Labor Day Fun at Isla Blanca Park Draws 3000 Cars
Port Isabel reports perfect weather over Labor Day weekend with calm Bay and Gulf. more than 3 000 carloads enjoyed Isla Blanca Park facilities while swimmers sunbathers and boaters filled the area. Flounder gigging and mackerel hopes buoy fishing in the Channel and Brownsville Port Isabel Channel. Work on the highway bridge widening progresses, easing traffic bottlenecks. Labor Day signals year round park operations.
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Port Isabel
Bay
Gulf
Isla Blanca Park
South Bay Pass
Brownsville
Isabel Channel
Padre Island
Mrs. Foster Emenger
Barr Ewing
Labor Day
Telethon Donation Totals For Port Isabel Reach $646.06
Port Isabel residents contributed to the Valleywide Emergency Polio Telethon with Lions Club volunteers staffing phones and collectors visiting homes. Local participants in Port Isabel included Marcy Trump and Reed Parker among others, and Pruitt's TV Service provided equipment at City Hall.
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Port Isabel
Lions Club
Marcy Trump
D. H. Christensen
Reed Parker
Bob Mellon
Jim Haley
F. L. Routh
Flares Missing Prompt Warning From Water District
The Cameron County Fresh Water Supply district No 1 reports flares and other public safety items taken from their posted warning spots. The district warns of prosecution for removal and bans turning water on or off at the meter. residents must call the district office for service requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron County
Water District
Moe
Rory Calhoun Signs New Universal Deal For Next Year
Under a new deal with Universal Rory Calhoun will appear in two pictures next year and has given the studio an option on services for a third.
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Universal
Rory Calhoun
Man in County Jail Charged With Mistreating Minor
Vernon P. Raffrey sits in county jail on a mistreatment and attempted assault charge involving a minor female. The complaint came Wednesday from the child’s grandfather Roy de Silvey. Chief Ped Hunt arrested him and the arraignment occurred before Justice of Peace Were 8S. Myrick. no bond was set and he remained jailed awaiting grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon P. Raffrey
Roy de Silvey
Ped Hunt
Justice of Peace
Myrick
Post Office Box Rent Due for Remaining Quarters
Miss Elizabeth Graves post master announces box rent due on the 20th. Boxholders may pay for the coming quarter or for the remainder of the fiscal year until June 30, 1955.
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Elizabeth Graves
Possible Storm Area Is Watched
Weather bureau monitors a suspicious Gulf region as hurricane hunters ready to take off from New Orleans to investigate. Edna appears to follow Carol’s track, which caused extensive property damage and 65 deaths along the Atlantic coast.
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Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Atlantic
North Carolina
Maine
Deportation ship reports crewmen missing after Brazos Pass
At noon port Isabel reported two men went over the side of the S S Eman cipacion after passing Brazos Pass on the voyage to Vera Cruz with 800 aliens aboard. Coast Guard and Border Patrol planes searched for the men alleged to have quit the deportation cruise ship.
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Port Isabel
S.S
Brazos Pass
Vera Cruz
Coast Guard
Border Patrol
Tarpons Open Against St Joseph In Season Opener
About 2,000 fans watched Port Isabel Tarpons start 1954 football against St Joseph Academy Brownsville. Rob Varnum connected with Bobby Hollon for the opening score, with Lucio and Kennedy keying early momentum. The game ended with a hard fought tie as both teams battled through penalties and turnovers.
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Port Isabel Tarpons
St. Joseph Academy
Brownsvile
Tarpons
Lucio
St. Joseph Bloodhounds
Tom Kennedy
Robert Varnum
Bobby Hollon
St. Joseph
Bloodhounds
Meee
Tarpon
Tarvard
Revival At First Baptist Church In Pt Isabel
The Fall revival at First Baptist Church Pt Isabel begins Sunday September 12 with Pastor Reverend Raymond Glass preaching for two weeks. Evening services start at 7 30 with prayer for adults and a children choir directed by Walter Buddy Lee from Southmost Brownsville.
