Navy Port Isabel base awards seven of ten contracts
Seven of ten Navy contracts at the Port Isabel Auxiliary Air Base have been awarded. Fitzgerald & Co. Inc. of Donna received the seventh contract for sewage and water treatment plants worth 273 724 dollars. About 200 workers are on site with concrete slabs poured for a three story barracks and community building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Port Isabel Auxiliary Air Base
Fitzgerald & Co. Inc
Donna
Novier Construction
Mc-Alten
Alte Novier Construction
Fiesta Plans Set for Bigger Labor Day Weekend Celebration
Fiesta organizers preview a larger Port City Labor Day event with plans for concessions under Mrs. Gerald Wilson and spaces reserved by the committee. A Junior king and queen court will be presented at Hitch School on Friday evening with Cary in charge of the presentation. A well known band is being negotiated for the grand ball at the picnic area on Padre Island.
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Planis
Isabel
Arec
Gerald Wilson
Space Reservations Committee
Hitch
Mier Qeeren Cary
Padre Isbind
Cubs Plan Fiesta Parade Float During March Meeting
Den 2 Cubs organize a float for the Shrivgi Piste street parade at Laguna Vida. Mrs Tebort presides as teacher, the troop rehearses close order drill, and six members are listed as present.
Fishing Report Highlights August Surf and Jetty Activity
Houston anglers report multiple trout catches across jetty and surf fishing on Wednesday and Friday. Parties from Houston, Brownsville, Mercedes, and other towns logged catches from 16 to 40 plus trout with croaker also noted. Reports include various names such as Gisconne Sam Casti, Bob Baxter, Jerry Freeman, and Sam Snodsrass, among others, with locations like Gulf Hood and Bay areas.
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Gesper” Gisconne
Party of
Houston
Sam Castijiola
Bob Baxter
S. A
Jack Donaldson
Bob Ford
Huu Fay
Mike Sullivan
Sun Benito
Jody Gool- Oo
Pat Dabeh
Jerry. Freeman
Dixon
Buster White
Mercedes
Bobby
Fred. Hansen
New Road To Arroyo Contract Awarded To Ballenger Bros
The report notes Ballenger Brothers secured the contract for the new road to Arroyo. Details are sparse due to fragmented text but indicate a formal awarding process and involvement of local officials. The source mentions a Saturday date and references contact or inquiry procedures related to the project.
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Arroyo
Ballenger Bros
Part Of Plane Found In Gulf
Fragments of a plane body are recovered from the Gulf with debris and measurements noted. A search indicates weights and parts including a 20 pound item and references to a Port Lasbel area, with authorities tracing possible wreckage and identifying salvage at a distant site.
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Gulf
Avandiuttier
SECC
Geen
Boc Owencine
Aif
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Navy Auxiliary Base
Way
Cage Bros
San Antonio
Pees
Tower Construction & Co
Corpus Christ
F Roo. Davis, Inc
Land Electric
Troop 16
Mariners
Mariner
Petch
Janey Carpenten
Janet Bedell
Mary Starling
Karen Perch Weir
Den
Cubs
Fiesta
Mouston
Gillon
Hood
Texas
Fae
Huil
T. L
Trout
Fort: Worth
Stephen
Jom Berasy Howeton
Tute Meoc
W. MacRay
Haweton
Frenthmeit
W. de Franet
FI Toro
Ony Ap
HMC
Secanary
Ory
Episcopal Church
Port Isabel
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Garden Club
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