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Dr. David L. Still
Gives Inspiring
Talk At Rotary
Dr. David L. Stitt, President of
Austin Theological College, spoke
on Rotarian Earl Price’s program
at the regular Wednesday meeting
of the Palacios Rotary Club.
Dr. Stitt, one of the most inter-
esting speakers to talk at the Ro-
tary Club in a long while, spoke
on the subject of brotherly love and
Christian principals as applied to
our every-day living. Rotarian
Earl Price is to be congratulated
for bringing this interesting speak-
er to the club.
All Rotarians and Rotary Anns
arc reminded that next weeks
program will be our regular La-
dies Nite Meeting and will begin
at 8 p.m., Thursday, August 31,
at the Green Lantern.
Members should notify the Green
Lantern Inn before 3 o’clock that
afternoon as to the number of
guests you will bring. An interest-
ing program has been arranged for
this meeting—something different
and highly entertaining.
Guests at the Wednesday meet-
ing included R. E. “Bob” Smith of
Houston, Harry Sisson of Vander-
bilt, and Mr. B. W. Trull of Pa-
lacios.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1950
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME XLVIII NUMBER 34
Sheriff's Race Draws Local Interest
FARM FINDINGS
By LARRY L. BURLESON
County Farm Agent
and
CARL MESSEC
Assistant Farm Agent
Although the period from Octo-
ber 15 to November 15 is consid-
ered the best time to seed such
pasture grasses and legumes as
Dallis Grass, Bermuda, and White
Dutch Clover, farmers and ranch-
ers should begin the preliminary
steps now.
On fertile soil, such as bottom
land the better black land prairie
soils, the following steps might be
followed.
1. Break the land as soon as
possible.
2. Apply 200 pounds of 45%
superphosphate or 400 pounds of
20% super-phosphate.
3. Disc in the fertilizer and
harrow to get a smooth seed bed
as possible.
4. Allow the seed bed to re-
main idle until about October 15.
Between October 15 and November
15 seed the following mixture: six
pounds Dallis Grass seed per acre
and two pounds White Dutch Clov-
er seed per acre.
Be sure to innoculate the clover
seed immediately before planting.
This seeding should be done at a
time when there is a good supply
of soil moisture. Seeding may he
done with an ingate seeder or with
a seeder culti-packer which is avail,
able to Matagorda County farmers
and ranchers through the Lower
Colorado River Authority. This
machine may be rented by con-
tacting the county agent’s office.
If the piece of land to be planted
in pasture is not sufficiently drained
it would be advisable to provide
the necessary drainage at the time
the land is first plowed. A good
outlet is always necessary for sat-
isfactory drainage. If an outlet is
available the land may be plowed
in lands about 36 feet in width,
with small drainage ditches be-
tween the lands. These small ditch-
es running in the direction of the
fall, carrying the water to the out-
let ditch.
There are other means of pro-
viding drainage by usng heavier
machinery such as a motor grader
or a tractor drawn grader. It is
vitally important that the seed bed
be relatively firm, with a good
supply of moisture at the time of
seeding. The clover seed need to be j
innoculated to insure good germin-
ation and to start the nitrogen fix-
ing bacteria into action.
Poorer soil types, such as land
that has been heavily cropped for
years, or soils that are extremely
low in organic matter, the steps
toward improving a pasture should
begin in the spring of the year.
Grow a crop of summer cow peas
or other summer legumes, turn
them under at the time the growth
is the most lush, then the following
fall start out with the steps listed
above.
The county agent’s are always
glad to assist any farmer in this
type of work. If you are planning
this type of pasture for the fall,
get in touch with them. A study
should be made of the land, its
fertility determined, and drainage
provided where necessary.
Induction dates for Matagorda
County and Jackson County draft,
ees were announced this week by
officials of Selective Service Board
91 here.
Twenty-two men are scheduled
to be inducted September 18 and 30
men are slated to be taken in Sep-
PIRATES DEFEAT
TAITON IN II-
INNING THRILLER
Go To Hungerford
Sunday; Play-Off
With Bay City
Two doubles and two singles in
the bottom half of the eleventh
inning broke up a tight pitching
duel between the Palacios Pirates’
Phil Manning Jr. and the Taiton
Tigers’ Krutilek Sunday at the
Junior High School diamond.
Pinal score 2 to 1.
