Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1964 Page: 1 of 10
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IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT LONG AGO ..
With this issue the Palacios Beacon begins its 45th
year of publication by the Dismukes family.
The late J. W. Dismukes and family moved here
from Francitas on June 1, 1919, and took over the own-
ership of the Beacon from T. L. Tucker. Following his
death in 1935, his wife, two sons, Hugh and Jesse, and
daughter, Mary, have attempted to publish a newspaper
you will enjoy, with the least enmity in reporting the
happenings. To print a newspaper that pleases all its
readers is next to impossible as any newspaper em-
ployee and others know, but we try.
During these 44 years, the Beacon has recorded
many changes, such as, the installation of the sewer
system, the purchase of the city light plant by Central
Power and Light Company, drilling of new water and
gas wells, piping of natural gas to homes and businesses,
the highway and paving of city streets, completion of the
intra-coastal canal, dredging of the Matagorda Ship
Channel, the growth of the fire department from a
bucket brigade to today's modern department, and the
construction of the four school buildings now in use
(and three others no longer used), to name a few.
We've welcomed new friends and businesses and
have bid farewell to old friends. We've seen new busi-
nesses come, many change ownership, and others move
out. We've also witnessed the destruction of property
by fire and hurricanes.
We take this opportunity to say '"thanks" to those
whose support has made it possible for us to maintain
the publication of the Beacon these many years.
Wildcat Test Slated
For Buttermilk Slough
Oil Operator - Lease Broker
By BOB WILKINSON
The Buttermilk Slough area west
of Palacios is due to draw a wild-
cat test in the near future on a
lease owned by the Tenneco Oil
Company.
Indications are that the lease-
holder may dig: a well to 9,000 feet
or thereabouts in an attempt to
test the Melbourne sand encounter-
ed in nearby ventures of years gone
^ by-
City Water Supl.
* Gets Recognition
An official State Health Depart-
ment certificate of competency has
been earned by Lester Morton, su-
perintendent of the Palacios mu-
nicipal waste water treatment de-
partment.
Signed by the State Health Com-
missioner and authorities of the
Texas Water and Sewage Works
Association, the citation was given
to Morton after he successfully
passed an examination designed to
demonstrate his skill in plant man-
agement and his understanding of
its significance to good public
health.
Under terms of the health
agency's operator certification pro-
gram, candidates for certification
. must acquire a certain amount of
' actual work experience, and must
show a satisfactory record of at-
tendance at state and regional short
schools at which the techniques of
modern plant management are
* taught.
Plant operators often attend such
schools at their own expense and
on their own time as a means of
increasing their efficiency and en-
hancing their status as key com-
munity servants.
The schools are conducted under
sponsorship of the State Depart-
ment of Health, the engineering ex-
tension service of Texas A and M
University, and the Texas Water
and Sewage Works Association.
TWSWA officials said recipients
of the certificates are "credits to
their communities and to their pro-
fesison."
By PEEKY DeWETT
Many fishermen have been out
the past week but reports of
\ff catches are few.
Last Thursday's reports had all
the indications of a great week end
for fishing as Mike Harshfield of
Houston came in with 12 nice trout,
one tipping the scales to 4 lbs.,
which he caught at Holf Moon and
a Mr. Ripple of El Campo, had 7
or 8 nice trout from Beacon 112 and
Oliver's Point, but the rest of the
week end drew a blank as no
catches were reported.
Lawrence "Bob" Arnold, of Pa-
lacios, age 17, on May 17th caught
a 26-lb. red fish on the bar at
Well's Point while fishing from a
boat with a cousin, Wallace Candy,
of Victoria. He was really proud of
# catch as it was the largest fish
d ever caught. It was a grand
birthday gift, as he went fishing
after a birthday party for him and
his twin sisters, Linda and Brenda.
^ A Small Appliance demonstration
will be held in the Senior High
Homemaking Department on June
18 from 10 to 11 a.m. All are
invited to attend.
The Tidewater Oil Company, as
well as Tenneco, has been buying
leases from Turtle Bay on past
Buttermilk Slough, long an area
of much interest to oilmen.
Coastal States Gas Producing
Company abandoned two Matagor-
da County tests during the week,
one northwest of El Maton and the
other southeast of Markham.
