The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 19, 1964 Page: 1 of 12
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Aransas Pass Progress
Serving the Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Port Aransas Area
MICROFILM SERVICE & SALES
P- 0. Box #066
Dallas, Texas 75205
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Northern Gateway
To Padre Island
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VOLUME 55—NUMBER 48
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PAID AT ARANSAS PASS. TEXAS
ARANSAS PASS SAN PATRICO COUNTY. TEXAS. WEDNESDAY. FEB. 19. 1964
A-P City Council Sets
$400,000 Sewer Bond
election For March 14
(10 Csnlt by the Sing Is Copy)
Tlif Arans is Pass city coun-
cil, meeting in a regular ses-
sion Monday night, adopted
an ordinance calling a $400,-
000 junior lien revenue bond
election for Saturday, March
14.
Tlic money is to be used to
finance needed improvements
to city’s sewer system.
Only qualified resident
property owners in Aransas
Pass will be eligible to vote
m the election to be held at
Lone Star Park Building
Paul Marsh is to serve as
presiding judge with L R
Nedbalek serving as judge
Clerks are to be Mrs May
Keepers and Mrs John Mer-
edith
Earlier in an interview
with The Progress. City Man-
WEATHER BLAMED
Shrimp
Landings
Tumble
ager Gay Walker said that
payment on the bonds is to
be from water and sewer rev-
enue. He said the present
water and sewer rates are suf-
ficient to make bond pay-
ments without an increase.
The- city council last Septem-
ber adopted an increased wa-
ter rate schedule.
In the interview, Walker
stressed the fact that it would
be illegal for the city to use
tax money to make payments
on the bonds and therefore,
there would he no increase in
city taxes to make bond pay-
ments.
The council also adopted a
resolution accepting-a prelim-
inary report of the sewerage
collection and treatment sys-
tem from Lockwood, Andrews
A Newnam, Inc, of Corpus
Christi
Preceding the adoption of
the resolution, the council
heard a summary of the en-
gineering report from Clem
Williams of the Corpus
Chnsti firm
Williams told the council
that, in a nutshell, the pres-
ent sewerage system of Ar
I ansas Pass was “awful.”
The engineer said that only
i approximately one-half of the
Annual Chamber Banquet
Monday To Show Kinship
Of Tourism And Industry
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CofC BANQUET SPEAKER AND SPOUSE
. . . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hildebrand
Unfavorable weather dur
ing the past vc eek tumbled
shrimp landings at ^rans'lti .sewage flow is receiving par-
Pass and Rock port • ow ..e treatment and that sev-
100.000 pound mark for the ^werage lift station*
fir*', time in three wee . jar* in need of repair and
cording to figures re ea.se y main(f.nance ;(]so
Bert St rot k. statistician for
council that a considerable
portion (about one-fourth) of
the collection system in in
...» picture of the pretty
little son of MILDRED and
PHILIP WELCH who war
horn on Dec. 30. His name
to Todd “---
flSOqKft mmnMUNn
of New Braunfels visiting
hen Saturday . . . JERRY
7. AG ST s new employee at
Mannings . . . JIMMIE
BAUXNIGHT with a beauti-
ful trophy he won in the ft-
lap boat race in the Viking
Rsiitta last Sunday
WOODY and TILLIK CHISM
enjoying a whirl of parties
the past weak before his de-
parture for Bahrain Sunday
at noon. Ha waa here for a
month’s vacation and will re-
turn again in December . . .
a very lovely wadding Friday
evening . . . JOHN JORDAN
bask on tha Job again altar a
boot with pneumonia . . .
DIGGER MARSHALL togged
out In a cowboy rif . . *
out of this world decorations
for tha CofC Banquet Monday
night being made by CON*
NIX MAUOHAN of the Sen
beautiful
tulips tonus
DUAY
bowling exceptionally well
Tunedsy night , * .
