The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 14, 1964 Page: 1 of 14
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MICROFILM SERVICE k SALES
P. 0. Box 0066
Dallas, Texas 75205
The Aransas Pass Progress
Serving the Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Port Aransas Area
Northern Gateway
To Padre Island
Nat’I Seashore Area
VOLUME 58—NUMBER 29
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE
PA ID AT ARANSAS PASS. TEXAS
ARANSAS PASS. TEXAS 78336. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1984
(10 C«nh by the Sing Is Copy)
Newspapers this week are
sbserving the 25th annlver-
larv of National Newspaper
Week
Throughout the country
newspapers are using this
week to point out to their
readers that ‘ freedom of the
the press" along with ‘‘free-
dom of speech" and “freedom
of religion" are among Amer-
ica's most cherished posses-
lions
This privilege of being able
to publish news unhampered
oy governmental control,
whether at the city, county,
itate or federal level, is one
of the many checks written
into the Constitution by our
founding fathers
This country as a democ-
racy could not long survive
were its people unenlighten-
ed on affairs of its govern-
ment.
It is the responsibility of
this country's newspapers and
other news media to see that
it* readers are kept informed
When John Peter Zenger,
a German immigrant who Ire-
gain publishing the New York
Weekly Journal in 1733. was
brought to trial because of
criticism levelled at the col-
ony'* governor, the stage was
aet for the laying of one of
the cornerstone* of Ameri-
can liberty
Representing 7,enger at the
trial was Andrew Hamilton,
one of the colonies’ most cel-
ebrated lawyer* He intro-
duced a plea that startled an
unfriendly court and ushered
tn a new day of freedom
He did not try to argue
that Zenger had not written
and puhltahed the offending
material, but insisted that the
io-called libelous material
was truthful and Justified.
When the judge refused
to admit such a drfenae, Ham-
ilton turned to the Jury and
said, "Gentlemen, it la to you
we must now appeal.”
Zenger waa acquitted and
freed. The defenae of truth
and the right of a jury to
determine the fact of libel
are today one of the comer-
gtones of American liberty.
It waa Zenger more than
any other newspaperman who
brought editorial opinion in-
to American journalism.
Without an editorial voice,
today's newspapers would not
have a vehicle to speak in
the public interest However,
good newspapers should nev-
er attack persons or issues
simply to take a stand.
On the other hand, news-
papers would be failing their
readers if they did not point
out those things which need
attacking through Its news
and editorial columns.
But speaking editorially
either against or in behalf of
any issue is but one of the
many functions of today's
newspaper*.
Their primary purpose is
Im "INKWELL. Page •
Lions Sponsor
Pancake Supper
Friday Night
Aransas Pass Lions turn
chefs and waiters Friday eve-
ning when they hold their
annual pancake supper at
Kieberger school cafeteria
Serving will be from 5 to 7
p m just before the Aran-
sas Pass West Oso football
game at Roosevelt Stadium
Tickets for the supper are
11.00 per plate for adults and
50 cents for all school child-
ren
The pancake supper is an
annual project of the Lions
Club and proceeds from the
event go for sight Conserva-
tion and community projects
sponsored by the club. L. R.
Nedbalek and J G Richards
are co-chairmen pf the sup-
per.
Supper tickets are avail-
able from members of the
Lions Club or from students
of May Allen School. The
May Allen students are com
peting in ticket sales for
cash prizes which will go to
the three classes selling the
most tickets.
Mustangs Open
District Play
Friday Night
INGLESIDE — The In-
gleside Mustangs will trav-
el to Odem Friday night
to open district 31A play
against the Owls Game
time is 7 30 p m.
Mustangs, who had an
oj>en date last week, will
be entering the initial con-
ference contest with four
wins and ona defeat for
the season The Mustangs
an far this year have de-
feated Aransas County,
Gregory-Portland, Aran-
sas Pans and Taft.
Their only defeat came
at the hands of the Bishop
Badgers. 7-0.
