Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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For a Greater, Better Palacios Country---Agriculture, Industry, Commerce, Living
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SUBSCRIPTION $1.75 AND $2.00 PER YEAR
PALACTOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1040
VOLUME XXXIII NUMBER 15
1000 Visitors Register at
Homemakers Convention
Problems Vital To "Everybody's Getting
The Girl Of Today Married" Title Of
Discussed by Group Senior Play This Year
Drenching downpours failed to "Everybody's Getting Mjuried" is
dampen the enthusiasm of more the name of the senior play to be
than a thousand girls who assem- presented Thursday, April 18., 1940
bled here last Saturday for the at 8:00 o'clock.
Area 9 meeting of the Future This comedy opens with Reginald
Homemakers.. The Palacios High D'Arcy receiving the notice tlwt
School Band furnished lively music he is the sole heir to his Aunr.t
as the busses and cars discharged Agatha's millon-dollar estate on
their passengers at the registra- certain conditions. But there's the
tion booth and the visitors gather- rub. His aunt was the owner and
ed in the large auditorium in the manager of a Matrimonial Bureau
Baptist Grounds, filling it to ca- and had on her books the names of
pacity. | six women with whom she had con-
The morning session included tracted to find husbands. Now all
recitation of the Girl's creed and that Reggie has to do to get the
Motto, pledge of allegiance to the money is to find husbands for these
flag and a song service conducted women within thirty days from the
by the diminutive song leader, Al- time of his notice. Otherwise the
leene Helmes, of Gonzales. The entire estate will go to The Home
Palacios Choral Club presented the for Crippled Cats. Can you imagine
songs from which a state song is anyone trying to provide husbands
to be chosen. Welcome addresses! for six women in one month. Poor
were made by Lucille Ellis, presi- Reggie does his best aided and
dent of the local chapter, and Mrs. abetted by his friend Dean Garret,
V. Powell, P. T. A. president. Ala business genius, and his valet,
report from the National Youth James.
Tax Collections Far
Ahead Of Last Year j
States S. O. Eidman j
S. O. Eidman, County Tax Col-J
lector and Assessor and J. T. Bond,'
of the Tax Office, -were over from I
Bay City, Tuesday finishing up the
assessing job in this section.
Mr. Eidman informed us while
here that tax collections were far
ahead of last year and that there
would be a very small percent de-
linquent. He also stated automobile
licensed would be much greater for
1940.
The first $50,000.00 dollars re-
ceived for auto tax Mr. Eidman
stated was to be used for lateral
road improvements, and that Mata-
gorda County had already reached
that amount and more, and an ad-
ditional amount of liceiftee plates
would have to be ordered very
shortly, to take care of the new
car sales during the remainder of
the year.
G.R.Halliday
Resigns as J.P.
Light Vote Polled
In School Election
Here Saturday
Saturday was annual school elec-
tion but very few people in the Pa-
Com. Court Appoints lacios Independent School District Softball Season
showed any interest judging from
the votes cast. When the final Begun Tuesday;
count was made that evening H. C.! c .-g-, . ,
Bieri ha dreceived 99, Carlton ® ' eams in League
Crawford 96, D. S. Prinzing, Capt.
John Lipscomb, H. C. Lewis, Ted
Fields and P. W. Fields one each.
The former were serving as mem-
White Man's Union Primary
Election Set For Saturday
W. H. Williams To
Fill Unexpired Term
County Commissioner Guy John-
son informs us that at the last ses-
sion of the Commissioners' Court,
the resignation of G. R. Halliday,
as Justice of the Peace of this
precinct was accepted, and W. H.
The Soft Ball League opened for
the season Tuesday night and con-
sidering the cold wind a very good
, „ ,, , , crowd of enthusiasts were there to
bers of the board, therefore, there witnesg fhe premiere games.
will be no change in the personnel.
(Pete) Williams appointed to act! Other members are T. W. Caffall,
Mayor J. L. Deutsch pitched the
as justice until such « tin,, Mr. G. A. Harrison, Ernest W^cyer! • *
Halliday is able to fill the place.
