Dedication Of Causeway Opens Padre Playground
The new 2,750,000 causeway from Port Isabel to Padre Island will be formally opened Saturday morning July 3 with Ezra Taft Benson as principal speaker and Jose Feliz de Legurica naming the structure Queen Isabella causeway. The 110 mile Gulfside area gains a seaside resort route while the swing barge will be closed during ceremonies from 10 to noon.
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Port Isabel
Padre Island
Ezra Taft Benson
U. S
Jose Feliz de Legurica
United States
Gulfside
Great Shrimp Industry Celebrated In Port Isabel Fiesta
The port at Port Isabel in Cameron County highlights shrimp fishing as a major industry with hundreds of trawlers and a thousand workers. A three day Fourth of July celebration includes a King and Queen of the Fleet, a Queen's ball, Blessing of the Fleet, a trawler parade, exhibits, a Midway, and open houses with Navy displays.
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Texas
United States
Port Isabel
U. S. Navy
Port Isabel Padre Island Causeway to Be Named Queen Isabella
A ceremony on July 23 marks naming of the Port Isabel Padre Island causeway Queen Isabella. Officials include A S McGehee and State Senator Rogers Kelley with Frank D Quinn and Bishop A Frank Smith assisting. The program features speeches by Sen Flores Mu nos Ezra Taft Benson and a ribbon cutting by Sr de Se querica. The party tours Isla Blanca Park and lunch with Lon C Hill follows.
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Mere
Port Isabel-Padre Island
Port Isabel
A. S. McGehee
Cameron County
Padre Island
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Kelley
Frank D. Quinn
Austin
Texas State Parks Board
Quinn
A. Frank Smith
Houston
Texas Conference
Methodist Church
Senor Flores Munos
Republic of Mexico
Ezra Taft Benson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Benson
United States
Sr. de Sequerica
Don Laning
St. Paul's Church
Mission
Isla Blanca Park
Ber
Cameron County Park
Queen Isabella
Camp County Park
Swing Barge to Close for Dedication at Port Isabel
A. L. MaGehee announces the Queen Isabella causeway swing barge will close to the public from 10 a.m. to noon during the dedication ceremony linking Padre Island with the mainland at Port Isabel. Boats should use the channel unless necessary. barge may open if needed to avoid confusion.
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Heldenfels Brothers
General Contractors
Op Novem
A. L. MaGehee
Queen Isabella Causeway
Padre Island
Port Isabel
Kee
Benson to Speak at Republican Dinner in Brownsville
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson will be the honored guest at a Republican dinner at the E Jardin hotel in Brownsville Friday night. He will address topics after a press conference at 6 oclock. Port Isabel Padre Island dedication on Saturday features his policy address. National GOP Committeeman Jack Port Houston plans to attend. Quincy Adams, named GOP committee chairman, will preside. Guy Richardson of San Benito has dinner tickets and works for Delta Sales on Highway 77.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
E! Jardin Hotel
Brownsville
Causeway Dedication Luncheon Hosted by Cen tral Power Light President
Lon C. Hill, president of Central Power Light, will host the official Causeway Dedication luncheon at the Bayview club house northwest of Port Isabel following the dedication ceremony Saturday. Hill, a Valley pioneer, has hosted many groups at Bayview over the past 20 years and has been active in civic affairs.
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Lon C. Hill
Central Power Light Company
Causeway
Bayview
Port Isabel
Mr. Hill
Old Clothes Drive For Flood Victims At Local Churches
The Port Isabel Baptist church requests donations of old clothes for flood victims. Donors may bring items to Lighthouse Grocery, Mrs. Ethel Morgan, or the Baptist church for collection.
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Port Isabel
Lighthouse
Ethel Morgan
Baptist Church
Hickmans Visit Port Isabel Relative Visitors
Lou Ella and Charlene Hickman of Petrolia Texas visit their father Jack Hickman and grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Hickman in Port Isabel during a family trip.
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Lou Ella
Charlene Hickman
Petrolia
Texas
Daddy
Jack
Mrs
Frank Hickman
Port Isabel
Falcon Dam Pays For Itself In Week
The Red Cross mobilizes disaster teams as floodwaters devastate areas above Falcon Dam while downstream in the valley a massive relief effort unfolds. Army helicopters and National Guard units saved hundreds of lives. miles of bridges and rail lines were damaged and towns faced casualties, but Falcon Dam’s $47 million cost is credited with saving about $50 million in lives and property.
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Falcon
Red Cross
San Benito
Aztec
Jack Cook
Laredo
Army
National Guard
Falcon Dam
Rio Grande Valley
Rio
Roaring River
Ozona
Devils and
Pecos
Rio Grande
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Eagle Pass
del Rio
Pedras Negras
Spanish ambassador to open Queen Isabella Causeway ceremony
The Spanish ambassador will cut the ribbon at Port Isabel toll gate and formally name the new bridge the Queen Isabella Causeway. He lauds Queen Isabella for financing Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the New World.
