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WEHMEYER ELECTED MAYOR
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VOLUME LVII NUMBER 15
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1961
10c Per Copv
Berlin, Henry Elected Trustees
Dr. Youngblood And Edwin Bowers
Elected Aldermen; Hasley Recorder
Some Oil Companies Hard To Convince
Paying Production Not In Deep Sands
By BOB WILKINSON
Associate Member American Assn.
of Petroleum Landmen
If at first you don't succeed, try
again. . .
And at the head of the class re-
ceiving "E" for effort this week
are the Falcon Seaboard Drilling
Company and the Phillips Petrol-
eum Company.
Falcon has staked another deep
wildcat on the Baer Lease called
2-A following "temporary abandon-
Mrs. Allie Whitley
Selected To Attend
New Math Institute
Valparaiso University of Valpa-
raiso, Indiana has notified the Pa-
lacios Junior High of the selection
of Mrs. Allie Mae Whitley, eighth
grade mathematics teacher, as one
of 36 participants in the 1964 Na-
tional Science Foundation Summer
Mathematics Institute.
That the teaching of mathe-
matics is undergoing a change at
all levels of schooling is quite evi-
dent to anyone familiar with the
current situation. This Institute has
been planned to help provide teach-
ers of grades 7 and 8 with essential
mathematical background from
which they will be able to meet the
demands of the changing mathe-
matics curriculum.
Two of the three courses of the
Institute will consider the founda-
tions and basic concepts of arith-
metic, algebra, and geometry, with
emphasis on the general subject
matter and structure in these areas.
The third course will consider the
specific content and approaches of
gome of the new programs and
texts in 7th and 8t,h grade mathe-
matics. Classes will include lec-
tures, discussions, problem sessions,
etc. There will be problem sets and
tests. An individual project will be
required of each participant.
The seventh and eighth grades
will begin the new modem mathe-
matics program with the 196-1
school year. We are very fortunate
to have a teacher receive an In-
stitute course at this particular
time.
Geo. H. Sparks Heads
A. & M. Development-
Fund Drive For Area
Georgo H. Sparks has been ap-
pointed chairman of the 1964 Texas
A&M University Development Fund
Drive for Palacios, Texas. The ap-
pointment was made by the Execu-
tive Board of the Association of
Former Students of Texas A&M.
A graduate of A&M, class of '42,
Mr. Sparks is an active member of
the Association and a leader among
A&M Former Students.
The A&M Development Fund is
the means through which Former
Students and friends provide fi-
nancial support for the school to
meet programs of Excellence not
covered by state funds. During
1963, 14,744 Former Students gave
$316,73?}. The goal for 1964 is
17/100 A&M. men contributing
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A partial list of projects being
supported through the 1964 Fund
Program includes Student Scholar-
ships, Graduate Fellowships, Fac-
ulty Research • Funds, Faculty
Awards, Teacher and Staff Salary
Supplementation, Fund for Aca-
demic Excellence, and a University
Contingency Fund.
The local campaign will be held
between April 15 and May 31. It
will be one of 200 city campaigns
held in cities in Texas and Louisi-
ana.
ment" of 1-A at 17,327 feet. The
new drillsite is 5,800 feet south-
west of the old one.
Falcon's management explained
it was unable to shut off water
flow from prospective oil and gas
sands below 15,000 feet, and this
brings to mind Magnolia Petroleum
Company's (now Socony Mobil Oil
Company) No. 1 J. J. LeTulle in
the same area east of Matagorda
and northeast of the depleted Big
Hill Dome.
The LeTulle went to 17,001 feet
in 1955, pipe was set, but the well
was never brought in because of
water-saturated sands.
However, Falcon hopes to re-
enter the 1-A Baer in the future
and, possibly, complete it from its
"best-looking" zone below 16,000
feet.
Meanwhile, Phillips Petroleum
Company is planning a brand-new
start on its 17,000-foot try at Cow-
trap, down near the beach on the
Matagorda County and Brazoria
County line.
