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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1972
Page
5
Texas anglers set five new freshwater records and nine open saltwater marks in 1971 while adding thirteen more categories. Notable catches include spotted bass, flathead catfish, redfish, walleye, king mackerel, and large sharks at Port Aransas, Port Lavaca, and other Texas locations.
Ed Roberson age 67 of Columbia Missouri died Friday at Mercy Hospital Brownsville Texas while visiting South Padre Island. He served on the Columbia School Board and was active in the Kiwanis Club City charter committee and several Masonic Orders. Survived by wife Florence, three daughters, sister and five grandchildren. Body sent to Columbia for funeral services and burial at Columbia Cemetery with Darling Mouser handling arrangements.
Spadefish weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces were entered by Darrell Hyatt of Port O'Connor on July 7 1971. Tripletail weighing 28 pounds 8 ounces was caught by Theodore C Flick of Houston at Port O'Connor on July 3 1971.
Captain Matt Murphy aboard the Warsaw loads red snapper up to eight pounds at the snapper banks. Capt. Art on the Gulf Breeze nets whiting and drum while Capt. Jack Kingery on the Danny Boat docks whiting and large drum in the morning and afternoon. Jets of anglers from Jerry Hoke's bait stand report 164 pounds of trout and redfish. several guests from Missouri Oklahoma and Michigan haul in trout sheepshead drum and redfish. Live crabs and shrimp are the preferred bait as drum shows a strong bite along Laguna Madre jetties and bayside piers.
The Cameron County Health Department reports a drop in flu cases last week to 22, ending a three week stretch above 100. Other listed illnesses include 14 strep sore throat, one typhoid fever, six amebiasis, four rubeola, and three mumps.
George A. Bennett, a 47 year old ex Marine Raider under Lt. Col. James Roosevelt, thanks Bell Telephone Co. for helping locate old buddies from World War II. He recalls fighting in the Solomons and Guam where he was wounded, and notes heart attacks and hospital cards from ex mayor Leo F. Sanders. He plans a reunion with Marine years friends and James Roosevelt, originally from Port O Connor Texas, now at home here.
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