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THE BAY CITY NEWS
Thursday, Febr
23, 19SC
PRESENT SITE VETOED . . .
Matagorda County May Wind Up
Sponsoring Bay City Observer Unit
Matagorda County probably will
wind up sponsoring the Bay City
unit of the ground observer corps,
Judge J. J. Spurgeon told THE
NEWS this week.
Tho unit has been unable to ob-
tain a sponsor to build the unit
although tentative operation plans
have been set up and the required
number of members obtained.
If the county does build the unit,
the Bay City group cannot use the
location on Sixth Street as plan-
ned. County property must be
used.
Also, at least two bids for the
i: building must be received.
In an interview with Mrs. Wil-
liam A. Spain, co-ordinator, it was
learned that the county had given
the unit its choice of two locations
—one o'f which had already been
turned down- before the present
site was secured.
The first location offered by the
county was adjacent to the Coun-'
ty Welfare Department and the
second is on Nichols Avenue.
Kay In Houston
This Week For
Fat Stock Show
Rayford Kay, Matagorda Coun-
ty agent, is in Houston this week
Tor the Houston Fat Stock Show
where he is serving as assistant
dairy supervisor.
Mr. Kay's wife and son arc
visiting her parents in Smithville
while the county agent is in Hous-
ton.
Final Rites For
Mrs. A. Semicek
Held In Palacios
Final rites for Mrs. August
Semicek of Palacios were held
last Thursday in the Palacios
Catholic Church.
Mrs. Semicek was 79 years old
and is survived by her husband;
sisters, Mrs. Annie Heinrich of
Palacios and Mrs. Adolfina Han-
zelka of Yoakum, and brother,
Louis Chemicek of Czechoslovakia.
Final Rites For
M. E. Walker Held
In Palacios Thursday
Funeral services for Mervin Earl
Walker, 61, were held February 16
in the Palacios Funeral Home. The
Rev. L. V. Cockrum officiated.
Mr. Walker died February 15 in
Palacios.
He is survived by his wife of
Palacios; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle
Walker Brown of Waynestown,
Ind., and a brother, Sam Walker
of Indianapolis, Ind.
Funeral Services For
Mrs. Daisy Tennis, 80,
Are Held In Alvin
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy
Tennis, 80, were held Monday at
the First Methodist Church in Al-
vin.
Mrs. Tennis died Saturday. She
is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Clara Guillot and Mrs. Minnie Mae
Lawrence of Bay City.
Also surviving is a son, IWharton
Bates Tennis, of Lubbock.
The Rev. G. R. House was in
charge of services and burial was
in Alvin. Taylor Brothers Funeral
Home was in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Lassiter Rites
Held Wednesday
In Rockport Church
Final rites for Mrs. Clarence
Lassiter of Rockport were held
Wednesday at the Presbyterian
Church in Rockport.
Mrs. Lassiter was 25 years old.
She is survived by her husband;
a son, Robert Edward; parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Cunningham
o'f Canada; two sisters, Misses
Yvonne and Carol Cunningham of
Canada, and a brother, Dwan of
Canada.
Mrs. Lassiter died here Monday.
Taylor Brothers Funeral Home
was in charge of services.
Funeral Services For
Carl Vorbeck Held
At Taylor Brothers
Funeral services for Carl Vor-
beck, 43, were held Sunday at Tay-
lor Brothers Funeral Home with
the Rev. Billy Norton, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of New-
gulf, officiating.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Carl Vorbeck of Bay City; two
daughters, Miss Myra Vorbeck of
Danevang and Miss Sally Joyce
Pyburn of Bay City, and a son,
Michael, of Danevang.
Burial was in Cedarvale Ceme-
tery. Taylor Brothers Funeral
Home was in charge of arrange-
ments.
The first alert exercise is defi-
nitely scheduled for the end of
March.
If a location is not secured by
that time it is not known what the
effect on the- future of the post
will he.
"•rov.vrt
s Again Tops
List Of Diseases
With 19 Cases
Measles again topped the list
of communicable ills reported by
tho Matagorda County Health
Unit with 19 cases. ""
Other diseases reported this
week were 14 chicken pox, 10
Virus dysentery, 17 mumps, 14 in-
fluenza, three pneumonia, and one
case of "gonorrhea,
i' *• —__ 1
POLITICOS—
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votes will be cast in the county
clerk's office in a separate ballot
box.
Voting Places Told
In addition to the absentee box,
20 balloting places are scattered
over the county, two of them in
Bay City.
Bay City Box 1-A will be located
at the Service Center and the other
will be in the county courthouse.
A list of other balloting sites
and their numbers follow:
Matagorda 2, Palacios 3, Bless-
ing 4, Van Vleck 5, Sargent 6, Col-
legeport 7, Markham 8, Pledger 9,
Caney 10, Wadsworth 11, Citrus
Grove 12, Ashby 13, Prairie Center
14, El Maton 15, Midfield 16,
Clemville 17, Buckeye 18, and Ce
dar Lane 20.