Both pitchers were very stingy
with their hits, the Taiton pitcher
giving up only four hits prior to
the eleventh inning outburst. Phil
Manning was even more effective
as he won his second victory of the
season giving up only four hits
during the whole game, two of
them coming in the top of the ele-
venth when Taiton went ahead on
a single and a triple.
Going into the eleventh the game
was deadlocked at 0-0. 1 aiton s crafts, as well as a knowledge of
first batter connected a single and
scored as the next man poled out a
long triple. With no men out, a
man in scoring position on third
base, and behind 1-0, young Phil
bore down and put the side out
with no more damage.
Don Heft started out the Pir-
ates’ rally with the first of two
doubles. He scored as Kunifke
pounded out the second two bagger.
A scratch hit advanced a man to
third and Lowell Johnson’s solid
single pushed across the final tally
and that was the game.
Next Sunday the Pirates go to
Hungerford for the last game of
the regular season at 3 o’clock.
Then the Pirates will meet the
winner of the second half—prob-
ably Bay City—in a play-off to
determine the Hug-the-Coast Hi-
way League championship.
Sept. 18 First Induction DateSTATE RACE F0R
LT. GOV. SHOULD
GET OUT VOTERS
tember 26.
Other induction dates: October
2—six men; October 9—13 men;
November 6—10 men; Novem-
ber 13—17 men.
Twenty men were sent to Hous-
ton August 8 and 30 men were
sent August 15 for physical ex-
aminations.
Fifty men will be sent Monday
and 50 more on September 11.
Raymond Glenn Allen and Pete
Villareal Aparicio were the only
two 18-year-olds from Palacios to
register with the local board dur-
ing July.
Your Daughter And Girl Scouting ...
BLESSING NEWS
By MRS. ARTHUR FOSTER
The Weather:
Date
Max.
Min.
August 16
90°
76°
August 17
92°
78°
August 18
92°
78°
August 19
94°
68°
August 20
89°
72°
August 21
90°
70°
August 22
89°
72°
Free.
0.00
0.00
0.00
.81
0.00
0.00
0.00
Mrs. B. W. Trull attended a
Presbyterian training school at Mo
Ranch near Kerrville.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Baggett
made a business trip to Houston
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Guynes of
Port Lavaca visited here with their
parents last week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Cornelius,
Mrs. W. A. Sanford and Mrs. G. K.
Heck were in El Campo last
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Cole had as
week-end guests her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. A. Howell, of Corpus
Christi.
Those attending the Rhea-
Matthes wedding in Bay City Sat-
urday evening were Mr. and Mrs.
M. D. Baggett, Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Mersfelder, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Baggett, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Fondon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sanford Jr.
of Houston visited here with his
mother over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barlow and
children of Bay City are visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Millard
this week.
Mrs. Andrew Barber of Smyrna,
Tenn., is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Rickaway.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hlozek Sr
have returned from a trip to Alice
where they visited with their
daughter and family.
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Neuszer and
Leo Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ac-
kerman, Wayne and Eileen, spent
the week-end in Lockhart with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. David King 6f
Houston and Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
King and Linda of Huntsville were
the week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Hamelink.
Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Butler and
daughters left Sunday on a two
weeks vacation trip.
Bernard J. Flannagan of San
Antonio is visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. W. O. Selkirk this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Swinkey and
family visited relatives in Fair-
child, Texas, over the week-end.
It is time once again for Girl
Scouts and Brownies to be re-
organized in Palacios, and the or-
ganization committee is anxious
that every girl be given the oppor-
tunity to be a Girl Scout or a
Brownie.
Since every girl must have the
consent of her parent or guardian
to become a member of a Brbwnie
or a Girl Scout troop, it is im-
portant that you parents be re-
minded of the advantages of being
a Girl Sout or a Brownie.
As parents of girls between the
ages of seven and 18 are you in-
terested in your daughters having
the following advantages:
Would you like your daughters
to learn new skills in Arts and
nature, homemaking, music, folk
dancing, dramatics, literature, com-
munity life, sports and games,
health and safety, and internation-
al friendship?
Would you like your daughters
to learn to live by a code of ethics
as found in the Brownie and Girl
Scout Promise which say:
Brownie Promise: “I promise to
do my best to love God and my
country, to help other people every
day, especially those at home."
Girl Scout Promise: “On my
honor, I will try: To do my duty
to God and my country, To help
other people at all times, To obey
the Girl Scout laws.’?
Would you like your daughters
to learn the business of living and
cooperating with other girls of
their own ages and interests? Your
daughters will learn the democratic
way of living and working in a
troop with other girls. Today what
is more important than teaching
and practicing democracy?
