Port Isabel Border Patrol Chief Retires After Long Career
Chief Patrol Inspector George W. Harrison ends 264 years of federal service with the U S Border Patrol. Starting in 1929 in El Paso he witnessed shifts from Labor to Justice, wartime duties, and the 1954 wetback drive. He retires with wife Midce in the Rio Grande Valley after a career spanning El Paso Fort Hancock Alpine Marfa McAllen Brownsville Port Isabel and El Centro with a final Brownsville transfer in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Garrison
U. S. Border Patrol
el Paso
Border Patrol
U. S. Department of Labor
Department of Justice
U. S
Aan
Harrison
Fort Hancock
Alpine
Marfa
McAllen
Brownsville
Port Isabel
el Centro
Calif
Thomas L. Harrison
Border Patrol Academy
Brownsvile
Mrs Henderson Fills Vacancy On Chamber Board
The Port Isabel Padre Island Area Chamber of Commerce board met for the year’s first regular session at the chamber office. They finalized plans for a winter visitors Pot Luck on Padre Island January 8 inviting Brownsville visitors and area guests. Virginia Henderson was elected to fill the board vacancy. The next board meeting is January 17 at 7 30 p.m. in the chamber office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel, Padre Island
Virginia Henderson
Port Isabel
Port Brownsville
Navigaton
V.F.W. Hall
Schoop
Army Promotes Local Woman at WAC Center
Lydia S. Delgado of Port Isabel was promoted to staff sergeant at Fort McClellan Alabama. A 1963 Isabel High School graduate, she completed basic and clerical training at the WAC Center and now serves as an instructor at the WAC School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort McClellan
Ala
Lydia S. Delgado
Lydia Delgado
Port Isabel
U. S. Women's Army Corps Center
Delgado
Army
Isabel
Coor
WAC
March of Dimes Campaign Opens in Port Isabel
The 1966 March of Dimes campaign launches in Port Isabel under city Chairman Bud Franke with teen fund raisers and a county Walkathon. Teen Chairman Sergio Helms leads efforts, Mothers March set for January 18 with co-chairs Gwen Bellinghausen and Dorothy Gram, and a telethon planned for January 22 and 30. Coin collectors will be placed around Port Isabel and Padre Island as envelopes are distributed to raise funds for birth defects research and aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Franke
Sergio Helms
Gwen Bellinghausen
Dorothy Gram
Port Isabel
Padre Island
Mr. Franke
Year in Review Wind Downs School Wall and More
A 1965 rundown notes events from Port Isabel and South Padre Island including school gym wall collapse delaying 60 students, NHS induction of Christina Yurkovic and others, new apartment plans, Coast Guard search for Donald Wilson, several drownings and shipwrecks, urban renewal bids, and a 990 000 apartment complex plan, with various civic and business milestones across months.
Philadelphia Academy Awards Shell Fair Honor
The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences again awards a two foot bronze plaque for the Shell Fair at South Padre Island. The exhibit judged most entertaining while advancing science wins the prize, with Dr. R. Tucker Abbot serving as senior judge. Last year’s winner was Mrs. T. W. Moore of San Benito for Gulf of Mexico shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Padre Island
Philadelpia Academy of Natural Sciences
Shell Club
Isla Blanca
Academy
Betty Allen
T. W. Moore
San Benito
Gulf of Mexico
R. Tucker Abbot
Philadelphia Academy
Excise Tax Cuts Take Effect Across 1966
Federal reductions from late 1965 lower costs for San Benito and others. Major saving comes from telephone service taxes dropping from 10 to 3 percent, with further cuts scheduled yearly. Auto parts tax 8 percent repealed January 1. Oil and light bulb taxes repealed. various service and stock taxes also removed or lowered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Benito
U.S
Tasyn 6
Ore Gry
Post Office Records A 1965 Mail Increase For Port Isabel
Port Isabel Postmaster Ruth J. Mras reports 1965 postal revenue of 45 792 39 up from 37 949 06 in 1964. Revenue units classify offices. Port Isabel, a second class office, moved within state designations. Year totals show originating mail rising from 30 388 in 1964 to 357 990 in 1965, a 54 910 increase, not counting incoming mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth J. Mras
Port Isabel
Postmaster General
Texas
Women's Groups Plan Joint Meet at First Methodist
The Woman's Society of Christian Service and the Wesleyan Service Guild will hold a joint meeting Tuesday January 11 at 7 30 p.m. at the First Methodist Church with members from both groups attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Wesleyan Service Guild
U.S. Files First Suits To Take Seashore Land
Federal government begins condemnation for Padre Island National Seashore. Declaration of taking covers 10 560 15 acres in Willacy and Kennedy Counties with total compensation of 1 602 921 dollars. Parcels include South Padre Investment Corp James Pessagno Henry Hicks and John R Ragland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padre Island National Seahorse
Willacy
Kennedy Counties
Department of Interior
Houston
Brownsville
U. S
Padre Island Nationa Seashore
National Par Service
Department of the Interior
South Padre Ivestment Corporation
James Pessagno
South Padre Investment Corporation
Henry
Hicks
John R. Ragland
Delgados Win First Local Baby in Port Isabel Area
The first baby born in Port Isabel area, Ramiro Tito Delgado, arrived Jan 2 at 1:26 PM at Mercy Hospital in Brownsville. The 8 pound 6 ounce boy is named Ramiro Tito Delgado after his father, with a merchant-sponsored baby shower planned. Dr. R. E. Fryer attended the birth in Brownsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Rea
Ramiro Tito Delgado
Mercy Hospital
Brownsville
Barrera
Chile
Ramiro Tito
R. E. Fryer
Also Mentioned on This Page
George W. Harrison
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Richard W. Harrison
Rita
George Harrison
Chief Harrison
Dolores Vande Vee
New Mexico
Sho'gun
Argus
E. E. Adcock
Utopia
Earl Fallis
Granbury
Tex
Falis
Maria
Leonard W. Gilman
San Pedro
Henderson
Year IN Review
Wind Downs School
Mexico
Jacob Aaron
J. C. Green
J. J. Jauden
Old Shore Drive
Nationa l Honor Society
NHS
Christina Yurkovic
Carolina
Ramirez
Marianne Bell
Margarita Barrera
Michelle Boswell
Petra Mata
Urban Renewal Agency
Board of Directors
Bill Nussbaum
Laguna Vista
South Padre
Area Chamber of Commerce
Dale Anderson
A W. Jardine
Donald Wilson
Panama
Lydia Pinkham
Florida Keys
Herman L. Sandlin
Ray Sandlin
U. S. Bureau of Commerce
Reynaldo Rivera
Bob Clark
Valley Ace
Fritz Hofmokel
Port Isabel - Padre Island
San Antonio
Terry Christensen
Hargrove
Texas Southmost College
Lloyd, JP
Louisiana
Png
C.p.&l
Aban
George Elsner
Rotary
Internationional Party
Matamoros
Cecil Pountree
Federal Housing and Home Financing Agency
Llans
Cavalier
R. T. Delgados
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