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M
EARLY TIMES
By JACK STEWART
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SANTIAGO PEAK
South of Marathon, in Brewster
County of the Big Bend country,
Santiago Peak can be seen for
miles, towering over the lesser hills
and plains. Few alive today know
how this tall, silent, flat topped
mountain was named. It was named
after a citizen of the town then
known as Presidio Del Norte, now
as plain Presidio. Santiago was a
'leader of his people in and around
Presidio and it fell his lot to de-
fend them against the Apache
Indian raids. He fought them in
many battles, thus was known
quite well to the Indians.
Onn night the A paehp<» stolp
some horses from within thei very
limits of the town and with the
coming of day Santiago and six
others took up the pursuit.
The trail led towards the east
towards the Chisos Mountains as
it was thought at first that the
Indians were from Alsate's band,
but on the second day, the Indians
turned north and headed toward
the great peak that was soon to
bear the everlasting name of San-
tiago.
By this time, the signs indicated
that the Indian 'band -was small in
number so the pursuit was pushed
more rapidly. On the evening: of
the fourth day the signs were plain
that Santiago and his men were
very close, so they camped early
and sent out two scouts to locate
the Indian camp. Just nfter dark
the two men returned with the
news that they had indeed found
the Indians.
Before light the next morning
Santiago and his men were on the
trail and rode until their scouts
told them that they were near the
Indians. They dismounted, tying
their horses, and made their way
silently on foot. Light was break-
ing in the east when the men spot-
ted the smoke from the Indians'
fire and noted the stolen horses
about a mile away. Very quietly
the Presidio men slipped up an
arroyo and reached the spot where
they could see the six Indians hav-
ing their breakfast of horse meat.
Immediately Santiago and his men
fired, killing three of the Indians,
whereas the other three ran away.
Santiago and his men then made
their way back to their horses and
had barely mounted when they
heard a shot and a yell and saw
an Indian riding furiously towards
them followed by two more on
foot. This meant only that the
Indians meant to kill or be killed
and even though the numbers were
in their favor, the Presidio men
were not used to this kind of valor
and thus commenced to ride rapidly
away. That is all except Santiago,
who stood his ground and contin-
ued to fight. All at once, he fell
from his horse with a cry. lie had
been shot through both hips and
completely at the mercy of the
Indians.
As the Apache rode up the other
Pi—sidio men could plainly hear his
call in Spanish, "Santiago, why do
you cry? You have killed three
from our side when you have lost
but one from yours." With that he
killed Santiago whereas he and the
other Indians rode away with the
stolen horses and were not fol-
lowed.
Santiago was buried at the foot
of the great peak, with his grave
heaped with stones. In later years
his nephew passed by the spot at
regular intervals and continued to
heap stones on the grave and to
ask with each stone, "Do you still
weep, my Uncle for the one that
was lost on your side? The Priest
says that your soul is now among
the blessed like others who gave
their lives for the faith among the
fathers. The man own owned the
horse(s paid the priest to say
masses, but he was a poor man and
after twenty years I again paid for
masses to bring your soul out of
purgatory. So rest and weep no
more my uncle, who now sleeps at
the foot of his own mountain."
Tho flying shuttle which made
the modern loom possible was pat-
ented by John Kay of England in
1733.
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VOLUME LVIII NUMBER 31
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1965
10c Per Copy
Sharks To Start Grid
Practice Mon., Aug. 16
With the Autumn season ap-
proaching, calendar-wise at least,
even though it doesn't show on the
thermometer, that means football
season is just around the corner.
Coach Shreve issued a warning be-
fore leaving for coaches school in
Dallas "Tell the boys that tkey'd
better be in shape come August 16".
The Sharks have 10 games sched-
uled, five at home and five on the
road.
The season opener will be Sep-
All boys interested in playing
high school football (grades 10
thru 12) must attemd an import-
ant meeting at the high school
gym Monday, August 9, at 7:30
p.m. when they will be given
instruction in regards to physi-
cals, fitting of mouth pieces, in-
su ranee, also the issuance of
equipment in order to be ready
to go to work August 16.
tember 3 on the local gridiron
against Jesuit of Houston. A team
we know nothing about, except the
head coach is Toney Carr.
