Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1961 Page: 1 of 8
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TRAIL RIDERS
ON THEIR WAY
The Trail Ride is on!
Fifty-three riders and five wag-
ons hauling supplies and passeng-
ers pulled out shortly after eight
o’clock Wednesday morning escort-
ed by Sheriff Jack Cole and Asst.
Chief Deputy E. T. Miller. Their
goal to participate in the parade
in Bay City Thursday afternoon
opening the 17th Annual Matagor-
da County Fair and Livestock Ex-
position which runs through March
9, 10 and 11.
J. H. (Jimmie) Shearer, presi-
dent of the local Trail Riders Assn,
led the group which consisted of
local riders, and others from Jack-
son and Calhoun counties, Hous-
ton, Eagle Lake, El Campo and
Bay City, as Trail Boss.
They will pick up other riders
on the way to the Livestock Show.
Dinner 'Wednesday will be served
at the ‘Y’ in Blessing. They will
camp out Wednesday night at
the Precinct 4 County Barn mid-
way between El Maton and the
underpass. A; barbecue will be held
late Wednesday evening and a
John F. Raasch, Jr.
In Four-Man Race
For Council Seat
John F. ftaasch has authorized
the Beacon to announce his can-
didacy for City Alderman, subject
to the City Election on April 4.
Mr. Raasch has been a resident
of Palacios since 1949 when he
came to the Alcoa plant with Nord-
berg Mfg. Co. for the installation
of radial type engines for the
plant. Since 1952 he has been with
Alcoa as supervisor of the ma-
chine shops. He is married and
has two daughters. They live at
601 First Street.
He is active in the Palacios
Youth Club, Little League and
other teen-age activities. He is in-
terested in the continued growth
of Palacios and in making this
community a finer place to make
a home, industrially or residential-
ly. If elected he will serve all the
people to the best of his ability.
No School This Friday,
Teachers To Attend
District Convention
Friday will be a school holiday as
the school teachers and administra-
tors are expected to attend the
fourth annual convention of Dis-
trict XII, Texas State Teachers
Association, in Victoria.
From Thursday evening through
Friday afternoon, the teachers and
their invited speakers will discuss
subjects ranging from arithmetic
to zoology at seven separate lunch-
eons, 25 sectional subject meetings,
the general session and a meetiug
of the District House of Delegates.
An estimated 3,000 are expected
to attend the convention including
representatives from Aransas, Bee,
Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fay-
ette, Fort Bend, Goliad, Jackson,
Lavaca, Matagorda, Refugio, Vic-
toria and Wharton counties.
The Palacios Senior High School
choir will sing at the District Meet-
ing for the Class Room Teachers
group.
Members of the choir are Julian
(Ray Jenkins, Jimmy Malone, Judy
Lothridge and Blanche Lou Hal-
stead. Kermit S. Gideon, director
will accompany the group to Vic-
toria.
Regional choir patches will be
issued for this honor.
Colored Sch. Students
Attend Houston Stock
Show, Rodeo, Saturday
Saturday afternoon the Colored
School students attended the Fat
Stock Show in Houston. Thirty-
four students, three teachers and
one parent attended.
Mr. Neil Masterson, president of
the Fat Stock Show and his co-
workers, invited the group to at-
tend the Rodeo free of charge.
The faculty and students were
delighted to have such an honor
bestowed upon them.
The purpose of attending the
6how was to stimulate interest
and to make life more desirable and
satisfying toward activities offered
in our vicinity.
The Colored School faculty invite
all to their open house all day
Thursday in observance of Public
School Week. Refreshments will be
served all visitors.
CASSEROLE SUPPER
A casserole supper will be given
by the Methodist Youth Fellowship
Friday, March 17, in Weimer Hall.
The proceeds from this will be
added to the fund for the members
of the M.1LF. to attend summer
camp at Mt. Wesley this summer.
dance following at El Maton Na-
tional Hal! with music by Tommie
Tolleson and the Western Playboys.
