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VOLUME 51—NUMBER 5
Serving the Aransas Pass, Ingleside, and Port Aransas Area
(10 CENTS BY THE SINGLE COPY)
ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1959
Daiiel Finley, Kristin Ericson
Are Aransas Pass Honor Students
Daniel Finley is valedicto
rian and Kristin Ericson is
salutatorian of the 1959 grad-
uating class of Aransas Pass
High School, according to an-
nouncement by Scott R. El-
lis, high school principal
Finley will graduate with a
four-year high school grade
average of 96.32, and Miss
Ericson’s grade average is
95.30.
Three other graduates have
maintained grade averages
above ninety. They are San-
dra Bartlett, 92.09; Sue Kim
mey, 91.76; and Jim Alexan-
der, 90.71.
Both Finley and Miss Eric-
son have been students in
the local school throughout
their high school years. Dan-
iel is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Finley, and Kristin ? is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin Ericson.
As a freshman, Finley was
first place winner in spelling
at the district meet and he
placed third in number sense
rit both the district and re-
gional meets. In his sopho-
more year, he won spelling
and typing xat the district
meet and placed second in
number sense. He also won
typing in regional and placed
seventh in the state meet.
As a junior, he took dis-
trict honors in number sense,
lide rule and spelling, and
on regional in number
'‘sense and slide rule. At the
state meet, he placed fifth
in number sense and tenth
in slide rule. Due to his pre-
vious wins, he did not com-
pete this year.
"Wins African Cruise
In his junior year, Finley
was one of six winners in the
Harold Harding Memorial Es-
say Contest sponsored world-
wide by the Propeller Club
of America. His prize was a
Six weeks all-expense-paid
cruise down the west coast
of Africa.
Finley played bass horn in
this year’s all-district band
and also in the regional read-
ing band. During his high
school years, he has been a
member of the Spanish Club,
Math Club, Science Club, Li-
brary Club, English IV Club,
and the Industrial Arts Club.
Finley, who plans a career
in research, will major in nu-
clear physics at the Univer-
sity of Texas.
Miss Ericson, who was vot-
ed best all around girl this
year, was named to Who’s
Who the past two years. She
is editor of the school annual,
president of the French. Club,
treasurer of the student
council and a class officer.
During the year she received
the Ranforth award and the
D. A. R. citizenship award.
She is a member of the Li-
brary Club, Speech Club, and
was a member of the girls’
debating team which placed
second in district competition
this year.,
Last year, Kristin was on
the staff of both the Prowl
and Scream and was a class
officer and an officer in the
French Club. She was a
member of the student coun-
cil, Spanish Club, Speech
Club, Science Club and F. H.
A. Club.
She has been a member of
the band throughout her high
school years and while a
sophomore she was. a mem-
ber of the all-district band,
the regional reading band,
and with the clarinet quar-
tet which placed second in
district competition.
She plans to attend Linden-
wood College at St. Charles
Mo.
DANIEL FINLEY
Panthers Head
For State Meet
Wm S. Odell
Discharged
From U. S. Navy
William S. Odell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Odell,
was discharged from the U.
S. Navy at Kingstown, R. I.,
on April 21.
After a short visit with his
(parents here, Odell will leave
for Miami where he will be
employed by Eastern Air
Lines.
Coach Jack McElhannon
and four Aransas Pass High
School athletes will leave
this afternoon for Austin
where they will compete to
morrow in the State Inter-
scholastic League track meet
Alex Harvey will enter the
440-yard dash and he will
team with Rudy Johnson,
Norman Spears and Ronnie
Chadwick in the 440-yard
relay.
Aransas Pass won both
events in the regional meet
and prospects are good for
a state win in one or both
events. Due to revamping this
year, the state has been di-
vided into only four regions
greatly reducing the number
of contestants at the state
meet. The track events will
be held about 7:30 p. m., Fri
day, Coach McElhannon
stated.
Harvey has looked good all
season in the 440-yard dash
and the Panther^ sprint relay
team has collected a dozen
trophies in the various in-
vitational track meets.
Last week at the San An-
tonio Invitational Track Meet
which pitted regional win-
ners in* all classes, Harvey
did the 440 in 50.9 to finish
second behind Dillon of Ed-
ison High School, a class 4A
San Antonio school. In that
event, the sprint relay team
failed to score due to a bad
handoff on the last leg of the
relay.
SEEN...
