Dust Control Group Organized for Cameron County Area
Residents from Port Isabel Bayview Laguna Heights and Laguna Vista formed the Cameron County Dust Control Association to combat salt dust. The group seeks legal powers including taxation and eminent domain to create a Dust Control District and fund engineering work. Membership is $1 with donations. aim exceeds 1000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Bayview
Laguna Heights
Laguna Vista
Cameron County
Robert R. Roloff
Roloff
Dust Control Association
Austin
Trelax
William Nussbaum
Nussbaum
William Barrera
Cameron County Dust Control Association
Care Merchants Marine State Bank
Texas
c/o Merchants Marine State Bank
The
Five Day Forecast Warns Of Slight Cooling And Dry Period
Temperatures will average one to four degrees below normal with highs of 87 to 93 and lows of 70 to 71. A cooler trend is expected around Sunday. Rain is not anticipated.
Views From THE LIGHTHOUSE reflections from Port Isabel seniors
Raymond R. Murphy discourses on Port Isabel High School graduates and teachers bonds. The column recalls family faiths and community ties while noting Art Hamman’s wife in hospital and spring Bay trips with winter visitors aboard the Gulf Pirate. Continued on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Hamman
Colley’s
Gulf Pirate
Outstanding Students Honored At Port Isabel High
Port Isabel High School held an awards assembly on Tuesday honoring students across science, language, social studies and other disciplines. Marianne Bell led science honors with multiple awards while Gabriel Guzman and Henrietta Barrera earned top overall distinctions and special recognitions from DAR and American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel High School
Marianne Bell
Texas Chemical Council
Susan
Kathy Walker
Polly Galloway
Wanda Moore
Janet
Wayne Sandlin
Harley Londrie
Linda Zimmerman
Jimmy Elliff
Concepcion Bocanegra
Susan Zimmerman
Donnie Keller
Calvin Byrd
Gualberto Gonzales
Windell Moore
Teresa Zurita
Harvey Londrie
Donnie Elliff
Angie Sandoval
Ruben Villarreal
Petra Mata
Henrietta Barrera
Joy Shafer
Lirnes O Salinas
Daughters of the American Revolution
Gabriel Guzman
Ted Hunt
American Legion
Robert Kirkconnell
Babe Ruth
Amalia Camacho
Danford
Becky Kershaw
Wayne Sandellin
Janet Bell
Dennis Cooper
Connie Swenson
Danny Rock
Port Isabel
Port Isabel ‘High School
Ruben Torres
Robert Firkconnell
Petra Mota
Carol Overton
Point Isabel Independent School District
M. N. Caudill
Quirino Martinez Wounded in Laguna Heights Shooting
Quirino Martinez, 27, of Port Isabel, is in critical condition at Mercy Hospital Brownsville after a rear of Cuatro Vientos Cafe shooting. Ruben Garza, 31, of Laguna Heights, is jailed on assault with intent to murder charges after a dispute between families led to the gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quirino Martinez
Port Isabel
Mercy Hospital
Brownsville
Ruben Garza
Laguna Heights
Garza
Cameron County
Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
Cuatro Vientos Cafe
Monroe St
Charles F. Barter
Martinez
Band Boosters to Host Softball Tilt at Tarpon Field
Band Booster Club members play Port Isabel High School PE Department softball on Friday May 19 at 7 30 p.m. Admission is ten cents for children under 12 and seven cents for others. Proceeds aid Port Isabel schools band programs with added surprises planned.
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Port Isabel High School
Tarpon Field
Port Isabel
Monthly and yearly totals for Causeway figures
The data shows totals for 1967 and 1966. Monthly total is 10,378 for 1967 and 7,414 for 1966. Yearly totals are 123,965 for 1967 and 109,957 for 1966. Grand total sums equal 2,961,599 for 1967 and 2,807,637 for 1966.
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By Raymond R. Murphy
Myr
Norma Drake
Srd
Archie Causey
Barter
Ramiro Barrera
Cameron Couny
Don Hoyd
Barrer
Emmons
P.m
Sheen
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