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ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS. THURSDAY, JULY *0, 1939
NUMBER 16
ield Allowable Hiked to 12,932 Barrels Per Day
Completions
New Location
Made in Field
iwable Uncer-
ity Plagues Local
jld Operators.
| -
fwiftly moving sequence of |
•which alternately relieved
:pressed the oil situation lo-
brought turmoil and uncer-
to operators and develop-
the Aransas Pass field dur-
^e past week.
tic cuts in daily allowables
field made effective July 1
evised as of July 12 to permit
flow of 12,932 barrels, al-
restoring them to June 1 al-
le figures. Yesterday, opera-
ti-d field superintendents were
by Atlantic Pipeline Com-
to return to the July 1st
, a right-about-face in less
week.
1st this uncertainty, three
letions and one new location
lade in <the field.
LOCATION
E. Wilson was rigging up
rthur Davidor’s No. 1 Mollie
in a 10 acre tract partly in
74 and 75, along the south
the field.
COMPLETIONS
& Grote No. 1 Sikes, on
th end of lot 11 block 1, was
through perforations into
LOO sand in casing set to 7145
the center of lot 15 block 212,
ist of Avenue A, SEW Oil
my No. 1 A. Wayne Brown
flowing to storage ungauged
perforations into the 7100
fat around TIM to 7175 feet in
landed at 7210 feet. Ptea-
were 1100 pounds on the cas-
650 pounds on the tubing,
inahan Oil Company No. 3
ck, on the Hne between lots
2 in block 7, was testing
kgb perforations at around
i to 7150 feet in casing landed
>10 feet. Pressures were 750
on the tubing and 900 on
ling.
Graham and Rantex Oil
Ipany No. 1 Huermann-Frank,
pet 1 block 206 of the Burton
ftanforth west city farm tracts,
Meaning after perforating cas-
|n the 7200 pay.
POTENTIAL
^rgey 8c Grote No. 7 McCamp-
on the line between blocks 7
rt in block 5, flowed 450 bar-
fSn *4 hours on three-sixteenths
choke from perforations into
[7100 sand in casing Landed at
feet. Pressures were 1400
Ids on the casing and 900 on
tubing.
‘DAY SLEEPER” SIGNS
FREE OF CHARGE AT
THE PROGRESS OFFICE
40 Mile Soaring Record Established
of people who listened all
tsday for the sound of Cor-
plane got fooled when he
>y automobile______Miss lone
>n, after visiting Miss Yon-
Miss Isham in Austin, tcl-
> w they enjoy The Progress
Mas from home.......—Aransas
directions are confusing and
iderson of California, who
ir inspected his property in
^th of town, this year swears
the north part-----.the Rex
will look like a new build-
sn the new front of white
[is completed.
billion, 500 million hot dogs
(consumed in the United
ist year........Sam Rainwater
of scissors -which have
•use for over 100 years.....—
Mrs. Dick Davis saying
i best news they knew Wed-
ls that their baby now
10 pounds___—.....over 500
in front of The Pro-
thin two hours Wednesday
upon the authority of
lutson........headquarters of
ng Project of the WPA
Bed Mrs. Myrtle Munroe
! recent story of the local
The Progress was the
yet received.
little boys who took
lard, etc., out of the
packed k two days In
their planned hike to
would probably have
H their mothers had
ed it and put the sup-
k on ice......Fred Schon-
ma City, asked if Hr
f T* r
“Day Sleeper. Do Not Dis-
turb.”
Attractive eigna bearing this
legend may be secured from The
Progress office free of charge.
Recognising the need for a
sign of this type, especially for
those who regularly sleep in the
day time, The Progress printed
a number of them. They may be
secured by dropping by the of-
fice of The Progress.
Arthur Mostella
Barely Escapes
Drowning Friday
June Graduate of
High School Has
Cramp Swimming.
Arthur Mostella, June graduate
of the Aransas Pass High School,
had a narrow escape from death by
drowning Friday, while swimming
in She yacht basin at Rockport. He
was believed to have been seized
by a cramp as he swam in water
less than shoulder high.
Dana Thomas of Aransas Pass,
secretary of the Atlantic Safety
committee, who had just been in
iwunnung and was standing on
the bulkheading nearby, saw Mos-
tella, who is said to be a good
swimmer, floating on his stomach.
