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NO. 24
EAGLE LAKE GETTING READY FOR
ALL-STAR GAME BETWEEN DISTS.
26 AND 29 ,TUES., NEW YEAR’S DAY
"THERE IS NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR OUR FRIENDS"
BAY CITY, TEXAS THL RSDAY. DECEMBER 27. 1934
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Below is a letter sent to the news-
papers relative to the all star game
to be played in Eagle Lake New
Year’s Day between the all stars of
District 26 and the all stars of Dis-
I trict 29.
Here is the letter:
Eagle Lake, Texas, Dec. 24. 1934.
Newspapers of Class B. Football
Districts, Nos. 26 and 29:
There is some information which
will be of considerable interest to the
I football fans in your territory and we
will greatly appreciate any publicity
which you may give to it in the next
issue of your paper.
On last New Year's Day all-district
football teams from these two dis-
tricts met at Eagle Lake and played
a game of football. The game was
largely attended by football fans from
all parts of each of the districts. The
net gate was divided equally between
the districts and was expended in
providing awards for the players who
participated. The result of this game
was 13 to 0 in favor of District 26.
This venture was accounted so suc-
cessful that it was voted to arrange
- another such game for New Year's
t Day, 1935.
» Accordingly all the coaches of both
districts met by invitation in Eagle
1 Lake on Dec. 4 and selected all dis-
A trict teams which will meet on next
New Year’s Day and play on the new
athletic field of the Eagle Lake High
School at Eagle Lake. The selections
were as follows:
District 26, first team: Ends, Wal-
lace, Smithville; Reaves, Hallettsville.
Tackles, Roitsch, Schulenberg: Mach,
Bellville. Guards: Mock. La Grange;
Lockwood. Smithville. Center, Clark-
son, Bastrop. Backs: Baggett, Smith-
ville; Carter, Smithville: Whitley,
Hallettsville; Arnold. Bellville.
District 26. second team: Ends.
Heutting, Giddings; J. Curington.
Schulenberg. Tackles, Richter, Gid-
dings; Carter, Smithville. Guards, Pe-
trash, Schulenberg; Ritchie, Smith-
ville. Center, Bremer. La Grange.
Backs, Smrosky, Schulenberg; Otto.
La Grange; Schiller, Columbus; Kun-
kel, Smithville; Hefenbrock, Flatonia.
District 29 first team: Ends, Brough-
ton. Bay City; Horak. Richmond.
Tackles. Hodde, Eagle Lake; McMillan.
Eagle Lake. Guards. Briggs, Eagle
Lake; Kubosh, Richmond; Center, Al-
lison, Rosenberg. Backs Kretschmar,
Eagle Lake: Urban, Bay City; Bry-
San Richmond; Allen, Boling,
D trict 20, 1 * nd it m. Ends,
Bates, Eagle Lake; Davis, Richmond.
Tackles, Ellerman, Richmond; Heck-
endorn. Bay City. Guards: McGil-
Av ray, Boling; Wright, East Bernard.
" Center, Cochran, El Campo, Backs,
Clark, El Campo; Lee, Bay City; Tur-
richi, Rosenberg; Dotson, Wharton.
The district 26 squad will assemble
in Smithville on Wednesday, Dec. 26
for a week of insnvetieHAROSTHA
for a week of intensive training un-
der the tutelage of Coaches Harry
Stitele, Smithville; E. C. Powers,
Schulenberg, and Gregory Hale, Bas-
trop. The district 29 squad will go in-
. to training at Richmond on the same
day under the direction of Coach Sue
Brannen. Richmond and Coach Otis
Coffey, Magle Lake.
The game will begin at 2 p.m.
Officials. Dr. H. J. Ettlinger, Uni-
versity of Texas, Johnnie Murrell and
an assistant whom the latter will
bring with him for the U. S. army
post in San Antonio.
Admission: 50c for adults and 25c
for school children.
The net gate will be again divided
equally between the districts to be
used in providing suitable awards for
the players.
Seating capacity of the playing field
about one thousand. Respectfully,-
. W. C. Reed, chairman committee on
. arrangements.
Lon Gilmore was in the Loos Hos-
pital today suffering from injuries re-
ceived yesterday morning early when
he ran into a parked car on the river
bridge over the Colorado River.
Mr. Gilmore was driving a new
Fofd car. The fog caused poor vision
and he ran onto the car parked on
the bridge so suddenly that to avoid
striking it was impossible. He side-
swiped the car in an attempt to miss
it and when he did his car was
thrown against the railing on the
bridge, tearing out large portions of
the protective rail. It was a miracle
that his car did not careen over the
bridge.