. . JUDY OLIVER back
from a nice vacation trip to
San Antonio and other Tex-
as points ... CARYL and ED
Saving a chat . . . EVELYN
very sleepy eyed going for
he mail . . . MRS. C. JACK-
SON making plans to leave
n a vacation trip to Ten-
essee . . . J. L. BEAGLE of
Tarpley visiting around town
riday with old friends . . v
AYLOR taking off his
glasses at the stroke of
twelve . . . JOAN LOCK-
TART a most attractive
oung woman . . . all the
SENIORS making big plans
nd very excited over their
;rip to Garner Park tomor-
ow . . . ESTHER YEAGER
earing a most beautiful or-
bhid . . . PEGGY and SCOT-
IE returning from a nice
eekend in Brownsville and
visit to Mexico ... a large
nd enthusiastic crowd en-
oying the music of JAN
ARBER and his orchestra
ednesday night at Live
ak Country Club . . .
Scout Leaders
Roundtables
Slated May 14
The regular monthly round
tables for Scout leaders in
the Mustang district will be
held on Thursday, May 14,
at the Sinton High School, it
was announced today by
George Rigotti, district com-
missioner. The meeting will
start at 7:30 p. m. and will
end at 9:00 p. m. All round-
tables are of special impor-
tance this month, Rigotti said,
and urged all leaders to at-
tend.
The Cub leaders round-
table directed by Ken Ed-
wards of Sinton will concern
itself with two district-wide
Cub events that will happen
this summer. The Scout lead-
ers roundtable will be led
by Joe Benson of Sinton with
emphasis on the summer
camp program at Camp Ka-
rankawa. Benson asked that
units which will attend camp
this summer have in attend-
ance their scoutmaster and all
adults who will stay with the
unit during its stay in camp.
Beeson added that this meet-
ing will result in a more in-
teresting and rewarding pro-
gram for the boys of their
units. Program booklets on
summer camp will be given
to each leader.
KRISTIN ERICSON
Chisum Named
President
Of Lions Club
Herbert Chisum, principal
of W. A. Kieberger Element-
ary School, was named pres-
ident qf the Aransas Pass
Lions Club when new offi-
cers were elected at Wednes-
day’s luncheon-meeting. He
succeeds Dr. Neil Kirkham
as head of the local service
organization.
Dr. Boyce Elliott was elect-
ed first vice president; E. B.
Yeager, second vice presi-
dent; and Capt. J. R. McWil-
liams, third vice president.
Other officers are David C.
Williams, secretary; More-
land Bexley, tail twister;
Houston Spear, lion tamer;
Howard Williams and J. G.
Richards, one-year directors;
and W. L. McClaskey anci
Wilson Wehring, two-year
directors.
The new officers will as-
sume their posts at the, first
regular meeting in July.
The club heard a report by
Ritchey Clendening, chair-
man of a committee of local
lions who will handle a fish
fry at the district Lions con-
vention in Corpus Christi
late this month. A report was
also given by Martin Has-
kett, president, and J. G.
Richards, treasurer, on the
progress being made in re-
organization of the Aransas
Pass Chamber of Commerce.
147 Inch Of
Rain Recorded
During April
Rainfall remained moder-
ate during April with only
1.47 inch being recorded here
during the 30-day period.
Weather observer W. C. Hut-
son listed rain on six days
of ithe month.
The highest reading for a
day’s precipitation was .64
inch recorded on April 11.
Other rainfall was record-
ed on May 8, 9, 16, 17 and
21.
April rainfall compares
with .05 inch in March and
.47 inch in April, 1958. For
the first four months of 1959,
rainfall totals 8.67 inches as
compared to 25.76 inches for
the same period a year ago.
Driver Course
Scheduled
At High School
A drivers education course
will be taught at Aransas
Pass High School this sum-
mer if a sufficient number
is interested, Superintendent
A. A. Ericson has announced.
He said at least twenty stu-
dents would be required to
justify the course.
The course will be open to
both students and adults and
it will be taught by W. J.
Wheatley. Enrollment fee is
$25.00.
Ericson said 14-year-olds
can qualify for a drivers li-
cense by completing the
course and passing the driv-
ers test.
The time of the course arid
obtained at the superintend-
ent’s office.
j'tRT;
Winners In
Ladies Golf
Tournament
In the annual ladies cham-
pionship golf tournament
held at Live Oak Country
Club, Willie Mae Elliott of
Rockport was championship
winner with Mildred Miller
as runner-up. Frances Yeager
won consolation in the cham-
pionship flight.
