County Bonds Would Fund Area Highway Improvements
County voters face a $3,000,000 bond issue on August 26 to fund extensive road work in the Port Isabel Padre Island area. Projects include Park Road 100 extensions, Port Isabel approaches for a new four lane causeway to South Padre Island, and several right of way and utility ventures across Precincts 1 3 and 4 with totals exceeding hundreds of thousands. Brownsville Chamber of Commerce endorsed the plan and officials warn that without bond approval matching state highway funds totaling $22,000,000 for Cameron County could be diverted to other areas.
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Port Isabel Padre Island
Park Road
Willacy County
Precinct
Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Tandy Road
Commissioner Precinct No. 3
U.S. 83
Arroyo City Loop
Arroyo City Wildlife
Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge
Buena Vista
Orphanage Road
Santa Rosa Loop-Paloma
Briggs-Coleman
Primera Rd
San Benito-Olmito
Brownsville
Hidalgo County
Brownsville Chamber of Commerce
Cameron County
Isla del Son
Sea Island
Hwy. 100
Island Concern Reorganized Gets New Loan
South Padre Investment Corp. dissolved and conveyed all holdings to South Padre Development Co. Inc. of South Padre Island. The firm reorganized with liquidation and three promissory notes totaling 10 million dollars. The loan came from American General Life Insurance Co. of Delaware with others in Dallas Houston and Massachusetts. The deal covers about 31 000 acres in Cameron Willacy and Kenedy counties along with assorted equipment. Directors named include C L Fincher James R Stanley Jean W Stanley George D Byfield and Ronald Wilson.
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South Padre Investment Corp
South Padre Development Co., Inc
South Padre Island
Jean W. Stanley
Cameron County
Investment Corporation
American General Life Insurance Co
Delaware
Houston
Republic National Bank of Dallas
Justice Mort-gage Investors
Massachusetts
Cameron
Willacy
Kenedy Counties
C.L. Fincher
Harlingen
James R. Stanley
George D. Byfield
Austin
Ronald Wilson
San Marcos
Veteran To Hike Length Of Isle
A 21 year old Vietnam veteran Gordon L. Dillon of South Padre Island will hike 110 miles along Padre Island from the southern tip toward Corpus Christi early tomorrow. He plans a four to five day trek with a lightweight pack and pup tent and will return to South Padre Island within a week after resuming University of Houston studies.
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Padre Island
Gordon L. Dillon
South Padre Island
Corpus Christi
Dillon
University of Houston
Laguna Vista to hold special election for three alderman seats
Laguna Vista faces three alderman vacancies after resignations by Frank McCoy and John Bittenbender and absence of George Harrison. Mayor C W Moore says City Secretary Edward Hale blocks notice, while City Attorney Tom Fleming urges a special election. Regular council meeting on August 14 requires a quorum. Remaining aldermen are Mrs Wilesther Page and Douglas Tabor.
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Laguna Vista
C.W. Moore
Frank McCoy
John Bittenbender
George Harrison
Board of Equalization
Moore
Edward Hale
Hale
Wilesther Page
Douglas Tabor
Jaycee Of Month Elected At Port Isabel Meeting
Benny Ochoa III was chosen as Jaycee of the Month for July during the Port Isabel Jaycees meeting on August 3. He serves as state director and chaired the main project last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Ochoa, III
Port Isabel
Faculty Elects Campus Representatives for 1972-73
Faculty representatives for 1972-73 were elected before term end. Betty Deason Garriga Campus Jim Moses Jr Sr High Campus and Joe Rodriguez Derry Campus will serve this year as liaison between administrators and teachers and promote teacher organizations.
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Betty Deason
Garriga
Jim Moses
Jr.Sr
Joe Rodriguez
Derry
Edcouch Man Drowns Near Andy Bowie Park
Robert Salinas, 22, of Edcouch drowned last Sunday about a mile north of Andy Bowie Park after an inner tube incident. Andra Garza, 13, and Norma Tamez, 19, of Elsa were rescued. Salinas was swept away by an undercurrent ten minutes later. Ruben Garcia, 23, of Edinburg aided the rescue effort.