Mr. Halliday is now in the hospital
at El Campo and his many friends
are hoping he will soon be able to
resume his usual duties.
DRIFTWOOD
DRAGGED UP BY THE
BEACHCOMBER
What happened to our Clean-Ur
Day Remember a short time back
Conference was made by Bonnie
Harris, Angleton, delegate from
the Area to that conference.
The House of Delegates, compos-
ed of one voting member of each
chapter present, held a business
Mr. D'Arcy, Dean Garret and the
butler supported by other mem-
bers of the cast present the comedy
in a very humorous and convincing
manner.
Are you going to miss the year's
session immediately following the greatest entertainment by failing to
lunch. Wharton was selected as the | see "Everybody's Getting Married."
place of meeting for the fall ses-'
sion of the area meeting. Officers T' a HT1 O iL
for the coming year were elected,1 ' i • A. f'or DOIil
Miss Pearl Bushnell, of Richmond, C _ 1_ _ _ 1 a/'_ _ „
being chosen president; and Miss ^cnOulS l^JeXt I ear
Doris Davis, her instructor as Area Discussed at Meeting
Advisor. The delegates selected
"The World is Full of Beauty," as An enthusiastic group of moth-
their choice of a state song. ' ers and teachers met at the High
Discussions on problems vital to School building Tuesday afternoon
the girl of today were led by W. O.' <he regular Parent Teachers'
Alexander, of Houston, Rev. J. W. Association meeting. Plans for the
E. Airey, Houston, and Mrs. V. coming year and study courses
Powell and Mrs. Mary Elder. The available were discussed. Mrs. Doro-
new officers were installed with an thy Franks ably reviewed the dis-
impressive service. , cussion article in the National Par-'
Due to the high winds,
Matagorda County
Home Demonstration
Council Meeting
Matagorda County Home Demon-
stration Council met in the court.
house in Bay City at 2:00 p. m., the Boy Scouts offered to assist
Saturday, April 6. Plans were made|with a clean-up drive? We under-
to have the women's encampment stand the school offered to co-
at the same time the girls are to | operate to the exient of letting
have theirs, which is May 10-11 at the pupils free to do their part. The
the Baptist Encampment Ground in Scouts' plan is to secure the use
Palacios. Plans were made for sev- of several trucks, from the city
eral women to attend the district and any other organization or firm
meeting of the Texas Home Demon-1 that has them to lend, and, begin-
at Bellville, May 14. Council plans ning at one end of town, proceed
stration Association which will be j toward the other end. The young-
to send three delegates, who are | sters will gather up the trash,
as follows: Mrs. B. F. Curry, chair-leans, etc., and load the trucks. Af-
man; Mrs. W. E. Milstead, vice-'ter a session like that, Palacios
chairman; Mrs. John Glen of the should show an entirely new face
Prairie Center Club. | to the world. Can't we get together
Plans were made for the club on that?
women of Matagorda county to as-
sist in the mattress program that
will begin soon. The Federal Sur-
plus Commodities will give the cot-
ton and tick for one mattress for
Guy Johnson and Wesley Buller.^
Wm. Cash received 97 votes for
Trustee at Large, and for County
Trustee of precinct No. 3 A. E.
Louderbaek received 881 J- D.
Evens 2, J, D. Evans 4, John
Evans 5 and Mrs. W. C. Gray 1.
Beacon Moves To
New Location; In Own
Building First Time
hand for his successful toss
The opening game was between
the Carancahua Boys and the team
sponsored by the Methodist Church
and was won by the latter with a
score of 16 to 7.
Price Barnett with his Fire Boys
an<j Marshall Clark and his team
were the next teams on the field
and it was an exciting match
through seven innings with a tie
score at the end and another inning
for each team was played to decide
the winners with the Fire Boys
losing by one point, score being 11
to 12.
Schedule for Thursday night,
April 11 is as follows:
Glenn's Garage vs Turtle Bay.
Church.
