The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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ARANSAS PASS.
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until Calls $250,000 Bond Election For Nov.!
of 766 Men Reported Four Locations
Registration Wednesday i!uJi rJS*
lumber
into Is
Estimates
Registering
Jmoothly-
try Says.
If 766 men jammed the
kere Wednesday to reg-
pncle Sam’s selective
J. F. Newbury, of-
large of registration,
today. The heavy
was far above expec-
kwbury said,
k. m. Wednesday a long
en waited at the side
City Hall, and' more
joined the waiting
was not absorbed un-
fthe morning. Registra-
the 400 mark well be-
| Wednesday. Registra-
were kept busy all
I the exception of a few
Wore closing time Wed-
lt at 9:00.
kl total of 766 was sur-
Heavy, and exceeded
of anyone connected
registration. The Pro-
late of 500 was about
■ any. The heavy reg-
Ras entirely normal, ex-
kbout 25 registrants off
at thje Ingleside docks
20 from ships at Port
fewbury said. About
pans registered, which
ied expectations. The
ration was negligible.
■ were filled out for
Scant. One of the cards
by the clerks and the
Ae registrant, to be kept
future reference and
|>f his serial number and
nber. The cards kept by
! were packed this mom-
ent to the county clerk
vbury was more than
Rith the way the regis-
i>onded to his request to
rly, and thus eliminate
Hat would have resulted
pone tried to register at
I minute. The busiest
Ihe day were early Wed-
Inoming.
fwbury praised the 23
]»o gave their time with-
and worked in shifts all
inesday. “Everything
without any friction
he said. “You can’t
ning too nice about the
clerks.”
First Winner
'I prefer Admiration Coffee
as my personal beverage be-
cause of its mild and soothing
flavor, its appetizing aroma and
its healthful ingredients."
With those words Miss Mary
Gwen Thomas won the first $1
prize given each week by The
Progress for the best reason,
written in 25 words or less, on
"Why You Prefer Adxpiration
Coffee. Miss Thomas' entry,
along with the others submit-
ted this week, will be entered
in the Duncan Coffee Co.'s. $200
weekly prize contest.
The Progress' contest and
the Duncan Coffee contest still
have nine more weeks to run,
so there is still plenty of time
for everyone to try for both
prises. Write your answers in
25 words or less, with an offi-
cial entry blank from The Pro-
gress together with an Admira-
tion coupon, and mail or bring
it to The Progress office. You
may win a dollar and stand a
chance of winning one of the
23 cash prizes given each week
by the Duncan Coffee Co.
Mud Island Test
Now Drilling
Below 5000 Feet.
Panthers-Sinton
Meet Friday in
Conference Battle
Locals Out to Get
Revenge for 1939
Trouncing.
ANTONIO CLINIC
Iter Noble left Wednes-
nfcr M. & S. hospital in
iio for an examination
-Friday. He
to be improved.
in the Rialto who got
last week when they
[they were going to see
of “Boom Town,” will
I to know that it is com
nree days starting next
H —one of the local
I made such a sincere pa-
to so many classes,
[class reported he almost
elf in tears____a local
in the first grade was
hard time with figures,
■ 9’s, but one evening
mother, “Mother, I fin-
le it but the d - - - thing
down!”
I Cary now of Corpus re-
that he Wasn’t here dur-
[onal Newspaper week to
on how much he ap-
his home town” paper
rogress—Tuesday mom-
man through chattering
lling another man that
‘waiting to get a heavy-
'eater\____R. B. Bailey
irom his car at the city
‘hler isn’t going to invade
'‘try, b he?” and the line
10 registrants chorusing
There is no rest in view this
week for the Golden Panthers, as
each day sees a hard scrimmage
and drill in an effort to prepare
them for the game with the Sin-
ton Pirates Friday night here.
Aransas Pass and Sinton are two
of the three top-ranking teams in
district 39-A. and it will be a
battle for the right to stay on top
of the heap.
The Panthers are pointing to-
ward this game for several rea-
sons. First, Aransas Pass has
not lost a game so far this sea-
son. Second, the Panthers still
remember the 38-6 drubbing they
took last year from the Pirates.
