The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 23, 1976 Page: 1 of 16
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THE ARANSAS PASS PROGRESS
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Boosting Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Port Aransas Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
VOLUME 68—NUMBER 15
UCOMD CLASS POSTAQI
PAIO AT ARANSAS PASS. TEXAS
ARANSAS PASS. TEXAS 78336, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 23. 1976
Northern Gateway 1
To Padre Island
Nat’l Seashore Area
15c Per Copy (Plus Tax)
New Medical Arts Clinic
To Be Completed in July
The new Medical Arts Chmt
associated with Lymas -
Roberts Hospital is due to ofxa
in the early part of Joly.
announced Mrs. Jeanette
Spears, office manager.
The building is being can
structed by Toiand I'mi ill iw 1—
Company of Taft, and is located
near the present clinic with
front entrance facing Yoal
Street, and a rear
from Hwy. 35.
There will be ample parking
space for at least 45 cars, Mrs
Spears said, with all entrances
equipped for wheelchairs The
facilities inside the building ad
include a large reception room
with a "kiddie corner” having
books and puzzles In keep
children entertained while
parents visit physicians There
are four doctors' suites,
each with a private office and
^«a nrkded are a doctors'
******* ’••■■illallii offices,
awd separate w-Mfrng areas The
I x-ray rooms
with the
niftm facilities avail
Kadi hive been placed on
the both i ides of all corridors
inn There will also be an
i for treatment
during
The pktwnm to occupy the
ew antes wdl he Or James W.
canard F Sayers
belt Kdwardson
sag made for a
In jom them
Yang will remain
I office, and old
s will be used for
offices and to
City Council Amends Collection
Policy for Water and Sewage
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EDITORIAL
Development of Beach Facilities
Needed for Aransas Pass
B y Hm
For 15 years Aransas Pass
has not had a suitable open
public beach area where
citizens could swim, although
we are located by one of the
most beautiful bay areas of the
coast
In the 1950 s the beach behind
the Conn Brown Harbor area
was frequented by a dozen or
more children almost every
afternoon At one time the spot
included a pier, two diving
boards, picnic tables and
freshwater showers The mam
drawback to that location was
the seaweed and pollutants
which washed ashore there.
Now the area has been built mt»
dock facilities, and nothing has
been done to develop a new
beach area, even though a
$300,000 bond issue for rtn«
HEARD___
. . . ANNA WISHERT of
Rock port was elected a director
of Texas Association of Realtors
at the organization’s recent
convention in San Antonio . . .
JAN PARKER is a very rff»
cient treasurer for Aransas
Pass Woman’s Club .. JAMES
BUSBY recently attended a
family reunion . . the team at
JIM WILLIAMS. ROY
SPEARS. TROY SHIRLEY and
MICKEY BELL with a 29 unrtrr
par won the Golf Scramble
Saturday at Live Oak Comtn
Club . CAPT and MRS J C
CHIGHIZOLA attended the
Democratic Convention m
Houston June 18 and 19 . .. the
YOUNG PEOPLE’S ASSOC1A
TION of the Pentecostal (Tawrh
of God will sponsor a car wash
and bake sale Saturday at the
church at the corner of Houston
and Wheeler streets . . . The
Cookie Monster from Sesame
Street will be shown in a puppet
show Tuesday at 10 a m at the
ARANSAS PASS PUBLIC LIB
RARY . . . Mayor J M
ATTAWAY says that he buys a■
his own clothes especially the
colorful ones . . .
tmwal facilities was passed
three years ago
Entry at* the one public pool
■n the city. Family Swim
Cewler. mam cwsts SI 25 per
perion Mrs Liz Williams,
owner at the pool said that it
avenges itu persons per day.
mnstH between the ages of 4 to
IS Many families, however,
aunt afford tins price for each
What we need ts a clean beach
area wMh ihiHow water for
md chddnen and a deeper
area lor swimmmg. with deep
spats dearly marked with
sagas Other farddies should
mrludr covered pamir tables
awd at kail minimal restroom
laoltns Some passible addi
tanas d loads rendd be raised.