The operator's No. 1 Mignon
Doman was plugged at 9,1530 feet
and No. 1 Henry Rugeley Fergu-
son, et al, was plugged at 9,255
feet.
Concrete also was poured to a
significant wildcat southeast of
Buckeye Superior Oil Company's
No. 1 W. W. Fondren Jr.'s Estate,
dry at 13,000 feet.
More late drill reports, field-by-
field, area-by-area:
Southeast Bay City—Humble Oil
& Refining Company's 1-B Pauline
Huebner, et al, is drilling ahead in
a sidetracked hole. According to
our agents, it was around 10,000
feet last week
East Sargent—Phillips Petroleum
Company's 1-A State "N" is drill-
ing below protection string. Last
week this wildcat was nearing T2,-
000 feet with a target of 17,000
feet in the Vicksburg.
Northeast Bay City — Tenneco
Oil Company's No. 3 Henry H. Le-
Tulle, et al, is drilling ahead. The
LeTulle is projected to 11,400 feet.
South Markham Townsite—The
Roberts-Whitson Oil & Gas Cor-
poration reported a potential for
its No. 1 Cornelius discovery: 233
barrels of 31.3-gravity oil daily
from 9,760%-64% feet and 32,000,-
000 cubic feet of gas plus an un-
specified amount of 48-gravity con-
densate from 9,706%-09% feet.
Blessing—Appell Drilling Com-
pany immediately raised its rig
again on Oil & Gas Property Man-
agement's No. 1 Elizabeth T.
Dawdy and, at last report, was
drilling ahead. Perhaps it had a
repair job when the derrick was
lowered last week. . . Texaco's No.
6 Thomas-State is testing.
Nance (North Bay City)—Skelly
Oil Company's No. 1 Alice Lee
Keller is testing.
Bay City—Skelly Oil Company's
No. 11 Henry Rugeley, et al, is a
new drillsite projected to 12,000
feet.
The Texas Railroad Commission
reports that temporary rules have
been adopted for the one-well Cane
Island Field southwest of Wads-
worth.
The nation's independent oilmen
arc said to be seething with anger
over the reception they got in
Washington last week.
The Johnson administration turn-
ed a deaf ear to their pleas for a
reduction in excessive imports of
cheap foreign oil which, the in-
dependent oilmen assert, are caus-
ing a crisis in the domestic petrol-
eum industry.
Talking about the plight of the
domestic oil producer, one Texas
congressman said; "There is a
crisis in the domestic oil industry.
Many independent producers are
being forced out of business. Both
the industry and the independent
must be preserved for the security
of the nation. This country cannot
afford to lose or lessen this great
energy potential."
Julian C. Martin, research di-
rector for the Texas Independent
Producers & Royalty Owners As-
sociation, said oil imports have in-
creased from 16.6 per cent in 1954
to an anticipated 1964 ratio of 28.9
per cent of domestic crude produc-
tion.
"Total imports are now running
more than 2,000,000 barrels daily
and have assumed two-thirds of
the growth in U. S. oil demand
since 1956," he pointed out.
E. Bruce Street, president of the
Texas association, reported that In-
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VOLUME LVII NUMBER 23
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1961
10c Per Copy
Clean-Up Week Proclaimed
Run-Off
Election Is
Saturday
Palacios Democrats will join
Matagorda County and state voters
at the polls Saturday, June 6, to
elect a state representative for
district 32 (Matagorda and Jack-
son counties) and a United States
Rcpresentative-at- Large.
The polls will be at the building
formerly housing Bayview General
Hospital and be open from 8 a.m.
until 7 p.m.
The race creating the most in-
terest locally is for state repre-
sentative which finds incumbent
Otha "Skeet" Birkner of Van Vleck
and Bert L. Huebner of Bay City
battling it down to the finish line.
In the first primary, held May
2, Birkner polled 3,753 in the dis-
trict and Huebner (2771. The third
man in the race Bobby Whitting-
ton had 2171. Locally the vote was
Birkner 489 and Huebner 272.
The only other run-off race is
between Joe Pool and Robert W.
Baker for U. S. representative-
at-large. On May 2, Palacios vot-
ers favored Baker with 290 votes
to 158 for Pool.
