Candidates For Fiesta Queen Entertained By Mrs Johnson
The first of a series of parties for 1963 Shrimp Fiesta Queen candidates was a theatre party in Brownsville hosted by Charles F. Johnson. A merienda at Mrs. Johnson’s home followed with Nominees from Brownsville and Port Isabel attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Johnson
Brownsville
Johnson
Carolyn Petty
Marie Yurkovich
Laurent Mercurio
Mary Ruth Pockrus
Port Isabel
Judy Crawford
Jean Anderson
Virgin
Ia, Putegnat
Linda Fitzpatrick
Roxanne Davis
Joan Henslee
Dana Love
Billie Sue Harris
P. I. Chamber Sets Meeting on No Netting Bill
Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce directors meet at noon at El Toro Cafe to discuss the no netting bill before the Texas Senate. Fishermen are invited to join and Jimmie Jaudon notes the bill’s importance to Port Isabel and the local fishing industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Catholic School Registration Opens For 1963 64
Sister Eugenia principal at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic School announced that registration for the 1963 64 year opens Thursday and Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. and Saturday all day. She urged all parents to enroll their children for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sr. Mary Eugenia
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic School
Eugenia
Spelling Bee Runner-Up From Port Isabel Named Mack Parker
Mack Parker an eighth grade Port Isabel Schools student finished runner-up in the first round of the National Spelling Bee held in San Benito on April 24. The event drew fourteen Cameron County schools with Harlingen's Coakley Junior High taking first place. Parker is the son of Mr and Mrs Reed Parker and carries a 90 plus average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Parker
Port Isabel
San Benito
Cameron County
Harlingen
Coakley
Muck
Reed Parker
Bill to prohibit all netting in Texas coastal bays approved
The Senate Game and Fish Committee backed a bill to ban all netting of fish in Texas coastal bays. Proponent William Moore of Bryan led the push, while Bernard Lorine of Houston and the Texas Seafood Institute opposed citing 1300 plus fishermen could lose work. Senator A R Schwartz of Galveston warned the measure could invite trouble on the Gulf Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Game and Fish Committee
Senate
Texas
William Moore
Bryan
Bernard Lorine
Houston
The
Texas Seafood Institute
Sea Food Institute
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Gulf Coast
State of
Moore
Gulf Coast Area
Important Zoning Meeting At City Hall May 10
Port Isabel residents are notified of a May 10 public hearing by the Port Isabel Planning and Zoning Commission. The notice lists about 44 locations across the city and outlines proposed zoning changes affecting permissible buildings or businesses. The PRESS prints the full letter to aid public study and response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Texas
Planning and Zoning Commission
City of
Port
Football Book Showcases Tarpons and Band Preview
A forthcoming Valley Football Magazine debuts this year with Port Isabel High School 1963 Tarpon football previews and drum major photos. The issue covers all 23 Lower Rio Grande Valley high schools, district predictions, rosters, and schedules. It lists editors, release plans, and related regional data with extensive district reclassification notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Valley
Rio Grande Valley
South Texas
Bert West
San Benito
Coast Guard Careers and Vessel Rescue News
The article highlights Coast Guard careers as appealing with steady pensions and active duty life. It details rescues and repairs near Port Isabel aboard the CGC Kimball and other vessels, plus staff movements including Jack D. Fowler joining and Boutwell decommissioning.
