Port Isabel QB Club meeting set for Monday at 7 30
Port Isabel High School coach Ruben Forres calls a meeting of all men in the Port Isabel Independent School District to discuss forming a Quarterback Club. The session will be at the high school library Monday at 7 30 p.m. Eligible local men may join and officers may be elected if the project proceeds. A Friday dance for Gaeta Candidate Mery Holland is announced at Firestone Hall with Mexi-Tones providing music.
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Ruben Forres
Avad
Port Isabel
Port Isabel Independent School District
Gaeta
Mery Holland
Masie
Tarpons Battle La Joya In Narrow Football Thriller
Port Isabel Tarpons fought La Joya to a 6 0 defeat late in the third, with Joya scoring on a pass and a late two point conversion. Tarpons showed grit gaining ground against faster Coyotes and prepare for Friday’s home game with Los Fresnos Falconers at Tarpon Field.
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Coyotes
la Joya
Port Isabel
Warriors of Santa Rose
Tarpons
Paicons
Tarpon Field
Ruben Torres
Border Patrol Pistol Team Wins National Championship
The Border Patrol Pistol Team from Texas Arizona California and Michigan captured the National Police Team championship at the National Pistol Matches. Senior Patrol Inspector E W Hilden of Oceanside California won the individual Police title with other Border Patrol members placing in top positions.
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Border Patrol
Texas
Arizona
California
Michigan
Border Patrol Academy
Patcoli
E. W. Hilden
Oceanside
Calia
Border Paireiman HB
Gordon Smith Wins First Port Isabel Football Contest
Gerson Smith of Port Isabel is the first winner of the ninth annual Port Isabel Press football contest. Gordon Smith correctly predicted the Port Isabel versus La Joya score, expected 14 to 8, and praised the contest’s sponsoring merchants. Anyone can enter by reading weekly contest mics and submitting entries.
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Gordon Smith
Gerson Smith
Port Isabel
Ith
Gordon
Causeway Monthly and Year Totals Displayed
The record shows a monthly total of 55,374 for Causeway and a yearly sum of 2,142,770, presenting a grand total across the period.
Five Day Forecast Temperatures Rise Above Normal
The forecast calls for average highs 3 to 6 degrees above normal near 91 and lows 71 to 73. Expect moderate to occasionally heavy scattered showers across the period.
Rotary Meeting Change Delays Joint Monterrey Port Isabel Session
The Monterrey Rotary Club and Port Isabel Rotary Club joint meeting scheduled for this weekend has been postponed to later this month per Port Isabel Rotary President John Kittila. The regular Port Isabel meeting is unchanged this week, while plans to join Matamoros and other clubs for Independence Day are canceled.
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Monterrey Rotary Club
Port Isabel
Amahel Cab
Marlin Will Be Lyford Speaker at Local Church Event
The Rev. L. C. Johnston Jr. will host and baptize at the Lyford Texas First Methodist Church on Sunday July 13 with special guest Marlin as speaker. Johnston, son of long-time parishioners, followed a path from Fort Belknap to Sam Houston State and Asbury Seminary and previously served in Billings Montana.
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FL. Marlin
First Methodist Church
Lyford
Texas
David Cartwright Johnston
Fort Beabel
Port [Sabel
Sam Houston State
Asbury Theological Seminary
First Methodist Church of
Billings
Myetana
St Lawrence Jr CYO Elects Officers for 1964 65
The first official meeting of the Junior CYO was held on a Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the parish hall to elect officers for the 1964 65 year. Father Joseph McDermott opened with a prayer as 45 members and three sponsors attended. Officers elected include Tony Gonzales president Florencio Rivera vice president Manuel Garza Jr recording secretary Elena Fernandez corresponding secretary Roberts Garcia Jr treasurer and Jesus Martines reporter. The group will meet at 8 pm and stay under an hour with curfew at 9 45 pm. The meeting featured talks on Mass changes duties of officers and what to expect from the CYO. The Jr CYO will be named St Lawrence Jr CYO in honor of the parish.
