Ambassador Freeman to Visit Port Isabel in Four Day Schedule
The Ambassador to Mexico Fulton Freeman will visit Port Isabel for a four day series of events starting Tuesday in Matamoros with a 7 pm reception at the Cotton Club Association Building for about 300 guests. A Brownsville Chamber of Commerce luncheon and a Shrimp Producers Association cocktail will follow, with a Thursday dinner by the Pharr Chamber of Commerce before he returns to Mexico City Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Fulton Freeman
Port Isabel
Matamoros
Joseph Cicala
Cotton Club Association
Brownsville
Seonneville
Port Skebe Quarterback Club Nominates 1964 Officers
The Port Skebe Quarterback Club discusses forming a club and selecting a slate of officers. Wilkie Herrera chairs the nominating committee with Pete Senith Joe Tamayo and Ruben Torres. Dues set at 8 cents weekly or 5 per year. A next meeting is planned for Monday September 7 with football game photos to be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Skebe
York Sandwake Tea Seales
Reunson
Ruben Torres
Fort Taabel High School
Mittee Wee
Wilkie Harrera
Pete Senith
Joe Tamayo
Coeitte Waa Mak
Deci
Coffer
Sweet Reise We
M Men
Angel Gonzales
St. Joe
Torres
Housing Project Director Is Life-Long PI Resident
A Portheeae Housing project director is identified as a life long resident of Portheeae and head of the project. Details emphasize local ties and tenure within the Housing program. The notice notes his wife and family connections as context to the position.
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P. I
Ter
Portheeae
Aurtra
Ed Faulk Named Editor and Ad Manager at Port Isabel Press
Edward K Faulk joins Port Isabel Press as editor and advertising manager after a career spanning Brownsville Texas high school and university, Navy service in World War II, and work with the Austin American Statesman and Port Isabel publications. He and his wife live on Oklahoma Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward K. Faulk
Port Jsabel Press
Och
Etter
Pahagey Fank
Port Isabel
Aum Toa
Austin AMERCAN + STATESMAN
Brownsville
Navy
Texas
Mail
Faulk
Chii Caller - Times
Port Acar
Los
Ifedong
Thin City
Gatuak Gas Teak
Hin
Focal
Port Imbel
Goneales
Gonzales
Army Guartermaster
Paris
Belgiums
Metland
Switzerland
Long
Genpsies
Port Label
SSE Bea
Eing 1
Oklahoma Avenue
Paving Program Underway In Port Isabel First Units Released
The City of Port Isabel begins a paving project with initial units released. Streets to be paved include Lilbadia Avenue from Second Street west line to Third Street west line, Illmeis Avenue, Pompano Avenue, Tarpon Avenue, Dass Avenue, and Yturria Street among others. The city will underwrite the assessment lien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Port Isabel
Tarpon Avenue
Lilbadia Avenue
Second Street
Third Street
Illmeis Avenue
Island Avernue
Venice
Yturria Street
Lucky Game at Parish Hall Sponsored by Altar Society
A weekly Monday night event promotes a lucky game at the Parish Hall hosted by the Altar Society of the Catholic Church. Participants gather for a community activity with proceeds or support likely directed to parish needs.
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Altar Society of the
Catholic Church
County Park Board seeks bids for beach cleaner and safety fence
In Brownsville the Cameron County Park Board urged the Commissioners Court to call for bids on a beach cleaner capable of treating an acre per hour to six inches deep. The board also plans bids for 150 foot safety fences at both ends of Queen Isabella Causeway to protect fishermen after a fatal pedestrian crash. The panel asked Parks Director Larry Allen to determine authority to ban surfboards in two county park zones due to safety concerns.
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Brownsville
Cameron County Park Board
Commissioners Court
Chamber of Commerce Managers
Queen Isabella Causeway
Ygnacio Garza Jr
Larry Allen
Allen
Anxious Years Now Unnecessary For The Elderly
Port Isabel officials open ten new home units on Gomez Street and Railroad Avenue for residents aged 62 and over. The identical units offer social security friendly rents and walking access to groceries and pharmacies. The housing aims to provide easy access, companionship, and activities for seniors with similar backgrounds.
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Port Jaabet
Gomez Street
Railroad Avenue
Smilar
Port Isabel
Manon
Weather snapshot with high and low readings
Fragmentary OCR shows a weather section listing temperatures in Fahrenheit and rainfall. Data appears incomplete with distorted digits and stray characters, but indicates high around 68 to 94 and low around 81 with scattered weather notes.
Causeway Monthly and Yearly Totals Displayed
The document lists monthly total 14 907 and yearly total 222 158 along with grand total 2 151 703. It also records an obscured total labeled eeteeee for the year and grand totals. The figures suggest a summary ledger entry with readable month figures and larger totals.
Five Day Forecast With Warm Temperatures and Showers
Temperatures will average near or slightly below normal with highs around 89 and lows near 68 to 71. Precipitation will be local to moderately heavy in scattered showers and thundershowers.
