The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1964 Page: 1 of 16
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Tomorrow Is Thrifty Thursday In Aransas
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Aransas Pass Progress
Serving the Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Port Aransas Area
Northern Gateway
► To Padre Island
Nat’l Seashore Area
VOLUME SB— NUMBER 19
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PAID AT ARANSAS PASS. TB
ARANSAS PASS. TEXAS 78336. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1964
(10 Cents by ths Single Copy)
July Wettest
Since 1952
The past month was the
wettest July since 1952 and
the third wettest July since
1942, according to a monthly
weatht r summary released by
local weatherman. R L
Herndon.
The weatherman reported
that rainfall for the past
month was 2 82 inches. Total
amount of rainfall in July.
1952 was 4 74 inches.
Herndon reported the fol-
lowing amounts of rain dur-
ing July 13th. 95; 17th, .12;
18th, 1.00, and 19th. .75.
Total rainfall for the year
so far. he reported, is 1176
inches This is about 2 85
inches below normal for the
first seven month of the year.
Rainfall by months so far
this year is as follows: Jan-
uary 114; February, 146.
March. 70. April. .05. May,
4 17. June. 1 41. and July.
2 82
Herndon said that wind
*p<-ds this month have
ranged from a low of 4 miles
to a high of 40 miles per hour
with both reading* occurring
on the 19th Lowest barom-
eter recorded during the last
month was 29 78 inches noted
on the 26th
Herndon said that a 30-day
outlook shows that rainfall
will ho about normal during
August Rainfall last August
was l 14 inches
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City Council Accepts Bid Monday
On Sale Of Sewer Work Bonds
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TO GUIDE TOURISTS—Paul Just, Mrs Una Kennedy and Joe Barksdale, all mem-
bers of the Highway Signs Committee of the Aransas Pass-Port Aransas Chamber
of Commerce, and E J Dunaway, chairman of the publicity committee of the Port
Aransas Civic Club, discuss the first of five 10 x 40 foot multi-colored signs to be
erected which advertises Aransas Pass-Port Aransas as the northern gateway
to Padre Island National Seashore Not pictured is Roy Haytcr. also a member of the
Chamber committee
New Highway Signs To
Tourists To Pass - Port
Guide
Area
Highway Dept.
Approves Two
Projects Here
AUSTIN — The Texa»
Highway Commission has
approved a proposal to
widen sections of State
Highway 35 and Loop 81
within the city limits of
Aransas Pass in Aransas
and San Patricio counties
The projects involve a
half-mile stretch of S. H.
35 from Loop 81 to Com-
mercial Street (Cleveland
Blvd) and a half-mile sec-
tion of Loop 81 from S. H.
35 to Commercial Street
(Harrison Blvd and Good-
night Ave ).
Action by the commis-
sion was taken subject to-
acceptance by the City of
Aransas Pass of customary
maintenance and construc-
tion responsibilities re-
quired of local govern-
ments by the Texas High-
AP Football Workouts
Will Begin Aug. 17
Aransas Pass High School
Panthers prospects will begin
working out for the 1964
gridiron season Monday, Aug.
17. Coach John Brightwell,
has announced.
Brightwell also announced
the 1964 Panther game
schedule
The schedule is as fol-
lows:
Sept. 4—Refugio, here
Sept. 11—Sinton, here
Sept. 18—Ingleside, here
Sept. 25—Taft, there
2—Rockport, there*
9—Open
16—West Oso, here*
23—Bishop, there*
30—Tuloso - Midway,
W ater Usage In
City Up From
Previous Billing
Water consumption m Aran-
sas Pass was up about 7,930.-
700 gallons for the July bill-
ing at compared with the
June billing, according to a
water department report re-
leased this week
The report showed that a
total of 24 746 600 gallons was
used for the July billing
which began June 16 as com-
pared to 16.815.900 gallons
used the previous month.
The July billing was up
about 5 636.300 gallons for a
comparable period during
1963
The billing for the water,
sewage and garbage totaled
$22,367 with $16,525 going
for water, the report shows
The first of five signs to di-
rect tourists into Aransas
Pas* and Port Aransas ana
was erected last week by the
Highway Sign Committee of
the Aransas Pass-Port Aran-
sas Chamber of Commerce.
The huge signs. 10 x 40
feet, are painted in red, yel-
low, blue and white and ad-
vertise Aransas Pass-Port Ar-
ansas as the “north gateway
to Padre Island National Sea-
shore ”
The signs also carry the ar-
ea’s slogan "They Bite Every
Day”
The first sign was erected
on the right side of Highway
35 about one mile past the
junction of SH 35 and EM
1069.
