Annual Boy Scout Fund Drive Underway in Port Isabel
Port Isabel launches its annual Boy Scout fund drive this week with a workers coffee at Gulf Cafe Saturday 4 30 to 6 p m to pick up service cards. A victory report dinner follows Monday at Gulf Cafe. Council praise notes Sea Scout unit in Region Nine among the nation’s best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Gulf Cafe
John Trump
Joe Lane
Fred Petch
Raymond Cavazos
Bob Bell
James Jayden
George Owsley
Bill Dean
March of Dimes Activities Expanded by Local Groups
Boy Scouts collected 160.95 for the March of Dimes in a Peanuts for Polio drive led by Dick Roloff. The Volunteer Fire Department bucket brigade, canceled by bad weather, is rescheduled for Sunday. The Port Isabel Mariner troop will run a Blue Crutch sale next weekend with containers placed in local businesses and receipts strong.
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Boy Scouts
March of Dimes
Dick Roloff
Fire Department
Port Isabel
Rio Grande Boy Scout Banquet Honors Regional Scouts
Harlingen hosted the Rio Grande Council annual banquet at the Little Creek Pagoda Room. Harold W. Lewman regional scout executive spoke as awards were given to outstanding regional Scouts, and Rio Grande Council officers for 1958 were installed, including John Trump of Port Isabel and Ara J. Breedlove of Los Fresnos.
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Harlingen
Rio Grande
Little Creek
Harold W. Lewman
Rio Grande Council
John Trump
Port Isabel
Ara J. Breedlove
Los Fresnos
Methodist Men Host Box Social in Port Isabel
The Port Isabel Methodist Men sponsor an old fashioned box social on Thursday February 13 at the church Educational building. The public is invited to bid on lunch boxes and win a luncheon with the box owner. A prize goes to the woman with the highest bid. proceeds fund the churchs new public address system.
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Methodist Men's Group
Port Isabel
New Girl Scout Leaders Named at Port Isabel Meeting
At the Tip of Texas Girl Scout Council annual meeting held at Camp Lula Sams in Olmito, Mrs. John Trump was named 1st vice president. New leaders include Mrs. Jack Harris as Port Isabel neighborhood chair and Mrs. Bill Ewing as treasurer, with various troop leaders and assistants announced for Mariner, Troop Nine, intermediate troops, and Brownie grades. The report urges local volunteers to contact Mrs. John Trump to support a full Port Isabel scouting program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tip of Texas
John Trump
Port Isabel
Roy Valentine Drowned Offshore Near Brazos Pass
Roy Valentine about 60 fell overboard from the crawler Tuna ten miles off Brazos Pass Thursday afternoon and was dead on being pulled aboard. He lived in Port Isabel since 1939. Captain Raymond Clark of the trawler and a Coast Guard crew aided in reviving efforts but Valentine died, with a suspected stroke as the cause.
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Rover
Valentine
Brazos Pass
Port Isabel
Wesley Moore
Raymond Clark
Clark
Coast Guard
Wrecked Shrimp Trawler Found Off Mexican Coast
A Coast Guard plane from Corpus Christi located a 60 foot shrimp trawler wrecked on the Mexican coast fifteen miles below the coast Thursday afternoon. The vessel sought was the Miss Carmen Louise owned by WBP shrimp company. Captain Joseph Brudeaux led the Miss Carmen Louise.
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Coast Guard
Corpus Christi
WBP Shrimp Company
WBP
Carmen Louise
Joseph Brudeaux
Fish Phone Calls Provoking Fines In Newtom County
In November two men paid $10 fines in Newtom county for shocking fish with magnetic telephones. The charge stemmed from actions monitored by the Game and Fish commission director of law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Newtom County
The
Game and Fish Commission
Port Isabel eyed for Air Force family housing project
A Air Force team toured Port Isabel and nearby areas in search of a site for about twenty seven homes for Air Force families with Fresnos Rio Hondo and Sag Benito also under consideration Port Isabel officials and real estate men are hoped to land the deal. Next week should reveal the chosen location. Commander Howard of the Port Isabel Naval Auxiliary Air Station is thanked for past rescues and a note of apologies is made for an earlier omission.
