City To Share Expense On Recreation Program
The city commission unanimously approved cooperation with the Port Isabel School District to fund half of the two month Summer Recreation Program for K through 8 students. The plan includes basketball volleyball ping pong swimming bowling and trips with bus transport to Brownsville and fees paid by students for swimming and bowling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Sanders
Port Isabel
City Commission
Brownsville
N.Y
South Shore Drive
Sanders
Texas Water Development Board
TWDB
Texas Water Quality Board
Albert Cantu
Ernesto Garza
Alfonso Gonzalez
Public Service Careers
Port Isabel High graduation events listed for May and June
Supt. Ruben Torres announces senior Vesper services May 2 at First Baptist Church and May 31 commencement at the Football Field for Port Isabel High School class of 1972. Junior high graduation June 1 at the Football Stadium with Dr. Robert L. Phillips speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Supt. Torres
Port Isabel High School
Fred Cunningham
School of Education
Pan American University
Robert L. Phillips
Texas Southmost College
Brownsville
Ruben Torres
Little League Tournament Games Open Week in Los Fresnos
Last week in Los Fresnos Little League results included Colts, Callaways, and Bay area teams with wins and losses across May 18 to May 23. The upcoming schedule through May 30 lists matchups for Giants Colts Angels Fire Fighters Bayside Callaway’s Moses P.I. Giants P.I. Angels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Fresnos
Colts
Ag-Air
Moses
Callaways
DeKalb
P.L. Angels
Keillor
P.J. Giants
Niagara
Bayside
PI. Angels
Moses PI
Two From Port Isabel Attend Texas Nuclear Science Symposium
More than fifty South Texas high school students and teachers, including Donna Lee Hopperstad and Carl Patrick Kelly from Port Isabel High School, are chosen to attend the 12th Texas Nuclear Science Symposium at the University of Texas at Austin June 5-8. CPL sponsors. sessions cover nuclear physics and engineering. Dr John J McKetta to speak at opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Texas
Port Isabel
University of Texas At
Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation
CPL
Roy Smith
John J. McKetta
E. P. Schoch
University
National Energy Policy Committee
Nixon
Port Isabel Citizens Bowl Mendoza Drive Inn 6-5 in San Benito
The Port Isabel Citizens baseball team defeated Mendoza Drive Inn of Los Fresnos 6-5 in San Benito last Sunday. The Citizens must win two more games to reach the league playoffs and request fan support next Sunday at 4 30 p m versus Villarreal Butane in San Benito. Cameron County Health reports 11 strep throat cases in the weekly tally with 15 mumps, one rubeola, one typhus, two tuberculosis and five influenza cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
San Benito
Mendoza Drive Inn
Los Fresnos
P.I. Citizens
Villarreal Butane
Cameron County Health Department
Tarpon Show At Port Isabel Highlights TIFT Event
The first tarpon of the season along the Texas Gulf coast was landed by Bobby Wells of Port Isabel. The 45 pound fish came on a magnum lure near the north jetty. Wells, a seasoned tarpon fisher and Texas International Fishing Tournament contender, predicts more tarpon entries in the August 26 event at TIFT with other divisions including marlin swordfish tuna sailfish bay and surf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Gulf Coast
Bobby Wells
Port Isabel
Port Isabel Chamber Plans Austin Trip to Seek Park Road 100 Extension
A Port Isabel South Padre Island Chamber delegation sails to Austin May 31 and June 1 to meet the Texas Highway Commission. They aim to push Park Road 100 extension to the Padre Island National Seashore south end to boost South Padre Island tourism. Attendees include M. G. Smalldridge Jean Stanley Bill Greene Bud Franke and Mrs. Dodie Meade. Others may join by calling the Chamber before noon May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Dodie Meade
Chamber of Commerce
Foreign Students Visit South Padre Island Plan
Students from 47 foreign countries attending the Adv ance Defense Language Institute at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio will visit Brownsville and South Padre Island on Sunday May 28. They will lunch at Sea Island Hotel and meet Port Chamber leaders and Poco Loco Club members.
