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Council Authorizes
Mayor To Investigate
Costs Of Well Survey
The city fathers Monday night
authorized Mayor A. H. Petersen
to check into costs involved in ob-
taining' an engineering survey on
the Camp Hulen water wells.
The council also accepted a bid
for a three-year audit of the city's
books and transacted usual busi-
ness.
The aldermen's decision to
authorize Petersen to check into
♦ the costs involved in an engineer-
ing survey came about after con-
siderable discussion by the council
concerning the feasibility of leas-
£ ing Camp Hulen water facilities
and sewage system.
Councilman Charles Johnson sug-
gested that the city might dig and
set its own well up cheaper than
tying into the Hulen facilities.
Mayor Petersen pointed out that
Camp Hulen facilities would con-
sist of four wells and a reservoir.
He said' two of the wells could
probably be re-activated with lit-
tle cost attached, but pointed out
that an engineering survey is
■needed to find out the actual con-
ditions of the wells.
"We are going to look into -it
thoroughly and be absolutely sure
it's feasible before we obligate
ourselves," he said.
Johnson asked' if the tower is
high enough at Camp Hulen to
allow enough pressure to force the
water into the city without the use
of a booster pump. He also asked
what size of line would be required
to connect in to the Hulen facili-
ties.
Petersen said that a 10 inch pipe
would probably be needed to make
the connection. He said the tower
at Camp Hulen is probably 90 feet
high.
IW'ater Superintendent M. O. Ca-
vallin, present at the meeting, said
the line to Foley's Village didn't
require a booster pump and it is
almost as long as the line required
to tie in at Camp Hulen.
A 10 inch line to Camp Hulen
of transite would cost $2.69 a foot
for the pipe.
Petersen said that should the
lease prove feasible, the details
would be worked out between the
city attorney and the attorney for
the Texas National Guard Armory
(See "COUNCIL," Page 4)
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1956
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME XLIX NUMBER 14
Three Candidates
Out For Two
Trustee Posts
A "better than average" turn-
out is expected this Saturday in
the Palacios Independent School
District trustee election with three
men out for two pc-jts.
J. H. (Jimmy) Shearer, Joe
Ressler and Carlton Crawford are
campaigning for the two trustee
posts.
Both Ressler and Crawford are
seeking re-election with Shearer
furnishing the opposition.
Ballot boxes will be set up in
Collegeport, Deutschburg and Mid-
way, as well as Palacio$.
The polls will be located in the
city hall here.
Channel P rogress Will
Be R evealed Saturday
Carlton Crawford of Palacios
will welcome honored guest* at
City Park in Point Comfort Sat-
urday when 1,000 members of the
Texas Mid-Coast Water Develop-
ment Association have their an-
nual meeting to hear a progress
report on the Matagorda Ship
Channel project.
Approximately 100 members and
guests are expected from Palacios.
Congressmen from throughout
the state, plus top officials o'f the
U. S. Corps of Engineers and the
Aluminum Company of America
are expected to join Association
. members from the six county area.
U. S. Congressman Clark W.
Thompson of Galveston, principal
speaker, has promised to bring
members of the Association up to
, date on prospects for passage of
the Matagorda Project this year.
F. L. Magee, Director and Ex-
ecutive Vice-President of Alumi-
num Company of America, is also
scheduled to speak. Magee will dis-
cuss Alcoa's future plans for con-
struction of an alumina refining
plant at Point Comfort.
Magee last year at a U. S.
Engineers hearing in Palacios con-
cerning the project said Alcoa will
build an alumina plant to cost
more than $35 million if assur-
ance is seen in 1956 that deep wa-
ter will be available. Alcoa also
agreed to pay service and dockage
fees to the Calhoun County Navi-
gation District thus enabling the
District to pay its share of local in-
terest cost of the deep water chan-
* nel.
Under the plan now proposed,
the Calhoun Navigation District
will bear the cost of lands, right-
of-way, pipeline relocations, and
has guaranteed1 to pay half the
incremental cost of the deep draft
channel.
Attending with Magee from Al-
coa's Pittsburgh office will be H.
