Tarpon Band Wins Sweepstakes at District UIL Meet
The Silver Tarpon Band led by Manuel Mireles earned a Sweepstakes Trophy at the District UIL meet in Edinburg as the only Class AA entry among seven Valley bands. Judges Roy Norton Charlie Davenport and Don Curtis rated the band Superior in Concert and Sightreading after a four month effort. other district bands listed show varied ratings from I to III across classes and events.
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Silver Tarpon
Edinburg
Mercedes
Donna
McAllen
Harlingen
Brownsville
Roy Norton
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Charlie Davenport
Corpus Christi
Don Curtis
Richardson
Port Isabel
Lupita Gutierrez
Helen Ochoa
Glenda Spinks
John Moore
Beau
Unconscious After South Padre Island Car Crash
A 21 year old Corpus Christi man, Charles H. Thoren, remains unconscious at Brownsville Medical Center after a one car rollover on Park Road 100 on South Padre Island. He was alone and reportedly driving too fast for the curve, with a side skid measured at about 65 feet before the car rolled two and a half times into soft sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Brownsville Medical Center
South Padre Island
Park Road 100
Charles H. Thoren Thoren
Department of Public Safety
Zeke Cavazos
Cavazos
Easter Holy Week Services at Our Lady Star of the Sea
Holy Week schedule announced by Father A Santos lists 7:00 P.M. Masses and sermons at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church with Fr. Robert Pena from Brownsville delivering the evening talks. Services include Holy Thursday procession to the Repository, Holy Hour, Good Friday 3:00 P.M. Passion, Holy Saturday Easter Vigil 7:00 P.M. and Baptismal rites. Confessions run daily 5:00-6:00 P.M. and after 7:00 P.M. Holy Week services. Sr Pena invited to all.
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Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Father A. Santos
Port — Isabel
Robert Pena
O.M
Brownsville
Repository
Sr. Pena
Father Santos
School May Set Vote On 2 Million Bonds
Port Isabel trustees meet to discuss a possible 2 million bond issue for a district building program and decide whether to call a school bond election before year end. Data shows total facility costs around 1.7 million with Garriga Elementary at 242,831 and Derry Elem and Jr Sr High at 1,457,196. Also hires a new tax assessor and sets recreation program plans and student transfers for 1973-74.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Zimmerman
Ruben Torres
Rawson and Co., Inc
Garriga Elementary
Derry Elem
Jr.Sr. High School
Randolf C. Fletcher
Supt. Torres
Palm Grove
Torres
State Requests Okays To Retain Old Causeway
The Texas Highway Department seeks permission from the Eighth Coast Guard District to keep the Queen Isabella causeway and pontoon bridge approaches after the new Causeway is finished. The plan transfers the old structure to the Parks and Wildlife Department and leaves the approaches in place. After removing the pontoon swing bridge, a 150 foot clearance will remain. Protests or comments are due by May 11 at the New Orleans district office.
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Texas Highway Department
Eighth Coast Guard District
New Orleans
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Intracoastal Waterway
S. G. Putzke
Customhouse
Louisiana
Jaycees Sponsor Seat Belt Safety Program in Port Isabel
The Port Isabel Jaycees join several Valley chapters to run a 24 hour seat belt safety blitz from April 19 to 23. Officers will stop motorists at unspecified intersections and reward those wearing belts with a dollar per person. The 100th affirmative respondent wins a $50 savings bond. The effort will be highlighted on Channel 4's Table Talk on April 20.
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Port Isabel
Jaycees
U.S
Channel 4
Surfers Body Recovered Near South Padre Island
The body of Florian Garney, 20, of Houston, was found by fishermen on Boca Chica Beach two miles south of Texas Highway 4. He had been missing since April 7 after tumbling from his surfboard north of the Jetties Restaurant. The death was ruled due to suffocation with drowning as a secondary cause.
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Florian Garney
Houston
Boca Chica Beach
Garney
South Padre Island
Justice of the Peace
Ed Sarabia
Joseph H. Garney
Brownsville
Port Isabel District Sees 70 Percent Rise in Low Income Family Rate
Port Isabel Independent School District reports a 70 percent drop in families in the low income group from 371 in 1960 to 101 in 1970. With revised thresholds, Title I funding will be reduced for the next year, ending summer programs for educationally deprived students and welfare services, and cutting the truancy officer position.
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Port Isabel Consolidated Independent School District
Texas Education Agency
Port Isabel
Ruben Torres
Torres
Four File For Isle Offices In South Padre Island
Four South Padre Island residents filed as candidates for municipal offices in the newly incorporated township. Arthur Page seeks mayor, while Phillip A Schoppe William F Claus and Mrs Zelma Monlux filed for alderman. Filing closes April 25. Election set for May 26 at the South Padre Island Volunteer Fire Station with absentee voting May 7 to May 22 at Island Services. Health dept reports three new tuberculosis cases in the weekly Cameron County tally along with cases of strept throat chickenpox infectious hepatitis and amebiasis.
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South Padre Island
Arthur Page
Phillip A. Schoppe
William F Claus
Zelma Monlux
J. Harrison Diltz
Diltz
Cameron County
Ray Kamon
Larry Thompson
Island Services
Vicki O’flanagan
Cameron County Health Department
Breakers South Padre Island condo set for 185 units
John Canfield unveils The Breakers a 185 unit gulf front condominium to rise on 300 feet of beach north of the causeway on South Padre Island. The $12 million project begins this summer with low rise and a 14 story tower providing 1250 to 1760 square feet per unit and indoor amenities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Padre Island
John Canfield
Swanson, Hiester, Wilson and Claycomb Inc
Dallas
Brownsville
Bud Franke and Sons, Ince
New Causeway
Gulf
Dickens Named La Feria Chief
James Dickens Jr was sworn in as Police Chief of La Feria at a special City Commission meeting Monday evening The oath was administered by Notary Public Dottie Anzaldua Dickens previously served as a La Feria patrolman in 1967 and later joined Cameron County Sheriff’s department in the Port Isabel area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dickens, Jr
City Commission
la Feria
Dottie Anzaldua
First National Bank
Dickens
Cameron County
Island Easter Services Slated
Easter Sunday service at 6 30 am in Cameron County Recreation Pavilion Isla Blanca Park South Padre Island led by Reverend Clarence Bassett of Faith Presbyterian Church Brownsville with nondenominational services 8 30 am weekly. A cross will face the Gulf of Mexico as George Koch stages Easter music with his wife Susie. A parking and sealing committee led by Bassett coordinates hospitality and invites Island and Port Isabel residents to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bassett
Caneron County
Isla Blanca Park
South Padre Island
Bassett
Faith Presbyterian Church of
Brownsville
Cameron County
Gulf of Mexico
George Koch
The
Sea Ranch Marina
Susie
Louise Dillon
Kitty Locker
Irene Anderson
Ha Loetscher
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Lyford
Los Fresnos
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la Joya
Raymondville
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Rio Grande City HI
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Edinburg I
Weslaco IT
San Pena LM
Manuel Mireles
Man
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Canfield Associates
Island Easter
Alicia de Leon
Miss de Leon
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