Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1957 Page: 4 of 8
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ALACIOS, TEXAS
PALACIOS BEACON,
Thursday, May 23. 1QK7
Ground Observers To
Meet Sunday, 1 To 6
Members of the Ground Ob-
server Corps are to participate in
a practice alert Sunday, May 26
from 1 to C p.m. The group will
again meet at the Chamber of
Commerce building as no telephone
has yet been installed in the tower
erected on the bayshore at the end1
of Fifth street, according to George
Hunter, supervisor of the local
unit. ...J *
FISHING—
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netted one of the tagged fish with-
in 50 feet from where the fish
was released.
May 7th, 1957, Juni,or Tolleson
and M'. E. Mertz were fishing Coon
Island with cut bait when a tagged
red, No. 0023 was on Tolleson's
line. It weighed 4% pounds, and
was caught within 300 yards of
where released. For on checking
the tag it was one of the reds
Guest and Tolleson had released
In 1956.
The Tolleson family made cer-
tain that red was not going to be
caught or released again. It made
a delicious fish dinner for the
family.
* * *
Mrs. Daisy Thompson and Mrs.
A. Brown had a nice string of red
fish and trout from Turtle Bay
area Friday using live shrimp.
Powell Nelson came in with 20
trout from Army Camp, and C.
tO. Waring had some nice reds
'from "over that way."
And if King Culbreth keeps try.
ing, he'll get a big ,one, one of
these days. He hopes!
* * *
Tide Schedule: May 24, high,
1:31 A.M. and 12:27 P.M.; Low,
7:2fT A.M. and 7:16 P.M.
May 25, high, 2:25 A.M'. and
12:27 P.M., low, 8:21 A.M. and 7:40
P.M.'
May 26, high, 3:13 A.M. and
12:55 P.M.; low, 9:10 A.M'. and
8:07 P.M.
May 27, high, 3:54 A.M. and
1:18 P.M.; low, 9:49 A.M. and
8:39 P.M.
May 28, high, 4:36 A.M. and
1:42 P.M.; low, 10:25 A.M'. and
9:17 P.M.
May 29, high, 5:18 A.M. and
2:05 P.M.; low, 10:55 A.M. and
9:58 P.M. New Mo>on.
May 30, high, 0:05 A.M. and
2:30 P.M.; low, 11:30 A.M. and
10:41 P.M.
May 31, high 6:52 A.M, and
3:05 P.M.; low, 12:15 P.M. and
11:25 P.M.
- "Mi" and Mrs. Jack LeCompte
left Saturday for a visit with rela-
tives in the Rio Grande Valley.
They will visit her daughter, Mrs.
Ivy Hickman, in Harlingen, a sis-
ter-in-law, Mrs. J. L. Smith, in
Raymondville and a nephew at Ly-
ford.
DR. JACK KAHN
OPTOMETRIST
Eyes Examinefl — Glasses Fitted
PHONE HI 3-2861 COLLECT
FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT
Fifth Floor National Bank Bldg.
VICTORIA. TEXAS
money to loan
—CONFIDENTIAL—
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Associate Store
!>, M. GREEX
FOR QUICK SALE
LIST YOUR PROPERTY
WITH
ADOLPHUS RIOUX
REAL ESTATE DEALER
LICENSED AND BONDED
P. O. Box 226 Phone 3661
Office: 213 Fifth St.
CARANCAHUA
CHRONICLE
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Martin,
Diane and Patsy, of Ingleside spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Harris and Jack.
Mr. and Mi's. Bill Farmer of
Edna spent Sunday in the F. M.
Frankson home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Abraham-
son spent the week end in San
Antonio visiting their daughter
and family, the William Condi.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Frankson
called on Mrs. A. V. Sherrer Sun-
day, also drove to the Hawley
Cemetery and on to Collegeport.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wesselman,
Donnie and Bobbie also Patsy of
Austin returned Saturday from a
week's visit in Missouri where
they visited their daughter, Jean in
St. Louis and relatives and friends
in Tippon, New Franklin and Sals-
bury. They drove Patsy to Victoria
where she boarded the bus to re-
turn to Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Buckley and
family of Palacios visited in the
Lloyd Olson home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Frankson
and Thelma, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Frankson and family of Hous-
ton spent the week end at the W.
