Port Isabel notes from the Holiday Week and Letters
The Port Isabel Press reviews a calm post holiday scene at Port Isabel and Padre Island. It highlights the upcoming Texas International Fishing Tournament in August and recalls local safety gains during the long weekend. Letters from Stanley Thoroughman, E Villarreal, and Charles R Johnson discuss convalescence, deployment, and a proposed Padre Island Causeway linking Port Mansfield to boost tourism and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Thoroughman
Port Isabel
U. S. Coast Guard
Padre Island
Gertrude
U. S. Public Health Service
Norfolk
Virginia
Port Mansfield
Raymondville
Rio Grande Valley
Troop 57 Holds Court of Honor
A Thursday court of honor for Troop 57 Boy Scouts awarded Tenderfoot Second class Star and Life badges. Presenting pins was William Dean. Scoutmaster Tom Hastings and assistants led ceremonies with many names listed among recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
William Dean
Lower Valley
Tom Hastings
Joe A. Herndon
Carl M. Martin
Bobby D. Lewis
Robert Hockaday
Sergio Helms
Robert Bell
Walter Skipworth
Herbert Ballard
Donald Stone
Floyd Poston
Louis McFarland
Ildefonso Silguero Jr
Frank Meyners
Doyle Wells
Blas Martinez
R. Wayne Weikel
Johnny Trump
John Cerneka
Wayne Berry
Mike Rose
Donald Rose
Joe Mumea
Johnny Cerneka
Donald Lee Hockaday
Mayne Berry
Johmny Trump
Rodger DeRick
Johnny
Dogs Vaccinated Tomorrow at City Hall
The vaccination of dogs, twice postponed, will be done tomorrow between 9 a.m. and 12 noon at City Hall. Dr W J Tomlinson of Harlingen will administer the vaccinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Tomlinson
Harlingen
Harris A Marr Named New Telephone Area Manager
Harris A Marr of Dallas was appointed manager for Southwestern Bell Telephone at Port Isabel, succeeding the late Ed Mockbee. Marr began in 1952 in Dallas, rising through engineering and commercial staff roles, and will relocate with his wife and three children to Brownsville area once housing is arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris A. Marr
Dallas
Ed Mockbee
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Port Isabel
Brownsville
Marion Fox
Marr
Saemeares
Dalas
Marlin Fishing Attention On Coast
Terrance Leary a marine biologist notes the Texas coast from Port Aransas to Port Isabel has produced 12 blue and white marlin. He explains marlin are billfish with two main Atlantic species the blue and white, and that larger blue marlin eat more and catch bigger fish. Surface lures and offshore deep waters require seaworthy boats to reach them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrance Leary
Leary
Texas
Port Aransas
Port Isabel
Laguna Vista Incorporates By Vote 47-0
Laguna Vista Texas votes 47 0 to incorporate making it the Rio Grande Valley's newest town. The city lies at the intersection of State Highway 100 and State Farm Road 510 five miles northwest of Port Isabel on Laguna Madre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laguna Vista
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Port Isabel
Laguna Madre
Robert F. Roloff
St. Louis
Missouri
Fletcher Arrives as New Port Isabel School Superintendent
Deane D. Fletcher arrives to take over as superintendent of Port Isabel schools succeeding Marshall A. Storey who resigns July 1 to lead San Benito High. He arrives with wife and two high school aged children. Fletcher has twenty five years in education including posts as principal and superintendent in multiple Texas districts and is active in the Masonic Lodge Rotary Club and Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Clarence R. Hawkins
The
Driftwood Garden Club
Deane D. Fletcher
Port Isabel
Eagle Lake Texas
Marshall A. Storey
San Benito High School
Fletcher
Field
High Point
Texas
Canadian
Sharyland Texas
Eagle Lake
Masonic Lodge
Rotary Club
Eastern Star
Presbyterian Church
Bearden Dies at 55 in Port Isabel
John Q. Bearden, 55, of Port Isabel, died Wednesday night in a Harlingen hospital after six years in the city. He was a Master Mason. Funeral services and burial will be in Oklahoma City from Wilmont Baptist Church Monday morning. Local arrangements by Kreidler-Ashcraft Funeral Home of Harlingen. Survivors include his wife Hazel Bearden, his mother J. W. Bearden of Port Isabel, five sisters Ella Mae Davis Gertrude Chandler Eva Smith Louvenia Watkins, and two brothers W C Bearden of Greensburg Indiana and Bradford Bearden of Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Q. Bearden
Port Isabel
Harlingen
Oklahoma City
Okla
Wilmont Baptist Church
Kreidler-Ashcraft Funeral Home
Hazel Bearden
J. W. Bearden
Ella Mae Davis
Gertrude Chandler
