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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1968
Page
1
Raymond Murphy recalls Miss America Pageant nights at home with his Siamese cat and dachshund dog in humorous contrast to the talent show. He praises local support via the Quarterback Club and urges participation at the high school. He muses on weather, naming Port Isabel and Medellin as weather contrasts.
Port Isabel faced leadership change as Police Chief Schremp resigns to take a higher paying job in the shrimp industry. He plans to help establish a Gulf Coast security network for the shrimp basin while the city seeks a replacement. The meeting also covered Villa Madre Apartments financing, regional master planning, and a proposed city district property reappraisal to align with school and water districts for next year’s tax statements.
Funeral services for Refugio Ochoa 58 of Port Isabel are scheduled for Thursday at 4 p.m. at The First Baptist Church in Port Isabel. He died Saturday aboard a Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawler. He is survived by six sons Refugio Jr Jose Omar Teodoro Joe Ismael Freylan and five daughters Monica Maria Eloise Iris Leonarda and others. Also surviving are one sister and twenty grandchildren. Delta Funeral Home directs.
Louis Williams a 23 year old biology graduate student from Luling at Texas A&I University leads a Rio Grande Valley study on white wing dove renesting habits in citrus trees. The project funded by Caesar Kleberg Foundation and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department aims to trap mark and release nesting doves to measure nesting frequency and young produced.
The Republican Women's Club of Los Presnos and Port Isabel hosts an authentic Hawaiian Luau on Saturday September 28 at Dr. Hazel Griffiths Bayview home. Dinner starts 7 00 p m with dancing to follow. Tickets ten dollars per person available at multiple local outlets and at the door.
Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council Director Bob fice has sent more than 1 000 letters to potential users of Cameron County Airport near Port Isabel. Two replies came from Arizona firms and the council plans to provide more data to attract a lessee that will create local jobs.
Mrs. A. G. Smith announced that the El Toro on Garcia Street will close each Thursday. The restaurant has long stayed open daily with extended hours and no other schedule changes were reported.
Dedication ceremonies marked the opening of a new section of U S Expressway 83 in the Mid- Valley. The segment completes an expressway from one mile east of Mercedes to beyond Mission with limited access from Brownsville to west of Mission, except for the Mercedes to Harlingen portion under construction. J C Dingwall and Raymond Stower attended the event at Weslaco overpass and Mercedes Civic Center.
Sgt Carlton L Forrest 20 son of Mrs Thomas Monteer of Port Isabel was wounded on August 15 after stepping on a land mine near Saigon Vietnam His current address is Sgt Carlton L Forrest RA 14966569 US Army Medical Center Ryuko Island Okinawa APO San Francisco California 96331 Forrest attended Port Isabel public schools before enlisting May 1
The City of Port Isabel the Point Isabel School District and the local water district met Tuesday to discuss merging tax processing and reappraisal of all properties. Valley Appraisals of Harlingen proposed three plans for revaluing properties as the districts consider expediting and standardizing tax collection. Potential workload could reach 13 000 items, with a May deadline for completion if pursued for next year.
Island residents weigh incorporation with a pending petition before County Judge Oscar C. Dancy. A public meeting is set for October 7 to pose questions to the group’s attorney. Officials discuss required 10 percent petition, area limits, and needed services like police, fire, sewage, and mosquito control.
Port Isabel High School elected senior class officers on Friday September 6 Principal Ruben Torres announced the start of the school year activities Maria Theresa Martinez and Jessie Fernandez were chosen to represent the class on the Student Council Zimmerman was named treasurer The newly elected officers met with sponsors to discuss plans for a successful year and asked for cooperation from the city and student body.
A new six month, 1700 dollar multi service unit will operate from the Port Isabel Day Care Center on 407 W. Jefferson St. The center will be staffed by one person and focus on hospitalization and help services for residents. The Port Isabel board allocated the funding.
The Rotary Club and Port Isabel Volunteer Fire Department invite residents to a fish fry and welcome reception on Saturday September 14 at 7 30 p m at Firemen's Hall Port Isabel. Tom Urie Rotary president will MC and introduce Berry L Bridges new Point Isabel ISD superintendent who will present district principals and faculty to help locals meet new teachers and renew ties with staff.
H B Coons Brownsville plant manager for Union Carbide Corp announces promotions of J L Wyatt and A L Barefoot to senior process engineer. Wyatt joined Union Carbide in 1958 at Texas City and transferred to Brownsville in 1966. Barefoot also advances to a new position. both reside in Texas localities named Olmum and McLeiland Boulevard.
Temperatures will average one to five degrees below normal with highs of 90 to 96 and lows of 73 to 77. Warmer Thursday. Light precipitation possible in scattered showers Friday through Monday, mainly along the coast.
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