Phillips' 1-N State went only to
7,186 feet before a salt water flow
overwhelmed the operation. It was
junked.
Phillips has moved over to a
new drillsite and is starting all
over. This one will be called 1-A
State N. The projected depth is
still the same: 17,000 feet.
More late drill reports, field-by-
field, area-by-area:
Blessing—Bonanza Oil Corpora-
tion has finaled No. 1 A. S. Her-
man for 158 barrels of 412-gravity
oil daily from perforations at 8,-
225-32 feet, registering a gas-oil
ratio of 614-1 and a casing press-
ure of 350 pounds. . . Bonanza is
testing No. 3 Leroya Oil Company
Fee. . . Texaco has completed No.
77 Blessing-Pierce-State for 155
barrels of 44.6-gravity oil daily
from 8,211-16 feet, registering a
gas-oil ratio of 1,181-1 and a casing
pressure of 1,300 pounds, plus 17
barrels of 42.2-gravity oil daily
from 8,162-78 feet, registering a
gas-oil ratio of 4,298-1 and a cas-
ing pressure of 100 pounds.
Duncan Slough (Southwest Buck-
eye)—Union Texas Petroleum Cor-
poration has a small testing rig on
the No. 1 Trousdale location. The
big rig moved off after drilling to
11,500 feet. We're waiting further
announcement.
Northeast Port O'Connor—Amer-
ican Petrofina Company of Texas
has plugged and abandoned No. 1
State Tract 163 in Matagorda Bay
and in Matagorda County. Total
depth was 6,000 feet.
West Wadsworth—Jerry Freel
and others hope to have fish re-
covered and drlling operations back
under way by the time you read
this. Their No. 1 Dr. B. E. Simons
Unit twisted off around 3,1500 feet.
Northern Ranch—Ernest Cock-
rell Jr.'s No. 8 Northern Ranch,
about six miles north of the town-
site of Markham, is at total depth.
Lucky (Southwest Bay City)—
Kirkwood & Morgan's No. 1 D. P.
Moore Estate is reported drilling
around 9,500 feet.
Huebner (South Bay City)—J. S.
Michael's No. 1 Pauline Huebner
and others is around its projected
depth of 11,500 feet.
Police To Pick Up
Unlicensed Cars, Stray
Dogs, Cats On Streets
Owners of old cars bearing 1963
tags parked on the side of streets
are being given a one-week notice
to get them off the street, or they
will be picked up, Police Chief Tom
■Hill warns. He also has given
warnings to owners of stray dogs
and cats that the animals will be
picked up and destroyed if they
do not have current license tags.
Violations reported during the
month of March included: 10 traf-
fic violations, 4 drunkenness, 3
disturbing the peace, 3 two-car ac-
cidents, and 3 one-car accident.
Offering a $2 item for $1.98 is
known as "psychological pricing."
B. W. King, Pardner
Lead By Three In State
Bowling Tournament
At the half-way mark in the
Men's State Bowling tournament
being held in Corpus Christi, B. W.
King of Palacios, and his partner
Horace McCree, of Bay City, is
"in first place in doubles competi-
tion.
King reports that he and his
partner replaced the former leaders
by three pins (same as Fern Feath-
er lost in the women's tourna-
ment in Midland) and are keeping
their fingers crossed in hopes of
winning the championship.
£-2121 — FIRE PHONE — 4-2121
L.L Players To Be
Sold At Auction At
Meeting Thursday
"Batter up, let's play ball", is
the cry of the approximately 100
boys who attended Little League
tryouts last Saturday morning.
These players will be auctioned
off at a meeting of the directors
of the Palacios Little League at
the Palacios Community Center at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 9.
All managers, prospective mana-
gers and coaches are urged to at-
tend the player's auction.