Local Republicans
To Vote For U. S.
Senator Saturday
The Republican Party will hold
a run-off primary election Satur-
day, June 6th for the purpose of
sele-ting their candidate for the
office of United States Senator. The
election will be held in the Council
Chambers at City Hall and the polls
will be open from 8:00 a.m. until
6:00 p.m. George Hunter is election
judge.
This primary is of great import-
ance to the Republican Party and
all eligible voters are urged to par-
ticipate. All persons holding a cur-
rent poll tax (or persons over 60
years old) who did NOT vote at
the Democratic Primary are eli-
gible.
There will be an important meet-
ing for all those interested in the
success of the Republican Party at
3:00 P.M. Wednesday, June 3rd at
Petersen's Restaurant. Roy Ion and
other out-of-town officials of the
Party will be present to discuss
matters of importance and to an-
swer questions. All interested par-
ties are urged to attend. Refresh-
ments will be served.
BROWNIE GIRL SCOUT TROOP 338 closed its
year's work May 19 and are pictured with their leaders
Mrs. Don Dockery and Mrs. Lex Sutton. Nine members
of the troop will advance to Junior Girl Scouts. Bottom
row, left to right, Anna De Leon, Brenda Johnson, Sherry
Ballew, Karen Hunter, Cheryl Bates, Jill Toellner, Sharen
Perkins, Sandra Kay Larcom. Top row, Viki Jane Shee-
ran, Sandra Sutton, Danna Dockery, Sherry Youngblood,
Patricia Hansen, Vyra Najvar, Olga Gonzales, Mrs. Don
Dockery and Mrs. Lex Sutton.
Nation's Metropolitan Travel Editors
Tour Texas, Give Slate Much Publicity
AUSTIN—Americans planning
their 1964 vacations will have
added reason to choose Texas as
their destination as a result of
the state's first travel writers'
tour last month.
Hundreds of column inches
lauding Texas and its varied tour-
ist attractions are appearing al-
most daily in major newspapers
across the nation. All stem from
the April 17-25 visit of 26 travel
writers who came to the state at
the invitation of Gov. John Con-
nally.
Although the tour was arranged
by the state, none of its $20,201
cost was paid from state funds.
All goods and services, including
7th, 8th Grade H. E.
Class Wins Runer-Up
Prize For Menu Plan
Mrs. Vivian Newsom received a
letter Friday from Fleischsman
Yeast Young America's Menu Plan-
ning Contest stating that the 7th
and 8th grade class entry in the
contest was first runner-up for
Texas.
Mrs. Newsom has selected an
electric mixer as the prize for first
runner-up from Texas.
The state winner was Helen
Roberts from Alvin High School.
Second and third runner-ups were
Mrs. Fannie Worley, Hamilton
Junior High School, Houston and
Mrs. Alice Brooks, Strawn High
School.
The national judging will be
June 8. The state winners will be
the entries judged nationally.
To enter the contest the Home
Economics girls entered menus and
recipes for one week. They were
judged on the type of menus for
a family of four, mother, father
and two children, one boy and one
girl, ages 11 and 16 respectively.
The contest was held nation-wide
and was open to all secondary
schools on an equal basis.
Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzmorris
and daughter spent Sunday and
Monday in Houston.
Blessing Fire Dept.
To Hold 1st Annual
Barbecue Sunday
The Blessing Volunteer Fire De-
partment will hold its first annual
barbecue on Sunday, June 7, com-
mencing at 11:00 a.m. at the Bless-
ing Community House. Delicious
beef barbecue will be served with
all the trimmings; various forms
of entertainment will be provided
for the young and old and no
speeches will mar the proceedings.
Your $1.00 contribution, in ticket
form, will provide a plateful of de-
licious goodies and/or you may
buy beef from the pit at $1.25 a
pound. Tickets are now on sale by
members of the department and
if you fail to obtain one prior to
the day of the barbecue, you will
be able to purchase same at the
Community House on that day.
The Blessing Volunteer Fire De-
partment received its Certificate
of Incorporation from the State of
Texas on Sept. 10, 1962 under
Charter No. 188123, which entitles
said department to the benefits of
the Texas Non-profit Corporation
Act. The Internal Revenue Service,
by letter of Determination dated
October 8, 1963, advised this de-
partment of its Federal Income
Tax exempt status and further
stated that all contributions made
to same are deductible as provided
in Section 170 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code.
