Spring Tide Wins Fiesta Boat Parade Prize Crowned Queen
Judy Crawford of Brownsville crowned Queen at the 1963 Port Isabel Brownsville Shrimp Fiesta coronation ball. Spring Tide, owned by John Wortman, won top prize in the decorated shrimp boat division with Estopride, Estonautic, and Estogrand placing second through fourth. Blessing of the Fleet honored 45 to 50 boats from more than 400 shrimp boats. judges included Senator Yarborough and state representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Crawford
John Cox
Brownsville
Port Isabel
John Wortman
Estopride
Bar and Riesman
Estonautic
Walter Bull
Estogrand
Part
Riesman
Calloway Seafoods
Int
Father Grant
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Long Island air strip plan discussed by Trump and Wilcox
Trump and John Wilcox informally discuss building a Long Island air strip 3000 feet long 150 feet wide with oyster shell base and asphalt surface. They expect cooperative government rights relief bonds to fund construction and a potential annual 100000 in new money plus improved dust control access. Citizens urged to express interest to Hubert Dusek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trump
John Wilcox
Long Island
Nation District
Port Isabel Marina
Palsbok Eai Shri
Wilcos
Hubert Dusek
Texaco seeks Laguna Madre drilling permit in Cameron County
Texaco Inc applies to the US Army Engineer District Galveston for a permit to erect and maintain drilling structures and appurtenances for oil and gas wells in Laguna Madre about eight miles north of Port Isabel Cameron County Texas The plan includes a drilling barge dolphins piles a 140 foot high structure protective works platforms pipelines dredging and spoil mound placements with discharge points 1000 feet apart and pipelines buried near bed level except through reefs with no structures within 1000 feet of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway An amendment adds State Tract 712 to Laguna Madre Cameron County Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texaco, Inc
US Army Engineer District
Galveston
Lapung Madre
Port Isabel
Laguna Madre
Ant
Cameron County
Pxas
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Texas
Fishing guests reel in catches around White Sands Lodge
Guests at the White Sands Motor Lodge and Marina report several notable catches during the July 4th week. John Huerman and spouse from Houston tagged five trout weighing two to three pounds each. Joe Daniels and grandson from Houston landed 49 trout on their own boat. Ralph Shotts and two sons fished with Capt Mat Murphy, landing over 100 pounds of red snapper and 40 pounds of Spanish Mackerel, plus a 75 pound shark hooked by Mr Shotts, while his seven year old son Frankie contributed a 35 pound catch for his dad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sands Motor Lodge & Marina
John Huerman
Houston
Texas
Joe Daniels
Ralph Shotts
Mat Murphy
Mr. Shotts
Frankie
New Ag Agent In Valley Area Assumes District 12 Post
Joe Rothe, district 12 agricultural agent based in Weslaco since 1954, will transfer to Extension District 11 on August 15 with headquarters in Richmond, replacing retiree Silver Whitsett who left on April 30, 1963. Jack H. Barton will replace Rothe at Weslaco. Barton has led Blackland Income Growth since 1960 and served as soil and water conservation specialist. John Box becomes coordinator for BING.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Rothe
District 12
Weslaco
Richmond
Silver Whitsett
John E. Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Rothe
Jack H. Barton
Barton
South Texas
U. S
Europe
Bowie County
Gregg County
Lamar County
Blackland Prairies
Texas
American Motors
Emily Louise Mecleary
Upper Darby
Pennsylvania
John Box
Agronomist
Three Seek Election To Day Dist Board
Three citizens of Port Isabel H J Meinken Gilbert F Groe mer and John V Trump the present incumbent have filed as candidates for the post of commissioner of the Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District. The election to be held this coming Saturday July 13. Voting will be by ballot and not by voting machines. Voting places for the coming election will be located at the main office of the Port Isabel San Benito Navigation Dist in Port Isabel at the irrigation district office in San Benito and at the school in Los Indios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Port Isabel
H. J. Meinken
Gilbert 5. Groemer
John V. Trump
Port Isabel-San Benito
Visiting priests attend guidance institute in San Antonio area
Father Frank Wagner from Los Angeles and Father Xavier Nawrocki from Lackawanna visited Los Fresnos and Port Isabel last weekend. They attended a Guidance Institute at Our Lady of the College in San Antonio and were hosted by local families. Father Wagner celebrated two Masses at St. Cecilia's in Los Fresnos and Our Lady Star of the Sea in Port Isabel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Fresnos
Port Isabel
Frank Wagner
O.M.I
Los Angeles
Calif
Xavier Nawrocki
O.F .M
Lackawanna
New York
Father Wagner
Alemany High School
Father Nawrocki
PTA
Baker Victory High School
Our Lady of the College
San Antonio
David Meon
Wagner
St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church
Father A
Wreckhi
Willian Grant
Our Lady Star of the Sea Church
Legislature Sets Aside Vast Texas Land for Capitol Fund
The Legislature allocated three million acres in the Texas Panhandle to finance the construction of the present granite Capitol in Austin. The bold land grant aimed to secure funds for the project and reflect the era’s public works approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Tip O Texas Genealogical Society Meeting Held in Harlingen
