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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1955
Page
1
The Elks affirm the value of a free press and its role in informing citizens. They stress newspapers as a reliable information source amid newscasting devices and note how press freedom sustains national strength, progress, and happiness. They urge annual reminders of inalienable rights to a free press.
Port Isabel emphasizes community support for Boy Scouts with a fundraiser beginning October 25, aiming to extend programs and ensure every boy can join. The drive backs the slogan Building Tomorrow's Better Texas and highlights self funding by dues and parent and sponsor contributions.
At the regular American Legion Auxiliary meeting Tuesday evening editor J L Merryman of The Port Isabel Press spoke on his experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war during World War III. He was captured at age 19 while stationed.
The American Legion Auxiliary sponsors the first bingo night of the winter season at the Legion hall. Bingo will run on alternating Friday evenings through winter with grocery items as prizes and others changing over time. The public is invited.
A historical survey outlines global pressures on newspapers as regimes suppress dissent. It cites Germany under Hitler, Mussolini Italy, Argentina, and other nations where outlets faced shutdowns, arrests, censorship, or strict controls to quell opposition and calm unrest.
The Lions Club in Port Isabel announces its annual light bulb sale with a 75 cent per package saving. Proceeds support local welfare, eye tests, glasses for children, and school eye equipment. The club has two teams led by captains John O Gorman and Vere Myrick and aims for a $300 goal this year.
Navy auxiliary field contracts for the old gunner range and Isabel field are to be awarded in December with first work on operational and admin buildings. A radar installation will be set up by the Air Force, runways and aprons rebuilt next, with final contracts early in 1956 and field operation likely later that year.
A U S Navy PBY ditched in rough Gulf waters about 15 miles off Boca Chica while en route from Norfolk to Corpus Christi with 11 crewmen aboard. The craft beached near the south jetty after liferafts were deployed. all crew were uninjured and cared for by Coast Guardsmen.
The trawler McGowan from Port Brownsville was reported in distress about 15 miles off the bar this morning. Engine trouble surfaced amid rough seas.
Citizens of Port Isabel contributed 5000 pounds of food and clothing for Tampico Mexico. Supplies were moved to Harlingen Air Force Base and flown to Tampico in trucks supplied by BP Shrimp Producers. The drive was led by Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce Lions Rotary and many residents. Packing cartons came from Twin City Fishermen Co Op and space was provided by Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District. Collecting points included the Post Office Lighthouse Grocery Ochoa Grocery Hazel’s Fashions and the Seaside Inn. John O’Gorman collected a load in Los Fresnos. Initial plans to use shrimp boats were dropped as landing proved impossible.
Mrs. Fred Petch Mrs. Leo Baumfelder and Mrs. Stanley Thoroughman attended a tea in Weslaco at the home of Mrs. J L McManus. Hostesses were Mesdames Virgil Lehman Jud son Friday Al Beckwith and J L McManus.
Port Isabel Girl Scout leaders gathered Thursday afternoon at the Methodist youth building. They discussed the school of instruction held in San Benito on Wednesday and plans for registering new girls and leaders. A second instruction school was announced for Port Isabel on Wednesday October 12 and the next leaders meeting is set for the first Thursday in November.
Mr and Mrs Buddy Lee and their children from Brownsville visited Mr and Mrs Francis Kershaw in their home on Sunday.
The Driftwood Garden club hosts a plant sale on Saturday October 15 on the vacant lot across from the post office offering shrubs and bedding plants. Port Isabel residents are urged to plant flowers and shrubs for a more beautiful area. Fire Prevention Week events in Port Isabel include 9 am at the High School and 9 30 am at the Junior High auditorium with F J Jacobson Harlingen as principal speaker. A fire prevention poster contest for school children is judged next week. winners receive prizes.
At a regular board meeting the Point Isabel ISD trustees voted unanimously to collect their own taxes and move the tax office to school property. Superintendent Storey was asked to thank the city commissioners for their years of tax collection. A location for the new office is not yet decided. The board explored ways to save money and run the district at minimum cost and discussed increasing district revenue.
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