Central Power A Light Co.
used their equipment to put
down piling donated by Loyd
Richardson Construction Cor-
poration. Funds for the signs
were donated by merchants
511,561 Lhs. Docked I^ast Week
Average Trawler Landings At
AP, Rockport Continue Upswing
. . . the regular Inter-City
golf pro-am will be played
Sunday at Sinton Entries
must be in by 12:00 and tee
off time It 1:00 p. m. . . .
Ingleside downtown Men’s
Bible Cleat met Sunday in
the home of J. It BURNS,
one of its members who has
been disabled for six months
with t broken leg ... the
prise given by LOMAX AND
ASSOCIATES, Aransaa Pate
insurance agency, for the
seashore party and hot dog
festival on Mustang Island
was recovered by Bruce Gar-
rison. 7. of Austin, whose fa-
ther is manager of an insur-
ance company . . . T.H J JX
RICHARDSON. Just back
from an eastern tour says you
can look for s rush in the
tourist business if all those
people on New England's
crowded beeches ever hear
at our wonderful Mustang
Island . . . band practice Is
being held each morning at
IP o’clock at the band hall
and LUIGI would like to sea
all the students theta ■ . .
MARGARET GAMEWELL
forgot to go to work Monday
i—thlng ... the BILL SMITH
family to v
Average trawler landings
■t Aransas Pass and Rock-
port continued on the upward
swing during the past week,
according to Bert Strock,
statistician for the U. S. Bu-
reau of Commercial Fisheries.
Strock said Monday that on
the average trawlers making
landings here and at Rock-
port during the pest week
carried about 20 boxes of
shrimp each compared with
an average of 17 boxes the
previous week.
A total of 511.561 pounds
of shrimp was landed at the
two porta by 234 trawlers
during the pest week, the
statistician reported. The pre-
vious week 303,410 pounds
were landed at the two porta
by itl trawlers.
Landings at Aransas Pass
included 425,332 pounds of
brown shrimp and 38,497
pounds at whites,
landings include
pounds at browns and 4,527
pounds at whites.
No pink shrimp from the
Bay of Campeche arse were
reported landed at either port
during the past weak. Strock
■aid.
Ha reported that some roy-
al red shrimp were landed
Landings of white shrimp
ban continued to shmi an
increase as trawlers fished the
Inside waters for the second
weak of the 1964 shrimping
season. Most at the white
in Aransas Pass and Port Ar-
ansas
Mrs Una Kennedy, a mem-
ber of the sign comittce, said,
we hope to acquaint the
thousands of tourists coming
into this area who are not
aware that there is a northern
gateway to Padre Island that
Aransas Pass and Port Aran-
sas ij that gateway.”
She also said, “if we can
get them (tourists) coming
through our area to Padre Is-
land. we think that many of
them will pav us a return
visit”
Definite locations of other
signs include (1) near Sinton
at the junction of U. S High-
way 181 and EM 881 to Rock-
port, (2) just west of Greg-
ory near the Corpus Christi
turnoff and (3) about one
mile north of Mills Wharf on
SH 35
She said the committee was
contemplating erecting the
fifth sign in the vicinity of
Victoria. All the signs are to
be of the same size and eon-
tain the same copy, with ar-
rows pointing the correct di-
rection to Aransas Pass and
Port Aransas, she said
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6—F lour Bluff,
13—Gregory - Port-
Intracoastil Pony All-Stars
Defeated Tiiesday Night, 6-5
Intracoastal Pony League
All-Stars suffered a 6-5 de-
feat at the hands of the Ed-
inburg All-Stars at Graves
Field in Corpus Christi last
night.
Intracoastal will meet Con-
tinental Pony I/eague All-
Stars. who were defeated
last night by Oso-National
Pony League All-Stars, at 6
p m today in a double elim-
ination tournament.
Intracoastal all-stars scored
runs in innings ♦, 6 and 7.
They ended the game with
two men on bases.
Florida Man
Fond Floating
In Harbor
A 42-year-old St August-
ine Fla., shrimper was found
floating about 7:15 a. m. Sun-
day in Conn Brown Harbor.
He had apparently drowned.
Horatio Hays, who had
come here Friday with his
brother, Clifford, was found
floating between two boats
near Gulf King Shrimp Co.
warehouse No. 3.
He was identified by his
brother, according to Police
Chief F. N. Tumbough, who
also serves as harbormaster.
Tumbough said there was
no indication of foul play.
Justice of the Peace W. H.
Womack is conducting the in-
quest
Hays was last seen late
Friday night at the Shrimp-
ers Club on East Wheeler St.,
about 1| blocks from where
he was found.
Witnesses said ha had
walked away from the club,
leaving his shoes behind.
When he was found, Haora
was fully clothed
Last night’s game was the
first defeat the team had
suffered since beginning all-
star play this year.
