Coast Guardsmen Keep Active In Gulf Waters
Coast Guard activity surged at South Padre Island base last week as the Miss Leigh crew abandoned a sinking vessel near the north jetty. High winds prevented rescue boats from reaching the scene, and the Miss Leigh washed ashore early Friday. Later, the Shenandoah trawler, 60 miles south of Port Isabel, reported net issues and was towed toward the jetty by the Durable cutter from Brownsville.
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Coast Guard
South Padre Island
Shenandoah
Port Isabel
Durable
Brownsville
Coast Guard rescues sailors after trawler encounters distress near Port Isabel
A 44-foot rescue launch towed the Dorothy Helen ashore 20 miles south of Port Isabel after a waterlogged trawler lost power. The Coast Guard cutter Point Nowell could not help in shallow water, but airlift rescued the crew. The cutter later assisted the Gene 53 miles north and returned to Port Isabel by night.
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Durable
Dorothy Helen
Port Isabel
Point Nowell
Coast Guard
Yule Lighting Contest Slated in Laguna Vista
Laguna Vista will host its annual Christmas Lighting Contest on December 19 at 7 30 p m with three out of town judges visiting homes noted for outside visible decorations. Two winners and an honorable mention will be named by the Civic Club committee led by Mrs Douglas Tabor with assistants Mrs Antonio Andretta and Mrs Alter Martin.
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Laguna Vista
Santa
Laguna Vista Civic Club
Douglas Tabor
Antonio Andretta
Alter Martin
Civic Club
Death Claims Henry Gibson
Henry F. Gibson 67 of Laguna Heights died in Dolly Vinsant Hospital San Benito last Thursday December 9 of natural causes. He moved from Newton Iowa to Port Isabel nine years ago. Survived by wife Mabel a stepson Kent Carroll a U S Navy member in San Diego a sister Sylvia of Kensington Kansas and four grandchildren. Pallbearers named and services held Tuesday at 2 p m in Thomae Funeral Chapel San Benito with Rev Ben Welch officiating. Burial at Mont Meta Memorial Park under Thomae Funeral Directors.
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Henry F. Gibson
Laguna Heights
Dolly Vinsant Hospital
San Benito
Gibson
Port Isabel
Newton
Iowa
Mabel
Kent Carroll
U.S. Navy
San Diego
California
Sylvia
Kensington
Kansas
William Harrison
Henry Hauser
Art Bishop
George Titus
Norman Bates
Henry Binger
Thomae
Ben Welch
Mont Meta Memorial Park
Thomae Funeral
Shrimp Captain Dies Aboard Flaming Mamie
Brownsville man Armand Gill 73 died aboard the shrimp trawler Flaming Mamie after a heart attack in Port Isabel. Justice of the Peace Bud Emmons ruled the death Friday December 10. Gill lived at 2044 Cleveland Street and is survived by a large family across Brownsville and New Jersey. Funeral services were conducted by Brownsville Funeral Home.
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Brownsville
Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
Port Isabel
Armand Gill
Cleveland St
Emmons
Gill
Cameron County
Cleo Beauford
Jovita Gill
Claude Gill
New Jersey
Mary Jason
Thelma Gill
Jeanette Gill
Linda Gill
Mary Ann Gill
Carlos A. Esparza
Carmen Flores
Past Matrons Christmas Meeting in Port Isabel
The Past Matrons Club of Order of Eastern Star in San Benito held its Christmas gathering at Mrs. Irene Shaw's Port Isabel home with 17 members and 9 guests. Co hosts were Mrs. Emogene Bland and Mrs. Mattie Mae Deen. Door prizes and a traveling prize were awarded, and a Mizpah benediction closed the event. The next meeting is set for January 13, 1972 at Mrs. Dorris Smith's home.
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Club of Order of Eastern Star
San Benito
Irene Shaw
Port Isabel
Emogene Bland
Mattie Mae Deen
Florrie Manning
Clara Goolsby
Fran Lowmiller
Weslaco
Shaw
John Ridgways
Ruth Decker
Lowmiller
Deen
Ray Sutton
Otis Malone
Kent Manning
Linda Hulsey
Dorris Smith
Port Isabel Quarterback Club to play Raymondville in annual game
The Port Isabel Quarterback Club travels to Burnett Stadium in Raymondville on Sunday December 19 for the second annual adult tackle football game against the Raymondville Bearkat Booster Club and Raymondville Jaycees. Proceeds benefit the Tarpon Quarterback Club and Tarpon athletic program.
