Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 1978 Page: 3 of 8
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NOVEMBER 30, 1978
SOUTH JETTY
PAGE 3
As a boy I had ideas of
becoming a tireless Indian track-
er, running silently across the
plains for hours at a time. Gliding
effortlessly up the sides of
snow-capped mountains, weaving
through thick forests with never a
break in stride.
Don’t recall just how long that
dream was number one on my
fantasy island list, probably just
until my reading carried me in
another direction, but I took it
plenty serious for a little while.
I can remember going down to
a sand bar on Big Black creek - by
myself, of course - to practice
running j‘‘like an Indian”. That
meant with toes turned slightly
inward. Everybody knew that
pideon-toed people could run
faster so all Indians and ball-play-
ers were pigeon-toed.
Thought about that this morn-
ing while running, very slowly,
along the beach. Remembering
that while I quickly abandoned
running as a way of life, l never
got over running pigeon-toed.
And 1 still check my footprints to
make sure I’m running as the
Indians ran.
Talking of footprints, did you
read where scientists recently
discovered the oldest human
footprints ever found in north
America? A total of 54 prints were
found buried beneath centuries of
sand and silt alongside the
Mojave River in California. Based
on radioactive dating, the foot-
prints are believed to be between
4,200 and 4,400 years old.
According to the archaeologists,
the prints belong to two adults
and two children who were
probably taking a Sunday after-
noon walk through a cottonwood
park on the banks of the Mojave.
The barefoot adults walked pur-
posefully southward across soggy
ground, taking longer steps now
and then to void puddles. One lost
his or her footing and skidded in
the mud.
The two smaller sets of foot-
prints point in many directions,
suggesting two children playing
and exploring while their parents
walked on ahead.
Imagine footprints more than
four thousand years old telling a
story like that!
My own fascination with foot-
prints may be reflected in a story
shared by a friend.
A man who died recently was
looking back at the footprints on
his life’s path, noticing that in the
gentle valleys and smooth plains
there were two sets of prints
while in the mountains and the
rough terrain, there was but one
set of prints.
Turning to Christ he said: “I
know that in the valleys and the
plains of my life you walked
beside me, but I don’t understand
why I walked alone over the rough
passages.”
With infinite gentleness, Christ
explained: “Yes, I did walk by
your side in the little valleys and
peaceful plains. The reason you
see but one set of prints in the
rugged mountain country is be-
cause I was carrying you.”
I’ll bet the toes turn a little
inward on those prints!
CHANGING COMMAND AT THE
PORT ARANSAS COAST GUARD
STATION, LAST WEEK, CW03
Herman P. “Sonny” Huffman (r)
toasts the incoming station com
mander BMC Norris R. Roberts.
Along with Coast Guardsmen and
officers from Corpus Christi, local
citizens were on hand at the
ceremony November 22 to honor
Huffman’s service here as well as
welcome Roberts aboard. Huff-
man’s next tour, after a brief stay
at the Corpus Christi station, will
be in St. Louis.
Stocking of
Redfish Now
In Full Swing
The experimental program aim-
ed at increasing the redfish
population along the Texas coast
is well underway at the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department’s
marine research station at Pala-
cios.
Bob Colura, P&WD marine
biologist at Palacios, said 53,000
redfish fingerlings were stocked in
St. Charles Bay on Nov. 16, and
hatchery personnel will continue
the process of draining the
rearing ponds at the research
station and tagging the fingerlings
for the next week or so.
Bob Kemp, diector of fisheries,
said a high recovery rate for the
tagged redfish is expected due to
the tagging system being used,
which is new to Texas. The
fingerlings are tagged with a tiny
metal wire between the eyes, said
Kemp, and a highly sensitive
metal detector will be used to
identify the marked fish. This
system, he said, was developed
for tagging salmon in the Pacific
Northwest, where it has been
highly successful. From the code
on the wire, biologists will be able
to tell the survival rate, growth
rate and movement of the fish
after their release.
Mobile Oil Donates Research Ship to UT
The university of Texas Marine Science Institute
became the official owner of another advanced
geophysical research ship last Monday, Nov. 27th.
During a public ceremony at the dock of MSI’s
Galveston Geophysics Laboratory, Mobil Oil Corpora-
tion transferred its seismographic exploration ship,
the FRED H. MOORE, to President Lorene Rogers
for The University of Texas at Austin.
Mobil has donated the 165-foot FRED H. MOORE
to the University’s Marine Science Institute for
geophysical research. Mobil has used the ship for
worldwide petroleum exploration since it was built at
Port Arthur in 1967.
Alex Massad, executive vice president of Mobil Oil
Corporation, made the transfer presentation to Dr.
Rogers, and Dr. Peter T. Flawn, acting director of the
Marine Science Institute, outlined the research the
University plans with the ship. Allan Shivers,
chairman of the UT System Board of Regents, and
Admiral Stephen Walter, chief of naval operations of
the Texas Navy, also took part in the ceremony.
The vessel is named for Fred Holmsley Moore, a
native of Comanche, Texas, who is a former director
and executive vice president of Mobil Oil Corporation
and was president of its North American company.
Mr. Moore retired in 1967 and now lives in Austin.
He currently is serving his second six-year term on
the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University
System, and is a member of the advisory council for
the UT Austin College of Business Administration.
Mobil has donated the ship fully equipped with a
satellite navigation system, marine magnetometer
and extensive computer and data analyzing systems
for its 96-channel common depth point seismograph
recorder.
The replacement cost for a new ship with
comparable equipment is estimated at about $12
million, according to Dr. Flawn.
The FRED H. MOORE has a range of 6,000
nautical miles and a cruising speed of 10 knots. It
measures 38 feet at its beam and has a draft of 11.4
feet and a gross tonnage of 297 tons. The ship’s
quarters can accommodate a crew of 12 and a
scientific party of 20.
At Galveston the FRED H. MOORE will join the
IDA GREEN, another research vessel operated by the
Marine Science Institute's Geophysics Laboratory.
If You Like JACK MOORE’S
Column In SOUTH JETTY
You’ll Love His Book.......
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"Once in a while there comes to the
reading world a C. S. Lewis, an
O'Henry, or an Oscar Wilde . . . rare
individuals with talent to use words in
unique ways . . . Jack Moore fits that
mold."
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Frishman, Steve. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 1978, newspaper, November 30, 1978; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth623934/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.