On Sept. 10, we journey to El
Campo to play the Ricebirds of
District 11-AAA, who aret expected
to rely on quarterback David Jones'
passing and the running of half-
back Ronnie Schulze.
Sept. 17, the Sharks and Tide-
haven Timers will meet here to bat-
tle for the championship of West
Matagorda County. The Tigers fin-
ished second last year in District
28-A and are expecting 11 letter-
Season tickets for five home
games will go on sale, Monday,
August 23, at the school's busi-
ness office and must be picked
up by Wednesday, Wept. I or
will be sold on a first come,
first served basis, according to
business manager R. C. Shelton.
Season tickets are located in
the East stands, sections 2, 3
and 4 and sells for $6.00 for the
five games.
men to return including quarter-
back David Bartosh, halfbacks
Craig Johnson and Wayne FellerS
and fullback Mike Jessup.
Sept. 2-4 we hit the road for Por<
Lavaca to meet the Calhoun Sand-
crabs, who are expected to be
strong in District 11-AAA with 17
of 19 lettermen back.
On Oct. 1 we play Boling there
and on Oct. 8, Sweeny here. Both
are in District 24-AA. Boling is ex-
pected to look to Ben Fields to set
the winning pace with a lot of
help from Fred Billington, Dale
Schwebel, John Buentillo, Ed Fer-
guson and Tommy Matula.
The Bulldogs of Sweeny are ex-
pected to have a powerhouse this
year with tackles Kirk Hester and
Gary Pate both weighing nearly
220 pounds and two U90 pound
guards in Larry Chandler and Ron-
nie Pope.
October 15 the first district game
will be here against the Edna Cow-
boys and it will be one of the most
important of the season. The Cow-
boys have two all-district tackles
in Forrest Wiegand and Calvin
Hunt, while Tom Miller and Danny
McBride are expected to be the key
operators in the backfield.
We travel to Ganado October
22 to battle the Indians, who are
rebuilding and relying on tackle
Johnny M'atus, guard John Cies-
zleswic3 and backs Jerry Bass-
ham and Doug Larson.
October 29 is an open date, then
Water Toll Sags To 18 During Two
Weeks Period P & W Records Show
AUSTIN—Deaths from water
sports, following a disastrous Four-
th of July holiday period spurt,
slumped sharply in Texas, on the
basis of reports to the Texas Parks
and Wildlife Department.
For the two weeks period the
overall total was 18 compared to 24
for a similar preceding period.
J. B. Phillips, coordinator for law
The Weather
Date
Max. Min.
Prec.
July 28
93° 78°
0.00
July 29
87" 73°
0.17
July 30
92° 73°
0.00
July 31
93° 74°
0.00
Aug. 1
95° 73°
0.00
Aug. 2
92° 77°
0.00
Aug. 3
92° 74°
trq££
Total rainfall for year
16.52
enforcement whose field staff helps
in emergency work, said several
persons were rescued, notably a
Corpus Ohristi young man. He
broke his neck diving into the
Nueces river and striking bottom
with his head.
Of the fatalities only one was
an angler. He stepped into a hole
while fishing for crabs near
Orange.
Seven perished in boating acci-
dents. Ten drowned while bathing.
Three double fatalities swelled
the total. Two Barrett Station
youth drowned mysteriously, ap-
parently when their boat upset in
a farm pond.
A child died tragically in Ben-
brook reservoir near Dallas when
the plug to a plastic float came
out, releasing the air and permit-
ting the victim to sink in deep
water.
on November 5 the Cobras from
Industrial will be here. They are
expecting great things from all-
district center Mickey Maraggia.
The regular season ends Novem-
ber 12 when we journey to Yoakum
to play the Bulldogs who have a
promising foursome in QB Dean
Mill, halfback David Dolton, end
Charles Hall and guard Travis
Wagner.
This is a short run down on the
teams the Sharks will encounter.
Have you sent in your guess as to
how far the Sharks will go, if not
do so today. Will they win district
or will they go further? It's only
a guess but let's see how good a
guesser you are.
Hornets To Meet
Monday, Aug. 16,
Schedule Is Listed
Junior High Football Coach Bill
Beasley has called a meeting of
all boys who wish to compete for
positions on the Hornet football
team for Monday night, August 10,
at 6:30 p.m. at the high school
gym.