Thomas jumped in and pulldd Mos-
tella out and with the assistance of
others got him out on the bank.
There Thomas went to work im-
mediately on the prone-pressure
•method of resustication.
After about 15 minutes Mostella
'began to breathe, Thomas said.
The resustkwtkm work was con-
tinued until practical^ normal
breathing was restored, then he
was rusihed to Corpus Christi in a
Cage ambulance.
Taken to a hospital, Mostella re-
ceived oxygen treatment for some
time, but did not regain conscious-
ness to the point of being able to
recognize anyone until Sunday. He
is now believed to be out of dan-
ger-
Mostella said he did not rememr
ber anything from the tiine he
went in swimming until regaining
consciousness Sunday.
Thomas stated that Atlantic em-
ployees have been drilling on arti-
ficial resustication work at safety
meetings for the past several
months, in order to be prepared
for just such emergencies as arose
Friday. - >.*
Cheater J. Decker af Glen Rock, N. J., recently established a new
American soaring record In Elmira. N. Y., for goal Sight and return.
Decker flew to Hammondsport and returned to Harris Hill, a 40-mlle
round trip, in three boars, seven minutes. Previous record wus held
by Richard C. dnPont of Wilmington, Del., who in 19M flew 34 miles.
Douglas Corrigan and Bride
Come to Aransas Home
of Corrigan 27 Years Ago
Second Annual
Ransom Island
Race Scheduled
Sailboat Race Over
70-mile Course is
Planned.
Tribute is Paid
toTexas Industry
The second annual running of
the Ransom Island Marathon for
sailboats will be held Labor Day,
September 4, over a 70-mile stretch
cf coastal waters, Mrs. Maude
Wilkes, chairman of the race com-
mittee, announced this week.
A fleet of more than 20 sailboats,
including Travis Bailey’s Sonja in
place of Aeneid which won the
Ransom Island Yacht Club Trophy
last year. The race will begin at
Ransom- Island, going to Corpus
Christi, to Shamrock, to Port Ar-
ansas, to Rodcport and through
Cummin’s Cut and back to Ran-
som Island.
'Entries may be filed with Mrs.
Wilkes or Pat Jefferson on Ran-
som Island. In addition to the
trophy, several other prizes will be
given. The event will be conelud-
cd with a barbecue and a dance.—
(A tribute to the oil industry,
the greatest source of income in
the state, is given this week by the
makers of Pearl beer, in an adver-
tisement appearing in The Pro-
gress. It is one of a series of ad-
vertisements, each a study of tome
important Texas industry, which
has received much favorable com-
ment throughout the state.
Makers of Texas beer for 52
years, the San Antonio Brewing
Association, producers of Pearl
■beer, completely reconditioned and
rehabilitated their brewing facilities
with the "second coming of beer.””'
To those who have not tried
Pearl beer they suggest a test
They say you will find that "extra
something” that will convert you
to Pearl.
Their advertisement in The Pro-
gress is in line with their policy of
familiarizing the public not only
with the industries of Texas, but
with the merits of Pearl, through
newspapers of wide coverage.
•Mr. and Mrs. Pat Patterson
have os their guests Mrs. FVtter-
son's sisters, Mrs. Bill Watson of
Mineral Wells and Margaret Ellis
of Fort Worth.
We Invite---
' Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wind to
be the guests of The Progress
at the picture, “Good Girls Go
to Paris,” at the Rialto Sunday
»*) Monday. This notice difl-
from The Progress will he
l ticket
Investigation of
Promotion Schemes
Offered by Group
Better Business Committee mem-
bers, on the lookout for any ques-
tonable advertising or selling pro-
position offered to local merchants,
again called the attention of busi-
ness men to the service offered by
the committee free of charge.
The committee will investigate
*nd attempt to determine the value
of any idvertising or selling
scheme offered locally. A tele-
phone call to the Chamber of Com-,
merce office will bring an imme-
diate investigation, the committee
announced.
Dr. Thomas Will
Be Back Next Week
Dr. H. A. Thomas, currently at-
tending the Eighty-first Annual
session of the American Dental
Association being held in Milwau-
kee, Wisconsin, is expected home
early next week.
iDr. Thomas left with Dr. B. C.
