Port Isabel Chamber Receives Global Inquiries For Local Info
Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce reports 106 inquiries from 33 states plus Alaska APOs and three international letters. Texas led with two requests. Indiana Missouri Illinois and New York followed. The mimeographed brochure covers climate, lodging, fishing guides, marinas and Port Isabel area details including Padre Island Laguna Vista Laguna Heights and Port Isabel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Jaudon
Port Isabel
Aso
Teabel
Padre Jeter
Laguna Vista
Laguna Heights
Port
Exploration And Research At Gulf Shrimp Convention
The 15th Annual Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission meeting drew 25 attendees from five Gulf states. Theodore Millette was elected 1965 Chairman, Walter Shepard 1965 vice president. Sessions covered shrimp explorations, Texas blue crab studies, and federal data preservation. A new 90 foot research vessel for the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries and a 60 foot vessel for Gulf operations were announced. advisory committees with Coast Guard leaders will meet in Jamaica and Mobile hosted upcoming sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
Gulf States
Theodore Millette
Pascagoula
Mississippi
Walter O. Shepard
Fort Myers
Florida
Richard H. Cory
Victoria
Bey Gunn iv
Commission
Caribbean
John RB. Thompson
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Texas
Terrance BR. Leary
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Mexico
United States
Bidy
Oregon
Bits
Gulf of Mexico
5. DD. Crakk
USCG
Sh Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Will Hardee
O. M. Longnecker, Jr
Brownsville
Sidney Herndon
Aransas Pass
Joan Mehos
Galveston
Advisory Committee
Jamaica
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
Mobile
Alabama
Jana
Oe Atantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Miami Beach
Landrum’s
Shrimp Assetiaven
Tarpons And St Joe B Teams Meet Tonight In Fund Raising Game
Port Isabel High prepares a fundraising football game against St. Joe Browneville B team at Tarpon Stadium tonight at 7 pm. Proceeds fund a movie camera for the Tarpon football program. Quarterback Club president Ploud Boetybitt urges community support as pictures from Rio Hondo were shown last week and added to the Tarpon film library.
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Tarpons
St. Joe
Port Isabel
Cub
Ing
Tarpon Stadium
Quarterfeck
Tarpon
Ploud Boetybitt
Rio Hondo
Tarpon Film
Torres
Bob Monkres
Scholastic Honors At Port Isabel Honor Rolls Named
Port Isabel Independent School District announces 47 students earning top clears on the Gilt Edge Manor Roll and Regular Honor Roll under Superintendent Caedill. Students listed include Pat Bell Robert Christensen Khim Higgenbotham Marcella Sandoval and others across grade levels.
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Port Isabel
Port Isabel Independent School District
Caedill
Edge Manor
Pat Bell
Robert Christensen
Khim Mee Higgenbotham
Marcella Sandoval
Marienne Bell
Janet Bell
Angelita Sandoval
Carolyn Cail
Efren Gonzales
Lisa Jones
Virginia Mitchell
Danny Rock
Linda Zimmerman
Oeane Shapne Roloff
Sandra Garza
Shrimp Catches Reported for Port Isabel and Brownsville
The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries tally for October 12 to 15 shows 366,400 pounds of shrimp caught in two areas. Port Isabel vessels landed 204,100 pounds, Brownsville boats 162,300 pounds.
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Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Port Isabel
Brownsville
C Of C Meeting Set For Thursday In Cafeteria
Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce invites area residents to a community meeting in the high school cafeteria on Thursday October 29 at 7 30 p m. The session aims to discuss chamber re organization with a full time manager and solicit ideas for activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Chamber of Commerce
Pottendance
Rotary
Jaudon
Jeudon
More Drilling Permits Issued for Laguna Madre
The Texas Company received permits to erect production structures on seven tracts near Port Isabel and Port Isabel area with additional permits for similar works in another state tract about 144 miles northwest of Port Isabel. Plans are viewable at the Corps of Engineers Resident office in Brownsville.
