Port Isabel Track Team Takes Third in District Meet
Port Isabel High School finishes third with 84 points at the 32A District track meet held at Browns ville's Sums Memorial Stadium. Sharyland tops with 139 points, Rio Hondo 104, while Port Isabel also shows in junior high results and lists multiple event placements including A Bejarano and Jerry Galvan in field and run events. Duane Simpson's high jump mark from 1959 and Billy Galvan's 880 yard run records were broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Sums Memorial Stadium
Brownsville
Sharyland
Rio Hondo
San Isidro
Duane Simpson
Billy Galvan
A. Bejarano
Granado
Jerry Galvan
A. Lejarano
F. Camacho
S. Gonzales
L. Lopez
R. Raguisen
D. Dixon
A. Alverez
L. Dixon
School Trustee Election Day Urges Voters in Point Isabel
I Cover the Waterfront urges qualified voters in the Point Isabel Independent School District to vote at Garriga Elementary School from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Two trustees for Texas Southmost College at Brownsville are on the same ballot and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Isabel Independent
Garriga
Point Isabel
Texas Southmost College
Brownsville
Padre Island writer Ed Syers profiles Texas coast in outdoor column
Ed Syers, head of Syers Pickie and Winn, profiles Padre Island and the Rio Grande Valley for his Outdoors column Off the Beaten Trail. He travels Texas seeking authentic experiences and promises multiple future installments based on material gathered on Padre Island and South Padre Island during a recent trip with Willard Harlow and others.
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Padre Island
Ed Syers
Syers
Texas
Willacy
Mansfield
South Padre Island
Bill Harris
John L. Tompkins Company
Rio Grande Valley
Willard Harlow
Biog A
Bill Green
Crosby Reported Lost in Gulf Waters
Claude Crosby of the motor vessel Beach Runner, a salvage boat, was reported lost at sea early Sunday around 2:20 a.m. off the coast of Mexico. Coast Guard searchers scoured a 15 mile area by air Sunday and Monday, then resumed Wednesday as rough seas and fishing vessels hindered efforts. The Beach Runner, owned by Bobby Burlington, remains anchored at Port Isabel with no body recovered.
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Claude Crosby
Patrona
Port Sabel
Coast Guard
M. V
Bobby Bullingto
Port Isabel
TIFT Directors and Continued on Page Four
Local notes show TIFT directors meeting with agenda items carried over to Page Four. Readers can follow up on ongoing committee decisions and future actions as reported by the newsroom.
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TIFT
Science Students At TSC Schedule Rain Forest Visit
Twenty five Texas Southmost College Science students from the Gor gas Science Club plan a four day field trip to a virgin tropical rain forest in Mexico sponsored by Mrs Barbara T Warburton. They will travel by bus to Encino then by lumber truck to Rancho del Cielo Forest in the Sierra Madre Oriental.
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Brownsville
Texas
Mexico
Gorgas Science Club
Barbara T. Warburton
Encino
Ciudad Victoria
Rancho del Cielo Forest
Sierra Madre Oriental
District Tennis At Harlingen
District 32 A tennis meet scheduled for Tuesday April 9 at Harlingen. Coach Jake Trice has selected Sergio Helms Pat Bell Robert Christensen Rosemary Varnum Mary Ruth Pockrus Judy Schumacher Steve Woolverton Charles Bobbitt Richard Green Ramona Jones Ella Mae Higginbotham for singles and doubles events with alternates.
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Steve Woolverton
Charles Bobbitt
Richard Green
Ramona Jones
Ella Mae Higginbotham
Eliseo Vega Named Altar Boys President at Port Isabel
Eliseo B Vega 18 a Port Isabel High senior was appointed president of the Altar Boys by Father Lawrence Fanning O M, pastor. Vega has served in the group for ten years and holds roles as vice president of the Catholic Youth Organization and treasurer of the Legion of Mary.
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Eliseo B. Vega
Port Isabel High School
Altar Boys
Lawrence Fanning O.M
Eliseo
Catholic Youth Organization
Legion of Mary
Holy Name Society Organized At Our Lady Star Parish
At Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church a Holy Name Society was formed on March 23 1963 with Victor Bulerez as president and officersBill Nussbaum LeRoy Shirk and Peter W Martin. Bishop Garriga urged active lay participation and a group Communion at 10 00 Easter Mass with a breakfast meeting to follow. A photo will appear in the dedication brochure. Prospective members may contact officers or attend the April 5 meeting at 8 00 PM in the church rectory.