Holder of Corpus Christi, July It.
GRAND MA8TER MASONS
TO SPEAK AT CORPUS
-Lee Lockwood, grand master of
Masons in Texas, will deliver an
address at a regional meeting to
be held in Corpus Christi at 7:30
p. m. Wednesday, July >0. it has
been announced, ftfl 'Masons in
invited te
thl. terriwrr tare
A famous flyer and his bride
came home to Aransas Pass Tues-
day, to revisit his boyhood home
and recapture the memory of shift-
ing white sand, careless play, and
carefree days of Ion? ago.
The same, or another bouganvil-
lea vine grew ovfcr the front door
of his boyhood home, where Ar-
thur Owens now lives. But little
else remained. There was less
white sand with the seawall built
and a multitude of houses and live
oak trees bad sprung up since he
lived here between 1909 and 1912
And the carefree boy had become
a man.
Douglas Corrigan and his bride
came to Corpus Christi and Aran-
sas Pass Monday night, following
their marriage in San Antonio on
Monday. Tuesday at noori they
came to Aransas Pass, in company
with Richard Furman of the Cor
pus Christi Chamber of Commerce
as guests of W. A. Scrivner, who
was host to the bride and groom
and several friends at a luncheon
at Port Aransas.
Among the luncheon guests were
Ted and Neal Bigelow and Lynn
King of Aransas Pass, whom
Scrivner introduced to Corrigah as
former playmates. Others includ-
ed Miss Joyce Scrivner, Mrs. Lyle
McCaleb and Fred Gipson.
The Corrigan* returned to Cor
pus Christi Tuesday afternoon. AI
though they declared themselves
‘ undecided” over their destination
or the length of time they would
stay on this coast, they were
pected to leave shortly for N
York City and the east, where
rigan is said to have been employ
cd by an airplane manufacturing
company.
; number of teleph
1Z
6N£wMaii
Volunteer Firemen
Plan Exhibition
An exhibition of the new equip-
ment of the Aransas Pass Volun*
teer Fire Department will be given
by the firemen in downtown Aran-
sas Pass next Thursday night,
Justin Snyder announced today.
Included in the "features planned
will be a form of water polo, teams
using one and one-half inch hoses
to kick the ball back and forth,
and pumper races.
The Rockport Volunteer Firt De-
partment, which has similar equip-
ment, will be invited to compete
against the locals in the events
planned, Snyder said.
TELEPHONE MANAGER
ON VACATION TRIP
R. L. McMahan, local manager
of the Texas Telephone Company,
Mrs. McMahan and their two
children were vacationing in Shgr-
man, Texas, this week. They will
visit Mrs. McMahan's relatives
there. t
Miss Bene Jfungerford arrived
Monday from Lake Arthur, La.,
I where she spent a three-weeks' vm-
Postal Receipts
Continue Steady
Increase Locally
Receipts for Fiscal
Year Reach All-
time High.
Postal receipts for the fiscal
year ending June 30 registered an
increase of $1,390.43 oyer, the same
peripd last year and rising to an
all-time high of $16,326.99, acord-
ing to the report made this week
by Postmaster R. P. Park.
Quarterly gains for the -period
ending.June 30, 1930, amounting to
$2^9.09, over the quartet ending
June 30, 19)8, were also reflected in
Postmaster Park’s report. The to-
tal for June, 1939, was $4,015.40
and for June, 1938, $3,765.41.
A comparison with postal re-
ceipts registered by. Sinton, which
has always led San Patritio coun-
ty towns, reveals -that the county
seat's receipts for the quarter end-
ing June 30 were $4,696.34, only
$680.94 more than Aransas Pass.
Two-Year Comparison
•Postmaster Park gave the fol-
lowing statistics relative to the
past two fiscal years of the. local
po*t office:
Tiscal year ending June 30, 1939:
Sr?‘ember, 1936, $3,687.64,; De-
cember, 1938, $4,470.27; March,
1939, $4,353.68; June, 1939, $4,-
015.40; a total of $16,526.99.
