Frank LaRoche Services Sunday
Frank M. LaRoche longtime Port Isabel resident and former Casino Boat Lines owner died Friday after a long illness. He was 71. Survived by his widow Kittie Mae La Roche ten sons ten daughters and 13 grandchildren. Funeral was Sunday at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church with burial in Port Isabel cemetery. Rosary was recited Saturday night at Darling Funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. LaRoche
Port Isabel
Frankie
Constant D. LaRoche
Anfleure
France
Catherine Paradie
New Orleans
Louisiana
Casino Boat Lines
Senger
Padre Island
Texas
Sam
Kittie Mae Li » la Roche
Ces Pechacek
Mary Armiller
William John
Daniel C
James A
Joe E
Fred W
William T
Robert C
John M
Harlan G
Connie P. la Roche
Il A.m
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Darling Funeral Home
Mike Schutte Pechacek
Birthday Quietly Celebrated by Capt Carey Freel
Capt. Carey Freel marked his 14th birthday Sunday at home with family and a few close friends present.
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Capt
Carey Freel
Island rock fill for breakwater at north jetties
35 cars of rock arrived last Saturday for a breakwater on the island at the foot of the north jetties to curb erosion. James R. Richards Construction Company of Minneapolis, Minn, is placing a rock base of minus 25 pound stones with a topping of 25 to 200 pound rocks and aimed to finish yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Richards
Minneapolis, Minn
Vandalism Criticized In Magazine Editorial
Howard D Dodgen executive secretary of the Game and Fish Commission writes in the July TEXAS GAME AND FISH editorial that vandalism shows immature and irresponsible acts. He cites shooting at mailboxes destroying trees signs breaking windows litter and defaced property urging readers to report future acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Howard D. Dodgen
Game and Fish Commission
Texas Game and Fish
Dedgen
Dodgen
Little League All Star Games Set Next Week
Regular season concluded with final wins in Los Fresnos. On Monday July 31 in Port Isabel the minor league all stars from Los Fresnos and Port Isabel meet at 7 PM under lights at the Port Isabel football field. At 8 30 PM the Port Isabel little league all stars face Los Fresnos in a three game series opener with two of three determining the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Fresnos
All Star
Port Isabel
Port Isabel Chamber Hosts Border Patrol Welcome Social
The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce invites local business people to a Border Patrol Academy Wel coming Social at the Queen Isabel Inn Friday evening from this time until 9 30 p m. All area business people are invited.
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Port Isabel
Pre School Classes Close As Eight-Week Summer Program Ends
Mil lard Caudill reports 80 students completed the Port Isabel summer program overseen by Caudill with Rosa Christensen Melba Caudill Mar-Davis and Hazel Martin as teachers. Otto Langlois praises the pre school effort and notes plans for a 1962 Valley workshop to train teachers and boost foundational reading and language skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Christensen
Melba Caudill
Mar_— Davis
Hazel Martin
Otto Langlois
Longlois
Longlis
Longlio
Port Isabel
Langlois
Mesdames
Christensen
Caudill
Davis
Marlin
Millard Caudill
Summer School Classes Close at Millard Caudill School
Millard Caudill principal announced that summer sessions end Friday. Six high school students Garza Karl Jaquillard Baldemar Martinez Ernest Mobley Ignacio Salazar Adefonso Silguero completed work. Morning classes ran 8 to 12 with 8 to 9 devoted to phonics remedial reading math and history for elementary students.
