Destroyer USS Claud Jones Visits Port Isabel
A Port Isabel press item notes the destroyer USS Claud Jones will visit during the Shrimp Fiesta July 5 6. Lt Cmdr W C Magee will command the vessel per Kilgore's letter. The Texas Shrimp Fiesta group Ted Hunt and Ted Johns may coordinate Navy arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Kilgore
Port Isabel Brownsville
Claud Jones
Kilgore
W. C. Magee
Pete Smith
Port Isabel
Texas
Dar Pete
Uss Claud Jones
Fiesta Presentation Ball crowns 1963 Queen hopefuls
The 1963 Shrimp Fiesta opens with the Fiesta Presentation Ball at Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island on June 22 at 8 p.m. Twenty one contestants from Port Isabel Brownsville and nearby areas vie for the crown with Miss Billie Sue Harris guiding the entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Brownsville
South Padre Island
Carlotte Boudreaux
Billie Sue Harris
Laura Mercurio
Gene Mack
Mary Mireya Gomez
Lynda Fitzpatrick
Mary Saguera
Joan Henslee
Georganne McCall
Dana Love
Mary Ruth Pockrus
Isla Blanca Park
S. Padre Island
Jacob Brown
Preciliano
Ted Johns
P. O
Texas
Edith Baines
Ann Johnson
Marie Yurkovic
Margie Tower
Mary Silguero
Geraldine Mack
Judy
Johnston Family Attends Son’s Graduation and Ordination
Mr and Mrs L C Johnston Sr return from a three week trip to Wilmore Kentucky and Houston Texas for their son’s graduation and ordination. Mrs Helen Oswald Miss Roberta Oswald and Mrs Helen Lu Burnell Mills joined the Houston services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Johnston Sr
Wilmore
Houston
Texas
Helen Oswald
Roberta Oswald
Helen Lu Burnell Mills
Jose Arreola Buried Tuesday
Funeral services for 15 year old Jose Arreola the Dallas drowning victim were held at 3 p m Tuesday at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church. Burial followed at Wert Isabel Cemetery. Survived by parents Jose P Arreola and Matilde Zurita Arreola Bayside near Port Isabel four brothers Enrique Ediberto Seferino Modesto three sisters Francisca Maria Josefina and other relatives Garza Funeral Home Brownsville arranged the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Arreola
Dallas
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Wert Isabel
Jose P. Arreola
Matilde Zurita Arreola
Bayside
Port Isabel
Enrique
Ediberto
Seferino
Modesto
Francisca
Maria
Josefina
Garza
C E Cummings Dies Aboard Shrimp Trawler
Funeral arrangements are pending for C E Red Cummings 62 who died in his sleep aboard the Shrimp trawler Master Allen in the Bay of Campeche. He worked as a shrimper from Port Isabel for many years and died of a heart attack found by Captain John Dirkus in his bunk. The body was returned to Port Isabel Monday aboard the Master Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E
Red) Cummings
Allen
Bay of Campeche
Cummings
Port Isabel
1Hoa
John Dirkus
L C Johnson Jr Receives Bachelor of Divinity
Reverend L C Johnston Jr son of Mr and Mrs L C Johnston Sr received his Bachelor of Divinity Degree on May 28 in Estes Chapel Asbury Theological Seminary Wilmore Kentucky He was ordained Elder June 6 by Bishop Paul E Martin at the Texas Annual Conference and will become Associate Pastor at Grace Methodist Church Billings Montana beginning June 20 He and his wife Evelyn visit his parents in Port Isabel and spent life schooling there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes Chapel
Asbury Theological Seminary
Wilmore
Kentucky
L. C. Johnston Jr
L. C. Johnston Sr
Reverend Johnston
Port Isabel
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Texas
Paul E. Martin
the Methodist Church
Houston
Billings
Montana
Grace Methodist Church
Evelyn
Tide Table Fragments With Partial Times
The notice presents scattered tide times and heights including highs and lows such as 10:51a and 9:36p with additional unreadable figures. It appears to be a partial coastal prediction page listing fluctuating water levels and periods across a single day without complete context.
