Area Meeting Calendar for local clubs and organizations
The listing catalogs weekly meetings for VFW Driftwood Garden Club Laguna Vista Civic Club Rotary Girl Scouts Boy Scouts Civil Air Patrol Duplicate Bridge WSCS MYF BPW Altar Society Guadalupe Society Laguna Vista Volunteer Fire Department Port Isabel Volunteer Fire Department Shelf Club Winter Visitors Club Ladies of the Church Home Demonstration Club Ladies Auxiliary Coin Club Band Boosters Quarterback Club and more with times and venues. Corrections or additions should be submitted to the PRESS by Monday each week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Driftwood Garden Club
Laguna Vista Civic Club
Rotary Club
Girl Scouts
St. Andrews
Boy Scouts
Sea Scouts
Charlie Berry
Civil Air Patrol
Duplicate Bridge Club
WSCS
Tom Urie
MYF
BPW Club
Ann Trice
Altar Society
Our Lady Star of the Sea
Tina Barrera
Guadalupe Society
Raul Holland
Laguna Vista Volunteer Fire Department
Port Isabel
City Hall
Civic Center
South Padre Island
Ladies of the Church
Don Neal
Janette Raymond
Episcopal Church
Housing Authority
Winter Visitors Attend Keller’s Court Birthday Dinner
Winter visitors at Keller's Court held a Sunday dinner on Oct. 27 as part of a regular birthday party for tourists. Honored guest Lucile Leit attended along with other guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller's Court
Lucile Leit
Driftwood Club Plant Sale At City Hall Fails To Meet Goal
Driftwood Garden Club held its annual plant sale at City Hall last Friday and Saturday with limited success. The club planted two trees but did not raise enough to landscape the area. The next meeting is November 20 at Sea Island Resort Motor Hotel with speaker Lee Moore of Harlingen on tropical plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driftwood Garden Club
City Hall
Sea Island Resort Motor Hotel
Lee Moore
Harlingen
Brownies Hold Third Meeting at St Andrews
The Brownies met Wednesday at St Andrews with Mrs Rock leading. They sang, recited the Brownie Promise, and crafted Halloween bags and decorations. Refreshments followed and the group closed with the Brownie Circle.
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Brownies
St. Andrews
Thanksgiving dinner guests from across states gather at Port Isabel
A Texas event lists attendees including Cora Lee Fortune of Florida Ben Cogswell of Texas and many couples from Michigan Nebraska Oklahoma Kansas and Port Isabel. Guests included Mr and Mrs Fortune Mrs Leitner Mr Cogswell Mr and Mrs Carrier Mr and Mrs Grosbach Mr and Mrs Kelly Mr and Mrs Hays Mr and Mrs Lobdell Mr and Mrs Williams Mr and Mrs Cosgrove Charlie Stover Laura Bartlett A D Hudson and Ed Martin managers of Kellers Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortune
Florida
Leitner
Cogswell
Carrier
Michigan
Grosbach
Nebraska
Mrs Kelly
Oklahoma
Hays
Kansas
Lobdell
Williams
Cosgrove
Texas
Charlie Stover
Port Isabel
A. D. Hudson
Laura Bartlett
Mrs
Ed Martin
Kellers Court
Weekend Community Schedule and Birthday List
A local listing shows events at Falcons field Port Isabel Methodist Junior MYF and Methodist Senior M Y on November 1 2 3 with a Turkey Shoot at Baptist Union. It also notes birthday observances for Norman Stacey Sherry Wilcox Santos Benavides Angelita Saldana Dorothy Lavender Joe Salazar Minerva Gonzales Celia Valdiviez Carlos Salazar Jurado and wedding anniversaries for Bernard Gobar George Gones and Elvin Pederson Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Stacey
Sherry Wilcox
Santos Benavides
Angelita Saldana
Cleo Hardcastle
Lillis S. Nordin
Jose Luis Salazar
Audrey Wiley
Dorothy Lavender
Joe
Carlos Salazar
Minerva Gonzales
Celia Valdiviez
Carlos Jurado
Bernard A Gobar
George L. Gones
Elvin Pederson, Sr
Kappa Kappa Iota Holds October Meeting in Brownsville
Kappa Kappa Iota held its regular monthly meeting in Brownsville Laby's with Halloween decor a pumpkin centerpiece and orange candy corn on place cards. Members from Los Fresnos included Mildred Young Jeffie Palmer Dixie Hobbs Helene Squire Velma Dotson president urged closer cooperation and regular attendance. Carla Key Brownsville spoke on artificial floral arrangements with tips to use two or three arrangements seasonally. Ernie Holton and family visited Kingsville and Goliad. Jim Grunwald of Middletown Kentucky visited Los Fresnos friends staying with Harold Macomb family in Edinburg and Brownsville friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Kappa Iota
Brownsville
Laby’s
Los Fresnos
Mildred Young
Jeffie Palmer
Dixie Hobbs
Helene Squire
Velma Dotson
Dotson
Carla Key
Jim Grunwald
Middletown
Kentucky
Harold Macomb
Edinburg
School Lunch Menu Fragments
Friday meal options include tuna and cheese sandwiches with vegetable soup and fruit cup, chocolate or milk. Earlier entries offer tered rice with green pea salad chill ed apricots and chocolate or milk.
