Bell Telephone appoints Harris Marr San Antonio unit manager
Harris Marr, longtime Southwestern Bell manager in Brownsville and supervisor for San Benito Port Isabel and Los Fresnos exchanges, was promoted to unit manager in San Antonio effective July 1. He succeeds the late Hopkins, who led western Bell at Cuero since 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Marr
Southwestern Bell Telephone Comny
Brownsville
Bell Exchanges
San Benito
Port Isabel
Los Fresnos
San Antonio
C. C. Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Western Bell
Caeto
Murr
Hopkins
Southwestern Bell
Com
Cuero
No Traffic Accidents Reported Over Holidays
The Port Isabel Police Department reported that despite heavy holiday traffic, there were no local traffic accidents. They thanked drivers for courteous and careful driving during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
New Pastor for Port Isabel Assembly of God
Rev Norman Lestaffette has assumed duties as pastor of the Port Isabel Assembly of God replacing Rev Bill Turner who resigned due to ill health. Turner was injured in a train accident in East Texas last year and remains limited. Lestaffette, a Baytown native and Southwestern Bible Institute graduate, led services last Sunday and is married with no children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Lestaffette
Port Isabel
LePere Family Holiday Gathering Across Texas
Dr. and Mrs. Donald M. Le Pere and children of Houston plus Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. LePere of San Antonio visited C. H. LePere in Port Isabel for a holiday weekend. Mrs. William Zimmerman traveled June 3 to San Antonio to see her parents Mr. and Mrs. Pfeiffer. her sons Mike and Jeff were already there and will return with her next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald M. LePere
Houston
Robert H. LePere
San Antonio
C. H. LePere
Port Isabel
William Zimmerman
PF. A. Pfeiffer
Mike
Jeff
Port Isabel Shrimp Fiesta honored and Miss Queen contest notes
The Port Isabel Shrimp Fiesta board and volunteers are praised for a strong event this year while noting no entries were received for the Queen contest despite blanks and a local press appeal. Also reported are no traffic accidents during the holiday weekend and Isla Blanca Park’s Al McGehee named to the Valley Chamber board for Port Isabel Padre Beach, succeeding Robert H. Kirkpatrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al McGehee
Isla Blanca Park
South Padre Island
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Port Isabel- Padre Beach
Hubert Hudson
McGehee
Valley Chamber
Queen Isabel Inn
Robert H. Kirkpatrick
Blessing Of Fleet Draws Huge Crowd At 1960 Fiesta
The 1960 Port Isabel Brownsville Shrimp Fiesta drew one of its largest crowds with a grand street parade. Miss Hilda Walker Brownsville was named queen at Coronation and the Blessing of the Fleet drew thousands to the deepwater port. Winners in the parade earned cash prizes and divisional honors while open houses at the Port Isabel Naval Auxiliary Air Station rounded out the festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Walker
O. A. Kirkconnell
Judy Boudreaux
Port Isabel
James E. Rice
King Neptune
Gordon Hunt
Brownsville
Port Isabel Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Horace Kelly
Jody Drill
San Antonio
David O. Reed
Coast Guard
Sebago
Mobile
Ala
Miss Walker
Frank Walker
Judy Ann Boudreaux
Sandy Summers
C. H. Summers
Sheila Bailey
Joe L. Bailey
Jacob Brown
O. A. Kirkconnell Jr
Orvie Borden
Dan Lanning
St Paul Church
Mission
Msgr
Lanning
Corpus Christi
Marriano S. Garriaga
Lawrence J. Lanning
Our Lady Star of the Sea
Columbus
Santiago
James Rice
Estortrio
Estotex Fishing Co
Ballerina
Sam Snodgrass
King Kirkconnell
David Wayne
Magic Valley Promena Co
Holiday Traffic To Island Tops 1959
Traffic over the Queen Isabella Causeway for a four day July 4 weekend totaled 7 743 cars, with 3 052 on Sunday and 2 185 on Independence Day. The year’s record falls short of 1958’s 7 930 autos for Padre Island.