Add to this the natural rivalry
that has existed for some time
between the two teams, and you
have what goes to make up the
best game of the season.
Sinton’s rise to the top of the
district ladder was the result of
one game. Until last Friday the
Pirates had not won a game all
season, in fact they had not
scored a point in three games.
They played Freer last week, and
when the smoke of battle had
cTriftCd im ij1 Hinton had blanked
Oil developments in the Aran-
sas Pass field of Aransas and San
Patricio counties took a turn for
the better this week as four new
locations were spotted and begun.
Two of the locations were in St.
Charles bay area, and two were
in the Burton & Danforth subdi-
vision just outside Aransas Pass.
• Humble Oil and Refining Co.,
has already started to dredge for
its location in St. Charles Bay,
Section 27. Continental Oil Com-
pany is starting a new location
east of their No. 1 St. Charles dis-
covery well of the field. Man-
Production Company and Shasta
Oil Company both have new lo-
cations in the Burton and Dan-
forth subdivision,
i Gulf Board Oil Company’s No.
1 State of Texas Mud Island test,
located 7 miles north of Aransas
Pass, is drilling below 5000 feet.
Drilling Activities
Continental Oil Co., started a
new location this week. It is the
No. 3 St. Charles, and is being
rigged up 1000 feet of their 8700
foot No. 2 distillate well. O. W.
Dyer is handling the drilling
and will go to 9500 feet.
Humble Oil and Refining Com-
pany has begun to dredge for its
new location in the southern part
of St. Charles Bay, in section 27
state lands. Docks are being built
on the mainland next to the St.
Charles club house at Lamar, and
the dredge is digging a channel to
transport material from the main-
land to the location. The well is
Mrs. B. E. Fender
J.T.SM Elected
State Offices I00F
Receive Decoration
Chivalry at Fort
Worth Meeting.
Mrs. B. E. Fender and her fa-
ther, J. T. Stirk, of this city were
chosen to receive the highest
honor possible in the Independent
Order of Oddfellows, that of the
decoration of Chivalry, at the
three-day meeting of the state or-
ganization in Fort Worth Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday. The grand
encampment the Department of
Council and the Association of
Ladies Auxiliaries, all branches of
I OOF, were represented
meeting. Mr. and Mrs.
Mr. Stirk and Mrs. Rudol;
Monse of Ingleside represen
Aransas Pass.
Mrs. Fender was elected vice
president of th$ association of
Auxiliaries and Mr. Stirk was
elected a special state deputy to
head one of the six regions of
Texas. On the recommendation
of, the lbcal Rebekah lodge, Mrs.
Fender was elected |to receive the
decoration of chivalry, and Mr.
Stirk’3 election was made upon
slate recommendation. The de-
coration will take place sometime
this year and will, be done by
Brigadier-General W. R. Francis
of Fort Worth.
Sunday’s session was devoted to
a reception, musical tea and me-
morial service. On Monday the
local lodge was given recognition
when the banner of the local
Canton, made by Mrs. Monse and
valued at $250, was displayed. Mr.
Fender, captain of the local can-
ton, and Mrs. Monse were called
to the platform and made brief
Vote the Seawall Bonds
(EDITORIAL)
located 2,173 feet from the northi extemporaneous speeches. Buai-
Tuesday In an-
ti ay had
Faulk
registration day
‘ students thinking may
* got a holi-
ended his
would be
Mathis re-
l her lost
where she
to open
on the
walking
the Buckaroos 12-0, which was
no small feat. So this week’s
game at Roosevelt Stadium
should be perhaps the hottest
contest of the season, for much
hinges on the outcome.
The Panthers should be in good
shape for the game, barring acci-
dents during this week of train-
ing. They have been lucky so
far in this respect for there have
been nothing but minor injuries
on the club so far.
A glance at the records of Ar-
ansas Pass and Sinton shows the
local team to have a slight edge,
but past records mean nothing
whatever when these two aggre-
gations face one another. Aran-
sas Pass has played five gimes
this season and won them all;
while Sinton has played four,
won one, tied one and lost two.
By all standards, lovers of good
football fare should get a good
serving Friday night at 8:00 p. m.
humble dock men___
GIVEN BARBECUE
Humble man who are employed
at the Humble docks four miles
from Ingleside, wtth
their families, enjoyed a chicken
barbecue at the
urday evening. About fifty pco
pie were present.
