The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 3, 1964 Page: 3 of 16
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WEDNESDAY. JUNE 3. 1M4
The Progress—Aransas Pass, Texas
PAGE THREE
Highway Department
To Add 1,000 Miles
Of FM Roads In State
AUSTIN A sweeping pro-1 Today's sprawling Farm to
gram to build more than Market Road system in Texas
1,000 miles of Farm and traces its genesis to a 6-mile
Ranch to Market Roads in I tetteh built in 1936 between
160 Texas counties has been communities nf Mount
i .v, n» Enterprise and Shilok in
announced by the Texas Rysk c , From lhU first
Highway Commission. Farm to Market Road the
The Commission placed an Highway Department
estimated cost of $23 million *txs*s MlRnw?y , 1 T? , ,,
. . . , has been pointing toward an
on the total package of 22, , system of 50,000
projects financed for con- qJ such roads n.ggest
struction by action. Construe-( xpansion of the system has
tion on a total of ,03- miles (K.(,um>d since 1949.
of Farm to Market Roads is ,-rhe 1964 Farm Market
inX?lve°' . „ . , - Road Program is a good illus-
The Farm to Marke Pro- ^ Te‘as Hlgh_
gram is an annual roa.Umild-, Commission’s ’balanced
,ng undertaking of the Tex- , hll hy» accord-
as Highway Department un- * tQ Chairman Herbert C.
der legislation authorizing » Jr ..Wuhin thls con-
yearly budget for new FM t of hlghway development.
construction .' the Commission views all
The harm to Market Road as lifelinea and
grid in Texas now stand, at str|vM l0 mtergrale the var-
37 143 mile, of designated iou, hl h systems for the
roads ’ Designated includes, overa„ good of ,hc state.»
both roads already built and, p0jnting ()Ut that there are
those financed to be built in mQne Fann t0 Market Road,
the near future m Texas than all other fed-
With addition of new mil-
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Grim 20-Year Death
Sequence Haunts U. S.
Presidential Office
RARE CATCH—Jack Johnson poses aboard this giant
Atlantic Leatherback turtle brought into port last Wed-
nesday by the Sally B. captained by Nat Wilson. Termed
a rare catch, the turtle was estimated to weigh be-
tween 700 and 800 pounds The turtle was offered to
several aquariums, but none had facilities for handling
the massive reptile The turtle died Thursday while
awaiting tagging by Texas Parks and Wildlife service
before being turned loose The turtle was netted by
the Sally B while fishing in 14 fathoms east of Pass Ca-
vallo _,
eral and state highways com
tuned, he said:
"In the total structure of
our highways system a farm
route has a place just as
authorized by the Highway
Commission, the Texas high-
way network exceeds 65,000
miles for the first time New
total for highway* of vRai to our transportation
tvpcs in Texas 65.7,8 'complex as does an Interstate
Of this designated mileage.’n ut(i N(jr u a farm route
3 031 miles represent Inter- m .,dvantage on,y to the
state Highways and 25,604 fannf>rs it srrvev The urban
miles are U. S and S ate- .vl.vdatum explosion notwith-
numbered highways of t e farmg and cities are
Primary” system Trie re-
maining mileage is Farm to
Market Roads.
Of the new farm roads to
he added to the Texas high-
way system under the 1964
landing, farms and cities are
more interdependent than
ever "
According to Petry:
"Total road service to all
Texans, rural and urban, is
way system under tne r.ms ^ jdea, we ho,d Mon us
program 69 pere<-nt are school m ^ highway program.1
bus mutes and 67 percent I TodavN, action is another step'
mail routes The remaining! ^ dirrrtion „
percent are generally new____I
routes that when improved If you want to buy or aoll
will also be utilized as school real eatata. RUBY PAT-
bus and mail routes. TON.
