Cadette Girl Scouts Camp At Port Isabel
179 Cadette Girl Scouts from 28 towns used Derry Elementary School in Port Isabel for their Marine Adventure slumber party. They cooked, slept in study rooms, held flag ceremonies, and split into boat rides on the Speedway Rebel and Dixie Laguna Queen, with tours of shrimp plants and shipyards guided by local leaders and council executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derry
Port Isabel
Bay
Derry Elementary School
Cadette
Speedway
Texas
Rebel
Crest
Texas Trimaran
Marine Mart
Bud Harris
J. A. Hockaday
Lorena Petch
Tip - O’tex Girl Scout Council
Norma Drake
Stella Ewing
Jack Mack
Milton Boudreaux
Sam Bird
Carl Jacquillard
Fly-in Scheduled By Lawyer Pilot Association
Lawyer pilots from across the United States converge on Port Isabel and Padre Island for the Annual Convention. Twenty four airplanes with about sixty delegates will land at Port Isabel Cameron County Airport this week, most arriving Friday. A welcoming committee will greet visitors Friday, with meetings at Sea Island Resort Hotel over the weekend and departures Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Port Isabel
Padre Island
Lawyer Pilot's Association
Cameron County
Helena Sandlin
Port Isabel - Padre Island Area
Troop 57 Second at 1965 AGY Camporee Port Isabel
Twelve Port Isabel Boy Scouts attended the 1965 Rio Grande Council Camporee at Fort Brown with 1,500 scouts from South Texas and northern Mexico. Port Isabel Troop 57 placed second in canoeing athletics lashing and signaling, set a record on the obstacle course, and earned third in rowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Rio Grande Council
Port Brown
South Texas
Mexico
Rio Grande River
Resaca
Fort Brown
Warren Sears
Seals
Melvin Derr
Joe Goette
Camp Perry
Grande City
Camporee Brings Scouts Together in Brownsville Event
Port Isabel Boy Scouts attend a Brownsville camporee near Fort Brown. Troop 57 departs Friday noon and sets up campsites before nightfall. The next day includes breakfast, campsite tidying, and a slate of events, with the day filled by competitions and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of
Port Isabel
Brownsville
Fort Brown
Camp Oree
Warren Seal
CofC Roster Grows In Boosters And Members
The Port Isabel Padre Island Area Chamber of Commerce promotes booster club participation with $1 yearly dues. New chamber members include Rio Grande Valley Gas Co Port Isabel Post Office Port Bakery Port Barber Shop and several individuals. Booster club additions list L A Nyquist Harlingen H W Foehner Arch ie Causey Buford Matthews J J Jaudon Stella Perez Nora Hughes Joe Lopez Servando Villarreal Florencio Rivera Sabino Villarreal and Bobby Tamayo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booster’s Club
Port Isabel . Padre Island Area
Rio Grande Valley Gas Co
Port Isabel
Harlingen
H. W. Foehner
San Antonio
Archie Causey
Buford R. Matthews
J. J. Jaudon
Stella Perez
Nora V. Hughes
Joe Lopez
Servando Villarreal
Florencio Rivera
Sabino Villarreal
Bobby Tamayo
U S and British Writers Guests On Padre Island
Four top feature writers from the United States and one from London visited the Rio Grande Valley as guests of the Texas Tourist Development Agency. They toured Bandera Corpus Christi and North Padre Island, dined at Surf Riders Club, fished for mackerel, and praised the Valley’s recreational potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
London
England
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Jack Jonas
American Automobile Association
John Gold
Bandera
Corpus Christi
North Padre Island
Brownsville
Valley
Matamoros
Mexico
Sea Island
Padre Island
Evening News
