The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1939 Page: 1 of 8
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The Aransas Pass Progress
VOLUME XXX
ARANSAS PASS. TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1838
NUMBER II
!ulton Completes 7300-ft Oiler for New Field Horizon
. ! Tl
S3
fl
prst Tarpon of
Rodeo to Gipson
RiahJ
on CbJ
Forty-five Are
Entered in Three
play Sport Event
Fair Weather this
Morning for Tarpon
[Rodeo Start.
Jrcd Gipson, Caller-Times colum-
Ludcd Idle first tarpon at
o’clock this morning to set
0>pK< for the eighth annual Port
pittas Tarpon Rodeo and Deep
Round-up, which opened this
•for three days of compe-
Barney Farley announced..
le tarpon was not only the first
ae caught in the rodeo, but it was
first tarpon ever caught by
on, whose life had hitherto
Spoiled 'by frequent unsuccess-
attempts to land these wily
ighters.
The newt of Gipson’s catch, as
ell as other highlights of the ro-
wtere being broadcast by short-
ive from the scene of action atl
te Gulf 'by Henry Hall of Beevil’c
ird bis 'boat the Rialto.
A total of more than 45 fishsr-
ten went out this morning, Farley
The wind was light and the
iuff charing rapidly, and barring
>mfe unforseen change in the wea-
*er, the contest promises to bo
of the most successful in thi
right year history, of the event, h;
•
£ Many Prizes
Sport fishermen will com pet; for
wide variety of prizes during the
three day* of fishing ending Sat-
rday. Grand prize of the rodeo is
the Sportsman^ trophy, a htnd-
Tsome silver globe topped with a
silver tarpon in fighting trim.
Inducted in the awards are one
lor the first silver king, the largest
and smallest tarpon, the m^:* in-
ches of tarpon (Sportsman’s irj-
phy), second and third most points,
most points daily, largest shark,
nackerel and kingfish daily and
during the three days, and largest
jackfisfL
■Ladies prizes will be for the
largest tarpon and the most points
of the rodeo.
' Art Heasley was home again this
after a business and plea-
sure trip ,to Detroit, Michigan, and
ther cities in the middle west.
The American
Creed
“I believe m the United States
of America ae a Government of
the people, by the people, for
the people; whose just power*
are derived from the consent of
the governed; a democracy in a
republic; a sovereign Nation of
many sovereign States; a perfect
union, one and inseparable; estab-
lished upon those principles of
freedom, equality, Justice and
humanity for which American
patriots sacrificed their lives.
“I therefore believe it is my
duty to my country to love it; to
support its Constitution; to obey
its laws; to respeet its flag, and
to defend it against all
—William Tyler Page.
Houston Division
Chevrolet Seles
Plans Gala Outing
Over 800 Expected
at Port Aransas
Augrust 5 and 6.
Chevrolet dealers, salesmen and
managers of agencies throughout
the Houston zone will come to
Aransas Pass and Port Aransas
Saturday and Sunday, August 5
and 6, for a tarpon tournament and
two days of recreation and amuse-
ment, Bill Snyder, chairman of the
arrangements for general fishing,
announced today.
Approximately 800 to 1,000 Chev-
rolet men are expected to attend
the celebration. The last celebra-
tion of ita sort was given in
August, 1034.
Two huge circus tents are being
provided and will be set up on the
beuch. TVro "full days qf activi-
ties are being arranged, with plen-
ty of barbocued beef, mutton and
pork, as well as beans, rice, stew,
coffee, etc., will be provided for
everyone duridg meals.
9®
lad'
B
The new college yell for Aran-
|as Pass is “We Want a Pipeline”
..fhe girls in the beauty parlor
to pour water ell over Jonnie
Lllen before they could bring her
o when she fainted under the ma-
rine........Mrs. Walter Brauer saiy-
ng the rain has its merits but it
nakes the sunflowers grow, and
uggesting that if everyone in Ar-
msas Pass would pull ten of the
reeds, Aransas Pass could be seen
^...Mrs. V. C. Myrick likes Uvalde
md Mr. Myfick must like it too,
it least he’s gaining weight
L Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hale were
Surprised to read in this column
Kst week that they were trimming
Kir palm trees (they were really
Banders)........Mrs. Raymond Gille
king she’d heard of enthusiastic
pdid camera fans but the best
pd seen yet was one in the
Ito Monday night, taking p«c-
js of the pictures oo the screen
wonders now if any of .them
any good______that the fishing
in such a condition that
the fish peddlers started
Chickens.
arroll advising that his
new son were getting
but that he was still cser-
Irs. E. S. Foster is the
her neighbors since she
eding her kitten expensive
t .local stores atiil have
tie of malt, even though
•making was supposed to
> out with repeal........Mrs.
