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Vol. XXIV—No. 12
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fNGLESIDE INDEX
Serving Ingleside, growing industrial complex of the Coastal Bend
Ingleisde, San Patricio County, Texas 78362 — THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1974
15c Per Copy (Plus Tfcx)
Ingleside Round-Up
Slated June 7-9
The Ingleside Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor the first
annual Ingleside Round-Up,
three day celebration June 7, 8,
and 9.
The weekend celebration will
feature a western theme with a
street dance, Friday, June 7, at
7:30 p.m. with David Noll and
his band. The dance will be held
in the Ingleside downtown
business district.
The second event of the
weekend will be a trail ride
Saturday which will leave the
String Mott Riding Stable on
Highway 35 between Gregory
and Aransas Pass at 7:30 a m.
The riders will follow FM 1069
to the parking lot of the First
National Bank of Ingleside
where they will join a parade
through the downtown area to
Mustang Field.
At noon Saturday, a barbecue
will be held at Faith Park,
adjacent to City Hall
At 3 pm. the Ingleside
Round-Up Queen beauty contest
will be held with judging taking
place at Mustang Field Girls
from Ingleside and throughout
the area are invited to enter.
There will be three age
divisions with trophies pre-
sented to each winner in the 3-7
year age group, the eight to 13
Bicycle Rodeos
Planned For
School Students
A “Bicycle Rodeo" will be
held at the Ingleside Elemen
tary School for all bicycle riders
for grades from kindergarten
through sixth Tuesday, April
30th
Rodeos are planned at OT
Blaschke school on May 7th and
at the Elementary School on
May 1st and 8th
There will be lectures, safety
programs, riding skill tests,
films and written tests. Awards
of trophies will be given for the
top girl and boy in each class.
Sgt J.D West from the Texas
Department of Public Safety
will give lectures and films on
safety
The Ingleside Police Depart
merit will register bicycles and
V F W Post 6386 and Auxiliary
will put safety tape on all bikes.
All children are urged by the
V F W to take their bicycles to
the schools on these dates and
participate in the contests.
year group, and the 14-18 age
group
Girls may obtain entry blanks
and rules at the Chamber of
Commerce office at 120 S.
Avenue B in Ingleside or call
(512) 776-2093 Entries may be
returned to the Chamber of
Commerce at P.O. Box 756.
Deadline foir entry is June 1.
The activities Saturday will
be capped with a dance at the
V F W Hall on Highway 361
between Ingleside and Aransas
Pass. Jay Vest and the “New
Country Suns" will play for the
dance which begins at 8 p.m.
Sunday a horse show will be
held A carnival and displays by
various Ingleside clubs and
civic organizations will be
located in the downtown area
throughout the weekend. In
addition, various contests such
as three legged races, relay
races, and bicycle decorating
contest, will be going on during
the weekend
Persons who like a good
old-fashioned time, barbecue
eating, dancing, and visiting
should plan to visit Ingleside
and take part in the Round-Up
Candidates Ni*?ht
Set Tomorrow
The Democratic Women of
San Patricio County will hold a
special "Meet the Candidate”
night for those persons whose
names appear on the May 4th
primary ballot at 7 pm.
tomorrow
The meeting will be held in
the District Courtroom of the
San Patricio County Court-
house All candidates are
invited lb make a brief
statement concerning their
candidacy. Mrs. Josephine
Miller, president of the club,
said because of the number of
candidates, the talks will be
limited
The public is invited and
refreshments will be served
We Invite ...
We invite to be our guests at
the picture, “Pancho Villa”,
Showing Sunday, Monday, Tues-
day and Wednesday, April 28,
29 . 30 and May 1, at the Rialto
Theatre, Eva F Castro and
guest
This notice, clipped from The
Index, will serve as your
admission
Style Show Will Benefit
Ingleside Live Oak Park
"Burst into Bloom" is the
theme of a style show planned
Thursday, May 4 by “Beta
Sigma Phi to benefit Ingleside’s
Live Oak Park
The Clothes Locker from
Ingleside will furnish the
fashions for the show which will
lie held in the Rattan Room of
Little Bob’s in Aransas Pass.
