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THE ARANSAS PASS PROGRESS
VOLUME 68— NUMBER 44
Boosting Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Port Aransas Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
^KANSAS PASS. TEXAS 78336. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 12. 1977
Northern Gateway
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CofC Outstanding Citizen
Award Goes To Dale Hagy
'Dale Hagy, local automobile director of the Chamber of hs efforts in driver’s education,
dealer who has long been active Commerce and presently is youth safety programs, the Boy
in Aransas Pass civic projects, chairman of the chamber’s Scouts, and baseball,
has been named Outstanding building committee. In 1973, Hagy was appointed
Citizen of the Year for 1976 by Hagy is a past president of Chevrolet dealer in the local
the Chamber of Commerce. Live Oak Country Club and has area by General Motors Corpo-
Hagy will be honored at the twice served as president of the ration. He currently is serving
chamber's annual banquet set Aransas Pass Baseball Associa- as an area director of the Texas
for Monday, Jan. 31, at Duzich’s tion. Automobile Dealers Association
Little Bobs. He also has served as and is a member of the Houston
A graduate of Aransas Pass chairman of the local United Zone Dealer Council.
High School, Hagy was a Fund Campaign and as chair-
man of Boy Scout drives. Hagy is a member of local
In recognition for his work Masonic Lodge No. 1018, Corpus
with the youth of the commu- Christi Commandery No. 57
nity, Hagy was presented the K.T., and the Aransas Pass
Murl Smith Award which cited Shrine Club.
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New Contract Ends
Baker Marine Strike
charter member of the local
Rotary Club, 20-30 Club,
Jayoees and Live Oak Country
Club.
He has served two terms as a
Subregional Plant Costly
City Looking At Choices
To Solve Sewer Problems
DALE HAGY
A six day strike at Baker
Marine Corporation’s plant
near Ingleside ended when
members of United Steel-
workers Local 8237 voted
Thursday afternoon to accept a
new four year contract with the
company.
Almost 220 union members
Arkansas Couple
To Lead Revival
January 14-16
Don and Donna Morphis,
EVANGELISTS Don and Donna Morphis of Arkansas will be
conducting revival services Friday. Saturday and Sunday at First
Assembly of God in Aransas Pass
Federal Grant Awarded
For Bigelow Street Work
Senator Lloyd Bentsen was
advised Tuesday by the
Economic Development Ad-
ministration that a $107,500
grant has been awarded to the
city of Aransas Pass. *
Senator Bentsen’s office tele-
phone The Progress at noon
Tuesday to announce the grant.
His office stated that the funds,
which will be matched by the
city of Aransas Pass, will be
used to help enlarge facilities
the waterfront at Conn Brown
Harbor.
The project includes recons-
truction of Bigelow Street,
construction of storm drainage
facilities, and expansion of the
water system. According to
Bentsen’s office this will enable
seafood processing and marine
industries to meet the demands
for expanded production.
Local officials anticipate that
the project will stabilize
had gone on strike Friday, Dec.
31, when their contract expired,
and the two parties could not
agree on the length of a new
contract.
Baker Marine wanted the
union to sign a five year pact,
but Local 8237 held out for a
three year agreement.
Negotiations were reopened
* Tuesday, Jan. 4, and talks soon
concluded with tentative ap-
proval of the new four year
contract.
A union negotiating commit-
evangelists fmm“Russeilviiie; ^ C0mp0S'd °f ^IBena-
Arkansas, will conduct revival °f ^
services Friday. Saturday and °j
Si.nHav .Tan the local; Alberto Estrada, and
Manuel Narvaez recommended
that members ratify the new
agreement.
The vote was taken at 5 p.m.
Thursday in a meeting at the
union hall in Corpus Christi, and
Narvaez said that a “big
majority’’ voted for accep-
tance.
