The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 1, 1964 Page: 1 of 16
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Tomorrow Is Thrifty Thursday In Aransas Pass
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P- O. Box #066
Texas 75205
The Aransas Pass Progress
Serving the Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Port Aransas Area
VOLUME 56—NUMBER 14
SECOND CLASS POST AOS
PAID AT ANANSAS Pass. TBAAS
ARANSAS PASS. TEXAS. 78336, WEDNESDAY. JULY 1. 1964
(10 Csnts by lbs Sing Is Copy)
Independence Day To
Be Marked By ’4th'
Celebration, Closings
\
MISS Vrw Named Miss
VFW of Aransas Pass Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars Post
2932 is Miss Cathy Durbin,
17. daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Gene Durbin, 116-1
S Rife Six will ride the
post's float in the Shrimp-
oree and other area pa-
rades
We Invite
We invite to be our guests
at the picture. "The Longeft
Day." showing Sunday, Mon-
day and Tuesday, July 5, 6.
and 7 ut the Rialto Theatre.'
Clyde Krueger and guest.
This notice, clipped from
The Progress will serve as
your admission
A 4th of July Celebration
sponsored by the Aransas
Pass Baseball Association and
the closing of most of the
business firms Saturday will
mark the observance of Inde-
pendence Day here.
The July 4th Celebration
will be held from 4-9 p. nr
at Pony League Park, asso-
ciation officials have an-
nounced.
Events scheduled for the
celebration include a water-
melon eating contest, potato
sack race, ice-sitting contest,
tug-of-war, bubble gum blow-
ing contest, three-legged race,
tiny tot beauty contset, fath-
er-son relay race, baton
twirling contest, egg toss,
greased pole event, dance
contest and a baseball game
Money raised in the cele-
bration will be used to im-
prove the baseball programs
in the city The association
is composed of Little, Pony
and Colt League teams
Mrs. Gene Durbin, manag-
er of the Aransas Pass-Port
Aransas Chamber of Com-
merce, announced the follow-
ing business firm* would be
closest Saturday
Howard's, Hughson's, Com-
mercial Motors, Snyder Pon-
tiac. Geo Clark Chevrolet,
Naylor’s. Tabet’s, K Wolens,
Motor Supply. Minsky's,
Kaufman's, Yeager's, Army
Surplus, Tate's, First State
Bank, Taylor’s, We*tern Un-
ion Manning’s. Western Auto,
White’s Auto, and Shaw El-
ectric and H E B.’s.
Service stations. drug
stores and drive-in groceries
are expected to remain open
The Progress will also be
closed in observance of July
4
Virgil Doggett. local man-
ager of United Gas, announc-
ed that their office at 417 S
Commercial would be closed
..i/'y
Uife
Attention Shogggfg
Is TETS Trip
NECESSARY,
Mi_
Plans Are Taking Shape
For All Attractions Of
Shrimporee July 10 - 12
SHOP AT HOME STRESSED—Looking over one of the signs erected last week
reminding Aransas Pass citizens to shop at home are some of the members of the
Chamber of Commerce’s Special Project Committee which was responsible for
installation of the signs. Members of the committee pictured here from the left
are John Lytle, Bob Moore, Dick Richards, Jim Dupnik and Wayne Pruitt.
Others Welcome Visitors
Shop At Home Is
Theme Of Signs
Sm "JULY 4TH," Pag* •
Aransas Pass citizens trav-
eling Highway 35 west are
J being reminded to shop at
home following installation
last week of three 4x8 foot
signs by the Special Projects
Committee of the Chamber
of Commerce.
The signs, located on the
right about one mil* past the
junction of Highway 35 and
FM 1069. contain black let-
ters accented with orange on
a ( ream-colored background.
Seen from the highway, the
signs read, "Attention Shop-
pers Is This Trip Necessary?”
"Have You Tried to Buy It
in Aransas Pass?" and “Sup-
port Your Local Merchants
They Support You.”
