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The Aransas Pass Progress
Serving: the Aransas Pass, Ingleside, and Port Aransas areas
VOLUME XXXVII
ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS, THURSDAY. MARCH 20, 1947
All Footage On West-Side
North Harbor Now Leased
Nine Contracts
Account For AH
Available Dockage
City Reserves
Wharfage Space At
Harbor Entrance J
With the exception of the area
at the harbor entrance reserved
for municipal loading and unload-
ing wharves, all footage on the
west side of Conn Brown Harbor
is now under lease. According to
a report submitted this week by
Mayor Conn Erown, leases on the
1,350 feet of west harbor front
are held* by eight firms and in-
dividuals.
The leases are held by Gulf
Coast Industries, Inc., J. B. Cov-
ington; W. J. Burke; W. T. Eld-
ridge, III; John W. Nelson, Jr.;
Ben Si Collins, and R. Leloup;
Brownsville Fisheries, Inc.; and
George R. Godfrey.
One additional contract is in
effect with J. F. Sanders and
Newbury Dry Dock Co., for lease
of 300 feet in section 17, of block
3.
April Hearing
Will Discuss
Pt. Aransas Basin
A public hearing will be held
at Mathew’s Place in Port Aran-
sas at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday,
April 2nd, on the enlargement of
the present turning basin known
as Turtle Cove. The hearing
called by the Corps of Engineers
of the War Department.
The present basin is 200 feet
square with an approach chan-
nel 100 feet wide with a depth
of 12 feet. This channel and turn-
ing basin were completed in 1914
The proposal up for hearing
calls for extending the present
basin west and enlarging it to 400
by 900 feet. All interested parties
are requested to be present to ex-
press their views concerning the
character and extent of improve-
ment desired and the need and
advisability of its execution.
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Dr, Roemer To Return
To Office Monday
Dr. G. Roemer, local chiroprac-
tor, will be back in his office Mon-
day, according to advice receiv-
ed from him this week.
He is now in St. Louis where
he will shortly complete a four
week’s study course ati the Logan
Chiropractic College.
“Snow here this morning, but
not too cold. Will be glad to get
back to Texas,” was Dr. Roem-
;er’s closing comment in the let-
ter March 17th.
SEEN-
H. K. Erwin on a ladder on
top of a building, giving directions
to someone below him in sign
language . . . Jack DuBose busy
overseeing the remodeling job at
Central Pharmacy . . . Snyder Mo-
tor Company wrecker in use
transplanting trees . . . Margaret
Garner sporting a new Mercury
sedan . . . N, D., Sanford going
down the street whistling a men
ry tune . . . The Bright Spot crew
all busy helping with the exten-
sive remodeling now underway
. . . Several houses and business
buildings now under construction
. . . Sheriff Tumlinson in town
last week ... A house trailer in
town that looked like a train ca-
boose . . . Two fellows having a
big time throwing small fish to
a pelican, but when they threw
him a catfish, he ignored it . . .
Two little children looking over
the recent addition to Rhodes
Drug Store personnel, Four little
kittens . . . Bill Webb checking
schedules on his new job at the
bus station . . . Bob Gillespie and
Douglas Cole up and about after
recent illnesses . . . J., F. Gambill
of Baytown in town Saturday . . .
Postmaster Park lowering the
flag in front of the post office . . .
W. C. Hicks being threatened
when he called a girl “Heavy”
. . . Pete Bowden and Bobby Kel-
ly resting in the Sunshine . . .
Warren Howery and Hefner both
sporting new Fords . . .
Ingleside Trustee
Election April 5th
Two trustees for the Ingleside
Independent School District will
be elected at an election schedul-
ed for April 5th.
W. F. Fitzsimmons, and W. W.
Jacobs now occupy the positions
to be filled, the latter recently
moving from Ingleside.
No announcements have at this
date been made regarding possi-
ble candidates for the two posi-
tions. W. C. Collins has been nam-
ed election judge. -
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Building Permits
For February
Only $B,270.00
Only $8,270.00 in building per-
mits were issued by the city dur-
ing February, a sizeable decrease
as compared with the $26,430 of
January permits. However, local
construction is gaining impetus
and it is estimated, that March
building will top that of either
month so far this yerr.
Among the permits recently is-
sued is one granted W. J. Burks
for construction of a cafehm the
North Harbor, and Frank de la
Rosa is erecting a tile building on
S. Commercial which when com-
plete will house a laundry.
Residential building continues
and Neal Tomlinson has under
construction a one-story ranch
type frame house at the corner
of S. Lamont and Harrison Blvd.
