The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 29, 1973 Page: 1 of 14
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THE ARANSAS PASS PROGRESS
Boosting Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Port Aransas Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
>LUME 65—NUMBER 14
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ivernor Briscoe Pledges Support
Deepwater Port; Area Leaders
ik Toward It As A Reality
[Area business and civic lead-
this week were expressing
ixtreme’’ optimism that the
^oposed deepwater port at
irbor Island will become a
lity in the not too distant
following a luncheon
last week in Corpus
iristi at which time Governor
olph Briscoe was “briefed”
the project and pledged his
upport and the state's coopera-
loo.
ture
Meeting
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"I want to be of help and this
has my wholehearted support,”
the state’s governor declareda-
fter hearing plans for the pro-
ject as presented by M. Harvey
Weil, Nueces County Navigation
District attorney, before some
70 area business and civic
leaders and Corpus Christ! Port
Authority officials at the Town
Club. Barney M. Davis, presi-
dent of Central Power and Light
Company, was host for the
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THIS rULL-FLEDOED TORNADO passed within 300-
feet of the big Bess family-owned house on St Joseph
Island at 1:06 pan. Monday- The photo was taken by
Nan Herndon, wife of Bob Herndon, this city's official
U.8. weather observer, who also works out on the
island east of Aransas Pass. Nan, who normally doesn’t
accompany her husband to work went out to the island
with him early Monday to spend the day and ended
up with this very good photo. Herndon said the torna-
do when over the island was moving in a due west
direction. Since no damage was reported, according to
local officers, the funnel cloud apparently dissipated.
The camera was provided by Thomas Ehuiis, a painter.
New Trawler
Christening
Here Today
Christening ceremonies for
Ocean Bloom, Incorporated’s
newest and the last of the lo-
cally based firm’s new shrimp
boats for this year was to take
place today at 3:30 p.m. at
Municipal Dock on Conn Brown
Harbor.
A spokesman for the corpo-
ration said Mrs. Jean Engel-
hart, wife of the vice-president
of the Corpus Christi State
Bank, is slated to do the chris-
tening honors. Immediately
following, an invitatfon only
cocktail party was scheduled
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the
Rattan Room at Little Bob’s.
The new vessel--whlch will
be christened M/V Cape Ann—
is a 75-foot, all-steel trawler
and will be placed into service
immediately. It will become the
firm’s 12th shrimper in its fleet
operating out of Conn Brown
Harbor.
APHS Junior
Varsity Grid
Schedule
The junior varsity football
squad of Aransas Pass High
School will open its 1973 sche-
dule on September 13 traveling
to Ingleside and a 7:30 p.m.
kick-off.
The remainder ’73 schedule
for the JV’s season is as fol-
lows:
September 20—Bishop, here.
September 27--Tuloso-Mid-
way, there.
October 4--G re gory-Port-
land, here.
October 11—Taft, here.
October 18—Flour Bluff,
there.
October 25—Calallen, there.
November 1—Rockport.here.
November 8—Sin ton, here.
November 15--West Oso,
there.
Kick-off time for all junior
varsity team games is 7:30p.m.
and all will be played on Thurs-
day nights.
affair. ,
Those attending also heard
U. S. Rep. John Young of Cor-
pus Christi declare: "The pro-
posed deepwater port at Harbor
Island at Port Aransas could
help make all of South Texas
both a good place to live and
a place to make a good living.”
Young, who has been a booster
of the project since it was first
proposed almost a year ago, has
been working toward obtaining
assistance in the project from
the federal government although
civic leaders, executives of
large oil companies and other
groups have pledged financial
assistance through private
funds.
Plans prepared jointly by the
Corpus Christi Port Authority
and the Nueces County Naviga-
tion District would construct the
existing Harbor Island terminal
into a 7.45-mile long, 72-foot
deep channel extending from the
Port Aransas Jetty entrance of
the Corpus Christi ship channel
eotrance at Harbor Island.
There would be two tanker docks
at Harbor Island just Inside the
jetties, permitting tankers to
dock bow-in when loaded and be
turned around in a maneuvering
basis at the site after dischar-
ging cargo. Storage facilities
for handling bulk liquids would
be provided nearby.
It was pointed out that a deep-
water port inshore at Harbor
Island would be better than an
offshore port from an environ-
mental aspect in that any spil-
lage could be contained at Har-
bor Island and Weil told of the
careful study and consideration
in locating the deepwater port
See "Super Port” P-2
King To Address
Surveyors Meet
In Victoria
L. D. King of Aransas Pass
will present the program at a
Ladies Night meeting of the
Guadalupe Valley Chapter of
the Texas Surveyors Associa-
tion in Victoria on the evening
of Sept. 4. His subject will
be “The Public Domain of Te-
xas".
