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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1957
Page
2
A note says shrimp yields have fallen by about 40 percent, with complaints about poor catches while Gulf waters have been hot recently. The report hints at broader impacts on production and market mood.
The column reviews weekly shrimp landings with a detailed list of vessels and barrels, notes shifting top grades, and compares local tide schedules to Fundy tides. It ends with reflections on Bay of Fundy tides, harbors, and loading logistics and a call to wait for next week.
About 73 Louisiana farmers and bankers will visit the Valley July 25 for a one day conservation tour. The trip is part of a tri state tour with Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas, sponsored by the Louisiana Bankers Association and the Louisiana Association of Soil Conservation Supervisors. The special train arrives in Harlingen at 7 30 am with breakfast hosted by the Harlingen Chamber of Commerce. From 9 am to noon the group will tour valley farms by bus, viewing conservation farming of citrus cotton vegetables and cattle under Soil Conservation Service supervision.
Washington County’s Park of the Week features the site of the Texas Declaration signing with a replica smithy and the restored Anson Jones home. The Texas Independence Day Organization plans a Freedom Tower when funds allow, while March Second pilgrimages honor Texas heroes and include monuments to George Childress.
The group arrives at Padre Island at noon and enjoys a fish dinner as guests of the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce. They stay until 3 pm, tour Fishing Harbor and Port Brownsville, then depart at 5 20 pm for Mintamores for dining and entertainment.
New type cosmetic cotton balls come in pink blue and yellow packed in a transparent bag of 60. They are inexpensive and have uses for applying makeup tinting home permanents nail polish remover and applying oils and lotions.
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