Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1951 Page: 5 of 10
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Erekson-Higdom
Wedding Rites
Held In Victoria
Miss Jay Higdom and R. J.
Erekson were married last Satur-
day night at 8 o’clock in the Church
of God in Victoria.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Higdom of Victoria
and the bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Erekson of Pa-
lacios.
The bridegroom’s parents and
the bride's grandparents from Dal-
las were among out-of-towners at-
tending the ceremony.
The newly-weds will make their
home in Victoria where Mr. Erek-
son is employed.
Mrs. Dell Arnold returned Mon-
day night from a visit with friends
in San iDego, California.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Goppert and
daughter, Florence, and Mr. and
Mrs. J. K. Goppert of Edna took
Charles Goppert to College Station
Sunday, where he will continue his
studies.
NEWS
Fifteen members, two leaders,
and our mascots met January 23
at the Methodist Annex.
Shirley Bowers called the meet-
ing to order. Dana Pore read the
minutes and then called the roll.
Betty Jane Highberg returned the
salutes.
Mrs. Friery had a surprise for
each of us.
Our business consisted of writ-
ing down the steps to follow in
baking a cake, and the recipes for
two kinds o cake.
—Dana Jean Pore, reporter
Raymond Thomason of Sealy was
a business visitor here Monday.
Miss Ginger Richards has re-
sumed her studies at the Univer-
sity of Corpus Christi, after a visit
with homefolks.
SPECIAL REDUCED RATES
On Graduation Portraits
WE WILL HAVE CAPS AND GOWNS
FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY
AT OUR NEW PERMANENT
LOCATION IN GLENDANA JEWELRY
Paxton's Photo Studio
OF PALACIOS
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Mrs. Wagner Attends
Spring And Summer
Style Mart In Dallas
Mrs. E. Wagner previewed the
latest 1951 spring and summer
fashions this week in Dallas.
The representative of The Pea-
cock and some 5,000 other fashion
merchants packed all Dallas hotels
to capacity for the American Fash-
ion Association’s advance, market.
Dealers came from 17 states and
two foreign countries to see 1,050
new clothing lines, according to
Henry W. Stanley, manager of the
association.
The main style show—featuring
Dallas models—lasted two hours in
the Crystal Ballroom of the Baker
Hotel. Models paraded the latest
fashions across specially-built, 200-
foot runways. Merchants got up
early, at 7:30 a.m., for the show,
which followed a “Hollywood”
breakfast honoring visiting fash-
ion dealers.
Besides the style show, 412 sep-
arate displays were set up in the
lobbies, parlors, and showrooms of
three Dallas hotels. Merchants
could see the fashions first-hand
from January 21-25.
Many designers and fashion ex-
perts were present to answer ques-
tions and explain 1951 summer
trends. The fashions emphasized
blue and fresh paint colors for next
summer.
Cornell GrW Coach
And Ring Cleat Shoe
Turtle Bay Home
Demonstration News
Turtle Bay Home Demonstration
Club women plan to meet next Fri-
day, February 9, at the home of
Mrs. C. C. Ramsey.
The club met last Friday at the
home of Mrs. Bertha Stewart with
11 members and one visitor, Mrs.
O. R. Kubecka, present.
Mrs. Stewart read the Woman’s
Creed and the year books were
filled in.
Mrs. Cecil Batchelder and Mrs
Henry Alley had birthdays in Jan-
uary.
Mrs. Kubecka gave a very good
demonstration on how to make
DALLAS, TEXAS—George “Lefty”
James, Cornell football coach, wax
on hand at the American Football
Coaches AssociationConventionhere
this week with the revolutionary
Ring Cleat football shoe (left). The
new shoes are designed to reduce
injuries to ankles, knees and hips,
and provide equal or more trac: ,i
than the seven conical cleats (right
now in common use. The Ring Cleat
shoes, developed for MacGregor
Goldsmith, Inc., have been tester
intensively at Cornell.
Swedish tea rings and cinnamon
rolls.
Delegates from the Turtle Bay
Club plan to attend the all-day
council meeting in Bay City Feb-
ruary 6. j
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Backen of
Old Ocean are visiting their par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Church
and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Backen, and
to be with Mr. Batken who is ser
iously ill. j,
Mr. and Mrs. Dftn Paulk, Jr. of
League City were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Eddie Huffman last Wednes-
day and Thursday.
