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The Aransas Pass Progress
Serving the Aransas Pass, Ingleside, an d Port Aransas areas
VOLUME XXXIX
ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1948
NUMBER 24
Aransas Pass SchoolsjTo
Open Tuesday Morning
Complete Faculty
Is Announced
For Coming Term
Enrollment Expected
To Exceed
Thirteen Hundred
School bells will ring Tues-
day morning, September 7 th,
bringing to an end the summer
vacation for approximately 1,325
Aransas Pass school children. The
estimated enrollment for the
1948-49 term-is slightly higher
than last year’s enrollment, and
includes eleven transfers from
Port Aransas.
Registration of high school stu-
dents will be completed today
and' Superintendent H. T. Faulk
has announced a general faculty
meeting for 10 o’clock Monday
morniiig.
A birth cretifieatte or sworn
affidavit as to age will be re-
quired of all children who are
entering the school for the first
time. Mr. Faulk advises that he
will assist in supplying the af-
fidavit at Tib charge to the stu-
dent.
Supt. Faulk announced early
this week that the schools will
open with a complete faculty. He
expressed satisfaction With the
qualifications of the group who
comprise this year’s teaching ros-
ter.
Following is a list of the
teachers, including college at-
tended and subjects or classes
they will teach:
H. T. Faulk, Superintendent,
B. S. M. A. University of Mis-
souri.
HIGH SCHOOL
A. A. Ericson, Principal, B A,
Southwestern University; Bess
Turnbough, English, B A, Mc-
Murray College; Glyndoly, Eric-
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Rev. Deschner Is
Methodist Speaker
Rev. John Deschner, D. D.,
district superintendent of Corpus
Christi district, will occupy the
pulpit at the First Methodist
Church at 11:00 o’clock Sunday
morning, according to the pastor,
Rev. A. D. Jameson.
A quarterly conference will be
held at the church at 1:00 o’clock
in the afternoon. All officials of
the church are expected to be
present, Rev. Jameson stated, and
members and friends are invited.
Prospects Bright
For Good Bay
Shrimp Season
Labor Day Vacationers
Expected To Crowd City
With the opening of tie com-
mercial bay shrimping season
Tuesday most of the' local fleet
turned their attention to the bays
and although hampered by an
unusually high tide earljh catches
gave promise of good fall run.
An early check of waterfront
dealers indicates that catches
were somewhat lighter than had
been expected ranging around 800
pounds to the boat, but dealers
were optimistic regarding the
quality of the shrimp. The shrimp
are a white firm variety averag-
ing about 38 countTto the pound.
Most dealers express hope that
the hauls will increase with con-
tinued favorable weather.
The fall shrimping season in
the bay begins August 31 and
commues until December 15. The
bay has been closed to commen
cial shrimping since July 15.
While the big majority of the
boats took to the bays, some of
the larger trawlers which are rig-
Delighting in an afternoon picnic snack on the lawn of the Texas
Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children in Dallas, these young
patients enjoy recreation and companionship while undergoing correc-
tive treatment.
Pictured left to right are: Clara Bryan, Midland; Wanda Williams,
Eustace; Marguerite Clark, Fort Worth; Melva Sue Bonner, Tyler; and
Anna Beth Goodwin, Dallas.
Three of these girls are recovering from the devastating effects of
polio at the Scottish Rite Hospital, the remedial center of Texas for
that dread disease. The facilities of the hospital, which are provided
by gifts and bequests, are made available at no cost to those for
whom treatment would otherwise be unobtainable.
Hunt Elected San Pat County Sheriff
By Wide Margin in Saturday’s Election
Veteran Peace Officer Assumed Duties
Monday When Sheriff Tumlin&m Resigned
COKE R. STEVENSON
Former San Patricio
Sheriff S. F. Hunt returned to
the office this week following a
sweeping victory over W. F.
(Floyd) Joseph in Saturday’s
Democratic election. The veteran
peach officer who lead the field
of four candidates in the first
primary polled 2,646 votes in Sat-
urday’s balloting to 1,436 for
Joseph.
