Port Isabel Visitors Guide Distribued to Valley Inns
The paper is sent to about 75 motels courts and hotels across the Valley for visitors planning a Port Isabel visit.
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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1955
Page
7
Harlingen fire leader Bennet lauded for service and honors
Harlingen community leader Bennet served as city utilities head from 1921 to 1926 and led the Harlingen Fire Department. He was a Rotary member since 1923 and helped organize the Valley Firemen's Association. The city named the Harlingen Central Fire Station after him and he remains active in committees and community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gem
Rotary Club
Marlingen
Afoer Petiring
Padre Park Members Appoint New Chairmen
A local notice states McGelee Bee was appointed as national membership chairman, with Padre Park continuing its list of three divers or endorsers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divealieg
McGelee Bee
Fional
VFW District Rally Set in Raymondville This Weekend
District 14 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Ladies Auxiliary reconvene in Raymondville hosted by Pat Turkinson Post 8739 after a flood-related postponement. Activities begin Saturday at 2 00 PM with registration at the Raymond hotel and include a convention dance at the VFW post on North First and West Durham. Sunday features an officers school starting at 9 00 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Raymondville
Pat ‘Turkinson
Ramen
North First
Durham
Xeryne Officers School
Memorial and VFW Event With Leaders and Dinner
Morning activities precede a VPW memorial service at 10 30 followed by an open VFW meeting and Ladies Auxiliary with Department Commander Ted C Connell delivering the principal address A barbette dinner is served at noon The public is invited to attend the memorial service open meeting and dinner Closed business sessions begin at 1 30 p m with the VFW at the Post Home and the Ladies Auxiliary at City Hall
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VPW
VFW
Ladies Auxiliary
Ted .C. Connell
Killean
Publc
Frost
Post Home
Dunnsion Named To Port Isabel Post As Terminal Work Grows
T W Dunnsion of the Manchester terminal at Houston with port experience in Galveston was asked to assume duties at Port Isabel after planning retirement. Byrd Harris, Corpus Christi port director, elected vice president of the Texas Ports association. Falcon reservoir expansion reduces attention to river dam storage below Falcon.
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Sion
Manchester
Houston
Galveston
Commissioners
Port Isabel
San Benito
Byrd Harris
St Corpus Christi
Texas Ports Association
Falcon
Television Listings Friday September 30
Channel schedules show multiple stations with sign ons and nightly lineups. Programs include Nelda's Kitchen Vanity Fair Ranger Jim & Kids Mr District Attorney Top per Schlitz Playhouse The Roy Rogers Show The Lawrence Welk Show Mystery Theatre You Are There GE Theatre Loretta Show Bob Cummings Show World News and Evening Vespers across Channels 4 5 with various time slots and weather forecasts.
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Channel 4
Ames Bros
Ray Gordon
Channel 5
Bob
Ae Ae
Moulton Cobb
Homer Bell
Tafon
Oral Roberts
J. Fisher
Pade
Sun News
Colgate
Our Valley Home Song By L F Beling Of Weslaco
Composer L F Beling of Weslaco wrote both words and melody for Our Valley Home in 1928 for the Forty and Eight Quartette of the San Benito American Legion Post. The Spanish version was prepared by Pauline Landrum Goode, then published by Sam Jackson Post No. 111 in San Benito, with renewed copyright and plan for a Valley Chamber of Commerce cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F
Cat” Beling
Weslaco
Beling
San Benito
C. B Chase
The
Borderland
Pauline Landrum Goode
Columbia University
New York
Sam Jackson Post
American Legion
Boling
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Commander’s mother dies in Columbus at 82
Word was received Monday that Mrs. Carrie Irene Olive mother of Colonel James F. Olive Jr Harlingen Air Force Base Commander died Saturday at the age of 82. She is survived by Colonel Olive and two daughters. Colonel Olive left Monday to attend the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Irene Olive
Columbus
Ohio
James F. Olive
Harlingen Air Force Base
Olive
Meat stocks drop in latest AMS cold storage report
The Agricultural Marketing Service reports 447 million pounds of meat in cold storage, about 4 percent below last year and 19 percent under the seasonal average for this time of year.
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The
Agricultural Marketing Service
Mail Route Altered After Arroyo Colorado Floods
Upstate mails were hauled part way to San Benito from Harlingen by rowboat after 1922 flooding washed out approaches to the railroad bridge over the Arroyo Colorado. Water covered a section later part of Highway 83.
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Upstate
San Benito
Harlingen
Arroyo Colorado
Red tide studies expand across Gulf of Mexico
Public Pulse reports red tide samples from G brevis sent to Galveston lab. Arrangements with Institute of Texas Port Aransas to sample Padre Island and Rio Grande waters if future fish kills occur. Research into distribution of the red tide organism continues. A Fishery Leaflet No. 420 provides general information.
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Galveston Laboratory
Institute of Texas
Port Aran Sas
Padre Island
Rio Grande
Gulf of Mexico
Red tide progress report from 1946 47 outbreak overview
Florida’s red tide situation is traced from the 1946 47 outbreak. The discolored water is caused by a tiny marine organism, Gymnodinium brevis, which is invisible to the naked eye.
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Gymnodinium Brevis
Red tide control and outbreak factors summarized
The passage outlines five points on red tide: a fish-killing bloom that irritates nostrils and threatens people. rainfall marsh drainage salinity wind and temperature create conditions for onset. red tide organisms are grown in labs for testing controls with copper sulfate as the most promising. federal and state research and citizen groups coordinate for outbreak reporting and emergency assistance. control involves copper sulfate releasing solutions to kill the organism and dissipate red tide areas.
Rammed earth house built in Mission with wood features
A 150 foot long rammed earth house rises in Mission. Construction uses Only wood for the floor, door and window casings and the roof base, highlighting rustic design.
Weather Bureau Outpost Watches Caribbean Gulf Storms
Swan Island serves as a distant Weather Bureau outpost watching storms at the junction of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, tracking developing weather systems for region safety.
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Swan Island
U. S. Weather Bureau
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
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