Straws in the wind point to two
Parent-Teacher organizations next
year. The feeling is that more in-
terest will be shown by parents if
t_he ent-Teach,ers Magazine. j
scheduled boat rides were called' ^ was the opinion of the group
off, and the girls amused them-' a separate P. T. A. for each,
selves with tennis, swimming, and 'schoo! would be of more value
dancing until the supper hour. The and nominating committees were
evening's recreational program in- appointed as follows: High School,
eluded an Amateur Hour, under the Mrs. Beulah Douglas, Mrs. J. L.
direction 1 of Louise Dick of Co- Koerber, and Mrs. A. V. Raplee;
lumbus, Folk dancing, a ventrilo- Ij>nnie Wolf, Mrs. Dorothy Franks,
quist performance by Mr. Alexander Mrs. Martha Foley, and Mrs. R. P.
and a picture show. The show, pre- Florip.
sented by Mr. A. C. Williams, of Prior to the business discussion
the Federal Land Bar.!:, of Houston, the Girl s Sextette sang, "Beauti-
was taken on a recent tour Mr. Jesus,' and Director Park in-
Williams made of Europe.
each low income farm family (a I they can concentrate on the prob-
farm family that made less than lems of the specific school which
$400 in 1939). I their child attends and not have to
Plans were made for the club concern themselves with such a wide
women and 4-H girls to enter the'variety of projects. Of course there
'will be those who have children in
both schools, but their interests and
problems are so dissimilar that it
is just as well to consider them
separately. How do you feel about
this plan?
Fair at Wharton on October 15-19.
troduced the newly arranged swing
band, who rendered two numbers.
Some 700 girls were housed in
the cottages at the Encampment'
Grounds over Saturday night, and (Garden Club NeWS
attended early morning devotional
services led by Rev. B. L. Millard.
"The Abundant Life" was the sub-
ject of Rev. Millard's helpful dis-
course. v
The Palacios Garden Study Club
held its regular monthly meeting
Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. H. B. Farwell.
The exhibit for this meeting was
Miniature Flowers, and you should
have seen the many beautiful ar-
rangements of tiny flowers in var-
ious small containers. The whole
Navy Recruiting Party
To Be Here April 16
The Navy Recruiting Service will 'exhibit was a miniature flower
have representatives in this district shower show. Also, there were
on the 15th and 16th of April, beautiful roses, sweet peas, am}
spending one day each in Bay City cornflowers.
and Palacios for the purpose of Each member answered roll call
giving preliminary examinations by telling something about the
and qualifying applicants for en- daisy, and many interesting things
listment in the U. S. Navy. .were learned of this flower that
• . "never tells"
Any young man witn an average; ,, •
education is eligible for enlistment T4he, sh<"v' committee re-
if he has the following qualifica- 'Ported that Ma-V 14thJs t0 ^ the
day for our Flower Show. There-
fore, we will have to keep busy and
tions
Age: 18 to 31.
Pass required physical examina- <ertil<ze "nil cultivate if tve expect
tion.
Furnish evidence of date
place of birth.
Furnish references from schools,
to win any blue ribbons.
ai)(j After the business session, the
following program was rendered:
' Culture of Miniature Flowers,
, „ , Mrs. Sailor; Herb Planting, Mrs.
employers, and reputable citizens ' f>
. ,, . , „ , McGlothlin; History and Culture of
in their home town. , ' ,, J „
Cacti, Mrs. Ruthven; The Mallow
Must have parents' consent.
Family, or the Hibiscus, Mrs. Joe
Williams; Chrysanthemum, Alpha
Tomorrow, Friday, the winning Bussell; What to Plant in May, Mrs,
debate teams, declaimers and typ- McDonald.
ists from Palacios will represent | The Year Book covers were then
Matagorda County in the district placed on display and when the
meet to be held in Victoria. The( votes were counted it was found
typist is Wanda Fields, and Lola(that Mrs. Millard won first prize
Dickert the declaimer. The girls ^ and Mrs. Hillyer the booby prize,
debating team is Louise Dodd, who. A number of the ladies brought
was a debate representative from plants for exchange and had no dif
Matagorda County last year in
Victoria, and Wanda Fields. Rich-
ard Hood and Jimmie Cunningham
are the boy debaters and we are
expecting all of these young folks
to bring back their share of the
honors.
ficulty at all in getting rid of their
surplus. So, if you have extra
plants that you would like to give
away, just let any club member
know and they will gladly assist
you in exchanging for something
else. Publicity Chuirman.