Hunt received a clearcut ma-
jority in practically all of the
County (expired term. He set about im-
mediately to re-organize the sher-
iff’s department. Frank Vanecek,
chief deputy under Tumlinson,
and a candidate against Hunt in
the July primary, was re-ap-
pointed to the chief deputy post.
county’s voting boxes. In Pre-
ged for gulf shrimping, contin- ] cinct 6; Aransas Pass he led
Joseph by an even 100 votes
Pt. Lavaca VFW Plans
Three-Day Labor
Day Celebration
A gala three-day celebration
is planned for Labor Day at Port
Lavaca under sponsorship of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
No. 4403, according to B. G. Mil-
ler, commander of the post. The
affair will begin Saturday, con-
tinue through Sunday and be
concluded on Monday (Labor
Day) with a full schedule of
events.
Highlighting the three-day cel-
ebration will be a big street par-
ade, trout rodeo, sailboat regatta,
baby contest, softball tournament,
modern and western style dances.
Aransas Pass girl to enter bathing
beauty revue
According to announcement
made this week the Aransas Pass
Chamber of Commerce will spon-
sor Mrs. Mildred Reneau as a con-
testant in the battling beauty
reyue which is scheduled to be
held at 2:30 Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Reneau has participated in
a number of revues here and in
neighboring towns. Her latest tri-
umph was a fir»t place win in
the Robstown Country Club
revue of July 5th.
ued to work in the gulf where
favorable catches are being re-
ported.
Boatmen are getting an av-
erage price of 16 cents per pound
for the bay shrimp as delivered
to the dealers.
HEARD
Soaking Rains
Condition Fields
For Fall Plowing
Soaking rains which fell here
Sunday and Monday brought
much needed moisture to the soil
and conditioned local fields for
fall plowing and planting. The
precipitation brought a definite
end to the prolonged drought
which has been experienced for
the past several f weeks, and
which was interrupted first by
the two inch rain which fell
on August 24th.
According to weather observer
W. C. Hutson 3.74 inehes of rain
fell on August 29th followed
by 2.44 inches on August 30th.
This brought to 7.17 .inches the
polling 238 to 138, and Precinct
15 gave Hunt 192 to 138. At Ingle-
side the former San Patricio
County sheriff received 148 to 140
for his opponent.
Concurrent with news of Hunt’s
victory came word from Sinton
of the resignation of Sheriff Al-
onzo Tumlinson who defeated
Hunt in a hotly contested race
for the sheriff’s office two years
ago. Tumlinson ife reported to
be returning to work on the Wel-
1 der Ranch where he was employ-
ed prior to his election to the
sheriff’s job. He was not a can-
didate for re-election this year.
Sheriff elect Hunt was appoint-
ed Monday afternoon by the San
Patricio County Commissioners
Courts to serve Tumlinson’s un-
That the Wright family were
saddened by the death of their
prize winning Afgan hound, Kar1-
en . . . that Lyndon Johnson who
was due to arrive Monday for
fisfeing and relaxation was rained
out . . . that “Frock1 Morton” took
his boat the Mary Ethel out after
three months and made a ‘fair’
catch . . . that the Chisums en-
joyed their' vacation in Victoria
and San Antonio . . . that W. R.
Amidon is recovering from a
broken arm he received while
working on an oil rig in Copano
Bay . . . that Duchess II is fol-
lowing in the footsteps of her
famous mother “Duchess” at
Rhodes Drug Store . . . that El-
don Attaway had his tonsils out
for the second time this week
and hopes they stay out this
time . . . Mark Scott the Prog-
ress linotype? operator says he d
like to see his name in the “We
Tnvite” column . - • that Wm.
Moore thought organdy was a
color . . .
total rainfall for August.
Morning
and afternoon
tern-
peratures as recorded by Mr. Hut-
son are as
follows:
1
August
6 a.m.
6 p.m. l
26
72
80
27
ao
82
28
74
80
29
74
74 .
30
72 '
78
31
70
82
9-1
72 1
80
Paiierson Reappointed Deputy at
Aransas Pass
On Tuesday Sheriff Hunt an-
nounced reappointment of depu-
ties M. L. Rader of Ingleside and
Sam Beall of Mathis. Wednesday
afternoon Hunt was in Aransas
Pass and stated that Virgil Pat-
terson will be reappointed to the
deputy sheriff’s post here.
