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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1965
8:00 P. M.
Processional Margaret Herlin
Invocation Rev. Mrs. Hickman
Vocal Special Tommy Griffin
Accompanied by Carla Leadford
President's Speech John Jackson
Class History Paul Fields, Jr.
Class Song Senior Class
Salutatory Patricia Arnold
Piano Solo Carla Leadford
Valedictory Wanda Seaman
High School Awards Mr. J. G. Smith
Graduation of Class of 1965 Supt. Joe W. "Ward
Awarding Diplomas Mr. Woodrow Wilson
Awarding Scholarships Mr. John Louderback
School Song Senior Class
Benediction Rev. H. A. Whitfield
Recessional Margaret Herlin
Attendants: Charlotte Nichols and Andy Jensen
(Audience will be seated after the Benediction
for the Recessional)
(Senior Class will remain in the rear of the auditorium for
congratulations from friends and relatives)
CLASS OF
BOYS
BROWN, RALPH
CASHION, LARRY
CONRAD, RICKY
CONSTANCIO, TRINIDAD
EIKENBERG, CHARLES
•"FIELDS, PAUL
FONDON, ROLAND
GIBSON, JAMES
GILLETT, STEWART
GRIFFIN, TOMMY
HAMLIN, KENNETH
HARVEY, DONNTE
HARVEY, LONNIE
HENDRICK, JOE
HUNT, DARRELL
•"ARNOLD, PATRICIA
*BEARSE, JENNIE JOY
BOLLING, HELEN
CARTWRIGHT, NAOMI
CLAIBORNE, SUELLEN
CONTRERAS, MARY
DICKENS, EARLENE
*FONDON, LAVERNE
FRANCO, SYLVIA
GALVEZ, GENEVA
GUIDRY, SANDRA
HAGEMEIER, JANET
HICKS, CHERYL
HILDEBRANDT, VICKI
♦JENSEN, EDDALYN
LEADFORD, CARLA
LENZ, EVELYN
* Members
1 965
JACKSON, JOHN
JOHS, ROBERT
KING, FRED
KING, MICKEY
KUBECKA, DOUGLAS
MICHALIK, FRANK
MILLER, SHANNON
MORALES, JOHN
NEELEY, DONALD
PARRISH, RICHARD
SANFORD, JOHNNY
♦SHELTON, ROBBY
♦SMITH. JERRY
VACEK, DANNY
GIRLS
MALONE, NANCY
MARTINEZ, ROSA
MEYER, LYNN
MORTON, TERESA
OLDHAM, LYDIA
RICE, DONNA
RINGO, (WADE) FLORENCE
ROHRER, PATRICIA
SCHULTE, SANDRA
♦SEAMAN, WANDA
SHIMEK, PATSY
SNIDER, BARBARA
SOLIS, JOSEPHINE
STRATTON, ODELIA
VENGLAR, ANNIE JO
WILSON, YVONNE
National Honor Society
111 Ninth Grade Possible Candidates
For Graduation In Exercises Thursday
One hundred and eleven mem-
bers of the ninth grade at Palacios
Junior High School are possible
candidates to receive promotion
certificates at exercises to be held
at the high school auditorium at
8 p.m. Thursday, May 27.
The Processional will be played
by Theresa Espinosa; Invocation,
Debbie Hunt; Piano Solo, "Nor-
wegian Concerto", Beverly Tegge;
American Legion Awards, Col.
Rpnald M. Harris; Trio, "A Home
in the Meadow", Yolanda Baldwin,
Anna Bedingfield, and Tommie
Claiborne; Welcome to High School,
J. G. Smith, Principal High School;
Ninth Grade Class Response, Mark
Mayfileld; Presentation of Cer-
tificates, Joe W. Ward, Superin-
tendent Palacios Ind. School Dis-
trict; Benediction, James Vernon.
