Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1951 Page: 3 of 8
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Thursday, September 20., 1951
PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Page 3
Spilling the salt may bring bad
luck, but spilling the beans is far
more dangerous.
STATED MEETINGS
PALACIOS LODGE
NO. 990 A. F. & A. M.
1st Thursday Each Month 8 p.m
Visiting Brethren Always Welcome
Kayford Harris, W. M.
Tom E. Friery, Sec’y
TEXAS GIRL STUDIES
TO BE BULL FIGHTER
EL PASO—Patricia McCormick,
a 20-year-old student at Texas
Western College here, hopes to
become a full-fledged bull fighter.
Already she has been permitted
to take a minor part in a real
bull fight across the river. After
she finishes school she plans to
go to Mexico and take intensive
training on a ranch.
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"BAD" COLDS . . .
(Whoever heard of a good one?). The season
for colds is here and their number is already on the
increase.
Consult your chiropractor for an explanation of
what causes a cold and let him tell you how to cope
with a cold once you have one, (or it has you!).
RUNYON
CHIROPRACTIC
OFFICES
413 MAIN STREET PALACIOS, TEXAS
PHONES: OFFICE 5011; RESIDENCE 2861
POST OFFICE BOX 72
SERVING ..
SEAFOODS.
SUPREME ..
DIAL 2011 ___ _
PLATE LUNCHES SERVED ON WEEK DAYS j
GREEN LANTERN INN
—ON THE BAY—
PALACIOS TEXAS
i
Collegepcrt Women's
Union Sends Packages
To Aid Needy Children
Collegeport Women’s Union
members have been busy during
their last two meetings preparir
packages for overseas shipment
and making clothing for unfortun-
ate school children.
Mrs. Amos Johnson and Mrs. R.
L. Corporon were hostesses and
those participating in the program
were Mrs. W. L. Ellis and Mrs.
Abner Fitzgerald and Misses Bob-
by and Ann Ware, Mary Louise
Wells, and Constance Law.
Mrs. Dean Merck gave resume
of the meeting she attended In
Houston last week and Mrs. Percy
Corporon gave a book review on
“The Near East.”
The Union will meet regularly,
rain or shine, during the winter
months.
Investment- Bankers
Study South Texas
Economic Growth
A group of more than 20 in-
vestment bankers from the North
and East have been the guests
of Central Power and Light Com-
pany this week for an inspection
tour of South Texas, Lon C. Hill,
CPL president, announced.
The investment men, represent-
ing large financial institutions in
New York, Boston, Chicago and
other cities, have been traveling
by chartered bus through the area
served by CPL. They have ob-
served the area’s agricultural, in-
dustrial and commercial develop-
ment and studied its future pros-
pects.
The South Texas visit is a part
of a larger tour of the Southwest
sponsored by the Central and
South West Corporation. The pur-
pose of the tour is to call in-
vestor’s attention to the economic
growth and wealth of opportunity
in this area, Mr. Hill explained.
A GUARANTEED
FUNERAL INSURANCE
POLICY
Low Monthly Premiums
Protects The Entire Family
Written By
TAYLOR BROS.
FUNERAL HOME
BAY CITY PALACIOS
PHONE 613 PHONE 5261
Texas Crusade for Freedom Chairman Lieut. General Preaton A.
Weatherred, left, points out spot in Europe where Radio Free Europe
stations are making great strides in refuting Soviet lies and propa-
ganda to L. D. Whiteley, Texas Jaycee president. The Texaa Junior
Chamber of Commerce adopted the 1951 Crusade for Freedom, a
gigantic drive by Americans to halt Communism everywhere, as a
statewide project.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rayford B. Harris, Pastor
“A FRIENDLY SPIRITUAL
HOME”
Sunday School......10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship .......11:00 a.m.
Training Union . 6:30 p.m.
Evening Worship 7:30 p.m.
Prayer Service (Wed.) 7:30 p.m.
1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
R. Earl Price, Pastor
415 Morton Ave. — Phone 69
SUNDAY
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
P. Y. F...................... 6:00 p.m.
Pioneers in the Ed. Bldg.
Seniors in tlie Chapel
Evening Worship 7:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Choir Rehearsal.............. 8:00 p.m.
Pay LESS For Cash
SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY & SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 & 22
CARNATION
HUNT'S
TEXSUN
NEW PACK
MILK
CATSUP
ORANGE JUICE
SALMON
Tall Cans
T4-oz. Bottle
No. 2 Cons
No. 1 Toll Cons
2*” 25$
180
2 fo'19c
530
CRISC0 1-lb. Can 35$
15-07 CANS 2 CANS FOR
ARMOUR STAR 16-OZ. CAN
SPAGHETTI with MEAT 260
RANCH STYLE BEANS 250
ARMOUR STAR
POTTED MEAT
3 (4 -OZ. CAN
can 100
BATH SIZE
CAMAY SOAP
2 lor 250
ARMOUR STAR
TAMALES 16-oz. Can 240
LIBBY’S
Y. C. PEACHES
NO. I'/i CAN
Can 310
ARMOUR STAR CAN
VIENNA SAUSAGE 21$
RED TOKAY
ARMOUR STAR
16-OZ. CAN
GRAPES
2 lbs. 290
chili con tm- 44$
NO. 1 YELLOW
FRESH GREEN
ARMOUR STAR
Mormel's Minn.
