Johnny Heinze Receives Outstanding Grade Award
Johnny Heinze son of Mr and Mrs E W Heinze of Laguna Vista was among four Valley students at Texas A I College Kingsville to win an outstanding grades award for the 1960 61 year. The awards were presented at an awards assembly in Kingsville last week. Heinze was a cheerleader for the 1961 62 school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Heinze
E. W. Heinze
Laguna Vista
Texas A & I College
Kingsville
Johnny
National Highway Week Observed Across Texas May 21 27
State Highway Engineer D C Greer frames National Highway Week as a challenge not celebration. He warns the obsolete Primary and underfinanced trunk system and rising maintenance costs on Farm to Market Roads threaten Texas highways without increased funds and public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
D. C. Greer
Greer
John F. Kennedy
Price Daniel
U. S
Texas Highway Department
Maldonado Sentenced to Five Years for Local Murder
Maldonado David Lopez, 27, of Port Isabel, was formally sentenced to five years in prison in Brownsville for murder. Judge H. A. Garcia denied a motion for a new trial after Maldonado’s March 14 conviction for fatally shooting Shrimp Boat Captain Jimmy Gonzalez on Port Road. He stated he would not appeal and asked not to be deported to Mexico after completing the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lopez Maldonado
Port Isabel
Brownsville
H. A. Garcia
Maldonado
138Th District Court
Jimmy Gonzalez
E. Maldonado
Garcia
Wildcat Drilling Planned in Laguna Madre Gulf Area
Gulf Oil Corp schedules a 9,000 foot wildcat in Laguna Madre four miles NW of Port Isabel on a 640 acre lease near State Tract 728. The search targets Lower Miocene gas potential near Texaco and Holly Beach Field as a second well is planned 34 miles SE of Olmito at Shell Oil No 1 J B Kent, drilling below 1,700 feet.
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Gulf Oil Corp
Laguna Madre
Port Isabel
of Texas
Texaco
Olmito
Shell Oil Co
J. B. Kent
New Orleans Family Visits Local Relatives
Mr and Mrs C J Bernard of New Orleans arrived last Friday for an indefinite stay with their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Jack Hughes. Mr and Mrs Clyde Privett David and Ann left Wednesday for Waukegan Illinois where Mr Privett will attend a Johnson Outboard Motor Service school. They will visit Mr Privetts mother Mrs Ed Owens in Clinton and sister Mrs Glenn Long in Rockford Illinois.
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Clyde Privett
David
Ann
Waukegan
Illinois
Privett
Johnson Outboard Motor Service
Mr. Privett
Ed Owens
Clinton
Glenn Long
Rockford, Ill
Texas Highway Network Expands Past 60 000 Miles
Texas now has more than 60 000 miles of highways enough to circle the globe twice at the equator. The figure underscores vast road system growth and infrastructure development across the state.
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Texas
Community Votes Bonds Behind New School Plant Plan
Voters last Saturday approved a new school building plan and bond issuance after campaigns, sample ballots, and explanations to groups. The ten mile tideland strip will share the tax burden if improvements or oil discoveries occur. A rattlesnake near South Shore Drive prompted warnings to mothers and children. Baccalaureate and commencement dates at Port Isabel High School were announced. Cameron myo Fresh Supply District officials dismissed manager J Hood, with criticism over the firing process and communication.
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Ten Mile
Tidelands
Port Isabel
Cameron Myo Fresh Supply District
J. Hood
Hood
J L Sims Former P I Resident Dies
Funeral services for John Lewis Sims 77 a former Port Isabel resident were held in Brownfield Texas after a brief illness He moved to Odessa four years ago Surviving family includes his wife Ruby Dodson Sims four sons two daughters sisters and brothers along with 21 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
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John Lewis Sims
Port Isabel
Brownfield
Texas
Sims
Odessa
Brownsfield Funeral Home
Rev. S. L
Brownsfield
Ruby Dodson Sims
Lloyd Sims
el Paso
G. I. Sims
D. B. Sims
Carlsbad N. M
Billy Sims
Thelma Blair
Hattie Lee Cook
Amarillo
C. L. Lyles
Edward B. Elliott
Effie Nash
Vernon
E. L. Berry
Merkel
R L. Sims
Thalia
Bonds Pass for School Building Program in District Vote
Last Saturday the district approved a school building program with a 2 to 1 margin as 366 voters cast ballots. The bond measure totaled 650000 for new junior and senior high facilities plus renovations and a gym and band hall. Propositions on maintenance tax and debt assumption also passed by clear margins, with six mutilated ballots recorded and the results officially canvassed at the school board meeting Tuesday night.