Fiscal year ending June 30, 1908:
September, 1937, $3,228.38; De-
cember, 1937, $4,270.84; March,
1938, $3,671.94; June, 1938, $3,-
765.41; a total of $14,936.56.
Rising Total
Observers took the steady rise in
postal receipts, as an indication of
the steady increase in population
and business of Aransas Pass.
Another Telephone
Line to Port is
Begun This Week
A Texas Telephone Company
crew began work Wednesday on
another long-distance telephone
line from Aransas Pass to Port Ar-
ansas. The new line, to supple-
ment the two already in service to
the Port, was found necessary be-
cause of the increasing use of this
long distance connection, company
officials said.
Upon completion of this line,
telephone lines within the city
limits of Aransas Pasa wdj be ex-
tended and service generaby im-
proved, official* announced. 1 hey
attributed the need for exteniiom
.to tha inerdasad populating'oi the
city and gradual increase in the
number of telephone users and sub-
Field Survey
In Progress
Next Week
A complete analysis of tha Ar-
ansas Pass field. including Sch-
lumbergsr survey showings on
ths No. 1 Sherwood deep test as
well ss those of other important
wells in ths fisld, will appear in
next week’s Progress.
Originally appearing in the
July S issue of The OU Weekly,
the complete article will appear
in tha July 17 issue of the Pro-
gress. Observers state that it is
ths most comprehensive article
on the field ever published, dis-
cussing surface and sub-surface
geology, possibilities and trends,
together with s discussion of tha
various producing sands of ths
field.
The editors of Tha Progress,
realizing ths importance end gen-
eral interest to its reader* of this
comprehensive article, have ar-
ranged with ths editors of Ths
Oil Weekly to publish their time-
ly survey of tha field. Look for
it in next week’s Progress. A
number of extra copies of Tho
Progress will be printed in order
that you may send them to your
friend*.
rf'S
j
w Manager for
Morrison’s Store
Howard William* of George
West ha* taken over the manage-
ment of Morrison’* Food Store at
Aransas Pass. He replaces James
Carrol as manager of the local
rfore.
Carrol has joined the sales staff
of the Seguin Milling Company of
Seguin, Texas, add will be catling
on the merchants of Aransas Pass
once each week.
Manager Williams has had a
varied experience in the grocery
business extending over a period of
several years.
No Conchsions
on Pipolino Deal
Are Reported Yet
Allowable Hike
Thought to Have
Influenced Plans.
Conferences of independents re-
garding the laying of another pipe-
line to Aransas Pass, begun with
the drastic cuts in allowable for
the Aransas Pass field on July 1,
had appareatly reached no definite
conclusion this week.
'While operators continued their
negotiations, there were indications
that at the present time no steady
demand for Aransas crude or ready
purchaser other than Atlantic
Pipeline Company had been found.
At the same time, the hike in al-
lowables made effective on July 1$
by action of the Railroad Commis-
sion, gave operators and well own-
ers cause for optimism. That At-
lantic is reported to have announc-
ed themselves ready to take up to
the maximum allowable set for the
field, was another encouraging
factor.
New Management
for CMHhty geen
They Say
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. McBryde,
formerly of KerrviHe in the Texas
hill country, have moved to Aran-
sas Pass to make their home and
to take over the management of
Chic Ahoy, just west of «he city
limits of Aransas Pass on the high-
way to Gregory.
Familiar -with this coast country,
its climate and advantages, the
McBryde* said this week that they
were especially glad to locate in
Aransas Pass, where they have al-
ready made many friends and met
many nice people. ,
McBryde said that the new man-
agement expected to matte several
changes that still he appreciated by
those who enjoy good clean enter-
tainment and fine food* and as-
sured the public that courteous, ef-
ficient service would always pre-
vail at Chic Ahoy.
Atlantic Refuses
la,9)2 Barrel
Field Allowable
Pipeline Flow to
Remain Near 6,000
Barrels Per Day.
Seeking to relieve a situation
that threatened local oil oper**
ators with ruin and had practi-
cally shut down all operations in
ths field, the Texas Raijrond
Commission promulgated a~ aew
proration order for the Annexe
Pass field over the week-end. In-
creasing the field allowable to /
12.938 barrels dally. TMs in-
crease of slmoet SO per cent was
made effective as of July lfl.