Opal Robert was winner in
the first flight with Dorris
Garrett as runner-up and
Glenda Holbrook as conso-
lation.
The Explorer leaders'
roundtable will also work
on plans for district and
council events scheduled in
the near future as well as
program information.
Another announcement of
interest to Scoutmasters is
the work day camp on Satur-
day, May 16. All Scout troops
in the Mustang district, are
urged to get to Camp Karan-
kawa as early as possible on
that morning to help get the
campsites in condition for the
opening of camp on Sunday.
May 31.
Noble Evans, 37,
Drowns Monday
When Tuff Sinks
Noble Evans, 37, drowned
Monday when the tug Maco
Stewart sank near Port Isa-
bel. The body was recovered
late Tuesday in the Laguna
Madre about ten miles from
the site of the mishap.
According to reports, Ev-
ans was piloting the tug
which was pushing a tow of
barges in an exceptionally
heavy tide through the Queen
Isabella causeway tollgate
when one of the barges
struck an abutment and jack-
knifed, swamping the tug.
Three crewmen escaped but
Evans went down with the
tug.
Evans was regular skipper
on the tug Corpus Christi but
was making an extra run on
the Maco Stewart. Both tugs
are owned by Stellman
Transportation Co., of Aran-
sas Pass.
Funeral services for Evans
are to be held today at 2 p.
m. at the First Baptist Church
with the Rev. Wilson Brum-
ley, pastor of the Rockport
Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Prairie View
Cemetery under direction of
Cage - Marshall Funeral
Home.
A veteran of World War n,
Evans had been a resident of
Aransas Pass for six years.
Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Dorothy Evans; two
sons, Rodney and Norman,
both of Aransas Pass; four
daughters, Mrs. Bill Zom
and Shirley, Sherry and Joy
Evans, all of Aransas Pass;
two sisters, Mrs. Roy Mullin-
ax, Jr., of Shirtz, and Mrs.
Perry McCullough of Dris-
coll; his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Silas Evans of Sandia,
and one brother, Wayne Ev-
ans of Sandia.
MARRIED SIXTY-EIGHT YEARS—A marriage which
followed elopement back in 1891 has worked out well
for Mr. and Mrs. James B. Ganong of Aransas Pass.
The Ganongs observed their sixty-eighth wedding anni-
versary Sunday.
As a teenage couple, Mr. Ganong and his bride, Birdie,
eloped and were married May 3,1891, at Savannah, Tenn.
Both are natives of Ioka, a small town in Tishamirigo
county, Miss. Mr. Ganong was bom Jan 23, 1872 and his
wife was born Nov. 6, 1876.
The Ganongs came to Texas in 1892 and for many
years were in business in and around Cleburne. They
retired and moved to Aransas Pass in February, 1945.
Mr. and Mrs. Ganong have three children, nine grand-
children and 14 great-grandchildren. A number of the
relatives were present Sunday when the couple quiet-
ly observed their sixty-eighth wedding anniversary
at the Ganong home on South Whitney.
Chamber Directors Meet Tonight,
Membership Drive Continues
Directors of the Aransas
Pass Chamber of Commerce
have scheduled another meet-
ing for tonight as they speed
plans to get the reactivated
organization back in opera-
tion.
Twenty applicants for the
manager’s job have been in-
terviewed and a choice will
be made in the near future,
possibly at tonight’s session.
Meanwhile, the member-]
ship drive is continuing and
early response indicates that
the organization will be able
SOCIAL SECURITY
REPRESENTATIVE TO
VISIT ARANSAS PASS
A representative of the So-
cial Security Administration
will be at the Lone Star Park
Building in Aransas Pass on
Thursday, May 14, at 1 p. m.
You may obtain informa-
tion about your rights and
duties under the Social Se-
curity Act. Eligible persons
can secure assistance in ap-
plying for old-age, survivors,
or disability insurance pay-
ments from a representative
at that time.
Jaycee-Ettes
Get Awards
For Activities
The Aransas Pass Jaycee-
Ettes received the lion’s
share of the awards at the
state convention of Jaycees
and Jaycee-Ettes held April
30 through May 2 at Fort
Worth.
The organization received
ithe first-place award for civ-
ic activities; first place for
profit making; first place for
aid to local Jaycees; second
place for Jaycee-Ette activi-
ties; and a plaque for out-
standing club in Region 3.
The local organizations
were represented at the
state convention by Mr. and
Mrs. John Gilmore and Mr.
and Mrs. Lucky Baldinejll.
