Brownsville Firm Wins Bid For New Admin and Tax Building
Point Isabel School District Board accepted Donald D. Ferguson of Brownsville’s proposal for 51 728. 00 to construct the administrative and tax building next to the Water District Office. Supt Ruben Torres was authorized to secure a 50 000 loan and combine 1 728 from the building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water District
Swanson
Ferguson
Point Isabel
Ruben Torres
Merchants Marine State Bank
Supt. Torres
County backs park, roads and sewer plan on island
Cameron County commissioners back a Sanitary sewer system for South Padre Island area and an early extension of Park Road 100. They endorse a loop highway through Laguna Atascosa Refuge, design a district to operate the sewer project, and seek a March hearing in the Valley. Plans include a Willacy County causeway to Port Mansfield and further park improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron County
South Padre Island
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
Abney
Arroyo Colorado
Arroyo
Rio Hondo
County Fresh Water District No. 1
County Park Board
Isla Blanca Park
Texas Water Control Board
Austin
Brownsville
Pan Am Bank Increases Capital With 10000 New Shares
Pan American Bank approved a 10000 share stock issue at $30 a share to raise $300000. Record date is March 13 1972 with payments due by March 23 230 pm. Allocation set at one new share per 160 shares held. unpurchased shares go to board decision. employees may receive fractional shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American Bank
Brownsville
All Stars Lose Tight Show To Texas A I Team
In Port Isabel, the Kingsville Texas A&I intramural champions coached by Pete Fonseca Jr edged the Port Isabel City League All stars 106 to 95 before a good crowd. Read lists name players from both sides and notes club sponsorship by Port Isabel Tarpon Quarterback Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsville
Texas A&i College
Pete Fonseca Jr
Port Isabel
All Stars
Woolverton
Pascual Perez
Court Orders Taxing Of Shrimp Vessels
City commission meeting approves Manning Dierlam contract to appraise all vessels for tax purposes following a court order by Judge Myrlin Johnson ensuring shrimp boats are taxed like other city property. Also approves jail mattresses painting. police pay hike tabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Manning Dierlam
Marine Surveyor
Taxpayer's League
Myrlin Johnson
Longtime Port Isabel Leader, Alvah Galloway Dies at 64
Alvah T. Galloway, 64, banker and fishing industry leader, died Sunday in Valley Baptist Hospital. A Port Isabel resident since 1924, he previously lived in Morgan City Louisiana. He served as charter director of Merchant's Marine State Bank and led the Twin City Fisherman's Co op. He was a Baptist church member and a Doric Mason. Survived by wife Lucille, two sons A T Galloway Jr and Elmer M Galloway, a daughter Vancille Zama, six sisters and a brother. Funeral Wednesday at Kreidler Ashcraft Funeral Home Chapel Harlingen with burial at Mont Meta Memorial Park San Benito.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvah T. Galloway
Valley Baptist Hospital
Port Isabel
Morgan City
Merchant’s Marine State Bank
Twin City
Fisherman's Co-op
Galloway
A.T Galloway, Jr
Elmer Maurice Galloway
Vancille Zama
Lake Charles
Lillian Williams
Cora Lee Farrow
Blanchie Brown
Gladys Lewis
Evelyn Teague
Lorraine Spivey
Wilmington
N.C
Joseph Galloway
Calude R. Hennessee
Kreidler-Ashcraft Funeral Home
Harlingen
Mont Meta Memorial Park
San Benito
Courthouse Study Set by County Officials
Commissioners Russ Fowler and Ted Hunt were named to study next steps for new or improved courthouse and jail facilities. Fowler favored placing a bond issue on the November ballot to address inadequate facilities. The court action followed a citizen committee’s recommendation for bond-funded construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Fowler
Harlingen
Ted Hunt
Port Isabel
Ray Ramon
Com. Fowler
Park Board
South Padre Island
Ramon
Lower Valley
Port Isabel Chamber Plans Summer Advertising Push
The Port Isabel-South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce votes to join a regional campaign to draw summer tourists. A 66 insert program by the Valley Chamber of Commerce and Central Power and Light Co. will run in northern Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana papers beginning April 2 under the Tropical Border Vacation theme. The group also announces a new director Jimmy Haire and welcomes Ted Hunt W T Liston Co and Ocean Palms Grocery as new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Texas Riviera
