The Bay City News (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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• SHOP IN BAY CITY; SANTA'S HEADQUARTERS!
PATRONIZE
NEWS
ADVERTISERS!
THE BAY
NEWS
PATRONIZE
NEWS
ADVERTISERS!
MEMBER TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1956
BAY CITY, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME 11 NUMBER 26
MERCHANTS GIRD FOR SHOPPING CRUSH
Brazos, Magnolia Have Only 130 Feet To Go
BETTER PRICES EXPECTED AT CATTLE MART THURSDAY
, SCARCITY OF
STOCK REASON
"FOR INDICATION
Northern Drop
Eventually Will
Affect- County
Manager Bill Boiling of the Gulf
Coast Commission Company looks
for a little improvement in cattle
prices this Thursday as stock be-
comes scarce.
However, he said that prices
were dropping at Northern mar-
kets and indicated that this even-
tually will affect the prices down
here.
0.< Last week a light run of 411 cat-
tle with a few groats, horses, and
hogs passed through the ring.
Prices were 50 cents to $1 high-
er with the market active.
• Fat calves brought $15-$18,
medium kind $13-$1E, utility type
$10-$12.50, a few hard kind below
$10, and crossbred stocker calves
from $10 to $12.
Fat cows ranged from $9.50-$ll,
canners and cutters $6.50-$9, and
a few shelly kind below $6.
Desirable pairs of stoclcor cows
and calves brought $50-$90.
Good heavy bulls ranged from
$11 to $13, medium kind $10-$11
with a few canners under $10.
SATURDAY LAST DAY , . .
New Subscription Sale Will Save
You $1 On THE BAY CITY NEWS
Choir, Band
Will Feature
'The Messiah'
*)> A joint choir and band program
t by the performing groups of the
Bay City High School will be pre-
sented Friday night at 7:30 o'clock
in the high school auditorium.
Selections from Handel's "Mes-
siah" will be featured on the pro-
gram.
This program will take the place
of the annual "Messiah" program
this year. The regular eVent had
to be canceled wheh several sdlo-
ists dropped out at the last irtivyufee.'
Friday night's program >vill' be
presented by 44 choir Members and
the band.
Choir and band members have
tickets on sale at 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for students.
Extra! Extra! Read all about it,
THE BAY CITY NEWS slashes
subscription price in Christmas
special!
That's right, folks, as a special
introductory offer to non-subscrib-
ers, you can get 52 issues of Mata
gorda County's most interesting
newspaper for only $2 if you live
in the county.
And, if you live outside the
county, a year's subscription is
only $3. Either way, you save $1
off the regular subscription price.
But you have to hurry, (his
special sale lasts only until this
Saturday, December 15.
Your subscription request has
to be in this office by Saturday,
and, during th's extra special sale,
cash must be paid fn advance.
Saturday Is
Last Day To
Give Old Toys
You still have three days to
contribute old or discarded toys to
the Bay City Kiwanis Club's drive
for the benefit of underprivileged
children this Christmas. Club Sec-
retary, Kenneth Kerley, said the
drive will officially end Saturday.
Toys may be dropped off at
Stridde's Magnolia Stat'on, Ar-
nold's Gulf Station, Frels State
Theatre, or the Bay City Junior
High School.
"The Kiwanis club appreciates
the toys that have been sent in to
giVe a better Christmas to children
who are inadequately provided
for," Mr. Kerley Raid,
THE NEWS i.« the best Christ-
mas present you can give. Some
family will think of you at least
onre a week s<l during 1957.
And if you can't think of any-
one who is not receiving THE
NEWS now, he<e's a tip: make
it a gift to yourself!
But you must hurry, hurry,
hurry! This special introductory
sale ends next Saturday!
DRIVE SFELY—Alert today-
alive tomorrow.
Want to:
• rent
• buy
• sell
• trade
FOR THE QUICKEST
>ar")
Results
—CALL—
THE NEWS
CI 5-7291
Three Divorce Suits
On Civil Docket
Of District CKerk
Three suits for., divorce were
(filed with District Clerk J. Grady
Walker thjs week. • ,
Styles read Trillie Williams vs.
Lewin Paul Williams, December
5; Ida Mae Bowman vs. Lester
Bowman, December 5, and Almn
May vs. D. L. May, December 10.
Why Do We
Give Gifts
At Christmas!
Why do we give gifts at Christ-
mas?
This is a custom older than
Christmas itself! Even before the
birth of Christ and the tireless
trek of the maji bearing myrrh,
frankincense, and gold to the In-
fant Jesus, people exchanged gifts
during winter festivals.