After losing their sea-
son opener to Flour Bluff
20-0, the Owls have scored
victory over West Oso, 19-
14, and Tuloso-Midway 7-
0.
JIMMIE LUIOI
SEEN
• • •
ALBERT LUSKE’s
transas Pass for tha
. . JACK BLACK-
Corpus Christi pho-
■, dropping by The
for a chat.. DAN-
3(J BOSE really an-
te OES ham dinner
night . . . the E- L.
Jit of Tampa, Fla.,
aidants here, visiting
awn with friend*
. . . the VFW put-
•Get Out and Vote”
. , that DAVID
secretary at the dr-
ub at University of
:hri*ti . . . FRAN
I shopping for *
gift for her husband
IRA REID selling
>r tha Inglesuie Wo-
“‘.-ssr.s
6 new employee st
* Jewelers .. . AL-
Zt visiting In town
Luigi Named
Music Region
Head, Director
' . '
PAVING—Street department employees Ygnacio Pala-
cios, left, and Adan Gomez are shown spreading the
final topping of rock along a portion of Bigelow St.
on Conn Brown Harbor. The paving of the seven-
tenth mile stretch from about Aransas Seafood, Inc., to
the Coastal Bait Club completes a hard surface road
all the way around the harbor.
Panthers Host Bears
In 30 A A Tilt Friday
Aransas Pass Panthers will
play host Friday to the West
Oso Bears in a 30AA con-
ference contest beginning at
7 30 p m. at Roosevelt Sta-
dium
The Panthers, who had an
open date last week, won
their district opener 13-0 over
the Aransas County Pirates
and will be entering the con-
test with two wins and three
losses for the season.
Losing 28 8 to the Panth-
ers m 1983. the Bears will be
entering the conference bat-
tle Friday night with a sea-
son record of two wins, two
losses and one fie.
In district play, the Bears,
who are tied with the Bishop
Badgers for the conference
crown, have defeated Greg-
ory-Portland 38-8 and tied
the Aransas County Pirates
18-18.
The Bears, in other grid-
iron clashes this season, de-
feated San Diego 28-0 and
lost 19-14 to Odem and 14-0
to Calallen.
In an interview Monday
afternoon, John Brightwell,
head coach for the Panthers,
said the Bears would have
a slight backfield speed ad-
vantage and would have a
little more experience than
the Panthers.
He said Aransas Pass would
have an overall team weight
advantage over the Bears who
play a "wide open game.
The head coach said that
Charles Brightwell. who is re-
covering from a broken an-
kle, would be out of action
Mayor Attacks Federal Intrusion
In AP Committee Appointments
Three Banks Report
Deposits of $7,098,386
Three area banks reported
deposits totaling $7,098,386 in
statements of condition re-
leased as the result of bank
calls from Washington, D. C.
and Austin.
First State Bank in Aran-
sas Pass reported deposits at
the close of business Sept. 30
as $5,858,544.
First National Bank of In-
gleside, which has been in
operation since early Jan-
uary, reported deposits of
$776,318 at the close of bus-
iness Oct. 1
The area's newest bank,
Island State Bank at Port
Ara.isas, which opened for
business Sept. 14, reported
deposits of $463,522.
Deposits at the First State
Bank were up $168,436 over
deposits reported in a state-
ment of condition issued after
the close of business June 30.
Roger Cloud, executive vice
president of the bank here,
said that the slight increase
in deposits was attributed to
shrimp production. He said
he felt that if shrimping had
been better this season that
deposits would have been
even greater
First National Bank of In-
Sm "PANTHERS" Pi
Jimmie Luigi, Aransas Past
band director, was named re-
gion chairman of Region VII
Texas Music Educators As-
sociation at lta fall maating
la September at Tax as AM
College in Kingsville
■ Luigi will coordinate all
band, choir and elementary
music activities for all schools
In tha following counties:
McMullen, Live
itricio, Nuece
enedy. Brooks, Jim
Webb, Duval and Jim
He was also elected for •
two-year term
board of directors of
as Music Educators
tion, the second largest teach-
er organisation in the state.
