Laguna Madre Clinic Opens In Laguna Vista
Dr John W Gibson opens Laguna Madre Clinic in Laguna Vista serving South Padre Island Port Isabel Bayside Bayview and Los Fresnos The new brick building features air conditioning terrazzo and a four foot corridor linking rooms A public open house is set for Sunday January 24 from 2 to 5 pm with coffee and refreshments available The clinic plans future expansion to a 20 bed facility and nursing home development
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Laguna Vista
John W. Gibson
Laguna Madre Clinic
Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Bayside
Bayview
Los Fresnos
Dr. Gibson
University of Tennessee
St. Luke's Hospital
Spokane
Washington
Charity Hospital
Ineville
Nne
Kholoff
Robert B. Rlis
Dickenson and
Seots
Oklahoma City
Gibson
Kansas City Star Men Sample Port Isabel Fishing Trip
Two Kansas City Star reporters Buck Martin and Roger Reynolds vacationing in Port Isabel sample local fishing and culture. They fish the bay, visit Matamoros, sample valley barbecue, and savor shrimp and oysters while hinting at future assignments and return visits to the area.
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Virginia Henderson
E] Dobe
Buck Martin
Roger Reynolds
The
Kansas City Star
Bay
Padre Island
Matamoros
Martin
Reynolds
Star Bright
Kansas City
el Dobe
Bay Area
STAR
Port Isabel
Mexico
Florida
Bahamas
Rio Grande River
Wiley Bennett
Olmito
Roger
K.C
Old
CofC Directors To Meet Monday
The board of directors of the newly formed area chamber of commerce will meet Monday January 18 at 7 p.m. in the chamber building. A. W. Jardine urges adoption of a program a name and slogan and launching a membership drive. Entries for the name slogan contest must be mailed by January 16 with two $25 Savings Bonds as prizes.
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Area Chamber of Commerce
A. W. Jardine
Visitors' Club Grows Meeting at Port Isabel Fire Hall
The Port Isabel Winter Visitors Club held its 96th meeting at the Fireman's Hall with 96 members, an increase of 29 from the prior week, drawing participants from 16 states and Canada. Michigan led state representation with 23 members. Activities include crafts, games, and sea shell craft demonstrations by Mrs. Anderson of the B&PW Club. Merchants contributed prizes, and organizers invite local businesses to donate prizes.
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Port Isabel
Canada
Michigan
Ernest DeFord
Colley’s Fishing Service
Port
Fisherman's Inn
Anchor
Warren Hardware
Gulf Oil
Freddie's Pharmacy
Lighthouse Grocery
den Russ Drugs
Frick's Variety Store
Alta Vista Apartments
Marjories Beauty Salon
Hazel's Fashions
Shaylor Tackle
Humbe Oil & Gas Co
Shop of the Seven Seas
Texaco Station
Fireman's Hall
DeFord
Anderson
B&pw Club
Mary Maramo
Mexican Mart
Jimmie Lee Hockaday
Thelma Colley
Morgan
Queen Isabella Inn
Winter Visitors Club
B&pw
Virgil Spradlin
Neptune Apartments
Services Held For Cliff McWhorter Civil Engineer
Clifton Thomas McWhorter 46 died Friday January 8 from a heart ailment. A South Padre Island resident for two years he was a civil engineer with John L Thompkins Company. Funeral services were Saturday at 3 p m at Clifford Jackson Funeral Home Corpus Christi. He was born August 29 1918 and survived by his wife Elizabeth two children Brice and Milton a brother J D Milton of Alice and his parents J T and Josie Odesa McWhorter.
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Clifton Thomas McWhorter
McWhorter
South Padre Island
John L. Thompkins Company
Clifford Jackson
Corpus Christi
Elizabeth
Brice
Milton
J. D. Milton
Alice
J. T. and
Josie Odesa McWhorter
Pockrus 76 Dies in California on Saturday
Jim Pockrus 76 died Saturday morning at his home in Santa Rosa California. A former Port Isabel resident he lived in Santa Rosa two years and worked with the Twin City Fishermen's Co op. He is survived by his wife Mary three sons three daughters a brother and a sister, nineteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services in California were under the Church of Christ Santa Rosa.