Negotiations which began two
months prior to the old
contract’s expiration had al-
ready worked out pay raises
which provide for the imme-
diate increase of top craft
wages from $5 97 an hour to
’$6.42 an hour.* *
According to terms of the new
contract, the top craft hourly
rate will increase to $6.80 in
1978, $7 20 in 1979 and $7.63 in
1980. Other work classifications
will receive wage increases
amounting to the same percen-
Sunday, Jan. 14-16, at First
Assembly of God in Aransas
Pass.
The Friday and Saturday
services will begin at 7:30 p.m.
and the Sunday service will
begin at 10:40 a m.
The young husband and wife
team will be presenting the
gospel message in song and
word in each service. Their love
and dedication to music is only
surpassed by their love and
dedication to the Word of God.
The public is cordially invited
to attend by the pastor of the
church, J.C. (Cliff) Gall.
First Asserntfiy of God is
located in Aransas Pass at 417
N. Houston.
Dr. Arnold
In Costa Rica
Dr. Connie Arnold is attend-
ing the World Mariculture tage as those paid top craft
Conference being held this week employees.
in San Jose, Costa Rica. In addition, trainees will
Invited to participate in a receive a 15 cent per hour
Aransas Pass city manager
A1 Holguin feels the city will
probably “go it alone” when it
comes to solving problems with
its waste treatment plant,
rather than go with the sub-
regional waste treatment plant
which would serve three other
area towns in addition to
Aransas Pass.
The feasibility study deve-
loped by engineers for the San
Patricio Municipal Water Dis-
trict, sponsors for the sub-
regional plant, was received by
the cities involved last week. *
The letter accompanying the
study indicated the cities would
be contacted the week of
February 3 to set up a meeting
with the water district engi-
neers to talk over the study and
its findings and what route the
cities will take. Holguin said
Monday that he had not been
contacted as of yet by the
district but he was sure that the
meeting would come this
month.
Holguin discussed some of the
engineers’ findings. He said the
meeting between the cities and
the water district would
examine alternatives to the
central plant which was sup-
posed to serve Aransas Pass,
Ingleside, Gregory, and Taft.
One thing the water district
wants to do, Holguin said, is to
confer with the cities to come up
with the least costly acceptable
alternative to the one central
plant.
Alternative to the central
plant would be the building of
two plants to serve the four
cities, modification or improve-
ments to existing facilities in
each city, or the construction of
four new plants.
Holguin said the letter from
the water district states the
plans to solve the cities’
problems should be developed
around the concept of enlarging
The biggest concern, the city
manager feels, is where is
Aransas Pass going to get the
$300,000 to $350,000 local funds to
build its own plant. He said this
matter of processing applica-
tions.
Getting local funds, he said, is
of such importance, that the
rest, applying for the federal
that when the city council and
mayor meet they will decide to
go it alone. Since the study took
so long to prepare, Holguin said.
existing waste treatment facili-
ties in each city.
Holguin said the water
district has already decided the
central facility is not feasible.
In reading from the district’s would be up to the mayor and funds, is incidental because of
letter Holguin said the water city council to decide. the funds available for the
district does not believe the Aransas Pass is under central plant,
combined treatment cost could Mandate Order 76-08 from the Asked about the problems of
be justified by operating Texas Water Quality Board and harbor seafood processors,
savings or the value of re- must come up with a solution to Holguin said he is certain the
claiming water which would be its waste treatment problems feasibility study addresses
sold for industrial use. ’ by December 1979. The city itself to this. “It is of vital
Holguin said he has no doubts manager says this doesn’t give concern to any solution." The
the city much time to get local waterfront, he said, generates
funds and proceeds with adver- discharge that matches or
tising of construction of exceeds the city's discharge,
_ _ whatever it plans to do, and get not in volume, but as far as
each city hired consultants to tbe P^ant built He said there is treatment requirements are
develop facts and figures to see hope that the deadline for concerned,
if it would be cheaper to go it complying with Water Quality _ Right now the city’s con-
alone or go with the central Board mandate will be extend^-, suiting engineer is reviewing
facility . The study was started e(* the feasibility study so he can be
over a year ago. But again, Holguin said, the at the meeting between the city
“We wanted to be prepared bi8gest concern at this time is and water district to advise the
for the conference which is where will local funds come council as to the best
coming up,” Holguin said, from Once this is decided and alternative to follow, the city
“especially after we knew what the funds are obtained then its a manager concluded
the cost would be to participate
in the central plant.” Holguin
said Aransas Pass’ share of the
central plant’s cost would be
$822,000.
