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Art of Manliness Monthly segment The Colognes of Famous Men

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PORT ISABEL, TEXAS, September 2021 — The Commemorative Air Force - Rio Grande Valley Wing (CAF-RGV Wing) will be presenting its second annual CAF AIRSHOW! the weekend of October 1-3, 2021 at the Port Isabel- Cameron County Airport. The show will feature world class aerobatics, WW II air battle reenactments, complete with pyrotechnics, and modern military. It will be an exciting event that teaches the lessons of history and demonstrates the many and varied career opportunities in aviation, all in a family friendly fair-like environment.

The flying portion of the show will last 2-3 hours. In addition to flying activities, there will be a kiddie land, flea market, food and drink concessions as well as a variety of static displays. General Admission Advance adult tickets are $17.00 online and $20.00 at the gate. Parking and general admission for kids 12 and under are free.

An exciting and spectacular addition to CAF AIRSHOW! 2021 this year will be a twilight and evening performance Friday, October 1 over

Photo provided by CAF Air Show the Bay at South Padre Island. The 2-hour show, the first of its kind on the Texas coast, will end with a breathtaking four plane formation act followed by a thrilling and sparkling single ship performance to highlight the Night Show. Show center for CAF AIRSHOW “AFTER DARK” will be at the green space in the entertainment district on South Padre Island.

Admission is free.

CAF AIRSHOW! is

the primary fundraiser for the CAF-RGV Wing Transportation Museum located at the Cameron County Airport. Without the financial support generated by AIRSHOW!, the Wing will not be able to continue operating as the only Transportation and Flying Museum in south Texas and a valuable tourist attraction that is both unique and educational will be lost.

This event is produced in its entirety by the

volunteer members of the CAF Airshow Team. There is no paid staff.

A-10 “Warthog” Thunderbolt II Confirmed The CAF AIRSHOW 2021 Team is thrilled to announce a lastminute addition to this year’s airshow. Last week, confirmation was received from the United States Air Force that the A-10 Thunderbolt II

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The A-10 is the Air Force’s premier close air support aircraft, providing invaluable protection to troops on the ground. The Air Combat Command A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team, stationed out of DavisMonthan Air Force Base, Arizona, brings the aircraft to air shows around the country to showcase the unique combat capabilities of the A-10 “Warthog.”

They perform precision aerial maneuvers while highlighting the mission and professionalism of the men and women of the United States Air Force.

It is truly an amazing experience.

Show dates are October 2 & 3, 2021 at the Cameron County Airport.

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The Art of Manliness Monthly Segment

The Colognes of Famous Men as a gift to friends. Number 6 opens with the scent of citrus, neroli, rosemary, and amber. As it fades, you’ll start smelling rose, musk, and myrrh.

Brett and Kate McKay Art of Manliness I’m always looking for ways to really get to know famous men from history. It’s why biographies are one of my favorite genres of books and why some of my favorite trips are visiting the homes of famous men long dead. I like to uncover the small details of their lives.

What did they carry in their pockets?

What books were in their library?

What sorts of items did they keep by their bedside?

What was their daily routine like?

Such small details, stitched together, can really give you an idea of who the person was.

There’s one biographical peculiarity about a dead person that can particularly bring them to life for you: what they smelled like (you know, when they were still

alive).

Smell is one of our most potent senses and is strongly connected to our memory. The cologne or fragrance a man chooses to wear, consequently, becomes part of his immortal identity. If you want to know what it was like to stand next to Winston Churchill, just take a whiff of the cologne he wore.

Below we highlight eight famous men and their signature fragrances. Knowing what cologne they wore will give you an idea of what it was like to be in their presence. It also might give you some ideas for fragrances to add to your own collection; nearly all of those we list below are still made and available today.