Dick Richards, chairman of
the committee, said of the
Lion or THE YEAR—Howard Williams (right) beams his appreciation as he re-
ceivea from 1* R. Nedbalek the coveted award presented annually to a member
of the Aransas Pan Lions Club for outstanding work in Lkmism. Looking on (right)
is Moreland Bexley, newly appointed district governor. Nedbalek and Bexley are
earlier recipients of the “Lion of the Year” award
Pony Leairw
Scoreboard
June 25—
AP Dodgers 11, AP Red-
legs L
•G-P Gulls 11, Inglestde
Ponies 0.
#AP Redsoxs 6, G-P Kats
1
June 20—
AP Redsoai 3, AP Dodgers
ft.
G-P Gulls 8, AP RedlagS 0
•G-P Kats 2, Ingleside Po-
ttles 2.
* Indicates games at Gregory-
Portland.
Wiliams Hand Lm ef Year,
Brifhtwell Is New CM Prexy
Howard Williams, local su-
per market owner and ofHW-
•tor, has been named “Lion
of the Year” by the Aransas
Pan Lions Club. He receiv-
ed the coveted award Thurs-
day night at a ladies night
dinner meeting and installa-
tion of officers in the Rattan
room at Little Bob's.
» The award is given annual-
ly by the club to one of its
members for outstanding
work in Lionlsm.
Williams bicomei tl
fourth member of the ch
to receive the award. Other
recipients are L. R. Nedb
lek. Moreland Bexley and E.
B. Yeager. A long-time Lion,
Williams held various otffic
in the club before servt
as president during the 106
02 club year. Ha eras ta
chairman for the year en
ing July 1. Among other a
complishments, the Arans
See “LIOHS." Page 8
signs, “The committer hopes
these signs will make people
stop and think before they
spend their money outside of
our community."
Members of the committee
besides Richards are Bob
Moore, Wayne Pruitt. Jack
Troutt, Gary Boehnke, Jim-
my Dupnik, John Lytle and
Bill Manning
Richards also said that vis-
itors coming into Aransas
Pass are being greeted by
signs of the .same size wel-
coming them to the city.
These signs were also put up
by the committee
He said the signs read,
"Welcome to Aransas Pass.
Gateway to the Gulf. Stop
for Fun in the Sun." Two of
the three signs of this type
are up, he said, with the
third to go up in the near
future A large multi-colored
shrimp is located above each
of the signs, Richards said.
One of the signs is located
near the Coastal Bend Bowl-
ing Alley on Highway 35, and
the other is located just out-
side the city limits on KM 632
to Ingleside, the committee
chairman said.
The third welcome sign, he
said, is to be located north
of the city near the Gulf Tide
Motel. The signs were painted
by Cooper Herndon.
NEW ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Wanj
are parents of a son, Larry
Dell, bom June 27, at Aran-
sas Hospital.
HEARD...
... a free July 4th fire-
works display will be staged
at Port Aransas Saturday
night compliments of GULF-
SIDE GAS COMPANY . . .
an old sword was used by
Land Commissioner JERRY
SADLER Tuesday morning
to cut the ribbon officially
opening the MUSTANG IS-
LAND PIPER DEVELOP-
MENT . . . COACH JOHN
BRIGHTWELL is working at
Port Lavaca during the sum-
mer vacation ... two appoint-
ive groups, the STATE
BOARD Or MORTICIANS
and the TEXAS WATER DE-
VELOPMENT BOARD, were
treated to successful gulf
fishing trips Thursday and
Friday respectively ... ap-
proximately seventy mem-
bers attended the annual pic-
nic of the FIRST METHO-
DIST CHURCH Monday eve-
ning at the Merrill Manship
home on Kenny Lane ... the
B. E. OLIVES were recent
visitors here and at Port Ar-
ansas . . . around forty mem-
bers and guests attended the
Ingleside ROTARY CLUB’S
Ladies Night Tuesday at
North Shore Marina . . .
June Rainfall
Is 1.41 Inches
Scattered showers Saturday
peppered Aransas Pass with
47 of an inch of moisture,
according to local weather-
man R. L. Herndon.