ONIONS
CABBAGE
FRYERS
SLICED BACON
2 |bs- 90
lb. 50
ib- 590
lb- 470
West Main Grocery & Market
FREE DELIVERY — DIAL 2001
THE METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Wesley Schulze, Pastor
On Third and Lucas
Sunday School ...........
10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship
11:00 a.m.
M. Y. F........
6:30 p.m.
Evening Worship
7:30 p.m.
Mid-Week Service
Wednesday
7:00 p.m.
Choir Practice (Wed.)
7:30 p.m.
YOU ARE WELCOME
CHURCH OF CHRIST
709 Fifth Street
Sunday Bible Study 10:00 a.m.
Preaching and
Communion 11:00 a.m.
Sunday Evening Young
People’s Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
Preaching and Worship 7:30 p.m
Wednesday Evening
Bible Study................ 7:30 p.m.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
(Missouri Synod)
Fourth and Rorem Streets
Services at 7:30 p.m.
Bible Study at 7 p.m.
Services every second and fourth
Sundays. Bible Study every Sun-
day evening.
ST. ANTHONY’S
CATHOLIC CHURCH „
Rev. V. J. Bily, Pastor
Rev. J. R. Till Assistant Pastor
SUNDAY MASSES
6:00 a.m. and 8 a.m.
WEEK DAY MASSES
Daily......................................6:30 a.m.
Confession, Saturday, 4 to 6, and
7 to 9 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF GOD
510 Fourth Street
Rev. John E. Wells, Pastor
Sunday School ................ 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship.........11:00 a.n).
Evening Worship . 7:00 p.m.
Young Peoples Meeting
Tuesday ...................... 7:30 p.m.
W.M.B. Thursday 1:30 p.m.
Prayer Meeting
Friday..................... 7:30 p.m.
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
Sixth and Morton Streets
Rev. Jesse A. Legg, Pastor
Won’t you come this Sunday?
God will bless you for your etforts.
Sunday Morning . 9:45 a.m.
Sunday night services . 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday services , 7:30 p.m.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Rev. Earl Wassom
"FRIENDSHIP CORNER”
Fourth at Morton
SUNDAY
Sunday School ..... 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Young People’s Society 6:30 p.m.
Evangelistic Service 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Prayer Service............. 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Prayer and Fasting 11:30 A. M
I never ask a man to work for
nothing: you gotta pay me.
QUALITY
j CLOCK &WATCK
REPAIRING
GLENDANA
JEWELERS
1-
MYSTERY MAY BE SOLVED . . .
WAYWARD ALCOA S. S. CO. LIFE
PRESERVER PUZZLE EXPLAINED
The “mystery” of the wayward
Alcoa life preserver apparently
has been solved,.
The life preserver—marked “SS
Alcoa Leader” and belonging to
the Alcoa Steamship Company—
was found during the summer of
1942 on the shores of Matagorda
Island by Homer C. Innis of Port
Lavaca. Mr. Innis still has it.
The mystery arose just a few
months ago when Aluminum Com-
pany of America staff members at
Alcoa's Point Comfort Works spot-
ted the preserver and started ask-
ing questions.
How, they wanted to know, did
the life preserver happen to come
ashore on the Texas coast, many
miles from the usual course of
Alcoa Steamship Company ves-
sels?
This intriguing questioon had
just about everybody scratching
their heads until Captain A. De-
vine, now master of the SS Alcoa
Pioneer came up with this ex-
planation:
"In December of 1940, while I
was serving as chief officer on
the SS Alcoa Leader, the vessel
underwent annual inspection at
Mobile,” Captain Devine wrote.
“At that time, the inspector
condemned several life preservers
and other equipment. The vessel
then proceeded to New Orleans,
loaded cargo, and proceeded to
Suriname, on the northern coast of
South America, for a load of
bauxite.
"It is the usual practice to put
this condemned gear ashore, or
at .least obliterate the vessel’s
name before throwing it over-
board. In this case, I assume that
the ring was thrown overboard
along with other debris at sea
without the knowledge of the
ship’s officers, because I recall no
RANCH FOREMAN IS
ACCUSED OF RUSTLING
UVALDE—A foreman employed
on the Cutbirth Ranch here has
been arrested on a charge of steal-
ing cattle belonging to his em-
ployer. He was arrested by in-
vestigators for the cattlemen’s as-
sociation when they caught him
selling cattle at an auction in
Hondo.
