South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1972 Page: 1 of 4
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SOOTH JETTY
VOL. 2 — NO. 11 — PRICE 10 CENTS
PORT ARANSAS ON MUSTANG ISLAND, TEXAS
NOVEMBER 2, 1972
FISHING -
Bay and surf fishing is pick-
ing up, partly the result of a
few fast-moving cool northers
that have passed through the
area. Rod and reel fishing for
flounder has been good, and
when the fish are biting, they’ll
hit just about any kind of bait
in sight. There have been steady
catches of croaker and whiting
on the piers and from the surf,
but the redfish are irregular,
though there have been some
good ones caught. There have
also been off - and - on good
catches of speckled trout from
the surf, jetties and bays.
A few late sailfish reports:
On the Bessie W on Oct. 11,
Lark Smith released one sail-
fish, and Chuck Weil released
three; and Jack Lancaster re-
leased two sails on the 14th,
while fishing on the Hi Temper.
This brings our billfish total for
the year to 55 blue marlin, 25
white marlin and 247 sailfish.
MEMORIAL FOR
REV. LEO J. TRIPP
Rev. Leo J. Tripp, 63, of the i
First Presbyterian Church of
Port Aransas, died in Victoria,
Texas, Wednesday evening Octo-
ber 25th after a long illness.
Funeral services were held on
Saturday October 28th at 4 p.m.
in Victoria at the First Presby-
terian Church with the service
officiated by Rev. Wendell (.'row-
foot with burial in Victoria. A
Memorial Service was held in
Port Aransas at the First Pres-
byterian Church at 7 p.m. on
Sunday October 29th. Rev. Cle-
ment Dickey from Corpus Chris-
ti and General Presbyter of the
Del Savadore Presbytery of-
ficiated.
Rev. Tripp is survived by his
wife, Ella, and one son Robert
Tripp of Victoria, Texas; and
three grandsons.
Rev. and Mrs. Tripp moved
to Port Aransas from Mercedes,
Tx. about three years ago. He
was active in the Salvation
Army. His special love was for
children and he worked hard
to repair the Jerry McDonald
Ballfield after the hurricane. He
was especially proud of the
youth choir at the Presbyterian
Church and colled them his little
angels.
These figures may be revised
upward when Hazel Smith and
1 finish cross-checking our rec-
ords.
We now have the complete
story on that tagged sailfish
caught by Tom Bruton, fishing
with Tom Masterpole on the
Quintana Roo on Sept. 23. The
fish was tagged by George Cut-
ler, Jr., on July 3, 1971 at 32
fm., inside Hospital Rock off
Port Aransas. He was fishing
with Bill Green on Bofus Too.
Bruton took the fish in 44 fm.,
south of Hospital, 447 days
later. There is no telling how far
the fish had traveled in the in-
terim. They are known to travel
all over the Gulf and to the Ba-
hamas. Woods Hole Oceanog-
raphic Inst., sponsors of the
tagging program, reports that
Bruton’s tag recovery was the
100th sailfish returned under
this tagging program. This was
only the second tag recovered at
Port Aransas, though many fish
are tagged and released here
each year. Most turn up off
Florida and the Bahamas.
ANNEAL SCHOOL HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL A REAL HIT!
DALLAS CORP. BUYS TROPIC ISLAND MA™ESEN
Whooping Cranes Arriving
By the end of last week, more
than 18 of the famed Whooping
Cranes had arrived at their win-
ter grounds at the Aransas Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge in Aust- ;
well, 25 miles north of here.
The birds are arriving early this!
year, apparently due to the
series of cold waves that have |
pushed south across the coun-i
try. The crane’s flight path
from their spring nesting:
grounds in Canada normally
brings them across North and
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kan-j
sas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Among 18 early arriving,
cranes, three young birds were!
sighted, with the possibility of!
more arriving daily after their
long flight. Last December, a
record 59 Whooping Cranes
were counted at the refuge. It
is still too early to know
whether this will be another
record year for the rare birds
that are still threatened with
extinction. The total popuation
of the species last spring was
80 birds, with 21 of them in
captivity. The protected wild
flock has been slowly increasing
in number through the past few
years.
