Press Woes and Local Happenings Chronicle
After a hectic day we scrambled to assemble 22 senior profiles and stories for the paper. A press glitch delayed publication by two hours, a missing Shrimp Tales column caused apologies, and a memorial service with Navy presence and a wreath from a helicopter marked the afternoon. Local golf results included Brownsville visitors and Port Isabel residents with a 500 score after day one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Betty Allen
Betty
Marlin Family Attends Methodist Conference in San Antonio
Rev. and Mrs. F. L. Marlin Penelope and Steve departed Tuesday morning for San Antonio to attend the annual conference of the Methodist church. They expect to return to Port Isabel on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Marlin
Penelope
Steve
San Antonio
Marlin
The
Methodist Church
Port Isabel
Dedication Of Swimming Pools At Camp Perry Opening
John K. England announces Camp Perry ready for Scout campers with Sunday arrival. Team includes J S McManus and others from Weslaco Raymondville Harlingen Brownsville. Improvements total six canoes eight row boats archery rifles new staff quarters amphitheatre floor flagpole and parade ground updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Perry
John K. England
Rio Grande Council
England
J. S. McManus
Stanley Bohmfalk
F. J. Rakestraw
Weslaco
Frank Williams
Raymondville
David Nickell
Harlingen
Murray Thompson
San Benito
M.E
Tino) Garcia
Dean Porter
Brownsville
Num
Opening of New Campground Features Dedicated Pool Dedicatory Address
The article notes new campground improvements including moved ing, painted buildings, cleared campsites and a new road into the area. The opening day features the dedication of the new swimming pool by W. J. Murrey Jr. of Austin with a barbecue at 5 30 p m priced at one dollar per plate and an open invitation to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
England
W. J
Bill) Murrey, Jr
Austin
Bank Closes Tuesday for Jefferson Davis Birthday Holiday
The Los Fresnos State Bank will be closed on Tuesday June 3 in observance of Jefferson Davis' birthday. Patrons are urged to complete banking on Monday or plan for Wednesday access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Fresnos State Bank
Jefferson Davis
Port Isabel Sharks Lead Little League Standings
Port Isabel Sharks top the Little League standings with a 3 1 record, while Port Isabel Tigers trail at 3 2. Some games outside the league cause tally discrepancies in the won loss column. The latter sentence offers social advice about marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Los Fresnos
Sealed Bids Sought for Navy Runway Barrier Project
The Department of the Navy through the Bureau of Yards and Docks invites sealed bids in triplicate for installing a government furnished pendant and barrier on a runway at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station Port Isabel. Bids due 2 00 P M CST June 12 1958 at Corpus Christi Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Navy
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Port Isabel
Naval Air Advanced Training Command
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Texas
Milam Rowald Visits Port Isabel for Golf Invitational
Milam Rowald and family are visiting Port Isabel with Mr and Mrs Marshall Storey. Rowald, former Port Isabel High coach, will enter the Brownsville Golf tournament underway yesterday. The Rowalds now live in West Columbia Texas where he teaches at the high school. Marshall Storey Jake Trice and E W Heinze will also play in the Browns ville invitational golf match during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Milam Ronald
West Columbia
Marshall Storey
Benny Heinze
Jake Trice
Ronald
Trice
Mike
Milam Rowald
Port Isabel
Rowald
Rowalds
Tex
Ronalds