11 is on (the skirWt this
Wayne BrNwtf mak-
to use the salt water
wens in the field to start
for furnishing a| of
salt water taffy.
S •
Cafe at Iiurleside
is Robbed Friday
San Patricio county officers were
investigating this week the rob-
bery of Emler’s Cate at Ingleside
sometime early Friday morning.
The burglars gained entrance by
cutting the screen on the side door,
only a few feet from where Bi!
Emler, the proprietor, was si
ing, and rifled two cash regist
of 937, mostly in quarters an
dimes.
It was the first robbery at In-
gleside in several months, officers
said.
RED FLASHER LIGHTS .
WILL BE PLACED ON
ALL FIREMEN’S CARS
Move off the road the next time
you see a flashing red light on an
approaching car. It will either be
an ambulance or a member of the
Aransas Pass Volunteer Fire De-
partment.
The red flasher lights recently
authorized by the department ar-
rived today and will be placed on
firemen’s cars this week. They
were adopted by the department in
order to warn cars of their ap-
proach, as well as to secure prompt
entrance to fire areas.
Mrs. L T. Ayres, Jr., left Wed-
nesday morning for a two weeks’
visit with relatives in Kerrvilte.
IMa I nulla
it invite
Mr. and Mrs. Yancy Gilles-
pie of Port Aransas to be the
guests of The Progress at the
picture, “Man About Ton;*,*
at the Rialto Sunday and Mon-'
day. ' This notice dipped from
The Progress will he your ad-
mission ticket.
First ‘Draft Roosevelt’ Move Begins
"The Third Termers,” firs* organisation la the country whoso an-
_ nrpooe It la to draft President Roosevelt for re-election, was
formed recently in Chicago. President of the organization is Judge John
Oetknecht. Executive Secretary James G. McConaughy Is seated at the
desk accepting application cards pledging signors to Sup pert Roosevelt for
a third term.
Temffdrtjire Soars
to Niniify-eiglit
Degrees or Sunday
Gulf Disturbance
Briiws 14-year Rec-
ord nigh.
Closing oflLaguna Madre at
Both Ends Making Salt Lake
Offered to End Fish Death
Sunday, July 8th, wa» the hot-
•test day in at least 14 yearn and
perhaps one of the hottest days in
the history of Aransas Pass, VV. F.
Farley, recorder of this area’s wea-
ther conditions, reported today.
*Ihe thermometer reached a peak
HEAT WAVE HERE IS
FOLLOWED BY SHOWERS
On the heels o* the record-
breaking temperature high* for
Aransas Pass, over the week-end
throe-quart era of an inch of rain
fell Monday night and an addi-
tional one-quarter inch fell Tues-
day night, W. F. Farley, wea-
ther observer, announced.
Much heavier rainfall was rec-
orded in other parts of South
Texas. In the Houston area, two
towns reported 11 inches and 14
inches respectively on Tuesday.
Little rainfall here accompan-
ied the peseage inland near Port-
land Tuesday night of the mild
Gulf disturbance.
On Porpoise
George M. Stephenson of
South Bend, Indiana, made a
rare catch with a rod and reel
while fishing in the Gulf, Sun-
day: a seven-foot porpoise.
One of the fastest swhnmers in
the Gulf, the porpoise rarely
bites on a hook and when he
does, he ia rarely Landed, due to
his power and speed.
Quarterly Meeting
of Baptist Blanco
Association Today
Brantley of Baylor
at Belton is Guest
Speaker.
‘The Laguna Madre would make
one of the finest salt water lakes
in the United States. You could
take a dragline and fill in the chan-
nel at both ends so that no water,
and what is more important, no
fish could enter. They might be
able to collect commercial sak
along the shores when the water
had evaporated enough and it
would be very pre#y in the sun-
light when the shoreline grot well
encrusted with sak.’’
These are the words of Cyrus
Farley, who has seen more than
two great tragedies to the fish in
the Laguna Madre through over-
salinity, a practical man, a high-
ly suocessful commercial fisherman.