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Lawrence J. Fanning Omi
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
Victor Bulerez
Bill Nussbaum
LeRoy Shirk
Peter W. Martin
Mariano S. Garriga
Santa Rosa Drama Show Highlights Port Isabel Cast
Port Isabel High School performed John Kirkpatrick's The Nine Lives of Emily at Santa Rosa with special mention for Frank Meyners as Mr Reade. The group drew strong audience participation while Edgar Hood Brenda Hancock led as stage manager and stand-ins. Cast members included Mary K Kennedy Rosemary Varnum Israel Galvan Karlene Jaquillard Marie Yurkov and Robert Hockaday with Mrs Stella Smith directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Meyners
Mr. Reade
John Kirkpatrick
Emily
Port Isabel
Santa Rosa
Edgar Hood
Brenda Hancock
Mary K. Kennedy
Rosemary Varnum
Israel Galvan
Karlene Jaquillard
Marie Yurkovic
Robert Hockaday
Stella Smith
H S Students To Compete In Literary Meet
Port Isabel High School debuts a roster of competitors for the district 32 A University Interscholastic League literary meet set for Saturday at Sharyland High School. Alfred Evans Jr leads Extemporaneous Speaking and Randall Boswell appears in Prose Reading with several others across poetry, spelling, typewriting, science and more.
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Sharyland High School
Port Isabel High School
Alfred Evans, Jr
Reuben Sosa
Sandra Rice
Rand Boswel
Frank Meyners
Christine Yurkovic
James Harris
Alta Vista Apartments Change Hands to Borger Couple
Mrs. Ada Gaskill sells the Alta Vista Apartments in Port Isabel to Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Risher of Borger Texas. Risher, a retired oil producer, has visited Port Isabel for six years and plans to make it their home with a 150 foot waterfront and several boats. They enjoy the area’s varied fishing, especially deep sea fishing.
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Port Isabel
Shatto
Marians Highway
Ada Gaskill
Alta Vista
M. C. Risher
Borger
Texas
Risher
Rotarians Hear American Consul Cirala at Port Isabel Club
Joseph Andrew Cirala American Consul in Matamoros spoke at the Port Isabel Rotary Club meeting at the Anchor Restaurant. He outlined the consul’s duties and border city work, with ample questions from members and visiting Rotarians. Guests included Owen Tisdale, Hal Roberts, Andy King, Bob Roloff, Hal Vatey, and R. P. Martin.
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Joseph Andrew Cirala
Matamoros
Port Isabel
Hal Vatey
Traverse City
Mich
R. P. Martin
Manhattan
Kans
Jack van Beek
Raymondville
Poldsons Move Into New Laguna Vista Home
Mr and Mrs Walter Poldson moved into their new Medal lion brick home on Morris Street in Laguna Vista this week. They previously lived in Harlingen and before building permanent housing rented on Beach Boulevard. Laguna Vista boasts paved streets city water and natural gas. The house features gulf breeze oriented rooms 4 inch rock wool insulation central heating and air conditioning mahogany paneling in the kitchen and dining area and a screened patio overlooking a planned garden. The kitchen includes built in range oven copper hood vent and extensive cabinets.
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Walter Poldson
Morris St
Laguna Vista
Poldsons
Harlingen
Beach Boulevard
Poldson
Ed Syers praised as honest pragmatist in Padre Island piece
The author lauds Ed Syers for research and principled journalism during a recent Padre Island trip with Bill Green Hal Roberts and others. Syers plans multiple future stories on Padre Island and Rio Grande Valley, and will attend the Shrimp Fiesta and pavilion dedication. The piece notes a controversial fifty mile hike from Brownsville to Padre Island and back, and defends Syers against sensational claims.
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Syers
Mr. Syers
Padre Island
Bill Green
Hal Roberts
Leetcher
John Richards
Mansfield Cut
Ed Syers
Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville
Causeway Bridge
Edith Baines
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Virginia Rollman
Virginia
Gulf Waters
TSC
Eliseo Vega
H. S
Jeresa Petty
Andrew Alvarez
Eddie Perez
Noemi Gonzalez
Mike Meyners
Herlinda Saldivar
Linda
Concepcion Bocanegra
Sharon Byrd
Terry Christensen
Jesus Salazar
Helena Wickham
Nydia Gonzales
Grace Evans
Rand Boswell
Margarita Zuniga
John Ward
Alta Vista Apts
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