The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 1958 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME 50—NUMBER 31
Serving the Aransas Pass, Ingleside, and Port Aransas Area
ARANSAS PASS/ TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 195fr
(10 CENTS BY THE SINGLE COPY)
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-Deposits in the First State Bank
showed a sharp gain during the
past quarter. A statement of con-
dition issued Sept. 24, showed to-
tol deposits of $5,017,983.28—an
increase of $1,145,551.86 over de-
posits of June 23, date of the last
similar report.
Loans during the same period
declined from $1,602,718.33 to
$1,468,520.74. \
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lions Hear Fire
Safety Talk
By Joe Fogoley
Aransas Pass Lions at their
luncheon - meeting Wednesday
heard a talk on fire prevention
by Joe Fogoley, former Corpus
Christi fire chief, now with the
extension service of A&M Col-
lege.
The speaker called attention to
National Fire Prevention Week,
Oct. 5 to 11, but emphasized that
fire prevention is a year around
necessity and should be practiced
every day of every week of the
year. He commended the Aran-
sas Pass fire department for the
fine job it is doing.
In a series of demonstrations,
Fogoley showed how many fires
are started by smoking in bed
and the careless disposition of
matches and cigarettes; by the
use of gasoline and other inflam
mable liquids for cleaning; and
by overloading electrical circuits.
He urged that non-flammable ma-
terials be used for decorations.
The speaker was assisted with
the demonstrations by Aransas
Pass Fire Marshal Ray Crinklaw.
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Judge Jfoe Wade
Will Attend
Law Conference
District Judge Joe Wade of
Beeville, whose 156th judicial dis-
trict includes San Patricio and
Aransas counties, will attend the
annual conference of Texas judg-
es, Oct. 9-10 at Laredo.
Judge Wade will join some 190
other members of the State Bar’s
judicial section to work out mu-
tual problems ranging from need-
ed improvements in criminal law
to court-sponsored marriage coun-
selling.
Headed by Chairman Tom J.
Renfro, associate justice of the
Fort Worth court of civil appeals,
the section is comprised of some
250 judges of appellate and dis-
trict courts and county courts-at-
law.
District Judge D. B. Wood of
Georgetown, vice chairman, is in
charge of the two-day program
which will include some 30 ad-
dresses and panel discussions in-
volving problems common to the
judiciary. The annual banquet
Friday night will feature an ad-
dress by Associate Justice W. St.
John Garwood of the Texas Su-
preme Court, Austin.
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HEARD.
W. A. SCRIVNER
W. A. Scrivner
Honored On
80th Birthday
A birthday luncheon was giv-
en in honor of W. A. Scrivner on
his eightieth birthday last Sat-
urday in the Rattan Room at
Little Bob’s.
Mr. Scrivner, a retired busi-
nessman, is well known in the
community for his activity here
before his retirement, and for his
keen interest in the growth of
our community. He has been a
resident here since 1913.
The hosts were Mr. and Mrs. J.
N. Scarborough.
Guests for the occasion were
Dr. and Mrs. Chalmers G. Long,
Mrs. H. C. Mills and Mr. and Mrs.
John Howell, Sr. Out-of-town
guests were Mrs. John Shell and
Mrs. Ruby Hall of Fort Worth.
The table was set with a beau-
tiful centerpiece of red carna-
tions with the number *‘80” in
gold embedded in the center
signify the golden years.
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Mrs. Katie Minter
Buried Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Katie
Minter, 68, were held Saturday
afternoon at Cage-Marshall Fu-
neral Home. Rev. Bill Arnold,
pastor of the First Baptist Chprch,
officiated. Burial was in Prairie
View Cemetery.
Mrs. Minter died Thursday
night at her home here. She had
lived here since 1912 and was a
member of the Baptist Church
and the Grandmother’s Club.
Survivors include her husband,
G. E. (Bill) Minter of Aransas
Pass; three daughters, Mrs. D. D
Boler of Clovis, N. M., Mrs. Myr-
tice Traweek of Beeville, and
Mrs. Joe Massi of Aransas Pass
two sons, Byrd Minter of Aran
sas Pass and Harwood Gristy of
San Saba; four sisters, Mrs. H. A.
Reader and Mrs. Mabel Bellomy
of Kenedy, and Mrs. Pearl Per
ry and Mrs. Fannie Counts, both
of San Antonio; four brothers
Leslie, Charlie, Lawrence and
Louis Handcock, all of Stephen-
ville; nine grandchildren and 12
great-grandchildren.