""Members of the class: Dennis
Abraham, Mickey R. Abrahamson,
Glenn W. Adams, Silvia G. Aguilar,
Alpha M. Alamia, Paulina Alta-
mira, Pamela Arndt, Brenda J. Ar-
nold, Warren E. Auzston, Yolanda
A. Baldwin, Danny B. Barber, Su-
san R. Beaty, Anna L. Bedingfield,
Rita J. Bonds,
Anna J. Cano, Patricia M. Gates,
Mary C. Cavazos, Helen Cepak,
Tommy L. Claiborne, Roger L.
Conrad, Lee L. Contreras, Susan
Diaz, Donna K. Eikenberg, Rich-
ard M. Evens, Charles Fitzmorris,
David Flores, Ernestine Flores,
Mary Ann Flores, Roland Flores,
Chris Frangullie,
Sherry Gallicn, Tony Galvez,
Emma Marie Garza, Danny Gibbs,
Elizabeth Gonzales, Ernest Gon-
zales, David Groves, Irene Gutier-
rez, Norma Hardung, Sandra Har-
rison, Ernest Haynes, Leighton
The Weather
Date
Max. Min.
Prec.
May 19
719° 07"
0.35
May 20
82° 70°
0.02
May 21
85° 69"
0.00
May 22
85° 70°
0.02i
May 23
84° 75°
0.04
May 24
86° 76°
0.00
May 25
85° 77°
0.00
Total rainfall for year 10.68
Hondrick, Rudy Herrera, Dennis
Hickl, Herbert Hildebrandt, Kath-
erine Holloway, Arl Hunt, Debbie
Hunt, Edwin Hunter,
Mary J. Jenkins, Keith Kilgore,
Sharon King, David Kocurek, Jean
Koerber, Kathy Kunrfke, Bobbie
Laurence, Robert Lewis, Sandra
Linton, David Llanes, Linda Lo-
pez, Gilbert Lucio, Dionicio Luna,
Jr., Patricia Maddox, William Ma-
lone, Joe Martinez, John Martinee,
Delores Martino, Mark Mayfield,
Kathy Eileen Meyer, Herman Mill-
er, Kent Miller, Andres Morales,
James Leslie Morton,
Ramona Yolanda Nevarez, Shar-
on K. Odell, Sylvia Ottino, Johnnie
Almon Parker, Michael Perez, Mi-
chael Abel Pierce, Charles Edward
Polk, Eddie Thomas Rendon, Eliza-
beth Jane Ridley, Larry Gene Rid-
ley, Tommy Calvin Ringo, John
Thomas Roach, Frank Rodriguez,
Herminio Rodriquoz, Irene Rod-
l'iquez, Rickey Duayne Rogers,
Thurman Lee Roy,
Chris Sanchez, Gail Sanders,
Debbie Schneider, Sharon Schnei-
der, Donnie Schroeder, Kenneth
Simpson, Betty Sliva, Beverly
Smith, Dennis Smith, Guy Smith,
Alta Standley, Vivian Maxine Tay-
lor, Beverly Tegge, Carol Turek,
Janice Vaeek, Bertha Vargas,
Jamee Vernon, Pete Villarreal,
Gwen Wallis, Reba Williams, Joel
Yaws.
R. D. Rawls Retires,
Honored By Faculty
A social afternoon at the Junior
High School last Thursday follow-
ing school hours honored R. D.
Rawls upon his retirement from the
teaching profession.
The social was given by members
of the faculty with family guests
invited to honor Mr. Rawls who
had taught in Texas since 1906.
Mr. Rawls taught in the Pa-
lacios system during the 1928-29
term and the 1926-30 term. He re--
joined the local system in 1953
and remained with the system un-
til his retirement this year.
He was the recipient of an en-
graved thermos jug as a token gift.
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VOLUME LVIII NUMBER 21
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1965
10c Per Copy
M liiii Ipi
SLIDE RULE AWARD—Paul Fields, second from
right, Palacios High School senior, is winner of a Texas
Chemical Council slide rule a'ward. Making the presenta-
tion was J. W. Wells, second^from left, Refining Works
Manager at Alcoa's Point Comfort Operations?. With
them are S. H. Clark, left, Palacios High School science
teacher and J. G. Smith, right, High School principal.
