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Port Isabel Shrimp Fiesta Highlights and Weather Quirk
Port Isabel enjoyed a busy Shrimp Fiesta with a crowded boat parade at the Turning Basin despite rain, including wins for the Georgia Pine and Country Boy and notes on other boats and prizes. Weather briefly troubled events, but residents praised the town’s hurricane immunity and looked forward to next week’s reports.
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Port Isabel
Corona
Eleanor Buthruff
Georgia Pine
Harold DeRicx
Schmidt
Fisheries
Coastal Barge and Fuel Co
Fiesta Board
Vailey - Fisneries
Spomout
Knapp Motor Co
Pine
Harold DeRick
Knapp Chevrolet Co
Country Boy
Theron Boynt
Semco
Drake
Naaatei Rardy
Bride Oil Co
Miss Liberty
T. B. Mack
Twin City Coop
Doughboy
W. L. Simms
Simms Doors
Guillot
Beatrice Floyd
Aransas Pass
WBP
Doug Boy
Molly Dodger
Bertha G
Gulf Shrimp
Francis Lee
Captain Cracker
Ewing's
Miss Ruth
Chapala
Capitan
Cartesena
Magic Valley
Buccaneer
Ewing
Georgia Mae
Marie Theresa
Sea Dog
S. M. Martosa
Sea Witch
Bayside
Alamo
Little John
Wilson Dry Dock
Phyllis
Blonde Rebel
The
Marine Mart
Sam Houston
Sylvia H. Schmidt
Valley Queen
Valley Grande
Wasp
Miss Gladys
Gulf Area
Padre Island
Elam
Teks W
Pearl Bailey