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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1956
Page
1
Commissioner Hunt says Port Isabel Naval Air Base could become a major project, with talks of wiring the base directly to the Port Isabel exchange. He urges residents to pressure Congress and Navy officials, arguing the base will spur growth and justify local infrastructure like Southwestern Bell connections.
Port Isabel area braces for navy expansion as Port Isabel Naval Air Base becomes a permanent facility with a possible 30 to 46 million dollar plan. A new road linking General Brant highway to Bayview road will divert traffic from the Buena Vista road now closed to vehicles. No follow up details available on the Shrimp Fiesta planning in this segment.
Grace Hata Floyd, adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Floyd, will depart from Brownsville on a Pan American airliner for a third trip to Japan. She will stop in California and Hawaii before Tokyo to visit relatives and two brothers, reflecting on wartime and postwar Japan. Grace, born in California, previously lived in Tokyo in 1916 and 1933 and has since pursued nursing studies at Los Angeles County General Hospital and UC LA, returning to the U.S. in 1917. The Floyds express mixed feelings as Grace departs, and she says she will stay until she tires of staying.
Contracts for improvements at Port Mansfield the valley's third deepwater port were let Wednesday July 11 by the Willacy County Navigation District. Heidenfelds Brothers won the port facilities job for 38184 588.15 dollars Elmer C Gardner Inc Houston bid 1938 05 13 to do the jetties work and Standard Dredging Corp Galveston won the dredging contract for 769 320.00 dollars Signing of total 2 105 713 28 dollars signals the start of work expected sometime in August. Charles R Johnsen port director for Port Mansfield.
Port Isabel residents plan a protest over MoPac Bus Line service cuts. A hearing is set for 9 am July 26 at the El Jardin hotel in Brownsville to decide on continued Port Isabel to Brownsville service. MoPac now runs two daily round trips between the two cities and Valley Transit also serves the route.
Reports say Southwestern Bell lays cable to the Naval Base, linking Los Fresnos and Port Isabel exchanges. Calls from Port Isabel and Laguna Madre to the base would route through Las Fresnos and Harlingen, prompting officials to seek Navy review for better planning.
Port Isabel hosts the three day event August 2 to 4 with opening registration at Yacht Hotel. Contenders may register at Valley Techatomic areas and Brownsville outlets. Organizers expect over 500 entrants from Dallas Houston San Antonio Lubbock Corpus Christi and more.
In Port Isabel six new houses are under construction with four more in progress near the Laguna Vista area. Naval base personnel, including Ted Marchan, are arriving as the housing boom continues. Marchan, a driller with a geological company in Houma, Louisiana, is among the workers relocating.
About 300 Elks from Brownsville and the San Benito Harlingen and McAllen lodges joined a fish fry Thursday night staged by the Port Isabel Volunteer Firemen. The event was a key feature of a three day celebration honoring the Brown Wil Ellis dodge tours of Padre Island and Port Isabel.
In Brownville near Plovd Ohenture downtan a panel truck collided with a car driven by Fred Mates around 10 am Friday. F. C. Johnson, a ship freight clerk and local janitor supplier, died at Mercy hospital. Yates received injuries and was treated locally.
Vague report cites rising traffic on the Causeway with scattered figures and unclear dates. Mentions offices and individuals in uncertain context, including Cape Gries and McGenee, with sporadic numbers such as 319,276 vehicles and 253.
A note about a Giri Scout fundraiser meeting set for Thursday morning at the cafe. Organizers invite interested parties to join the coffee gathering and discuss troop activities and contributions.
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