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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1966
Page
1
Holiday weekend crowds flocked to South Padre Island with near accident-free days and record attendance as officials noted high beach traffic and busy local economy during the period. County Judge Oscar C. Dancy resumed work gradually after influenza, planning longer daily hours as strength returns.
Temperatures will average near or slightly above the normal highs of 92 to 100 and the normal lows of 74 to 75. Rainfall is moderate to locally heavy in scattered showers and thunder showers mainly during the first portion of the period. Heavy rainfall defined as 0.15 inch for the period.
Large crowds flocked to South Padre Island over Independence Day weekend as 4 316 cars crossed the causeway on Sunday. About 50 000 visitors enjoyed sun and sea with fireworks, beach, and campground activity amid a largely peaceful, celebratory atmosphere.
The column ponders what to say about the Padre Island to National Seashore road project and timing. It urges setting a timetable for local and park service actions, plus promotes local shopping and merchant effort to keep residents and business local.
Funeral services for Milton Paul Boudreaux age 53 who drowned in Port Isabel were held at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church with Father St John officiating. Interment followed at Buena Vista Burial Park. He belonged to Twin City Fishermen's Coop and the Brownsville Port Isabel Shrimp Association. He is survived by his wife four children six brothers two sisters and two grandchildren. Pallbearers included Port Isabel residents with honorary pallbearers listed. Darling Mouser Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Cameron County Judge Oscar C. Dancy returned to Brownsville on Saturday restoring to himself the powers he had delegated to Judge D. J. Lerma on June 14. While away at the VA Hospital in Houston for a siege of influenza Dancy spent two weeks there and is now recuperating at Lucarlam Manor with his daughter.
Port Isabel Mayor Leo F Sanders says Athens developer John Wilcox will comply with his contract to build a park north of Port Isabel Marina and develop residential properties on the 16 acre tract east of the marina. Plans include picnic areas parking facilities and a baseball diamond with topsoil planting and trees. The city will supply water sewer and paving as needed and Wilcox has pledged full completion though start date remains undetermined.
Grady Charleston Crabbe, 38, of Port Isabel was brutally beaten and robbed in his Blue Marlin Motel room shortly before midnight. Curtis Wayne Davis, 40, of Dora, Alabama, was arrested after being traced to a Guinty Motel inquiry and charged with murder. The suspect’s car held the missing rifle and valuables. Crabbe, a Pace Fish Co. captain, died from head trauma. autopsy planned in San Benito. Bond denied. case to be presented after grand jury reconvenes.
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