George Washington: Caswell-Massey Number Six Founded in 1752, CaswellMassey was the first personal grooming and fragrance company started in the United States. George Washington was known to wear their fragrance Number 6. He liked it so much that he gave it

George III: Creed Royal English Leather Whilst King George was trying to manage unruly American colonists, he was likely wearing Creed Royal English Leather. At least according to the perfumer who still makes the stuff. Creed is a perfume house that started in England in 1760. According to the in-house legend (also known as marketing), Royal English Leather was the first scent that founder James Creed created, and he made it just for King George. The cologne was designed to be applied to the king’s gloves so that whenever His Majesty rested his chin in his gloved hand, the rich scent of the fragrance wafted into his nostrils (and disguised the scent of the not-so-hygienic courtiers and plebes he was surrounded with).

The base note has leather, of course, along with sandalwood. The top notes consist of orange and lime.

Napoleon Bonaparte: Jean Marie Farina Eau de Cologne What does conquest and empire-building smell like?

It evinces top notes of citrus and rosemary before fading to cedar, vetiver, and musk.

Or at least that’s the fragrance that French commander and

emperor Napoleon Bonaparte wore during his campaigns and political maneuvers.

Known as Jean Marie Farina Eau de Cologne, it’s a nice fragrance to sport in warmer weather due to its fresh scent.

General George Custer Besides being a commanding Army officer during the American Indian Wars, General George Custer was also a dandy. He wore a fancy uniform, a bright scarf around his neck, and his curly, golden hair below his shoulders, which made him stand out from other military officers. His foppish hair became such a trademark that the Lakota took to calling him Pahuska, or long hair.

To keep his golden locks shiny and smelling nice, Custer would comb cinnamon oil through his hair — which, though not a cologne per se, certainly became his signature scent.

Winston Churchill: Creed Tabarome The British Bulldog smelled of cigars and brandy, but he also smelled of Creed Tabarome, his go-to cologne.

The scent starts off citrusy with bergamot and tangerine, fades to ginger, and then to a subtle sandalwood, ambergris, tobacco, and leather scent.

A great fragrance to wear while leading your country through its darkest hour.

Ernest Hemingway: America

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Barbara Belle Sedlachek, 71, went home to the Lord in the arms of her daughter surrounded by family on September 1, 2021 in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Barbara loved the Lord; she was a light everywhere she went, she had a passion for teaching, serving others, and sharing the love of the Lord.

May her life be a testimony to the faithfulness of God. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. In honor of her, spread kindness as she sings and dances in the streets of gold in heaven. In the presence of God there is fullness of joy.

One 31 by Krigler Papa Hemingway favored the masculine, musky yet floral fragrance of America One 31 by Krigler. The cologne got its name because it consists of 31 different scents mixed together. It starts off citrusy and floral and then fades to a manly musk.

It’s a very classic masculine fragrance.

Errol Flynn: Cuir de Russie

by Creed Want to be debonair like the swashbuckling Errol Flynn?

First, grow a pencil mustache.

Second, splash on some Cuir de Russie by Creed. It starts out lemony and then fades to sandalwood and leather.

Unfortunately, this is the one cologne on the list that’s no longer available (at least you

still got that pencil mustache), but the smell of Cuir de Russie was said to be reminiscent of standing in the boot section of a western wear store.

Giddyup!

John F. Kennedy: Jockey Club by Caswell-Massey A sporty, dashing U.S. president should wear a sporty, dashing cologne.

JFK was such, and wore such — specifically, the sporty, dashing Jockey Club cologne. Made by the favorite American fragrance company of U.S. presidents, CaswellMassey, Jockey Club is a bracing, masculine fragrance.

It starts off citrusy and has sandalwood base notes. The perfect cologne to wear while you’re strolling around Cape Cod in your Wayfarers.

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LOS FRESNOS-On Tuesday, the Lady Falcons grew up just a little more. The young Falcons swept the defending district champs in straight sets (25-19,26-24,25-20) at Brownsville Rivera.