E. Bakken, General Manager of
ABOUT TOW
By THE EDITOR
MEMBERS o'f Boy Scout Troop
79 will all turn into Beacon news
boys beginning this week.
The boys will be selling Beacon
subscriptions to raise money for
the troop. They will receive 50 per
cent of all new subscriptions they
take in.
A MEMOGRAPHED folder titled
Calhoun County Progress has been
released,' Compiled by the public
relations staff of ALCOA.
The folder reveals that average
daily attendance over the entire
P adjoining county has gone from
1852 to 3034 since 1952, or with
the addition of Point Comfort.
Electrical connections in Port
Lavaca totaled 507 in 1941. In 1952
the city had 1,508 homes and busi-
nesses connected with electricity.
Today, 2278 electrical connec-
tions are listed in Port Lavaca.
Natural gas' connections have in-
creased from 304 in 1941 to 2,502
in 1956.
Telephones were instated in
319 places in Calhoun County in
1941. Today the county has 2530
telephones.
THESE FIGURES are impres-
sive because they show what a
tremendous increase in business
can bef broiigjit about by a plant
^ such as ALCbA's at Point Com-
fort
There a lot of speculation
around,*to>wi as to what will be re-
vealed at jjrifj Midcoast Water De-
velopment Association annual
» meeting there Saturday.
Congressman Clark Thompson
(See "ABOUT TOWN," Page 8)
FRANK L. MAGEE, who holds
the posts of director and execu-
tive vice president of Aluminum
Company of America, Saturday
will tell of ALCOA's plans.
Refining Division; John D. Har-
per, General Manager of Smelting
Division; and J. R. Fox, Project
Engineer for Refining Division. R.
A. Learnard from Alcoa's Wash-
ington office will also attend.
"Everyone in this six county
area is looking forward to hearing
about the status of their report
and about how soon deep water
could be expected if the measure
passes Congress," Carlton Craw-
ford of Palacios, President of the
Association, said this week.
"All members of the (Water De-
velopment Association' are invited
to attend the celebration, plus
guests and other civic leaders who
are interested in the channel pro-
ject," Crawford explained.
The Calhoun High School Band
will provide music for the occasion.
Rev. Ed Robertson, President of
the Port Lavaca Ministerial Al-
liance, will give the invocation.
Guests will be introduced by
Arvle Elliott of Edna, Vice-Presi-
dent of the Association. Thompson
will be introduced by Morris Rob-
erts, Victoria publisher, another
association Vice-President.
Other officers of the Associa-
tion are Eli Mayfield of Palacos,
Secrefta'ry-trea,'suVer; ,and J. K.
Mattox of Bay Cty, Morgan Daniel
of Port Lavaca, Dr. J. E. Bauer of
Refugio, and Judge Thomas Abell
of Wharton, Vice-Presidents.
Aid Asked For John Morris,
Victim Of Recent Fire Disaster
A drive begin here this week to
aid John A. Morris. 79, who es-
caped with the clothes he had on
and two pair of old pants in his
hand when the small wooden
house he was living in caught 'fire
and burned two weeks ago.
Mrs. G. G. Hope said that any-
one who would like to give money
to help rebuild a small room for
Morris should send or give tl)e
donations- to Guy Claybourn.
Mrs. Hope said that she would
take donations of bedding and
clothing. Morris wears a size 40
jacket and size 16 shirt. Mrs. Hope
can be contacted by phone at 4761.
She said that the donations
will be picked up, or they can be
left on her porch and she will
Business Circle
Seeks Clothing For
Oversea Donation
The Business Women's Circle of
the First Presbyterian Church be-
gan a drive this week for used
clothing to be sent to the Church
World Service Center of the Na-
tional Council of Churches for
prooespihg and shipment abroad,
or to disaster areas at home.
Contributions may be taken to
the Fellowship Hall of the Pres-
byterian Church not later than
April 12, or donors wishing their
clothing to be picked up may call
6518 after 6 p.m.
The circle is seeking men's
clothing, teen-agers and Children's
clothing, womefi's clothing, baby's
clothing and sewing supplies of all
kinds.
Bedding, including b 1 a n k e ts,
quilts, sheets and pillowcases
\yould be invaluable to overseas
families, as well as almost any
materials not neqied or out of
style for local residents.
transfer them to Morris.
