Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1955 Page: 1 of 8
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~ UNITED FUND GAINS HEADWAY
- AS LOCAL SOLICITATION BEGINS
Once For All Drive Will Include;
Thirteen Separate Agencies In County
Plans are nearing completion for
the general solicitation for the
Matagorda County United Fund
in Palacios according to F. A. Grif-
fin, who will head that phase of
the drive.
The employees solicitation is be-
ing conducted this week under the
direction of Rex Cooper and' F. A.
Griffin.
Griffin has completed the cards
that will be used in the solicitation.
He stated that teams will be or-
ganized so that everyone in the
community will be given an op-
J1'
Pickup of employees contribu-
tions will begin Friday, accord-
ing to F. A. Griffin, who has
charge of that phase of the drive.
Griffin also said that local
people can make contributions at.
Alcoa and specify that it be ear-
marked for Matagorda County.
portunity to contribute instead of
limiting the drive to only a part of
the area.
Dr. Norman E. Eunyon, vice-
chairman of the county organiza-
tion, announced that the first con-
tribution received by mail was
from the Grassy Point Bait Camp.
There is a need for additional
solicitors to complete the organi-
zation for the drive, according to
Griffin. It is hoped that there will
be enough solicitors to complete
the drive in one day and that each
one will have to make only a few
eallti.
The budget of the county-wide
organization includes the Boy
Scouts of America, Salvation
Army, and the Matagorda Council
for Retarded Children. Bay City
local recipients include the girl
Scouts, Service Center, Y Teen,
Blue Triangle (Negro YMCA),
and Civil Air Patrol.
Palacios local recipients include
Girl Scouts, Youth Recreational
Program, Palacios Emergency Re-
lief Fund and the Civil Air Patrol.
In addition to these the board of
directors intend to establish a
Matagorda County Emergency Re-
lief Fund so that money will be
immediately available in case of a
disaster in the county.
Contrary to some reports, none
of the money collected by the
Matagorda County United Fund is
for foreign aid of any kind, ac-
cording to Hiram Brandon, chair-
man. "The purpose of the organi-
zation is to make possible a 'once
for all' system of contributing to
these agencies so as to save time,
expense and bookkeeping expense,"
Brandon stated.
Contributions to the United Fund
are income tax deductible and may
be budgeted throughout the year
on a monthly, quarterly or semi-
annual basis.
Palacios directors of the county
organization are Dr. Norman E.
Runyon, Rex Cooper, F. A. Grffin,
Bobby Lewis and Winfred John-
son.
In addition to these, there are
directors from each community of
the county on the board.
By LORRAINE BASFORI)
Herbert J. Frensley of Houston
was elected chaii-man of the Tex-
as Game and Fish Commission at
the quarterly meeting in Corpus
Christi last Friday.
One of the topics under discus-
sion was the matter of salt water
fishing licenses, as a means of
providing needed revenue to bene-
fit fishing along the coast.
A universal license for all salt
and fresh water fishing might be
one way of solving this problem.
No final decision on this matter
was made, as it has to be passed
by law.
It seems John Taylor is sock-
less the last few days, since Mrs.
John "beat the sox off of him at
Turtle Bay, with her catch of rat
reds and trout," according to Don
Welch. Don and Mrs. W. have been
getting long stringers of short
fish—trout and reds on Caranca-
hua and Turtle Bay.
Turtle Creek was a "warm spot"
from Friday to Monday. J. W. Hen.
son had 8 rat reds, and 27 specks,
two days at this location. Other
(See "FISHING," Page 5)
Buying Deadline
Friday Noon Set
For Show Tickets
Noon Friday, October 21, is the
deadline for the purchase of tick-
ets to the Style Show that is to be
presented by Muriel's Shop for
Women, and the Women's Division
of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Women's Division will serve
a dinner in conjunction with the
Style Show.
The show, which will be based on
an Oriental theme, will feature the
latest fall and holiday clothes, in-
cluding T. V. lounging wear, suits,
and outfits for travel and football
games.
Sara, a newly developed materia]
will also be shown for the first
time in this area.
Bouffant skirts, as well as the
new slender look in skirts will al-
so be spotlighted.
The show, which will be under
the direction of Mrs. Dorotha Brad-
bury, will begin at 7:30 p.m., and
it will be held on the Pavilion.
Miss Diana Muth of Houston
will be commentator for the show.
She was formerly director of Bat-
tlestein's "Fashion's In Motion"
television series.
Following the show the Women's
Division will serve a dinner under
the direction of Mrs. L. G. Brown.