1
line of tract 27 and 467 feet from
the east line.
Man- Production Co.’s Traxler
and Abbott National Standard
No. 1, tract 15, block 213 has re-
shot in the 7100 foot sand and is
now cleaning itself.
F. A. Gillespie and Sons, Du-
phome No. 1, center of tract 10,
block 216, has perforated at from
7165-70 feet, and flowed 57 bar-
rels in 24 hours on a 1-8 inch |
choke. Casing pressure was 900 I
| pounds and tubing pressure 500.
Another new location was Marr I
I Production Co.’s A. F. Park No. 1,
tract 24, block 214, which moved
from the National Standard No.
1, tract 15, block 213.
Another new location is being |
! drilled by Shasta Oil Co. It is
National Standard Production
, Co., surface; Shasta Oil Co., 1
minerals; T. R. Rutherford j min-
erals; Royal Oil and Gas Com-
pany 1 minerals, No. 1 tract 12,
block 216. combined with tract 21
in block 217.
ness was conducted during the
last two days of the session. Sam
J. Knight of Ft. WSrth was elect-
ed new grand patriarch of the
grand encampment and Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Lq Stourgeon of San An-
tonio president of the association
of auxiliaries.
Mr. and Mrs. Fender, Mr. Stirk
and Mrs. Monse returned home
Wednesday.
On Saturday, November 2, Aransas
Pass will vote on a $250,000 bond issue to
improve the sea wall, and the results of this
vote is perhaps the most important question
that has faced the people of Aransas Pass in
a number of years.
The fact is, without question, that it will
not cost the tax-payers one penny, as it will
be paid out of the five-ninths ad valorem tax
remission from the state. Also it is agreed
by everyone that it is a much needed im-
provement.
A citizen#’ committee of 18 members
has worked for weeks to eliminate any ob-
jectionable features raised in previous elec-
tions. Trtiis committee is representative of
all the people of Aransas Pass.
We believe they have arrived at a good
plan for use of the money, and certainly the
amount is not excessive, and competent en-
gineers have given assurance that the
, amount will be sufficient to complete the
proposed improvement.
We believe that there should not be a
dissenting vote. Certainly Aransas Pass
has everything to gain and nothing to lose
by voting this bond issue, and every man,
woman and child should appoint himself a
committee of one to work for its passage.
Election Officials
Named by Mayor
and Commi
Election Follows
Much Work on Part
Citizens Committee.
Chairmen Girl
Scouts Named
Fire Department
Re-elect Officers
We Incite - -
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Jones of
“The Howards of Virginia,
showing Sunday and Monday
at the Rialto Theatre. This
notice clipped from The P£>-
gress will be your admission
ticket. . J
The Aransas Pass Volunteer
Fire Department met Tuesday,
October 8 and held their annual
election of officers. No changes
were made in officials, each one
being returned to his office for
the coming year.
The officers are: Frank W. Bel-
ken, president; F. L. Clendening,
vice president; W. E. Nelson, sec-
retary-treasurer; Ted Bigelow,
chief; Justin Snyder, first assis-
tant chief and R. L. Gille, second
assistant chief.
Frank W. Belken, R. H. Hay
and W. E. Nelson attended the
fourth quarterly meeting of the
South Central District Volunteer
Firemen’s Association in Woods-
boro Sunday. The next meeting
of the association is scheduled for
Robstown, sometime in January.
fieale to Attend
Conference Sunday
Rev. E. Y. Seale will be in San
Antonio Sunday, Oct. 20, where
he will attend the annual con-
ference at "the Travia Park Me-
thodist Church in San Antonio.
There will be no preaching
services at the Methodist Church
here in the pastor’s absence.
DR. THOMAS ATTENDS
DENTAL MEET EATURDAT
Dr. H. A- Thomas attended the
Guadalupe Valley District Dental
Society meeting In Halletzville,
Texas, last Saturday. The-meet-
ing was the first one of the fall
for the society, Dr. Thomas said.
A called meeting of the Girl
Scout Council was held Tuesday
night at the Little House to dis-
cuss the budget for the coming
year and to make organization
plans. Mrs. Ralph Kutz, commis-
sioner of the council, presided.