Brownsville Man Named Executive Director for Port Isabel Agency
Bill Frisbey announced George Mansur of Brownsville will become executive director of the Port Isabel Urban Renewal Agency. Mansur, a Brownsville resident, has prior leadership in Public Housing and rent housing projects in Brownsville and Houston, and will begin duties June 1 in Port Isabel.
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Bill Frisbey
Port Isabel
Mansur
Feder
Brownsville
Houston
Rev Marlin to Attend Methodist Annual Conference in San Antonio
The Southwest Texas Annual Conference opens May 23 at Travis Park Church in San Antonio with Bishop Paul V. Galloway presiding. The Rev M Marlin from First Methodist Church will attend as ministerial delegate. Dr Charles Goff of Chicago Temple will be conference preacher with multiple talks and sermons across May 23 to 25.
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Rev
Marlin
Methodist
San Antonio
Paul V. Galloway
Southwest Texas
The
Methodist Church
F. L. Marlin
First Methodist Church
Travis Park Methodist Church
M. Marlin
First Church
Bishop Galloway
Ministry of Life
Charles Goff
Chicago
Iowa
Goff
Northwestern University
Garrett Biblical Institute
Northwestern
Hearing Set On Voting Machines In Cameron County
A public hearing was scheduled for Thursday June 1 in Cameron County Court house to consider issuing 140000 in time warrants to buy 75 voting machines for 38 precincts. Most officials supported the plan, except Judge Oscar C. Dancy. The meeting also mentioned proposals by Lotas beet for a two story annex and a sub court house between San Benito and Harlingen, which voters rejected last November.
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Brownsville
Cameron County
Oscar C. Dancy
Lotas Beet
San Benito
Harlingen
Port Isabel base eyed as juvenile home for Cameron County
The Cameron County Juvenile Advisory Board discussed converting the Port Isabel Naval Auxiliary Air Station into a child rehabilitation center for South Texas. The Navy will abandon the base in June and officials seek Texas Youth Council aid and congressional support to secure the property for a 200-student facility after a failed county bond vote for a 100000 juvenile home.
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Port Isabel Naval Auxiliary Air Station
South Texas
Cameron County Juvenile Advisory Board
San Benito
Navy
Texas Youth Council
Texas
Cameron County
Salvation Army Campaign Underway in Port Isabel
The Port Isabel Salvation Army Service Unit launches its second annual fund drive to aid local welfare. Dr. J. A. Hockaday says Allen Finnell from Divisional Headquarters will aid the Pt Isabel Committee at no cost. The unit assists the unlucky and needy to help themselves without regard to race color or creed.
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Port Isabel
Salvation Army
J. A. Hockaday
Allen Finnell
Pt. Isabel
May fishing results report trout catches across Texas
On a May fishing day Mr. and Mrs. Ben Morrison and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lampley of El Campo caught 71 trout while Dr. C. A. Reitch and Douglas Stead of Houston netted 35 trout.
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Ben Morrison
Paul Lampley
el Campo
C. A. Reitch
Douglas Stead
Houston
Local anglers report trout catches around town
Mr and Mrs Paul Lampley and Mr and Mrs Ben Morrison of El Campo report 112 trout. Mr and Mrs Bill Roberson of Port Isabel report 69 trout. Mr and Mrs Ben Schwarz of Port Isabel report 90 trout. Mr and Mrs W C Leak of Alamo report 35 trout. Max Holder of Port Isabel reports 50 trout.
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Paul Lampley
Ben Morrison
el Campo
Bill Roberson
Port Isabel
Ben Schwarz
W. C. Leak
Alamo
Max Holder
Port Isabeli
Bay fishing outing yields multiple trout
On Friday May 12, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Morrison along with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lampley of El Campo caught 72 trout and 6 redfish during a bay fishing trip.
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Ben Morrison
Paul Lampley
el Campo
May 13 Wedding Rites for Mr and Mrs Paul Lampley
Saturday May 13 a ceremony for Mr Paul Lampley and Mrs Lampley is noted with lines about fishing prize counts of 38 trout and 1 red.
Fishing Couples Win Trout and Jackfish Totals
May 16 report lists Mr and Mrs Nick Santanglo of Houston with 69 trout, Mr and Mrs T L Larza of Wharton 55, T M Miers and Bob Ellis of Lubbock 65, John Carter of Port Isabel 25, and Mrs Karen Cordell of Great Falls Montana with a 35 pound jackfish.
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Nick Santanglo
Houston
T. L. Larza
Wharton
Tex
T. M. Miers
Bob Ellis
Lubbock
John Carter
Port Isabel
Karen Cordell
Great Falls
Montana
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Harry Sexton
Carolyn Swindell
Sexton
Swindell
P.O
Port Isabel, Texas
Tex. A&i
Wildcat
South Shore Drive
G. J. Gonzalez
J. L. Sims
P. I
Gonzalez
Naas
Fishing
Ada A
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