School Closing Exercises Held For 36
Graduating Seniors At Tidehaven High
Baccalaureate services and Com-
mencement exercises for 36 grad-
uating seniors of Tidehaven High
School were held Sunday and Tues-
day evening in the Tidehaven High
School auditorium.
The baccalaureate program in-
cluded the processional by Mrs.
Elaine Day, the invocation by Rev.
Erik Moeller, of the Danevang
Lutheran Church, the singing of
Pre-School Classes For
Non-English Speaking
To Start Mon., Ma / 31
The pre-school program for Non-
English speaking children will be-
gin on Monday, May 31. This is the
sixth year this program has been
offered on a tuition free basis and
for the first time this year there
will be two classes. All parents
who want their child enrolled in
the program this summer are ask-
ed to bring their child to Central
Elementary School on Monday
morning at 8:30 a.m.
Classes this summer will be for
ten weeks and will be held at Cen-
tral Elementary School from 8:30
until 11:00 a.m. Monday through
Friday. Mrs. Hortense Wyat.t and
Mrs. Martha Montgomery will be
the teachers of the two classes this
summer.
The classes are for those stu-
dents who will start to school in
September. It is not necessary for
the child to be six years of age
to be eligible to attend the sum-
mer program however, the child
must be s>ix years of age on or
before September 1, 1965 to be
eligible to participate in the sum-
mer program. Please tell any of
your friends who has a child that
will start school in September
about the starting date so that
classes may be organized and work
begun on that day.
"America the Beautiful" by mem-
bers of the Senior Class accompan-
ied by pianist Nancy Carol Hurta
and a piano solo "How Great Thou
Art" by Donna Lynn Glaze.
Superintendent George E. Nel-
son introduced Rev. Edward Bily,
of St. Peter's Catholic Church, who
delivered the sermon, followed by
members of the Senior Class sing-
ing "He", accompanied by Donna
Lynn Glaze. Rev. R. E. Black, of
the Wadsworth Baptist Church,
gave the benediction.
Aaron E. Autry delivered tha
principal address at Tuesday's
graduation exercises. The invoca-
tion was given by Rev. Claude
Cagle and the benediction by Rev.
R. E. Black.
Ilonor graduates of the class
were Robert Glenn, salutatorian
and Donna Lynn Glaze, valedictor-
ian.
Following the presentation of
the American Legion Awards, Prin-
cipal D. L. Taska presented the
Honor Awards and Superintendent
Neilson awarded the diplomas.
The processional and recessional
were played by Mrs. Elainse Day
and the graduates sang the class
song, "You'll Never Walk Alone".
Members of the Class of 1965
were Eileen Aekerman, Melissa
Alderson, Sharon Anderson, Ed-
ward Biskup, Kenneth Black, Nick-
olas Carrillo, Bobbie Clark, Calvin
Collier, Susan Denbow,
Mildred Dornak, Donna Glaze,
Robert Glenn, Judy Guenther, Mary
Henkes, Raymond Hickl, Berna-
dette Hlozek, Marvin Hurta, Nancy
Hurta, William Hurta, Raymond
Jager, Don Johnson, Joyce John-
son, Delores Kosarek, Kathryn
Krenek,
D'Ann LaBeff, Larry Maroney,
Alma MicKissick, Andrew M'cGin-
nes, Diane Salas, Jo Lynette Skut-
ca, Shirley Stephens, Robert Smith,
David Thornblom, Edward Vavra,
Wyonna Zapalac and Mary Ze-
manek.
Shrimp-o-ree Plans Begun
Local Student To
Attend Symposium
In Nuclear Science
A Palacios High School student,
Lester B. Ralph, has been named
to attend the Fifth Texas Nuclear
Science Symposium at the Uni-
versity of Texas June 6-9 under the
sponsorship of Central Power and
Light Company, it has been an-
nounced by CPL Manager John C.
Richards.
Leon Bullock, a local high school
teacher, will accompany the Pa-
lacios student to the symposium.