Other residential repairs and ad-
ditions are being made.
Lt. CDR. Wolfe
With Antarctic
Expedition
itii
NUMBER 51
La Quinta May
Become Area’s
Finest Resort
Lt. Comdr. Malcolm E. Wolfe,
DSN, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Wolfe of Aransas Pass, is serv-
ing as navigator aboard the sea-
plane tender USS Pine Island on
the Navy’s 1947 Antartic Expedi-
tion.
Hibiscus Club
Sponsors Beautify-
Your-Yard Contest
Local Masons To
Contribute Toward
New Temple Fund
Members of Aransas Lodge No.
1018, A. F. & A. M. will contrib-
ute toward a fund now being
raised to build a new Grand
Lodge Temple in Waco, reports
P. A. Marsh, secretary of the Ma-
sonic Lodge here.
The local lodge is participat-
ing in the state-wide drive to
raise $1,500,000.00 estimated cost
of the new temple which will
provide sufficient space to care
for the large Grand Lodge meet-
ings.
P-IA Officers
Chosen At
Thurs.’ Meeting
Mrs. W. H. Gilpin was elected
as president of the Aransas Pass
P-TA at a meeting held Thursday
afternoon at the band hall. Other
officers elected to serve with Mrs.
Gilpin were: 1st Vice President,
Mrs. C. N. Sawyer; 2nd Vice Pres
ident, Mrs. Guy Richardson; 3rd
Vice President Mrs. Geo. Elizon-
do; Recording Secretary, Mrs. J.
N. Scarborough; Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. A. H. Fatheree;
Treasurer, Mrs. Cecil Goree; Nom
inating Committee, Mrs. T. R. Al-
len.
The program for the afternoon
presented by the second grades,
under the direction of Mrs. W. T.
Henry and Mrs. Cleo Young, and
the Seventh Grade directed by
Mrs. Bob Howery, was as follows:
One Aet Play entitled “Deaf
Grandma” with the cast consist-
ing of Mary McCaskill, Kenneth
Bradshaw, Billy Lou and Betty
Jo Roemer. A short talk on “St.
Patrick” by Johnnie Scarborough
and two songs “John James
O’Reilly,” and “My Wild Irish
Rose” by a group accompanied
at the piano by Earline Comman-
der.
The principal speaker was the
Rev. Almus D. Jameson, pastor
of the Methodist Church, who
spoke on “Attitudes, and their
effects on Children.”
In an executive board meeting
held just prior to the program, it
was voted to accept the offer
of the V.F.W. to use the Memorial
Hall as a Youth Center for stu-
dent gatherings on Friday nights.
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B. R. SMITH SUFFERS
HEART ATTACK
B. R. Smith, Sr., has been con-
fined to his home here this week
due to illness. Mr. Smith suffered
a light heart attack Sunday, but
is reported to be improving nice-
ly.
In an effort to make Aransas
Pass one of the most beautiful
towns in South Texas, the Hi-
biscus Garden Club headed by
Mrs. Lillian Snyder, has complet-
ed plans for sponsoring a Beau-
tify-Your-Yard contest.
The contest will be open to all
residents of Aransas Pass and
three prizes will be awarded as
follows:
1. For the best new yard.
2. For the best yard.
3. For the best vegetable garden!
Those wishing to enter the con-
test may register at Snyder Mo-
tor Co., or Taylor Furniture Co.
Contestants should designate the
prize for which they will compete.
The judges will be from out of
town and will judge the yards
and gardens, for the. following
points. Sidewalks, 5 points;
Shrubs, 20 points; Flower Bed Ar-
rangement, 20 points; All-around
Landscaping, 10 points; Neatness,
5 points; Trees, 15 points; Color
Harmony, 5 points, and Lawn, 20
points.
Garage Apartment
Damaged By Fire
A fire which threatened to de-
stroy the two-story garage apart-
ment of Mrs. F. L. Clendening, lo-
cated at Yoakum Avenue and Mc-
Campbell street was quickly ex-
tinguished by members of the
Aransas Pass Volunteer Fire de-
partment Sunday afternoon.
The blaze which started in; the
roof of the building damaged the
shingle roof and ceiling but was
quickly brought under control up-
on arrival of the firemen.
La Quinta, well known land-
mark five miles from Ingleside,
and overlooking the Corpus
Christi bay, may soon become
this area’s finest resort center,
according to John C. Penn, own-
er. Its ideal location, scenic set
ting and picturesque background
as former headquarters of the
original Taft Ranch, makes the
335-acre ranch appear a logical
choice for the exclusive gulf
coast resort.
