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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1958
Page
6
A Nebraskan asks for a winter vacation kit and trips to Honolulu. The Valley Chamber says plane connections reach south and west, sea voyages go to Europe and Asia, but no direct boat service links the Valley to Honolulu.
Cameron county adds two minor road tasks as J F Snyder confirms Pharr work for the state highway department. Ballenger Construction of San Benito wins 145000 for Farm to Market road 507 in Willacy county from its end at junction with FM 1. Rio Paving of Lyford bids 60600 to build eight tenths of a mile on FM 1591 east of the Harlingen AFB. Overpass work on the Expressway South Sam Houston Boulevard is intermittently halted by rain. Built up grade nears completion and precast pillars and beams are on site. Storm sewer lines laid along the right of way. The Spider Web track stub ends two blocks south of the Expressway serving several packing sheds.
L O Vogelsang head of Rio Grande Valley Gas Co elected chief executive officer at the New York board meeting on September 22. Arlen G Swiger resigns as chair and is named vice president director and executive committee member. Vogelsang a Texas native and UT graduate joined the firm in 1946 and became president in 1957. Home in Brownsville. O P Wilson former chairman and CEO died September 21 in Lake Placid New York.
Port Isabel High School released its first issue of the bi monthly Tarpon Tales on Friday September 12 with the next issue due today. Staff includes Jo Jean Ross editor Ronald Lang sports editor Melvin Towers assistant sports editor Dar Fletcher society editor Tom Ian special events Gwen Boynt Larry Amadore class and Donald Lee Hockaday science.
Ruth Richardson reports the school newspaper will compete in the Interscholastic League for the first time this year. This marks the paper's second year of publication, produced mimeographed and spanning two to four pages per issue. Persia adopted the name Iran in 1935.
Russell L. Dearmont, president of Missouri Pacific Railroad, will headline the Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet on January 12, announced by President Stanley B. Crockett. Dearmont helped steer the railroad from bankruptcy to sound finances and led fare reductions and service improvements. He also serves as director for Southwestern Bell, Texas and Pacific Railway, and the American Association of Railroads. Site for the banquet is to be announced.
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