H. Frankson cottage at Schicke's
Point.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Richards
and 'family spent the week end at
their cottage on the bay.
Mr. and Mfs. Otto Moritz re-
turned to Houston Tuesday after
a two weeks stay at their cottage
at Houston Club.
Mr. and Mrs Roy Ostland left
Wednesday for California where
they will spend the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Grisham and
Mary Ann, Mrs. Laverne Shep-
herd and Butch of Palacios, Mr.
and Mi's. Willard Richards and
family of Sweeny visited in the
Warrie Schicke home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Smith and
family and Mrs. Leo Urek of
Palacios spent Sunday with Mrs.
B. T. Elliott.
A chartered plame was forced
down during the rain storm Sat-
urday and landed on the Well's
Point road. One of the passengers
was ill fr,om the rough weather.
Mrs. B. T. Elliott drove the pas-
sengers to Palacios where they
caught the bus to Corpus Christi.
When the weather cleared, the
pilot took the plane on to Dallas.
Mrs. Cecil Smith and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Bannert and
children of El Campo and Mr. and
Mrs Antpne Jureck and family of
East Bernard visited in the A. L.
Bannert home Sunday.
Mrs. Kenneth Petersen and Mrs.
A. L. Bannert attended the shower
in Palacios Monday night 'for Mrs.
Norris Neeley at the home of Mrs.
Carter.
Mrs. Pete Kocurek and children
and Mrs. A. L. Bannert and child-
ren visited Mrs. Charles Greena-
walt Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Farley are
driving a new Ford.
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Bohuslav,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mclntire and
family and Mr. Simicek of Tres
Palacios, Frank Garvonovic of
Wharton visited the B. L. Kutachs
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bannert and
children visited the Cecil Smith
family in El Campo Saturday.
NOW ON DISPLAY
TWO MANUAL
Thomas Electric Organ
AT
Bay City Piano Co.
1617 Ave. C Phone CI 5-8706
Bay City
The price will amaze Y.wu
Gas Manager Attends
Company Meeting
P.. H. Neeley, Palacios district
manager of the Houston Natural
Gas System, will be in Houston,
Thursday and Friday of this week
to participate in the company's
annual management conference.
Neeley will join more than a
hundred officers, l,oeal managers,
and senior supervisors in discus-
sions of employee safety and train.
] ing, appliance merchandising; in-
j dustrial development, public rela-
I tion«, and other phases of the
company's service.
I The Friday morning session will
' be devoti d entirely to an operating
seminar, and will hp followed by a
luncheon at which regional con-
testants in the recently concluded
"Mrs. America" competition will
be introduced.
Mr. and Mrs. PhirFields of Bel-
ton and Mrs. Essie Hand of Glen-
dale, Ariz., were guests ,of Mr.
and Mrs. A. S. Rowton, Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. O. O. Mixon and Mrs.
Merle Ramsey were in Houston
Sunday and Monday to attend the
Beauty Convention at the Elks
Hub.
McMillan gin
HAS A FRESH SUPPLY OF
COTTON AND RICE
POISON
PHONE 7147
FOR RENT
FOR RENT—Three room furnish-
ed house. All utilities paid. 402
Perryman. Phone 8786. 21tf
FOR RENT—Small 3-room fur-
nished house, utilities paid. In-
quire at 99 First Street.
FOR RENT—East side, pne bed-
room furnished apartment at 305
Magnusson. Phone 3121. 20-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished apart-
ments, one and two bedrooms.
Very nice. 414 Mortpn, Phone
4861. 21-tf
FOR RENT—Three room unfurn-
ished house, also a two room
apartmeflt. Adults only. Phone
3481 after 6 p.m. « 20tf
FOR RENT—Two bedroom unfur-
nished house; also three bedroom
partially furnished house. Phone
4886 or call at 207 Lucas. W. W.
Reed. 21tf
FOR RENT—Nicely furnished 3
room apartment, private bath.