According to reports three-quar-
ters of a million dollars will be
spent in making the tract into an
exclusive resort club. Included
in the project is the building of
lodges, a yacht basin, swimming
pool, 18-hole golf course, and
landing strips for visiting planes.
Extensive enlargement of the
present quarters is planned and
outdoor courses are to be built
A string of quarter horses are to
be maintained with stables and
a polo field included.
Charter members in the club
number 100 with indications that
the total membership will be lim-
ited to around 500.
Influenza Cases In Locality
Near Epidemic Proportions
Highways Vital Factor
In U. S. Education
Road Builders Assert
Firemen Hear
Field Instructor
Local firemen attended a meet-
ing at Rockport Monday night at
which time they heard Chief
Frank Williams, State Field In-
structor for the Firemen’s State
Training School of A. & M. Col-
lege, discuss fire-fighting and fire
equipment. The meeting was held
for Aransas Pass and Rockport
firemen.
Mr. Williams arrived here Sun-
day afternoon and spent Sunday
night here and inspected local
fire fighting equipment. By co-
incidence his arrival here was
just in time to witness the local
department at work extinguishing
the blaze at Clendening’s garage
apartment.
At Monday night’s meeting, one
feature of the program was the
showing by Ted Bigelow, of pic-
tures filmed at a firemen’s train-
ing school held at A. & M. Col-
ege last year.
Invite
Washington, D. C., March 20—
One out of exery six of the na-
tion’s school children depends up-
on highway transportation to the
classroom this year. The high-
ways of the nation play an import-
ant role in providing educational
opportunities for rural boys and
girls, Charles M. Upham, engi-
neer-director of the American
Road Builders’ Association, feaid
in a statement issued here today.
Some 4,706,209 bus pupils cov-
er 1,913,661 miles of school bus
routes to 40,837 schools daily, ac-
cording to a census of Bus Trans-
portation Magazine Mr. Upham
pointed out. The census shows
that it will cost $103,428,683 this
years to maintain the huge fleet
of 81,150 buses used in school
transportation. Transportation of
school pupils means employment
for more than 100,000 people.
This year finds thirteen states
operating more than 1,000 buses
each. Only three states use less
than one hundred. Texas has the
largest number of bus pupils
334,590 of them. North Carolina
is second with 321,750, and Ohio
is third, with 280,000 pupils riding
to school. Ohio’ operates the larg-
fleet of 6,625
est number of school buses —
fleet of 6,625 the census shows.
School consolidations have
been made possible by improved
highways,” said Mr. Upham
More consolidations are needed
to furnish specialized subject
teachers, a wider curriculum
more vocational and cultural op-
portunities, and improved facili-
ties for physical education for
many more pupils.”
Approximately half of our ru-
ral roads are unsurfaced dirt roads
and impassable part of the year,
the ARBA executive pointed out.
This means lost days of school
attendance in many sections as
buses cannot always maintain
their schedules.
“Improving f arm to market
roads will spell educational op
portunity in rural sections. To
function effectively, consolidated
rural schools must have depend-
able systems of secondary roads,”
Mr. Upham concluded.
Re-Opening Of
Bright Spot
Postponed
I Kaufman’s Easter
Style Show Begins
Tomorrow Night
Re-opening of the Bright Spot, I Kaufman’s big spring j
Rockport highway drive-in, which I show will be held tomorrow night
style
was scheduled for Saturday,'
March 22nd(, has been postpon-
ed according to Doil Turner, own-
er. Extensive remodeling and in-
stallation of new equipment is
now underway and it was an-
nounced that the place would
again be open for business on
Saturday; but failure to obtain
certain materials on time made
necessary postponement of the
announced opening date. Opening
date will be announced later.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner, operators,
are entering their tenth year in
the drive-in business in Aransas
Pass. They report that modern
furnishings and equipment have
been installed in the business
while it was closed for remodel-
ing.
The Bright Spot is well known,
for its special Mexi-hot foods, and
in addition will, serve, a rounded
menu of eats and drinks.
at 8 o’clock. A special showing of
new spring wearing apparel and
the latest styles in hair dressing
is scheduled for exhibit.
The style show will climax the
opening of a storewide sale which
will feature lighter and gayer
items of wearing apparel which
reflect the trend from winter to
spring and summer, appropriate
for the approaching Easter pa-
rade.
