Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1956 Page: 8 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, January 19, 1956
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Final Rites Held In
El Campo For Former
Collegeport Farmer
Funeral sei-viccs were held for
Pet.e Johnson, 78, at El Campo
Sunday morning'. A heart attack
was ascribed as cause of death. He
had been in poor health for several
years, an arthritis sufferer.
A native of Sweden, Mr. John-
son was an early-day rice farmer
in the Collegeport area coming to
Texas from Iowa in 1910. Mrs.
Johnson died in 1950.
Survivors include his daughter,
Mrs. R. L. Zuber; his son, R. M.
Johnson; five grandchildren; two
great grandchildren; four sisters.
ALAPHA CLUB
The Alapha Club met Monday
night, January 16, 1956, with 22
members present. A very interest-
ing program was given by Mrs.
!W. R. Haubold on "Family En-
tertainment in the Early Days and
in The Old Country". Mrs. Haul-
bold was guest speaker of Jeanne
Partain and Lula Belle Maddox.
After our business meeting, next
year's slate of officers were pre-
sented to the members by the
nominating committee and unan-
imously elected. Officers will
be Luln Belle Maddox, president
Letha Petersen, vice - president;
Laura Seale, secretary; Jeanne
Partain, treasurer; Fern Feather,
parliamentary critic and Marjorie
Hoist, press chairman.—Reporter.
School Cafeteria Menu
Monday: — Smothered steak,
whipped potatoes, okra and tomato
gumbo, peach up-side down cake.
Tuesday:—Bacon strips, maca
roni and cheese, pinto beans, toss-
ed green salad, corn bread, butter,
ice cream.
Wednesday: — Cheeseburger,
French fried potatoes, onions, let-
tuce and tomatoes, apple cobbler,
Thursday—Chicken pit, black
eyed peas, combination salad, ba-
nana pie squares.
Friday:'—Fried shrimp, cream-
ed potatoes waldrof salad, hot
rolls, butter, preserves.
Luther Hamilton
Named Coach At Edna
Lulther Hamilton has been named
head football coach at Edna High
School. He will succeed Don
Stephens, who recently resigned
to accept the grid directors job at
Killeen High, which next fall is
moving up to Class AAA of the
Interscholastic League.
Hamilton has been coaching
eight years and now is serving his
fourth year at Edna, two when Bill
Randolph was head coach and two
under Stephens. In the four years
prior to that, he was coach at
Yorktown.
Assistants on the E<fna staff
now are Aubrey Stallings and Jim
Sappington. Two more aides will
be added to take the place of
Stephens and Jim Hutto.
Tidehaven Home
Demonstration Club
The Tidehaven Home Demon-
stration Club met with Mrs. Fred
Cornelius Tuesday evening with
fifteen members answering roll
call. Mrs. Dawn Duncan, the agent,
was present.
Old business was attended to
and new business discussed. The
program chairman turned the
meeting over to Mrs. Duncan. The
basic topic was foundation gar-
ments. Recreation was led by Mrs.
Bosak.
Our next meeting will be Feb-
uary 10 at the home of Mrs. E. E.
Hurta in El Maton. Reporter
At The Bayview
Patients In Hospital:
Dr. J. R. Wagner, Mrs. Effie
Palmer, Mrs. Adele White, Mrs*
Jack Walden, Mrs. Salley Ross,
Mrs. Carl Carlson, Mrs. Sophia
Flores. Gen. John Hulen, G. L.
Holloway, Mrs. I. H. Treadwell,
Mrs. Lloyd Frankson, Mrs. George
Jordan, Port Lavaca; Ted -Merri-
field, C. L. Gillaspie, Leonard
Kunefke Jr., Vickie Kunefke,
Frank Cepak, Mrs. Lucy Mata
ancT baby boy, Mrs. Gilbert Yanes
and baby girl, Betty Ann Gon-
zales, Mrs. F. D. Pearce, Virginia
Lothridge, Mrs. Susie Perciville.
Patients Dismissed:
Mrs. Roy Nelson, Alfonzo Ybar-
ro, Mrs. Ethelyne Irle and baby
girl, Carolyn Flores, Tommy Ellis,
Clyde Edwards, Mrs. Clara Blay-
lock, Lynell Kunefke, Ignois Ma-
rino, El Paso, Texas.
Sharkettes Defeat
Yorktown In Overtime
Game, 48 To 46
It took an over-time period of
play, but the Palacios High School
Sharkettes under the tutorship of
of Coach Joanna Hendricks de-
feated the Yorktown Kitty Kats
in a close 48 to 46 district 27-A
basketball game at Yorktown on
Tuesday night.
The Kitty Kats had held a nar-
row lead through four quarters of
play only to see the Sharkettes
hold on to a 46 to 46 tie at the
end of the regular playing time.
Yorktown lead 14 to 13 at the end
of the first quarter, 26 to 21 at the
half, and 32 to 30 at the end of
the third quarter.
