07 Apr 1961
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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1961
Page
1
The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce announces a Last Chance Dance on Saturday April 15 at the Community Center starting at 8:00 PM. Admission is free with free movies and music. tickets for a motor boat and trailer donation prize will be available, with the drawing at midnight.
John G. Tower led the senatorial race in Port Isabel on Tuesday with 129 of 244 ballots in a light turnout. Bill Blakeley followed with 54, Henry Gonzalez 28, Will Wilson 22, and Maury Maverick 7. four ballots were mutilated, election judge Vere Myrick said.
A meeting of past Shrimp Fiesta directors and interested citizens is set for Monday at 7 30 p m at the Port Isabel Community Center. Brownsville participants will join as plans for next year’s celebration are discussed. The gathering is called by Harry Sexton, president of Shrimp Fiesta Incorporated.
Willard C Wolverton of Port Isabel was injured when a truck hit his road construction equipment about two miles east of Edinburg on Highway 107 during heavy rain. He was admitted to Grandview Hospital with a broken collar bone. The truck driver Jose F Lopez of McAllen received emergency treatment and was released.
Den 3 of Cub Scouts met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Jim Maddox home with mothers Mrs Maddox and Mrs Jack Hughes. David Privett elected denner and Ricky Hughes assistant denner. Cubs wrote thank you notes to Boling Texas cubs for a leaf collection. They plan a visit to Harlingen Air Force Base Observatorium on April 15. Ten cubs and two guests attended. Terry Maddox served cupcakes and grape drinks. Den dismissed with Living Circle.
Readers are shown Texas Highway Department statistics for 1960 with fatal accident tallies by month and day. The calendar notes nine deathless days, months with most and least fatal accidents, and totals for fatal, injury, and noninjury crashes along with a quirky DAtebook about a child's definition of a newspaper.
Brownsville hosts a district track and field meet at Sams Memorial Stadium with Rio Hondo Roma in the district lineup. Officials and coaches meet at 12 45 p m with events to start at 1 p m. Preliminaries run to 3 30 and finals from 7 30 to 9 05. Winners advance to the regional in Victoria on April 21.
Rep. Joe Kilgore wires The Port Isabel Press that Harlingen Air Force Base will not close until December 1962 after a six month delay. Flying training for navigators continues through December with Kennedy officials previously announcing a June shutdown. Kilgore cites time to pursue alternate uses such as a veterans hospital or Border Patrol academy and notes the Port Isabel station may shut in June without new development.
At a Tuesday meeting of the Point Isabel Independent School District Board of Trustees Beatrice Floyd and Leo F. Sanders took the oath of office after ballot correction. Floyd was named president with Sabas Gonzales as vice president and Roy Byrd as secretary. Tina Barrera, Notary Public, administered the oath. The meeting also authorized payment actions.
Congressman Joe M. Kilgore actively seeks to repurpose the Port Isabel Naval Auxiliary Air Station for a Border Patrol academy. He has written multiple letters and wires to stakeholders and cites a Kennedy reply forwarding the idea to immigration officials. A Corpus Christi conference with local merchants occurred, but details were unavailable.
Former Texas Highway Commission chairman Marshall Formby of Longview will be the main speaker at a port meeting. He is slated to dedicate the U S S highway 83 expressway from Brownsville to Mission, to be named in his honor.
Incumbents Leo F. Speck Sanders and Mrs Beatrice Floyd were re elected to the school board for three years. A total of 656 ballots were cast with Sanders leading at 253 votes, Floyd at 333, George College 229, E J LeBlanc 182, Jim Carey 133, Robert Kirkpatrick 7 and two write ins. Ballots canvassed at the regular board meeting last Tuesday evening.
The International Good Neighbor Council XIV Assembly in Austin April 10-13 will grant Mexican nationals with IGNC cards and their families a waiver of passports and visas from April 9 to 14. The waiver is coordinated by U S authorities in Monterrey and affects travelers entering via Brownsville Laredo El Paso and other border points.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Pfeiffer of San Antonio visit their daughter Mrs. William Immerman and family during the Easter holiday.
Joel P. O Connor of Port Isabel is named on the College of Arts and Sciences honor roll at Texas University in Austin. Dean J Alten Burdine announced the list this week.
The Texas Game and Fish Commission holds a quarterly session in Austin on April 7 with items including temporary county proclamations under new legislative authority, shell dredging permits on the coast, a proposed Mata dor grazing lease, a water pollution report, quail hatchery results, reef status at Port Isabel Port Aransas Freeport and proposed reefs at Galveston and Pass Callo, plus a request for an additional reef near Beaumont Port Arthur.
Harley H Berg of the Texas Game and Fish Commission will supervise an educational wildlife display at the Valley Boat and Sport Show to be held April 19 to 23 at Wood Airport. The exhibit features birds reptiles fishes and mammals of Texas and is a free entertainment feature along with boat and fishing displays. Cedric F Wood of Donna chairs the activity and invites sportsmen pilots from across the state to fly in and tour Mexico Falcon Lake or the Gulf.
Dr and Mrs Donald LePere and family of Houston spent the Easter holidays in the home of his parents Mr and Mrs O R Le Pere. Granddaughter Pamela Ann remained with them for the summer.
Resignations from Mrs. George Carr, Bob Williams and Mrs. Ruth Beil were received by Sabas Gonzales the board president until last Tuesday night and mailed on Wednesday. If accepted, three new members will be appointed to fill the unexpired terms, Carr one year remaining and Williams and Beil two years each.
Election judges and clerks set, naming board of equalization members W W Zimmerman Francis Kershaw Homer Poe with alternates R E Yonker J D Lindley and Jaye Faile. Board authorizes superintendent Otto Langlois to explore acquiring all or part of Port Isabel Naval Air Station for the school district.
Buck Haney of Port Isabel lands a five pound jewfish. J. R. Wilker son and party from Harlingen reel 45 sheephead. Hank Hauser and companion from Edmunds Kansas catch 53 sheephead nine trout and one flounder. O A Freeman and Alfred Shaylor of Port Isabel tally 70 sheephead. A L Beger and party from Illinois reel 60 sheephead.
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