4 TESTING—
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gas ratio content of the fluid.
Prior reports that the well had
been completed were premature.
3 — Magnolia Petroleum Com-
pany's No. ''P Ethel Cornelius, et
al, in Wadsworth is testing after
drilling to a total depth o'f 10,811
feet.
4—Humble Oil & Refining Com-
pany's No. 2 Pauline Huebner is
still testing.
Other late oil reports, field-by-
field, area-by-area:
SHEPHERD'S MOTT—Magno-
lia Petroleum Company's No. 2
Janie Hawkins ran an electrical
log to 13,759 feet Monday.
WADSWORTH — Magnolia Pe-
troleum Company's No. 2 Francis
Savage is drilling around 10.000
feet.
GULF — Texas Gulf Sulphur
Company's No. 9 Fee is a stake in
the William Simpson Survey, is
projected to 1,500 feet. . . No. 1
Fee is drilling ahead.
WEST MIDFIELD — Potential
has been announced for Crown
Central Petroleum Corporation's
discovery oiler five and one-half
miles west of Midfield; 39.44 bar-
rels of 41.7-gravity oil daily on a
6/64-inch choke from 7,130-32
feet, tubing pressure 525 pounds,
gas-oil ratio 450-1.
NORTH MARKHAM—Potential
has been announced for Ohio Oil
Company's 32-A Ohio-Sun Unit:
159 barrels of 37-gravity oil daily
on a 7/64-inch choke from 6,965-69
feet, tubing pressure 1,050 pounds,
gas-oil ratio 487-1. . . Ohio is mov-
ing in to drill 33-A Ohio-Sun Unit.
COLLEGEPORT—Brazos Oil &
Gas Company's No. 1 Helen M.
Holsworth is rigging up.
NORTH BAY CITY—Woodward
and Company of Dallas have staked
location on the 5,000-acre Pierce
Ranch lease eight miles north of
Bay City in the David Fenton
League, A-33. . . Projected depth
is 8,500 feet.
GULF OF MEXICO—Shell Oil
Company's No. 1 State Tract 488
is still a location. . . Glasscock
Drilling Company has heen award-
ed the contract.
Here are more oil reports, field-
by-field, area-by-area from near-
by counties:
NORTHWEST WEST COLUM-
BIA (Brazoria County) — Pano-
Tech Exploration Company's No.
2 Marian Rigsbee has kicked off..,
It is 1,500 feet southwest of the
discovery oiler.
NORTH LAWARD (Jackson
County) — Progress Petroleum
Company's No. 1 Hornbuckle is a
location. . . Projected depth is
7,500 feet.
MATAGORDA BAY (Calhoun
C«unty)—Sun Oil < Company has
set conductor pipe on State Tract
No. 152, is projected to 9,000 feet.
NORTHEAST PORT LAVACA
(Calhoun County) — Lignite and
Carbon Company's No. 1 W. C.
Braunum is a location, will go 9,-
000 feet.
SOUTHWEST DANEVANG
(Wharton County)—Gilcrease Oil
Company's No. 1 Kountze Stewart
is still a location.
CARANCAHUA BAY (Jackson
County)—Alcoa has plugged and
abandoned its F. Frankson test...
Alcoa's No. 1 Green is digging be-
low 8,400 feet.
Feeling Here Is
Ike Ripped His
Political Pants
The feeling of most Matagorda
County landowners and oil peoplo
contacted is that President Eisen-
hower ripped his political britches
by vetoing the Harris Natural Gas
Bill, which would have eliminated
federal control at; the wellhead. '
Many thought that the prb^H
dent's excuse for vet'oihg the bill
was very flimsy. This blunder may
be the turning point in how Mata-
gorda County will go in the presi-
dential election this year.
In 1952 Matagorda County
went for Eisenhower over Adlai
Stevenson, 4,130 to 2,101, just
a few votes shy of a two-to-one
majority.
But talk on the street is not
nearly as strong for Ike as it was
then.
Many think he is a good presi-
dent but that his advice is bad,
that his recent heart attack is not
in his favor if he should decide to
run again, that cramming desegre-
gation down the throats of the
South will have considerable effect
—and now his veto of the gas bill
which, if passed, would have been
highly beneficial to the people o'f
this state.
Congressman Clark W. Thomp-
son wrote to THE NEWS: "If the
story which I heard on the radio
concerning the reason for the veto
is correct—namely, that he did
because one gas operator may have
tried to buy the vote of one sena-
tor, then it is the weakest veto I
have ever known.
