Property and Goods Listings From Port Isabel Area
Readable ads describe fishing on a bright lit pier with benches, sale items including bait boat and a porcelain kitchen sink, plant foods and fertilizers, an International Scout with long top, and various rental offers. Local ads also list a furnished one bedroom home and two apartments for rent, plus a 1959 Oldsmobile for sale. Contacts include W Heee Box 492 Port Isabel Dell Aldridge Washman Co Brownsville Li 2 5618 WH 13 2454 WH 32208 WH 3 2208.
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Dell Aldridge Washman Co
Brownsville
Pro Am Tourney Draws Mexican Golfers to Fort Brown
The Fort Brown International $3,000 Pro-Am slated for Oct 3 and Nov 1 will include golfers from Mexico. Pro participants listed include Onwaldo de Vincenz Hector Alvarez Al Escalante and others. top Mexican amateurs also named with special invitations extended but availability uncertain.
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Brownsville
Fort Brown
Torreon
Enrique Sterling
Quipa Quirer
Tortas Lehman
Mexico City
Guillermo Cogland
Puebla
Mexico
Party of the
Lic
Guetara Dine
Oredax
Moreno
Club de Gott Mexica
Daz
Prinice
Suspension fencing touted to cut costs in half pamphlet says
The county agent promotes suspension fencing as a cheaper, easy to repair option. The leaflet, distributed by Cameron County Agent Don Lowen, explains construction and post spacing about 100 feet. It notes the fencing suits boundaries and interior uses and sways to limit cattle mixing and fighting, with minimal post replacement required.
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Cameron County
Don Lowen
Bulla Cowan
Texas Southmost To Give Peace Corps Tests
Brownsville reports Texas Southmost College will hold on campus Peace Corps placement tests starting November 14 at 9:15 a.m. in Room 9 of the Tandy Building to meet student requests.
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Texas
Brownsville
Texas Southmost College
Tandy
Valley Girl Overcomes Writer's Cramp With Tape Recorder
Edinburg reports Pan American College freshman Sharon Hensley uses a portable tape recorder to capture lectures and study by replaying notes. She cites benefits in history languages and English while noting drawbacks like professor resistance and occasional mis tapes.
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Edinburg
Sharon Hensley
McAllen
Miss Hensley
McAllen High School
Tally
Halloween safety tips warn of hidden hazards for children
A reader urges parents to guard Halloween fun against traffic risks and costume dangers. Emphasizing visibility, proper fit, flameproofing practices, and constant adult supervision to prevent burns, falls, suffocation, and other accidents.
Peace Volunteer Placement Test Opens for Global Service
Frances M. Lacho oversees the administration of a placement test inviting both young and adult applicants to join Peace Corps service in 46 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. About 7,000 Americans already serve as Peace volunteers. further information is available from Mrs. Eacho at the college or Lincoln 2260.
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Frances M. Lacho
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Fish Hit By Flash Flooding In South Texas
Reports to the Parks and Wildlife Department describe unusual fish losses after recent flash floods ended a drought in South Central and Deep South Texas. Marion Toole notes sediment, polluted runoff, and gas release from thermoclines could kill trapped fish, with possible restocking advised for the streams.
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Aveoisl
South Central
Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department
Marion Toole
Plas Fisheries
Toole
Vegetaran Toole
Finders Keepers and the Law of Lost Articles
A London chimney sweep's helper named Percy Armory finds a diamond ring and takes it to a goldsmith to identify its owner. The incident shapes early principles about ownership of found items and mirrors stories from the era surrounding George Washington.
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Percy Armory
London
George Washington
Percy
Sporen
Percy and the Ring The Finders Right in Common Law
A historical note recounts Percy's successful lawsuit to recover a ring and its setting from a goldsmith and apprentice. The court ruled the finder gains ownership against all but the true owner, establishing a long‑standing common law principle still cited today.
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Percy
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Finders Keepers
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