Port Isabel Letters and Local Votes Highlight April News
Letters from former Laguna Madre Hotel owners Esther and Ollie Bassett praise local life as the area cools. the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Inc. extends thanks for support to the 1958 FFA and 4 H show. Liz Graves in Trinity Nursing Home invites correspondence as local officials swear in mayor and commissioner amid an April election.
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Jack
Laguna Madre
Port Isabel
Esther
Ollie Bassett
Bassetts
Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Inc
Mercedes
Grand Vally
Liz Graves
Trinity Nursing Home
Trinity Nursing
Nursing Home
Liz
Texas International Fishing Tournament Dates Set
Tournament directors in Port Isabel set August 7 as opening day for the 20th annual Texas International Fishing Tournament. The event runs through August 10 with prize awards. Francis Knapp of Weslaco was named president and Bob Meade as managing director.
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Port Isabel
Francis Knapp
Weslaco
Bob Meade
Rites Today For Mrs Martinez Port Isabel Resident
Catarina Martinez a Bayside cafe owner and Port Isabel resident since 1918 died Thursday at age 74. Funeral services were held at Immaculate Conception Church in Brownsville with burial in City Cemetery. Delta Funeral Home arranged. She leaves daughter Margareta Saenz a sister Mercedes and brothers Ernesto Miguel and Roberto.
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Catarina Martinez
Port Isabel
Carlos Cafe
Bayside
Immaculate Conception Church
Brownsville
Delta Funeral Home
Margareta Saenz
Mercedes
Ernesto
Miguel
Roberto
Cancer Crusade Starts With Coffee in Port Isabel
Port Isabel launches its Cancer Crusade with about forty volunteers meeting at Gulf Cafe to plan activities and distribute educational material. Crusade chairman John Trump aims to raise 16300 dollars in Cameron County to support American Cancer Society research and education, with 60 cents of every dollar returning to Texas.
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Port Isabel
Gulf Cafe
John Trump
Crusade
Cameron County
American Cancer Society
Trump
Pt. Isabel
Texas
Spring Music Festival Staged At Port Isabel High
The Port Isabel Parent-Teachers Association sponsors a Friday night Spring Music Festival at 8 in the high school auditorium. It features choruses from elementary to senior high, solos and a men's sextet with folk songs, Negro spirituals, and semi classics. Mrs. Fred Petch conducts. Penelope Marlin, Karen Petch, and Jerrie Birge are accompanists. Admission is 50 cents adults, 25 cents students. advance tickets sold by students for PTA project funds.
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Port Isabel
Parent - Teachers Association
Fred Petch
Port Isabel School
Penelope Marlin
Karen Petch
Jerrie Birge
PTA
New Officers Named for Local Little and Pony Leagues
Parents and volunteers gathered April 15 at Fireman's Community Hall to organize and elect officers for the coming year. Tom Hastings named president, Pascual Perez secretary, and Mrs. Jack Mack treasurer with the Rose family named area baseball commissioner. Donations are invited to fund the expanded leagues as the city clears the diamond, with a meeting planned for April 23 at 7:30 p.m.
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Harvey Rose
Rose
Port Isabel
J. A. Hockay
Tom Hastings
Pascual Perez
Jack Mack
Rodney Grayson
Lorenzo Barrientez
Raul Holland
John Tamayo
Willie Barrera
William A. Craft
Carl Martin
Joseph Hernden
Court Of Awards Tonight For Girls
A Court of Awards for the Port Isabel area Girl Scouts will be held tonight at the Junior High school auditorium beginning at 7:30. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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Port Isabel Area
Bank Holiday April 21 Observed for San Jacinto Day
Robert Overcash of the Los Fresnos State Bank says Monday April 21 will be observed as a bank holiday in honor of San Jacinto Day. Banks will be closed and customers are urged to complete banking before or after the holiday.
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Robert Overcash
Los Fresnos State Bank
San Jacinto
Valley Explorer Scouts to Hold Camp Perry Bivouac
The Valley Explorer Scouts schedule an annual bivouac at Camp Perry on April 18 to 20 led by Port Isabel’s Leo Baumfelder. Rio Grande Council units compete in boating archery marksmanship first aid fire building signaling rope climbing and aquatic skills with a Saturday night social and Sunday worship.
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Valley Explorer Scouts
Camp Perry
Leo Baumfelder
Port Isabel
Rio Grande Council
Valley Baptist Academy Fish Fry Planned in Harlingen
The Valley Baptist Academy senior class hosts a fish supper April 25 from 5 30 to 8 00 at 613 South F Street Harlingen. Adults pay 1 00 and children under 12 pay 50 cents. Tickets from students or at the door. Open House includes tours of four school buildings.
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the Valley Baptist Academy
Harlingen
Tarpon Track Men Headed to Regional Meet in Kingsville
Eight Tarpon track athletes qualified for regional competition in Kingsville with entries across sprints relays and field events. Ernest Holland was injured Sunday and will miss the sprint events though still slated to travel as a substitute for the relay squad.
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Tarpon
Kingsville
Albert Cantu
Hector Cantu
Roger Maloan
Noe Galvan
Steve Spoonemore
Ronald Lang
J. W. Fabacher
Ernest Holland
Two Teachers Take Summer Courses
E. E. McClellan and Robert Vela high school science and math teachers from Port Isabel will take five to six week summer courses. McClellan attends Southern Methodist University for six weeks starting June 4 and Vela attends the University of Arizona for five weeks starting June 9. The program is the National Science Foundation Summer Institute begun in 1953 to aid high school and college teachers in science and mathematics through grants and travel allowances.