"Folks around here who think
they are very wise politically were
predicting that if he vetoed it, he
was evidently going to run again
and figured he could pick up more
big city votes by doing so rather
than sticking to his Texas friends
and those of us who believe the
states have the right to regualte
the price of natural gas at the
well."
The center of much comment in
Bay City was the report that the
labor unions and the gas distribut-
ing companies in the big cities of
the north and east poured in sev-
eral million dollars to defeat the
gas bill. w
Apparently there will be no in-
vestigation of that. . .
One independent oil operator,
Johnny Mitchell, whose firm,
Christie, Mitchell & Mitchell, has
several hundred acres of prospec-
tive gas-producing property under
lease in the vicinity of Palacios,
was so incensed that he was going
to ask for a return of a contribu-
tion to the Republican Party.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE — Full - blood Coljie
pups. Two miles north of towm.
Phone CI 5-4317. L. N. Miller. 2-23p
BABY CHICKS FOR SALE: Top
4-A quality, all breeds. M. J.
Denn Feed Store, 1303 Ave. F.
FJOR SALE: -r- Registered Rqd
Brahma Bulls. Dr. T. M. Ndal,
Wharton, Tetfcs. 35-tfn
FOR SALE—Mung beans 5 cents a
pound. L. L. Wind, Danevang
Star Route, El Campo, Texas. Ph.
1233J1. 3-8pd
FOR SALE—Beer and cafe lounge
located at 610 Milam Street in
Wharton. Phone A. J. Chaka, 785,
El Campo, Texas. 2-23
FOR SALE—I have some good
prairie grass hay for sale at 50c
per bale, or will deliver locally at
65c per bale in truck load lots. J.
E. DAWDY JR., Phone 2426, Mark-
ham, Texas. 3-8-56
FOR SALE—Registered Aberdeen-
Angus yearling bulls. Address
inquiries to S. G. Gray, Maraleigh
Farm, Rt. 2, Weimar, Texas, oi
1713 Esperson Building, Houston.
tfn
FOR SALE—USED OUTBOARD
MOTORS. Johnson and Evin-
rude 25's. Electric starting and
regular starting. Standard and'
long shafts. $195 to $395. We
guarantee all used Johnson and
Evinrude motors. Anderson Broth-
ers Garage. Bay City. tfn
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per word for the first insertion,
2 cents per word for each addi-
tional insertion, 50 cents min-
imum; classified display (boxed),
$1 minimum.)
OPPORTUNITIES
POWER UNITS FOR SALE—One
Moline K. E. F. power unit, 50
horsepower. One Buda 4-cylinder
4% bore 6-inch model Y. R. No.
425, stroke about 60 horsepowei,
both with radiators, good as new.
Equipped for natural gas or bu-
tane. One 8-foot Acrmotor wind-
mill $25. One 5x6 foot water tank
$25. Manofsky Gin Company. Bay
City, Texas. Phone CI 5-3698
Night phone CI 5-2422. 2-23
20 BARRELS—
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in a referendum.
Subject To Penalty
Under this marketing quota,
growers exceeding their allotments
will be subject to a penalty of 50
per cent of parity on excess mar-
keting and their rice crop will not
be eligible for price support.
Those staying within their al-
lotments will not be subject to
marketing penalties and may put
their rice under Commodity Credit
Corporation loans or purchase
agreements.
This assures them a minimum
national average support of $4.04
per hundredweight on their 1956
rice crop, 75 per cent of the No-
vember 15, 1955, parity price.
This minimum support price
cannot be reduced, but will be in-
creased if a combination of the
rice parity price of August 1,
1956, and the supply percentage as
of that date indicated a higher
level of support.
Rice planting in Matagorda
County will start about the mid-
dle of March and continue through
April, said Frank Orts, assistant
county agent.
Century Patna, Bluebonnet, and
Rexora probably will be the big
sellers as in the past.
Rice has about an 185-day sea-
son with the varieties maturing
at different times.
Rexora is the late-maturing rice
of the three varieties named.
Cotton Cut Too
On the cotton front, allotment is
18,480 acres, a cut from last year's
19,000 acres.
Planting will start sometime in
April. Most of the land is ready
for planting. D.P.L. and T.P.S.A.
variety seeds are the big sellers
locally.
Mr. Orts revealed a new seed
treating compound, 39-11, which,
though experimental, promises to
take care of many insects for the
first three poisonings.
He asked onyone interested in
this compound to visit the county
agent's office.
Last year 15,465 bales were
hauled to the gin. This averages
out to about 400 lint pounds per
acre.
In 1954, 12,835 bales were pick-
ed.
Cotton has about a 130 - day
growing season, and some, early
cotton should begin rolling out of
the fields in July.
