Former Laredoans gather in San Antonio

The setting, La Fonda, a Mexican restaurant in San Antonio, made a gathering of former Laredo "girls," a meeting of delight. As they reminisced over enchiladas, frijoles, and sopa de arroz, this group even sang a few canciones in Spanish. The walls of the restaurant were hung with oil paintings from Mexico, and the décor was Hispanic.
Attending the gathering was organizer Nelda Guerrero Drury, retired from teaching dancing at San Antonio College, her daughter, Elizabeth Drury Newton, Eva Perez García Treviño, Lydia Moglia Guild, Herlinda V. Gutierrez, Graciela G. Gunnoe, Sofia Mata Fisher, and your reporter, who had taught some of the guests.
In passing the notebook I discovered a few little stories about those present. Sofia Mata Fisher writes, "My brother Dr. Carlos Mata and his wife gave me a birthday party on Aug. 11 (I have the same birthday as Olga Meyer). Family members who attended included daughter Denise, who came from Cabo San Lucas, along with granddaughter Lorena and husband Raul."
Eva Perez García Treviño is still doing real estate in San Antonio. She is planning a trip to Las Vegas with her family in October.
Nelda Guerrero Drury had just returned from a Scott Joplin ragtime festival in Sedalia, Missouri.
Elizabeth Drury Newton is publishing a genealogy of 350 pages about her paternal aunts. She is enjoying her two infant granddaughters.
Lydia Moglia Guild reported that both her brothers, George and Ernest Moglia, had gone to Martin High School and taken English with me. She had gone to Ursuline. She was planning a trip to celebrate her birthday.
Herlinda V. Gutierrez was another who came from Laredo to make her home in San Antonio; also Graciela G. Gunnoe.

News of the Kazens
Connie Kazen and her daughter Cathy dropped by the Meadows for a little visit recently. Connie, the widow of Abraham "Chick" Kazen, former representative in Washington, has been the collector of many beautiful items, one of which is a life-size statue of the Virgen de Guadalupe, which came out of Mexico when the Church was persecuted. Judge M. J. Raymond, her father, helped the nuns in their exodus and thereby acquired many works of art from convents and churches.
Connie had been to Austin to visit her daughters Chris Attal and Norma Broline. Youngest daughter Jo Betsy lives in Hawaii with her husband and two daughters. Cathy, who is a teacher, took the year off to be with her mother.

Educators honored by Ford
Following its yearly custom, the Ford Motor Company honored five San Antonians for their contributions to education at the Salute to Education banquet at the Marriot Hotel recently. The banquet, attended by a thousand, included nearly a hundred past honorees.
Among them was Professor Emeritus Nelda Guerrero Drury, a former Laredoan who headed the dance and physical education department at San Antonio College. Her daughter Elizabeth Drury Newton represented her at the banquet.
Edsel Ford III, grandson of the founder of the company, gave the main address, emphasizing that his grandfather founded the company with a desire to furnish the working man with transportation.
Honored this year were Dr. Robert Zeigler, Dr. Roberto Treviño, Stephanie San Ambrogio, Balous T. Miller, and Sister Cecilia Ramirez.