Small, Medium Sized
Cities Of Texas Make
Good Growth Increase
COLLEGE STATION — Texas
metropolitan centers are not the
only cities posting phenomenal
growth rates. Gerald F. Vaughn,
specialist in rural-urban affairs for
the Texas Agricultural Extension
Service, reports that 82 percent of
the 268 Texas cities with popula-
tions between 2,500 and 49,999 in
1960 showed gains during the past
decade.
Twenty-six percent posted gains
in population of more than 50 per-
cent; 39 percent showed gains of
11 to 50 percent; 17 percent had
gains of 0 to 10 percent while the
remaining 18 percent had declining
populations, Vaughn said.
Generally, he added, cities in
the 25-49,999 population bracket are
showing the greatest growth among
the small and medium sized mu-
nicipalities. Increases of more than
50 percent were posted by 63 per-
cent of these cities while gains
ranging from 11 to 50 percent were
made by the other 37 percent in
this classification during the 1950-
60 period, Vaughn said.
In the 10 to 24,999 population
bracket, 28 percent of the cities
made gains of more than 50 per-
cent; half of the group (50%)
showed gains ranging from 11 to
50 percent; 0-10 percent increases
were made by 12 percent of cities
in the group while 10 percent show-
ed population drops from 1950-60.
Twenty-three percent of the
cities in the 2,500 to 9,9919 range in
population posted gains of more
than 50 per cent; 36 percent show-
ed gains from 11 to 50 percent;
19 percent had increases of 0-10
percent while 22 percent suffered
population losses, Vaughn said.
These widespread population in-
creases are having an influence on
surrounding rural areas. New local
markets for agricultural products
are opening; opportunities for off-
farm employment, part-time farm-
ing and operation of rural recrea-
tion enterprises are being created,
he said.
On the other hand, problems are
arising. They include higher farm
real estate taxes, trespass prob-
lems, water pollution, interference
with normal farm or ranch opera-
tion and unsightly development of
the countryside. As a result, many
rural and urban groups are now
working together to guide future
growth, Vaughn said.
Largest Vote In History Polled In
School Board Election Saturday
Palacios voters expressed their
desires in a bic way in Tuesday's
City Election as a record number
went to the polls and elected E. F.
Wehmeyer as their new mayor;
Mark A. Youngblood and Edwin
Bowers, as the two new aldermen;
and re-elected W. R. Hasley, as
City Recorder.
Wehmeyer, in more than a three
to one margin, defeated incumbant
Marvin L. Curtis by an overwhelm-
ing vote of 7129 to 238.
With the two incumbants in the
alderman's race not seeking re-
election, Mark A. Youngblood led
the ticket with 651 votes; Edwin
Bowers, the other new alderman,
received 427; J. L. Placeticio, Jr.*
385; and J. E. Wyatt. 1?9.
W. R. Hasley, seeking re-electioiit
as City Recorder, maintained a bigr
lead in polling 561 votes; Oscar
F. Havlik was in second place witfc.
323, and R. T. Bozeman 85.
Eli Mayfield, City Attorney, poll-
ed the majority votes, being unop-
posed with 970 votes. Miss Besse
Belknap, 969, and John L. Craw-
ford for City Treasurer, 966.
The new officers will take office'
at the next regular meeting Mow-
day, April 20.
Aldermen serving with the new
city officials are John F. Raasch,
Walter Milam, and Bobby Lewis,
In the largest and one of the
hottest and most interesting school
trustee races in the history of the
Palacios Independent School Dis-
trict, R. G. Herlin was elected trus-
tee of Position No. 1 and R. L.
Henry re-elected trustee of Posi-
tion No. 2.
In the race for Position No. 1,
R. G. Herlin defeated B. .T. Wessel-
man by a vote of 621 to 381.
R. L. Henry with a vote of 486
was successful in his bid for re-
election as trustee of Position No.
2 by defeating Dick Gullett with a
vote of 261 and W. C. Jackson, 206.
The vote by boxes:
Palacios, Position No. 1, B. J.
Wesselman 314, R. G. Herlin 561;
Position No. 2, H. L. Henry 389-,
Dick Gullett 246, W. C. Jackson
191 and W. E. Allen 2.
