Shrimp Fiesta Board Named and Dates Set
T C Mack president of Port Isabel Brownsville Shoup Fiesta reveals two day event calendar. Officers include J B Meek president Harry Sexton vice president Bowry Green secretary treasurer and Floyd Bobbitt Ted Hunt Robi Garcia Mrs Lee Smith E W Cateor Marvin Conroy N A Hardee Mrs Ann Johnson Teddy Kentrop W Roberts as directors. Presentation Ball July 2 at South Padre Island pavilion. Queen's Hall July 4 Fort Brown Memorial Center. Best Parade and Blessing of the Fleet July 5 Port Isabel Turning Basin. Directors racing to meet weekly to prepare for first event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Mack
Port Tlaabel - Browns
Shoup Fiesta
Board of Fiesta
J. B. Meek
Harry Sexton
Bowry Green
Floyd Bobbitt
Ted Hunt
Robi. Garcia
Lee Smith
E. W. Cateor
Marvin Conroy
N. A. Hardee
Ann Johnnson
Teddy Kentrop
VY. Roberts
Recsoatton
South Padre Island
Queen's Hall
Fort Brown Memorial Center
Trownsville
Port Isabel
Cail School Announces Private Kindergarten Opening
Mrs. George Cail Sr plans a private school for four and five year olds in the Educational Building of the Methodist Church. Parents are asked to register Monday May 25 1904 at 3 30 p m in Port Isabel to enroll their children in a planned program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cail
Port Isabel
Cail
Death Bay FVD Eh Deat Bay FVD
Fragmentary OCR text mentions laws and numbers with unclear meaning. Summary remains uncertain due to unreadable source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deat Bay
Fvd
Weather fragments and garbled readings from a dated page
The text shows scattered weather data with times and incomplete terms. It includes mentions of rain and temperatures like 72 with trace amounts and uncertain city or station identifiers, reflecting a broken OCR weather snippet.
Causeway Monthly and Year Totals Summary
Monthly total 13 734. Year total 488 675. Grand total appears as 18 199. Data appears fragmented and may mix numbers and labels. No clear entities beyond the numeric totals.
Five Day Forecast Shows Warm, Scattered Showers
Temperatures will average about 6 degrees above normal highs of 88 to 95 and lows of 70 to 72. Precipitation will be light with widely scattered showers.
Cover The Waterfront Covers Local Community Scene
Loyd Langston and his wife return to the community as Padre discusses the Sandy Retreat Hotel and Ocean Palm Center. Real estate remains described as booming while Bud Frankie remodels the building across from the Ocean Palm Center and opens an office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd
Bud Franke
Ocean Palm Center
Bouiey
Shrimping Season Delayed To June 15 In Texas
Austin officials report the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission delayed the shrimping closed season from June 1 to June 15 through July. Executive director Weldon Watson says the change, supported by legislative action and current biological data, could boost harvest while aiding conservation. Six of the young shrimp are smaller than usual due to cold water conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Rrown
Texas Parks and Widlife Commission
Juély We
Weldon Watson
Watson
Port Isabel Highlighted in 1964 Mobil Travel Guide
The 1964 Mobil Travel Guide features Port Isabel with Padre Island and Port Isabel Lighthouse listings. It rates six motels or motor hotels and two restaurants, offers guest certificates for reduced admission to 16 Southwestern attractions, and notes certificates for 19 World’s Fair factories with potential savings. The edition covers 139 pages on Texas including 46 Port Isabel facts and listings for 582 motels and 70 hotels, 224 restaurants, 42 cafeterias, and 12 resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Gulf Coast
Mobil
Padre Island
Southwest
South Central Area
Lone Star
Texas
Rotary Club Fly-in Meet Sets October Dates
Winford Bore outlined U S Border Patrol and immigration service structure at a Rotary Club meeting. The club scheduled the first annual Fly-In for October 15 16 and 17 with brochure plans and Toronto Canada details to follow. Don Pruitt will represent Port Isabel and Matamoros Rotary sponsor "A Night In Old Mexico" for the October program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winford Bore