He was badly hurt and was taken to
Loos Hospital where it was found
he had a badly torn knee and in-
juries about the head and body. His
car was badly wrecked.
Gov. Regulation
Transportation
Between 1920 and 1932 nearly as
much money was put into all kinds
of transportation as had been invest-
ed in the railroads up to and in-
cluding 1932.
Nearly one-fourth of that new mon-
ey represented the increase in rail-
road investment that went into the
improvement and betterment of rail-
road property. Railroad operating ef-
ficiency increased.
The cost to the public of both
freight and passenger transportation
was lowered.
Railroad capacity was enlarged to
care for the growing transportation
needs of the country.
Less traffic instead of more came to
the railroads.
In 1932. railroad freight traffic
amounted to a little more than one-
salf of the freight traffic carried
in 1920.
In 1932 railroad passenger traffic
amounted to a little more than three-
eighths of the passenger traffic car-
ried in 1920.
The depression was not alone re-
sponsible.
More than a million motor trucks
were registered in 1920.
More than three times that number
of trucks were registered in 1932.
Railroad freight revenues would
have been approximately one-fifth
greater than they were in 1933 if the
railroad freight traffic had kept pace
with industrial production.
Inter-city buses carried three-
eighths as much passenger traffic as
the railroads carried in 1932.
Railroad operation and the prices
charged for its transportation are un-
der government control.
This country has in its railroads a
great transportation machine used to
far less than its capacity-largely due
to competition by other forms of
transportation not subject to similar
government control.
Public interest requires comparable
regulation of all forms of transpor-
tation.
Confidence Comes
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Rob’t Jolly Retires
As Head of Baptist
Encampment Body
AUSTIN 20.. All persons class.|real man’s size job when we went out
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ed as unemployables will be removed to select an all star 0 high school teaml
from the federal emergency relief ad-
ministration rolls in Texas, Feb. 1,
1935, it was announced here Thurs-
day by Malcolm J Miller, field rep-
resentative of the federal emergency
relief administration in Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Ok-
lohoma and Texas.
The announcement came after a
meeting of member of the state board
in this great big state. He admits that
it was somewhat of a big assignment
he has given himself and that there
are several errors and omissions that
usually crop out in a thing of this
sort. However he has somehow re-
ceived wordsup there in Waco that
we play football down here in Dis-
trict 29 because he has placed Ku-
bosh of Richmond on his all star first
string team and he has done so very
of control with Miller and Adam R , . ,
r i ... ,.i: r i:... wisely On his second team he pla-
Johnson, state relief director. 1
"Removable of unemployables from
federal relief rolls in Texas will be
effective Feb. 1, 1935," Miller said.
"On and after that date funds made
available to Texas by the federal
emergency relief administration can-
not be used for the care and mainte-
nance of unemployables. The respon-
sibility for the care of this group
rests on the local city, county and
state officials.
Put Up To Legislature.
"In fixing the effective date of this
order due consideration was given to
1 the fact that in five of the six states
in this region, regular sessions of the
legislative bodies will be held during
the month of January enabling the
state legislatures to take proper ac-
tion to provide for the care of these
dependents, where such provision is
not now in evidence. The relief ad-
ministrations of these states will work
in close co-operation with the state
and local authorities in seeing that
this transfer is properly made with
the least possible inconvenience to
those affected."
Defining an unemployable person,
Miller said he is "one that is inca-
pable of performing a day's work
on account of age or physical disabil-
ity, or where home and family du-
ties will render it impossible for the
individual to work."
ced McMillan of Eagle Lake. Both of
these boys are real football players.
Kubosh is a guard and McMillan is a
tackle. It was the great work of Ku-
bosh that prevented much offensive
threat with teams that met Richmond.
In the all star mention Urban of
Bay City and Bryan of Richmond
| were placed. Both of these boys are
college calibre but from the four pick-
ed Urban has the greatest possibili-
ties in college from the viewpoint of
this writer. Bryan is a great football
player but there are many in col-’
lege bigger and better than he will
ever be. Urban has the chance of be-,
coming a second Stafford with his
blocking and his 195 pounds running
as fast as a sprinter. Tucker, however |
picked wisely in this section. There (
are few players in the district who
can compare with these four.
Cecil of Freeport was mentioned
and incidentally a man who scored |
about 200 points in a season should
be given some mention.
Texas Property
Is In Danger
20 Per Cent of Cases.
Director Johnson estimated the or-
der may affect 20 per cent of the
state’s case load, which totaled 270,-
000 for December.
