Texas International Fishing Tournament Opens With Favorable Weather
The 27th annual Texas International Fishing Tournament begins with optimistic forecasts of calm seas and light wind. Port Isabel and Padre Island host social events at Isla Blanca Civic Center and the Padre Island Picnic Pavilion. Sailfish, kingfish, and Spanish mackerel sightings rise as boats arrive. Queen Isabel Motor Inn serves as headquarters and Port Isabel Marina as weighing station.
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Brownsite
Aong Range
Ernest Rice
Brownsville
Otto Schwabh Harlingen
Beaumont
Houston
South Texas Bay
Port Isabel
Padre Island
Isla Blanca
Queen Isabel Motor Inn
Tournaent
Port Isabel Marina
Publc
Beach Area Traffic Ban To Be Asked At Island Session
Park Director Larry Allen plans to urge a ban on all motor traffic on Padre Island beach from the Gulf fishing pier in Andy Bowie Park to the North jetty. A 10 mph speed limit north of the pier and 20 mph elsewhere on the island are proposed. Attendees include Dr. J A Hockaday Port Isabel mayor Lawton Petty of Laguna Heights Bob Kolloff Laguna Vista G Conrad Sea Grape Motel Hal Roberts Port Isabel Padre Island Chamber of Commerce Art Partin for William Bown of the National Park Service. Bowen recommends orders align with gulf county patterns for a uniform island regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Allen
Padre Island Beach
Gulf Fishing Pier
Andy Bowie Park
County Park Board
J. A. Hockaday
Port Isabel
Lawton Petty
Laguna Heights
Bob Kolloff
Laguna Vista
G. Conrad
Sea Grape
Padre Island
Hal Roberts
Port Isabel - Padre Islan
Chamber of Commerce
Art Partin
William Bown
National Park Service
Allen
Bowen
Gulf
Island tourism up 6.1 percent statewide in first half 1965
A mid year Texas Tourist Development Agency survey shows 611,564 visitors used the Queen Isabella Causeway in six months, up 20.1 percent from 1964. Fort Davis Historic Site posts a 50 percent rise. Statewide visitors total 14,069,333, up 14 percent, with major gains at Old Stone Fort Nacogdoches Big Bend and a Fort Bliss replica in El Paso.
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Port Isabel
Padre Island
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Queen Isabella
Fort Davis
Texas
Nacogdoches
Big Bend National Park
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texas Parks and Wild- Lie Department
Lake
Texoma
Texas - Oklahoma
Southwestern Historical Wax Museum
Dallas’ Fair Park
Corpus Christi
Girl Scout Drive Runs Under Donna Man Leadership
Carl Conley names Robert McAllen to head the 1965 Tip of Texas Council fundraising drive for a 50432 budget. McAllen as treasurer and top local official leads the effort with unit funds in the Valley and independent drives in Donna and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Conley
Tip of Texas Girl Scout Council
Robert McAllen
Donna
McAllen
Citizens State Bank
Donna Chamber of Commerce
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Tip of Texas Council
United
I Valley
So Grande City
Edinburg
Alamo
Weslaco
Mercedes
la Feria
San Benito
Port Isabel
Elsa
Edcouch
Monte Alto
State Approves Auto Shop Class For High School
Port Isabel receives approval from the Texas Education Agency for an automotive mechanical shop with state funding for the instructor’s salary. Supt. M. N. Caudill, who just returned from Ausia, also reviewed principal candidate results and National Defense Education Act grant eligibility for teaching materials and equipment.
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Port Isabel
Texas Education Agency
Supt
M. N. Caudill
Caudill
Ausia
Supt. Caudill
Chamber panel speeds dust control report
The Chamber of Commerce Dust Control Committee expects a complete favorable report on early dust control in the area soon. Art Schaffer chairs the committee with members Robert Roloff, Richard Roloff, M. N. Caudill, and Dr John Gibson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Art Schaffer
Robert and
Richard Roloff
Laguna Vista
M. N. Caudill
Port Isabel
John Gibson
Lagna Vista
Funeral Held for Ernest DeFord Retired Minister
Funeral services were held Saturday for Ernest DeFord 90 year resident and founder of DeFord's Aloe Vera Gardens who died last week from a stroke. Burial followed at Mont Meta Memorial Park in Port Isabel where he had settled in 1956 with his wife Ethel. DeFord served on the Rotary Club board and was active in the Chamber of Commerce, born November 13 1884 in Ohio. He and his first wife Lucy had four sons, later married Ethel Harper in 1923, and had a daughter. He became a Methodist missionary and agricultural consultant in Covelo California later fostering Indian integration into Cove lo schools and serving in Red Cross and Farm Bureau roles before retirement at age 72. He is survived by his wife three sons a daughter 14 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren two brothers two sisters and many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were C B Colley ud Harris M N Caudill and Walter Dale Anderson of Port Isabel.
