Bilingual WSSE Program Expands in Point Isabel ISD
Deyaun Boudreaux notes Project WSSE now reaches about 600 students in Garriga and Derry elementaries, extending to fifth grade. The program emphasizes continuous bilingual instruction in math science reading and music and uses pre and post testing with independent audits to show progress.
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WSSE
Point Isabel Independent
Deyaun Boudreaux
Project Wsse
Garriga
Derry
Boudreaux
Federal Office of Education
Eduardo Alvarado
Alvarado
Texas
Jehovah's Witnesses Plan Two Day Spanish Assembly
The Port Isabel congregation announces a two day training program in Spanish on September 22 and 23 at Exposition Hall Corpus Christi Texas. Presiding minister Marcelino Azucar outlines the theme Keep Close in Mind the Presence of the Day of Jehovah based on II Peter 3 12. The event aims to study Bible principles for Christian living and will feature a Sunday public talk Work Prudently as the End Draws Near. All Spanish speaking public invited free of charge.
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Port Isabel
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Exposition Hall
S. Shoreline Dr
Corpus Christi
Texas
Marcelino Azucar
WSSE Names New Director and Staff Roster
Maria E. Torres serves as WSSE director with help from Alvarado Mrs. Boudreaux and Herminia Valdez curriculum media specialist. The WSSE team includes 23 classroom teachers for kindergarten through fifth grade, plus a special education teacher and a music instructor.
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Maria E. Torres
WSSE
Alvarado
Fire Destroys Engine Room Of Shrimp Boat Chief Bigheart
An electrical fire in the engine room left the 72 foot shrimping vessel Chief Bigheart powerless and adrift. Coast Guard reports say the ship, owned by Jimmy George of Port Isabel, was towed to Port Isabel after being found disabled about 20 miles north of Port Mansfield. No injuries or further complications were reported.
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Chief Bigheart
South Padre
Reasonable wear and tear in rental housing limits tenant liability
A court ruled a tenant must cover damages beyond normal use such as broken lamps and painted walls, while ordinary deterioration from time and use is not the tenant’s responsibility. The article warns renters to understand lease clauses on wear and tear and notes courts have limited tenant liability for weathering and natural aging.
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Henderson
New Members Informed at B and PW Meeting in Laguna Madre
The Laguna Madre Business and Professional Women's Club held a September 13 orientation for new and prospective members in the Merchants Marine State Bank Community Room at 7 30 p.m. Sessions covered club history objectives achievements and member rights led by Maria E. Torres and others. New and prospective members listed include Viola Guillot Evangeline Ressler Phyllis Wilson Mina Thompson Joyce Jackson Ann Suhr Barbara Harbour Pat Roberts Isabel Valdez Diana Lee and others.
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Laguna Madre Business and Professional Women's Club, Inc
Merchants Marine State Bank
B&pw
Maria E. Torres
Myra Zimmerman
Dyaan Boudreaux
Tillie Franke
Hilda Rivera
Tina Barrera
Juanita Voltaggio
Maureen Moore
Yolanda Baldovinos
Nike
Bertha Zamora
Hattie Cateora
Beatrice Floyd
Viola Guillot
Evangeline Ressler
Phyllis Wilson
Mina Thompson
Joyce Jackson
Ann Suhr
Barbara Harbour
Pat Roberts
Isabel Valdez
Diana Lee
Roni Adams
Maxine Matthews
Guadalupe Gonzales
Genda Edens
Marie Sehrantz
Dolores Golterman
Port Isabel Fire Hall Hosts Volunteer Joiners Meeting
Port Isabel's volunteer fire department invites residents to join the group. Volunteer president Mauro Osorio announced an open meeting on Monday September 24 at 6 30 p.m. at the Port Isabel Fire Hall.
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Port Isabel
Mauro Osorio
Rites Held For Mrs Manuela Montelongo at Our Lady Star
Funeral mass honored Manuela Montelongo 73 of Brownsville and Port Isabel native now in Brownsville nursing home She survived by daughter Mrs Lorenzo Barrientes son Esteban Montelongo Jr eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Rosary was held in Brownsville and burial at Port Isabel City Cemetery Also notes Phillips Petroleum employees exceed one million dollars in matching gifts to about 450 colleges over ten years.
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Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Manuela Montelongo
Good Samaritan Nursing Home
Brownsville
Port Isabel
Esteban Montelongo
Lorenzo Barrientes
Esteban Montelongo Jr
Houston
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
Okla
Rites Held for Field Twins Angelique and Thomas
Graveside services were conducted Thursday morning at Mont Meta Memorial Park for Angelique Rene Field and Thomas Hershel Field, twin babies of Mr and Mrs Estanislao C Field of Port Isabel. The infants died at a San Senito hospital and were buried under the direction of Thomas Funeral Home.
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Mont Meta Memorial Park
Angelique Rene Field
Thomas Hershel Field
Estanislao C. Field
Port Isabel
Three New Directors Appointed To San Benito Bridge Co
The San Benito International Bridge Co. names Robert Dunkin and Frank Boggus of Harlingen and Joe Kelly of San Benito to its board. Dunkin fills a vacancy after a resignation. Atty Rollins Kopell will pursue a U S permit to build the Rio Grande bridge near La Paloma. Mexico has issued a permit. The bridge will be sold to Cameron County for operation after completion.
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San Benito International Bridge Co
Robert Dunkin
Frank Boggus
Harlingen
Joe Kelly
San Benito
Dunkin
Atty. Rollins Kopell
U.S
Rio Grande
la Paloma
Cameron County
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Blackburn
Price Rd
Inca
Gapone Style Shop
Sun Valley Mall
Jim Jackson
Gregorio Puente, Jr
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Sust
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