Restaurant. Husbands night planned with bird life film by a Rio Grande ornithologist. Mrs John L Tompkins welcomed as new member. Seventeen members present.
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Driftwood Garden Club
Isabel
Walter Zimerman
Laguna Vista
Clarence Hawkins
E. E. Spradling
Wesaco
Spradling
Gulf Restaurant
Rio Grande Valley
John L. Tompkins
Zimmerman
Corinne Johnston Installed as Eastern Star Worthy Matron
Corinne Johnston was installed as Worthy Matron of Eastern Star Chapter 124 in a June 2 ceremony at the Masonic Temple. Officers for the coming year include Worthy Matron L. C. Johnston and Worthy Patron L. C. Johnston with a full slate of officers led by installing officers Mrs. Raymond Sharpe and Mrs. H. E. Burnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinne Johnston
Raymond H. Sharpe
H. E. Ripke
H. N. Hall
Bernard Whitman
H. E. Burnett
Marshal
J. W. Dotson
Adai
R. K. Golden
Ruth
D. R. Conant
Esther
Oscar Sommer
Martha
W. B. Scott
Electa
Ted Johns
E. E. Wilkinson
Sentinel
M. W. Som
Oo. E. S. Pire
Iedd
Sifertisany Usti
Cers of Hope
Ann Conent
Dixie Bell
Elvira Burnett
Laura Sommer
Mary Jalvis
Raymond Sharpe
Marguerite Hall
Mildred Whitman
Mayme Sharpe
Rainbow Girls honor Worthy Matron at Port Isabel ceremony
A Brownsville Rainbow assembly presented a program for the Worthy Matron with Miss Janice Trickey singing The Holy City while rainbow clad members performed drills. Miss Arlene Vane read a tribute poem as guests noted the occasion amid red rose décor and a reception. Over 100 attendees included Port Isabel guests and Eagle Lake visitors for the North Shore Addition installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Anderson
Clay L. Eppley
G. W. Burlingame
Party Honors Johnny Perez May Graduate
Johnny Perez a May graduate of Port Isabel High School was honored at a home party Tuesday evening hosted by his sister Linda and mother Mrs Naya Perez. Refreshments included potato salad chicken salad sandwiches punch and cake shaped like a good luck horseshoe. He plans to join the Coast Guard this summer.
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Johnny Perez
Port Isabel High School
Linda
Naya Perez
Johnny
Coast Guard
Mrs Reeves Honored At Quiet Birthday Coffee
Mrs. A J Reeves was honored Tuesday morning with a belated surprise birthday coffee hosted by Mrs. R D Carpenter at the Car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Reeves
R. D. Carpenter
Hazel's Fashion Noted In State Paper Growth Story
The Dallas Apparel Register in May 1958 highlighted Hazel's Fashion of Port Isabel run by Mrs. Hazel Wampler. The piece traces rapid growth from a small office to a modern building, noting Wampler started the ladies wear business around 1954 with the Queen Isabela Causeway opening nearby.
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Dallas Apparel Register
Hazel
Port Isabel
Hazel Wampler
Sore
Queen Isabela Causeway
Port Isabel dress shop gains modern cement block building
The store started in a small rented office and expanded by renting an adjoining space. By 1955 a modern cement block building was constructed and now houses the shop. The building is air conditioned and Mrs. Wampler maintains living quarters at the rear. An article in the Dallas Apparel Register praised the shop and gave Port Isabel notable publicity.
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Ris
Wampler
Dallas Apparel Register
Local social notes from Laguna Vista and nearby towns
Visiting in Laguna Vista are E W Heinze Jr and his wife with his parents from Marble Falls. Karen Petch stayed with grandparents F C Fleurier in Jeana. Viggo Christensen and family visit their daughter J L Bowesy in Kingsville. Eddie White travels to Kingsville for summer at A and I College. Reed Parker and J Mack visit San Antonio. Darrell Cummings hosts his brother and family from Texas. Francis Kershaw and children go to New Augusta Mississippi to visit Mrs Kershaw's mother. Mrs A J Reeves and Susie visit San Benito and Orlan Stovall and Russell Edwards. Hazel Wampler returns from San Antonio Fall Apparel Market.
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E. W. Heinze Jr
Laguna Vista
Mr. Heinze
E. W. Heinze Sr
Marble Falls
Texas
Heinze
Tis Area
A. J. Reeves
Susie
San Benito
Orlan Stovall
Russell Edwards
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Walter Zimmerman
Byrie M. Hearne
Optometrist
Summer
Oe K. Frater
N. Sam Houston
Rts
Gulf
Nas
J. D
Rae
Florence Scott
Catherne Gowen
Read Wilkinson
Jeanne Irving
Saundra Sommer
Lucy Ripke
Charles Eyre
Lew Johnston
Helen Clemmons
Iola Romig
Phoebe Johnson
Charles Whithiskx
Alice
Ethel Eggemeyer
Mrs. Reeves
Boca Chica
Brownsville
Allan Ladd
Foster
Daniel Boone
Bruce Bennett
Lon Chaney
James Stewart
Ruth Roman
Sing Boy Sing
Tommy Sands
Lili Gentle
Perri
Walt Disney - Live
Gene Tierney
Dana Andrews
Henry Fonda
The
Man
Glenn Ford
Shirley MacLaine
Zero Hour
Linda Darnell
Karen Petch
Fred Petch
F. C. Fleurier
Jeana
Viggo Christenen
Jgana Was
J. L. Bowesy
Kingsville
Eddie Whi
Eddie
A&i Colege
Reed Parker
J. Mack
San Antonio
Darrell Cummings
Mr. Cummings
Francis Kershaw
New Augusta
Mississippi
W. Eliz. St
Lohmer - Janssen
Story & Clark
DR. S. F. Cope
Powers
Lighthouse Drug Store
Hazel's Fashions
Phone Office & Res
J. L. Bates
CPL
South
Central Power and Light Company
South Texas
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