This Department holds regular
bi-monthly drills, has 28 active
members and during its existence
has answered numerous calls in
Matagorda and Jackson Counties.
It is your community fire pro-
tection, surviving through the vol-
untary support of the citizens of
this area. Your support, financially
and otherwise, of this endeavor
will certainly help the department
and will eventually, substantially
aid all the Blessing Community by
obtaining a lower Fire Key Rate
for the town and its environs. Come
out and enjoy the best beef bar-
becue you've ever tasted and help
a very worthy cause in doing so.
transportation, were given by
private firms which acted as co-
hosts with Gov. Connally for the
visit.
The two principal aspects of
Texas that surprised—and impress-
ed—the writers appear consistently
in their stories; the unexpected
variety of the state and the friend-
liness of Texans.
Many of the guests had never
been to Texas before. They, as well
as others in the group who had
visited only small segments of the
state, apparently came expecting
the monotonous desert wasteland
that so many unfamiliar with Texas
imagine it to be.
Their surprise was compounded
when, instead, they traveled the
broad sweep of ever-varying ter-
rain from the Red River to the Rio
Grande and deep into East Texas
forests. They sampled attractions
ranging from metropolitan mu-
seums to guest ranches and dined
on such different entrees as prime
rib and javelina.
An estimated 80 million prospec-
tive vacationists read the travel
columns written by the men and
Women who participated in the
Texas tour.
Gov. Connally, appraising the
mounting volume of clippings, has
pronounced the project "an out-
standing success."
The project was planned by the
new Texas Tourist Development
Agency as one of several pro-
grams it has launched to infuse
greater vigor into the Texas tour-
ist industry.
Judgement Filed By F.
D.I.C. Against Savings
And Loan Associations
Chairman Joseph W. Barr of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration announced today that the
Corporation is filing a declaratory
judgment action concerning ap-
proximately $1,000,000 in certifi-
cates of deposit issued to some 23
savings and loan associations by
the closed The First National Bank
of Marlin, Marlin, Texas. The Cor-
poration is asking for a determina-
tion whether these certificates qual-
ify as insured deposits up to the
statutory maximum of $10,000 for
each savings and loan association
placing funds in the closed bank
and upon which an officer of the
bank arranged through a money
broker for the payment of inter-
est at a rate in excess of the legal
limit of 4% per annum.
It was emphasized by Mr. Barr
that the above action has no effect
on the insurance coverage of de-
posits made in the usual course of
business and represented by cer-
tificates of deposit upon which a
commercial bank insured by the
Corporation has not paid or caused
to be paid, directly or indirectly,
interest exceeding the 4% ceiling.
Such deposits have been at all
times, and continue to be, insured
up to $10,000 for each depositor.
City, C. Of C. Urges
Cooperation Of All
During Week of 22-28
A PROCLAMATION
I, E. F. Wehmeyer, Mayor of
the City of Palacios, do hereby pro-
claim the week of June 22nd to
28th as Palacios Clean-Up Week.
Let us all work together to im-
prove the appearance of our town
by cutting weeds, gathering up
trash and removing unsightly ob-
jects. During this period the City
will provide facilities for hauling
away such material if piled where
it is accessible to trucks on the
street.
Let us make our City attractive
to our Summer visitors.
E. F. WEHMEYER, Mayor
City of Palacios
Welfare Food To Be
Distributed Tuesday
The State Department of Wel-
fare will have its monthly distri-
bution of surplus food Tuesday,
June 9.
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.
Commencement
Exercises, Awards
Presented Friday
A capacity crowd attended com-
mencement exercises Friday night
in the high school auditorium.
Numerous awards were present-
ed to graduating seniors and W. C.
Hagemeier, commander of the
Greenwood-Curtiis Post, present-
ed the American Legion awards to
James Henry and Joan Kovar, out-
standing boy and girl in the Ninth
grade.
Those receiving the eight Trull
Scholarships were Kay Ostrem,
Lynette Jenkins, Joyce Scruggs,
Melvena Tanner, Norma Barber,
Ginger Shearer, Johnny Alton, and
Janice Oglesby. Named as alter-
nates were Cheryl Milam and
Homer Brown.
