Rotary Governor Visits Port Isabel Club For Three Meetings
District 593 Governor Jack Drake of Weslaco conducted three Rotary events in Port Isabel including a 10 am session with President Larry Allen and Secretary Pete Smith, a noon directors and chairmen meeting, and a luncheon talk praising the club’s work. He urged studying INTERACT and boosting attendance. Mrs Drake hosted a coffee for Rotary wives at White Sands Motel.
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Port Isabel
Rotary International
Jack Drake
Weslaco
Club
Your Ae
Beaulah Lee Park
Gov. Drake
Atlantic City
Lake Placid
New York
Drake
Port Isabel Tarpon Quarterback Club Set Meeting
The Port Isabel Tarpon Quarterback Club invites all members and fans to a first season meeting at the School Library on Monday August 7 7 30 p m.
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Quarterbac Club
Port Isabel
The
Tarpon Club
Plans for Open Market Treasures Trinkets and Trash
A Port Isabel South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce meeting outlines an open air Treasures Trinkets and Trash market to open the first Saturday in November. Vendors may sell new and used merchandise with an auction service. Bill Nussbaum presided in Bud Harris absence. another meeting will be scheduled after Harris returns. Coffee gatherings occur every Monday at 10 am for interested attendees.
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Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Bill Nussbaum
Area Chamber of Commerce
Harris
Solon Warns Patrol Class of Infiltration
U S Rep Eligio de la Garza urged 56 new border patrolmen at Port Isabel to guard against infiltration in a Border Patrol Academy graduation. He warned that infiltration endangers internal security, noted Viet Nam concerns, and urged adherence to laws while treating entrants with dignity. Three top graduates received commendations: John Anthony Wilson, Clarence D. Getz, and Donald M. Whitney.
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U. S
Eligio
Kika) de la Garza
Port Isabel
Border Patrol Academy
Mission Solon
Viet Nam
United States
John Anthony Wilson
Yuma
Ariz
Clarence D. Getz
Calexico
Calif
Donald M. Whitney
Chula Vista
Pep Squad Uniforms and Skirts Arrive for 1965 Season
Sweaters and skirt materials have arrived and are on sale at Hazel's Fashions on Powers Street and Frick's Variety Store on Maxon Street. Pep squad uniforms for the 1965 football season aim to add color and beauty, with all members urged to obtain them by September 3 prior to the Port Isabel Tarpons versus La Joya Coyotes game in Port Isabel.
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Hazel's Fashions
Powers Street
Frick’s
Maxon Street
Port Isabel
Lighthouse Park Memorial To Honor Bishop Garriga
Plans announced to place a granite and marble monument to the late Bishop Mariano Garriga in Lighthouse Park Fort Isabel. A committee led by John Overman and William Nussbaum with Judge Reynaldo Garza and others says the State Park Commission granted permission and funds will be raised via the Bishop Garriga Memorial Fund at The Merchant Marine State Bank of Fort Isabel.
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Port Isabel
Mariano
Garriga
Corpus Christi
John
Bishop Garriga
Merchant Marine State Bank of
Fort Isabel
Head Start Makes Field Trip to Brownsville Jet and Bowling
Students from Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish School Head Start program toured Brownsville visiting Brownsville International Airport to see a Braniff jet interior, then Brownsville International Bowling Lanes for a short game. The group ended with a Ringgold Park picnic. Attendees included Sylvia Castillo Frances Garcia Irma Leos Brenda Garza Patsy Mills Debbie Galvan Roberto Holland Jr Michael Joe Perez Robert Gabourel and teachers Dora Gutierrez Diana Gutierrez and Delfina Castillo.
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Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish
Brownsville
Brownsville International
Braniff
Rio Grande Valley
Ringgold Park
Sylvia Castillo
Frances Garcia
Irma Leos
Brenda Garza
Patsy Mills
Debbie Galvan
Roberto Holland, Jr
Michael Joe Perez
Robert Gabourel
Dora Gutierrez
Diana Gutierrez
Delfina Castillo
National Seashore
New Postage Vending Machine Installed in Port Isabel
Port Isabel Post Office now houses a postage stamp vending machine announced by postmaster Ruth J. Mras. The no profit device sells a 1 cent stamp for five cents or five for a quarter with change given for a dime purchase of two 4 cent stamps. Instructions appear in English and Spanish beside the maildrop.
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Port Isabel
Ruth J. Mras
Postminster
Mos. Mras
NEW Postal Service
Ruth J. Mias
Bud Emmons
Hotel employee released after disinfectant mistaken as juice
Esteven Tamayo of the Sea Island Hotel on South Padre Island was discharged from Mercy Hospital Tuesday after being rushed there last Sunday when he drank Pine Oil disinfectant stored in a refrigerator as if it were orange juice.
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Esteven Tamayo
Sea Island
South Padre Island
Mercy Hospital
Tamayo
City Council Enacts Lot Cleaning Fee Ordinance
Port Isabel adopts ordinance No. 271 allowing the city to clean and drain abandoned or stagnant lots at its own expense and bill the property owners. If unpaid, a lien will be filed. Health officials will inspect properties and notify owners to clean to prevent disease.
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We City
Port Isabel
Ger
Trude Gilliam
Pople
Cameron County
O'Neal LeBlanc
Three Girls Vying For Queen Title At Parish Frolic
Father Joseph McDermott announces candidates Lydia Galvan Maria del Jesus Martinez and Imelda Floyd for Queen of Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish. Contest ends in the fall with the annual pageant to be held at the parish event.
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Queen of Our Lady Star of the Sea
Joseph McDermott
Lydia Galvan
Santana Galvan Sr
Maria del Jesus Martnez
Placido Martinez
Imelda Floyd
Beatrice Floyd
Grant Total Reported for Causeway Month and Year
The document lists a grant total of 11,738 for the month and a yearly total of 2,393,804 for Causeway. No additional context or entities are provided.
Public Hearing Set On Padre Island Speed and Litter Rules
Cameron County Commissioners set a public hearing for September 2 to consider speed limits, beach traffic bans, and littering controls on Padre Island. The draft bans littering on county beaches and enforces 15 mph speed limits between the Neiman Pier and 1.5 miles north, with penalties up to 500 dollars or 60 days in jail.
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Padre Island
Cameron County
Dist. Atty. F
Brazos Santiago Pass
Kleiman
Neiman
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Rotary
Mauro
Slim) Osorio
Woody Thornton
Ronaldo Kara
Vicente Gonzales
E. W. Cateora
Fred Inboten
Privett
Jess Ickes
Bob Roberts
Bobbitt
Ronnie Causey
Jim
Solon
Pep Squad
Lighthouse Park
Padre
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