Port Isabel High Names Top Senior Class for 1971
Port Isabel High School announces the Senior Class of 1971 top students. Valedictorian Jimmy Rock, 95.84 average, plans to study political science at Texas University. Salutatorian Susan Zimmerman, 95.26 average, will major in Physical Therapy at Southwest Texas State University. Third-ranked Harry Dancey, 94.73, will study Drama at Pan American University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel High School
Jimmy Rock
Roy Rock
Jimmy
National Honor Society
Texas Chemical Council
Texas University
Susan Zimmerman
Walter Zimmerman
NIKE
DAR
Danforth
Betty Crocker
Zimmerman
Southwest Texas State University
Harry Dancey
UIL
England
Tarpon
Pan American University
Summer Remedial Program Slated at Junior-Senior High
Assistant Principal Eugene Garza announces a summer remedial program at the Junior-Senior High School from June 7 to July 16. Mark Holt directs math. staff include Ismael Gracia social studies Janice Stark reading Stella Smith language arts Dina Fonseca Nancy Sanders teachers aides assist NYC students. participants chosen on sixth to eighth grade teacher recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Garza
Mark Holt
Ismael Gracia
Janice Stark
Stella Smith
Dina Fonseca
Nancy Sanders
Nyc
Burglar Strikes M&M Seafoods Window Forced Open
Police report a local business, M&M Seafoods, burglarized last Thursday night. A side window was forced, beer cases ice cooler and cigarette cartons missing. Fingerprints found on the window led to Harlingen photography. no arrests yet. Vesper service Sunday May 30 at Our Lady Star of the Sea. commencement June 2 at Tarpon Stadium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M&m Seafoods
Chuck Londrie
Harlingen
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Everett Young
First Baptist Church
Tarpon Stadium
Port Isabel’s 1840s Era Forts Hotels and Indian Attacks
The piece recalls Port Isabel’s early history with Fort Polk and its move to Fort Brown, the founding of the Brick Hotel of Point Isabel, and the 1840s stagecoach attacks. It notes the 1848 Treaty Guadalupe Hidalgo and the shift of Brownsville, the hospital on Port Isabel hill, and frontier life along Front Street.
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Samuel Bangs
Simon Mussina
Front St
F and 2Nd Streets
Fort Polk
Port Isabel
Mexico
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Texas
Rio Grande
Matamoros
Fort Brown
Brownsville
Community Ambulance Fund Launches With $10000 Goal
City officials and residents formed the Community Ambulance Fund at City Hall to raise about $10000 for a fully equipped 1971 Chevrolet Suburban Zephyr ambulance. A seven-member board led by Police Chief Chuck Londrie will manage contributions with help from the high school student council and Boy Scouts. Donations may be sent to Merchants Marine State Bank in Port Isabel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Chuck Londrie
Emery Greene
Merchants Marine State Bank
Bill Moore
Charles Moore
Laguna Vista
Bud Emmons
Brownsville
Art Galvan
Ruben M. Torres
Londrie
Boy Scouts
Port Isabel
Teacher Donates $100 Toward Ambulance Drive
Mrs Maureen Moore an elementary teacher in Port Isabel Schools donated 100 toward the area ambulance purchase. She noted the check equals her recent pay for a safety article and she gave it in honor of thirty second graders. Cameron County Health Dept reports seven influenza cases in the latest weekly tally along with amoebiasis infectious hepatitis two tuberculosis mumps and other illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maureen Moore
Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Cameron County Health Department
Balloting OKs Chamber Merger for Island and Mainland
Port Isabel and Padre Island voters approve a merger of the Island and mainland chambers of commerce. At a Tuesday meeting in Merchants Marine State Bank, officials announced 24 votes in favor of the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Padre Island
Chamber of Commerce
Island
Merchants Marine State Bank
Port Isabel Mayor Forms Equalization Board and Chamber Plan
Port Isabel officials approved members for the joint Board of Equalization and the Tax Office Building Committee. The council backed Lang Chilton for tax books and called a zoning change for Port Isabel Development Co land to industrial, potential Marine Mart expansion, funded by Marine Mart. A mayoral slate also approved jail mattresses and MACE, with several votes conditional. The Island Chamber merger vote passed 15 to 7, but legality and dissolution questions prompted attorney consultation and further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Equalization
Port Isabel
Lang, Chilton & Co
Port Isabel Development Co
Marine Mart, Inc
Cavass
Emery Green
South Padre Island
First Candidate Emerges for Cameron County Commissioner
Veteran Cameron County Commissioner Ted Hunt of Port Isabel is in Houston for surgery and has not stated if he will seek re election. D J Lerma a Brownsville attorney announced his bid for Precinct 1 and says he would work with Judge Ray Ramon. The redistricting placed part of Brownsville in Port Isabels district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Hunt
Port Isabel
Houston
Port Isabel-Padre Island
D.J. Lerma
Brownsville
Lerma
Ray Ramon
Hunt
School Board Meets at Pan American on Education Policy
Dr. John MacFarland of Texas University at El Paso spoke to Region One supervisors and board members on discipline drugs fair employment and finances at Pan American University Student Union on May 6. State Senator Wayne Connally outlined a bill to provide 100 percent financing for the school foundation program. Port Isabel attendees included Supt. Ruben Torres Clyde Lyons W.K. Zimmerman Cecil Moses Sabas Gonzalez and Noe Gonzalez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John MacFarland
School of Education
Texas University At
el Paso
Pan American University
Wayne Connally
Senate
School Foundation
Ruben Torres
Clyde Lyons
W.K. Zimmerman
Cecil Moses
Sabas Gonzalez
Noe Gonzalez
Port Isabel
Small Business Week Declared in Texas
Gov Preston Smith informs Wilson Johnson NFIB president that the week of May 17 is declared Small Business Week in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Smith
Wilson Johnson
National Federation of Independent Business
Texas
Temporary Postage Rate Increases Take Effect May 16
Postmaster Mras announced temporary postage rate hikes to begin May 16 as the USPS moves toward self sufficiency under the Postal Reorganization Act. First class stamps rise to eight cents, air mail to 11 cents, and many other rates including book rate and card prices adjust. No parcel post change. customers can use current stamps by adding a penny or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mras
United States Postal Service
Parcel Post
Canada
Mexico
Mias
Texans to vote on liquor by the drink and four amendments
Texas voters plan to cast ballots on May 18 to decide four constitutional amendments and liquor by the drink. The measures include ethics rules for officials, expanded amendment process, relief grant caps, and a $100 million bond for water quality projects. If Cameron County rejects liquor by the drink, precinct results may vary by locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Cameron County
Justice
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Guadalupe Martinez
Laguna Heights
Martinez
Port Isabel High
Lota. M. Spell
Zachary Taylor
Fronton
James Rock
M&s
Ramon
Commission
Small Business Week
la Feria News
San Benito
Los Fresnos
Rio Hondo
la Feria
Santa Rosa
Merchant
Clyde Privett
Mr. Privett
Charlie’s Sporting Goods
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