Coast Guard Actions Aid Sinking Vessels Near Port Isabel
Coast Guard units responded to multiple distress cases southeast of Port Isabel. FV El Rey 2nd sank 12 hours southeast with no pumps aboard. CGC Cape York and others assisted, towing trawler to safety. Thanksgiving dinner held at Port Isabel Station. personnel recognized. radio watch guidance updated for Port Mansfield area.
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McLane
Port Isabel
EL Rey
Cape York
Aircaft
Corpus
Ee Teabel
Port Teabel
Sifé Psychorage
Donald Lefrancis
Donald Burkhart
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Stanley Jenson
Rosalio Hernandez
CS2
Charles Battenfield
Rosai Hernandez
San Antonio
Texas
Wayie Krueger
RMI
Coast Guard
Port Mannsfield
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Bennett Abbott recounts wartime service and moves
Bennett Abbott describes his wartime work as a clerk with a railway or inland depot in Kuahan, returning to the States in March 1947. He stayed in Peart until May and was then transferred to Tampico Mexico as a Naval Garrison Officer under the Office of Naval Intelligence.
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den Workite
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Kuahan
Obituary Fragment Sparks Reflections On Pearl Harbor
A veteran recalls a near miss at Pearl Harbor and the moment a teletype announced his own death. He reflects how war shaped him from a frightened youth to a man, noting the grim reapers and a life saved by chance.
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Battle of
Pearl Mardor
Peart
Grim Reaper
Harbor project review prompts repair and maintenance plans
City secretary reported the Small Boat Harbor project, tied to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway review, was authorized after an August 1959 committee action. Mayor Hockaday announced election to office in 1956 and the Senate committee pressed a briefing on port Isabel and harbor maintenance.
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Port Isabel
Texas
House
Congress
Gulf Intraaterway
Forgiveness and Mercy Through the Ages
A compact reflection on forgiveness from Bulwer Lytton and La Rochefoucauld notes. It cites Lovater and George Elim insights on mercy and restraint. The text emphasizes generosity, nobility, and avoiding vengeance in human conduct.
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Edrward Bulwer - Lytton
la Rochefoucauld
Ife
John Casper Lovater
George Elim
Fitwin
Chapin
No one is born with taste for music manners or books
A simple truth about growth and culture. Tastes in music manners and literature are learned and shaped through exposure, instruction, and practice.
Scouting Groups Plan Book Drive and Library Start
Scouting efforts in Port Isabel include a two week door to door book drive to fund a community library at Wew Lagdny Vista Community Center. The library aims to open in January serving Port Isabel Laguna Heights and Laguna Vista with around 1000 books donated and needs more especially children's titles.
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Girl Scouts
Port Isabel
Pale Isabel
Wew Lagdny Vista Community Center
Norma Drake
Laguna Heights
Laguna Vista
Thanksgiving Gathering Of LePere Family Described
Dr and Mrs D R LePere hosted a large Thanksgiving with visiting relatives from San Antonio and Nacogdoches including Dr and Mrs Robert LaPere and children Sharon and Richard, Reverend and Mia, plus Gerald LePere with daughters Lesliea and LeAnne.
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D. R. LePere
Robert LaPere
Sharon
Richard
San Antonio
Mia
Gerald LePere
Lesiea
LeAnne
Nacogdoches
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Abbott
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Firen Gonzales
Gabriel Guzman
David Estes
Joe Goette
John Nussbaum
Butch New
Domingo Camacho
Melvin der David
Estes
Mario Gutierez
Primitive Galvan
Reyes Guiljen
Ted Galvan
Francisco Galvan
Larry Sears
Frankie Cisneros
Efren Gonzales
James New
Eldon Lodique
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Southwestern Bell
Peter Serve Yi ii
New Orleans
Mrs. Winnifred Kittila
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