The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 18, 1975 Page: 1 of 14
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THE ARANSAS PASS PROGRESS
Boosting Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Port Aransas Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Northern Gateway
To Padre Island
Nat’l Seashore Area
VOLUME 67—NUMBER 14
■CCONO CLAW POWTAO*
PAID AT ARANDA* PASS, TSXAS
ARAMBA8 PAM TEXAS 76334. WEDNESDAY. JUNE II. 1975
18c Per Copy (Plus Tu)
AL HOLGUIN (L) was Installed Monday as president of the Aransas Pass Rotary
Club by Allen Lawrence, Sr. (C) of Slnton, Past District Governor of Rotary.
Allen Lawrence, Jr. (R) who served as president in 1974-75 turns over the presi-
dent’s gavel to Holguin. Holguin is Aransas Pass city manager and served during
the past year as vice president of the club and headed the vocational service
committee.
Community Development
Paperwork Near Complete
Final steps were taken by the
Aransas Pass city council
Monday night to get into the
actual design phase for the
$94,000 federally funded Com-
munity Development program
The council authorized
advertising for the release of
the funds for the program. This
is a requirement before the city
can actually begin to use the
funds for the four projects
approved some time ago
Monday night the city council
also approved a contract for
engineering for the four
Community Development pro-
jects with the firm of Groves,
Fernandez, Barry, Telford 4
Associates of San Antonio.
Bill Telford told the council
the firm is ready to begin work
on the development of plans and
specification for bidding and
ultimate construction. The four
projects are sewer improve-
ments for Oak Park, drainage
improvements to Maddox,
Lions to Install Officers
At Dinner-Meeting June 25
New officers of the Aransas
Pass Lions Club will be installed
June 25 at a ladies night
dinner - meeting at the
Petroleum Club in Corpus
Christi.
Elton Ivicic, local manager of
Entex, will be installed presi
dent of the club for the 1975-76
club year. He succeeds Ricky
McNiel as head of the local
service club.
Donnie Koym will become
first vice president; Charlie
Johnson, second vice president,
and Gary Startzell, third vice
president.
Other new officers are Randy
Trevathan, secretary-
treasurer; Jeff Holden, tail
twister; and Houston Speer,
returned as lion tamer.
First-year directors are
Connie Arnold and Moreland
Bexley. Second-year directors
are Paul Bohct and Bob Smith.
The new officers will assume
their posts at the first meeting
in July.
The ladies night meeting will
begin with a cocktail hour at
6:30 p.m. and dinner will be
served at 7:30 p.m. The
installation will be in charge of
Lion President McNiel. Enter-
tainment will include the
showing of a film on the Lions
Club Crippled Children’s Camp
at Kerrville.
Following the dinner, the
lions and their ladies will move
to the main room of the
Petroleum Club for dancing and
special entertainment.
Lions are requested to make
their reservations to John
Bailey, Phone 758 3241, not later
than June 23 so that adequate
arrrangemen'.s can be made.
A Lady Mayor
mmmm
Seen...
.. MONROE HICKS without a
hat . RUTH ROLLS getting
ready to give her huge German
Shepherd a bath Saturday . . .
HORACE and BETH
PERKINS, former residents of
Aransas Pass, visiting here
with friends. They have lived in
Hattiesburg, Mississippi for a
number of years . . the GIFT
BOX is expanding . . FELIX
TURNBOUGH wearing a pair
of cut out Shoes, due to a couple
of ingrown toenails AL
HOLGUIN relinguishing every-
thing at City Hall to the ladies
for one day . . . L-CPL FRED
AUSTIN, who is stationed at
Kaneohe Air Base in Hawaii, is
visiting with his family and
surprised his grandparents,
MR and MRS BILL VICKERY
on Mooney Lane with a visit
Thursday morning . , .
JENNIFER and CHARLIE
BROWN working on their
reading certificates .. BAKER .
MARINE getting a 'piece of
equipment that took up the
width of Old Ingleside Road , ..
