Bicycle Safety Week Observed by Local Elementary Schools
Governor Dolph Briscoe designated April 10-16 as Bicycle Safety Week in Texas. Garriga Elementary and Derry Elementary held activities led by Bertha Zamora, district liaison, urging adults to watch for children on bikes and promote Port Isabel as a safer city for young cyclists.
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Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Garriga Elementary School
Derry Elmentary
Bertha Zamora
Port Isabel
School Trustee Meeting Sets Stage for Fiscal Overseer
Board members discussed hiring a business manager to oversee district finances. They approved a new teacher salary schedule, hired several teachers, accepted resignations, awarded bids for art furniture and library books, and tabled aud itor recruitment. The 1978-79 calendar with 175 teaching days was approved alongside four tax roll corrections and student insurance. Superintendent reported accreditation for Junior and Senior High Schools and noted board attendance at the May Rio Grande Valley conference.
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Guerra
Byrd
Margaret Carnisi
Jan Allen Rogue
Ann Roberts
James Roberts
W.R. Grace
American Desk
Texas
Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges
Rio Grande Valley School Board Association
Island Pioneer Reverend Paul Abbott 68 Dies in Brownsville
The Reverend Paul Robert Abbott 68 longtime Brownsville Episcopal pastor died at his Padre Island home early Monday April 17. He led Church of the Advent Brownsville 1950–60 and helped establish Church of the Ascension Matamoros and St. Paul’s Browns ville. He earlier served in Oklahoma El Dorado Arkansas Cuernava Mexico and Cueva Texas before retirement. He studied at Amherst Northwestern and Union Theological Seminary. Survived by widow Pauline and three children Dwight Abbott Emily Abbott and Kathryn Ayers. Funeral was 3:30 p.m. April 19 at Church of Advent. Burial Buena Vista cemetery. Donations requested to Church of Advent for a medical scholarship.
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Brownsville
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Matamoros
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Oklahoma
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Ark
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Cuernava
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Cueva
Texas
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New York
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Dwight Anthony Abbott
Emily Abbott
Chicago
Kathryn Grace Ayers
Long Valley
New Jersey
Church of Advent
Leonardo Romero
Monterrey
Buena Vista Cemetery
Board actions and hires at Island city hall
The Board of Aldermen approved hiring Fred Jacobs as fire marshal with a $600 monthly salary and $100 car allowance, and Frank J. Milan as town building official starting by May 15. May 3 meeting set. Also notes Abbot's death and Milan’s background with Brownsville firms. Commencement for Texas A&I University set for May 12 with five doctorates, Leach to preside. Troy Giles named to succeed McGehee on the Board of Adjustments.
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Paul Abbot
Fred Jacobs
Brownsville
Frank J. Milan
Milan
Troy Giles
McGehee
Board of Adjustments and Appeals
Balli Family Lands Claim Tied to Island Ownership
Gonzales noted ownership disputes over the Island date to 191 and 1944 Texas court rulings favoring Balli heirs, with a renewed action in 1969 yielding little. He argued the land claims persist because treaty violations barred the statute of limitations, asserting the federal government must enforce the treaty and that documents will back their position.
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Gonzales
Texas
Balli
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