City Street
Shelling Project
Well Underway
H. L. Atkinson
Representative
Died Saturday
The long awaited street shelling
project on which the city com- (
missioners have been working islature, had just begun his sec-
H. L. Atkinson, 60, state repre-
sentative from the 70th district
in the Texas Legislature, died
suddenly in Beeville Saturday
night following a heart attack.
Funeral services were held at 10
o’clock Monday morning at the
First Baptist Church in Beeville
with Rev. Aubria Sanders, pastor,
officiating.
The state solon, who repre-
sents the district composed oi
Been, San Patricio, Aransas and
Refugio Counties in the state leg-
To be our guest at the picture
“The Jolson Story” to be shown
aij the Rialto Theatre Sunday and
Monday, March 23rd and 24th, J.
M. Guillory and guest.
This notice clipped from the
Progress will serve as your ad-
mission.
P-TA Congress
To Convene
March 26-27
Four Aransas Pass ladies are
making plans to attend the Texas
Congress of Parents and Teach-
ers of the 10th district which will
convene in Kingsville on March
26th and 27th. They are Mrs. A.
H. Fatheree, Mrs. Cecil Goree,
Mrs. J. N. Scarborough, and Mrs.
Geo. Elizonda. Mrs. W. H. Gilpin,
president of the local P-TA re-
ports that she will not be able
to attend.
The session which will consume
both Wednesday and Thursday
of next week will be held at the
Kingsville First Baptist Church
and the theme for this year’s
meeting is “Building Firm Foun-
dations.”
Mrs. I. M. Smith of Elsa, form-
er Ingleside resident, is president
of the organization.
A rounded program of enter-
tainment and lectures have been
arranged for the two-day event.
since last September, is begin-
ning to take shape. In order to se-
cure the necessary shell at the
best^ price available, officials
deemed it best to wait until the
shell contractors, Heldenfels Bros,
got their equipment set up at the
local wharves. The shell is now
being delivered here by barge and
loaded on dump trucks for dis-
tribution to the shelling projects.
Already nearing completion is
the shelling of Stapp Avenue and
trucks are now dumping shell on
Huff Avenue along the water-
front. Also in line for immediate
improvement is Wilson and Good-
night Avenues from Commercial
to the waterfront. Wilson will be
raised in the low places in con-
nection with the surfacing pro-
ject. To be applied on the pur-
chase of shell for this projcet is
some $1,500 subscribed by local
business houses.
Two Candidates
Announce In J
Trustee Election
ond term in the office having
been re-elected in last fall’s elec-
tion.
Born at Lovelady, Texas, Atkin-
son had resided in Beeville since
1912 and for a number of years
was in the drug business there.
His more recent interests, were in
cattle raising. He was a member
of the Baptist Church and the
Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his widow; a
daughter, Shirley Ann; one sister,
and six brothers.
1.8$ Inches Rain
Fell Tuesday
In Aransas Pass
A night’s drizzle climaxed by
a heavy downpour at noon Tues-
day brought the day’s rainfall to
1.83 inches. So heavy was the
rainfall that gutters stood several
inches deep for some time after
the noon down-pour while taxed
sewersi carried off the water.
Tuesday’s rain was by far the
heaviest recorded this year, but
should prove beneficial to local
farms and pasturelands since very
little precipitation was experi-
enced here during the month of
February.
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School Attendance
Falls As Result
Of Sick Cases
Health Official
Reports 11,624
Cases In Texas
Scottish Rite Meet
Two candidates this week an-
nounced their candidacy for
school trustee of the Aransas Pass
Independent School District, in
an election scheduled for Satur-
day, April 5th. They are D. B.! r i T\/r„„
Compton and H. M. Attaway. ^OCai Men Attend
Mr. Compton is finishing his
fourteenth year as trustee and is
now president of the school board,
having assumed the position about
a year ago. He served for seven
years as vice-president of the
board.
A resident of Aransas Pass since
1927, Mr. Attaway is making his
first entry into the school board
candidacy. He operates a machine
shop here, is married, and has
one son, a sophomore in high
school.
SHOP HERE
Bexley Gro. & Mkt.
Sugar, 5 lbs. ... .
45 c
Avocados, each
. ..10c
Patty's Gro. & Mkt.
Lemons, dozen
18c
Sirloin Steak, lb. ___________
_____.49 c
Houghton Food Stores
Peaches, No. 2\ can____
______25c
Fig Preserves, qt. .. _
.. 69c
City Gro. & Mkt.
4
Admiration Coffee, lb.
____44c
Cheese, 2 lbs. _ . .