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Texas Company
Centea
Port Label
Port Isabel
Plana
Corps of Engineers
Hrownaville
Campaigning Heats Up in Port Isabel Ahead of Elections
GOP and Democratic activists ramp up final campaigning in Port Isabel before November 3. Democratic Rep Jim Wright of Fort Worth will campaign Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Democratic headquarters near the post office. The Queen Isabella Inn Dems host weekly Wednesday meetings. Republicans host 10 visiting candidates led by Governor hopeful Jack Crichton. In Precinct 1 county race Republican William Nussbaum seeks to unseat Democrat Ted Hunt, who has held the office over twenty years. Both sides intensify stumping as 1964 election stakes loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Democratic Club
Queen Isabella Inn
Jack Crichton
William
Bill) Nussbaum
Ted Hunt
United States
Port Isabel Senior Class Holds Halloween Candy Sale
The Port Isabel Senior Class sells Halloween candy to fund activities. The sale started Monday October 12 and runs until October 3 or until all candy is sold. Bags are priced at 1 dollar each.
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Port Isabel
Tide Table Data Scrambled For Dawn And Dusk Times
Fragmented tide table shows several listed high and low times with inconsistent formatting and stray symbols. Key entities are unclear but imply solar or lunar tide phases across an implied date sequence. The readable items suggest morning and evening highs, but specifics are illegible.
Unclear Fiscal Totals Entered for Month and Year
The fragment shows totals labeled for Causeway and Grandola with figures 9 257 for month and 736 19 for year and 2 165 731 respectively. No dates or clear entities identified.
Five Day Forecast With Mild Temps and Dry Outlook
The period will feature average highs near 84 to 87 degrees with lows from 61 to 64. Temperatures run about 2 to 4 degrees below normal and no precipitation is expected.
Padre Island Causeway crosses 4 million mark in fiscal year
Cameron County records show 758 vehicles and 4 million tolls crossing the Cameron to Causeway at Port Isabel in the year ending September 30 1964. Revenue totaled 165 189 20 with net operating income of 97 622 76 and an average toll of 63 29 cents per crossing.
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Cameronto Causeway
Port Isabel
J. R. Snoeberger
Padre Island Causeway
Cameron County
Causeway
Bow Padre Island Causeway
New Photo Deadline Changes at Port Isabel Press
The Port Isabel Press announces a new deadline for photographs due to mechanical changes at the San Benito main plant. News and ad photographs must arrive in Port Isabel by Tuesday for Thursday publication. initial disruption is expected but improved image quality should please readers and advertisers.
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Port Isabel
San Bento
Eeesehs
Football Contest Entrants Getting Hotter And Hotter
Grading entries this week proves favored by fans as several participants align with near exact scores. Geronimo M. Crus narrowly hit the Port Isabel Rio Hondo score with 604, matching a 55 6 final, while Connie LaRoche and Joe Pere also forecast close results among 12 contestants. Alan Cook, a two time PRESS winner, tallied nine correct picks, with Billy Perez and Eugene Lopez among others in the running.
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Alice Hartingen
Geronimo M. Crus
Connie LaRoche
al Hondo
Joe Pere
Rio Hondo
City Budget For 64 65 Fiscal Year Meets Approval
The Port Isabel budget meeting approved the 1964 65 budget of 108 795 74 reflecting a 542 4 drop from last year s 109 338 4 due largely to refinery closures. Officials present included Mayor J A Hockaday Councilman W W Zimmerman City Secretary Gertrude Gilliam and attendees H J Meinkin and R C Randy. Per fiscal notes the shortfall is offset by new building and improvements.
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Port Isabel
J. A. Hockaday
W. W. Zimmerman
Gertrude Gilliam
H. J Meinkin
R. C. Randy
Rotarians Fly Home After Three Day Port Isabel Visit
More than 30 Rotary members and guests returned home from a three day event at Port Isabel Cameron County airport after a tour including sight seeing, shopping, a Mexico dinner and a Jeep caravan to the South Padre Island site of a new national seashore park. Ray Sandlin led planning with praise for Jed Hum county commissioner and Otis Lamson Seattle for travel. Dignitaries from Dallas Springfield Illinois and Seattle attended and the visit will boost regional publicity.
