Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
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For a Greater, Better Palacios Country—Agriculture, Industry, Commerce, Living
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SUBSCRIPTION $1.75 AND $2.00 PER YEAR
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1938
VOLUME XXXI NUMBER 26
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To Contract
For Midfield
Road July 15
Shewing Six Miles
South of Bay City
Started This Week
Information has just been re.
ceived from the State Highway
department through Senator Hol-
brook that contract for 5.8 miles on
highway 111 from Midfield to the
Jackson County line will be let on
July 15th or ^Oth. This will be
concrete construction and will give
to Matagorda County more all-
weather roads.
Constructioh was started yester-
day by the county on 6 miles of
road known as the Huebner road
south of Bay. City. This shell con-
structed road will cover the pres-
ent school bus route insuring school
^attendance regardless of weather.
There is mbre to be done in this
particular section and will be done
as soon as some matters pertaining
to the right of way can be adjusted.
—Bay "City Tribune.
DRimiJOOD
DRAGGED UP BY THE
BEACHCOMBER
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Are We Driftwood?
The first stick of wood that ever
fell in the water just drifted. Then
along came intelligent beings and
many logs found themselves being
pushed to a given destination. Since
then boats have developed, growing
more intricate and powerful all the
while. But our most powerful ship
of today, without intelligent direc-
tion, will merely drift.
Next Monday being the Glorious
Fourth, we will probably hear many
an oration on how our forefathers
died that we might have liberty.
And so they did and so have we,
praise be? But we wonder what
our great great grandchildren will
say about us in their Fourth of
July speeches. Will they praise us
for using a little intelligence in
directing our ship of state, and
preserving these liberties, or will
they berate us for having betrayed
them into the hands of people’s
most insidious enemy, a too power-
ful government?
The inspiration for this out burst
was in Catlettsburg, Ky., case in
which a C. I. O. lodge accused a
mill of violating the Wagner Act
by supporting political candidates
of non-union sympathies. The
charges were dismissed, of course,
but it shows us just what danger-
ous under currents confront us. We
will everlastingly have to keep pad-
dling to jStay on our course.
We are none too fond of the C.
I. 0., anyway. We certainly believe
in justice for the working man,
and believe he has a right to col-
lective bargaining, but it looks to
us like the C. I. O. is more con-
cerned with obtaining power than
maintaining justice.
* * *
The Mexicans have it worked out
about right—this hot weather liv-
ing. Up early in the cool morning,
and work until noon. Then quiet
rest in their shuttered houses un-
til the shadows begin to lengthen,
and out again for the long, cool
evenings, onder why we don’t do
that, too
* * *
And this is the time of year for
those boat sails, m-m-m—Moon-
light, music and melons. (Nowhere
else does a melon taste quite so
good!) We watched a crowd of
bys—there must have been eighty
or more—climb aboard the J. T.
and the Riptide for a turn around
the bay. They were having a gay,
god time, but they didn’t have any
melons.
* * *
That g{and old girl of the Mur-
der Mystery field, Mary Roberts
Rinehart, is still turning them out
up to standard. She has us in a
perfect lather over her current tale
of gore “The Wall.’’ She dumped a
whole pile of clues and hints in our
lap but we can’t get them straight-
ened out ’tjl the next issue of the
SEP. Way back yonder when we
first developed a taste for vicar-
“ Every man it a friend to him that givelh
gift* *.”
JULY
i-rR-34, British dlrlglblt.
lakes oil on crossing of
Atlantic, 1919.
. $—Branch ol the U. S. Mint
v. r.,/. was established at San
* Francisco. 1852.
4— Railroad bridge over the
Mississippi at SI. Louis
was opened, 1874.
5— Beniamin Franklin wrote
his lamous letter to Stra-
han the publisher, 1775.
t—Dr. Isaac I. Hayes tail*
in schooner to make re-
search in polar regions,
1860.
7—President Lincoln visited
army encamped on the
Potomac, 1862.
-John L. Sullivan defeated
Jake Kllrain (or the cham-
pionship. 1889. ewmt
A.
