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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1966
Page
2
Attendance at South Padre Island set a record during the holiday weekend with near zero incidents reported. Other items note County Judge Oscar C. Dancy returning to work after illness and promising longer daily hours as strength returns.
The forecast calls for daytime highs from 92 to 100 degrees with overnight lows around 74 to 75. Expect moderate to locally heavy rainfall in scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly early in the period, with rainfall totals near 0.15 inches considered heavy for the period.
South Padre Island hosts thousands for a safe, carefree holiday as Raymond R. Murphy notes the need for local road and seashore development. He critiques signage in Alice, urges timetables for park service pledges, and urges local merchants to offer real specials to keep customers.
Large crowds flocked to the island for a holiday weekend enjoying excellent weather. The causeway crossings set new records as tens of thousands joined revelers on the beach amid crowded shores and festive activity.
Grady Charleston Crabbe, 3 year old Port Isabel man, beaten and robbed in his Blue Marlin Motel room near midnight. Curtis Wayne Davis, 20, of Dora, Alabama, arrested after being linked to the crime. Crabbe, captain of a Pace Fish Co. shrimper, died from head trauma with hands tied and wallet missing. Doubt cleared on grand jury as investigation continues. The second half describes a large Padre Island Independence Day beach weekend with heavy visitation, orderly crowds, and no major incidents.
Funeral services were held for Milton Paul Boudreaux 53 who drowned in Port Isabel. Services at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church were led by Father Leo St John with interment at Buena Vista Burial Park. He belonged to Twin City Fishermen's Coop and the Brownsville Port Isabel Shrimp Association. He is survived by wife Vallie, four children, two sisters and two grandchildren. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are listed. Darling Mouser Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Cameron County Judge Oscar C. Dancy returned to Brownsville on Saturday restoring to himself powers previously delegated to Judge D. J. Lerma of County Court at Law. Dancy had been at the VA Hospital in Houston for treatment of a recurring illness, ending an 18 day absence that had been planned as a five month rest.
Port Isabel Mayor Leo F Sanders reported that John Wilcox will meet contract terms to finish the park north of Port Isabel Marina and develop residential property on the 16 acre tract east of the marina. Plans include picnic areas parking and recreational facilities with city providing water sewer and paving as needed.
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