Port Isabel Water Bond Vote Urges Growth and Progress
A Port Isabel area message urges voters to pass a water district bond to fund water supply and a distribution system for Port Isabel Padre Beach Laguna Vista and Bayside. The piece notes rising bottled water costs and predicts growth into a regional metropolis with hotels and sports fishing, urging turnout Saturday at the Firemen's Community Hall. It also corrects a previous misprint about Liz Graves thanking readers after an injury.
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Port Isabel
Merryman
Water District
Padre Beach
Laguna Vista
Bayside
Laguna Heights
Seniors Sell Magazine Subscriptions For Class Trip
The senior class again sells magazine subscriptions to raise funds for their class trip. Mrs. Helen Cail, sponsor, says members are contacting subscribers for renewals and any not yet contacted should call a senior class member.
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Helen Cail
Local Girl Scout Leaders To Host Fish Fry Meeting
Port Isabel Girl Scout leaders will host the semi annual council meeting for leaders and adults interested in scouting with a fish fry on Sunday at Community Hall. Port Isabel volunteer firemen will assist in arrangements for the event. Reservations must be made before Saturday afternoon with local leaders.
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Port Isabel
Valley Presses Conditions On Diablo Dam Hearing
A five man delegation leads a Valley pledge at a State Board of Water Engineers hearing to press two conditions for Diablo dam. They require adjudication of Fort Quitman to Gulf water rights and integrated water release control with policing to ensure rightful distribution. Cramer heads the delegation, joined by Parish, Smith, Winston, and Drake.
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Diablo Dam
State Board of Water Engineers
A. L. Cramer
Lower
Rio Grande
Cramer
Valley
W. D. Parish
Mercedes
Garland Smith
Wessaco
Joe Winston
Jack H. Drake
Weslaco
City Commission To Meet Monday Evening
The Port Isabel City Commission will convene at city hall on Monday at 7 30 P M. Citizens concerned with community management are invited to attend.
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Port Isabel
Laguna Heights Bayside Incorporation Vote Today
Residents will decide tonight whether Bayside remains unincorporated or becomes Laguna Heights, an incorporated village. The election, overseen by County Judge Oscar C. Dancy, covers under two square miles with 200 to 2,000 inhabitants and is posted at three public sites in Cameron County including The Picnicker in the Rutherford-Harding addition. Vere Myrick is election officer with two judges and two clerks to supervise the vote.
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Bayside
Laguna Heights
Oscar C. Dancy
Rutherford-Harding Addition
Cameron County
Laguna Vista
Vere Myrick
Rainfall totals and plans noted in Valley News
Rain poured over Mercedes with more than an inch in 30 minutes and almost two inches the following Thursday. A banquet will honor Commissioner elect Guy Leggett on Sept 22 with other county officials invited. The Texas Park Board will lease 20 acres at Port Mansfield to create a state park, with $10,000 allotted for improvements in 1959.
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Mercedes
la Feria
Guy Leggett
Texas Park Board
Port Mansfield
State
Executive Board and Council Plan Rio Grande Scouts Year
The Rio Grande Boy Scouts of America executive board and council meet in Weslaco to set the 58 59 program year. A 6 30 p m dinner follows at the Cortez Hotel while the council gathers at 8 p m in the First Methodist Educational Building. Patterson outlines that the council includes operating committee members and institutional representatives from the valley centered in Starr Zapata Hidalgo Willacy and Cameron counties.
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Council of Rio Grande Scouts
Rio Grande Boy Scouts of America
Weslaco
J. W
Bill’ Patterson
Cortez
First Methodist Church
Patterson
Vailey
Rio Grande
Starr
Zapata
Hidalgo
Willacy
Cameron
Deane Fletcher Named Chairman of District 32-A Athletics
Deane D Fletcher superintendent of Port Isabel schools was named chairman of the District 32-A athletic committee with Eugene Todd Port Isabel High principal as secretary. The September 10 Weslaco meeting set 1958 59 rules including admission prices 1 for adults 25 cents for students, travel tickets, trophies, and tie breaking methods for district championships.
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Deane Fletcher
Deane D. Fletcher
Port Isabel
Eugene Todd
Cortez Hotel
Weslaco
Murray Garner
Bob Helmbridge
Roos Bagley
Rio Hondo
Fernando de Pena
Leroy Wiesse
la Joya
Deane D. Terrane
Jake Trice
Port Sabel
N.C.A.A
S.f.co.a
Spalding
S.B.C.A
Artificial Gulf Reef Off Port Isabel Planned
The State Game and Fish commission in McAllen announced an artificial reef off Brazos Pass in 60 foot water to boost Port Isabel fishing. The reef will be about twice as large as the Port Aransas reef of 200 car bodies and steel cables, aiming to avoid navigation while aiding shrimp trawlers and vessels.
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Port Isabel
State Game and Fish Commission
McAllen
Gulf
Brazos Pass
Port Aransas
The
Valley Sportsmen's Club
Commission
Game and Fish Commission
Keller heads to Austin for saline water conversion talks
A. R. Keller chairman of Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1 Port Isabel travels with Jack Drake Valley Chamber of Commerce executive VP and Bill Parish Valley water committee director to Austin for a session on Diablo dam and saline water conversion projects.
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A. R. Keller
Cameron County
Port Isabel
Austin
Jack Drake
The
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Bill Parish
Valley Water Committee
Diablo Dam
Brownsville committee weighs new Cameron County courthouse site
A Cameron County committee meeting in Brownsville discussed moving the courthouse to a northern Brownsville site or Russelltown and rejected remodeling the present 46 year old courthouse. Brownsville, Harlingen, and San Benito members debated county split as a possible solution. The panel set a new meeting for Tuesday September 30 to draft a firm resolution for the Commissioner's Court.