Foley Well
Abandoned
The latest report from the Pa-
lacios Oil field is that Bcnoil Com-
pany’s No. 1-A Foley has been
abandoned at a total depth of 9360
feet. This is the test being made by
the Frank Bennett Co., which took
over a part of Glenn H. McCarthy’s
holding here early in the year.
The Benoil Company No. 1-A
Foley was on the tract north of
where Foley No. 1 was brought in
by Mr. McCarthy.
The Sun Oil Company is re-work-
ing the Bayshore Farm No. 1. The
Fred S. Robbins No. 1, in the Cit-
rus Grove Area, by the same Com-
pany, is finally abandoned after
perforating casing at various
depths from 3900 to 8200 feet.
It is reported a second location
on the Robbin's lease has been
made by the Sun Oil Company.
We hope you have a grand and
glorious Fourth of July. Be careful.
J.W.Sartwell
Is Re-Elected
James W. Sartwelle, president of
the Houston Fat Stock Show and
Livestock Exposition for the past
six years, was reeelcted Friday at
the organizations’ annual meeting.
Other officers reelected were Ju-
lian W. Weslow, first vice presi-
dent; J. Howard West, second vice
president, and Henry W. Dew, third
vice president. George W. Strake
was elected treasurer, succeeding
W. S. Cockran who had served for
six years. W. O. Cox, manager of
the agricultural department of the
Houston Chamber of Commerce,
was elected secretary.
The board adopted a resolution
commending Mr. Sartwelle for his
six years "serving with distinction
to make this enterprise a success;
that through his service he has
given to the livestock industry of
Texas a firmer foundation and a
brighter future; that he has created
and fostered a new and important
industry for our city.”
An engraved gold Hamilton
watch and chain were presented
Mr. Sartwelle, and a sterling silver
sandwich tray to Mrs. Sartwelle.—
Houston Press.
MRS. SALLIE TRUMBULL
J. H. Brotemarkle received a
message Friday informing him of
the death of his mother, Mrs. Sallie
Trumbull, which occurred that
morning at the home of her daugh-
ter in Kirwin, Kas. Mrs. Trumbull
had been in Colorado with a daugh-
ter up until a few weeks ago when
she returned to Kirwin. She had
been afflicted with dropsy for
some time, but her death was caus-
ed by a stroke of paralysis she
suffered early in the week.
Funeral services were held in
Kirwin and remains interred in the
cemetery there.
Local Rotary
Club Closes
Year’s Work
Dr. J. R. Wagner,
Gives Duties to New
Pres., L. S. Appleton
The Palacios Rotary Club held
the last meeting of the club year
at the Green Lantern Inn, Wednes-
day, and Dr. J. R. Wagner who had
served the Club as president for
the past year and a half, gave over
his presiding duties to L. S. Apple-
ton, who will serve as president the
ensuing year and Thomas Brandon
took over his duties as secretary.
Guests included George Wilson and
three children of Dallas; N. L.
Hayes, of Newgulf; Dr. T. T. Taylor
of Brownwood and Rotarians Buck-
ley and Tanner of Port Lavaca.
The program was in charge of
Win. Clement and included some
vocal numbers by Mr. Wilson and
his children, Mr. Wilson is a Sioux
Indian, and is here for the Baptist
Encampment, Interesting talks
were made by Messrs. Brown and
Buckley.
66.523 Soldiers to
Assemble in South
For War Games
Washington, June 28.—The war
department announced today that
66.523 officers and men would take
part in war games of the third
army in the South and Southwest
in August.
It will be "the largest assembly
of troops in a single related ma-
neuver that has ever taken place
in our peacetime history,” the war
department said.
One of the four main divisions
of the country’s military organiza-
tion, the third army includes reg-
ular and national guard units in
the Fourth and Eighth Corps areas
and is in effect the army of the
South.
Troops will be concentrated at
several points. The main concen-
tration, comprising troops of the
Fourth Corps Area, will be in the
De Soto National Forest, Mississip-
pi, July 31-Aug. 14, and will in-
volve 29,499 officers and men, in-
cluding 5,712 regulars, 19,337 na-
tional guardsmen and 1450 reserve
officers.
