Past Matrons Honor Member at Palmville Luncheon
The Past Matrons Club held its regular luncheon and business meeting at Palmville Center with hostesses Mrs Otis Malone and Mrs Catherine Vondera. Miss Lucy Decker presided over the session and plans were announced for a joint Oct meeting with Rio Hondo. Mrs Mamie Malone was praised for joining the Home Endowment Education Fund committee of the Grand Chapter of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmville Center
Otis Malone
Catherine Vondera
Vondera
Lucy Decker
Rio Hondo
Mamie Malone
San Benito
Grand Chapter of
Texas
Eastern Star
Malone
Grand Chapter of the
Dallas
OES Members Win State Offices in Texas Grand Chapter
Six members from San Benito Chapter 565 attended the 91st Session of the Texas Order of the Eastern Star in Dallas on October 14. New grand appointments for 1973-74 include Irene Shaw on the music committee and Elsie Robertson as co chair of Arthritis Rheumatism and Cancer. Otis Malone leads the Masonic Ambassador Committee, and Mary Malone serves on Home Endowment Education. Padre Island Bridge Club met at Laguna Vista. Elaine Cahoun topped the scores with Joy Graham second. Next Friday, games move to South Padre Island home of Mrs. Sheldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Benito
Order of the Eastern Star
Grand Chapter
Texas
Dallas
Irene Shaw
Elsie Robertson
Don Cheney
Otis Malone
Shaw
Robertson
Cochairman
Padre Island Bridge Club
Laguna Vista
Elaine Cahoun
Birthday Mass Honors Miss Leticia Martinez
A Mass at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church honored Leticia Martinez on her fifteenth birthday at 7 p.m. on September 29. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Israel W. Martinez of Port Isabel, she wore a diamond blue gown and carried a blue bouquet as white and blue chrysanthemums flanked the altar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leticia Martinez
Israel W. Martinez
Port Isabel
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Miss Martinez
Bernard Wagner
OMI
UDC To Write Ancestor Story at Brownsville Meeting
Members of Magruder Ford Chapter No 1908 United Daughters of the Confederacy will write a paper on Confederate ancestors and their Civil War experiences. The Oct 3 meeting at Holiday Inn Brownsville included six guests and a post meeting reception at the Ignacio Garza Civic Center on South Padre Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Magruder-Ford
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Holiday Inn
Brownsville
Amis L. Williamson
Robert L. Phillips Jr
Buford W. Scott
Hector del Valle
Florence Neale Andalon
Port Isabel Social News Notes and Rotary Meeting
Area residents reunite after trips to San Juan de los Lagos and Guadalajara Mexico. birthday party for Mary Vela at Alfonso Vela Jr home in Port Isabel with guests from Brownsville and Port Isabel. Rotary Anns Club hosts sixteen members and guest Glaydis Campbell at Yacht Club with Monterrey trip discussion and next meeting planned at the Tiki on November 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
San Juan de Los Lagos
Guadalajara
Mexico
Dionicio
Tomasa) Gonzalez
Dionicio, Jr
Porfirio
Irma) Cantu
Porfirio, Jr
Mary Vela
Manuela Vela
Alfonso Vela, Jr
Mary
Brownsville
Rotary Anns Club
Glaydis Campbell
Yacht Club
Monterrey
Rotary Anns
Shawn
Jewelle Robinson
Delores Golterman
Liz Gregory Allen
Sylvia Little
Alice Causey
Myrtle Cateora
Opal Curtis
Gladys Campbell
Edna Maye Heinze
School Advisory Council Organizes for 1973 74
The 1973 74 Advisory Council for Federal Programs held its first organizational meeting October 15 in the Board Room of the Administration Building with Alice Causey presiding. Eighteen attended as reports covered remodeling plans Title 1 funds bilingual education parental involvement and surveys. Officers elected: Causey president Martinez vice president Gomez secretary treasurer Snell Spanish dominant rep Sullivan English dominant rep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advisory Council For Federal Programs
Alice Causey
Ruben M. Torres
Point Isabel Independent
M.N. Caudill
Council
Maria E. Torres
Deyaun Boudreaux
Maria Elizabeth Martinez
Rachel Gomez
Odilia Snell
John Sullivan
Port Isabel School Lunch Week Observed
Port Isabel schools mark School Lunch Week October 22 to 26 with cafeteria meals for students and invited parents. Highlights include Wednesday’s braised beef plate with rice and milk, hamburger option at the high school, and set serving times at Garriga Derry and the junior senior high campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Garriga
Derry
Local Church Schedules and Services
Sunday and midweek services listed for First Baptist Church Longoria and Washington Streets and St. Andrew's Episcopal Mission North Shore Drive and Yturria Street. Timings include multiple masses, worship times, Sunday school, choir, prayers, and church committees across various days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Longoria
Washington Sts
Everette Young
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Mission
North Shore Drive and
Yturria St
Also Mentioned on This Page
OES
Cahoun
Joy Graham
UDC
Ignacio Garza
South Padre Island
Katie Holland
Billy Holland
Sylvia Garza
Ofelia Buitureira
Carmen Villarreal
Tina Salinas
Lupita Sanchez
Lucy Delgado
Cecilia Rivera
Cindy Gomez
Becky Lubbock
Sara Osorio
Eileen Garza
Cindy Cantu
Pierce L. Firth
Laguna Heights
Henrick Johnson
Bill Winters
Harlingen
San Antonio
Firth
Msgt
J. P. McCutcheon
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Lackland Air Force Base
Gertrude Bollinger
Bud Emmons
Joe Smirh
van Buren
Missouri
Bollinger
South Shore Drive
Leo F. Sanders
Melanie Ann
John Gill
J. B. Gill
Refugio
Miss Sanders
Port Isabel High School
Southmost Savings and Loan
Gill
Refugio High School
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville
Valley General Fire and Safety
Valley General Fire and Safety Inc
Alicia Martinez
EL Toro
Cue & Drive
B. P. Little
Laguna Vista Clinic
Web
Advisory Council
Lorraine Wilson
Miss Wilson
Burger Shack
FTD
E. Elizabeth
Longoria and
Madison Sts
Holy Communion
Bishop's Committee
First United Methodist Church
Musina and Adams Sts
F. L. Marlin
Women's Society of Christian Service
Port Isabel Church of Christ Tarnava and
F.F. Conley
South Padre
Civic Center
Clarence Bassett
Assembly of God Church
Port Road
Hazel
Ocean Palm Center
S. Padre Island
Merchants Marine State Bank
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