The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 4, 1971 Page: 1 of 13
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THE ARANSAS PASS PROGRESS
Boosting Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Port Aransas Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Northern Gateway
To Padre Island
Nafl Seashore Area
VOLUME (3 — NUMBER 20
•ICOND CLASS POSTAO*
PAID AT ARANSAS-PAS*. TBXAS
ARANSAS PASS. TEXAS 78336. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 4. 1971
15c Per Copy (Plus Tex)
KTSMSft Hundreds Attend Celia Day Observance
In a one-hour session Monday
night, the Aransas Pass city
council approved one applica-
tion for rezoning, rejected an-
other, approved an ordinance
and disposed of other routine
items.
Only three council members
were present for the meeting—
Mayor A. N. Garrett and Coun-
cilmen Joe Buckmaster and
W. W. Brooks. Councilman
J. M. Attaway is vacationing in
Hawaii and Councilman R. C.
Thwing is on a trip to Ohio.
The council approved rezon-
ing of Lots 8 through 30, Block
451, on Cleveland Boulevard
from general business to A-3
(apartments) as requested by
Hugh Jackson for a corporation,
Rich-Robin, Inc.
Rejected was the request of
,Estaben Tijerina that Tract 4,
Outlot 17, be rezoned from R-7A
to R-7B (mobile home).
A Joint hearing with the Plan-
No Rain Falls
In Aransas Pass
During July
Aransas Pass received no
rainfall during the month of
July, according to Robert L.
Herndon, weather observer.
Herndon reported that the ab-
sence of rainfall in July left
the total amount for the year
at 8.39 inches, 6.50 inches be-
low normal.
The highest temperature re-
corded during July was 94 de-
grees on July 30, while the
lowest temperature was 73 de-
grees recorded on July 13.
The highest barometric pres-
sure of the month, 29.95, came
on July 8 and the lowest, 29.70,
came on July 3. . „.
The highest wind gust reg-
istered was 44 m.p.h. as a
freak squall moved in from the
south during the afternoon on
July 18.
Herndon explained that Aran-
sas Pass temperatures are not
as high as those recorded by the
Corpus ChristiWeatherService
because the Corpus Service is
located further inland and does
not receive the cooling Gulf
breezes that blow over Aran-
sas pass.
Abnormal weather conditions
during this season of weather
were also predicted by Hern-
don.
Fire Report
The Aransas Pass fire de-
partment answered only three
calls last week.
On Wednesday they were cal-
led to extinguish a mattress
fire at 103 S. Arch.
The department made a run
to 1040 S. Lamont where a
house was ablaze on Saturday.
The house was completely des-
troyed and a trailer parked
next to it sustained some dam-
age from the heat.
On Sunday they were called
to a trailer park on South Com-
mercial where an air condi-
tioner was on fire.
HEARD...
. . . SONNY PARK is vaca-
tioning in Hawaii ... the MARK
SCOTT family is on a two-week
vacation . . . La Dot Branch an-
nounced that the PEP SQUAD
GIRLS may pick up the mater-
ial for their uniforms at K WOL-
ENS . . . CHERYL MIRCOVICH
saw a sky view of the Apollo
15 Blast Off from her Uncle
Happy Hall’s home in Orlando,
Florida . . . MARTIN HASKETT
is in Scott and White Clinic in
Temple undergoing treatment
on his back... EDDIE WILCOX,
MIKE DE LA CRUZ and BILL
WILSON left this week for the
13th World Jamboree of Boy
Scouts in Honshu Island, Japan
... the BILL MILLERa, for-
merly of ingleside, are moving
from East Texas to Pleasanton
where he has accepted a posi-
tion with a bank there... DAVID
BELSER his a home run in the
Intracoastal’s Pony League All-
Star game against the Corpus
Chrlstl Southstde . . .theWAL-
TER DREIER JRs. of Puerto
Rico are enjoying a six-week’s
visit in the states ...
nwg and Zoning Commission
was held and the council action
followed the recommendation of
the commission. Bill Ellis,
chairman of the Planning and
Zoning Commission, said Tij-
erina’s request was rejected
because it constituted spot zon-
ing. He explained that where
rejection of rezoning requests
create a hardship on the ap-
plicant they may be referred to
the city’s board of adjustment.