United States Border Patrol
Bore
Border Patrol
Immigration Service
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Toronto
Don Pruitt
Port Isabel
Rotary Club of
Matamoros
Old Mexico
Shell Club Plans Museum Shell Shipments From Texas Club
South Padre Island Shell Club held its May meeting with about 25 members and two guests. The group voted to adjust meeting times and outlined programs focusing on shell cleaning, exhibit preparation, library use, and class schedules. Members will donate Coast shells to Texas museums, forming three collections of 50 species each to be shipped in groups of 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Padre
B. W. Long
Harlingen
Texas Museums
South Padre Island
Shell Club
Wayne Holiman
Dorothy McClelland
Edinburg
Health Department reports forty two disease cases
Cameron County Health Department reports 42 communicable disease cases for the week ending May 16. Acting director Dr. James D. Casey notes the list includes 22 cases of the illness and related conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron County Health Department
James D. Casey
Graduates Hear Bishop Garriga At Commencement
The Port Isabel High School 1964 graduating class listened to Most Rev. M. S. Garriga at the Derry Elementary School auditorium. The ceremony featured a processional by De Wayne Wilson and a valedictorian, Helena Wickham, with diplomas presented by School Board President Roy Byrd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Garriga
Derry
Port Isabel High School
DeWayne Wilson
Donald C. Blavier
St. Andrews A'S
Port Isabel
Herminia Medrano
Ted Hunt
D.D
Corpus Christi
Garriga
Helena Wickham
Robert Gades
Roy Byrd
V. Drewery
Lawrence Fanning
Court of Honor Held for Port Isabel Troop 37
An outdoor Court of Honor for Boy Scout Troop 37 Port Isabel Tuesday night opened with the colors and pledge led by Ed adie Pechasek. Scoutmaster Bob Rasmussen introduced Coast Guard Group Commander John Kittila who presented the troop charter on behalf of Big Grande Council. Jerry Ray accepted as Institutional Representative. Commander Kittila thanked the scouts and leaders and Rotary Club for 20 years as Veteran Sponsor. The troop received ribbons from the Camporee in Harlingen. Art Wiltse demonstrated Scout goals. Ephrem lit the first candle on the Scouting Log marking advancement. Second Class Awards went to Frank Cisneros and Chuck Rasmussen among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Troop 37
Port Isabel
Edadie Pechasek
Bob Rasmussen
John Kittila
Coast Guard
Big Grande
Council
Har Hingen
Art Wiltse
Ephrem
Frank Cisneros
Chuck Rasmussen
Butch New
David Estes
Larry Seals
Lupe Nunez
La Feria Youth Drowns at Padre Island Reef
Larry Claude Seale 18 son of Mr and Mrs H H Seale of La Feria drowned near South Padre Island shortly after noon Saturday. He swam with Jill Kurton of Harlingen and two other couples from a private beach 400 yards north of Sandy Retreat Motel as they dived to reach the bottom. Water depth varied from two feet on sandbars to deep channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Claude Seale
H. H. Seale
la Feria
Gulf Side
South Padre Island
Larry
Jill Kurton
Harlingen
Sandy Retreat
Fishing Report From Queen Isabel Inn Area
A weekly fishing summary from Queen Isabel Inn notes various groups fishing around Jetties near the bay. Capt. Bob Williams and guests from Austin and Mission reported snapper king and other catches while others fared differently in bay and inlet waters. Continuous fishing activity is described with multiple names and locations, ending with a note that continued details appear on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Isabel Inn
Austin
Cecil Hodges
Cal Burton Morrison
Bob Williams
Dorothy H
Calvin F
Mission
Uiei
Joe Little
Dolphen
King
Jack
A. B. Griffis
Edinburg
Sheila
H. W. Holimin
Edinburgh
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. W. Zimmerman
Snapper Banks
Zimmerman
Dutch
Cail School
Ue i
Hii
Sence
Ove
P. H
New Travel Guide
Bishop Garriga
Scout
Harvey Courts
Pum
Juanita Martinez
Maria Corina Figueroa
Arnold Green
Martinez, Jr
Anna Laura Villarreal
Margaret Patrice
Norma Torrem
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