■afk< be barbecue pits, fresh
water ihaaen and a lifeguard
41 Hnlgam city manager,
sand whew interviewed about
thi problem, that the main
reamn far oa development of a
voBurning pmx area is that
war r naan~li local interest has
been ribaaw Holguin outlined
fne aaaiar steps citizens could
him m order In see that action
» raker an Ibis issue
1 GATHER SIGNATURES
OK A PETITION Copies of
these petit inns are being
nrcafMed by merested citizens
chas week
2 DISCUSS VIEWS AND
See 'EDITORIAL'' P-3
The first item on the agenda
of the city council at the regular
meeting June 21 at city hall was
the amending of Ordinance
1070, Section 19, concerning the
collection policy for water and
sewage. Under the amendment,
bills for city services will be
mailed on or about the first day
of the month. If the bill has not
been paid by the 15th of the
month, a $2 late penalty will be
charged. If the bill has not been
paid by the last day of the
month, city services will be
disconnected, and will not be
reconnected until all charges
have been paid, including a $5
reconnecting fee. This amend-
ment was passed unanimously
by the council, and will be
printed on the bills of each
customer next month.
Concerning Ordinance 1788
pertaining to control of dogs and
returned to the owners and a
fine assessed for allowing the
animal off the owner's property
without being under his control.
The item was tabled until the
next council meeting.
The next item for considera-
tion was the employment of an
investigator for the Police
Department. Several council-
men expressed the need for
such an investigator. Council-
man F.N. Turnbough moved
that an investigator be hired
immediately by the Police
Chief, and the motion was
passed.
In other new business, Gary
Startzell was approved for
appointment to the Planning
and Zoning Commission, a sign
request by Una Kennedy was
passed, and councilmen ap-
Richardson property closing
one section of an alley and
opening another for garbage
truck passage, etc.
The Port Aransas Boundary
Agreement was postponed until
the next meeting when more
information would be available,
and the date of the next meeting
was set as Tuesday, July 6,
since Monday, July 5, will be
considered a national holiday.
Joe Naranjo then submitted a
request that alcoholic beve-
rages (beer) be sold in Roose-
velt Stadium during the three
days of LULAC festivities
lasting July 2-4 He said that
they had obtained the appro-
priate license and discussed the
matter with the Police Dept.,
who had no objections. Turn-
bough asked for a clarification
See ‘ COUNCIL’’ P-3
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proved a replat of Loyd W.
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other animals within the city of At Ladi6S Night Meeting...
Aransas Pass, city attorney . . . . ^,i i
Ronald Yeager said he felt that New LlOIIS UUU OttlC©rS
no city could afford to hire
enough humane officers to
enforce a leash law. He
suggested more research into
the possibility of a law which
would enlist the aid of neighbors
and citizens in finding the
rightful homes of loose animals.
The animals would then be
To Be Installed Monday
THE NEW MEDICAL ARTS CLINIC b approached from Yoakum Street, though it may
also be reached from the back on Hwy 35 The new facility is due to open in early July.
Aransas Pass Properly Sold
In Illegal Land Lottery In 1909
C/
Scott Moore
In 1909, 6000 lots in Aransas
Pass were sold in the largest
land lottery and the last - ever
to be held in the United States
W.H. Vernor, who also founded
the Progress newspaper, tells
the story of the gigantic land
deal in his autobiography. "A
Rugged American, W.H.
Vernor".
T B Wheeler, who was called
the "Father of Aransas Pass,"
and his partner Russel Harri
son. who was a son of former
President of the United States.
Benjamin Harrison, owned
12.000 acres of land fronting on
Red Fish Bay and extending
back and including what is now
the townsite of Aransas Pass.