Activities will begin at 11 a m
with champagne followed by a
salad buffet
Several area women will
model the fashions. Among
these are Mrs Sharon Auten,
Mrs. Bessie Zumwalt, Miss
Susan Swinnea, Mrs. Kay Lytle,
Mrs. Ruth Gaddis, Mrs Laurie
Bowden. Mrs Kathy Williams,
Ms Jolene Cable, Mrs Helena
Mora, Mrs. Myra Beth Kline,
Mrs. Lou Rokohl, Mrs Stick
Vance, Mrs. Melissa Dobbs, and
Mrs. Mary Edwards
Several door prizes, which
have been donated by local
merchants, will be given away
during the show
Proceeds from the show will
be used toward the purchase of
concrete picnic tables for the
new park Anyone interested in
attending can contact any Beta
Sigma Phi member or go by the
Clothes Locker.
INGLESIDE ROTARIANS Tuesday entertained a group of six Argentinean Rota-
rians in South Texas for a six week period. Tom Nichols, (in white suit), Club presi-
dent, welcomes (L-R) Eduardo G Wilde, Abel O. Loray, and Eduardo R Marzuez
in the top photo. In the bottom photo, Ben Foss, Ingleside Kbtarian, welcomes part
of the group (L-R) Esteban R. Molfino, Foss, Alejandro Casteneda, and Ruben
A. Corradini to the Ranch House where the Club held its luncheon. The group is
in Texas as part of an educational exchange program of Rotary International. Later
in the year, American Rotanans will visit Argentina. The group toured the JHC
Holland plant after a trip to Conn Brown Harbor, Coastal Freezing, and Gulf King
Shrimp Company in Aransas Pass.
Argentinean Rotarians Visit
Ingleside Area Industries
STYLE SHOW to benefit Ingleside’s Live Oak Park
will be held Thursday, May 4, with fashions from the
Clothes Locker. Discussing the show with Tom Nichols,
park board chairman, are (L-R) June Locker, of the
Clothes Locker, and Mrs. Sharon Auten, one of the
models for the show.
A group of six Argentineans
toured the Aransas Pass and
Ingleside area Tuesday look
ing over two seafood houses in
Aransas Pass, Conn Brown
Harbor, and the IHC Holland
plant near Ingleside.
The group which was guided
by Sonny Park of the Aransas
Pass Rotary Club and Ben Foss
of the Ingleside Rotary Club,
are part of an exchange
program of Rotary Inter
national
The group of Eduardo R
Marquez, Esteban R Molfino,
Ruben A Corradini, Abel O
Loray, Eduardo Wilde, and
Alejandro F Castaneda first
Prep School
Board Members
Plan Activities
Board members for the
Ingleside Community Prep
School have been announced
Named are Sandra Belyue,
president, Valerie Commons,
vice president, Mary Garza,
secretary, Starr Pace, assistant
secretary. Terry Gwynn. trea-
surer, and David King, photo
grapher
The teachers this year are
Carolina Pena, Lupe Jimenez
for the three year old “Charlie"
Brown" group, Amina Morina
and Alma Rodriquez for the
four year old "Beavers", Barba
Mircovich and Mary Resendez
for the five and six year old
“Busy Bees "
The school is a community
planned and community sup-
ported organization. The en-
rollment this year is ap-
proximately 55 students Clas-
ses are being held in the
Ingleside Methodist Church
The board of directors met
Wednesday at the Fellowship
Hall to plan a field trip to
Corpus Chrisli Museum for a
special puppet show tomorrow
The show will be followed by a
picnic at South Bluff Park
visited the Coastal Freezing
Plant They were shown around
the plant by Gary McCrary
The men saw the freezing
process ol shrimp from the
washing and sorting to the final
packaged product in the
freezer Several of the men and
McCrary were hardy enough to
enter the freezer, temperature
is kept at It) below zero, before
winding up the tour of Coastal
Freezing.
