The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. [30], No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 29, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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- ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS, THURSDAYrrEB 29. 1940
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, Two for Townsite, Are Made in
North Extension
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eawall Issue By Tom Graham
for Passage
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is Bids
Work
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'They’re Lively Here’
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There
fiescke inspected
for the propos-
al, but did net an-
ikm. No definite
work—on the
en set.
■■ white license
\ 1940, beginning to
:al automobiles-
>attered from head
ange paint, help-
lber of commence
?ancy_____Lorraine
half hour to kill
to the postoffice
Gail Vickers
and trying to
mind between two
Parsons working
r little playsuits
_a local lady
puzzled when
looked like a box
[bearing the name
the groceryman
was Spanish for
ck arrangements
windows of i
ittle Joyce
t for her first trip
toad at afternoon
Managers Mattox
1 conv**ta| IIIm
City’s Two Contracts
Are Hinderance to
Passage.
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“It is my honest opinion that
no seawall bond issue - for the
City of Aransas Pass can be
passed until two questions ere
settled: the question of the city’s
contract with the engineers and
with Commissioner W. E. Ted-
ford.”
C. J. Stanzei, resident of Ar-
ansas Pass since an early day,
w&t expressing himself on the
subject of the bond issue. . He
was expressing what he believed
to be a general sentiment, a feel-
ing that was made plain in the
recent defeat of a seawall bond
issue.
“1 think it would be useless to
call another bond issue under the
same set-up,” Stanzei continued.
”1 am of the opinion, however,
and this has been reinforced by
the advice of attorneys, that the
city’s contract with the engi-
neers was voided when the bond
issue failed to carry. In the case
of Mr. Tedford, I should think
that some just and fair agree-
ment can be reached.
“I am sure that Mr. Tedford
undertook the work of helping to
pass the legislative bill with the
best of intentions. The only
question is whethe' the comi
sation was not too great,
are many who believe that his
commission is too much. But
surely there is some way of com-
ing to a settlement with Mr.
Tedford by giving him a gener-
ous commission. I am confident
that ^ settlement can be reached
jf he. is approached in the right
manner.”
Plan Outlined
Passing from the immediate
question of the engineers and
Commissioner Tedford, Stanzei
outlined a plan which appeared
to him to have the best chance
of success.
“First I believe that we should
call a meeting ‘ of citizens. Pre-
sent the question to them. Have
them select a representative
group of men that reflects every
section of local opinion. Let this
committee work out the details
of a bond issue that would be ac-
ceptable to the majority and let
the people then present the is-
sue to the city council, and have
them call an election. I am sure
that such an issue could be pas-
sed. But there must be no per-
sonalities involved. It must be
remembered that this is ho ques-
tion for the city council or for
a group, but a community ques-
tion that rises above any person-
al questions.
“Probaby th£ city could em-
ploy an engineer to survey the
present seawall and bulkhead.
This would not involve much ex-
pense and would give the people
a clear idea of what is needed.
Certainly there should be suihe
plan for using the money. The
people are entitled to know what
they are voting for and are en-
titled to know how the money is
to be used.”
• Work Plan
Stanzei furthermore had a plan
for die use of the money that
would be derived from the bond
issue.
“I can think of no more use-
ful nor valuable contribution to
the safety of Aransas Pass
against storms, as well as a dis-
tinct asset to the city from the
(Continued on page 8)
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Is It Spring?
Springtime earn* to Aransas
Pass this weak and residents
rubbed their eyes In astonish-
ment shed some of their win-
ter comforts and* eyed the Ales
half mistrustfully. It was too
good to ha true.
Boat owners lost no time,
however. Out came the blow
torch, the scraper and the
paint bucket Minor repairs
were made and paint went an
M a hum. To them the fine
Test to 7,500 Feet
Begun on Live Oak
Ridge Anticline.
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Another deep test for this
coastal section, one that will
seek an extension to the Aransas
Pass field approximately one
and three-quarter miles north of
the present defined limits, shar-
ed with the 8,200-foot deep test
of H. H. Howell on the south
prospect the center of interest
for operations in this section.
The test, the No. 1 Porterfield
Estate, on the line between lots
1 and 2 in block 19 of the Mc-
Campbell subdivision, ran and
cemented surface casing and
waited on cement. The well is
projected to 7,500 feet or beyond,
if conditions justify. Tom Gra-
ham holds the drilling contract
The prospect has long been
regarded as a promising one,
having been worked out by Al-
exander Duessen in 1922, and
lies on the high point of an an-
ticline known as the Live Oak
Ridge. Over a thousand acres
of land hav? been assembled for
the test.