Mrs. Kutz announced the fol-
lowing chairman who will have
charge of various phases of Girl
Scouting this year: Organization
chairman, Mrs. E. S. Foster; pro-
gram chairman, Mrs. E. W. Terry;
training chairman, Mrs. H. K.
Browning; finance chairman, Mrs.
F. L. Clendening; treasurer, Mrs.
C. E. Henry; secretary, Mrs. H.
17. Gotten;—assistant secretary,.
Mrs. E. F. Jones and public re-
lations chairman, E. W. Terry.
Mrs. Foster, organization chair-
man, anriounced that troop lead-
ers this year will be Mias Frances
Henry, Miss Margaret Allen and
Miss Dorothy Hardy. Mrs. R. K.
Felder will have charge of the
Brownie troop.
It was announced that on Wed-
nesday, Nov. 13, Miss Alice Mul-
key, national scout executive of
New York City, will meet with
the local council, troop leaders
and any others who are interest-
ed. The meeting will be held
from 2 to 5 o’clock in the Little
House. Regular meetings of the
council are held every first Tues-
day of each month.
Dr. Davis to Attend
Church Meet Oct 22
Dr. Francis M. Davis, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church
here, will leave early Tuesday
morning, Oct. 22, for Harlingen,
Texas, where he will attend the
Stated Fall meeting of the Pres-
rm Texj
County Draft
Board Starts
Work Thursday
Must Classify Men
For First Call by
November 7th.
The San Patricio county draft
board, made up of B. R. Smith of
Aransas Pass, Frank B. Curlee of
Sinton, chairman, and Homer
Easterwood of Taft, started work
on the classification of draft reg-
istrants Thursday morning, fol-
lowing registration Wednesday.
The draft boards for each coun-
ty have already been recommend-
ed by the governor and approved
by President Roosevelt, and will
be at work every day from now
on until all the registrants are
numbered and classified. A
school of instruction for district
3, in which San Patricio county
is included, was held in Corpus
Christi last Saturday, and the San
Patricio county draft board was
In attendance, B. R. Smith said.
The San Patricio county draft
board will work at the court
Five to One
For Roosevelt
Aransas Pass High School
stole a march on the Gallup
poll last week and wont on
rooord aa favoring both Roose-
volt and conscription by a de-
cisive maapln
In a poll conducted by the
Press Club last Friday, 200
students out of the total en-
rollment of about 350, cast a
veto. A total of IN voted for
Franklin D. Roosevelt for a
third term as president while
83 favored Wendell Willkie for
the office.
The vote on the conscription
issue was closer of the two. 153
favoring selective service, 20
opposing It, and 29 declining tq
cast a vote on the question.
The Aransas Pass City
held its regular meeting Wc
day and voted unanimously
call an election Saturday, Nov.
on the $250,000 seawall bond
sue, Diana of which were si
mitted to the citizen commit!
at its meeting last week.
Notice* of the election are pub-
lished elsewhere In this issue
The Progress, and election
ciala named. Thev are N. D.!
ford, presiding judge, J. M.
er, associate judge; H. T.
clerk, and H. J. Linkins. clerk.
Preliminary plana by Er
Tamm and Fitzgerald h
ready been submitted,
call for a fill-in 18 feet in
behind the present aea wal
fill-in wHl extend back from
present sea wall 100 feet at
15 foot height, and then slope
a 3 per cent grade 400 more
to the ground level. A
boat basin will be constructed
the northeast corner of the
All areas adjacent to the aea
which are not over 3 feet ah
sea level will be filled in. C<
plete preliminary plana are
exhibit in the city hall now,
may be seen by anyone inter
The Sea Wall committee
worked diligently for sev<
months in an effort to bring
sea wall project to an
Each member of the commit
has expressed himself in favor
the bond issue. Several
meetings and open forums
been held to discuss the
advantages and disadvantage)
and the committee now feels tni
the time has come for an el
by the taxpayers.
The law requested not leas
15 days nor more than 30 di
following the council’s appr
The council agreed on Noveml
2, feeling that this date would
low enough time for the notice
appear and would not cor
the voters by its closeness to
date of the presidential election.