Jhecar that helps pay for itself
Rice And Turkey
Tetrazzini Is
Easy-To-Make Dish
With turkey still among plenti-
ful foods this rice-turkey tetraz-
zini will easily find its way into
the scheme of things. Combined
with rice, cheese and mushrooms,
turkey is at its best!
Unlike some dishes made of left-
overs, rice-turkey tetrazzini is bet-
ter than the original foods from
which it is made. It is a casserole
to serve with pride. Take it from
the oven to the table, in tne dish
in which it is baked—and p“esent
it piping hot!
The secret of the success of any
dish containing rice is to have
the rice cooked properly. Here we
have directions for preparing rice
which may be used again and again
without failure. You will find that
rice cooked in this manner may
be stored in a covered dish in
the refrigerator and reheated—or
served cold in desserts at a mo-
ment’s notice. Yes, remember, if
there’s cooked rice in the refriger-
ator you can use it in salads, re-
heat it for meat and gray—make it
into casseroles—in a very short
time!
Ingredients
4 tablespoons fat
Dash of cayenne pepper
4 tablespoons flour
teaspoon salt
teaspoon white pepper
>/8 teaspoon celery salt
2 cups milk
cup sliced mushrooms
tablespoon fat
cups diced cooked turkey
_ cup cooked rice
1 cup grated cheese
2 tablespoons fat, melted
Cracker crumbs for topping
Preparing Fluffy White Rice
To make 3 cups fluffy rice: put
1 cup of uncooked rice, 2 cups of
cold water and 1 teaspoon of salt
in a two-quart saucepan and cover
with a tight-fitting lid. Set over
a hot flame until it boils vigorous-
ly. Then reduce the heat a3 low as
possible and steam for 14 minutes
or until all the water is absorbed,
leaving the separate rice grains
with their full nutritional value.
This makes very firm rice grains.
(If you prefer more tender rice
grains, add 1/3 cup more water
and increase the slow cooking time
4 or 5 minutes.) Remove the lid,
permit the rice to steam dry to
the desired consistency and the
grains will be separate and fluffy.
Never stir rice; life rice gently
with a fork. Keep left-over cooked
rice in the refrigerator. You will
find it handy for many easy-to-
make dishes.
Method
Prepare white sauce of first six
ingredients (may use part of tur-
key stock for liquid). Remove from
heat. Saute mushrooms in 1 table-
spoon fat; add with turkey and
rice to white sauce. Pour mixture
into greased 1% quart oven casse-
role. Sprinkle with topping of
cheese, melted fat and cracker
crumbs. Bake in 425° over 25 min-
utes. Makes six servings.
Ganado Springs Surprise In Winning
Tidehaven Basketball Tournament
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Here’s the official story of last
Saturday’s Tidehaven Tourna-
ment as reported by Tex Kas-
sen.—Editor.
Ganado High School surprised
everyone in winning the Second
Annual Tidehaven High School
Basketball Tournament at El Ma-
ton Saturday, January 27.
Ganado came from behind to
beat Missouri City in the finals by
a score of 44 to 40.
Tidehaven High School won from
Palacios High School in the con-
solation finals 39 to 28.
The tournament was well at-
tended from the opening whistle
through the presentation of awards
made by George K. Nelson, super-
intendent of schools at Tidehaven.
Ganado High School, coached by
Tom Talley, was awarded the first
place trophy. Missouri City High
School, coached by Lawrence El-
kins, was awarded the second place
trophy, and Tidehaven High School,
coached by Tex Kassen, was award-
ed consolation trophy.
The All-Tournament Team was
presented with miniature gold bas-
ketballs. This honor went to Ray-
mond Kallas of Crescent, Don Tre.
ka of Ganado, J. D. Tomasek of
Tidehaven, Donald Jordy of Mis-
souri City, and Maurilio Rodriguez
of Palacios.
Coach Tom Talley from Ganado
was also presented with a minia-
ture gold basketball as coach of
the Tournament Winner.
Raymond Kallas from Crescent
was also presented with a high
point medal. He made a total of
45 points in the tournament, and
incidentally, this was done in only
two games.
