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VOLUME XXXV
ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS. THURSDAY. MARCH 4. 124
NUMBER 50
IlSXJ Rep. John E. Lyle To Spent AT
Red Cross Dnve First Week Woodsiwri) Road r\\ r r n 1 n
Chamber or Commerce banquet
Committees Make Killed In Action
Report At Meeting
Held Wednesday
County Chairman
Makes Report For
County Drive.
With the Red Cross War Fund
drive one week old Aransas Pass
had only raised app-oximatply
one-third of its quota of $3,600,
according to reports made at a
meeting of workers held Wednes-
day afternoon at the Chamber of
Commerce office. Compilation of
committee reports showed $1,497.-
40 had been subscribed.
Chairman Sam Kaufman pre-
sided at the meeting and follow-
ing the reports stated “While the
showing made the first week of
the drive was excellent in a way,
we must bear in mind that
we have raised only one-third of
our assigned quota, and that this
one-third probably has the large
contributions as well as the
volunteer donations, thus the re-
maining two-thirds can only be
raised by redoubling our efforts.”
Others Reach Goal
While Aransas Pass was raising
one-third of its quota, other towns
in the county had reached and in
some instances oversubscribed
their assigned quotas, according
to a report by Verne Roberts,
county chairman.
Taft and Sinton both exceeded
| their assigned quotas, A. C. Tutt
and I. A. Cage, chairman for Taft,
reported $3,810.00 against their
cuota of S3.678.00. Sinton’s chair- j
man, Mrs. Bessie Utley, reported |
$3,305.00, with a quota of $3,305.
Ingleside, usualy a leader in war
fund drives, on this report show-
ed $750.00 raised of a $2,615 quo-
ta, according to H. C. Thaxton,
chairman.
Gregory failed to report to-date.
|Portland was near its quota, re-
porting $500 raised; while Odem
and Mathis both had exceeded
|thuir quotas. Mrs. Frank Boggue
afOdem reporting $1,794 and Mrs.
’ aree Russek of Mathis reporting
51.641.00; their quotas were $1,-
p58 and $1,376 respectively.
County Chairman Roberts gave
fotal subscriptions in the county
an his first report as $11,800.00 of
|he county’s $17,200, and stated
fhat “present indications are that
aur county will, as it has always
lone, substantially oversubscribe
Its quota.”
The first report gave the follow-
ag totals:
Taft, $3,810; Sinton, $3,305; Od-
Fm, $1,794; Mathis, $1,641; Aran-
as Pass, $1,497.40; Ingleside, $750;
(Continued on page A)
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Com. Clark Advised
Of Action by State
Senator Mauritz.
Pvi. Tony Trefill, reported
killed in action in Belgium De-
cember 17th, 1944, according to
a telegram his step-father. Gull
Mills of this city,''received last
week from the War Department.
Pvt Trefill entered service
three years ago and took part in
the D-Day invasion and was
wounded June 9th.
Prior to report of his death he
had been reported missing in
action. Survivors include his
step father, two brothers and
three sisters.
School Board Sets
Election Day For
Board Members
J. L. Meredith and
W. A. Kieberger File
For Re-election.
Commissioner George-Clark re-
ceived a telegram Monday from
State Senator Fred Mauritz stat-
ing that the State Highway De-
partment had granted Clark’s re-
quest for the department to take
over and maintain the highway
between Gregory and Woodsboro
as a state highway.
The highway runs from Gre-
gory to Woodsboro via Bayside a
distance of 34 miles, 9J miles of
which is in Commissioner Clarks
precinct.
Clark stated that the highway
department will complete the Co-
pano causeway, widen the high-
way to standard state width and
resurface with the usual asphalt
“black top”, making a standard
state highway of the 34 miles.
With the completion of work
on the highway Aransas Pass
will have a direct road to Woods-
boro, Refugio and points north
without going by the way of Sin-
ton. and tourists from the north
will have a much more direct
highway to this section.