Sleeping Sickness
Kills Two Norses
1
house in Sinton, Mr. Smith stated.
Assisting the board will be A. Z.
Fullick of Sinton, chief clerk, and
Mrs. Dudley Johnson of Taft, as-
sistant clerk. The instructions
issued to the boards state that
they must, within 22 days after
registration, classify enough reg
Knights of Pythias
To Meet Friday
istrants in Class I to fill
call about November 15.
first
Petitions Given to
Council Wednesday
bytery of Western
opens on Tuesday at 8:00
Dr. Davis and Dr. W
which
1:00 p. m.
T Riviere
of Victoria, will be in charge of
the communion service at the op-
ening meeting of the Presbytery,
Dr. Davis will also serve on sev-
eral important committees which
will have much to do with shap-
ing policies for the coming year.
He expects to return to Aransas
Pass Thursday evening, Oct 84
HOME FROM
J. D. Willis of
Mrs. J. B. Arnold and sons
Sparks Colony
end in i
Two petitions
City
meeting Wednesday by Mayor M.
to the
were presented
ity Council at its regular
_ m jr-' ipH
W. Claybom. The petitions were
given to the mayor laat week.
One of the petition* requested
the removal of a fence from
across McClung avenue west of
the sea wall which, the petition
said, obstructed traffic on that
street. The other petition asked
the removal of Vick Lindy from
his post as city marshall.
The petitions were filed with
City Secretary Frank W. Balkan,
and will be aeted on by the coun-
cil at a later meeting, the date of
which is as yet unnamed. It
was not announced as to the
number of signers of either peti-
tion.
E. H. J
. JACKSON HEADS
JUDGES-COMMIS8IOI
E. H.
it the
>y of Ingleside
in possession of
ion for Castle
A meeting of the interested
members and prospective mem-
bers of the Knights of Pythias
will be held at the V. F. W. hall
here Friday afternoon, Oct. 18,
at 3:00 p. m„ Grand Lodge De-
pntr-fr-K Winsby
announced thii week.
Mr. Winsby is
the first application
Hall in Aransas Pass. It is da-
ted March 3, 1011, and bears the
names of many men well known
by the old-timers of this area.
Members of the Miramar Lodge
No. 135, of Coipus Christi, will
be present at the meeting here
Sunday, and they have promised
to give unlimited aid in putting
over the program. Members of
the lodge from Rockport have al-
so promised to be in attendance.
INGLESIDE BOY HAS
OPERATION SUNDAY
Herbert Mgley, 18, of Ingleside,
was operated on Sunday night at
a Corpus Christi hospital His
mother, Mrs. A. V. Maley, came
from San Benito to be with him.
shop!™-
Talk-O-Town Oroeery:
Oranges, Juicy doz---16c
Lamb Patties, « for _--28c
Suftr—**■
Two horses in this area died
last week from sleeping sickness,
J. C. Mathis, local dairyman,
ported. One of the horaea
longed to Carl Bromley and
other one was the property
Clifton Walker, Mathis said.
It was reported that th<
were several more cases of
sickness among the livestock
the Taft area, but there have
no more cases reported here,
cause of the vaccination of mt
of the livestock around
Pass following the death of
two horses.
Pork A
Marshall Vick Lindj
good job as traffic poll
ter the game Friday night, I
ing the school children get
the highway safely_
Dick” Dixon wearing
saying “Ingleside HI 1
quete ’, and as if to to
carrying a gun______dll
squirels kept in the same
and each group completely
noring the othes some of i
spooks on display in Word’* 1
window have been dubbed ‘
ler,” “Mortimer,” etc.
Wanda George reporting
work early the other.momi
waiting for the pots to arrive 1
open the stoiV .„.Ted Camp]
chewing on the stem of a heal
looking bunch of graasburrs.
Wendell (Willkie) Beasley *
Ing four Willkie buttons of
ious colors and kinds__the
ther must have flustered th<
two flocks of ducks
PliySTWedneiday in resj
registration day.
In Ripley’s Believe It or
column for Saturday that
Will Divia of Rockport
glasaaa and the next das
respect
dssyl
them____the
i wearing them „
have apparently
this week
1 for the
put up
hrr
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