dpb, my folks are in Harlingen, so I know what you are talking about.
Planning to get down there next weekend. Our neighborhood was built in
1957--we moved there in Jan. 1961. All the houses have gas jets in every
room for space heaters, but the original owners of our house had central
heat added. Funny, we the only ones with CH for years, and then one of
the last to get central air. I put in the system in 1995. We started
off with 2, and ended up with 5 window shakers before that. If you go
down there for the Holidays, have a good trip. Larry Btw,
when we moved there, Harlingen and McAllen were about the same size--not
anymore for sure. McAllen is a big city, Harlingen still nothing.