Would you like your daughters
to have fun and adventure as they
learn democracy and new skills
along with their friends?
If your answer to these ques-
tions is a great big “YES,” are
you mothers, especially, ready and
willing to help by supporting and
encouraging your daughters in ac-
quiring new skills, in their ob-
servance of the Girl Scout Promise
and Laws and the Brownie Promise
and in the business of living and
getting along together at home?
Will you help in a troop? Will you
help as a troop mother or father?
Are you willing to share your par-
ticular talent with these Girl
Scouts and Brownies?
Palacios Brownies and Girl
Scouts need you and your help. If
it is possible for you to help and
you are willing to do your share
in this worthwhile community pro-
ject—Girl Scouting—please get in
touch with Mrs. Thomas Brandon,
local Girl Scout Board president.
Once A Marine,
Kenneth Alton Enlists
In U. S. Army
Kenneth Alton was one of the
five volunteers sent by the local
army and air force recruiting sta-
tion to Houston Monday for fur-
ther processing.
Kenneth served in the marine
corps during World War II and
has reenlisted in the army, corps of
military police.
If Kenneth passed his examina-
tion in Houston he will be as-
signed to Fort Riley, Kansas.
Remodeling At Hunter
Floral Service Finished
Remodeling work, which has
been underway at the Hunter Flor-
al Shop for several weeks, is now
nearing completion.
An additional nine by twenty
foot room has been added to the
original shop which gives them a
much larger display room and work
shop, with an 18-foot plate glass
frontage.
The interior has been done in
seafoam green and ivory.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hunter in-
vite their customers and friends to
come and visit their shop and view
the new merchandise they have
received.
ONLY WHAT A
C. OF C. DOES
Seguin, Texas, has made one of
the most enviable of financial rec-
ords in the past year.
Seguin has an active Chamber of
Commerce working cooperatively
with their City Administration.
Port Lavaca has doubled its bus-
iness area and acquired a large
industry in their neighborhood
within the past two years.
Port Lavaca has an active Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Edna has more than doubled
her business area in the past two
years.
Edna has a very active Chamber
of Commerce.
Attendance at the Palacios
Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday
evening consisted of the president,
secretary, and one other member.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Schroeder
have returned to Corpus Christi
after having spent their vacation
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Don Ross.
Return from New York
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Viets, Mr.
and Mrs. D. M. Green and daugh-
ters, Lynn and Kay, returned Fri-
day from a vacation trip to New
York City, Niagara Falls and Can-
ada. Mrs. Green and daughters
have been in New York City sev-
eral weeks where Lynn was a stu-
dent at the Juilliard School of
Music and a member of the Juill-
iard Symphony.
Enroute home they attended the
52nd reunion of the Viets family
at Grandy, Conn.
Don Ross, Jr. On His
Way To Join First
Marines Now In Korea
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ross received
a letter from their son, Don Ross
Jr., who is a member of the 1st
Maintenance Company of the 1st
Marine Division, that he sailed for
Japan on the 16th and would then
join members of his division who
are already fighting in Korea.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
S. D. Barber who are the proud
parents of a baby boy born Aug-
ust 23.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Moseley and
daughter, Mary Lou, returned Fri-
day from a visit in Temple and
Taylor.
Mrs. Verle Hill and two children
of Pearland and Mrs. D. D. Paulk
of League City were here Friday
visiting relatives.
Mrs. Courtland Davis and Lois
Ann of Waco are spending the
week with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dis-
mukes and James Carl.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Russell and
daughter, Mary Katherine, left
Sunday for Santa Barbara and San
Berdina, California, for two weeks.
They also plan to visit the Carls-
bad Caverns while gone.
Boy Scouf News
Boy Scouts of Troop 79 met and
after repeating the scout oath, with
our invited guests were taken by
our scoutmaster to Port Alto for
a swimming party. After swim-
ming, games were played and re-
freshments served.
Mr. Campos, Mrs. Garcia, and
Robert Duran attended the district
meeting held in Blessing.
We are making plans to attend
the rice festival in Bay City on
September 31.—Reporters, Garcia
and Duran.
648 Bales Cotton
Ginned Locally; Tops
Other County Gins
A total of 648 bales had been
ginned at the Palacios Farmers
Coop Gin for the season, according
to reports received at 1 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon, 228 bales
having been handled during the
past week.