Subscribe To The Beacon
Sharks To Host
26-AA Track Meei
Here Saturday
Palacios High School will play
host to the District 26-AA track
and field squads here Saturday,
making the second use of the
Sharks' new cinder track.
Coach Toney Carr reports that
the preliminaries will get under-
way at 1:30 p. m. and the finals
at 7:30 p.m.
The Edna Cowboys are the de-
fending champions and early sea-
son showings give them the nod
to recapture the championship with
the Sharks giving them a run for
the title. Other teams entered are
Yoakum, Hallettsville, Industrial,
and Ganado.
First and second place winners
in each event are eligible for re-
gional to be held in Kingsville.
Recreation Assn. To
Elect New Officers At
Meet Thursday Night
The Palacios Recreation Asso-
ciation will hold its monthly meet-
ing Thursday, April 9, at 7 p.m.
at the Palacios Community Center.
All members are urged to attend
this meeting as officers for the en-
suing year will be elected. These
officers were to have been elected
at the March 12th meeting but due
to the poor attendance, the elec-
tion was postponed until this meet-
ing.
At Wagner General:
Patients In Hospital:
Mrs. E. I. Chiles, Sr.. Mrs. Sally
Taylor, Oscar Sneed, Martha Davis,
Pete Graff, Vernon Wright, Mrs.
Billy Sanders, Mrs. Lottie Mae
Adams, Bruce Young, Mrs. Katie
Quintanilla, Julius Cunningham,
Mrs. Odile Sanford, Warren Feath-
er, C. P. Tucker, Fernond Pena,
Roscoe R. Boiling, Noah Broussard,
Mrs. Hannah Jackson.
Patients Dismisses:
Rosemary Buckley, Mrs. Betty
Christmas, George Franguille, Mrs.
Anita Nevarez and girl, Mrs. Mary
Sanchez and girl, Felipe Garcia, H.
H. Lewis, Mrs. Beatrice Milam,
Mrs. Adele Wynn, Mrs. Johnnie
Harvey, Mrs. Leonides Garcia and
girl, Joe Sparacello, Mrs. Lizzie
Knox, Julia Harrison, Miss Grace
Fessler, Mrs. Pete Graff, Mrs.
Dorothy McCoy, Mrs. Mary Louise
Diaz and boy, C. -M. Roberts, Fred
Bates, Hershell Stork, Mrs. Re-
fugio Montez.
Mrs. C. L. Batchelder and Miss
Thelma Batchelder went to Vic-
toria Sunday to visit George Stev-
enson, who underwent major surg-
ery at DeTar Hospital on Friday
of last week. They found his prog-
ress satisfactory.
Collegeport, Position No. 1, B. J.
Wesselman 28', R. G. Herlin 24;
Position No. 2, H. L. Henry 42, Dick
Gullett 1, W.-C. Jackson 4.
Carancahuai-Deujtjschburg, Posi-
tion No. 1, B. J. Wesselman 42, R.
G. Herlin 16; Position No. 2, H. L.
Henry 34, Dick Gullett 12 and W.
C. Jackson 11.
Midway, Position No. 1, B. J.
Wesselman 2, R. G. Herlin 20;
Position No. 2, H. L. Henry 21, and
Dick Gullett 12.
Cong. Thompson Is
Guest Speaker At
Water Group Meet
Delegations from the six coun-
ties covered by the Texas Mid-
Coast Water Development Associa-
tion together with visitors from a
number of additional counties at-
tended the 10th annual meeting of
the organization at the Mustang
County Club in Ganado Saturday.
Guest speaker at the meeting,
Congressman Clark W. Thompson
told the association he was asked
by President Lyndon Johnson in a
recent conversation to bring the
President's personal greetings to
the meeting, and reported on var-
ious projects about which the
President had inquired and indicat-
ed his personal interest.
