Port Isabel Signs Route Tourists to Island Destinations
The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce approved a contract to build a ten by forty foot sign at Russeltown directing visitors to Port Isabel and Padre Island. The piece notes past missed highway cues and praises the new sign's role in guiding vacationers. It also highlights a Spring Music Festival by the Port Isabel Parent-Teacher Association and lauds student performers and choral direction by Mrs. Lois Petch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russelltown
Chamber of Commerce
Port Isabel
Parent- Teacher Association
Big Husky
Lois Petch
Hugh Densmore Osborn
Ford
William Marcus Eppler
Brownsville
Osborn
Osborn Auto
Eppler
Strawn Reef Find Reported Near Neva West Texas Field
Delhi Taylor Oil reports the Mittel No 1 A discovery a limestone oil find on a semi wildcat well 0.5 miles south of Neva West in Schleicher county Texas The well flowed 255 barrels of 45 8 gravity oil on a 14 64 inch choke from perforations at 20 6325 inches Tubing pressure 300 psi Delti Taylor holds a 50 percent interest in 640 acres around the well and 25 percent in 320 nearby acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi - Taylor Oil
Neva West
Schleicher County
Texas
Delti-Taylor
Ex-Hoodlum Preaches Revival at First Baptist with Taylor
Former San Antonio addict and police character Larry Taylor, now a ministerial student at Howard Payne College, preaches at First Baptist church revival with services at 9 30 a m and 7 30 p m. His life story recounts an early descent into gambling narcotics and street life and his unlikely road to evangelism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Taylor
San Antonio
First Baptist Church
Taylor
Howard Payne College
Speech Night At Port Isabel High Features Four Plays
Port Isabel High School hosts Speech Night Friday at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. Four one act plays and pantomimes between acts are on the program. Plays include More Perfect Union The Cracker barrel The Good Ole Country and Smokescreen. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel High School
Eugene Todd
Tranquilino Martinez
Donald Lee Hockaday
Todd
Spring Music Festival Proclaimed Unqualified Success
Port Isabel High School hosted a three-chorus Spring Music Festival attracting over 300 attendees. The 38 member high school chorus performed 18 numbers, with solos by Lupe Garza Emilio Vasquez Penelope Marlin Jerrie Birge Karen Petch and Florence Morgan, while 25 fourth and fifth graders and 40 junior high students added four and five songs respectively. Accompanists were Penelope Marlin Karen Petch and Jerrie Birge, and the event was organized by the Port Isabel Parent-Teacher Association with decoration and publicity duties shared by local volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Net Lois Petch
Port Isabel
Jor
Lupe Garza
Emilio Vasquez
Penelope Marlin
Jerrie Birge
Karen Petch
Florence Morgan
Parent - Teacher Association
Francis Kershaw
Floyd Bobbitt
Bob Spoonemore
Jack Merryman
Marshall Storey
Darrell Cummings
Spoonemore
Local Port Isabel Students Take National Merit Test
Port Isabel High School students, more than M4 in number, took the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test at 9 00 a m Tuesday April 29 principal Eugene Todd said The program targets about 5 million dollars in scholarships and awards in this fourth year of the national competition with past three years awarding about 12 million The test is a three hour examination conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation supported by about 80 sponsoring organizations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel High School
Eugene Todd
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Funds For Urban Renewal Get Federal Approval
City receives federal blessing for Urban Renewal program with an $8,148 grant and a capital reservation of $577,700. Mayor J A Hockaday notes house-to-house survey plans, city planning for a ten year period, and a future public newsletter before the required referendum.
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J. A. Hockaday
Joe M. Kilgore
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senator Johnson
Port Isabel
Texas
Urban Renewal Administration
Hockaday
School Trustees Elect Officers for Point Isabel District
At a regular board meeting Point Isabel Independent School District officers were chosen for the coming year. F. M. Kershaw was reelected president James La Roche named vice president Roy Byrd renamed secretary. Leo Sanders and Mrs. Beatrice Floyd were installed as new board members after April 6 election returns were accepted.
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Point Isabel Independent
F. M. Kershaw
James la Roche
Roy Byrd
Leo Sanders
Beatrice Floyd
Marine Corps Offers Even Trade for Education
The Marine Corps offers a one for one deal where one year of obligated service replaces one year of college under the Enlisted Scientific Education Program. Local recruiter Sgt Eugene Chism explains the program and invites inquiries at the Harlingen Post Office Marine Corps Recruiting Substation.
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Eugene Chism
Marine Corps
Chism
Marine Corps Recruiing
Harlingen
Eagle Pass Lumber Company Plans Open House May 12
Eagle Pass Lumber Company will host an open house May 12 13 and 14 to showcase remodeling. Manager Darrell Cummings says visitors may tour the store sign in but need not buy or attend the prize drawing. Prizes include a 17 inch portable TV set and various tools and goods.
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Eagle Pass
Eagle Pass Lumber Company
Mth
Darrell Cummings
Hamilton Beach
Cummings
Port Isabel Lions Name New Officers for Year
The Port Isabel Lions club elected officers for the coming year at a Tuesday meeting in Laguna Madre Motor hotel. Officers include President A. J. Reeves, Vice President B. C. West, Secretary Treasurer Joe Mercurio, Tail Twister Vere Myrick, Lion Tamer J. J. O Gorman, with outgoing President Hdefonso Silguerra. The club also announced the purchase of six pairs of eyeglasses for underprivileged children this term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Houston Anglers Net Double-Digit Trout Totals
May fishing report lists Tony Tombarrilla and party catching 22 trout, Jack Miller and Ed Schau man with 39, Paul Lampley 43, Tom Clayton party 35, Mr and Mrs Rays 50, EW Skinner and Mr Younger 64 trout. Readers from Houston and El Campo area reported catches.
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Tony Tombarrilla
Houston
Jack Miller
Ed Schauman
Paul Lampley
el Campo
Tom Clayton
Party
Mrs. Rays
EW. Skinner
Mr. Younger
Local angling totals from Texas anglers list trout catches
E. W. Skinner of Houston reports 42 trout. Warren Bair of Austin with guide John Birge sums 115 trout. M. D. Bennett Sr. and Dr. M. D. Bennett Jr. of Houston total 35 trout and six redfish. John Reed and W. G. Garrison of Houston are mentioned.
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E. W. Skinner
Houston
Warren Bair
Austin
John Birge
M. D. Bennett Sr
M. D. Bennett Jr
John Reedee
W. G. Garrison
Hous
Anglers Catch Large Trout Haul in Texas Waters
The report lists anglers Ton and R. J. Wells of Corpus Christi with 35 trout. On Monday April 28 C. E. King of Houston caught 22 trout, and Jimmy Wood with Anne Johnson of Houston hauled 90 trout.
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Ton and
R. J. Wells
Corpus Christi
C. E. King
Houston
Jimmy Wood
Anne Johnson
Local fishing totals for Akron and Mercedes trips noted
Tuesday April 29 records show Mr. and Mrs. C. J. McCrory of Akron Ohio with guide John Birge catching 39 trout. Jack Porter and Wayne Love of Mercedes caught three trout and one redfish.
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C. J
Fishermen Report Trouts Caught by Birge Duo and Baytown Pair
John and Jim Birge of Port Isabel reel 30 trout while fishing from the Bay area on a Wednesday in April. E. J. Carroll and S. W. Smith of Baytown combine for 62 trout, continuing the fishing tally.
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John
Jim Birge
Port Isabel
E. J. Carroll
S. W. Smith
Baytown
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Liz Keller
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Guy Carpenter
Frank Mras
A. C. Hill
Roberto T. Garcia
Gertrude Gilliam
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