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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1957
Page
3
The Port Isabel Home Demonstration Club will start its Fall season with a meeting on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Lee Sears port Isabel Bayside Laguna Vista area residents are invited to attend.
Mrs William Bellinghausen presided at a National Council of Catholic Women workshop held at St. Anthony's Parish Hall in Harlingen on August 29. Attendees mapped projects, programs and goals for the coming year.
Alan Anderson will transfer from Port Isabel Coast Guard vessel duty to New Orleans. He and Mrs. Anderson plan to depart about September 10 for the new post after two and a half years in Port Isabel. Believed Anderson will be Fred Miller who with his wife and children arrived Thursday en route to Port Bahshel from Mobile, Alabama.
Mrs Hal Fesler was hostess for the Thursday Bridge club at her home in Lapuna Vista this week. Members include Mrs Robert Van Meier, Mrs Robert Bell, Mrs William Walter Zimmerman, Mrs George Ow ley, with guests Mrs Ida Pomeroy and Mrs W F Heine. Dessert and iced tea were served.
The Girl Scout program begins with a kickoff meeting for all troops on Monday September 9 at 3 am at the Educational Building of the Methodist church. All registered scouts are urged to attend the second meeting on Monday September 16. Leaders listed include Mrs Clyde Rivett Mrs George Kennedy and others.
The Port Isabel Mariner troop gathered Tuesday evening at the Educational building of the Methodist church. Speakers included Lorna Petch on What Scouting Means to Me Rosalie Winitrey on What I've Gotten Out of Scouting and Penelope Marlin on What to Expect to Get Out of Scouting. The group discussed the topics and closed with taps.
The Baptist Day School began on Tuesday with 32 pupils. Kindergarten and beginners meet in the morning while first second and fifth grades are taught in the afternoon. Eleven students are reportedly on the waiting list. Mrs. Mabel Hickman is the teacher.
Mr and Mrs A Hunt and children Ernestine and Donnie of La Porte Texas spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Robert Spoonemore. Mrs Cline, also of La Porte, has lived in the U S only three months since coming as a bride from Paris France. Sunday they were joined for dinner by Mr and Mrs Clarence Goss and their children of Raymondville.
Navy Cdr Warren E Spradling son of E S Spradling Bayside and husband of Eloise Skinner Jacksonville Fla serves aboard the U S Naval Air Station Pensacola Fla Visiting in the home of Roy Rock this past week were Walter Rock and family from Berwick La Larry Ortega and children Mickey Betty and Bobby stayed with Mrs Ortega sister Mrs John Strouble Kinder La Mrs Robert Bell of Driftwood Garden Club will appear on District 6 Texas Garden Clubs program on Channel 5 Weslaco at 930 am Saturday September 7
The fragment lists Baptist Church activities with Sunday School worship times and other church services followed by garbled war data about fuel and oil usage in the Iwo Jima campaign and a Catholic parish schedule for Our Lady Star of the Sea with Mass times and Holy Hour.
Port Isabel Lions Club members met Tuesday evening to discuss several proposed projects. The safety signs near schools, owned by the club and sponsored by merchants, drew the most discussion as citizens are asked to help preserve and heed them. Tom Hastings introduced the guest via the local Scoutmaster, and Father Lawrence J. Fanning urged a new cemetery for the community as a key project.
Ship 56 resumes weekly meetings Monday September 9 at 7 30 pm in Red Capstan yard under Flotilla 702 Coast Guard auxiliary sponsorship. Lea M Baumfelder is skipper with KD Williams chair, J J Brand institutional rep, and J O George W Redfield on the ships committee. Unit marks its 20th year of continuous registration with Port Isabel boys contributing to a strong, growing program.
Cleaning white canvas shoes starts with removing mud and dirt using thick soap suds. Rinse with warm water, apply a whitening polish, then dry away from heat and brush off excess white powder.
Pastor Rev F L Martin leads Sunday School at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m The M Y P meets 6 30 p m Sunday evening worship at 7 30 p m Lamplighters group gathers 3 15 p m Wednesday Bible Study at 7 15 p m
High school students in Harlingen San Benito and nearby communities are invited to compete in essay contests honoring National Newspaper Week. Separate school contests will award three cash prizes per school totaling 21 dollars plus a final district prize of 40 dollars, with the top essay earning 50 dollars.
Iowa will crown a Valley contest winner and award a vacation for two. The Valley Chamber of Commerce will host the couple with a personal tour and lodging in luxury hotels during a five day stay in the Valley area after the October 8 event in Washington Iowa.
The Department of the Interior announced a 1957 58 amendment to migratory waterfowl hunting rules under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It prohibits using electrical devices or recordings to imitate goose or duck calls for taking migratory game birds.
Federal agencies consider prohibiting electronic devices that mimic bird calls to lure waterfowl. Proposals released May 27 and June 25 1957 would ban recorded calls and amplified imitations. Penalties include up to six months in jail and a $500 fine.
The article notes stricter rules classifying sink-boxes and live decoys for waterfowl hunting and extends the ban to using live birds as decoys for migratory species. Effective 30 days after Federal Register publication, the changes align U S practice with Canada and update Saint regulations.
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