New South Padre Island Causeway Plans Advance
Plans for a new Port Isabel to South Padre Island causeway move ahead as bids target October. The Queen Isabella Span replacement gets federal approval with 70 percent funding, while right of way on the isle side nears completion aside from one parcel. The four lane arched bridge will avoid swing operations, allowing 24 hour traffic.
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South Padre Island
Port Isabel
State Highway Department
Federal Department of Transportation
Highway
Queen Isabella
Isle
Powers Street
Local Woman Dies in Suspected Suicide at Villa Madre
Mrs. Ray Santra Pruitt Walker, 35, was found dead in a Villa Madre Apartments room from a gunshot wound ruled self-inflicted. A note indicated plans to take her own life. her husband Carl Walker, a Derry Elementary principal, found the body after she sent their children outside. The death was processed by Justice of the Peace Bud Emmons and the body moved to Hanner Funeral Service in Atlanta.
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Ray Santra Pruitt Walker
Villa Madre
Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
Carl Walker
Derry
Walker
Marisol Condominium Opens In December On SPI
Marisol Condominium, a three floor 36 unit project with two and three bedroom apartments, is under rapid construction by Walter Droemer Co. Occupancy is planned for December first. All units sold, rentals being taken for winter and spring. Contact Marisol Corporation at Pike St Ocean Palm Center or P.O. Box 2166 SPI 78578. Resident manager on site after October first. Announced plans for Bahia Mar, the company’s next SPI property 3.8 miles north of the causeway.
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Marisol
South Padre Island
Walter Droemer Co
Giddings
Texas
R.E. Spriggs
Marisol Corporation
Spriggs
Pike St
Ocean Palm Center
P.O
Port Isabel Schools Registration Outlined for August Start
Registration dates for Port Isabel ISD are set for August with elementary students in Garriga and Derry on the first day of school and junior high and high school in the cafeteria on August 24 and 25. New students and those without prior district experience may register Tuesday, August 24, in the counselor's office.
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Activites
Garriga
Derry
Point Isabel
Injury Fatal To Area Man In Port Isabel Fall
George A. Roy, 68, died after a fall from a rooftop while clearing debris at a Port Isabel residence. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital and transported by the Laguna Madre Community Ambulance. Graveside services were held at Mont Meta Memorial Park with survivors including his wife, a daughter Mrs. Charlotte Smith of La Porte, and three grandchildren. Arrangements were by Thomas Funeral Home.
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George A. Roy
Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital
Laguna Madre Community Ambulance
Charlotte Smith
la Porte
Thomas Funeral Home
Sea Ranch Marina Wins Holiday Inn Franchise On SPI
Sea Ranch Marina on South Padre Island gains Holiday Inn franchise for transit trailers. City Bank of New Orleans, owners of the motel and marina, plan a 120 space trailer center opening by September 1. Office near the cafe, with washateria showers restrooms and an enlarged kitchen and dining area and a Holiday Inn style exterior overhaul.
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Sea Ranch Marina
South Padre Island
International City Bank of
New Orleans
Holiday Inn
Den Mother Sessions Start for Cub Scout Pack 17
Cub Scout Pack 17 begins den mother training on Tuesday nights at 7 30 near the water plant. Parents are urged to attend. no charge. The group plans five new dens and calls for mothers to help. Registration targets boys aged 8 to 10. A summer pack meeting at Camp Perry on August 29 features canoeing swimming picnicking camp tours and an awards ceremony. Participants should bring a picnic lunch swimsuit and towel. The group meets at Fireball at 11 30 and invites families to join the Cub Scout Pack 17 program.
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Cub Pack 17
Cub Scouts
Camp Perry
COP Teachers Set Workshop
A three day COP workshop for Garriga Elementary School teachers and aides runs August 18 19 20 in new rooms. About twenty teachers will focus on the Career Opportunities Program classroom aides bulletin boards lettering and picture files to boost education. Participants include COP director Eugenio Garza superintendent Ruben Torres Pan American University Educator Arnulfo Oliveira and COP team leaders Beatrice Lucio Rodriguez Moses Osborn Joe Rodriguez and Maria Guadalupe Reyes.