They had plotted the townsite,
making the streets and boule
vards wide and potentially
beautiful
Early during the y ear of 1909,
T B Wheeler who later became
Lt Governor at Texas, made a
deal with a real estate firm
named Burton and Danforth of
San Antonio to take over and
sell out the townsite The
general sales manager of the
organization was Colonel A D
Powers from Louisville. Ken
lucky, who was a real estate
auctioneer at national repot a
lion At the tune it was assumed
that Aransas Pass would most
certainly be chosen as the
major port city on the Gulf
Coast
Vernor. at that time, was in
Dallas, where he was employed
with the American Type
Founders Company, engaged in
selling type and printing
machinery During the summer
of 1908. a man came into his
SEEN
... a customer at HEB last
Wednesday morning entering
the store the quick way -
through the front plate gfcns
window . . . LYNN GRE
MILLION making her first trip
to Texas and enjoying a
vacation here with VICKI
REID . . . the very race new
modern facilities at the new
MEDICAL ARTS CLINIC . . _
DOROTHY ROBERTS mtrw
during her mother around town
. . . ALBERT and SELMA
LIESKE leaving Tuesday far a
visit at their old home m
Crosbyton. Texas . . . SONNY
PARK riding his new Iwcycte. a
Father’s Day gift . SAMMIE
and NAOMI entertannng gnrsts
. MONROE ROLLS
chatiffeuring a couple at ymmg
ladies about town as his prkup
... ARANSAS DRY GOODS has
a new selection of western
wear . . .
2artKV;:;>£2
K4Y VIKM HOTEL was offered as the first prize to be given away m the land lottery
m 190 It had 72 rooms and was valued at $100,000 It was located an Commercial St
eix where White's Auto Store is now. and at the time commanded a new of the
<This picture courtesy of Mr. W.N. Howard. West Highway JS. Aransas Pass, i
office and introduced himself as
Albert H. Danforth of the firm
of Burton and Danforth, San
Antonio and Aransas Pass.
He told Vernor that he was the
man he wanted to go to Aransas
Pass and start a newspaper and
spread the propaganda about
the new seaport the government
was going to build in that area,
and that if he would go and start
a newspaper right away,
Danforth would give Vernor a
bonus of $1,000 when the first
issue came out. In addition to
that, he would give Vernor
another $1,000 for a thousand
subscriptions at $1 each to go to
the people to whom they were
selling chances.
Vernor came to Aransas Pass
immediately, and, as he writes
in his autobiography, "From
the day the first copy of the
Progress came out, business
was good at the office and we
were making money... As pub-
lisher of the Progress, I became
a full participant in writing and
producing most of the propa-
ganda which was used in the
sale and collection of the lottery
tickets."
There were 6000 tickets, and
they were sold for $100 each to
people who lived mostly in the
states of Texas, Oklahoma,
Kansas and Nebraska. The
tickets were mostly sold for $10
cash and $10 monthly, without
interest. Each ticket, called a
"certificate" by the promoters,
represented a town lot in the
city of Aransas Pass, of which
there were 6000. Each holder of
a certificate would get at least
one town lot. and would also
have a chance at a first, second
or third prize.
The first prize, (pictured with
this article), was a 3-story,
72-room hotel, located on a
See "LAND SALE” P-3
t ■ Wl
Earns Law Degree
The University of Texas at
Austin awarded 356 Doctor of
Jurisprudence degrees from the
School of Law at the end of the
1976 spring semester. Among
those receiving degrees was
Robert Scott Moore, son of Mr.
and Mrs W.H. Moore, 136 S
McCampbell, Aransas Pass.
The list of graduates was
announced by Dean Ernest E.
Smith.
We Invite . . .
We invite to be our guests at
the picture, “Tommy", showing
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
June 27, 28 and 29 at the Rialto
Theatre, Mrs. Monroe Rolls and
guest.
This notice, clipped from The
Progress, will serve as your
admission.