“But we can’t tell exactly until we
go through and check our entire list
of cases,” Johnson said, "and that
STATEMENT OF M. H. JAMES
SHOWS DEPLORABLE TAX
BURDENS OF REAL ESTATE
EVERYWHERE.
PM
CHICAGO . . . Joseph Burns,
(above), one of the nine convicts
who escaped in Dillinger‘s sensa
tional 1933 Indiana prison break,
is in jail here. He surrendered with-
out a fight although five gun*
were within reach. The authorities
are trying to link him with the
4427,000 N. Y. bank truck holdup
Death Claims Co.
Commissioner
Sam F. Hale
AUSTIN. Dec 20 L P Gabbard
f the Agricultural and Mechanical
College Wednesday devealed with
statistics to the senate tax commit-
tee rapid increases in ad valorem
tax delinquencies since 1927.
Taxes since 1927 are delinquent on
364,000 farms, said Gabbard, chief
of the farm and ranch economies di-
vision. while only 932 collections were
made during the period of tax sales.
Delinquencies increased from 33,000
in 192S to 124,000 properties in 1934,
while acreage involved increased from
6 to 41 per cent.
He estimated current delinquencies
at $141,000,000 of which at least one-
fourth was uncolleetable because of
insolvency He said his survey was
based on 120 of the state’s 254 coun-
ties.
Active state participation in the
act of assessing and collecting taxes
was recommended. He proposed a
system for obtaining rendition of
property not asses ed and that classi-
fied as of unknown ownership. He
also suggested simplification of the
method for foreclosure on property
for collection of delinquent taxes
would be beneficial.
Gabbard disapproved of elimina-
tion of all property taxation and of
the state’s withdrawal from specific
tax fields in favor of local units.
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(Palacios Beacon.)
Robert Jolly, superintendent of Me-
morial Hospital, retired Thursday as
president of the Texas Baptist En-
campment, after 16 years in that po-
sition and was succeeded by Elmer
Burkhart, local Baptist layman.
Mr. Jolly is president of the Amer-
ican Hospital Association and his
many duties prevent him from con-
tinuing as head of the encampment,
he said in announcing that he would
not be a candidate to succeed him-
self.
The most potent force for recovery
is confidence—confidence on the part
of industry, property owners, invest-
ors. By the same token, lack of such
confidence creates and perpetuates
depression.
The San Francisco Call-Bulletin re-
cently observed there are now some
ten billion dollars ready to be loaned
to business for improvement and ex-
pansion — when there is sufficient
confidence to justify the risk. The
money is now in the banks, but bank-
ers would obviously be unfaithful to
their trust if they loaned money
without feeling strongly that they can
do so in safety.
There are now signs that confidence
is returning-that problems are being
ironed out, that industrial leaders and
public officials are reaching a com-
mon ground. If that is true, it will be
a blessing for all the people.
John Tarleton College
of
Per Lb.
5c to
The meeting of the encampment
group was held Thursday in Memo-
rial Hospital chapel. ..... _____ ,______________ ,_____
The new president formerly was re- is Vin Doubek, son of Mr. and Mrs.
cording secretary.
Other officers elected include: L. L.
Silkensen of Galveston, first vice pres-
Among the forty-nine students
John Tarleton College, Stephenville,
who have just been made corporals
ident; Neal Ellis of San Antonio, sec-
ond vice president; W. D. Wyatt of
Columbus, recording secretary; T. C.
Gardner of Dallas, corresponding sec-
retary; J. F. Barnett, of Palacios,
treasurer. Rev. Mr. Ellis and Rev. Mr.
I Silkensen this year exchanged posi-
i tions. Mr. Wyatt is a new officer,
having been elected to fill the vacan-
cy made by promition of Mr. Burk-
hart.
Two new directors, Mr. Ellis and
Mr. Burkhart were named. Other re-
elected directors include Mr. Jolly,
Mr. Barnoett and Mr. Gardner.
The Palacios summer encampment
will be of 12 days duration instead of
eight as has been the custom in the
past. Among the prominent speak-
ers announced for the encampment
are Dr. E D. Head, pastor of First
Baptist Church; Dr. W. R. White of
Fort Worth, Dr. M. E. Dod of Shre-
veport and Doctor Gardner, who is
head of the Baptist young people's
work in Texas.
V. H. Doubek of this city.
Lula—What's the matter with the
car now? It won't run.
Kenneth—I dunno. I guess Dad's
been fixin' it again.
NETINA ETHEL BLACKWELL
Netina Ethel Blackwell, age 29 years,
2 months and 23 days died Thurs-
day morning. Mrs. Blackwell is sur-
will be a tremendous job."
