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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1968
Page
1
Worth Martin, a skilled lawyer with jury presence, later served as an assistant judge assessing a religious conversion case. He challenged what he saw as a witch‑hunt in the name of religion, drawing enmity from organized religious groups. He died of a heart attack about three years after graduation, mourned by his devoted wife.
More than 100 attendees heard Archie Taylor of the Rio Grande Valley Chamber describe tourism as a multi million dollar business that will make South Padre Island a regional mecca. Incoming president R E Monlux pledged continued work to boost island tourism and recovery from Hurricane Beulah. Officers installed included Monlux as president J W Stanley as vice president and Bob Middleton as secretary treasurer. Master of ceremonies was Bud Franke as the chamber aims to expand facilities and draw growth beyond prior efforts.
Port Isabel school board proposes a vocational shrimp fishing training program teaching navigation, net handling, fishery techniques, diesel maintenance, and safety. Discussions include instructor search, industry cooperation, and potential radio equipment support as part of 1968 69 plans.
Cameron County commissioners heard a group led by L L Hurley urge moving the old Marshall Hutt Road south to restore land washed away by post hurricane flooding on Arroyo properties. Attorney Raymond Jenkins noted landowners lost about half their land as Arroyo banks drained to the Gulf after Hurricane Ben. The group wants farm to market status and state maintenance, but officials cited no immediate funds while County Engineer John Huth surveys the right of way for repairs.
Lyd Anderson 71 of Laguna Vista died Tuesday in Valley Baptist Hospital Harlingen. A retired hotel owner he is survived by wife Hattie, sons John R. and Donald G. Anderson, grandsons Zachary and Jeffery, siblings and in laws. Funeral at 3 p.m. at Thomas Funeral Chapel San Benito with burial in Mont Meta Cemetery San Benito. Pallbearers named Boswell Solienberger Homer Poe Chris Waishes Gia Conrad William Green.
Cameron County Commissioners fixed April 12 for the formal transfer of the Queen Isabella Causeway and island road to the state after a meeting with District Highway Engineer Col. J F Snyder. The date may change if highway and state officials are unavailable. Crews work to restore the causeway to South Padre Island after barges damaged the span in a recent norther.
The South Padre Island Shell Club hosts its eighth annual Shell Fair at Isla Blanca Park on Sunday February 25 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free with eleven divisions for exhibits including educational, advanced, beachcomber and commercial classes. Renowned judges from Smithsonian and Texas Game Fish oversee awards such as the Hall of Fame trophy, Speers Award, Academy Award and multiple ribbons. Trophy donors include several regional banks. Also noted is the service address of Pfc. Frank Galvan, a Vietnam veteran from Port Isabel.
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