Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1963 Page: 6 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, January 31, 196$ \
Sharks Win Two District Cage Tilts,
But Sharkettes And Hornets Still Lose
While the Palacios Hiph Schoi'
Sharks were holding their own
in District basketball play tho
Sharkettes and Junior High Hor-
nets were losing ground in their
respective districts.
The Sharks in a tie with Edna
for second place behind Industrial,
defeated Ganado 57 to 35 and
Yoakum 28 to 24 during the past
week. The 'B' team also won both
games 33 to 31 over Ganado and
39 to 36 over Yoakum.
Dalton Mangum with 19 points
led the. scoring in the Ganado 'A'
game, with Jack Seaquist scoring
18 points, Terry Shelton 12, Terry
Oglesby 3, Bruce Erekson 3, Gene
Cooper and Robbie Shelton, 1 each.
In the Ganado 'B' game Charles
Eikenberg was high pointer with
12, James Gibson 10, John Jack-
son 7, Mickey King and Stewart
Gillett, 2 each.
In the Yoakum 'A' game Terr>
Shelton had 10 points, Terry Ocrles-
by 9, Jack Seaquist 5 and Dalton
Mangum 4. In the 'B' game James
Gibson had 13 points, Charles
Eikenberg 11, Mickey King 6, John
Jackson 6 and Stewart Gillett 4.
Coach Charles Shreve's Sharks
will entertain Hallettsville here
Friday, Feb. 1 to round out the
first half of district play. They
will play host to the Edna Cow-
boys Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Coach Barbara Lanmon's Shark-
ettes who were going "great guns"
before district opened just can't
get started in district competition
as they lost to Ganado 45 to 15
last week. Sue Brotemarkle 6, Car-
oly Maddox 4, and Rita Rogers 4
were the scorers for the Sharkettes.
They lost the 'B' game 33 to 24
with Nancy Turek, Sandra Guidry
' and Shirley Linville each making
3 points.
The Sharkettes dropped two
more games to Yoakum Friday
night 36 to 24 and 19 to 17. In
I the 'A' game Carolyn Maddox
1 scored 11, Sue Brotemarkle 9, and
Rita Rigers 3. In the 'B' game
Nancy Turek was high with 8
' points, Jan Oglesby 7, and Cheryl
Hicks 2.
The Junior High Hornet3 remain-
ed in a rut in losing to Crockett 32
to 16 in the ninth grade game.
Andy Jensen with 6 and Joe Dan
Huffman with 5 were high scorers
for the Hornets. In the 8th grade
game they lost 33 to 17 with Ro-
land Jenkins and James Henry high
scorers with 5 each.
Travis defeated the Hornets 36
to 22 in the ninth grade game with
James Dismukes 10, Robert Tan-
ner and Royce Brune 4 each. In
the eighth grade game Travis won
23 to 10 with James Henry's 4
points high for the Hornets.
Coach Charles Wiggs' Hornets
will entertain Edna here Thurs-
day night in an 'A' and 'B' non-
district contest. They will also en-
tertain Crain here Monday, Feb. 4.
Go out and see the games these
high school and junior high stu-
dents play. They need your sup-
port.
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COLLEGEPORTNEWS
By JACKIE BULLINGTON
Mi. and Mrs. Adolph Genzer
and family of Madisonville spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Pat Jenkins, Sr. Also visiting the
Jenkins were Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Jenkins, Jr. and son Patton of Pa-
lacios.
Our deepest sympathy to Mrs.
John Merck and the Pat Lowry
family. Mr. Lowry was killed in
an automobile accident west of
Palacios on Wednesday night.
Gerald Wells Jr. was sent to
Fort Polk, La. for his basis train-
ing. He went into the service on
January 23.
Russell Law was home for a few
days between terms at the Univer-
sity of Texas.
Butch Bowers spent the week end
here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Verner Bowers.
Miss Virginia Wells is busy get-
ting ready for her forthcoming
marriage in March.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roesler were
in Houston this past week on busi-
ness and visited Mrs. Roesler's son,
Stanford Ward and wife.
Visiting the Jack Bullingtons
Sunday were Mrs. Katie Garza,
26 On 'A' Honor Roll
First Semester, Junior
High Principol Reports
Twenty-six students at Palacios
Junior High made the 'A' honor
roll for both the semester and the
third six week's period with 57
named to the semester 'B' and 56
on the third six week's 'B' honor
roll announced by Principal George
Hoist.
Mr. Hoist also reported that 24
percent of the students were on
both the A and B roll for the se-
mester and six week's period. 912.0
percent of the students can be pro-
moted with 7.1 percent failing for
the year.
The third six week's honor roll
included:
Ninth Grade, "A"—James Dis-
mukes, Helen Dolezal, Margaret
Herlin, Billie Kubecka, Cynthia
Loff, Norma Peterson, Lester
Ralph, and Phyllis Rowton. "B"|—
Kenneth Chaplin, Standley Gillett,
Joe Kana, Betty Mueller, Charlotte
Nichols, Edwin Olson, Annamarie
Wintterle, and Rose Mary Barton.