Chamber
Jimmy Haire
Bill Alexander
Ted Hunt
W.T. Liston Co
Harlingen
Ocean Palms Grocery
S. Padre Island
Woman Nabbed On Bad Checks
Janice Barnes thirty five-year-old woman was arrested in Brownsville on Wednesday March eight by deputies and police officers acting for Port Lavaca. An ICR check tied to a standing order shows a swindle by worthless check felony. She was to make restitution for a Port Isabel check and Port Lavaca officials were to return her to Port Lavaca on Friday March ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Barnes
Port Lavaca
Brownsville
C.L. Beauford
Chuck Londrie
Guadalupe Aldrete
Austin
Tarpon Band Members Bring Home UIL Honors
Tarpon Band entries at the UIL Solo and Ensemble Competition in Mercedes yielded 26 First Division or Superior ratings from 30 events, earning 41 medals. Students across Classes I to III earned Divisions I II III with piano accompaniments by Alice Kitchen s Carmen Kaevando Sara Osorio and Terri Mireles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercedes
Alice Kitchens
Carmen Kaevando
Sara Osorio
Terri Mireles
B&PW Dinner Meeting and Rummage Sale in Port Isabel
The Laguna Madre Business and Professional Women's Club will hold a dinner meeting at Sea Island Motel on Thursday March 16 at 7 30 with Ted Hunt honored as outstanding citizen and Stotzer speaker. A rummage sale at Port Isabel Firemen's Hall on Saturday March 18 from 9 30 to 5 00 with proceeds to the public library building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laguna Madre Business and Professional Women's Club of
Port Isabel
Sea Island
Mickey Newton
Ted Hunt
Stotzer
Highway Dept
Fireman's Hall
Crowd protests judges decision at Port Isabel boxing event
Boxers and crowd clash after Quirino Martinez Jr loses to Ed Picasso in Port Isabel. Judges from Port Isabel and Harlingen call it a draw while Brownsville judge awards Picasso all rounds. Port Isabel plans trip to Brownsville for March 24 matches at Sams Memorial Stadium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel High School
Quirino Martinez, Jr
Port Isabel
Ed Picasso
Brownsville
Martinez
Harlingen
Picasso
Candelario Martinez
Jesse Duran
B’ville
Robert Reyes
Pharr
Pete Cantu
P.L
Juan Leal
Mares Camacho
P.1
Israel Mendoza
Joe ‘‘Mantequilla
Felix Vasquez
Johnny Salinas
P.I
Frank Rodriguez
Ruben Dimas
B'ville
Juan Guzman
Donna
Merrill Woods
Frank Martinez
Peter Garcia
Alvaro Ridge
Juan Perez
Dagoberto Quiroz
Daniel Perez, Jr
Alberto Aguilar
Noe Cantu
Celso Martinez
Sams Memorial Stadium
Lerma Loses Court Battle for Commissioner Ballot Names
District Judge William Scanlan ruled against plaintiff D. J. Lerma in a bid to keep the names of opponents F. R. Zip Zavaleta and F. R. Pipo Lopez on the County Commissioner Place 1 ballot. All three sought the post vacated by Ted Hunt of Port Isabel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Scanlan
D.J. Lerma
Lerma
F.R
Zip” Zavaleta
Pipo"’ Lopez
Com
Ted Hunt
Port Isabel
TIFT Annual Meet Slated
The Texas International Fishing tournament board meets March 20 at Richard's Gold Room, addressed by Dr George Blanton of Texas Wesleyan University on last year’s ecological study. Election of officers for the biennium and 1972 dates August 2 to 6 discussed. information from Dodie Meade, S Padre Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Padre Island
Richard's Gold Room
Darlingen
John Peters
George Blanton
Texas Weslyan University
Ft. Worth
Blanton
Dodie Meade
S. Padre Island
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Boland
Donald D. Ferguson
Refuge
Isle
Bobby Lee Burns
Cameron Parish
Cameron
Louisiana
F V Valley
Charles Bay Sea Food
Texas
Burns
Willacy County
Willacy
Mansfield Cut
Port Mansfield
Pan Am Bank
Texas A&i
Fred McNab
Hardin Simmons University
TAU
HSU
Jean Jansma
Simon Jansma
Laguna Heights
Robert Gibson
Drury College
Jean
Kasper
Wyo
Springfield
Missouri
Willie Holland
Ray Barrientos
Sonny Perez
Inez Perez
Rudy Garza
Rudy Valdez
Wynn Moore
Tony Ortiz
Ruben Villarreal
Steve Woolverton
Robert Holland
C of C
Elizabeth Green
Virginia Sanders
III
Cecilia Gonzales
Helen Ochoa
Celina Barrera
Bass Clarinet
Evette Torres
John Moore
Smokey Mock
Charlie Estes
Glenda Spinks
Byron Herrington
Lupita Gutierrez
Jennifer Cervantes
Felicitas Quintanilla
Luci Barrera
Nancy Keller
Millie Green
Cornet
Jose Banda
Jose Zaldivar
Tuba
Andy Sanchez
Tarpon Band
UIL
B&pw
TIFT
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