BILL and RUTH JOHNSON
entertaining relatives this week
Jo Anna Daniel received a lot of kidding Monday night
at the Aransas Pass city council meeting about the
city's first lady mayor. Mrs. Daniel purchaaed the right
to be mayor for one day on the Channel 16 auction last
month for $30 — last year the post sold for $5. Mrs
Daniel says the Is very proud of Aransas Pass and
when the heard what the bid was for the mayor-for-
e-day post she didn’t want to let Aransas Pass down
and so called in a bid — she didn’t know she would
outbid anyone. Mrs. Daniel Is pictured with Mayor
J. M. Attaway as she trades In her certificate from
Channel 16 for the mayor’s gavel, although the actual
day In office will come in the near future.
City Taking Good Look
otflcere At Employee Pay Scale
New officers and directors of
the Aransas Pass Rotary Club
were installed Monday at the
clubs weekly luncheon meeting
at Little Bob’s Restaurant
Al Holguin Aransas Pass city
manager, was installed as
president of the club. He served
last year as vice president
Holguin was installed by Allen
Lawrence, Sr., Past District
Governor for Rotary, and father
of club's outgoing president,
Allen Lawrence, Jr.
Other officers for the 1975-76
year are Phillip Howard, vice
president, Jimmie Williams,
secretary, Robert Erwin,
assistant secretary, John
Loftin, treasurer, Elton Mayer,
assistant treasurer, and W.H.
Taylor, sergent-at-arms.
Directors are Jim Bauknight,
Frank de la Rosa, David
Maguglin, Williams, Lawrence,
Holguin, and Howard
Aransas Pass city officials
are taking a long-hard look at
the pay classification system
and retirement plan for city
employees that may result in
pay raises.
The city council Monday night
set a workshop session to-
morrow at 7 p.m. to go over the
pay classification system which
has been drawn up by the city
manager and a Coastal Bend
Council of Governments per-
sonnel planner, Sandra
Gonzales.
The classification system was
developed by Ms. Gonzales to
determine where city
employees stand in the order of
importance and to establish a
personnel policy, including
duties and responsiblities and
where each city employee
stands as far as pay scale is
concerned.
City manager Al Holguin said
Ms Gonzales has been working
on the pay classification system
since last August and inter-
viewed each city employee.
Monday night there were
some questions concerning the
pay classification raised before
the meeting and during the
meeting councilman Felix
Turnbough asked that the item
be tabled for further study
because he had several ques-
tions about the system.
Turnbough also stated that
Holguin had done a good job in
coming up with the system.
Councilman J.T. Marshall
said he feels the same way as
Turnbough and also that some
of the salaries paid employees
Blossom and Commercial
Streets and paving of a portion
of Bigelow Street at the harbor
and several blocks of Highland
Avenue.
In other business the city
council Monday night:
...Approved resolution 1744
requesting criminal justice
funds from the state through the
Council of Governments.
. Approved ordinance 1743
amending the zoning map by
rezoning Lots 4-45 Block 2 and
Lots 27-46 Block 5 of Frick’s
First Addition.
. Approved ordinance 1744
granting a conditional use
permit to Mrs. Ruby Reynolds
for a day nursery.
.. .Held a public hearing on the
proposed Revenue Sharing
budget.
.Approved a request from
Pasco Oil Well for a rework
permit on a well on the
Portobelo site which fronts
Highway 35.
...Approved a request from
Una Kennedy for a general
exception to the Flood
Ordinance.
We Invite...
We invite to be our guests at
the picture, “Rancho Deluxe’’,
showing Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, June 22, 23 and 24 at
the Rialto Theatre, Howard
Munson and guest.
This notice, clipped from The
Progress, will serve as your
admission
ROTARY CLUB officer* and directors were installed at the club’s regular weekly
meeting Monday at Little Bob's Restaurant Installed were (L-R) Jim Bauknight,
director, W. H. Taylor, aergeant-at-arms, Jimmie Williams, secretary and direc-
tor, John Loftin, treasurer, and Phillip Howard, director and vice president. Not
pictured are Robert Erwin, assistant secretary, Elton Mayer, assistant treasurer,
Allen Lawrence, director, Frank de la Rosa, director, David Maguglin, director end
Al Holguin, director.
Child Welfare Board Hears
Of Need for More Services
“The best opportunity for a
child is in a family unit",
advised Mrs. Virginia Shaw as
she spoke to members of the
Child Welfare Board of San
Patricio County Thursday at an
orientation meeting held in the
County Courthouse, Sinton.