Troops from the Eighth Corps
Area will be concentrated at sev-
eral points, chiefly in the Camp
Bullis area near San Antonio, Tex.,
where 26,208 officers and men will
be massed Aug. 6-20.—Galveston
News.
It is sometimes necessary to fill
in with an exact number of lines
to make the heads balance. When
it happens the number of lines can
never be found we try to think
of something to say to fill up this
space. This makes seven lines.
Y~ COIMRiOMl 1991 OBOINC
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D0LIRRS YOU SPEND
tufsssssSrm
IWHSH'SiSSrw,
The dollars you spend with peddlers and
other out-of-town interests, can not help
maintain the institutions of your own com-
munity.
Schedule Announced For
Amateur Football League
An ambitious enterprise, the
Southwest Texas Amateur Football
League will start play on Septem-
ber 18, this Fall with seven strong
teams, an 84-game schedule, and
a championship match to be played
Christmas Day at one of the two
South Texas cities represented.
The first half will end October
30, with each team playing six
games to determine the first-half
winner, which, if another team
wins the second half, will play the
second-half winner for the league
championship. Each team will play
all the others twice during the sea-
son. All seven teams will enjoy two
rest days during the season.
One of the unusual tilings about
the league is that two of the rules
now in use in professional football
will be used. Both were adopted to
aid teams in scoring power. Both
aid in passing. One is, “a man can
make a forward pass anywhere be-
hind the line of scrimmaga,” and
the second states “that if a lateral
pass is attempted after a man has
gained ground and develops into a
forward pass, the team will be
given the ground gained to the
point that the illegal lateral pass
was attempted, and will not be
taken back to the point where the
play started.
Teams composing the league ros-
ter follow: -
Falacios Blue Jackets
Palacios will be represented in
the league by the Crawford Blue
Jackets, and will be backed by the
Crawford Packing Company. Most
of the members will be employes
in the canning plant here, and it
is their hope to place a winning
ball team on the gridiron. They re-
ceived their named from the flashy
blue silk uniforms that they wear.
This is their third year and was
Captained last year by Sterling
Barrett and will be coached by
Johnny Mercer, who coached two
district championship teams here
in "34” and “35,” it has been stated
by Henry Barrett, manager. The
Blue Jackets start training on Aug.
1st. All who are interested in mak-
ing the squad report on that date.
(See “SCHEDULE,” Back Page)
F.H.A. Meeting
To be Held at Bay
City, Tues.7 July 5
If the people of Palacios and
surrounding territory desire to
know more about how government
money is available through the
Federal Housing Administration
for the building of new homes, or
the modernization of old ones,
they should make it a point to be
present at the county-wide meeting
of the Federal Housing authorities
in Bay City on July 5 at 8 p. m.
This meeting will be held in the
district court room of the Court
House, where adequate facilities
for seating may be had.
The Federal Housing Adminis-
tration is anxious to assist every
prospective home builder in the
matter of long-term financing. This
financing is for longer periods of
time than local capital usually
makes loans for new building. It
is therefore of value to our Pala-
cios people interested in building
now to attend this meeting, when
first-hand information may be had
on this interesting subject.
We know that the activities of
the FHA at this time are designed
to stimulate the heavy building ma-
terials industry, and it is expected
from such stimulation that better
conditions will be brought about
in business generally.
It is hoped that a large delega-
tion from Palacios will attend this
meeting.
CANNING PLANT NEWS
The plant will be closed until
the 7th of July then will be open
Thursday and Friday and all
through the following week.
Coast Biologist Studying Shrimp Habits
ious crime dection, “The Door” and
“The Circular Stairway” gave us
a permanent pompadour for days,
and her creations have never lost
their appeal.
‘The major product of Texas
fisheries is shrimp and it is now
receiving the major part of the
Texas game, fish and oyster com-
mission’s marine laboratory at
Rockport, according to an article
written in the monthly bulletin of
the department by Albert Collier,
marine biologist.