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MRS. McGRATH'S FATHER
BURIED IN ARKANSAS
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McGrath
were called to Arkansas last
weekend due to the death of her
father, Rev. Charles H. Montgom
ery. Rev. Montgomery, 85, a re
tired Baptist minister, was visit-
ing in Los Angeles at the time of
his death.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at a family cemetery in Arka-
delphia, Arkansas.
Norther Brings
Rain, Lower
Temperatures
Fifteen Inches
Recorded In
Wet September
The season’s first norther of
any consequences moved into the
Coastal Bend late Tuesday night
bringing with it lower tempera-
tures and more rain for this wa-
ter-soaked section. The cool front
dropped temperatures into the
high fifties and brought relief
from the warm weather of recent
weeks.
The rain, which accompanied
the cool front, came on the heels
of a wet September in which 15
inches of precipitation was re-
corded here.
September rain brought the
year’s total to 46.21 inches. Wea-
ther observer W. C. Hutson re-
corded rainfall oh\ 19 of the 30
days in the past month.
Panthers Play
At Robstown
Friday Night
Coach Jack McElhannon’s Ar-
ansas Pass Panthers play their
second game away from home
Friday night when they meet the
Cottonpickers in Driscoll Stadium
at Robstown. It is a non-confer-
ence game.
The Cottonpickers, a Class AAA
eleven, have not been too impres-
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Three Session
Training Course
Set For Scouters
A three session training course
has been announced for all Cub
Scout and Boy Scout leaders of
the Mustang district. The first
session will be held Tuesday, Oct.
7 with other sessions set for Oct.
9 and Oct. 14. All sessions will
be held at the Sinton High School
starting at 7:30 p. m.
The Cub course will be directed
by Ken Edwards and G. A. Mis-
trot of Sinton while Joe Benson
■;f Sinton and Adrian Krebs of
Taft will lead the scoutmasters
training course. All cubbers, in-
cluding den mothers, and pack
committeemen, are invited to at-
tend. Scoutmasters an dtroop
committeemen will attend the
Scout training course.
Leaders of the district are also
getting ready to participate in a
nationwide good turn effort on
Saturday, Oct. 11. On that day
Scouts, Cubs and Explorers of
the nation Will distribute civil de-
fense preparedness booklets to
the homes of the nation.
PANTHER-PICKER
TICKETS AVAILABLE
Reserved seat tickets to the
Panther-Cottonpicker football
game at Robstown Friday
night are available at the
school’s downtown business
•office, L. R. Nedbalek, busi-
ness manager, announced this
morning.
The tickets, good for seats
between the 40 and 50 yard
lines, are $1.25 each.
Arrangements
Pending For
Lowe Funeral
Funeral arrangements for Dud-
ley Lowe, who was killed in Ven-
ezuela last week, are still pend-
ing. According to the last report,
the body is scheduled to leave
Caracas late Friday by plane. It
will come by plane to Florida and
will be shipped overland by train
from Florida and will probably
arrive here the first of next week.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Cage-Marshall Fu-
neral Home.
sive so far thjs season. They were
tied 12-12 by Refugio in their
opener, and then lost on consec-
utive week ends to Sinton 24-20
and to Falfurrias 20-0. But McEl-
hannon is not taking the game
lightly. Robstown has a fast and
experienced backfield sparked by
Garcia and Daniels, he said, and
a young but heavy line. The Robs-
town line will probably outweigh
ours ten pounds to the man, he
stated.
The Panthers will carry an un-
defeated record into the game.
They have wins over Ingleside,
Rockport, Karnes City and Heb-
bronville, but it is likely that
Robstown will prove their tough-
est opponent so far this season.
The Panthers are reported in
good shape for Friday night’s con-
test. Left end Clifton Greer is
back in the lineup after missing
two games, but left tackle Den-
nis Vickery is nursing an injured
knee and right guard David Mc-
Conchie has missed some practice
this week due to d badly cut lip^
A large delegation of Panther
fans is expected to follow the
team to Robstown Friday night.
Intracoastal Bridge
One-Third Complete
The high bridge, which will in
the not too distant future span
the alternate route of the Intra-
coastal Canal by Aransas Pass,
is approximately one third com-
plete. E. R. Pietsch, project engi-
neer for the U. S. Corps of En-
gineers, said Tuesday1 that 33.9
per cent of the construction is
now in place. ■
The last of 362 foundation pil-
ing was driven Wednesday and
Pietsch estimates that all footings
Lions Club Sets
Pancake Supper
For October 17
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Betty Martin underwent
minor surgery in Aransas Hospi-
tal last week.
MEDICAL TREATMENT
Patsy Jones, daughter of Mrs.