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Garza
Karl Jaquillard
Baldemar Martinez
Ernest Mobley
Ignacio Salazar
Adefonso Silguero
Caudill
Services Friday For Rosendo Ramirez
Rosendo Ramirez 27 of Port Isabel died July 19 at M. D. Anderson Hospital Houston after illness. Survived by wife Raquel Carter Ramirez six brothers and sisters and mother. Services Friday at 4 p m Our Lady Star of the Sea Church burial Port Isabel Cemetery Delta Funeral Home Brownsville handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosendo Ramirez
Port Isabel
M. D. Anderson
Houston
Ramirez
Raquel Carter Ramirez
Daniel
Jose Ramirez
Guillermo
Guadalupe
Hector Torres
Piedad Guevara
Pilar Castillo Torres
Tranquilino Torres
Dust problem input prompts community action in Port Isabel
Readers propose solutions to the Port Isabel dust problem. Suggestions include keeping water on spoils banks,植 vegetation, windmills, and petitioning federal officials. Citizens urge coordinated effort by Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club and engineers, with multiple viewpoints cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dianne Ellis
R. D. Carpenter
Port Isabel
Gage Brewer
Brewer
Nora Hughes
Roman Kaevande
Beachcomber of the Year Rival Emerges From Gulf Toss
A bottle tossed from a fishing boat in the Gulf opposite Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island could earn the finder the Beachcomber of the Year 1962 title and an original painting. The Harlingen Art Forum organized this outdoor exhibit, drawing wide attendance and international interest from Ciudad Victoria art professor Emilio Villareal Guerra and his students who may enter next year.
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Gulf
South Padre Island
Gulf of Mexico
Africa
Isla Blanca Park
Harlingen Art Forum
Valley
Brownsville
Mahomet
Sarah Schaudies
Emilio Villareal Guerra
Ciudad Victoria
Mexico
Sr. Villareal
Tamaulipas
Lorenzo Barrientez Leads Port Isabel Little League Efforts
Lorenzo Barrientez a Port Isabel native and longtime Little League coach serves as Port Isabel Little League president. He aims to strengthen parent child relations and promote sportsmanship, character, citizenship, and health through competition while seeking a lighted regulation field for regional play. He volunteers with PTA Knights of Columbus and church activities and calls for local civic support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Barrientez
Tarpon yearbooks ready for pickup at school office
Superintendent Otto W. Langlois announced that Tarpon Yearbooks are available. Pickup is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, with deposits applied toward the balance and full payment required for those without deposits. Yearbook cost is 3.50 dollars.
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Otto W. Langlois
Visitors from Kingsville and Columbus Stop by
Mrs. Viggo Christensen hosts her daughter and son-in-law Mr and Mrs Jerry Lowery of Kingsville and their son Jay Also visiting is Jerry Lowerys mother Mrs Doris Lowery from Columbus Obie
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Viggo Christensen
Mrs. Christensen
Jerry Lowery
Kingsville
Jay
Doris Lowery
Columbus
Obie
Fiesta Dates For 1962 Set By Shrimp Fiesta Board
The Port Isabel Brownsville Shrimp Fiesta Board fixed the 1962 festival for June 23 to 29 plus June 30 and July 1 at a Port Isabel Community Center meeting. Incoming president Ted Johns said new directors will be named soon by a committee including Jahns Bat Corrigan and Stuart Adkins.
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Port Isabel
Brownsville
Ted Johns
Jahns
Bat Corrigan
Stuart Adkins
Fishing Report Notes from Louisiana to Texas
Friday July 21 John Marvin Boyd of New Orleans caught 33 flounder. Sunday July 23 W. A. DeMange party from San Juan caught 45 trout. Tuesday July 25 Jerry Stevens of McAllen, Texas caught 28 trout. L. A. Cashiola of Houston, Texas had 22 trout.
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John Marvin Boyd
New Orleans
Louisiana
W. A. DeMange
San Juan
Jerry Stevens
McAllen
Texas
L. A. Cashiola
Houston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sandra
Sandy’ Richards
John Richards
Padre Islands
Harlingen Elks
Deportivo Swimming Club
Matamoros
Sandy
Frank LaRoche
Island
Los Fresnos Bankers
Border Patrol
Laguna Heights
Millard Caduill
Wm. Bellinghausen
Mr. Merryman
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Lyndon B. Johnson
Joe
M. Kilgore
Ralph Yarborough
U. S. Corp. of Engineers
Lorenzo Barrientez
Fishing
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