In earlier games. Intra-
coastal defeated Refugio
County All-Stars, 6-5 and 4-
2. and Beeville County All-
Stars, 5-0 and 8-1.
Membership Drive
Is Launched By
Country’ Club
A two-months membership
drive is being launched today
by the Live Oak Country
Club, according to Virgil
Doggette, publicity chair-
man.
Doggette made the an
nounoasaeot early today fol-
lowing a meeting last night
of the directors of the coun-
try club
He said area residents may
join the club as associate
members. A limit of 50 mem-
bers will be accepted from
now until Oct. 5.
Associate membership fee.
Doggette said, is $60, plus a
$10 entertainment assess-
ment. Monthly dues are $12.
Doggette said that prospec-
tive members are invited to
inspect the club’s golf course
which is in top condition be-
cause of the new watering
system, which went into op-
eration last April.
The directors also voted to
accept Part Aransas associate
members on a permanent ba
sis.
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19 AP Scouts Receive
Advancements Friday
Nineteen members of Ar-
ansas Pass Boy Scout Troop
25 received rank advance-
ments and/or merit badges
at a Court of Honor held Fri-
day night at VFW Memorial
Hall.
Included in the awards, all
presented during candlelight
ceremonies, was the presen-
tation of Eagle ranks, the
highest honor in Scouting,
to Warren (Happy) Gamewell
and Grady (Stinko) Reed.
Gamewell is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Game-
well and Reed is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Reed.
Dallas Garrett and Richard
Gamewell were presented
first class rank pins.
Second class pins were pre-
sented to Mike Herndon,
Rickey Lane, Corkey Norrid
Freddie Mathtocn.
Hanna, Allan Worthy, James
We invite to be our guests
at the picture, “Bikini Beach”
showing Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, Aug. R 10 and 11
at the Rialto Theatre, Mrs.
Garland Moody and guest.
Thto notice, clipped from
The Prngrsas, will serve as
Chambers, Samuel MeCl
and Leslie Freeman.
| Merit badges were present -
«1 to McCleese. Gamewell,
Reed, Gene Eaton, Walter
Cheaney, Larry Lowe, Rich-
ard Gamewell, John Schneid-
er, Chambers, Garrett, Han-
na, Freeman, Melton Cul-
berth and Aubrey Culberth. J
| Eagle awards were present^
[ed by Mayor William L. El-
lis. Howard Goforth, Scout-
master of Troop 29 in Refugio
and Leroy Brooks presented)
the two new Eagle Scouts]
[with Eagle neckerchiefs.|
| First Class awards were
presented by Wayne Pruitt,
president of the Aransas Pass)
Rotary Club. Bob RedcteU,
Mustang District Scout e^H
cutive, presented second clam]
[ranks. I
B Merit B
by Russell MathiasB,
troop committeeman._
R. L. Herndon, post
mender of VFW Poet 29$R
presented a citizenship award
for outstanding service to
Don Brooks, Scoutmaster.
Dr. T. J. Skinner, Boy
Scout neighborhood commJa-
sioner, gave a brief talk on
the ranks of Star and Life
Master of ceremonies was
Mb Bchnaidsr. Troop B
Oct.
Oct.
Oct
Oct.
Oct
there*
Nov.
here*
Nov.
land, here*
* Indicates District
conference games.
Brightwell said both A and
B squads would scrimmage
twice before the opening
games The scrimmages, both
to be played here begining at
5 p. m., include College Acad-
emy from Corpus Christi,
Aug 24, and Calallen, Aug.
31.
72 Sign Up
The head coach also said
that 72 boys had signed up
for football for the coming
season. He said that if all
show up a freshman team
would be organized in addi-
tion to the A and B squads
of the varsity team.
He said if the freshmen
team materializes that there
would be no freshmen play-
ing on the B squad.
The Panther coach also said
that this year’s team would
have the best reserve strength
that it has had since 1959.
He said the team would have
AP QUARTERBACK CLUB.
PROSPECTIVE ATHLETES
SLATE SOCIAL MONDAY
Members of the Aransas
Pass Quarterbacks Club and
prospective football team
members will meet at 6:45
p. m. Monday at Little Bob’s,
according to Coach John
Brightwell.
He said the meeting was
a social get-to-gether and
that the upcoming football
season would be discussed.
real rugged schedule for
the first four games.
Brightwell also said that
the Texas Football magazine
ranks Bishop as the fourth
top team in the state, but “we
won’t concede anything.”
Returning Lettermen
Lettermen backs returning
are Marcel Callender, William
Grant, Slidell Harvey. J. T.
Marshall, Charles Bright-
well and Lynn Temple, he
said.
