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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1958
Page
1
Port Isabel groups schedule March of Dimes events this weekend with a Peanut sale by Boy Scouts to raise funds and a bucket brigade by the Port Isabel Volunteer Fire Department postponed from last weekend due to heavy rain. More January activities tied to the drive are planned and to be announced.
A. R. Keller William Barrera George Kennedy Joe Lane and Juan J. Martinez were elected to the Cameron County Fresh Water District No. 1 board of supervisors. Edgar Bell was named tax collector and assessor, with write-in votes noted for several candidates and Bell receiving 443 votes for the tax role.
Poll taxes will be available in Port Isabel during January at the Men's Store operated by Hortensia Groomer and at City Hall by Ernestina Barrera. Voters over twenty one are urged to purchase the tax to be eligible in all elections for the coming year.
The Port Isabel baby Maria Del Carmen Villarreal was announced winner of the annual First Baby Contest sponsored by local merchants. Born January 3 at 1 55 a m weight about six pounds, she is the Villarreal family’s fourth child. Parents are Mr and Mrs Villarreal of Gomez street Guadalupe and Francesca Villa. Prize pickup instructions follow at the Press office.
Flotilla 702 of the Coast Guard Auxiliary says exams for Radio Operator 3rd class will be held in Port Isabel. The credential will be mandatory for boats for hire carrying six or more people after March 1. A FCC official is in town to administer the tests, with make up sittings in San Antonio later if missed.
Valley News reports that editor travels Highway 83 as stations warn traffic halted by rising waters. Water reached shoulders but soil remained dry on concrete. Farmers accuse rabbit hunters using lights at night of dangerous shots toward homes and livestock. Some Raymondville farms flooded after heavy weekend rain, but drainage improves and planting cotton can resume after January 15 in dryland fields.
About 800 to 900 visitors attended the opening of the White Sands Motor Lodge and Marina in Port Isabel. Mayor J A Hockaday cut the ribbon while John and Donald Birge greeted guests. Despite heavy rain, several families registered and tides reached near 22 inches above normal, threatening nearby structures but causing no sustained damage as sandbags protected the Beachcomber motel and other properties.
A Navy helicopter rescued two Harlingen men stranded after their truck stalled 22 miles north of the Padre Island Causeway during heavy seas and rain. Three others were saved earlier by jeep. The annual Boy Scouts of America fund drive starts next Thursday with door to door canvassing led by local chairman John V. Trump and assistant Joe Lane, featuring a Friday supper at Gulf Cafe to review efforts and set goals.
A Bridge of Honor was held at Port Isabel Fire Hall on Friday Jan 3 aboard a Landship set up by Ship 56. Bill Privett, son of Ship 56 Port Isabel, received the Quartermaster award the highest Sea Scout honor. Local Sea Scout units and dignitaries attended including Brownsville ships and Valley executives.
Application to the district engineer of the Corps of Engineers in Galveston seeks a permit for dredging in Laguna Madre near Port Isabel. C E Cole proposes a 12 by 60 foot basin and a 6 by 1000 foot channel to three feet mean low tide with spoil banks on both sides. Plans available at the Brownsville office for navigation protests.
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