The rainfall Saturday
brought the month's total to
1.41 inches, nearly three
inches behind the total mois-
tured recorded last June and
more than two inches below
the total recorded in June,
1962.
The weatherman’s records
show the following amounts
recorded during the past
month June 5. .03; 14th, .55;
15th. 32; 16th, .04; 27th, .47
and 28th, trace
See "RAINFALL.” Page 8
Wayne Pruitt wsls installed
as 1964-65 president of the
Aransas Pass Rotary Club at
the club’s regular meeting
at noon Monday at Little
Bob’s Restaurant.
Other officers installed
were Robert Moore, vice pres-
ident; Dale Hagy, secretary;
Don Fowler, treasurer, and
Jack Du Bose Jr., sergeant-
at-arms.
New club directors include
Frank Belken, A. C. Blunt,
Emory Brown, Roger Cloud
and E R Brown.
Dr. Jack Best, president-
elect of the Corpus Christi
Rotary Club, served as instal-
lation officer.
At the close of the installar
tion ceremonies, John Loftin.
who served as president of
the local Rotary Club for
1962-63, presented Emory
Brown, outgoing president,
with a past president’s pin.
Following the installation
of new officers, Dr. Best gave
the club some of the high-
lights of the Rotary Interna-
tional convention in Toronto.
Canada, which he attended.
The new officers will begin
their duties July 1.
Merchants’ Bazaar, Boat
Races Added To Events
Plans for the 1964 Shrimp-
oree to be held here July 10,
11 and 12 are in high gear,
according to M A Herndon,
president of Sfirimp Qian,
Inc., sponsor of the affair.
Herndon became president
of the organization following
resignation of Frank Paim
during a meeting of the Clan
last night at VFW Memorial
Building.
Herndon said the Aransas
Pass Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment would sponsor a rodeo
each day during the three
days of the festival. The ro-
deo will be held at the Va-
quero Arena on Avenue A
This year’s Shrimporee will
present two new features—
a merchants bazaar and boat
races—and the return of a
feature which came to life
during the 1963 Shrimporee
—a children’s perch derhv.
Herndon also announced
that the Blessing of the Fleet
pageant would again be pre-
sented this year.
Other events scheduled for
the festival include a kiddie’s
cyclecade, beauty contests,
street dance, parade, shrimp
boil, coronation pageant, and
helicopter show.
Following a meeting of the
Clan last week, it was an-
nounced that this year’s King
Shrimporee will be selected
on a popularity basis, the ti-
tle going to the man who re-
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WATER DISCUSSION—W. A. Edwards, chairman of the San Patricio Municipal
Water District, right, discusses the district’s water system with members of the
Texas Water Development Board during their meeting in Inglaeide Friday morn-
ing. Board members from left are W. E. Tinsley, chairman, C. Y. Mills. James D.
Startwelle and Marvin Shurbet.
Athletics On Top
As Minor League
Closes Out Season
The Aransas Pass Minor
League season ended Monday
night at Little League Park
with the Athletics defeating
the Phillies 21-4, to take first
place honors.
Manager of the undefeated
Athletics is Dr. FVed Chat-
tain, assisted by John Gil-
more.
Second place honors went
to the Yankees with the Phil-
lies and Orioles taking third
and fourth places respective-
ly.
Manager of the Yankees is
Leroy Ldghtfoot, assisted by
Emory Trent Phillies manag-
er is Glen Hagy, earthed by
Roy Spears. Manager of the
Orioles is Ed Redmond, as-
sisted by Mark Soott.
In another final game of
the Minor League season
played Menday night the
Yankee* defeated the Orioles
15-2.
See picture on page 8.
Water Development Board
Grants Sas Pat New Loas
at a
ceives the most votes
penny a vote.
As of this afternoon the
following men were run-
ning for King Shrimporee:
Lewis Kutschke, Bill Shep-
pard, Joe Barksdale, C. J.
Roy and Sid Herndon
Identity of the man select-
ed as king will be kept secret
until the night of the corona-
tion ball, July 11, Herndon
said.