Models for the show will in-
clude: Mrs. Eddie Huffman, Miss
Sue Porter, Mrs. Bubba Zwerschke,
Mrs. Harold Hunt, Mrs. E. B. San-
ford, Miss Marilyn Milam, Mrs.
Hugh Buffaloe, Mrs. Jimmie Smith,
Miss Dorothy Roach, Miss Patricia
Christie, Miss Suzanne Country-
man, Miss Patricia Goff, Miss Bar-
bara Trull, James Kendrick and
Jack Richards.
Tickets may be purchased from
any member of the Women's Divi-
sion or at Muriel's.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1955
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME XLGIII NUMBER 42
Deep-Water Channel To Palacios
Not Assured; More Tonnage Needed
Batavia is the capitol of Java. |
"At the present time there is
insufficient tonnage available from
Palacios to justify a deep water
channel to this point," an authori-
tative source told the Beacon Tues-
day night.
So far, the source said, the only
tonnage actually committed from
the port of Palacios would be that
supplied by the Luther-Parker
Lime and Cement plant which is
tentatively planned for this area.
Originally it was proposed' to
link a deep-water channel with the
one contemplated by the U. S.
Corps of Engineers from Pass Ca-
vallo. "But this plan may go beg-
ging, the informant indicated, be-
cause the feeder channel to Pala-
cios would require at least 600,000
tons annually to make the econom-
ic ratio feasible.
The proposed cement plant would
have a maximum capacity of ap-
proximately 150,000 tons annually.
Major stumbling block in the
way of the construction of a local
connecting link with the channel
is the unavailability of fresh water
for industrial purposes.
Numerous big time industries,
the source indicated, have expres-
sed a desire to come to this area,
because of its resources and abun-
dance of industrial sites, but they
all need a substantial amount of
fresh water.
One of the companys alone would
be able to ship over a million tons
of freight annually, more than
twice the amount needed to make
the economic ratio feasibile.
Still, the informant said, the
deep water channel to Palacios and
the dam across the Tres-Palacios
River go hand-in-hand. For this
area to take part in the anticipated
boom for the mid-gulf coast region
both must be secured, and concrete
plans must be drawn probably be-
fore the end of next month, the re-
ported time that the project is
scheduled for a hearing before the
Rivers and Harbors Committee of
Congress.
According to the Port Lavaca
Wave, dredging of the proposed
Matagorda Ship Channel will be-
gin next July, if the planners can
have the project approved on the
schedule they have adopted.
There is every reason to believe
that the cut through Pass Cavallo
will be approved, but, there is quite
a bit of doubt about what the final
disposition will be regarding the
secondary channel from near Point
Comfort to Palacios.
U. S. Representative Clark W.
Thompson has said that he will do
"everything" possible to expedite
the engineers approval of the pro.
ject in time to include it in the bud-
get recommendation for the next
session of congress.
"Since this project is endorsed
by all counties adjoining the Mata-
gorda Bay area and since a united
front will be presented to congress,
the project has every hope of early
approval," Rep. Thompson has
been quoted as saying.
The report of the public hearing
on the channel reportedly has al-
ready left Galveston for Dallas,
and is scheduled to be in Washing-
ton by November 1,
If this immediate area is to re-
ceive consideration for the feeder
channel additional tonnage must
be pledged immediately, the source
said, and this pledge for tonnage
will not be forthcoming without
(provisions being made for an
adequate water supply in this area.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Cairnes
and Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Falks were
in Laredo Monday to attend the
presenting of Wings to their son
and son-in-law, Lt. Carroll Cairnes.
V/2 PLATOON SYSTEM
Limping Sharks Will Try Hornets
The injury riddled Sharks will
limp into Louise Friday night for
the second tilt on their current
three game road trip.
Ordinarily the Hornets, who are
winless in five starts this year,
would just be an evening romp for
the Maroon and White, but Head
Coach R. C. Shelton's injured list
A reads like a visit to the Bay View
column.
Definitely out of action for the
Louise game at least will be Eddie
Peres, starting center, who has a
^broken wrist, Clyde Ware, starting
half back, who has broken ribs,
Robert Slaughter, starting end,
who also has broken ribs, and Mike
Seaquist, reserve lineman, who has
a cracked bone in his hand.
In addition to these sure missers,
Lannie Gillette, Donnie Beard,
Jimmy Jackson, and Jack Crawford
are of the "rt;ady-we-hope" list of
players compiled by ShelLon.
To compensate for his lagging
offense, which let down consider-
ably last Friday against Ganado,
Shelton has placed his hopes on a
defensive lineup tomorrow night.
After another shake up in the
line, Shelton has come up with a
limited platoon system.