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Advance Defense Language Institute
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
South Padre Island
Dodie Meade
Port Isabel
Chamber of Cars
Sea Island Hotel
Bob McCausland
Poco Loco Club
Germany
Thailand
Laos
Brownsville
Island
Border Traffic Up One Third in First Quarter
The Valley Chamber of Commerce reports interior bound tourist traffic through Valley ports rose 33 percent in the first quarter of 1972 versus 1971. A total of 70,063 interior bound visitors were recorded, up from 46,424 the prior year, an increase of 23,639.
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Interior of
Mexico
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Annual School Award Presentation Held
The annual Awards Assembly at the high school gym recognized students across departments. Notable honors include Outstanding Science Student Byron Herrington, multiple departmental awards for English, Math, Social Studies, and shop classes, plus UIL and honor roll recognitions for many students.
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Byron Herrington
Nancy Spinks
Lucy Barrera
Adam Pearson
Carol Petty
Rufino Zuniga
Anita Gonzales
William Falkner
Rufino Medina
John Moore
Rafael Zuniga
Howard Smith
Auto Mechanics
Albert Alegria
Joe
Linda Grant
Inocente Zurita
Freda Estes
Mary Keller
Paul Trice
Cliff Brown
Rene Fonseca
Janice Smith
Mary Jo Galvan
George Ressler
Leticia Cantu
Linda Chavez
Wanda Sweitzer
Christie Lyons
Juanita Vasquez
Roy Seals
Stewart Warren
Terry Harris
Patty Gotterman
Estelle Chasteen
Jay Brown
Charlie Barton
Debbie Galvan
Daniel Flores
Becky Lubbeck
Raymond Alcocer
Millie Torres
Humberto Martinez
Millie Green
Jerry Salazar
Veronica Garza
Ernesto Martinez
Terri Galloway
Merril Woods
Elias Martinez
Lupe Cantu
Danny Delgado
Denise Dunn
Glenda Spinks
Janet Crossman
Celina Barrera
Tom Masog
Christi Lyons
Sam Thornton
Lucy Bernal
Virginia Sanders
Marina Tamayo
Jose Banda
Mary Ellen Bruening
Jimmy Spinks
Mario Tamayo
James Howard
Julie Kuznar
Jeff Zimmerman
Enedina Gonzalez
Arturo Alamo
Jetties Repair Nears Completion On South Padre Island
Repairs on three hundred feet of jetty damaged by Beulah are nearly finished on South Padre Island. General Construction Co of Fargo has faced weather delays and moved the cover stone stockpile to the island end to speed work. The jetty uses New Braunfels stone with blocks around 16 tons and a three-layer structure. cost is about 560000 with July or August completion depending on weather.
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South Padre Island
Beulah
Felix Ocanas
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Brownsville
General Construction Co
Fargo
North Dakota
New Braunfels
Texas
Concert by The Christian Dimensions at South Padre Island
An interdenominational group from Clinton Oklahoma named The Christian Dimensions and tour director Mrs Dell Tyrrell were due to arrive at the Miramar Motel this morning. The group will have a brief picnic and outing during the day and perform a concert at the South Padre Island Pavilion at 7 p.m. tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Oklahoma
Dell Tyrrell
Miramar Motel
South Padre Island Pavilion
CCCP Board Keeps Reyna After Resignation Tender
Cameron County Community Projects will be led by Executive Director Dan Reyna despite his resignation letter. At a San Benito meeting the audience spoke in support and the roll call kept Reyna with only one vote against. A Memorial Day Fish Fry is set for Sunday May 28 by the Port Mansfield Chamber of Commerce from noon to 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
Austin
Texas Water Quality Board
San Antonio
Cameron County
Dan Reyna
San Benito
Reyna
Ernesto Zamora
Brownsville
Roberto Martinez
Port Mansfield Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
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Water District
Consolidated Tax Office
School
Urban Renewal Agency
Carl Smith
Travis and
Summit Road
Tarpon Avenue
FE. J. Waitman
North Shore Drive
Waitman
Torres
LFSB
P.j.giants
Bankers
Citizens
Tift
Dolores Olvera
Bonnie Sanders
Becky Lubbock
Maria Rivera
Silvia Garza
Leticia Martinez
Robert Garcia
Louis Young
Carlos Medina
Edward Fuentes
Efrain Banda
Joaquin Saldivar
Reynaldo Barrera
Marcie Maire
Ivan Saldivar
Isle
CCCP
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