A-P Ranked Second
In Nonfarm Building
the U S Bureau of Commer-
cial Fisheries. .line collection system is in
Stro< k report a ° • 1 need of repair or replacement
62£<0 pounds o s rtmp we . Williams said the proposed
landed at the two ports by ^ 'COUNCIL'’ Pape 8
71 trawlers during the pastj i
e-eek The previous week 41 j---
landed ,N COUNTY IN 1963
pounds shnmp flt the
ports
Landings at Aransas Pass
included 27.700 pounds of
brown shrimp and 24,115
pounds of pinks from the
Bay of Campeche area No
landing of white shrimp were
reported here. Struck said
Rorkport landing* includ-
ed 11.125 pounds of browns
and 30 pounds of white
shrimp No landing* of pinks
were reported et Rorkport,
he said
Week end landing* at Ann-
ul Pass included 6,195 pounds
of pink shrimp and 3,109
pounds of browns, Strock re-
ported. _
A breakdown of brown
shrimp landed here on the
week end shows, he said. 2.
387 pounds to be in the 1ft-
20 count sire, 485 pounds in
the 21-25 count sise and 237
pounds in the 31-35 count
sise.
tJB I
13 A-P Firms
To Discontinue
Trading Stamps
Thirteen Aransas Pass
business firms, 12 of which
are service stations, have
jointly announced a decis-
ion to discontinue the use
of trading stamps effective
Feb 23
In a notice published in
this issue of The Progress,
the business firms said the
'tamps were to be discon-
tinued in order to furnish
customer* “with batter and
more economical service."
Hildebrands Will Visit
Here During Weekend
The director of the recently [ available to accompany them
activated Texas Tourist De- whenever they wish, we don’t
velopment Agency and his want them to do anything
wife will themselves become while here but enjoy them-
i tourists in Aransas Pass and
Port Aransas during the com-
ing week end.
Frank Hildebrand, whose
selves.”
The Hildebrands will drive
down from Austin Saturday,
and are expected to follow
Aransas Pass ranked sec-
ond among San Patricio
county cities in total non-
farm construction during 1963.
according to a report just re-
leased by the Bureau of Bus-
iness Research of the Univer-
sity of Texas.
The bureau report shows
that total Aransas Pass non-
farm construction in 1963 was
$538,040 and was topped by
Portland which had nonfarm
construction totaling $1,871,-
660.
Sinton ranked third in the
county with nonfarm con-
struction totaling $435,604
while Ingleside was rated
fourth in the county with the
same tjrpe construction total-
ing $322,000.
Aransas Pass also ranked
second in non residential con-
struction dung 1963 with
Duilding permits issued for
$169,500, according to the bu-
reau report.
Sinton landed first in this
category with building per-
mits issued for $175,166
Portland ranked third in
the county for nonresidential
construction with $92,549 in
building permits issued.
Fourth place honors in the
sam* category went to Ingle-
side which issued nonresiden-
tial construction permits to-
taling $79,960.
The report also showed that
Aransas Pass followed im-
mediately behind first place
Portland in the total amount
of new dwelling unit permits
issued during 1963.
llotal new dwelling unit
permits issued in Aransas
Pass during the past year w
$347,655 while Portland is*
sued permits for $1,778,811
for the same period.
Ingleside ranked third in
this category with a total of
$316,000 in permits issued in
1963.
job is to attract tourists to all' the Hug-the-Coast” route
Port Aransas Lioness Clnfe
Mails Litters Seeking Funds
For Fire Fighting Eqiipment
il pot pleat at rad it
About 700 letters
funds to make improvements
to fire department
at Port Aransas
mailed to citizens
the Port Aransas Li
Club.
Signed by Mrs.
Ritchey, club president, the
letter In part says, “Tha
Lioness Club has adopted as
Its No. 1 project for the cur-
rent year the acquisition of
new and restoration of
old lira fighting equipment
to the point where it will not
only be efficient, but also
to the point where we believe
will induce more man to
volunteer for service.
HOur sols means of fire
protection, on s community
basis, is a volunteer depart-
operating equipment do-
many years ago. Port
City budget pre-
fer the current year
for department use.
This amount just about eov
era operating expenses: gas,
oil. truck repairs, and neces-
sary utility casts.