E. W. Heinze
Little League Parents Meet Distributes Equipment and Birth Records
Parents discuss funding for equipment as treasury runs low. Coaches will request birth certificates to verify ages for the coming years. Teams include Sharks Juan Tamayo Tigers Lorenzo Barrientez Eagles Juan Domingo Red Devils Rodney Grayson Red Socks Raul Holland Cubs Carlos Cantu Girls coaches Mrs H T Ballard Mrs T Hastings meet at 4 30 this afternoon. Red Socks vs Harlingen. Saturday Sharks vs Los Fresnos Bankers at 4 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharks
Juan Tamayo
Tigers
Lorenzo Barrientez
Eagles
Juan Dominguez
Red Devils
Rodney Grayson
Pony League
Red Socks
Raul Holland
Cubs
Carlos Cantu
H.T. Ballard
T. Hastings
Harlingen
Los Fresnos Bankers
Lighthouse Pier Reopens as Night Fishing Facility
Charlie Dant of Harlingen and McKaig Stephens, former HAFB airman, run the renamed Lighthouse Fishing Pier. The pier is open 24 hours with overhead and flood lights for night fishing, and bait and tackle are available on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Dant
Harlingen
McKaig Stephens
HAFB
Sullivan
Lighthouse
Los Fresnos Lions Dedicate Show To Butch The Stallion
The Los Fresnos Lions Club dedicates its seventh annual Charity Horse Show to Bell's Merry Hell known as Butch. Speer’s Tennessee walking stallion inspired the event and its first show in 1952. The club plans six Tennessee Walking horse classes with about 50 entries from major Southwest stables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Fresnos
Lions Club
Butch
Lions
Grover Weikel
Texas
Bell
W. B
Dub) Speer
Assault
King Ranch
Speer
Southwest
Los Fresnos Club
Leon Milligan
Dallas
Dixie Weaver
Nocona
Bill Nakayama
Vaccination of Dogs June 14 at Port Isabel City Hall
Dogs will be vaccinated in Port Isabel at the City Hall on Saturday June 14 between 9 and 12 in the morning. All dog owners who have not had their pets vaccinated are to do so at that time. J. W. J. Tomlinson, veterinarian of Harlingen, will administer the vaccine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
J. W.J. Tomlinson
Harlingen
Bates Station at Mission Starts Generating Power for CPL
Central Power and Light begins loading electricity from the J. B. Bates Generating Station four miles west of Mission. The 75,000 kilowatt unit starts full power in early June after a test period, with three 69,000 volt lines feeding CPL’s Sud Texas grid. The plant raises CPL’s total capacity to 668,800 kilowatts, with completion of the first unit boosting output beyond the La Palma complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Bates
Central Power and Light Company
Mission
Bates
CPL
South Texas
Bates Station
la Palma
San Benito
O'Neils Visit Commerce Texas for Summer College Plans
Mr and Mrs Emmett ONeil travel Tuesday to Commerce Texas to visit Mrs ONeils father J O Wheeler. Mr ONeil will attend East Texas State College at Commerce this summer for studies and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett O'Neil
Commerce
Texas
Texas Tech Grad Tommy Mock to Join 1958 Ceremony
Thomas Benson Mock Sr. of Port Isabel will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering from Texas Tech in Lubbock on Monday June 2. A total of 235 candidates will receive degrees as part of Texas Tech’s class of 1958. Mr and Mrs Mock Sr will attend the graduation exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Benson Mock Sr
T. B. Mock Sr
Port Isabel
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Mock Sr
Fall Football Schedule Listed
Coach Jake Trice announced the 1958-59 football schedule with games at Here and There against Los Fresnos San Perlita La Feria Santa Rosa P S J A McAllen Sharyland La Joya Rio Hondo and note Port Isabel moves to Class A joining La Joya and Rio Hondo as the three Class A teams in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Trice