Utilities paid. See A. Rioux, 213
Fifth St., or call 3661. 1-tf
FOR RENT—Two, three and four
room apartments. Some avail-
able for families with children.
Feather & Son. Phone 2081. 17-tf
MISCELLANEOUS
BURKE'S RADIO & TV—Sale and
Service. 315 Matagorda Street
in Foley's Addition. Phone 7611
BRING THIS WANT AD to Gist
Hardware and we will allow you
$1.00 on the purchase of a paint
set.
HILL RADIO AND TV — Fast,
reasonable service on radios,
TVs and appliance. 809 Main St.,
Phone 3046. 28-4tp
PALACIOS PUBLIC LIBRARY—
6000 books to choose from. Open
Wednesday and Saturday after-
noons. 4-tf
VENETIAN BLINDS — Window
shades. Over 21 years experience
jn installation. Call Brandon's,
Phone 5201. 4-tf
THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE has
the "most" of everything. For
daily home delivery call—W. C.
Jackson 4511. 9-tf
FOR SALE or TRADE
SLIGHTLY USED—0. E. Custom
Dryer. Western Auto Associate
Store.
FOR SALE—One National Cash
Register. Good Condition. 426
Commerce Street. It
FOR SALE—5 used refrigerators,
$60 to $100. Western Auto As-
sociate Store.
BIGGEST
SALE!
IN
FENCE HISTORY
Y.rrttYtYY
cWilHl
AMCO OFFERS
Prices Unheard of Before
NO DOWN PAYMENT
Low Monthly Payments
Written Guarantee By The
Largest Independent Fence
Supply House In U. S. A.
FREE ESTIMATE
AMCO
STEEL FENCE CO.
P. O. Box 405 — Victoria
Phono Collect HI 3-9272
Victoria, Texas
FOR SALE—To be moved, a 5-
room house Guy Claybourn,
Phone 4671. ' 20-2t
ONE ONLY of our finest G. E.
TV Console. 1957 model. $269.95.
One year warranty. Western Auto
Associate Store.
FOR SALE—Solid Oak Dining
Room Suite. Has buffet, table,
six chairs. Good condition. $50.
Phone day 4136,-night 7646. 21-2
Traffic Count Shows Areas Needing
Highway Widening And improvement
FOR GRADUATES—Exciting new
way to give Luggage. Gift Cer-
tificate in a miniature Samsonite
case. Brandon's
PARAKEETS FOR SALE—In-
cluding 75 or 80 adult birds and
several birdlets. See Ira H. "Shor-
ty" White. Phone 3936. 17-3tp
CATTLE GUARDS — Steel Rail
Type. Long Life—Short Price.
All sizes. Port Machine & Repair
Service. Ph. 5001. 46-tf
STEEL PIPE CLOTHES LINE
POLES—Made to order—Priced
to sell—long lasting and safe. Port
Machine & Repair Service, Phone
5001. 46-tf
Card Of Appreciation
I wish to thank all my friends
who visited me while I was in the
hospital and especially Dr. San-
f.ord and the nurses for their kind-
nesses. Lawrence Kelly, Jr.
Among the road construction
projects that the Texas Highway
Department has planned for Mata-
gorda County if the voters author-
ize the $400,000.00 bond issue
Saturday, May 25, is a widening
of the present 18-foot pavement of
Highway 35 t® 24 feet with paved
shoulders 'from the Colorado Rivei
bridge west to a point just east
of the Live Oak Farms.
It might be of interest to know
why this stretch of road was se-
lected by the highway department
for improvement instead of other
sections and why the improvements
do not extend further.
The Texas Highway Department
bases its decisions of these matters
on the actual need, accident rate,
traffic load and the type and con-
dition of the road under considera-
tion.