"Please understand, our
plans involve working with
our city alderman in an ef-
fort to secure more help on
the City laveL Our
are very much concerned
about this problem but han-
dicapped by lack of city fi-
nance* The Ladies
of tha volunteer fire _
ment ar, having fame
once a week in an ^
to raise a part of the
funds."
'VtMNfc
of Texas, will be the princi-
pal speaker at Monday eve-
ning's annual banquet of the
Annan* Pass-Port Aransas
Chamber of Commerce.
A spokesman for the twin-
city chamber announced to-
day that Hildebrand and his
wife, the former Miss Joyce
Bruff of San Antonio, arc ex-
pected to arrive in the area
on Saturday afternoon, more
than 48 hours before the time
scheduled for a reception to
be held in their honor prior
to the banquet.
They will divide their time
between the two host cities,
but will also have an oppor-
tunity to visit points of inter,
est to tourists in the imme-
diate vicinity.
“What we want to do,” it
was explained at the CofC of-
fice, “is to give this charming
couple an opportunity to see
us as we are—as other tour-
ists see us — and we hope
they'll like us.
"Though one or another of
their hosts—who include all
the people of Aransas Pass
and Port Aransas—will be
A-P Scout Troop
Will Sponsor
First Aid Classes
Aransas Pass Boy Scout
Troop 2$ will sponsor first
aid classes for boy and girls,
ages 11 to 15, beginning Feb
25, Don Brooks,
baa announced.
The classes wil!
ed on Tuesday nights from
7-9 p. m. in the Scout Hut
behind the Lutheran Church
at 9th and Lott Streets,
Brooks aald.
Instructor for the
will be Mrs. Leroy
a qualified Red Cron
aid instructor, he said.
Bp-ooka also said that tha
course would be open to par-
ents of Scouts.
To get credit for the course
a person must receive 30
hours of instruction, he said.
""""
State Highway 35—southward
from a point in the Port La-
vaca-Tivoli area. This is the
route eventually to become a
part of U. S. Route 11 from
Sm Hildebrands." Page 8
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San Pat Poll
Tax Breakdown
Is Given
A breakdown of 10,481
poll tax receipts issued in
each voting precinct in San
Patricio county has been
released by Davis Vickers,
tax assessor-collector.
These arc Tct. 1, Sinton,
G2I; Pet. 2, Odcm. 755; Pet.
3, San Patricio, 76; Pet.
4. C+regory, 527; Pet 5,
Mathis, 520: Fct. 6. Aran-
sas Pass, 592; Pet 7, Sod-
ville, 51; Pet 8, Portland,
1,329; Pet. 9, Ingleside,
938; Pet. 10. Taft 781;
Also Pet. 11, Sinton,
726; Pet. 12, Adams, 50;
Pet 13. Sinton. 474; Pet.
14. Sinton. 583; Pet. 15, Ar-
ansas Pass, 718; Pet. 16,
Taft 564; Pet 17, West
Sinton, 45; and Pet. 18,
Mathis, 831.
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Six-Man Slate
Is Formed At
Port Aransas
A group of Port Aransaj
men has formed a slate of
candidates to run for may-
or and councilmen in the
April 7 election, it was an-
nounced Tuesday by their
campaign manager, Paul
Jette.
Doyle L. Marek will
head the slate as the can-
didate for mayor. Running
for councilmen are Woody
Ousley, Carlos Moore,
Lloyd Dreyer, Tommy Mc-
Natt and Irvin R. Mills.
The slate has been des-
ignated as the “Progressive
and Economic Administra-
tion for the City of Port
Aransas," Jette said.
He said this is the first
organized effort to select
a ticket and the platform
of the new ticket will be
announced later.
Marek and Moore are on
the present council.
,y,„ - mug, ——a
Portland Bank
Made Depository
For Water District
In a board meeting of San
Patricio Municipal Water Dis-
trict Feb. 11, bids were
opened for the purpose of
naming a depository for the
funds of the district. Adver-
tisement for bids had been
published previously.