School awards presented for out-
standing work were: Karen Bell,
salutatorian and music; Ginger
Shearer, business; Larry Dillard,
boys aathletics; Kay Roane, social
science; Rita Rogers, girls ath-
letics; Janice Oglesby, speech and
drama; Nancy Turek, mathe!-
matics, science and citizenship;
Carolyn Peterson, home economics,
English and valedictorian; Norma
Barber, language, and Earl Hal-
fen, agriculture.
Forty-eight members of the sen-
ior class were awarded their di-
plomas and ninety-one ninth grad-
ers, their junior high certificates.
Pres. Johnson Attends
Church of Son-ln-Law
Of Mrs. Mildred Ehlers
President and Mrs. L. B. Johnson
and daughter, Lynda Bird, attended
services at the Edison Street Meth-
odist Church in Fredericksburg
Sunday morning where Rev. Clif-
ford Edge, son-in-law of Mrs. Mil-
dred Ehlers of Palacios, is pastor.
Saturday night at the University
of Texas commencement exercise,
where President Johnson received
an honorary doctorate and gave the
address, Rev. Edge received his
doctor's degree, and extended to
the president an invitation to at-
tend his church—which the presi-
dent accepted.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. S. Briggs and
two daughters of Austin, and Mrs.
Cecil Turner and children from
Westlake, La. spent the weekend
with their parents, Mir. and Mrs.
B. J. Wesselman and attended
Don's graduation from high school
Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John
Wesselman and family from Hous-
ton joined the group Sunday.
I
The Mayor and Councilmen, co-
operating with the Palacios Cham-
ber of Commerce, have designated
the week of June 22-28 as Clean-
Up, Paint-Up and Fix-Up Week in
Palacios.
It is hoped that all property-
owners will cooperate by making
their place as clean and attrac-
tive as possible.
Persons having trash, tree limbs*
etc. are asked to place them in
the street. Every effort will be
made to pick up everything placed
where the city trucks can get to
during the week, but should the
trucks fail to pick up at your
place, please notify the City Sec-
retary at the City Hall, phone
824-2414.
City Council Has
Busy Monday Nite
The City Council, meeting in
regular session Monday night, pro-
claimed June 122-28 as Clean-Up,,
Paint-Up, Fix-Up Week in Pa-
lacios.
In other business, the council ap-
proved Walter Kilgore as police
relief man, to serve while Police
Chief Tom Hill is on vacation.
Accepted the offer of a couple
in Rockport for the purchase of
the elevator in the building former-
ly housing the Bayview General
Hospital.
Agreed to install a 6-in. water-
main to the Palacios Community-
Center and erect a fire plug there
if the Recreation Association would
furnish the pipe.
Authorized Lester Morton, pub-
lic works manager, to order a new
blower for the disposal plant, also
to remove the stop signs on Fourth.
Street, making it a through street
to Wagner General Hospital exccpt
for the crossing of Highway 35.
Heard a request for the installa-
tion of a light on the pavilion pier..
This matter was put in the hands;
of a committee.
Juan Rodriguez
Home Destroyed
By Fire Early Fri.
Fire of undetermined origin set
off a fast moving fire that com-
pletely gutted the Juan Rodriguez
resident on 12th Street and Perry-
man Avenue early Friday morning.
The house was occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Rodriguez, their daughter
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Anderson and daughter.
The fire was believed to have
started in the kitchen but soon en-
gulfed the entire ohuse. The occu-
pants escaped with no injuries but
all clothing, personal belongings
and furniture were destroyed or
water damaged.
Firemen battled the blaze for ap-
proximately 2% hours before
bringing it completely under con-
trol. Several firemen received burns
and Wallace Barr severed an artery
in his arm on broken glass.
Palacios citizens have started a
collection for the two famiilcs and
anyone wishing to give clothing,
furniture, bedding or money to
these unfortunate people are asked
to mail to the Rodriguez Fund or
bring to 705 8th Street.
The Weather
Date
May 1217
May 28
May 29
May 30
May 31
June 1
June 2
Total rainfall for year 9.78
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