Wingert Receives Air Force Meritorious Service Medal
Master Sergeant Harold E. Wingert of McAllen Texas receives the United States Air Force Meritorious Service Medal at Hickam AFB Hawaii for meritorious service as a legal technician in Kadena Okinawa. He is assigned to PACAF HQ at Hickam. Presenting the medal is Colonel F W Schweikhardt PACAF staff judge advocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickam Afb
Hawaii
Harold E. Wingert
McAllen
Tex
Wingert
Kadena AB
Okinawa
Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces
PACAF
Hickam Air Force Base
Alvena Jane Nixon
Harold S. Nixon
Port Isabel
Thomas L. Wingert
S. Lith
St. McAllen
McAllen High School
St. Mary’s University
San Antonio
F. W. Schweikhardt
Weather Summary Note Totaling Minutes and Totals
A fragment notes times and totals with entries like 7:53a 6:50a 8:36a 7: Lig 9:25a 7:43p and figures 17,026 1 ro 714,759. The context suggests a weather related log or timetable summary with a grand total for the year.
White Sands Motel Guests Reel In Big Weekend Catch
W C McKinney and J D Jackson ofso caught 100 pounds of fish on the first trip and 170 pounds of red snapper on the second. Dallas visitors Lyman Hall family and Joe Farrar brought in 40 speckled trout on Saturday and 10 more on Sunday. Houston pair Jon and Roland Harris reported 17 trout while Jack Ware fished the Bay on a Boston Whaler for several trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sands Motor Lodge & Marina
W. C. McKinney
J. D. Jackson
Lyman Hall
William H. Prince, Jr
Joe Farrar
Dallas
Texas
Hall
Party for Father Fanning
A farewell party will be held at the Catholic Parish Hall for Father Lawrence Fanning on Sunday, June 2 at 4 00 p m. He will depart for Ireland next week to spend a few weeks vacation with his family. All parishioners and friends are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Lawrence Fanning
Father Fanning
Ireland
Port Isabel weeds trimmed by county mowers on 700 acres
Ted Hunt the county commissioner directs two mowers in Port Isabel clearing vacant lots and advancing plans to beautify dirt streets. A mailer claimed a Dust Committee, but no member could be found. Citizens question funding for seeds and fertilizers to grow grass at 240 dollars per acre on 700 acres of Longsland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Port Isabel
Port Isabel Los Fresnos
Olmito
Laguna Heights
Ted Hunt
Longsland
Privett Receives B S Degree At A M College
William Dean Privett earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at A and M College Bryan Texas last Saturday May 25 1963. His parents Clyde and Mrs Privett and David Privett accompanied him visiting Mrs Privett’s family in San Antonio before returning to Bryan for the graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dean Privett
A & M College
Bryan
Texas
Clyde Privett
David Privett
San Antonio
Rebecca Kershaw In Stable Condition After Texas Island Crash
Mercy Hospital Brownsville reports Rebecca Kershaw in good condition after a two car crash on So Padre Island last Friday. She suffered serious injuries but is improving and remains under medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Brownsville
Rebecca Kershaw
So. Padre Island
Coast Guard assists multiple vessels near Port Isabel
On Wednesday the station assisted the Lois G 50 miles northeast of Port Isabel with CG 40475 taking over tow after CG 95332 initial dispatch. The 40 ftr later anchored Lois G at Port Isabel Anchorage. Also that day the Chariette Ann ran aground at Beacon Light 26 Browneville Ship Channel and was refloated with CG 40475 crew. On Sunday a F V Julie disabled 22 miles south of Port Isabel and moored at Schmidt Sportsman Docks after tow arrangements with Bronco Bill. The El Pesador incident notes Jane discontinued on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois G
Port Isabel
Ramon Roca Emi
Jesse Cantrell
SNBM
William van Bolt
Chariette Ann
Beacon Light
Browneville Ship Channel
Leroy Council SA
Charlotte Ann
Julie
Richard Collins
Michael Wilkins
Steve Cherry
Schmidts Sportsman
el Pescador
Jane
Fiesta Plans for Port Isabel Shrimp Fiesta