Efforts havd been made for a
number of years to have the state
'assume maintenance of this road,
and Commissioner Clark expres-
sed his appreciation to Senator
Mauritz for his assistance in se-
curing the highway departments
approval of the project.
The Highway Departments de-
cision followed a meeting in
Austin recently attended by
Judge B. S. Fox of Rockport,
Judge Ivey of Taft, Judge Jctter
of Refugio and Commisioner
Clark.
Resolution Adopted What^ Has Red Cross
Authorizing A. P.
Channel Survey
Congressman John
E. Lyle Secures
Passage.
Mayor Conn Brown was noti-
fied this week that a resolution
introduced by. Rep. John E. Lyle
Done For Aransas Pass?
"If there ever wai a city that
owed a dabt of gratituda to the
Red Cross, it is Aransas Pass."
W. A. Scrivner. director of the
county Red Cross chapter states.
Continuing, Scrivner said “Back
in 1919 following the hurricane
that destroyed all but two houses
between the railroad and the
water front, and damaged many
others located on higher ground,
the Red Cross moved in, formed a
authorizing the U. S. Engineers
to make a survey of the Aransas
committee what in its opinion,
was the best method to be em-
. .___. , . , , • i ployed in rending aid. The corn-
been adopted, and work by gov- mittec unanimously voted to re*
Pass-Port Aransas chanel, had
ernment engineers is expected to
get underway at an early date.
The resolution as adopted is as
follows:
“Resolved by the Committee on
Rivers and Harbors of the House
of Representatives, United States,
that the Board of Engineers of
Rivers and Harbors created under
Section 3 of the River and Harbor
Act, be and is hereby requested
to review the reports on the chan-
nel from Aransas Pass, Texas, to
the Intercoastal waterway, as
submitted in House document No.
383, 77th Congress, first session,
and previous reports, with a view
to determining if it is advisable to
build homes, and this was done,
“Had it not been for the Red
Cross ai that time, it is doubtful
if many of the homes now stand-
ing as a monument to this gene-
rosity would have been rebuilt.
“Being a member of that com-
mittee I know that over $75,000
help for the destitute, as well as
food and clothing, is because the
Red Cross has been taking care of
these cases. I know, because I am
the Red Cross director from this
end of the county.
During tha past year, we have
expended ai Aransas Pass aloqe
on urgent relief cases more
than $1,682.48. That is almost
as much as was spent all over
the county in similar relief.
"If any one wants to know
what the Red Cross has done
for Aransas Pass, please send
them to me, I will be glad to
show them the figures and cite
each individual instance.
Monday, March /
26th Date Set By
Board of Directors
Arnold, Atkinson and
Mauritz to Be Other
Guest Speakers.
Representative John E. Lyle, of
the 14th Congressional District,
will be the principal speaker at
the Aransas Pass Chamber of
Commerce annual banquet to be
i held Monday, March 26th in the
| Pollyanna room of the First Me-
i
A special representative from Church, W. J. Godfrey,
the Red Cross in St. Louis caitu
here and investigated our situa-
tion and reported at a county
meeting that Aransas Pass had
more cases requiring relief than
in cash was expended in addition at ar,y other point in the county.
to thousands of dollars spent in
helping to furnish such homes.
In the meantime the Red Cross
operated a distribution headquar-
ters for free clothing and food..
"Ask soma of our older citi-
zens here for proof of these
statements."
Continuing Mr. Scrivner asked
“What has the Red Cross done re-
cently for Aransas Pass? The an
An election for the purpose of
naming two members to the Ar-
ansas Pa^s Independent School
District board of trustees has been
called for Saturday, April 7th,
W. A. Kieberger, president of the
board announced this week.
Members whose terms expire
are J. L. Meredith and W. A. Kie-
ber, both of whom will seek re-
election at the coming election.
R. L. Mercer was appointed by
the board to be in charge of the
election. The polls, in the Cen-
tral Ward school, will be open
from 8 a. m. until 7 p. m., and all
qualified voters in the school dis-
trict are entitled to cast their bal-
lots.