The Romans gave each other
honey to make life sweeter, larrps
for a bright future, gold to provide
comfort for the coming year, and
greenery as a symbol of health and
happiness.
The rich shared with the poor,
exactly as we do through our own
community's many worthwhile
'charities.
But, alas—soon selfish rulers be-
gan to demand more costly gifts
from their subjects. Even Good
Queen Bess used to acquire most
of her extensive wardrobe through
Christmas gifts from the court
nobles.
In 1561, a lady-in-waiting knit-
ted Her Majesty a pair of silk
stockings, which she so loved, that
ever afterward she refused to wear
any other kind! Imagine her de-
light at beautiful nylons on sale
at our well-stocked Bay City
stores!
But, from the beginning of t.tne
till now, the spirit of holiday
giving has remained the same.
And we give gifts to each other
during this wonderful season for
one reason alone—because we love
each other and want to show it!
RANK WILDCAT
WILL BE DRILLED
TO 12,500 FEET
Webster Finales
Oil Producer
At Tidehaven
The joint operators of Brazos
Oil & Gas Company and Magnolia
Petroleum Company had only 130
feet to drill Tuesday on their rank
wildcat test, No. 1 W. W. Rugeley,
southwest of Wadsworth.
The test will be carried to 12,500
feet. Originally it was permitted
and drilled to 11,300 feet, but the
brass decided to carry it deeper
after r.c shows were encountered.
Meanwhile, C. B. Webster, a
Houston independent, completed an
oil well in Tidehaven Field—the
No. 1 L. C. Cornelius Unit 1—but
details were lacking at presstime.
Also, a potential run for Ohio
Oil Company's 36-A Ohio-Sun Unit
has been announced; 153.95 barrels
of 36.6-gravity oil daily on a 7/64-
inch choke, tubing pressure 1,025
pounds, gas-oil ratio 530-1, total
depth 7,050 feet.
More late Matagorda County
drill reports, field-by-field, area
by-area:
WADSWORTH — Gulf Oil Cor-
poration's No. 1 Mae Gilmore, et
al, is still reported testing.
FAITH-MAG—Russell Maguire
and the Humble Oil '& Refining
Company have set a whipstock at
9,300 feet to sidetrack.
NORTH WADSWORTH—J. S.
Michaels is moving in to drill a
wildcat on the Buckner's Orphans
Home lease about three and one-
half' miles north of Wadsworth...
The B. B. M. Drilling Company has
the drilling contract.
PHEASANT — Michel T. Hal-
bouty is moving in a rig to drill
No. 1 J. G. Simpson, et al.
NORTH COLLEGEPORT—Tide-
water Oil Company's No. 1 Hans
J. Nelsen is digging past 8,900
feet. . . Tidewater Oil Company
spudded in No. 2 Lee Slaughter
1,975 feet northwest of No. 1 dis-
covery.
MARKHAM—Texas Company's
No. 1 A. B. Turner Fee NCT-1 has
reached a total depth of 5,000 feet,
is testing. . . Lee Brothers Oil
Company's No. 7 Kountze-Stewart
is drilling around 4,500 feet. ...
(See "130 FEET," Page 8)
HOLIDAY CALENDAR
85*
(Editor's note: This holiday
calendar will run until New
Year's and all clubs, churches,
and other organizations are
cordially invited to list their
events in this column.)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13
Christmas Bible Reading: 1 Co-
rinthians 13: first verse on
Palacios American Legion:
Greenwood-Curtis Post 476, V. F.
W. Hall, Palacios, 8 p.m.
Basketball: Boling at Bay City,
high school gym, 8 p.m.
Christmas Subscription S a le :
Consult ad inside NEW'S for ex
citing offer to non-subscribers (all
subscriptions cash-in-adVancc).
Livestock Sale: Matagorda
County Fairgrounds, 1 p.m
Bay City Kiwanis Club's Old
Toy Drive still on! Collection sta-
tions; Frels State Theatre, Strid-
de's Magnolia Service Station, Ar
nold's Gulf Service Station.
Christmas Party: Bay Cfty Ki-
wanis Club, Robbins Hall, Bay
City.
Palac'os American Legion's
Christmas Cheer Drive: Mail dona-
tion to "The Christmas Cheer
Fund," Box 243, Palacios, or con-
tribute toys, food, and clothing
to Palacios Legionnaires for dis-
tribution.
Christmas Seal Sale: Mail dona-
tion to Matagorda County Tuber-
culosis Association, T. O. Box 70,
Bay City.
Art Class: Service Center, Bay
City, 9 a.m.-noon.
