Silver trophies to crown Texas International FishTing tourney
The 24th annual Texas International Fishing Tournament in Port Isabel will award silver holloware in each division along with merchandise prizes donated by local and national firms. Major sponsors include First National Bank Harlingen, Poth Vegetable Co Raymondville, Valley Marine, and many others. Prizes for various fish species and junior divisions will be presented August 5 after the 11:30 a.m. fish fry, with displays at the Community Hall.
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Charlie's Sporting Goods
Port Isabel
Texas
Harlingen
White Sands
John Thomas Conoco
Jaudon Lumber Co
KRGV
Krgv-Tv
Merchant Marine State Bank
P. I. Schools Schedule Opens All Grades as Planned
The School Board met August 26 with a tour by architects and contractors confirming new and remodeled elementary buildings will be ready for the August 31 opening. Some facilities may remain unfinished but won’t hinder classrooms. Otto Langlois released the 1962-63 calendar with 176 teaching days and key dates including openings, holidays, and graduations.
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Otto Langlois
Tsta
Delhi-Taylor completes Hartt No. 1 oil discovery
Delhi-Taylor Oil announces Hartt No. 1 well 14 miles northeast of Fort Trinidad Field in South Central Houston County flowing 382 barrels of 54 gravity oil on a 24 hour test. Gas-oil ratio 1080 to 1, tubing 1100 psi, from Edwards limestone in four zones over 54 feet of perforations. Delhi holds full working interest and 3,000 acres leased nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Smith
Delhi-Taylor Oil Corporation
Delhi
Railroad Commission
Fort Trinidad
Houston County
Urban Renewal progress in Port Isabel and FHA loan options
Port Isabel Urban Renewal Board chair Angelita Smith reports continued agency activity. The city adopted a resolution designating its Local Bank as depository and notes significant property acquisitions and demolition plans in Project No 1. FHA Title I and new law loans offer extended terms for displaced residents, with conventional loans also available locally.
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Angelita Smith
Project No. 1
FHA
Port Isabel school year schedule announced amid building delays
The PRESS reports Port Isabel opens the school year with a full schedule in this issue. Kendricks, general contractor on new and remodeled buildings, fears door and window delays but expects arrival next week to keep completion on track. The paper praises school officials for their hard work toward a fine city school system.
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Port Isabel
Kendricks
285 Entered in 24th Annual Texas International Fishing Tourney
The Texas International Fishing Tournament reports 285 registrations for the first day at the Queen Isabel Inn. Director Bob Meade notes entries exceed last year and may top 1961 totals. Openings featured a Blessing of the Fleet near Padre Island with dock-space efforts and numerous Corpus Christi boats en route.
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Queen Isabel Inn
Bob Meade
Coast Guard
Padre Island
Corpus Christi
Houston
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Port Mansfield
Marcia K
San Antonio
Gulf
Navigation District
Lownsville
Local Reservists Return from Service in Berlin Crisis
Pfc Victor Bulerez and Angel Gonzales of Port Isabel are released from active duty August 3 after ten months with the 49th Armored Division at Fort Polk Louisiana. Bulerez, previously owner of Vic’s Sinclair Service Station, will resume duties August 6 and invites friends to visit. Gonzales served with the same unit and was among Port Isabel reservists recalled during the Berlin crisis.
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Victor Bulerez
49Th Armored Division
Fort Polk
Bulerez
Berlin
Vic
Sinclair
Port Isabel
Celia Marchan
Angel Gonzales
Guadalupe Gonzales Sr
Gonzales
Frank Eugene Goolsby
Gene Goolsby
Jody Goolsby
Ft. Polk
Cokie
Fishing Party Totals From Texas and Nearby States
Daily catch listings show multiple anglers from Donna Paris Odessa McAllen Houston and Port Isabel fishing trips from July 24 to July 30. Totals include red snapper ling sailfish dolphin king mackerel and numerous trout with counts ranging from single digits to two hundred.
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Don Sheldon
Carol
Donna
Texas
C. C. Taylor
Paris
C. G. Smith
Odessa
J. C. Millims
McAllen
Chaske
Houston
Marie Kenworthy
Port Isabel
Mr. Hay
Buffalo
Ben Cagswell
Dr. Wlote
Guthrey
D. T. Trup
Mr. Burton
South Carolina
Rotarians Hear CG Officers At Port Isabel Club Meeting
Port Isabel Rotary Club heard CG officers W O John Kittila Jr commander of the Port Isabel Life Boat Station and James Sayers Lt JG commander of the 95 footer. Kittila spoke on his Port Isabel work duties and his prior assignments and family. Sayers described the 95 footer duties crew size and specialists on board.
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Port Isabel
Fire report July entries from island incidents
Chief Keller records multiple island fires including grass fires on the island and at Reserva tion, a gas gasoline blaze at Brazos Fisheries and a pier fire. The month notes a heart patient oxygen equipment issue and a hotel yard trash fire along Padre Blvd. Training drills show four-man teams achieving 41 second hose deployment.
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W. P. Keller
Island
Bayview
Capt
Padre Blvd
Freshmen Class Registration at District Office
The High School Principal Mr. Gades will be in the Superintendent’s office on August 2 3 and 6 for class registration. All incoming freshmen are requested to come by. The band hopes to be organized before September 1. Those taking band for credit must enroll. Electives must be chosen before school opens.
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Gades
Port Isabel Lifeboat Station Ops Highlight Coast Guard Duties
Coast Guard duties at Port Isabel Lifeboat Station include aiding vessels and property within range, enforcing laws under the Federal Boarding Act, and maintaining navigation aids from the Rio Grande to Port Mansfield. CG 40475 tows DON, GULF FOX, and Brenda Marie. drills and patrols prep for the International Fishing Tournament.
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Coast Guards
CG 40475
Gulf Fox
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Sammy's
Texas Farming and Citriculture
Valley Transit Co
Sportsman
E. L. Caldwell & Son
Otto Schwab
Dial Dunkin
P. I
Delhi-Taylor
Eetessen
P. H
Weather Bureau
George Etz, Jr
Francis Knapp
White Sands Marina
Coast Grorp News
John H. Kittila
Port Isabel CG
James V. Sayers
IG Uscg
AGRI
Brenda Marie
Port Isabel Anchorage
Drill
Port Isabel Light
J. W. Sayers
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