Offshore Oil Rig Talk At Kiwanis Club
Pierre Cordey and Michel Simondet spoke to the Kiwanis Club of Point Isabel about the Pentagone 82 offshore rig under construction at Marathon LeTourneau in Brownsville. They described Neptune Offshore Drilling France and noted workers earn about 500 dollars monthly with home visits to Paris financed by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon-LeTourneau
Brownsville
Kiwanis Club
Point Isabel
Pierre Cordey
Michel Simondet
Paris
France
Cordey
Neptune
Canada
Simondet
Forex-Neptune
Houston
Texas
Port Isabel Coin Club elects officers and plans show
The Port Isabel Coin Club, with 20 members from multiple Valley towns, elected Robert C. Dedmon as president Don L. Pruitt as vice president and Ethel Morgan as secretary treasurer. The group discussed the sixth annual coin show set for September 23 at Sea Island Motor Hotel South Padre Island and a member attendance contest with a year end prize. An auction followed the meeting and interest centered on Mexico coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Pruitt
Mexico
Petty Theft Charges Filed Against Frank Anthony Sanick
Frank Anthony Sanick of New York City was charged with petty theft and disorderly conduct after allegedly attempting to steal a half gallon of wine from a South Padre Island grocery and assaulting a clerk. Deputies jailed him in Cameron County on $27.50 bonds per count. Deadly Fish: piranha native to South American rivers can reduce an animal to a skeleton in minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Anthony Sanick
New York City
N.Y
Justice of the Peace
Bnd
Emmons
Sanick
South Padre Island
Cameron County
Port Isabel Lighthouse Impresses Visitors With View
A letter extols Port Isabel State Park Lighthouse as an architectural jewel standing 80 feet high with a copper domed glass cage and wide catwalk. It claims annual visits of 10 to 12 thousand, notes polite guests, and recalls a young boy receiving free admission for under six as a guest of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel State Park
State of
Texas
Harvard grants degrees at 322nd commencement
Don Robert Hanmer of Port Isabel is listed among Harvard and Radcliffe College graduates as about 440 degrees awarded at the 322nd Commencement. The exercises followed by school ceremonies marked by traditional Harvard Yard events and school celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
Harvard
Radcliffe
Harvard Yard
Don Robert Hanmer
Port Isabel
Port Isabel Medical Center Opens with Round-the-Clock Dr on Call
The Port Isabel Medical Center opened with 24 hour on call service and a staff of two doctors Dr. John S. Cunnick of Cleveland Ohio and Dr. Ernest Hart of Brownsville Texas. The dedication occurred Sunday June 17 at 2 30 p m with Roy Smith Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce vice president giving a welcome and the Jaycees serving refreshments.
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John S. Cunnick
Cleveland
Ohio
Ernest Hart
Brownsville
Texas
Port Isabel Medical Center
Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce
Roy Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Port Isabel Jaycees
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kiwanis
Coin Club
Marine Mart Pony League
Jessie Torres
Gendho Buitureira
Modesto Rivera
Raul Zamora
Jessie Delgado
Victor Martinez
Sonny Perez
Leon Alaniz
Victor Barrera
Heraldo Gonzales
Pete Camacho
Jesus Rosales
Bobby Galvan
E. Elizabeth
Arrow
Bob Massey
Insurance Agency
Representing
Coaches of America Life
Boca Chica
Mary Lou
Franklin Campbell
PD. Pol. AD
D. R. Hanmer
United States
W. R. Williams
Medical Center
PSL
Cmcles
San Francisco
Southwestern Bell
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