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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1967
Page
1
Raymond J. Murphy writes about Veterans of Foreign Wars gatherings near Port Isabel and local war protests, mixing tall tales with memories. He jokes about aging, aging eyesight, fishing, and the warm weather as he invites readers to a weekend outing by the water.
The figures show 1967 and 1966 totals: monthly sums 7 449 and 5 028, yearly totals 121 038 and 106 773, and a grand total 2 958 648 versus 2 605 251. The data compares two successive periods with emphasis on cumulative totals.
Port Isabel commissioners hired Lewis E. Ressler Jr from 12 applicants as the new probationary police officer. Ressler, an unmarried Navy veteran, was backed by Commissioner Juan Gonzalez and will undergo two weeks of training in Brownsville. The board also hired Dolores Dominguez for health and sanitation and discussed FHA commitment corrections for a Chicago firm housing project. Street signs will be replaced with reflective materials learned to be visible day and night.
In Austin the Parks and Wildlife Commission set a 45 day closed season from May 11 to June 30 to protect undersized juvenile brown shrimp in Texas bay nursery areas. Biologists report rapid growth and favorable samples raise expectations for a strong Gulf season.
The annual awards assembly for Mort Isabel High School’s voting class is scheduled for Tuesday May 17 at 2 30 p m. Mari anne Bell will receive the Chemical Award others include Ted Hunt Award for outstanding senior boy and girl American Legion Citizenship Award Danforth Award Babe Ruth Sportsmanship Award DAR Citizenship Award and departmental awards in Spanish mathematics social studies English auto mechanics business homemaking science and journalism.
Lorenzo Barrentez Juan Tamayo Woody Thornton and Geronimo Cruz will direct a local Little League session Monday from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Port Isabel High School field behind the school and near the housing project. The organizers aim to field six teams of boys aged 8 to 12 and seek local business sponsorships.
Terry Soren Christensen of Port Isabel was among 69 University of Texas engineering students honored at a campus reception. Dean John J. McKetta and engineering faculty welcomed the Fellows, chosen for high grades and overall academic performance. the honor lasts one semester and must be earned each term.
Hospital officials from Dolly Winsant Valley Baptist and Mercy Hospital urged Cameron County Commissioners Court to increase allocations for indigent patient treatment. They described near to critical deficits across San Benito Harline gen and Brownsville facilities. The court tabled action pending July and August budget hearings. Auditor Snoeberger said only already authorized bills had been paid.
Floyd Franklin Bobbitt 57 of 1006 Adams St Port Isabel died early Sunday of a heart attack after his pickup veered and crashed into a brick wall near Port Isabel Cemetery. He operated Bobbitt Gulf Service and was a native of Latham Kansas residing in Port Isabel.
The All-School Band Concert of Point Isabel Independent School District will be held Friday May 12 1967 at p m in Derry Elementary School Auditorium. Tickets at the door are 50 cents for adults 25 cents for students.
Ear Dennis Earl Dennis, 69, of Liberty Hill Texas died Monday in St Davis Hospital Austin after an extended illness. He was the brother of Mrs Frank Hickman of Port Isabel. Rites were held 5 p m Tuesday in Liberty Hill. He was a retired purchasing and issuing agent for a Temple Texas hospital.
Maria Torres will receive a Master’s Degree in supervision in public education at Texas A&I on May 27. She is a Title I I supervisor in the Point Isabel Independent School District, has six years with the local district and fourteen years teaching experience, with a mathematics minor.
Dr Herschel T Manuel professor emeritus of educational psychology at the University of Texas will speak at Port Iabel High School on Thursday May 25. He chairs Guidance Testing Associates and has long served in education including research on tests for English and Spanish speaking students in the Southwest.
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