Thursday morning the group will
break camp for LeTulle Park,
where they will have lunch before
entering Bay City to participate
in the parade opening the show.
Mr. Shearer stated that they ex-
pected in the neighborhood of 300
at the barbecue and dance Wed-
nesday night. The barbecue will
be $1.50 per plate to non-partici-
pants in the trail ride. The dance
will be free.
Curley Oglesby is in charge of
the barbecue Wednesday evening.
GRASSY POINT
By LORRAINE BASFORD
The indignant minister looked
hard at one of his congregation.
"I heard you went to see the
Giants play Sunday instead of
coming to church.”
“That’s a lie,” the church mem-
ber said, “And I’ve got the fish
to prove it.”
» • •
On the heels of the Texas Re-
search League’s recommendation
by Mg. Glen Ivy that $200,000 be
transferred from the Special Game
and Fish Fund, Henry Le Blanc
said in an Austin meeting that the
income from the sale of shell should
be plowed back into oyster con-
servation. The oyster resources can
be a replendishable industry and
the rebuilding of shell reefs can-
not be done in our lifetime. But
any program for oyster rehabilita-
tion will also improve shell reef
conditions for the future and for
the welfare of the general public.
• * *
Before turning the reins of gov-
ernment over to President Ken-
nedy, Ike Eisenhower did anglers
a big favor by signing a bill which
prohibits importation of piranha
except for clearly scientific pur-
poses. Since a school of these small
fish can strip the bones of a per-
son in a few minutes, this is one
‘school shortage’ we can afford to
condone and encourage. The pet
lovers who were importing the
ferocious piranha must now turn
to gentler game and we can all
breathe easier.
* « *
Now if I was a member of
some Fishermen’s Liars Club, I
might think up a tall tale about
the wind being so strong over the
week end that it blew not only
flying fish, but trout, reds, etc.
right into the frying pans on the
stoves of people living along East
Bay.
Anyway, that old South wind
blew plenty over the week end,
bringing in a good tide, but the
bay was too rough for off shore
fishing, and all those who fished,
picked protected spots.
* • •
TIDES: Approximate Palacios
time: March 10, Low, 6:52 a.m.
High, 3:26 p.m. March 11, Low,
8:03 a.m.; High, 4:26 p.m.; Low,
11:09 p.m. High 1:04 Saturday a.m.
March 12, Low, 9:11 a.m.; High,
5:14 p.m.; Low, 11:11 p.m.; High,
2:47 am. Monday.
• • »
The old skipper says it is a fine
thing to be a gentleman, but its
an awful handicap in a good argu-
ment.
■ ■ •
Thought for today: Every morn-
ing lean thine arms awhile upon
the window-sill of Heaven, and
gaze upon the Lord. Then with
the vision in thy heart, turn strong
to meet the day.—Selected.
* < *
Thoughts from an anglers note-
book: If a man is gloomy, he
fishes to meditate. If he is feeling
full of vigor, he fishes for the
thrill that comes with landing a
lunker. If he’s tired, he fishes to
rest; if he’s nervous, he fishes to
relax. Fishing fits every mood,
and you’ll find them all on any
river bank, lake, bay or body of
water. Of all the reasons used
to justify fishing, man can least
argue that one prime motivation-
relation.
Ask the expert angler or just a
beginner in the grand old sport of
fishing, and you will likely get
widely divergent reasons why fish-
:ng is such a fascinating pastime.
Basically, however, the urge that
ha", made each devotee of this out-
door recreation is the same; ideals
of good sportsmanship and a love
of nature in its true form prompt
veteran sportsmen and novice alike
to venture forth on stream, lake
and bay. The quality of outdoor
recreation will never decline so
long as there are American sports-
men who cherish the principles
that have always distinguished ‘the
fishermen’.—Rod and Gun Club.
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VOLUME LIV, NUMBER 10 _PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS__THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961
Many Local Entries In County Show
Gas Pool Assured For Buttermilk
Slough Sinclair Driilsiem Test Shows
By BOB WILKINSON
Oil Operator-Lease Broker
A new gas-condensate pool has
been assured for the Buttermilk
Slough area northwest of Palacios
after the Sinclair Oil & Gas Com-
pany posted drillstcm results of
its No. 1 John T. Jones and others.
