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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1958
Page
6
The twentieth annual Texas International Fishing Tournament begins Thursday and runs through Saturday with prizes awarded Sunday August 9. The event draws more entrants than ever as anglers show off improving catches and local fish fry by the Port Isabel fire department features the tournament catch on display.
Three men from Port Isabel were injured when a 1956 Ford left a curve on farm road 1792 two miles south of Highway 100. Driver Antonio Rivera and passengers Tony Galvan and Louis Gueara were thrown from the car as it rolled about two times. Rivera was taken unconscious to Mercy Hospital Brownsville with possible internal injuries. Galvan and Gueara were hospitalized in San Benito with hip pelvic and internal injuries. The vehicle clipped a guide post at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday while returning from Matamoros. the car was a total loss.
Vere Myrick led the local Democratic primary with 308 votes to secure a spot on the November general election ballot. John T. Jack Lennon received 49 votes and Alberto Cantu 78 in the lone contest held last Saturday.
The Brownsville Shrimp Producers association asks the Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce to back a plan for a permanent weather ship in the Southwest Gulf. The group argues it would aid shrimping, Valley agriculture, and Northern Mexico, and improve hurricane warnings.
The Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No 1 asks residents to avoid daytime lawn watering to preserve pressure for domestic use. The board hired Richard P Hansen to draft plans for a new water source, increased filtration, and transmission upgrades. Plans aim for public presentation in late August or September. The district has also engaged Sharpe Cunningham and Garza to coordinate meetings.
Deane D. Fletcher announces the adopted school calendar with start dates and holidays for the coming year. Four faculty vacancies remain, with resignations by Robert Vela Bessie Whitney and Jake Trice. The eighth grade will stay in the Junior High building while the tax office moves to the principal's former room.
The 20th annual Texas International Fishing Tournament set for August 7 to 10 in Port Isabel is nearly ready. Registration opens August 6 at the Yacht Hotel with a Blessing of the Fleet on August 7 and events including singles and doubles in several divisions, a beach party, and a prize ceremony August 10 at the Community Hall. Accommodations and boat reservations remain available but should be booked soon.
Democratic runoff elections will be held in all Cameron County precincts on August 23. County chairman A. M. Kent announced the statewide office runoff and two Cameron County Commissioner runoffs. Precinct 2 pits Johnny Ginn against Tony Tamayo Jr. Precinct 4 features Jack Cocke versus Guy Leggett to succeed Commissioner Tom Foster.
The Texas firm appears as the low bidder for the city sewer system project while the delay and protest window for oil rig permits in Laguna Madre is noted. Readers face garbage collection charges explained as city residents receive bills with the editor urging acceptance and calm over objections.
The City Commission accepted Paul E. Cornett’s bid of 139 061.71 for the San Benito Port Isabel sewer project and plans a 150 day contract. The agreement requires 75 percent local Port Isabel labor if available, and bonds will be finalized after performance bond clearance. Senator Lyndon Johnson and Congressman Joe M Kilgore coordinate related Gulf Intracoastal Waterway actions to review harbor maintenance.
Lt. Duane H. Neilson 22 of Ohio died when his jet trainer crashed and burned two miles north-northeast of Port Isabel Naval Auxiliary Air Station during a routine gunnery hop. The aircraft broke up as he attempted an approach for landing.
J W Shipley Jr and J W Jr of Dalas with guide John Birge catch 35 trout. J L Williams of Mission nets 14 trout. R K Odom and Mr Cartwright of Harlingen reel 18 trout.
On a Gulf fishing trip from a Texas boat with guide Pat McCoy, Dr. J W Osburn and party from Hendersonville Tennessee report boating 325 pounds of red snapper along with three ling four bonita and one Spanish mackerel.
Dr C J Youngblood of Houston records catching 18 trout in a local fishing limit report. The brief notes size and species details are not provided in the fragment.
Pat McCoy leads Curtiss Sharpe and Dallas party fishing on the Frank Gale with Frank Roberts guiding Mr. Riess party of Ada Oklahoma. They report 200 pounds of red snapper two ling and one moray eel and 300 pounds of red snapper four bonita.
John and Don Birge of Port Isa bel 61 trout. Charles Patterson and Bruno Leonard of Houston 43 trout. Kenneth Barth Jr. of Mercedes three trout and live pikes.
The report lists anglers from Houston and Gainesville, including Charles Zachry with 22 trout and Dr. C. A. Reitch with 24 trout. Lt. and Mrs. Bob Dietz, also from Houston, reported 43 trout two redfish and one gafftop, while Mr. and Mrs. Red Dietz netted eight trout and one redfish. J. A. Parker of Gainesville recorded a 344 foot tarpon.
Tuesday, July 29 records include Mr and Mrs Bernie Vaughn and daughter of Pecos with guide J Lock catching 18 trout. Nettie Lyons of Houston with guide Jack Bartholomew taking 5 trout and one redfish. O E Schumacher of Port Isabel reports four trout and four redfish.
On Wednesday July 30 Dr C A Reitch and J E Sell man of Houston caught 58 trout. John and Jim Birge of Port Isabel took 72 trout. Mr and Mrs Ben Schwarz of Mercedes netted 52 trout. Nettie Lyons of Houston and Thelma Gambrell of San Benito with guide Jack Bartholemew landed a 110 pound tarpon and nine trout weighing 6 pounds.
Pat McCoy guides Dave Banner and a San Antonio party on a two day outing reporting a haul of 1200 pounds of red snapper one bonita one king two dolphin and a six foot sailfish aboard their boat in Texas waters.
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