Forward Norma Rampmeier
poured in 27 points to lead the
Palacios scoring. Elka Haubold
scored 15 and Ruby Mae Schneider
six. Martha Bernal playing for-
ward did not score. Playing guard
positions for Palacios were Joan
Kastrop, Cody Mize, Rosie Janes,
and Betty Tanner. Respondik lead
the Kitty Kat scoring with an
amazing 34 points.
Hornets Win Fourth
District Cage Game
Coach Ted Smith's hot Hornets
racked up the Industi-ial Junior
High Brahmas for their fourth
district win in five starts. The
Hornets previously lost to Indus-
trial in their first game of the
season.
Palacios grabbed a share of the
district lead with Ganado by de-
feating Industrial. The Hornets
have defeated Ganado in their only
encounter.
Big Berney Keszler poured in
14 points to be the top Hornet
point-maker. Paul Treybig got 10,
Norris Crawford four, Johnny Pen-
land three, and Roy Hogg two
points in the victory march. In-
dustrial's Fitzpatrick with eight
points and Foy with six points
were top scorers for their cause.
In the "B" game Palacios won
by a 23 to 19 score in a game that
was close all the way. Larry Tay-
lor and Alvin Rampmeier each
contributed nine points for the
Hornets.
Lightning bugs are a type of
beetle.
James Fenimore Cooper is
generally conceded to be the first
American novelist of note.
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concurrently, not consecutively. As
his maximum • sentence was six
years, he will be eligible for pa-
role in one year, two months and
12 days—allowing time for good
behavior.
Several weeks ago, Giles vowed
to repay all he owes; He has re-
paid $80,000 to date. He is joint
defendant in other civil suits
totaling $170,00. But his share of
the liability has not been deter-
mined.
Water Problems Studied
To conserve water, Railroad
Commissioner Ernest O.Thompson
recommends the proration of wa-
ter much the same as oil now is
prorated. He made his recommen-
dation at a meeting of the Tqxas
Water Resources Committee. At
the same session members of the
Brazos River Authority said that
in some years as much as 600,000
tons of salt and other chlorides
are washed into Possum Kingdon
Reservoir. Suggested was a dam
to block off a salt flat in North-
west Texas and permanently im-
pound the flow of brine springs
and the run-off from the area.
This would prevent intrusion of
200,000 tons of salt a year into the
Brazos reservoirs ancf stream flow.
BRA's aim is a six-dam program
costing $173,000,000.
Yarborough Honored
Austin Attorney Ralph W. Yar-
borough, 1954 candidate for gov-
ernor, has been named to member-
ship on the national legal com-
mittee of the Veterans of Foreign
Ware. He was recommended for
the appointment by Ted C. Con
nell of Killeen, Texas VFW De-
partment Commander.
Military Discharges
More Texans were discharged
from military service in 1955 than
Were drafted or volunteered. A
total of 46,545 entered service
while 54,499 were discharged
Draftees totaled 7,954, a3 com-
pared with 38,591 volunteers. Near-
ly four out of every 10 men ex-
amined were turned down.
Daniel May Reveal Plans
Not if, but when U.S. Sen. Price
Daniel will announce for governor,
now is the subject for political
seers. Most likely date is January
21. Then Daniel, who also is co-
owner of two East Texas week-
lies—the Liberty Vindicator and
the Cleveland Advocate—will ad-
dress the Mid-Winter Convention
of the Texas Press Association in
Austin. A statewide gathering of
some 200 newsmen would offer
a golden opportunity for a cam-
paign kickoff, some say. Con-
■gressman-at-Large Martin Dies
and State Rep. Horace B. Houston
Jr. have said they would run for
Daniel's senate seat when vacated.
Farm Income Drops
Texas' cash farm income for the
first 11 months of 1955 dropped
eight per cent below 1954. Com-
modities showing decreases were
cotton, cottonseed, wheat, oats,
flaxseed, rice, cattle, calves, hogs,
wool, poultry, milk and milk pro-
ducts. Gains were registered by
peanuts, corn, grain sorghum,
sheep and lambs, mohair, eggs,
fruit and vegetables.
More Vaccine
Because of steadily increasing
supplies, Salk polio vaccine priori-
ty in Texas has been extended to
persons up to 20 years of age and
to pregnant women. Total polio
cases in 1955 was 1,931. It was a
sharp drop from the previous
year's 3,037.
Short Snorts
John A. McCurdy has retired as
executive secretary of the U. T.
Ex-Students Association, after
nearly 30 years of service. He has
been replaced by Jack R. Maguire,
public relations director of the
Texas Insurance Advisory Associa-
tion. Maguire's successor has not
been chosen. . . George Haddaway,
publisher of Flight Magazine in
Dallas, is the first chairman of
the newly formed Aviation Council
of Texas which will open offices
soon, possibly in Austin. . . Birth
records of the past five years in-
dicate that over 350,000 additional
students will enroll in the public
schools of Texas during the next
five years. Trere are 1,853,000
children of scholastic age this
year, or an increase of 80,000 over
last year.