He lays no claim to being an ex-
pert on conservation of marine life,
but he does believe that something
should be done, that something can
be doni; to prevent the destruction
of fiqh in the Laguna Madre
through over-salinity.
To begin with, Farley believe*
that the solution lies in the op-
ening of posses across Padre Is-
land, but his experience—practi-
cklly a lifetime spent in local
waters—persuades him that you
can’t merely go out and dig a
channel through the Island and
expect it to stay there.
"The opening of Corpus Christi
Paaa by the Game, Fish A Oys-
(Continued ore page eight)
Oklahoma Visitor
Stresses Need of
Landing Field Here
J. C. Shaffer of the Shaffer Oil
Company of Oklahoma, the week-
end guest of Mr. And Mrs. Walter
Brauer, looked ester several pos-
sible airplane landing field sites
while here, with a view of estab-
lishing such a field near here if
possible.
Shaffer was favorably impressed
by the possibilities in and near
Aransas Pass and declared that a
number of tourists who own air-
planes would come to this section
often if there were a suitable
landing field.
Shaffer came down in his own
plane piloted by Bob Allen, accom-
panied by Mrs. Allen and Mrs.
Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Liken,
also flew from Oklahoma to spend
the week-end in the Brauer home.
They landed their planes at Cor-
pus Christi and motored over.
Mr. and Mrs. Quincey Ford of
Amarillo, Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Mims and sans of Alice amd Miss
Polly Davis of Corpus Christi
spent Sunday and Monday in Ar-
ansas Pass as the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. C. C- Tedford.
of 88 degrees Sunday, Farley Mid.
Saturday, July 8, was nearly as
hot, Farley revealed, when the
thermometer stood at 85 degrees at
noon, equalling the 14-year record
of 8ft established several years ago.
The record-breaking temperature
was due to the mild tropical dis-
turbance which hovered in the Gulf
over the week-end, parley Mid.
He pointed out that street tempera-
tures, especially in the downtown
area might have reached 100 to 108
•degrees Sunday.
Comparison
A comparison of other July 8
days during <the past 8 years, from
the records kept by Weatherman
Farley, reveals that the hottest
June 8th during this period was 80
degrees in 1831, 1832, 1834, and
1835, July 8, 1838 was next high-
est with 80 degrees and July 8,
1833, 1836 and 1837 followed with
88 degrees.
NEW AND ORIGINAL
SUMMER DRINK NOW
OFFERED AT DUBOSE
An altogether new and refresh-
ing drink, the “Summer Julip,
originated by X- J- McMeckle who
is in charge of Du Bose Drug store
fountain, is now being offered at
DuBose fountain.
The new drink was named by
Miss Mary Gwen Thomas.
il Discovered in Aransas Pass
Field Three Years Ago Monday
piree years ago Monday, July
17, Buckiilgham Oil Company’*
,J?o. 1 McCampbell, discovery well
of the Aransas Pass field, was
completed to storage for an ini-
tial flow of approximately 150 bar-
rels* dlily.
.The real discovery of oil for this
section, however, come oo April
11, 1887, three months earlier. For
on that day, sat 2:45 a. m., the No.
I McQampbeH blew out of control
during a drill stem test and spray'
ed the surrounding countryside
with high gravity oiL Three
months ware required to clean out
the Hole and officially complete
this well.
Long- Search Ended
Production on the Live Oak Pe-
ninsula climaxed 21 years of inter-
mittent oil exploration along this
coastal bend area, where the clos-
est wells were ini the White Point
area, all gassera. The extent to
which these operations in the
•search for oil were .carried on can
bq, gained from the foHowing ex-
cepts from the Aransas Pass Pro-
gress for August 13, 1815:
The Progress reported that the
Harbor-City Ingleside B ictl well
•Not 1, oenr the present Port In-
gl<-s.td«*. was drilling ot *1*8 ‘feet
and making good showings These
showings “lead to the gerferal be-
lief that the big oil field wiU be
found under eke Live Oak Penia-
They Say
J. C. SHAFFER, Oklahoma
CRy: Aransas Pass would be
a much more attractive place to
flyers if you only had a landing
field.
A. WAYNE BROWN. Was it
Hoover who said that when
the Democrats took over grass
would grow in the city, streets?
There’s a lot of extra grass
growing in the middle of our
sidewalks! 4
U. T. AYRES: Oil under Aran-
sas Pass, where we know it ex*
rista, it almost like securities that
can be cashed at some future
date.
