Letter notes tax status and ambulance payments in Port Isabel
A letter from Dorothy Emmons explains that charitable ambulance contributions are not tax deductible and requests donors' names for tax status records. It warns about nonpayment leading to collection and urges using ambulance only for emergencies to save costs. It also includes a reader account praising Port Isabel volunteers after a January fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laguna Madre
Ambulance Association
Internal Revenue
Port Isabel
Laguna Madre Community Ambulance, Incorporated
Dorothy Emmons
Winter Visitors Bring Records of Club Activities
President Roy Coons welcomed 221 members from 19 states and Canada. The Laguna Madre B and P W Club plans a spaghetti dinner Jan 27 and a fish dinner Feb 10 at the high school cafeteria to fund scholarships and a library building in Port Isabel. New registrants span Canada through Wisconsin and Texas with many families listed. Meetings are held at the high school cafeteria each Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fran Firth Lowmiller
Roy Coons
States
Canada
Iowa
Andy Kovatch
Glenn Groover
Laguna Madre Business and Professional Women’s Club
B&pw
Port Isabel
Chas. Herte
N. M. Florey
December Weather Colder Than Normal in South Texas
Dr. Jim Norwine reports a notably cold dry December in South Texas with Kingsville averaging 55.8 F and only 0.28 inch rainfall. The month featured three distinct periods: warm early and late, and a six day cold spell centered December 11-16 with a 26–34 F range and subfreezing nights on six dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Texas
Kingsville
Offshore anglers haul big reds and trout across Laguna Madre
Fishing reports describe large redfish and trout from jetties, causeway aprons, piers, and banks. Captains Murphy, Shattuck, Kingery, Colley, and Ghilain lead varied catches including red snapper up to 16 pounds, 5 pound drums, and sheepshead. Local anglers J A Rongey and others report multiple trout and drum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fran Firth Lowmiller
Matt Murphy
Warsaw
Bill Shattuck
Anchor Marina
Thomas B. Black
Laguna Heights
Wesley Delehoy
Francis Marsh
Nebraska
Laguna Madre
Jack Kingery
Danny B
Purdy’s Courts
White Sands Motor Lodge
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Port Isabel Press
Sandpiper
Mangers Margie
Eddie McKeown
Alta Vista
Ments
Apts
Fire Department
Sumega
Wolf
Illinois
Harold Killen
Lewis Haab
William Benway
Carl Goembel
al Hill
J.R. Kelley
P. Daley
Mae Donaldson
Ella Swenson
Genevieve Dancy
Alice D. Elly
Clark Brooks
Joe Griever
Everett Williams
Wayne Hughes
George Pascal
Vernon Fleshner
Boyd Besco
Claude R. Wall
Ethel Lass
Kansas
Kilpatric
R.V. Austin
Ray Cox
George Green
Lewis Henderson
Pearl Studebaker
Wilkinson
Minnesota
Willis Cummings
Chas. Wylie
W.C. Bryant
John Wilmar
Vernon Erickson
Missouri
M. Lowe
Harry Guethal
Ellen Burton
Tenn
Brown Milstead
Marie Kenworthy
Wisconsin
Clarence Strupp
Joe Hladkillck
H.W. White
Harold W. Dunn
Robert Langguth
Lee Boettcher
A&i
Kingsville Naval Air Station
Jim Norwine
Island Drive-in
Mile Up Island Blvd
Fishing
George Colley, Jr
Art
Jim Ghilain
Jan
Sandcastle
George Garrett
Harvey’s Courts
George Shaw
Jack Rehn
Tarkio
Sheepshead
J.A. Rongey
Searcy
Ark
M. Washington
Overland Pass
Bayside Marine
Evinrude
Polar Craft
Aluminum Boats
BIA
Coast Guard
OMC Ad Mercruiser
Joe Cavazos
Tony Estrada
Yacht Club
Yturria St
Hwy
Geology
Kingsvile, Tex
Brownsville
E. Elizabeth
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