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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1960
Page
5
Port Isabel high school coach Jake Trice announced the 32A all district basketball team. Port Isabel Tarpons member Lupe Garza is listed among selections with teammate Jose Hinojosa of Rio Hondo named forward.
The San Benito Kiwanis plan the first memorial picnic shelter in Andy Bowie Park five miles north of South Padre Island. The shelter will be movable on a concrete slab with a 6‑place table and litter bag container, featuring a colorful roof. The project, funded by donors, marks the start of a county park memorial shelter series along the beach.
Lupe Garza from Port Isabel and Fernando Salinas of La Joya are listed as forwards while Reynald Farias and Medrano Saldinas from La Joya appear as guards, indicating a La Joya heavy roster with mixed guard and forward designations.
At Isla Blanca Park 45 new trailer sites are being prepared by FE J Waitman of Harlingen to raise capacity from 75 to 120. Park director Al Me Gehee notes prior years exceeded revenue estimates with 1958 6000 forecast but 12100 actual and 1960s projection and 24817.20 actual. The park has consistently covered over 60 percent of expenses, well above the national 33 percent. Rehabilitation includes refurbishing main park areas ahead of summer crowds and Labor Day travel.
Cub scouts of den three met at the Metho dist Church educational building with den mothers Mrs. Goette and Mrs. Maddox. They opened with the Cub Scout promise and pledge and planned a troop cook-out as the final meeting of the season. Games songs and ice cream followed before closing the living circle.
Mr and Mrs Francisco Castillo announce the birth of a son on Wednesday May 18 at 11 55 am. The baby weighed nine pounds eight ounces and was delivered by Dr Cope at the Castillo home in Laguna Heights. Mr Jack Mack left on Saturday for Berwick Louisiana on business and is due back in Port Isabel this week.
This week reports monthly temperatures and yearly totals for Causeway County. Next week tides show daily high and low times with periods of strong variation across dates.
Port Isabel Lions Club held a farewell party and regular meeting on Tuesday May 17 at the John O Gorman Ranch near Brownsville. The event honored Herman Johanson who will soon depart for California where he is stationed at the Perteable NAAS.
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