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Cameron
Brownsville
Charro Courts
Oscar Dancy
John Hunter
Rufus Ransom
Paul Gilmore
Hunter
Ransom
Claude Carter
Harlingen
W W. Housewright
San Benito
Cameron County
Commissioner's Court
Sore Throat Tops Medical Report
Strep sore throat led the Cameron County weekly report ending Sept. 6 with seven cases. The list also includes six gonorrhea cases, three measles, and one each of amebiasis and syphilis as reported by Health Department Director Dr. David M. Cowgill.
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Cameron County Health Department
David M. Cowgill
Water District Bond Election and Girl Scout Roundup
The Cameron County Fresh Water District No 1 bond election is set for Saturday with a $490,000 issue to remodel the filtration plant and enlarge the distribution system. The polling place is the Firemen's Community Hall from 7 AM to 7 PM. The Meth odist church hosts a Girl Scout Round-up Monday with Brownie registration at 3 PM and older scout registration at 7:30 PM. mothers and parents are invited and refreshments provided.
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Methodist Church
Cameron County Fresh Water District No
Boswell Funeral Held After Plane Crash Near Alice
Funeral services for Robert H. Boswell Jr. were held in Brownsville with burial in Buena Vista cemetery. He died when the private plane he piloted struck a storm near Alice. two passengers from a Matamoros cotton firm also perished. Boswell owned the Beach Comber motel on Padre Island. Surviving relatives include his wife Kathy and four children.
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Robert H. Boswell Jr
Hinkley
Brownsville
Buena Vista
Boswell
Alice
Padre Island
Matamoros
Mr. Boswell
Kathy Butler Boswell
Rand
Michelle
Robert Ill
Kindel
Austin
Tarpons Fall To Falcons In Season Opener
The Port Isabel Tarpons lost 24 0 to the Los Fresnos Falcons in the season opener. Falcons racked 141 rushing and 124 passing yards, with Tim Adams scoring early and Roy Garcia teeing a 25 yard TD pass to Lewis Lerma. Tarpons injuries hit Eddie Murphy and Earl Atkins, while Deb Galyean stepped in for Adams. Tarpons face San Perlita next, then La Feria with Rio Hondo and La Joya remaining on the schedule.
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Port Isabel Tarpons
Los Fresnos Falcons
Tarpons
Falcon
Falcons
Tim Adams
The
Roy Garcia
Lewis Lerma
Deb Galyean
Eddie Murphy
Earl Atkins
San Perlita
Riviera
la Feria
la Feria Lions
Rio Hondo
la Joya
Steve Spoonemore
Rio Grande Council Boy Scouts Launch Finance Drive
The Rio Grande Council Boy Scouts of America will begin its annual finance drive on Tuesday September 23 under Frank Boggus Harlingen as finance chairman. An $85000 operating budget is set for the coming year with a council steering committee including Charlies Pearce Weslace E D McDonald and Dave Bennett among others. United Funds of the Valley aid Scouting across San Benito Brownsville Harlingen Pharr Weslaco San Juan McAllen Mission and additional independent drives are led by John Trump Port Isabel J D Bennett Reed Lang Rio Hondo.
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Rio Grande Council
Boy Scouts of America
Frank Boggus
Harlingen Finance
Charlies Pearce
Weslace
Special Gifts
E. D. McDonald
Harlingen
Dave Bennett
San Benito
Publicitycairman
B. S. Mothershead
Joe Garrett
George Chafin
United Fund Relationships
United Funds of
Valley Ginnings Total Reaches 394,839 Bales
Cotton ginnings in the Valley through Sunday night stand at 394,839 bales, per C. B. Ray of the Valley Farm Bureau. This is 5,161 bales below the early 400,000 estimate.
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C. B. Ray
The
Valley Farm Bureau
Yolanda Garza Wins First Week Football Contest
Yolanda Garza was named winner of the first week’s football contest with four misses. Six contenders tied for runnerup with five misses. The La Joya McAllen B game decided this week’s outcome, and judges warned against multiple entries to keep the contest fair.
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Yolanda Garza
la Joya-McAllen
Maria Minerva Camacho
Faustino Camacho Jr
Juanita G. Gonzales
la Joya
McAllen
Carlota Osorio
Dan Marchan Sr
Juan A. Gonzales
Bay Area Anglers Reel In Sea Trout And Redfish
Bay area anglers report bounties from surf and jetty fishing. Hous ton pair Mr and Mrs H C Barr tally 100 trout. Port Isabel's Pee Wee Schumacher nets 40 trout and one redfish. A Dallas party with guide yields 173 trout, one redfish, one Spanish mackerel over two days. Additional catches include 22 trout by Cecil Harvey Port Isabel and 23 trout by Joe Taylor and Arthur Wardrow Harlingen.
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H. C. Barr
A. C. Barr
Houston
Pee Wee Schumacher
Port Isabel
Ed Zaremia
Dallas
Jack Bartholomew
Cecil Harvey
Joe Taylor
Arthur Wardrow
Har
Jody Goolsby
Bob Roberts
Bill Kelle
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Liz
Liz Graves
Miss Graves
Elizabeth Graves
Valley News
Keller
Girl Scout
Firemen
United States
Raymondville
FFA
Boy Scouts
Pharr
San Juan
McAllen and
Mission
John Trump
Olmito
J. D. Bennett
Reed Lang
Trants
Lingen
H. C. Hanis
Jay Lock
C. L. Forrest
A. F. Harris
Wayne Price
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