Los Fresnos
San Perlita
la Feria
Santa Rosa
San Isidro
McAllen
Fishermen Catch Freshwater Trout and Redfish Totals
The report lists pairs from various Texas towns catching trout and redfish in quantities ranging from 10 to 126. Notable counts include Rex Leary and James Ragsdale 32 trout, Joe Scardino and Vincent Danna 80 trout, and Mr and Mrs Earl Webb 57 trout. Additional anglers include Chris Berry Edmond Luck with 17 trout and Jack Bartholomew Port Isabel with 10 redfish and one trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Leary
James Ragsdale
Laredo
Chris Berry
Edmond Luck
la Grange
J. A. Brunson
Lubbock
Joe Scardino
Vincent Danna
Houston
C. A. Reitch
Douglas Steed
Martin Hazard
Jack Bartholomew
Port Isabel
Wayne Love
Martin Vandermer
Mercedes
Earl Webb
Sweetwater
Trout Run Notes From Texas Spots
Mr and Mrs Earl Webb and daughter of Sweetwater catch 61 trout. Vincent Ditt and Pino Matranga of Houston reel 55 trout. Dan Fleeck and Bud Romano of Houston land 59 trout. Dr C A Reitch and Doug lss Steed of Houston haul 35 trout. O N Gilliland and Arthur Wardlow of Harlingen claim 16 trout. Mr Lawhorn and party of Houston net 30 trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Webb
Sweetwater
Vincent Ditt
Pino Matranga
Houston
Dan Fleeck
Bud Romano
C. A. Reitch
Douglss Steed
O.N. Gilliland
Arthur Wardlow
Harlingen
Mr. Lawhorn
Party
Bay area anglers reel in mixed limits at weekend derby
Sunday fishing results from Bay area: Jody Goolsby of Port Isabel nets nine trout and one redfish. Jerry Morris and Ray Robinson, both Port Isabel, land 22 trout. Jack Lourie of Houston and John Birge of Port Isabel combine for 36 trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jody Goolsby
Port Isabel
Jerry Morris
Ray Robinson
Jack Rourie
Houston
John Birge
May 26 Fishing Report Highlights Local Catch
The report lists multiple anglers from Houston and surrounding areas with their catches on Monday May 26. L. W. Statham Walter Koehne and others reported trout totals ranging from 15 to 100 with several parties contributing. Gulf waters yielded king mackerel Spanish mackerel bonita and dolphin while tarpon near 5 and 54 feet were reported from Brownsville Bayside and Port Isabel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Jim Birge
Port Isabel
Local anglers report trout catches and Spanish mackerel
Tuesday May 27 anglers from Lubbock and Houston report a total of 10 trout by Mr and Mrs Walter Vandiver, 35 trout by Sam Cashio la and Mr Bobbitt, 20 trout by Capt A C Martindale and W W Stephenson, and 20 trout by L W Statham and Walter Koehne. Houston boating report notes 25 Spanish mackerel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Vandiver
Lubbock
Sam Cashiola
Bobbitt
Houston
A. C. Martindale
W. W. Stephenson
L. W. Statham
Walter Koehne
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Navy Mothers Club of
the Valley
Naval
Navy
Longoria Street
Bay
Rio Grande Valley
Ort Isabel
Bayside
Laguna Vista
George Kennedy
Cameron County
Port Isabel Tigers
Steer
Wildcats
Hazards
Mr. Hazard
M. A. Storey
Paul
Thessalonians
Eugene E. Todd
Louis Fizer
Noe Galvan
Johnny Heinze
Larry Bedell
James Bell
Jose Zurita
Gwen Boynt
Lillie Sue Daigat
Larry Amadore
Jerrie Ige
Lillie Sue Delgado
Jerrie Birge
Penelope Marlin
Noe Gelvan
Carol Privett
Delores Vasquez
Carol Schumacher
Servando Villbreal
Storey
Lois Petch
J. A. Hockaday
Hockaday
R. G. Malan
Jack Mack
E. W. Cateera
Ildefonso Silguero
John Cerneka
Roberto Barrera
George M. Carr
Joe C. Lane
Padre Island
Guy Henry
ABC
Port Isabel Naval Auxiliary Air Station
J. B. Bates Generating Station
CPL At
Tommy Mock
W. C. Wallace
Annie and
W. Wiggins
Ben Schwarz
Dick Stevenson
Glenn Robinson
Leon Upton
Port Isasbel
Jack Kouri
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