Long Hours and Hard Work on a Shrimp Boat Trip
A six hour Gulf drag aboard the West Gulf captained by Harry Goette from Port Isabel follows a weekend voyage with crew Mike J. Knott and Herbert W. Harris. Readers see net handling, chaffing gear, packing, meals, and the crew's skill as they head shrimp and fish to port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.L.M
Harry Goette
West Gulf
Adolph Brooks
Brownsville
Mr. Brooks
Captain Goette
Callaways's
Port Isabel
Mike Kott
Kott
Woodpeck
Gulf
Herbert Harris
Goette
Nail
Laura
Harry Jr
Joseph
Thunderbolt
Georgia
Savanah Georgia
Laguna Vista
Mike J. Knott
Pennsylvania
Herbert W. Harris
Kansas City
Missouri
Harris
Port Isabel Hosts Weekender of Special Events and Shrimp Fiesta
A weekend program across Port Isabel features Little League exhibition games on July 1 at the park, downtown events including drill teams and a street dance, a 1961 Shrimp Fiesta tribute honoring the King and Queen with Bob Champion and his Orchestra, and religious ceremonies led by Bishop Garriga with the Knights of Columbus in turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel Little League Park
Orioles
Braves
Jacob Brown
Brownsville
Port Isabel
Bob Champion
Port Isabel Turing Basin
Ship Channel
M. S. Garriga
Corpus Christi
Tex
Blessing of the Fleet Highlighted at Port Isabel Brownsville Rite
The ancient Blessing of the Fleet ceremony in Port Isabel Brownsville features prayers and holy water as ships are blessed for safe voyages. Portuguese influence travels back to Crusades, with fishermen viewing it as a key supplication. The 1961 fiesta honors Bishop Mariano Garriga who will officiate the rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel-Brownsville
Simon Peter
United States
Isabel
Brownsville
Mariano
Garriga
D. D
Corpus Christi
Bi Garriga
Yarborough Appeals To Fiesta Visitors On Shrimp Industry
Texas Senator Ralph W. Yarborough writes to Fiesta visitors praising Texas as a leading shrimp producer with a 70 million pound annual catch and 25 000 shrimping jobs. He cites proposed bills to ease at sea catch transfers and to set country quotas under the Tariff Act to shield domestic shrimpers from foreign competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Campeche
Yucatan
Asia
Shrimp Boom Reorders Gulf Coast Fisheries and Markets
The expansion of the Gulf Coast fishery follows new froozed shrimp grounds discovered in the Gulf of Campeche and near Dry Tortugas. The change drives shifts in production and marketing of shrimp varieties brown and pink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
Gulf of Campeche
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Er Hill
Ing
Key West
Florida
Port Isabel Press
Firemen’s Hall
The
Little Leaguers
Conjunto Tejanos
King Neptune
Area Knights
of Columbus
Murphy & His Rythm Rascals
W. T. Grant
S&h
Yarborough
Fiesta
South
United States Tariff Commission
U. S
Ralph W. Yarborough
Palm Village Shopping Center
Gus Garrett
New
Newport
Chrysler
Plymouth
Valiant
Renault
West Elizabeth
Garrett's
Garrett
W. Elizabeth
Home Builders
GI F.H.A
Lincoln
Brownsvile
Frank Green
Patricia Byrd
King
Johnny Chelsik
Rose Marie Bebee
John Santos Carinhas, Jr
Vesta Levy
John Gaspard
Billie Ann Yarbrough
James E. Rice
Judy Ann Boudreaux
A. Kirkconnell, Jr
Hilda Walker
Delta Machine Company
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