Easy Terms or Rental Purchase Plan
TYPEWRITERS ADDING MACHINES
CASH REGISTERS. RIBBONS. REPAIRS
Free Pictrup and Delivery—Free Loan Machines
( all Thompson’}* Business Machines
758 3773
Highway 35 at Lamont
Aransas Pass
Proper Care
In Storing Of
Winter Garment?
j- COLLEGE STATION
Winter clothing and covers
| need correct care before sto-
rage for the summer
Proper cleaning, labeling,
»nd storage will assure that
garments will be in good con-
dition and easy to locate
when the first northern comes
rvxt fall, says Mrs Elsie1
Short Extension home man-
agement specialist at Texas
A AM University.
If storage space is limited,
you may want to consider
taking all woolen items to a
professional firm for cleaning
and storage Noar-zero tem-
perature will destroy clothes
moths in all stages of their
development.
"Make a list and jot down
values at all items—one for
the establishment and one
far your home file," says Mrs
I Short
You may give your own
' woolen clothing treatment the
cold treatment if you have
enough spane in your home
freezer. First, clean the gar-
ments, seal them in heavy
paper, and store in the freez-
er for 24 hours. Then store in
a closet, being sure the seal
remains unbroken
All clothing should be
cleaned before storing—what-
ever the fabric. The storage
space should be clean, free of
all dust and sprayed for pro-
tection from household in-
sects.
Woolen blankets or other
woolen covers should be
cleaned and sprayed with a
moth spray, if not previously
mothproofed There are many
good sprays on the market
Read the labels before buy-
ing, the specialist says.
BY DARREL WHITLOCK |
Be it coincidence or phe-j
nomenon, the ironic fact re-
mains that the man who is
elected President of the Unit-
ed States in 1980 will have
a long sequence to overcome.
In the past 120 years, eight
Presidents have died in of-
fice Seven of these, four by
assassination and three nat-
ural, have occurred in a se-
quence of every 20 years, be-
ginning in 1840.
The ninth President, Wil-
liam Henry Harrison, died at
the White House only 32 days
after his inauguration. The
68-year-old President was el-
ected in 1840, took office on
March 4, 1841, and died of
pneumonia at 1:30 p. m. on
April 4th
This first death started a I
sequence which has yet to be
broken
Elected to his first term of
office in 1860, Abraham Lin-
coln was the first President!
to be assassinated The 56- I
year-old 16th President com- ;
pleted the second step in the:
sequence when he was shot*
at the Ford Theatre in Wash |
ington, D C by Jchn Wilkes j
Booth Lincoln had complet-
ed the four years of his first
term when he was shot on
April 14, 1865, after serving
22 days nf his second term
Shot at 10:30 p m on Good
Friday. Lincoln died at 7 22
a m the next morning. Elev-
en days later. Booth was shot
BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW?
Homed lizards often bury
themselves in the sand Then
they change the color of their
bodies to match the color of
the sand as they lie in wait
for their prey. They can
change from dark to light,
and back again, in a few min-
utes
and killed by Sgt Boston
Corb tt in a barn where he
was hiding
Forty-nine year old James
A Garfield, the 20th Presi-
dent, served only 199 days of
his term after being elected
in 1880. Garfield was shot by
Charles Jules Guiteau on July
2, 1881 at the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad Station,
Washington, D C. He died
on September 19 of blood
poisoning in Elberon, N J.
Guiteau was hanged for his
crime on June 30, 1882
Wliik visiting the Pan Am
erican Exposition in Buffalo,
N Y, September 6. 1901,
William McKinley was shot
by Leon F. Cz.olgo.sz. McKin-
ley, the 25th President, had
served one full term when
he died on September 14,
having completed 194 days of
his second term at the age of
58.
Having helped complete the
fourth stage of the sequence,
Czolgosz was electrocuted on
Oct. 29, 1901, in the Auburn,
N. Y. State Priston.
Warren G. Harding, the
1920 Ohio Republican victor
for the presidency, was 57
years old when he died in the
Palace Hotel, San Francisco,
Calif The 29th President had
been in office only two years
and 151 days
He contracted pneumonia
and died of a ruptured blood
vessel on August 2. 1923 He'
was the first President who ident, was himself UMMiMt-
had died of natural causes,! ed on November 24 in the
Dallas Police Station by an
outraged Dallas citizen, Jack
’’Ruby" Rubenstein.