The office is not new to the
newly elected sheriff. Hunt serv-
ed as sheriff of San Patricio
County from 1923 until 1941, and
prior to that time held appointive
law enforcement jobs in the coun-
ty. A native of Williamson Coun-
ty, he has resided in this county
for 46 years.
Father of Local
Motel Operator Dies
In Corpus Christi
Funeral services for Thomas
Jafferson McLemore, 84, who died
Monday afternoon at his resi-
dence in Corpus Christi w«|re
held Wednesday afternoon at
Cage-Mills Funeral Chapel with
Rev. Carl E. Hereford, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Corpus Christi, officiating.
Burial was in Seaside Memo-
rial Cemetery.
Deceased was the father df
Leonard McLemore, Aransas Pass
tourist court operator. A retired
railroad man he had resided in
Corpus Christi for the past 18
years. Another son, Vester Mc-
Lemore of San Antonio also sur-
vives him.
Panthers Travel To
Donna For Initial
Game Friday Nite
Coach Swede Ericson’s Golden
Panthers face their first test of
strength when they meet the
strong Donna Redskins there Fri-
day night. The Panthers have
seen rigid drills since August 16
football season for both elevens.
The Panthers scrimmaged vis-
iti*g teems from Mathis, Flour
Bluff and Sundeen in a practice
session here last Friday night.
Coach Ericson announced yes-
terday that the school bus would
leave at 9 o’clock Friday morning
carrying about twenty-dive boys
to Donna for the season’s opener.
Although Ericson pointed e;ut
that mu«h shifting of players may
be nescessary before the team is
at Ijpak efficiency he anounced
the following tentative lineup for
the Redskin clash:
Left end, Lightfoot or Steven-
son; left tackle .Parks or Wood;
left guard, Hinsley or Skaines;
center, Keller; right guard, Mere-
dith; right tackle, Lee; right end,
Hagy; backs, Grean, Powell, Mi-
hail or Scevers and Trent.
Others who are scheduled to
make the trip Friday are Donald
Belken, Sansom, Moreno, Davig,
Cavitt, Brookshire, Allen and
managers Mickey Herndon and
Bill Smith.
Assistant Coach T. J. Mims of
Navasota, who arrived early this
week to aid in the coaching chores,
will also accompany the squad.
Local Firm Asks
Permit To Build
Timber Wharf
Loyd W. Richardson Construc-
tion Co. of Aransas Pass has
asked Department of tne Army
permit for construction of a tim-
ber wharf and pipe rack on the
east side of the causeway from
Aransas Pass to Ransom Island
and adjacent • to the northwest
shore of Red Fish Bay.
The applicant proposes to con-
struct a timber wharf, pipe rack
and two 3-pile dolphins at the
above location. The proposed
wharf, 20’ x 18’, would be lo-
cated approximately 310 feet
from the center line of the Ran-
som Island Causeway and 145
feet from tke aear bottom edge
of the Ransom Island Channel.
A pipe rack 30’ x 18’ would be
constructed on the west side of
the wharf. The deck elevation of
the wharf and the top elevation
of the pipe rack would be 5.0
feet above mean low water. One
3-pile dolphin, would b# con-
structed at the north cojner of
the pipe rack and another 35 feet
east from the wharf. The area
between the Ransom Island Chan-
nel and the proposed wharf would
be dredged and the dredged ma-
terial would be placed on the
Ransom Island Causeway.
A P Coliple Club
Meets Friday Nite .
In the second session since or-
ganization about the middle of
August the Couple Club of Ar-
ansas Pass will meet Friday night
at the Bohemian Club. First meet-
ing of the group which was held
on August 20 was attended by
over thirty couples. .
The club’s membership which
is made up of young and middle
aged married folk is expected to
reach sixty couples within a few
weeks. Western style dances are
being featured at the club’s meet-
ings.
