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Benefit Auction Set
THE INGLESIDE INDEX
For Swimming Pool
Serving Ingleside, growing industrial complex of the Coastal Bend
Vol. XXVI—No. 32
Ingleside, San Patricio County, Texas 78362 - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1976
15c Per Copy (Plua Tax)
Bond tlection, CPL Rate
Hike on Council Agenda
city
cost of
old
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Head-on Crash Claims
LIT Honor List
Life of Joshua Lott
News Brief
his parents,
Port Aransas Coast Guard
Into New Station
Moving
SWIMMING POOL
and
might
We Invite
12 feet
should
take a
are
who
that
was
In a story last week which
included the pledges for the
Ingleside Community Swim
ming Pool, a $1,000 pledge from
the J D Welborn family was
listed. This was incorrect and
should have read as a $1,000
pledge from Mr and Mrs T O
Welborn and sons Ron and
Mike
LIONS CLUB members didn’t let the hot sun, a few rain drops, ui a funnel cloud in the
distance deter them from their Labor Day festivities -- a fish fry held at the intersection of
Highways 361 and 1069 Club members just kept on cooking and serving In the top photo
immediate past president of the Lions Tom Haskins fries up a batch of fish and in the bottom
photo are some of the people who took advantage of the fish fry to take home some good fish
and to visit with friends Proceeds from the fish fry will go to Lions Club scholarships for
local students and its sight conservation program.
John Ross, local Central
Power and Light manager, will
be on hand to present informa-
tion about the rate request
The meeting begins at 8 p.m.
at the public library, adjacent
to city hall
A&I will be playing its second
game of the season, having
defeated Texas Southern, 36-20,
in its opener last weekend in
Houston The Javelinas com-
piled 596 total yards and a
stingy A&l defense shutdown
TSU’s wishbone offense.
KINGSVILLE - Texas A&I
opens its home football season
Saturday night against one of
the nation’s best known college
teams, Slippery Rock State
College of Pennsylvania.
Game time will be 7:30 p.m.
in Javelina Stadium
been holding horse shows at the
arena it has under construction
at Live Oak Park and at the last
meeting one member appeared
to ask the council to help the
club with the installation of
lights The spokesman for the
club then said that once it got
dark, the shows had to stop
because they didn't have lights
to have them at night
The final item on the agenda
is the request from Central
Power and Light Company for a
rate increase
Ingleside Leo Club sponsored
a fund drive for the American
Cancer Society the last weekend
in August and collected over
$200 with the aid of Ingleside
school students
The Leo Club plans to initiate
a membership drive soon The
club is open to young people
between the ages of 14 and 21
PHILLIP EDDINGS, a freshman at Ingleside High School, was
awarded a $5 check Friday for winning second place in class IV of
the State Woodsy Owl Poster Contest The Ingleside Garden Club
is the local sponsor for the contest and the check from the Texas
State Garden Clubs. Inc was presented by Mrs V R Crofford,
local awards chairman Eddings was an eighth grader when he
entered the contest.
building in Port Aransas Only
the Tarpon Inn is older
Though the station weathered
numerous major hurricanes,
time has taken its toll and made
replacement mandatory. The
building’s concrete substruc-
ture is failing, and repairs were
found to be impractical.
Erecting another substruc-
ture and moving the building
onto it was ruled out because of
the high cost of the move. So the
old station will be demolished
after the Coast Guardsmen
have moved out.
Taking its place will be a
modern facility expected to cost
almost $700,000 upon comple-
tion When construction began,
the building was budgeted at
$650,000 However, expendi-
tures have already amounted to
Port Aransas soon will lose a
landmark which has stood for
over half a century in the island
city, but with the passing of the
old, there’ll be a new landmark
to take its place.
Coast Guardsmen expect to
begin moving into the new Port
Aransas Station around Sept
16th, and when the move is
completed, plans will proceed
for the demolition of the old
station believed to have been
built in 1924
H P. Huffman, commanding
officer of the Port Aransas
Group, said the Coast Guard
has been unable to come up with
the exact date of construction of
the old station. However, it
appears to be somewhere
around 1924, and the station is
the second oldest existing
his
re-
be
the
Leos Collect
Over *200 For
Lott had a
and facial
COAST GUARDSMEN soon will begin moving into the new Port Aransas Station which is
expected to be completed on September 16th The new station, built at a cost of nearly
$700,000, will replace the existing structure which will be demolished shortly after the move
The old station, thought to have been erected around 1924, is believed to be the second oldest
building still standing in Port Aransas Only the Tarpon Inn predates it. Described as
completely hurricane proof, the new station stands 20 feet above mean water level
A four year old Ingleside boy
was killed and his mother
seriously injured in a car
accident Friday evening just
inside the Ingleside city limits
on Highway 361 about 6:30 p.m.