At Gulf King the group was
show n the plant 's operation and
some of its fleet by Ray Flores
and Guy Metherne, plant
manager. The men were mainly
concerned with the cost of
operations and the market for
shrimp
Flores, conversing in Spanish
with the men. explained how the
fleet went out. how long it
stayed, and how the shrimp is
processed The men were
interested in the cost of
production of shrimp, question-
ing Flores about the cost of
vessels and length of time a
vessel is operational.
Flores also explained to the
Argentineans the advantages of
belonging to_associations The
men were interested as to how
lishing men could profit from an
association. They also ques-
tioned both Flores and McCrary
Nineteen Items On Agenda
For City Council Tonight
on the price of shrimp.
The men in the group have
varying backgrounds but are all
members of Rotary Clubs in
Argentina. Loray explained
that each Rotary Club had
submitted the names of several
candidates for the trip and from
See “VISITORS” Pg. 6
Deadline Nears
For $3,000 Tax
Exemption Filing
Persons who are eligible for
the $3,(Kid homestead tax
exemption have a week in which
to apply w ith the deadline set at
Mav 1
The city of Ingleside. as well
as the Ingleside School District,
allows the exemption for
persons 65 years of age or older
who apply for it
Mrs Dorothy Taylor, Ingle-
side city secretary, said this
week that many people have
already signed up for the
exemption but she knows there
arc some who have become
eligible since the last filing
period and have not signed up
Mrs Taylor reminds those
persons who filed for the
exemption last year that they
must sign up for it each year in
order to be eligible.
The Ingleside city council
faces the possibility of a lengthy
meeting when it convenes for its
regular session tonight. There
are four items on the agenda
which promise to make it a long
meeting in addition to fifteen
other items.
First on the agenda is the
request tabled at the last
meeting, by Entex for a cost of
service adjustment, a 30 cent
per month increase for the
minimum charge At the last
meeting council was reluctant
to take action on the reqtlest
before studying it.
The second item on the
agenda is one the city has spent
much time and effort to arrive
at. This is the plans and
specifications for a surge tank
for the city's sewer plant.
Another item, new business,
which promises to bring up a
good deal of discussion is a
request from General Tele-
phone Company for a decision
on extended area dialing The
company furnished the city with
a cost analysis for this service
last September. This service
would provide direct toll-free
dialing between Ingleside and
Aransas Pass, between Ingle-
side and Gregory, or between
the three cities.
Adel Com Cable T.W) is also
expected to make a report to the
city council on introducing
cable television to Ingleside
Other items on the agenda
are: appointment and oath of
office to the Board of
Equalization, consideration of
approval of Resolution No.
150-designation of official publi
cation for the city, considera
tion of Resolution No 151-
Bicentennial 1976, consideration
of adopting Ordinance No
4-H Council
Elects Officers
The San Patricio and Aransas
Counties 4-H Council elected
new officers at their regular
April meeting on April 15, 1974
in the County Homemaking
Building in Sinton
The new officers elected are:
President-Earl Dean McCpwn
of the San Patricio 4 H Club;
Girls' Vice president Kay
Engler of the Mathis 4 H Club;
Boys’ Vice president - Joe
Sheeran of the San Pat Horse
Club, Secretary Mary Beth
Rhuleof the Ingleside 4-H Club;
Treasurer Karen Witt of the
Mathis 4 H Club; and Reporter -
Steve Boscamp of the St. Paul 4
11 Club
266-Garbage Ordinance, con-
sideration of approval of
appointment of Planning and
Zoning Committee, considera-
tion of approval and appoint-
ments to Board of Adjustments,
consideration of approval of
appointments to Budget and
Finance Committee, considera-
tion of approval of appoint-
ments to Park Board, consi-
deration of approval of appoint-
ments to Electrical Board,
request from Ingleside Garden
Club for payment of two
Christmas trees, consideration
of a Civil Defense Director,
consideration of representative
to Coastal Bend Council of
Government, and consideration
of declaring the month of May
as Clean-Up City month.
On the agenda for reports are
one on alcoholic beverages on
school grounds, a report on the
city insurance policy costs, as
well as the cable television
report.
