Caliche arrivals and chamber drive mark Port Isabel week
Caliche began arriving at 12 cars daily to Port Isabel streets with unloading planned until further notice. The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce launches its annual membership drive urging support for a progressive town program and installation banquet on May 11. Navy seeks over 5 million dollars to reactivate Laguna Madre Airport, prompting local assistance. Also notes Pablo Martinez’s heart attack and a mysterious sea creature dubbed Big Oscar aboard Captain John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Street
Navy
Congress
Laguna Madre
Port Isabel
Navy plans for Port Isabel base to refuel and rearm
Defense department asked Congress to authorize almost six million dollars for a Port Isabel Auxiliary Naval Base and Harlingen Air Force Base support. The funds would cover construction and communications, with radar gear planned at the Port Isabel landing field. Navy and Air Force moves began months ago, including land negotiations with Port Isabel and surveys of former WWII facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Defense Department
Congress
Harlingen Air Force Base
Joe M. Kilgore
Cameron County
Port Isabel Auxiliary Naval Base
Air Force
Port Isabel Landing Field
Af Congress
Navy
Port Isabel
District 86 B Meet At La Feria Port Isabel Students Shine
Port Isabel Junior High students competed in the 86 B Literary league meet in La Feria on April 16. Tom McClellan won first in essay writing and Robbie Fisher placed third in declamation. The eight contestants gave a strong showing as the district events also saw the basketball team win all games, girls volleyball finish second, and boys tennis doubles second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
la Feria
Tom McClellan
Robbie Fisher
Miss Sea Scout Of 1955 Named By Local Ship 56
Port Isabel residents will vote for Miss Sea Scout of Port Isabel 1955 in a contest run by Sea Scout Ship 56. Three crews nominate a candidate each, with votes costing one cent and balloting lasting about three and a half weeks. The winner will be named at a VFW Auxiliary sponsored gala fair.
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Ship 56
Port Isabel
Miss Sea Scout of
VFW Post
Red Cross Drive in Port Isabel Nets $159
Mrs. E. W. Heinzer Jr. thanks volunteers as Port Isabel locals conclude the annual Red Cross drive. The drive, held each year for about thirty days, netted $159 and follows similar drives in other areas. Britain announces port of Gibraltar upgrade plans. U S reports February uptick in factory employment.
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E. W. Heinzer Jr
Red Cross
Port Isabel
Britain
Gibraltar
Sheriff Charges Deputy With Embezzlement In Office
Sheriff Boynton Fleming jailed Guadalupe Villarreal, chief office deputy, after filing charges of embezzling county funds. Bond set at 7500, Villarreal yet to post. Audit fallout shows shortages from fines, fees, sheriff sales, with totals possibly reaching 6000. Fleming notes prior audits failed to reveal the shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalupe Villarreal
Sheriff's Department
Boynton H. Fleming
Fleming
Villarreal
Sheriff's Office
Udit
Shrimp Fiesta Boosters Elect Officers in Brownsville
Shrimp Fiesta Boosters club members met Wednesday at Mrs. B Williams home in Brownsville and elected officers for the coming year. President is Mrs L A Olson, vice president Mrs Vernon Boynt, secretary Mrs H A Adcock, treasurer Mrs Lester Hager, ways and means Mrs Warren Ditch, publicity chairman Mrs Theron Boynt.
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Brownsville
B. Williams
L. A. Olson
Vernon Boynt
H. A. Adcock
Lester Hager
Warren Ditch
Theron Boynt
Commerce Chamber Sets May 11 Installation Banquet
The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce announces a 30 day membership drive starting immediately. Two teams will compete for a free meal, as the winning side gains the losers’ tab. The group calls on merchants and citizens to attend meetings to support the year’s progressive program.
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Port Isabel
Chamber
Porter Isabel tenor to tour with SWT choir in Houston
Victor Eugene Landrum of Port Isabel will sing first tenor with the Southwest Texas State College choir on a Houston area tour from April 25 to 27. He is the son of Mr and Mrs M M Landrum Jr and also plays cymbals in the college band and belongs to the Morris Blairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Eugene Landrum
Port Isabel
Southwest State Choir
Southwest Texas State College
Houston
Landrum
M. M. Landrum Jr
Morris Blairs
William Newcome Dies in San Antonio
William Newcome longtime Port Isabel resident died Saturday night at Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio. He had worked at Green Island north of Port Isabel in recent years and funeral services were arranged by the Army post at Fort Sam Houston.
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William Newcome
Port Isabel
Brooke General Hospital
San Antonio
Newcome
Green Island
Fort Sam Houston
Pablo Martines Suffers Heart Attack While On Job
Pablo Martinez foreman for H. B. Zachy Co. suffered a heart attack Monday around 10 am. Dr J A Hockaday treated him and W R Sparkman transported him to a San Antonio hospital. He remains in bed about four weeks. A week earlier his crew set a 1911 feet one day curb and gutter record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pablo Martinez
Pabio
H. B. Zachry Co
H. B. Zachy Co
J. A. Hockaday
W. R. Sparkman
San Antonio
Martinez
Railroad Avenue
Final List For Paving Signers In Port Isabel
The final paving signer list brings the signed total to 218 with 98.58 dollars. The figure reflects property owners evaluation signed for liens on Port Isabel streets, covering homesteaded and non homesteaded properties. Signers include Cecelia and Manuel Reyes, Roy DeSilvey, Garza families, Estes, Harris, Mercurio, Goolsby, Worley, von Allmen, Neely, Tow er, and other residents from Port Isabel Corpus Christi Fort Worth and Brownsville.