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Andy Bowie Park
Andra Garza
Elsa
Robert Salinas
Jack Allerton
Miss Garza
Norma Tamez
Ruben Garcia
Edinburg
Salinas
Fishing Tourney Yields Strong Catches Across Divisions
Despite a late start in the Texas International Fishing Tournament, the event drew 458 contestants and produced abundant catches including seven blue marlin, two white marlin, and 39 sailfish along with tuna, wahoo, and dolphin. Prizes honored Eddie LaMotte for king mackerel and W.K. Bondesen and Gayle Moore for marlin and white marlin, with numerous other youth and bay, tarpon, and offshore awards listed.
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San Benito
Eddie LaMotte
Kingfish
Gayle Moore
Houston
Richard R. Woods
M.D. Corpus Christi
Bill Brown
Pharr
Floyd Schneider
San Antonio
Stan Richardson
Dallas
M.P. Hooge
Mark Skrobarczyk
Kingsville
Gaston Machado
Arlington
Don Sheldon
Donna
Gary Guenzel
Harlingen
Tom Gibson
Bobby Burns
Vere Wells
Port Isabel
Wallace Bennett
Mission
Jack Elliott
Galveston
Eddie la Motte
Philip Shumate
Tony Oliveira
Brownsville
Ernest Brown
Curtis Causey
Victor Barrera
Danny Davis
Carl Martin
Rocky Algoe
Deep Sea
Brad Richards
Tommy Atkins
Norman
Okla
Phil Shumate
Bert Hill
Edinburg
Lori Moore
Helen Woods
Corpus Christi
Mary Massey
Laguna Vista
Martita Wells
Don Scogin
Leon Day
Wade
Bay
Louis Fechner
Alvin Winning
Jerry Sonnier
Board Paves Way For Isle Projects
Cameron County Park Board moved to expand South Padre Island utilities by selling water and sewer facilities at Isla Blanca Park to Cameron County Fresh Water District No. 1 for 111000 and selling one acre for 14000 for a future sewage plant. CP and L easement for a new low profile substation in Andy Bowie Park enables CP&L upgrades with 30000 in local improvements. The district received an ED A grant of 763200 for extending services and plans include more pump sites underground raw water lines and bigger storage.
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Isla Blanca Park
Cameron County
Central Power & Light Co
Andy Bowie Park
Port Isabel
Cp&l
Isla Blanca
Registration Schedule Set for Port Isabel ISD
Port Isabel Independent School District sets late month start with teachers and students returning Monday August 28. Kindergarten to sixth grade registration on August 24 and 25 at Garriga and Derry. seventh to twelfth graders register August 28 in the high school library. First student holiday is Labor Day September 4.
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Port Isabel Independent School District
Ruben M. Torres
Garriga
Derry
Jr.Sr. High
Port Isabel Jr.Sr. High School
Carl Christensen
Frank Mras Resigns From Port Isabel Lighthouse Park
Frank Mras, supervisor of the Port Isabel Lighthouse State Park, submitted his resignation July 15 to the Parks and Wildlife Department effective August 31, 1972. His future plans are uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mras
Port Isabel Lighthouse
Parks and Wildlife Department
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Tejon Road
el Jardin Road
Los Fresnos
Bayview
Arroyo City- Atascosa
Paredes Line Road
Carmen Ave
U.S. 281
Montezuma Road
Ation
NAMF
Elliott
TIFT
W.K. Bowdensen
Ednah H
Island Concern
Isle
Tom Fleming
Jaycee
Cameron County Health Department
Benney Ochoa
I/ Jaycee
Missouri Pacific Lines
Charles Polhemus
Southland Life Insurance
W.K. Bondesen
Knapp
Cameron County Park Board
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