With the win, the Lady Falcons are now 3-0 in district play. Up next is a match with Weslaco at home before they tussle with Harlingen.

The Lady Falcons are starting to come full circle and first-year head coach Anissa Lucio is seeing her team turn the corner.

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Thank you Los Fresnos EMS / Volunteer Fire Department for September 11th Tribute

Pictures Courtesy of Darlene Pederson

Valley Byliners Will Host The Following Events:

Poetry Night:on September 21, 2021 from 6:00 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.

Poets are encouraged to submit poems with the theme Hispanic Heritage in English or Spanish.

Fourth Saturday meeting on September 25, 2021 Topic: Formatting Your Book Led by Mark Esperanza Location: Harlingen Public Library Auditorium Note: Please bring laptop. Work in Progress Limited seating: 8 people in person.

Valley Byliners Historical Timeline The Rio Grande Valley Byliners has a long and interesting past which you can read about here (see also the attached). If you have information to add, please contact us through the contact page. A significant contributor to this historical timeline is Marge Johnson from Weslaco, a Byliners member since 1959. In an article for our newsletter in January 2004, she provided names and dates and wrote about Byliners’ happenings and events that she herself lived through.

1943 In 1943, the year the Byliners was founded, newspapers were written and managed mostly by men.

Few women were journalists.

So, given the maledominated field at the time, it was unusual that the Byliners was started by women, for women. Minnie Gilbert of San Benito and Lucy Wallace of Mission were among the founders. If you have lived in the Valley a long time, you may know that Minnie wrote for the Brownsville Herald and the Valley Morning Star and Lucy for the Mission Times.

1975 Starting in 1975, the Byliners began writing and publishing their own books. The first, “Gift of the Rio” was spearheaded

by Lucy as part of the 1975 Bicentennial activities in Mission. She managed to get a grant for the publishing costs from the Mission Bicentennial organization.

Singlehandedly, she rounded up the writers, helped come up with subjects, and pushed the project to completion.

Each chapter, which was

written by a different writer, told of places and events in Valley history. Minnie and Ann Washington edited the book and Ann did the index.

Marge Johnson recalls all of them sitting around her dining table going over the galley proofs and laying out the pages. The book came out and was very well received.

About 3,000 copies were printed. It sold well and the Byliners ended up with some money in the bank.

1978 After a while, Lucy got a second wind and decided that the Byliners should write another book, this one about the people who settled the area and those who left a special mark on the Valley.

Someone came up with the name “Roots by the River.”

The press run was 3,000 again. The book was also well received and eventually made some more money.

Roots by the River is now a collectible book and sells for $50.00 on Amazon.

A third book was conceived when it turned out that a lot of people were left out of the “Roots” book who deserved recognition. The book was called Rio Grande Roundup because it “rounded up” others who had done much for the area. This time the press run was 5,000 and was paid for by the monies made from the first two books. It did not move as fast but enough copies were sold to pay the printing expenses.

Rio Grande Roundup is a collectible book and sells for $93.00 on Amazon.

Both Lucy and Minnie wrote several chapters in each of the books, as did Ann Washington; their work was always well researched and well written. Lucy died in the

late 1980s and Minnie lived to age 99, leaving her writing days behind in the late 1990s.

Marge Johnson remembers them as bright, interesting ladies who pursued their own careers, as well as the goal of creating these publications to leave a lasting legacy to the historical literature of the Valley. Others participated by writing a chapter or two, but Lucy and Minnie did the real work.

The Byliners was started to encourage women to become more professional in their writing and to find opportunities in the writing field, as well as to get to know each other. They wanted to exchange ideas and have fellowship with other women writers and wanted to concentrate on women’s interests without the men feeling they were the only ones who could write. Thus, for many years the Byliners had a “women only” rule for members.

1980 This changed in the early 1980s when Ann Washington’s husband Tom became active in helping with the books the Byliners had published. So, the “women only” rule was dropped and men were invited to be members.

