Commissioners Impose Island Zoning Ordinance
Cameron County Commissioners approve a zoning measure for South Padre Island restricting sign size and placement and limiting front yard hedges to four and a half feet. Billboards capped at seventeen feet. Board of Park Commissioners serves as zoning board. Precinct One Commissioner Ted R Hunt acts as county judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron County Commissioners’ Court
South Padre Island
San Benito
Adolph Thomas
Cameron County Board of Park Commissioners
Thomas
Precinct One
Ted R. Hunt
Port Isabel
Oscar C. Dancy
Hunt
Austin
Arroyo Colorado
OEP
Funeral Services For A H LeBlanc Held On Monday
Andy H LeBlanc a 55 year old fisherman died early Saturday at his Port Isabel home. Funeral services were held at 3 p m Monday at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church with burial in Port Isabel City Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Carmen C LeBlanc three daughters Marie Lourdes Romero Ida Catherine LeBlanc Isa Louise LeBlanc a stepson Jose Felipe Brown and two step daughters Dorothy Brown and Guadalupe Rivera all of Port Isabel. A rosary was held Sunday at the family home. Funeral arrangements were by Thomas Funeral Home of San Benito.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy H. LeBlanc
Port Isabel
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Port Isabel City
Carmen C. LeBlanc
Marie Lourdes Romero
Ida Catherine LeBlanc
Isa Louise LeBlanc
Jose Felipe Brown
Dorothy Brown
Guadalupe Rivera
Thomas Funeral Home of
San Benito
Valley Symphony To Give Concert At McAllen Civic Center
The Pan American Valley Symphony Orchestra of 75 Rio Grande Valley residents will present its final season concert on May 1 at 8 p.m. at the McAllen Civic Center. Guest soloist Takako Nishizaki, renowned violinist, has performed with major U.S. and international ensembles and appeared on the Bell Telephone Hour. Conductor Franz Zeidler, noted for studies in Detmold and work with European ensembles, leads the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American Valley Symphony Orchestra
Rio Grande Valley
McAllen Civic Center
Takako Nishizaki
Viollinist
United States
Canada
Japan
Italy
Bell Telephone Hour
Franz Zeidler
Music Academy
Detmold
Germany
Europe
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps Bank
Winnipeg
Canadian Broadcasting Co
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Los Angeles
DeCloux
Arturo Toscanini
Port Isabel Padre Island Area Chamber Expands Drive
The annual membership campaign opens as Chamber president Cal Morgan urges local business affiliation and resident support. The group touts wide advertising reach, new offices near the Lighthouse, and asks everyone to contribute time or funds to boost area activity and tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel - Padre Island
Morgan
First Lady Visits Port Isabel During Tropical Trail Tour
Governor of Texas and Mrs Connally stopped briefly in Port Isabel on a Tropical Trail tour visiting Brownsville Harlingen and Padre Island before Corpus Christi. Local officials welcomed them and presented a helmet shell and a lighthouse photo. Mayor Sanders noted city hall construction and invited a later dedication by the governor. The lighthouse had just reopened attracting visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Connally
Texas
Bay Area
HemisFair
First Lady
Port Isabel
Her Connally
Chamber of Commerce
Sanders
Mendous
Port Isabel Seeks Public Library Support
Last week the author urged Congress to fund a Port Isabel public library modelled after Hill Burton hospital funds. The writer plans to continue the effort and asks locals to contribute time books or money and to open a bank account at Merchants Marine State Bank in the library’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Congress
Hill - Burton
Merchants Marine State Bank
Port Isabel Public Library
Father of Two Drowns Off Padre in Rescue Attempt
James Franklin Thomason Jr., 26, of Harlingen, drowned Monday while helping pull surfer Jose Julio Boris from rough surf near the north Padre Island jetty. Boris survived. another would-be rescuer nearly died. Thomason, a Brown and Root crane operator, was from Denton and left behind a wife Pattie and eight-year-old daughter. His body lay at Thomas Funeral Home in San Benito awaiting funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Franklin Thomason Jr
Harlingen
Jose Julio Boris
New York City
South Padre Island
Boris
Robert Chipman
Coast Guard
Thomason
Brown and Root
Brownsville
Denton
Texas
Pattie Thomason
Faur
Lorie
Thomas Funeral Home
San Benito
School bids sought for gym stadium work and hires first grade teacher
Point Isabel Independent School District announces the hiring of Mrs. Berna Spriggs as first grade teacher. The board seeks bids for work on the high school gym, stadium bleachers and lights. Bids open May 17. Architects Swanson Hiester Wilson and Boland of Brownsville listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Isabel Independent
Port Isabel City Narrowing Chief Search to Two Applicants
Port Isabel commissioners vote unanimously to further evaluate two finalists for police chief from five applicants. One from Loving New Mexico and one from Harlingen, both highly recommended, with language and other qualifications weighing against a need for more applicants. The council also approves a bank loan ordinance to cover immediate financing while awaiting federal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Leo F. Sanders
Charles Motley
Sanders
Gonzalez
Ing
Gon
Cy W
San
New Mexico
Harlingen
U. S. Treasury Department
Gover
Dali
Rigen
Tresmann
Merchants Maine State Bank
Five Day Forecast With Slightly Below Normal Temperatures
Temperatures will average one to four degrees below normal highs of 85 to 93 and lows of 67 to 69. Precipitation will be locally heavy in scattered showers or thundershowers mainly over the weekend. Rainfall over .08 inch is considered heavy for the period.
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Efren Gonzales
National Guard
A. H. LeBlanc
Valley Symphony
Area Chamber
Chamber
Maxon and
Garcia Streets
Garcia Street
By Raymond K. Murphy
Padre
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