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First Baptist Church
Raymond Glass
Walter J
Buddy” Lee
Southmost Baptist Church
Brownsville
Lee
Brotherhood of the Southmost Church
Great American Reserve Insurance Co
Buddy ‘Lee
Glass
Petition Drives to Stop Courthouse Expansion in Cameron County
Petitions circulate across Port Isabel Los Fresnos Olmito Benito Rio Hondo Harlingen La Feria and Santa Rosa urging Cameron County Commissioners to delay building onto the 43 year old courthouse. Signers argue lack of room parking and obsolescence make expansion wasteful and a new structure preferable.
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Commissioner's Court
Cameron County
Sz County
Port Isabel
Los Fresnos
Olmito
Benito
Rio Hondo
Harlingen
la Feria
Santa Rosa
San Benito
Harpid
Lingen Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Dancy
Petion Drive
Commissioners Court
Texas
Port Isabel Opens 1954 Football With St Josephs
Port Isabel Tarpons hosted St Josephs Academy Brownsville in the season opener and coach notes room for improvement as the squad shows promise. A public hearing on street paving is set for Monday at Port Isabel City Hall with residents invited to attend and voice opinions.
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City Hall
Corporation Court
Port Isabel
Ana
H. B. Zachry Co
Coastal Ho
Editor J L Merryman speaks to Rotary and Lions clubs
J L Merryman editor of the Port Isabel Press addressed the Rotary club at noon on Saturday and the Lions club on Tuesday evening at the Gulf cafe. He described his three and a half years as a prisoner of war under Japan in World War I noting diets, men’s condition, survivals, and dramatic episodes of captivity.
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J. L. Merryman
Port Isabel
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Gulf Cafe
Mr. Merryman
Texas Gulf Coastal Fishing Report Highlights Weekend Catches
Over several days the Texas Joy Lizzie Bee and private boats report catches including trout redfish whiting drum and Spanish mackerel. Notable anglers include Howard Bates M B Crawford Cleo Pederson Jody Goolsby and Tom Atkins guiding several parties across Houston Port Isabel Brownsville Weslaco Harlingen and Mercedes with multiple limits of trout and sizable snapper dolphin and mackerel totals.
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Howard Bates
M. B. Crawford
Houston
Teday Bay
Cleo Pederson
Port Isabel
M. R. Bledse
Dallas
W. BR. Jenkins
Amarilla
John, Howell
Mission
Baxter Moody
J. J. Hagtik
Gulf
J. A. Medley
Weslaco
J. H. Dayle and
Son Ross
Texas
Frank Roberts
E. Berry
Bob Smith
M. H. Hughes
San Marcos
M. RK. Bledsoe
F. R. Watkins
Falfurios
T. O. Moye
Jody Goolsby
George Morgan
Harlingen
A L. Goff
B. O. Snell
Brownsville
Ralph Alston
Buster White
Mercedes
Gulf Fishing
Lizzie Bee
Tom Atkins
Bom Smith
Santa Rosa
F. William Bamberg
McAllen
Dave Reich
Jerry Freeway
G. C. Morgan
Doyle Gilford
L. B. Williams
Donna
Jack Williams
Johnny Bowen
J. D. Bowen
KR. V. Arthur
Kingsville
Texas Joy
Jim Edward
Rex Towell
Raymondville
Bob Smyth
J. T. Beck
Rawles
Eugenia
Jim Raglund
Ernest Mullins
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Taerpoins
Tarps
Baptist Church
Pt. Isabel
Aea As
Valley
Fish and Wildlife Service
Pascagoula
Miss
Hockaday
F.O.B
Cial
Oregon
Stewart Springer
Gull Fisheries Exploration and Gear Research
cCanneries
Whic
Pacific Coast
J. A. Hockaday
St. Joseph’s Academy
Mexico
Nature Boy
Clara Thomas
JLM
Rotary
Harry Dunn
Alton Brewer
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