Elsewhere in the county, the two
Bay City gins reported a com-
bined total of 924 bales. Our Mid-
field correspondent reported the
Midfield Gin had processed 582
bales up until Monday.
Photograph Studio
Announces Opening
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Paxton are
opening a photo studio with tem-
porary headquarters at the Bay-
shore Apartments Court No. 3 on
the highway. They will do all types
of photo work, specializing in wed-
ding, groups or individual pic-
tures.
They, with their small daugh-
ter, have just recently moved to
our city from Driggs, Idaho, where
they did this type of work.
Milner And Cole
In Nip-And-Tuck
Contest In County
Maybe not as many voters will
turn out for the Second Democratic
Primary Saturday as the first in
July, but a white-hot run-off be-
tween Sheriff Harris (Zeb) Milner
and J. B. (Jack) Cole should lure
a lot of ’em to the polls.
That race plus the one between
Pierce Brooks and Ben Ramsey
for lieutenant governor should at-
tract enough interest for a good
turn out, observers say.
Cole led Milner by 29 votes in
the first primary.
A third candidate, Charles Wolf,
who was eliminated, garnered 1,126
ballots and the run-off candidates
—Cole and Milner—have been beat-
ing the bushes for those.
Brooks Topped Ramsey In State
In the lieutenant governor af-
fray, Brooks topped Ramsey by a
state vote of 217,312 to 190,044 in
the first primary.
Matagorda County, however,
showered Ramsey with 1,233 votes
to 868 for Brooks.
That's not all, Mr. and Mrs.
Voter.
There are four other good run-
Sixty absentee ballots had been
cast by Tuesday afternoon, ac-
cording to a count made in the
county clerk’s office here. Dead-
line for absentee voting was mid-
night Tuesday.
Here's The Way
They Will Appear
On Your Ballot
Here is the order in which run-
off candidates appear on the Mat-
agorda County ballot:
For Lieutenant Governor:
BEN RAMSEY of St. Augustine
County
PIERCE BROOKS of Dallas
County
For Associate Justice Supreme
Court, Place 1:
FAGAN DICKSON of Bexar
County
WILL WILSON of Dallas Coun-
ty
For Associate Justice Supreme
Court, Place 3:
GEORGE W. HARWOOD of
Dallas County
MEADE F. GRIFFIN of Hale
County
For Judge Court of Criminal Ap-
peals:
W. A. MORRISON of Milam
County
ROBERT L. (Bob) LATTIMORE
of Dallas County
For State Commissioner Agricul-
ture:
JOHN C. WHITE of Wichita
County
J. E. McDONALD of Travis
County
For Sheriff Matagorda County
HARRIS MILNER
J. B. (Jack) COLE
C. P. & L. Installs
New Electric Sign
A Central Power and Light Com-
pany crew were here Tuesday in-
stalling a new neon sign at the
local office.
The new sign is larger and more
attractive than the one the com-
pany previously had.
Miss Mary Ellen Peterson of
Carancahua return home Tuesday
afternoon from a ten day visit in
the home of Bill Fitzgerald of
Riverside, Texas.
Mrs. E. R. Legg returned Sun-
day night from Louise where she
had been staying while her sister,
Mrs. Edd James, was in an El
Campo hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Skinner
and children returned to Hender-
son Sunday after a visit with his
father, A. G’. Skinner and Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Partain and family.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Viets enter-
tained Mrs. R. T. Phillips and her
guests, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Powell
and Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Powell,
with a barbecue last Saturday
night.
On Honeymoon
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carter,
enroute to their home in San
Diego, Calif., after a visit with
his parents in Illinois, were here
the first of the week visiting
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Carter will be remembered
as Carolyn Buller, daughter of
Clarence Buller.
off races: Will Wilson vs. Fagan
Dickson for associate justice of the
Supreme Court, Place 1; Meade F.
Griffin vs. George W. Harwood
for associate justice of the Su-
preme Court, Place 3.
Morrison Versus Lattimore
W. A. Morrison vs. Robert L.
(Bob) Lattimore for judge of the
Court of Criminal Appeals, J. E.
McDonald vs. John C. White for
commissioner of agriculture.
The McDonald-White race is at-
tracting considerable attention over
the state despite the fact that the
incumbent, McDonald, had a big
lead in the first primary.
In state voting McDonald polled
419,207 to White’s 208,942.
In Matagorda County McDonald
totaled up 1,499 votes to 736 for
Charlie McLellan, his nearest op-
ponent, who is not even in the
run-off.
