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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1967
Page
2
The editorial reiterates opposition to a one cent sales tax while urging better tax collection and cost cuts. It questions city finances, cites delinquents and administrative savings, and suggests consolidating offices to reduce expenses before new revenue. It notes the election is set for Tuesday.
City leaders debate funding for vocational education involving Harlingen Texas Southmost College and Texas A&M junior college programs. They urge efficient use of limited dollars, cautioning against duplicative facilities and tax burdens while calling for improved training to reduce unemployment.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department purchased 106.6 acres of native brush in Starr and Willacy counties for white-winged dove nesting habitat and research. Two parcels near Grulla total 71.6 acres, housing 65 nesting pairs per acre with mesquite nesting, a rare habitat. a 35-acre Frederick tract north of Las Palomas serves as nesting and roosting habitat. No hunting allowed. funding is 75 percent federal aid from arms and ammunition excise taxes and 25 percent state match.
A public information Q and A outlines why residents and merchants should support a 1 percent municipal sales tax. It covers tax scope, collection by the State Comptroller, exemptions, who votes, and practical effects on rents, autos, and wholesale vs retail sales.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Randolph Swift of Haddonfield New Jersey announce the engagement of their daughter Martha Higgins to James L. Kenworthy of New York City. Martha is a Penn Hall Junior College graduate and staff member for Congressman James J. Howard in Washington. Kenworthy, son of Mrs. Aurelia E. Kenworthy of Port Isabel, attended Rockhurst College and earned a J D from Georgetown University Law Center. He is the assistant director of the tax legal division at the National Foreign Trade Council in New York. A spring wedding is planned.
A simple fishing tip suggests using a sizable plastic tackle box with about six compartments kept on the boat seat. Fill it with your most used lures to avoid opening the larger box each time you switch bait.
The B and PW Club plans Living Christmas scenes at the Firemen’s Hall on December 22 at 7 30 p m with a small choir singing carols and an old fashioned carolling group to follow. Contact Miss Loetscher or the Chamber office to join in. Also the Laguna Madre B PW Christmas Social is set for December 15 at the Sea Island Motel from 7 p m with reservations due by December 12. Special guest District 1 Director Mrs Elizabeth Keller of Brownsville.
Dr. E. E. Dawson has been re elected chairman of the hospital board. Directors for Dolly Winsant Memorial, Bopical were announced this week. The board also re elected Kenneth Lake as vice president C. E. Hudson as secretary and Forrest Eastman as treasurer. The medical staff will meet Dec. 12 to select new officers.
Young spiders spread across the nation using silk skeins to ride air currents and travel thousands of miles, appearing capable of climbing like a plane as their tiny threads enable broad dispersal.
A community message extends Merry Christmas and Happy New Year wishes. Gertrude Gilliam is recovering from surgery at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston and staying with her son at 600 Sealy St Apt B Galveston Texas 77550. Friends are invited to send cards to cheer her.
Mrs Roy Coons hosted the Women's Society of Christian Service meeting in Laguna Vista on Tuesday November 23. President Helen Cail directed. program leader Irene Shaw presented The American Indian His Heritage and Emerging Identity. Assisting were Floyd Bobbitt Cecil Moses Coons H Somnitz and V Pattison. Others present included Eva Harris C B Colley and Thomas Urie.
Winners of the weekly duplicate bridge club are first Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hogan second Mr. and Mrs. Joel Bennett third Mr. and Mrs. Robin Pate and fourth Leo McLeod and M. P. McCallum. The club meets each Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the Junior Service League Building in Los Fresnos. All bridge players are welcome.
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