Florehce Jones, is receiving med-
ical treatment in Aransas Hospi-
tal.
Mayor Conn Brown
Attends Meeting
[n New Orleans
Mayor Conn Brown and Mrs.
Brown represented Aransas Pass
at the 53rd annual meeting of the
Intracoastal Canal Association
held Sunday and Monday in New
Orleans.
Senator Allen J. Ellender of
Louisiana was principal speaker
at the convention. Interesting and
informative talks were also made
by association officials and high
ranking officers of the Corps of
Engineers.
While in New Orleans, Mayor
and Mrs. Brown attended the
christening party for the dredge,
John H. Shary, owned by Bauer-
Smith Dredging Co., of Port La-
vaca.
Mayor Brown said the convene
tion voted to hold the 1959 meet-
ing of the Intracoastal Canal As-
sociation in Corpus Christi.
MARSHALL ATTENDS
VALLEY CONVENTION
Charles W. Marshall, director
and co-owner of Cage-Marshall
Funeral Home, left this morning
for Brownsville where he will at-
tend the South Texas Funeral Di-
rectors Convention.
. . . LITTLE RIP YEAGER is
now working in Corpus Christi
with Wade, Gibson & Martin, ar-
chitects, and the grapevine has
it that there is to be wedding
bells . . . HELEN GEREAU is
recovering from surgery recently
in a Rockport hospital... GRAN-
NY RENEAU now has ten great-
grandchildren, since the VAL RE-
NEAUS have added another
grandchild to their contribution
... POLICEMAN’S BALL TICK-
ETS for Saturday, Nov. 22, went
on sale today. They can be pur-
chased from any policeman or
auxiliary policeman or at the city
hall . . . CORA LEE HALL had
a birthday, Tuesday, Sept. 30 „ . ,
MR. and MRS. F. A. STEINBAR-
GER, residents here for the past
twenty-eight years, celebrated
their golden wedding! anniver-
sary Monday, Sept. 29 . . . with
the first cool spell of the season,
fishing has really been good . . .
NAN SHELTON is making big
plans for her wedding next week
... the TARPON RODEO at Port
Aransas, which had been tenta-
tively set for this week, has been
reset for Oct. 10-11-12, weather
permitting ...
will be poured before the end of
the week.
The bridge, which with ap-
proaches, will be 2,096 feet long,
is just now beginning to take
shape although work on the proj-
ect started early, in July. But
most of the work to date has been
concentrated on the structure’s
intricate foundation which ex-
tends some 50 to 60 feet down
into the earth.
Pre-tension reinforced concrete
piling were driven in clusters to
form the basic foundation for the
columns which will support the
roadway. Piling ranging in length
from 40 to 60 feet were used de-
pending on the bearing quality of
the soil. Foundation clusters
ranged from eight piling to the
cluster at the beginning of the
bridge approach to 24 piling to
tha cluster at the center of the
structure.
The piling clusters were capped route,
with a 16-yard slab of concrete; Pietsch
The Aransas Pass Lions Club
will hold its annual pancake sup-
per on Oct 17 at the new Kieber-
ger school cafeteria, according to
announcement this week by Dr.
Neil Kirkham, president.
TCirkham said the event has
been set for the same date asthe j diameter at the base and three
Aransas Pass-Refugio football - . t th ton_ Pairs 0f columns
the canal location which allows
for a 125 foot horizontal clearance.
Pre-tension concrete beams will
support a roadway 28 feet in
width. The pre-stressed beams
were cast in Victoria and the pil-
ing were poured in Corpus Chris-
ti.
The bridge will have a 50-foot
vertical clearance above mean
low tide and with the beams and
roadway, it will be about 58 feet
high at its peak. The maximum
grade of the roadway will not ex-
ceed five per cent.
Elmer Gardner, Inc., Houston,
is contractor on the bridge which
is a project of the U. S. Corps of
Engineers. The bridge is being
constructed “dry” in preparation
for the cutoff link of the Intra-
coastal Canal which will be
dredged under the structure. Bids
are due to be opened Oct. 15 on
the first phase of the alternate
estimate's the bridge
which forms the footing for the
cylindrical columns which in-
crease in height toward the bridge
center. The columns are four feet
game and that supper will be
served from 5 to 7 p. m.
Tickets, which may be pur-
chased from Lions Club mem-
bers, are $1.00 for adults and 50
cents for children. Proceeds from
the supper will go to the club’s
community fund.
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OCTOBER 19
feet at the top. Pairs of columns
are connected by poured concrete
beams to form bents and the bents
are on 53-foot centers except at
job will be finished about June,
1959.