“We now have a well developed
plan of cooperative research with
the United States bureau of fish-
eries under way,” Mr. Collier con-
tinues. "The work is under the di-
rection of Mr. Milton J. Lindner of
the bureau of fisheries. The writer
is in immediate charge of the work
along the Texas coast.
“It is now known that the com-
mon commercial shrimp (penacus
setiferus) spawns in the waters of
the Gulf of Mexico and that the
eggs and early larvae are carried
into the various bays by wind drifts
and tidal currents. When they
reach the bays they scatter over
the grass-covered flats and there,
hidden partly by the grass and
partly by the transparency of their
bodies, they feed and grow rapidly.
“As the shrimp grows and ap-
proaches maturity it begins to
leave the bays for the deeper wa-
ters of the Gulf of Mexico. It ling-
ers in the shoaler inshore waters
till the cold northers cool the wa-
ter and drive them to the deeper
waters, from where they do not re-
turn until spring. In the spring
they move in toward shore for
spawning, and it is here that the
big “runs” are encountered and the
catches are made. What happens
to the shrimp after the spawning
acts are completed is still prob-
lematical, but there is strong evi-
dence indicating that it dies.
“As the fisherman well knows,
shrimp may be abundant one day
and seemingly overnight they dis-
appear, and in some years they
never appear at all in paying quan-
tities. Thus the shrimp is together
one of the most lucrative and elu-
sixo sea crops in the world.
“Where it winters, and what
prompts its sporadic appearances
and disappearances, what guides
its movements to and from spawn-
ing and nursery grounds—all of
these things are yet to be learned,
and the knowledge established as
a proven fact.
“To do this is to study the move-
knents of the great bodies of water
in the gulf, to unravel the highly
complex drifts and currents in the
small bays, to learn more com-
pletely the entire food chain and
energy exchanges of all the plant
and animal communities of lagoon
and sea.
“When this is all worked out,
then what? We will know when to
fish for shrimp, where to fish for
them, and how to make them a
lasting and plentiful food resource.
Here, as always, it should be re-
membered that real conservation is
not a negative principle, but is mak-
ing the fullest use of a natural re-
source without endangering its con-
tinued production or that of another
resource of equal or greater value.”
Over 900 Registered
After Annual Baptist
Encampment Opens
POST OFFICE AT
GULF DISCONTINUED
EFFECTIVE JUNE 30TH
The following genernl order has
been sent out from Washington, D.
C. “Post office at Gulf, Texas, will
be discontinued after June 30th,
1938. After that date any mail
received for Gulf will be dispatched
to Wadsworth, Texas.
FEATURES
IN THIS
sISSUE
France's Marshal Pctain, one of
the few surviving generals of the
World War, keeps fit at 82 by
skipping rope, writes Lemuel F.
Barton. Sec "Who’s News This
Week.’’
Raymond Pitcairn, authority on
American history writes a timely
and searching article on the back-
ground of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. In this issue.
George Barclay says there are
enough Italian boys in the big
leagues to do a Verdi opera. In-
stead, he makes a theoretical base-
ball team of them, with interest-
ing results. See “Speaking of
Sports."
“A Choice of Loyalties” is the
topic of the Sunday School lesson
by the Reverend Harold L. Lund-
quist in this issue. The text is from
Joshua 1:2-6.
Love and adventure abound in
“There’s Only One,” our new serial
story. Be sure you read today’s in-
stallment.
Willie Wimpus takes a lesson in
bronco busting with Pop officiat-
ing as the horse. See "S’Matter
Pop” in our comic section.
7 Boy Scouts
Of! to Camp
“Mosquitoes are bad, but the eats
are good” report seven Boy Scouts
and their leader W. E. Sullivan at
their summer camp on the San
Bernard river. They left last Sun-
day to join troops from other towns
in the Galveston Area for a week’s
camp. Two other boys will attend
next week from here, having miss-
ed the past week.
Those attending the camp are
John and Jack Lipscomb, John
Louderback, Marion Nobles, Gene
Sandusky, Gene Koerber, George
Harrison and Weldon Sullivan.