The meeting this week will be
held in the Community Build-
ing For the past several weeks
the eouhcil had been meeting in
its regular council chambers
after the Library moved from it
to the Community Building The
meeting begins at 8 p.m.
PTA Art Contest
Winners Announced
Winners in the five divisions
of the art contest in Ingleside
schools sponsored by the
Ingleside PTA and judged
during the Spring Carnival
Saturday have been announced
Sweepstakes winners were
Charlie Maynard who was
named the Most Talented
Artist, Sherri Gipson, named
the Most Outstanding Artist,
and Nat Mircovich, named the
Most Creative Artist.
Sweepstakes winners re
ceived special ribbons and $5
checks from the PTA
In the senior class at the High
School, first place in the contest
went to Gary Larew, second to
Ricky Grumbles, and third to
Holly Hydrick
In the junior class, first place
went to James Polasek, second
to Ronnie Benton, and third to
Vera Freeze
In the sophomore class, first
place went to Charlie Maynard,
and in the freshman class first
place went to Fred Lamas and
second Carrie Spencer
In the eighth grade, first
place went to Becky Van
Leeuwen, and second to Sheryl
Hendricks Seventh grade win-
ners were Mike Lee, first, Cindy
Rueff, second, and Leslie
Spencer and Cynthia Douglas,
third
In the sixth grade, first place
went to Phillip Eddings, second
to Johnny McKissack, and third
to Jimmy Mircovich. In the fifth
grade winners were Angela Lyn
Lewey, first, Craig Spieglehoff,
second, and Mark Iknar, third.
In the fourth grade, first place
winner was Leah Davis, second
place winners were Lito Morin
Ingleside Girls Enter
Shrimp-Tot Contest
BOARD OF DIRECTORS for the Ingleside Gomumnity
Prep School are (L-R) David King, photographer, Vala
rie Qtammons, vice president, Sandra Belyue, president,
Terry Gwynn, treasurer, Mary Garza, secretary, and
Starr Pace, assistant secretary.
Three young Ingleside giVls
have entered the Miss Shrimp-
Tot contest part of the
Shrimporee beauty contest
Lauren Evelyn Nichols, spon
sored by Texas Marine Insu
ranee Agency, Denise Michele
Diegef and Natalie Gail Diegel,
both sponsored by the House of
Diegel, have entered the
contest. ,
The three bring the total
number of entries in the Miss
Shrimp Tot contest to four
Girls may enter the Miss
Shrimp Tot, Miss Shrimpette,
Miss Shrimp-Petite, the Miss
Shrimpteen, or the Miss
Shrimporee contest, all a part of
the annual Chamber of Com
merce Shrimporee celebration
to be held May 18
Elizabeth Kay Shirley, spon-
sored by Shirley Brothers
General Contractors, last week
entered the Miss Shrimp-Tot
contest, Brenda Anne Shirley,
also sponsored by Shirley
Brothers, entered the Miss
Shrimpette Contests, as did
Cheri Leigh Jernigan, spon
sored by Central Power and
Light Company, and Kathy
Yeager, sponsored by T-Mo’s
Fashions entered the Miss
Shrimporee contest
Girls, ages 3-21, who wish to
enter one of the contests have
until May II to obtain their
Jm
&MT
and Donna Untermeyer, and
third went to Phillip Droom-
goole
Third grade winners were
Laurie Wilson, first, Angie
Raskin, second, and Sherri
Stewart, third. Second grade
winners were Mark Alexander,
first, Glenda Shilder, second,
and David Mireles, third In the
first grade, Edward Hernandez
won first place, Jeffrey Smith,
second, and Robert Kirby,
third
Kim Spieglehoff won first
place in the kindergarten class,
Troy Hale won second, and Tina
Glover, third
Each winner received rib-
bons There were 277 entries
from all the schools This
included 226 from the Ele-
mentary School, 27 from O T
Blaschke, 10 from the Junior
High School, and 14 from the
High School.
entry blanks from the Chamber
of Commerce office and return
them to P.O. Box 501, Aransas
Pass Only applications re-
turned by mail will be
considered
LORIN NICHOLS
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NATALIE AND DENISE DIEGEL
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