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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1966
Page
1
The Orioles capture the flag in a weekly roundup as they push toward a World Series berth. Dodgers near the title. Pittsburg minor annoyance stirs action in national league race. A powerful typhoon disrupts Japan, while Inez sweeps the eastern Caribbean threatening new impacts.
A letter advocates addressing crowded Garriga and Derry elementary and the junior senior high. It notes substantial debt for the high school and questions what bond limits allow. It cautions against delaying accreditation and suggests structural options while acknowledging tax burdens.
Port Isabel City Commissioners adopted a unanimous resolution thanking the Port Isabel Rotary Club for establishing a city house numbering plan to aid free mail delivery. The Rotary Club appointed T. R. Hunt Arthur W. Shafer and Lawrence K. Allen to develop the system and submit it for review.
Alberto Cantu Jr. led last week's football contest by four picks and two games ahead of six rivals. Port Isabel game records show no picks against Port Isabel, with scores ranging from 440 to 60. Entries rise as winners inch toward the top prize, with a $100 award next week for top pickers.
The Port Isabel Quarterback Club met September 27 in the Junior High Teachers Lounge with president E. O. Schumacher presiding. Secretary Ronnie Causey read last meeting’s minutes as the club pledged full support to the football team and noted the whirlpool purchase for the squad. Coach Massey highlighted several fine plays from the game against St. Joseph Academy and the club urged continued fundraising and donations.
La Feria Water Improvement District No 3 becomes co sponsor of the Arroyo Colorado Watershed Project with Cameron County and the South Most Soil Conservation District. Project aims to use Tio Cano Lake as irrigation reservoir with 5 000 acre feet for irrigation and 3 000 for recreation. Total county cost about 123 351 dollars. federal share 332 052 dollars. district 170 878 dollars. recreation funding includes 18 000 dollars federally and 36 000 dollars county.
In an election year oddity Ted Hunt trapped a skunk in his possum trap by the bedroom window. Volunteers including Mayor Leo F. Sanders and the Port Isabel police watched as shrimper Doug Freeze calmly freed the animal after a tense standoff.
Southmost College in Brownsville adds seven full time instructors to the day school staff to handle growing enrollment. President C. J. Garland notes a rise in academic students and a fall term registration of 119 percent, with vocational technical enrollment expected after October 3. New English department teachers include Tommy J. Boley, Juanita Phillips, and Elizabeth Graham, each bringing degrees from UT, TWU, NTSU and the Instituto Allende.
Cameron County Commissioners postponed their October 3 meeting with State Highway Department officials to discuss Padre Island road access. A late November meeting is planned. Officials seek a toll removal on Queen Isabella Causeway without tax increases and within bond terms. A possible state takeover of debt is discussed, with no tolls until 1968.
Edwin Harvey, a San Benito native with the Peace Corps in Njala, Kamboya Kingdom, opened a CARE food kitchen delivering a second daily meal to dozens of Nigerian correct students. He shares housing with locals, a lone houseboy, and limited modern conveniences. He describes road travel, weekly mail, and a climate rich in fruit as he coordinates local aid and teaching in Africa.
William Lemkowitz, a Texas Southmost College student, was initiated into the Alpha Mu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at the first fall meeting. The club elected new members whose names will be released later. Joan Hepner, president, appointed a committee to supervise initiation and another to study potential projects.
Commissioners deny a compromise proposal from insurance adjusters over payment for damage to Queen Isabella Causeway swing barge after a collision with a tug. County Attorney Gra ham outlined the incident as warning given, barge attendant inaction, and legal caution. Port Isabel officials warned vessel operators to pay or face suit. accident tied up traffic for about three hours two months earlier.
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