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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1954
Page
3
Charline Bobbitt and Norma Browder star as Port Isabel drive down the field with multiple touchdowns in a breezy game against Los Fresnos and Tarpon. Varnam leads the scoring parade with two tallies as classmates pledge future wins while seniors promote school events including a radio program on KBOR and fund-raising for yearbook.
Jay M Shoemaker from Denton Texas is an assistant coach at a local school teaching shop and history He is a 1952 North Texas University graduate with a BS in education He is married with a nineyearold son and previously taught at Texas Southmost Also notes light personal items about students and school life including letters and birthdays
Billy, Robert and Wayne take a water skim and recount antics from a Sunday outing. The note mentions Jerry Kennedy mimicking Jerry Lewis, classroom mischief, football rushes, and a hospital stay for Mr. Lancaster after an accident.
A collage of everyday items mentions Jimmy Barrett driving a blue Buick and asks if it’s his from Louisiana. It notes minor car troubles for Pat, Ilene, and others, a wedding between Eva Montalongo and Azera Garcia, a corrected song title, and various social bits about dates, Morse code study, and upcoming football game hopes.
Mrs. Theodore C. Chapman of Jerseyville Illinois leads a three year project by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs to remove horror and brood comic books from sales racks. The campaign targets examining and censoring titles for children.
The Iranian government announced the arrest of several persons accused of wide espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union. Officials described the group as a spy ring and promised further details as investigations continue.
Lon C. Hill is named chairman of CPL's board and J L Bates promoted to president at a Corpus Christi meeting. Hill, CPL president since 1989, and Bates, formerly vice president and general manager, are noted South Texas civic figures. Hill hails from Manor Texas and Bates from Beeville. Their leadership marks CPL’s peak growth with assets, revenues and power supply expanding significantly. The report also notes Hill and Bates’ long service histories at CPL.
The Republican National Committee announces a nationwide election dress rehearsal on G.O.P. National Precinct Day October 8. The program will feature nationwide television and radio addresses by President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon.
The expansion plan began in 1950 and is reported as 44 percent complete. The brief notes progress and current status of the defense project.
The 96 Senators spoke at length in the last session, filling 8,953 pages of the Congressional Record through August 19, while the 435 House members produced 5,651 pages.
A two year old boy named George Meredith rolled in his sleep toward an open window and toppled from a third story to the ground in Harrisburg. His sister tried to grab him but failed as he fell. No further details are provided.
A girl fell 30 feet to a brick sidewalk while a toddler named George watched her approach with a smile. Hospital attendants later said the child suffered no apparent injuries after examination.
A reflective line from George Eliot noting that childhood lacks forebodings yet is eased by memories of past sorrows survived, contrasting innocence with enduring experience.
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