Band Mothers
To Sponsor Show
The newly organized Band Moth-
er's Association will sponsor the
showing of Deanna Durbin in
"First Love" at the Queen Theatre,
Sunday and Monday, April 14th and
3 5th.
The proceeds will be placed in a
fund to be used for purchasing new
uniforms for the Palacios High
School Band.
Purchase your tickets from the
committee and thereby show Mr.
Parks, the director, and members
of the band that you appreciate the
splendid addition they make to
Palacios Community life.
During the past week-end the
Beacon office was moved and is
iiow located on Commerce Street
in the building occupied by the
Crescent Drug Store for several
years, before Mr. Bowden moved
into the Brandon building on Main
Street last fall.
For the first time in the history
of the Beacon it is now housed in
its own building, and it is needless
to say we are quite proud of this
achievement.
In looking over our files we find
that 25 years ago this week the
Beacon which was then owned and W^r1n#»crlav Nonn
operated by D. L. Stump was mov- vv eunesady noon
Sheriff's Race And
Precinct Offices
Draw Most Interest
Saturday is voting time again iri
Matagorda County and while few
candidates on the White Man's Un-
ion Primary ticket have opponents,
yet a large vote is anticipated.
The Sheriff's race bids to be the
most interesting as the present in-
cumbent, Harris Milner, is opposed
by Frank Carr. Mr. Milner has
served the county as sheriff for a
number of terms. Mr. Carr was
sheriff two terms and for the past
several years has served as City
Marshal of Bay City.
Other candidates for county of-
fices are S. O. Eidman seeking re-
election as tax-assessor and collec-
tor; R. F. Peden, Attorney; Helen
Gates, Treasurer; D. B. (Jack)
Hinton, Clerk; John Rother, Sur-
veyor, each having served one
term. Grady Walker has served two
terms as District Clerk and is seek-
ing re-election. Thomas H. Lewis,
appointed to fill the un-expired
term of the late Oscar Barber is
seeking the place of County Judge
Green Lantern Inn vs. Baptist without opposition.
Locally, interest is centered in
The game for Thursday, April the race for constable, three candi-
18, 1940 has been post-poned to I dates in the field. E. P. (Zeke)
Friday, April 19, 1940.
Directors Elected
At Rotary Meeting
ed into the Pybus building on Main
Street. It continued to operate in
this place until the first of June
1937, when it was moved into the
east side of the J. L. Koerber build-
ing on the same street. This move
was necessitated by C. Luther pur-
chasing the property and moving
the building. Since that time it
has been our desire to find a loca-
tion and building that suited our
needs, and we believe this has now
been accomplished.
It is no small job to move a plant
of this sort, and it takes time to
place all equipment and fixtures,
however, most everything was
ready to operate Monday morning
Noble is seeking re-election, W. H.
(Pete) Williams and Charles Eddy
are the others in the field for this
office in precinct No. 3, while Guy
Johnson is out for re-election as
County Commissioner and G. R.
Halliday, Justice of the Peace in
this precinct.
Go to the polls Saturday and cast
It was an inspiration indeed to and work was not delayed to any
behold the surging mass of teen- great extent.
age girls that packed the Baptist
Auditorium Saturday. If even a
percentage of these girls can be
We extend a most cordial invita-
tion to our patrons, readers and
friends to come in and see us in
A very interesting discussion of
the Pan-American Congress com-|your vote> *and thus show your
citizenship and interest in the af-
fairs of both your county and pre-
cinct.
posed of 21 states, their plan of
arbitration and the results thereof
was presented by Jesse Strasner
at the regular Rotary Luncheon at
the Green Lantern Inn Wednesday
noon.