“My opinion is that for
$300,000 to $350,000 of local
money we could achieve
treatment capacity*to take care
of the city and harbor discharge
and do it so that it would be
acceptable to all concerned, the
Health Department, the Texas
Water Quality Board, and the
Environmental Protection
Agency,” Holguin said.
The local share would still
necessitate federal matching
monies and Holguin said the
beauty of the subregional plant
is that the cities, if they decide
tpgo it alone, can use the funds
that were granted by the federal
government for the subregional
system. $5 million in grant
money he said is available for
the subregional system.
Police Department Makes
Changes, Hudgens Returns
Shrimpers Association
Sets Meeting Monday
Chief of police Rudy Ramirez
this week announced personnel
changes in the police depart-
ment.
Leo Hudgens has returned to
the department as assistant
chief of police, a post he held
when he left the department
nearly a year ago Sam
Arrington who filled the
assistant chief's post during
Hudgens’ absence has been
named by Ramirez as captain
over the patrol division.
Ramirez also announced the
addition of Tom Stansell as a
patrolman with the department.
In making the department’s
weekly report on traffic and
criminal activity, police report
there were.thirteen cases on the
criminal docket during the
week and 46 tickets issued for
traffic violations.
On the criminal docket were
exhibition of acceleration, one
of running a red light, two of
violation of drivers license
restriction codes, one of unsafe
speed, one of failure to control
vehicle, and one of leaving the
scene of an accident.
Police also investigated five
traffic accidents which resulted
in two injuries to persons.
Filed in other jurisdictions
were one case of burglary and
theft, one peace bond warrant
served, and two cases of DWI.
First National
Deposits Show
Healthy Increase
First National Bank of
Ingleside experienced a growth
in bank deposits of over
$1,300,000 during 1976.
Year end figures show that on
serving an industrial area along employment for an estimated Pan£* °n Advances m Marine increase every three months. Report
The Gulf Coast Shrimpers
Association, recently organized
to lobby against tax regulations
which designate shrimp boat
crewmen as self-employed
businessmen, will meet at 2
p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, at the
American GI Forum Hall near
SEEN ...
BETH SNYDER cele-
brating her fifteenth birthday
with a dinner party on January
7 . . . BILL AUTEN at Live Oak
Country Club offering a puppy
to most everyone after his dog
d had a litter of nine . . . washers
out on the sidewalk at a local
laundry . . . FRANK HAMET-
NER making his rounds . . .
postmen busy delivering mail in
the cold . . . everyone tickled to
see the sun again for one day . . .
HEARD...
. . . JIM DUPNIK made an
eagle on No. 13 hole Saturday at
Padre Isles Country Club . . .
L.D. NUCKLES of Rockport,
information officer for the
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department, was speaker Jan.
5 at the Aransas Pass Lions
Club luncheon - meeting . . .
RAY SNYDER ajid son, MARK,
of Ingleside on the Bay and
friends, GENE GUILLERY and
JERRY SMITH enjoyed a
recent deer hunt and Ray
brought home a ten-point buck
. . . DAVID <?UY JOHNSON, a
student at Texas A&I Univer-
ji sity, made the honor roll of
Distinguished undergraduate
students for the fall semester,
which placed him in the upper
eight percent scholastically
...JOHNSON will graduate in
May ... LEO F. BRAUER is in
Doctor*’ Hospital in Corpqs
Christi in Room 307 . ,
240 workers in Aransas and San
Patricio Counties, and will
result in the development of
new jobs.
