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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1958
Page
6
Port Isabel police will field extra officers for Halloween to deter property damage amid a carnival and football game. Parents face potential liability for juvenile vandalism under a May 1957 law. Navy base reports disconnecting several lines for economy. about 12 base families in the area unaffected. Base personnel helped flood levees with 35 workers, eight pickups and a bulldozer.
The Port Isabel Press corrects a previous item stating Mr and Mrs E W Edwards attended the wedding of their nephew Louis Warren in Corpus Christi. It should read that Mr and Mrs Ed Warren attended the wedding of their nephew Luis Warren in Corpus Christi. Editor.
Vere Myrick of Actian Heights grows tomatoes radishes bell peppers and more using hydroponics at his Laguna Heights home. The system feeds chemically treated water to plants by gravity, producing faster growth and about 60 percent higher mineral content in tomatoes. Myrick serves as Justice of the Peace for precinct 1 and runs a garage while his wife operates the Myrick Ornamental Nursery.
Commander C. D. Huston said base telephone line to Port Isabel was discontinued due to economy cuts. Other lines to Los Fresnos and Corpus Christi were dropped, and Brownsville was considered but unlikely. Private Port Isabel line cost the base about 87 dollars monthly. actual use estimated at 30 dollars. Twelve Navy families in Port Isabel would still have official calls accepted on a collect basis.
The Commissioners of the Rio Grande Boy Scout Council will join a training conference at Camp Perry on October 25 and 26.
Lois Petch has been dismissed from Port Isabel Schools effective November 1 after the Texas Education Agency alerted the district she lacks a teaching certificate. The board says the move follows legal requirements, noting Petch taught choral work on a voluntary basis while no credits were given and no regular or substitute employment existed.
Laguna Heights will elect town officials on Saturday November 8 with polls at the Picnicker. Incorportation in Bayside recently approved. Election officials include Vere Myrick as judge and assistants Mrs Thomas Black and Mrs E F Barth. clerks Mrs William Lorenz and Mrs E R Bell. Unopposed candidates for mayor Ray Erickson and town marshal Harrold Wright. Nine candidates seek four alderman posts: Viggo Christenson, E E Spradling, Henry Lubbock, N W Lee, Martin Tower, Erwin J LeBlanc, Ben Schartz, Orin Schuetz, V F Poston.
A Halloween costume dance and carnival will be held at the Sea Sile Patio on Thursday Oct 20 starting at 6 30. Music by Gilberto Lopez and offerings include tamales tacos cakes sugared apples and games. A kindergarten street parade is scheduled at 2 30 with prizes for best costume. Sponsored by the Pre School Parent Teachers Association.
ANNUAL HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL HERE OCT. 31 The Port Isabel PTA sponsors a Halloween Carnival at the football field with gates opening at 5 PM. Buses run from the Y-Corral to the field and back after the game. Prizes, costumes, booths, food, and games are planned with admission set at 50 cents for adults and 10 cents for students. under six admitted free. The Port Isabel Tarpons face the Sharyland Rattlers at 8 PM.
Cameron County Judge Oscar C. Dancy said the county will fog continuously with a machine from the Federal Public Health Service to combat mosquitoes after heavy rains. The effort will cover the lower county with Dr. David Cowgill directing operations while towns like Brownsville Port Isabel San Benito and Harlingen prepare or expand spraying campaigns. A $1000 to $2000 operating cost is projected. a county records vault remodel is also proposed with a $30,000 plus budget and air conditioning to protect documents.
Pack No. 17 of the Cub Scouts will hold a pack meeting Monday evening at 7 30 at the Educational building of the Methodist church. All Cub Scouts, parents and friends invited. parents urged to attend as awards will be given for work completed through the summer. Dens newly organized will have boys receiving Bobcat pins and those who passed summer program requirements will receive cards.
The 1958 Emergency Service training for Explorer Scouts ended this weekend at Scout Camp Perry. Health and Safety director E B Webb of San Benito reports three Explorer units Post 118 Port Isabel Post 222 San Benito and Post 10 Harlingen took part in specialized first aid messenger service orienteering with map and compass rescue methods public protection and health services and a night surprise problem.
Margarita G. Gonzalez with only three misses was named winner of the weekly football pick contest. She missed Edinburg PSJA La Joya Brownsville B and the Santa Rosa San Perlita tie, and may collect her gift certificate at her convenience. Runners up were Mrs. R. D. Carpenter Teodoro Ochoa and Raul Holland with four misses each.
The Port Isabel Tarpons travel to McAllen to play the Bulldog B team tonight. The game was moved from Thursday due to poor practice caused by bad weather. Last week Port Isabel’s game with San Isidro was also canceled for the same reason. Next week the Tarpons host Sharyland at Port Isabel.
A Friday afternoon crash on Main Street in Port Isabel left two cars totaled and about 400 dollars in damage to the third. Roman Kaevendo, driving a 1950 Chevrolet, entered from Musina Street and struck Dr. Young’s 1958 Oldsmobile, sending Young into the path of Mrs. James Baker’s 1956 Ford. Kaevendo was cited for faulty staes and treated for facial injuries. Young and Baker received injuries and possible internal damage.
The Brownies and Girl Scouts of Port Isabel stage a 3 to 5 pm craft display at the Methodist church Educational building. Admission is five cents per person to support arts and crafts for the troops. The public is invited.
Mrs. Mariana Ochoa Diaz of Port Isabel died Friday at Mercy Hospital Brownsville. Services were held Monday at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church with Delta Funeral in charge. She is survived by husband Hilberto Diaz five sons two daughters.
Mr and Mrs Paul Lampley of El Campo report 49 trout and one mango snapper. Mr and Mrs Ben Morrison of El Campo 72 trout. Mr and Mrs F L Larza of El Campo 54 trout. Jesse Jones and George Mullins of Houston 37 trout. Raymond Buddy and Bill Meyer of Houston 40 trout.
Mr and Mrs Ben Morrison and Mr and Mrs Paul Lampley of El Campo report 87 trout and one pompano. Bill Swain and Eerl Webb of Sweetwater reel 16 trout.
A. P. Sanders and party from La redo catch 12 redfish while G. E. Leach of Harlingen nets 22 trout in the Pee Wee division.
Schumacher and Bob S of Port Isabel reel in 133 trout and one pompano in a single fishing trip, highlighting strong coastal angling activity near Texas.
W E Adams of Brownsville records 17 trout. R H Shields and party of Edinburg catch 33 trout. R M Keller and party of Monahans report 25 trout, one redfish and five pike. Vic Stevens and Bud Summers of Brownsville net 14 trout. Archie Scott of Houston with guide Pee Wee Schur macher lands 100 trout and two redfish.
On Tuesday October 21 Bay fishing saw A. P. Sanders of Laredo land 40 trout, J. W. Statham of Houston 12, Sam Cashiola and Capt. Martindale of Houston 30, and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Campbell of Houston 10. The next day October 22 Sam Cashiola and party of Houston caught 120 trout, Donald Birge of Port Isabel 17, and Mr. and Mrs. John Carter of Plainview, Texas 25.
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