The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 14, 1977 Page: 1 of 16
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THE ARANSAS PASS PROGRESS
Northern Gateway
To Padre Island
Nafl Seashore Area
Boosting Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Port Aransas Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
VOLUME 69-NUMBER 28
IICOND CLASS POSTAGE
PAID AT ARANSAS PASS. TEXAS
ARANSAS PASS. TEXAS 78336. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1977
15c Per Copy
Texas Senators Days
Visitors Enjoy Area
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Promoting goodwill and
understanding of area issues,
the first “Texas Senators Days"
at Port Aransas was enjoyed
last weekend by several state
legislators and their families.
The unique event unfolded
Sept .9-11 as the city went all out
to provide entertaining and
recreational experiences.
Guests were treated to a gala
round of special events,
including a moonlight cruise
Friday aboard the “Scat Cat", a
deep sea fishing trip Saturday
on the “Wharf Cat" and beach
party in front of Island Retreat
where they were lodged.
Sen Carlos Truan of Corpus
Christi. whose office coordinat
ed the event from Austin, said
he felt “it was a wonderful
opportunity for people to get to
meet our state officials and for
them to see how important our
beaches are."
SEEN ...
everyone pleased and
excited when the PANTHERS
defeated Sinton Friday night in
their first football game of the
season MATT PATTERSON
of Houston, a former resident of
Aransas Pass and Ingleside.
visiting with friends in the area
last week RAY REVELL of
Port Aransas trying to pay a bill
in advance RUTH
SINGLETON ill at home with
the flu . . large mosquitoes
invading the area . . . a nice
early morning shower Tuesday
SELMA and ALBERT
leaving on vacation the
SONIC DRIVE IN now open
FRANCES USSERY ready to
move into her lovely new home .
"I think this shows an honest
effort for people to be
hospitable," he remarked,
adding, “it makes my job easier
as a senator " *--------
Describing the scope of
legislative affairs, he said.
"You have to understand that
the legislature plays a most
important part in our lives
affecting public beaches,
marine life and environmental
issues."
Truan credited the efforts of
Bob Coffen, event chairman;
Mayor Dennis Dreyer and
others with the success of
“Texas Senators Days."
He also thanked the interest
ed citizens for contributing
goods and services to boost the
event
"We hope that this will be the
first of many such events," he
said
State Rep Leroy Wieting of
Portland also cited the "Texas
Senators Days" idea.
"For years I've worked on
trying to get the legislators
down here, and I appreciate
what Carlos has done. It is the
first real organized trip
"I'm in full support of it," he
added "This is the time to do it.
during the interim Let them
realize what this part of Texas
can mean to the rest of the
state."
Asked about beach traffic
regulation. Wieting said, “We
try in the legislature to leave it
up to each county to regulate
and 1 think that Judge Barnes
and Commissioner Luby
i Nueces County' are doing a
good job."
"I still believe in local
government and local control,"
See "SENATORS" P-8
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Council To Increase
City Service Rates
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ARANSAS PASS HIGH SCHOOL’S TWIRLERS for 1977-78 are (L-R): Melissa Burnham,
Cindy Haskett, Kim Brewster (featured twirler), Nora Peppers, Tracy Jackson, and
(standing) Pam Picou (head twirler). The girls made their season debut with the Panther
Band Friday night when Aransas Pass hosted Sinton, and they'll be performing again
Friday, Sept 23, when the Flour Bluff Hornets visit Panther Stadium
Panthers Make Pirates
Walk The Plank, 15-12
Aransas Pass residents can
look forward to no increase in
their city taxes, but everyone
will be paying more next year
for services provided by the
city
The council, in its Tuesday,
Sept 6, meeting, approved
budget recommendations which
call for increases in garbage
collection fees, water and sewer
service charges, water and
sewer tap fees, and rental rates
for harbor leases.
Though the increases were
approved at Tuesday's meeting,
ordinances will have to be
passed to put them into effect,
and the city attorney was
directed to prepare the neces-
sary ordinances for considera-
HEARD
Sinton's Pirates. * touted as
contenders for the District
15-AAA title, were upset 15-12 by
the Aransas Pass Panthers
Friday night in Panther
Stadium in the season opener
for both teams
Though the Pirates dominat
ed the ga'me offensively.
