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THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD, BROWNSVILLE SUNDAY, JAN. 16, 1949 PAGE DEEP STUDY Pictured are Mr. and Mrs. Herb Romine of Brownsville, splicing: a couple of wirew on the top layer 1 of a transmitter. Romine is a member of the Rio Grande Valley Amateur Radio Dlub.

(Herald Staff Photo). El Ranchito 4-H Girls Have Fourth Meeting Encantada Girls Four-H Club at JE1 Ranchito held its fourth mooting of the school year Tuesday. The glrla answered roll by stat- thlngM they had done for oth- Mrs. Ruth Smith, assistant coun- Prvss Magic Button Aitnateur Radio Operators Carry On Global Talks By A. J.

OLIVEIRA Herald Staff Writer Hjow would you like to press a couple of buttons, say "this is Brown.vilte" and have a an.wer you ran. 8,000 tn her to demonstrate her Radl Club Herb Pomine, a member of th. Rte Grande Valley in markM. Burn owls for year have habited the northwest tower the Smithsonian Institution Washington, D. C.

in i (Advirtliament) ROLLING WHEELS My "Nostalgia Notes" of a by gone era aro indebted to E. Gallaher, who tells of tho Urn (In 1897) when flvo miles an hou was a good speed on the level, bu his "Keystone Motoretto" often jrot up to ten miles on the clown grade if tho grade was steep enough. A a i ten miles an hour down a steep in his homo town In Pennsylvania the momentum of his K-e would carry It a hundred yards or no and then stall, In Mr. Gnllahor's WIMMW brakes were little good going for wnrcl and no good at all going backward, so we jumped out am chocked our wheels with a rock we kept for the purpose." In 1000 tho City Fathers of his home town passed an ordinance limiting the speed of horseless carriages to five miles per hour Shortly thereafter, Mr. Gallaher was arrested for allegedly doing ten miles per hour up that hill in his city, When tho case came be fore the Judge and that august gentleman heard the charges, he exclaimed, "Impossible--case dismissed." We had a service customer In hero the other day who complained of a slight flat spot in his ignition whenever he passed sixty miles an hour.

The new Hudson super-six four- door sedan which delivers hero in Brownsville for only Is now on display in oyr showroom We invite you to come in and take a rich' in this amazing new Hudson, We can make immediate delivery on some models. While this is a little late, I sincerely thank the many unknown readers who were kind enough to send mo Christmas greeting cards, After spending considerable time composing this column twice each week, it's gratifying to know that people read it and think well of it. WOODS MOTOR CO. W. tillMtoth A San Benlto Hwy.

Dial 3-7041 An Advertisement are tlme Ftemlnei who Berved our ycar in tne Navy avlat ion chief radio holds a citation from the American Radio League of Hartford, for assisting in the Ohio River Valley flood in 1937. Aided tn "By carrying radio transmitters and receivers in boats, we managed to trulde people to safety," says Romlnfe who is a native of West Vlrginifci. Touring his shop at 17 Warren street, this reporter talked to a "ham" in St, Clements, San Fernando Valley, Calif. According to the voitee on tho other end, it had been showing and almost all the crops itnd citrus had been ruined. It was very simple, I talked over the microphone while Romine played around with half-a-dozen switches and dials.

On Okinawa Aftevr his discharge from the Navy, Romine went to work for the Phllco Corporation on an Army project In Okinawa. While stationed there, he would converse with his wife, Iva in Brownsville the radio. Mrs. Romine, being a housewife, helps her husband with the operation and mechanical duties. An incident, which Romine describes as a good deed, happened in October 1948 one early morning, was looking around for contacts w'hen I made connection with the island of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands.

On the 'other end wan Dr. Billy Hockaday, son of Dr. und Mrs, J. A. Hockaday of Port Isabel.

By hooking the outside phDne to the transmitter and received, Dr. Hockaday and his son tnlllted for 25 minutes," said ftominei Besides contacting islands In the he has made contacts with cities in Africa, Australia, South Jltorea, Germany and other countrlfts, The tacal club of amateurs was originated in 1946 and holds a ihartor from the American Ama- eur Raidio League, the official or(an of amateur radio. Although the majority of the lub's members are licensed operators, folding a radio station li cnse, operator license and call letters granted by the Federal fommu locations Commission in Washington, D. such affiliations are not necessary to become member of the local club, Great Importance According to Romine, amateur radio is of valuable service in many ways. Bach station provides valuable experimentation in the field and a proving ground for new radio discoveries.

"The value of radio stations in cases of emergencies such as hurricanes, floods fires and disasters are of great importance to the public," said Romine. According to reports, the network of local stations is tied in by several stations with the south Texas emergency net which covers Texas, south of a line from Houston, Temple and Marfa and is the largest amateur emergency net in the world. Herb DeWalt is president of the local club with Newell Voss vice president. Anne Maring serves as secretary and Erwin Mills as treasurer. Author To Be Fork Club Speaker The spirit of the famous Bom Houston will live when the descendant of his youngest sister, Houston Peterson, will address members of the Brownsville Knife and Fork dub, Tuesday, Jan.

18. A native of the West, Peterson, now a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, moved to the East in his early youth, "to pioneer" in the fields of intellectual freedom and culture just as his paternal and maternal grandparents went West to find a new physical world. The celebrated lecturer was the head of the famous Cooper Union Forum in New York City for eight years where he presided over and planned more than five hundred meetings. Dr. Peterson's voice is familiar to thousands who have heard him on "Invitation to Learning" and other radio programs.

Notable books he has authored are "Huxley: Prophet of Science," "The Lonely Debate," and "The Melody of Swede Vessel Loads Valley Citrus Here The Swedish vessel Trolleholm was docked at Port Brownsville Saturday loading 6,400 boxes of Valley citrus fruit for sale in Bur- ope. The steamship Aimee Lykes is due here Jan, 27 to load 41,000 box- en of fruit for Europe, the largest citrus cargo to be loaded here this season. Both ships will make their car- foes to Antwerp, Belgium, for dis- In Belgium and Switzer- and. The two shipments will bring total of citrus shipments from the Valley to Belgiufri and Switzerland to 180,000 boxes, or about 360 rail carloads, this season. POLIO BENEFIT DANCE McALLEN, Jan.

McAllen Council of Jewish Women las set Saturday, January 29, as date for its yearly March of Dimes dance. The dance will be at the Casa de Palmas, Mrs. B. C. Mailman, 2605 Weat Highway), secretary, aid.

Admission will be $2.40 per person. VA Office Opened Here A permanent Veterans Admlnls ration bffice has been opened in he Texjaa Employment Comm la- Ion office, 852 8. E. Levet was announced Saturday. Robert; M.

Buck, VA contact off- cer in cJJiarge, will handle all vet- rana' problems auch aa pensions, and individual Office noura are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. rfonday through Friday. A tem- orary MA. office waa formerly lo- ated at the alrbaae.

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