Herndon said the captain
of the boat which landed the
highest poundage of shrimp
during the past year will re-
ceive special recognition and
a prize at the coronation pag-
eant.
The ball, scheduled to fol-
low the selection of the 1964
Miss Shrimporee at Compton
Hall, will be held at the Sky-
line Club, he said. Tickets to
the affair will be $2 50 per
couple.
Hallie Ruth Lewis, chair-
man of all four beauty con-
tests, announced Tuesday af-
ternoon that she had received
the following number of en-
tries, Miss Shrimporee, 17;
junior, 3; sub-teen, 6; and
tiny tot, 11.
She said anyone interested
in competing in the beauty
contest should write Shrimp
Clan, Inc., Box 154, Aransas
Pass, for entry blanks or con-
tact her at Martin Haskett’s
office or dial 758-3900.
Deadline for entering any
of the contests will be 5 p.
m., July 8, she said.
Darrell Haven, chairman of
the merchant’s bazaar sched-
uled on Friday and Satur-
day, July 10 and 11, said the
downtown Aransas Pass mer-
chants would hold special
sidewalk sales on those days
from noon until 4 p. m.
Herndon announced that a
nominal donation will be ac-
cepted for the annual shrimp
boil to be held at noon, Sat-
urday, July 11, at Lone Star
Park.
In a statement released to
The Progress Wednesday
morning, Paim said the rea-
son he resigned was "lack of
co-operation” and the "chang-
ing of events nine days be-
fore the Shrimporee.”
These, he said, were "sell-
ing the shrimp (at the shrimp
boil) instead of giving it free
like it has been done and also
changing the method of se-
lection of King Shrimporee
back to the penny vote when
Sm "Shrimper**." Pag* 8
INGLESIDE—Members of
the Texas Water Develop-
ment Board meeting here Fri-
day morning approved an ad-
ditional 8210,000 loan to the
San Patricio Municipal Wa-
ter District.
In approving the increase,
the hoard had to refund |l-5
million which had represent-
ed an earlier state loan and
approve the new figure of
21 910 000. •
The $210,000 in additional
funds will be used to lay a
transmission line to serve the
City of Taft and a loop line
through Ingleside to provide
local residents with more wa-
ter.
Bids ere due to be taken
this month for construction
of the 12-inch Taft lina which
will go from Reynolds Metals
Co near hare to the city.
The Increase will permit
the San Patricio district to
obtain 750 acre-feet of water
a year as an added supply
for its new pipeline to aug-
ment Taft’s municipal sup-
ply.
Following the morning
meeting the board members
toured the area to see where
they are spending the tax-
payer's money.
They visited water projects
at Cal alien, Wesley Seele
Dam. Lake Corpus Christi
and Alice.
W. E. Tinsley of Austin,
chairman of tha water board,
said at a meeting of county
officials here Friday night
the tour convinced him and
the other three member* that
“the state’s money will be
well spent”
The other members of the
board are C. Y. Mills of Mis-
sion, James D. Sartwefie of
Houston and Marvin Shur-
bert of Petersburg.
Sm “WATER BOARDP. I
• • •
KATHRYN WEHRINO
driving a pretty new Catalina
convertible . . . MAUDES
JERN1GAN from New Iber-
ia, La., visiting about town
with friends Saturday . . . '
ROBBY SANFORD’S picture
of President Johnson and
family that he received while
visiting the White House . . .
DOROTHY and JIMMY
WITT leaving on vacation to
visit their daughter and fam-
ily in Missouri ... the din-
ing room at TARPON INN at
Port Aransas has one of the
attractive displays of
mounted gulf fish on the
Texas coast . . . finishing
touches being applied to the
new HOWE ELECTRIC AND
HOWE RADIO AND TV
building on S. Commercial
PHILIP WELCH of
visiting in Aransas
THRIFTY
•pedals in most
of the stars* for tomorrow aa
dvertiaad in Section Two
is * • *1
. . . PHILIP
Houston viattii
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Lenore, Gene. The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 1, 1964, newspaper, July 1, 1964; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth996746/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.