...95c
Sully's Food Stores
Dreft, reg. box
31c
Eggs, dozen . ........
... 42c
Pick 8g Pay Gro. 8c Mkt.
Pure Black Pepper, pkg.
____10c
Rockport Oysters, pt.
__62c
Kelly's Red & White
Pinto Beans. 5 lbs.
.99c
Carrots, bunch ... .
4c
Five Aransas Pass men were
present for the semi-annual Scot-
tish Rite meeting held, in Corpus
Christi last Thursday night. Talks
were heard from outstanding
lodge officers from San Antonio
and other towns.
Attending from here were C. A.
Rhodes, Dr. H. A. Thomas, Haynes
Robuck, Eddie Miers, and Walter
Godfrey.
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Red Gross Drive
Still Short Of Goal
Lacking only two hundred dol-
lars to meet their $2,000 quota,
local Red Cross workers re-dou-
bled their efforts this week in
a final drive to bring the'cam-
paign to a successful conclusion.
Some committeemen are still
not reported and Arlin Yeager
and J. L. Meredith, local chair-
men of the drive, indicated that
they hoped to have a complete
report by this time next week.
Ed Richmond, county chairman
of this year’s Red Cross campaign,
reports that towns over the coun-
ty are experiencing difficulty in
meeting their assigned quotas,
and appealed to the local residents
to put the Aransas Pass drive
“over the top.”
; Latest reports from local phy-
sicians and school officials indi-
cate that influenza cases in this
locality are rapidly approaching
epidemic proportions. A large
percentage of the big drop in
school attendance is thought to
be the result of the flu which is
known to be wide spread in this
community. A number of employ-
ees are absent from their jobs
because of sickness.
Dr. J. B. Bull reports that he
and his assistant, Dr. D. O. Mont-
gomery, are averaging thirty
house calls daily in addition to
the large number of office calls.
A large percentage of these are
influenza cases, he asserted.
Dr. W. N. Tinnerman, and Dr.
J. M. Auten, at the Aransas Pass
Hospital are also taxed to care
for the large number of calls be-
ing made daily. “I believe that
at least twenty-five percent of
the people of the community are
either ill or just recuperating
during the current epidemic,” said
Dr. Tinnerman. However, he ad-
vises that all cases are responding
satisfactorily to treatment.
Ingleside Hard Hit
At Ingleside, O. T. Blaschke,
superintendent, reported twenty
absent from high school one day
this week, and David Wright,
grammar school principal, report-
ed sixty absent from the lower
grades. Although all of the pupils
are not absent because of the in-
fluenza, it is believed responsi-
ble for a( large percentage.
Wide-spread Over State
Reports coming in to the State
Health Department from various
sections of the state also indicate
that the number of influenza
cases has increased to epidemic
proportions in many areas. The
reported incidence this week is
11,624 cases, however, this repre-
sents only a fraction of the ac-
tual cases in the state since many
cases are not receiving medical
care, and therefore remain unre-
ported. There were perhaps an
estimated 200,000 cases of flu
this week in Texas.
Commenting on this situation
today, Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State
Health Officer, said that most of
these cases are mild and lend
themselves to treatment readily.
He pointed out that two cooper-
ative factors are essential to vic-
tims of this disease; first, to call
the family physician promptly,
(Continued on page 8)
HEARD-
Mrs. J. N. Scarborough telling
about a “Trap Door” spider she
had seen at the Kute Kurl Beau-
ty Shop, and since he doesn’t
open the door often he has been
named “Richard” . . . Chickens
“peeping” at the post office . . .
All the furniture was removed
from an apartment that burned,
and not even a scratch as a re-
sult . . . Bill Nicholas say he
guessed he would lose his shirt
if it wasn’t buttoned on, and
someone remarking that maybe
that was the reason he wore a
necktie ... A lady threatened
her young daughter who had
played hookey from school, by
telling her she was going to tell
a reporter and have it put in the
heard column . . . Prospects are
good for the school cafeteria here
for next year . . . Mrs. W. H. Tay-
lor say she thought the contest
the Hibiscus Club is sponsoring
for beautifying yards would be
a big help to the town in general
. . . A fellow say he had gotten
in such a habit of loading his
pockets before he left home each
morning, that he found his wife’s
scissors in his pocket late in the
afternoon, he had carried them
all day . . . Grannie Reneau ask-
ing a fellow if his mother picked
him up by mistake at a picnic or
something as he looked different
from the rest of the family . . .
The Play Day event planned! for
the girl scouts last Saturday was
postponed due to bad weather . . .
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