Panther defenders repeatedly
halted their marches and took
seven turnovers from them -
six fumbles and one intercep
tion
On their first two possessions,
the Pirates appeared headed fr-
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TEXAS SENATORS DAYS, held Sept. 9-11 at Port Aransas, began with a festive moonlight
cruise and party aboard the “Scat Cat.” Engaged in lively conversation are: (L-R) Rep
Leroy Wieting, Mayor Dennis Dreyer and Sen. Carlos Truan. Dreyer was one of the leaders
in planning the special event while Truan coordinated efforts in Austin
Area Officials Briefed About
Proposed Property Re-appraisal
A proposed program for
re equalization and appraisal of
all properties in San Patricio
County except farm and ranch
lands was outlined Thursday in
Sinton
Attending the 10 a m. session
in the Courthouse courtroom
were some 40 persons, including
commissioners, tax assessors
and collectors, and other school
and city officials
D C. Hamilton, Jr . president
and general manager of
South Western Appraisal Com
pany, Inc explained the
program and requested deci
sions by the end of September
on participation of the cities
school districts and county in
eh a program
fftNsaid he discussed the
matter last week with the
Commissioners Court and the
entire county would be included
in the project, excluding the
farm and ranch lands
i "The county is currently
working on reclassifying and
valuing these." he said,
ppvis Vickers, county ta<x
Hartman opened the session
Vickers had reported pre
viously that the Commissioners'
Court is very interested in
having the re-equalization and
appraisal project done
The court directed him to
contact all the taxing authori
ties in the county to determine
their interest in such a project
He also has reported that each
taxing authority's prorata
share of the overall project cost
would be less than if the
program was undertaken
separately
In outlining the prospospd
work. Hamilton said Thursday,
"there s nothing mysterious
about it . . / ])
"Were using the ihree
principles used by all apprais
ers in the reappraisal process."
He added tljat "we employ
these on a mass scale" and that
“they are recognized by all the
professional appraisers in the
US"
The first one, Hamilton
explained, is the market
method in which the firm
and '77 from records on file in
(he county clerk's office.
The information is then put on
cards and the South Western
staff goes "into the field" to
confirm such data
He noted that the firm also
seeks the circumstances of the
sale in further efforts to assure
that “this property will be
evaluated at fair market
value
Second approach in the
program. Hamilton said, is the
cost method in which the firm
lakes the expense of property
replacement less (he estimated
depreciation
See "OFFICIALS" P 9
quick touchdowns, but the
Panther defense became an
impenetrable wall both times.
Sinton's first snap from
center netted 19 yards as
William SwieTc, 202-pound
senior fullback, bulldozed
around left end until brought
down by Rusty Hampton,
144 pound defensive halfback
Armed Robbery
Suspect Arrested
In Aransas Pass
Bond of $25,000 has been set
for a Florida parolee arrested in
connection with the first armed
robbery in Aransas Pass since
1973. Both incidents occurred at
the same location.
Charged in Aransas County
with armed robbery is Gregory
Levon Sims.
He was arrested Sunday in
the vicinity of Economy Drive
Inn. (122 N Commercial St.,
where some eight hours earlier
he reportedly held the attendant
at knife point and stole some
$202.43
Reporting the robbery at
about 1:53 a m., the clerk told
police a man entered the store,
pulled a knife and asked for
money.
She then took the money and
put it in a brown paper sack,
police said, as he demanded
The suspect reportedly remain
ed there about eight minutes
and before leaving, told the
clerk he was watching the place
and if the police came, he was
coming back to kill her
He took some $257.43 from the
register and $25 from her purse,
police said
The suspect, who came here
about a month ago seeking
employment, was-subsequently
arrested.
Oddly enough, the last
robbery here took place at the
same spot, formerly the Y
Drive Inn
for the Panthers.
Swierc's big gainer started a
dri> e which fizzled seven plays
later at the Panther 23-yard line
where Sam Ince halted Sinton
quarterback Russell Gibson a
yard shy of a Pirate first down
When Sinton regained posses-
sion. they again moved deep
into Panther territory, but were
unable to score After marching
from their own 43 down to the
Aransas Pass eight yard line,
they lost two yards when Bennie
Rodriquez juggled a fumble
recovered by teammate Domin-
go ('astro
Then Juan Alvarado and Glen
Gilmore nailed Castro for a
See "PANTHERS ' P-7
the PANTHERS of
Aransas Pass and the MUS-
TANGS of Ingleside both have
open dates Friday night
Coach BILL MARTIN was
guest speaker at the luncheon-
meeting of the Aransas Pass
Lions Club September 7 . . .
