Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 10, 1984 Page: 9 of 18
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Business/General
South Jetty, Thursday, May 10, 1984, Page 9A
Wilds on wildlife
Jane Wilds
Port A printer
Jack Speer has opened Port A Printing and Advertising at 433
W. Cotter in his 34th year in the printing business. Speer is
able to do a wide range of printing including gold leaf, thermal
type raised printing, signs, brochures and 4-color process. He
also prints shirts, caps and pens. Speer has been a resident of
Port Aransas for 14 years. (Staff photo by Murray Judson)
Gillespie becomes broker
of Corpus Christi firm
' H.C. (Hank) Gillespie III has
joined the Corpus Christi office of
Prudential-Bache Securities, the in-
vestment banking and brokerage
firm, as a stock broker. '
Prior to joining Prudential-Bache
Securities, Gillespie was the director
of Trafalgar Financial Corporation
ltd., an investment banking firm in
Sydney, Australia.
He has a S.C.M.P. degree from
Harvard Business School and he
graduated from the Institute of
Insurance Marketing at Lousiana
State University.
Gillespie and his wife, Sharon,
reside on Mustang Island. As a
columnist for the South Jetty, he
writes Market Briefs.
Jetty to publish
visitor’s guide
The South Jetty will publisH'lt-qjNM
Spring and Summer Visitors’ Guide
for Port Aransas and Mustang Island
that will be on the rrewatand
Memorial Day weekend.
The guide will be inserted into the
regular edition of the newspaper and
will familiarize visitors with the
Island and what it has to offer.
The publication will include a
feature on native wildlife by South
Jetty columnist, Jane Wilds, and
features on fishing and beach
activities.
The visitors’ guide will also
provide information on offerings of
hotels, motels and condominiums
including average rates and ameni-
ties.
An overview of restaurants, from
the expensive to the inexpensive and
a look at Port Aransas night life will
be included. /
Other features in the guide will
focus on services offered by the
Chamber of Commerce, the charter
fishing industry, fishing tourna-
ments, Island fashions and growth in
Port Aransas.
The South Jetty will print approxi-
mately 14,000 guides. Those that are
not inserted into regular circulation
will be distributed by the Chamber of
Commerce at various boat shows and
functions attended during the course
of the year. j
Advertising director, Murray
Judson, and ad salesman, James
Simmons will be contacting busi-
nesses in the next two weeks to
include them in the guide. Those not
reached are invited to inquire at the
South Jetty office.
The wonderfully heavy, fragrant
air was permeated with the perfume
of honeysuckle vines that draped and
rambled over an entire field. Painted
buntings proliferated. It was the first
time I had ever seen more painted
buntings than indigo buntings at one
time. The setting: High Island, just
east of Houston.
Ever since I’ve been a birder I’ve
wanted to go to High Island during
the spring migration and here we
.were at last. High Island is a small
town named because it sits higher
/than the surrounding countryside on
a salt dome. It is 30 miles east of
Houston on SH124 just east of where
the Bolivar Peninsula begins. You
can be sure you’re in the right place
when the only restaurant .in town has
a sign that says “Welcome Bird-
watchers.”
There are two separate places, jn
town that draw the birders, Smith'
Woods and Boy Scout Woods. The
Houston Audubon Society has recent-
ly purchased Boy Scout Woods as a
purchased Boy Scout Woods as a
sanctuary. Though a relatively small
area, the woods are very dense and
the trees very tall and festooned with
grape vines.
Walking trails twist and turn in the
woods where the woodskulkers such
as the thrushes, oven birds, water
thrushes, and cat birds can be found.
Cat birds. There must have been
several hundred of them there.
Indigo and painted buntings liked
the low, bushy fields of honeysuckle
and the trees that bordered the
honeysuckles were draped with
orioles and rose-breasted grosbeaks.
It was a panorama of color.
You can always count on fruiting
mulberry trees to be the center of
attraction for tanagers, orioles,
grosbeaks, cedar waxwings, and
even warblers.
Warbleis are at the top of the
most-wanted-to-see species list for
most south Texas birders. A brief
spring stopover visit during migra-
tion is our only chance to see them in
their breeding plumage. But trying
to see warblers in the tall east Texas
trees led to a painful condition q&lled
“warbler-neck.” The ache and* pain
from looking up so high for long
periods, though joked about, is
almost bad enough to cry about.
Sooner or later you’ll see every
birder there holding his neck for
support. It sure makes you appreci-
ate birding the low scrub oaks and
mesquites around here.
The experienced recidivist birders
knew the ropes and brought reclining
lawn chairs with them. They merely
lay back and watched the tops of the
trees in neck-supported luxury. Next
time we’ll know better (but we’ll
probably forgetl)
We were there Easter weekend
and therefore a bit early for peak
migration and no weather fronts
came at all to make the migrants
New and renewed
Following is a list of new
subscribers to the South Jetty during"
the week of April 30 through May 4:
W.A. Sisk, Waco: Gordon Harring-
ton. Corpus Christi: .Tim Willi»m«or.,
Eastland; Daniel Warner, San Anton-
io; George Murray, Walsh, CO.;
M/M Joe Dawson, San Antonio;
Maubrey H. Nelson, Sinton; J.F.
Dodds, San Antonio; Jack Bales,
Corpus Christi.
Persons who renewed subscrip-
tions during the same week arc: Ken
Brymer, Austin; M.A. Milikien,
White Deer; Island RV Resort, Port
Aransas; and Harold and Millie
Wise, Arlington.