The canal bridge forms a link
in the new million-dollar cause-
way to Harbor Island which is
also under construction. The
causeway is a Texas Highway De-
partment project on which Aus-
tin Bridge Co. is the contractor.
KAPPA SIGMA NU SWEETHEART—Miss Jan Wilson, sweetheart of Kappa Sigma Nu, A & I
College fraternity, was guest of honor at the fraternity’s annual banquet and sweetheart ball held
Friday night in the Mesquite Room of Cheatum’s Restaurant, Kingsville. About 40 persons in-
cluding members and guests attended.
In the above picture, Miss Wilson receives red roses and the sweetheart pin from Dick Richards
of Ingleside, Kappa Sigma Nu president. Others pictured (left to right) are Miss Peggy Kirksey
of Harlingen, Ronnie Jones of Aransas Pass, vice president, and Mrs. Bob Burks of Kingsville.
Catholics Set
Operation
Understanding
John Garville and Miss Merilyn
Tschirhart have been appointed
to head “Operation Understand-
ing” in St. Mary’s Star of the Sea
Church of this city by the pastor,
Father Gregory A. Boensch.
Operation Understanding is the
project of the Diocesan Council
of Catholic Men and Women. It
is designed to promote under-
standing between Catholics in this
area with their neighbors of other
faiths.
The project will get underway
in October during which Catho-
lics will invite all non-Catholics
in the diocese to be their guests
at an open house to be held in all
of the Catholic churches in the
diocese on Oct. 19. The local
Catholic Church is participating
in this diocesan project.
More than 100,000 South Texas
homes are scheduled to receive
the personal invitations. At the
church on the day of the “open
house”, guides will be on hand
to explain all the items in the
church to visitors.
His Excellency, The Most Rev.
M. S. Garriga, D. D., LLD., bish-
op of Corpus Christi, has instruct-
ed all the pastors in the diocese
to give their fullest support to
this undertaking.
He has also asked the help of
all of the Catholic laity to support
the “Operation” both spiritually
and materially.
Msgr. Michael J. Adams of Cor-
pus Christi, general chairman of
the operation, said the drive will
help thousands of people to a bet-
ter understanding of “what Cath-
olics believe,” and in this way
promote good will between Cath-
olics and people of other relig-
ions.
He said “Operation Understand-
ing” was in no way a recruiting
drive for church members, but
more a gesture of friendship and
understanding toward others.
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WATERWAY BRIDGE TAKING SHAPE—This sign, located
at the site of the Intracoastal Waterway bridge on the Harbor
Island Causeway just east of Aransas Pass, gives a good descrip-
tion of the project. In the picture at top taken from the existing
causeway, which will be replaced by the new thoroughfare, can
be seen some of the cylindrical concrete columns which will
support the bridge and roadway approach. The bridge, a project
of the U. S. Corps of Engineers, spans the designated alternate
route of the Intracoastal Canal.
Ingleside Goes
To Bishop
Friday Night
Ingleside’s Mustangs travel to
Bishop Friday night for a clash
with their old rivals, the Badgers.
The non-conference game will
probably be played on a muddy
field since general rains fell this
week over most of South Texas.
The Mustangs are still looking
for their first win of the season.
Last week while they lost to Tu-
loso-Midway, 28-12, the Badgers
blanked Gregory-Fortland 14-0.
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We Invite...
We invite to be our guests at
the picture, “From Hell to Texas,”
showing Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, Oct. 5, 6, and 7, at the
Rialto Theatre, E. M. Pousson and
guest.
This notice, clipped from The
Progress, will serve as your ad-
mission.
SEEN..
. . . ELIZABETH, KATIE and
JOAN delivering mums Friday
for the football game Friday
night , . . PENNY KIZER out on
Girl Scout business early Wednes-
day morning , . . the first sweater
weather of the season here this
week ... HELEN SCARBOR-
OUGH putting up United Fund
stickers . . . an old land mark, the
MASONIC BUILDING, being torn
down this week . . . SCHOOL
TAX statements in the mail this
week . . . a card from NONA
KAUFMAN in Dallas . . . PERT
really busy putting up a new
shipment of pretty little soft sole
shoes ... where MRS. WILHEL-
MINA GILLESPIE has been
named as woman’s superintend-
ent of the County Youth and Ag-
riculture Home Makers Show to
be held in January ... pipe being
unloaded for the new line which
will connect Aransas Pass with
the San Patricio Municipal Water
District ... a new presswoman,
HELEN GIPS, at The Progress
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The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 1958, newspaper, October 2, 1958; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth910863/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.