Catholic Church Dedication Attended by Over 1000
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church held a dedication on Wednesday May 15 at 5 30 p m with more than 1 000 in attendance. Bishop Mariano S Garriga presided delivering blessings and leading a Solemn Pontifical High Mass. The Port Isabel native serves as Bishop of the Corpus Christi Diocese.
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Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Mariano S. Garriga
Port Isabel
Corpus Christi
Our Lady Star OF the Sea
Order of Catholic Service and Attendees at Our Lady Star of the Sea
Rt Rev Msgr William H Oberste presided as priest with Deacon Rev John Schwider and Subdeacon Rev Patrick Casey. Deacons of honor were Very Rev Philip Byron and Rev George Sexton. Sermons by Rev Joseph J Ryan and Rev William Grant. Bishop Adolph Marx attended with chaplains Rev Edward Murray and Rev Thomas Conlon. Brownsville choir provided music. Next week to feature church history.
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William H. Oberste
P. A
John Schwider
Port Isabel
Patrick Casey
O.M.1
Philip Byron
O.M
George Sexton
O.M.I
Robert Clark
Wm. P. Disney
Joseph J. Ryan
William Grant
Adolph Marx
J.C.D
Marx
Edward Murray O
25th Texas International Fishing Tournament Dates Set
August 1 through 4 mark the 25th annual Port Isabel event with registration July 31. Dr. Howard Tewell elected president, George Etz Jr. chairs the 1963 tournament. officers from Harlingen, Donna, Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy counties named. Bob Meade remains managing director. The silver anniversary theme honors the long running classic first held in 1934 by Dr. J A Hockaday.
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Port Isabel
George Etz, Jr
McAllen
Howard Tewell
Harlingen
E. A. Lewis
Don Sheldon
Donna
Cameron County
Earl Hunter
Brownsville
Joe Bob Lawrence
Ito Schwab
Hidalgo County
G. C. Vineyard
Willacy County
A. H. Huebinger
Raymondville
Bob Meade
J. A. Hockaday
Hockaday
Tewell
TIFT
The
Center
County reports week tally shows strep throat cases
The county health department's weekly report for the week ending May 17 lists three communicable diseases. It records 21 cases of strep throat, two cases of measles, and one rabies case in an animal.
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County Health Department
Port Isabel Featured in 1963 Mobil Travel Guide
Port Isabel and its attractions receive a full-page feature in the 1963 Mobil Travel Guide. The edition highlights the lighthouse Padre Island and vacation spots, lists six motels, plus 114 pages on Texas. The guide includes guest certificates offering discounted admission to sights.
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Port Isabel
Mobil
Padre Island
Lone Star State
Texas
Francis Knapp Receives Texas International Fishing Trophy
Retiring Brownsville competitor Francis Knapp won the first Sportsmanship Award from the Texas International Fishing Tournament. Knapp saved fellow contestant Lewis Boggus Jr. of Corpus Christi after diving into 24 fathoms of gulf water during the 1962 event. George Etz Jr. of McAllen, tournament president, nominated him, and Boggus provided the firsthand account. The award will be an annual honor for outstanding sportsmanship in Texas coast fishing.
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Francis Knapp
Brownsville
Knapp
Gulf
Lewis Boggus, Jr
Corpus Christi
George Etz, Jr
McAllen
Etz
Texas
Proclamation on Texas Highway Growth and Safety
State officials emphasize highway system as key to Texas economy and safety. Proclaims past reductions in fatality rates, notes record miles built, and cites rising traffic with over five million vehicles and more than 40 billion miles traveled annually.
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Texas
Texas Highway Department
U. S
Free Daytime Shows Added to Los Fresnos Horse Show
The 1963 Los Fresnos Lions Club Charity Horse Show adds two free daytime shows devoted to quarterhorses and Appaloosas. Shows run June 27 to 29 with $9,000 in cash prizes, judged by standard rules, with cochairmen Chester Macomb and Jimmy Hollon guiding the event.