Kennedy’s death also com-
I pleted the third step in a new
1 sequence, that every third
while in office, in over 70
years.
Regardless of this fact, he
ccnipleted the next essential
^tage of the sequence
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the, mat evcijr nmu
thirty-third President, served pres,dent dies in office. Will
only 29 days of his fourth; jhis sequence continue and
term. First elected in 1933, wjll the 20-year “jinx" con-
FI)R finished his last term I tinue (o add irony to our
on April 12, 1945, at Warm presjdential selection?
Springs, Ga„ when he died, the future holds as
>f a brain hemorthage at the the destiny for our Presidents
>8* of 63 and Aether it will continue
A recent question stated by Qr not can be learned only
a well - known columnist,1 flS we'watch the term of the
asked if FDR would bt the npxt third p„.sjdent, No. 38.
last in this ironic sequence. ar)d the man who is elected
The question was answered president Gf the United States
f accused assassin Lee Har-1 in the ]980 elections.
by
PROTECT DOG’S TAIL
vey Oswald on Nov 22, 1963, j
when he shot and killed I9601
Democratic President John F
Kennedy. Hunting dogs working in
Kennedy, the 35th Presi- tick cover are subject to in-
dent, was killed while riding'jury. One such injury is the
in an open car in downtown | tendency of the tip of the
Dallas, Texas. The first Cath dog’s tail to cut and tear,
olic and youngest President Here’s a simple solution to
died in Parkland Hospital the problem Cut the finger
alter serving 2 years and 305 off an old pair of leather
days of his first term. I gloves and slip it over the
Oswald, accused of assas-jtip of the dog’s tail. Fasten
sinating the 46-year-old Pres-1 with tape. ______
Have Stinger, Will Travel-
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An Open Letter
To The Voters
O F
Aransas County
JOE E. HUNT
That time is drawing near in which you will choose the new Sheriff of
Aransas County. Naturally, 1 am earnestly hopeful that I shall be your
choice. In the past few weeks, I have reminded you of my lifelong resi-
dence in Aransas County and of my tenure on both the ROCK PORT PO-
LICE DEPARTMENT and the ARANSAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DE-
PARTMENT . I have also reminded you that I am presently CHIEF DEP-
UTY SHERIFF under Mrs. Virginia Shivers. I have told you, too, of my
membership and active participation in the First Methodist Church of
Rockport, the Rockport Lions Club, the Rockport Chamber of Commerce,
the Rockport Volunteer Fire Department and the Aransas County Emer-
gency Corps.
I believe my attitude toward the job of Sheriff of Aransas County is also
well known. I have reiterated to you that I feel that the Sheriffs salary
is monetary reward enough and that I do not intend to use my office in
any manner except one in which the citizens of Aransas County can point
to with pride.
This campaign is finally drawing to a close and while I hope for my elec-
tion, I shall neither be smug in victory nor bitter in defeat. I do, how-
ever, have one final favor to ask of you in regard to the special signifi-
cance of this approaching election day.
Next Saturday is a special day, not only for Texans, but for all Ameri-
cans everywhere. June 6, 1964, is not just the Primary RunOff for both
the Texas Democratic and Republican Parties, but it is also the 20th an-
niversary of D-Day and the Allied invasion of Europe. Too often we Amer-
icans forget the great debt of gratitude we owe our fighting men of all
wars. On June 6,1964, let us not shrink from that privilege for which so
many of our soldiers lost their lives on the beaches of Normandy twenty
years ago.
In their remembrance, in pride of our heritage and in honor of their sac-
rifices, let us once again prove that no American soldier in battle dies in
vain. Let us offer this proof simply by voting—on June 6,1964.
JOE EARL HUNT
CANDIDATE FOR SB
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Lenore, Gene. The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 3, 1964, newspaper, June 3, 1964; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth996540/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.