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Port Isabel
Cecelia
Manuel Reyes
Roy J
Katherine DeSilvey
Roberto
Rosa Garza
Irma L
Douglas Freeze
J. A
Emily Estes
Alberto
Maria de Lla Garza
Lance J. Harris
Benjamin Diaz
Lillian Mercurio
W. G. Manders
S. Z
Ruby Byrd
Ethel Goolsby
James
Elizabeth Worley
John
Gladine von Allmen
Corpus Christi
Chas
Neely
Fort Worth
F. P. Tower
Brownsville
Polio Vaccination Drive Reaches Port Isabel
A total of 211 Port Isabel area children were vaccinated Monday with the Salk polio vaccine. The youngsters, from public Catholic and Baptist schools, received shots from Dr. J. A. Hockaday assisted by Dr. J. F. Gibson and a team of nurses and teachers. This began a series of inoculations with the second session to be announced.
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Port Isabel
J. A. Hockaday
Hockaday
J. F. Gibson
Alice Houston
Anderson
Marshall Storey
Clyde Privett
Raul Holland
Pascual Percy
William Bellinghausen
Girl Scout Cookies Go On Sale Here
Port Isabel Girl Scouts begin the 1955 annual cookie sale today through April 30 to fund Camp Lula Sams and summer camping. The sale supports troop treasuries with five cents per box staying locally and funds troop camping, swimming, hikes, picnics, and related activities for all scouts in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Bingo Night at Church Promises Door Prizes
A Catholic church will sponsor a bingo game at 7 p.m. on Sunday April 24 on church grounds. Several fine door prizes will be awarded.
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Rio Grande Valley
West Seventh Street
Weslaco
Port Isabel Welcomes Dr Gibson In New Medical Partnership
Dr J F Gipson of Fort Stockton joins Port Isabel physician Dr J A Hockaday in a partnership to start general medicine and surgery. Gipson, who owned a 25 bed Fort Stockton hospital, will use shared offices with Hockaday and add four rooms. They plan a clinic with about ten beds and eventual expansion. The Gipsons will move to Port Isabel about May 1 and have purchased the Adam summer home on the Yacht Basin.
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J. F. Gipson
Fort Stockton
Texas
J. A. Hockaday
Port Isabel
Hockaday
Gipson
Adam
Seniors Return From Mexico Trip Enjoyed by Port Isabel
The senior class of twenty students and five adults completed a trip to Mexico last week. A day by day account appeared in Tarpon Splashes. They traveled, studied, observed, and valued the opportunity, thanking Port Isabel residents for their cooperation.
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Port Isabel
GarbAge Can Check In Port Isabel Leads to Fines Warning
Port Isabel sanitation teams inspect garbage cans for rusted bottoms missing tops and other deficiencies. City Sanitarian O NeaI Le Blanc tags cans with a notice requiring replacement within ten days or penalties will follow for residents or owners.
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Port Isabel
Rodeo Attended During Onion Fiesta Weekend
Mr and Mrs Floyd Bobbi Mr and Mrs Bill Brown and Mr and Mrs Jack Merryman attended the rodeo held in Raymondville as part of the annual Onion Fiesta last weekend.
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Floyd Bobbi
Bill Brown
Jack Merryman
Raymondville
Bay of Surf Fishing Report Highlights April catches and leaders
Bay of Surf Fishing shows multiple anglers from Brownsville Dallas Port Isabel and Houston reporting hundreds of trout Spanish mackerel redfish and other catches from April 14 to 19. Notable totals include 650 trout by Pete Killum and fellow Houston anglers, 250 pounds of red snapper on the JOY guided by Frank Roberts, and many 20 to 90 trout tallies across a wide field of participants.
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Bay of Surf Fishing Co
H. Hardcastie
Brownsville
M. R. Bledsoe
Dallas
Cleo Pederson
Port Isabel
Henry Wecekriy
Washington
Kansas
Jim Ragland
Mission
Jim Crews
Glen Ragland
St. Louis
Mike Nickles
Alfred Shaylor
Bay of Surf
Henry Weckily
Isabel
Westbrook
Ray Carlson
Houston
William Robin
Mary Ville
Red Stevens
L. W. Cundiff
J. D. Hammett
Santa Rosa
Pete Killum
Buddy Riddle
Zimmerman
Thomas
Svens
Gulf
Frank Roberts
Salman
Randolph Field
Carey Freel
Johnny Bowen
S& BR Jackson
Ford Lockett
Bisman
Buster White
Harlingen
Buster Davis
Edinburg
B. W. Osgeke
Louis Camies
F. N. Covernale
Nick Ross
Jack Frank Caliva
Sam Cashiola
Prug
Joe Cutette
Johnny Riddle
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Bud Ward
Oscar
Fordyce Gravel Co
Sullivan City
Stafoto
U. S
C of C
Pablo Martines
Brownswill
Mexico
Port
George Belcher
EB. Leonard
Mr. Flores
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