Coach Beasley expects 30 boys
out for the team this season. Led
by two returning lettermen Terry
Harvey, quarterback, and Joe Buck-
ley, half back. t
The Hornets will be captained
this year by Harvey, Buckley, Ed-
ward Luna, and Henry Washing-
ton.
We will have a small squad and
will need to develop hustle and de-
sire to win, Coach Beasley added
as we play our first game here
on September 16.
The Hornets' schedule:
Sept. 16, Victoria 'Reds', Here,
5': 30 p.m.
Sept. 23, Edna, Here, 5:30 p.m.
Sept. 30, Calhoun, There, 5:30.
Oct. 7, *Lake Jackson, There,
6:00 p.m.
Oct. 14, ""Sweeny, Here, 6 p.m.
Oct. 21, *Clute, There, 6 p.m.
Oct. 28, *Freeport, Here, 6 p.m.
(Hornet Day).
Nov. 4, Victoria "Whites", There,
4:00 p.m.
♦Denotes District games.
Freeport is the biff favorite to
capture District 39-J honors, as
they have a hig squad and haven't
lost a freshman game in three
years.
Junior, Senior High
Twirlers Win Honors
At Beaumont Camp
Eleven Palacios girls attended
the Lamar Tech Twirling Camp
along with approximately 300 other
students during the week of July
25 to July 30 in Beaumont, Texas.
Twirlers representing the Pa-
lacios Junior High, Renee Smith,
Yvonne Hunt, Vicki Kunefke,
Karen Johnson and Penny Simp-
son; representing the Palacios
High School: Patricia Maddox,
Beverly Tegge, Beverly Smith,
Kathy Kunefke, Debbie Schulte and
Tana Lewis.
At the corps competition on Fri-
day morning, five of the high
school girls, Patricia Maddox, Bev-
erly Tegge, Tana Lewis, Beverly
Smith, and Debbie Schulte, did a
dance twirl to "Blame It On the
Bossa Nova" and won third place.
Three of the girls, Patricia Mad-
dox, Beverly Tegge and Beverly
Smith, tried out in the solo twirl-
ing competition in the senior divi-
sion and second place was won by
Patricia Maddox. Patricia also en-
tered a solo strutting contest in
the senior division and won first
place.
The girls worked hard and suc-
ceeded in making others proud of
them. This, shows that they are
striving to keep the band in pace
with the Fighting Sharks. They are
looking forward to performing for
the fans next year and in return
the fans are looking forward to
Beeing them.
IN APPRECIATION — Mrs.
Gladys Lawson was presented a
silver cup by the Palacios Lions
Club at its Ladies Night meeting
Tuesday in recognition of the many
hours of work she. had ('one for
them. The cup was inscribed with
the Lions International emblem, her
name and 19fi&.
* * »
KING COTTON—Ginning opera-
tions at the Palacios Farmers Co-
Op have been in high the past week
as 1207 bales were processed. As
of 3 p.m. Tuesday, 1497 bales had
been ginned so far this season. Last
Tuesday's count was 290 bales.
♦ * *
HOW NICE—A colored drawing
of the proposed Palacios Golf As-
sociation course to be built on acre-
age recently leased from the city
and on display at the city hall.
If a token for "getting their foot
in the door" what can be expected
when they get their "hands in
the pocket".
• * *
WELCOMED VISITORS—Bob
Stewart, former editor of the old
Bay City News now managing edi-
tor of the Bryan Daily Eagle, and
Ed Miller, county representative of
the T. E. C. visited the Beacon
Monday afternoon.
* * *
A GOOD BATTING EYE—E. N.
Falks, manager of the Minor Lea-
gue Braves, tells us he' had a play-
er, 8-year-old Billy Hamlin, who
went to the plate 124 times during
the past season, received 17 walks
and made 7 hits for a 1.000 batting
percentage.
• • *
CARTOONS—Do you read the
comics? Do you know the ages of
some popular strips—like Mutt and
Jeff, 1C0W; and the same year "Boob
McNutt"; Maggie and Jiggs, 1912;
Polly and Her Pals, 1912; Krazy
Kat, 1913; Barney Google and
Thimble Theater (Popeye), 1914;
Gasoline Alley (Skeezix) 1921;
Little Orpan Annie, 1924.