He will use a line consisting of
Pat Nelson, Leo Morish, Paul Tay-
lor, Kenneth Countryman, Robert
Keszler, Edward Pennington and
Ted Bates on defense.
' Shelton said that with this line
ho hopes to keep Louise from
scoring and, if that is possible,
the offense may take care of it-
self.
The coach was prompted to try
the platoon system after two good
workouts, Monday and Tuesday,
showed that he had two dependable
lines.
Shelton will be unable to com-
pletely "platoon" the Hornets be-
cause his once fairly fat back-
field roster of nine dependable
backs has dwindled, because of
injuries, to five.
The coach said that he had done
all that he could for the boys.
"We're in good physical condi-
tion, we have the offense and we
have the defense," the head mentor
said. "It's up to the boys."
Bobby Walton, hard plunging
fullback, has b®en looking excep-
tionally well in this week's practice
sessions, in fact better than he
has looked all season, and is ex-
pected to help considerably in
carrying the load Friday nigh*.
Lonnie Beard, Ted Bates and
James Baldwin also have been
showing well in practice this waek.
Beard has looked particularly
good in running back kickoffs, and
is capable of carrying one back
all the way just any time.
Shelton said that the Sharks will
stick to a split "T" this week
against the Hornets' short punt
formation.
Running from that formation the
Hornets muster a lot of inter-
ference for the wide plays, and
their bigger than usual line af-
fords plenty of protection for the
passer.
Offensively for the Sharks Shel-
ton hopes to start Carroll and Pen-
nington at guards; Bates and Bald-
win at tackles; Starr and Keszler
at ends; Lonnie Beard, center;
Shows, quarterback; Donnie Beard
and Walton, halfbacks, and Gillette
at fullback.
Lions Club Told
Of AAU Program,
UF's Background
Miss Shirley Hodge of Bay City
discussed with the local Lions Club
the advantages of joining the South
Texas Amateur Athletic Union at
the club's regular meeting Tuesday
night.
Miss Hodge, who said that a
commission of at least 20 men must
be set up in each town, pointed out
that the A.A.U., would work in
with the summer recreation pro-
gram, locally sponsored by the
Lions Club.
This would promote competition
between Palacios and such towns
as Edna, Van Vleck, Ganado, Port
Lavaca, Victoria, Bay Cty, etc.
"According to Miss Hodge, this
would tend to promote better par-
ticipation in the summer program.
The union establishes brackets so
that each town can engage in con-
tests with area cities, and it is
possible, she said, to have a boy
advance to the state or national
finals in track and field events.
• The Union also sponsors basket-
ball tournaments.
The A. A. U., works in conjunc-
tion with the Junior Olympic pro-
gram.
Dr. Norman Runyon, vice-chair-
man of the County United Fund
Drive, also appeared on the pro-
gram, and told the Lions of the
history of the local county organi-
zation.
He said that many business men
had requested such a service in the
past, and that he felt sure that the
program would be well received
here in Palacios.
Palacios Is Penalized For Failure
To Submit Reports On Fire Drills
30 Pound Turkey
Added To Prizes
In Y.F.W. Contest
All tickets for the Veterans of
Foreign Wars: Fishing Contest
must be purchased before 10 p.m.,
Friday, November 4, according to
Milton Rowton, member of the con-
test committee.
Rowton said that there would be
no tickets sold during the contest.
An additional prize of a 30-pound
turkey has been added to the prize
list. The turkey will be given away
at the final judging that will be
held in the Green Lantern Inn. The
winner will be picked by a draw-
ing at that time. Everyone who
purchases an entry blank will be
eligible to win the turkey.
Rowton said that the winner
need not be present to receive the
turkey.
Other than the turkey, $250 in
prize money will be awaiting ang-
lers when the contest opens Satur-
day, November 5. The contest will
end Sunday, November 13.
The local tournament will offer
prizes for the biggest shark and
gar caught during the week long
contest, as well as trout, redfish,
flounder, gafftop and' drum.
Roundries for the contest will ex-
tend from Magnolia Beach to
Matagorda.
Tickets can be purchased from
any member of the V. F. W., or at
any of the bait camps in the area
or at any of the official weighing
stations.
Official weighing stations will
include Grassy Point Bait Camp,
Faktor's Phillips 66 Station, Old-
ham's Sporting Goods, all in Pala-
cios, and Steve's Matagorda Fish
Market, Floyd Blake's Phillips 66
Service Station in Port Lavaca and
Goldie's U-Pack Em, in Bay City.
