The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 23, 1974 Page: 1 of 16
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THE ARANSAS PASS PROGRESS
Northern Gateway
To Padre Island
Nafl Seashore Area
Boosting: Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Port Aransas Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
VOLUME 66—NUMBER 32
• KCOND CLASS POSTAOS
PAID AT ARANSAS PASS. TEXAS
ARANSAS PASS. TEXAS 78336. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1874
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Crime Prevention Program
Okayed for Aransas Pass
Aransas Pass mayor and city
council at its regular meeting
Monday night approved parti-
cipation by its Police Depart-
ment in a Regional Crime
Prevention Program, sponsor-
ed by the Coastal Rend Council
of Governments, Criminal Jus-
tice Council.
Funds for the program will be
provided by the Texas Criminal
Justice Division. Office of the
Governor. Funds for the local
program will be provided on a
year to year basis through the
Coastal Bend Council of
Governments.
Police Crime Prevention
Programs in Texas have been
expanding recently at a rapid
pace and much attention is
being paid to this new approach
to crime control.
In late 1972 there were only
two Crime Prevention Units
operating in Texas. By March,
1974, there were 12 Crime
Prevention Units operating in
police agencies with the
assistance of Criminal Justice
Division funds. In addition there
are three similar units opera-
ting solely with local funds.
Until now all units have only
been implemented in cities over
50.000 m population.
The need for (’rime Preven-
tion Services to be provided to
the rural public served by small
law enforcement agencies is
proving to be just as important
as it is for large cities, since
their crime problems are the
same on a proportionate basis.
On April 5, 1974, the Criminal
;> ,.CC
Justice Division provided funds a special two-week crime
to two of the first new Regional prevention in-service school
Crime Prevention Programs. (Texas Crime Prevention In-
Under the guidelines for the stitute) provided by the Law
new regional programs, federal Enforcement Department of
and state matching funds Southwest Texas State Univer-
provide money to state planning sity
regions to hire and retain on
staff a full-time ex police officer
to serve as regional crime
prevention coordinator.
After training the coordinator
in crime prevention techniques
at the National Crime Preven-
tion Institute in Louisville,
Kentucky for four weeks, the
program provides a coordina-
ting crime control effort to
small municipality or county
law enforcement agencies.
In order for local govern-
mental agencies to receive the
assistance from the state
planning regions, each agency
must adopt a resolution
committing support for the
program In addition, the police
chief and city manager must
file a letter of endorsement and
commitment.
Each state planning region
usually will qualify for $40,000 to
$60,000 of Criminal Justice
Division assistance when they
develop a program providing
services to a minimum of 80,000
population
The cities and counties that
choose to participate in the
regional program receive crime
prevention police officer train-
ing in two stages.
First, a local officer of
sergeant rank or above is
designated as the local agency
liaison officer. He then attends
Second, all other commis-
sioned officers of the partici-
pating law enforcement agen-
cies receive a minimum of five
hours crime prevention training
in the region This training
course has been developed and
See “PROGRAM” Pg. 2
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WAYNE PRUITT
Local Accountants
To Do City Audit
After a 25 minute executive
session the Aransas Pass city
council voted to hire local
auditors on a move that met
with the disapproval of the
mayor and with one city
councilman abstaining from
voting.
The yearly audit of the city's
books has for the past several
years been done by Ashley
Prather of Miller, Prather,
Wade and Canine of Corpus
Christi.
This year at the budget
workshop meeting held in the
summer the question of hiring
someone local to do the audit
was raised. It again came up at
the October 7 city council
meeting when councilman J T
Buckmaster reminded the
council of the agreement at the
budget workshop to check into
hiring a local firm for the audit
and the city manager was
instructed to contact local
accountants.
Monday high! the council at
the suggestion of Mayor J M
Attaway went into executive
session with the city attorney
and city manager. Almost half
an hour later the council
returned to its chamber and
Buckmaster made the motion to
hire Porter and Frazier, local
certified public accountants, to
do the audit, although he said he
knew the motion would fail
Councilman Ted Brooks se
conded the motion. Councilman
Bill llowe abstained from
voting and Attaway said be
opposed it Councilman J T
Marshall was not present at
Monday night's meeting.