Mrs. Robert Raplee, Robin, Becky
and Ryan have returned to their
home in Nashville, Tennessee after
a visit here with Mrs. Guy Clay-
bourn and Mrs. Pat Raplee.
Eighty-nine of Texas' 254 coun-
ties have general library service.
13 Arrests In July,
Monthy Report Of
Chief Tom Hill Shows
The month of July was unlucky
for disobeyers of the law as 13
nrrcota were recorded by the locnl
police during the month, according
to Police Chief Tom Hill.
Four of the arrests were from
too much celebrating the 4th as
they were filed on for drunken-
ness. Other charges were one for
negligent driving; two for no driv-
er's license; two for failure to yield
right of way; one each for failure
to stop at red light, unsafe speed,
no motor vehicle inspection sticker,
and for disturbing the peace.
Seniors To Register
This Week; Juniors
And Sophs Next Week
Registration for Senior High
School students got underway Wed-
nesday of this week and will con-
tinue through next week.
Seniors will register on Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, Aug-
ust 4, 5 and 6th. Juniors are to
register on Monday and Tuesday,
August 9 and 10th and Sopho-
mores, on Wesnesday, Thursday
and Friday, August 11, 12, and 13.
Hours for registering are from
9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. For those
students working, they may regis-
ter by calling the office during
their lunch hour.
All students must register at
this time to eliminate conflict in
schedules. There will be no other
registration until the first day of
school. Those students not regis-
tering will have no choice of se-
lective courses, will be placed in
classes not filled.
Blessing Of The Fleet
At 3 P. M. Sunday
It's time again for that day at
the bay, having fun in the sun, and
the day for such a celebration is
Sunday, when St. Anthony's Cath-
olic Church will have its sccond
annual Blessing of the Fleet and
Shrimp-O-Ree. The celebration will
take place on the west side of the
turning basin No. 2.
Miss Teresa Espinosa will be
crowned Quean of the Shrimp-O-
Ree at a dance at the Palacios
Community Center Saturday night
and will reign over the all day cele-
bration Sunday.
Attending Queen Espinosa will
be princtss Stella Gonzales and
duchesses, Lucinda Sainz and Ber-
tha Vargas.
Hospital Aux. To Hold
Regular Meeting Mon.
The Wagner General Hospital
Auxiliary will hold its regular
meeting Mondny, August 9, at 3
in the afternoon in the lobby of the
hospital.
All members and those wishing
to become members of the Pfnk
Ladies are invited and urged to at-
tend this meeting.
Teachers Attend
TAIR Conference
At Houston Univ.
The University of Houston was
host last week to the 15th Annual
Conference of "Texas Association
for the Improvement in Reading".
Outstanding speakers of the con-
ference and their contribution were:
Dr. Russel Stauffer, director of the
Reading Study Center, University
of Delaware, editor of "The Read-
ing Teacher" and senior author of
the "Winston Basic Reader", cen-
tered his thinking on "Reading, A
Thinking Process" and "Individual-
ized Reading Instruction". He gave
a dynamic demonstration using
Houston children who had complet-
ed first grade, featuring "A Di-
rected Reading—Thinking Activ-
ity".
Dr. Leo Fay, professor of educa-
tion in Indiana University, pointed
out the "Marks of Good Reading",
"Why He Can't Read", "Contro-
versy in Methods of Teaching Be-
ginning Reading" and "Team
Teaching".
Dr. William Eller, professor of
education in New York State Uni-
versity, explained major methods
of teaching reading through the
linguistic approach. He has contrib-
uted many films and numerous
publications on teaching reading.
Dr. Albert Kingston of the Uni-
versity of Georgia, a well known
consultant and specialist in the
field of remedial reading and a
noted author in areas of reading,
dwelled on "Problems of Vocabu-
lary Development", "Teaching the
Culturally Disadvantaged" and
"Netw Frontiers in Comprehen-
sion".
Dr. Eve Jarl Malmquist, director
of Education Research in Linkop-
ing, Sweden and who is generally
accepted as the world's leading au-
thority in reading research gave
a timely address on "Teaching of
Reading: A Worldwide Concern".