Killed was Joshua Lott, son of
Mr and Mrs Johnny Ixitt Mrs.
Lott was first taken to
Lyman-Roberts Hospital in
Aransas Pass and then trans-
ferred to Memorial Medical
Center
According to Ingleside chief
of police Mike Webb. Wallace
Wheeler, Ingleside-on-the-Bay,
was the driver of the car which
collided head on with Mrs
Lott's pickup Webb said
Wheeler was charged with
driving while intoxicated and
involuntary manslaughter He
was jailed in Sinton and bond
was set at $10,000.
Webb said the accident
occurred while Wheeler was
under
agenda is
Michele Schweizer, a second
grader at Ingleside Elementary
School, was presented Friday
with a check for $10 from the
Texas State Garden Club, Inc.
after winning first place in the
State Woodsy Owl Poster
Contest
Presentation of the check was
made by Mrs. V R. Crofford of
the Ingleside Garden Club, local
sponsors for the contest.
Michele was in the first grade
when she drew the winning
poster in her division in the
state A second check was
presented to Phillip Eddings, a
freshman at Ingleside High
School. Eddings, an eighth
grader when he entered the
contest, won second place in the
state in his division
received $5
At the same time
presentation to Michele
made, Mrs. Crofford announced
the beginning of the 1976
Woodsy Owl Poster Contest She
announced that deadline for
entry this year is September 17.
The Woodsy Owl Poster
Contest has been an annual
event of the Garden Club for
several years and it emphasizes
conservation of natural re-
sources.
Theme of this years contest is
“Concern for Nature Today Will
Design Tomorrow.’’ There are a
number of mediums which may
be used by the children to carry
out this theme in their posters
they may use water colors,
crayolhs, map pencils, or poster
paints, colage. cutout pictures
0! construction paper, news-
paper. magazines, or bulletins
A single cutout picture is not
acceptable The topic of the post
must be on the face of the
poster. \
Outlook for tonight s
council is that it may be a long
meeting Several very impor-
tant issues are on the agenda for
the meeting, including the CPL
rate increase request, filling the
vacancy on the council, and
calling a bond election for sewer
expansions
Leading the agenda under old
business is consideration of bids
on Beaumont Street improve
ments
Yesterday morning, city
officials and engineers opened
three bids received from
contractors for improvements
for three blocks of Beaumont
Street
Bids included one from
Hannes Construction Company
in the amount of $17,500, one
from Asphalt Maintenance Co.
in the amount of $21,050 and one
from J. Carroll Weaver in the
amount of $24,693
At the bid opening the
engineer announced that he
would take the hids and
have any questions come to the
meeting tonight, and those who
don't necessarily have ques-
tions but would like to
understand the program better
are welcomed to attend
Information on cost to resi-
dents, the areas to receive the
sewer expansion, and how the
assessment program will be
handled if the election is called
and it passes will be available
The final item under old
business is consideration of
filling the vacancy on the
council created by the resigna
lion of Rick Diegel several
weeks ago
At the last meeting, the
council was told that since there
is only one vacancy, it has three
choices on what to do. It may go
ahead and call an election, it
can leave the position vacant
until the next regular election,
or it can appoint someone to the
post
It is expected that the council
will make a final decision
tonight on which of the choices
it will take
Under new business, the city
council has three items. The
first is consideration of certifi-
cation of the 1976 tax roll
Second item under new busi-
ness is a request for installation
of lights at the rodeo arena The
Live Oak Arena Association has
Services Held
Monday For
George R. Whitney
George R Whitney, 67, of
Ingleside died at 3:10 a m.
Saturday at his residence
Whitney was a member of the
First Methodist Church in
Ingleside.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 10 a m at the First
Methodist Church in Ingleside.
Burial was in Prairie View
Cemetery. Marshall Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs Gladys Whitney of
Ingleside, three sons, Marvin
Whitney and Roy Whitney, both
of Ingleside, and David Whitney
of Aransas Pass; three sisters,
Mrs. Pauline Ferguson of
Fairbanks, Alaska, Mrs.
Florence Brown of San Fran-
cisco, California; and Mrs.
Hellen Gillespie of Phoenix,
Arizona, 11 grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
$682,000 and this total reflected
costs while acceptance was still
two weeks off
Though the old and new
station are 50 years apart in
age. their appearance is very
similar. However, the new
station is primarily concrete
and steel while the old building
is wooden on a concrete
foundation
During the many hurricanes
which have battered Port
Aransas, the old station
sustained some roof damage,
but otherwise, said Huffman,
“it stayed pretty much intact.”