Only two bids were sub-
mitted. one from Portland
State Bank at an interest
rate of 4% per annum, and
one from The First State
Bank of Aransas Pass at 2|%
per annum.
The Portland State Bank
being the highest bidder in
interest rates was voted as
depository for the district for
all funds. The new deposi-
tory is named for a period of
four years.
However, the First National
Bank of Ingleside was named
as depository for such portion
of the operating funds as
needed by the manager of the
district, and construction
funds in The First State Bank
of Aransas Pass will contin-
ue under the present depos-
itory contract and escrow or-
der until final disposition of
construction funds.
We invito to be our guests
at tha picture, “Tha Bra
Bottle,” showing Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday, Feb 24,
35 and 26, at the Rialto The-
atre. NeU Kilfcham and gut*
This notice, clipped fitMt
Healthy boosts to the economic life of Aransas Pass, Port
Aransas and surrounding area were foreseen today for the
immediate future by business and civic leaders.
Sparking a growing national interest in the area’s lead-
ing assets-.ts recreational facilities and industrial poten-
tiahties-wiH be next Monday evening’s annual banquet of
the Aransas Pass-Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce.
Tickets to the banquet are
still available, wtih a dead-
line on reseravtions set for
noon on Friday.
The topic chosen by the
banquet’s principal speaker—
Frank Hildebrand, executive
director of the Texas Tourist
Development Agency—high-
lights the connection between
the area's prime econpmic
concerns; more tourists and
more industry.
Hildebrand’s subject is “In-
dustry and Tourists: Their
Kinship."
“We have become accus-
tomed to thinking of tourists
who come to our area as the
source of “instant money,"
said Forrest Poling, president
of the twin-city chamber to-
day.
“It is true that the tool*■
ist’s dollar goes first of all
to the motels and service sta-
tions and others catering di-
rectly to the traveler. But
each of those dollars repre-
sents new money pumped in-
to the area’s economy, just
i does each of the dollars
paid for every box of shrimp
Pony, Colt Ball
To Get Final
Try Thursday
A second meeting to
make plans for the upcom-
ing Pony and Colt Leagues
baseball season has been
called following failure of
the program to materialize
at a meeting held last
week.
The announcement was
made by A. C. Blunt, pres-
ident of the two leagues.
Blunt, who reported that
only four persons attend-
ed the meeting last week,
said the second meeting
will be held at 7:30 p. m.
Thursday at Lone Star
Park Building.
He said, “If enough in-
terest is not shown in the
program, it will be drop-
ped."
He asked that all per-
sons interested in either
league attend the special
meeting.
landed at Conn Brown Har-
bor.”
Roger Cloud, executive vice
president of the First State
Bank of Aransas Pass and
CofC treasurer, continued
this line of thought.
“The link between tourista
who come to this area and
the growth of industry, which
must cpme to us in the future,
is especially appropriate to
us,” he said. “Aransas Pass
lives economically largely by
its shrimp and .seafood indus-
try and by industries con-
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nected with Its maritime fa-
cilities. Port Aransas has for
years been known as a lead-
ing center of sports fishnig,
and tourists are its chief cus-
tomers. Our Chamber of Com-
merce represents these two
cities, whose economic inter-
ests are inextricably linked."
R. C. Thwing, president of
Loyd W. Richardson Con-
tiruction corporation and a
director and past president
of the chamber, emphasized
the Industrial development
phase of the banquet’s theme.
“The fact that industrial
growth follows the path set
by tourists in search of recre-
ation is one which should be
especially emphasized for us,"
he said. “Those who have
spoken with Frank Hilde-
brand tell me that he has all
the facts and figures relating
to this kinship, and we are
all looking forward to hear-
ing them.”
Thwing, who is a member
of the Aransas Pass City
Council, received the CofC
award as “Outstanding Citi-
zen of the Year" at the an-
nual banquet a year ago. He
will present this year's award
at the banquet on Monday
evening.
The industrial develop-
ment phase of the bsnmiot’*
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Lenore, Gene. The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 19, 1964, newspaper, February 19, 1964; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth996780/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.