The Tip O Texas Genealogical Society will hold its regular quarterly meeting on Thursday night July 1 at the Lon C Hill Memorial Library in Harlingen. Guest speaker Mr J D Werner teacher of American History at Gay Junior High School will discuss Immigration Trails West from the viewpoint of those tracing westward settlement. Members come from Alamo San Benito Brownsville McAllen Mercedes Weslaco Port Isabel Edinburg Lyford Sebastian Raymondville Los Fresnos and Harlingen and the group invites all interested in ancestor searching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tip - O’ - Texas Genealogical Society
Texas
Lon C. Hill Memorial Library
Harlingen
At & O
J. D. Werner
Gay Junior High School
Alamo
San Benito
Brownsville
McAllen
Mercedes
Weslaco
Port Isabel
Edinburg
Lyford
Sebastian
Reymondville
Los Fresnos
Rotary Club Meeting Highlights and New President
The Port Isabel Rotary Club met at the El Toro Restaurant last Saturday at noon. Stuart Adkins presided for the first time as club president. Attendees included local members and visiting Rotarians who saw the film Gold Mine on Main Street presented by Tyler Russell of Central Power & Light Co. Russell noted the company’s new department to help communities pursue industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Main Street
Tyler Russell
Central Power & Light Co
Russell
Coast Guard Updates From Port Isabel and Dallas District News
Coast Guard units respond to a 17 ft outboard with engine trouble two miles north of the jetties. Crews aboard CG 40475 tow the vessel to Lifeboat Station. Station members participate in the Shrimp Fiesta Parade and annual Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet in Port Isabel. Several officers receive duty changes and leaves, with transfers planned to Port Mansfield and duties at Groton and Miami. The message ends urging safety and equipment checks for summer boating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph A. West Jr
Jesse H. Cantrell
Alex Chapman
James Kennett
Port Isabel
Alex M. Chapman SN
Steve Cherry FA
CG 40- 475
Richard W. Collins
SNBM
Alex M. Chapman
J. H. Kittila Jr
Groton Connecticut
Kittila
Thomas Cavanaugh
New Orleans
Louisiana
Jock Fowler
Seventh Coast Guard District
Central Power and Light launches Arm for Industry program
CPL announces a South Texas self improvement program to attract new industry. The Arm for Industry contest will award 1000 dollars to the most attractive town each year, with on site inspections and a panel of judges from state industrial groups evaluating towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Texas
Central Power and Light Company
CPL
W. C. Price
Texas Industrial Commission
Texas Industrial Development Council
Texas Manufacturers Association
Community Program Promotes Industrial Development Impetus
CPL launches a nationwide competition to reward communities improving assets and infrastructure to attract industry. Price says incentives will broaden tax bases, raise employment, and boost economies while drawing attention from interested firms. Booklets detailing the program are being distributed to South Texas CPL service cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
CPL
CIL
South
Texas
Disease cases cited last week in Cameron County
Twenty two communicable disease cases were reported to the Cameron County Health Department for the week ending July 5. Strep sore throats accounted for twelve cases, with two each of syphilis gonorrhea hepatitis and tuberculosis and one each of typhoid and measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron County Health Department
Vere Wells Attends Scout Camp in Monterrey Mexico
Vere Charles Wells son of Mr and Mrs Doyle F Wells Jr of Port Isabel attended a Scout Ayeriguara gathering in Monterrey Mexico during the week of June 29 to July 1. The event on Horse Tail Falls Mountain hosted 2000 boys from the United States and Mexico with 42 Scouts from the Rio Grande Valley. On July 4 visiting day his family visited him at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vere Charles Wells
Doyle F. Wells, Jr
Port Isabel
Monterrey
Mexico
Horse Tail Falls Mountain
United States
Rio Grande Valley
Doyle Wells
Bill Frisbey
Vere Charles
Causeway Monthly and Year Totals
The record shows a month total of 128 201 and a year total of 172 788, summing to a grand total of 300 989. No additional context or breakdown is provided in the fragment.
Mrs Oberg Applies for Laguna Madre Channel and Pier
Virginia Anderson Oberg of Star Route Port Isabel seeks a U S permit to dredge a 5 foot below low tide channel along Laguna Madre shore and build a 4 by 2 foot I head pier on the south shore about two miles west of Port Isabel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Anderson Oberg
Star Route
Port Isabel
U. S. Army Engineer District
Galveston
Laguna Madre
Rutherford Herding Addition
Michigan Avenue
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Menton Murray
Bill Rapp
Raymondville
Beaman
The
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Yarborough
Congress
Gulf
Tes Names
Marin
Miles
Fis
Texaco
Laguna
Jack Barton
Dist. Board
Tip-O'-Texas Genealogical Society
Meet
Rotary
Coast Guard News
Dona H. Kittila
Anthony Ford
USCG
Mander Coast Guard District Seven
Miami
Florida
Ramon RK. Roca EN
Robert W. Bragg Bmi
Bragg
Port Mansfield
Breage Wire
Donald Trent SN
Ralph West Jr
Morgan Alsobrook SA
Coast Guard Reserve
Alsebrook
Cp&l
Mrs. Oberg
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