The organisation nx—nw
tha all-district, all-regional,
and all-state band and choir
activities for the schools in
the state of Tsies.
New Directors
For Country Club
Three new directors have
been named at Live Oak Golf
Country Club, it was an-
nounced this week.
Elected as new directors
were Roy Rogero and Rus-
sell W. Itschner, both of
Rockport and Mark liner of
Ingleside. They replace W. F.
FitzSimmons of Ingleside and
Bill Dube and J. M. Soren-
son. both of Rockport
Holdover directors are Hay.
den Els berry, Calvin Spears,
E. F. Falgout, Floyd Spears
and Virgil Dogette. all of Ar-
ansas Pass and Bill Dahman.
The board of directors re-
organized at a meeting last
Thursday and elected the fol-
lowing officers: Elsberry,
president; Speers, vice presi-
dent and Doggett, secretary-
treasurer.
Wg Invite
We invite to be our guests
at the picture, "Kisses For
My President,** showing Sun-
day, Monday and Tuesday,
at the Rialto Theatre, &. C.
McGrath and guest.
This notice, clipped from
The Progress, will serve as
your admission.
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Two Banks
Announce
New Hours
MARTIN C HASKETT
Martin C. Haskett
Named Pet 6 JP
Martin C. Haskett, Aransas
Pass attorney, was appointed
to the office of justice of
the peace of Precinct 6 by
the San Patricio County Com
misaioaers Court in a special
meeting in Sinton Thursday
afternoon.
Action of the court follow-
ed Haskett’s appointment as
the Democratic nominee for
the office in the November
election by the county Dem-
ocratic executive committee
Thursday afternoon.
Haskett fills a vacancy
created by the death last
week of W. H. Womack who
held the office 11 years.
Haskett was appointed by
tha court to serve until the
general election at Womack’s
former salary of $275 per
month.
First State Bank in Ar-
ansas Pass and First Na-
tional Bank in Ingleside,
have announced new bus-
iness hours effective Sat-
urday.
Both hanks will be open
from 9 a. m. until 2 p. m.
Monday through Friday
and closed on Saturday
and days recognized as le-
gal holidays.
In addition, both banks
will be open for business
from 4-6 p. m. each Friday
of the year, except Fridays
which fall on legal holi-
days.
Legal holidays to be ob-
served by the two banks
will be New Year’s Day,
San Jacinto Day, Indepen-
dence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas Day.
gleside deposits were up
$165,983 from the amount re-
ported in a statement of con-
dition issued after the close
of business June 30.
Robert N Oman, executive
vice president of the Ingle-
side bank since the first of
September, attributed the in
crease in deposits to the con-
tinuous opening of new ac-
counts and some deposits
from the State of Texas.
City of Taft
Annexed To
Water District
INGLESIDE — Directors of
the San Patricio Municipal
Water District voted here
Tuesday afternoon to annex
the territory within the in-
corporated city limits or
boundary of the City of Taft
into the water district.
The directors also appoint-
ed W. D. Miller of Taft as a
director of the district to
serve until the first Tuesday
in April 196C
The action wij the result
of a petition signed by 52
Tgll resident* requesting rep-
resentation of ike water dis-
trict’s board of directors.
Taft will become the sev-
enth area city to purchase
its municipal water supply
from the water district when
a 34 mile service line, extend-
ing from the Reynolds Met-
al Co. fresh water line south
of the city’s system near the
city limits, is completed.
AUTHOR PRESENTS
LIBRARY NEW BOOK
Aransas Pass Public Li-
brary received a new book
this week entitled “For All
Time To Come.” The book
was sent to the library by the
author, Walter E. Long.
The book, dedicated to
Robert Ernest Vison, presi-
dent of the University of
Texas from 1917 to 1923,
deals with the growth of the
university since 1921.