Housing Project Rentals Are In Reach Of Everyone
The Port Isabel Housing Project offers 44 new units with rents based on net family income after deductions. A family of six could rent a three bedroom unit for less than a two person one bedroom home, with minimum rents for social security households. Housing Director Sebas Genzles urges families to review the rent schedule and attend the open house Sunday afternoon from Welock until 3. Charles Lindsey and family visited Port Isabel and Brownsville over the weekend and plan to move their Beeville, Texas home.
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Port Isabel
Reese
Sebas Genzles
Port Isales
Welock
Musina Streets
Coast Guard Log Details Towing Incidents Near Port Mansfield
Coast Guard records recount on September 5 a tow near Port Mansfield after clutch failure north of town. CG 1465 towed the disabled vessel into Port Mansfield. A second incident on September 14 involved trawler Crusader with cracked engine head east northeast of Port Mansfield, towed by FV Julie to Brownsville port. Case files kept. contact advised during tow. McLane notified for additional aid. personnel added aboard September 15. Coast Guard bowling tournament notes and participant cities mentioned.
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Joseph
Port Mansfield
PV &I. Joseph
Case Cmne
Crusader
CG 4052
Brownsville
Verlaggi Shrimp Co
Porlenbel
CGC McLane
Aewist
CGC
McLane
Therv
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Miami
New York City
Seattle
U. S. Coast Guard
Washington
D. C
Port Isabel Declares American Landmark Heritage Week
Port Isabel mayor J A Hockaday proclaims September 28 to October 4 as American Landmark Heritage Week acknowledging local historical markers and Civil War era commemoration with the National Trust for Historical Preservation leading events. Seal and date signed September 22, 1964.
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Port Isabel
Padre Island
National Trust For Historical Preserve
17Th Street
Washington, D. C
J. A Hockaday
Texas
City of
A. D
J. A. Hockaday
Port Isabel Chief Warns Drunks and Vagrants to Move On
Port Isabel police chief Charles F. Barter warns that vagrants and drunks threaten the town’s health and peace. The force lists cases including vagrancy fines of $200 for several individuals and trespassing penalties as part of a broader effort to deter panhandling and theft. The chief vows to keep Port Isabel a peaceful town and offers vagrants a choice of reform or jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Barter
Port Isabel
Barter
Igh Strickland
Clyde Cofelder
Daysea Landers
Pitlen Esmund
Births Announced at Hockaday Clinic
Mr and Mrs Celso Martinez Jr announce the birth of their son Hector at Hockaday Clinic September 1 at 610 PM. The boy weighed 7 pounds 0 ounces. Mr and Mrs Francisca Castillo announce a son born at Hockaday Clinic September 18 at 7 PM weighing 9 pounds 12 ounces.
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Celso Martinez Jr
Hector
Hockaeday Clinic
Francisca . Castillo
Hockaday Clinic
Abrehs
Contest Winner Picks Nine Games
Alan Cooksey and another contestant each selected nine correct games in the Port Isabel PRESS Football contest. Cooksey won by matching the tiebreaking Port Isabel Bruni score and earns a $5 gift certificate redeemable at sponsoring merchants. certificate may be picked up this week.
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Alan Cooksey
Port Isabel
Cooksey
Bruni
Open House For Villa Del Mar Housing Project
Port Isabel officials invite residents and visitors to a Sunday open house from 1 to 5 p.m. September 27 at the Community Building on Hockaday Drive to view 44 new Villa Del Mar units, including senior housing on North Railroad Avenue. The event promotes affordable housing and urges public use of the community bus.
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Villa del Mar
Port Road
Hockaday Dr
Port Isabel
Housing Authority
Hockaday Drive
North Railroad Avenue
Gomez
Judy Tietz Teacher Dies From Injuries in Car Crash
Judy Tietz a Port Isabel teacher and girls basketball coach died from injuries after a two car collision about five miles east of Brownsville on Highway 1792. She taught Texas history at Janier High School and Americas history at Senior High. Born Detroit 1940 she moved to Fredericksburg Texas and later joined the Port Isabel staff in 1962. Survived by mother Mrs Dorm Tietz and an older brother in New York City funeral services were held at First Methodist Chapels.
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Tietz
Brownsville
Sergio Escobedo Az
Port Isabel
Miss Tietz
Pell
Janer
Texas
Janier High
Americas Hisory
Mins ‘Tietze
Detroit
Michigan
Fredericksburg
University of Texas
Tietzta
Dorm Tietz
Prednekabure
New York City
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Quarterback Club Meeting
Ed Faulk
County Park Board
Charles Lindsey
Laurel
Bitty
Oscar
Micheal Mercurie
Lindys
Beeville
Coast Guard News
Jon HK Reg Eg Cn Meen
Arthur Johnson
Pot Isabel
Sabas Gorvales
Sebad Gonzales
Judy Tietz
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