Relief officials began at once prep-
aration of rules and regulations from
which classifications of employables
and unemployables will be made in
the counties.
Provision for those falling in to the
unemployable class will be a prob-
lem for the legislature when it con-
venes in January, although $1,500,000
of state bond money authorized for
relief purposes in February by a pre-
vious special session of the legisla-
ture will be available to the board of
control. There also remains $4,500,-
000 not yet authorized to be spent
from the original $20,000,000 bonds
voted for relief purposes in 1933.
AUSTIN, Dec. 24.—The last testimo-
ny to be read into the voluminous
record compiled by the senate tax
committee, which concluded its for-
mal hearings Wednesday, was that
of M. H. James, president of the
Houston real estate board, Mr. James
: Following a brief illness from dou-
ble pneumonia, County Commissioner,
1 Sam I’ Hale passed away at his
home in Midfield Sunday morning at
9:45 o’clock just one full week be-
| fore he was to surrender hi office to
his successor.
Mr. Hale has represented Precinct
No. 4 for many years and became
widely known over the county and
section. Up until a few days ago he
had been in good health. His death
will prove to be a sad surprise to all
who knew him in the prime of his
activities.
The funeral was held this afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at Midfield. A num-
ber of county officials and others at-
tended from here.
Mr. Hale came to Matagorda Coun-
ty from Tennessee about 20 years ago
and settled on a farm near Midfield.
Surviving him besides his wife are
four sons and three daughters. The e
I presented the case for over-all lim-
itation of the tax upon real and per- are John, Leonard, Paul and Ray-
sonal property for the Texas Real
mond and Mrs. Cora Woodson and
Estate Tax Limitiaition League. The Miss Ruby, all of Midfield and Mrs.
text of his address follows: Maud Warn of Refugio, also four
“The Texas Real Estate Tax Limita-1 brothers, living in Tenne see and New
tion League is an incorporated bodyYork and two sisters, both of whom
of Texas prop 'rty owners who real- | reside in New York
Birthplace of the
Presbyterian Church
DALLAS, Texas, Dec, 20.—The town
of San Augustine, or rather its im-
mediate vicinity, claims to have been
the birthplace of the Presbyterian
Church in Texas. It is estimated that,
in 1838, about two years after achiev-
ement of independence of the state,
which is to be commemorated by the
Centennial of 1936, the Rev. Hugh
Wilson, then a missionary of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States, visited Texas and found a
number of Presbyterian families re-
siding in San Augustine County, June
2 of that year, he organized a church
with twenty-two members in Good-
law's schoolhouse, about four miles
from San Augustine and near the
present village of Dwire. This con-
gregation, organized under the name
of the “Bethel Congregation of the
Presbyterian Church," was the first
Presbyterian Church in the Republic
of Texas and, despite many varied
trials, is still very much alive. The
Rev. John M. Becton became pastor
of the church Nov. 15, 1840. and
changed the place of meeting to San
Augustine.
Mr. Wilson did not remain long in
San Augustine, but in the autumn of
of 1838, pushed on to near what was
then the flourishing town of Inde-
pendence. Here, after a few months,
he organized another church, called
"Prospect," the second one in the re-
public, which despite the changes of
time and circumstance still is carried
on the rolls of the Brazos Presby-
tery.
Soon after this, a young minister.
Rev. W. Y. Allen, from the Presby-
tery of South Alabama, reached Tex-
as, stopped at Houston and mostly at
his own expense organized early in
1839, the First Presbyterian Church
of Houston, the third congregation
of that denomination to be establish-
ed in Texas.
Yet another pioneer was the Rev.
W. C. Blair, who came in 1838. a few
months later than the Reverend Wil-
son. He came primarily as a mission-
ary to the Indians and Mexicans and
ize the time has come when positive |
action must be taken if their invest-
ments in Texas lands and buildings
are to be preserved to themselves and
their families. The league takes this
opportunity to place in the record
the attitude of men who for more
than five years have fought a losing
fight to keep their substance out of
the hands of the tax collectors. It
asks no favors; seeks only that equ-
ality of opportunity and portection of
property rights which, under the con-
stitution are guaranteed every citizen
of this state. The plight of the reel
of this state.
The Plight of the Real Estate Owner.
A Unique Business
Card
The business card of P. E Barnes,
hay and straw buyer of Richwood,
Ohio, is printed on yellow bristol. On
the back appears a good deal of home-
ly philisophy.