Jackson said Rich-Robin, Inc.
plans to build an apartment
complex on the property ap-
proved for rezoning Monday
night. Proposed are construc-
tion of 52 apartment units to-
gether with related facilities.
The complex will Include one,
two and three-bedroom units.
In other action, the council
approved Ordinance 1534 clos -
ing the alley in Block 292 which
is wholly owned by the First
United Methodist Church. The
church has requested the clos-
ing in order to construct a
shelter which would connect the
church building with an activi-
ties building due for construc-
tion soon.
The council again delayed
action on Ordinance No. 1529
which would regulate construc-
tion on the seawall.
Also tabled were two requests
for leases on Conn Brown Har-
bor, one .by A. B. Melancon and
the other by Eddie Gilden. May-
or Garrett said he felt it wise
to delay the leases untilthecity
determines what improvements
will be -made at the harbor
since they could affect proposed
construction.
In connection with proposed
harbor improvement, the coun-
cil reviewed a letter from Hugh
( M. Farmer, chief, Technical
( See “COUNCIL". Page 8)
Snake Show Set *
For Sunday At
Ingleside VFW
A snake show and demonstra-
tion will be held at 3 p. m. Sun-
day at the Ingleside VFW Post
on Highway 361. Robert L. (Bob)
Herndon will conduct the show
and all proceeds will go to the
fund for air conditioning the high
school. Admission will be $1
for adults and 50 cents for child-
ren.
Herndon will accent snakes of
the local area during his demon-
stration. He will show snakes
that make suitable pets and dis-
cuss how the snakes should be
cared for, fed and caged. He will
also demonstrate the milking
process of extracting venom
from a rattlesnake and show the
differences between poisonous
and non-polsonous snakes of the
area.
During the program,Herndon
will e x p 1 a i n the evolution and
physical structure of snakes;
how they move, feed, see and
smell; their modes ofbreeding;
and the ways in which snakes are
adapted to live on and beneath
the ground and in water. He will
also discuss the religious,
economic and medical relation-
ships between snakes and man
through the centuries.
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(FLANKED BY A PLATFORM OF DIGHATARIES. IMichael Robinson, general
chairman of the Celia Appreciation Day activities, takes microphone briefly to
recognize those who helped in the special event. At his left is Chief Justice Paul
W. Nye, guest speaker at Tuesday’s observance, and next to him is State Rep-
resentative Leroy Wieting.
Despite the rainy weather,
hundreds turned out Tuesday
for the Celia day observance
set by Aransas and Ingleside
to formally thank the dozens
of individuals, firms and org-
anizations that came to the aid
of the two stricken communi-
ties after they were devastated
August 3, 1970 by the most des-
tructive hurricane ever to hit
this area.
The crowd of several hundred
included many from out of town
who had been invited tore-visit
tiie area, receive a hearty thank
you, and accept a symbolic
scroll for their kind assistance
in the wake of hurricane Celia.
A downtown parade, which
A downtown parade in Aran-
sas Pass, which opened the
day’s activities, was delayed
temporarily by rain but after
a half hour wait it went off as
scheduled. Led by the band
from Corpus Christi Naval Air
Station, the parade, though
small, was impressive. Among
the participating floats was that
of Central Power & Light Co.
which called attention to the
fact that the company earned
the electric industry’s high-
est award, the Edison Award,
for its outstanding work of re-
building area power facilities
following the storm.
It was fitting that the re-
mainer of the day’s activities
took place at Ingleside VFW
Post on Highway 361 between
Aransas Pass and Ingleside be-
cause it was here during the
days following the hurricane
that hundreds of storm victims
were fed daily despite the fact
that the post’s building and fac-
ilities were severely damaged.