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Air Force
Port Isabel
Fresnos
Rio Hondo
Sag Benito
Port Isabel Naval Auiliary Air Station
Howard
Padre Island
Mexico
Mexican
Cogsmander
Valley Sportsmen aid Wild Game dinner at Corpus Christi hospital
Valley Sportsmen club members donated venison javelina and wild hog meat for the annual Wild Game dinner held January 13 at the U S Naval Hospital in Corpus Christi. Club secretary J L Head reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlingen
U. S.y Naval Hospital
Corpus Chisti
J. L. Head
Deputy Fatally Shot at Home In Brownsville
Bobby Solis 27, youngest deputy of Sheriff Boynton Fleming, is killed at his Brownsville residence when Rachael Gonzales 21 shoots him after arriving at the door. Mrs Solis wounded, Gonzales in jail held without bond on murder charges. Solis had served six years and was FBI academy graduate. SFC George T. Martin and wife depart for Germany for a three year assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Solis
Boynton H. Fleming
Brownsville
Rachael Gonzales
Solis
Conisuelo Solis
Mercy Hospital
Gonzales
Bond
FBI Police Academy
Politician Faces Split Path At Moment of Departure
A veteran politician signals a dual approach as they part ways with former allies and explore parallel options. The move suggests shifting alliances and potential new leg to influence upcoming votes and policy debates.
Local C of C Ballots Due Soon for Directors
Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce members have one week left to submit ballots for next year’s directors. Ballots must reach the chamber office by January 25 to be counted. If ballots are misplaced contact secretary Mrs Toy Beamer at the Laguna Madre Motor Hotel office.
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Port Isabel
Ike's Budget Seeks Deep Water Port Work Funds
President Eisenhower proposes a four year program with $1,400,000 added to continue widening and deepening the Brownsville and Port Isabel ship channels and turning basins. Total project cost projected at $3,800,000 with $9,030,000 for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, including $4,700,000 for construction and $3,330,000 for maintenance.
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Eisenhower
Brownsville
Port Isabel
Congress
Dale Miller
Miller
Highway Work In County Progress Report
State Highway department reports widening and rebuilding 17 miles from Los Fresnoles to Port Isa as completed. An 2.8 mile stretch east of San Benito shows 44 percent completion with 460,036 spent of 1,137,683. Other contracts include Combes street widening finished at 54,627, Olmito Russelltown lighting at 11 percent of 33,704, and Ballenger Construction at 30 percent of 308,976 for Duke's highway from Santa Rosa to Bluetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Los Fresnols
Port Isa- 1
E. B. Darby & Co
San Benito City
Dodds & Wedegartner
Combes
West Robertson Street
Scott Brown Road
E & M Bobhusky
San Benito
Olmito
Russelltown
Phillips Electric Company
Ballenger Construction Company
Duke
Los Fresnos Bank Elects Officers
At the annual stockholders meeting in Los Fresnos the bank announced elected directors Ura J. Breedlove E C Breedlove Jack Welch H C Aldridge R E Yonker Dean Porter and Noel E Ryall Officers re elected were Ara J Breedlove president Robert E Overcash vice president Jane Smith cashier and Leon Hinkley Jr assistant cashier
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Fresnos State Bank
Los Fresnos
Ura J. Breedlove
E. C. Breedlove
Jack Welch
H. C. Aldridge
R. E. Yonker
Dean Porter
Noel E. Ryall
Ara J. Breedlove
Robert E. Overcash
Jane Smith
Leon Hinkley Jr
Air Force Accepts Buildings at NAAS and Near Term Installations
The Air Force accepts the NAAS buildings and electronic installations, due to start in February though activation dates for Air Warning Station personnel remain undecided. The acceptance committee includes Lt. Col. Toler from Dallas, C W Thatcher, J Yohn, Maj. J W Beighley, J F McCabe, and Captain John Miller will stay as liaison officer at Ent AFB Colorado.