HALAMICEK—CURTIS
The marriage of Miss Mabel
Halamicek, to George M. Curtis
occurred in Gonzales, Sunday, June
26, Rev. K. C. Minter officiating.
The bride is a popular young
lady of Gonzales. The groom is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Curtis of this city, and was born
and reared here and has a host of
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis will make
their home in Kingsville, where he
has a position. The wedding was
attended by relatives and friends
and among the guests were Mr.
find Mrs. Curtis parents of the
groom, and their two sons of this
city.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Giffis,
of Houston, accompanied by Mrs.
Russell Williams left here Tuesday
for a trip through the west and a
visit with relatives.
7000 Expected By
Closing of Thirty-
Seventh Session
Led by Dr. T. C. Gardner, dean
of the schools of religious educa-
tion, the first classes of the thirty-
seventh annual Texas Baptist en-
campment began Wednesday. The
encampment opened officially Tues-
day night when Dr. Ewing S.
James, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Vernon, gave the open-
ing address, preceded by singing
services led by Shelby Collier of
Dallas. George Wilson, evangelistic
singer, sang a solo.
Dr. T. T. Taylor, president of
Howard Payne College, Brownwood
brought the early morning devo-
tional message. Throughout the
week other speakers will speak on
the same subject.
Until July 3, Dr. E. B. Head,
pastor of First Baptist Church,
Houston, will bring the evening
message, while during the remain-
der of the encampment the mes-
sages will be brought by Pat M.
Neff, Waco; Dr. R. C. Campbell,
Dallas; and Dr. John L. Hill, Nash-
ville, Tenn.
One of the most interesting
points of the program Wednesday
was when Miss Dora Chen, na-
tive Chinese girl and student in
Mary Hardin Baylor College at
Belton, was introduced by Mrs.
Gordon Singleton, wife of the pres-
ident of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Miss
Chen dresses in her native cos-
tumes and will teach each of the
W. M. U., Y. W. A. and R. A.
classes one day during the en-
campment. Miss Chen has not heard
from her family in China for al-
most a year but hopes they are
safe.
This Thursday morning the reg-
istration had reached the high
mark of over nine hundred, two
hundred more than last year at
the same time, reports Rev. B, L.
Mallard, Encampment regiswar.
Mr. Mallard also states they are
expecting hundreds of visitors over
the week end, and look for the at-
tendance throughout the ten day
session to reach 7000.
All sections of Texas are repre-
sented and many are here from ad-
joining states and a grand Encamp-
ment is assured.
Eight soft bull teams have been
organized in Buy City and they
play most every night from two to
three games on a well lighted field.
Frank Brown, one of our locul
boys, pitches for the Oshman team
which is leading all the others, hav-
ing won all their games up to Wed-
nesday night. Large crowds attend
the games and enthusiasm runs
high with supporters of the differ-
ent teams.
Fire Dept. Answers
Alarm to Encampment
Grounds This Morning
A fire alarm from the B. Y. P.
U. grounds this morning about ten
o’clock caused a lot of excitement,
but fortunately little damage was
done. The call came from the Bay-
lor Dormitory where fire was dis-
covered in the northwest corner of
the building. Our fire boys made a
prompt response and with the
ready assistance and cooperation
of those near by the blaze was soon
extinguished. We have not been
informed as to how the fire origin-
ated.
Miss Cherry Price is spending
a couple of weeks in Clarksville,
with her sister, Mis. Carroll B.
Ray.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bryant of
Goose Creek, Texas, are spending
a few days with their grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Bryant.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Bryant had
as their week end guests Mrs. E.
J. Francis, her daughter Mrs. T.
Wamack and two daughters of
Tyler, Texas.
We regret very much to chroni-
cle the serious illness of Mr. P. F.
Campbell, one of our pioneer citi-
zens. Mr. Campbell suffered a
stroke of paralysis Sunday morn-
ing and has been unconscious ever
since. He was removed to the hos-
pital in Bay City early Tuesday
►norning and the latest report ia
that there is no change in his con-
dition.
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