The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. [31], No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1940 Page: 7 of 8
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'ASS PROGRESS
In San Patricio County
Pass. San Patricio County, Texas
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F I 5 H 1 N
“BEST PISHING IN THE WORLD"
____AND I CAN PROVE ITI
‘I
ears Ago Twenty Years Ago
jAS PASS—Prom
progress Files.
Jt PTA HAS
pf OFFICERS
15 new officers of the
' parent-Teacher Asso-
„ elected.
R. Scott was elected
0. T. Blaschke, first
dent; Mrs. Paul Bruch-
lan of the member-
iittee; Mrs. Walter
_ ian of the program
t\ Mrs. Evans, chairman
nee committee and
Mrs. J. L-* Wilson,
I secretary; Miss Mamie
corresponding secre-
Mrs. Tom Ford, histor-
[ publicity chairman.
elow and Frank W.
rere Aransas Pass rep-
at College Staton
towns and cities had
lives at the first school
held at A. and M.
Texas under ths aus-
department of chem-
[ chemical engineering of
*Mfs. H. T. Faulk and
| Mr. and Mrs. W. T.'
at the home of
k’s parents, Mr. and j
Thomas of Woods-
| week end.
Emery will leave
for New York, New;
Pennsylvania for a'
visit with friends
beffield of NormangeeJ
| visiting his daughter,
Sanders of this city, j
Mrs. Julius Hoffman
tied from San Antonio, j
en spent last week
Travis Thomas in
left Tuesday on his
Houston and other
Mrs. Arthur Horn
plimented with a show-
BYPU Wednesday ev-
home of Mrs. Buck
[Cleveland of Rockport
visitor in this city
HARD ON TARPON ♦
A Memphis, Tenn., auto parts '
company with a guest list of >0
persons proved hard on the tar-
pon during the earlier part of the
week. Between them they ac-
counted for five battles. Land-
ing the prizes were Joe Wright,
Red Beall, J. C. Mostly and Mr.
Lee. Wright got two tarpon, with
I Oscar Gillespie as guide. E. L.
Sowers, Ed Dreyer and Don Far-
ley were guides.
IN ARANSAS PASS—From
Tha Progress Files.
NEW YORKER CATCHES
FIRST BIG TARPON
The first big catch of tarpon for
the season at Port Aransas was
made Wednesday by H. Tweed
SHOWS THE WRITER
Jimmy Robinson, Sports Afield
< editor and noted as an authority
] on the outdoor sports, got a tip
from Happy Agnew. Agnew got
several king around the jetty
while fishing with the editor.
RED SNAPPER
Florida Roberts’ Trailblazer
of New York who brought to gaff! came in with 350 pounds of red
five of the great silver beauties.
The weather and water has been
the finest ever for fishing this
week, especially for tarpon and
Spanish mackerel.
Later Mr. Tweed exceeded his
Wednesday record Thursday
when he hooked and landed
eight tarpon and one 40 pound
king fish.
ROCKPORT-BUILT SHIPS
TAKEN TO BEAUMONT
The wooden hull, Baychester,
the first ship to be completed by
Heldenfels Bros at Rockport, left
Port Aransas the first of the
week in tow of the tug Orion for
Beaumont where it will be fitted
for service. Ship No. 2 is now
about opposite the quarantine
station and two barges are near
shell bank in the Rockport chan-
nel. They will also be taken to
Beaumont.
snapper and 30 pounds grouper.
Guests on the boat were Bob
Gaulding and Ellis, of Oklahoma
City. \
RING THE BELL
So far this week 11 tarpon
have been caught by Port Aran-
sas visitors. G. P. Foster, Deni-
son, landed a couple of the beau-
ties, Jim Johnson, Denison, one;
a couple from Throckmorton, one
and a couple from West Colum-
bia, two; and several parties
have landed several nice red fish.
CATCHES GREAT-UNCLE
The tale of a “wishing trip”
for tarpon here during the earlier
months of what should have been
fishing season and the consola-
tion of landing a great-uncle by
Joe Ellis of the Humble Oil Co.,
in Dallas is a feature of. “Uncle
Jake’s Sports News,” a Dallas
publication in the sports field.
Uncle Jake (Oswin K. King)
takes it up from here:
“___Joe was a guest at Tar-
pon Inn, famous hostelry owned
! and operated by Mr. and Mrs.