The meeting will be at Ram-
sey’s Restaurant, 1403 N. Na-
varro Street. A social hour
beginning at 6:30 p.m. will pre-
cede the meeting.
Patrol Boys
Selected At
Kieberger School
Patrol boys have been selec-
ted at Kieberger Elementary
School for the new school year.
Two groups were selected with
the groups having duty on al-
ternating weeks.
The first group consists of
Jerry House, Jerry Cotton,
Ricky Smith, Tex Tracy, Ci-
rildo Otero, and Robbie Mercer.
The second group consists of
Lupe Zamora, George Potts,
Omer Robertson, James War-
ren, Ronald Everett, and Johnny
Williamson.
Special Council
Election Deadline
5 P.M. Thursday
Citizens Interested in being a
candidate for the vacant position
on Aransas Pass City Council
to be filled in a special election
on September 29 have until 5
p.m Thursday, August 30 to
file as a candidate with City
Secretary Ruth Rolls.
The special election was call-
ed on August 6 after the council
accepted the resignation of John
Tijerina, who has moved to
Robstown.
As of late Tuesday, the names
of four men will appear on the
ballot for the council position.
They are: (in the order they
filed) Robert F. Sullivan, J. T.
Marshall, R. Joe Yoder and Pat
Crenshaw.
Expected To Climb
City’s 73-74 School Year
Begins With 1,905 Students
School bells rang out last
Thursday morning for almost
1905 students of the Aransas
Pass Independent School Dis-
trict and classes for the 1973-
74 school year officially got
under way
Enrollment figures were be-
low expectations but school of-
ficials are anticipating a "con-
siderable increase” after La-
bor Day and reach the peak
enrollment by sometime in No-
vember.
Aransas Pass High School
has the largest number of stu-
dents so far with a total of 533
followed by Faulk Elementary,
524; Kieberger Elementary,
498; and May Allen Junior High,
350.
Supt. Blunt said after the
Labor Day weekend of 1972,
an additional 187 students re-
gistered but said he is expect-
ing only about 50 "or possibly
Area Gears For Onslaught
01 Labor Day Weekend Crowd
Charter boat operators,
motel and restaurant owners
and merchants who cater to
tourist trade were gearing to-
day for the onslaught of an es-
timated 25,000 or more visitors
to this area beginning Friday
when the long Labor Day week-
end gets under way. It will be
the last long holiday period of
summer and traditionally sig-
nals the end of summertime.
Also beefing up their forces
are all area law enforcement
agencies--all of which have
cancelled days off for em-
ployees.
The chiefs of police of Aran-
sas Pass, Ingleside and Port
Aransas said their departments
will have officers working “a-
round the clock.”
San Patricio County Sheriff
Wayne Hitt said all of his de-
puties will be on duty at their
assigned stations throughout the
area and Col. Wilson Spier,
head of the Texas Department
of Public Safety announced a
week ago that the entire DPS
patrol units "will be kept in
Calcote Attends
Colorado
Banking: School
Byron L. Calcote, president
of the First National Bank of
Ingleside, was among 362 per-
sons from 22 states who attend-
ed the Colorado School of Bank-
ing held Aug. 5-17 at the Uni-
versity of Colorado, Boulder.
The school was taught by an
outstanding faculty of distin-
quished professors of business
and management, as well as
top executives in the banking
industry.
The Colorado School of Bank-
ing is in its 23rd year of pro-
viding intensive courses of
study for bankers who wish to
broaden their knowledge of
banking operations and mana-
gement, and to gain a better
understanding of the role that
banking plays in the economic
structure of the country.
The school is co-sponsored
by the Colorado Bankers As-
sociation and the University
of Colorado in cooperation with
the Graduate School of Busi-
ness Administration.
SEEN
... BETTY CARDWELL, the
Caller's gal about these parts,
visiting Hie Progress office
. . . TERRY LASSITER busy
on plans for horse show com-
ing up Sept 8 .. . L. R. NED-
BALEK selling some season
tickets for APHS PANTHER
grid games . . . ROBERT
MIZE one of our kind and
efficient Aransas Pass Po-
lice Department patrolmen
helping out a lady in distress
in front of post office early
Monday when her auto went
dead . . . also local patrol
units frequently in the school
zone areas . . . CHARLES
BRANCH mopping up soap
| suds from his kitchen floor
MARY MOLINA chasing
dermit crab around her
nt and finally hav-
High Traffic Toll
Seen for Labor Day
AUSTIN—Colonel Wilson E.