JOHN HAGENSICK carded
three birdies in a round of golf
Thursday at Live Oak Country
Club MARIANA OLEY,
Realtor, attended the Fall
Regional workshop of the Texas
Association of Realtors at the
Hilton Inn in Corpus Christi last
week BOB and VERA
DOUGLAS celebrated their 38th
wedding anniversary on the
loth of September with a family
picnic given by their children . .
the ARANSAS PASS SHRINE
CLUB will sponsor a benefit
dance with music by THE
NOBLES on Sept. 24 and are
now selling tickets ...
tion at the council’s meeting
next Monday, Sept 19
Purpose of the increases is to
provide funds for a 19 4 percent
increase in city expenditures
next year City Manager A1
Holguin attributed most of the
increase to rising costs due to
inflation and to a seven percent
pay hike for all city employees
Also in the budget is the
purchase of a new garbage
truck, a new police car. and a
new backhoe for the water and
sewer department.
New personnel being added
will include a municipal court
clerk and another patrolman for
the police department
Besides approving the bud
get. the council voted to leave
the city tax rate at $1 .66 per $100
valuation
Mayor J.M. Attaway and
members of the council had
stated, when work began on the
new budget, that they would
prefer increased charges for
city services to a hike in
property taxes
Attaway noted that a tax
increase places all the burden
on property owners who already
are heavily taxed by the city,
county and school district, while
increasing charges for city
services passes the costs back
to those who are using the
services
The new budget calls for
garbage collection fees to be
raised for all users Residential
rates, for those in the city
limits, will go up from $3.25 per
month to $4.25.
Residential rates, outside the
city limits, will be increased
from $5 per month to $6.50.
Business firms will pay $1.50
more per month than they are
now paying
Dumpster rates will be upped
from $25 per month to $37.50.
The city manager told the
council the garbage fee in
crease will provide an estimat
ed $47.(Mki in additional city
income
Water and sewer service
charges, for those in the city
limits, will be increased from
$1.50 to $4 per month for the
minimum of 2.(HX> gallons plus
$t 15 per thousand gallons
thereafter
Outside the city, rates will go
up from $5 to $6 per month for
the minimum of 2.non gallons
plus $1 20 per thousand addi
tional gallons.
The water and sewer rate
increase will provide approxi-
mately $61,000 in additional
revenue, according to the city
manager
See "COUNCIL" P 8
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Texas Shrimp Landings Reach
Highest Volume in Five Years
Domestic shrimp landings at
Texas ports during July tqtaled
I(i 4 million pounds valued at
$18.6 million This was the
highest monthly catch since
August 1972 and the highest July
catch since the record 1967 July
volume of 12 2 million pounds.
Brownsville Port Isabel led
the state’s seven reporting
areas with a July total of
3,017.700 pounds, while Freeport
had the second highest catch of
2,521,900 pounds.
Other July landings were as
follows: Galveston Bay ports.
1.265,200 pounds, Matagorda,
San Antonio and Lavaca Bay
ports, 619,200; Port Mansfield.
453,300; and Port ArthurSabine,
128,900.
For the first time this year,
most of the ports have reached
landing totals equaling or
surpassing last year's catches.
Poor fishing during winter and
spring months had kept the 1977
totals running below those of
1976.
Brownsville Port Isabel
shows a seven-month total of
6.713,000 pounds, up 3.5 percent
from the January July '76 catch
of 6.483.600.
Farley. NMFS supervisory
fishery reporting specialist in
Galveston, the 1977 brown
shrimp season began in July in
The Aransas Pass area* Gulf waters controlled by the
reported 4.742.0(H) pounds so far
this year, down only 9.3 percent
from last year’s seven-month
total of 5,226.4(H) pounds.