Dr. Thomas Goes
to Milwaukee Meet
Dr. H. A. Thomas of Aransas
Pas* and Dr. B. C. Holder of Cor-
pus Christi left by automobile yest-
erday for Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
where they will attend tha Eighty-
first Annual Seosion of Che Ame-
rican Dental Association.
Dr. Thomas and Dr. Holder ex-
pect to be gone two weeks.
sula, which include* Harbor Gty,
Ingieside, Aransas Pass, Rookport
and the McCampbell pasture, as
well as the miles of bay front on
Red Fish and Corpus Christi
Bay*.”
In the some issue The Progress
reported that Leach A Butts had
been awarded the contfact for
drilling the Aransas Pass Oil Sc
Gat Development Company’s first
well, and an 85 foot derrick was
reported as going up.
At the same time, drilling began
the Rockport Oil Company’s
Well No. 1 on the McCampbell
Ranch, nine miles from Rockport
and five miles from Ananias Post.
A. R. Knott, “who brought in the
22,000 barrel gusher at Jenning*,
Louisiana,” waa reported to be ia
charge of drilling this well.
John Sigmund
Another firm believer in the pos
•ibHities for oil production in this
section was John Sigmund. One
of h*s early attempts wm in block
7a, tract 10, where the No. 1 A. H.
Moore is now flowing its steady
42 barrels * day under the present
prorated schedule, having made a
potential flow of 480 barrels daily.
Production here is fron^he T100
and John Sigmund, witMMis early
drilling rigs, was never sole to go
beyond 3500 feet
Sigmund made several testa, one
Dr. J. L. Brantley of the
Mary Hardin - Baylor College,
was principal speaker on the
'Young People’s program presented
at the all-day Third Quarterly
meeting of the Woman'* Mission-
ary Union Auxiliary to the Bap-
tist Blanco Association, held today
m Aransas Pass. Marcille McRae
from Mary Hardin-Baylor accom-
panied Dr. Brantley and provided
special music.
About 150 members, trom ap-
proximately 40 churches making up
the association, gathered at the
First Baptist Church on South
Houston street at 10 o'clock this
morning. Presiding for the day
was Miss 'Ruth Carter of Refugio.
Mist Annie Louise Parker of Taft
■was chorister and Mis# Bernice
Davis of Odem, pianist.
“I Love to Tel Kh* Story,v op-
ened tha program and was followed
by devotional, brought by Miss
Alma Boatright of Mathis. Com-
mittees were appointed and Miss
Elsie Mae Kingharn, daughter of
the local WMU president, Mrs. L
L. Kinghom, welcomed the viri-
tors. Keith Robertson of Sin ton
gave the response. Miss Lois Mc-
Cann of Taft entertained with a
vocal solo.
A review of events of the 5-dsy
Reviera Beach Encampment, June
26-30 near Kingsville, was made
by Mrs. James Hicks of Corpus
Christi, a young peoples leader
Mrs. Hicks wm assisted by
Miss Margaret Cole, of Refugio,
who gave highlights of the girls’
division, and by Joe Hunt of Gre-
gory, who represented the boys.
After a basket lunch served at
noon, the afternoon session opened
with the song of the Girl’s Auxil-
iary, "We’ve a Story to Tell to the
Nations,'* and was followed by de-
votional by Miss Elizabeth Under-
wood of George West. Music by
Miss Martha Joyce Binford of
Beeville concluded the young peo-
plea’ part, and 45 Minutes of WMU-
Possibility NeM
That Richir Sands
May Exist Below
New Quality Distill-
ate Indicates Pos-
sible Deep Pool.
A new producing sand for tha
Aransas Pass field, the 7^00, wvs
proved this week and the possibil-
ity that a heavy oil sand may lie
just below flic 7300, was indicated* ,
following the completion Monday
of J. K. .CultoiVs No. • Barry Es-
tate, north outpost, on the line be-
tween lots 1 and 2 in block 50,
The discovery well was flowing
considerable quantities of high-
grade distiallate of a quality not
hitherto found in this area, togeth-
er with large amounts of gas. Plea-
sure* were about 8000 pounds os»
the tubing and 2200 pounds on trie
casing.
• The new sand waa found ion
section of approximately 460 acres
under lease to Culton. Productlo*
in this region justaeast of Puerto
Bay, where all other producers hod
been completed in the §800, gave
promise of a revival of interest in
the Aransas Pass field’s north
edge, neglected In recent months.