Eva Smith
Louvenia
Vanela Watkins
W.C. Barden
Greensburg
Ind
Bradford Bearden
Harbor Traffic Light at Port Isabel in June
T. W. Dunn reports port activity at Port Isabel with three ships five tugs and seven barges using the harbor. No dry cargo was moved while petroleum totals reached 45 443 99 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
T. W. Dunn
Sixth Annual Fiesta Declared Huge Success At Port Isabel Parade
The sixth Shrimp Fiesta concluded with Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet and a boat parade. Highlights included the Junior Coronation at Port Isabel High, a downtown street parade crowning John Gaspard and Miss Billie Ann Yarbrough, and the Coronation Ball in Brownsville. Boat prize winners included Betty SCA of Ewing Fish Co Port Isabel first, Eileen of Seliicone and Sons in Tampa second, Ballerina of Magic Valley Processing Co Port Isabel third, Miss Ernie of Noble Hardy fleet fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty S.C.A
Bill and
Stella Ewing
Ewing Fish Company of
Port Isabel
John Gaspard
Billie Ann Yarbrough
Brownsville
Jacob Brown
Driftwood Garden Club
Lone Star Beer Company
Los Fresnos Roping
Tampa
Fla
Magic Valley Proccessing Co
Ernie
Noble Hardy Fleet
Kathy Jeanne
Southwest Seafood Col
Junior Coronation Highlights At Annual Island Celebration
The Port Isabel-Brownsville Shrimp Fiesta held its second Junior Coronation at Port Isabel High School Auditorium with Gare Storey crowned queen and Bobby Cummings king in an underwater themed ceremony. Crossings on the Cameron County Queen Isabella Causeway reached 7 930 cars over the four day Fourth of July weekend with a single day high of 3 327 on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron County
Queen Isabella Causeway
Padre Island
al McGehee
Port Isabel
Brownsville
Port Isabel High School
Gare Storey
Marshall Storey
Bobby Cummings
Darrell Cummings
Air Force to Add 135 Airmen at Port Isabel Station
The Air Force will station 135 airmen and 13 officers at Port Isabel Naval Auxiliary Air Station boosting the base payroll by about 541 thousand dollars annually. The unit, part of the GCI radar ring, will work with Navy aviators in gunnery, guiding pilots via radar and enhancing training for the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Port Isabel Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Navy
Port Isabel
JR Millen
Miller
GCI
GCS
Bay Surf of Jetty Fishing Winners Named
Tuesday and Wednesday July 1 and 2 Bay Surf of Jetty Fishing reported totals include R A McBride of Harlingen with 20 trout D F Kirkland of Houston 18 trout John Doorman of Monterey Park California 3 trout Edgar Younger of Houston with guide Jack Bartholomew 56 trout Buddy Sinclair and party of Houston 36 trout Ray Ham mond and party of Donna 25 trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. McBride
Harlingen
D. F. Kirkland
Houston
John Doorman
Monterey Park
Calif
Edgar Younger
Jack Bartholomew
Buddy Sinclair
Ray Hammond
Donna
Local anglers report mixed catches from Gulf waters
Clarence Dobbs and Otto Dyal of San Juan and Tom Dudley of Mercedes report boating 15 mackerel two ling. Don St Sheldon and party of Donna report boating 15 ling. Mr and Mrs Clee Vinyard of Donna report boating seven ling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Clarence Dobbs
Otto Dyal
San Juan
Tom Dudley
Mercedes
Don St Sheldon
Donna
Clee Vinyard
Boating Catch Reports From Texas Joy and Frank Gale
From the boat Texas Joy with Pat McCoy as guide Mr. Watkins and party of Harlingen report the boating of 500 pounds of red snapper and five king mackerel. From the Frank Gale with Frank Roberts as guide Carl Smythe and party of Oklahoma City report the boating of 150 pounds of red snapper one bonita and one king mackerel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Texas
Bay Area Anglers Report Mixed Catches on July Fourth
Fritz Edwards of Port Isabel nets three redfish one flounder two sheephead and one croaker. Jim Reeves from Port Isabel catches a three pound redfish and a large flounder. Jody Goossby posts fifteen trout and six redfish. Buddy Sinclair and party of Houston take sixteen trout. Marlin Cotten of Houston records seventeen trout. R H DeBel of Bel Aire Texas with guide John Birge reels twenty seven trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Edwards
Port Isabel
Jimmie Reeves
Jody Goossby
Buddy Sinclair
Houston
Marlin Cotten
R. H. DeBel
Bel Aire Texas
John Birge
Saturday July 5 Mr and Mrs C D Clark of
The fragment notes a social reference to Mr and Mrs C D Clark on a Saturday in July. Readable details are limited to names and a date fragment with no event, place, or affiliation.
