Quiet New Year's In Port Isabel Padre Island Area
New Year's Eve activities in the Port Isabel Padre Island area were subdued with private celebrations and church gatherings. The Experimental Aircraft Association held a barn dance at the Port Isabel Cameron County Airport attended by about forty, while Padre View Lounge drew a capacity crowd. The Pre-School PTA dance at Padre Island Pavilion featured the Brownsville Falcons and a Latin medley ending with Jingle Bells. More than 200 attendees shared good wishes at midnight as fishermen kept lines out all night and morning boats dotted the bay.
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Port Isabel
Experimental Aircraft Association
Port Isabel - Cameron County
Ray Sandlin
Padre View
Marie North
Harlingen
Brownsville
Sea Island Resort
Surf Riders Club
PTA
Padre Island Pavillion
Brownsville Falcons
Oldsters
Q8 Club Banquet Honors Tarpons And Coaches
The Quarterback Club of Port Isabel will honor the A string football players and their coaches at a banquet in the school cafeteria on January 38 at 7 30 p m Floyd Bobbitt is club president Ted Hunt will be master of ceremonies Coach Rueben Torres will announce the speaker next week Attendees include players and their dates coaches wives school board members and club members and their wives
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Quarterback Club
Port Isabel
Floyd Bobbitt
Ted Hunt
Rueben Torres
San Perlita Defeats Tarpons 38 to 20 in District Showdown
San Perlita, defending district champions, topped Port Isabel 38 20 as Tom Rains was slowed to 4 points total. G Durham led scoring with 17 points, Sonny Perez added 9, while the Tarpon defense limited Rains and built a five point halftime lead for the victors.
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Port Isabel Tarpons
San Perlita
Tom Rains
Tarpon
Raine
G. Durham
Sonny Perez
Funeral Services Held For Santana Alcozer Fisherman
Santana Alcozer, Port Isabel fisherman missing December 13, was found in the bay near Marker 17 at 4 50 p m by a private boat that issued a May Day call picked up by J J Brand and Warren Seals and reported to Coast Guard A Border Patrol boat also attended Justice of the Peace Were Myrick ruled death by accidental drowning The body was taken to Delta Funeral home in Brownsville Services were at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at 10 a m Monday He is survived by his wife Maria del Carmen Alcozer and three brothers Brigido Santiago and Silverio of Hidalgo Tamaulipas and his father Brigido Alcozer Saidana of the same city
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Santana Alcozer
Port Isabel
Citizens Radio Band
J. J. Brand
Warren Seals
Coast Guard
Border Patrol
Justice of the Peace
Myrick
Delta Funeral Home
Brownsville
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Alcozer
Maria del Carmen Alcozer
Brigido
Santiago
Silverio
Hidalgo
Tamaulipas
Mexico
Brigido Alcozer Saidana
Causeway Traffic Climbs Steadily Over Holidays
Parks and Causeway Manager Larry Allen reported a 38 percent rise in traffic across the Queen Isabella Causeway from Dec 24 to Jan 3, with 9,584 vehicles versus 6,925 last year. He noted about 40,000 people visited South Padre Island during the holidays, aided by good weather and a yearlong rise.
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Queen Isabella Causeway
South Padre Island
Port Isabel
Parks and Causeway
Larry Allen
Allen
Port Isabel sets January 19 land sale vote on bayfront parcel
A land sale election is called for January 19 in Port Isabel to authorize selling a bayfront tract of about four tenths of an acre beside Purdy’s Courts. The buyer will improve with a seawall and fill, placing the full price in escrow awaiting voter approval.
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Port Isabel
Purdy
Mystery surrounds disappearance of Causeway Center dog Christmas
A small stray dog named Christmas, cared for by Padre View Lounge staff and shoppers near Causeway Shopping Center, vanished the day after Christmas. Patrons urge anyone with information to contact the center, noting the dog’s friendly greeting and hope for a new home.
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Causeway
Padre View Lounge
VFW Opens 1965 Season With First Meeting Tonight
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post S791 invites all members to attend the first 1965 meeting at 7 30 p m in Bud Emmons Office. Officers for 1965 include Commander Robert Garcia Senior Vice Commander LeRoy Shirk Junior Vice Commander Pascual Perez and others with William Barrera Juan A Gonzales and Juan Cantu serving as trustees.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
S791
Bud Emmons
Robert Garcia
LeRoy Shirk
Pascual Perez
Albert Cantu
Ben Longtin
E. W. Cateora
Wiliam Nussbaum
David Gonzales
William Barrera
Juan A. Gonzales
Juan Cantu
Port Isabel Junior High Sells Peanuts for MOD
Port Isabel Junior High students will sell peanuts in January with all students participating. Proceeds will benefit the March of Dimes and donations are welcomed. Blanca Zamora, student council reporter, notes sales will occur in front of the Post Office.