“Did it ever occur to you," it reads
“that a man’s life is full of crosses
and temptations? He comes into the
world without his consent and goes
Bureau Sees
Cattle Price
Rise In 1935
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Live stock
producers may look for higher prices
during next year as a result of the
sharp curtailment in production, and
the wide spread slaughter during the
last year. According to a summary of
the situation issued by the United
States department of agriculture, the
price increase over the 1934 level is
likely to be relatively greater for low-
grade cattle than for the better grades
<specially during the last half of 1935.
A large part of the reduction in
number of cattle has been due to the
government slaughter which i sex-
pected to reach 7,500,000 head when
the present program is completed, al-
though the total slaughter for the
year will be 15,500,000 head, more than
2,000,000 greater than 1933. The gov-
ernment’s spending program for the
1 catle alone will total almost $116,000,-
000, and practically as much fore for
processing. The meat is used in con-
nection with the relief program.
Government officials have been con-
sidering the probable effect of the
heavy government slaughter on the
price of beef to the consumer. Even
though the kovernment had not gone
into the problem as a relief measure
millions of cattle would have perished
in the drouth sections for the want of
both feed and water, so that the cat-
tle population, so to speak, would
have registered a sharp reduction.
out against his will and the trip be-
think every member of this com- tween is execeedingly rocky. The
rule of contraries is one of the fea-
mittee is aware that owners of real
estate are caught in a trend which,
if it be not stemmed, threatens to
cost them every penny they have sav-
ed and invested in the basic wealth
of this state. It is not my purpose
to burden you with a re-hash of sta-
tistics which in all probability already
arc read into the record. However,
I do wish to call your attention to the
fact that real property in Texas and
other states of the union produces but
8 per cent of the total net annual in-
come yet bears a total of 64.2 per
cent of all tax revenues collected by
state and local governments. The fig-
ures are from “Tax Systems of the
World," the Tax Research Foundation;
they are applicable to 1934 conditions
are generally considered to be wholly
reliable.
I wish further to call your atten-
tion to this amazing fact: Real estate’s
total net income is $4,754,000,000 and
its tax bill is $4,553,000,000. In other
words, its tax obligations consume al-
most entirely the income it earns;
and the owner of real estate has left
for his own use less than one per
cent (‘5-100ths of one per cent, to
be exact) of the income earned by his
investment. These figures also re-
tures of the trip. When he is little the
big girls kiss him; when he is big the
little girls kiss him. If he is poor he
fleet conditions of 1934, and our au-
thority is the national committee on
real estate taxation of the national as-
sociation of real estate boards.
While I have quoted figures appli-
cable to the nation as a whole, it
should not be supposed that condi-
tions in Texas are any better. Rather
I should say they are worse, and the
fact is established by mounting defi-
cits in all state funds which depend
in any great degree upon revenues
from the general property tax and by
the soaring accumulation of delin-
quent real estate taxes carried upon
located at Victoria, where in 1841 he ____
organized the first Presbyterian
church west of the Colorado.
In April, 1840, there assembled at
Chrisman's schoolhouse, near Inde-
pendence, Washington County, in
close proximity to where now stands
vived by her husband, Mr. J. W. old Prospect church, the following
Blackwell, one son, Julian William
Blackwell and one daughter, Ruth
Elizabeth Blackwell of Collegeport
and two sisters, Misses Hattie and
Fannie Pridgens of Eustaca, Texas.
Mrs. Blackwell has made her home
in Matagorda County a little over one
year coming here from Madison
County and locating near Collegeport
where Mr. Blackwell was engaged
in cotton farming. Mrs. Blackwell
was prepared for burial and taken to
Palacios where funeral services will
be held Friday under direction of
Taylor Bros.
who organized the first Presbytery in
Texas: The Rev. John McCullough,
who became the first moderator; the
Rev. W. Y. Allen, the first stated
clerk; the Rev. Hugh Wilson, host to
the gathering and Elder John McFar-
land, ruling elder of the Prospect
Church.
Better buy all you can today for
there's only Monday left and by the
time the stores close tonight there
will be little left. A great run is
being made on all stocks today.
(Continued on Page 4.)
Who Pays United
State Gov. Taxes
is a bad manager; if he is rich he is
dishonest. If he needs credit, he can't
get it; if prosperous everyone wants
to do him a favor. If he is in poli-
tics. it is for graft; if he is out of
politics, he is no good for his coun-
try. If he doesn't give to charity, he's
a stingy cuss; if he does, it's for show.
If he is actively religious, he is a hy-
pocrite; if he takes no interest in re-
ligion, he is a hardened sinner. If he
gives affection, he isa soft Speci-
men; if he cares for no one he is
cold-blooded. If he dies young, there
was a great future before him; if he
lives to an old age he missed his call-
ing.