High School Girls
Learn New Skills
In Summer School
Mrs. Elizabeth Kemp, Aran-
sas Pass High School home-
making teacher, is winding up
the summer school program
which is offered to high school
students June 1-25.
Some of the new skills she has
been teaching the girls include
how to make two types of
tee-shirts, cake decorating, and
construction of rope plant
hangers using macrame. A visit
to a local nursery is planned this
week so that participants may
examine various types of plants
and learn how to pot them
properly.
"1 feel that teaching them
lifetime hobbies is very impor-
tant," Mrs. Kemp commented.
New officers of the Aransas
Pass Lions Club for the 1976-77
club year are to be installed
Monday night in ceremonies at
Live Oak Country Club It will
be Ladies Night and a barbecue
dinner will be served beginning
at 6:30 p.m.
To assist the arrangements
committee, Lions are requested
to make reservations with the
secretary R.J. Trevathan,
Eflone 758-5718, not later than
Wednesday, June 23.
Moreland Bexley will become
president of the club succeeding
Elton Ivicic.
Other new officers are
Charlie Johnson, first vice
president; Gary Startzel, se-
cond vice president; Jeff Hol-
den, third vice president, Randy
Trevathan, secretary
treasurer; Duehl Falor, tail
twister; and Robert Speer, lion
tamer.
Second-year directors are
Felix Myers, David Whitney
and Paul Bohot, and first-year
director is Jim Thwing
The new officers will assume
their posts at the first regular
meeting in July.
Parks & Wildlife Department
Enlists Aid of All Fishermen
To Report Tagged Shrimp
Investigators from the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department
and the Department of Com-
merce National Marine Fis-
heries Service have completed
their shrimp tagging operations
in the program dubbed "Shrimp
Migration ’76”. Roy Johnson
Jr., Biologist for Texas Parks
and Wildlife Department states
that the purpose of the program
is to trace the migrational
patterns of shrimp in the bays
and the Gulf of Mexico.
The tagging operations com
menced on June 1 During the
first week of operations,
approximately 1,947 shrimp
were captured, tagged and
released in the upper Laguna
Madre. On June 7 the operation
moved to Aransas Bay where
approximately 9,500 shrimp
were tagged and released at the
mouth of the Lydia Ann Channel
on the southern end of the bay.
Participation of commercial
shrimpers in this program is
essential The researchers
envolved in Shrimp Migration
’76 are requesting that when a
tagged shrimp is captured, the
tag number, species of shrimp,
time of capture and location of
capture be reported. In addition
to this, the name and address of
the individual catching the
shrimp is also requested.
Finally, the investigators prefer
to have the entire shrimp with
attached tag returned to one of
the contact points listed below.
Shrimp Migration ’76 points of
contact for passing information
are:
Parks and Wildlife Depart-
ment’s Rockport Marine Lab -
729-2328
Parks and Wildlife Depart-
ment’s Flour Bluff Facility -
937-2931, Contact: Dick Har-
rington or Claude Hamilton.
Parks and Wildlife Depart-
ment’s Corpus Christi Facility -
882-6741, Contact: Rudy Marti-
nez.
Texas A&M Research and
Extension Center - Corpus
Christi • 265-9201, Contact: Dr.
Russell Miget.
Aransas - San Patricio
Extension Marine Agent -
Rockport - 729-1211
National Marine Fisheries
Services - Aransas Pass -
758-3787
National Marine Fisheries
Service Laboratory - Port
Aransas - 749-6251.
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THE <1 ROTS TENT where the land “auction" took place was located on Commercial Street
near where Morrison's now stands Buyers came from more than four states to buy lots for
$10 each (This picture courtesy at Mrs ».H. Vickers, Mathis. Texas.)
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS Sindy Mirkovich, Janet Hester, Pam Picou and Becky Mirkovich
make macrame plant hangers in summer school while teacher Elizabeth Kemp (C)
demonstrates the finished product
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