The symposium, which is for out-
standing science students and their
teachers, is sponsored jointly by
the University of Texas and the
Texas Atomic Energy Research
Foundation, made up of ten in-
vestor-owned electric utility com-
panies in Texas, including CPL.
Selection of students and teach-
ers to attend the symposium is
made by the schools participating
in the program. About 500 students
and teachers will attend from
throughout the state.
"The purpose of the symposium
is to bring to high school science
students and teachers information
on nuclear physics and related
topics and to provide the students
with opportunities to obtain an-
swers to their questions on scien-
tific careers," Richards said.
BAD GALS MAY
INVADE COAST
Vacation time is here and
many will be coming to the
coast for a salt-air airing,
but no one will be looking for
a date with the following girl
friends, as they could be
rather wild, wind blown, or
rugged:
The young ladies we speak
of are names selected this
year for tropical storms.
Anna, the first may bei a
good ole gal, as she's the
first, and then Betsy, Carol,
Debbie, Elena, Frances, Ger-
da, Holly, Inga and Jenny.
If you can't pick one out
of that selection we'll have
Kara, Laurie, Martha, Netty,
Orva, Peggy, Rhoda, Sadie,
Tanya, Virgy and Wenda.
Golden Gate Bridge over San
Francisco Bay was begun in 1933.
No Alibi For Sharks:
Improvement Of Local
Grid Iron Is UnderWay
Work is progressing nicely on
the re-sodding of Shark Field for
next year's onslaught by the Fight-
in' Sharks.
24 cubic yards of sandy loam
was placed on the field, five tons
of gypsum, 80 pounds (plus) of
super phosphate, with this there
will ba 40 pounds of native ber-
muda grass seed, fertilized with
nitrogen and other minerals, and
will be watered at regular inter-
vals.
School coaches, the high school
principal, the school's business
manager have turned landscapists,
tractor drivers, farmers during the
past week end to make this project
seem highy beneficial.
Annual Homecoming
At Collegeport Sat.
Collegeport Day, the annual
homecoming for former College-
port residents, will be held Satur-
day, May 29 at the Mopac.
All former residents of College-
port, which was founded in 1909,
and their families are cordially in-
vited to come, bring a covered dish
for lunch, and spend the day visit-
ing and renewing acquaintances.
Lunch will be served at 12 noon.
Art Show Is Big Success!
June I Marks Start
Of Shrimping Ban
AUSTIN—The closed shrimping
season for Texas Gulf waters will
be the 45-day period from June
1 to July 15. The mandatory closed
season, set by law, provides an ad-
ditional growth period for the small
shrimp moving out of the bays at
that time.
During this period of rapid
growth, a shrimp will triple its
weight in 45 days. Since most of
the shrimp are of a uniform age,
the size of the shrimp at harvest
can be regulated by seasonal ad-
justments.
Because the shrimp has a short
life and each year's production is,
based on the success and survival
of the tiny shrimp entering the
bays in March of the same year,
marine biologists keep a close
watch on the progress of these
juveniles in each of the Texas bays.
The law does provide for some
flexibility in adjusting the begin-
ning date of the 415-day closed sea-
son. Last year after being advised
by the biologists of a delay in
growth of the young shrimp, the
Parks and Wildlifei Commission re-
acted quicky to set back the closure
to conform with shrimp growth.
Thi3 season, however, no adjust-
ment seems warranted and the
closed season will extend from
June 1 through July 15.
The area concerned is a strip of
the Gulf of Mexico ten and one-
half miles wide extending along the
Texas coastline from Louisiana to
the Mexican Border.
The annual closure of the Gulf
watea's will have no effect on bait
operations in the bays, where a
plentiful supply of bait shrimp
can be expected in most areas
throughout the summer months.
An Art Show was held Saturday,
May 22 at Palacios with 103 pic-
tures exhibited by members of the
Palacios Art Guild, Blessing Art
Class and local talent.
L. H. (Louis) Jackson of Pa-
lacios won the highest award, the
Grand Award purple ribbon, on an
oil painting named "Desert Toll".