Fire Marshal John Pena esti-
mated that the recent fire dam-
ages to Morris's home amounted
to over $300. The elderly fire vic-
tim had no insurance on the small
home.
All of Morris's belongings were
destroyed in the blaze, which last-
ed only about 20 minutes.
Palacios Giants
First Game Set
With El Campo
The Palacios Giants, after losing
a practice game to Bay City 9-7,
will play their first game in the
Coastal Bend League against El
Campo there Sunday afternoon.
Joe Gonzales, who allowed Bay
City 11 hits Sunday, will probably
be Manager J. M. Treybig's choice
for the mound against El Campo.
A southpaw, Gonzales struck
out nine and walked two Bay City
hitters.
Gantran Alamia, assistant man-
ager for the Giants, said that the
final league Schedule hasn't ar-
rived yet and the team doesn't
know when its first home game
is scheduled.
About 25 or 30 local enthusiasts
have been turning out for the
workouts every afternoon after 5
p.m. at the vacant lot at the corner
of 12th and Magnussoh.' ? '
The league will include eight
teams : Bay City, New tiulf,
El Campo, Freeport, Edna, Pala-
■cios, Port Lavaca' and' Wharton.
Anyone who would like to try
out for the hard ball team is in-
vited to come to the workouts.
CLARK W. THOMPSON
Clark Thompson
Seeks Reflection
As Congressman
Clark W. Thompson of Galves-
ton County this week announced
that he will run for re-election in
the coming Democratic Primary.
Congressman Thompson, now com-
pleting his sixth term, has served
in the 73rd, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd,
and 84th Congresses. He is a
member of the House Committee
on Agriculture and Chairman of
the Rice and Family Farm Sub-
committees.
In making his announcement
Congressman Thompson said;
"The people of our District have
kept me in office for enough years
to give me experience and stand-
ing in Washington. It took six
years for me to have sufficient
seniority to get us our place on
the Agriculture Committee. I be-
lieve that it is very important for
us to keep it, especially in view of
the present efforts to revise the
farm program in favor of the big
operators and to the disadvantage
of the family size farmers.
"I expect to continue to place
special emphasis on the problems
of these small farmers and on the
(See "THOMPSON," Page 8)
Lions Will Sell
Brooms To Aid
Home For Blind
The Palacios Lions Club will
be selling brooms, floor mats,
ironing board covers and other
expendable household items at the
corner of Fourth and Main today
with the proceeds going to the
Lighthouse of the Blind in Hous-
ton.
At their regular meeting Tues-
day night Thomas Frarson and R.
G. Barnes were accepted as new
members to the club.
Friarson is a teacher in the Pa-
lacios School System while Barnes
is an employee of Cummins Diesel
here.
Although there was no program
for the meeting, Deputy District
Governor C. F. G'rees from New
Gulf was a visitor.
President Robert Lewis said
that several members and their
wives are planning to attend a
zone social in Bay City Friday.
Lewis pointed out that the club
is already taking reservations for
booths at the annual Lions Club
Fourth of July Carnival.
City Election Draws Large
Turnout Here Tuesday
Homer Aparicio and Ed Barrett
were re-elected city aldermen and
John Pena went in as city marshal
here Tuesday when Palacios turn-
ed out for a surprisingly large
vote of confidence in the present
administration.
Aparicio led the contestants for
alderman with 430 votes. Barrett
lined up for the second slot with
357 votes while D. D. (Dan) Paulk
trailed with a strong 303 votes. |
Although rain held back the I
voters Tuesday morning and onlyi
two slots in the city election were
contested, approximately 650 vot-1
ers turned out at the polls.
C. E. Motes, who was opposing
Pena for the marshal post, polled
116 votes.
R. T. Bozeman was the only
write-in candidate to assume any
proportions, receiving 36 votes for
city recorder. Warren A. (Shorty)
Feather, unopposed on the ticket,
received 605 votes.
Mayor A. H. Petersen will go in-
to his second term of office as
head of the local government with
637 votes behind him. Eli Mayfield
also received 637 votes to re-elect
him to the city attorney post.