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Port Isabel
Raymondville
Raymondville Bearkat
Raymondville Jaycees
Burnett Stadium
Tarpon Quarterback Club
Tarpon Athletic
Inez Perez
Tarpon
Robert Holland
Chago Fonseca
Gilbert Groomer
Kiko Lopez
Ramiro Martinez
Ramiro Garza
David Privett
Candelario Martinez
Mariano Martinez
Aureliano Martinez
Walter Skipworth
Eliberto Gonzales
Jaime Salazar
Desi Delgado
Timoteo Barrientez
Leandro Pena, Jr
Gualberto Gonzales
Gualberto Bennett
Cruz Hernandez
Yoga’ Zapata
Eddie Varnum
Javier “Kiko” Lopez
Poncho Gonzales
Gregorio Martinez
Wynn Moore
Luis Barbarena
Frank Mata
Joel Ochoa
Ruben Garza
Joe Fred Perez
Robert Turner
Ruben Torres
Point Isabel
Local Trio Fined For Killing Deer Near Port Isabel
Three local men Jose A. Ramirez Ramon Puentes and Pablo Villarreal were fined 157 50 by Justice of the Peace Bud Emmons after state game wardens jailed them for shooting a doe on the Lutz Ranch north of Port Isabel. The wardens caught them with a flashlight and from the rear of a pickup truck. The doe had a fawn not found. Deer season runs to Jan 15 1972.
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Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
Lutz Ranch
Port Isabel
Jose A. Ramirez
Ramon Puentes
Pablo Villarreal
Bill Stewart
Don Powell
Emmons
CofC Sets Goal On Building Fund
Port Isabel South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce leaders announced committee heads at a Sea Island Hotel meeting. The group aims to build a $10,000 fund, with Mrs. Dale Anderson already chairing the building committee and new chairmen directing finance entertainment and membership efforts.
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Bob McCausland
Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Mc Caulsaad
County Adopts Codes For Rural Development
Cameron County commissioners adopt new regulations requiring all rural subdivisions to prove adequate streets and drainage before permits. City managers of Harlingen San Benito and Brownsville contributed to the plan. Officials say the rule will curb problematic projects like Portway Acres near Brownsville facing drainage troubles.
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Cameron County
Harlingen
San Benito
Brownsville
Custom Designed Homes launches 80-lot La Feria subdivision
The 80 lot project by Custom Designed Homes in La Feria sees 60 sold with 25 to 30 applications in process. Ten homes already under construction as county permits and flood elevation rules under the Southern Standard Building code take effect, including performance bonds and prohibited pit toilets.
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FHA
la Feria
Rankin
VA To Open So. Tex. Clinic
Congressman Kika de la Garza says the Veterans Administration plans an outpatient clinic in South Texas early next year. He notes VA has notified him and urges placement in a location accessible to South Texas veterans.
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Veterans Administration Department of Medicine and Surgery
South Texas
Valley
Kika de la Garza
South
Texas
Solon
Veterans of
County Park Shows Low Cost To Taxpayers
Cameron County Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island operated at a net cost of 4 792 11 to taxpayers for the first 11 months of the year. Receipts totaled 139 766 48 with disbursements of 144 558 59 including trailer park rents shelter and cabana rentals and motel leases. Salaries utilities insurance and park improvements comprised major expenses.
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Isla Blanca
South Padre Island
Cameron County
Kermit Cromack
Island
Sea Ranch
South Texas lawmaker pushes VA hospital bills
A South Texas legislator has introduced several bills to authorize establishing a VA hospital in the area, including one currently pending, signaling a push for regional veteran care.
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South Texas
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Indiana
Roy Anderson
Fran Firth Lowmiller
Pennsylvania
Anderson
Albert Smith
Gulf Waters
Quijote
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Mexico
Sporting Goods
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Sale
Yule
E. Elizabeth
Servando Villarreal
Duffy
Western Auto
Henry Gibson
Eastman Kodak Company
Cofc
So. Tex
Merchants Marine State Bank
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