The honor for the player making
the most number of free throws
in the tournament ended in a tie
between Raymond Kallas from
Crescent and Red Harvey from Pa-
lacios, each successfully completing
nine free throws.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
First Round—Van Vleck beat
Tidehaven 29 to 27 (overtime);
Ganado beat Crescent 51 to 32;
Santa Fe beat Palacios 38 to 34.
Semi Finals—Ganado beat Van
Vleck 39 to 33; Missouri City beat
Santa Fe 49 to 26.
Consolation Semi Finals—Tide-
haven beat Crescent 43 to 34: Pa-
lacios beat St. Joseph of \ictoria
35 to 29.
Championship Finals — Ganado
beat Missouri City 44 to 40.
Consolation Finals — Tidehaven
beat Palacios 39 to 28.
Triple Birthdays
Observed Here
Sunday Night
A crowd of localites and out-of-
towners gathered at the home ef
Mrs. Lena Wilkerson Sunday night
as three ladies were honored at a
birthday party.
Honorees were Mrs. Alice Fields
and Miss Elizabeth Wilkerson, both
of Palacios, and Miss Frances Va-
sek of Wharton.
Guests were Miss Elizabeth Or-
sak and Charles Wilkerson of
Wharton, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilk-
erson of Needville, Charies Fields
of El Campo, and Mrs. John Bent-
ler of Palacios.
Miss Lucille Duffy
Named Alternate To
Provincial Synod
Miss Lucille Duffy of Palacios
was named alternate to the Pro-
vincial Synod at the final meeting
of the Associated Women of The
Episcopal Diocese of Texas Tues-
day morning in Galveston.
Miss Duffy was one of the 750
delegates who came to Galveston
Sunday to attend the 102nd annual
Council of the Episcopal Diocese
of Texas with Trinity Church as
host church.
Bishop Clinton S. Quin, bishop
of the Diocese of Texas, acclaimed
the council as the largest in the
history of the diocese.
We have a strange and sinking
feeling, this week was some-kind-
of-week but we forgot to ob-
serve it.
Richard N. Thompson
Funeral services for Richard
Nelson Thompson, 59, who died
here January 31, will be held from
Palacios Funeral Home Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 with the Rev.
Wesley Schulze officiating. Burial
will be at Palacios Cemetery.
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Patients In The Hospital
Dianne Stevenson, Mrs. Buster
White, Mrs. H. S. Bole, Mr. Carl
Backen Mrs. R. B. Carson, Mrs. R.
A Porter and baby boy, Mr. L. B.
Griffith, Charlie Burdick, Jr., Mary
Katherine Slaughter, Rev. George
F. Gillespie, Tom Fulcher, Patricia
Ann Highberg.
Patients Dismissed
Jimmie Martin, George Cheramie.
Junior Tigh Hornets
Win Lolita Tourney
Coach George Holst’s junior high
Hornets cagers won the junior high
basketball tournament last Satur-
day at Lolita with three victapes.
Stinging the Port Lavacan quin-
tet, 35-13, in the opening contest,
the Hornets went on to plaster
Louise, 17-9, and edged past the
B^oomimjton aggregation, 21-20,
for the trophy.
The Louise victory probably was
the sweetest for the locals. The
Louise cagcrs nosed past the Hor-
nets, 31-29, in a game last Thurs-
day.
Others engaged in the meet were
Vanderbilt, Ganado, St. Joseph’s of
Victoria, and Lolita.
Coach Holst says his team now
has a record of 10 victories and
only three defeats.
Those three losses were hard to
take, too. Louise nosed them out
by two points last week, Lolita did
it by the same margin earlier, and
Edna defeated them once by three
points. That makes three games
lost by a total of seven points.
The Hornets are good in the re-
venge department, though. They
have since defeated every one of
the quintets that has humiliated
them.
The local juniors are scheduled
to meet Van Vleck sometime next
week and the following week will
meet Markham. After that it’s the
district championship touinament
at Tidehaven.
Wallace Barr returned to A. &
I. College at Kingsville Monday
after spending the mid-term holi-
days with his mother Mrs. Mildred
Barr.
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Wilson, John R. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1951, newspaper, February 1, 1951; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth726680/m1/5/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.