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Service Pins Awarded
Hospital Aux. Ladies
The Wagner General Hospital
Auxiliary met in the reception
room of the hospital on August 20,
for their quarterly meeting.
Mrs. Alvena Laslie, chairman of
the committee appointed to pur-
chase a sewing machine for the
hospital, reported that the com-
mittee found a good rebuilt Singer
machine at the Singer Sewing Cen-
ter in Bay City. After consulting
the executive committee the ma-
chine was bought, and has been
used many times for mending, mak-
ing new towels and sheets for the
hospital.
In July twelve Pink Ladies help-
ed with the Sabin polio immuniza-
tion clinic held at Central Ele-
mentary School. As many as are
Coach Says Sharks
Really Developing
The Palacios High School Sharks
have been working out for one
week under Head Coach Toney
Carr and assistants Charles Shreve
and Harry Treybig.
To get an idea of how they are
developing Coach Carr issued the
following release Tuesday morn-
ing:
"We are pleased with the fine at-
titude of most of the boys. The
spirit and willingness to work has
been real good. Of course we still
have a long way to go before we
have the ball club we hope for, but
we believe that we are off on the
right foot. If there has been a dis-
appointment it is the failure of
some of our Sophomores to make
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High and High School football.
They just haven't lived up to what
we had expected of them.
"Of the 35 boys who signed up
for football it appears that we
have about 25 boys that really love
the game and out of these we hope
to find 15 or 16 boys of the cali-
bre that can play our schedule
which is as tough or tougher than
any AA team in the state. To play
an ambitious schedule of this type
it will take an ambitious boy who
has a lot of pride and one who
the community will all be proud.
"The boys that have shown the
most promise, pride and willing-
ness to 'pay the price' for the first
week are: Backs, Bruce Erekson,
Jack Brune, Terry Sheton, Terry
Oglesby, and Eddie Schroeder.
Linemen, Jack Seaquist, Arthur
Bowers, Pat Phillips, Larry Dill-
ard, Raymond Morgan, Danny Ku-
becka, Cifford Wright, Mike Mar-
tindale.
"Sophomores coming around are
Robbie Shelton, Charles Eikenberg,
John Jackson, and Douglas Ku-
becka.
"Carter Browning has shown
flashes at ball carrying and Paul
Spree at blocking. Paul Fields has
shown some promise at tackle and
Dennis Wynn and Homer Brown
although small, could help some-
where. Larry Everett could help if
he can learn to move and use his
weight properly."
The Sharks open the season at
home against the El Campo AAA
Ricebirds, September 7.
Majorettes and Cheerleaders are
out now soliciting names for the
booster's page on this year's pro-
gram. They will also have a booth
at the Boat Races on Labor Day.
Join the boosters on this page—
only $1 per name.
Season tickets for all Shark
home games are now on sale. Those
who purchase season tickets are
requested to pick them up early at
the business office. Those not pick-
ed up by September 6 will be re-
lease to a first come, first serve
customer.
Junior Hi Hornets To
Meet- Thursday Night
Coach Charles Wiggs requests
that all boys interested in Junior
* High football meet Thursday, Aug-
ust 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Junior
High building to begin preparation
for the fall football schedule.
Coach Wiggs wants to meet the
i^boys in this get acquainted meet-
ing. He replaces Roy Wausom as
coach at the Junior High.
Jimmie Neeley, who has beei)
attending Texas A. & M., is homo
for a few weeks.
My Neighbors
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needed will help with the clinics
for type III, and II which will be
held later.
Seven additional Auxiliary mem-
bers were awarded service pins
for their first one hundred hours,
they are Mrs. Teresa Tresselt, Mrs.
Leila Ramsey, Mrs. Leta Frank-
son, Mrs. Eleanor Harvey, Mrs.
Ruth Hardung, Mrs. Mollie Chiles,
and Mrs. Beth Metta. The Aux-
iliary voted to award service
stripes for each additional hundred
hours and Mrs. Alvena Laslie will
be the first to wear two service
bars as she has worked over three
hundred hours.
The Auxiliary voted to have reg-
ular quarterly meetings the second
Monday in August, November, Feb-
ruary and May. The meetings will
be in the Hospital Reception Rooni
at 3:00 P. M.
