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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1963
Page
1
Tide table lists highs and lows across multiple times with a monthly total of 17 079 and a yearly total of 104 253. The text notes grand totals for cane drives and mentions a causeway.
J L Bates widely known as Bill Bates president of Central Power and Light Co will be the principal speaker at the Port Isabel Rotary Club annual banquet and officers installation next Monday at 8 p m at Jetties Restaurant South Padre Island Stuart Adkins will be installed as president with John Kittila Jr vice president E J Hood secretary and Floyd Bobbitt sergeant at arms joining directors J J Jaudon Pete Smith and Dr Co R Lepore Geo Colley will also serve as director Bates previously headed CP&L in San Benito before moving to Corpus Christi and later becoming CP&L president He helped organize the local Rotary chapter and his remarks will welcome Stuart Adkins as president Bobbitt and Adkins oversee arrangements with Ted Hunt as master of ceremonies.
Willacy County Chamber of Commerce hosts the 12th Annual State Championship Red Fish Fishing Tournament in Port Mansfield on July 4. Anglers from Texas and northern Mexico enter for prizes including the State Championship Trophy for the largest red fish, with a $1 entry fee and divisions for women and children. The Miss Port Mansfield Bathing Beauty Contest features twenty Willacy County entrants at the Anchor Motel at 4:30 p.m. on July 4.
Funeral services were held in Siloam Springs Arkansas for Richard M Elam 77 father of Steve M Elam publisher of the San Benito La Feria Port Isabel Weslaco and Donna newspapers He died Friday in Siloam Springs A former newspaper man he was a past president of the Oklahoma Press Association Survivors include his widow a daughter a son and six grandchildren Donations to the Memorial Scholarship Fund at the University of Oklahoma were requested in lieu of flowers
Twenty five communicable disease cases, including 13 strept throat, were reported to the Cameron County Health Department for the week ending June 15.
Port Isabel officials announce the town’s ZIP Code 78578 to speed mail delivery. Postmaster Ruth Mras says all residents should use the five digit code on return addresses to reduce mis-sent mail and accelerate processing nationwide starting July 1.
McAllen couple F H Tidball and Bob Kramber led a 170 trout haul last Friday while Ham Thompson John Allen L H Thomas and Paul Carter from Mineral Wells spent a week fishing. The group weighed 148 pounds of red snapper 4 ten pound kings a forty five pound ling two twenty pound bonito s a forty pound tuna and 75 trout. R Lockhart Houston caught 75 trout with one four pounder. Marie Kenworthy guided their boat during the trip.
Sunday June sixteenth nineteen sixty three Joe G Sanders and daughter Alice along with Clyde Fincher of San Benito Texas caught thirty kingfish from Capt Wiley s Pier as reported by the harbor patrol.
On Sunday June 16 1963 R W DuBose Peggy DuBose James Putman and Ethel Putman were cited for fishing from the Dorothy L. of Captain Wil ey s Pier with Joe Terrell acting as Captain.
Los Fresnos Lions Club cancels the June 15 entry deadline for its Charity Horse Show. The event runs June 27 to 29 with showtimes at 7 30 p m and 9 a m for daytime heats. Prospects are strong with 66 horses entered so far and officials cite a growing horse show boom nationwide.
Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District sets election day for a six year commissioner term. Incumbent John Trump seeks reelection against Gilbert Groomer and H J Mein ken, with polling places at Port Isabel offices, Cameron County Water Improvement District No 2 building in San Benito, and the Los Indios school building.
Louis Seth Fizer graduates from Washington University St Louis at the 102nd commencement on June 10 1963 earning a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He is among 28 EE grads from a class of 1100 and is the son of Mr and Mrs Louis Fizer of Bellville and Port Isabel.
The 95 footer is in Charlie status for extensive touch up and engine room overhaul. A 36 hour Training Patrol including Full Power Train and drills is planned after repairs. Last week a radio check by a Coast Guard aircraft from Corpus Christi ensured communications remain normal on Gulf coast units. A call reported the cabin cruiser Alice Marie adrift 12 miles north of the sea buoy near Port Isabel Marina.
Doris Oliver of San Saba Texas mother of Mrs. E W Edwards died in San Saba Friday. Mr and Mrs Edwards attended the funeral. Mr Edwards returned to Port Isabel on Sunday while Mrs Edwards remained there for a time.
We report that the judges who chose the 1962 Fiesta Queen were skilled and the sponsors of the 1963 candidates chose well. The Dallas Times Herald magazine section previewed next Sunday streets and pleased us with its content.
A color cover photo by John Mazziotta for the Times Herald shows Billie Sue Harris, 1962 Shrimp Fiesta Queen, alongside Mary Ruth Pockrus, candidate for the 1963 Queen's Crown, on South Padre Island.
The magazine promises a three part feature by Paul Rosenfield, a Dallas Times Herald feature writer, with this first installment introducing a broader narrative to unfold in coming sections.
An afternoon paper in Dallas touts the largest city circulation, stating its dominance in local readership and asserting confidence in its publicity strategy without impacting other sections.
Saturday night the Port Isabel Brownsville Shrimp Fiesta begins at 0 p.m. with candidates for the 1963 Shrimp Fiesta Queen. The colorful event should draw many attendees from the Valley and beyond.
All of Port Isabel and Brownsville should attend the occasion. After the candidates are presented the public may dance to Preciliano and his band. Tickets cost 1.50 per person and table reservations are suggested with Ted Johns in Brownsville.
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