P.-T. A. Plans Carnival
For Hallowe'en Night
A Hallowe'en Carnival has been
scheduled by the Parent-Teachers
Association for Monday, October
31, at the Junior High School.
A Mexican supper will be served
starting at 6:30 p.m., with tickets
selling for $1 for adults and 50c
for children.
The carnival will feature a for-
tune telling booth, a house of hor-
ror, a talent show, games, movies
and various other activities.
A prize will be given for the best
costume.
M. K. Feather Dies
Funeral Slated
For 3 P. M. Thurs.
Funeral services will be held
for Merton Kerr Feather, 85, form-
er city tax collector and Justice
of the Peace, Thursday, October
20, at 3 p. m., with Rev. Ray-
ford Harris officiating and Rev. L.
W. Crouch assisting.
Services will be conducted at
Taylor Brothers Funeral Home.
Mr. Feather, who moved to Pala-
cios in 1909, was a native of Ber-
rien Spring, Mich.
He was a member of the Baptist
Church, and was an active Mason.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Susan Feather and four sons,
Joe B. and Warren A„ both of Pa-
lacios, W. Russell and Harold O.,
both of Houston.
He is also survived by eight
grand children and five great-
grand children.
Interment will be in Berrier
Spring, Mich.
Upsala University is in Sweden.
F. M. 521 Bridge
Contract Is Let
A contract for the construction
of a bridge and approaches on
Farm to Market Road 521 in Mata-
gorda County was awarded in Aus-
tin this week, W. E. Carmichael,
District Highway Engineer at
Houston has announced. The firm
of R. C. Buckner, Jacksonville, sub-
mitted the low bid of $110,219.57
on the project which runs across
at Tres-Palacios Creek.
Resident Engineer John H. Rob-
ertson of Bay City will be in
charge of the project for the High-
way Department, and it is esti-
mated that the work will take 110
days to complete.
Rowand Reports To Rotary Club
On Galveston Water Convention
"Texas now has one-sixth of the
irrigated acreage in the United
States, and the state ranks third
among the 48 states in industrial
water consumption, our city and
towns are faced with an ever in-
creasing water demand as their
population grow and per capita
consumption increases at an un-
precedented rate," C. S. Rowand
told members of the Rotary Club
Wednesday.
Rowand, who is manager of the
local Chamber of Commerce, was
quoting from an executive board's
report that was delivered at the
annual meeting of the Texas Wa-
ter Conservation Association in
Galveston recently.
"Water is the controlling factor
in this state's continued growth.
Therefore, a real genuine, broad-
scale water development program
is a must in Texas," Rowand con-
tinued.
"Such a program requires state-
wide coordination and unified
thinking of all groups interested in
the problem," he said.
Rowand appeared before the club
and discussed the potential of this
area, and emphasized the things
that he had learned at the recent
Galveston convention.
He also provided Rotarians with
a questionnaire with which the
members could rate their town.
It contains 40 questions, and if a
person can check 30 or more yes,
chances are that he lives in a
town of which he can be proud.
Rotarians will answer the ques-
tionnaire and their responses will
be tabulated later.
Ronald Harris announced that
Bob Trull would have the program
October 23, and that Dr. E. B. San-
ford would have the program on
November 3.
Harris said that he would pre-
sent the program on November 10.
Frank Seerden, of Houston, was
a guest of Thomas Brandon at
the meeting.
Oops
We Missed!
Last week in listing Palacios
High School graduates attending
colleges, we failed to name Miss
Sue Penland who is attending the
Modern Beauty College in Houston
and James Spruiel who is going to
Southwestern Business College in
Houston.
Pig Party To Benefit Missions
A pig isn't always a pig, and
those pigs to be butchered by
guests afe Mrs. A. P. Borden's 89th
birthday party aren't of the com-
mon barnyard variety.
The party, which is scheduled for
Tuesday, October 25, at the Bless-
ing Hotel won't need a hog-caller
either.
These pigs are really just piggy
banks.
It all goes back to 1925 when
Mrs. Borden heard the late Wil-
liam Mason Danner, then general
secretary of the American Leprosy
Mission, discuss the program of
pig bank used for raising money
to support children in Hansen's
Disease hospitals in other coun-
tries. Through the years, since that
time, Mrs. Borden has distributed
these banks for this purpose, and,
on her birthday she has a party in-
viting all those who had the banks
to bring them. This she calls, "a
pig butchering". The banks are
opened, money counted, and sent to
the Mission.
For thirty of her almost 89
years, Mrs. Bord'en has been ren-
dering valuable assistance to Han-
sen's disease patients in other coun-
tries through her fund raising pro-
gram for the American Leprosy
Missions.