Gilmore is Jaycee president,
Mrs. Gilmore is past presi-
dent of the Jaycee-Ettes, and
Mrs. Baldinell is Jaycee-Ette
president.
Mrs. Gilmore received an
award for the outstanding
president of a Jaycee-Ette
Club in the state last year,
and she was also elected state
vice president for the Texas
Jaycee-Ettes, Region 3.
to set up a $12,000-a-year
budget.
Martin Haskett, president,
told the Aransas Shrimp As-
sociation at a meeting Tues-
day night and the Lions Club
at Wednesday’s luncheon-
meeting that 93 firms now
signed up have subscribed
over eight thousand dollars
toward the annual budget.
He emphasized that only
about a fourth of the com-
munity’s firms have been
contacted in the current
drive. He pointed out that an
effort will be made to give
every Aransas Pass firm,
large or small, an opportu-
nity to participate in the
chamber of commerce.
Meanwhile, Haskett invited
any businesses missed in the
early canvass to check with
him or another member of
the board regarding member-
ship in the chamber which
is being established to boost
Aransas Pass and the area.
Ingleside OES
Entertains
Masons and Guests
Approximately fifty per-
sons, including Masons and
their families, were served
supper by the Order of East-
ern Star of Ingleside last
Monday evening at the Ma-
sonic Temple there.
Mrs. E. B. Lee, worthy
matron, greeted the guests,
and H. W- McWilliams, wor-
thy patron, gave the welcom-
ing address. The invocation
was given by E. B. Lee.
F olio wing the supper, the1
regular stated meeting of the
chapter was held.
John Smith, 48,
HEB Manaff er,
Dies Monday
Funeral services for John
H. Smith, 48, who died unex-
pectedly early Monday aft-
ernoon at his home here,
were held at 2 p. m. Wednes-
day at Cage-Marshall Funer-
al Chapel. Jack Perry, min-
ister of the Church of Christ,
officiated and interment was
in the Sinton Cemetery.
A resident of Aransas Pass
since 1951, Smith owned and
operated Pick and Pay Gro-
cery for about eight years
before becoming manager of
the HEB Food Store last Jan-
uary. He had been in the
grocery business fbr 18 years.
He is survived by his wife,
Bernice; two sons, John A.
of Kingsville and Donald L.
of - Austin; two daughters,
Mrs. Patricia Templeman of
Coronado, Calif., and Terri
Smith of Aransas Pass; his
mother, Mrs. O. E. Smith of
Sinton; four sisters, Mrs. Lu-
ther Colb of Sinton, Mrs.
Clyde Blagg of San Antonio,
Mrs. George DeVilbiss of
Washington, D. C., and Mrs.
Constance Horton of Odessa;
and two grandchildren.
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We Invite...
We invite to be our guests
at the picture, “The Mating
Game,” showing Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday, May
10, 11 and 12, at the Rialto
Theatre, L. S. LaFrance and
guest.
This notice, clipped from
The Progress, will serve as
your admission.
JOHN H. SMITH
Annual Country Club Anniversary
Celebration Set For Week End
Finals in Championship Golf
Tournament Scheduled Sunday
Live Oak Country Club
will be a beehive of activity
this week end as the mem-
bership takes part in the an-
nual anniversary celebration.
A poolside coke party for
the ladies will be held at 2:30
p. m. Saturday, and the an-
nual club dance, featuring
music by Jake Stephens and
his orchestra, will take place,
Registration
Set May 14 for
Six Year Olds
Children who will be six
years old on or before Sep-
tember 1 and who will be
starting to school for the first
time in September, will be
pre-registered at H. T. Faulk
Elementary school on May
14, Morris Winkle, principal,
has announced.
Registration will begin at
8:30 a. m. in Room 15 at
Faulk School and continue
until 2:30 p. m.
Every child must be ac-
companied by an adult and
must present a birth certifi-
cate or affidavit of birth. Pre-
school registration will not
be held in September except
for pupils from out of town,
Winkle stated. He invited
the children to visit a first
grade room after they regis-
ter on May 14 so that they
may become better acquaint-
ed with classroom procedure.
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Shrimp Dill Gets
Senate Approval
A bill by the Texas Shrimp
Association aimed at con-
servation of the shrimp fish-
)ejry has passed the Texas
senate without opposition, ac-
cording to an Austin news
release. It will be returned
to the house for concurrence
with senate amendments.
The bill, identified as
HB 12, has been vigorously
pushed by officials of the
Aransas Shrimp Association.
