10 Day Patrol Encampment for Girls Underway
Ten day Patrol Encampment for Senior Girl Scouts begins June 11 with 24 Tip of Texas council members joining 94 girls from Valley Federation Corpus Christi Laredo and Whooping Crane council. Groups of eight girls plus a leader will camp and cook in tents to practice campcraft and teamwork toward the 1959 National Senior Round-Up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tip of Texas
Knolle Jersey Farms
Sandia
Valley Federation
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Whooping Crane Council
Girl leaders prep for Tip of Texas encampment
The Tip of Texas Council selects fit leaders and patrols for a ten day encampment. Girls must build fires and cook outdoors, use knives and tools, follow safety and conservation rules, and raise funds. About 10 dollars per girl plus equipment valued around 100 dollars each. Visitors Day is June 15 with listed participants from Brownsville Harlingen San Benito Port Isabel Rio Hondo and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tip of Texas
Council
San Benito
Las Gaviotas
Marcia Putenat
Brownsvill
Glenda Goad
Patro
Harlingen
Tess Aldree
Brownsville
Mary Helen Garcia
Melanie Gilber
Virginia Riley
Judy Turner
S* Benito
Evelyn Beckwith
Lorna Petch
Port Isabel
Portugues
Phyllis Maring
Frances
Improvements approved for Port Mansfield channel works
The Southwest Division of the U S Corps of Army Engineers approves improvements and repairs to the Port Mansfield channel and arbor at an estimated cost of 3 131 000. Voters in Weslaco Independent School District will vote in July on a 250 000 bond issue and on raising the ad valorem tax from 1.00 to 1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Mansfield
Arbor
Southwest Division
U. S. Corps of Army Engineers
Weslaco Independent School District
Garden Party Honors Entrants In Shrimp Fiesta Queen Contest
A garden party in Port Isabel on Tuesday afternoon hosted entrants in the Shrimp Fiesta Queen contest. Guests from Brownsville and Harlingen attended, with a supper that included lime sherbet punch and petit fours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hockaday
Harry Sannad
C. W. Goette
Vesta Levy
Bobby Cummings
Garie Storey
Harry Sannady
Hockaday
Patricia Mumea
Gloria Gonzales
Deanna Cerneira
Jackie Kershaw
Jo Jean Ross
Eleanor Goolsby
Delores Vasquez
Bella Martinez
Linda Perez
Betty Forrest
Elida Champion
Joan Kelly
Port Isabel
Anetrai Gail Pullen
Diana Garcia
Billie Ann Yarbrough
Evelyn Cunningham
Joyce Adams
Pasty Wagner
Brownsville
Dorothy Rodgers
Oralie de Leon
Mona Salinas
Harlingen
Mary Elizabeth McKown
Sylvia Zepeda
San Benito
Virginia White
Susanne Sorrell
Jeanine Hoagland
Penny Langford
Ann Lilly
Bobby
S.S. Class Supper Party Held by Methodist Church
The Intermediate Sunday school class met Tuesday for its monthly Dutch Treat supper at the Pal. The event featured a social gathering with members from the church in attendance and fellowship noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Pal
Rebekah Lodge Honors Departed Members Of Year
Port Isabel Rebekah Lodge held a candlelight ceremony honoring members who died in the past year. A float for the Shrimp Fiesta parade was approved, and a wedding gift was planned for Mrs. Lecy Jones. Hostesses were Carmen Hunt, Blanche Haney and Elizabeth Barry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel Rebekah
Blanche Haney
Lecy Jones
Lecy
Rebekahs
Lodge
Carmen Hunt
Elizabeth Barry
Betrothal announced for Janie Carpenter and Ronald Kuehn
Mr. and Mrs. Guy L. Carpenter announce the engagement of their daughter Janie Mae to Ronald Edwin Kuehn son of Mr. and Mrs. L L Kuehn of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. The wedding date will be announced later. Janie graduated Port Isabel High School this past May. Ron is stationed at Port Isabel Naval Air Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy L. Carpenter
Janie Mae
Ronald Edwin Kuehn
L. L. Kuehn
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Janie
Port Isabel High School
Ron
Port Isabel Naval Air Station
Excerpts of Visiting Family Notices In Austin and Nearby
The column lists multiple brief visits and travel plans. Lou Arkebauer and daughters Susan Lauren and Daren from Wheatland California visited Mrs Darrel Cummings family. Fred Petch and Randy left for Corpus Christi to visit James Haley family. Francis Kershaw returned from Augusta Mississippi. W B Sullivan Jr and children from Battle Creek Michigan visit C W Goette's family. A A Pachacek and family from Port Isabel spent days with William LaRoche and daughter Shawn in Austin. Pachacek serves with the U.S. Coast Guard on Padre Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Arkebauer
Susan
Lauren
Daren
Wheatland
California
Darrel Cummings
Fred Petch
Randy
Corpus Christi
James Haley
W. B. Sullivan Jr
Battle Creek
Michigan
Pards
C. W. Goette
A. A. Pachacek
Port Isabel
William LaRoche
Shawn
Austin
Pachacek
U.S. Coast Guard
Padre Island
Mrs E E Spradling Hosts Driftwood Garden Club Tea
Mrs E E Spradling presided over a Wednesday tea for Driftwood Garden Club members at Gulf restaurant on June 18. fourteen members attended with one guest Miss Dyanne Pinkerton from Lauray Virginia. The group planned a wildlife film showing at Junior High and a float for Shrimp Fiesta parade while sharing green and white decor and treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Driftwood Garden Club
E. E. Spradling
Dyanne Pinkerton
C.E. Pinkerton
Luray
Lyman Abbott
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cen Wise
Cheryoung
Miss ‘Inger White
Byrle M. Hearne
Optometrist
Summer
Fred Peteh
Walter Zimmerman
William Zimmerman
George Kennedy
Floyd Bobbitt
Coy Milum
Jack Merryman
Flem Matlin
S.S
Boca Chica
Sayonara
Marlon Brando
Miyoshi Umeki
Cole Younger
Frank Lovejoy
James Best
June Kenney
Fay
Spain
Deborah Kerr, David Niven
Robert Taylor
Dorothy Malone
Peyton Place
Lana Turner
Lee Phillips
Hell's Canyon
Outlaw
Dale Robertson, Brian Kelth
Rebekah Lodge
Janie Carpenter
Lou
Francis Kershaw
Augusta
Mississippi
S. Hills
Garden Club
Conn - Este Li
W. Eliz
Lohmer - Janssen Story & Clark
Pops
Emmetts
Brassieres
Anthony
Oxfords
eMen
Anthony's
Stevens
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