Port Isabel Post Office Chosen as Cost Ascertainment Site
Port Isabel Post Office will host Cost Ascertainment tests for Fiscal Year 1963 with 650 offices selected nationwide. Mrs. Ruth Mras, Port Isabel Postmaster, notes tests will measure revenue costs and operations to guide rate changes and budgeting. The first period runs September 10 to 16, 1962, with subsequent periods in late 1962 and 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Port Isabel
Postel
Ruth Mras
Mias
Washington, D. C
Registration For Evening Classes At TSC Friday
Texas Southmost College opens fall night class registration in the College Administration Building next Friday under Dean Dr. De Viney. Students with last names N to Z register 7 to 8 pm. A to M from 8 to 9 pm. New students should arrange transcripts to the registrar. Courses include English, US History, Piano, Business, Government, Algebra, Speech, Biology, Shorthand, Typing, Spanish, and Conversational English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Southmost College
Dawson DeViney
Coast Guard Search Drill Highlights Port Isabel Area
Lt. JG James V. Sayers led a 36 hour training patrol from Port Isabel focusing on radio checks and coastal drills. Sailors faced a shark mishap, a tow of the Sandra, and a sinking SHERRY B incident as ships aided one another. Commander J R Mackey visited the Port Isabel Rotary event and Coast Guard awards were presented to Florentio Zamora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. V. Sayers
Uscg
Port Isabel
Bill Parker
Parker
Jimmy Holbert
Holberts
Labor Day
Sandra
Fshing
Vicky Lynn
Gordie L
Den 3 To Hold First Meeting
The Cub Scouts of Den III will hold their first meeting Friday September 7 at 4 30 p m at the home of Den Mother Mrs Koy Rock. Boys should bring 50 cents registration and 10 cents weekly due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scouts
den III
Koy Rock
Fishermen Report Large Trout and Red Fish Catches
A weekend fishing list from Harlingen Edinburg St Louis and Port Isabel shows multiple anglers with large trout and red fish. Notable catches include 35 trout by Sue Kroupa from Edinburg and San Antonio and 18 trout by Hay and party from Port Isabel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weaceall
Harlingen
Brook
Edinburg
Waters
St. Louis Mo
Boling
St. Louis
Sue Kroupa
San Antonio
Mr. Hambley
Dallas
Charlie Lurber
Port Isabel
Brad Taylor
Brownsville
Smith Berry
Brother
Houston
Mr. Hay
Andy Bried and Son
Fulton Jones
McAllen
Floyd Clark
Cummins
Port Isabel Urban Renewal Progress Report
Port Isabels Urban Renewal Board discusses plans for Project Number Two to continue removing blight and substandard conditions. It notes progress on Project One and addresses concerns about the spoils bank dust hazard and incorporation into city limits for grants. The Board emphasizes cooperation with the city and public bodies while assuring families will be relocated only to decent safe housing.
Leonard C Edwards Funeral Held in Laguna Heights
Leonard C. Edwards 72 died in his sleep at his Laguna Heights home on Wednesday August 29. He is survived by his wife Ethel, a Denver nephew Dr. John A. Edwards, two grandchildren Susan and Jack, three sisters Estelle Henderson Oklahoma City Lola Covington Tussa and Nell Van Fechtman New York. Funeral at First Baptist Church August 31 with Rev Virgil Drewery and Rev Collins Wickham. graveside at Brownsville Masonic Lodge in Masonic Gardens Mont Meta Cemetery. Out of town relatives listed. Kuehn family noted in visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard C. Edwards
Laguna Heights
Edwards
Ethel Edwards
John A. Edwards
Denver
Colorado
Susan
Jack
Estelle Henderson
Oklahoma City
Lola Covington
Tussa
Oklahoma
Nell van Fechtman
New York City
N. Y
Cover The Waterfront P H We told you to be patient and not get downhearted
Rain totals reported for Port Isabel show 1.82 inches by 11:30 am Wednesday and 0.44 inches on Tuesday, totaling just over 2 inches. The town notes clarify school locations and correct earlier society-page errors naming Jimmy Jaudon and Herbert Barrow as lumber company managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabelite
Port Isabel
Highway 100
North Shore
Derry
Washington
Garriga
Jimmy Jaudon
Jaudon Lumber Company
Herbert Barrow
Eagle Lumber Company
Tex A&I Starts Enrollment Sat at Kingsville Campus
Registration for the 1962 63 term at Texas College of Arts and Industries begins Sept 8 with Saturday classes in the college library from 8 to 11 am. Regular registration runs Sept 11 to 13 with freshman day Sept 11, and late fees apply for late sign ups. A freshmen convocation Sept 10 and orientation Sept 10 1 pm precede registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsville
Texas College of Arts and Industres
Collee
George W. McCulley
Registra
Jones Auditorium
Rotary Club Names Anderson Coast Guardsman Of Month
Port Isabel Rotary and Port Isabel Press honor Anderson from USCGC Boutwell as Coast Guardsman of the Month at a noon ceremony at Anchor Restaurant. Commander Mackey and Coast Guard officers attend with Rotary members and visiting Rotarians present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
J. R. Mackey
District 8
US Coast Guard
New Orleans
Brownsville
James V. Sayers
Mackey
Rotary Club
Cutters and Life Boat Station
Don Pruitt
West Side Club
Monterrey N. L
Mexico
Bob Roloff
Kirkwood
Armando Arguelles, Jr
Ramon Guerra
Matamoros
A. A. Weille
Middleton
N. Y
Howell Roberts
Carl Riecker
Harold Bowman
Chief Anderson
P. R. Sherman
Soutwell
Harold E. Olson
BMC
BMC., Co
Hudson
Wheeler
McKew
Co. Kimball
J. H. Kittila, Jr
Coast Guardsman
H. E. Anderson
USCGC
Boutwell
P. L. Press
Prodigal Use Of Water May Cause Acute Shortage
Survey warns water shortages threaten urban and rural life as demand rises with population growth. It cites waste in homes, factories, and farms, and urges conservation, efficient irrigation, and planning to avert 1980s shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande River
Sue Smith
Sue
Stubt
Joe Doe
Joe
Ee Bill Jones
Beece
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arnold Olsen
Ed Harris
TSC
P.m. Ur. DeViney
Oast Guard
John H. Kittila
Port Isabel CG
CWB
John Kittila
Eighth Coast Guard District
Coast Guard
Coast Guards
Victor Crisci SN
Cook
Connie C. Smith III
Den
Mrs
Angelita Smith
L. C. Edwards
Ron Kuehn
Guy Carpenter
Kuehn
Janie Carpenter
First Baptist Church
Quapaw Okla
Bridge OF Honor
Homer Strain
Roger DeRick
DeRick
Strain
Cover the Waterfront
P. H
Tex A&i
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