Snyder Appointed
Deputy Collector
for Auto Licenses
Total of* 50 Plates
Are Sold During
the Past Week.
Fifty 1940 automobile license
plates were sold locally during
the past week, Justin Snyder,
deputy tax collector for San Pa-
tricio county, announced today.
Snyder was recently appointed
by M. W. Williams, county col-
lector, to issue licenses here, fol
lowing the resignation of Neal
$igelow.
“License plates may be bought
from me at my office in the Sny-
der Motor Company,” Snyder
said. “I will be in my office
each week day most of the time
between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m.”
The deadline for payment of
.motor vehicle registrations is
April L The new license plates
may be placed on cars after to-
day, according to Snyder.
“We’ve got a long ways to go,”
Snyder said. “There were 1512
license plate? sold in Aransas
Pass before April 1, 1939. Car
owners should come in as soon
as possible and buy their license
plates to avoid a. last-minute
rush."
South pier Work to
Begin Immediately
“America is
shere tfie lively ark are alive,” ac-
ordinz to M*rtaLey.
lancer, niece of the late Otte Kahn,
nhe gleefully displays her first clt-
iseaahip papers hi New .York.
Piling for a 300-fpot extension
of the South Pier at Port Aran-
sas on the Gulf beach will be
driven in the next few days, W*.
A. Scrivner, president of the
Harbor Island Causeway Com-
pany, announced.
The free-fishing pier was built
in 1933. The extension will give
fishermen access to deeper water
and much better fishing, Scriv-
ner pointed out.
HANDER TO HOSPITAL
J. A. Hander was taken to a
Beeville hospital Monday, suf-
fering from an attack of appen-
dicitis. He was operated on
shortly after arrival and is now
convalescing hicely, according to
reports received by friends here.
Shop Here
Morrison's Food Stan:
Potatoes. 10 pounds--
Peas, Libby's No. 2--
Hamburger Meat, pound
Idt h Pay Grocery:
Butter, pound -
Apple Butter,
Folder’s Coffee,
■ted. each
MV I Market:
Libby’S, 20 oz._
ound-
2 pounds49e
Onions, pound
2 pounds-14c
Ingleside Course
Will he Formally
Opened March J
Nine-hole Golf
Course Completed
West of Refinery.
Formal openfeigof the Ingle-
side Golf Club course on a 40
acre tract one mile west of the
refinery, will be held on March
3, J. R. Rucks president, an-
nounced this week
The nine-hole Course was built
entirely from finds raised from
membership $gef totaling $800 at
the present tiihe. The greens
are of sand. A temporary club-
house is being erected for use on
opening day.
Other officers of the club be-
side Rucker include A. Yeager,
vice-president; Bill Stoecker, se-
cretary-treasurer, and J. D. Mc-
Guire, J. G. Richards and T.
Withers, directors.
Memberships of $10, plusl|1.50
monthly dues will be sold up to
March 30, the directors announ-
ced. Three rounds will be per-
mitted by visitors on opening
day without charge."
Merchants Flan
Strict Ordinance
Against Peddling
Merchants Agree to
Observe 6 o’clock
Closings.
A city ordinance that would
regulate peddling within the city
limits of Aransas Pass by im-
posing a heavy license fee was
recommended at a meeting of
city merchants held in the study
hall of the high school Monday
night.
Hugh Lee, chairman of the
merchants committee for the Ar-
ansas Pass Chamber of Com-
merce, appointed J. B. Groves of
K. it G. and V. T. Patterson of
Pick it Pay Grocery to assist
him in a conference with James
S. Gregg, city attorney, in draw-
ing ap an “air-tight” ordinance.
The ordinance would then be
submitted to the city council for
its approval
After Heslep had read a list of
approximately 35 merchants who
had agreed to close their stores
each week day evening at 6:00
o’clock and 9:00 o’clock Satur
day nights, it was agreed that
this general closing would be ob-
served beginning Thursday af-
ternoon, March 7. The announ-
cement of this resolution is set
forth in an advertisement ap-
pearing in this issue of The
Progress.
It was further agreed that
stores for the most part would
close for holidays on the follow
ing days: July 4,* Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christ-
mas Day. Armistice Day was
left open, to be decided by agree-
ment among the merchants be
fore November 11.