Other January July totals
and comparisons with 1976
landings are as follows:
Freeport, 3.343.9(H) pounds, up
4.6 percent: Galveston Bay
ports, 2,454.900 pounds, down 24
percent: Matagorda, San An-
tonio and Lavaca Bay ports,
2.130,1(H) pounds, up 4.6 percent;
Port Mansfield, 737,300 pounds,
up 18.8 percent; and Port
Arthur Sabine, 354,100 pounds,
still amounting to less than half
1976 landings of 854,500 pounds.
According to Orman H.
stater and catches were good
from south of Cameron,
I-ouisiana to northeast of Port
Isabel
Trip catches ranged from 4(H)
to 2,000 pounds per night.
"The season looks good in all
producing areas,” said Farley.
White shrimp catches were
restricted to waters adjacent to
major passes in the Gulf, and at
the close of the month, major
bays had a fair to good crop of
small white shrimp.
Blue crab landings of II
million pounds were the highest
monthly volume in several
years. Farley reported
See "SHRIMP” P-8
DAVID ARNOLD
Local Student
Named Alternate
For A&M Award
David Arnold, a senior at
Aransas Pass High School, has
been designated as an alternate
in the Texas A&M University
President's Scholar Program.
"This designation results
from your outstanding' high
school record and your nomina-
tion for this award by your high
school principal,” said R.M.
Logan, director of student
financial aid and secretary of
the scholarship committee, in a
letter notifying Arnold of his
selection
The President 's Scholar Prog-
ram annually awards full
scholarships of $1,250 per year
for four years to 30 recipients.
As an alternate, Arnold will
be appointed a President’s
Scholar if a vacancy becomes
available
Dan McCrummen. APHS
guidance counselor, said vacan-
cies are probable because some
of the students will elect to
attend other colleges or
universities
Game Caller, Author
Coming Here Friday
assessor collector, introduced
Hamilton after Judge Percy
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tabulates the market/sales in
the county completed in 1976
We Invite L. .
We invite to be1 our guests at
the picture “Mataron Acame-
lia La Texana" showing
Sunday. Monday and Tuesday.
Sept. 19. 2(1 and 21 fat the Rialto
Theatre, Juan Morales and
guest.
This notice,* clipped from The
Progress, will serve as yuur
admissiort
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Bill Harper, professional
game caller and author of
"Duck Talk." is coming to
Aransas Pass for the grand
opening of the new Jim s
Sporting Goods on West
Highway 35.
Harper will show films and
present a demonstration on
duck and goose calling at 9 a m
Friday at Jim s,
After his presentation, Har
per will answer questions about
all aspects of buck, and goose
hunting
Harper's book. "Duck Talk."
is described as a complete
course in duck calling, tips on
hunting, decoy rigging, and
even recipes for cooking duejt
It’s based on his 20 years
rxpet icon: as a hunter inelud
ing eight fin professional and
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competitive game calling
Harper's techniques have
proved effective, not only in the
duck blind, but in state *and
world duck calling contests
He's appearing in conjunction
with‘the grand opening slated
Thursday. Sept 15, through
Wednesday. Sept 21, at Jim’s
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During the week. Jim’s will
be featuring various specials on
hunting and fishing supplies
plus numerous dopr prizes to be
given away No purchase is
necessary to register for the
prizes. ! | -
Also celebrating its grand
opening will be Jim’s next door
neighbor. Medical Pharmacy,
where special grand opening
1'11 burs U'il) Hu* on gain Thursday
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Friday and Saturday
A LARGE CROWD of onlookers gathered in the distance early Wednesday, Sept. 7, as police
investigated this accident with a 1966 Mustang atop the median on Harrison Blvd. across
from the junior high school Viewing the wreckage is Officer E M. LaBaw. Two passengers,
Dana Slayton„l4, and Cynthia Brummett, 15, of Aransas Pass sustained minor injuries, and
were treated and released at Lyman-Roberts Hospital. The driver Joe D. Raby, 15 and
another passenger. Dennis Shedd. 15, also both of AP, apparently escaped injury in the
mishap that occurred shortly before 8 a.m. The car, headed east on Harrison, Jumped onto
the median and flipped onto its side, striking a palm tree and caving in the roof. Officer
ijHait «atH th«» Hriv.>r apparently lost control as he rounded the curve approaching the
accide
it scene.
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Thaxton, Bob. The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 14, 1977, newspaper, September 14, 1977; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1135712/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.