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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1968
Page
1
Column recounts Captain Wiley Manurin nearly falling overboard, a son’s strict handwriting task on bondage, Port Isabel High School Band recruitment for elementary students, mixed parental reactions, and reflections on Durant’s The Lessons of History.
The city delays presentation of a new charter awaiting charter committee readiness. Commissioners approve a contract with Valley Appraisers to reappraise property for the water district, school district, and city tax books, with joint tax office possible. Mayor Sanders receives a temporary salary increase to cover extra City Hall hours amid ongoing staff absences.
In Port Isabel the trio Valeriano Silva Jr Ruben Quintero and Gua bomyn faced drug related charges after a 70 mph in a 3 mph zone stop. Silva Jr received fines for speeding and driving left of center and $2500 bond on marijuana possession while Quintero and the other youth were held on $1509 bonds.
NYC youth corps enrollees in Cameron and Willacy counties take a Christmas break with end of term set for December 13 and return January 6. About 150 participants will resume at 65 work stations. in-school payroll approx 1900 dollars weekly. An out-of-school project, employing 86 enrollees at 1.25 dollars per hour, runs through July 5, 1969.
Port Isabel Boy Scouts, sponsored by the Rotary Club, need a new meeting space after Firemen's Hall refuses them. Mayor Leo F. Sanders vetoed using the old City Hall, which might have offered room, noting municipal painting equipment and eight street signs. The Tenderfoot group lacks a suitable, safe nighttime meeting option for growth.
A local committee formed to study uses for an Office of Economic Opportunity grant in Port Isabel met at the Community Center. The grant funds projects benefiting low income families via the Cameron County Community Projects, Inc. The group plans a medical clinic at the center and will reconvene before a general meeting. Alicito Torres was elected chairman. other members include Adolfo Garza Guadalupe Gutierrez Joe Bocanigra Mrs Lee Smith Magdaleno Gonzalez and Maria de Jesus Hernandez.
Port Isabel High School seniors will stage a one act Christmas play titled A Robe for the Duchess at Derry Elementary School Auditorium on December 19 at 7 30 p m The late 1800s setting aims to stir hearts and souls with a timeless theme Cast in order of appearance includes Corrie Swensen Joe Shafer Lana Mobley Jessie Fernandes Robert Turner Pat Bly Imelda Floyd Barbara Ford Efren Gonzalez Penny Galloway and Steve Reserved seating costs 125 general admission 75 cents Public is invited
Quentin J. Bogart, president of Texas Southmost College, was named to the Advisory Council of an Education Professions Consortium formed by Region One and other service centers in Edinburg. The group will plan and submit proposals under a statewide TEA design for educational personnel development adopted by the State Board of Education.
Cameron County Taxpayers League officers filed suit in 103rd District Court at Brownsville seeking a temporary injunction to halt the $100,000 pension plan for 1969. The suit argues the budget order and public notice were improper and notes 1967 voter rejection of the plan. Plaintiffs name H. W. Bahnman and nine others seeking to restrain the retirement system for 1969.
Temperatures will average near normal highs of 77 to 79 degrees and lows of 53 to 59. Cooler by Friday night through Saturday. Precipitation will be light with showers through Saturday.
Complaints from Port Isabel that cable TV is not available were answered by installers in the Valley. The firm asks interested residents to call or write to show demand. With sufficient interest the company may apply to Port Isabel for a franchise and, if granted, begin installation.
Port Isabel High School Future Homemakers of America plans a four day canned food drive for Christmas. Donations can be brought to the homemaking classroom at 8:15 to 8:30 AM, noon 12:30 PM, or 3:30 to 3:45 PM through December 18, or call the school office for pickup. Canned goods will be distributed to needy Port Isabel families by FHA members.
Adult education classes are conducted at Port Isabel High School for all levels from first year to high school completion. Sessions run Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 9 3 p.m. Enrollment is open, per officials. Classes pause between December 19 and January 7 for holidays. Completing the program earns a high school completion certificate and additional benefits.
Elizabeth Irene Einstein, 12, vanished March 18 1968 after leaving Moore Junior High in Redlands California. Her parents Norman and Ruth Einstein, a chemical engineer and a psychiatric social worker at Lockheed, plead for nationwide help as searches through orange groves hills and canyons yield no trace. Elizabeth is five feet five inches, Ivy pounds, brown hair and eyes, one of five siblings, last seen carrying an algebra book and blue notebook.
Ella R. Shaylor, 92, of Port Isabel, died Monday at Dolly Win art Hospital in San Benito after a long illness. A Port Isabel resident for 18 years, she is survived by her son L. A. Shaylor and a grandson. Graveside rites set for 4 p.m. in Rockport.
Cameron County Community Projects appoints Pablo T. Armendariz Jr. of Brownsville as senior counselor for the Neighborhood Youth program. He previously served seven years with Brownsville ISD as a high school counselor and began teaching in 1948 in Olmito Independent School District.
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