Concern had been voiced
when the idea was first
presented at the last meeting
that bringing in an auditor who
was unfamiliar with the
operation of the city would be
costly in time and money
Some city officials bad
argued that the firm that had
been doing the audits was
reliable and familiar with the
books and that this year the
audit is an 18 month audit
because of the change in the
city's fiscal year, this would
thus add to the difficulty of
doing the audit for an
accountant not familiar w ith the
books.
Others argued that the city
should keep as much of its
business for local people as is
possible.
Associated Charities Begins
Christmas Box Drive
MAKING HIS WAY UP in the Put, Punt end Kick
competition Slidell Harvey, an eight year old from
Aransas Pass, won first place in his age division Sat-
urday in district competition at Houston. This qualified
him to go to regional competition which will be held
in Houston at the Astrodome November 24 prior to
a Houston Oiler game with the presentation of trophies
being televised. Harvey won first place in his division
in local competition early this month to qualify for
zone competition in Victoria At Victoria he again won
first place to qualify for the district competition. Young
Harvey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Slidell Harvey, Sr.
The Pass, Punt and Kick competition is sponsored lo-
cally by Commercial Motors and is sponsored nation-
wide by the Ford Dealers of America and the National
Football League.
Christmas may be two
months away, but the spirit of
Christmas is already starting to
show in Aransas Pass.
Associated Charities of Aran-
sas Pass, which yearly furnish-
es food and toys to local families
who would otherwise do without
during Christmas, has begun its
drive for non-perishable food
stuff
Mrs Meredith Moore said
Monday that non-perishable
foods, canned goods, may be
taken to Marshall Funeral
Home where Associated Chari-
ties will pick them up. She said
that at this time no clothes will
be taken
Mrs Moore said dolls which
are in good shape or that can be
restored w ill be accepted Toys,
unless they are new, or in
exceptionally good condition,
will not be accepted Mrs
Moore said Associated Chari
ties does not have anyone who
can repair the toys so unless
they are in a good enough
condition to pass on as they are
they will not be accepted
Dolls are easier to make new
dresses for and clean said Mrs
Moore and those people with
Associated Charities will get
these in condition to give, but
the toys are different She said
she would like to have someone
who can repair toys but at this
time has been unable to find a
volunteer.
SEEN ...
LAND'S DRIVE IN covered
with spirit signs . BERTIE
MAM working at the Aransas
Pass Chamber of Commerce
office HANNA ROEBUCK
looking so pretty and happy . .
( LEO and BILL BARR of
Commanche, former residents
of Aransas Pass, visiting with
old friends at Live Oak Country
Club MRS JAMES E
BARR looking so young to be
celebrating her 60th wedding
anniversary . . . NEDRA and
RAY KENNEDY'S beautiful
little new daughter gallons
and gallons of homemade ice
cream at a church gathering
Sunday evening ARDITH
MUELLER showing off her
pretty new granddaughter,
Jennifer Dee Sullivan
beautiful flowers in the Ingle-
side Methodist Church Sunday
BILL TIFFANY home for the
weekend from the University of
Texas the JIMMY
THWINGs and JIM POWELLs
returning from a weekend at
College Station a parade of
bicycle riders on Johnson
Avenue* Sunday afternoon
City Finds Inconsistency
In P&Z Commission Action
A Planning and Zoning
Commission recommendation
on a rezoning request will be
returned to them by the
Aransas Pass city council after
an inconsistency in the Com-
mission’s recommendation was
discovered
The Planning and Zoning
Commission at a meeting on
October 14 granted a request by
George Potter to change the
zoning from Agriculture to
R-7B, one family dwelling and
We Invite ...
We invite to be our guests at
the picture. "Chinatown",
showing .Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, Oct 27 , 28 and 29 at
the Rialto Theatre. Al Amerson
and guest
This notice, clipped from The
Progress, will serve as your
idmission
mobile homes, on Farm Tract
34, Block 214 of the Burton and
Danforth Out Lots which are off
of North McCampbell and Giles
Street.
