Port Isabel Again Votes On 100 000 Bond Issue
Port Isabel voters will use paper ballots on August 17 to re decide a 100000 bond for docks and wharfs with channels and facilities. Propositions re listed were 100000 for docks 33 000 for street work and 12000 for sewer improvements with mixed results. The council also granted a gas rate increase and discharged two city policemen.
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Port Isabel
Gertrude Gilliam
Gertrude
Rio Grande Valley Gas Co
Junior and Senior High Registration Set for August 29
Junior and senior high students from grades 7 through 12 will register on Thursday August 29 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Students go to their assigned rooms and new students should see principals M N Cau dill or Robert Gades. Regular Friday schedule begins August 30 with a full day and classes resume September 3 after a holiday September 2.
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M. N. Caudill
Rob
Texas Sees Best Tourist Season Since 1957 Record
Texas is headed toward its best tourist season since 1957 with the first half of 1963 showing an average of 30,898 out-of-state visitors daily, a 16.7 percent rise from 1962. Californians lead arrivals, with Canadians and Mexicans among foreign guests, while bureau services totaled 278,340 for the period and overall tourism-related activity reached 515,046 people when including Texans.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Highway Department
D. C. Greer
Greer
Michigan
Arizona
Ohio
Coast Guard assists grounded vessels and personnel updates
Coast Guard units respond to two groundings near Port Isabel including the Rose Marie and the Dorothy H. The 40 footers refloated the Rose Marie and towed it to Port Isabel while another tow assisted the Dorothy H. A Coast Guard official visit reviewed electronics gear as personnel changes occurred and crew members prepared for leave and reassignment.
Governor Connally to keynote Texas Bar conference in Brownsville
Governor John Connally will be principal speaker at the Judicial Section of the State Bar of Texas conference in Brownsville September 26 and 27. About 200 judges and 300 attendees are expected, with sessions, a main banquet September 27 at 7 30 p.m. and social events on Padre Island and Matamoros.
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John Connally
Judicial Section
State Bar of Texas
Brownsville
Bascom Cox
Cox
Connally
McAllen
Jacob Brown Auditorium
Harold Sebern
Chamber of Commerce
Bronsville
Supreme Court
Courts of Civil Appeals
Padre Island
Matamoros
Derry Elementary Sets August 30 Start Plans
August 30 will be a full day at Derry Elementary with a 8:40 a.m. first bell and 8:50 a.m. class start. The cafeteria will operate at 25 cents per lunch and buses will run. Students meet in the Auditorium at 8:50 for room and teacher assignments. Grades 4 5 and 6 attend at Derry Elementary this year.
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Derry
PTA Executive Meeting Called
Mrs. Robert Henager announces an executive committee meeting at Senior High School on August 23 at 3 30 p.m. Plans for the 1963 64 year will be discussed and help offered where registration burdens are heavy. All members of a team are important to its success.
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Robert Henager
P.T.A
Cub Scouting Seeks Den Mothers For Upcoming Year
Cub Scout units plan to resume after school starts in September. Cubmaster Clyde Privett urges volunteers to become Den Mothers, asking interested individuals to contact him promptly.
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Clyde Privett
Holbrook Named To Soil District Meeting Planners
More than 1,000 persons are expected to attend the annual meeting of the Texas Soil Conservation Districts in McAllen October 9 to 11. The event at the McAllen Civic Center includes a Valley conservation tour October 9 led by Dean Garrett of La Feria and L C Heaton of Edinburg. Bob Holbrook of San Benito heads the door prize committee and a special program for delegates wives is planned.
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Texas Soil Conservation Districts
McAllen
McAllen Civic Center
Dean Garrett
la Feria
L. C. Heaton
Edinburg
Bob Holbrook
San Nenito
Tarpons Prepare forSeason Opener Against Coyotes
Two weeks before Port Isabel Tarpons first 1963 game against La Joya Coyotes at Port Isabel the Tarpons seek revenge after last season’s 26 to 0 defeat. La Joya adds a new coach while returning seven lettermen. Tarpons list 13 returnees with 11 starters back. Team practice began Monday with skull sessions at 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. then field work at 5 p.m.
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Port Isabel
Tarpons
Skull
All Stars Fall to Matamoros in Brownsville Contest
Port Isabel All Stars lost the first of a two game series to the Matamoros All Stars 6 to 4 in Brownsville last Sunday. Joe Aresti started as pitcher for Port Isabel giving up three runs in one third of an inning before Paul Martinez relieved him. Martinez struck out nine and allowed four hits for four runs. The clubs will meet again in Brownsville on Sunday.