Causeway Monthly and Yearly Totals Reported
The report shows a monthly total of 10,314 and an annual total of 97,488 for Causeway. The document notes a grand total with a misspelled entry vineeedenness and OGee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogee
Fishing Guests Reel In Big Catch At White Sands Lodge
Guests at the White Sands Motor Lodge and Marina report varied catches. W R Phillips Jr of Corpus Christi wins a red fish over three pounds and several nice trout. C O Brigman of San Antonio brings eight kingfish two barracuda and one small tuna. Benefield and Capt R D Jones of San Antonio reel eight trout two at three pounds. James Holder family of Tulsa and James W Greer of Kansas City fish Capt Williams boat and land thirty red snapper three ling twenty pounds three five pound king mackerel and multiple six pound plus fish plus assorted grouper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sands Motor Lodge & Marina
W. R. Phillips, Jr
Corpus Christi
Texas
C. O. Brigman
San Antonio
M. M. Benefield
R. D. Jones
Local anglers haul heavy King and Jacks off Dorothy L Pier
Gil Mebry of Grand Prairie Texas S C Falles and son Charlies of Arlington Texas and Sandy Feldman of Dallas Texas caught 49 King and 2 Jacks weighing 22 pounds each. On Tuesday June 11 they fished from the Dorothy L of Captain Wiley's Pier. The boat captain was Joe Terrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gil Mebry
Grand Prairie
Texas
S. C. Falles
Son Charlies
Arlington
Sandy Feldman
Dallas
Dorothy L
Wiley
Joe Terrell
Kings Caught Off Padre Island by Sunday Group
A fishing party aboard the Dorothy L. from Capt. Wiley's Pier on Padre Island reeled in 30 kingfish on Sunday. Participants include J. M. Frank of San Antonio Ken Vanderhider of Port Isabel and R. W. Dubose of Brownsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy L
Wiley
Padre Island
Joe Terrell
J. M. Frank
San Antonio
Ken Vanderhider
Port Isabel
R. W. Dubose
Brownsville
Football Magazine Orders Accepted At PRESS Office
Advance sales and mail orders for the Valley and South Texas High School Football Preview are taken at The Port Isabel Press. The 56 page magazine costs 1 per copy including tax and covers 31 high school teams with 798 players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Texas
Port Isabel
Port Isabel Tarpons
Port Isabel Ambulance Fund Drive Under Way
Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce launches a community ambul ance fund drive with Mrs Ed Warren as chair and Hubert Dusek Edith C Baines as co chairs. Drive starts June 13 and seeks deposits at Merchant Marine State Bank for maintenance repairs and new equipment including an oxygen unit. The chamberdonated $25 to start the effort and urges public donations to sustain emergency ambulance service via the Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Warren
Hubert Dusek
Edith C. Baines
Port Isabel
Fire Department
Michael McGehee Hurt In Fall From Roof
Michael McGehee youngest son of Mr and Mrs Glenn McGehee of South Padre Island was seriously injured last Saturday after falling from the roof while reaching for a toy. He tripped near the wall ledge and landed on the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Micheal McGehee
Glenn McGehee
South Padre Island
Micheal
Six Diseases Reported in Cameron County Health Update
The Cameron County Health Department reported 20 communicable disease cases for the week ending in June. Six distinct diseases were identified among the total, reflecting local health trends and the need for preventive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron County
Oceanographic Development seeks marina permit at South Padre Island
Oceanographic Development Inc requests US Army Engineers approval to dredge a channel and basin, build a boat ramp and bulkheads, and drive mooring piles on a Cameron County lease site on the west side of South Padre Island near Isla Bianca Park. The plan includes a 7 by 90 feet channel 840 feet long to a 700 by 180 foot basin with a north ramp and shoreward placement of dredged material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocanographic Development, Inc
P. O. Box
Corpus Christi
US Corps of Army Engineers
Galveston
Cameron County Park Board
South Padre Island
Port Isabel
Army Engineers
Oceanograhic Development, Inc
Bos
Texas
Isla Bianca Park
Padre Island
New Chief Eyes Padre Island Seashore Growth
William Bowen named superintendent of Padre Island National Seashore forecasts it becoming a top national tourist site within years. He notes plans by the National Park Service from San Francisco and a Corpus Christi field office to begin land acquisition and development with maps and climate promoting western Gulf travel. Padre Island is one of three seashores approved by Congress with Cape Hatteras and Point Reyes already ahead in development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padre Island
William Bowen
Bowen
National Park Service Planning Division
Corpus Christi
Port Isabel
National Park Service
South Padre
Park Service
San Francisco
Congress
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Point Reyes
Calif
Padre
Digest Of New Shrimp Laws Now In Effect
Digest of HB 109 Sixth Legislature outlines new shrimp laws effective June 1 1963. Defines licenses for Commercial Gulf Bay and Bait Shrimp Boats and operators with fees from 3 to 50 dollars. Specifies license periods and shrimp size counts for outside and inside waters with exemptions for spring bay season and bait shrimp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Brownsville
Curtis Carpenter
Texas Game and Fish Commission
Gulf
Texas
Bay
Gulf and Bay
Chamber sponsors welfare board office in Port Isabel
The State Welfare office will be housed on Maxon Street in the former Lighthouse Electric Building. The Chamber of Commerce funds the project, furnishing utilities and oversight, while Mr. Bennett donates rent free space, J. J. Jaudon provides supplies, and Mrs. Herman Meinken donates drapes. Office hours and services will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Welfare
Maxon Street
Lighthouse Electric
Port Isabel
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Bennett
Walker Craig Wholesale Groceries
Brownsville
J. J. Jaudon
Herman Meinken
Baines
Warren
Shrimp Fiesta
P I Boys Head To Salvation Army Camp In Texas
Texas towns mobilize 247 service units as 200 boys join Camp Hoblitzelle near Dallas for four one week sessions. June 16 departure marks first long trip for listed Port Isabel youths under Camp Chairman C F Barter with activities from swimming to archery under trained staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Salvation Army
Camp Hobiteelle
Dallas
Jose Hi
Darrell Ley
Port 1 Bel
C. F. Barter
Port Isabel
Camp Hoblitzelle
Midlothian
Waxahachie
Las
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C. E. Cummings
L. C. Johnson, Jr
L. C. Johnson
Aeseeaah
Football Magazine
Michael McGehee
Mexico City
C of C
Welfare Board
P.I
West Texas
Marshall
Missouri
Linwood Paul
Jaquillard
Lee Smith
Geo. Mansur
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