Board Debates School Separation and Air Conditioning Plans
Trustees discussed separating junior high and high schools as beneficial and urged architec t costs for potential new secondary campus. The meeting also covered WSSE bilingual program accountability, athletic facility needs, district grants, and a certificate of eligibility for a student from Port Isabel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruben M. Torres
Torres
Eliseo Vega
Cecil Moses
Noe Gonzales
Sabas Gonzales
Nere
Maria Torres
WSSE
Four Boards Set Public Meetings In Port Isabel Area
Pete Stone lone bidder at Urban Renewal No 1 subdivision lots 1 and 2 offered 5100 dollars with intent to build two story apartments. Sumega Hampton submitted a storage facility bid. council to accept or reject all checks and reopen sealed bids with Oct 1 deadline. Four area boards schedule meetings Oct 8 to Oct 10 in Port Isabel Cameron County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Stone
Stone
Port Isabel
Ernestina Barrera
Ronald Sumega
William Hampton
Leo Sanders
Sumega-Hampton
Laguna Vista Board of Aldermen
Cameron County Fresh Water District No. 1
Board of Supervisors
Water District
Navigation and Canal Commissioners
Port Isabel-San Benito
Point Isabel ISD Announces Adult Education Courses
The Point Isabel Independent School District announced nine adult education courses with registration in the high school library from 6 30 to 8 pm on Tuesday Oct 9. Eduardo Alvarado said offerings include two adult basic education levels one and two typing Spanish for conversation and high school credit courses in English mathematics and government. Noncredit participants pay a 10 fee and courses require at least 15 students per class. To pursue credit, students must be at least 17 and out of school for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Isabel Independent
Eduardo Alvarado
Alvarado
Four A and I students win in Texas A and I Kingsville vote
Four Port Isabel residents ran in Texas A and I University at Kingsville student elections last week and all four won. Gualberto Gonzalez Jr. became freshman class representative to Student Congress and Blanca Zamora was elected congress representative at large. Janie Alegria and Irene Torres won seats for the college of education in the student legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port
Gualberto Gonzalez Jr
Blanca Zamora
Janie Alegria
Irene Torres
College of Education
Port Isabel Student Receives National Merit Commendation
Thomas G Masog a Port Isabel High School student was named by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation to receive a letter of commendation announced by Principal Carl Christensen The NMSC notes recipients rank in the upper two percent of students expected to graduate in 1974 Masog 17 is the son of Mr and Mrs Edward Masog of Laguna Vista.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Masog
Port Isabel High School
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
NMSC
Carl Christensen
Masog
Christensen
Edward Masog
Laguna Vista
Island appoints marshal Hocker to lead South Padre town
Aldermen named A Herman Hocker as marshal for South Padre Island after a tense vote. The 26 year Missouri State Highway Patrol veteran moved from Poplar Bluff to the Island this year and replaces Ronlyn Adams who resigned July 18. Hocker will serve until the April 1974 town election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Padre Island
Ronlyn Adams
Adams
Hocker
Four Men Cited After Bar Brawl Fines Set
Four men were cited by Justice of the Peace Bud Emmons for being drunk in public after a brawl at a local lounge last week. Each man faced fines of 27.50 dollars and damages of 13.50 dollars to the bar owner. Named in the incident were Lupe N. Resendez Rene Reyes Alfonso Vela and Juan Jose Vela Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
Emmons
Lupe N. Resendez
Rene Reyes
Alfonso Vela
Juan Jose Vela, Jr
Fire interrupts South Padre Island fireworks debate
An island town meeting on fireworks safety was interrupted when a fire call sent Aldermen Phil Schoppe and Larry Thompson and several spectators to a trailer park blaze in Isla Blanca Park. Mayor Neukomm and the rest of the council continued the session, tabled the proposed fireworks ordinance, and discussed water district finances and transit ties as the fire engine stood by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Padre Island
Aldermanic Board
Phil Schoppe
Larry Thompson
South Padre
Herman Hocker
William Neukomm
Isla Blanca Park
June Tallant
Bud Holtzman
Holtzman
Paul Cunningham Jr
Troy Dillon
Schoppe
Thompson
A. Herman Hocker
Ronalyn Adams
Board of Aldermen
Hocker
Cunningham
Neukomm
Missouri State
E. D. Reid
Supervisors
Walter Zimmerman
Cameron County
Zimmerman
Water District
Water Board
Valley Transit Co
Vance Raimond
Valley Bus Service
Greyhound Bus Service
San Antonio
Raimond
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Railroad Commission
Valley Transit
Lawrence Young
Mark Industries
Padre Island Sanitation Service
Tom Fleming
Water District Board
Fleming
Polly Swilling
John L Tompkins Real Estate
J. M. Goldston
Corpus Christi
Sand Castle
Columbus Day observance closes post office banks
The post office Merchants Marine Bank and Southmost Savings and Loan Association will be closed Monday Oct 8 for the Columbus Day legal observance. The day commemorates the 1492 European discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus leading a Spanish sponsored voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants Marine Bank
Southmost Savings and Loan Association
Americas
Christopher Columbus
Spain
Isabella
Ferdinand
Isabel Reports Permit Increase in Port Isabel
Port Isabel construction permits issued January through September total $895,619, up from $540,606 a year ago. August alone reached $160,250 versus $90,550 in August 1972, driven by a $150,000 Central Power and Light Co. substation project on Garcia Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Woody Thornton
Central Power and Ligh Co
Garcia Street
Catholic Church Gets New Pastor in Port Isabel
Rev. Bernard Wagner OMI arrives to lead Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Port Isabel South Padre Island replacing Rev. A. Santos. He came from Houston where he served at Our Lady of Guadalupe and Our Lady of Sorrows and has assignments in Del Rio and Zapata. He was raised near Anderson and studied at St. Anthony's Seminary in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Bernard Wagner
Omi
A. Santos
Bernard
Isabel Island
Houston
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Our Lady of Sorrows
del Rio
Zapata
Anderson
Navasota
San Antonio
St. Anthony's Seminary
Major Seminary
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Board
Deyaun Boudreaux
Herminia Valdez
John Lerma
Lerma
Supt
Texas Education Agency
TEA
Federal Health, Education, and Welfare Department
HEW
Point Isabel
Nona E. Bush
Miss Bush
New York
Honduras
United States
M. N. Caudill
Moses, Vega
W. K. Zimmerman
Gualberto Gon.zalez JR
A&l
Isabel
Catholic Church
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