Speir, director of the Texas
Department of Public Safety,
today warned that 42 persons
may lose their lives in Texas
traffic during the long Labor
Day weekend.
The holiday officially begins
at 6 p.m. Friday, August 31
and runs through midnight Mon-
We Invite .. .
We invite to be our guests at
the picture, "Dracula A. D.
1972” showing Sunday, Monday,
Tuesdiy, September 2, 3. 4 at
Rialto Theatre, Mrs. Jain“i
day, September 3.
Speir said the DPS is making
preparations to cope with in-
creased holiday travel. "Every
available Department of Public
Safety patrolman will be on duty
during this three day weekend,
utilizing all resources we can
put our hands on to prevent ac-
cidents,” he added.
The DPS director noted that
special attention will be paid
to hazardous traffic violations
normally associated with a high
holiday death toll. Patrolmen
will be especially watchful for
such offenses as speeding,
driving while drinking, im-
will also work with local law
enforcement agencies and the
news media of Texas to conduct
an accident prevention program
called “Operation Motofcide.”
During "Operation Motor-
cide,” tabulations and pertinent
facts about all fatal holiday traf-
fic crashes will be compiled
three times daily and released
to the news media. Notation
wiU be made as to where and
why accidents are happening.
Speir called the holiday pro-
gram "a life and death struggle
for the lives of our citizens,”
and he urged every motorist to
cooperate in the effort.
service throughout the Labor
Day weekend.”
Like Col. Spier, area law
officials said they have issued
orders to their patrol units to
watch particularly for speeders
and person suspected of driving
while drinking in an all-out ef-
fort to cut down on the holiday
traffic death toll.
The biggest traffic problem
expected in this area will be at
the ship channel crossing on
the ferries from Aransas Pass
to Port Aransas and Mustang
Island. While the Texas High-
way Department wlU be opera-
ting all five of its ferry boats
24 hours a day, it is expected
See "Labor Day” P-2
Johnny Rodriquez, 14, APRS Grid
Player Dies; Mass Held Aug. 25
Funeral mass was celebrated
at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 25
at St. Mary Star of the Sea
Catholic Church for John (John-
ny) G. Rodriguez, 14-year-old
Aransas Pass High School
freshman football player, who
died of natural causes after he
collapsed on the practice field
last Wednesday, August 22. The
autopsy revealed no history of
any heart problems and said
death was due to cardiac arrest,
cause undetermined.
Johnny, who was well-known
by classmates and an unusually
large number of adults due to
his expertise as a young skeet
shooter, was participating in a
” dummy scrimmage” (non-
contact practice) under the di-
rection of freshman grid coach,
Jimmy Zamora late Wednesday
when he became ill and collap-
sed. He was taken to a local
hospital in a private vehicle
and then rushed via Marshall
Funeral Home ambulance to
Memorial Hospital in Corpus
Christi where he was pronoun-
ced dead at 7:56 p.m.
Coach Zamora and the entire
Aransas Pass football coaching
staff and school officials des-
cribed the youth’s death “as a
great shock and loss and a tra-
gedy which won’t be forgotten.’’
Aransas Pass Police Chief
Felix Turnbough said he had
known the youth “most of his
life and Johnny was an expert
skeet shooter when he was only
10 years old and he had to hold
the stock under his shoulder be-
cause he was so little for the
big gun.”
Rosary was recited at 8 p.m.
last Friday in Marshall Funeral
Home Chapel. Interment was In
Prairie View Cemetery.
A native of Corpus Christi,
Johnny had resided in Aransas
Pass most of his life. In addi-
tion to being a freshman at
APHS, he was a member of St.
Mary Star of the Sea Catholic
Church and was very active in
past years in the city’s Little
League baseball program
having made the all-star team,
his final yfiar of Little League
play.
Surviving are his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Rodriguez;
brothers, Pedro and Alfredo
Rodriguez, both of Aransas
Pass; Rudy Rodriguez, Corpus
Christi; sisters, Mrs. Mike
Scott, Sarasota, Fla.; Mrs. Ro-
bert Rinche, LaPorte, Texas;
halfsisters, Mrs. Johnny Ci-
sneros, Corpus Christi; Mrs.
John Tijerina, Aransas Pass;
Mrs. Modesto Ortegon, Mrs.
Noe Flores, both of Houston;
Mrs. Benny Romero, Austin;
Mrs. Jesse Reyes, San An-
tonio; Mrs. Alfredo Gonzales,
Laredo.
NOTICE!!
The Progress, along with
many other Aransas Pass busi-
ness firms, will be closed on
Labor Day, September 3. It
will be helpful and very much
appreciated if those with adver-
tising or news items will turn
in their material as early as
possible.
more this year after the holi-
day and then we will gradually
increase enrollment up into No-
vember.”