Designers hope the new
facility will fare even better in
storms. Described as “hurri-
cane proof.” the station has
many features planned with
hurricanes in mind
Ground level at the site is
eight feet above mean water
level, and the station is
above the ground This
enable the structure to
storm surge of 20 feet
Though the building
appear to have too many large
plate glass windows which
could easily be blown out by
storm winds, all the glass can
be protected by heavy wooden
shutter panels which slide into
position
Inside the new station, a
diesel - powered auxiliary
generator makes the facility
self-sufficient in the event of
loss of commercial electrical
ppwer.
See “COAST GUARD” P-3
examine them and return at
tonight’s meeting with
recommendations Federal
venue sharing funds will
used to pay the
improvements.
Second item
business on the
consideration of calling a bond
election for sewer expansion
At tonight’s meeting, resi-
dents of the city will have the
opportunity to question not only
city officials on the proposed
sewer expansion and assess-
ment program, but also to
question Wallace Payne, the
city’s fiscal agent, and Tom
Anderlitch of Texas Securities
Corp , who deal in municipal
bonds and assessment pro-
grams.
At the last council meeting
two weeks ago a number of
residents turned out to question
the city council on the proposed
program and to voice their
opinions. City officials
urging that all persons
Benefit auction for the
Ingleside Community Swim-
ming Pool is slated Sunday,
September 19, from 2 to 6 p.m,
at the G&T building on Highway
361
Mrs Anne McKitrick, chair-
man for the auction, stated that
the committee would greatly
appreciate any donations of
furniture (old or new), dishes,
pottery, toys, antiques, tools,
appliances, collectibles, clocks,
books, etc. She added that no
clothing will be collected at this
time, but perhaps later for a
flea market. “You will be given
a receipt for your contributions,
which will be tax deductable,”
stated Mrs. McKitrick
The G&T building will be
available for storage three days
prior to the action, on the 16th,
17th, and 18th The time will be
announced at a later date The
committee does have another
building available at present,
and if anyone would like to
deliver items this week they can
contact Mrs. Pat Hawn, co-
chairman at 776-2317 or the
auctioneer Dan Adams at
776-2187, or Mrs. McKitrick at
776-7629.
For those people who would
like to donate articles for the
sale but do not have transporta-
tion the committee will be glad
to pick up items, large or small
“We need everyone’s support
to make this a great financial
success, not only in donations,
but also to bid on items at the
auction. Let's strive for a goal
of $5,000 for our pool.
“Remember, an old dish
Tiffany on
driving toward Aransas Pass.
He said a car ahead of
Wheeler’s was stopped to make
a left hand turn onto Hackberry
Street Two other cars were
stopped behind the car which
was to turn when Wheeler
attempted to pass them in the
no passing zone, and struck the
pickup traveling toward Ingle
side.
Wheeler suffered facial in-
juries and cuts and bruises on
his legs. Mrs.
fractured leg
injuries.
In addition to
Joshua Duane Lott is survived
by a brother, Johnny Lott, Jr of
Ingleside
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2 pm. at the Church
of Christ in Ingleside. Burial
was in Aransas Memorial Park
Marshall Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements
Garden Club Presents Two
State Awards to
William J Tiffany of Route 1,
Ingleside is among approxi-
mately 655 University of Texas
engineering students who have
been recognized as honor
students for the spring semes-
fte^.
—'To be eligible for the
engineering honor roll, a
student must maintain at least a
12-semester-hour course load
throughout the semester, pass
all courses, and make a
minimum grade-point average
of 3.25.
Youngsters
entering the contest -- Class 1,
grades 1 and 2; Class II, grades
3 and 4; Class HI, grades 5 and
6; and Class IV, grades 7 and 8
The contestant's name, ad-
dress. school grade, name of
school, name of sponsoring club
and name of club’s president
must be on the back of the
poster.
A possible 100 points may be
given for a poster by judges - 60
points for the story told by the
poster, 20 points for originality,
10 for quality of craftsmanship,
and 10 for neatness
The Ihgleside Garden Club
will award cash prizes to four
place winners in each division.
FIRST PLACE IN STATE for the Woodsy Owl Poster Contest, class 1, was won by Michele
Schweizer, a second grader at Ingleside Elementary School. Michele, a first grader when
she entered the winning poster, was awarded a. $10 check Friday from the Texas State
Garden Clubs. Inc by Mrs. V.R Crofford, awards chairman for the Ingleside Garden Cliife,
loc al sponsors for the contest In the background is Mrs Sarah Holt, contest chairman
might complete someone’s set,”
stated Mrs. McKitrick.
The building is air-
conditioned and there will be a
concession stand open for the
auction.
We invite to be our guests at
the pictures. ‘‘Old Dracula” and
"The Land That Time Forgot”,
showing Sunday. Monday and
Tuesday, Sept. 12, 13 and 14 at
the Rialto Theatre. Steve
Wright and guest
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