Port Isabel Sgt. Puente Takes 20 Day Leave Before Germany
Army PFC Reynaldo Puente age 20 is home on a 20 day leave prior to reporting for duty in Germany. He trained in nuclear weapons at Fort Sill Oklahoma and is a 1972 Port Isabel High School graduate, son of Mr and Mrs Gregorio G Puente.
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ARMY
Reynaldo Puente
Germany
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Puente
Port Isabel High School
Gregorio G. Puente
Port Isabel
Rosendo Nunez
Fort Hood
Tex
Cesario Nunez
Los Fresnos Family Boasts 3 in Service
Sgt Gerardo Casanova was honorably discharged after a four and a half year hitch with the USAF including a tour in Frankfurt Germany He returns home to San Antonio to reunite with his family Navy SK3 Leonel Casanova and Seaman Apprentice Javier Casanova are both stationed in Long Beach California aboard the USS Point Defiance Formerly of Port Isabel the three men are sons of Mrs Marcela Casanova of Los Fresnos
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Gerardo Casanova
U.S.A.F
Frankfurt
Germany
San Antonio
Navy
Project to Have Italian Flavor
Port Isabel High School Distributive Education Club plans an Oct 12 Italian supper before the home game with Sharyland at 8 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Tickets are $1.50 per person and club members will sell them locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel High School
Distributive Education Club
Sharyland
Fletcher Sworn as Vice Chairman in Pharr Jaycees
Fletcher was installed in absentia last week in Pharr as vice chairman of the Valley Congress of Jaycees. New officers were sworn at a Port Isabel meeting, including Gus Pena of Brownsville as chairman and Manuel Huerta of Raymondville as secretary. Robert C. Weaver, first Black cabinet secretary under President Johnson in 1966, is noted for this milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Fletcher
Pharr
Valley Congress of Jaycees
Fletcher
Congress
Valley Jaycees
Port Isabel
Gus Pena
Brownsville
Manuel Huerta
Raymondville
Robert C. Weaver
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
YWCA endorses gun licensing stance at national convention
A press letter reports the YWCA resolution urging federal licensing for gun purchasers and registration of parts, with bans on domestic production of hand guns not for enforcement or sport use. George Colley urges others to write opinions to Edith Lerrigo, YMCA National Executive Director, in New York.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Ywca of
U.S.A
YWCA
United Fund Drive
Edith Lerrigo
YMCA
Sic
Lexington Ave
N. Y
Budget Hearing Shapes 1974 Port Isabel Chamber Plan
The Port Isabel South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce heard a 41000 budget for 1974 at the October meeting. Finance chair M G Doc Smalldridge outlined major costs for promotions and activities. A revised dues schedule on a fair share basis was proposed for adoption November 6.
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Port Isabel- South Padre Island
M. G
Smalldridge
Smallibridge
Chamber
Roy Smith
Jan Stanley
Ed Isaacs
Brownsville
Amigoland
Osborn to Head Teachers' Group
Moses Osborn a former Port Isabel Junior High School teacher was elected President of the Upper Valley Teachers Association for the 1974 75 school year He will serve as official spokesman for teachers from Mission Alton and Hidalgo This marks a first for a teacher say L P Sturgeon executive secretary of the Texas State Teacher s Association After his term Osborn will become the first teacher to chair both Lower and Upper Valley Associations of Texas State Teachers He has taught English at Port Isabel for about four years and joined the Alton School staff this year joining Jimmie Arvin Clyde Lyons in Alton
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Port Isabel
Moses Osborn
Upper Valley Teachers Association
Mission
Alton
Hidalgo
L. P. Sturgeon
Texas State Teacher's Association
Osborn
Upper Valley Associations
Texas
Jimmie Arvin
Clyde Lyons
Three Accidents Involve Locals In Port Isabel
Police records show three auto accidents in Port Isabel over two weeks involving local residents. On Sept. 20 at Gomez Street Lopez 31 collided with Villarreal 19 after Villarreal stopped, Torres cited Villarreal for improper stop. Sept. 25 on Manatou Street Hayes 36 hit Webb. Hayes cited for failure to yield. Sept. 29 Seals 44 turned left and was struck in the rear by Schaab. officer issued no citations.
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Gomez St
Juan Arevalo Lopez
Pablo Villarreal
Port Isabel
Lopez
Gomez
Villarreal
Baldemar Torres, Jr
Arthur Joseph Hayes
Manatou St
Hayes
Webb
Torres
Howard Smith Completes Solo Flight at Fort Rucker
Howard Smith of South Padre Island earned his first solo flight as part of Warrant Officer Rotary Wing Aviator Class 74-9 at Fort Rucker Alabama. He and 14 fellow candidates completed eight weeks of training and were dunked in a pool after their TH-55 Osage solo flights, following a post-solo splash tradition at the U S Army Aviation School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Smith
South Padre Island
Fort Rucker
Ala
Smith
U.S. Army Aviation School
Bazaar Planned By Band Group Halloween Sale
Port Isabel band boosters announce a Halloween bazaar at Garriga Elementary School on October 31 starting 6 p.m. Activities include a country store sand box and a fortune teller with refreshment stands and tamale and taco plates for 50 cents. Proceeds support band activities.
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Port Isabel
Henry Lubbeck
Garriga
Lubbeck
McNab Helps Lead Busy Hardin-Simmons Concert Choir
Fred McNab of Port Isabel is among 48 Hardin-Simmons University concert choir members preparing for a busy season. The choir rehearses for performances in Sweetwater Snyder and a San Angelo appearance with the Abilene Symphony.
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Fred McNab
Port Isabel
Hardin-Simmons University Concert Choir
Sweetwater
Snyder
San Angelo
Abilene Symphony
Garcia Named September Jaycee of the Month in Los Fresnos
Adan Garcia, a bookkeeper at Dubose Marine Radio in Brownsville, was chosen as September Jaycee of the Month by the Los Fresnos Jaycees for exemplary involvement with the Holiday Rest Stop project, a statewide Jaycees effort in which the Los Fresnos chapter participated.
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Adan Garcia
Los Fresnos
Jaycees Garcia
Garcia
Dubose Marine Radio
Brownsville
Rotary Club Moves Meet Site to Yacht Club Hotel
Chapter president Troy Dillow says the Rotary Club will meet starting tomorrow at the Yacht Club Hotel in Port Isabel. Friday meetings remain at noon.
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Rotary Club
Troy Dillow
Yacht Club
Port Isabel
Dillow
First National Wildlife Refuge Pelican Island 1903
Theodore Roosevelt by executive order designated Pelican Island in Florida’s Indian River as the first National Wildlife Refuge in the United States in 1903, establishing a national system.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Pelican Island
Florida
Indian River
United States
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Leonel Casanova
Javier Casanova
Fletcher Sworn
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George Colley
Marchan
Port Isabel Marina
Adan Zunita
Zunita
Lighthouse Grocery
OASIS
San Benito
Monterrey
N. S
Monterrey Kiwanis Club
Jesus Mario Orozco
Kiwanis
Bennie Ocho III
Orozco
Arnold Samuelson
Frank Mata
Manuel Gomez Jr
Carlos Martinez
Fred Joyce
McNab
Busy Choir
Chvice
Chrome
Serena
Complete Insurance Service
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Boca Chica
Mexico
Ins
Weslaco
N. Texas
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