And the assistance received
from those recognized Tuesday
made it possible for the post
to help so many under such
difficult conditions.
Michael Robinson, general
chairman of the Celia Day ob-
servance, was master of cere-
monies for the program held
at Ingleside VFW Post. Planned
as an open air event, it was
Students Begin Classes Aug. 26;
Three Vacancies Remain At Faulk
in the Oak Lane area. All
other students who ride the bus-
ses will be picked up at approxi-
mately 8 a.m.
Blunt said that high school
students are to pick up their
textbooks between 8 a.m. and
4 p.m. begining on Monday,
August 16, when seniors are
scheduled to receive books.
Juniors pick up their books on
Aug. 17, sophomores on Aug.
18, and freshmen on Aug. 19.
Blunt stressed that the Dress
and Gromming Code will be
strictly enforced this year. He
reminded female students that
pant suits are the only type of
trousers that they will be per-
mitted to wear.
Classes at Aransas pass
public schools will begin on
Thursday, August 26, according
to A.C. Blunt, superintendent
of schools. Blunt said that
Thursday will be a full day of
classes. Cafeterias will be in
operation and busses will make
their runs, which have been re-
vised this year.
Teachers will begin work on
Wednesday, August 18, andcon-
tinue to have In-Service Work-
shops through August 25, acc-
ording to the school calendar.
The calendar also shows a
holiday for s t u d e n t s and tea-
chers pn Labor Day, Monday,
September 6.
Three teaching vacancies
remain to be filled at Faulk
Elementary School, Blunt said.
Positions for a first grade tea-
cher, a second grade teacher
and a remedial reading teacher
are still open.
Blunt explained that can-
cellations by teachers who were
scheduled to assume positions
in Aransas Pass created two of
the vacancies. The remedial
reading teacher is needed to
satisfy the requirements of a
government program.
The superintendent said
that he did not believe the three
vacancies would be difficult to
fill.
Blunt also outlined the1
changes that have been made in
the bus routes. He said busses
will be running double routes,
making it n e c e s s a r y for stu-
dents on the first run to be
picked up begining at approxi-
mately 7:15 a.m.
Students on the first run in-
clude those living on South Com-
mercial, Mooney Lane, Saun-
ders Ave., Johnson Ave., South
FM 1069, East Highway 35 and
Filtrum is the name of the
groove in the face between the
nose and the mouth.
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WAITING TO BE SERVED — Thi. was a typical scene Tuesday at luf|0*e VFW
post as hundreds kept a continuous line to where the barbecue was served. But
it was a far cry from the lines of storm victims who were served at the poat for
several days following hurricane Celia. ,
Deepening of Harbor and Channel
Subject of Public Hearing Aug. 31
A public meeting has been ily from more efficient use of
set by the Corps of Engineers the larger commercial fishing
to consider modification of the vessels of the existing and pros-
existing federal navigation pro- pective fleet based at Aransas
ject for the Gulf Intracoastal Pass. Deepening of the project
R. L. (BOB) HERNDON holds a rattlesnake from hit
large collection of snakes found In the local area. Hern-
don will conduct a snake show and demonstration at
3 p.m. Sunday at the Ingleside VFW Poat to raiae money
for the Aransas Paaa PTA air conditioning fund.
Waterway, Texas, Tributary
Channel to Aransas Pass. Pur-
pose of the meeting is to obtain
the views of all interests con-
cerning a plan of improvement
for increasing the depth of the
tributary channel to, and the
basins at, the City of Aransas
Pass from 12 feet to 14 feet.
The meeting, which will be
open to all interested parties,
will be held in the Rattan Room
of Little Bob’s restaurant on
August 31 beginning at 10 a. m.