Former Governor Coke Stevenson Holds
Slim Lead Over Johnson in Senate Race
In what is described as one of
the closesl; state-wide races in
Texas history former Governor
Coke Stevenson holds to the nar-
row lead of 362 votes over Con-
gressman Lyndon B. Johnson in
the U: S. Senate race, according
to unofficial figures released by
the Texas Election Bureau late
yesterday afternoon.
The unoffcial count gave Ste-
venson 494, 330 to Johnson’s 493,-
968.
Anxious Texans have followed
the changing picture as the lead
alternated between the two can-
didates since Saturday’s election.
So close has been the contest
that an official canvass of the
votes will be necessary before
the winner, who will succeed
Senator W. Lee O’Daniel, can be
definitely determined.
Contrary to the statewide trend,
San Patricio County voters gave
Johnson a 455 majority over the
former Texas governor. Johnson
polled 2,198 votes in the county
to 1,743 for Stevenson.
-o- ’ ,
Foundation Down
For First Unit of
New Tourist Court
Foundation was poured this
week for the first unit of a new
modern tourist court which prom-
ises to be one of the city’s finest
when completed. Irwin and Irwin
are contractors on the job which
is scheduled for completion with-
in^ six months.
The courts, which are being
built by W. M. Hauser, San An-
tonio tourist court operator, will
be locted on a 240 x 600 feet tract
of land on the north side of High-
way 35 about a mile west of
the city near the Victory Cafe.
Grading of the plot is complete
and a water well has been drilled
on the premises.
According to John Irwin, con-
tractor, the project will include
living quarters and 12 units of ap-
proximately 32 x 44 feet with
attached garage. Each unit will
contain two bedrooms, kitchen-
ette, dinette, living room and
bath.
Construction will be of pumice
blocks with built-up crushed
brick roofing.
LYNDON B, JOHNSON
Bank Holiday
The First State Bank' will be
closed all day Monday, Septem-
ber 6, in observance of Labor
Day, Howard Brookshire, cashier,
announced this week.
Funeral Services
Held Wednesday For
Marguerite Fewell
Miss Marguerite Imogene Few-
ell, 69 died at 6 p.m. Sunday at
the residence of her brother, John
E. Fewell, where she had resided
since coming to Aransas Pass
from /Port Lavaca about three
years ago.
Funeral services were held at 10
a.m. Wednesday at Cage Funeral
Chapel with the Rev. Bob Willis,
pastor of the Assembly of God
Church, officiating, Burial was in
Prairie View Cemetery.
Survivors include her brother,
John E. Fewell of Aransas Pass.
Long Week-End
To Climax Summer
Tourist Season
General Closing
Of Local Firms
For Labor Day
Local guides, tourist court op-
erators and, others were prepar-
ing this week to entertain a re-
cord flood of tourists who are
expected to spend-^he long Labor
Day week-end on the coast. A
check of several local courts this
morning revealed few vacancies,
and operators expect to be filled
by Friday or Saturday when the
spearhead of the week-end crowds
start arriving.
Port Aransas Causeway Co. of-
ficials are preparing to handle
a peak traffic to Mustang Island
and the gulf, and Port Aransa
boatmen and court operators are
looking forward to capacity
crowds.
Threat to the Texas coast of
a gulf disturbance which made its
appearance in the Caribbean Sea
early this wek seems to have
passed and local residents are
looking forward to favorable
weather for Labor Day which gen
erafly climaxes the summer tour-
ist season.
General Closing Here
Labor Day is one the designated
holidays for~the city and local
retail firms will observe the day
with a general closing. The bank
and post office will likewise take
the holiday.
Service stations, cafes and.
others firms will of course re-
main open to care for the tourist
trade.
ATTENTION MERCHANTS-
All advertising copy for Aran-
sas Pass Bargain Day, Septem-
ber 13th, must be in the Prog-
ress office not later than 9:00
a.m. Friday, September 3rd.
Ingleside Schools Open September 7th;
H. S. Students Register Today and Friday
Registration of high school
students started at Ingleside High
School this morning. Seniors
started registering at 9 a.m. and
juniors will register this after-
noon. Sophomores and freshmea
will register Friday morning be-
ginning at 9 o’clock.