Mrs. Shaw, protective service
caseworker in Aransas Pass for
the Department of Public
Welfare (DPW), was among
eight staff members of the
department who were wel-
comed by County Judge Percy
A. Hartman to address the 12
board members attending from
Gregory, Taft, Mathis, Odem,
Sinton, Ingleside. and Aransas
Pass.
Aransas Pass board members
are Charles W. Marshall and
Mrs. Troy E Shirley. Ingleside
board members are Rev. W.T.
Morris and Mrs. Carol
Herrington
The appointment of citizenry
representing these communi-
ties and Portland was made
recently by the county commis-
sioner’s court.
Mrs. Mary Hardwick of
Sinton was elected by the Child
Welfare Board to serve as
Port Aransas Planning
Occupancy Tax Uses
Port Aransas city council last
week named two of its members
to establish a committee to
study and develop a plan for the
use of revenue from the
occupancy tax on local hotels
and motels
The 62nd Texas Legislature
passed a bill which allows cities
with less than 6,000 population
to collect the hotel anc motel
occupancy tax and Port
Aransas will take advantage of
the tax to build up its tourist
industry. The legislation allows
the revenue to be used only for
tourist promotion and facilities
In a workshop session prior to
the Tuesday council meeting,
several suggestions were made
by council member* as to the
use of the tax revenue
One councilman suggested
the city look at the new revenue
as a means to offset bonded
indebtedness fdr tourist
facilities. Councilman Mark
Grosae said the city should look
at the location of a new
community center or tourist
ct^nter at Eleventh Street and
Island Road on a 34-acre site.
He also said that eventually the
site could be developed into a
city park with tennis courts and
pool and other recreational
facilities.
One councilman stated that
the city could receive $40,000
annually from the 2 percent
occupancy tax
Grosse told the other council
members during the workshop
meeting that "we need action
quickly," and the best route
would be to set up a committee
and give it a deadline to develop
a plan
When the appointment of
Ralph Keene and Maubrey
Nelson was made last week, the
council also established the
make up of the committee It
will be made up of the two
councilmen, two hote^-motel
owners, one local businessman
and one Pori Aransas Chamber
of Commerce member.
The committee is expected to
come to the city council with
chairman. Meetings are
scheduled for the third Monday
of each month.
The perspectives were out-
lined to the group by Mrs.
Marcia Gillen. Protective
Service Program director,
Corpus Christi.
A film entitled “Wednesday’s
Children" was presented by
Miss Betty Bentz of Sinton,
DPW supervisor. Information
provided in the film placed
emphasis on the increasing
need statewide for medical and
emergency protective services
in caring for battered victims of
child abuse
Crisis intervention work was
discussed by staff members
who reviewed several of the
more tragic area cases, and.
see "WELFARE’’ Pg. 3
JOE SALEM of Corpus
Christi, who is now serving
as state representative, has
announced that he will be
a candidate for the Texes
Senate In the 1976 elec-
tions. He is seeking the post
presently held by Mike
McKinnon of Corpus Christ-
ti.
are "a little low" and said if
there is "some way to kick up
the scale" for the next city
budget he is in favor of it.
Turnbough then said the city is
"running way too late" with the
system and the council should
act as soon as possible
Holguin Tuesday said there
had been a workshop session on
the pay classification system
earlier but that this is a new
council with a new member who
had not been there in the
planning stages He also said
that to initiate the plan some
city employees will get raises
and some will not.
Monday night the city council
gave the go ahead to the city
manager to include a retire-
ment system for city employees
in the 1975-76 proposed budget.
Texas Municipal Retirement
System (TMRS) has proposed
one channel for establishing a
retirement plan. The TMRS
completed an actuarial study
for the city based on infor-
mation supplied it by the city
and then provided estimates on
the cost to the city of such a
system.
TMRS supplied figures under
two plans The first figures
were based on contributions of
five percent of full salary by the
employee and 4 05 percent by
the city and the second figures
were based on a seven percent
contribution by employees and
! 4.95 percent by the city
Under the first plan the city’s
* coat of the program would be
f just slightly more than $15,000
Summer AAU
Track Meet
Set Tomorrow
Aransas Pass will be hosting
for the first time tomorrow the
summer AAU track meet at the
high school stadium.
