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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1961
Page
1
Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce proposes Understand Your Neighbor Week and hosts a public meeting on Tuesday May 9 at 8:00 pm at the Community Center. Harlingen speaker C Worth Wood will kick off the week and address business community concerns urging open discussion and harmony.
Pack 17 of the Cub Scouts held its regular monthly meeting Thursday evening in the Methodist Church education building. Dens two and three presented the flag and sang God Bless America, followed by the Pledge. Awards were given by Scout Executive Harold Detion and Cubmaster Clyde Privett to Melvin Derr, David Privett, and others. Denner badges went to Danny Rock and Arnold Vasquez, with assistant denner badges to Rickey Hughes and Danny Green. An airplane-skits activity preceded games led by Mr. DeHon. thirty-four parents and cubs attended. refreshments were served.
Mrs J W Pate died at her daughter's home in Los Angeles on April 27. A Port Isabel resident in the late 1930s and early 1940s, she is survived by her husband, daughter Mary Miller, four grandsons and seven great grandchildren. Burial was in Los Angeles.
The Magic Valley Industrial Arts Fair at Pan American College Edinburg ran April 29 to May 1. Port Isabel students won ribbons in jewelry box end table and cedar anne shaped table divisions with Servando Villarreal William Belling Baldimar Martinez and Sammy Ragusin among the winners. A banquet for South Texas Vocational and Industrial Arts teachers closed the event with Port Isabel attendees including two students and instructor A V Evans and Mrs Evans.
Texaco Inc announces a new oil test in the Laguna Madre area near Port Isabel. The No 1 Laguna Madre Tract 699 lies seven miles northwest of Port Isabel with a 9000 foot permit on a 640 acre lease State tract 699. Nearby gas wells include Texaco No 1 State tract 698 and Texaco No 1 State tract 710.
Mr and Mrs R E Youker visited Baytown Texas with Mrs Youker s sister and family Mr and Mrs F Jackson They plan to be in Beeville on May 9 to attend a board of directors meeting of the South Texas Children s Home
A list of anglers from Houston Port Isabel and nearby towns report catches including 72 trout for E W Skinner and Jack Bartholomew 30 trout for M R Kelley M Tamerillo Pee Wee Schumacher 45 trout for John Cox 119 trout and reds for Ben Schwarz 27 trout for O A Freeman and 200 pounds of red snapper plus 35 trout for others. Gulf and Aransas Pass vessels report multiple king mackeral ling and a jack fish aboard Blue Water and Honeymoon with Mrs Farley Ritter Kenworthy and Joe Smith among those noted.
Robert Moses and party from Houston along with Jack Bartholomew of Port Isabel report a three day fishing trip yielding 279 trout and eight redfish.
Sid Scalise and Sam Cashiola from Houston catch 100 trout in a local competition led by L. W. Statham, showcasing strong teamwork and skill.
On Tuesday May 2 Bay T. R. Bagwell of Weslaco caught 22 trout. Don Sheldon of Donna landed a 225 pound jewfish. Buck Haney of Port Isabel reeled in a 350 pound jew fish. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Palmer fished from jetties with live bait and brought in 19 flounder.
Capt. A. A. Swanson and R. H. Smith fishing from the boat Blue Water report a catch of 15 king mackerel and five ling.
E. W. Skinner and party of Houston reported a two day fishing outing with a catch totaling 50 trout and three redfish. Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Williams of Houston also reported a two day haul of 27 trout.
South Texas invites all to a public reception in Corpus Christi honoring Most Rev. M. Garriga D D L L D bishop of the Corpus Christi Diocese during his golden jubilee May 8 9 and 10 at the Driscoll Hotel Ballroom Lon Hill chairs the civic committee and will present a commemorative plaque. Dignitaries including five cardinals and 22 bishops are expected to attend.
The article denies rumors of school segregation and free lunches while outlining tentative changes to elementary site use and bus routes. It notes plans to unload all elementary riders at the current high school site, with stops along Garcia street, and clarifies lunch charges and central kitchen arrangements for hot meals.
At the State Vocational and Industrial convention held on April 13 and 14 in San Angelo Port Isabel was represented by Servado Villarreal and Manuel Lopez. They were taken to San Angelo by instructor A V Evans. Five projects were entered with Port Isabel earning a second place ribbon in the seahorse division by Efraim Ramirez while Manuel Lopez earned a third place in the toolbox division and Joe Ochoa earned a fourth place.
Bond attorneys add two new propositions to the May 13 ballot to include the Tide lands in the district tax base for a $650,000 school building program. Proposition No 3 supports the bonds and avoids tax rate increases while No 1 and No 2 allocate taxes and bond debt to the Tide lands. Port Isabel school leaders say no current property taxes rise and urge voters to study details.
Commerce will sponsor a monthly dance at the community center with events on the first Saturday each month. The dances start at 8 30 p m and cost one dollar per couple.
The Funo Rama Amusement on Padre Island in Isla Blanca Park reopens for the summer under new management. Owner George J. McLain and Miami veteran manager Woolley introduce a tilt a whirl Ferris wheel bumper cars roller coaster and kiddie rides including jet fighter ride merry go round hand cars and the Padre Island Special train. The seal act Tabu will perform three times daily.
Mrs. Margaret Winters of Mound Texas, sister of Mrs. Harris, visits at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R G Harris with family. Dr and Mrs Robert H LePere and baby Sharon of San Antonio spent the weekend there.
Alvan Bruno Silva of Chile, a Texas A and I College student, describes living conditions along Chile's 2600 mile long coast with Andes to the east. He highlights desert, tropical central areas and snow capped south, and thanks the U.S. for earthquake aid. Out of town Rotarians Ray Wait, Ed Bush, and Roberto Garduno attend.
Ray Toland director of the Port Isabel Urban Renewal Office resigns effective May 1 and will enter private enterprise. The Fort Worth office is interviewing applicants to replace him.
Postmaster General J Edward Day disclosed proposed rises in money order and special delivery fees effective July 1 1961. First class special delivery charges remain unchanged while second through fourth class rates rise 10 cents. Money orders up to 5 and over 50 dollars rise 5 cents and the schedule consolidates 15 and 20 cent brackets into 20 cents with higher caps. The proposed measures aim to add about 2.5 million in revenue from special delivery and about 5 million from money orders, under the Postal Service Act of 1958. Congress is urged to act to close a 741 million revenue gap.
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