For nearly that long she has
dreamed of some day visiting a
hospital devoted to the treatment
of the disease.
Last summer she spent four days
as a guest of Chaplain and Mrs. N.
Carl Elder in Carville, Louisiana.
She was accompanied by her nurse-
companion Miss Theoplis O'Neal.
Miss O'Neal is the Beacon corres-
pondent in Blessing.
This was her first visit to the
station, but, at the present time, is
planning another visit their next
year.
)
Mrs. Borden, who was born in
Memphis, Tennessee, was educated
in Missouri. Her father was a
member of the Supreme Court of
Missouri.
She is the Widow of the late A.
P. Borden, remembered in Texas
ranching circles for his trip to
India in 1006 to purchase and im
port Zebue cattle. These cattle
were cross-bred with domestic cat-
tle to produce what is known today
as Brahnians.
Mr. Borden also built the first
silo in Texas, and grew the first
rice in the state.
The Bordens employed many
Mexican workers on their ranch.
And, for them, a school was build.
"The Mexican people are very
appreciative and never forget a
kindness," Mrs. Borden says.
One of the many men that the
Bordens put through college has
said of the rancher, "He was a
man who appreciated the potential-
ities of human beings. Money was
of no consideration to him. He
thought of human vales more
than money values. He saw the
possibilities of any boy who had
ambition, regardless of the color
of his skin."
Considered as one of Mrs. Bor
den's pet projects, the pig parties
have been just one of the many
hundreds of fund raising methods
she has undertaken in past years
to benefit those suffering from
Hansen's disease.
She, along with Mrs. Fred Mc-
Manis, has been instrimental in
raising funds for the purchase of
farm machinery, hospital equip-
ment, homes for the patients and
the establishment of a tuberculosis
ward at the hospital in Makunda,
Assam, India. Mrs. Borden also
erected a chapel there in memory
of her husband.
City Attorney Will
Attempt To Have
Penalty Cancelled
The city marshal will, subject to
the approval of the volunteer fire
chief, assume the duties of fire
marshal in the future following a
resolution passed by the City Coun-
cil Monday night.
The offices will, for administra-
tive purposes, still be kept sepa-
rate, but the duties will be assumed
by the city marshal, and he will
receive an extra $10 per month for
their performance.
This solution was decided on by
the council in seeking to fill the
vacancy created when former Fire
Marshal Dan Paulk resigned re-
cently.
Paulk, who had been a member
of the local volunteer fire depart-
ment for over 25 years had been
marshal for several years.
Prior to Monday's action the of-
fice received a salary of $3 per
month.
Councilman Ed Barrett, in mak-
ing the motion, said that the new
arrangement would give the law
officer more of an incentive to
make the fires where he might be
needed and it would also give him
more authority and more of a
living wage.
Fire Chief S. D. Barber is out of
town, and the council decided to
make the action subject to his ap-
proval.
Barrett also told the council
that there would be a special fire
meeting Monday, October 31 at the
Fire Station, and that a group of
representatives from Foster Field
would be on hand to demonstrate
how common household items could
be the source of fires.
There will be no council meet-
ing that night, and Barrett sug-
gested that the members attend
the demonstration.
It will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Failure to send the monthly fire
drill reports have caused the city
to receive a penalty on fire insur-
ance.
The key rate has risen "one or
two" cents according to Council-
man Ed Feather because the fire
reports have not been submitted
regularly.
City Attorney Eli M'ayfield told
the council that he felt sure that
the city would be able to get the
penalty rescinded because failure
to make the reports had been
actually an administrative error,
and that the firemen had been
making regular drills.
The council moved to purchase
liability insurance on the fire de-
partment's emergency vehicle. Bar-
rett suggested the action and coun-
cilmna Homer Aparicio seconded
it.
Miss Besse Belknap, city secre-
tary, told the council that city tax
payments had been coming in
"pretty good."
October, she said, is generally
the third best month for tax pay-
ments. Only December and Jan-
uary, in that order, rank higher
as collection months.
Councilman Charles Johnson told
the council that two local teen-
agers had been put in jail in Port
Lavaca after they had "pulled a
gun" in a dispute at a movie over
there. He said that these two boys
were usually in the group that has
been causing disturbances in the
west side of town.
The council moved to transfer
$700 from the Water Fund to the
General Fund, and to transfer $200
from the General Fund to the
Street and Bridge Fund
It also approved one move per-
mit. The permkt called for D. M.
Nelson to move a frame structure
from lot 7 block 4 to lot 11 block 4.
The building is valued at $1,000.
Egyptian history dates back to-
about 4000 B. C.
The Weather
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81°
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