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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1971
Page
2
Port Isabel hosts Sharyland at Tarpon Field aiming for their first 32-AA district win after two losses to Uvalde and La Feria. Coach Perez focuses on defense to force mistakes and spark a victory as fans rally for strong 120 percent effort and a halftime band show.
The Port Mansfield Station reported a light week with several rescue and towing cases. CG 17510 helped tow a 19 foot boat, CG 44395 aided a shrimp trawler Dorothy F, and the Jim Dandy and Miramar incidents ended with tows and moorings. The weekly note underscores the Coast Guard role in Port Isabel.
This week Port Isabel football contest winner Lupe D. Rosales guessed 26 of 29 games and won a $5 gift certificate. Contest notes emphasize checking all 29 advertisers ads for tie-breaker locations and predicting scores. The prize increases weekly with potential future $250 certificate.
The 1971 72 Silver Tarpon Band under Manuel Mireles and Lois Mireles has 68 members and is delivering standout entertainment at football games. Feria has awarded the band with standing ovations as they prepare for the Pigskin Jubilee marching contest on November 20 in Weslaco, aiming for a second consecutive Sweepstakes Award. Mrs Norma Mathews of Mission, 65, died last Thursday in Mission Municipal Hospital.
On September 29 two men pleaded guilty to rudely displaying prohibitive weapons in front of Justice of the Peace Bund Emmons. Edward T. Flitters of Glendale California and Ray Morton of Portales New Mexico each paid 27.50 in fines and were released after their knives, ten to twelve inches long and blade like daggers, were confiscated following a complaint by Sea Ranch Motel manager Jack Bartholomew. Deputy Cleo Beauford arrested them after the incident on the motel property on South Padre Island.
Everett Milo Anderson known as John Batto was arrested in a Port Isabel tavern by Police Chief Chuck Londrie and Sgt. Joe Garza at 6 30 p m Thursday September 30. He faced charges of stealing the vessel Bobby V valued over 100 and was arraigned in Brownsville before U S Magistrate William Mallet.
Two local youths aged 15 and 16 were arrested by Port Isabel Police on October 1 at about 11 45 p m inside the high school cafeteria. They allegedly entered the school and damaged offices and a vending area, taking an unspecified amount of money before being released to Brownsville juvenile authorities.
Field Consultant Ewell M. Alexander met with the local ambulance committee to warn that residents who used the service must pay a $30 charge or the ambulance will be put out of commission. Of 40 cases, 13 have been paid. The service runs on private funds and needs funds and more volunteers as drivers and assistants.
The contempt hearing involving the City of Port Isabel Cameron County Fresh Water District No 1 and Point Isabel ISD, brought by Port Isabel Taxpayers League and 1969 Board of Equalization, is rescheduled to November 29 1971 at 9:00 a.m. in the 107th District Court before Judge Myrlin Johnson. The suit seeks to compel the joint taxing office to tax all shrimp boats, arguing current assessment at 350 per foot is inadequate compared to 1000 per foot for new boats and to apply real estate rules to boats.
The Port Isabel fire department reports the Harlingen Firefighters Club will hold the barbecue on Sunday October 17 to aid injured firefighters. Tickets from earlier events will be honored or new tickets sold locally. The event was previously canceled due to spoiled meat and then Hurricane Edith threats.
Chief Boatswain-2 warrant officer John H. M. Douglas replaces Chief Boatswain-4 Jesse E. Sparks as CO of Coast Guard stations at Port Isabel and Port Mansfield during a 1:00 p.m. ceremony on South Padre Island. Sparks departs for command of the rescue and ice breaking tub Naugatuck at Sault Saint Marie Michigan after 14 years in Alaska and other posts. Douglas, 39, from Fort Worth, comes from Memphis Tennessee where he commanded the vessel Sycamore and is married with three daughters.
The school board approved approximately $6,920 for high school gym floor repair and a suspended ceiling unit heater to replace floor units. Brownsville firm Ferguson Construction Co. starts Oct. 11. architectural design by Swanson Hiester Wilson Boland.
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