The Texas Graduate Nurses As-
sociation will meet in Weimer Hall,
Tuesday, September 4, at 7:30
p.m. Mrs. Ruth Hildebrandt, other
hospital officials and nurses of this
section will be the hostesses for
this meeting and the Pink Ladies
will serve refreshments. Fifty
guests are expected.
Mrs. Ann Allen talked to the
Auxiliary and asked that we try to
enforce the rules for visitors to the
patients. Only two visitors at one
time, and only during the visiting
hours from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. and
7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Please make
your visits brief. Most patients
have more visitors than sick people
need, and they don't feel like
entertaining visitors who stay
longer than they should. The hos-
pital must consider the patient.
They ask the public to cooperate.
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VOLUME LIV, NUMBER 35
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1962
Students To Register
Thursday And Friday
Registration of students will be
held Thursday and Friday, August
Mrs. Dorothy Linville, Shirley,
and Ronny have been vacationing,
in Linville Falls, N. C., Arlington,
Va. and in Ohio.
Tidehaven School
To Open Sept. 6th
A meeting of all faculty mem-
bers of the Tidehaven School will
be held on Tuesday, September
4th beginning at 9:00 a.m. ac-
cording to Superintendent George
K. Nelson.
All students of the Tidehaven
School District will register on
Wednesday, September 5th from
8:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Buses
will make regular scheduled runs
on this day.
Thursday, September 6th will be
the first full day of school for the
year and the first day of operation
for the school lunchrooms.
All beginning pupils are remind-
ed to present Birth Certificates,
Small Pox Vaccination Certificates,
;and Diphtheria Immunization Cer-
tificates at the time of registra-
tion.
National Commander To Visit Blessing
American Legion Post Mon.r Sept. 10
Charles L. Bacon of Indianapolis,
Indiana, National Commander of
the American Legion will visit the
Cecil Lee Post No. 649, Blessing,
Texas, on September 10, the only
Post in Texas he will visit on this
trip to Texas.
A big turnout is expected to
welcome the National Commander
"... I was working late at
the office..."
Search Called Off
For Missing Couple
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Heath, who
had been the object of a four-state
search, were located Tuesday in
Atwater, Calif, and are reported as
"okay".
The couple left Palacios on Aug-
ust 8 by auto for a two weeks visit
in Oklahoma, Arizona and Cali-
fornia. They sent postcards from
Flagstaff, Ariz, on August 12. and
that was the last anyone here had
heard from them until they were
located.
Mrs. Hilda Lee Maynard, a
daughter of Mrs Heath, reported
to Deputy Sheriff E. T. Miller
that she feared for their safety
when her mother, a nurse at Wag-
ner General Hospital, was several
days overdue reporting back to her
nursing duties at the hospital.
The FBI, officers in Oklahoma,
Texas, Arizona and California and
the Border Patrol and immigra-
tion authorities all cooperated in
the search.
All Aircraft To Be
Grounded Sept. 2 For
'Sky Shield III'
All non-participating aircraft
will be grounded in the interest of
air safety during the Sky Shield
III Air Defense Training Exercise
under a special Civil Air Regula-
tion issued today by N. E. Halaby,
Federal Aviation Agency Adminis-
trator. The exercise will be held
this Sunday, September 2.
The North American Air De-
fense Command Training Exercise
will last for five and one-half hours
in the continental United States be-
ginning 3:00 P. M. Eastern Day-
light Time.
Rev. E. B. Kolodzie of Koerth,
who served the local Catholic
Church twenty years ago, spent
.several days here last week as a
guest of Mrs. L. K. Jecker.
Mr. and Mrs. Norris Neeley and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kreuzer
and daughter of Houston, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Neeley and children
of Mathis and Mr. and Mrs. Elvin
Baker and sons of El Campo have
returned home after a visit with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. IL
Neeley.
People who are the parents of
handsome, brilliant children are
great believers in heredity.
and delegation from all posts in the
Ninth District as well as a list of
Legion notables including V. F.
Taylor, the State Commander; A.