Chet Anderson
Christian Science Monitor
Peggy Constantine
Sun- Times
William Rollins
New York Herald-Tribune
Texas Tourist Development
Port Director Fritz Hofmokel Drowns at Padre Island
Brownsville and the Lower Rio Grande Valley mourn Fritz Hofmokel, port director who oversaw the Port of Brownsville era, drowned while swimming near Padre Island. Inquest ruled accidental drowning. Tributes poured in from Gov John Connally, Senator John Tower, U S representatives and local officials as communities honor his public service and impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Hoimckel
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Brazos - Santiago
United States
Dunes
Padre Island
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Frankie, Sr
Los Fresnos
Buema Vista
Darling Funeral
Ygnacio Garva, Jr
James R. Batsell
Russall Renifro
Richard L. Schultz
Arsel G. Lantz
Henry W. Ferguson
McClelland P. Hamby
Nolan R. Willis
George Metzenthin
Hofmokel
Kendall Hert
Hubert R. Hudson
W. Travis Jennings
Dr. Thurman A. Kinder Jr
Larry Lighter
Dick C. Morris
H. E. McNair
M. P. McNair
R. C. Nongard
R. L. Ostos
Sam Perl
Fred Pilgrim
Dean Porter
W. C. Roberson
Alfred C. Roser
Karl A. Hoth
D. Segal
Paul V. Springman
H. L. Stokely
Capt
N. S. Storter
Dwight D. Taylor
P. J. Vivier Jr
Milton E. Wentz Sr
Milton E Wentz, Jr
A.G. Williams
Vernon Vailey
Houston
Edgar Burchard
Mexico City
Hans Ditmer
Fallingbostel
Germany
Antonio Esteve
Matamoros
Otto Goedecke
Halseteville
Byrd Harris
Corpus Chris
Emil Hofmokel
Ansbach
Joe M. Kilgore
Austin
Louis Kocurek Sr
San Antonio
Shelby Longhia
W.H. Sandbert
Galveston
James W. Martin
New Orleans
James D. Russell
Russelltown
Konrad Schilling
Heidelberg
Kurt Schoenfelder
Frankfurt
Goma
Bay City
Clarence S. Sykes
J. P. Turner
Russell Wait
Kerrville
Hugo Weinberger
New York
Gunther G. Wittlich
John Connally
Montoya
Atwood
Ordell Robertson
Antonio Gonzales
William Aldridge
Ygnacio Garzatt
Lee Smith C.H
Dr. J. C. George
Dean
M. M. Vicars
Gene McNair
el —_ ton
Fritz Homokel
Valley
Shrimp Executives Meet in Washington for Fisheries Institute
Shrimp executives attend the National Fisheries Institute in Washington D C from April to May 5. Will Hardee and Virgil Versaggi attend. The North American Fisheries Conference will feature committee sessions including Industrial Products Division, Smoked and Cured Fish, Quality Technology, Convention Sites, Legislation, Refrigerated Truck-Warehouse Equipment Advisory, and more than 33 subjects in the fishing and shrimping industries. The Shrimp Association board of directors meets Saturday at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retary Association
Washington, D.C
National Fisheries Institute
Will Hardee
Virgil Versaggi
Industrial Products Division
The
Shrimp Association of the Americas
Port Isabel Merchants vs Patterson Grocery Clash At Night
Port Isabel Merchants and Patterson Grocery of Los Fresnos meet at Los Fresnos Ball Park tonight at 8 p m in the first night game of the season. Both teams share first place and a hot contest is expected. Port Isabel pitchers are Paul Martinez and Eddie Galvan. Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Patterson Grocery
Los Fresnos
Paul Martinez
Eddie Galvan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Red Cross
Hubert Dusek
A. W. Shafer
Ted Hunt
American Red Cross
Red Cross Fund Drive
P. O. Box
Norman Phote
Lawyer-Pilot Association
Troop 57
AGY Camporee
Efren Gonzales
Fritz Hofmokel
Port Isabel - Padre Island
Area Chamber of Commerce
Thelma Colley
Chamber of Commerce
Cofc
Powers Street
U.S
By Frank Hike
Washington, D. C
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