Judith Ann Stevens to Wed John William Norman
Oil City Louisiana announces engagement of Judith Ann Stevens to John William Norman of Los Fresnos Texas. The couple plans marriage in mid December in Wichita Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Norman
A. G Stevens, Jr
Oil City
Louisiana
Judith Ann
John William Norman
J. W Norman
Los Fresnos
Wichita
Kansas
Local Teacher Attends Conclave In Texas Art Conference
Mrs. Helen Squire represented Los Fresnos schools at the fourth annual District I Art Conference at Pan American College. Lectures covered Japanese influence on ceramics, Raku, tissue paper collage, Charlie Brown marionette show, art for the mentally retarded, and demonstrations in scribble designs and jewelry from junk. Students’ work was displayed and films were shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Squire
Los Fresnos
Texas Art Education Association
Pan American College
Hyslin
Betty Grounds
Mary van Pelt
Juanita Fernandez
Airman Johnny Priest Named Outstanding Maintenance Man
Airman First Class Johnny Priest son of Mr and Mrs Earl D Priest has been named outstanding maintenance man at Phu Cat Air Base Vietnam for exemplary conduct and duty performance Priest a munitions specialist is a 1966 graduate of Los Fresnos High School His wife is the former Jenni Pafford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny& Priest
Earl D. Priest
Phu Cat Air Base
Vietnam
Johnny
Los Fresnos High School
Jenni Pafford
De la Garza Seeks Christmas Greetings for Service Members
Representative Kika de la Garza asks South Texas families to provide names and addresses of servicemen to receive Christmas greetings. He praises service members in Vietnam and around the world for their diligent work and sacrifices.
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Washington
Kika de la Garza
South
Texas
Vietnam
de la Garza
School Menu For November First Week
Menu notes daily offerings from Monday November 4 to Thursday November 7. Items include hot dogs with Coney Island buns and sides, Texas hash, turkey pie, and barbecued Vienna sausage with beverages and desserts listed. Some lines are cut mid item.
Letter to Rep Kika de la Garza on voter outreach plan
A draft letter requests constituents to send names and addresses of families for a political plan directed to Representative Kika de la Garza of the House. The address is Washington D C, urging contact and data submission for campaign purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kika de la Garza
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Voting Guide Notes for November Ballots
Ballots will show the 14 state constitutional amendments to the right of the American Party on the November 5 election. Voters pull levers beside each candidate name, pairing president and vice president when applicable.
Last Day for Absentee Voting in Nov. Election
County Clerk Harrison Diltz urged in person absentee voters to vote by Friday November 1. The Harlingen branch and Brownsville county clerk's office handled last minute ballots as 1,467 absentee votes had been cast. Diltz announced machine sealing at Van Buren voting complex and two training sessions for election judges in Harlingen and Brownsville.
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San Benito County
Harlinson
Brownsville
Harrison Diltz
Texas
Diltz
van Benite
Harlingen
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. Davis
Texas Numismatists Association
Ethel Morgan
Don Pruitt
Driftwood Club
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Juliet Low
Girl Scout Movement
Ner
Cora Lee Fortune
Ben Cogswell
Nixon
Nixon/Agnew
U. S
Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
Crawford Martin
Tidelands
Democrats
Ottis Lock
Chi'n
Los Fresnos News
Falcons
Methodist Junior My.f
Methodist
Baptist Training Union
Turkey
Ernie Holton
Kingsville
Jimmy Holton
Goliad
Jim Hollon
Ben South
J. Priest
Kika
M Haney
Katherine Ross
Mike Nichols
Duffy
James Madison
James Ross
Escapes
Rhodes Reason
Linda Miller
Don Knotts
Gun IN the
Barbara Rhodes
James Stuart
Rosemary Forsythe
John Wayne
Kirk Douglas
Green Berets
David Janssen
Sandy Bennis
Anthony Newly
Pho HY Ae
OFA Ballot
Eere Tion
Eran
Orital, Walt
Camera County, Tee
Calumn
Mmrite Moet Art
Nist Goodernor
Igoricultuore
Eee
Whee Martin
Ws Barnes
Eben Te Calvert
Langdon
Megee
Marie Beavley
Lom, Douglas
Jambs
Bates
Monte Murray
Gheenwood
Garcia
Graham
Meacnew
15Th Congressional District
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Deviotal Hallo Geemal
Wera Courty
Fexas
Wallace Muskie
Reproacutetive DE LA Gama Loth
Wenny
ST Ite Treistrer
James Sanchez
Ernestine
General Land Office
Neptune
Supreme Court
Bebo
Sanchez
Jamone
Flo
I Stealord
Justice Court of Coral
Justice Court of Coral Irprerets
Surly
Paar
Palm Boulevard
Noveber
Nerli Een
Elizabeth
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