Streets Project on Island Near Midway Point
George Ferguson leads a watchdog committee for South Padre Island streets with work about halfway done. Three weeks remain, weather and caliche supply may affect the timetable as the project grades roads and fills holes before sewer work, gutters, and blacktop follow.
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Island
Midway Point
South Padre Island
George Ferguson
Ferguson
the Construction Co
Harlingen
Fugitive Garrett Caught by Port Isabel Police
James Walter Garrett, 35, of Midland, was detained in Port Isabel after police found him slumped in a parked car and intoxicated. A computer check showed he is wanted for forgery and passing in Odessa and Monahans, for passing a forged instrument in Midland, and for felony theft and night burglary in Newton. Patrolman Baldemar Torres Jr. and Police Chief Chuck Londrie made the arrest.
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Port Isabel
James Walter Garrett
Midland
Garrett
Odessa
Monhans
Newton
Midland Police Department
West Texas
Baldemar Torres Jr
Chuck Londrie
Shrimping Vessel Cape Fear Towed to Port Isabel
The Cape Fear a shrimping vessel owned by Fred Vidos of Brownsville was towed into Port Isabel by the Coast Guard's Point Nowell after its pump failure. The crew reported trouble 145 miles south of Port Isabel.
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Cape Fear
Fred Vidos
Brownsville
Port Isabel
Coast Guard
Point Nowell
Woody Thornton rites held in Port Isabel
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Wood ford Silsbee Woody Thornton who died in his sleep Sunday of a heart attack. A Port Isabel resident, he was city building inspector and former water district worker. Born September 3, 1930, in Bandera, he was a Korean War veteran and longtime volunteer fireman. He is survived by wife Carol and four sons, a daughter, and his mother. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are named. Memorials may go to St. Andrew's by the Sea fund. Burial followed at Mont Meta Cemetery in San Benito.
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Woodford Silsbee
Woody) Thornton
Thornton
Port Isabel
The
Water District
Bandera
Carol Thornton
Mark Thornton
South Padre Island
Woodford Wiley (Woody) Thornton
Douglas Earl Thornton
Jimmy W. Thornton
Sam Leigh Ferguson
Virginia Thornton
Brownsville
Incarnacion Delgado Jr
Cosme Garza
Dionicio Gonzalez
Larry Joe Keller
Jack Mock
Mauro Osorio
Ronnie Causey
Joe la Roche Carlos Martinez
Butch Mock
Clyde Privett
St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea
St. Andrew's - By - the - Sea Episcopal Church
Thomas Funeral Home of
San Benito
Mont Meta
Queen Isabella Bridge Crossings Rise in August Figures
Bridge traffic on the Queen Isabella Bay span climbs in August from 200 990 to 244 460 crossings per the state highway department Pharr district. For January through August totals crossings rise from 1 435 450 in 1972 to 1 567 850 this year, an increase of over cases not specified.
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Queen Isabella Causeway
Nino Gutierrez
State Highway Department
Pharr
Bay Span
Isabella
Gutierrez
Quorum Shortfall Halts Laguna Vista Aldermen Meeting
Laguna Vista board of aldermen failed to convene last Monday due to insufficient quorum. Mayor Charles W. Moore and Aldermen James Everett and Frank McCoy were present. absent were Jimmy Galloway Carrie Hamilton and Merrill Marsh. Village secretary Dorris C. Dorr and village attorney Tom Fleming were present.
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Laguna Vista Board of Aldermen
Charles W. Moore
James Everett
Frank McCoy
Moore
Jimmy Galloway
Carrie Hamilton
Merrill Marsh
Dorris C. Dorr
Tom Fleming
Area Meetings Set for Week by Local Councils
The Point Isabel Independent School District board meets at 7 30 p m on Tuesday Oct 16 in the administration building board room. South Padre Island aldermen meet at 7 30 p m on Wednesday Oct 17 in the fire hall. Bayview town council also meets on Wednesday Oct 17 at 8 p m at the Martin Cotton and Grain Co.
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Point Isabel Independent
South Padre Island
Bayview
Martin Cotton and Grain Co
Laguna Vista
Water District
Zimmerman
Laguna Heights
E. D. Reid
Francisco Garcia
Reid
Garcia
Gilbert Groemer
Board of Supervisors
Groemer
E. J. Hood
Martin Tower
All Texas Air Tour Stops at Harlingen Airport Friday
The All Texas Air Tour will land at Harlingen Municipal Airport Friday at 9 45 a m before touring the Confederate Air Force and continuing to the next Texas city. Led by Glenn Bercot the 125 person group and 60 65 airplanes travel in a caravan making 29 stops in a week. The tour began in 1949 with H W Bonnie Bahnman as pioneer and Texas aviation promotion continues today.
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All Texas Air Tour
Harlingen
Confederate Air Force
Glenn Bercot
Texas
All Texas Air Tours
H. W. “Bonnie’’ Bahnman
Texas State Aviation Association
Port Isabel Commission Meeting Delayed After Inspector's Death
Port Isabel city commission postponed its last Monday meeting following the death of city building inspector Woody Thornton. Officials will set a new date for the session.
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Port Isabel
Coast Guard to Extend Bids for New South Padre Station
Coast Guard schedules new bid deadline November 29 for a two story multipurpose waterfront station on South Padre Island. The project costs an estimated 550000 to 750000 dollars and includes 12100 square feet of building and 28080 square feet of covered boat facility with a 60 to 90 day start after award.
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Coast Guard
South Padre Island
Lafayette Duke
Duke
Sewers in Cameron County Water District Face Financing Options
Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1 explored financing a major sewage upgrade for South Padre Island Laguna Heights and Laguna Vista with little tax impact. Authority considered issuing bonds and possible growth-based rate adjustments while planning a bond election and a municipal utilities district status.
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Board of Supervisors
Cameron County
Walter Zimmerman
South Padre Island
Laguna Heights
Laguna Vista
Port Isabel
Jack S. Ranson
Ranson
Rawson
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Herminia Valdez
Woody Thornton
Texas Air Tour
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Paul Cunningham Jr
Holiday Inn
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Brownsville Shrimp Association
Guy Pete
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