Elementary School pupils will
register on Tuesday, September
7th, opening day of school, be-
ginning at 9 o’clock. All students
who enter school for the first
time will be required to present
a birth certificate, and all must
be vascinated within thirty days
after the opening day of school.
Superintendent O. T. Blaschke
announced that the school board
has ruled that pupils who become
six years of age after October
1 will not be premitted to erfroll
for the 1948-49 school term, and
that pupils who become six years
of age between Sept. 1 and Oct.
1, 1948 may be admitted but must
pay tuition.
The complete faculty for the
Ingleside Schools as announced
by Supt. Blaschke is as follows:
HIGH SCHOOL
Leon Taylor, high school prin-
cipal; Langdon M. Smith, coach
and mathematics; Mrs, Vivian A.
Sheldon, English; Mrs. Cora
Draughon, commercial subjects;
Hugh B. Butler, band director
and music; Mrs. Leohj Taylor,
homemaking;Mise Ruby Ann Dill,
physical education and general
science.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
C. L. Redd, Principal; Mrs.
Betty .Smith, eight grade; Miss
Billye B. Walker, seventh grade;
Mrs. Wanda A. Casall, sixth
grade; Mbs. Willie Frances Ken-
nedy, sixth grade; Mrs. Dorothy
Grace Kohutek, fifth grade; Miss
Mary E. Gurley, fifth grade; Mrs,
Bess McClatchy, fourth grade;
Mrs. Maurice Hefner, third grade;
Miss Elizabeth Walker, second
grade; Miss Edith Smith, first
grade; and Miss Elizabeth Cook,
first grade, Mrs. Mary L. Woods,
third and fourth grades; Mrs.
Zelma Skrider first and second
grades. i* i
Congressman Lyle .
Is Speaker
At K.P. Fish Fry
We need greater1 application
of the principles of this fine order
to better insure a peaceful world,
Congressman John E. Lyle told,
some 400 members and visitors
who attended a fish fry staged
by Mustang Lodge No. 22 Knights
of Pythias of Ingleside at Humble
Park last Thursday evening. Ar-
ansas Pass and Corpus Christi
lodges were represented.
Lyle, who was principal speak-
er at the meeting, lauded the
teachings of the Knights of
Pythias. He also pleaded for
peace and rapped the present
high cost of living in his thirty-
minute open air address.
Chancellor Commander N. 1}.
Erskine of Mustang Lodge pre-
sided at the meeting and intro-
duced Bryan D. Beck of Corpus
Christi Miramar Lodge who in
turn introduced the speaker.
The fish fry_started shortly be-
fore 7 o’cl®ck and the large crowd
packed the park to enjoy the
fried fish and trimmings. Most
of the fish were caught by mem-
bers of the host lodge in prep-
aration for the affair and prep-
aration and serving was done by
a large committee headed by John
Massi.
SEEN
Flights of ducks headed south-
ward . . . boat-owners bailing out
their boats during the heavy
rains . . . highest tide of the sea-
son this week . . . School Fathers
preparing the Panther, program
. . . youngsters wading and sail-
ing boats in the streets after the
weekend rain . . . Wayne Stiles
driving a mew baby blue Nash
• . . Mr. Chisum in a new two-
tone Chevrolet . . . Mrs. R. G.
Speer shopping for her trip to
California . . . Mrs. Charles Bujan
and the Harold Listers of Port
Aransas shopping in town Tues-
day morning ... a small lad
trying to buy a ten cent kite at
the drug store with two empty
milk bottles ... a postcard from
France addressed to the editor
from his old friends, Alice Faye
and Phil Harris . . . Bill Ganem
demonstrating his ability at wm-
is an office I dow washing . .shrimp boats work-
holder who has been defeated for ing the bays . . . Wm. Deahne
re-election, but whose term has pulling in a couple of nice spec-
not expired. kled trout Tuesday morning. . . .
We Invite - - -
To be our guests at the pic-
ture “Beyond Glory” showing at
the Rialto Sunday and Monday,
September 5-6, Mrs. B. F. Carr
and guest.
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