Flower Show Attendance Surpasses Expectations
Attendance at the Flower Show far exceeded expectations with strong support from Garden Club members. The event, themed The Four Seasons, took place at the Firemen's Center and featured fifteen classes, numerous ribbon winners, and special awards for horticulture and display art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driftwood Garden Club
Mia Ida Hn
Lawrence Alien
Portage
Charles Stransky
Mercedes
Mrw
Eerie
Ruth
Eere
Leonard
Manning Dieviam
N. D. Vous
Thomas Achard
Brownsville
Bay Fishing Tournament Opens Entries With License and Fee
Port Llewellyn hosts a Bay Fishing Tournament from April 24 to May 3. Entry costs a license and a dollar, with prizes in adult and junior divisions for largest trout drum sheephead flounder and redfish. Charlie Berry chairs the Rotary Bay Fishing Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Retwery Club
Billy
Port Lew Bel
Charlie Berry
Rotary Club
Euirece
Dale
Anderwe
Ronald Karg
Jerry Kay
John Wilcox
Wil
Fishing
Charlie's Sporting Goods
Port
CYO Members To Attend Deanery Meeting In San Benito
Our Lady Star of the Sea CYO members will attend the deanery meeting on Sunday April 19 at the Community Building in San Benito. The gathering begins at 2 PM to discuss plans for the girls volleyball tournament boys basketball tournament trophies and other matters from the past three months.
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Our Lady Star of the Sea C.Y.O
Ind
San Benito
Joes Aoe
C.y.0.is
Work To Resume On Isla Blanca Marina Project
Jay Albeanese of New Orleans, president of Oceanographic Development, Inc., said work will resume this week on the Isla Blanca Park marina. After delays to dry the earthen fill, 10 covered boat houses and the auto and marine station will be built, with dredging and stalls already completed and some stalls leased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isla Blanca Park
Jay Albeanese
New Orleans
Albeanese
Oceanographic Development, Inc
Euto
Causeway Monthly and Yearly Totals Recorded
The document lists a month total of 7 863 and a year total of 64 092 for Causeway with a grand total amount of 1 993 656. No further context or dates are provided in the readable text.
Five Day Forecast Warm Temperatures With Light Showers
The forecast calls for average highs of 82 to 88 degrees and lows around 63 to 66. Precipitation remains light with isolated showers mainly in the latter part of the period.
Local shops offer women sportswear on South Padre Island
Readers note Hazel’s Fashions in Port Isabel and Ocean Palms Center and TV Shop on South Padre Island stock women’s sportswear for Valley residents and winter visitors. Emily Ment and Mrs. Marie Mienken present clothing lines while Julie McGehee leads selections at Ocean Palms Center. Continued on page 6.
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Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Ocean Palms Center
South Padre Isiand
Emily Ment
Marie Mienken
Hazel's Fashions
One Valley
Hazel’s Fashions
Julie McGehee
Glenn
Texas
Thei Arival
Sea Island Resort
Scout Troop 57 At Camporee
Members of Scout Troop 57 and leaders attended the Rio Grande Council annual Camporee at Pendleton Park in Harlingen over the weekend. A group of 24 scouts and 2 leaders camped, won a Blue Ribbon for attendance and new registrations, and patrols Eagles Hawks Jarpons Buffaloes Wolves Flaming Arrows earned skill awards.
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Rio Grane Council
Pendleton Park
Harlingen
Port Isabel
Park
David Woolverton
Beto Garcia
Danny Puff
Dee EN
Eddie Pechack
Butch New
Melvin Derr
Primatevo Galvan
Orlando Villareal
Johny Nussbaum
Terry Freeze
Gabriel Guzman
Lupe Nunez
Mateus Salazar
Joe Garza
Mario Gutierrez
Ted Galvan
Joe Villarrea
Rosendo Martinez
Efrem Gonzals
Robert Turner
Chuck Rasmussen
Joe Goette
Francisco Galvan
DePeyes Guillen
Demago
Gamage
Panchito Galvan
Jimmy Buiff
Bob ‘Sten Aion Beoumsaewan
Port Isabel City Commission Holds First Meeting of Term
The newly elected Port Isabel City Commission canvassed votes at their first meeting. A. Hockaday was named mayor, Zimmerman placed as council member, and Dan Marchan Jr. earned commissioner place two. Bonds were posted and W. W. Zimmermen named mayor pro tem.