Miss Besse Belknap received 640
votes to return her to the city
secretary's job while M. T. Brook,
ing was favored with 640 votes 'for
city treasurer.
Delinquent Tax Sale On 19 City Lois
Totals $5,000 In Tuesday's Bidding
CINDERMEN
LOSE ALL
Palacios High School cinder-
men not only returned to Pala-
cios from the Angleton Track
Meet last week without honors
—they had empty pockets as
well.
During the competition some-
one went through the tracksters
clothes and removed all pocket-
books, knives, change, watches,
etc.
Dow Will Lower
Their Pipeline If
Deep Water Comes
Representatives of local agen-
cies dropped their protests last
week when Dow Chemical Com-
pany agreed to lower their plan-
ned pipeline across Matagorda Bay
if, a deeper channel is dug into this
area.
Attorneys representing Dow and
representatives for the Palacios
Chamber of Commerce, the City of
Palacios, Matagorda Navigation
District No. 1, and the county
judge came to the agreement in
Eli Mayfield's office last Thurs-
day morning.
The local agencies had previous-
ly voiced written protests to Dow's
planned pipeline 18 inches under
the surface of the bay running
from Powderhorn Lake to Point
Oliver.
The local groups objected to the
16 inch line because the 18-inch
planned depth would not be suf-
ficient i'f present plans for a deep
water channel into Matagorda Bay
become a reality.
The line would have to be moved
in event the Intra-coastal canal is
deepened and local interests would
have had to pay the costs for low-
ering the line.
Nineteen lots located in Pala-
j cios and taken up for delinquent
I taxes sold for a total of $5,000 at
! a sheriff's sale in Bay City Tues-
I day morning.
Lawrence Deadrick of Palacios
topped out in the bulk of the bid-
ding, buying 10 lots for $1950. W.
C. Sparks went the highest on a
single bid, paying $900 for two
lots, three and four in block 56.
Johnny Peres bid out on lots eight
and nine in block 56, buying them
for $600. W. V. Wright bought lot
seven in block 44 for $320.
Lot thirteen in block 59 sold to
Mrs. Maltoln 'for $310.
G. C. McDonald paid $620 for
lots four and five in block 105.
(Wright also bought lot six in
block 44 for $300. Deadrick paid
$300 for lots 10 and 11 in block
91, $610 for lots four and five in
block 54, $520 for lots nine, 10 and
11 in block 69 and $520 for lots
four, five and six in block 69.
It was previously announced
Adams Announces
Candidacy For
Constable Post
H. L. (Leroy) Adams authorized
the Beacon this week to announce
his candidacy for constable of
Precfnct Three subject to the
county election in Matagorda Coun-
ty in July.
Adams, who has lived in Pala-
cios for 37 years and is well known
in Prccinct Three, is presently em-
ployed by Matagorda Shell Com-
pany.
He is married and has one
daughter, who is a student at Pa-
lacios High School.
Adams said that if the voters
see 'fit to give him the constable
post he will work hard to carry
out the duties of the job and will
enforce the law fairly, regardless
of who is involved.
"I will certainly appreciate all
the votes and support that I may
receive," Adams said.
Palacios Youth Association Meeting
Scheduled Tonight At C. Of C. Office
Teacher Booked
Dr. F. Crossley Morgan, con-
sidered one of the nation's leading
Bible teachers, will lead a series
of community worship studies here
Sunday, April 15.
Touring Texas in a series of
Bible conferences, Dr. Morgan has
recently completed a week of stu-
dies with the Bellaire Presbyterian
Church of Houston and will be in
Bay City at the First Presbyterian
Church April 8 trrough April 13.
Dr. Morgan has been hailed as
one of the top Bible' Scholars of
our dfty by. leaders of many de-
nominations and mamtfrom every
walk of life, according! to Rev. Lo-
gan Cockrum, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church here. i •
Baptist, Episcopal and Metho-
dist church leaders have praised
Dr. Morgan as being an authority
on the Bible.
The Palacios Youth Association,
headed by Margaret Christy, will
meet tonight at 7:30 p. m. in
the Chamber of Commerce offices
and begin planning an organized
recreation program for Palacios
young people.