Congressman Thompson men-
tioned a number of the navigation
projects which have been initiated
teince the association started com-
bining its efforts 10 years ago, in-
cluding the Matagorda Ship Chan-
nel, the Victoria Barge Canal, the
Jackson County Barge Canal, the
Colorado River Barge Canal to
Bay City, the harbor and turning
basin at Point Comfort and a deep-
er channel to Palacios.
The six-county association heard
reports on plans and progress from
spokesmen for the three river au-
thorities covering its territory
These included Robert M. Vahren-
kamp of Seguin, general manager
for the Guadalupe-Blanco River
Authority; John Hancock of El
Campo, a director of the Lower
Colorado River Authority and Ar-
nold Koop, reporting for the La-
vaca-Navidad River Authority on
the Palmetto Bend project in Jack-
Son County.
Officers and directors of the as-
isociation were re-elected, including
Thomas H. Abell of Wharton, pres-
ident and Eli Mayfield of Palacios,
tescretary-treasurer. Vice-president
and directors of Matagorda County
re-elected were: R. H. Parker, Jr.,
vice-president; G. P. Steighorst,
Steve Parsutt, Elmer Cornett,
Charles Luther and George Har-
rison.
The adjournment of the meeting
was in honor of the late Carlton W.
Crawford, who was the first presi-
dent of the association and served
as its president until his death on
September 24, 1963.
Agronomist To Speak
At Monthly Meeting
Local Young Farmers
i The Palacios Young Farmers
Chapter will hold their regular
meeting on Tuesday, April 14, at
8 p.m. in the F.F.A. classroom at
the high school.
They will have as their speaker,
Harry R. Hudgins, who is the as-
sistant Agronomist of the Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station,
Beaumont, Texas.
His subject will be "The Use of
Herbicides in Rice Production."
Mr. Hudgins attended Arlington
State College where he majored in
agriculture. He earned a Bachelor
of Science degree in Agronomy
and his Master of Science degree
in Plant Physiology and Pathology
from Texas A&M University. He
has been employed by the Texas
Agriculture Experiment Station as
a Plant Pathologist at the Plant
Disease Laboratory, Yoakum, Tex-
as; by the Dow Chemical Com-
pany as Research Physiologist,
Freeport, Texas; and by the Texas
Agriculture Experiment Station,
Beaumont, Texas.
All members and Rice Farmers
interested are urged to attend the
meeting.
Giants Meet Richmond
Tigers Here Sun. P.M.
The Palacios Giants will enter-
tain the Richmond Tigers here Sun-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Last Sunday's game with the Bay
City Comanches scheduled in Bay
City was rained out.
Walter L. Roach of Portland,
Ore. came in Friday to attend the
wedding of his sister, Vera, and to
spend a week visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Roach, and
other relatives and friends.
"The true value of protection for
the Nation's soil and water re-
sources is found only in the present
and long-time benefits which such
protection brings to all the people."
—Dr. Hugh N. Bennett.
$21,928.57 In Car
Tags Bought Here
Palacios motorists shelled out
$21,928.57 during the last few days
of March in the purchase of auto-
mobile license tags.
The final day saw $2,875.74 in. r
tags sold with $2,526.61 sold the
next to the last day.
Last year their were $18,006.60
in automobile license tags sold afc
the City Hall.
The selling of tags at the City-
Hall was a great service to tax-
payers in Palacios and the area.
Mrs. Doris Uher Named
Crusade Chairman For
Local Cancer Drive
Mrs. Doris Uher has been named
by the Matagorda County Chapter
of the American Cancer Society as
Crusade Chairman for Palacios for
the annual campaign for funds to
support the cancer research and
treatment program.
The Crusade will be held April
20, 21 and 22 and will kick-off with
a coffee at Petersen's Restaurant
at 9 a.m. Monday, April 20th.
Anyone interested in assisting in
this work is asked to contact Mrs.
Uher and attend the coffee.
