Park Board Maintains Site for Padre Island Boat Ramp
Cameron County Park Board keeps the original site for a new public boat ramp just south of the Coast Guard Station. Audubon and shell club officials protest the location as a shell haven and the last sandy beach on Padre Island for over 200 miles. The board asked engineer W M Peterson to proceed with material purchases for the ramp and access road as part of a tentative 255000 budget, up 72400 from the current year, with most increases for improvements and salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron County Park Board
W.M Peterson
Audubon and Shell Club
Coast Guard Station
Padre Island
City Commission Moves On Water District Buy Proposal
City commission met Monday July 10 approving minutes from June 26 after a minor percentage correction. Bailout steps were discussed as Cameron County Fresh Water District No 1 seeks delay while documents are drawn. A resignation from Hilda Rivera was accepted effective July 15 1972 and a $10 000 sewage bond payment was noted with loan talks due to cash shortfalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Tina Barrera
Leo F. Sanders
Cameron County Fresh
Juan Gonzales
Sanders
City Hall
Hilda Rivera
Bend Company
Explosion kills two at South Padre Island service station
George Marvin Landrum 39 died at Valley Baptist Hospital from injuries suffered in an explosion at his South Padre Island service station on June 18. John Mathys 17 of Port Isabel, an employee, was killed. Survivors include wife Florence, two daughters Laura Ann and Toni Jo, brother Gene Landrum of Lampasas, and parents M.M. and Mrs. Landrum of Rio Hondo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Marvin Landrum
Valley Baptist Hospital
South Padre Island
John Mathys
Port Isabel
Florence Landrum
Laura Ann
Toni Jo
Gene Landrum
Lampasas
Texas
M.M. Landrum
Rio Hondo
Area Banks Show Good Gain Across Region
Reports of condition end of June show area banks up about seven million dollars from last year yet down around one point five million from the April 18 quarter. Port Isabel Merchant Marine Bank lists several balances including six million eight hundred thousand. San Benito Bank and Trust shows deposits at June 30 1972 of sixteen million four hundred fifty two thousand. compared with twenty six eighty seven. Los Fresnos State Bank totals three million nine hundred eighty seven thousand while La Feria National reports about four million six hundred seventy thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley
Port Isabel
Merchant Marine Bank
Blaze Damages Local Residence in Port Isabel
Fire units from Port Isabel responded to an early Saturday alarm at 920 Washington Street the blaze caused by an electrical short in a freezer. The fire was under control in ten minutes with extensive home damage. Mrs. Carpenter was hospitalized for smoke inhalation at Valley Baptist Hospital Harlingen and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Guy L. Carpenter
Washington Street
L.J. Keller
Valley Baptist Hospital
Harlingen
Carpenter
Three Port Isabel Students Attend TLC Band Camp
Terri Mireles Wendy Kusnar and Julie Kuznar join more than 300 students at Texas Lutheran College in Seguin for the week long band camp now in its 31st year Rehearsals sectional sessions and instrumental classes fill the schedule as TLC hosts oldest band and twirling camps in Texas.
Isle Road Extension Opens To Public On Padre Island
The seven mile Park Road 100 extension on South Padre Island is complete and open to traffic. San Benito resident engineer G G Garcia notes the project doubles the park road length, with work begun last October and built by South Texas Construction Co of Corpus Christi at about 760000 dollars. The new road offers a 13 foot travel lane and 9 foot paved shoulder in each direction, totaling 44 feet in width, with an eight inch sand base treated with cement. Cameron County has completed a public access Gulf road four and one quarter miles north of Andy Bowie Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Road
South Padre Island
G.G. Garcia
San Benito
South Texas Construction Co
Corpus Christi
Cameron County
Board Accepts Applications for Tax Collector and Votes on Bids
The Point Isabel School Board on Thursday April 6 endorsed accepting applications to fill the tax assessor collector vacancy created by S V Fonseca who resigns August 1 1972. It also invited bids for a school bus barn and approved replacing 18 sewing machines at a projected cost of 1145.21. Trustees approved personnel changes and heard facility remodeling plans while Elsie Carmen Kaevando of Port Isabel was named to Who's Who in High Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Isabel