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CH.
Rev. Aubrey C. Maxted
Priest in Charge
Every Sunday evening worshii
«nd sermon, 4 p. m. A cordial wel-
come to everyone.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICE
Christian Science Services are
held every Sunday morning at the
VFW Hall.
Sunday School..................10:00 a.m
Church Service.................11:00 a.m.
Belief in the substantiality of
matter must give way to the
understanding that substance is
Spirit, declares the Lesson-Sermon
entitled "Matter” to be read in
all Christian Science churches on
Sunday, September 23. The Golden
Text makes this point clear. It is
from Psalms, and reads, "My
flesh and my heart faileth: but
God is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever.”
Mankind must look away from
matter to Spirit, further declares
the Lesson-Sermon. “Set your af-
fection on things above, not on
things on the earth” (Colossians
3:2). A more detailed explanation
of the necessity of looking to God,
Spirit, in the search for substance
is seen in this citation from the
Christian Science textbook,
"Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures” by Mary Baker
Eddy, “We cannot fathom the
nature and quality of God’s crea-
tion by diving into the shallows of
mortal belief. We must reverse
our feeble flutterings—our efforts j
to find life and truth in matter—
and rise above the testimony of J
the material senses, above the
mortal to the immortal idea of
God” (page 262).
incident during that voyage re-
quiring the use of a preserver.
“A study of a pilot chart of
this area will show that any ob-
ject thrown overboard would in-
evitably be carried by the pre-
vailing currents toward the part
of the Texas coast where it was
found. As a matter of fact, many
'bottle papers’ have been found in
this area from ships. So, assuming
the ring drifted several miles per
day from January, 1941, and was
found in the summer of 1942, it
makes the dates tie in perfectly.
To the best of my knowledge this
ship made only one more trip to
Suriname before war was de-
clared and she was put into an-
other trade.
“You will note that there is quite
a rip in this life preserver—very
typical of the rip left by an in-
spector when he tests it. It is
certainly not a tear which would
result from the action of sun and
srlt water from so short a period.
This is conclusive to me that it
was a condemned ring thrown
overboard.
“The nice way the above facts
tie in together makes me think
that this is the solution to the
‘mystery’—or at least it will have
to do until a better one comes
along.”
By ROY L. LYON
RICKETY CHRISTIANS
Rickets is a disease of childhood
which leaves the child deformed
and sometimes permanently crip-
pled. Its cause is a lack of vitamin
D and calcium, both of which are
found in rich quantity in milk.
When a child does not have an
appetite for milk, or when milk
is not available, the child fre--
quently suffers from malnutrition'
and will probably have rickets.
There is a passage in I Peter
which might be translated into
modern English thusly: “Like new-
born babies, be hungry for the
undiluted jGrade A Pasteurized
milk of the Word of God, that ye
may grow thereby.”
In other words, the Scriptures
are the source of spiritual nutri-
tion which is necessary to the
growth and health of the Chris-
tian’s soul. No doubt there is a
copy of the Holy Bible in your
home. In that copy of the Word
of God is something most vital
to your spiritual life. How often
do you drink in the wonderful
truths that are waiting there for
you. Milk in the ice box will
never nourish the baby unless it is
given to the baby to drink.
It is no wonder that Christian
lives take such bizarre shapes at
times. A lack of the milk of the
Word brings on spiritual rickets.
It is no wonder there are some
small, stunted, twisted, mean man-
ifestations of Christianity among
the milkless, Wordless, people of
God who are fainting because of
spiritual malnutrition.
It is no wonder that America
spends two-thirds of its leisure
time seeking thrills and amuse-
ment, an escape from boredom.
The people are hungry, thirsty, in
need of spiritual refreshment; but
they are not finding it where they
are looking for it.
Cultivate a habit of drinking in
the truth of God’s Word, the Bible,
when you are thirsty for a thrill.
You will find satisfaction for your
soul and you will never join the
ranks of rickety Christians.
FIGHT RUSSIAN COMMUNISM
JOIN THE CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM
Gen. P. A. Weatherred, Texas Chairman
Crusade For Freedom
Dallas, Texas
Enlist me in the Crusade For Freedom. I enclose_
for the campaign to help smash the Iron Curtain and tell
American truths to counteract Russian lies. Send my signa-
ture to Berlin to be added to the Freedom register of
millions of other Americans. <
j
Name:____—
City:__
(This newspaper endorses the Crusade For Freedom, approved and
directed by such great Americans as Generals Lucius D. Clay and
Dwight D. Eisenhower and a project ot lie Texas Junior Chamber of
Commerce. We publish this appeal as a patriotic ervice.)
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Wilson, John R. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1951, newspaper, September 20, 1951; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth726903/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.