The inconsistency, which city
manager Al Holguin said was
brought to his attention Monday
is that in the past the
Commission has granted only
conditional use permits for
mobile homes in this area
Early thid year the Commission
granted a conditional use
permit to another individual
rather than rezone the area
The minutes of the'Commis-
sion meeting reflect that no one
was present at that meeting in
orjectionpf the zoning changes
and no one was present in favor
of it, aside from Potter
Councilmen Bill Howe and
J T. Buckmaster agreed that
the zoning change should be
sent back to the Commission lor
further study as to whether or
not a mobile home is planned
for the lots and if the Commis-
sion’s intentions are to change
the zoning from Agriculture to
R-7B rather than grant a
conditional use permit.
The city council Monday night
also passed resolution 1708
which approves participation
wjth the Highway Department
in the paving of Wilson Avenue
and 'also approved ordinance
1709 granting a conditional use
permit for a mobile home to Pat
Kindle
In other business the city
council
.. jftithorized advertising for
in the
At the public hearing held
Monday night by the City*11 bids for sewer work
Council no one was present McPhearson Addition
either in objection to or in favor <jee “COUNCIL” Pc 2
of the change.
W'
JACKIE HERNDON
DICK RICHARDS
JOE NARANJO
HANK PARKER
Chamber Elects Five
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New Board Members
REV. JAMES L. MAYFIELD
Rev. Mayfield
To Speak
To Methodists
Rev Janies I, Mayfield,
pastor of the First United
Methodist Church in Port
Lavaca, will speak al the
Teaching Mission in the
Fellowship Hall ol First United
Methodist Church, Aransas
Pass, on Tuesday evening.
October 29
A covered dish supper is
planned for 7 on p m Rev.
Mayfield will speak at approxi
mately 7.30 p m . immediately
following the supper
As preacher lecturer Rev.
Mayfield’s topic lor the evening
will be "The Person and Event
ol Jesus Christ Following his
presentation there will be time
for questions and discussion
with Rev. Mayfield
Rev Maylicld graduated
from Pecos High School, from
the Universitv ol Texas, and
Perkins School of Theology,
Southern Methodist University.
Previous to Ins assignment at
Port Lavaca, be was pastor of
First United Methodist Church
in Mathis
Rev Mayfield is married to
the former Sylvia Rita Brown
mg of Houston The Mayfields
have two children, Betty
Michelle. 7; and Robert
Hampton. 3. Rev Mayfield has
held many offices within the
Southwest Texas Conference
He has had articles published in
lour periodicals
Changes Made
In Special School
Milk Program
Information has been re-
ceived by the Aransas Pass
School District from the Texas
Education Agency of changes
made in the Special Milk
Progi am
The most significant change
in the program provides that
students who qualify under the
Free Lunch Eligibility Income
Seale selected by the Aransas
Pass School District and who
have approved applications on
tile shall tie eligible for one half
pint of free milk, in addition to
that served on the lunch
SPECIAL SERVICES
Special services are being
conducted each evening at 7
p.m. aft the Church of the
NazarefH*. Nelson at McUqmp-
1*11.
Evangelist Ralph Tucker is
conducting the services Special
music is also being featured.’
The pastor. Rev Ronald W
Berry, extends a cordial
invitation to \the public to
attend.