ELECTS OFFICERS Jim Ellis_ On checking out Mrs.
At the annual meeting of the1 Ellis asked the Dallas man about
Texas Coast Oil Company in the h*8 ,£afe?.t4’ ^ They discover-
McKone buUdin, Tuesday alter-. £**' '’"SL'TS
noon, the following officers were great-uncle but he heard he had
elected for the ensuing year: R. J one by tbe name 0f “Jim” in
A. Bell, president and general | Texas somewhere,
manager; J. J. Todd, vice presi- “Mr. McNamara (one of the
dent; C. W. Holmes, treasurer;! party) was thrilled to hear this
and Roy Duphorne, secretary. | news, thinking their hill at
v ' | pon inn would be greatly redu-
ced if not entirely tossed into the
Mrs. J. Ed Cotter and sister, wastebasket. But, he)has inafc-
« ,, i ni pnr* Aransas ted eevr since that when the inn
Ruth Utterback of Port Aransas,; Qwner learned Joe was his ne-
returned Monday from visiting *
Rev. F. M. Davis, D. D.. pastor
9:15 a. m. Bible school. W. A.
Scrivner, superintendent.
10:30 a. m. public worship.
Sermon by the pastor, subject,
“High Lights from the General
Assembly.” Good music and
helpful Christian fellowship.
6:30 p. m. Pioneer vesper ser-
vice. All Pioneers from 12 to 14
years of age are urged to be pre-
sent.
_ 6:40 p. m. the Senior young
people will meet and make plans
for attending the young people’s
conference at Westminister En-
campment at Kerrville, begin-
ning June 6.
Announcement relative to the
evening service will be made at
the morning service.
We moat sincerely invite the
public to worship and work with
us. _
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship II'a. m.
Evangelistic Service 7:30 p. m.
W. F. M. S. Tuesday 2:30 p. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday ev-
ening 7:30 p. m.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday school 9:45.
Training Union 6:45 p. m.
Sunday preaching services 11
a. m. and 7:45 p. m.
Midweek prayer services 7:30.
r All are cordially invited to
these services.
CATHOLIC
‘‘St. Mary's of the Sea"
Maas on first, second, third and
fifth Sundays at 7:30 and 9:80 a.
m. On fourth Sundays at 9:80
a. m.
Catchiam at 9:30 a. m., each
Saturday morning, taught by sis-
ters of Rockport.
Mass at 7:30 a. m. at St. Jo-
seph's at P6rt Aransas on fourth
Sundays of each month.
Can science find a way to sus-
pend life by treesing? Can hu-
man beings be put in “cold stor-
age” and brought back to lift
many year* later?
-__These startling questions are
the subject of ooe of ifie
horrendous of horror epics. “Tha
Man With Nine Uvea," at the
Rex Sunday and Monday. Bor-
ris Karloff portrays a cold-blood-
ed scientist who callously experi-
ments with human life. Featured
roles are held by Roger Pryor, Jo
Ann Sayers and Stanley Brown,
golden Weet
“The Gentleman From Ari-
zona,'’ at the Rex Saturday, was
filmed in natural color in the
Wildcat state, and features John
King, 10-year-old Ruth Reece
r 1 f J end Joan Barclay in the coat.
SINTON ROAD MADE The story of an outlaw horse and
OF EARTH. ASPHALT * native fiesta, it presents the
A road‘built of natural soil «»« hit, “El Rancho Qrande”
mixed with asphalt is being con- * Lawyer
structed near Sinton as state1 A cross section of humanity
highway engineer* and other woven around the life oL a bril-
While fellow Cub Scouts served
as pell bearers, funeral services
for William Ide Norman, 9-year-
old Ingleeide youth, were held at
5 p. m. Tuesday d the
Funeral home. Young l
died Sunday evening at a Corpus
Christ! hospital after en extended
illness.
Rev C. L. Maxwell, pastor of
the Church of Christ, Taft, offi-
ciated, assisted by Rev. Tom
Brown of Corpus Christ!. Inter-
ment was in Prairie View ceme-
tery.
Surviving ere his mother end
father, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Nor-
man, andba brother, Muray Dele
Norman, all of Ingletide. ''
road experts watch with interest.