The existing tributary chan-
nel to Aransas Pass is an
authorized side channel to the
12-foot by 125-foot main chan-
nel of the Gulf Intracoastal
Waterway. The tributary chan-
nel also has dimensions of 12
feet by 125 feet, and extends
6.1 miles from its junction with
Lydia Ann Channel through Har-
bor Island and Redfish Bay to
the city of Aransas Pass. It
connects with two 300-foot wide
basin areas of 12-foot depth and
lengths of about 2,200 feet. A
700-foot long, 12-foot by 125-
foot channel connects the two
basins. All construction auth-
orized for the existing project
has been completed. The pro-
ject location is indicated on the
accompanying map.
The city of Aransas Pass has
requested enlargement of the
tributary channel, and deepen-
ing of the two basin areas and
their connecting channel, under
the Federal small navigation
projects program authorized by
section 107 of the 1960 River
and Harbor Act, as amended.
The Corps of Engineers report
that their investigations and
studies have determined that
deepening of the channel and the
basins to a project depth of 14
feet would provide substantial
benefits, and would be economi-
cally Justified. Widening of the
channel, however, would not
derive sufficient benefits to jus-
tify the construction costs for
this work. The benefits to be
derived from the proposed
deepening would result prlmar-
would reduce the hazard of
groundings, and would provide
additional benefits through re-
duction in hazards to navigation.
The total first cost of the im-
provement is estimated at
$410,000, of which $3 70,000
would be Federal costs and
(See ■'HEARING’’, Page 8)
County Attorney
Enrolled In
Special Course
County Attorney Richard D.
Hatch is attending the 1971Car-
eer Prosecutors Course at the
National College of District At-
torneys in Houston. The Nat-
ional College is located on the
campus of the University of
Houston and is supported by the
Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration, a federal ag-
ency.
The course is four weeks in
length and he is attending on a
scholarship granted by the
Criminal Justice Council of the
State of Texas. There are 91
prosecutors enrolled from a
total of 40 states.
County Attorneys are eligible
only upon request of the local
district attorney and John H.
Flinn, district attorney of the
36th Judicial District, approved
the request of Hatch for admis-
sion to the National College.
Hatch stated that he would
be In his office in Slnton each
Saturday and his secretary has
been Instructed to refer mis-
demeanor complaints to the dis-
trict attorney’s office during
the work week.
WI INVITE .. .
We invite to be our guests
at "The Last Run’’, showing
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, Aug. 8, 9, 10 and
11 at the Rialto Theatre, Glenn
Douglas and guest.
This notice, clipped from The
Progress, will serve as your
admission.
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RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION — In
top photo, Dan Reyna (right) VFW Department Senior
Vice Commander, presents a certificate of appreciation
to F. Leroy Sportsman of the Refugio VFW Post. In
bottom photo, Reyna presents a similar scroll to V. R.
Dungan of VFW Post 8313, McDaae, Texas. These were
among some 70 certificates of appreciation presented
Tuesday during ceremonies at Ingleside VFW Post.
Police Report
Only six traffic violations
were reported by the Aransas
Pass police department last
week. Two persons were char-
ged with speeding and one each
with illegal parking, failure to
yield right-of-way, unsafe
speed and DWI.
On the criminal dockett, 13
individuals were charged with
disorderly conduct, one with
simple assault, six with intoxi-
cation, three with curfew viola-
tions, one with minor in pos-
session and one person was ar-
rested under the suspicious
persons ordinance.
Action taken by the Aransas
Pass police for other depart-
ments Included holding five in-
dividuals for the Ingleside pol-
ice and one arrest for carrying
a prohibited weapon inside a
licensed tavern.
Registration Of
New Students Set
For Aug. 12-13
Registration of new students
in the Aransas Pass Independent
School District will be held from
8 a. m. to 4 p. m. on Thursday
and Friday, August 12 and 13,
according to A.C.Blunt,super-
intendent of schools.
Students in grades one thr-
ough three will registerat Faulk
Elementary School, grades
four through six at Kieberger
Elementary School, grades
seven and eight at May Allen
Junior High School, and grades
nine through twelve at Aransas
Pass High School.