Ballots were counted Wednes-
day morning in the Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors
election. Elected to the hoard
were Jackie Herndon. Joe
Naranjo. Hank Parker. Wayne
Pruitt, and Dick Richards
These live will lake office on
the second Thursday ol January
and begin their three year
terms. At the same lime the
Chamber ot Commerce direc-
tors will elect 1975 officers To
be eligible for. election as an
officer, a director must have
served at least one year
Hold over directors lor the
1975 year are John Bailey, Elton
Ivicic. T Mo Hill, Mervui
Burnham. Donnie Koym, Di-
et. Both. Dale llagy. Rita
Strickland. Pat Rauknight. and
James Frazier John Ross. 1974
president will return as ox
ofieio
Going oil the Board ot
Directors as llioir terms expire
in January will lie Jimmy
Thwing, Ronald Yeager. Allen
Lawrence, and Pablo Benitez
The newly elected directors
represent a wide spectrum of
the Aransas Pass business
community Mrs Herndon owns
and operates Herndon s Paint
Store and has been in business
for 14 years Mrs Herndon's
husband, the late Cooper
Herndon, worked with the
Chamber of Commerce lor
many years
Naranjo has been active in
various organizations in Aran
sas Pass He is a charter
member of the. Jaycees and
served at one time as president
of the St Vincent de Paul
Society of St Marys Star of the
Sea Catholic Church
Naranjo has been active with
the Aransas Pass Volunteer
Fire I tepartmenl for nine years
He served as president of the
Volunteer h ire Department and
is still a director of that
organization In addition, he is a
director of the Aransas Pass
United Fund He is employed
with Bandys Drug Store
Seven Canadian
Tour Operators
Visit AP Area
Conn Brown llarlmr was the
sight ol a tour by seven
Canadian tour operators this
morning as they made a short
inspection tour ol the area
Bob Conwoll ol the Corpus
Christi Tourist Bureau and
< '(invention ('enter said the tour
operators would tour Conn
Brow n Harbor to get some idea
ol possible attractions for
loin ists from Canada
IIie group was in Aransas
Pass Ibis morning at 9 a m and
then went to Key Allegro at
Koekport then lunched at the
Sea Gun Inn Indore going to
Aransas Wildlife Refuge to see
the whooping cranes ( unwell
said the Canadians have quite
an interest in the whooping
cranes been use they spend part
ol the year in ( anada
After the trip through the
Heluge, the group will return to
Aransas Pass on its way to Port
Aransas where they will check
the condominiums Indore going
on to Padre Island They will
stay on Padre Island until
tomorrow morning when they
will return to their head
quarters
1974 HOMECOMING QUEEN Cathy Webster waa
crow ned during half time activities at the Aransas Pass-
Taft game Friday night. Miss Webster, a senior at the
high school, was elected by the student body Wednes-
day and results of the election were kept secret until
the announcement Friday night. Miss Webster is the
senior class representative to the APHS student coun-
cil and this is her fourth wear on the council and she
is a (wo year member of4h.e National Honor Society.
In addition, she has been active in the French Club
and volleyball team and was freshman cltss; favorite.
Miss Webster is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Harold
Webster.
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Pruitt operates C.G. Mor-
risons and is nlso active in
various organizations He is a
member of fhe Rotary Club and
vice president of the Salvation
Army He also served a term as
fund drive chairman for the
United Fund and served as
president of that organization
Pruitt has been active m the
Chamber of Commerce since it
was re-organized He served as
a director for six years at one
time and later served a third
three year term
Richards is a former vice
president of the Chamber of
Commerce He is also a past
president of the Rotary Club
and past president of the South
Texas Press Association He
was an organizing director of
the Aransas Pass United Fund
Richards is advertising
manager of The Progress and
co owner of The Ingleside
Index He is also co-owner of the
Royal Oaks Apartments and
RoIh) Car Wash
Parker has been active with
the Aransas Pass United Fund
He is with the Lone Star
distributorship loeally and has
been with the company for the
past four years
★ ★★★★★★
THE TIMES THEY
ARE CHANGING
It you arrive at church
services Sunday morning and
you find that no one is there then
you will know you forgot to turn
back your clock
The nation will go back to
standard lime for the period
from October 27, Sunday, to
February 23
A bill signed by President
(Jerald Ford amended a 1973
law that called for year long
daylight saving time as an
energy saving experiment
Clocks and watches should be
moved back an hour Saturday
night or Sunday morning
*★★★★★ ★ *
HEARD...
MRS J E BUSBY, who has
been ill, was quite cheered by
the visits of her three daughters
CHARLES KING will go into
Memorial Hospital in Corpus
Christi today for hand surgery .
the SECOND BAPTIST
CHURCH children will be
collecting canned goods for the
needy on a Trick or Treat run
Halloween night . . the
ARANSAS PASS TOPS CLUB
will sponsor a bake sale
Saturday at HEB Grocery from
9a m until the food has all been
sold the FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH of Ingleside will hold
a hymn singing at the Aransas
Pa'ss Nursing Center Sunday,
October 27. at 2:30 p m____the
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN of San
Patricio will hold their annual
dinner meeting October 24, at
Little Bob's Restaurant in
Aransas Pass ... the DALE
HAGYs have just returned from
a trip to Rio de Janerio, Brazil
which they won in a Chevrolet
dealer s contest . . . ANNA M.
CHUPE won first prize of!
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