He also received a lovely two-piece
glass set given by Rex Cooper,
owner of Ben Franklin.
Lucille Alton won next highest
award, Grand Reserve orchid rib-
bon, with a picture in oils called
"Daisy Lake".
The show was judged by Mrs.
Myrtle Swanson of El Campo, and
the following ribbons awarded:
blue, first; red, second; yellow,
third; white, honorable mention.
Pictures were classified in nine
divisions with winners as follows:
I—Flowers in Oil. Juliette Hal-
fen, Crimson and Gold, blue rib-
bon; Lydia Hunter, Magnolias, red
ribbon; Hilda Frankson, Snap-
dragons, yellow ribbon; Lydia
Hunter, Nasturtiums, white ribbon;
Hilda Frankson, White Roses,
white ribbon; Red Roses, white
ribbon.
II—Still Life in Oils. Joyce Mor-
ton of Blessing, Fruit, blue ribbon.
III—Casein Finishes. A. Edmis-
ton, Montana, blue ribbon; Poverty,
red ribbon; Flirtation, yellow rib-
bon; Two Pair, white ribbon; Mem-
ory Lane, white ribbon.
IV—Charcoal, Pen and Ink
Sketches. W. H. Clement, Jr., Cu-
ban Fishing Schooncr, blue ribbon;
Gloria (portrait), blue ribbon;
Morro Castle, red ribbon; Neighbor
Boy, red ribbon; Bait Camp, yellow
Tibbon; Ships, white ribbon and
Docks at Pastilleo, white ribbon.
V—Water Color, Thomas Salazar,
Cross Roads, blue ribbon; Clear
Water, red .ribbon and Sunset i«
Mexico, yellow ribbon.
VI—Seascapes in Oil. Bertha
Dedek, My Fishing Pier, blue rib-
bon; Mary Griffin, Harbor Scene,
red ribbon; Susie Elliott, Well's
Point, yellow ribbon; Virginia
Hagemeier, Camp House, white
ribbon; Mary Buffaloe, Live Bait
Camp, white ribbon; Vera Mae
Poston, End of Day, white ribbon.
VII—Pastels. Pamela Sliva
(Blessing) Mother and Child, blue
ribbon; Twilight, red ribbon.
VIII—Portraits in Oil. Mary
Griffin, Mother and Child, blue
ribbon; Helen Rnrr, Pop Barr, blue
ribon; The Last Supper, blae rib-
bon and Playing in the Sand, red
ribbon.
IX Landscapes in Oil. L. H.
Jackson, Desert Toll, blue ribbon
and purple Grand Award; Lucille
Alton, Daisy Lake, blue ribbon and
orchid Grand Reserve Award; Mary
Griffin, Home Town, blue ribbon;
Juliette Halfen, The Rocks, blue
ribbon; The Tree, red ribbon;
Helen Barr, Rogers Perfection, yel-
low ribbon; Margaret Johnson, A
President's Country, yellow rib-
bon; Long, Long Age, white ribbon;
Helen Barr, Afternoon Shadows,
white ribbon; Hilda Frankson, St.
Mary's Lake, white ribbon; Alta
Cox, Geese in Flight, white rib-
bon; Winifred Wheeler (Blessing)
Rosy Snow, white ribbon, Blue Bon-
nets, white ribbon; Virginia Hage-
meier, Three Deer, white ribbon.
The Guild wants to thank Mrs.
Louise Crawford for the use of
the building, Rex Cooper for the
nic gift from his store, the City
for the water and C. P. A L. for
electricity used. They all helped to
make cyir show a success.
Drum Majors, Twirlers
For 1965 Sharks And
Hornets Announced
When the 1965-66 edition of the
Palacios High School Shark Band
and the Jimior High Hornet Band
marches out on the field, they will
be led by new drum majors, Pa-
tricia Maddox and Renee Smith,
respectively.
The four high school twirlers
will be Deboi-ah Schulte, Beverly
Smith, Beverly Tegge and Kathy
Kunefke.
The four girls winning the
honor of being twirlers for the
Hornets were Yvonne Hunt, Vicki
Kunefke, Penny Simpson and Karen
Johnson.