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Int
CYO
Perish Mail
Joseph McDermott
Helen Torres
Elise Vega
Roger Villarreal
Tony Gonzales
Florence Rivera
Manuel Garza Jr
Elene Fernandez
Roberts Garcia Jr
Jesus Martines
Father McDermott
C.Y.O
Eliseo Vega
Jr. C.Y.O
St. Lawrence Jr. C.Y.O
Thong
Paeieas Topecatn
Agito
Ig le
Giarasree Ches
Firemen Appreciation Week Promoted for Port Isabel
Emily Hunt writes promoting Firemen’s Appreciation Week in Port Isabel to honor volunteer firefighters. The piece notes the department’s 1938 founding by then mayor Ted Hunt, its long-standing operation, savings to residents on fire insurance, and past life members and current active volunteers.
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Emily Hunt
Port Isabel
Ted Hunt
Ted
Ross Stanley
Ray Wait
Tom Hunt
Brownsville
Floyd Bobbitt
Roy Byrd
Archie Causey
Guy Carpenter
Him Keller
George Trump
GOP Selects Nussbaum As Candidate
William V. Nussbaum of Laguna Vista a retired military officer is named Cameron County Republican Party candidate for county commissioner Place 1 in the November general election. He will face Democratic incumbent Ted Hunt and cites a two party system and local growth as core goals. Nussbaum a native of Oklahoma came to Texas in 1929 and served 20 years in the U.S. Army retiring as a major. He runs Nussbaum Sales Co and has a family of three daughters and a son.
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William V
Bill) Nussbaum
Laguna Vista
Cameron County
Republican Party
T. R
Bob) Jones
Harlingen
GOP
Nussbaum
T.R
Ted) Hunt
Oklahoma
Texas
Pea At
Amarillo
University of Virginia
U.S. Army
Port Isabel
Nussbaum Sales Co
Philadelphia
Singleton Ee
I Okeene
Deford to Speak at Methodist Church Next Sunday
Earnest B. Deford will be the speaker at the Methodist Church next Sunday September 13. The talk will cover his experiences among the Indians and in his work. A cordial invitation is extended to Mr and Mrs DeFord’s friends to attend and hear him.
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Earnest B. Deford
Mr. DeFord
Mrs. DeFord
Harlingen Youth Drowns Surfing at South Padre Island
Enrique Duran, 19, of Harlingen drowns in the surf on Labor Day at South Padre Island. Lifeguards and a San Antonio doctor work over an hour with resuscitation efforts. he is pronounced dead at 12 10 p.m. This marks Isla Blanca Park’s first drowning with lifeguards on duty. Justice of the Peace Vern Myrick of Port Isabel notes the incident.
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Enrique Duran
Harlingen
South Padre Island
Labor Day
Tisdale
San Antonio
Teachers Meet One Week From Saturday in Island Area
Citizens of Port Isabel Laguna Heights Laguna Vista and South Padre Island are urged to buy tickets for a teachers meeting at the South Padre Island picnic pavilion. The event starts Saturday Sept 19 at 7 30 p m with a fish dinner served by Port Isabel Volunteer Firemen. Bobbitt chairs the organizing committee and tickets are available at Picnicker Lagoon Keys.
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Port Isabel
Pof Tsabef
Laguna Madre Business & Professional Woman's Club
Vic
Driftwood Garden Club
Bp&w
Laguna Madre
Fire Department
BPAW
Mary Andersson
Laguna Heights
Laguna Vista
South Padre Island
Pak Weenie
Bobbitt
Elements
Lagune Heys
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Falcons
Mra
Warren Prankin
Bayview
Wee Petted Hest
Republican Women’s Cigh
Los Pyeenet
Hall
Appy Tarpons
Joya
Foe
Coytes
M. Galvan
Zamora
Carlos Genmaine
John Hamiick
Silver Gonzales
Silver
Gelvan
Amires Barrera
Tito Martinex
Torres Exid
United
Sirepcan
Yurkovic
United Nations
New
Isabel
Colley
John Wartman
Calloway Sea
Ebstseteees OF
Stnieces
Rotary Meeting
Marlin
Junior Cyo Organization
Laguna Madre B&pw Club
Thelma Colley
Mary Anderson
Marama
Flash Nollman
Deford
South Padre
WM. V
Bill’ Nussbaum
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