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Garriga
Eugenio Garza
COP
Ruben Torres
Arnulfo Oliveira
Pan American University
Eula Mae Davies
Beatrice Lucio Rodriguez
Moses Osborn
Joe Rodriguez
Maria Guadalupe Reyes
Queen Isabella Inn Not Sold
Rumors spread about the Queen Isabella Inn but owner Mary Cook states the property remains hers and has not received offers or plans to sell. She confirms ongoing ownership and management.
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Queen Isabella
Mary Cook
Shorty Martin Succumbs at 60 in Natural Causes
Ira Duane Shorty Martin died early Wednesday. He was 60 and survived by his wife Josefa and three daughters, one son, three sisters, a brother, and eleven grandchildren. Funeral services were held Friday at First Baptist Church in San Benito under Thomas Funeral Home with burial at Port Isabel Cemetery.
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Ira Duane
Shorty
Martin
Josefa Martin
Fred Gray
Cleveland
Texas
Virgil Woodward
Houston
Kerry Lee Burch
Aberdene
Maryland
George T. Martin
Copperas Cove
First Baptist Church
Thomas Funeral Home of
San Benito
Port Isabel
School Budget Hearing Monday in Point Isabel High
Patrons may review the proposed new budget at 7 30 p m Monday in room N5 of the high school. The school board is expected to approve the budget and set the tax rate at the regular meeting Tuesday night.
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Point Isabel
New Housing For U T Couples At University of Texas
Work will start on 200 new married student apartments at the University of Texas. A $2,565,000 contract goes to S&G Construction Company of Austin for 50 one bedroom and 150 two bedroom units in 18 buildings on West Sixth Street at the former Old Confederate Home site. A second 200 apartment phase is planned on the same site.
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Austin
University of Texas
S&g Construction Company of
West Sixth Street
City Not Equipped For Outside Fire Calls
Port Isabel may suspend out of town fire protection to South Padre Island and Laguna Heights due to aging equipment. Mayor Galvan cites decommissioned wartime pumper and a loaned Harlingen unit under restriction, raising costs and prompting talks with Cameron County about higher future charges.
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Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Galvan
Cameron County
Laguna Heights
Queen Isabella Causeway
Illinois
Harlingen
Ray Ramon
Ted Hunt
Six Port Isabel volunteers to aid outside fires
Six Port Isabel volunteer firemen agreed to help fight fires outside the city limits at Padre Island Laguna Heights or other areas. The city has no mechanized equipment after two trucks were damaged July 4, with repairs pending. Harlingen lent a unit but the city will not deploy equipment outside Port Isabel. Fire Chief Jack Mahurin said crew reluctance stemmed from lacking equipment at the scene.
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Galvan
Larry Joe Keller
Keller
Port Isabel
Jack Mahurin
Padre Island
Laguna Heights
Harlingen
Chef Mahurin
Injured Firemen Have Benefits
Rumors circulated in Port Isabel Brownsville and Harlingen that compensation was not paid to three injured firemen from the July 4 fire truck crash. Travelers Insurance of Harlingen covers medical bills and workman’s compensation and City Hall confirms bills are paid from the fund.
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Port Isabel
Brownsville
Harlingen
Travelers Insurance Company of
City Hall
Mrs Una Ball Campbell Dies At 87 In Arizona
Mrs Una Ball Campbell 87 formerly of Port Isabel died August 9 in Tucson Arizona. She and her husband Roland once owned Campbell's Sea Chest. She is survived by Roland, two sons William H Campbell and Marshall S Campbell, brother William Ball, sister Amelia Izard, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services and burial were held in Kansas City Kansas.
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Una Ball Campbell
Port Isabel
Tucson
Arizona
Roland
Campbell
William H. Campbell
Marshall S. Campbell
Kansas City
Kansas
William Ball
Amelia Izard
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U. S
Marisol Apartments
Bahia Mar
South Padre
Mont Meta Memorial Park
U.T
Eliodoro Zapata, Jr
Zapata
Marine Mart
Una Campbell
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