Dr. Spring Reports
10 Fever Carriers
Dr. J. E. Spring, veterinarain of
Corpus Christ who has been test-
ing cattle in this vicinity for un-
dulant fever, stated this week
that of the 52 head tested on his
first visit here several weeks ago,
he had found five to be carriers
of thjs disease.
Dr. Spring was here last Wed-
nesday and tested fifty head be-
longing to 32 different owners,
and reported of those tested on
this date, there were five that had
bangs disease and three that were
suspicious.
Dr. Spring will visit Aransas
Pas^ again on Wednesday, March
14th and may be contacted at the
Lee Feed Store.
Notice For City
Election is Issued
School Census Is
99 Per Cent Complete
k stated this
week that the school cens
the Aransas Pass Independent
School District had been 99 perj.
At a meeting of the city com-
mission held at the city hall last
Thursday, March 1st, the commis-
sion passed a resolution authoriz-
he city election to be held on
Tuesday, April 3, 104B, hetnrrrn.
the hours of 8 a. m. and 7 p. m. for
now totaling and checking the
lists.
Anyone in the district that has
a child of school age or who will
be before September 1st, and
Nan Kelly entering the drug
lore and seeing cigarettes on dis-
may. remarking it was the first
^garettes on display in that store
months___Uncle Bob Harris
and about town again........the ________
ly street sign in town in front j ^ave not been contacted by some
the Christian Science Church
—A. D. Hanke busy working in
ps amaryllis flower garden this
[oek ....... a man making a race for
bus starting out at Naylor’s
•irniture store • and losing the
>ce as the bus pulled out as he
Cached the bank.
[Little Skipper White trudging
long through town with a pock-
modify the existing project in any SWer is, much more than any oth
way at this time. - er agency, governmental or othcr-
“Adopted Feb. 28. 1945. Attest wise. We have no community
J. H. McCann; clerk; at the re- chest here, we have no relief
guest of Rep. John E. Lvle.” agency of any kind and the rea-
To Deepen and Widen Channel = s,,n ***** donation lists have not
The resolution was submited by | •**" lartst-nt.-d to you for medical
Representative Lyle and adoption !lnd 5Ureical "nd h.»pttal.ttalt..n
secured following a petition and
brief filed with Col H. M. Yost, ygA||f|flpf|
prepared by the city and request*! IIWVl
ing that survey be made and the'
present channel from Aransas
Pass to Port Aransas be deepened
to a minimum depth of 12 feet
with a width of 125 feet. The
petition and brief also requested
deepening the present harbor at
Aransas Pass to a like depth and
extending the present 300 by 700
foot turning basin 800 feet north
to connect with the proposed
North Harbor.
“Now the Rod Cross is asking
for a War Donation of $3,600 from
this place. This is not a member-
ship drive. This is a war drive.
“People of Aransas Pass should
president of the Chamber of Com-
merce, announced this week fol-
lowing a meeting of the board of
directors Monday. w
An invitation to Representative
Lyle had been extended by the
board of directors at the meting
last month, and President Godfrey
read a letter he had received from
Lyle accepting the invitation, st«-
not dismiss a solicitor with a 1 ting that he would be in
two or three or five dollar dona-
tion. This means tens, twenties
and fifty dollar donations.
“There is not a family in Aran-
sas Pass that does not have some
loved one in the service and every
one of them has no doubt re-
ceived some benefit from the Red
Cross.
“Let’s put this driver over.!
nearly all the other towns in the j
eounty have already gone over
the top.” Scrivner concluded.
%
Ingleside Youth
Missing in Action
S-Sgt. Billy R. Humes, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Humes of In-
gleside, was reported missing in
action February 7th, according to
a telegram his parents received
from the War Department last
week. Sgt. Humes was reported j
missing in action when the Lib-
erator on which he served as an
aerial gunner, failed to return
from a bombing mission over
Vienna, Austria.
