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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1958
Page
1
Residents discuss the recent property tax survey noting some households face higher bills while others pay less. The piece urges civic action to influence local school consolidation and highlights Armed Forces Day events at Port Isabel bases and upcoming school graduations across several campuses.
Troop 57 Boy Scouts met at the Legion Hall on Thursday evening to discuss summer plans. Twenty members signaled they will attend Scout Camp at Camp Perry in Rio Hondo on June 18. The group also talked about the board of review Court of Honor and Order of the Arrow with closing activities including capture the flag and Torch Dance presentations by Carl Jones and Wayne Berry.
During a three day Open House at Eagle Pass Lumber Company winners were drawn on Wednesday evening. Winners included Anna Cora Perez with a portable TV and Gustavo Munoz with a 6 foot 4 inch Black & Decker saw.
Harlingen hosts a special entertainment program for the women delegates of the 1%th American Cotton Congress on Padre Island June 5 to 7. Mrs. Vernon M. Murphy chairs the committee. 30 to 50 women are expected to attend with their husbands.
Guillermo Sosa, 84, of Port Isabel, died Thursday at 5 a.m. He is survived by three daughters Mrs. Jose Sosa Mrs. Gregoria S Galvan and Mrs. Isabel S Garcia. Services were held today at 3 p.m. at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic church. Burial followed in Port Isabel Cemetery with Delta Funeral Home in charge.
Plans are fixed for the Our Lady Star of the Sea bazaar on August 10 chaired by Noe Gonzalez with Roberto Gonzalez handling special prizes. A queen contest for 1958-59 will crown a parish queen at the Civic Center Brownsville. Proceeds fund church expansion to meet parish needs.
Cameron County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports local polio funds depleted and receives an $8,975 grant from national March of Dimes headquarters. Funds will aid hospital and medical bills for both new and old polio patients, with emphasis on rehabilitation and Salk vaccination emphasis.
The Port Isabel Pre School Kindergarten holds its graduation on Wednesday May 21 at 7 30 p m in the Junior High auditorium. Mass at eight a m followed by an eight thirty a m breakfast at the school. Diplomas will be handed by Mrs Sabas Gonzales president of the Parent Teachers group. Twenty one graduates. Teacher Mrs Adolfo Garza. Musical selections by the class.
Three shrimp vessels ran into trouble in the Gulf on Tuesday. The Pappy, Marie, and Wren required Coast Guard assistance. The Pappy sprang a leak and was pumped aboard a cutter plane drop to a trawler. the Marie and Wren were towed to port after engine and rudder problems near the pass about 75 miles south and 30 miles north respectively.
Post 118 Explorer Scouts joined district round-table in Brownsville hosted by Post 1. Attendees included Brownsville Posts 1 and 118 and Ship 8. Los Fresnos could not attend. Carl Ward spoke on Disaster Mobilization. Post 1 cooked supper.
The premiere of the White Winged Dove Story drew over 600 attendees at Gay Junior High auditorium Harlingen. SCOT and Game and Fish officials attended the 26 minute film detailing the white winged dove life cycle from banding in Mexico to migration to the Valley and hunting seasons. The event drew praise from sportsmen officials.
Armed Forces Day activities will be held in the Lower Rio Grande Valley with open houses at Harlingen Air Force Base on Saturday May 17 from 10:00 to 3:45 and at Port Isabel Naval Auxiliary Air Station on Sunday May 18 from 10:00 to 3:00. The events feature aircraft flyovers including F-100s KC-97s and more, static displays, model airplanes, and demonstrations by Army Coast Guard Texas National Guard and Civil Air Patrol.
Leo Baumfelder announced that five Valley Sea Scout Ships completed plans for an extended cruise starting Monday morning June 2 from Port Isabel on two charter boats the Dorothy H and Speedway. Fifty scouts and leaders will sail to Corpus Christi and back via Aransas Pass Rockport Marine Laboratory and Corpus Christi Naval Air Station with a Thursday party in Corpus Christi and fishing. The cruise ends Saturday evening June 7 with a Bridge of Honor in Port Isabel.
Blasa Recio Rivera age 74 of Port Isabel died at 5 a.m. Wednesday at her home. She leaves a daughter Francesca R. Zurreta and four sons Antonio Benigno Francisco and Pero. Delta Funeral Home Brownsville arranged funeral services.
Baumfelder will be honored for 30 years of service at a Recognition Banquet May 22 in Harlingen at Richard's Sun Valley. He serves as skipper of Sea Scout Ship 56 in Port Isabel and commodore of the valley Sea Scout squadron. An album of testimonial letters is being compiled and reservations are requested.
The Baptist Day school will hold its graduation exercises Friday morning May 23 at 9 00 o clock in the educational building of the Baptist church. Parents of graduates and friends are invited to attend. A banquet will be held for the children after the ceremony.
On May 8, anglers reported catches including Mr Bounds of San Antonio with 3 trout, John Birge of Port Isabel with 36, E W Skinner and Jack Curry of Houston with 47, Sam Cashiola and Sid Scalise of Houston with 75, C W Watson of Chillicothe with 35, and Herman Drake of Wichita Falls with 29 trout.
On Friday May 9 Red Stevens and party from Houston reported 30 trout while Mr and Mrs Jerry Reed of San Benito caught 36 trout during a fishing outing by the jetty or surf.
Sunday May l anglers Jody Goolsby and Mike Nichols Port Isabel report 16 trout. Mr and Mrs Paul Lampley El Campo 64 trout. Revens party Houston 105 trout. Charles Calvin and M M Brown 25 trout. Jack Welch Brownsville 13 trout. Jerry Reed San Benito 30 trout. Monday May 12 Jerry Reed San Benito
The notice lists multiple pairs and individuals from Texas towns including Mercedes El Campo Wharton Houston and Sweetwater with trout catches ranging from 12 to 42 fish. Names include D. J. Schwarz Paul Lamp ley Ben Morrison T. L. Larza B Hall Andrew Scardiano Earl Webb Red Stevens Migel Gates and others.
On Tuesday May 13 anglers Jim Ragland and party from Mission reported boating 22 mackerel and two Spanish mackerel in six bonita waters. Mr and Mrs Eugene Eubanks Santa Rosa caught 9 trout, Mr and Mrs Earl Webb Sweetwater 22 trout, Col W R Strickman and R G Griffen San Antonio trout, Mr and Mrs Paulley El Campo 39 trout, Mr and Mrs Ben Morrison Campo 38 trout, and Mr and Mrs T L Larza Wharton 36 trout.
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