Local Wharton Junior
College Student
Attends Style Show
WHARTON — Costume design
students at the Wharton County
Junior College enjoyed a trip to
Houston last week, to attend a
spring style show at the Sakowitz
Sky Terrace.
The show was sponsored by
Vogue magazine, and the clothing
modeled was made from Vogue
patterns using material from the
Sakowitz, "needle and thimble"
room.
Mrs. Mary Lou Wright, instruc-
tor, accompanied the group, of
which included Geraldinc Batch-
elder of Palacios.
How's this for.ix baseball oddity?
Cincinnati pitch.'rs allowed 684
runs in 1951. ThaL says The Sport-
ing News, is eitactly the same
number of runs ^.ored against the
Redlegs in 1944.'
Mayor Issues 'V.F.W.
Week' Proclamation
WHEREAS,' the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States,
comprised of 1,300,000 veterans of
overseas wartime service, will ob-
serve its 57th anniversary in 1956,
and
WHEREAS, this congressionally
chartered organization embraces
America's finest fighting men
who, in Freedom's cause, endur-
ed unusual hardships in every war
or expedition in which the nation
has participated since the Span-
ish-American war, and
WHEREAS, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars' long record of ser-
vice to disabled comrades-in-arms,
the widows and orphans of deceas-
ed veterans, as well as all our citi-
zens, and its efforts to keep Amer-
ica strong from within as well as
from without, is growing evidence
of its love of fellowman and coun-
try, and
WHEREAS, this fraternity of
combat veterans today serves its
country in peace as it did in war
through carrying out well over a
half-million community service
projects annually, thus proving its
selflessness, and
WHEREAS, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars has repeatedly earn,
ed Freedoms Foundation awards
for its untiring and diligent Loy-
alty Day and similar Americanism
programs,
THEREFORE, I, A. H. Peter-
sen, Mayor of the City of Palacios,
in the State of Texas, do hereby
proclaim and designate the period
January 22 to January 28, 1956,
as National V.F.W. Week and re-
spectfully ask all citizens of this
community to render special trib-
ute to the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Dated this 18th day of January,
1956.
A. H. PETERSEN, Mayor
Funeral Services Held
Here Tuesday For
Mrs. Eliza Jane Miller
Funeral services were held at
the Palacios Funeral Home at 3
P. M. Tuesday, January 17 for
Mrs. Eliza Jane Miller who died
in the Bay View Hospital Monday
morning, January 16. Mr. Ellis
Johnson, Jehovah's Witness pas-
tor of Markham conducted the
last rites. Interment was in the
Palacios, Cemetery.
Mrs. Miller was born February
8. 1876 in Nacogdoches County.
She had been a resident of Pala-
cios for many years, having lived
With her son, E. T. Miller, the
last seven years.
Survivors are her four daugh-
ters, Mrs. B. A. Faircloth of
Longview, Mrs. Elida Johnson of
Palacios, Mrs. Velma Tillman of
Lynnwood, Calif, and Mrs. J. E.
Wyatt of Palacios; three sons, C.
C. Miller of Houston, W. D. Miller
of Abilene and E. T. Miller of Pala-
cios.
Also surviving are two broth-
ers, John Sowell and Willie Sowell
of Nacogdoches, two sisters, Mrs.
Susie Grimes of Nacogdoches and
Mrs. Lydia Harvey of Palacios.
The "heft" of an ax is the han-
dle.
Monkeys are known to have con-
siderable social instinct.
Yorktown Topples
Sharks, 60 To 36 ,
The revenge seeking Yorktown
Wildcat^ stopped the Palacios
Sharks 60 to 36 in Yorktown's new
gym on Tuesday night.
Palacios had defeated the Wild-
cats by a 66 to 33 score for the
consolation cup at the Industrial
Invitational Tournament only last
Saturday night. The Wildcats lead
the Sharks all the way with a 13
to six first quarter score, 31 to 14
halftime lead, and a 46 to 45 score
at the end of the third quarter.
The entire Shark "A" squad of
10 players saw action in an effort
ito put out the fire in the rampag-
ing Wildcats. Jimmy Jackson was
the top Palacios point-getter with
nine points. Kenneth Countryman
dropped in six for the Sharks with
the other Sharks getting three
and .four points each.
Yorktown's outstanding fresh-
man player, Alex, lead the Wild- <
cats with 24 points while Potcinske
contributed nine and Heber eight.
Junior Garden Club
The Junior Garden Club will
meet Wednesday, January 25 in
the Episcopal Hall at 9:30 a.m.
An interesting program on "An-
nuals" will be given by Laura
Seale.
Anyone interested in flowers is
invited to attend the meeting.—
Reporter.
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'Martin Luther' Film
Rev. John Fluth of the First
Methodist Church announces that
the show "Martin Luther" will be
shown Thursday, Friday and Sun-
day night at the Methodist Educa-
tional Building. He extends an in-
vitation to all who wish to see this
great picture to come on any of
the three nights.
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