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Jim Pockrus
Santa Rosa
California
Port Isabel
Twin City
Fishermen's Co-op
Pockrus
Mary
Ocie Pockrus
James Pockrus
Marion Pockrus
Billings
Montana
Romana Graham
Beaumont
Jack Israel
Helen Franklin
Lawton Oklahoma
Maude Abbott
Florida
Church of Christ
Shafer Named To Head Port Isabel CPL
Aurther W. Shafer of Harlingen will succeed Stuart Adkins as Central Power and Light Company manager for the Port Isabel area, announced CPL District Manager R. A. Ewing this week. Shafer takes over leadership duties as Adkins retires from CPL.
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Stuart Adkins
Aurther Shafer
Port Isabel
Cp&l
Aurther W. Shafer
Harlingen
Central Power and Light Company
CPL
R. A. Ewing
Adkins
Shafer
Harlin
San Benito
West Cameron
American Red Cross
Lions
Football Banquet Hears Ben Brite Guest Speaker
Port Isabel Quarterback Club hosts a 7:30 p.m. banquet at the high school cafeteria featuring Ben Brite of Brownsville as guest speaker. Brite, a Texas Christian University graduate and former Eagle coach, is known for his country humor and positive outlook.
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Port Isabel
Tarpon
Ben Brite
Brownsville
Brite
Texas Christian University
San Antonio
Eagle
Ben
Ted Hunt
Duplicate Bridge Club Organized in Port Isabel
A new Duplicate Bridge Club is formed in Port Isabel area and will host its first weekly game on Tuesday January 19 at 7 30 p m at the Firemen's Hall in Port Isabel. All bridge players invited with door prizes. Price is 75 cents per player. Partners available. For more information call Mrs Sammie Schmidt or Mrs Vera Glover.
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Bay Area
Duplicate Bridge Club
Port Isabel
Firemen's Hall
Sammie Schmidt
Vera Glover
Walsh Realty Opens New Offices on Padre Island
The Padre Island office of Vernon Walsh Realty opens in the Sea Island Resort Hotel lobby with Mrs. Nita Russell Flewelling as Island representative. Founded 1911, the firm began with Floyd Shock and expanded through W. Vernon Walsh to brokerage, property management, and subdivisions.
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Walsh Realty
Padre Island
Vernon Walsh
W. Vernon Walsh
Villa Verde
Resacaside
Laguna Bonita
Rio Viejo
America
Jack McGinness
Flewelling
Literacy Council Classes Begin in Port Isabel
An urgent meeting is set for Thursday January 14 at 7 30 p m in the Port Isabel High School library to organize the literacy council. A follow up workshop will train teachers and volunteers with small class sizes to maximize learning. 53 students have already registered for Monday classes starting January 23 at 7 30 p m. Rueben Torres invites women and others with a high school education to help and to contact him at the high school.
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Port Isabel
Rueben Torres
Mothers March Begins January 25 In Port Isabel
The Port Isabel Home Demonstration Club sponsors the annual January March of Dimes event on Monday January 25 with Mrs Gwen Bellinghausen as chairwoman Volunteers will canvass homes from 6 to 8 PM to seek contributions for the fight against birth defects and polio Residents are asked to turn on porch lights and greet the marchers to show support Donations help fund research and treatment at centers worldwide and in local communities Call Mrs Bellinghausen to assist at WH 34 2797 or WH 2 2768
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Port Isabel
March of Dimes
Murch
Gwen Bellinghausen
Port Isabel High Track Team Begins Daily Workouts
Port Isabel High School track team starts practice for the season with morning sessions at 6:15 to 7:00 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., plus after school workouts at 3:30 p.m. lasting about two hours. The squad, totaling 10 to 12 runners and throwers of shot and discus, runs the port and back about three times daily.
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Port Isabel
Port Mansfield Causeway Plans Approved for Padre Island
Cameron County and Port Isabel officials call the Port Mansfield Causeway plan good news as South Padre Investment Company reveals 6000 acres on Padre Island and a 16 month construction timetable. A connecting island highway to Queen Isabella causeway is also planned once Port Mansfield is finished.
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Port Mansfield
Padre Iisland
Padre Island
Cameron County
Port Isabel
South Padre Investment Company
Cameron
Willacy
Kennedy Counties
Queen Isabella
Port Manafield
South Padre
South Padre Inn Company
Ballion
Queen Isabella Ca
Cameron A
Laguna Madre
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Texas A&m University
Dorothy
Joy
Susan
Evergreen
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Rio Grande Valley
Rotary Club
Cameron County Parks Commission
Valley
International Good Neighbor Council
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Literacy Council
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