Council Approves
Deeding Lots For
Library Building
Local Library Receives
Valuable Gifts; 600
Check Books In March
The Palacios Library thanks the
Walzel Office Supply Co., of El
Campo, for a Remington-Rand
typewriter, which has long been
needed. (Now we need a small typ-
ing table).
Thanks are also due the Howard
Tanners for a gift of books, and
the F. A. Griffins for a gift in
memory of Mrs. G. A. Salsbury.
Patrons borrowed over 600 books
during the month of March and
thank the volunteers who keep the
library open Tuesday and Saturday
from 3-5 p.m., Monday and Wed-
nesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and from
10 to 12 a.m. on Saturdays.
National Library Week starts
April 11th. Have you renewed your
membership? Adults, $1.00 a year;
Children, 50c a year.
Members of the City Council ire
regular session Monday night, ap-
proved the deeding of lots 7, 8, and
the South 110' feet of 9, in block
29 to the Palacios Library Asso-
ciation for the purpose of con-
struction a new public library, ef-
fective when a builder's contract,
has been signed.
In other business the council
heard a reading of the budget of
the Matagorda County Health De-
partment by Sanitarian Luther
Bunch, calling for the same bucE-
get as last year. The council adopts
ed the budget.
A delegation from the Palacios
Lions Club, composed of Lion Pres-
ident John Toellner, Irvin Peter-
sen and Clyde Hammond, asked for
a permit to construct a permanent
judging stand on East Bay shore ini
the neighborhood of the boat rainp.
The stand will be heavily built 12E
[ x 20 feet, and 5 feet in height
It will be available to any com-
munity organization, but will be
maintained by the Lions Club.
The final regular meeting at
two of the aldermen found theia
with additional problems as they
discussed the need of a now water
main between First Street and
Third Street on Duson Avenues
The line is in very bad condition
at present.
A building permit was approved
for Frank Samora, lot 11 block 76^,
$8,000. Other minor permits were-
also approved.
All members of the council were
present with Mr. and Mrs. Bob*
Christianson and Dr. Mark Young-
blood as guests.
YOUTH CLUB DANCE
There will be a regular Youth
Club Dance, Friday night, from 8
until 11 p.m. All who have their
memberships signed by parents
bring the slip and their $1.00 mem-
bership dues.
Jack Jones of San Rafael, Cali-
fornia, who was in Houston at-
tending a business meeting, spent
the week end here with his mother-
in-law, Mrs. Esther Smith and Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Smith and daugh-
ters.
Mrs. Richard Sanders, who was
critically injured in a one-cqr ac-
cident Monday, March 23, has been
transferred from the Champ Tray-
lor Memorial Hospital in Port La-
vaca, where she was taken follow-
ing the accident, to Wagner Gen-
eral Hospital and is reported get-
ting along as well as could be ex-
pected.
Peanuts are a nutritious food,
important for B Vitamins. They
are exceptionally high in niacin,
and their high fat content mnkes
them a good source of food energy.
Surplus Food To Be
Distributed April 14
The State Department of Wel-
fare will have its monthly distribu-
tion of surplus food Tuesday,
April 14.
All persons eligible to receive the
food should come to the building:
formerly housing the Bayview Gen-
eral Hospital on that day between
2 and 4 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Abel Pierce Sr. had
as guests the past week Mrs.
Pierce's sisters and brothers, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Yeatts of Ontario,
California, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Yeatts of Brownfield, Texas, Mrs.
Jane Wade of Brownfield, Mrs. Loit
Ullery of Lamesa, Mr. and Mrs.
Levi Gray of O'Donnell also tw<»
aunts, Mrs. Vela Inman and Mrs.
Roy Webb of Fort Worth.
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The Weather
Date
Ma*. Min.
Prcc.
April 1
73" (53°
0.00
April 2
74" (16 *
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April 3
77" (570
trace
April 4
77° 68*
trace
April 6
7(5° or
0.12
April 6
75° (52 °
trace
April 7
80' 69°
0.00
Total rainfall for year 8.13
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