The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1935 Page: 1 of 8
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Aransas Pass, San Patricio County, Texas,
Thursday, May 23, 19JI6
No. 52
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ODEO —BEGINS
TODAY
underground, covered by
[Lit* of shell, eight cruiub-
Kns were discovered re-
fworkmen who were digging
Lirfa.e causeway roudo for
[nal company.
'vos a total of eighteeen
\.hUh have been removed
L few vears, some of them
[ condition. While no one
I upon their age or racial
sties, it W*®* ■*** to
hit they were negroes
,t: the shape and size
u]U one white man who
veritable giant was dug
eck. His bones gave evl-
having been well over six
f feet la height,
iarher. foreman for the com-
V a vividly interesting pic-
ivhat might have happened
,re the remains may have
About the year 1816 the
rate Jean I.a Fitte lost two
is principle cargo being
■e bad previously been par-
the government for ills help
tittle of New Orleans, and Never, saw such a gatherin’ of high
ting slflv esldps when these powered fishermen in all my life,
overtook him. One of the kiuda reminds me of tli’ days of th"
as lost in waters between j ol' faahioti barl**cue>, and or country
and Corpus Christ!. From picnics, when ma usto work for days
cookin’ up pies qnd cakes and frying
BIG GROUP OFF AT
START TO BRING IN
ENVIABLE PRIZES
Port Aransas “Where
They Bite Every Day’’
Scene of Big Rodeo
By Ennis C. Helm, iV 01’ Timer
Wahl folks, today is the day. all is
well here on Mustang Island,'out in
th’ Gulf of Mexico, but everything is
a twit tel., cause today i* th’ l**gin-
ning of this said Round-up and Ro-
deo.
25
Here w»* find the Sfher Kings,
leaping, respUndeut. in mw aim! huh, . j
Hilling llidr way through the piHindlug surf,
With never a .inumt till the rare In rtui.
No park the uid duffel, and oil up your rad,
And take a good look at your nal.
We shall spend a few days at th'* month of the Pass.
With water, and sky, and God.
4TN ANNUAL DEEP
SEA EVENT BRINGS
BOT COMPETITION
Lnd general appearance of
i,ns it is quite likely that
hi-* human cargo was wash-
at this point. The positions
clet »ps would indicate death
Ding.
rson Classes
Etinguish Selves
In Two Recitals
tine Patterson, local music
[csMnn teacher, presented lier
school pupils in the yearly
the Methodist Church Frh
\ . The musical entertain-
attended by a large and
ive crowd, some of whom
fi.1i 'n find seats In the nu-
Hip program was especially
„.pd which was quite re-
considering the youthfulness
|i i actors.
jtnre number of the evening
"Jack and Jill Wedding”,
enacted by twenty-seven
[young pupils The vested
twelve sang the wedding
(om Lohengren.
ctor was dressed in the cus-
minister’s vestments,
fide, very pretty in white
a white face veil, carrying
fnl bouquet of white flowevs.
in her father’s arm. Her maid
was dressed in pink and her
-maids in blue. The bride-
|in1 his two attendants were
full ilress suits. The mar-
was carried out in full, in-
ft’ic ring ceremony.
-Helen Felder,
room—Teddie Campbell,
father—Milton Farley,
mother—Geralcfine Miller.
i m's father Ben Howell,
[room's mother—Anna Louise
r»f honol-—Genevieve Brauer.
maid- Jean Mathis,
flu I Billie Boh Blueh-w.
pan Billy Nelson.
[ Key Rico.
girl Ann TIowory.
[h.ntor—Bobby Walker.
Tmwrence Klnghorn and
BUisan.
ftolr: Joan Folder. Bettle Jo
|T >othy Mae Palmer. Marv
homns. T.amont Thomas. Joyce
ft, .Toy " Couchman, Thonfi
Lillie Mao Walker. Mary
I sab*
flhin
tv evening at eight o'clock the
M students presented a pro-
plch was a derided compliment
Patterson as an-Instructor, ns
to themselves. A choral of
Jt'iccs «ang the opening and
|: iMhnv with much beauty.
Janice Ayres ns the sweet
l»f "Alice Blue Gown”, won Tho
r ’ the large audience The
jiunhers were all adnilmblv
p. many of them being difficult
I’inns which tested the skill
Continued to back page)
Idy” Poppy Sale
Disabled Veterans
[i ns of Foreign Wars and their
rv will begin the annual poppy
la-t of this week. The pup-
ffe made by the disabled vet-
I" the hospitals and all pro-
to them or to tho V. F. W.