Basketball: Van V1 e c k High
School Invitational Tournaments
for boys and girls.
Family Night; Bay City Coun-
try Club.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14
Selections from Handel's "Mes-
siah": Bay City High School Band
and ChoiV, Bay City High School
Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Christmas Tree: Mary Martha
Class of First Baptist Church, Pa-
lacios, night.
Christmas Bible Reading. Philip-
pians 4: first verse on.
Christmas Seal Sale; Mail dona-
tion to Matagorda County "Tuber-
culosis Association, P. O. Box 70,
Bay City.
Christmas Subscription Sale:
Consult ad inside NEWS for excite
ing: offer to non subscribers (all
subscriptions cash-in-advance).
Bay City Kiwanis Club's Old
Toy Drfve still on! Collection sta-
tions: Frels State Theatre, Ar-
nold's Gulf Service Station, Strid-
de's Magnolia Service Station.
Basketball: Van Vleck High
School Invitational Tournaments
for boys and girls
Palacios American Legion's
Christmas Cheer Drive: Mail dona-
tion to "The Christmas Cheer
Fund," P. O. Box 243, Palacios, or
contribute toys, clothing or 'food
to Palacios Legionnaires for dis
tribution.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15
Christmas Bible Reading: He
brews 11:1-40.
Christmas Party: Bay City
American Legion Post- 11, Auxil
ary, Legi'on Hall, Bay City, 7-11
p. m
Christmas Party: Bay City High
School Foreign Language Club.
Christmas Mailing: In - state
packages should be mailed!
Santa Claus Visits Bay City:
Courthouse Square, 2:30 p.m.
Christmas Party: Eta Mu Chap
ter, Morocco Room, Bay City, 7:30
p.m
Last Day for the Bay City Ki-
wanis Club's Collection of Old
Toys! Collection Stations: Frels
State Theatre, Stridde's Magnolia
Service Station, Arnold's Gulf
Service Station
Palacios American Legion's
Christmas Cheer Drive: Mail dona-
tion to "The Christmas Cheer
Fund," Box 243, Palacios, or con-
tribute toys, food, and clothing to
Palacios Legionnaires for distri-
bution.
Christmas Seal Sale; Mail dona-
tion to Matagorda County Tuber-
culosis Association, P.O. Box 70,
Bay City.
Basketball: Van Vlecfc High
School Invitational Tournaments
for boys and girls.
Last Day for Christmas Sub-
scription Sale! Consult ad inside
NE)WS for exciting offer to non-
subscribers (all subscriptions cash-
in-advance)!
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16
Christmas Bible Reading: Luke
10:23-42.
Christmas Plays: Holy Cress
Catholic School Students, Bay City
High School Auditorium, 7:&Q p.m.
Church Services • All Matagorda
County Churches. , -
MONDAY, • DECEMBER 17
Christmas Party:,Bay City Jun-
ior-Senior P.-T. A., Bay City High
(See "CALENDAR," Page 4)
YULE SPIRIT
BEGINS TO GRIP
COUNTY PEOPLE
Storekeepers Of
Bay City Report
Registers Jingle
Bay City merchants are girding
for the final big week next week
of Christmas shopping- before San-
ta Claus hitches up his sleigh for
his mammoth round-the-world trip!
Storekeepers at the county seat
—Santa's headquarters!—report a
steadily increasing volume of Yule
shoppers as the holiday nears and
they expect the season's peak to
be reached next week.
At this stage there are only
nine more shopping days until
Christmas and they'll slip by
f-a-s-t at the rate all things arejjp-
ing. JIT*
Most stores still haveytfomplete
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Whether it's frisunas gift
bargains or Ch""iltmaf< greetings
(or both) you wish to advertise
in THE BAY CITY NEWS, our
advertising sitaff is ready to
assist you. Simply dial CI 5-
7291 for our advertising staff;
they will be glad to help you
work out an effective Christmas
advertising campaign. THE
NEWS is a select advertising
medium for your Christmas ad-
vertising as it is read each week
by thousands of prospective
shoppers! There's no time to lose
if you expect to get your share
of the Yuletide dollar!
Yuletide Customs In Bay City Are Varying
By BOB STEWART
Editor
No two families celebrate the
Christmas holiday in exactly the
same manner.
Christmas Eve night may be the
time 'for the big celebration, the
holiday dinner may be at home or
with relatives, Santa may come
Christmas morning or the niglit
before, and so on with countless
possibilities. .....
. THf NEWS made a survey this
Week! 'to See what a group ot
typical families plan for the big
holiday. Her® are the results- v
MR. AND MRS. GEORGE W.