NOW READY — Gladiolus and
Dahlia Bulhs. Pansy plants, Snap-
dragons, Petunias (all colors in
single, double and ruffled) Carna-
tions and Pinks. Phlox, Anemones,
Ranunculus, Verbena, English
Daisy, Allysium, Stocks, Candy
Tift. Also Tomato plants, pepper
plants, egg plants. ALL BEDDING
PLANTS GROWN IN INDIVI-
DUAL CONTAINERS. Fertilizer
for roses, camellias, azaleas; gar-
den tools, chemicals and shrubs of
all kinds. Full line of nursery
stock—Come by and visit! WHAR-
TON NURSERY, 619 N. Resident
Street, Wharton, Texas. 2-23
BUY AND SELL WITH NEWS
CLASSIFIED AD!
POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE NEWS accepts political
announcements and advertising on
a paid-in-advance basis only. THE
NEWS has been authorized to an-
nounce the following candidacies
subject to the various elections
scheduled in 1956.
MATAGORDA COUNTY
For Commissioner Pet. 1:
T. D. (Tom) MATTHEWS
(for reelection)
S. O. EIDMAN
GEORGE A. SHOULTZ
W. C. (Bill) TILLMAN
For County Attorney:
FRED P. HOLUB
(for reelection)
For Tax Collector-Assessor:
JAMES H. SELKIRK
(for reelection)
For Sheriff:
J. B. (Jack) COLE
(for reelection)
C. H. (Dee) DeWOLFE
G. F. (Gus) BENEDICT
For Commissioner Pet. 3:
ARCHIE G. THOMPSON
BAY CITY INDEPENDENT
SCHOOL DISTRICT
For Trustee:
J. D. VOYLES
(for reelection)
MRS. CLARENCE MEHRENS
CITY OF BAY CITY
For City Council:
S. R. (Jimmy) DYKES
STATE OF TEXAS
For State Representative:
CARLTON CRAWFORD
R. C. Carvell Pleads
Not Guilty To
Driving While Drunk
Robert Clinton Carvell pleaded
not guilty to a charge of driving
while intoxicated, according to a
February 20 entry in the criminal
docket of the county clerk.
His bond was set at $500 and the
case is set for 9 o'clock Monday
morning.
The criminal docket of the coun-
ty clerk shows that Everett L.
Beard has been accused of (de-
frauding. The case was filed Mon-
day.
DEALERS-in Oil; tSfef ahd Mineral
( Leases, Royalties. W. W. Wilkin-
son & Sons, Bay City, Texas, tfn
VISIT ROBERTS' SHOE STORE
for a complete selection of
nationally advertised shoes, match-
ing bags, hosiery, and accessories.
On the square in Bay City. tfn
BABY CHICKS ON H A N D •=-
Hatches each week. All of our
chicks are Texas U. S. approved
pullorum passed. It pays to raise
the best. PICKETT HATCHERY
& FEED STORE, Iago, Texas,
Phone 105J2. tfn
A NEW VARIETY OF STRAW-
BERRIES FOR THIS GULF
COAST. Fine flavor, early, very
large. Strong healthy plants ready
to set, Government inspected, $2.50
per hundred prepaid. Geo. Slaugh-
ter, 904 Merchant Street, El Cam-
po, Texas. - - - ' * tfn
HUFFINGTON RANCH FEEDS.
Starter-growei mash, $3.95 CWT.
Laying mash $3.95; Cattle feed
$2.45; dairy feed $2.95; range cubes
$3.25; 14% feed for pigs, sows
and hogs $2.95. All prices are
sack exchange. Every bag guaran-
teed Huffington Ranch Warehouse,
next to Radio Station KULP, 505
East Jackson, El Campo. Phone 82
MISCELLANEOUS
LISTINGS WANTED — Farm,
ranch acreage, small tracts, water
frontage, industrial sites. T. Rush
Moody, 605 Harold Street, Hous-
ton, Texas. tfn
FURNITURE UPHOLSTERING,
slip covers, draperies, automo-
bile seat covers. Many fabrics to
choose from. Pointer's Upholstery,
3013 East Seventh Street. Phone
4548, Bay City. tf
MR. FARMER—For more cotton
per acre, better germination,
better planting, have your cotton
planting seed delinted and ceres^n-
treated. We have the machinery
to do the job. Manofsky Gin Com-
pany. Bay City, Texas. Pfttfhe-'-C?
5-3698. Night phone CI 5-2422.
2-23
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Notice To
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF MATAGORDA
The undersigned having been
duly appointed independent execu-
tor of the Estate of Belle Z. Swin-
ford, Deceased, hereby notify all
'persons indebted to said estate to
come foreward and make settle-
ment, and those having claims
against said estate to present
them to him at his residence at
3720 P % Rear, Galveston, Tex-
as, where he receives his ..mail,
this 1st day of February A.D.
1956. ' '• :
A. J. CURTIS, Independent
executor of the Estate of Belle
Z. Swinford, deceased.
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