Following is a list of new
subscribers to the South Jetty during
the week of April 23 through April
27: An Norman, Millington, TT4.;
Forest Oaks, Inc., San Antonio;
Eugenie York, Edmond, OK.; John
O’Neal, Austin; Tony R. Davis,
Monroe. LA.; Dr. S.A. Holleman,
Jr., Fort Worth; Curtis Moore,
Keller; E.A. Sigler, Jr., Dallas;
Frankie Lee Clark, Clarence, MO.;
M. Vega, Sault St. Marie, MI.;
Harry Flower, Port Aransas; Ernest
and Irma De La Rosa. Cameron;
O.R. Comelison, Des Moines, LA.;
Mrs. J.C. Kirby, Grand Prairie; O.H.
Fink, San Antonio.
Persons who renewed subscrip-
tions during the same week were:
A.R. Lawson, Mineola; Dr. H.B.
Anderson. Temple; Glenn Anderson,
Grand Junction, CO.; John W.
Bates. Austin; Luce Press Clipping,
Mesa, AZ.; Mark Creighton, Port
Aransas; Joe A. Emmett, Dallas;
Alena Mae Janak, Austin; Key
Puckett, Dallas, G.E. Curry, Port
Aransas; John Vosseller, Port Aran
sas; Edward Helicek, Blanchard,
OK.; James W ledlnMter, Temple.
Frank Ivins, Dallas; Fisher Brown,
Dallas; C.F. Farley, George West;
John Ed Keeter, Saginaw; Joseph
Gaston. Fort Worth; Tarpon Inn,
Toil Aransas; "w.C. Gustafson, Port
Aransas; Keith Stoddard, Cibolo;
Tim flolner, San Antonio; Adolph
Lutzenburger, Lake Hills; Becky
Bishop, Seminole, OK.; Shirley M.
Cook, San Antonio; J.M. Demest,
Pasadena; M/M R.E. Thompson,
Indianola, OK.: Joe Franks, San
Antonio; H.D. Rant, Jr., Chantilly,
VA.; Jim Caruth. San Antonio: Garry
L. Wiatrek, San Antonio; Larry and
Ann Lawing, Hurst; Keith/Andre
Miller, Port Aransas; H.M. Koepke,
Port Aransas; Elmer Traver, Port
Aransas; and Jimmy Hopkins, Sun-
set.
February offshore production
figures exceed previous highs
State offshore leases produced
142,155 barrels of crude oil during
February, in contrast to 139,437
barrels in January and 73,832 barrels
in February a year ago, according to
Railroad Commission Chairman Mack
Wallace.
Gas well gas production from state
leases amounted to 8,640,633 Mcf
(thousand cubic feet) in February
against 11,518,889 Mcf in January
and 14,351,758 Mcf in February
1983.
Casinghead gas production totaled
237,099 Mcf in February against
245,781 Mcf in January and 287,078
Mcf in February 1983.
Condensate production from state
leases amounted to 23,736 barrels in
February 1983.
In February, offshore crude pro-
duction was about 0.2 percent of
total estimated crude productions^
Texas. Offshore gas well gfeis
production was approximately two
percent of the jeatinrafed state total.
Offshore production in state waters
was reported in February from 55 oil
and 448 gas wells.
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High Island Part 11
stop over. The numbers of birds
were not large, yet we still saw quite
a variety of species. More blaxkpofl
warblers than I’ve ^yer^seeii before
were there. Otftfe’r warblers seen
included black-throated green, gold-
en-winged, yellow, common yellow-
throat, hooded, chestnut-sided, mag-
nolia, Nashville, American redstarts,
and many yellow-breasted chats.
There were red-eyed, white-eyed,
and warbling vireos, too.
A small wooded swamp behind the
honeysuckle field yielded the piece
de reeittimce. It was a Cape May
warbler, a “lifer” for me, and a rare
bird in Texas, except perhaps at
High Island during migration. That
weekend we were lucky enough to
see-not one, but two-an immature
male and then a full adult male. The
male Cape May warbler has a yellow
breast and rump liberally striped
with black. The face is yellow with a
prominent chestnut ear patch making
it easy to identify. The crown, back
and tail are dark.
I recommend that you try High
Island during spring migration.
You’ll like it!
OciERJta
Local firemen attend
Beeville Fire School
Four members of the Port Aransas
Fire Department attended the Bee-
ville Fire School on Friday and
Saturday, May 4 and 5.
Subjects covered in the school
included “Proper maintenance, use
and care of rescue tools” and “civil
disorder.”
Also covered were “pit fires,”
“use and care of portable extin-
guishers,” “rescue (using jaws and
air bags)” and “overhaul and repair
of Scott regulators.”
Another fire truck was placed back
in service this week adding one more
brush truck to the fire department
equipment.
A fire riser was donated to the
department by Old Moss Hall
Restaurant and has been cleaned and
painted and is on display at the fire
station during regular hours.
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resort surrounded by acres of trees, flowers and
shrubs from around the world.
I he Dolphin rivals the exotic resorts of Cancun, Puerto
Vallarta, and Acapulco. Yet it is but a short drive
from either Corpus Christi or Port Aransas.
Your inquiry is invited during the Dolphin's
final pre-construction offering.
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Judson, Mary. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 10, 1984, newspaper, May 10, 1984; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth840880/m1/9/?q=%221961-07%22: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.