M. A. Spree Seeks
Re-Election To City
Councilman's Post
Myron A. Spree has filed for a
place on the ballot in the City
Election, Tuesday, April 4th, seek-
ing re-election to the post he now
holds. He has served a one-year
team on the council, having been
elected alderman in 1960 to ful-
fill the unexpired term created
by the resignation of Marvin L.
Curtis, who took, the oath of of-
fice as mayor.
Mr. Spree, a businessman in Pa-
lacios the past 13 years, states that
he has always been interested in
the progress of Palacios and wants
to see it continue to grow and
prosper. He promises to serve Pa-
lacios to the best of his ability, in
honesty and faithfulness.
He asks for your support and
vote in the April 4th election.
Representative Mokes
Report On Plans For
New Celanese Plant
At a recent meeting of the In-
dustrial Committee of the Bay City
Chamber of Commerce, K. R.
Hosey, a representative of the Cel-
anese Chemical Company gave a
brief report of what his company’s
plans were for construction on the
Colorado River.
Mr. Hosey reported that the Cel-
anese Chemical Company had about
10 people working in the Brown &
Root office in Houston on plant
engineering, and he added that
survey crews had been on the plant
site in Matagorda County.
He stated that actual work on
the site itself would begin early in
April, and that at the peak of the
construction on the plant there
would probably be sopie 350 to 400
people working on the site. He
estimated that the job peak would
be in the last quarter of 1961.
Mr. Hosey emphasized the fact
that Celanese would not be in a
position to talk about hiring until
the end of 1961. He reported, how-
ever, that Brown & Root would be
hiring some local labor at the con-
struction site. He reported that J.
L, Hines would be the construction
superintendent.
Annual Chamber Of
Commerce Banquet To
Be Held Thurs., April 6
The date for the Palacios Cham-
ber of Commerce annual banquet
has been set for Thursday evening,
April 6, according to Norman E.
Runyon, president.
Ken Pearce, executive president,
Bay Petroleum Company, will be
the guest speaker. Bay Petroleum
is a subsidiary of the Tennessee
Gas Transmission Corp., builders
of the new gas distribution system
north of Palacios.
The banquet will he held in the
Junior High School cafeteria.
Tickets for the annual affair will
be on sale by the directors of the
chamber at $2.50 each.
Parents Invited To
Visit Junior Hi School
Remember! Today, March 9,
(Thursday) is the final day of
Texas Public School Week. If you
haven’t visited Palacios Junior
High School do so today.
“What do you know about Pa-
lacios Junior High School,” is the
school’s theme for this year’s Pub-
lic School Week.
The Faculty of Junior High
School invites you to visit the
school today.
Drilled to 14,000 feet, the Jones
indicated production at 12,561-69
feet and 12,574-87 feet. More test-
ing is under way.
A report has it that Christie,
Mitchell & Mitchell plan to dually
complete a well, if possible, drilled
in 1958 on the F. K. Robeson land
in Palacios Field. Also, Pan Am’s
No. 4 F. M. Trull gauged 24.17 bar-
rels of oil daily from 9,070-79 feet,
this being new pay,
The Apache Corporation has
staked No. 1 Pierce Estate six and
one-half miles southeast of Col-
legeport.
Humble Oil & Refining Com-
pany’s No. 1 John T. Williams in
Ashby Field is projected to 12,-
500 feet. The site is in a bend of
Tres-Palacios River and 750 feet
east of the bank.
South Wadsworth has been the
name suggested for Texkan Oil
Company’s new discovery called
No. 1 J. C. Lewis Unit. It was
finaled for 9,400,000 cubic feet of
gas plus 17 barrels of condensate
to the million at 11,547-53 feet.