These girls were selected for this
coveted honor by winning them in
competitive try outs last Thursday
afternoon.
Stores Close Monday
For Memorial Day
The majority of stores in Pa-
lacios, the post office and the City
State Bank will be closed Monday,
May 31, as Memorial Day this year
falls on Sunday.
Memorial Day Is one of the holi-
days chosen by a committee of the
Chamber of Commerce for suggest-
ed store closing.
Patrons are advised to cheek
with the stores they trade and see
if they will be closed and if they
will buy Saturday for a long week
end.
2nd Annual Event
Of St. Anthony's T®
Be Held August 8
Wheels were put into motion for
the forthcoming annual Shrimp-O-
Ree, sponsored by St. AnthonyV
Parish, at a meeting Monday nighfc
'at St. Anthony's Hall. Sunday^
August 8 was date selected for the
event with the serving of food be-
ginning at 11 a.m. and the Blessing*
of the Fleet at 3 in the afternoon^
Plans for the various booths went
discussed and several changes sug-
gested.
The contest for the best deco-
rated boats will be decided on the
merits of the most beautiful color-
ing and original design, to alknr
for full use of the imagination in
boat decorating. All gulf, iwy^
work and pleasure boats are rnvifc-
ed to participate. Prizes will he
awarded the winner and runner ap
in the gulf boats and hay and work
boats division while only the win-
ner in the best decorated pleasure
craft wiil be awarded a prize.
During the afternoon, games and
other entertainment will be held to
entertain all ages.
OPEN INSTALLATION
An open installation of the of-
ficers elect of Palacios Chapter Nou
125, Order of the Eastern Star,
will be held at the Masonic Hall on
June 1 at eight o'cock in the event-
ing. You are invited to attend.
Local Library To Hold
Reading Program For
Next Three Months
The Palacios Library and the
Texas State Library will sponsor at
summer reading program from
June 1 through August 31. Cer-
tificates will be given those stu-
dents who read 12 or more books
during this time, at least three of
which should be non-fiction. Ask:
the librarian for a reading record
sheet. These will be kept at the
library for readers to list the title
and author after each book is read_
This club is free to all students,
who have library cards. Adults
$1.00 per year, children under 16*.
50c a year.
We need at least six Book End»
for the summer to work from 3 to>
5 p.m. on Monday through Satur-
day. You can serve your commun-
ity this summer. Leave your name
at the library or call Mrs. L. T_
Dove or Mrs. R. G. Herlin.
The following new books have
been received: Adults—"Reptiles'
of the World" by R. L. Ditmars;
"My 55 Ways to Lower Your Golf
Score" by Jack Nicklaus; "Exodus""
by Leon Uris; "Hurry Sundown""
by K. B. Gilden; "Herzog" by SauS.
Bellows; "Reminiscences" by Doug-
las MacArthur.
Young People—"The World We
Live In" from Life; "The Questions-
Girls Ask" by Marjorie Vetter;
"The Luckiest Girl" and "Fifteen'"
by Beverly Clcary.
The library is most appreciative?
of two memorial gifts. One is irr
memory of Joan Carroll Allen by
Sunshine Edwards and one by the
Athena Club.
One-Act Play Awards
Presented At Program
Additional awards presented at
the Junior High Sahool Awards-
Day program held last Wednesday
noon were the one-act play awards-
to high school students.
Miss Gloria Walters, play di-
rector, presented the following-
awards:
John Jackson, best actor awanfj
Wanda Seaman, best actress; Sarar
Prindle, best dramatic; Donald
Neeley, best supporting actor-
Patsy Shimek, best supporting ac-
tress; James Gibson, best techni<N»-
ian; Margaret Herlin, most out-
standing speech student. " '
All awards were based on the
total year's work.
Isa Garza of Los Angeles, Calif,
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jacinto
Garza and other relatives.
\
Mrs. Myrle Burton and her sis-
ter, Mrs. Vivian Wendel left Mon-
day for Greenville where they wil1
spend the summer.
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