T r widows and ot.-phnns.
l,,lh*\\lng letter comes from the
11 use* *
far Commander:
orphan deserves a chan-'*? for
equal to that enjoyed by
rage American child. {Pbl<
!"by is given the orphans of
by. the V. F W. National
B Baton Rapids. Michigan.
I'od by tho Veterans of For-
r'r- of the CnlWhl States.
f“,L *#.-<>« the annual sale of
Poppies 'make possible the
lance of this 'orphanage. Buddy
also offer * a source of cm*
It and relief for needy and dls-
Vetorfcns in their home com-
For these two real reasons
should wear Buddy Poppies <)n
"H Bay.
, Very sincerely yburs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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ABOVE—
a ’"Big Fish” and
a p ond captor,
P**rt Aransas.
AT RIGHT—
leading a fish
that's alnw-d whipped.
Humble Oilers Add
Four Stars to Team
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p'an after pan of chicken, now listen
here, don’t get me wrong, cause this
isn’t one of those olq, j^ashlou picnics
or barbecue luUTMttkt"kipd;i reminds
a fellow of that ^sorr^if tiling, seeing
so many folk. gathered bee.
But. promptly at eight o’clock this
morn in’ boat* load after boat load of
folks started for their jmt fisliin’
grounds, aeekin’ the fish that would
bring them prizes.
Home of tBe fellows have determined
to fish for nothin’ but tarpon and
hopes to win one of the prizes offer-
ed, now let’s see if I can’t give you
th’ tarpon prizes, th’ first prize for
Tarpon is a very highpnwered cup,
one valued at. .1300 and is to bo won
by *th’ fisherman havin' th’ most
points, and by th’ way all points for
tnrpon will be judged by inches and
th’ three different types of tackle,
heavy, light and 3-0.
Second prize for tarpon is a three
day all expense paid fisbiu’ trip, man
what a prize, and too it seems that
a man’s reN.eslimeuts will be fumish-
ed In Ibis hargln also, but just think
of gettln’ to fish three days with all
expenses paid. Kinda sounds a bR
fishy—Eh ?
Then for the third prize there will
be given a $30 book of causeway
tickets, gosh, this is'-the best hargin
yet. gettln’ to get air that free trans-
po rat Ion over th* causeway and ferry
—you know Mr. Sorivner really
thought of somethin’ when he offered
that prize.
Now they say there will be a num-
ber of more or less special prizes,
largest tarpon gets a beautiful line
winder, ob, yeh, they call it a
Pflugdr Atapac Reel. To the lucky
stifftlint snags tli’ smallest tarpon, he
or she gets it mounted, not on their
heads, but fixed up in a curved fash-
ion. so It can lie hung on th’ wall, and
then the most points daily gets a good
fishn’ ik)1c, 1 believe I heard It was
a South Bend and cost thirty five
sheckles or dollies.
Th’- largest mackerel gets a prize
ofefrcd by Mr. Hall, th’ flicker pk-
it- is a hlglipowered rod
And tli’ most pounds of
mackerel, gets a spec!a1 prize, but
1 bet all th’ fishermen would like to,
see the price of mackerel go up to
ten cents.
Now os for the Huey Long la>>.
hum- six ii"- I",',', I Foreign War Veterans
the Gulf’s -own King tw»- —
m
m
SHE®
m
i
The Hmhble Booster, Club is spon-
soring a dance *at /La tjulnta, Satur-
day nigliti May 25th, for the lH*nefit
of the HumMe Oilers baseball team.
Gene Reader’s Orchestra will furnish
the music, featuring a well known
singer. ,
It will be of Interest to the local
fans to know that the “Oilers” will
have with them this summer the fol-
lowing players from Texas University
—Wlnborn, Rigby. and Graham.
“Jelly” Sorelle of Baylor University
will also Ik* with the “Oilers” tills
summer, he Is one of the ts*st pitchers
in the Southwest Conference, having
beaten Texas Univ. twice and T. C.
U. three times, his most notable vic-
tories Wing over Texas once, and
T. (’. U. twice in ono, week.
Rigby, Graham and Sorelle will ar-
rive here Saturday for the dance at
La Quinta, as well as playing Sun-
day, when the Oilers go to Taft, to
resume a baseball feud of several
years standing.
The Taft Ball Club is under a new
manager, Hally Crumpton, and has
several jn*w players. The probable
starting "batteries Tor the Taft team
will be M&lklf fand Fitzsimmons; for
the Oilers. -Sorelle and Johnson.
/ _-i— i----.