Gradually, over the years, more men became interested in joined and now the membership is fairly even between the sexes.

The Byliners had a period of low membership, perhaps because a potential member had to be a published writer and had to be invited and recommended by two members to join. After the rules were changed in the late 1980s, membership increased again.

1980 - 2010 Since then, Byliners leaders including Eileen Mattei, Adrienne Ostmann, Mona Sizer, Jeff Harris, Ruth Harris, Sandra Vela, Janet Wilder, Jack King, and Don Clifford have helped the organization to continue its high level of achievement – with Excellence in Writing Contests and publications of the winning entries, monthly newsletters, annual Writers Workshops, monthly Writing Challenges, attainment of non-profit status, and publication of two more books: Tales Told at Midnight Along the Rio Grande, edited by Mona Sizer and published in 2006, and Collected Tales From the Rio Grande, edited by Don Clifford and published in 2010.

2011-2014: After Don Clifford completed his tenure as Valley Byliners President, Sue Groves took over that duty for the next 3 years.

Sue was a great asset and had the Byliners join the local Chamber of Commerce during her term as group president.

During that time, Frank Cortazo, who had become a Byliners member during September of 2010, served as Vice-President of Programs.

He brought in a variety of guest speakers into the monthly meetings, including, among several fiction and non-fiction authors, some poets, a comic book writer, a musician, a forensics specialist, a 12-year-old published author, the head of the , at the time, local Sarah Book Publishing Company, and others. He, also, brought in some excellent guest

presenters for the annual Valley Byliners’ Writers Workshop such as Poet Laureatte Jan Seale and Alaskan author Laurel Bill.

During this time, Bruce Nelson was the Byliners Vice-President of Publicity with his colorful monthly newsletter that graced the group membership e-mails every month. These were, also, the first 3 years that Jose Alvarez served as group treasurer, a position that he would hold until the beginning of 2020.

2014-2017: With Sue Groves vacating the position of Byliners President, Frank Cortazo took over running the group with Ann Greenfield taking over as Vice-President of Programs until 2016.

Frank would ‘double-up’ as President and as ‘acting Vice-President of Programs with, not only monthly speakers, but writing activities, critique sessions, oral readings during his 3 rd year as President. During this 3 rd year, the office of Vice-President of Publicity, which had remained vacant after Bruce Nelson withdrew in 2014, would be filled by James Arnold.

2017-2020: With Frank Cortazo moving, for the next 3 years, to being one of the group’s 3 board members, (a slot that he vacated in May of 2020,) James Arnold took over as Byliners President. During this time, with assistance from the group, James did an excellent job of continuing the group meetings with monthly speakers and with providing some excellent workshop presenters. Ana Cavazos took over as Vice-

President of Publicity. The, still-vacant, Vice-President of Programs office was filled in, briefly, first by Mark Esperanza and, later, by Delma Rodriquez, (who would assume the duties of the board member slot vacated by Frank Cortazo.)

Kaitlynn Renteria took over as treasurer from Jose Alvarez in early 2020.

Writing Challenge Writers Contest: The monthly Valley Byliners Writing Challenge Contest has been an on-going aspect of the Valley Byliners since it was created by member Jack King who was the first person with the duty of running it each month. Since that time, members Don Clifford, Edna Ratliff, Christina Bennett, Jose Campos, Ana Cavazos, James Arnold have each taken a turn at being in charge of running it each month.

2020-2021: The current president of Valley Byliners is James Arnold. James has successfully moved the organizations meetings to a digital format. The year 2020 brought on a devastating pandemic that sent our organization scrambling to create an online presence. For the year 2021 Valley Byliners are hybrid, and hold their monthly meetings and Poetry Night on ZOOM and face to face.

Valley Byliners is a Texas based non-profit organization registered as a 501(c)(3) public charity. All donations to Valley Byliners are tax deductible.