It sets out a closed season
for shrimpers, except bait
dealers who would be reg-
ulated, in an effort to pre-
vent the wholesale destruc-
tion of small shrimp which
is occuring in the present
shrimping operations.
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Graves, Pirates
Win Openers In
Little League
Despite threatening skies,
the Aransas Pass Little
League season got underway
Tuesday night at the league
park south of town. After
formal ceremonies which of-
ficially opened the season,
baseball fans were thrilled
by a doubleheader pitting
the Braves against the
Bombers, and the Cardinals
against the Pirates.
In the first game of the
twin bill, the Braves defeated
the Bombers, 13-2. Harvey
batted 1,000 to lead the hard-
hitting Braves. Brussard was
the winning pitcher and Cal-
lender was the losing pitch-
er.
In the second game, David
Wright went all the way for
the Pirates limiting the Cards
to three hits. He struck out
15 men.
It was a scoreless contest
until the top of ithe fifth
when Rector’s single set the
stage for a six-run inning
which led to a 10-0 victory
for the Pirates.
Patterson , who was re-
lieved in the sixth by Mc-
Donald, was the losing pitch-
er.
In tonight’s doubleheader,
the Giants meet the Indians
in the opener and the Cards
play the Bombers in the night
cap.
starting at 9 p. m. Saturday.
There will be no admission
charge for the dance.
Sunday afternoon from
5:30 until 7:00 o’clock, a
chicken barbecue will be
served on the club grounds.
Plates will be $1.00 for
adults and 50 cents for chil-
dren.
Meanwhile, play in the
men’s championship g o 1 f
tournament is moving for-
ward and all finals will be
played Sunday. Winners will
be announced during the bar-
becue hours.
In the 36-hole finals match
for the club champion, W. E.
Dube will play the winner
of a match between Ernie
Falgout, Jr., and J. R. Fort-
ner, which will he decided
Saturday. All other matches
for flight champions will be
for 18 holes and the contest-
ants' will tee off starting at
1:00 p. m.
Floyd Pittman and Mullett
Gregory will play for honors
in the first flight, and Bill
Miller and C. L. Taylor will
contest for the second flight
title.
Leonard LeBlanc and C. O.
Robert have advanced to the
finals in the third flight, A.
N. Garrett and W. E. Boehnke
remain in the fourth flight,
and H. O. Coleman and J.
T. Stellman are competing
for first place in the fifth
flight.
The swimming pool will be
open for use Sunday after-
noon and will be open on
weekends until June 1 when
it will remain open all week.
As a preface to the week-
end celebration, members
jammed the club Wednesday
night to dance to the music
of Jan Garber’s nationally
known orchestra.
■ ——-o—-——
Mrs. Newbury’s
Sister Buried
Here Monday
Funeral services for Mrs.
F. A. Miller of Corpus Chris-
ti were held at St. Patrick’s
Church Monday morning and
graveside services were held
at Prairie View Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller were
long time residents of this
city. They have lived in Cor-
pus Christi for the past ten
years where Mr. Miller is an
engineer for Humble Oil Co.
Mrs. Miller is survived by
her husband; two daughters,
Mrs. Mary Ann Paraskas of
Lexington Park, Ind., and
Miss Nancy Miller of Corpus
Christi; two sons, James F.
Miller of Houston and Law-
rence E. Miller of Corpus
Christi; two sisters, Sister
Mary Damien of San Anto-
nio and Mrs. Maye Newbury
of Aransas Pass, and five
grandchildren.
HEARD...
... a meeting of the AR-
ANSAS PASS WOMAN’S
CLUB will be held Tuesday
at the home of Mrs. Frank
Gathright, 1305 Oak Park
Drive . . . BILL GOLES was
winner of a fishing hat on
Trader Jack’s Country Store
TV program . . . although
the weather was unsettled
here for the past week, the
fishing was still excellent
and they’re still biting every
day ... a very entertaining
coke party is being planned
by EDITH for the ladies at
Live Oak Country Club Sat-
urday afternoon I . . parties
for the SENIORS are being
planned and their calendars
are filled to the brim . . . the
REBEKAHS are having a
bake sale Saturday and order
may be given by calling
8-4213 or 8-2933 . . . FRAN-
CES PARISH has a most at-
tractive hairdo ; . . the stands
were full at the first LITTLE
LEAGUE game Tuesday
night . . . MAXINE MAYER
really presented a beautiful
installation service to the
Parent-Teachers Association
Tuesday night . . .
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