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Spain
Port Isabel
Isabella
Christopher Columbus
New World
Queen's Grand Ball on Island Tickets $3.50 A Couple
The Queen and King will be honored by Spanish Ambassador Don Jose Felix de Lequerica and Mrs de Lequerica along with Mexican official and social figures. Tickets are $3.50 per couple and sold in Port Isabel at several outlets with seating arranged by the Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce. Reservations are urged for Saturday night attendance.
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Jose Felix de Lequerica
United States
de Lequerica
Don Gilberto
Flores Munoz
Mexico
Beverly Pack
Lillian Sledge
U.S.A
Port Isabel
Brown's
City Hall
Causeway Toll Bridge
Brownsvile
Sam _ Perl
Harlingen
Big August Fishing Tournament Returns to Port Isabel
Port Isabel hosts the ith annual Texas International Fishing Tournament August 5-6 bringing top saltwater anglers. Dr J A Hockaday founder promoted the first Tarpon Rodeo in 1934 and remained a driving force, with Mrs Hockaday hosting contestants. The event, now under Rio Grande Valley Fishing Rodeo Association and IGFA, has run since 1934 except 1940-46 war years.
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Port Isabel
Texas
J. A. Hockaday
Hockaday
Dee
Sportsmen of
Rio Grande Valley Fishing Rodeo Association
International Game Fish Association
Girls Evacuated From Camp Lula Seams By Bad Weather
Girl Scout troops at Camp Lula Seams were evacuated due to weekend weather. Patty Marshall Janet Bedell and Barbara Thoroughman stayed with the Taylors in Brownsville and returned to Port Iabel. Gerry Clark of Edeouch visited the Thoroughmans while the weather prompted the evacuation.
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Camp Lula Sams
Eas
Port Label
Patty Marshall
Janet Bedell
Barbara Thoroughman
Dwight Taylor
Brownsville
Port Iabel
Stanley Thoroughmans
Gerry Clark
Edeouch
Camp Lula
Port Isabel Hosts Guests From Three Texas Cities
Mr and Mrs Arthur Kutech of Alamo Mr and Mrs A G Thornton of McAllen and Mr and Mrs W A Proctor of McAllen visit the JW Brown home in Port Isabel confirming social ties among Texas communities.
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Arthur Kutech
Alamo
A. G. Thornton
McAllen
W. A. Proctor
JW Brown
Port Isabel
Editors note hints at wind impact on Fishing News listings
Heavy weekend winds affected the Fishing News section causing a temporary slowdown in catching reports. The page will reset next week with the usual listings and catches returning to normal.
Bay and Jetty Fishing Report Highlights Local Catches
J J Mulholland and Guy Wilson of Harlingen reported 12 trout. Ford Lockett, Steve Mensicki and Dr Eisman of Brownsville caught 14 trout. Dod Willingham and Brownsville party landed 35 trout and three redfish. W & Thomas of Houston reported 25 trout. RL Shields of Snyder caught eight trout. L N Amrheim of Houston had 15 trout. J B D Porter and Jim Naylor of Harlingen reported 34 trout, one pike and six jackfish.
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J. J. Mulholland
Guy Wilson
Harlingen
Ford
Lockett
Steve Mensicki
Dr. Eisman
Brownsville
Dod Willingham
W. &. Thomas
Houston
RL Shields
Snyder
L N. Amrheim
J. BD. Porter
Jim Nay Jor
Hendleys and Ramiro Party Reel In Fresh Trout
Mr and Mrs Duane Hendley and Mr and Mrs Don Hendley report a catch of 35 trout. Arthur Ramiro and party of San Antonio reeled in 10 ekipjack.
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Duane Hendley
Don Hendley
Arthur Ramiro
San Antonio
Trout Catchers Report From June 30
Wednesday June 30 notes list anglers from Houston Harlingen Brownsville and J D Potter with catches including 56 trout 14 trout 68 trout 24 trout two flounder and three jackfish with one redfish mentioned among the haul by Ernest Watson Jess Hamilton Bobby Duffy Neil Reese and Jim Naylor.
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Ernest Watson
Houston
Jess Hamilton
Harlingen
Bobby Duffy
Brownsville
Neil W. Reese
J. D. Potter
Jim Naylor
Port Isabel Shrimp Fiesta Weekend Features Causeway Dedication
Port Isabel hosts the Second Annual Shrimp Fiesta July 3 to 5 with a causeway dedication opening the new seaside resort. Events include submarine Trumpetfish tours, fishing displays, Navy flyovers, Shrimp Queen and King crowning, fireworks, fireside fish meals, boat parades, and a Blessing of the Fleet. Firemen serve seafood. awards and coronations wrap the festivities.
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Port Isabel
Idusky
Texas
U. 5
Pam
Navy Air Force
Laguna Madre
Isla Blanca Park
Padre Island
Powers Street
Garcia Street
Maxon Street
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Cameron County Parks
Isabel
Shrimp Fleet Inc
Rio Grande River
Island
Wie
Maverick Counties
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Division
Dallas
Albert S. McGehee
Don Jose Felix de Sequerica
Lagutia Madre Bay
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