Summer Visitors and Travel Notes From Port Isabel District
Mr and Mrs F R DeFord of Battle Creek Michigan arrive in Port Isabel with daughter Dianne to spend the summer with Rev and Mrs Ernest DeFord. Several dinner gatherings and outings mark the week including a Chow Mein dinner and a DeFord outdoor picnic area gathering. Other residents plan trips to Savannah Georgia and St Petersburg Florida while families visit relatives in Mobile Alabama Corpus Christi Harlingen and Deer Park. One line notes mothers look forward to school buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. DeFord
Dianne
Battle Creek
Mich
Port Isabel
Ernest B. DeFord
Ed Sulivan
U. S
OCD
International Kiwanis
DeFord
Rev. DeFord
Carl Colley
Wichita
Kaw
Edward Sullivan
Eddie
Betty Thrash
Corpus Christi
Teen Talk Notes Local Outings and Camp Visits
Readable items detail local teens visiting camps in Kerrville and San Antonio for CIT training. They report trips to see films such as Merrill's Marauders and Judgment at Nuremberg and El Cid with numerous friends, plus travel to Mexico City Shrine of Guadalupe and a fashion show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karlene Jillard
Pamela Poston
Glynnda Kennedy
Don Berkhard
Mike Wilkins
Lynnda Kennedy
Missie Trump
Lula Sams
Kerrville
San Antonio
Harry Sharitts
Karl Jaquillard
Eddie Perez
Merrill
Billy Atwell
Susie Landers
Nuremburg
Edinburg
Dr. Casey
Helena Wickham
Dee Dee Lancaster
Nadelle Drewery
Karlene Jaquillard
el Cid
Margie Tower
Mexico City
Shrine of Guadalupe
Kinard Drewery
Rene Mack
Marauder
Roger DeRick
Mary K. Kennedy
Don Trent
Bobbsey Twins
Gene Mack
Georgia
Templo Bautista Primary Class Leads in Attendance
The Primary Class under Mrs Ochoa earned high honors with perfect Sunday School attendance and two visitors. Juniors closely followed with perfect attendance and one visitor. Overall attendance was nearly perfect and Junior girls offered special music. Mission members attended La Feria meetings and reported a wonderful time. God is blessing the mission with good turnout in evening and Wednesday services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ochoa
Wickham
la Feria
Birth Announcements from Port Isabel and Brownsville
Mr and Mrs Walter Kirkcon nell of Port Isabel announce a baby boy Bruce Allen born at Mercy Hospital Brownsville on Monday June 1 weighing 6 lbs 2 ozs Mr and Mrs Luther Bennett Jr announce a baby girl born at Mercy Hospital Brownsville on Sunday June 17 weighing a little over 7 lbs A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Eduardo Perez of Port Isabel on Sunday June 25 at the Hockaday Clinic Port Isabel weighing 5 lbs 3 ozs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Kirkconnell
Port Isabel
Bruce Allen
Mercy Hospital
Brownsville
Luther Bennett Jr
Eduardo Perez
Hockaday Clinic
Until Next Week Farewell Note Ends Series
The note wraps up this week’s coverage with a brief farewell and a sign off, inviting readers to return next week for new items and updates.
Government of law and the founding ideals explained
This feature recalls the shift from government by men to a rule of law in the United States. It traces the Declaration of Independence complaints against King George II, the Revolutionary War, and the 1787 Constitution framework that embeds checks and balances and the protection of unalienable rights. The piece notes the first ten amendments and the ongoing role of courts in guarding civil rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
George II
Great Britain
Hall
Philadelphia
Tuate
State Bar of Texas
Brownsville American Legion Drum Corps and Color Guard
The Brownsville Drum and Bugle Corps dating back to 1928 has won the State Championship in 1947 1949 and 1948 and competes nationally when possible The 24 member corps from American Legion Post No 43 aims to defend its title at the 1962 Texas State Convention in Austin and hopes to accompany the state championship band to the Reno Nevada National Convention The Brownsville Color Guard led by M G Farias has held the state title for two years and will defend it at the Austin convention with plans to join the national event in Reno if successful
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ville
San Antonio
Texas
Stephenson
American Legion
Austin
Thewnsville
Brownsville
Reno
Nevada
Joe Mathews
Brownsville American Legion
Browneville
John Hanson
M. G. Farias
State Department of the
American Ion
Department of State, American Legion
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T. B. Mack
Gene
Savannah
I. E. McNabb
Mobile
Ala
Wayne Lucas
Mrs. Lucas
Clyde Privett
Lucas
Harlingen
Roberta Oswald
Helen Oswald
Roberta
Deer Park
Houston
F. A. Meyners
Michael
Dallas
Mr. Meyners
Veterans Hospital
Vernon Porter
Daughayer Sexoy ‘Uoituiltyy
Roy Byrds
Lofton
Dodgers
Year Books
Templo Bautista
EL Toro
Seafood
MRS
Nation
Fisherman's
A LA Carte
R. E. Middleton
Cooksey
Marine Supplies
Tarr & Wonson Paints
Port Isahbei
Laguna Heights
Mr. and
Mrs. Lawton Petts
Warren
Heidweere
Gulf Cafe
Meinken
Hutch's
Automotive
City Electrician
Php
Laguna Vista
Magic Valley
Laguna Madre
Linorce
Roloff Development Co
Pt. Isabel Hwy
FP. M. Rd
la Vista Port Isabel, Texas
Charlie
Lighthouse Electric
Sannady's
Betthers Television Service
Bostick Radio
Rexal
BFC
Rexall
Meinken Bldg
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