White Polled Only 381
White, McDonald’s run-off op-
ponent, polled only 381 in Mat-
agorda County.
Yes, it will be bargain day Sat-
urday for the voters—if they’ll
just exercise their privilege!
Matagorda County has a total
of 4,690 voters and 19 polling
places. The total number of voters
does not indicate the true voting
strength of the county because
persons entitled to exemption are
allowed to vote without register-
ing.
City Marshal
Makes Report;
Issues Warning
For the month July 15 to Aug-
ust 15, City Marshal Lester Ba-
shaw reports that he had made the
following arrest and fines were
paid:
One for simple assault, three for
fighting, three for driving with no
operator’s license, one for speed-
ing, one for racing, one for driving
without headlights, one for failing
to stop at stop sign, two for reck-
less driving, and one for disturbing
the peace.
Marshall Bashaw advises that
several drivers have been warned
about turning around in the middle
of the block and that all eaugW— •
doing so will be fined.
He also warned that on Mon-
day, August 28, the enforcing of
stop signs near all schools will
begin.
Attends Reunion Of
Spanish War Buddies
While In Michigan
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Murphy re-
turned last week from a months
visit in Michigan. While there they
attended a reunion of about 20
Spanish War comrades of the com-
pany Mr. Murphy was a member.
They remarked that this was the
coolest July they had experienced
in the 25 years they had been
making the trip up there.
Mrs. Lena Hoover of Louisiana,
Mo., arrived Wednesday for a visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Hugh Dis.
mukes, and family.
BULLETIN
The CIO called a strike at the
Alcoa plant at Point Comfort
last night effective at 12 o’clock.
Rev. and Mrs. Jesse Legg and
children, Dale Roy and Jesse Jr.
and Mr. Percy Alexander attended
a barbecue in Boling Friday night.
Mrs. Fred Pearson and Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Pearson of Moline,
Illinois, have been guests of Mrs.
Lillian Peterson.
Miss Carol Linn Johnson of
Aransas Pass is spending the week
with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Johnson, and family.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Goppert last week were Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Baker and children of
Bandera and Mr. and Mrs. Newton
G. Baker and children of Victoria.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Loff had
as their guests over the week-end
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lynn, Eugene
and Lynette, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur
Frankson and Judy, Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Irwin and daughter, Laverne,
and Mr. Bob Loff, all of Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Powell and
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Powell of
Phillips County, Kansas, spent
their vacation with their sister,
Mrs. R. T. Phillips.
Byron King Jr. accompanied Bal-
lard Johnson to Aransas Pass for
a visit. He will also visit with rel-
atives in Corpus Christi before
returning home.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Crenshaw
and Janda of Alvin and Mr. and
Mrs. S. B. Harrington of Sugar-
land are spending the week with
Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Cavallin and
family.
Dr. J. C. White
Moves Office
Dr. J. C. White Jr., Chiroprac-
tor, moved the first of the week to
the east side of the Blum building
on Main Street, formerly occupied
by the Palacios Radio Center, from
305 Fifth Street, where he has
been located since he opened an
office here in September of 1949.
This move gives him a much
better location, also larger and
more commodious quarters with a
reception room, two adjustment
rooms, and a private office. All ar-
ranged for making it not only a
nicer place to work but more con-
venient for his patients.
Dr. White extends an invitation
to everyone to come in and see his
new office which will be completed
in a few days.
At The Bay View
Patients In Hospital;
Mrs. R. C. Morrow, Mrs. Leon
Collier, Mrs. Saul Hebert, Mrs. Joe
Riveria of Port Lavaca, Frances
Perez of Mercedes, Jack Elliott,
Mrs. S. D. Barber and baby boy,
Virgil Harvey, Rev. George Gillis-
pie, Tom Fulcher.
Patients Dismissed
Mrs. Mary Traylor of Port La-
vaca, Jack Traylor of Port Lavaca,
Mrs. M. R. Kelley and baby girl,
Mrs. Lucinda Curlee, Miss Opal
Lee Buffaloe, Mrs. J. C. Blalock
of Kingsport, Tennessee, Mrs. J.
B. Batson of Taylor, South Caro-
lina, Robert Lee Blalock of Kings-
port, Tennessee, Eddie Griffin,
Paula Lyn Bullington, E. V. John-
son, Mrs. A. II. Highberg and baby
boy, Charlie Harris, Mrs. Lola B.
Anderson of Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Falks and
children are vacationing this week.
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