“But what's the use? So long as we
can sell our straw we will forget it.
Life consists of one darn thing after
another, sometimes, two. If you save
your money, you are a grouch; if you
spend it you are a loafer; if you get
it you are a grafter; if you don't get
it you are a bum."
Many of us have an idea that we
pay no taxes to the United States
government unless we pay an in-
come tax.
As a matter of fact, income taxes
form only a small percentage of the
money required to run our federal
government.
The food you eat, the gasoline you
buy, cigar, cigarette or pipe tobacco
you smoke, the cotton clothes you
wear, the beer or liquor you drink,
the check you make out and many
other necessities and conveniences
are heavily taxed.
In the case of cigarettes, the tax is
6 cents a package, leaving on a 10
cent cigarette, 4 cents to be divided
among tobacco grower, manufactur-
er, wholesaler, retailer and transpor-
tation company.
Corporation taxes are largely passed
on to the consumer. The rich man
Federation Cantata
Complete Success
Last Sunday evening the cantata,
"The Christ Child" was rendered by
the united choirs of the city at the
Methodist Church under the direction
of Mrs. George Helmecke with Mrs.
Foster Milner as pianist and Mrs.
Sidney Bowman, violinist. Long be-
fore the hour stated for the event the
huge auditorium of the church was
filled to capacity and extra chairs
were placed in the aisles to accom-
module a part of the overflow crowd.
Promptly at seven-thirty to the strains
of "Adeste Fidelis" the vested choir of
nearly thirty voices took their places
after which the pastor, Rev E. G.
Cooke spoke the invocation. All lights
were then extinguished excepting
those in the choir loft, thereby show-
ing the beautiful tree decorations in
the pulpit most advantageously.
The accompanists then rendered the
prelude to the opining number, a
chorus "The Light of Promise" by the
entire choir At the close of this of-
fering the duet. "Come, Saviour
Come," was beautifully and brilliant-
ly sung by Mis es Helen Wood and
Nannie Truett. Seldom has the equ-
al of this song been heard in Bay
City as the e ladies gave it Sunday
night Charles Amos was the first solo-
ist and executed his as ignment u ba-
ritone solo, in his usual forceful man-
ner, thus pleasing the audience im-
mensely. Tins was followed by the
wonderful chorus, "Peace On Earth,"
which has a difficult basso obligato
that was rendered to perfection. Mrs.
Vogt Powell then sang most sym-
pathetically and beautifully “The
World is Thrilled With Joy," which
depicted the longing of the ancient
people for their Saviour and the as-
surance that He is now with us. The
eighth number "Salvation" consisting
of, the exquisite solo and sopranos,
sopranb and alto obligato duct, had a
preitle, that was operatic in its dif-
ficulty and brillance that Mrs Mil-
ner rendered with the skill and ar-
tistry of a professional pianist.
And the beauty and haunting mel-
ody of tlii' great song were skillfully
brought out by the superb directing
• of Mrs. Helmecke until one could eas-
ily imagine he heard the entire world
calling "He Is Calling to Us."
Mrs. Frank Shaw Taylor was un-
usually fine in rendering the dramatic
soprano solo, "Healer of Our Sor-
rows" and her audience will not soon
forget the climax she so thrilled us
with at the end of the number, “Hope
of All the World " The mixed quartet
in which a solo by Mrs. E. H. Highley
was the feature was effectively and
artistically sung by Mesdames Ser-
rill and Highley; Messrs. Joe and
Foster Milner.
In order to project the proper reli-
gious significance of the program,
Mrs. D O. Ward sang "Ring Out the
Sweet Message" ( by Adams) that
thrilled every one in the great audi-
ence by the power and beauty of her
rendition. Many tears could be seen
in the eyes of the hearers at the con-
clusion of this wonderful song.
The prelude to the final chorus
was then artistically and powerfully
rendered, the members of the con-
gregation being spellbound by its al-
most unearthly beauty. This final
i number "The Prince of Earth and
Heaven" was a glorious outburst of
ensemble choir music that has sel-
According to Mrs. Patricia Martyn,
county health nurse, who was in Aus-
tin last Friday and Saturday, the
Texas Relief Commission has granted
aid to the school cafeterias in Bay
City, Palacios, Blessing and Midfield
for the feeding of undernourished
children in the schools. Tills is a
great help to Mrs. Martyn in her
work who explained that children
with the proper nourishment have
very little need for a health nurse.
