Local gossip from Port Isabel staff and friends
JO JEAN ROSS notes Janet Janie and others working at Dairy Queen Hazel's Dairy Mall drug store Gulf cafe Fun-O-Rama Y Corral and more. Jo Jean homebound from Houston visits end this week Penny returns from San Antonio with good times. Bill F and Barbara S rumored couple. Check if your phone number appears in the list.
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Janet
Janie
Island
Linda Perez
Hazel’s
Carol Schumacher
Barbara Stout
Eleanor Goolsby
Gloria Dixon
Gulf Cafe
Johnny Caudill
Lupe Gerza
Fernando Virgil
Y Corral
Mary Lou Z
Jo Jean
Houston
Penny
San Antonio
Good Ole
Port Isabel
Bill F
Barbara S
Jackie
Joe Jean
Ronald
Skipper
Jan
Carol
Harlingen
Combes
Nancy
J.W
Chester
Texas
J W
Barbara
Bob
LaVerl
Brownsville
Rebel
Family
California
Mary Shelton
Florence
George
Ron
LaVer
Baptist Parsonage
Cricy
Glen McClure
Kay
Cecil
Cecil Moses
Carol S
Beverly Stelly
Citrus Drive Inn
Lan
Gloria
Diane Hall
Fionna D
San Benito
Lagles
Gloria G
Carol P
Lorna Petch
Lula Sams
Lorna
Barbara 5
Charm Drive Inn
Drive Inn
Mike F
Johnny H
Billy Ho
Harhiagen
Jaw Boys
Jackie Kershaw
Billy
Jola
Betty Jean
Mary
Dairy Month Lets Shut-Ins Share Ice Cream Fest
Shuts in from Valley hospitals and clinics join a Dairy Month party Sunday June 23. The event marks the 350th anniversary of American dairy farming with free ice cream and milk for hospitalized children, hosted by the June Is Dairy Month committee and local dairies.
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Committee of the Valley
John L. White
Foremost Dairies
la Feria
Tommy Harris
Borden C
Alamo
Everett Braden
Golden Jersey Creamery
Edinburg
H. S. (Scotty) Norman, Valley Manager, Metzger Dairies, Harlingen
Art Graham
Graham Ice Cream Co
Bill Magee
Magee’s Dairy Products Co
San Benito
Harvey Richards
Hygeia Milk Products Co
Harlingen
Jack Baldwin
Baldwin Dairies
McAlfen
O. C. Copeland
Coastal Bend Milk Producers Association
Clinc
America
Jamestown
White
Raymondville Memorial and Community Hospital
Raymondville
Mercedes General Hospital
Lawler Clinic
Mercedes
McAllen Municipal Hospital
Happy Home
McAllen
Mersy Hospital
Crippled Children's Clinic
Brownsville
Dolly Vinsant Memorial
McCaliph Tvy Hospital
Weslaco
Grandview Hospital
Crippled Children’s Clinic
Pharr
State Tuberculosis Hospital
Sams Memorial Chil
Christian Science Annual Meeting in Boston Sees 500 Attendees
The Mother Church in Boston hosted more than 500 Christian Scientists from around the world for its annual meeting. The board cited healing through Christ Truth as light dispelling material fear and urged growth in spiritual understanding as true progress. Miss Mabel Ellen Lucas of Brookline was named president for the coming year, succeeding Clifford A Woodard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truth
First
Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Christian Science Board of Directors
Mabel Ellen Lucas
Brookline
Mass
Clifford A Woodard
Cambridge
Mayflower voyage lesson and sesame profits in Texas
The piece reflects on the Mayflower Compact as the origin of written constitutions and notes sesame as a new cash crop in Texas. It credits the Texas Research Foundation for a nonshattering sesame variety, reports high yields with irrigation, and cites Sesame Seed Growers production and revenue figures alongside crop reach in several states.
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Greece
Texas
Texas Research Foundation
Renner
High Plains
Texas Sesame Seed Growers
TSSG
U. S
New Mexico
Alahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Lon C. Hill CPL Plant To Double Size And Capacity
Central Power and Light unveils a major expansion of the Lon C. Hill Generating Station near Corpus Christi. The project adds a 175000 kilowatt unit, doubles output, and includes a larger switchyard and transformer with bids to be opened in July and construction starting in September 1957. The addition aims for early 1959 operation, lifting CPL capacity to 325000 kilowatts and setting the stage for further growth as another plant, J. L. Bates at Mission, adds 75000 kilowatts next year.
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Lon C. Hill
Central Power and Light Company Today
Corpus Christi
CPL
J. L. Bates
Uia
M. H. Lovelady
Lovelady
CPI
Long Hill
South
Texas
Mission
Low C. Hill
Governor Price Daniel Signs Liability Bill for Parents
Governor Price Daniel signs a bill making parents responsible for vandalism by minor children up to a 300 dollar limit. The measure shifts financial responsibility to guardians for damage caused by youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Daniel
Neat Daytime Dress by Vera Winston Here
A silk and cotton blend dress features a white flecked brown fabric. Black bone buttons and a black grosgrain tie accent a starched white linen collar. A stitched waist panel and back half belt with buckle define the waist. A chic option for career or college girls.
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By JO Jean Ross
Money Makers
Kralastic
Garza Plumbing Company
Pat
Dave Beck Jr
Congress
Eisenhower
Saratoga
Washington
Atlantic
Dren
of Valley Baptist
Pearson’s Clinic
Sunland Clinic
Valley Boys’ Ranch
Alley Girls’ Residence
Sunny Glenn
San Belto
Little Darling
Padre Island
Delhi-Taylor and
Mayfair
Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp
Port Isabel, Texas
BROS
Christian Science Annual Meeting
Mayflower
England
New World
Mid- Atlantic
Cape Cod
United States
United States of America
State Bar of
Panama Canal
Pacific
Yesteryear
LOS Fresnos State
Los Fresnos, Texas
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Vera Winston
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