Views From the Lighthouse at Texas Press Association Session
The Texas Press Association meeting featured Em merich from Houston on editorial writing and sessions on newspaper operations. Attendees included Arlington editors and Raymond Berry noted as Texan of the Year. discussions covered editorial craft, layout, and travel plans. Varying comments on governance and voting urged Cameron County registration before the January 31 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Press Association
Emmerich
Houston
Upstate
Arlington
Tom Urie
Raymond Berry
Baltimore Colt
Padre Island
Area Leaders Study Program For Community Improvement
Sixteen residents met at Merchants Marine State Bank to discuss joining a Community Improvement Program in Laguna Heights and Laguna Vista. The Texas backed initiative offers cash prizes for beautification health programs and community projects in small towns with local committees guiding organization and participation.
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Merchants Marine State Bank Board Room
Bayrea
Texas For Service
Texas A&m University
Central Power and Light Company
Maser Public Service Co
Fort Worth
Dallas Power & Light Co
Gulf States Utilities of Beaumont
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Southwestern Electric Service Co
Dallas
Southwestern Electric Power Co
Shreveport
Texas Electric Service Co
Texas Power and Light Co
West Texas Utilities of
Abilene
Laguna Heights
Laguna Vista
Central Power and Light Co
Aurther Shafer
Cp&l
Shafer
Richard Roloff
Lawton Petty
W. M. Barrera
Vere Myrick
William Zimmerman
Tom Urie
C. B. Colley
R. C. Budde
Don Cowan
Dick Hartman
Civic Club Starts House Number Sale in Laguna Vista
Laguna Vista Civic Club members led by Mrs. William Nussbaum begin selling house numbers and nameplates to fund local projects. City and Port Isabel homes can buy numbers to mark properties, with proceeds aiding street name signs and other civic needs. Contact Mrs. Nussbaum or Mrs. Tom Urie to purchase.
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Laguna Vista
Nussbaum
Tom Urie
Port Isabel High announces mid term exam schedule
Principal Ruben Torres says exams run Thursday January 25 for odd periods and Friday January 26 for even periods. 2nd period 8 45 to 10 15 a m 4th 10 15 to 11 45 a m 6th 1 00 to 2 30 p m. Exemptions apply for 95 average students with few absences. Report cards go out Wednesday January 31.
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Port Isabel High School
Ruben Torres
Be Our Guest Editorial Invitation in Local Press
A community paper invites readers to submit guest editorials signed with names. Writers should address topics of general interest in clean, non libelous language and may express opinions on public issues or events.
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Sahara
Ps Geen
Vote Registration Seen On Increase in Cameron County
Cameron County voters show rising registration as Tax Assessor-Collector Johnny Snow cites a possible 55 000 total registration. He notes 90 000 eligible residents and about 35 000 registered last year, with only four days left to register for the upcoming presidential election year.
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Cameron County
Johnny Snow
Snow
County Commissioners Back Boundary Unit Control Plan
Cameron County Commissioners Court voiced support for International Boundary and Water Commission flood control plans for the lower Valley. A resolution by San Benito Commissioner Adolph Thomae urged IBWC officials be funded with 2 million dollars to advance the program, praised for rapid work after September and October hurricanes and floods. Port Isabel Commissioner Ted Hunt contributed remarks.
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Cameron County Commissoners' Court
International Boundary and Water Commission
San
Thomae
Port Isabel
Ted Hunt
Port Isabel High Girls Earn Outstanding Teenager Nods
Port Isabel High School seniors Angie Sandoval and Janet Bell earned Outstanding Teenager listings for 1967 after school nomination. Principal Ruben Torres announced their selection as they prepare for state and national competition in the Outstanding Teenager of America program. Sandoval is 1967 Homecoming Queen. Bell was runner-up and both are active scholastic leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angie Sandoval
Janet Bell
Port GA School
Ruben Torres
Port Isabl High School
Sandoval
Miss Bell
Miss Sandoval
Telemobile exhibit opens to show past and future phones
Port Isabel residents will tour Telemobile, Southwestern Bell's exhibit trailer, opening January 31 next to the telephone building. Free daily from 1 pm to 8 pm, visitors will view early phone models and future services like Picturephone and the laser, with Keller guiding the previews.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Port Isabel
Telemobile
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Keller
Southwestern Bell
Rogers
Teen nominees announced for March of Dimes Queen contest
The March of Dimes Queen contest runs Jan 21 to Jan 31 with teen chairmen and adult advisors named for Harlingen Brownsville San Benito La Feria Rio Hondo Santa Rosa and Port Isabel. Each school competes to reach the highest percentage of its fundraising goal.
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Cameron County
Allison Willeford
Harlingen
Bob Yonker
Hoyt Chapman
Brownsville
Rio Hondo
Rita Bearden
David Jones
Dorthy Shields
Santa Rosa
Carl Rickford
Port Isabel
Joy Shafer
Fayton Gage
Judge Nye Seeks Re-election to Texas Civil Appeals Court
Corpus Christi Judge Paul W. Nye announced his candidacy for re-election as Associate Justice of the Thirteenth Court of Civil Appeals. Nye, appointed in 1963 and re-elected in 1964, notes the court serves the Gulf Coast region from Houston to the Rio Grande Valley and remains among the state's busiest appellate benches.
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Sears McGee
Houston
Meade Valley
F. Griffin
Supreme Court of Texas
Griffin
McGee
138Th District Court
H. A. Garcia
Fount Ray
Paul W. Nye
Corpus Christi
Thirteenth Court of Civil Appeals
Justice Nye
John Connally
Nye
Thirteenth Court
Gulf Coast
Rio Grande Valley
Court of Civil Appeals
State of
Texas
Former Chamber Manager Jack Drake to Speak at Port Isabel Dinner
Jack Drake, former manager of the Valley Chamber of Commerce, will address the Port Isabel Padre Island Area Chamber of Commerce annual dinner. The event includes installation of officers at 7:30 p.m. in Sea Island Resort Motor Hotel Marine Dining Room. The chamber has extra tickets and invites area residents to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Drake
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Port Isabel - Padre Island Area
License Plates On Sale February First in Cameron County
Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector Johnny Snow says Texas vehicle license plates go on sale February 1. Plates for all vehicle classes available at county tax offices in Brownsville San Benito and Harlingen. Passenger registrations at Gulf Mart Brownsville and Merchants Marine Bank Port Isabel. Passenger plates in La Feria start March 1 at Central Power and Light offices. Snow urges early purchase and not waiting to the last day.
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Cameron County
Johnny Snow
Texas
Brownsville
San Benito
Harlingen
Gulf Mart
Merchants Marine State Bank
Port Isabel
la Feria
Central Power and Light Company
Snow
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CPL
Electric Utility Companies of
Civic Club
Silver Tar Foundation
America
Oscar C. Dancy
John Huth
South Padre Island
Cameron County Board of Park Commissioners
Tichenor
Cameron
Queen Isabella
Chicago
Dancy
Highway Department
D. C. Greer
Sharon Hahn
Mark Mossbacker
Raul Besterio, Jr
Jean (Tootie) Boswell
Richard Gibson
Randy Schwab
Bill Farris
Emma _Barrientez
Hontops
Chamber
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