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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1973
Page
4
Port Isabel Post Office to join nationwide Postal Week with First Day of Issue ceremonies led by Postmaster General Klassen. Ten special Postal People stamps will be issued to honor postal workers at the Port Isabel Main and South Padre Island branches.
Laguna Vista Fire Chief Charles W. Moore announced the department received a 100 dollar donation from Mrs. Floyd Bobbitt in appreciation of volunteer firemen. The funds will aid in purchasing needed equipment after a recent garage fire was contained by their quick response.
Rates for The Port Isabel Press rise effective April 1 due to higher newsprint and production costs. Annual mail now 5 in Cameron County and 6 elsewhere. Publisher Steve M. Elam notes this is the first hike in over five years. Postmaster General urges citizen support. Mathis praises Postal Week efforts in Port Isabel.
About 3,000 cars stopped at the Port Isabel Area Tourist Information Center this winter asking for directions lodging eateries and places of interest. The center open 19 months offers brochures on Port Isabel South Padre Island for public use.
The zoo christened its new baby gorilla Bruno at a Friday ceremony for runners up and the top name submitter Mrs. Alice Hewitt of Alamo who earned a year of free zoo attendance valued at one hundred dollars. Twenty finalists were narrowed from 977 entries submitted across Texas with blind judging and age range of contestants from seven to seventy.
Port Isabel Post 498 commander announced Roger Villarreal will lead the 15th District Spring Convention of the American Legion in Zapata on April 7 and 8. Fifteen posts will receive citations for membership, with sessions, addresses by officials, and elections including delegates to Honolulu and district officers.
Citrus fruits and greens lead this week's counters with navel and Valencia oranges tangerines grapefruit collards mustard greens turnips and cabbage at good prices. Apples bananas potatoes squash carrots onions radishes and greens follow. Fryer chicken prices rise but remain a solid value given quality and cost.
Nutritionist notes egg supplies adequate with large sizes in best supply and Grade A large eggs offering best quality and economy. Beef prices hold steady with some special cuts. Best buys include duck roasts and steaks, round steaks, ground beef, liver, end-cut loin roasts, sliced quarter loins, shoulder roasts, hams and picnics.
The Women's Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. Roy Coons's home on Tuesday March 27. Members enjoyed carrot cake ice cream and coffee as officers and guests were announced. Jerry Watson of Merchants Marine State Bank and president of the South Padre Island Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce spoke on regional growth. The next meeting is set for April 10 at 1 00 PM in the Youth Building of the United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Juanita Voltaggio of Port Isabel rode Braniff Flight 183 diverted to Harlingen due to poor Brownsville visibility. Her husband Morris joked about trailing her decisions to land. She was returning from Houston where she met her new grandchild born March 25 to Steven Woolverton and Mary Collins.
Smalidridge of South Padre Island calls for resident donations to replenish the Mosquito Control Fund. Donations for materials and labor are to be paid to Mosquito Control Fund care of M. G. Smallbridge, Box 1602, Port Isabel, Texas, with the Cameron County Park Board handling payments.
Garland Marshall, longtime Texas Agricultural Extension Service staffer, becomes community improvement specialist to lead the Texas Community Improvement Program. Extension Director Hutchison notes Marshall succeeds Reagan Brown, who is on leave to join Gov. Briscoe’s staff. Marshall previously led management information in 1969.
The Driftwood Garden Club presents its annual Flower Show Music Literature Art at the Civic Center on South Padre Island. The event runs Friday April 13 from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Public admission is free with optional free will offerings. A wide variety of plants and shrubs will be for sale.
Fred McNab a Hardin-Simmons University sophomore is cast as a courtier in a Verdi aria segment of Rigoletto to be staged Friday and Saturday April 6 7 in Van Ellis Theatre Abilene at 8 15 p m by HSU School of Music Workshop.
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