Bullard, immediate past State Com-
mander; Donald I. Peters, past
State Commander; G. Ward Moody,
State Adjutant; J. Walter Janko,
National Executive Committeeman;
Buck Pierce, alternate National
Executive Committeeman; Joe
Matthew, candidate for 1963 Na-
tional Commander; Culp Krueger,
Acting Lieutenant Governor and a
host of county officers.
Members of the Post will enjoy
a free barbecue at 6:00 p.m. of the
grand champion calf they recent-
ly purchased. A dance will follow
in honor of Commander Bacon, to
the music by Bennie Prause. Ad-
mission is $1.00 per person to le-
gion members only.
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Pierce and
children of New Orleans, La., were
weekend visitors in the home of
his parents Mr. and Mrs. Abel H.
Pierce, Sr.
Larry Ashley, who is stationed
in Germany, called his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Leadford Satur-
day morning to wish them both a
"happy Birthday". His wife and
baby also joined in the conversa-
tion. The call came through at 7:30
a.m. but it was 2:30 in the after-
noon over there.
30 and 31, at all Palacios Schools.
Regular classroom work will
etart Tuesday, September 4th. The
school buses will not run during the
two-day registration but will start
on September 4th. The cafeteria
will start serving meals on Sep-
tember 4th.
George Hoist, principal of the
Junior High has issued the follow-
ing information for all Junior
High students (seventh, eighth and
ninth grades) will register at the
school beginning at 8:30 a.m. on
Thursday and Friday, August 30
and 31, 1S62.
Registration will consist of the
following: Securing two pupil ac-
counting record cards; scheduling
of individual student classes; lock-
er assignments; securing accident
insurance application blanks.
The pupil accounting record cards
and those wishing to take one of
the accident insurance plans will
turn these two items in to their
home room teacher the first day
of school on Sepember 4, 1962.
All students should brine a pen-
cil or pen to school to use during
Iregistration. All students will be
required to furnish a lock for their
locker because all school owned
locks were ruined during Carla.
New students to Palacios Junior
High (those moving from out of
the Palacios School District) will
register at the same time as every-
one else. New students are asked
to write the principal of their
previous school and request their
grades be sent to George Hoist,
Principal, Palacios Junior High
School, Box 941, Palacios, Texas.
Schedule changes will be made
only when the schedule permits
and then only when a parent's per-
mission note is presented.
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Building Permits Are
Approved By Council
Bulding permits approved at the
City Council meeting Tuesday of
last week included: Jesse Fuentes,
lot 16, block 105, $5,000; R. J.
Garza, lo*s 1 and 2, block 85, $.500;
Frank Sanchez, lot 3, block 90,
$4,800'; Boaz Building Company,
lot 124, block 5 in Green Acres, $10,-
200; Glen Pore, lot 15, block 2,
$1,1500; Annetta De Loach, lot 4,
block 5, $1,000.
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Wesselman
and two sons returned Saturday
from a vacation trip to California.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Conner of
Port Lavaca and their guests, his
sister, Mrs. Bessie Bixler of Kan-
sas City, Kansas, his nieces and
husbands, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor
Carter of Oklahoma City and Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Colby and children
of Old Ocean were here the first
of the week visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Rogers.
Free Boat Races, Barbecue
On Labor Day
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Firemen To Start
Serving At tl a.m.
Advance ticket sales to the Fire-
men's Barbecue, which will be held
in conjunction with the Chamber of
Commerce's Free Labor Day Boat
Races, can be purchased from any
member of the department for
$1.50 per plate.
The barbecue stand is being
made ready and wood for the fires
was hauled Monday night in prepa-
ration for the tasty beef barbecue
the firemen will prepare and serve
Labor Day. Serving will begin at
11 a.m. at their booth on East Bay-
shore. Meat by the pound to take
home can also be bought after
11 a.m.
The proceeds from the barbecue
will go toward the purchase of a
4-wheel drive truck that is being
built especially for fighting rural
and city grass fires. This truck is
to be delivered to Palacios around
October 1 and the department must
raise $3000 by then. Help the den
partment get their truck by attend-
ing their barbecue Labor Day.
Oiants In Play-Off
Till Here Sunday
The Palacios Giants defeated the
Rosenberg Athletics Sunday, in
Newgulf, by a score of 10 to 21.