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Port Isabel
Bay
SP Ncu
A. Hockaday
Zimmerman
Dan Marchan, Jr
W. W. Zimmermen
School Board Sues Over Property Taxes in Port Isabel
A Post Isabel landowner Lance Harris faces a district court tax suit for back taxes and penalties dating to 1953. Paint Isabel Independent School District seeks taxes on land parcels totaling 2990.40 with penalties and interest of 484.22, total 2574.65. The State of Texas Cameron County Port Isabel and Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No. 18 are impleaded defendants.
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Post Isabel
Lance Harris
Ihird District Court
Paint Isabel Independent
Harris
State of Texas
County of Cameron
Cty
Port Isabel
Cameron County
White Sands Motor Lodge guests report mixed trout and sheephead
Guests from Texas and Oklahoma recount catches at the White Sands Motor Lodge and Marina. Thomas M Anderlich of San Antonio nets 26 trout and 12 sheephead, all four to five pounds. Capt R D Jones and others from San Antonio plus Ponca City report 66 trout and several sheephead, including a 7 pounder. Pasadena and Dallas visitors share several four to five pound fish and other trout.
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White Sands Motor Lodge
Marina
Thomas M. Anderlich
San Antonio
Tex
R. D. Jones
Ariin
Robert
Glen Cales
Ponca City
Oklo
E. B. Morrison
Houston
Pasadena
Texas
J. Witten
Dedication Day Draws 10,000 Plus To Padre Island Causeway
More than 10,000 people used the free Padre Island Causeway toll Sunday to enjoy beaches and shop. Ygnacio Garza chaired the Cameron County Park Board ceremony, a 3 hour event with band, fashion show, and dignitary introductions. Speakers Kilgore Tunnell and Boatner forecast strong seashore impact and a $14 million tourism boost. 1,878 cars crossed the causeway by 6 p.m.
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Isla Blanca Park
Joe Kilgore
Oscar Dancy
Texas
House of Representatives
Byron Tunnell
Cameron County Park Board
Ygnacio Garza
Our Lady Star of the Sea
Port Isabel
Charles Boatner
Secretary of the Interior
Udall
Padre Island Causeway
Allen
Cameron County Parks Board
Al McGehee Named New STPA Aide in 1964 Bulletin
The South Texas Press Association appoints Al McGehee as the new STPA aide succeeding Howell Jones. McGehee, born 1919 in Brazoria County, has a background in news, advertising, and public works including directing Cameron County beach park facilities and a major causeway project.
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South Texas Press Association
Howell Jones
Albert 8
McGehee
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Albert
Howell
Brazoria County
Colpg
Busic
Peter Fo
Aer O
Cameron County
Commerce
San Benito
Padre
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Homer Poe
Leonard Kelt
Richard Reitherford
Ben Camere
John Kittle
Mr. Benton
Sabre
Padre Island
Drownaville
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F. Sobrino
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Gen. Achard
Menaing Dieham
Mre No. Vous
Charles Dirensky
Mary W. Ruth
Ming
McAllen
Ohio
CYO
Isla Blanca Marina
Camporee
City Commission
Queen Isabel Inn
Pat Vaughan
Dallas
H. W. Holiman
Edinburg
Robert Northcutt
Ocean Palm Center
Tann Shop
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Cameron County Commissioners Court
KGBT
Congress
Padre Island National Seashore
Kilgore
Bryan Tunnell
Tunnell
Miami Beach
U. S. Ment of the Interior
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U. S. Department of Interior
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