Introduced as guests for the day
were Frank Seerden, guest of Thos,
Brandon, Jimmy Cunningham, High
School Student, and Chas. Moore,
Jr.; Alton White, Earle W. Ses-'(]eath of little Betty Joy Buller
sions, and P. L. Armour from Port when she was struck by a car near
the Turtle Bay Bridge about noon
Betty Joy Buller
Killed By Auto
The community was shocked and
grieved to learn of the accidental
Lavaca Club.
Thdj following directors were
elected for the ensuing year: T. E.
Friery, T. W. Caffall, Wm. Clem-
ent, Jr., R. P. Newsom, E. F. Weh-
meyer, T. A. Elder, and J. R.
Strasner.
Mrs. A. R. Hillyer received a
message Saturday informing her
of the death of her uncle, Mr. B.
M. Hatchell, at the home of his son I on Training for Citizenship and
in Beaumont. He is survived by then failed to go to the polls and
seven children. Mr. Hatchell was
one of the pioneers of Palacios and
is remembered by quite a few of
our early residents.
fired with a zeal for true home- our new home, and too if you have
making, the benefit to future gen-1 received a notice that your subscrip-
erations will be untold. The girls tion is due, now would be a good
in charge of affairs showed some time to have it renewed.
exceptional qualities of leadership,
and all were a wide-awake, inter- i . • /~>i i
esting group of people. These girls J "reSbyterian Church
come from a wide range of terri- Purchases Manse
tory and the concept they form
while here is carried back home to The congregation of the Presby-
many towns. We wonder just how terian Church has recently pur-
chased the home of the late O. B.
Hamlin for a manse. The property
is located about two blocks west of
the church. Extensive repairs to
the place have been begun and it
is expected to have it ready for oc-
cupancy by May 1.
they feel about the hospitality of
Palacios people this week?
# * *
Was our face red! We assisted
in a discussion at the girl-gathering
vote for a schol trustee! Did you?
Mayor Deutsch was transacting
business in Port Lavaca, Saturday. | Mrs. Feather
Mrs. E. A. Robinson, of Houston,
was a week end guest of Mr. and
Seven Counties Join Wharton to Form
Livestock and Agricultural Exposition
For twelve years the annual fair ment proved so successful that the rangement will make the Wharton
held at Wharton in Wharton Coun- Board of Directors on April 3, County and Gulf Coast Livestock
ty has continued to grow and pros-! 1940 heeded the requests of the ex- and Agricultural Exposition the
per well until now it is recognized, hibitors in surrounding counties and outstanding district fair in this part
as one of the outstanding fairs not voted to re-name and re-dedicate of the country
only in Texas but in the South.
The grounds and buildings are
the fair held in Wharton to The The premium catalog for the ap-
Wharton County and Gulf Coast^ poaching thirteenth annual exposi-
among the finest to be found any- j Livestock-Agricultural Exposition. tjon js now being prepared and will
where—the premiums paid have! At the same time the Board ofibe ready for distribution in the next
been attractive and have encour- Directors extended an invitation to sixty days. The business and man-
aged many hundreds of exhibitors
each year to bring their livestock
and agricultural products to this
fair whore competition was keen
and where the winning of an award
has been a recognition of quality.
For ten years exhibits were re-
stricted to residents of Wharton
County and for the last two years
have been restricted to exhibitors
living in Wharton and Matagorda
Counties. The last two years have
been an experiment for the Whar-
ton County Fair Association to de-
termine its ability to house and
manage a district fair. The experi-
exhibitors not only in Wharton agement of the exposition will re-
County.. but in Matagorda County, main in the hands of llie Wharton
Reliigous Drama At
Methodist Church
Next Sunday evening at the regu-
lar worship hour, beginning at 7:45,
the Epworth League under the di-
rection of Mrs. T. W. Caffall, Su-
perintendent and Sponsor of the
young people will give a dramatic
worship service of very unusual in-
terest. The cast consists of twelve
persons who will present in a liv-
ing vital way some of the causes
represented in the Benevolences of
Wednesday. The child, with her
mother and a friend, Mrs. W. E.