This victory enables the Giants to
advance to the finals against the
Bay City Mustangs in a best 2 of
3 series. The first game will be
played in Palacios.
Irvin Moran pitched his second
complete game in a row over Ros-
enberg. Moran gave up only three
hits and was never in serious
trouble.
Clarence Ripke, Jr., had two
singles, a double, and a triple
while Rodriguez, Leo Gonzales,
Phillip Ripke and Irvin Moran had
two hits each.
Manager Tony Rojas has guided
his team to a 12-5 record so far
this year. This is the second best
record in the league.
The Giants host the Bay City
Mustangs this Sunday, September
2, on the local field. The game will
start at 2:30 p.m. Come out and
support your local ball club.
The lock and key industry esti-
mates that the American public
carries 12 V2 million pounds of keys
in its pockets and purses each
day—and loses three tons of them
per week.
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TAKE IT CAREFULLY
DURING HOLIDAYS
The Labor Day weekend begins
—for many—at 5 o'clock Friday
afternoon, August 31. May we
count on seeing you again—when
the weekend driving is over?
Herewith we offer a line or
two on highway safety. We don't
expect these few words to go
down in history, but they do add
up to the same thing: Time may
be precious, but life is priceless.
We submit these suggestions:
Don't learn traffic laws by ac-
cident.
Always think for two—the other
driver and you.
Train your mind to mind the
train.
One accident can cost you your
driver's license. Can you afford a
chauffeur?
TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR
TRAFFIC SAFETY
I. Thou shalt not murder by mo-
tor.
II. Thou shalt not mix alcohol
with gasoline.
III. Thou shalt not exceed speed
limits.
IV. Thou shalt not follow too
closely.
V. Thou shalt not weave from
lane to lane.
VI. Thou shalt not fail to signal.
VII. Thou shalt not lose thy tem-
per.
VIII. Thou shalt be courteous to
thy fellow motorist.
IX. Thou shalt favor the pedes-
trian.
X. Thou shalt honor traffic laws
that thy days may be long.
Library Receives
Cash Gift Of $1,000
The Palacios Library is thrilled
to announce an unrestricted gift of
$1,000 from John and Evelyn Har-i
riman of Hillsboro and Glendale,
Missouri respectively.
Absentee landowners are show-
ing great interest in the Palacios
library. This gift, one of the most
generous, from outside the city is
an example.
The library has received gifts of
books from Corpus Christi, Port-
land, Point Comfort, Bay City and
from Mr. Lichtenwalner of Rock-
ford, Illinois.
AVOID THIS LABOR DAY HITCH-HIKER!—At least 30 times on Labor Day, this
hitch-hiker will try to embrace some friendly and sympathetic driver who has picked
him up. He will ask many Texas drivers to give him a frea ride, but he is dangerous and
treacherous. If you give him that free ride, he will try, every time, to take you for one.
AVOID THIS LABOR DAY HITCH-HIKER!—(Reproduced by the Governor's Highway
Safely Commission through Special Permission ol the Tulsa, Okla., Tribune.)
Fish Facts And Angling
Fun On The Gulf Coast
AUSTIN|—Fish facts are both in-
teresting and practical for the ser-
ious coastal fishermen. Knowing
the redfifth^S il&bftfr Ttrril—TITR fyrw
makes the art of transplanting one
from the coastal waters to the oven
easier and more enjoyable. Here
are some facts for every redfish
enthusiast.
Q. What is a redfish?
The redfish is a member of the
croaker family. It grows much
larger but is less abundant than
its kinsman, the trout. A large
black spot at the base of the tail
is a distinguishing characteristic
of the redfish. Color may vary
from silvery to bronze to almost
black. Other common names are
"red drum" and "channel bass."
Redfish are found in coastal wa-
ters from New York to Mexico.
It is a fast growing fish, reach-
ing 13 inches in one year, 2il
inches in two years and about 28
inches in three years. Not much
is known about growth after the
third year.
Redfish of all sizes feed primar-
ily on crabs. Small fish and shrimp
also are taken. However, small
redfish, held in aquaria and fed
small fish and shrimp, always
ate fish first.