The Hamman boys are still test-
ing what is formerly known as
Russell Maguire’s No. 1 Looney-
Russell in the East Hamman Field
southeast of Bay City.
In Houston, soihebody asked oil
writer James Clark who is the
“hottest oilman in town.” Replied
Mr. Clark: “If anybody is making
any money in oil right now—he is
the hottest oilmap in town.”
Senator William A. Blakely said
the government’s oil import pro-
gram is not working effectively.
“Imports of foreign oil in the
first half of this year will average
1,971,139 barrels per day. Produc-
tion of this foreign oil is measured
in cents where the cost of U. S.
production is measured in dollars.
How can our domestic producers
operate with this Niagara of cheap-
ly produced foreign oil?”
Superior Oil Company’s No. 1
F. L. Andrews at Blessing potent-
iated 1,450,000 cubic feet of gas
and 36 barrels of condensate at
8,292-97 feet plus 77 barrels of
oil with a small amount of gas at
9,215-20 feet.
Lloyd H. Smith and others have
finished drilling No. 1 Texa=> Gulf
Sulphur Company Fee in the area
west of Ashby Field but results are
unknown.
Uncle Johnny Feed
Dealers Offer Prizes In
Three-Months Contest
Celebrating its new starter feed
program, Uncle Johnny Mills is
launching a special three-month
contest, lasting from March 1 to
May 31, in which Uncle Johnny
feed customers will have a chance
to win an expense-paid trip for
two to Mexico City, announced the
managers of E. E. Burton Co., of
Palacios, and Tom’s Mill & Feed of
Blessing, the authorized Uncle
Johnny feed dealers in this area.
Contestants will be asked to write
their “favorite story, joke or true
adventure which involves farmers
or farm life.”
Five $25 government savings
bonds will be awarded as secondary
prizes, one each to the five runner-
up contestants, and 20 Pan Amer-
! ican Airways travel bags to the
other runners-up.
Assistance Needed To
Help Paint Library
The Rehabilitation Committee of
|the Palacios Library Board is
headed by Buddy Luther with the
Rev. Ralph Masters as his able
assistant.
Anyone who would care to lend
a helping hand in the painting of
the inside of the library or any
other work that is needed to be done
can contact either of the Commit-
tee and such offers will be ac-
cepted with much appreciation.
The Librarian reports the arrival
of several books that have been re-
quested by patrons including “Ma-
ma’s Bank Abcount”. She reports
an increase in book handling the
past week and that two books may
be taken on each membership card.
E. O. Morris is a patient in the
Veterans Hospital in Houston.
A Lenten Thought
“Jesus saith unto him:
Verily I say unto thee, Today
shalt thou be with Me in
Paradise.” Luke 23:43.
“I go to prepare a place for
you. And if I go and prepare
a place for you, I will come
again and receive you unto
Myself, that where I am,
there ye may be also.”
John 14: 2-3.
Waller J. Milam
In Race For Seal
On City Council
Walter J. Milam in authorizing
the Beacon to announce his candi-
dacy for City Alderman, has is-
sued the following statement:
“To the citizens of Palacios: I
have entered my name as a candi-
date for City Alderman. I do not
feel that I know all the answers
to all the problems confronting our
city, but as a resident for some 35
years, I feel I might be able to
consider these problems with ma-
ture understanding.
“I am interested in our little
city, its growth, and Us people. I
would appreciate your vote.”
Councilmen Rest In
New Easy Chairs At
Meeting Monday Nite
Resting in easy chairs obtain-
ed from the recently closed
Bay View General Hospital mem-
bers of the City Council sat around
“chewing the fat” at their regular
meeting Monday night until a late
hour with little to put on the news
docket.
Bills were paid, as usual, and
in the same sense the “Fire Ordi-
nance” was again amended. The
amendment was minor and added
to the recently published amend-
ment. To build in the fire zone
you must meet the requirements
of many admendments.
Policemen were voted an addition
in pay up to $450 per month as long
as two of them fulfilled the posi-
tion of three, or working 12-hour
shifts. No action was taken «n the
applications on record.