S.V. Fonseca
Ruben M. Torres
Heritage Managers of
San Antonio
Supt. Torres
Aaron Hinojosa
Steve Woolverton
Senen Perez
Carl Kelly
Margaret Levings
Margarita Barrera
Oralia Trevino
Oscar Guajardo
City Receives City Sales Tax Rebate Check
Port Isabel received a 6371.62 rebate on the city sales tax for the quarter ending March 31 1972, figures show 987.56 more than the previous quarter and higher than the comparable quarter in 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Emergency Crew Given Thanks From Port Isabel Visitors
A letter dated July 3 from Mr. and Mrs. Lunsford P. Livingston salutes the Port Isabel Police Department for a swift response during an emergency on June 30. Mrs. Livingston, exhausted while swimming in the Gulf, was aided by a trooper who brought them to the police station where ambulance staff provided oxygen. The livingstons, returning to Dallas, sent cigars with their thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Lunsford P. Livingston
Area Jaycees State Meet Discussed at Meeting
Jaycee president Roger Villarreal says a Jaycee meeting is set for 8 p.m. Thursday at Merchants Marine State Bank. Plans to pick a Jaycee of the month and a benefit fish fry on August 3 will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee
Merchants Marine State Bank
Roger Villarreal
Villarreal
Farm Bureau
Cameron County Farm Bureau
Harlingen
Charles Dudley
Trawlers Collide In Gulf Waters
A Saturday night Gulf collision 20 miles north of Port Mans left one man with minor chest injuries. The Laura Ann owned by Cristina Galvan and operated by Callaway Seafood suffered about 5000 dollars in damage and remained afloat. The Little Henry sank. its three crew were rescued by the nearby Orlando D. The Laura Ann’s rigman Byron Toler was at the helm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Mansfield
Gulf of Mexico
Byron Toler
Laura Ann
Cristina Galvan
Callaway Seafood, Inc
Royce L. Callaway
Callaway Seafoods
Little Henry
Orlando D
Enrique Delgado
San Benito
Port Isabel Faces Delinquent Sewage Bond Payment
The City of Port Isabel faces a $10,000 sewer bond and interest payment due July 10. Mayor Leo Sanders says funds are unavailable and a loan from Merchants Marine State Bank is under consideration amid possible receivership risks. An open meeting is set for Friday at 7:30 p.m. to discuss terms and bank requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Leo “Speck
Sanders
City Commission
Merchants Marine State Bank
Quirino Martinez
Juan Gonzales
Long, Chilton & Co
CofC Elects New Officers for Port Isabel Island Chamber
Jean Stanley will lead the Port Isabel-South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce for the coming year with Bud Holtzman as vice president Lawrence Young as secretary and Ward Thompson as treasurer Six new directors were named Lary Allen Bill Alexander Bob Hurst Roy Smith Holtzman and Young. Installation will be at a late September informal banquet amid changed meeting times and alternating locations between South Padre Island and Port Isabel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Ofc
Sea Island Motor Hotel
South Padre Island
Bob Hurst
Direc
Tor
Lawrence Young
Bud Holtzman
Roy Smith
Larry Allen
Jean Stanley
Port Isabel-South Padre Island
Lary Allen
Bill Alexander
Holtzman
Young
Stanely
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Port Isabel
Chamber
Mary E. Joyce
Earl Lewis
Smith
Tim Schmachtenberger
Emergency Vehicle Kills Youngster in Port Isabel
Five year old Felix Malapo of Port Isabel died after a tow truck struck him on South Padre Island. Rex L. Garner of South Padre Island drove the tow truck. the Cameron County Highway Patrol continues the investigation. Funeral services were held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Father Patrick Doherty officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Malapo
Port Isabel
Brownsville
Mercy Hospital
South Padre Island
Young Malapo
Villa Madre Apartments
Rex L. Garner
Cameron County Highway
Jimmy Dickens
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Patrick Doherty
Philippine Islands
Darling Mouser
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Park Board
Laguna Madre
Swanson, Hiester, Wilson & Boland
Donald D. Ferguson, Inc
City Due Water District
Monroe
Tarnava
George Landrum
Los Fresnos State Bank
la Feria
Isle Road
The
Gulf
Andy Bowie Park
Carmen Kaevando
Who's Who
Elsie Carmen Kaevando
Miss Kaevando
Our Nations
Area Jaycees State Meet
Miss Er
Nestine Barrera
Urban Renewal Agency
Dorothy Emmons
Cofc
Les Hawkinson Enterprises, Inc
Palms Resort Motel
Felix Malapon
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