According to a letter his par-
nili III dvnd from tfre command-
scnooi LMsinti nau ucc.« i tho nnrnnse of electing a mayor der °* *“s sQuac*ron» ** was point-
cent compelted and teachers were! *ke Purpose . . * , ? ’ ed out that the bomber on which
cent “ ino th* two city commissioners and a city Hlimoa waa appvinff waa un_
judge.
Officially announced for these
offices are the present incum-
bents: Conn Brown for mayor,
J. B. Huff and A. A. Allen for
comimssioners and J. F. Newbury
for city judge.
Election officials to conduct the
election are R. L. Mercer, N. D.
Sanford. R. L. Spencer "and H. J.
L inkins.
census ta*ker, are asked to call 47
in order that their child may be
enumerated.
Supt. Faulk estimated that the
census this year would be ap-
proximately the same as last year
When 1200 wpre listed.
LOCAL'S UNCLE DIES
Lonzo Carder, uncle of Mrs.
filled with cookies and feeding! ^ Carter of this
away at his home
Friday afternoon,
Funeral services were held there
Sunday afternoon with interment
to a tiny chicken that was
60 in his pocket______Mrs. Betty
shton after baking a delicious
Pie pie, brought it up town and_______
nated it to some working girls j jn theRockdale cemetery.
• after a few days of springlike j
ather, a norther coming in |
ly Tuesday morning, blowing
Per and sand all along main
ee*.....- Chinaberry trees bloom-
- nettles and butercups popping
every where shows that spring
near.
man entering the theatre,
Iking up and down the isle
king for his wife, she saw him
t said not a word; he finally
e up the search and sat down
^tly in front of her—in a lit-/
while she leaned1 forward and
S0(* him and he jumped as tho
had been shot_____a small boy
a local cafe eating his lunch
a lady winked at him—with-
the faintest smile, he winked
k at her and went right on eat-
- Jeanie Roberts painting a
chair.
city, passed
in Rockdale
March 2nd.
FRANKLIN GUEST AT
LION'S CLUB LUNCHEON
They Say^ -
BEN SI COLLINS: The opening
run of bay shrimp has been
slow, but it is no doubt due to
weather conditions which have
been 'unfavorable.
JUSTIN SNYDER: Automobile
and truck license sold in Ar-
ansas Pass for the first week
totaled 182. compared to 1200
sold in 1944.
CpACH R. L. MEIXNER: Pros-
pects for the Golden Panther
football team are brighter this
year than last, with a large
number of letter men turning
out fo* *Prin« practice.
Members of the Aransas Pass
Lions Club met Wednesday noon
at the Victory Cafe for their re-
gular noon luncheon with J. L.
Meredith presiding in the absence
of M. E. Naylor president.
B. R. Smith spoke on the im-
portance of the Red Cross drive
and the need for cooperation of
every citizen of the city in order
that Aransas Pass may reach its
quota.
Ray Franklin of the United Gas
Corp., from Sinton, was guest of
the did).
We Invite-
. i
To be our guests at the pic-
ture, “For Whom the Bells
Toll,” showing at the Rialto
Theatre Sunday. Monday an
Tuesday, Mrs. J. S. Shelton an
guest. This notice clipped from
The Progress will be your ad-
mission ticket.
Sgt. Humes was serving, was un-
der control when last seen and
that there is good reason to be-
lieve the crew landed safely.
Sgt. Humes attended the Ingle-
side High Schoflf prior to enter-
ing service.
LOCALS FATHER DIES
AT THREE RIVERS
Pvt. Vincent* G. Longoria Jr.,
reported seriously wounded in
action in Luxembourg, Janu-
ary 11th. according to informa-
tion received here last week by
his wife, Mrs. Antonia Rodri-,
guex Longoria, who resides in
this city.
MissCasparies to
Speak at P.-T. A.
Sgt. King Weldon
Reported Missing
In Action Feb. 14
Former Student of
Aransas Pass Hiprh
School in 1941.