The road will extend about 1 j
miles to the Chiltipin creek
bridge, ' ]
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
“Soul and Body” is the sub-i
ject of the lesson-sermon which
will be read in all Churches of
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, May
26tb.
The golden text is: “My soul
longeth, yea, even fainteth for
the courts of the Lord: my heart, - „ , .
and my flesh crieth out for the moon Deferred,
living God” Psalms 84:2).
Among the citations which
comprise the lesson-sermon is _ .. . . .. ...
the following from th, Blbl.: "I FTT “ d,Uc“v* ■“* hU
liant lawyer who would rather
devote his life to dispensing jus-
tice in a small town than win big
city headlines is presented in
“Main Street Lawyer," coming
Tuesday and Wednesday to the
Rex.
Edward Ellis, Anita Louise,
Robert Baldwin and Margaret
Hamilton have leading roles.
Mystery
There’s nothing like a slight
case of murder to pep up a hon-
eymoon, as shown in “Honey-
at the Rex on
Thursday and Friday.
Edmund Lowe and Margaret
Lindsay in the starring roles ap-
bride whose honeymoon is inter-
rupted by the suspected murder
of Lowe’s wealthy employer. s A
capable cast includes Elizabeth
Risdon, Anne Gwynne and Jerry
Science textbook, Mar owe’
A. LOANS
Your Homs Now!
Monthly Pajrmenti
iky Patton
ranee Ajrency
>00 Aransas Pass
Mr. and Mrs. Will Vemer at Fort
Worth. ,
Miss Gladys Miller, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Miller, was
married to Ed Snyder Monday,
May 24, at the Baptist parsonage,
Rev. Holland officiating.
Misses Minor Brient and May-
bel Hancock left Tuesday after-
noon for their respective homes
at McAllen and San Juan, after
teaching the past year in the
local schools.
Grossman Brothers of Corpus
Christi and Sinton have purchas-
ed from Harry Kaplan the stock
of the Chicago Bargain store. It
will be conducted under the di-
rection of Albert I. White, while
Alex Pogell will continue as re-
sident manager.
L. W. Boyd, whose Royal Ho-
tel was demolished by the storm,
has now in course of construc-
tion a 14-room building located
on Arch street, near the Fields-
Lutman Lumber Co.
phew he charged them double.’
Everything that is true is
God’s Word, whoever said it.—
Zwingli.
will walk before the Lord in the
land of the living” (Psalms
116:9).
The lesson-sermon also includ-
es the following passage from
the Christian
“Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures” by Mary Baker
Eddy: “Life is the law of Soul,
even the law of the spirit of
Truth, and Soul is never without
its representative. Man’s indi-
vidual being can no more die nor
disappear, in unconsciousness
than can soul, for both are im-
mortal” (page 427).
Sunday service at 11 a. m.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Wednesday evening service at
8 p. m. on the second and fourth
Wednesday of each month when
experiences, testimonies and re-
marks on Christian Science may
be given. ,
If you wish success in life,
make perseverance your bosom
friend, experience your wise
counsellor, caution your elder
brother, and hope yojr guardian
genius.—Addison.
For County Clerks
H. M. JA<
For District Clovki
J. L. HAMILTON
For County
C. BURTT
JOSEPH C.
Foe,County Judges
A. D. AIKIN
For Sheriffs
S. F. HUNT
J. E. HOLBROOK
For State
MORRIS ROBERTS
(Re-election)
FRED MAURITZ
(DStric?4)
W. E. TEDFORD
(Re-election)
M. E. DeVILBISS
For State Representative
(Seventieth District)
HARVEY SHELL.
For Conetahloi_
J. P. ‘Top’’ PERKINS
J. H. ETHER EDGE
(Re-election)
For
n Congress.
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ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS
•THE CHANGES IN ELBCTRIC RE-
FRIGERATION during tha paw faw
year* art almost unbelievable until you
tee and thrill to them yourself! For in-
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DROP IN PRICE ... tha family uw
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Cold . .
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Newspaper headlines may scream Hot-
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... and what’s more, this plus-power
will . . •
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story. Cold making power has been
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Dr. H. A. Thomas
DENTIST
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Saturday: 190 to 19:09
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Arauaaa Paso, Texas
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The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. [31], No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1940, newspaper, May 23, 1940; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803707/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.