'Four Peace Violations
in the PasWeek
President Roosevelt Is
# * * * #
Invited to Tarpon Rodeo
* # ' # # - ■ ^ #
Sends Special Regrets
Port Aransas was put on the map
in another way a few days ago.
Ennis S. Helm,, newspaper man and
explorer with the camera, conceived
the idea of sending President Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt an invitation to at-
tend the Fourth Atmuid Tarpon
Round-up and Deep S» | Rodeo nnd
to also visit Port Aranst»g some time
and try Ids luck at somt. of the
Wo.ld's greatest deep sea flvhlng.
Last Friday there came bo Poit
ransas a letter marked Official Bus-
iness from the Wliite House and en-
closed was the following mes uTe:
The White House, Washington
May ft. 1935.
Ennis C. Helm, Esq.
Port Aivan:ai., Texas.
My dear, Mr H<te»:
The President nas asked me to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your letter
of May fourth and to assure you of
his appreciation cf your kind Invita-
tion to attend the Tarpon Round-up
nnd Deep Hen Rodeo, which is to l>«
held on May twenty-third to twenty-
fifth.
He regrets very much that the
pressure of his work here makes It
Impossible for him to accept.
Sincerely Tours.
(Signature) H. H. McIntyre,
Ass't. Sec'y. to the President.
t-J. I). Sanfonl, Justice of
or th^* sixth Justice Precl
tnre man,
aqd reel.
yin
ijrtt,
he Peace
reports
that there were four drunken peine
distuTMrn**t‘^iJ1"victkmy in the jmst
w«*ek. He uls<T'*refH>rts that, f/oni
January 1 to May 23. tli«*re have hw*n
thirtet ii deaths and thirty-seven
births in this precinct.
More Fishing Signs
Erected Near Cities
W. A. Kieherger and Mike Coving-
ton left Monday to quit up new signs
for the Hn.bor Island Causeway
company.- They will be gone about
a week, covering the main highways
around Houston nnd San Antonio.
Memorial Day Service
At Baptist Church
The Veterans’ of Foreign Wars anil
their Auxiliary will bold their Mem-
orial service at the Baptist Church
Sunday morning, May 2d, at 11 a/ rn.
l*rogmni
Invocation—By a clergyman.
Hymn—Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lic, by audience.
Reading of General I/>gan’s Mem-
orial Day order.
Dwt—When we snVig the Song of
Mother They Thought of H<>rne Sweet
Home—Mrs. L. L. F Tarker, J. A.
Shobe.
Rending—The Supreme Minute, by
Julia Sutton.
Solo—Memorial Hong. Sleep SolJler
Boy Sleep—J. A. Hhobe.
America—Sung by audience.
Memorial Address—by Rev. L. L. F
Parker.
A cordial Invltatiob to all; a spec-
ial invitation to all ex-service men.
Any one having flowers they wish
to contribute please bring Jhem to
chucb Sunday morning.
J. A. Shobe, Commander.
With ranks that are growing thinner
Each day we Huldieys meet,
Along Manila streets are echoed
The tramp of our marching feet.
And year by year we will gather
With wreaths of garlands gay
Ti» deck theg raves where the dream-
ing lie,
On the shores of Manila Bay.
From a poem composed by J A.
Shobe. Co. I, First Colorado Vol. Rif.,
Spanish and Philippine war, on the
day following the surrender of Ma-
nila. August 13, 1898.
vMore Than Half a Hun-
dred Ardent Anglers
vie at Pori Aransas
A
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder?
Return from Lontf Trip
mad scramble for
these prizes
ishernnn
for tli' *guy
in*
aTic
in tli’ contests, cause . . -
gdtin' the most points in king I v •
he will acquire a fine trophy given by
this guy Ellis Hamil of Ra.v;< lt.V wh"
'JJ,. M, Vox....... Kvol- »n.I <T"-»
S|.w-l«l rido from.imilfr tl. eronnJ
it, flows, out through a ldpe, . I •
it OIL, :%'! Hs
and
you guessed
but
oil
fitst burning jietroleuin oil. 1‘ n
tir most points daily oi king Hsh. »i
H giving a nugmy ni- ->•
however, th’ guy lasting Hr
11,v Bi ng will he awarded "ice
South Bend Reel, costing some out
ln*HS’t I think that I will have time
11 . » of some of tli
to give you H brief of ^
tirief
„,her rrl«.- prl7..'