DR. R. D. McCONCHIE
Dr. McConchie
Buried Today
In San Antonio
Burial services for Dr
Richard D. McConchie, 52,
were held this morning in
Fort Sam Houston National
Cemetery in San Antonio un-
der the direction of Cage-
Marshall Funeral Home here.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at the Church of
Our Saviour, Episcopal, with
the Rev. James P. Giddings,
pastor, officiating.
Dr. McConchie. a practicing
physician here for the past
11 years, died at his home
Sunday morning after a short
illness.
He was a former member
of the local school board, and
was a member of the Ameri-
can Medical Association, Tri-
County Medical Association,
and was a major in the Army
Medical Corps during World
War II.
Survivors are his wife,
Oleta; four sons, Dickey of
New York City, Danny of
Philadelphia. Penn, David
and John, both of Aransas
Pass; his mother, Mrs. Merle
McConchie of Taylor; one
brother, K. L„ of Taylor; and
one granddaughter.
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Bonnie Fletcher is in
Aransas Hospital where she is
receiving treatment.
Choir Boosters
Meeting Called
A special Choir Boosters
meeting has been called
for 7:30 p. m. Tuesday at
Compton Hall, it was an-
nounced this morning.
All parents of choir
members and friends who
are interested in helping
the high school choir are
urged to attend, the an-
nouncement said.
Intrusion by the feder-
al government in the appoint-
ment of members to two
committees here in connec-
tion with the city’s Work-
able Program for Community
Improvement was attacked
Monday night by Mayor Wil-
liam L. Ellis during a special
meeting of the city council.
The workable program
must be certified by the fed-
eral government before the
local urban renewal project
can be continued.
Mayor Ellis’ attack stem-
med from changes made in
the committees by a repre-
sentative of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency in
Fort Worth without the
knowledge or consent of the
council following committee
appointments in early July.
The changes, first thought
to be a clerical error, were
noted by Mayor Ellis and the
council when the workable
program was submitted to
them for their final approv-
al.
The council corrected what
they thought to be errors be-
fore sending the program to
HHFA for its approval.
The Housing and Home
Finance Agency returned the
workable program to the
council with instructions that
changes would have to be
made in the committees or no
further action could be tak-
en. This in effect would sty-
mie the urban renewal proj-
ect here.
Mayor Ellis said he was
not opposed to the choice of
men placed on the two com-
mittees, but was against in-
trusion by the federal gov-
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TO PREACH HERE—Rev.
Darrel D. Gray, superin-
tendent of the Corpus
Christi district of the Meth-
odist Church, will preach
at the First Methodist
Church here beginning at
10:50 a. m. Sunday. The
public is invited.
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WEATHER WATCHING—R. L. Herndon, weatherman for Aransas Pass, checks tha
temperature on his newly installed recording temperature gauge. Tha latest addi-
tion to Herndon's array of weather equipment keeps a continuous record of tha
rise and fall of the temperature. Herndon became ndftdal weather observer In lata
April whan ha took over meteorological records previously kept by tha fire dspert-
• • •
| MRS. GENE DURBIN
I was guest of the Civic Club
at Port Aransas Monday
night. Purpose of her visit
was to explain what the
Chamber of Commerce is
doing for Port Aransas . . .
the FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH LADIES are plan-
ning their annual Turkey
Dinner for Tuesday, Nov. 10
. . . BYRON WHITE, a soph-
omore at Ranger Junior Col-
lege, was recently named on
the Honorable Mention list
as lineman of the week . . .
■UL and MARTIN
are in Fort Worth
|on Urban Renew-
al business ... HELEN GIPS
and MARJORIE MOODY
[served their first time m
the jury this week . .. ROB-
IN WELCH left Tuesday f*r
a visit in Arkansas ... DICK
RICHARDS, J. M. ATTA-
WAY, TED BROOKS sad
GENIE WEBSTER attended
the Texas-Oklahoma football
game in Dallas Saturday . ..
ARANSAS PASS waa well
represented at the AJd-Ste»
phen F. Austin ■««»- a«tiv
day night hi Kingsville . . .
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Lenore, Gene. The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 14, 1964, newspaper, October 14, 1964; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth996657/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.