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Fragmentary OCR text shows a tide table with unreadable lines and stray characters. The readable bits include generic date and tide indicators but no clear values or location.
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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1963
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text shows a tide table with unreadable lines and stray characters. The readable bits include generic date and tide indicators but no clear values or location.
OCR text shows monthly and yearly totals with figures 32,465 for the month and 184,289 and 832,670 for the year, but the exact meaning of each figure is unclear due to garbled data.
The Port Isabel Tarpons host the La Joya Coyotes at 8 p.m. in a District 32-A opener. Both teams seek early advantage with Port Isabel relying on a strong senior core and a possible freshman/sophomore starter presence. Admission is 1.00 for adults and 0.25 for students.
Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No 1 completes purchase of Padre Island water system from John L. Tompkins Trustee on August 19 1963. The deal promises lower uniform rates starting at 65 cents per thousand gallons with no tax or water rate increase. Jack Galloway resigns as Cameron County Parks and Causeway director after eight months.
Mrs Ina Youker 68 died Thursday. Funeral at 2 0 p m in Kreidler Ashcraft Chapel Harlingen with Rev Claude Henessee officiating. Entombment Mont Meta Memorial Mausoleum. Survivors: husband Robert B Youker Port Isabel. son R Youker Harlingen. one grandson. three sisters Rose Fleming Wichita Kansas Catherine Jackson Baytown Leona Bowman Redondo Beach. brother J A Montgomery Hutchinson Kansas. She belonged to Lag Heights Baptist Church and had lived in Port Isabel about 14 years after moving from Hutchinson Kansas.
Mrs Bearden departed for Oklahoma City to establish a new home and expressed thanks to Port Isabel residents for their kindness and favors during her 11 years in the town.
The Port Isabel Schools opened the 1963 year with 1089 students enrolled. High school had 0 registrations and the junior high plus sixth grade totaled 253, while the elementary enrollment was 66. Officials expect yearly totals to reach about 1150 before year end.
Acting Captain Charles E. Oakes of Cameron County says the Sheriff's Posse ended beach duty for 1963 last Monday. First aid treated 63 people for injuries from cuts to man o war stings, with 64 injuries at Boca Chica and 79 at South Padre Island beaches. The Posse credits public cooperation.
Coast Guard 40475 towed the Queen Nancy House Boat after the master Colonel Jessie E Williams sustained a serious hand wound and was evacuated to Port Isabel by an unidentified craft. The houseboat crew could not operate the vessel and was moored at Schmidt's Docks in Port Isabel. The Port Mansfield Light Station was commissioned with a ceremony attended by Coast Guard district staff and guests.
The letter praises Sam from the Veil Brothers Fashion Center for Men Brownsville for promoting South Padre Island during September and October. It notes his ardent support of the island and its attractions and urges others in the Rio Grande Valley to join his promotional idea.
A Houston group led by the Arendales and Sieglers chartered a bus with 21 children among 33 travelers for a Labor Day weekend visit to Sea Island Hotel on South Padre Island. They left Friday with box lunches and enjoyed the holiday, returning Monday evening.
The Rotary Club of Monterrey Mexico and the Port Isabel Rotary Club plan a joint meeting on South Padre Island at the Jetties Restaurant starting Saturday at 7 p.m. A visit by Monterrey members begins Friday night with a bus ride from the International Bridge in Brownsville. The itinerary includes a Laguna Madre boat trip, a sea shell tour, shopping in Brownsville, and a Sunday church gathering before Monterrey Rotarians return home.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Duncan of Dallas become the new owners and operators of the Star Courts in Port Isabel, taking over from Mrs. Hazel Bearden. The Duncans have two daughters, Suzanne and Tanya. Suzanne is a Port Isabel High sophomore and Honor Society member, while Tanya attends Derry Elementary in the sixth grade.
Principal Robert E. Gades reports about 140 students enroll at the high school this year not counting the seventh grade moved to the junior high. New faculty include Mabel Pearson librarian Myrick shop Epstein McClellan chemistry and Judy Tietz government and Texas history. The shop program shifts to mechanical work with auto engines and other mechanics. class officers will be announced later.
Cameron County Causeway office reports labor day weekend crossings for 1962 and 1963. 1962 totals by day were 1 558 on Saturday 1 603 on Sunday and 1 025 on Monday. 1963 totals were 1 428 on Saturday 1 899 on Sunday and 1 276 on Monday. The 1962 total compares with 4 603.
Rafael Garcia aged 17 months son of Mr and Mrs Librado Garcia of Port Isabel died at Mercy Hospital after a road incident in front of his grandmother's home. Police say cause undetermined but the child appeared run over by a car driven by his mother. Survived by parents a brother a sister and several relatives. Funeral from Our Lady Star of the Sea Church and burial in Port Isabel Cemetery.
Two Port Isabel commercial fishermen were fined 100 dollars each in County Court at Law by Judge D J Lerma for illegal netting near Three Islands. Jesus Villarreal and Alberto Barrera pleaded guilty to charges filed by Game Warden Lee Billings of Brownsville.
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