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Queen Isabella Causeway
al McGehee
Causeway
McGehee
Padre Island
Isla Blanca trailer park adds space as holiday crowd grows
Deputy sheriff Clinton M. Roos commends campers for keeping premises clean and handling litter, with awards given to several locals. The Isla Blanca expansion adds 42 trailer units, boosting capacity by over half of the original 75, with site work nearing completion and topsoil addition underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton M. Roos
Hariingen
Sheriff's Posse
J. A. Gutierrez
Don Farias
Toto Garcia
Norberto Zarate
Brownsville
M. B. Lerma
Herman Rodriguez
San Benito
John F. Weed
Milford Liggett
Harlingen
Koos
Koossa
Isla Blanca
al McGehee
McGehee
Trash free beach goal at South Padre Island Fourth of July weekend
A record crowd on South Padre Island could keep beaches clean after an intensive litter control drive. The Sheriffs Posse issued warnings for littering and unsafe driving, distributed litter bags and handbills, and offered cash awards for clean campsites while five drivers were cited for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Padre Island
Sheriff's Posse
Ists
Beach campers rewarded as Park Board adds to Posse fund
Cameron County Park Board joins effort to reward tidy campers by adding $10 to the Sheriff's Posse fund. Eight families or parties who maintain clean campsites earn the incentive, encouraging orderly camping behavior and beach upkeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron County Park Board
Sheriff's Posse
Family groups spend July Fourth in Port Isabel
Mr and Mrs C L Byrd of Lubbock and Mr and Mrs Ted Hudson and son Buddy of San Benito spent July fourth in Port Isabel visiting Mr and Mrs E W Edwards and Mr and Mrs Jim Medley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Byrd
Lubbock
Ted Hudson
Buddy
San Benito
Port Isabel
E. W. Edwards
Jim Medley
Mirage of Home Run Leaders in Visiting Parks
Through Sunday only Tulsa and San Antonio had more home runs hit in their home parks than the visiting team. The stat highlights a rare power discrepancy as visiting sluggers dominate in a break from usual park effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
San Antonio
Little League Club To Meet Tuesday
The Little League Ball Club will meet at the Educational Building of the Port Isabel Methodist Church on Tuesday evening at 7 30 with all interested persons urged to attend the meeting. This will be the planning meeting for the Bar B Q scheduled for Sunday July 24 at the Firemen's Community Hall. Little League and minor league teams have been chosen by the coaches and practice games will be held every Friday afternoon at 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little League
Port Isabel Methodist Church
Texas Bay Fishing Results Report
Fishery tally from Houston and surrounding areas lists anglers and catches by species. Notable entries include John Cox and Earl Webb of Sweetwater with flounder and trout, Sam Cashiola and Sid Scalise with trout and reds, and T J Newkirk of Houston with flounder and trout. The notes span June 30 activities in Bay fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Newkirk
Houston
John Cox
Earl Webb
Sweetwater
Sam Cashiola
Sid Scalise
Dr. Humphries
Austin
E. H. Gay
la Feria
Reds
J. C. Oleard
Huntsville
Texas
Local News Snippet From July 1 Annotations
Friday July 1 event notes Mrs Wilbert Klaus of Austin and J M Worlick with Jacl Bartholomew of Post Isabel mentioned as participants. Entries reference trout counts and sound locations with abbreviated identifiers.
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Wilbert Klaus
Austin
J. M. Worlick
Jacl Bartholomew
Post Isabel
Flue Sound
Ole
Fishermen Report Mixed Hoards From Gulf Waters
Mr and Mrs John Cox and Mr and Mrs Earl Webb of Sweetwater haul 28 flounder six reds and one trout. Felix Stagno and Mather Hinds of Houston bring 10 reds and four trout. Bill Schmidt and son of Ft Worth take 24 trout and six flounder. Mr and Mrs Ernest Baxter of Dallas land 17 trout. Jack Bartholomew and party from Dallas net 12 reds nine trout and seven flounder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cox
Earl Webb
Sweetwater
Felix Stagno
Mather Hinds
Houston
Bill Schmidt
Ft. Worth
Ernest Baxter
Dallas
Jack Bartholomew
Sunday, July 3 Fishing Report Totals by Anglers
J M Santo of New Mexico caught 12 trout and six redmouths. Mr and Mrs A M Pauley of San Antonio caught eight trout and reds. Felix Stagno and Mather Hinds of Houston caught six trout and one red. Mr and Mrs J C Dunn of Houston caught 15 trout. Mr and Mrs J A Whitford of Harlingen caught 20 trout. Mr and Mrs Neal Hersey of Har- Ba shot tebe soa 16 ame sadel 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Santo
New Mexico
A. M. Pauley
San Antonio
Felix Stagno
Mather Hinds
Houston
J. C. Dunn
J. A. Whitford
Harlingen
Neal Herbey
Har- Ba
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Bell Telephone Company
Late Ed Mockbee
Assembly of God Church
Isabel
Resaca
Jose Luis Rodriguez
Bayview
Griffin-Thomas Funeral Home
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Frankie
Port Label
al Cae
Vere
Ting
Sandra Bobbitt
Little League Club
Fishin News
W. A. King
D. J. Swartz
Mercedes
E. D. Evetts
W. M. Crafton
Lee Henderson
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