The announcement from
Bentsen’s office was welcomed
news for city officials and those
people at the harbor. The
project has been in the works
for about seven months, with
the street improvements one of
the main concerns of many who
See “GRANT” P 2
Finfish Culture,” Dr Arnold
will present a paper on develop-
ments in the culture of trout,
redfish and flounder which are
being successfully spawned in
captivity at the National Marine
Fisheries Service’s Port Aran-
sas Laboratory.
Dr. Arnold left on Sunday and
will return next weekend from
the international meeting bring-
ing together marine biologists
and other scientists from all
over the world.
until they reach the maximum
rate for their classification, and
the contract provides for, a 10
See “BAKER” P-2
“We invite all shrimpers to
attend our next meeting,” said
Fernando Martinez of Rockport
who was elected temporary
president of the association at
its initial meeting held Dec.
26th.
Approximately 60 crewmen,
including 20-25 from Aransas
Pass, attended the group's first
meeting, but Martinez hopes to
draw at least 200 next Monday.
He estimates there are 3,000 to
5,000 crewmen working out of
the following: seven cases of the last day of business in 1976,
public intoxication, two of
reckless damage and destruc-
tion, and one each of theft under
$5, assault, disorderly conduct,
and discharge of a firearm in
the city.
the bank had deposits of
$7,8?1.520.22 up from the 1975
year end deposits of
$6,441,883.17. A story last week
that the bank had experienced
an increase in deposits of only
$500,000 was incorrect.
Bank president R.B Kearby
said the bank's growth in
Gene Stewart Heads Slate of 1977
Officers for Chamber of Commerce
On the traffic docket for the
week were the following cases:
,° 18 of speeding, three of illegal deposits Ts because of the
Texas ports, ana all are being parking, three of failure to yield general growth of the Ingleside
affected by the new tax law right of way, two of defective area. He said there has been
which the association opposes, equipment, six of expired motor more growth in Ingleside in tha.
At issue is the tax reform act vehicle inspection sticker, six of past 12 months thaqat any other
See “SHRIMPERS" P-2 no drivers license, one of time in the past
Ingleside Chamber of Com-
merce officers for 1977 were
elected at the chamber meeting
Thursday.
The new slate of officers
INGLESIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE elected its officers and directors for 1977 at the
organization's meeting last week. Officers for the new year include (L-R) Gene Stewart,
who succeeds Earl Kelly as president of the chamber; Stick Vance, vice president; Mrs.
Christine Wyntnger, secretary; and Ben Foss, treasurer.__\ __
include Gene Stewart, presi-
dent, Stick Vance, vice presi-
dent. Christine Wyninger, sec-
retary, Ben Foss, treasurer,
and directors, Don Fossett,
R.B Kearby* Dorothy Taylor,
Ruth Ingrum, and Earl Kelly.
The annual Chamber of Com-
merce banquet will be held
March 11 th. The place and.,
speaker will be announced at a
later time.
February 4th will be circus
day for Ingleside. The chamber
will sponsor the Dailey Bros.
Circus. Tickets will be $1.50
presale and $2 at the door All
chamber membes have tickets
for sale.
Dates for the annual Ingleside
Round Up were set. The
Round-Up will be held May 6-8.
Stewart asked all organizations
in Ingleside to participate in the
parade and other acitivities •
during the Round Up.
We Invite ...
We invite to be our guests at
the picture, “St. Ives”, showing 1
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
Jaiv 16, 17 and 18 at the Rifclto
Theatre, C.W. McKay and
guest.
This notice, clipped from The ,
Progress, will serve as your
admission.
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FIREMEN HONORED - Ysidro Villarreal, Jr. (L) and S.W Smith were honored by the
Aransas Pass Fire Department with thej>regentation of awards recently by city manager A1
Holguin and fire chief Pete Martinez. Smith was honored for outstanding contributions
made to the community in 1976 and Villarreal was honored as the outstanding fireman of the /
year-%)th mfn were praised “for bringing recognition to themselves and the community of
Aransas Pass.” Smith is ah “old-timer” with the department which he has served for about
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The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 12, 1977, newspaper, January 12, 1977; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1135478/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.