PATTERSON have a largo family
—two boys and two gjrls—go S^n-
ta Claus plays a big, part in their,
celebration. .
The children are all under six
years old. Glen is six, Dorothy Ann
three, Linda Jo two, and the baby,
James Charles, has yet to, gee his
first Christmas.
The family's gifts to each,other
are opened Christinas Evp night
and St. Nick's presents are un-
wrapped bright and eqriy the next
morning.
Mrs. Patterson explained that
all of the gifts are not opened at
once to avoid confusion between
the family's and Santa's gifts!
MR. AND MRS. JOHN MEN-
DIOLA and their six children be-
gin their Yuletide celebration by
going to midnight mass Christmas
Eve.
Upon returning home they have
a dinner of tamales and coffee—
the only time Mrs. Mendiola makes
the Latin-American dish all year.
4fter the banquet, Christmas
gift# i»re opened.
All ithe children " will be home
thw reason. Fred and Robert at-
tend the University of Houston and
Pete, Julian, Rudy, aiyi Katy live
here.
MR.. AND MRS. BERT WOF-
FORD plan to spend Christmas
with Mrs. Wo'fford's mother, Mrs.
S. H. Baker, in Bay City thifc year.
Mrs. Wofford said that two of
her sisters may not be able to
make it home this year, but that
she hoped at .least eight of her
brothers and sisters would be here.
MR. AND MRS. O. A. SCHRAUB
have some traveling in store for
them this Christmas.
They plan to pack up the two
children—Craig," three, and Cyn-
thia Ann, six — and visit Mr.
Schraub's father and sister in Se-
guin.
Christmas day they will go to
Brenhbm for lunch with Mr*'
Schraub's mother. ,
Mrs. -Schraub says thm> is an an-
nual trip > and that the children
take it for granted Santa knows
whers they are going when the?
take, to the highways!
MRS., COURTNEY GROVER
says she and her husband are
usually routed out of bed by their
four children between 5 and 6
o'clock Christmas morning.
Junior, nine; Barbara, seven;
Marian, six, and Bruce, four, are
just the right age to appreciate
Christmas and are currently busy
compiling a list of presents they
want Santa to bring them.
"One has down 42 items," Mrs.
Grover sighed.
MRS. J. A. BIRKNER took care
of her Christmas dinner problems
this year by bagging an eight-
point buck.
However, right no^y she is still
hesitating between venison and
turkey and dressing for the main
'The Birkners get up early
Christmas mofrfing and attend ser-
vices at the First'Christian Church,
then for the rest of the day they
play host to; guests.'
MR. AND MRS. TOM OTTIS
plan Christmas ht home this £car
with all of their children except
20-year-old Edward, who is sta-
tioned in Virginia with the Navy.
Ed will be home for New Year,
however.
Mike, 18, is attending St. Ed-
wards at Austhi and the other
three children—Bill, 18; Dick, 11,
and Maureen, three—live at home.
The Ottiscs have their Christ-
mas tree the night before Chri'st-
mas and later attend mass at Bay
City. Christmas morhing th^y' it-'
tend the IWadsWorth mass. 1;
So you see, Christmas 'iustoirts
differ radically from family to
family.
But however you celebrate the
biggest holiday, We'll bet that 1f
ytAl afe' sui-rOunded Ity loved 'fenes,
it Willi be the happiest time of the
year. :
Me'rry Christmas!
Sjltiil'l
Bfl
DRIVE SAFELY—Promote safe-
st r
ty.pnd prevent sorrow.
stocks but, at the rate shoppers
are making selections, that may
not hold true for long, one mer-
chant pointed out.
Their cash registers are jinglin;
all the way . . .
Stay Open Later
Bay. City" merchants will stay
open until 8 o'clock three nights
next week—Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday—to allow citizens to get
in their last-minute shopping.
Stores will close at ,6- o'clock, the
usual time, m Christmas Eve, Mon-
dayi December 24
The old , fashioned Christmas
spirit s beginning to grip most
Matagorda Countians.
Santa Claus, that jolly old elf
from the cold regions, will come to
town Saturday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock to distribute candy to the
children.
Warren Hart, who had charge of
(See "MERCHANTS,I'JPjce.4). ..
MR. & MRS.
MERCHANT:
YOUR
ADVERTISING
CAMPAIGN, ji
NIJEDS,
t;u)iciRcrii$n6N.
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INTEREST . . .
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MEMO: Only 9 More Shopping Days To Christmas!
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Stewart, Bob. The Bay City News (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1956, newspaper, December 13, 1956; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth428373/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.