The Finance Committee formu-
lated a plan for financing the pur-
chase of the present City State
Bank building, if and when avail-
able, for a new city office building.
Wilford LaBorde recived a build-
ing permit for an 8x12 addition on
Lot 10, Block 76. Other permits
were issued to Glenn Clayboum
for two pre-fabricated buildings to
be used as tourist courts, with a
value of $1,500; E. O. Morris, a
new residence on Lot 44, in Grassy
Point Addition, value at $6,000.
Deputy Sheriffs Return
From Phoenix With
Forger Wanted In Co.
Deputy Sheriffs E. T. Miller and
Travis Chambless have recently re-
turned from Phoenix, Ariz., where
they apprehended a man wanted
in Matagorda County, and out-lying
counties with burglary charges
filed in some of the counties and
forgery in others.
James David Ray, 37, was arrest-
ed by Phoneix police on a tip by
our local Deputy Miller. He waiver-
ed extradition and was returned
by the two deputies.
A five-state alarm had been out
on Ray since February 6, when
he passed through Bay City and
forged a number of checks, one in
excess of $1,900.
Retail Grocers To Meet
In Eagle Lake Mar. 14
The Tri-County Retail Grocer
Association will hold their next
meeting in Eagle Lake, March 14,
at 8 p.m. at the Community Cen-
ter. The program on “Meat Mer-
chandising” will be given by the
Schumacher Co. of Houston.
Calves Lead List With 13 Exhibitors;
Six Show Swine, 12 Fryers, 4 Sheep
Hr. and Mrs. Cleo Burke and
,ry Ann of Rosenberg were here
the funeral of Carl D. Sexten.
There will be 35 members of the
Palacios Chapter of the Future
Farmers of America exhibiting
their projects at the 17th annual
Matagorda County Fair and Live-
stock Exposition, according to Leon
Bullock, local Ag instructor.
Eight of the Chapter members
are exhibiting angus calves includ-
ing: Herbert Abraham, Russel Cor-
poron, iWeldon Corporon, Louis
Hickl, Ralph Bowers and Donald
Wessclman.
Boys showing Hereford or Here-
ford Crossbred calves are: Terry
Oglesby, Jack Seaquist, Marvin
Stuhrenberg, Billy Higginbotham,
Harry Frankson, Jim Bob Murray
and Earl Halfen.
Members entering the swine divi-
sion: Wayne Rogers, Arthur Bow-
ers, Charles Mosler, Edwin Mosier,
Harvey Smith, and Jerry Ellis.
Chapter members entering fry-
ers are: Mike (Martindale, Ray-
mond Morgan, Dan Miller, Henry
Jackson, Ronnie Stewart, Carl
Barrett, W. L. Hamlin, Gerald Lin-
ton, Bruce Erekson, Joe Kalas,
Gary Chamblee, Kenneth Smith.
Sheep entries will be made by:
Pat Phillips, Larry Schuelke, For-
tune Ross and Harold Harper.
Judging of the stock will be held
Thursday with the Auction to be
held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 11.
The rodeo will be held at 8:00
p.m. Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day night.
Showing livestock in the Houston
Fat Stock Show last week were
Jack Seaquist with a second place
in the Braham division and Ralph
Bowers with his Bangus steer plac-
ing 8th in the fat steer division.
The FFA chapter is now using'm
new trailer built by the gronp
to transport many of their show
calves. The trailer, a credit to any
Chapter, was built by the local
boys under the supervision of their
instructor, Leon Bullock.
Four In Race For
School Trustees,
City Councilmen
At Saturday’s deadline, four can-
didates had filed for the three
city council seats to be decided at
the City Election, April 4.
Two candidates, F. M. Jackson
and 'M'yron Spree are seeking re-
election to the posts they now hold.
John Raasch and Walter Milam are-
seeking their first term as alder-
man.
Councilman Charles R. Johnson,
whose term is expiring, did not seek
re-election.