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Port Isabel
Lubbock Group Plans Charter Fishing Trip
Roy Davis of the Plains Cotton Oil Co of Lubbock arranged a forty member fishing excursion with Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce secretary Edith Baines. Reservations for the charter trip have been made.
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Roy Davis
G. M
Plains Cotton Oil Coop
Lubbock
Edith Baines
Port Isabel
Lucky Game to be Held at Catholic Church Grounds
A Lucky Game will be played at the Catholic Church grounds on August 26 for the benefit of Queen Candidate Cecilia Cantu.
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Catholic Church
Cecilia Cantu
Chalupa Game and Dance for Doroty Cuellar Campaign
A Chalupa Game will be played on August 22 at the Pre-School PTA to benefit Catholic Church Queen Candidate Dorothy Cuellar. A dance on August 24 at the Ship Cafe will raise votes for Dorothy Cuellar.
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P.T.A
Catholi Church
Dorothy Cuellar
Ship Cafe
Rotary District Governor to Visit Port Isabel Club
Port Isabel Rotary Club president Stuart Adkins announced that Dr. T Lawrence White of Edinburg district governor for 1963 64 will visit Port Isabel Friday evening and Saturday noon for his first official visit. White will address the club Saturday noon and meet with Adkins to review committee plans. He will hold a Friday evening assembly at Toro Restaurant and is dean of arts and sciences at Pan American College. He was elected district governor at the St Louis convention and presides over 272 district governors supervising 11 500 clubs in 129 countries.
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Stuart Adkins
Port Isabel
Dr. White
Sierra Leone
Lake Placid
N. Y
Rotary
Ground Water Holds Promise Along Texas Gulf Coast
Texas Gulf Coast could sustain more ground-water withdrawals, says Texas Water Commission in Bulletin 6305. The 45 000 square mile region, spanning 51 counties from Louisiana to Mexico, used about 920 000 acre feet in 1959 with irrigation leading at 55 percent.
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Texas
Gulf Coast
Texas Water Commission
Louisiana
Mexico
Gulf
Commission
Gulf Cost
Guadalupe River
Water Commission
Gulf Coast Region
P. O. Box
Capitol Station
Austin
U. S. Geological Survey
Victoria County
Newton County
Garriga Elementary Registers Friday for First Week
Garriga Elementary announces registration Friday August 30 starting 8:30 a.m. First grade students must bring a birth certificate or Baptismal Certificate. Second and third graders also need proof of birth. Classes meet by grade in the old buildings. No school Monday September 2.
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Garriga
Grde
Buiding
Otto — Longles
U S Army Engineers Call For Work Bids
Information from the U S Army Engineer District at Galveston states bids will be opened September 19 at 2 00 p m. for placing informational signs constructing Survey Tables and driving single piles. Plans from the District Engineer's office in Galveston cost 2 05 dollars. Estimated project cost 50000 dollars.
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U.S Army Engineer District
Galveston
Port Isabel
William Bellinghausen Buried Here In Port Isabel
William Anthony Bellinghausen, 63, longtime Port Isabel resident, died Saturday in Brownsville. He belonged to Our Lady Star of the Sea Church and the Brownsville assembly. Survived by widow Gwendolyn, two sons John and William A. Jr, four daughters, and six siblings. Mass at Our Lady Star of the Sea Port Isabel. burial at Port Isabel Cemetery.
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William Anthony Bellinghausen
Port Isabel
Brownsville
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Keight of Columbus
Gwendolyn Bellinghausen
John
Los Angeles
Calif
William A. Jr
USN
Bambridge
Mass
Nancy Josephine Bellinghauen
Charles Champion
Fred Satterwhite
J. A. Klinger
Mary Portman
Clara Fergerson
San Antonio
Our Lady Star of the Church
Bevil Talks To Rotary Club in Port Isabel
Port Isabel Rotary Club members heard plans to entertain the West Side Rotary Club of Monterrey in September. Rex Vanone headlining with Bob Silva of the Fort Brown Hotel providing features. date to be announced. Guy Bevil spoke on American life and the future, titled Food for Thought.
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Port Isabel
Brownsville
New South Padre Lions Elect Officers for 1962
Larry Bryce elected president of the South Padre Island Lions Club at the August meeting held in the Surf Rider Room. Bud Fmmons named vice president and Glen Stover as recording secretary. Jack Mayo spoke on Lions Club projects. Five Harlingen guests attended. August 26 becomes installation night for officers.
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South Padre Island
Lions Club
Surf Rider
Sea Island
Larry Bryce
Bud Fmmons
Glen Stover
Mai
Jack Mayo
Lions Clubs
Harlinges
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Schmidt’s Dock
H. W. Stinchcomb, Jr
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