Oyster Caught
By Oklahoman
Some Swimmer
Whitehead Rites
Are Held Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Re-
becca Patton Whitehead, 84, re-
sident of Aransas Pass for almost
33 years, were held in the First
Methodist Church Friday after-
noon, the Rev. E. Y. Seale, Me-
thodist pastor, officiating. Burial
followed in Prairie View Ceme-
tery, Cage Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
She was oorn in Mississippi
March 12, 1854, married to J. N.
Whitehead in 1871 and came to
Aransas Pass around 1907. She
is survived by five sons, Elijah,
Goldman, Charles and John Nor-
ris Whitehead, all of Louisiana,
and Dave Whitehead of Califor-
nia; three daughters^, Mrs. J. B.
Godfrey, Welsh, La.; Mrs. Roy
Hanke, Pasadena, Texas, and
Mrs. J. S. .Young, Oak Grove,
Texas; grandchildren, a num-
ber of great-grandchildren and
three great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were John Chea-
ney, Bill Cheaney, Mel Cren-
shaw, Henry Blatz, Douglas Cole
and John Barber.
Temporary headquarters for
the butane distribution division
of the Warren Petroleum Com-
pany have been established here,
Pete Heslep. chamber of com-
merce manager was notified this
week.
Wiilard D. Barr of Aransas
Pass has been appointed district
representative for this area
which includes the territory be-
tween Houston and Laredo. He
will have charge of facilitating
delivery of butane from War-
ren’s several sources of supply,
including the Natural Gasoline
Corporation plant in the Aransas
Pass field, the Warren Fair-
banks Morse gasoline-—plant at
They Say
LYLE McCALEB: It will be
at least five years before
tourist travel to Europe could
be resumed even if the war
. stopped immediately. This
Gulf Coast section should prof-
it from s big increase of tour-
ist business from this diverted
travel. ' ■ . ;
HENRY WIND: The mer-
chants of Aransas Pass de-
serve to have some protection
from unrestricted peddling
withinfthe city limits.
R R RICE: We do not ex-
pect much of a shrimp run
Barr Appointed
District Read of
Butane Division
Warren Petroleum
Co., Butane Head-
quarters Here.
Houston and the Duval Gas Co.,
plant at Benavides.
Barr will also assist wholesale
dealers in the Houston, Laredo
and Rio Grande Valley district
to contract new users of the
Warren butane product.
Lewis Carrol’s oysters walk-
ed in Alice in Wonderland, but
an Oklahoma man’s “oyster”
swam so fast that he was fin-
ally able to catch him with a
cast-net only after chasing
him all over Red fish Bay. Or
at least that’s the story told
by the owner of a fish house
here.
‘This man came in and said
he was from Oklahoma and
wanted to know if we had any
oysters,” said the fish house
owner.
“‘I want to see if they’re
like my oyster,’ said the Ok-
lahoman.
“When I showed him a pile
of oysters he was puzzled.
“ ‘You know they aren't like
my oysters at all,’ he said. ‘I
chased mine all over the shal-
low water In the bay. Finally
I got him cornered in a hole
and t man came along with a
Cast-net and caught the oys-
ter in one throw. I’ll show
you mine.’
“You know, that Oklahoman
went out in his car and
brought in a mullet!” %
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Contract Awarded
for Sovth Jetty
Concrete Capping
Cage Brothers and
F. M, Reeves of
Bishop Low Bidder.
Upon a low bid of $72,750,
Cage Brothers and F. M. Reeves
it 8on of Bishop have been
awarded the contract for con-
crete capping of the south Jetty
at Port Aransas, the U. S. Engi-
neer office at Galveston announ-
ced this week.
The contract calls for a high-
test concrete cap on top of the
present exposed granite groin
from near the shoreline to the
outer end of the jetty.
Besides anchoring the jetty,
the concrete will make a walk-
away which may be used by
fishermen to get to the very end
of the jetty and take advantage
of the superior fishing that deep-
er water affords.
Three New
Finaled is Eleven
Rigs Areat Work
Howell Drilling Be-
low Surface Casing
on 8,200-foot Test.
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All-Day Parkers
Asked by Mayer
To Use Center
Center Parking
Requested Rather
Than at Curb.
HIGH PRICE REPORTED
PAID FOR TRIANGLE
at port -Aransas
In clearing title to his loca-
tion near the Coast Guard
boatways at Port Aransas. Roy
Riesling was reported to have
paid one of the highest prices
for a small plot of land in the
Island's history.
was reported to
$750 foe a small
fast at Its widest,
adjoining hie docks and small
boat basin Jus* north of the
ferry landing.