•ince that is
racket amounts to. the
Inrc-t -I'nrk. N'»
(tat V"'',"1!1."!:. „™i k„,,w It
tiiif e. Even
tint lie
tw» (‘xpeoting ii
when Z- bringing in
« l>rize "ZZJy of fish, * non .trout
to tarpon, maybe
getting a
th* largest M “P I
t. imp"" r.• ... .
tlo nidctiie enmera. t m<„lern
jlifLr:..........
largest king loni* a!,d I mean
I told you I - t(,llln. you al
,r. cause here l w have Nwr
this stuff, when t ^ hoW
out there s iowin al n* fish, but
I will a Ml
KlW'" .“"'Lt wlfk-waO.
report on It next wee
folks!
Plan Fish Fry Here
Plans for tho Veterans of Foreign
WiAs’ encampment to be held in
Corpus Christ! JUne 23, 24 and 23
include a fish fry at Arausas Pass a*
one of the Important events.
Details for earing for the conven-
tion are lsdng worked out by a com-
mittee composed of Reagan Apple-
white. general chairman; It. L.
Smith, chaimwin of entertainment; C.
W Bradley, chullman of publicity;
Luthef Sanders, finance «haiimau:
W. A. Martin, radio chairman;. and
Commander Hell.
Ciininander Hell stated that 1,000
or more veterans are expected to
eathd" with thei* families for the
three-(l«y convention.
Commencement Pro.
A. P. High School
Ugh Scheiol AiHiitoriuni, May
wJ j
Processional.
Hymn N<>. 28.% — “America the
Beautiful”.
Salutatorian Address—‘‘The Great-
er the Task, the Greater the Reward.”
Frances Henry.
Class H<mg—“Fealty Song”.
Vah diet<'r\ A•!«!r« « • “The Ideal
Ameriean”-*-Marion Graham.
Duet—“In May” — Jey Keen and
Julia Hutton. /
. Commencement Address — C. E.
Wade. ’
Hymn No. 12—“Blest Be the Tie.”
Presentation of Diplomas — Dr.
Walter Noble.
Recessional.
After Wing gone about a month Me.
qnd Mrs. Win. Snyder and son re-
turned Tuesday from a trip to New
York. Their Jtntrpey tpfUMb d ma I)'
important jila'ces. <Hi tin* wa
i lie Niiigra Fall- <' 1»l
cago and Denver, and went llijmigii
the Mesa Verde Kltlonul Park of
Colo), ado. Going tliroiigh Arifna
they «aw the Pnlnteil Destlt, the
l’etrifb'd Forest and the Grand Can-
yon. They went all the way thr/Ugh
(’nrlsbiid Cavern nnd then urnrd
homeward. They reisirt a most won-
derful trip—but nre glad to oe bu«:a
home 1 ii y\rarisas Pass.
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
;___1 By THE PHANTOM SCRIBE !-
----V , .1, I .
We noth (o to* al fab 'iL
the trade (»f'ft*mt*al|iiing.
Cupid hears wedding 1k*1N every
time he enters the Rialto theatre-.
learning i ;out Phantom still s-tieks to bis old
custom, of sii otng that well-known
foiir-legegd ertter. closely associated
with hamburgers and cigarette to-
bacco.
New Manager On
Ransom Island
Jay Crocker of Daily- liA*1 moved to
Ransom Island and plans to build up
the Island as much «s pcacsitile: He
intends to have the -dance hall ofs-n
every night for ■ everyone, but there
will is* no orch< s|ra except for special
occasions. An electric phonograph
will fomish the music; for daneiug.
Mr. Crocker also filnns to increase the
number of cabins on the Islund.
J. A. Hander is
Humble Oil Ajf^nl
On hearing some one n«k why
Houston Spee/ seldom ties his tie,
on** wise-drngger remarked that he
might 1m* expecting a goitre.
• • *
Phiiiif'Uii hopes that these tarpon-
cAr- will keep within at least two
f,)fK of their conscience when they
go hack to tell abont It,
• • •
To think that young men of the
town prefer moving furntu.'e at
home! ' # . „
There are a lot of targets h» the
new shooting gallery on the Drag,
Busy graduates everywhere, some
of them looking right Run t In gr «>
cape and gown*.
A change
manyg**ni«*nt
Sta-tl ii^ No.
mercial St,
has ts*-n made In the
•of the Hutnlde Service
1023, situated on ..Com
at VTfch Ave. J. A.
Hander lues lte**n made agent in the
place of Jack Williams, \\,ih Bill
Wasn’t it President. Emmeritn* j barker ns his assistant.
Ixowell of Harvard who said: “Nc*
wonder uni vend ties contain so rpuch
ku'*w lodge. Tiie frcwlmien always
bring so much In and the seniors
never take any away.” '
After watching a few weaving paths
down the Drag the other night,
Phantom has a hunch that some of
theae Oil men have ideas of their
own on lubrication.