Ted Jahns says the 1963 Shrimp Fiesta in Port Isabel Brownsville is set for July 5 6 and 7 with a well rounded program. The board meets weekly alternating Brownsville and Port Isabel to organize concessions for cold drinks and a Port Isabel parade with committee members expressing strong enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jahns
Fiesta
Port Isabel
Brownsville
Ted Jahns
Ernest Mobberly
L. Barrientos
John Tamayo
Arturo Galvan
Tina Barrera
Lee Smith
Little League Schedule Promises Summer Outings
Pascual Perez Jr. began barber school for the summer at Texas Southmost College in Brownsville, Texas. The directors released a summer schedule with many out of town games, noting several matches at Port Isabel, Los Fresnos, and Base locations through June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little League
I. Bankers
P. I. Oilers
Port Isabel
L.F. Bankers
L.F. Lions
Los Fresnos
P.I. Oilers
P. I Shrimpers
Base
L. F. Lions
P. I. Shrimpers
L. F. Bankers
P. I. Bankers
P. L. Bankers
P. L. Shrimpers
Los Fresno
Bankers
Pascual Perez Jr
Texas Southmost College
Brownsville
Texas
Vasquez Named Airman of the Month for March
Airman Jose Guadalupe Vasquez stationed at Chanute Air Force Base Ilinois has been chosen as Airman of the Month for March by senior officers. He was recommended by four officers and meets criteria including service length bearing conduct and community involvement. He is the son of Mrs. Adela Fernandez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Guadalupe Vasquez
Chanute Air Force Base
Ilingis
Vasquez
Chenute Field
Adela Fernandez
Port Directors Award Contract For Oil Dock Clusters
The Goldson Co Inc of Corpus Christi won the contract to replace all six oil dock clusters at the Port Isabel Turning Basin. The bid beat four other bidders in a decision by the Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District directors led by Port Director W C McConnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Goldson Co., Inc
Corpus Christi
Port Isabel
San Benito
W. C. McConnell
McConnell
Gonzales To Hold Swimming School
Angelo Gonzales to conduct a ten hour swimming course and ten hours of supervised practice at the Queen Isabel Inn pool. The program targets children ages six to four years, with Gonzales himself as instructor and noted for college and service experience as a swimmer lifeguard and water safety instructor. Contact Mr. Gonzales for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelo Gonzales
Queen Isabel Inn
Mr. Gonzales
Southland seeks OK to drill in Laguna Madre near Port Isabel
Southland Royalty Company of Fort Worth files with the U S Army Engineers in Galveston for authorization to erect structures and drill an oil well about 5 miles north of Port Isabel in Laguna Madre Cameron County Texas The plan calls for shell mats a 3 ½ by 175 foot drilling barge six 3 pile dolphins a 165 foot drilling structure and a 19 by 20 foot header and separator platform plus a 36 by 78 foot tank battery platform with flow lines to separators or tank platforms and pipelines buried 14 feet below the bay bed except through shell reefs where they would be 1 foot below
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southland Royalty Company of
Ft. Worth
U. S. Army Engineers
Galveston
Laguna Madre
Port Isa
Port Isabel
Cameron County
Texas
Photographer’s Padre Island project heats up summer schedule
A reporter describes a summer devoted to photographing Padre Island and its activities. He converts a shelter in Isla Blanca Park into a darkroom and plans extensive photo layouts for Valley newspapers, with broader distribution nationwide to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Smith
Padre Island
the Valley
Isla Blanca Park
Pete
Big Valley
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Usaf Meritorious Service
Linwood Bland
Hollyday Inn
Hi Boat
el Gato
Segundo
Bland
Ava
New South Padre Island Construction
South Padre Island
Gulf
Adams Construction Co
New Padre
Ities
Gulf Side
Padre
Jetties
W. B. Privett
Coast Guard News
John H. Kittila
James V. Sayers
Altar Society
Catholic Church
Port Directors
Southland
Laguna
Awey
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