The section of Highway 35 that
is slated for improvement has the
heaviest traffic load of any section
between the Colorado River' and
the Jackson County line. The 1956
Traffic Map of Texas shows these
tra'ffic count figures: At the Colo-
rado River bridge, 4,560 vehicles
per day; south of Markham 2,-
370; at the Live Oak Farms, 2,120;
at the south end of the curve east
pf Blessing, 1,550; at the junction
of Highway 35 and FM' 521, 1,840;
north of Palacios just beyond the
Y, 2,210; and at the Y west of
Palacios, 1,390. It can be readily
seen from these figures ihat the
section that the highway depart-
ment proposes to improve is carry-
ing the heaviest traffic load.
The reasion for the heavier traf-
fic load on this section is that
several roads feed traffic onto it.
There are the two roads coming
in from west of Blessing, Highway
71 from Austin through El Campo
with Highway N,o. Ill joining it at
Midfield bringing traffic from
Edna, the road that leads north
from Collegeport, a road leading
north from Buckeye and a road
coming out from Markham. All of
these add to the traffic already on
Highway 35 and thus it becomes
the. heaviest traveled section be-
tween the Colorado River and the
Jackson County line.
The question as to why the pro-
posed widening of Highway 35
is not planned to be carried any
further at the present has a three-
fold answer. First, there is not
enough money available to carry
this project any further and do the
.other things that need to be done.
Second, widening of the roadway
for this distance provides a safe
roadway for the worst section of
the road between the Colorado Riv-
er and the Jackson County line.
Third, there is a problem at the
Live Oak Farms area that will re-
quire time to solve. There are a
farmstead, a river crossing, a rail-
road crossing and a highway junc-
tion within a very small area. Each
of these factors presents its own
peculiar engineering problem and
whatever is done there must pro-
vide the solution to all factors in-
volved and also provide a safe and
convenient traffic facility. This
problem is now under study, ac-
cording to highway department
officials.
Highway department officials re-
port that this section or road is
very difficult to maintain and keep
in repair, because of the heavy
traffic load.
These were given by highway of-
ficials as the reasons why the sec-
tion of road that lies between the
Colorado River and Live Oaks
Farms was selected as the starting
point for widening Highway 35
from the Colorado River to the
Jackson County line.
The present pavement of High-
way 35 was laid in 1927. It is an
18-foot concrete pavement with
earth shoulders. This year marks
the first serious attempt to im-
prove this road in the 30 years of
its existence. The present program
of the Texas Highway Depart-
ment is to eliminate all 18-foot
pavements as rapidly as possible
by widening them to 24 feet with
paved shoulders. This type of con-
struction has proven to be safe for
modern automobile travel. The
eastern portion of Highway 35 has
thlB type of construction and u
carrtfng a tnuch heavier traffic load
than that west of the Colorado
River and highway patrolmen have
reported that there have been very
few accidents on this load since
it was built, and no fatalities.
Guy R. Claybourn, Sr.
REAL-ESTATE
A LICENSED & BONDED
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OFFICE 108 SOUTH BLVD.
PHONE 4671 T. O. BOX 93
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daily and Sunday. Call R. V. Wrat-
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Check
these Feature!:
Notice To Bidders
One 1948 Chevrolet School Bus
with 54 passenger Superior body
and one 1948 Chevrolet Suburban
Carryall. Both to be sold on sealed
bid basis. Bids will be opened at
8:00 p.m. Monday, June 3, 1957.
All bids should be mailed to Tide-
haven High School, El Maton, Tex-
as, and plainly marked Sealed Bid.
The Board of Trustees reserves
the right to reject any and/or all
bids.
George K. Nelson, Supt.
FREEPORT
MODEL HOME. AND OFFICE
LOCATED AT INTERSECTION
OF S.R. 288 AND F.R. 1460 (Surf-
side Beach Rd.) NEXT TO SURF
DRIVE-IN THEATRE.
IN FREEPORT
CALL 5-2841 P.O. BOX 933
* THE BEST MATERIALS
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* ON THE SPOT FINANCING
Only 48 Small Monthly Payments
* 2 COATS OF PAINT OUTSIDE
* LIFETIME ALUMINUM SASH BALANCES
* ALL OUTSIDE WINDOWS, SCREENS
DOORS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Pogue
of Lake Charles, La. were guests
cf their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Claybourn for several days last
week.
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