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NAAS
Air Force
Armed Forces
John Miller
Air Forces Acceptance Committee
Col. Toler
Dallas
South West
U. S. Air Force
C. W. Thatcher
Central Air Defense Usn
J. Yohn
Comdc Adc
Ent Afb, Colorado
Maj
J. W. Beighley
33Rd
ADIV
Oklahoma City
AF Sta
J. F. McCabe
Comadc
Ent Afb
Colorado
Site Sought In Area 21 For Air Force Housing Units
Sheriff Boynton H Fleming reports 15 December cases handled and 116 cleared by his department. Property valued at 6333.68 returned. 3613 radio calls. 230 prisoners kept. Site inspections by K V Sibert, C E McKenna, and Lt Dettwiler in Colorado Springs for a 27 unit Air Force housing program, to be built with appropriated funds, covering about eight acres. Areas surveyed include Rio Hondo, Los Fresnos, Port Isabel, and San Benito.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boynton H. Fleming
K. V. Sibert
Central Air Defense Installations
Cc. E. McKenna
W. S. Dettweiler
Air Defense
Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Force
Capehart
Rio Hondo
Los Fresnos
Port Isabel
San Benito
George O. Trump Installed as Rio Grande Shrine Club Leader
George O. Trump of Port Isabel was installed as president of the Rio Grande Valley Shrine Club at the Brownsville Civic Center during the annual installation dinner. New officers include Lew Bray Harlingen first vice president W R Blalock Mission second vice president Oscar Longnecker Brownsville secretary Larry Davis Los Fresnos treasurer and Ned Sondeck Harlingen parliamentarian. Over 200 attendees from the Valley heard entertainment by a Texas Southmost College folk dance team led by Jo Sobrino with guests including the Divan from San Antonio.
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George O. Trump
Port Isabel
Rio Grande Valley Shrine Club
Brownsville
Lew Bray
Harlingen
W. R. Blalock
Mission
Oscar Longnecker
Larry Davis
Los Fresnos
Ned Sondeck
Texas Southmost College
Jo Sobrino
Divan of
San Antonio
Higginbotham Dies After Cancer Operative Spell
James A Higginbotham aged 35 a Port Isabel resident since 193? died at his sister s home after a December 16 operation revealed cancer He was a World War II veteran Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 pm at the Baptist church with full military rites under Port Isabel VFW He is survived by his mother a brother a sister his wife and three children Pallbearers are named and burial is in Mont Meta San Benito.
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James A. Higginbotham
Port Isabel
Theron Boynt
Higginbotham
U. S. Army
Baptist Church
Bob Buchanan
Fishermen Catch Strikes On Bay and Jetty Trips
Friday's fishing reports list C. T. Clark of Fort Worth with ten trout, H. E. Bennett of Stratford, Texas with 35 sheephead and eight trout, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Aders of Franklin Park Illinois with 20 trout, and Mrs. Cleo Pederson of Port Isabel with 21 trout. Saturdays results show M. T. Dunn of Plainview 16 trout and J. C. Robertson of Plainview 16 trout.
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C. T. Clark
Fort Worth
H. E. Bennett
Stratford
Texas
Paul Aders
Franklin Park
Ill
Cleo Pederson
Port Isabel
Sunday Fishing Result Noted in Plainview Report
M. T. Dunn of Plainview landed 18 trout during a day of surf or jetty fishing on Sunday January 12. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Farmer are also mentioned in the notice as participants or observers.
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M. T. Dunn
Plainview
O. A. Farmer
Local Angler Winners List Trout Catches by City
Des Moines Iowa sees 16 trout caught while Otto McFarland of Weslaco records 12 trout and Pee Wee Schumacher of Port Isabel nets 18 trout in a regional angling event.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Otto McFarland
Weslaco
Pee Wee Schumacher
Port Isabel
Colgrove and Caraway Catch Sheephead in Decatur
Mr and Mrs G T Colgrove of Decatur Texas report ten sheephead while Bob Caraway of Decatur lands one six pound sheephead on Monday January 13 in Decatur.
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G. T. Colgrove
Decatur
Texas
Bob Caraway
Trout Catch Statistics From Plainview and Nearby Areas
Tuesday January 14 reports list Mr and Mrs J C Roberson Plainview with 16 trout. W H Hauser Edmond Kan and H M Kremer Hamilton Ohio with 13 trout. L B Young Fred Amy and G L Webb Minneola Kan together caught 32 trout.
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J. C. Roberson
Plainview
W. H. Hauser
Edmond
Kan
H. M. Kremer
Hamilton
Ohio
L. B. Young
Fred Amy
G. L Webb
Minneola
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NEW Water Board
Cameron County
William Barrera
George Kennedy
Edgar Bell
Juan J. Martinez
A. R. Keller
Bell
Super
Roy Valentine
Mexico Beach
Policien
Tarpona
G&s
Hortensia’ Greomer
Barrera
Isabel
SFC
George T. Martin
Germany
Martin
I. DB. Martin
Ike
Los Fresnos Bank
Larry
Jimmie Birge
B&m Motor Sales
Farmington
Michigan
Tom Wilkenson
N.A.A.S
Valley Shrine Club
Atures Hi Lo
J. C. Robertson
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