“In a great percentage of the case*
needing hospitalization, medical care"
stated Mrs Martyn, “we find under-
nourishment, consequent frail resist-
ance and then diseases easily gain
hold " Through the cafeterias of the
county in the larger schools, feeding
the undernourished we will find a
more healthy child and one not prone
to fail in health at the least provoca-
tion.
Bay City Parent-Teachers’ Associa-
tion did not wait for the approval of
its application from the state, but,
through the help of the Rotary Club
of the city, proceeded immediately
that it was necessary that something
be done and have been feeding daily
between 50 and 75 children. With the
aid from the state, however the work
can continue.
A greater work and a work needed
more in this relief set up under which
we are working, could not be found.
At 88 He Makes
Use Y. M. C.A.
NONE ENJOYS PRIVILEGES MORE
THAN G. J WAINNER, DAILY
VISITOR.
(Hutchinson, Kan.*
Membership and active participa-
tion in the Hutchinson Y. M. C. A.
is not confined to boys and young
men. A number of men past the
three score and ten mark continue
to enjoy the "Y" privileges.
One of this number is Geo. J.
Wainner of 129 East Seventh Street
who passed his eighty-eighth birth-
day yesterday. Wainner has been a
member of the Hutchinson Y. M. C.
A for the past ten years and there
are very few afternoons, that he does
not pend a few hours at the “Y”
building.
He enjoys playing both checkers
and billiards and plays both games
exceptionally well.
Another activity which Wainner en-
joys very much and in which he ex-
cells is the sport of horse shoe pitch-
ing. He has a court at his home and
many mornings, when the weather
permits, find him pitching shoes
against some friend or “ohimself.
Wainner does not bonle in all
play .mil no work, even at the-ugas
8 mMnd he Spends time in personnally
thong care of the property which he
owns. He is a malar attendant at
the First MethougeChurch. a
There are few mid thirty years, his
junior who have any more enthusiasm
and interest in life than has Wainner.
As a result of this, very few folks
guess his age as much over sixty.
He was born in England and has
farmed most of his active life.
Editor's Note: The Mr. G. J. Wain-
ner referred to above is the father
of Mr. Geo. A. Wainner of this city.
The article is a reprint from the Hut-
chinson Kansas News.
dom if ever, been heard in our little--—
city, and was a fitting climax to a I peal Panl AMA
wonderful evening of song and the 10€O I COPIC Are
does not pay the taxes. The sum of all
yearly incomes of more than $10,000
in the United States would not pay
_ our federal government expenses. You,
ViIN Hava 13.0 Mr Average Citizen, are bearing the
V icTona I 1€re 40 V brunt of the tax burden as you al-
words. “Behold His Glory” is yet ring-
ing in our ears.
Those who so unselfishly contribut-
ed of their time and voices in pre-
paring this cantata for this memorable
occasion were as nearly as could be
ascertained as follows:
Sopranos: Mesdames George Hel-
mecke, director; E. G. Cooke, Morris
Savage, F. S. Taylor, E. H. Highley,
D. 0 Ward, Mary Martin; Misses Eve-
lyn McNabb, Helen Wood and Nan-
nie Triiett. ^I
Altos: Mesdames V. Powell, R. G
Wertz, C M. Amos, C. T Schaedel, G.
E Serrill; Misses Margaret Phillips,
Bernice Milner, Sue Wertz, Maurine
and Glendine Thompson.
Tenors; Bryan Baker, G A. Wain-
ner., Foster Milner,
Bassos: S. E. Hager, Chas. M. Amos
Jr., Joe Milner and C. T. Schaedel.
Severely Injured
In Auto Accident
Hilliard High Defeats
(Palacios Beacon.)
An auto wreck in which three peo-
ple of this community were seriously
injured occurred at 8:15 a.m. Dec-
ember 15th, one mile this side of
Sugarland, when a six-wheel truck
and a Ford V-8 sedan collided. The
occupants of the car were Mr. Jack
Chamblee, his son, Buster and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Allen Pierce of Blessing,
who were going to Houston after
Mrs. Chamblee They left the Pierce
home near Blessing at 5 o'clock. A
heavy fog obscured the vision and
Buster, who was doing the driving,
had the lights of his car turned on.
When nearing Sugarland a truck,
without lights, was coming towards
.
ways have and always will.
A large crowd from Victoria and
Bay City witnessed the Hilliard High son -T T J cm*
Panthers, the undefeated negro team, TU0 1 ons reed pent
defeat the hard, fast charging Victoria T. To vac In Month
Bias here yesterday 13-0. The local 10 1 CX3S in Month
scored a touchdown in the first and
them, driving in the middle of the
highway and when the driver at-
tempted to turn his truck to the right
side, the rear part skidded on the
| wet asphalt in such a way as to swing
I with full force against the Ford, el-
The Mechanical Age
In The Home
third quarters.