Eighth Grade, "A"—Carol Adams,
Diane Bickham, Dollie Bram, Janet
Drastata, James Henry, Joan Ko-
var, Clinton Loff, Karen Lovell,
and Patricia Standley. "B"—Estella
Alamia, Herman Auzston, Gary
Brotemarkle, Kenneth Brown,
Jackie Bullington, Ella Byrd, The-
resa Espinosa, Ronnie Fields, Es-
peranza Flores, Lonnie Greena-
walt, Dorothy Hamlin, Russell
Harper, Barbara Harvey, Kenneth
Hodo, Robert Jackson, Dianne Johs,
Jerome Kocurek, Helen Lawson,
Patsy Mueller, Robert Porter, Elma
Quintanilla, Alice Reed, Mary San-
ders, Barbara Schuelke, John Sells,
James Simpson, Linda Skarpa, Lin-
da Sliva, and Lydia Wells.
Seventh Grade, "A"—Yolanda
Baldwin, Sandra Harrison, Sharon
King, Sandra Linton, Patricia Mad-
dox, Mark Mayfield, Donnie
Schroeder, Alta Standley, and Carol
Turek. "B"—Pam Arndt, Susan
Beaty, Helen Cepak, Tommie Clay-
borne, Chris Frangullie, Sherry
Gallien, Leighton Hendrick, Edwin
Hunter, Mary Jane Jenkins, Jean
Koerber, Kent Miller, Sandra Mix-
on, Yolanda Nevarez, Tommie Rin-
go, Guy Smith, Beverly Tegge, Ja-
nice Vacek, and James Vernon.
Enrollment Climbs At
Wharton Jr. College
WHARTON—Eight hundred and
fifty-eight students had pre-regis-
tcred for spring semester classes
at Wharton County Junior Colleg:-
by January 25, an indication that
the junior college might feel stil'
another upsurge in enrollment as
it has for the past two years. Reg-
istration will continue for late reg-
istrants through February 8,
and Mrs. Jay Gates of Houston,
who were spending the week end
at their summer place.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Corporon will
start their new home at Citrus
Grove as soon as the weather per-
mits.
Bobby Fowler will enter the Uni-
versity of Houston on February 3
Best of luck, Bobby.
If you have any news would
you please call me at 824-2195.
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One Hundred Female
Possums Are Needed
In Vital Cancer Study
AUSTIN — The common East
Texas opossum, at least the female,
is on the brink of attaining import-
ance other than being used for a
dish of "'possum and 'taters." One
hundred adult female, live possums
are needed for research aimed at
developing a vaccine for one of
mankind's most feared diseases,
leukemia. The story of the discov-
ery and use of this most ancient
of Texas mammals in research is
one you won't want to miss.
Conservation Officer Jack Hardie
516 Peach St., in Tyler, is stand-
ing by with holding pens and ship-
ping crates, plus sil per head in
payment to help defray transporta-
tion costs to the person who deliv
ers animals alive ti him. lie has aii
freight facilities for shipping thc-
animals to Dr. MaUhew Block at
tho University of Colorado Medical
Center in Denver, where the re-
search work on cancer of the blood
5s being conducted.
For a complete story on the
.cancer-fighting 'possum hunt, be
sure and check the March issua ol
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Houston Colls Open '63 Season April 9
With 13 Games Against League's Bes!
The hand that lifts the cup that,
cheers, is not the hand to shift the
gears.
After you've heard two eyewit-
ness accounts of an auto accident,,
you begin to wonder about history.
The Houston Colt .45s will play
their first 13 games of the 1963
season against the two toughest
teams in the National League, the
champion San Francisco Giants and
the runner-up Los Angeles Dodgers,
it was revealed on the release of
the Official 1963 National League
schedule.
The .45s open the 162 game slate
in Houston on Tuesday, April 9,
against A1 Dark's champion Giants
at 1:30 p.m. at Colt Stadium. The
first night game follows on April
10 vs. the Giants and the Giants
three-game series concludes with a
night game Thursday, April 11.
Walt Alston's L. A. Dodgers then
invade Colt Stadium for the first
big weekend of the season for sin-
gle night games on Friday, April
12 and Saturday, April 13. A Sun-
day single game, April 14 at 2:30
p.m. will close out the .45s first
home stand.
The .45s then head west to help
open the Giants' season in Candle-
stick Park April 16. They play
three games with the Giants be-
fore moving on to Dodger Stadium
,'n Los Angeles for a four game
■set with Tommie Davis, Maury
Wills, Don Drysdale and company,
on April 19, 20 and 21.
Manager Harry Craft's Colt crew
will play a total of 10'9 night
games in 1963, 69 at home and 40
on the road. This leaves S3 day
games, 12 at home and 41 on the
road. The home night game total
includes three two-night double-
headers and the road day game
total includes seven doubleheaders.
The .45s will close the season
at home in 1963 playing Philadel-
phia, Pittsburgh and New Yorlc
in that order, on the final ten days
of the season.
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