Following this inersese in al-
lowables, orders want out from
Atlantic Pipe lint Company head-
quarters to operators and well
owners, Wednesday, that Atlan-
tic would not take more oil then
they had been taking since the
July 1 proration ordsr set allow-
ables at 1,009 barrels. Accord-
ing to reports, this amount wan
somewhere between 6,000 and
7,100 barrels daily.
No explanation accompanied
this official action. Nothing had
baan learned from Commission
headquarters in Austin at noon
today, concerning the decision
made‘by Atlantic. Earlier in thf
weak it was reported that Atlan-
tic was rsady to taks up to tho
maximum allowable set by th*
commission.
Effective Wednesday, July lfl,
daily1 allowables tn the Arunm
Pass field of San Patricio and Af*
aneaa counties were raised approxi-
mately 30 per cent to a total daily
flow of 12,932 barrels, according to
the proration schedule set by the
Texas Railroad Commission over
the week-end. The new schedule
practically restored per-well allow-
ables to the level previous to tha
cut made effective July lat.
Observers looked to an early re-
sumption of drilling operations in
the field, following the new order,
which raised the average flow of
wells from 34 to almost 55 barrels
daily. Additional emphasis was
placed on the fact that the commis-
sion order is effective until after
August 1, with the probability that
ii will be extended 90 days from
that date, in accordance with the
new policy of the commission of
issuing 90-day orders instead of the
recent 30-day schedules.*
The most optimistic note was
(Continued on page •)
RAY OSBORNE, Austin: The
Game, Fish A Oyster Commis-
sion cannot improve condition#
in the La guna Mad re, without an
appropriation for that purpose,
under its limited budget.
CURLEY HOLDER, Oklaho-
ma City: 1 have never failed
do catch fiah at Aransas Pass,
even under the-most unfavorable
conditions. '
O. C. ELLIS: The public bath-
ing beach' recently completed
is proving very popular with
the children. More and more
young people are eotniqg to use
Shop Here
Houghton’ Pood Stores:
Veal Pot Rout, pound .....
. Poric sad Bpans, 2 cans.....
Oxydol, large pkg. _________
Hick's Grocery:
tFolger’s Coffee, pound .._
P. & G. Soap, 4 bars_____
Spuds, 10 pounds
Ilek and Pay Grocery:
Criaco, 3 pound pail______
Peaches, two No. 2l cans..
‘Beef Stew, pound............
Morrison's Food Store:
Libby’s Sweet Pdas; can....
Oranges, two dozen _________
Salt Jowls, pound _________....
K. A G. Grocery : •>
Country Butter, pound
....16c
......9c
Y0c
...J4c
...19c
...J0c
—48c
.-fl$C
.....15C
N Rival barbers E. A. Dickenson
and George Soward passing the
time of day........weary businessman L
Red Raton getting a "Day Sleeper”
sign to insure an uninterrupted af-
ternoon nap------D. C. Ellis limp-
ing from a painful carbuncle on his
ankle which has kept him confined
to fns home for the past three
weeks-------Mr#. C. E. Henry just
borne from Kansas Saturday after-
noon waiting at the Western Union
to telegraph her mother of her safe
arrival........Doris Brannon playing
nursemaid to.her little nephew.
A "seen” fact week showed only
too clearly the ignorance of yours
truly concerning science and the
books of Gene Stratton Porter,
whose book on the science shelf
in the library concerns the Cardi-
nal------.......Mr*. Fred Cunningham
proudly showing a very pretty
scarf, embroidered in brightly-
colored and complicated designs,
made by her daughter, Ruth______a
large parade down Main street Sat-
urday night before the camp meet-
ing began on North Commercial
—•—•A. D. Belt’s Crosley. Midget
car 4he center of attraction down
town this week.
Betty Jo Webb assisting Satur-
day with the measurement of band
members for the new band salt*
——Joyce Barnhart and Frances
George harmonizing while washing
and drying the dishes at the druxl^j
store..—,....k* gentleman, his mouth
open and his eyes closed, fast
asleep in the doorway of a local
building Tuesday afternoon __
\ irginia Warren, working on
attractive Mexican window
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