No Fair! — Registrar—‘'Have you
been married before, madam? And if
so, to whom?’’
Film Star—“What's the idea? Mem-
ory test?"—The Humorist (London.)
KIWANIS INTRODUCE SANTA TO
TWO HUNDRED CHILDREN, SUN.
BAGS OF TOYS, FRITTS, CANDIES,#:----------------
ETC., GIVEN TO MANY CHIL-
DREN AT CITY HALL.
Santa Claus came a bit early for
about 200 children at the city hall yes-
terday at a special invitation from
the Kiwanis Club of Bay City. It was
a glorious time in the hearts of those
many children there for the occasion.
President of rhe Kiwanis Club, Rev-
erend Deutsch of the Presbyterian
Church acted as chairman of the big
I get together. Songs by Mrs. Matthews'
Choral Club, a short talk by Rever-
end Deutsch, a story of the beginning
of Christmas by Mrs. J. S. Mansfield
was a prelude to the big tiling— the
arrival of Santa Claus and his many
presents.
On the stage at the city hall an
enormous Christmas tree beautifully
decorated with innumerable lights
greeted those expectant children when
the curtain flung open. Then appear-
ed old Santa himself to give bags
of toys and goodies to those many
children there
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. More than
700 tons of food went into Texas from
the federal surplus relief corporation
during November to care for the
needy unemployed.
Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief ad-
ministrator, announced that 1,499,400
pounds of food were distributed
through Texas’ emergency relief ad-
ministration. In addition, the surplus
| corporation gave Texas 42,900 pounds
of cotton, 345,466 yards of toweling,
137,745 yards of sheeting and 862,450
yards of comforter covering.
The food allotments were composed
of 680,400 pounds of rice. 399,000
pounds of butter and 420,000 pounds
of sugar.
The surplus corporation said the
cotton was used for matresses and
comforters made by person* receiving
unemployment relief in women's work
rooms for distribution to the needy
unemployed.
Man at the gate to little boy—Is
your mother at home?”
Little Boy—"Say, you don't sup-
pose I'm mowing this lawn because
the grass is high, do you?”
Conservation of space and efficien-most crushing it right on the highway,
ey in operation is the watchword, not Emergency treatment was given Mr.
only in the business world but in the Chamblee, Buster and Mrs. Pierce at
home as well. It is most interesting to the Susarland Hospital after which
not the constantly increasing number they were removed to the Methodits
of development in tools to simplify Hospital in Houston. Mr. ----
housekeeping. Manufacturers and in- has « broken jaw-bone, crushed nose
ventors seem to out do themselves in and severe chest injuries. Mrs. Pierce
producing new tools for the comfort a fractured skull and other injuries
and delight of the home-maker. All not yet determined and Buster re.
of the formerly most hated tasks can ceived some fractured ribs, crushed
now be accomplished better, more eas- hand and badly injured leg. Mr.
ily and in considerably less time me- "
_______________. leg. Mr.
Chamblee and Mrs. Pierce have been
chanically.
Every woman should, in fairness to
herself and her family, acquaint her-
self with the various tools available
which would help her most with her
own particular work, and should try
to purchase as many of these as pos-
sible so that she may do her work
quickly and efficiently with the least
effort. Every bit of energy she can
save from the drudgery tasks can bet-
ter be devoted to other interests and
means of stimulating a happy, well
balanced life for herself and those
with whom she comes in contact.
An anti-tobacco leaflet says a can-
nibal will not eat the meat of a man
who has used tobacco. But what of
it? Who's going to go without to-
bacco just to pamper a cannibal?
in a critical condition but were some
better Wednesday night, with much
more hopes of their recovery.
The car, a new one, driven only 600
miles, was a total wreck.
MARIAN A. GUY
Mr. Marian A. Guy, age 55 years,
19 days passed away at the family
residence at Ashwood Monday night
Mr. Guy is survived by his wife, Mrs.
M. A. Guy, two sons, Mr. W. C. Guy
of Ashwood. Mr, Pat Guy of Bay-
town; one daughter, Mrs. C. D. Pen-
land of Conroe, Texas, and five
brothers and two sisters in Alabama.
Funeral services will be held Thurs-
day afternoon at 2:30 at Taylor Bros.
Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Ce-
darvale Cemetery.
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1934, newspaper, December 27, 1934; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1696519/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.