Public Schools Here List Full Honor Roll
Port Isabel students appear on the honor roll for the first six weeks with gilt edge for all subjects at 90 or above and regular for an average of 90 or above. The listing includes elementary, junior high, and high school names across multiple grades and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Gilt Edge
Giltedge
Janet Bell
Phillis Carpenter
Robert Cummings
Wayne Edge
Fred Gray
Eddie Pena
Phillis Poston
Mary Catherine Bell
Carl Christensen
Blanche Evans
Martha Merryman
Crisanne Meyners
Sidney
Marianne Bell
Michelle Boswell
Irma Cantu
William Catlett
Larry Forrest
Lupe Gonzales
Yolanda Mota
Joe de Jesus Vasquez
Sharon Byrd
Carlos Cantu
Garland Green
Ann Privett
Maria Zurita
Richard Green
Ella Moe Higginbotham
Michael Meyners
October Rainfall Records and Extremes Through History
October rainfall this year totals 11.13 inches, the month ranking second for most rain since 1928. 1930 saw 14.15 inches in October, with 5.55 inches on the 12th and 2.63 inches on the 13th as the heaviest days. The year 1949 recorded 39.37 inches in a year, the highest on record aside from gaps in 1932 and 1933. The driest October in 30 years was 1952 with no measurable rain.
Hula Hoop Contest Here Tomorrow
A hula hoop contest will be held with an entry fee of fifteen cents. It is open to children from kindergarten through eighth grade. Prizes will be awarded in three or four age groups. Proceeds from the entry fees count as votes in the Catholic school queen contest and support the church building fund.
Sixteen Valley Baptist Churches Join North American Crusade
Sixteen Texas Baptist churches in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Association will participate in the 1959 North American simultaneous evangelistic crusade led by Dr. C. Wade Freeman. Nationwide, 43,508 churches will observe prayer services and 3,352 will set a commit to soul winning day on January 4 1959. The drive aims for widespread revival with multiple crusades abroad and an expected 70,000 baptisms, compared with 62,283 last year, under the theme New Life For You.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Lower Rio Grrande Valley
North America
Freeman
Navy Personnel Aids In Flood Control Fight
Thirty five members of the Port Isabel Auxiliary Naval Air Station aided flood control efforts on the floodway between Harlingen and La Feria. Commander C D Huston said the base supplied eight pickups and a bulldozer and the crews worked in nine to ten man relays for four to five days on levee and sandbagging operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel Auxiliary Naval Air Station
Harlingen
la Feria
C. D. Huston
Huston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sue Delgado
Maria L. Garcia
Charles Green
Emilio Lopez
Tom McClellan
Linda Perez
Karen Petch
Jo Jean Ross
Steven Spoonemore
Bob Williams
Galvan
Johnny Heinze
Gene
Lupita Cantu
Lillie Mock
Sixteen Valley Baptist Churches
Navy
Keiler Courts
Federal
Butane Agency
Thrift
Crisco
Roegelein
Kimbell
Pillsbury
del Monte
Frosty Acres
Baby Limas
BLUE
Nabisco
Imbell
Maryland Club
Folger's
Maxwell House
Norther Tissue
Penthouse
Louisiana
S&h
Ea Nus Ey
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