This favorite game fish spawns
in the Gulf, probably near passes.
Young fish drift or swim into the
bays and use shallow grassy flats
and protected coves as nursery
grounds. Spawning does not often
occur when the fish are less than
28 inches long. Spawning normal-
ly starts in September and may
extend through January.
Redfish, which are among the
most palatable fish in Texas wa-
ters, muy be caught on shallow
flats sometimes the back is out
All Racing Activity
To Be On East Bay
The Annual Labor Day Boat
Races sponsored by the Palacios
Chamber of Commerce will be helcf
on the famous East Bay Race
Course at Palacios, Texas, Monday,
September 3, 1962, beginning at 10
o'clock a.m.
This is one of the few races that
is set up for "Family Style Boats
and Motors Like People Normally
Use for Fishing or Water Skiing",.
with special races for "Lone Star""
boats of the DP, DEP, EP and DIT
type.
The classes for fishing boats'
will be 36-40 HP-2 cyl. motors;
40 HP-Mercury ;| 7)5 Evinrude
Johnson; 30 Mercury; 50 Mercury;
6 cyl. Mercs.; and a Free-For-AIJ
of the "Marathonet" variety.
The closed course races will be
for five laps of the race course, and
the Marathonet will be a Free-For-
All-Type motors and any type of
boat you can dream of.
Due to the large number of
boats that we had here for the
Fourth of July and expect for-
Labor Day, there is the possibility
that the number of boats in a.
heat will be limited to six, with the
first and second place winners
meeting the other winners in the
final race for that class.
The "Marathonet", which orig-
inated here several years ago, will'
be run, again this Labor Day. The-
course will start at the regular'
starting line and extend the first
turn to the far side of the bayr-
turn North, then West back to the-
North turn, with the finish line
right where they started.
A good number of the drivers
have assured us they will be back
to try again . . . and there is a:
possibility that the new Dorniak
Boat from El Campo will be here to-
run in the Marathonet.
For some of the new drivers that'
are not familiar with a clock start,
the course will be set up the day
before and the clock will be in
operation so they can practice hit-
ting the starting line just as the.
hand hits Zero.
The race will be free for the
public. Various civic organizations
will offer rides and amusements
for the children at a nominal fee..
The Palacios Volunteer Fire De-
partment will have barbecue for"
sale at $1,50 per plate with serving:
to begin at 11 a.m.
Rebuilding the public fishing pier"
on East Bay has been a project
of the Palacios Chamber of Com-
merce, and donations and fund rais-
ing projects such as the Labor Day
Race add to the success in pay-
ing for the rebuilding of the popu-
lar fishing pier.
At Wagner General;
Patients Dismissed:
Dan Paulk, Mrs. Pete Kutach,
Mrs. Robbie Rawls, Mrs. Eunice
Kilgore, Gary Quinn, Richard S.
Smith, Mrs. Josephine Placencio,
Joe Tanner, Charlie Boone, Mrs..
Ollie Jackson, Mrs. Mary Sliva.
Patients In Hospital:
Mrs. Viola Seaman, John E.
Hamlin, Mrs. Mary Rocha, Mrs.
Janella Gutierrez, Mrs. Rachel
Wallace and girl, Mrs. Margie
Joyce and boy, Mrs. Carmen Bar-
rera, Robert Torres, Mrs. Evelyn
Teague, Mrs. Christie Fondon,
Mrs. Grace Morales and boy, Mrs.
Clara Santos and boy, Mrs. Lillian
Phillips, Billy Heath, Mrs. Gayle
Nelson and boy.
of water) and near rocks or reefs.
Many redfish are caught in the
Gulf surf on heavy tackle and
cut bait. Gold spoons also are ef-
fective, both in the bays and in
the Gulf.
The Weather
Date
Max.
Min.
Prec.
Aug. 22
92°
79°
0.00
Aug. 213
93°
81°
0.00
Aug. 24
94°
81°
0.00
Aug. 25
64°
76°
0.00
Aug. 26
04°
77°
trace
Aug. 27
94°
74°
0.71
Aug. 28
92°
75°
0.10
Total rainfall foi
year
16.33
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