TJae newly organized association
5lMifl |have funds from the Lions
iClub'and the United Fund organi-
zation to use in promoting youth
programs here.
Made up of local volunteers, the
association will undertake to or-
ganize a program that will benefit
all ages of youth here.
Plans now under consideration
include the organization of Little
League and Teen-Age League
baseball, as well as a youth center
for social gatherings and dances,
etc.
Mrs. Christy said the associa-
tion will formulate a summer pro-
gram as soon as possible and will
plan on a long-term project in-
cluding a possible year-round
youth center here.
The muses iri Greek mythology
were the daughters of Zeus and
Mnemosyne, .
Mr. ant{ Mrs, Gordon Peas and
daugter of . San Antonio were
guests of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Curtis, this week-end.
J. M. Treybig has been taking
the initiative for the organization
Little League and Teen-Age
Leagues. He's planning a ball dia-
mond and backstop that will be
suitable for use by both leagues,
including the men's team recently
organized here.
Highway Program
Discussed Wednesday
At Rotary Meet
C. S. (Tiny) Rowand, manager
of the Chamber of Commerce, led
a series of talks Wednesday noon
at the Ro'.iry Hill; 'nesting on the
subject of highway? anjl their corn,
struction.
Rowand pointed out that an un-
derstanding of the state highway
program is of particular interest
here now due to the need for a
better and wider Highway 35.
John Cairnes, Joe Feather, Bob
Trull, James $. Sartwelle, Judge
Howard Hartzo^ al^ spoke brief-
ly on highway programs.. Hartzog
discussed" highway right - of - way
briefly. Taxes, financing and policy
of tjie U. S. Highway program
was discussed by the others.
John Carroll dairnes apd Char-
les R. Chastain, recently accepted
by the club, were officially wel-
comed as new members.
that the lots would have to bid in
at the amount of back city, state,
county and school taxes owed on
them, but the County Commission-
ers Court "assessed" a value to the
lots and many were bid in lower
than expected.
Two of the local plots had more
than $900 in back taxes due on
them.
GRASSY POINT
By LORRAINE BASFORD
For the first time, United States
postage stamps will be used this
year to call attention to the coun-
try's important wildlife resources.
The United States is one of the
few major countries in the world
which has not given recognition to u .
wildlife as a motif of postage'
stamp design, according to Secre-
tary of the Interior Douglas Mc-
Kay.
President Eisenhower recoil-
mended last September that stamps
featuring native American wild-
life be used to create and main-
tain interest in the country's na-
tural resources.
Three species of wildli'fe are to
be used. These are the wild turkey,
the pronghorn antelope and the
king salmon. These three have
been chosen because they repre-
sent the three basic types of wild-
life in America, mammals, birds
and fish, and are typical o'f the
conservation work being- carried
on by the Federal and state gov-
ernments.
All three stamps will be in the
three cent denomination. Dates
when they will be available will
be announced later.
Sheets of postage stamps that
are stuck together, will loosen
easily if placed in refrigerator
overnight.
The Winner:—Einie Tresselt of
Palacios was high man in the 'Y'
Sport Shop monthly fishing con-
test. Ernie's trout measured 22 3/4
inches, tipped the beam at four
and one eighth pounds. Ernie used
live bait—caught his prize (worth
five dollars at the Sport Shop in
his choice oi tackle) at the Hay
Meadow on Tres-Palacios river.
Ernie was almost a "has-been"
with his trout, but he sneaked un-
der the wire in Friday a.m. there-
by leaving Boyd Light of Houston
and his four pound trout running
second.
Round two of this free contest
began April first, so don't forget
to take your hopeful specks to the
'Y' Sport Shop for weighing in at
the times previously specified.
The thing that can be said of
ignorance—it causes a lot of in-
teresting arguments, so if I can
learn one new thing each day, it
helps a lot. Here are some things
I learned this week:
The white pelicans never dive
'for food, as do the brown pelicans.
They scoop fish from shallow wa-
ter. The white pelican has a wing
spread of about 100 inches when
Ml grown, so it is surprising to
see very large down — covered
(See "FISHING." Page 8>
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