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Ernest Deford
DeFord
Aloe Vera Gardens
Thomas Chapel
San Benito
Mont Meta Memorial Park
Port Isabel
Ethel
United States
Aleo Vera Gardens
Herbert
Austin
Lansing
Michigan
Ethel Harper
Barry County
Ernestine Keywood
Moraga
Calif
Galt
Round Valley Methodist Indian Mission
Covelo
California
Leonard DeFord
San Bernadino
Clyde B. Lee
Warrington
Florine Mott
Sacramento
Emma Brown
Fort Lauderdale
C. B. Colley Ud Harris
M. N. Caudill
Walter Dale Anderson
Causeway Moves Toward Profit With Rising Revenues
Cameron County Auditor J R Snoeberger reports the Queen Isabella Causeway is moving into the black. June net operating revenue was 17 728 20 against a sinking fund need of 16 465 00 and June costs 5144 34. Fiscal year to June shows gross revenues 122 614 33 and expenditures 49 664 64, net 72 949 69, sinking fund 148 185 00.
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Queen Isabella Causeway
Cameron County
J. R. Snoeberger
Revie
District Rotary Governor Plans Port Isabel Visit
Jack H. Drake of Weslaco will visit Port Isabel as District 593 governor for 1965-66. He plans to counsel with Lawrence Allen and local officers on membership growth and Rotary service programs, and to discuss the global Rotary structure and new club development in the area.
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Rotary
Port Isabel
Jack H. Drake
Weslaco
Rotary International
World - Wide Service Organization
Rotary Club
Lawrence Allen
Fort Isabel
Rotary Organization
Drake
Park Board Weighs Stricter Litter Rules for Beach Areas
Cameron County Park Board meets Thursday at 3 p m in Brownsville Courthouse to discuss tighter litter controls on South Padre Island. Chairman Ygnacio Garza says invited motel owners and sheriff’s office reps will share views, with National Park Service input planned. The plan aims to set a coast wide pattern and save about 1200 dollars annually in beach cleanup costs. The Commissioners Court has referred the issue to the park board under new Texas law, which Sid Eidman Jr says imposes no explicit county action limits.
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South Padre Island
Cameron County Park Board
Brownsville
Ygnacio Garza
South Padre
Boynton Fleming
Garza
National Park Service
Cameron County
Texas
Park Board
Lawrence K. Allen
Parks and Causeway
Beaches Clan
Commissioners Court
Commissioners
Sid Eidman, Jr
Diver Recovers After Coast Guard Rescue Near Jetties
Carl Swanson, 24, of Brownsville South Padre Island was rescued Sunday afternoon by a Border Patrol boat near the jetties. He belongs to the Brownsville Diving Club and had inhaled water. Mercy Hospital reports his condition much improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Swanson
Brownsville
South Padre Island
Border Patrol
Cameron County
Ray Sandlin
Port Isabel
Swanson
Final Plans Submitted For Million Dollar Villa Madre Apartments
Robert Arundale and co owners move toward FHA approved final plans for the Villa Madre project in Port Isabel. The 18 building complex will offer one two and three bedroom units with rents from 60 to 110 dollars monthly once final FHA clearance, financing and construction start.
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Robert Arundale
Villa Madre
Port Isabel
George Mansur
Federal Housing Authority
Arundale
Roland L. Peterson
Peterson Construction Company
Aurora
Ill
Mel. McGaha
Kansas City Athletics
Aluminum Processing Company
Laguna Vista Opens 250 New Homesites
Laguna Vista announces 250 additional homesites ready for development in the western district. Owner Robert Roloff notes all streets there are now paved and one residence on Ebony Lane is finished. Construction will begin soon on a home for Mr and Mrs Roland Wise on Mesquite Drive with water mains to be extended to serve the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laguna Vista
Robert Roloff
Vilage
Ebony Lane
Roland Wise
Mesquite Drive
City appoints Port Isabel’s first paid fire marshal
H. J. Bridges was named fire marshal with a 150 dollar monthly salary at a City Commission meeting becoming the first paid marshal in Port Isabel. He will oversee a new clean up of vacant lots to reduce fire hazards and insurance costs under a state bill enabling towns to charge owners for cleanup costs. Bridges plans to use mechanical tools to trim expenses while initial work uses hand labor to clear rocks and debris. The city will adopt the 1965 National Fire Prevention Code for small cities once released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Bridges
Bridges
Port Isabel
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Black
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Calvin Friedrichs
Mission
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Rotary Club of
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Coast Guard
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Ed Kilgore
Alice
Lester Brusse
Ingleside
Buddy Warden
Rockport
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