Rotarians Hear Orrin Johnson on Law Day USA
Orrin Johnson of South Padre Island and Harlingen spoke at the Port Isabel Rotary Club on Law Day USA designating May 1st for the observance. Swart Adkins reported on a district Rotary meeting in Laredo. The club voted to begin meeting Saturdays at the El Toro Drive-In starting May 4 with one visiting Rotarian, Bob Roloff of Kirkwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrin Johnson
South Padre Island
Harlingen
Port Isabel
Port Isabel Chamber Discusses Netting Bill in Texas Senate
The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce holds a directors meeting at the El Toro Restaurant to discuss a Texas Senate bill that would halt all netting in the Texas Coastal Bays. Sponsored by Texas sport fishermen, the bill worries local fishermen who argue it would devastate livelihoods and favor bootleggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Port Isabel High Announces 1963 Valedictorian and Salutatorian
Terry Christensen is the 1963 Port Isabel High School valedictorian with a 5.12 average and NSH honors including senior class treasurer and science awards. Herlinda Saldivar is the 1963 salutatorian with a 93.48 average and NHS member with DAR, Commercial Dept Award, and Ted Hunt Award honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Terry Christensen
Terry
D. H. Christensen
Science Department
Ted Hunt
Herlinda Saldivar
Herlinda
Manuel Saldivar
Route 1
Brownsville
National Honor Society
D.A.R
Point Isabel School Trustees Accept Study Committee Report
The Point Isabel Independent School District's board accepted a four subcommittee study report on school operations. The Finance subcommittee urged tax collection policy changes, with the tax rate to remain the same and taxes due by a stated deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Isabel Independent School District
Drewery
Wm. K
Bill) Zimmerman
Reed
Reed Swindell
T. B. Mack
Floyd Bobbit
Vere Myrick
Lawton Petty
Noel Gonzales
Art Galvan
Harold Wright
Pasquel Perez
Jim Gilain
Board of Trustees
Bel
Ayork
Mexico Visitors Sail Into Port Isabel
Captain Enrique Huber a Mexico City industrialist and his mate Erasmo Perales anchored their 26 foot sailing vessel The Polaris at White Sands Marina for four days in Port Isabel last week. They planned a two month goodwill voyage visiting Corpus Christi New Orleans and Yucatan before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuxpan
Mexico
Enrique Hubber
Erasmo Perales
Port Isabel
Tampico
Corpus Christi
New Orleans
Yucatan
Enrique Huber
Mexico City
White Sands Marina
Huber
Corpus
Capt. Huber
Gulf of Mexico
Tip of Texas Genealogical Society May Meeting
The Tip Of Texas Genealogical Society will hold its May meeting on Thursday May 9 1963 at the Harlingen Public Library at 10 00 a m. It is a workshop where members will exchange family data ideas and experiences in genealogy. Members and guests should bring a sack lunch drinks are provided and participants may share books records and microfilm. All interested persons are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Genealogical Society
Harlingen Public Library
Outboards Not Muddying Water Proven by Illinois Study
Scientific checks on Lake Bloomington found no evidence that outboards stir bottom sediments or increase turbidity. Researchers showed wind, runoff, and seasonal temperature shifts cause murkiness, not boats. Mercury outboards notes the claim is unlikely to vanish overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Mercury
Lake Bloomington
Weather forecast highs and rainfall numbers
Readable fragments show daily highs around mid eighties with some days reaching the upper eighties. Rain presence implied, but exact timing and locations are unclear.
Applications For Scout Jamboree Being Accepted
Scouting at its best. Rio Grande Valley Council invites Boy Scouts and Explorers to apply for the sixth National Jamboree at Valley Forge Pennsylvania. Sixty four slots allocated by district, age and rank rules apply. Districts list available. reservations held until June 1 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
Rio Grande Valley Council
Jim Taylor
Samporee
Brownsville
Rio Grande Council
Boy Scouts
Taylor
Port Isabel
Los L’resnos
Olmito
Harlingen
la Feria
Santa Rosa
Combes
Primera
Edinburg
Donna
Weslaco
Mercedes
Edcouch - Elsa
Monte Alto
Hargill
McAllen
Mission
Pharr- San Juan - Alamo
Starr
Zapata
San Benito
Rio Hondo
Raymondville
la Sura
Lyford
Willacy County
Box 1828
First King Fish Of 1983 Reported In Oklahoma
Irma Gilham and Ber nice Schmidt of Oklahoma City fished from the charter boat Speedway owned by Capt. Zimmerman and reported catching the first King Fish of the season on April 24. They also landed 150 snapper. Harvey Courts fishing report for the weekend ending April 28 lists multiple anglers from Houston and Spade Texas catching various trout amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Gilham
Bernice Schmidt
Oklahoma City
the Speedway
Zimmerman
Harvey Courts
Grace Sacce
Houston
Frank Secanlin
Crump
Lockwood
Spade
Texas
Collins and
Bradley
Amarillo
Dr. Guthrie
Sam Cashiola
Clayton Party
L. A. Cashiola
W. P. Whitworth
W. P. Whitworth Jr
Johnie Menefee
John Jeffers
Disease cases on weekly list in Camero County
Health official Dr. Thomas J. La Motte notes 33 communicable disease cases for Camero County in the week ending April 27. Acting director of the Department, he reports totals and urges continued vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camero County
Thomas J. LaMotte
County
Beaks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Johnson
New Park Pavilion
P. I. Chamber
Gulf
Tarpons
Isabel
Highway 100
Island Avenue
Foster- Harris
Venice
Coast Guard News
John H. Kittila
Cs Station
James V. Sayers
USCG
Coast Guard
Vfort Isabel
Thomas Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Kittila
CGC
Kimball
Earl Webster
Margaret
Webster
Jeff
Herbert Ellington SN
Mercy
Laguna Madre
Salutatorian
Genealogical Society
Ween
Low
Vane
BO Iveekiovens
Asaekiaeans
Ae Whedes
Ae Ieee
Ae Axens
Aera
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