Heavy Waves Break Up Sink Trawler Cavalier Off Jetties
Eight foot waves and 49 mph winds drove the 65 ft trawler Cavalier onto the north jetties early Friday, tearing her apart. Captain William A. Jones and crew of Margo Patterson and Larry Leppard were rescued. Patterson remained hospitalized with back and chest injuries, Leppard treated and released, with Coast Guard investigation ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavalier
E W. Cateora
Brazos Fisheries
Port Isabel
Mexico
Wiliam A. Jones
Port Isavel
Margo
Pat) Patterson
San Benito
Larry Leppard
West Palm Beach Fla
Leppard
Padre Island
Patterson
P Atterson
Coast Guard
Mercy Hospital
Capt. Jones
Jones
Crownsville
William A. Jones
U. S. Coast Guard
Editor's Life Out Not On Your Life
Port Isabel editor John Brito recounts rushing to cover the Cavalier disaster after it struck the north jetties and sank. He describes a hangover morning, the urge to avoid the cold jetty, and racing to the scene to file for the Press as the jetty incident unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brito
Port Isabel
Mouch
Gera Martin
E. W. Cateora
Cavalier
Jetties
Tarpons
Horticulture Group Visits Port Isabel Area
Twenty one horticulturists from Panama Costa Rica Nicaragua anduras El Salvador Guatemala Mexico Haiti and Peru visit Port Isabel area for a technical meeting on quality and grade standardization in fresh vegetables. Lloyd Allen of Tri Pak Machinery service at Harlingen coordinates the Valley visit with help from the Valley chamber of Commerce as part of a six cell seminar begun November 1 in Monterrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Anduras
el Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
Haiti
Peru
Rio Grande Valley
Port Isabel
Monterrey
Lloyd Allen
Tri-Pak Machinery Service
Harlingen
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Inter - American Institute of
Ercultural Sciences
Cooperson
School of Aericuld
Monterrey Technological Institute
Firemen Plan Yule Decoration For Lighthouse
The Volunteer Fire Department will again decorate the Lighthouse for Christmas. Clyde Privett chairs the committee with Archie Causey Bob Roberts and Faustino Camacho Jr as members. Donations may be given to any committee member or Frank Mras at the Lighthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Privett
Archie Causey
Bob Roberts
Faustino Camacho, Jr
Frank Mras
Port Isabel sees surge as tanker and barges load and move cargo
A 641 foot supertanker Delaware Sun loaded 113,913 barrels of crude oil from Willimar fields at Port Isabel assisted by Pan American Pipe Line. A barge unloads the first shipment of sulphate of ammonia from Pennsylvania, stored for rail shipment to Mexico. A small freighter loads explosives for Tampico in a recurring weekly flow. nitro carbonate nitrate used for seismographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Sun Oil Co
Willimar
Port Isabel
Pan American Pipe Line Co
Pennsylvania
Mexico
Tampico
Port Isabel Community News and Civil Works Update
A Civil Works notice from H G Woodbury Jr explains funds for a Gulf Coast study will allow a public hearing and experimental sand stabilization work over three years with Galveston district coordination. Local items urge support for firemen Christmas party, Tarpons basketball, band concert, ad sales, border patrol concerns, winter visitors, and local duck hunting zest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Sahara
H. G. Woodbury, Jr
Burglars Strike Two Stations Sunday Night
Two Fort Isabel service stations were burglarized in pre dawn hours on Sunday. Galvan's Humble Station and Barrera's Texaco Station were broken into within minutes by a group of men, with entry gained by window damage. Cash, weapons, batteries, tires, and vending machine proceeds were stolen, investigating police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Isabel
Galvan
Humble
Barrera
Texaco
Tarpon Bands To Give Annual Christmas Concert
The Port Isabel Tarpon Band presents its first annual Christmas concert Friday at 8 p.m. in the Derry Elementary School auditorium. James Vaney announces programs by the elementary junior high and senior bands with multiple traditional carols and orchestral pieces. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students, with tickets available at the door or from band members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derry
Honey
Port Isabel
Bandboosters Club
James Vaney
Therry
Harold L. Walters
Humperdinck - Johnson
Adams and
Decamater
Charles Bobbitt
Beal and Boothe
E. DeLamater
Pierpont Walters
Paul Yoder
Port Isabel Doctor Marks 5300 Babies In 53 Years
Port Isabel’s Dr. J A Hockaday, mayor and longtime physician, recalls delivering about 5,300 babies over 53 years since arriving in 1920. He recounts twins and triplets, a 14 pound newborn, and notes never losing a mother to childbirth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hockaday
Port Isabel
J. A. Hockaday
Hockaday
Noe Gonzales
Noe
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Roy New
Eddie Martinez
James Haney
Isabel
Delaware
By J
Kika de la Garza
Army Corp
Vf Anganeers
de la Garza
Long Asian
Parisabel
Texas
Floyd Bobbitt
J. B
Brownsville
U. S
Border Patrol
Chamber of Commerce
Laguna Heights
Laguna Vista
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