Sgt. King Weldon, turret gun-
ner on a B-17 bomber, has been
reported missing in action since
February 14th, according to a
telegram his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest G. Weldon of Corpus
Christi, received last Saturday.
Sgt. Weldon, 19, was a top-tur-
ret gunner and had been station-
ed in England since last Septem-
ber. According to reports receiv-
ed from his parents the last word
they received from him was dat-
ed January 20th.
Prior to entering the army Wel-
don was employed by the Tower
Pharmacy at Six Points. He at-
tended the Aransas Pass High
School, coming here from Reedly,
Calif., later moving to Corpus.
the above date, the board of di;
rectors set the date for the annu
banquet accordingly.
Other Speakers
Invitations have been extended
to State Senator Fred Mauritz of
Ganado, J. B. Arnold, director of
the Coastal Division of the State
Game, Fish and Oyster Commis-
sion and State Rep. H. L. Atkin-
I son of Beeville to be present.
Due to t-he limited capacity of
the Pollvanna Class rooms only
100 tickets will be printed and a
■ charge of $1.00 per plute will be
■ made, directors decided at the
Monday meeting. Tickets for the
j banquet may be secured at the
chamber of commerce office or
from members of the chamber.
Committee to Report
The nominating committee com-)
post'd of Bill Ganem, W. A. Scriv-
ner and Arlin Yeager, will sub-
mit their report for officers for
the year at this meeting.
This is will be the first time
Aransas Pass has had the privi-
lege of hearing Representative
Lyle and a capacity crowd is ex-
pected to be present for his ad-
dress. Having served in Italy in
the present conflict up until-the
time of his election last year Rep-
resentative Lyle’s address will be
(Continued on page 8)
Heard
Miss Rebecca Casparies, home I t _ ~~~ , .
_ The First Baptist Church here
Pa°ss°HiBh School, will be theiare makin* Plans t0 send 20 klts
That Mayme Confer received a
package from her husband who la
stationed in India, containing a
beautiful ladies’ bag and numer-
ous other articles ......Mrs. Clara
Sit Weldon^is* the grandsori of ?5rofiold £ishin* di"eren* P**1*5
Mrs. Nettie Jane Weldon of this! New Yeary fnd
that she never wished a p—1rw
“happy new year” but what he
HirlrVT mill nhn remprlri"y thf*
she tries to carry it on throughout
the year instead of dropping it at
the first of the year ... Mrs. Na-
omi Roy celebrating her birthday
with five letters from her husband
who is in Germany—it being the
citv.
Kits For Needy in
Italy Being Planned
Jess Maggulin of this city, re-
ceived a call Sunday, March 4th,
stating that his father, C. H. Mag-
gulin of Three Rivers, had passed
Teacher Association to be held in church previously. J was reported for Tuesday mom-
A list of articles to be sent will ing—oxpecting his cucumbers to
be made av&ilable by officials of freeze, called Cunningham Seed
the church, and the W. M. U com- Co., in Sinton and asked them to
to assist in the savP him 40 pounds of cucumber
the band hall today (Thursday)
March 8th at 4:00 o’clock.
Miss Casparies will take for her
away in the Three Riyers hospital topic, “The Child s Share in Home wQrj{
following a short illness. Deceas- j Making. •„ W Cook and Mrs
ed was 86 years of age and had re- Featured on the program will « look
sided in Live Oak county for the!be a group of recently.organized
Girl Scouts who will sing a num-
ber of selections. Members of the
Choral Club of the Central Ward
School will also take part on the
program. Following the program
a business session will be held.
mittee appointed
are Mrs. A. L. Kell, Mrs. C. i seed—so when they told him they
past forty years.
RAINFALL HERE TOTALS
2.38 INCHES FOR THE
MONTH OF FEBRUARY
R. L. Hilbrich.
Those desiring to cooperate in
this work may contact these lad-
ies for additional information re-
garding the kits.
The month of February closed
with a total of 2.38 inchea of
rainfall, according to th* rec-
ords of Miss Betty Ann Terry,
cooperative weather observer
for th* U. S. Weather Bureau.