Dal McKinney, vice-president
of PAR-X Corporation, of Dal-
las, announced last week the
corporation’s purchase from
B. L. Owens of the Tropic Island
Motel on the Cut-Off Road in
and 3 bedroom apartments, as
well as a new 36 space park for
recreational vehicles. The motel
has AAA affiliation and is a
member of the Corpus Christi
Area Tourist Bureau.
* *» o p i c
I S l AND
Port Aransas. John R. Parks,, Mr. Owens plans to continue
Jr. is president of the corpora- vacationing and fishing at Port
tion that has real estate invest- Aransas at every opportunity,
ments and holdings in Texas, He is one of those who truly
Arkansas and Kansas. McKin- loves the Island,
nev stated that the Tropic Is- Operating the motel for PAR-
larnl purchase is hopefully the X in Port Aransas, "ill be
first of numerous PAR-X in- Glynn Wood, general manager,
vestments on Mustang Island, and Jack and Jean .hu'paid.
R I,. Owens, of Ardmore, resident managers of the| mote
Oklahoma, began building the for Owens before the sale, will
Tropic Island Motel in 1964. and continue in that capacity
through a series of additions * ort Aiansas welcomes P. .
he motel, on three acres of land. X Corp and new local resident,
now contains 35 motel and 1, 2 Glynn Wood.
DEAD AT 49
H. L. “Bud“ Mathiesen, long
time Islander ,died in Memorial
Hospital on October 27th, two
days after receiving a self-in-
flicted gunshot wound to the
head at his home on E. White,
in Port Aransas .He was a mer-
chant seaman.
Funeral services were held at
the First Baptist Church in Port
Aransas and burial was in the
Port Aransas Cemetery.
Survivors include a son, H. L.
Mathiesen II, and a daughter.
Linda Ruth Mathiesen ,of Ingle-
side; two brothers, Lonnie D.
Mathiesen, of Texas City, and
Fred John Mathiesen, of San
Leon; and nine sisters, Mrs. A.
Van Durant and Mrs. G. M. Do-
an ,of Corpus Christi .Mrs. Mon-
non Seabriuge .of Aransas Pass,
Mrs. Edith Curtis and Mrs.
Dorothy Roberts, of Port Aran-
sas, Mrs. Daisy Brekke. of
Hitchcock, Mrs. Billie Johnson,
of Bacliff. Mrs. Valarie Simp-
con and Mrs. Ellen Mason, of
Texas City.
VOTE NOV. 7th
POI.ICE DESK
Police Chief Frank Patrova
requests that all residents who
are leaving the Island for any
extended period of time inform
the Police Department of the
dates they intend to be out of
town. By so doing, the officers
can check on the resident’s pro-
perty during their routine patrol
duties.
BOAT "FALLS APART"
EARKY WOODEN CACSEWAY ACROSS HARBOR ISLAND TO PORT ARANSAS
Three couples returning from
fishing in Redfish Bay on the
21st got an untimely dunking
in the Harbor Island shrimp
boat channel. Running up the
channel at about 30 kn., the
! brand new 16 foot fiberglass
inboard-outboard hit the wake
of a passing shrimp boat, and, in
the words of Helen Friemel, of
Port Aransas, one of the pass-
engers on the boat, ‘‘I he boat
just fell apart.’’ None of the boat
occupants was injured, and all
could swim except Rudy Frie-
i mel, who made it to shore with
the aid of a buoyant boat cush-
' inv Un me crv,nVivo- tV>0
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I cigarette he was lighting w hen
the boat hit the wave. There
were life jackets aboard but were
not being worn at the time of
,tho mishap.
Other passengers in the boat
were Mr. and Mrs. Art Arjibay,
of Norman, Okla., and Mr .and
Mrs. Pete Mongrain, of Austin.
The couples were helped ashore
by fishermen on the channel
bank who took them to the Port
Aransas Coast Guard Station.
The Coast Guard .unable to tow
the broken up boat, beached it
beside the channel for salvage.
The boat was the product of
a new boat manufacturing com-
pany, so new, in fact, that there
was no manufacturer’s name on
the boat. The boat owner was
also reductant to provide the
builder's name. Hopefully, the
plans are back on the drawing
board right now .and the boat
operator has learned something
about safe speeds for small
boats.
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Frishman, Steven & Reeder, Suzanna. South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1972, newspaper, November 2, 1972; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth623676/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.