TEXAS INDEPENDENCE
DAY SATURDAY FIRST
STATE RANK CLOSING
One hundred and four years
ago Saturday, a oonvention of
Texas patriots gathered at
Washington-on-tbe-Brazos and
declared Texas a free and sov-
ereign republic, and adopted a
constitution. David G. Burnet
was named provisional gover-
nor and Sam Houston was re-
appointed commander in chief
of the army, while the Battle
of the Alamo woe raging.
Observing this hMMtt data
in the rise of
State Bank
IO
A parking problem in front of
many downtown stores brought
a plea for consideration and co-
operation on the part of residents
this week from Mayor M. W.
Claybom.
“Many people drive their cars
to town and leave them parked
all day, often in front of stores,”
Mayor Claybom explained.
“Customers are then forced to
park at a distance and walk.
“Now I believe that people
are just thoughtless when they
block these entrances to stores.
As a favor to merchants I am
asking that people who usually
park their cars all day in the
downtown area park them in the
center section rather than at the
curb. ,
“You will be doing the mer-
chants a great favor if you will
follow this practice,” the mayor
concluded. ,
Texas Atlas Petroleum
pany returned its rig to tig
townsite this week and made lo
cation for the No. i E. D. Rioh
mond (Conn Brown District M
in lot IS. block 759, drilling 4J*»
trict 17. Surface casing
run and work was waiting
cement.
Puertora Oil Co., means
prepared to skid rig from
recently completed No. 1
to the No. 2 Losoya, in lot
block 205, drilling district li.
the Aransas Pass Townsite.
FOUR MORE LOCATIONS
At the same time, four other
new locations were made,
along Avenue A and one
ting the No . 1 Carlock,
ery well for the south extension
of the Aransas Pass field.
Bay Tex Oil Corp. skidded
to make location for the No.
Branquist in the center of
5. block 205 of the Burton
Dart forth west city farm trac
The well drilled below surfs
casing at 1600 feet
Southern Minerals was
ning surface casing late
day on the No. 1 Usher, on
line between lots 1 and 2 in
1, on the north end.
Just off highway 35 to
south. Southern Minerals
past surface casing on the
2 Carlock. on the north end
the line between lots 4 and
in block 72.
Bay Tex Oil Corp., was
ding rig to make location for
No. 1 Ellisen-Horton, on
line between tracts 1 and 2
block 210 of the Burton A Di
forth west city farm tracts.
DRILLING ACTIVITY I
Southern Minerals was drill-
ing at 2100 feet on the I
McCampbell, on the north
of the line between lots 1
2 in* block 73.
On-a test piojected to 8,!
feet, seeking production on
prospect that has produced
gas pressure around 7440
H. H. Howell was drilling
4,000 feet on the No. 1 Lou
ridge-Palmer, in the center
tract 6 block 205 of the Burton
it Danforth west city farm tracts.
L. L. Smith No. 1 Nelson, on
the south end of the line be-
tween lots 12 «nd 13 in bloek 4,
was drilling at 7,200 feet on •
7300-sand test.
(Continued on page 8)
Heard
HUNT FOR RE-ELECTION
S. F. Hunt, San Patricio sheriff,
authorized The Progress to an-
nounce that he would be a can-
didate for re-election. His for-
mal statement of candidacy will
appear in an early issue.
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“Castle on the Hud-
A local clerk wondering what
an ink pencil is, and finally de-
ciding the customer meant an in-
delible pencil........the Louis-God-
oy fight pictures will be at the
Rialto sometime next week_____
someone near the postoffice ex-
claim ing “Why, I only see two
from the CP&L office going af-
ter their morning coffee,” than
in a second “No, here comes the
rest of them”------A. Wayne
Brown found that the bulbs he’d
planted were growing down in-
to the ground, so he turned
them over.
That after Macrh 1 purchaser*
of rubbing alcohol will have to
register for it and can only buy
it from registered pharmacists^.
—Geraldine Miller doesn’t have
to watch the clock—she sets the
gas range for the time the has to
leave for school and waits for
the warning bell to ring_Rev.
E. Y. Seale was invited to speak
for the Rockport Masons, then
because he’d never sat with
them, had to pass a stiff exami-
nation before entering.
Mrs. F. M. Davis was having
a hard time this, week, having
temporarily lost he# voice from
a cold----a local lady, upon bto
ing told that she looked like
peacock with her hair upswept,
replying
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pretty” Mrs W.
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