Returning lettermen line-
men, Brightwell said, are Lar.
ry Robinson, Jerry McDon-
ald and Marvin Dewvall,
ends; Earl Guilbeau and Mike
Mathisen, tackles; and Jay
Attaway and Billy Mills,
guards.
He said boys coming up
from the B team are Walter
Cheaney, tackle; Gary Gumm,
end; Kenny Skinner, center
and guard; Jerry Holden,
guard and end; Larry Lowe,
guard; Thirsty Witt, end; Red
Burgess, tackle; David Garza,
tackle; Donald Bema, center;
Tommy Edwards, tackle; and
Victor Nunez, guard.
Brightwell also announced
that four boys who played as
freshmen, but who were not
out for football last year,
would be returning this sea-
son. These are Ronal Callen-
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Six AP Coaches
To Attend Clinic
In Fort Worth
Six Aransas Pass school
coaches will attend the an-
nual coaches clinic of the
Texas High School Coaches
Association Aug. 2-7 in Fort
Worth.
Scheduled to attend the
clinic are John Brightwell,
Bobby Graham, Carlo Mir-
covich, Harold Bonorden, Jim
Kinser and John Kline.
Instructors for the clinic
will be Darrell Roy of the
University of Texas and a
coach from Louisiana State
University. The five days of
classes will cover all phases
of high school athletics.
North and South Texas all-
star teams, both basketball
and footbaJl. are scheduled
to play during the coaches'
clinic.
Members of the Aransas
Pass city council Monday
night accepted a bid on the
sale of $400,000 in junior lien
water and sewer revenue
bonds and adopted an ordi-
nance authorizing the issu-
ance of the bonds.
The bid, which was ac-
cepted by the council, was
submitted by Rauscher,
Pierce & Co., Dewar, Rob-
ertson & Pancoast and Ditt-
mar & Co., Inc., all of San
Antonio; and McClung &
Knickerbocker Inc. of Hous-
ton.
Only other bid was submit-
ted by First of Texas Corp.
of San Antonio.
Under terms of the accept-
ed bid, bonds dated 1967
through 1983 will draw 4
percent interest and bonds,
dated 1984 through 1991 will
draw interest of 4.10 percent.
Effective interest rate of
the bonds is 4.14 percent.
The bid also stated that
“All bonds become optional
at 102J and accrued interest
on Jan. 15, 1966 and each six
months thereafter until July
15, 1974 at which time the
bonds become callable at par
and accrued interest.
The bond issue, approved
by voters here March 14, will
provide funds to make need-
ed improvements to the city’s
sewer system.
A federal grant of $129,270
under Public Law 660
through the Texas State De-
partment of Public Health is
also to be used in making
improvements to the system.
Plans call for the construc-
tion of a new sewer treat-
ment plant, replacement of
concrete sewer pipes which
have deteriorated and re-
pairs to sewage lift stations.
With construction of tht
new treatment plant, the
present plant north of the
city will be abandoned.
The new treatment plant
is to be constructed on a site
a short distance south of Ran-
som Drive on city-owned wa-
terfront property. Contract
bids are to be let in 30 to
90 days.
In midjFebruary Clem Wil-
liams of the engineering firm
Andrews, Lockwood &
Newnam, Inc., of' Corpus
Christi, which had conducted
a study of the city’s sewer
system, described the present
sewer system here as “aw-
ful.”
The engineer said that only
about one-half of the sew-
age flow is receiving partial
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DRILLING RIO DISMANTLED—Workmen were busy
Friday afternoon dismantling this Storm Drilling Co,
bay drilling rig which turned over last Tuesday in the
intracoastal Canal cutoff just after It peased under the
Dale Miller Bridge. The drilling rig was to be separated
from the barge on which it was mounted before an ef-
fort was made to refloat the barge.
.. . KOKIE COUCH having
a little difficulty getting his
golf cart loaded on the trail-
er behind his station wagon
... a new coat of paint on
the ARANSAS PASS PO-
LICE DEPARTMENT offices
... dennis McDonald
working for the Gulf Shrimp
Co. . . . pretty little LISA
PAUL enjoying an outing
with her parents at the coun-
try club . . . BELL HUNT
driving a pretty new blue
Bonneville . . . MARY PAR-
SONS, an employee at the
new bank in Port Aransas
and liking her job very
much . . . H. T. GRAY very
unhappy Wednesday morn*
ling . . . NANNETTE MID-
DLETON assisting her moth-
er this sumrter with duties
in Port Afanses . . . JIM
FOY ARNOLD happy with
his new horse . . . the E. C.
ARNOLDS, parents of BUI
Arnold, moving into their
ww home on Mar-
road between Aransas
and Ingleside ... a
crowd enjoying the
night of ms VTW LA*
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Lenore, Gene. The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1964, newspaper, August 5, 1964; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth996725/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.