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Los Fresnos Lions Club
Ara Breedlove
American Quarterhorse Association
Lions Club
Chester Macomb
Jimmy Hollon
Col
J. L. Grunwald
Rio Grande Valley
Duty and Reluctance Mark Dale Ford Bugle Quote
A short quotation from Dale Ford in the Bugle remarks on duty as a task taken with distaste and performed with reluctance, followed by boasting afterward. It reflects a wartime or community newspaper tone and self-aware commentary.
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Dale
Ford $.D. Bugle
Valley Bankers Banquet Speaker Is Announced
The Valley Bankers Association announces banking expert Erle Cocke Sr. will speak at the Spring Association Banquet on Saturday May 25 at 6 30 p.m. in the Mercedes Civic Center. Cocke oversees FDIC insured deposits for 13 445 banks totaling nearly 300 billion. He is past President of the American Bankers Association and CEO of Fulton National Bank, Atlanta Georgia. Breedlove announces officers and Cocke's civic roles with numerous boards and committees in Georgia and national finance groups.
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The
Valley Bankers Association
Erle Cocke
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
E. Clinton Breedlove
Harlingen
Bankers Association
Cocke
Spring Association
Mercedes Civic Center
United States
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Breedlove
E. W. Schrader
Edinburg
John C. Jones, Jr
la Feria
American Bankers Association
Fulton National Bank
Atlanta
Committee For Economic Development
U. S. Council of the International Chamber of Commerce
Paris
U. S
Recuperation tales from hospital stay with Hal Roberts humor
A reader recalls a hospital confinement with daily telegrams from Hal Roberts that kept staff entertained. The note thanks well-wishers while teasing a notorious friend and promising more recollections on page 2.
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Hal Roberts
Hitler
Stalin
Benedict Armold
Hal Adolph Joseph Benedict Roberts
Valley Baptist Hospital
Ol’ Hal
Coast Guard Officer Cavanaugh Addresses Port Isabel Rotary
Chief Cavanaugh of the US Coast Guard Life Boat Station South Padre Island spoke at the Port Isabel Rotary Club luncheon at El Toro Restaurant. He traced Armed Forces Day history from early service celebrations to postwar unity and noted a club vote to hold their next meeting and officer installation on June 2, with the location to be chosen.
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Cavanaugh
US Coast Guard Life Boat Station
South Padre Island
Port Isabel
White Sands guests haul heavy red snapper catch
Guests from Gainesville Texas and nearby towns fished two days from Capt Zimmerman s boat at White Sands Motor Lodge and took home six hundred pounds of red snapper. Other groups on Bay waters caught 170 fish using their own boats and a third party caught a fine trout with a private boat.
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White Sands Motor Lodge
Chas. S$. Hewlett
Gainesville
Texas
Walter Grelberg
James Mollenkoph
C Mueller
Ray Barnhiel
Muenster
Zimmerman
M. R. Roach
Paul Caldwell
Jack Eads
Jack Eads, Jr
William “Tony’’ Sommer
E. E. Watson
Mr. Watson
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Garriga
Cabanas
Ing
Ft. Brown Motor Hotel
Paul Springman Jr
Mary Gomez
Mary Ruth Pockrus
Darcy's
Dana Love
Mary Silguero
Vogue
Linda Fitzpatrick
Roxanne Davis
Joy Lee
Judy Crawford
Ginger Putegnat
Ralph's
Joan Henslee
Dee Ann Cummins
Lydia's
Margaret Slack
Margie Tower
Ocean Palm Center
Becky Wheeler
Laurel Mercurio
Gene Mack
Hazel
Billie Sue Harris
Marie Yurkovic
Carlotte Boudreaux
New Yorker
Jean Anderson
Georgeanne McCall
Aziz Bros
Pam Miller
Gail Owens
Ann Johnson
Jacob Brown
Port Isabel High School
Rodney Kershaw
Marianne Bell
Chrisanné Meyners
Linda Langlois
Ronald Maurice Owens
Bill Baines
St. Joseph's Academigh School
Y High
Sportsmanship
Los Fresnos
Valley Bankers Banquet
Rotary
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