Brownsville Anglers Bag Trout and Redfish Totals
Kenneth Barth Sr. and Kenneth Barth Jr. land seven trout along with six trout, five pike, nine redfish and a four pound redfish in a Brownsville fishing report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Kenneth Barth Sr
Kenneth Jr
Anglers Reel Heavy Catches From Texas Joy Trip
Report from the boat Texas Joy with Pat McCoy as guide lists G N Bickrey party of San Antonio catching 1100 pounds of red snapper 15 barras cuda 10 bonita five king mackerel seven amber jack three scamp and one rambo runner. Mr and Mrs Stanley Wells of Port Isabel land seven king mackerel with a 20 pounder and 354 feet long overall. Otto McFarland and Gene Smith of Weslaco also take seven king mackerel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Texas Joy
Pat McCoy
G. N. Bickrey
San Antonio
Stanley Wells
Port Isabel
Otto McFarland
Gene Smith
Weslaco
Fishermen Totals From Texas Rivers This Week
Monday July 7 entries list Byron Elders of Corpus Christi with 2 trout Jess Mitchell of Houston with 20 trout Victor Fagan of Dallas with 27 trout and Mr and Mrs R H De Bell of Bel Aire Texas with guide John Birge totaling 32 trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Elders
Corpus Christi
Jess Mitchell
Houston
Victor Fagan
Dallas
R. H. de. Bell
Bel Aire Texas
John Birge
Local Anglers Report Trout Catches Across Texas Rivers
Vic Fagan of Dallas and Sam Cashiola with E. W. Skinner of Houston lead trout hauls with 22 and 35 fish respectively. Irl Wardrow and party from Harlingen bring 27 trout in a day’s fishing report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Fagan
Dallas
Sam Cashiola
E. W. Skinner
Houston
Irl Wardrow
Harlingen
Texas Joy Angler Reel Game Wardens Uncover Catch
Pat McCoy guides A. J. Morrow and party from Devine Texas as they haul a 300 pound red snapper along with two spanish mackerel and six bonita in a notable fishing haul reported by the Texas Joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Texas Joy
Pat McCoy
A. J. Morrow
Devine
Texas
Anglers Mc Sanders Family Do Well on July Trout Catch
On a July Wednesday in Laredo A P Sanders and family caught 53 trout. In-port Isabel Port Isabel area anglers Jess Mitchell of Houston and Pee Wee Schumacher teamed for 41 trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Sanders and Family of
Jess Mitchell
Houston
Pee Wee Schumach Er
Port Isabel
Fishing aboard Texas Joy nets record snapper and more
Pat McCoy guides Howard Duvall and party from San Juan who report 250 pounds of red snapper 15 king mackerel 15 bonito and four dolphin caught from their boat with the Texas Joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Joy
Pat McCoy
Howard Duvall
Party of
San Juan
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Lawrence J. Fanning
Ralph
Mariano S. Garriga
Malone
Hillsboro’ Junior College
University of Texas
Methodist Church
NAS
Deane Fletcher
Iors
Derwood
Darlene
John
Bearden
Padre Isle
C. D. Clark
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