The possibility that another gad
perhaps greater producing a*ad
may,underlie the 7300 was intimat-
ed by observers. They pointed to
the presence of distillate, and that
of a quality not found1 before, os
an indication of heavy production
perhaps in the 7400 zone.
With production in the 73ML
the Aransas Poes field now JtaS
five separate producing sands:
8500, 6800, 7100, 7200 Sod 7800.
OTHER ACTIVITY •
Ip the meantime, development
within the ^oiilh confines of tbb
field continued slowly.
Just west of the city limits, In
tract 1 block 208 of the Barton & *
Dsnfonth west city farm tracts,
Tom Graham and Rsntex Oil Com-
pany No. 1 H oermann-Frank was
drilling at 6020 feet.
Corgty A Grate No. 1 Sike% on
the south end of lot 11 block 1*
was preparing to reperforate the
7)00 after a squeeae Job.
'Minahah Oil Co., No. > Gar-
lock drilled plugs in casing landed
at 7910 feet arsd prepared to test
the 7100 sand. Location is an the
line between lots 1 and 8 in block
number t.
Just easf of Avenue A, In Oho
center of lot 15 block 218, SEW
OH Company N<v . \ A. Wayne
Brown, prepared to test perfora-
tions made into the 7100 sand, fol-
lowing a squeeze job.
business followed. This included
miscellaneous business taken up by
Mr*. H. O. Ward of Refugio, read-
ing of the minutes by Mrs. B. F.
Whiteacre of Mathis, report of the
corresponding secretary-treasurer,
Mrs. E. F. Pitzer of Refugio, and
tlie filing of reports of association-
al chairmen and local presidents.
Shop lere
lee’s I. O. .A. Stora
Cottage Cheese, pound ..
Seedless Grapes, pound.
Sunbrite Cleanser, can
....1(4
.....10c
......Ac
(Continued on page eight)
Seen
’ Ml
(Continued on page
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tests,
Ifire)
K. A G. Grocery:
Potatoes, 10 pounds ................21c
Catsup, 14 ounce battle............8c
Kelloggs Wheat Biscuits------12c
Bully’s Oroeery:
•Pork Chops, pound .............18c
Milk, 3 tall cans ........-----a------18c
Orange Juice, No. 1 tall......—7c
Morrison's Food Storm:
Soap, C.W., 0 giant bars...,....22c
Shoulder Roast, pound .....------17c
Spaghetti, 7 packages .....20c
Pick A Pay Grocery:
Limes, dozen ------------------—.....10c
Shortening. 4 pound*....-------..25c
Peaches, 2| can, two for....^.Ji
Pood Storm: ,
/ fhre can* ..........._...18c
Flour, 24 pounds ...... .....50c
Lemons, dozen .........—.......—Si4c
Hick’s Grocery: . . A, .
Bright A Early CofMe,~ lb.l,17c
Crisco, 2 found can
Jeilo, two packages ,——~.»c
Lawrence Kinghom, Jr., sfrtiog
m insect collection, by Tuesday
had a butterfly and several varie-
ties of bees.......Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Mathis horseback riding Sunday—.
the “Sciooce” shelf at the library
occupied by a book on Science and
k book by Gene Stratton Porter.—,
the little red schoolhouse on die
comer of the grammar striaal
grounds has disappeared______a ms
“back to back*1 game being played
by two little girls, both walking
opposite directions thtn suddenly
going Into reverse and trying: to
bit each other right smack “bode
to back.”
Mrs. William Greene waiting far
the baa to Port Aransas------R6se
Mae Yoder catching up on her cor-
respondence while, she waited for
customers at the Rialto_____Ja case
you don’t know the American
Creed, and we won’t believe k if
you say you do, it can ba found
elsewhere in The Progress......Mrs.
Douglas Cole and Mrs. V. C Re-
neaa parked In their respective
cars in front of the Pick and Pay,
discussing the cake Ibey had eat-
en at a party the night before.
'Dale King distributing circulars
announcing a dance at which he
and his Bwingsters will furnish the
music------.Ab Nichols busily pick-
ing out a Jotter with ,4wo fingers
.25jr‘ Wythe typewriter in the Jarbee of-
Rw..............relative* hunting every-
place for little Earlan Commander,
then •finally remembering she hod
gone to Port Aransas with a friend
.....:—Lucy Huff reluctantly fl
back to her office and work,
if it was more tun to watch Nellis
at tha bank sortiag a pile of
ter» and 50c pieces.
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