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South Padre Island
Port Mansfield
Aoa
Flying Club
Peelia Loetscher
Kimen Pa Piotel
Rotary International
Port Isabel
Cameron County
Mexico
New National Seashore Park
Ray Sandhin
Jed Hum
Claiswallther
Fair Park
Dallas
Otis i Lamson, I Jr
Seattle
Padre Island
County Commission Seeks Bids for Beach Cleaner on SPI
Cameron County commissioners and the Park Board ordered bids on a beach cleaner for South Padre Island units. The joint meeting at Brownsville Courthouse considered prices, with Commissioner Ted Hunt noting they may or may not purchase after reviewing a prior beach sanitizer demonstration.
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Brownsville
Cameron County Comissioners Court
South Padre Island
Cameron County Park Board
Ted Hunt
Port Isabel
Park Board
Babies Enter World At A Rate Of 100900 Daily
The note argues that human babies are born frequently, framing this as a statement on birth rates with a provocative tone. It emphasizes the high daily numbers and uses humor to critique intelligence assumptions about infants.
Border Patrol Academy enrolls forty two new classes
Border Patrol Academy will enroll 42 classes bringing 40 students to the school. The first class is a Spanish refresher course running October 19 to November 6. Senior Patrol Inspectors School starts October 26. Participants include Bam in Chula Vista Collins Richford Cruickshank Del Rio Friend Homestead Helms Trenton Jones El Paso Kelley Livermore Kendrick Mobile Lane Port Isabel Me Everett Turner Tucson Watkins Del Rio.
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Border Patrol Academy
William T. Bam
Chula Vista
California
Denis’ Collins
Richford
Vermont
Maurice J. Cruickshank
Don R. Friend
del Rio
Texas
Wallace Gray
Homestead
Florida
Harry G. Helms
Trenton
Michigan
James Jones
el Paso
Daniel Kelley
Livermore
Walter Kendrick
Mobile Alabama
Edward Lane
Port Isabel
Harley Me
William Randolph
State-Wide Baptist Conventions Set in Corpus Christi
In Corpus Christi November 2 3 the Texas Baptist Woman's Missionary Union and the Baptist Brotherhood Convention meet just before the Texas Baptist General Convention. Almost 5000 Baptist delegates are expected across the two gatherings with about 7000 at the General Convention. The women's event at Del Mar College Auditorium features Dr Beker James Cauthen and Butt Jr of H E B Food Stores, while CIAI Barrows will lead laymen music. The laymen convene at Memorial Coliseum with 3,000 women at Del Mar College starting Monday morning. both events wrap up November 4 prior to the General Convention opening.
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Dallas
Corpus Christi
Mth
Texas Baptist Woman's Missionary Union Convention
State Baptist Brotherhood Convention
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Beker James Cauthen
Richmond
The
Southern Baptist Foreign Mission
Butt Jr
H.E.B. Pood
Ciai Barrows
Graham Evangelistic Team
del Mar College Auditorium
Corpus Christi’s Memorial Coliseum
Cc. C. Warren
Charlotte
Nisin
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Bertha Estes
Christina Yurkovic
Byrd
Susan Gay
Becuis
Ith
Petra Mota
Shawn E
Sharon Bolen
Ike Coton Kaevando
Terri Soane
Felicia Gay
Pace Wate Carel
Pet Oscar
Victor Garza
Guillermo Perez
Lucy Kinde
Boswell
Nancy Java Ba Grbnowske
Guada‘tupe” Gutierrez
Elena Padilla
Marte Rosas
Teresa Sandoval
Karietta Ker
Laguna Madre
Gops
Demos
Cosccen
Isabel Club
Te Iu
Galesburg
Springfield
Minoise
Sheridan
Indiana
Washington
Beaumont
San Antonio
Succasoniva
New Jersey
Ray
Helena Sandlin
John Kittila
Ray Sandin
Flyin
Don Pruitt
Ernest DeFord
Jerrett Ray
Rotary Anns
Ernor
Ilinois
J. E. Gailiher
Pair Park Deilas Rotary
Olin C. Himes
Iarlingen Rotary
Jerry Kay
Ila Loetscher
Ments
Ray Sandlin
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