Kindergarten pupils as of
Tuesday numbered only 28 but
Blunt said at least 70 are ex-
pected to be in classes in the
second semester.
At Aransas Pass High School
just prior to beginning of clas-
ses all students were given a
new copy of the “Student Hand-
book and Guide” which sets
forth special rules and regu-
lations as approved by the sys-
tem’s board of trustees.
The handbook which contains
67 pages covers everything
from the school’s alma mater,
the pledge of allegiance to the
flag to curriculum information
and regulations to school board
policies Including a dress and
grooming policy.
Under the dress and groom-
ing policy, the book says the
student body of APHS should
dress and be groomed in an
appropriate manner “to give
our school an excellent appear-
ance to ourselves and others.”
According to the policy: Boys
are required to keep their hair
groomed so that it will not pro-
trude over their eyes, ears, or
shirt collars. The hair should
be neatly combed at all times.
Boys should be clean shaven
and sideburns should not ex-
tend below the ear lobe. Cloth-
ing should be neat and clean.
Shirttalls shall be worn inside
the pants or outside the pants
according to tailored design.
Socks and shoes will be worn
at school.
Female students will be al-
lowed to wear pant attire pro-
vided that such attire is in good
taste which does not reach
extremes that are not appro-
priate for school wear or are
disruptive to the educational
process. Blouses or tops may
be worn inside or out as
tailored. Clothing is to be neat
and clean as for a business-
like day. For health and safe-
ty girls will wear shoes while
at school. Girls will be re-
quired to wear longer skirts or
dresses if their appearance is
disruptive to the educational
process.
Listed as types of dress not
appropriate are the following:
--Shorts or any type of cloth-
ing that will appear to be shorts
when viewed from any direction.
--Clothing that is excessively
tight fitting or excessively loose
fitting.
-•Bare midriffs or see
through type clothing which ex-
See "School” P-2
Lions, Rotarians
Ladies Night
Supper Aug. 3G
Live Oak Country Club wiU
be the scene of a ladies night
supper Thursday, August 30,
for members of the Aransas
Pass Lions and Rotary Clubs
and their ladles.
Supper is scheduled for 7:30
p.m. followed by games and en-
tertainment. Reservations in-
dicate a good turnout for the
joint meeting of the two service
clubs.
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■ing to Doll it . . . JIMMY
■TRINOALI with a new hair
L Simpson and guest.
This notice, clipped from The
proper passing and driving on
the wrong side of the road.
( 1
Sfdo . . . LINDA DOUGLAS
■■on Houston Television
Progress, will serve as your
admission.
In addition to stepped-up en-
forcement activities, the DPS
friendly'
NEW SCHOOL ROOMS — The structural steel work on the eight classroom addi-
tion to Faulk Elementary School was nearing completion this week. Originally
school officials had hoped the expanded facilities would be available in early
September but a spokeman said Tuesday it “will probably be mid-term.” The
new addition — being built by Canterberry Construction Company of Rockport
will house kindergarten classes. Financing of the project is coming from the $2
million school bond issue approved by taxpayers in April 1*72.
PRISONERS in Aransas Pass’ city jail these days will
find sleeping accommodations somewhat better than
previously. Police Chief Felix Turnbough examines one
of 12 new, three-inch thick rubber foam mattresses
just placed on cell bunks this week. The chief said
they were needed to replace worn out ones and he ex-
pressed particular pleasure over the fact that the new
ones are fireproof. The local jail which is an all-steel
solid cell block in the rear of the police station was
once used to house German prisoners of war during
World War II and accommodates 16 prisoners. Chief
Turnbough said the steel structure “absolutely cannot
be cut in any way by a hacksaw.”
HEARD...
. . . JOHNNY MULLEN AX
recently received his wings
at Mathers AFB in California
and wife, KAY got her PHT
diploma (PHT meaning "put-
ting hubby through" school)
. . . SKEET and CLARA
REID back from out-of-town
vacation and spending this
week "doing things around
the house" . . . A. C. BLUNT,
local school super, disap-
pointed at first enrollment
figures but expects them to
increase steadily . . . many
friends — young and old —
saddened at tragic death of
young JOHNNY RODRI-
GUEZ . . . ALICE RICH-
ARDS preparing to plant her
“fall garden." . . . places
which sell FISHING LI-
CENSES doing a booming
business since deadline for
new ones is midnight Fri-
day ... PORT ARANSAS law
officers to begin crackdown
on speeders on beach area
inside city limits when new
ordinance goes into effect
soon . . .
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The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 29, 1973, newspaper, August 29, 1973; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth996862/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.