Fitzgibbons, of St. Louis, was fish-
ing from the Bay. Mr. Buller and
Mr. Fitzgibbons had gone on down
to Port O'Connor in the interest
of the shrimping business.
With the impulsiveness of a child,
Betty Joy ran onto the pavement
for some reason in the path of the
oncoming car. Death was instan-
taneous. R. L. Ardrey, of Dallas,
driver of the car, brought the
party in to the Guffey Clinic and
stayed to render every possible as-
sistance.
Betty Joy was born March 1,
1934 and died April 10, 1940. She
was just a little over six years of
age, and was the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Buller.
Funeral services were held at
the Palacios Funeral Home, at 3
the Methodist Church. The cast
consists of the following persons m. Thursday, the Rev." W.
acting in the several roles of the Crouch officiating.
drama: "
Billy Harrison, Pastor; Gertrude . .......
Johnson, Miss Benevolence; Glen- IVlTS. Ida 1. Williams
dale Claybourn, Mountain Boy; Lil-
lian Seal, Indian Girl; Juanita Mc
Mrs. Ida Irene Williams, who had
Connell, Chinese Girl; Fern John bee" 111 uthe Pas> *wo m°nths' ,died
son, Negro Work; Colleen Smith,
at the home of her sister-in-law,
Young Missionary;' Bobby Feather'^ Dick Ray, Saturday, April 5
Young' Man; Gene Koerber, Farm-1 J®40- aK'ed 31 >'ears' 10 months and
er; Irene Claybourn, Bble Woman; „,^S' , . . ,,
Bill Saxton, Retired Minister. LShl™ b°rn in Arkansas, May
„ , 117, 1908 and came to Texas with
The attention of the entire mem- her parent5 Ml, and Mrs. j. S.
bership is invited to this uausually Robertson when they located in the
fine and attractive effort by our|Ashb Community and had con-
young people May I personally tjnued tQ make that vicinit her
urge that all Methodists and friends home A Htt]e ovo,. a aRO she
ol our congregation enjoy and sup- uniu.(, jn marri to Mal_
port it. The public is aIso invited. |colm wmi who with the par-
,1S a effort or, brothers, sisters and other
occasion of a special collection, but re]ativcs sul.vive.
simply a religious educational pro-
ject voluntarily assumed by the
i young people of our Church.
Jackson County, Lavaca County,
Colorado County, Austin County,
Fort Bend County and Brazoria
County to exhibit their livestock
and agricultural products in the
thirteenth annual fair which opens
in Wharton October 15 and contin-
ues through the 19th.
The exhibitors of all counties will
compete for premiums on the same
basis and under the same condi-
tions as Wharton County exhibitors
and it is expected frpm advance re-
quests received tha. this new ar-
Funeral services were held Sun-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
Brandon-Duffy Funeral Home with
J. E. Mack, Pastor. ^ j^ev_ p A White officiating. Inter-
I ment was made in the Ashby Ceme-
Dr. E. F. Ryon, who has been ,tery under the direction of the
Brandon-Duffy Funeral Home.
County Fair Association, Inc. and.
this corporation is unique in that
it has no capital stock and not ]
one cent of any earnings can ever,with the C. C. C. Camps in Arizona
be distributed to any individual, the past six months came in this
firm or corporation. The earnings,'week and will be accompanied back
if any, are placed back into the by Mrs. Ryon and two children who
plant to provide additional facilities j have been with her parents, Mr.
and to maintain those already erect-1 and Mrs. R. C. Huddleston. He
ed. The only officers or members of came in via the auto route with a | he underwent a second operation for
the Board who receive any com- new house car in which they will (the amputation of a diseased leg.
pensation for his services is the make the trip to Arizona and use We learn he stood the trip and or-
Secretary-Manager who is employ-[for their home during their stay in deal nicely and is doing as well a?t
ed for a modest salary. |the west. I could be expected.
Justice of the Peace G. R. Halli-
day was taken in a Brandon-Duffy
Ambulance Tuesday to the Nightin-
gale Hospital in El Campo, where
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