Bluntreminded parents that
registBttl^i applies only to
sptjterfDTwho did not complete
the past school year In Aransas
Pass schools.
moved inside due to the weather.
The packed house heard a
talk by Chief Justice Paul W.
Nye of the 13th Court of Civil
Appeals before some seventy
appreciation scrolls were pre-
sented. More than half of the
recipients were on hand to re-
ceive their scroll and those not
present will receive theirs by
mail or otherwise.
The gold-bordered certifi-
cates of appreciation were ap-
propriately inscribed and bore
the signature of Mayor Jerry
Storms of Ingleside and Mayor
A. N. Garrett of Aransas Pass
and the seals of the two cities.
San Patricio County Judge
Percy Hartman and Dan Reyna
of Raymondville, department
senior vice commander of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Texas, alternated in presenting
the scrolls.
The presentation was follow-
ed by a concert by the Naval
Air Station Band.
A talent show under the dir-
ection of Mrs. Dorothy Roberts
was presented at 2 p. m. and
barbecue was served contin-
uously from noon to 8 p. m.
A dance Tuesday night with
music by the LtJhe Star Pop-A-
Tops rounded out the day’s
activities.
Certificates of appreciation
were presented to the following
Individuals, firms and organi-
zations.
Clifford Teer; VFW Post
8787, Austin; VFW Post 9186,
San Antonio; VFW Post 2205,
Denton; VFW Post 5620 Car-
thage, VFW Post 2012, Abilene;
Naval Air Station, Corpus Chri-
sti; VFW Post 581, Houston;
Most pev. Thomas Drury; Am-
erican Red Cross; Buddy Bean,
Dayton.
Also Ladles Auxiliary and
VFW Post,T>orf^rtlB»r; City of
Cuero; I.one Star Brewing Co.;
H. Morgan Daniel; Falstaff
Brewing Co., Borden Milk Co.;
City of Victoria; Willis F. Jet-
ton; Brown & Root, Inc.; Office
(See “CELIA DAY”, Page 3)
San Pat Bond
Sales Reach
66% Of Goal
Mr. Charles Spencer, County
Bond Chairman, announced to-
day that sales of Series EandH
United States Savings Bonds in
San Patricio County duringjune
were $20,803. Sales for the
first six months totaled $198,787
for 66 per cent of the 1971 goal
of $300,000.
During the month Texans pur-
chased $15,781,727 in Savings
Bonds compared to $13,658,647
(Includes Freedom Shares) dur-
ing June 1970. Year-to-date
sales totaled $101,916,420—56
per cent of the 1971 goal of
$181.9 million.
. Nationwide, new purchases
of Series E and H Savings Bands
during June amounted to $486
million, 9 per cent above 1970.
Sales the first six months of
1971 were $2,785 million--18
per cent above a year earlier.
Exchanges of Series E for new
Series H Bonds amounting to
$127 million were reported for
the six-month period of 1971,
compared to $123 million ex-
changed during 1970.
SEEN...
. . . everyone happy over the
rains this week . . , MILTON
SALEM, a local car dealer,
walking to work ... a letter
from LILLIE KIELMAN In Bay-
town, a former resident of
Aransas Pass, which sends
greetings to all her old friends
here and tells how much she
misses everyone here... DOL-
ORES BROOKES and sons, Don-
ny and Ronny of Helotes vaca-
tioning at the Denton-Bent ley
residence . . . NANCY McCUL-
LOUGH working her first week
as a new employee at The Pro-
gress and enjoying it very much
. . . HOMER WARREN driving
a pretty new red Datsun station
wagon . . . VIVIAN and BERN-
ARD SHELDON entertaining
their grandchildren and happy to
have their pretty new den fin-
ished for the visit . . . CORN-
ELIA JONES sending greetings
to all her friends here from
Decatur, Illinois ...
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