The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 9, 1964 Page: 3 of 12
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WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 9. 1994
The Progress—Aransas Pass, Texas
PAGE THREE
Port Aransas News
By Henry Freund
Ph. RI 9 5319
HENRY FREUND IS
NEW CORRESPONDENT
AT PORT ARANSAS
Rev. Henry Frtund has
been named Port Aransas
correspondent for The Prog-
ress, Publisher J G. Rich-
ards, has announced.
Rev. Freund is pastor of
the Community Presbyterian
Church in Port Aransas
Port Aransas residents with
news to report may contact
Rev. Freund by phoning RI
9-5319
• • •
Mr and Mrs. Donald Bel-
kin and family recently re-
turned to their home in Har-
lingen after visiting with
Mrs Carmen Brown
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110 STUDENTS BEGIN
CLASSES AUG. 31;
FACULTY ANNOUNCED
School bells rang out Aug
31 signalling the start of the
new school year at H. G Ol-
sen Elementary' Schools for
110 students.
Mrs. N. N. Fortson, super-
intendent, announced the fac-
ulty for this year Mrs Paul
Jette returns as first grade
teacher. Miss Barbara Mayer
is a new addition to the fac-
ulty for the second grade.
Mrs F L. Blackard returns
teaching third grade.
Miss Arlene Mayer returns
after a year’s leave of ab-
sence to teach fourth grade
Fred Mathews will again
have the fifth grade Charles
Wood will teach sixth grade
and band
Jim Pratt will teach sev-
enth grade this year and
Doyle Marek will teach the
eighth garde. Added to the
faculty as librarian and lit-
erature teacher was Mrs Da-
vid Nichols
Well known to Port Aran-
sas residents is Miss Barbara
Mayer who lived here with
her sister. Miss Arlene Mayer
for several years Barbara
taught first grade last year
at Wilson School in Corpus
Christi after receiving her
degree from the University of
Corpus Christi. For health
reasons, Arlene managed a lo-
cal gift shop last year Na-
tives of Hebron N D , the
Mayer sisters have already
proven their worth to Port
Aransas.
Mrs David Nichols, librari-
an and literature teacher,
comes to Port Aransas from
Hillsboro. She and her hus-
band made their home in
Austin until her graduation
from the University of Texas
this year
Roy Pollock was elected
treasurer of the organization.
Prior to the business meeting,
the Rev Henry Freund led
the Bible study on the Psalms.
New Service
Yeager’s
Electric Sewer
Rooter
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Phone
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Mayor Roy Pollock an-
nounced that Albert L. “Ab"
Cock, public heabh engineer
for Nueces county, and
Charles H Buck, Nueces
county sanitarian, have in-
spected the city garbage
dump, and gave the city a
good report on their findings
0 0 0
Miss Eddye Reinhart of De
Quincy. La, is serving as
temporary secretary for the
Nueces County Water Con-
trol and Improvement Dis-
trict No 4 The water office
remains open for normal op-
eration from 8 a m to 5 p
m , Monday through Friday
Hector Hererra of the State
Board of Health has inspected
the district’s s wage disposal
plant, and reports that it is
operating normally.
• • •
INSPECTION STICKERS
NOW AVAILABLE
State law requires that ev-
ery motor vehicle which is
operated on the public streets
and highways be inspected
annually The Department of
Public Safety Inspection
stickers for 1985 are now
available at the Port Garage
in Port Aransas Inspections
made now will be good until
April, 1966
• • •
Port Aransas was well
lighted in July Information
furnished by the Port Aran-
sas office of Central Power
A Light Co. indicates that
July usage of electricity set
a record for the city.
• • •
CIVIC CLUB SLATES
MEETING SEPT 14
Members of the Port Ar-
andas Civic Club an* rtmind-
I ed that the club will hold its
first meeting of the fall on
Mondav. Septeml'er 14. at the
Community Center at 7:30 p
! m Club president Paul Just
! promises a busy year with
| interesting programs planned
• • •
i At a monthly meeting of
i the Women of the Crurch of
Community Presbyterian
i Church held Sept 1. Mrs
ARMfor
industry
FISHING NEWS
Fishing has been very good
in Port Aransas since Sept
1, as the report from Math-
ews Sportsman’s Headquar-
ters shows: R L. Wearer, Ok-
lahoma City. 12 king; Charles
Wynn, Austin. 6 king, 1 ling;
T. M. Ferrill, Austin 9 king,
12 mackerel; Mary Aver,
Denver, Colo, 53 mackerel;
Bruce Kline, Corpus Christi,
35 mackerel; Ben Kennedy,
Oklahoma City, 38 mackerel;
W. O. Hine, Austin, 7 king
50 mackerel; Eldon Pruitt,
Robertson, 22 king, 40 mack-
erel; C W Wenchell, Dallas,
45 mackerel, 12 king; Clyde
Greeson, Seguin. 89 macker
el; Glen Turks, Austin. 25
king, 40 mackerel; F S
Schmidt, San Antonio, 12
king;
D. B Koontz. Wichita Falls,
14 King; Lewis Allen, Cor-
pus Christi, 8 Mackerel; Jim
Carter, Corpus Christi, 5
Mackerel, 30 King; D. W.