- Precipitation for th* month
was heaviest on February 12th
when 1.10 inches was recorded.
Other dates and amounts war*
February 2nd, 0.30; 5th, 0.77;
17th, 0.20, and on Feb. 18th. 0.01
inch.
Prevailing winds . for th*
month were 18 days from the
south, 10 from north, on* from
southeast and on* from the
east. Th* month had 18 clear
days, seven partly cloudy and
five cloudy.
BRUSH FIRES REPORTED
HERE DURING THE WEEK
The Volunteer Fire Department
answered two calls this week to
; control brush fires. The first call
f came Friday noon to extinguish
i a brush fire burning near the Paul
j Matsh home on Highway 35.
The second call came Wednes-
day afternoon to extinguish a
brush fire near the ball park.
1 Both were brought iqider control
without serious damage to pro-
perty, Fire Chief Ted Bigelow
Reported.
A. C. Bradshaw of George West
visited his son P. A. Bradshaw pf
this city, last week.
MASONIC DEGREE
Aransas Lodge No. 1018 A. F. &i
A. M. will confer the “EA” de-
gree at the hall Friday night a:
7:30. Visiting brothers are wel-
come.
Shop Here - -
City Grocery 8c Market:
Grapefruit, pound ........
Luncheon Meat, pound
Asparagus, No. 2 can .1
Kelly's Food Store:
Pure Hog Lard, 4\pounds..r
/ Tomatoes, fresh, pound
Beet Pickles, quart jar .....
Bexley's Grocery At Market:
Oleo, Good Luck, pound . ..
Spinach, fresh, pound ...»
Yams, pound___i__
were unable to do so, he said he
guessed he’d just let his cucum-
bers freeze and do without seed
1a small boy offering to loan
his mother money to buy his own
lunch a boy jumping rope in
bed and finally falling asleep all
tangled up in the rope, his father
i going in and untangling the rone,
saying he’d sure hate to see the
kid hang himself in his sleep.
That Mrs. B. White is a wonder-
| ful cook, her specialty being
I dumplings .....that Lena Cole was
wondering who took her choir
i robe, which bore her name _____
I Lloyd Rishton. after being whist-
led at by two local ladies, making
the remark that it isn’t safe for a
i sailor to be alone on the streets
| of Aransas Pass anymore a dog
at the Erwin home that Tootsie
; refused to get rid, of, her mind
^Uc being quickly changed when the
dog tore her dress she was hang-
ing on the clothes line ____Alex
Nelson and Bill Palmer stationed
in England visited with each other
last month.
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NUMBER 14
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[Fourteen
1*1 Faculty
Hext Year
V
lanks State,;
tnd Repre-
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ra! aid i>ij|
fMion of the
Pass Inc
Dlstnct wil* 1
^$22,000 according
the local schv—
T. Faulk announc
Je district la madi
j>gh the $28,000,000
(°r tuition aid;
)id and salary ak
‘hat could show
®nd whose schc
in did not excc
r
*H»gh the efforts
IF u?d Mauritz an<
V*. Atkmsoq. the
J»aed to permit setioc*
;nefit where 45 og
*>f the district wi
H—pitting Aral
. the appropriat
» .n*y will be gt
**• “budget!
lated that an
state revenue «
ieived for the nexi
lie school district!
|tal revenue wi
td board to
14 teachers,
u*ty from 26
H. T. Fa
lupt.
°°l board s|M|
^district shared!
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forts of Seni
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pastorat
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ransas Pass
•fept the pastor
>1 Church of C
inducted both ,
***|[ng services
unday.
former pastor I
LAustin where he’J
■ pastorate. ™
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ftening to cha
. widows 25c
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jusband he
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J that he
land find
efforts.
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-that
I present
last week
redding
Mrs. Locfrue i
kould hardly!
r came out
installment'
letters.
ra greeting a
'“sugar" (refer-j
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The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1945, newspaper, March 8, 1945; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803223/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.