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E. E. McClellan
Robert Vela
Port Isabel
McLellan
Southern Methodist University
Vela
University of Arizona
National Science Foundation
Bible School Study Course In Harlinger
Port Isabel Methodist church members attended the Vacation Bible School Training course at Harlingen on Wednesday morning. The date for the church Vacation Bible School will be announced later.
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Harlinger
Jack Mack
Karl Jaquillard
Harry Goette
Clarence Varnum
Cecil Moses
Walter Zimmerman
Port Isabel
Driver's License Suspended by Texas DPS
The vehicle operator license issued to Mrs. Vicki Day of Port Isabel was suspended by the Texas Department of Public Safety this week for involvement in an accident and lack of public liability insurance. Mrs. Day received notice of the suspension in Austin.
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Vicki Day
Port Isabel
Texas Department of Public Safety
Day
Department of Public Safety
Austin
Accidents Involving Port Isabel Student and Two Others
Ernest Holland a Port Isabel High student sustained a slight injury in a collision between his 1957 Ford and a 1956 Ford driven by Elias Becerra Garza of Rio Hondo on a Sunday afternoon at the rear intersection of highway 100 Farm road 1792. Garza suffered internal injuries. Holland reportedly stopped at Way 100 and Second Street before pulling onto 100 crossing Garza's path. Holland faces charges of driving with an invalid license and failure to yield the right of way.
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Ernest Holland
Port Isabel High School
Elias Becerra Garza
Rio Hondo
Garza
Holland
Way 100
Second Street
Bake Sale Slated by St. Andrew's Auxiliary
The women's auxiliary of St. Andrew's Episcopal church announced a bake sale for Saturday April 19 starting at 10:00 a.m. with headquarters at the Drug Store. Members urged cake orders or purchases during the sale.
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Woman's Auxiliary
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Seniors Win In Church Attendance Contest At Port Isabel High
The Port Isabel High school’s Religious attendance contest results show the seniors in first place with 82.2 percent over weeks. The school average attendance across all grades was 69.4 percent with freshmen second at 77.3, juniors 63.4, and sophomores 57.8.
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Port Isabel High School
Governor broadcasts to kick off Texas traffic safety program
Cameron County will help launch Texas first statewide traffic safety campaign with 9 30 a m meetings in Harlingen City Hall and Brownsville Court House. Judge Oscar Dancy says officials invited include mayors police chiefs sheriffs prosecutors and school superintendents. A similar meeting occurs in all 254 counties at the same hour. The governor will deliver a 5 minute radio speech over KBOR and KGBT outlining a plan to save at least 254 lives this year, a 10 percent drop from 2 539Last year. Awards will honor top county judge mayor and officials for reducing accidents. Local meetings will discuss cooperation and promotion of safety statewide.
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Cameron County
Texas
Harlingen
Brownsville
Oscar Dancy
Price Daniel
Governor’s
Highway Safety Commission
Brad Smith
Arriola Driver Lost Control In Early Morning Crash
At 5:30 a.m. on Farm road 1792 Enrique Arriola lost control of a 1950 Ford sedan turning the curve at unsafe speed. The car overturned about four times two miles from Highway 100. One passenger left the scene unidentified. The Ford was listed as a total loss. County Highway Patrolman Allan Weaver said the accident occurred as Arriola tried the curve too fast. Arriola was not injured.
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Enrique Arriola
Arriola
County Highway Patrol
Allan Weaver
Investige
Harlingen Air Force Pilot Cited In Bayside Wreck
Walter Hansen of Harlingen Air Force Base cited for following too close after colliding with Carlos Perez’s car on Bayside. Hansen’s 1956 station wagon sustained about 100 dollars in damage. No injuries reported. Patrolman Allen Weaver investigated. Coach Langston Pate at Lage Fresnos seeks three exhibition games before the district softball tournament in La Joya on April 26.
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Walter Hansen
Harlingen Air Force Base
Bayside
Carlos Perez
Baye Side
Hansen Auto
Allen Weaver
Langston Pate
Lage Fresnos
Falcon
la Joya
Pate
Fishing party catches trout and mackerel in Texas waters
The report lists anglers and catches from Thursday to Saturday April 10 to 12. Kenneth Barth and party of Mercedes reported 65 trout and Spanish mackerel on Thursday, with other parties from Plainview Houston Lubbock Port Isabel and Olustee noting trout or sheephead totals ranging from 15 to 85.
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Kenneth Barth
Mercedes
J. C. Roberson
Plainview
E. W. Skinner
Houston
Jack Bartholomew
Port Isabel
Buster Macon
Weldon McAllister
W. O. Lockwood
Lubbock
Jack Cannon
Walter Vandever
Sunday, April 13 Homer Ashworth of McAllen 18 Sheephead
Homer Ashworth of McAllen catches 18 Sheephead on Sunday fishing outing. The event notes his name and location without additional context or outcomes.
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Homer Ashworth
McAllen
Trout Catch Records From Port Isabel Series
On April 15 anglers including E. Randolph Eunice NM with 32 trout E. H. Garrett Port Isabel and party with 15 trout E. W. Skinner Houston and Jack Bartholomew Port with 34 trout Dr C A Reitch and Mr Nowley Houston with 50 trout reported catches in a regional note.
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E. Randolph
Eunice
New Mexico
E. H. Garrett
Port Isabel
E. W. Skinner
Houston
Jack Bartholomew
Port
C. A. Reitch
Mr. Nowley
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Toni Spradling
Driftwood Garden Club
J. A. Hockaday
Naya Perez
Roberto Garcia
Mrs. Martinez
Cancer Crusade
Court of Awards
Baptist Academy
Methodist Church
J. M. Atchison
Olustee
Okla
J. C. Youngblood
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