Pickett, Corpus Christi; 31
King, 2 Mackerel; M A
Leach, Austin. 70 King; Lee
Crass, San Angelo, 13 King,
32 Mackerel; R E Fisher.
Fort Worth, 8 King; Ray-
mond Lufeste, Austin. 6 King;
J H Hamilton. Irving, 15
King; Jake Hastle, Corpus
Christi, 15 Snipper and 25 as-
sorted fish; Bill Frantz. Vic-
toria, 53 King Mrs. Jack
Sparks, Austin, 40 King, M
E Johnson, Fort Worth, 7
King. J P Farrel. Fort
Worth, 10 King. Dave Simp-
son. San Antonio, one 6 foot
long Tarpon. Johnny Short,
Fort Worth, 11 King; C R
Seccuy, Houston. 18 King;
Mrs Don McElwean, 13 King,
1 Mackerel; Mrs Estha Per-
kins, San Antonio. 1 Sail
Fish, seven feet 9 inches; Ce-
cil Preston. 32 Dolphin, 1
I.mg. 6 King
Boat going out to the snap-
per banks, the Emily and the
Janice, report total catches
of Red Snapper *ince Sept
1 of 1.300 pounds each
From Tommy's Enco Mari-
na it was learrted that Bill
Thurman of Corpus Christi.
fishing in an outboard around
the car bodies, caught a Sail
Fish measuring 8 ft 1 in
Frank Hodges of Dallas
brought in 16 King and 2
Mackerel, and Ray Tollinger
of Dallas had 17 King A fish-
ing partv of Humble Oil Co.
did very well with 233 lbs
of fish mostly King. Mack-
erel and Dolphin Outboards
petting in at Tommy’s re-
potted catching some Pom-
pano and Trout around the
North Jetty.
• • •
E L (Dustyt Rhode* has
been visiting his son. Mr
and Mrs Don Rhodes in Kan-
sas City, Kan
Mr and Mrs. Robert Scott
and family, formerly of Port
Aransas, have Iveen visiting
with Mr and Mis Paul Jettr.
The Sootts are now living in
Kingsville
• • •
Mr and Mrs Jack Pressly
THAR’ SHE
BLOWS!
THE TEXAS TRIA
Raw M
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A community development
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is designed to help South Texas
communities make then towns
better places to Mve. The 19*3
program brought good results
and focused national attention
on the human and natural
resources of South Texas; 49
communities are carrying
the benefits forward In die
expanded 1964 program.
Continually, all of theae towns
and cities have been
aggressively promoting a
h#<wi(k»r front of IOC£l
improvement. Civic groups are
striving for more tourists and
conventions. Plans have already
gone into operation for
revitalizing downtown areas
where the need exists.
Recreational facilities have
been and are being improved
right now. Considerable interest
has been aroused in attracting
new residents. Local leaders
in business are working
diligently to promote industrial
sites. It is certain all this effort
leads to a better community
and makes the future vary
bright indead ... more jobs,
new residents, a broader
tax base for improvements,
better schools, bigger
shopping c enter s. tvery
((immunity will benefit thrsugh
iment — and
_ i the most effective
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CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
An Inwvio' Owned
and their daughter, Susan,
visited friends recently. They
are now living in Ingleside
Mr Pressly was previously
Pastor of the Community
Presbyterian Church
Visiting with Mr and Mrs.
Bob Turnbull last week were
Mrs. Turnbull’s sisters, Mrs.
Bob Kent of Los Angeles
and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Milbourn and children of Pa-
sadena, Tex.
NEW RESIDENTS
Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Furge-
son are new residents in Port
Aransas from Rolls, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs Ronnie Dur-
bin of San Marcos spent the
Labor Day Week end with
Mrs. Norma Skinner
Mrs. Bassett Wright and
her daughter Cindy are vis-
iting with Mr and Mrs Don
McDonald
Dr and Mrs. King and Mr
and Mrs. Cotton Whitehead
were the guests of Mr and
Mrs. Gerald Curry over the
week end.
and Mrs. Henry Studeman
and Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt
Cartwright.
• • •
Joining the staff and fa-
culty at the University of
Texas’ Institute of Marine
Science this year are Bob
Harrellson and David Nich-
ols.
Harrellson will be operat-
ing the two Institute Boats,
the Lorene and the Vaga-
bond. Presently living in
Rockport, he hopes to move
his family here in the near
future.
Nichols, whose wife is the
new librarian at the school,
will be assisting Bill Beh-
rens in the Geology Depart-
ment on a parttime basis
while he finishes work
toward his degree
Among those going to the
Valley for a White Wing
Dove hunting trip were Mr.
EMERGENCY GUN
CLEANING ROD
A piect of fishing line
about four feet long loaded
with a half-dozen split-shot
sinkers and an oiled patch
at one end makes an excel-
lent emergency gun cleaning
rod that can be carried a-
field
AP Crime Rate
Shows Decrease
During August
Crime in Aransas Pass dur-
ing August was down from
the previous month, accord-
ing to a report released by
Police Chief F N. Turn-
bough
The report shews that the
police department handled
127 cases during August com-
pared with 153 cases han-
led the previous month. These
figures do not include traf-
fic violations.
Highest offense listed on
the report was drunkenness
followed by disorderly con-
duct, 49 and 23 respectively.
Two cases of burglary or
breaking and entering were
also included in the report.
Also noted on the report
was five cases of theft, one
of prostitution and commer-
cialized vice, three of liquor
law violation, two of vagran-
cy and four of other of-
fenses
The department, according
to the report, handled 40
moving traffic violations last
month compared with 39 the
previous month.
Parking violations totaled
513 last month.
Stanley Birkalback, this no-
tice. dipped from The Prog-
ress. will admit you and a
guest to the Tarpon Drive
In Theatre as our guests for
the showing of "Hey, There
It's Yogi Beer," Thurs.. Tri-
or Sat.. Sept. 10, 11 and IX
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She alone survives to produce
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Lenore, Gene. The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 9, 1964, newspaper, September 9, 1964; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth996588/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.