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Port Isabel
Blanca Zamora
B&pw and
Garden Club
Virgil Spradlin
Towanda
Kansas
Ward Gage
Charles City
Iowa
J. C. Birdwell
Vinita
Okla
Safe Crackers Hit Jaudon Lumber Company
Thieves cracked the Jaudon Lumber Company safe Monday night and escaped with an undetermined amount of cash. The entry was gained by prying the side door open and valuables were scattered across the floor. Port Isabel police and sheriff’s deputies investigate.
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Jaudon
Prominent Plans Tabled by Chamber of Commerce Board
The new Port Isabel Cameron County chamber discusses reorganization, plans two sessions starting January 18, and extends a name slogan contest to January 16. Proposed projects include attracting manufacturers with land gifts, docking facilities, toll removal on the Causeway, more winter entertainment, and a beach in Port Isabel. Regular meetings occur every other week as the group hones its promotional program.
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New Area Chamber of Commerce
Ing Academy
Port Isabel
Cameron County
Imovemoe Fyon
Winter Visitors Hear Greetings from Fourteen States at Firehall Meeting
The Winter Visitors Club of Port Isabel met at Firemen's Hall on Wednesday December 3 at 8 PM with 67 attendees. Members from fourteen states and Ontario represented and a bingo session followed a brief business meeting which planned a new bingo set order. New registrants include Elsie Reed from St Clair Missouri and families from Pennsylvania Canada Iowa Michigan Texas South Dakota California and more. The group invites all winter visitors to join weekly meetings.
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Port, Isabel
Ontario
Canada
Missouri
Elsie Reed
St. Clair
J. A. Parrett
Elmer
George Welsh
Roseneath
Iowa
Vic Johnson
Des Moines
Reed Parrington
Bettendorf
Merle
Floyd Laughlin
Lansing
Guy Romp
Story City
Michigan
Wm. Huglet
Benton Harbor
Chas, Brenner
Eaton Rapids
Texas
Mary Schultz
Port Isabel
W. Killingsworth
Dumas
H.B. Hayes
Fort Worth
South Dakota
Desire Pirlet
Lake Preston
L. Larson
Arlington
California
C. Jester
Fairfield
Firemen’s Hall
B&PW Extends Firemen's Hall Hours For Winter Guests
The Business and Professional Women meet at Firemen's Hall and approve two extra days for winter visitors with 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm sessions. Hostesses include Mrs. Ernest DeFord Miss Mary Moramo Mrs. J A Hockaday Thelma Colley and Jimmie Lee Hockaday plus art and shell craft guidance from Mary Anderson and civic chair Mrs. Hockaday.
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Ernest DeFord
Aloe Vera Gardens
Mary Moramo
The
Mexican Mart
J. A
Doc) Hockaday
Thelma Colley
Colley Fishing Service
Jimmie Lee Hockaday
Hockaday
Ranger W A Partin Receives NPS Cash Award for Invention
Ranger W A Partin of Padre Island National Seashore is awarded by the National Park Service for a flare holder device. He developed the holder at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada. Assistant Regional Director Carpenter thanks him for the suggestion and encourages further ideas.
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W. A. Partin
Padre Island National Seashore
National Park Service
Partin
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Nevada
Carpenter
Padre Island Real Estate Deal Brings Business Expansio
Mr and Mrs Ward Thompson of Illinois purchased the Padre Island Beauty Salon and Harbor Shop plus four apartments and a house once owned by the Austinsons who moved to Minneapolis to run a large beauty salon. Emmons Real Estate and Insurance handled the deal. The Thompsons, longtime visitors, plan to expand facilities and add a major new business improvement to Padre Island.
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Ward Thompson
Hllinois
Padre Island
Tony Austinson
Austinsons
Minneapolis
Thompson
Seaboard Finance Company
Emmons Real Estate and Insurance Company
Tarpon Exes And Faculty Tangle At Monday Benefit
The Port Isabel High School seniors host a Monday basketball game at 7 30 p m in the school gym to raise funds for their senior trip. Faculty players include Gades Torres Christensen Gonzales Monkres and Massey coached by Caudill. Ex Tarpons lineup not yet announced. Admission 50 cents students 75 cents adults. Tickets sold by seniors with door sales available.
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Port Isabel High School
Port Isabel High
Gades
Torres
Christensen
Gonzales
Monkres
Massey
Caudill
Ex Tarpons
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Jess Etheridge
Mercy Hospital
Sonya
J. W
Campeche
Etheridge
North Carolina
Guadalupe
Sonya Leigh
Tarpons
Chase Price
Portabel
District Court
Causeway Shopping Center
VFW
Junior High
Jaudon Lumber Company
Flash Nollman
Katie Gray
Katie
Queen Isabel Inn
B. L. Gray
McAllen
Nollman
Firewal
Pennsylvania
Harold Garvis
Trafford
B&pw
Ranger W. A. Partin
Matt Murphy
Warsaw
Sid Barcus
Route 1
St. Jo
Henry A. Schiaus
Ingalls
Alton A. Schmidt
Cimarron
R. W. Yoder
Hutchinson
Newton Barns
Dallae
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