Port Isabel aims to improve visitor comfort after summer campaign
The article urges Port Isabel to upgrade guest amenities and ensure visitor comfort beyond advertising. It notes past harsh treatment of guests, calls for clean water and ice, and criticizes reliance on phony bonds while seeking municipal improvements and a broader tourist appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Price Danels
Port Isabel Company
Cameron Water
KRGV
Brownsville
Cotton loan prices set for 1962 crop in Valley
Government loan prices on the 1962 cotton crop were received in the Valley late last week by bankers from the Commodity Credit Corporation. Oneinch midling cotton will sell for 32.39 cents per pound, compared with last year's price of 32.93 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Shrimp Fiesta Queen Contest and Confederate Air Force Events
Readers are invited to the Padre Island pavilion for the June 23 Queen contestants presentation at 8 PM, followed by a coronation ball in Brownsville’s Civic Auditorium on June 30 at 8 PM. The Fiesta ends July 1 with Confederate Air Force performance at 1 PM and blessing of the fleet at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padre Island
Civic Auditorium
Brownsville
Confederate Air Force
Mercedes
Worldar Il
Port Isabel July 6 1932 Postal Rates Affected
Port Isabel notes new federal postal rates take effect July 6 1932 with first class mail at 3 cents per ounce and air mail rates rising to 8 cents for the first ounce and 13 cents for each additional ounce except for certain territories. Also details jail bid notices and municipal bond concerns alongside local port affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
U. S
Canal Zone
Canada
Newfoundland
Mexico
Port Isabel
Texas
City Commission
Mexiquito
R. Berry
Sea Range Seizures and War Time Port Isabel Permit Rules
Wartime notice restricts Padre Island Sea Range navigation to vessels with mission permits. The Laguna Madre waters south of 26 45 North are off limits and violators face arrest. The article details permit provisions and entry conditions for passengers or boats and emphasizes wartime vigilance in Port Isabel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Padre Island Sea Range
Laguna Madre
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Gulf
Padre Island Sea
Also Mentioned on This Page
Los Fresnos Lions Club
Charities
of the Lions Club
LOS Fresnos
State Bank
Reed's Liquor
Port Isabel, Texas
John Gillis, Jr
Bell System
Bell
United States
Southwestern Bell
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
J. A. Hockaday
OFC
V of 19
Alf Christiensen
Aurora Ochoa
Harold Moreau
Benito Ochoa
J. L. Moreau
San Antonio
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Patrick J. Ward
Laguna
Laguna Vista
Laguna Heights
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!