Four candidates have entered the
race for the two places on the
school board. They are Dr. John
Vi. Hart, presently serving as presi-
dent of the board, Jack Maddox,
Armanda Espinosa and Oswald Ku-
becka.
F. M. Frankson, a present mem-
ber of the board, is not seeking, re-
election.
The school board election will be
held Saturday, April 1.
Sherifon Burr To Succeed J. K. Mattox
As Manager Rice Bell Dist. C. P. & L
Sheriton Burr has been named
to succeed J. K. Mattox as Rice
Belt District manager for Central
Power and Light Company, CPL
officials announced this week. Burr,
district engineer for the utility
company at Bay City since 1939,
will assume his new duties April 1,
Mattox is retiring on that date
after more than 32 years of service
with the company.
Allan T. Pearce of Laredo will
transfer to Bay City as district
engineer to fill Burr’s present posi-
tion.
Auto License Tags To
Go On Sale At City
Hall Mar. 15,3-7 P.M.
Auto registration license tags
will be available at the City Hall
beginning Wednesday, March 15,
according to Miss Besse Belknap,
City Secretary.
They will be on sale from 3
p.m. until 7 p.m. with only pas-
senger car, pickup and truck li-
censes available here.
You must have your necessary
car papers with you before licenses
will be issued.
Welfare Food To Be
Distributed March 14
Tuesday, March 14, the monthly
distribution of surplus food by the
State Department of Welfare will
take place at the City Hall. All
persons receiving surplus food are
advised to come to the City Hall
between 2 and 4 p.m.
Dr. N. E. Runyon To
Attend Class on X-Ray
Dr. Norman E. Runyon will at-
tend a field class on X-ray at the
Lamar Hotel in Houston this week-
end. The class will be conducted by
Dr. E. R. Rich, head of the Raent-
genology Dept., Lincoln Chiroprac-
tic College, Indianapolis, Ind.
Dr. Rich has done considerable
research in X-ray and covers the
latest developments in all phases
of the work in his lecture. A large
part of the lecture time will be
given to interpretation of X-ray
films. The lectures will begin at
1 p.m. Saturday and will close late
Sunday evening.
Like Mattox, Burr also has a
long record of service with Central
Power and Light Company. He
joined CPL in 1934 at Laredo and
worked as a serviceman, collector
and assistant distribution foreman-
before transferring to Bay City as
Rice Belt District engineer ia 1939.
Burr holds a B.S. degree in elec-
trical engineering from the Uni-
versity of Texas.
As district manager for CPL,
Burr will be responsible for electric
service in Bay City, El Campos
Palacios, Edna, Ganado, Columbus,
Eagle Lake and the surrounding
areas.
Pearce is expected to arrive In-
Bay City within the next week or
so to begin familiarizing himself'
with his new position. He plans to-
relocate his family there as soa*
as possible.
Ah electrical engineering grad-
uate of Texas A & M, Pearce, 34,
has been a CPL employee since
1953. lie went to work as an engin-
eering assistant fn the Rio Grande-
Valley, and has been senior engin-
eering assistant at Laredo for the
past five years.
'Mattox’s retirement April 1 will
end almost a third of a century of'
service with CPL, most of which
has been spent in managerial posi-
tions. He started to work as a
lineman at Pearsall and less than-
a year later was made manager for
the utility company there.-
Mattox transferred to Aransas
Pass as manager in 1939, and was
promoted to manager at Victoria
in 1941. On military leave during;
World War II, he returned to his:
job at Victoria in 1944 and moved
to Bay City as Rice Belt District
manager two years later.
Mattox is finance chairman of
the Bay City-Matagorda County In-
dustrial Foundation and chairman
of the Matagorda County Area De-
velopment Committee.
The Weather
Feb. 28
65°
42'
0.00
March 1
70°
51'
0.00
March 2
70'
43'
0.00
March 3
72'
64°
trace
March 4
73'
66'
0jQ3
March 5
75'
65'
tracer
March 6
77'
68'
trace
March 7
76'
05'
OjOT
Total rainfall for year: 9J0*
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