Mrs. Porter’s Illness
Causes Substitution
Because of the sudden Unless of
Mrs. R. Francis Porter, secretary of
the Retail Merchants* Association, her
nffi^hl doilies have been assumed by
Blanche Parks. MVs. Porter was tak-
en to Bpohn Hospital. In Corpus
Cbristl, Tuesday morning.
The big *)mw 1m on—all hoatM eu*
gaged, the finest list of trophies met
prizes ever offered, good weather
promised for days uhcad nod flub of
all varieties reported in plentiful
numbers off shore! Record catches
are ex]H*ctcd ; there will be three days
of keen competition (beginning Thors
day morning at. sunrise) ami thrills
jrpb-nty for the skilled ftshd men who
have assembled from far and near;
The Rodeo committee, headed by
Barney Farley, have nil pce|iu rat Ions
Well ill hafid. Copies of rules may bo
obtained from thi tu. Go ' over ami
watch the fun ! •
Weather Bureau to
Detect Coast Storms
More Accurately;
Ib*glUning 4tii^ 1st a new syatem
f*if "w(»rblbg^ vFlorlda and tin* Gulf
OfVthi-cbinliJg wlnda will be es-
tablished bjr Washington.
i Thf**e new eepterM will do moat of
the Choking—San Juan, Puerto Rico,
Jacksonville, fin., and New Orleans.
All these have felt hurrlcuWw in the
past, and will receive regular reports
from ship uud land obMervern with a
view of detecting the approach of tho
disturbances.
Radio nnd telepgrnpli will b« at
their disposal for rousing I he country-
side in udvanee of storms If by troy
chance their facilities should vanSdt
in the wind, the Washington wetflhei}
bureau will tie ready to pick up and
go ahead.
A Touch of Communism
A Bit of Old England
are Theatre Contrasts
“I’ve got tWo bushels of potatoes!”
“Two sides of bucou uud three
hams 1”
“Three hens abd a rooster!”
“A twenty dollar gold piece 1”.
“Two Macks of flour!”
“Five dollars uud sixty cental”
“A dollar eighty!”
This strange Inventory* comprises
the worldly goods pooled by a group
of desperate men (Aid women who, lit
a dramatic scene from King Vidor’s
“Our Dully Bread”, released through
United Artists, at the Rialto Theatre
Thursday and IVIduy, cast, their lota
and lives together on an abandoned
farm
Gathered Troiii all WaRtc of life
this’ colorful collection! of haunan* in
yti/red by the Inevitable blotuL charm-
er who ctityrs their potential rnrndlac
and threatens tin* happiness amt
security o(]||l. ;
Kar<*n MArley, who plays the lead-
ing role' iu King Vidor’s “Our Dully
Bread” Is’jWts Vidor in private life
—but uo^ Wi* King Vidor.. She Is
fi Gh.i r h* \ Idol ii Iso a
*b_tutiir.
On "lay one of the
bon (* ;• < ttiiiifwK ,‘ttir
For Sunday and
year’s iiiim
to the Rialto; If is "Vanes*!: Her
Love Story", tho Hugh Walpolo
story, which co-stars Helen Hayes
and Robert M< ntgnim*rv. tl Is the
newest [( <sluetlOir of DaHd O. Selz-
nlck. who reeently completed "Difvld
i'opls*rfiHd’\ also for Metro-Goldwyn
Mayer. If you lige old tiKgllsh set-
ting and real Old English folk: If
y in .like galloping horsemen and
tunning buildings un*l tavern brawls,
then this picture will thrlU yon. Muy
Robson plays an irnpo.fant part!
Houston Firm To
Open Oyster Farm
in Copano Bay
Oyster farming on an extensive
scale is-to Is- undertaken by a com-
pany eomprtnrd of Houston men and
the first work in the process of form-
ing tin* farms., that of planting the
oysters, will begin iti the very near
futtire. The company alrea.ly ha*
1 .OttO acres under lense in Copano
Rock port’s Oldest
. Ne^ro Passes Away
Rob r-Dnnf-. col>*r« d, died In Rock-
port recently nnd In bis passing Rock-
p*(rt losi; one Of Us oldest cRizen*, onp
who had known the town from it* In-'
eeptlon to the present time. Ill* age
w;^s not known but - he wa* probably
about ninety- year* eld.
"Uncle" Boh *ame to Liveoak
Peninsula before the (own of Rock-
port Was started, working a* a cow
band. .
He wa* a Gave before the dvM
war but he enlisted a* a Mildidr Amt
saw actlvei duty In ibe fMRhnra
r*»ka. . ,T .
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