South Padre Hires Fourth Police Officer Jim Barlow
The South Padre Island Board of Aldermen approved hiring a fourth policeman, Jim Barlow, effective July 1. They also adopted two ordinances on security guards and indemnifying board members. The Tourist Development Committee may allocate 20 percent for administration 50 percent for national ads and 30 percent for reserves. The next meeting is July 2 at 7 30 p.m.
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South Padre Island
Jim Barlow
Barlow
Port Isabel
Board of Adjustments and Appeals
Tim Schmactenberger
Port Isabel Rotary Installs Officers at Banquet
About 28 attendees gathered Friday June 13 at Sea Island Resort South Padre Island for the Port Isabel Rotary Installation Banquet. Guest speaker Gene McCullough urged Rotary cooperation as he installed new officers Sherman Lee president Roy Smith vice president Kenneth Heuer secretary treasurer and directors Ron Sumega John Schroeder Paul Gotterman and Fred Blondell. Perfect attendance honors went to Ted Hunt 38 years Tony Meyn 27 Ray Curtis 22 George Colley 16 E W Cateora 14 Dale Anderson 11 Martin Tower 7 Ed Hinkley 6 and Ron Sumega 1.
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Rotary
Port Isabel
Hever
Gene McCullough
Harlingen
Paul Gotterman
John Schroeder
Fred Blondell
Sea Island
South Padre Island
McCullough
Sherman Lee
Roy Smith
Kenneth Heuer
Ron Sumega
Ted Hunt
Tony Meyn
Ray Curtis
George Colley
E. W. Cateora
Dale Anderson
Martin Tower
Ed Hinkley
Point Isabel ISD Boards Approves Bleachers for Tarpon Stadium
The Point Isabel Independent School District board awarded a $26,780 contract to Sturdisteel Construction Co. for 1 050 bleachers at Tarpon Stadium and began work within 12 days, with completion slated for 70 days. Other bids were tabled for Garriga and Derry and a chilled water system study at the junior high.
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Point Isabel Independent School District
Tarpon Stadium
Sturdisteel Construction Co
Waco
Sturdisteel
Garriga
Derry
Eddieblute Construction Co
la Feria
Eddieblute
Joe Hammitt
Maria E. Torres
Consolidated Tax Office
Fred. S. Pfeifer
Pfeifer
Drama Panel Holds Meeting for Laguna Madre Bicentennial
The Outdoor Drama Committee of the Laguna Madre area Bicentennial Commission will meet Wednesday June 25 at 7 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Troy Dillon of South Padre. All committee members and interested persons are urged to attend.
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Laguna Madrerea Bicentennial Commission
Troy Dillon
South Padre Island
Local Teacher Honored in 1975 Outstanding Elementary Teachers
Yolanda Baldovinos of Port Isabel has been named an Outstanding Elementary Teacher for 1975. She teaches at Garriga Elementary and competes for one of five national awards with a $500 grant and a commemorative award.
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Yolanda Baldovinos
Port Isabel
Miss Baldovinos
Garriga
Cities Get Sales Tax Rebates for Port Isabel South Padre Island
Port Isabel received 5340.66 and South Padre Island 7971.08 in the third monthly round of city sales tax rebates. Comptroller Bob Bullock said the payments were higher due to end-of-quarter tax remittances by merchants after the April 30 reporting deadline. He noted the move to a monthly system reduces waiting time and highlights six percent interest savings on the large April and May payments. All adopting cities received payments this month regardless of rebate size, with minimums applied in earlier months.
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Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Navert Wins Health Degree from UT Houston
Deborah Ann Mauert of McAllen and South Padre Island earned a Registered Dental Hygienist degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She was among 48 of 400 applicants in the Dental Hygiene Program and passed national and state boards. Mauert works at Hermann Professional Building and is linked to local business owners on Isla Blanca and Andy Bowie Parks.
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Deborah Ann Mauert
Emry B. Nauert
McAllen
South Padre Island
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston
Miss Mauert
Hermann Professional Building
Tow
Isle Phone Cable Permit Is Sought
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company of Harlingen seeks a Corps of Engineers permit to lay submarine cables across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and Laguna Madre near Port Isabel. Cables in the Intracoastal Waterway would be in a 28 inch conduit, Laguna Madre in a common trench. public comments due by July 7.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Harlingen
Corps of Engineers
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Laguna Madre
Queen Isabella Causeway
Port Isabel
Intracoastal Waterway
Long Island
Coast Guard selects Raytheon for 106 Mariners Pathfinder radars
The U S Coast Guard picks Raytheon Marine Company of Manchester New Hampshire to supply 106 Model 3100 Mariners Pathfinder radars for 41 foot utility craft supporting search and rescue missions. The radars will be installed this summer on vessels including harbor tugs and buoy tenders. They endure severe marine conditions and meet Coast Guard standards. The compact radar features a 0 5 to 32 nautical mile range and a fiberglass radome for weather protection.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Raytheon Marine Company
Manchester
N.H
Coast Guard
Raytheon
Two Accidents Investigated In Port Isabel
Port Isabel police investigated two minor crashes last week. On June 11 a vehicle owned by Donald Loran Pruitt was hit by Melchor Salinas Jr who was cited for failure to keep vehicle under control. The next day Yolanda Bermudez Arredondo was cited for running a stop sign after her Matador collided with Jose Felipe Brown’s Ford.
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Port Isabel
Donald Loran Pruitt
Powers Street
Melchor Salinas, Jr
Pruitt
Salinas
Israel Vasquez, Jr
Yolanda Bermudez Arredondo
Ash St
Laura Ochoa
Jose Felipe Brown
Port Road
Miss Arrendondo
Health Department Reports Five TB Cases and Other Illnesses
The Cameron County Health Department weekly report lists five new tuberculosis cases, three influenza cases, five strep throat cases, one hepatitis case, and one typhus fever case.
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Cameron County Health Department
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