Coach Marvin Marek
announced that the track meet
will get under way at 10 a m.
and will continue until about
4:30 p.m. Youngsters from
Aransas Pass and area cities
will be competing A meet
scheduled last week was rained
out.
Admission charge for the
spectators will be 25 cents.
and under the second plan the
city’s cost would be slightly
more than $18,600.
The question raised Monday
night by councilmen was where
will the city’s share of the cost
of the retirement plan come
from Councilman J.T Buck-
master suggested that the
decision on the retirement
system be held up until the city
is further along on the
See "PAY SCALE" Pg. 3
Ramey Attends
Postmasters Meet
In San Antonio
Myron Ramey. Aransas Pass
Postmaster, was one of 425
attending the 39th annual
Convention of Texas Chapter
National Association of Post-
masters of the United States
(NAPUS) in San Antonio
It was the largest attendance
of any such convention in the
past 10 years
NAPUS, an organization that
promotes the professional
status of more than 82 percent
of the State's 1,517 Postmasters,
is comprised of 28,000 Post-
masters nation-wide
Jesse Saldana. Postmaster of
San Antonin, served as host. Ed
Jendrusch, Jr., of Fall City,
completed his term as president
during the convention. Elected
new president was John Rose of
Albany.
Featured speakers for the
Postmasters Convention, held
at El Tropicano Hotel, included
Norman S Halliday, second
assistant Postmaster General
from Washington, and C. Neil
Benson, regional chief inspector
from Memphis.
Representing NAPUS nation-
ally at the convention were John
Goodman, secretary-treasurer,
and Cormac Suel, editor of the
"Postmaster Gazette".
The two-dav meeting focused
on "improving of the postal
service from the managerial
level". Seminars and study
groups discussed the problems
that face Postmasters.
Ramey has been head of the
Aransas Pass Post Office since
June 1973. Accompanying him
to the convention was his wife,
l,ela
Cities Receive Third
Monthly Tax Checks
Comptrollers of Public
Accounts Bob Bullock sent
checks worth $28 8 million
Friday to more than 800 towns
and cities in the third round of
monthly city sales tax rebates
Bullock said the June pay-
ments were considerably higher
than the previous two months
because of the big
end-of-the-quarter tax pay-
ments made by merchants
following the April 30 deadline
for reporting taxes they
collected from the public in
January, February, and March.
The City of Aransas Pass
received a check for $14,872.72
This brings the total received by
Aransas Pass for the first
quarter of the year to
$31,099 56
The City of Ingleside received
a check for $3,629 41 for the final
monthly payment of the first
quarter This brings the total
for Ingleside for the first
quarter sales taxes to $6,727 61
The City of Port Aransas
received a check for this
monthly payment of $4,226 70
Bullock converted the city
sales tax payments to a monthly
system in April to get away
from the old quarterly rebate
system which had been in use
since the start of the city sales
tax and which forced cities to
wait 60 to 90 days for their
money ' ' f
"The interest alone-at six
percent -on the $16 million we
paid in April and (he $199
million we paid in May was
worth a good quarter of a
million dollars to the cities just
by not having to wait until now
for a quarterly payment,"
Bullock said
Every city which has adopted
the one percent local tax
received payments this month
regardless of the size of the
rebate. Payments in the first
and second jgionth of each
three-month cycle are not made
on rebates of less than $500
Heard.
GLORIA HASKETT has
replaced her 17-year-old cook
book BILL AUTEN and
BYRON CALCOTTE won a golf
tournament in Graham. Texas
over the weekend . . . two
Ingleside ladies finally made
TV on Friday the 13th ROSS
MACK SCHONHOEFT under
went tests in an Aransas Pass
hospital the first of the week
EDDIE OFFER underwent
surgery in a local hospital last
week INGLESIDE CITY
COUNCIL meeting was called
off Thursday because they
didn't have anything to talk
about SARALEE
ATTAWAY is visiting in Hawaii
with her daughter. Sue Ellen,
who is attending college there
this summer LINDA
BELCHER and daughters,
Clara and Janelle. arrived thik
week from Bahrain for a
months visit in the states . .
Clara had the Chicken Pox on
arrival so they are grounded . .
JIM and MARGE POWELL
have been visiting in New
Orleans with their son, Jimmy,
and family . . .
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