The consensus of opinion of these
great thinkers seemed to be that
both home and school are exerting
undue pressure on their youth from
cradle to maturity resulting in
frustration and a tension that is
undermining their feeling of secur-
ity and hence their health and gen-
eral well being. They viewed with
apprehension the trend to introduce
reading at a still earlier age sens-
ing that many reading problems
are an outgrowth of formal intro-
duction before child is matured
sufficiently to absorb it. Ago is not
a sole factor. Many six year olds
are not ready to read.
Attending the conference from
Palacios were Mrs. Rex Cooper,
Miss Elizabeth Sisson and Miss
Thelma Batchelder. They were ac-
companied by Mrs. Geo. Stevenson
of Victoria. They were unanimous
in agreement that the conference
was a richly rewarding experience.
Library Board To Hold
Meeting Thurs. Night
The Palacios Library Board will
meet in the R. G. Herlin home at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, August 5.
The newest Book of the Month
Club selection on our shelves is:
"The Liberation of Lord Byron
Jones" by Jesse Hill Ford.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bixenman and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Emmerich
from Salisbury, Mo., visited the B.
J. WesseJman family the past
week. Mrs. Bixenman is the sister
of Mrs. Wesselman and Mr. Em-
merich is her nephew.
This isn't a celebration for only
members of the parish but one for
visitors, vacationers, passers-by and
for all people of this area.
The ladies of thei parish will
serve a boiled shrimp dinner for
$1.00 per plate beginning at 11
a.m. Hot dogs and cold drinks will
also be sold on the carnival
grounds for those not liking shrimp.
Games and rides to entertain the
little tots as well as the older gen-
eration will be in operation during
the afternoon and evening.
At 3 p.m. the marine parade will
begin. The official boat will pass by,
give a salute and other boats will
join in single file behind to parade
along the channel and pass the
bow of the "Blessing" boat where
Bishop Stephen A. Levcn, of San
Antonio, will officiate at the cere-
mony.
The Blessing of the Fleet, the
only one held in the San Antonio
dioceses, is a spectacle that in oth-
er coast towns attract people from
long distances. To those who de-
pend on the water for their liveli-
hood it is an all day picnic at sea,
as well as a solemn time for giving
thanks for past harvests and in-
voking God's blessings for the up-
coming season.
All size boats, from row boats
or canoes to gulf shrimp boats, are
invited to participate in the ma-
rine parade and fleet blessing.
Many of the boats are expected
to be decorated and these will be
judged as they pass in review and
prizes awarded to the best deco-
rated in three classes: pleasure,
bay or work and gulf boats.
Can you think of a better way
to have fun in the sun than to
bring your family to the bay for
the day?
Council Approves
$85,000 For Two
Building Permits
The City Council approved two
building permits totalling $85,000
the first ones of any subsequence
in many weeks, as a $40,000 resi-
dance was approved for David
Dawson, Lot 19-00, Block 4, and
a $45,000 permit to Fred E. Smith,
Lot 14 thru 18. Both are in Green
Acres subdivision.
In other business at the regu-
lar meeting Monday night the coun-
cil adopted an ordinance establish-
ing a police reserve force, and
authorized the secretary to adver-
tise for bids on a new police car.
The council authorized the plac-
ing of $23,000 of the sinking fund
into interest bearing Government
bonds.
They also discussed the pos-
sibility of leasing the airport fa-
cilities to the Cunningham Broth-
ers, but no definite decision was
made.
A letter was read from City At-
torney Eli Mayfteld explaining the
new delinquent tax law recently
passed by the legislature.
Mrs. Garland Brooking, Anita
and Millard Brooking, of Ilazel-
hurst, Miss., are visiting relatives
and friends here this week. Laura
B. will join them here Thursday.
W. F. Eggemeyer
Held For Murder
Of W. S. Phillips
One dead, the other in Matagorda
County jail in Bay City, as a result
of a disagreement between two men
that had been going on for two-
years or more.
Wilbard F. Eggemeyer, a cottoni
farmer in the Carancahua area,
was charged with murder writh
malice Sunday before Justice of
Peace W. R. Hasley in the shot
gun slaying of Wallace S. "Slim"'
Phillips.
The shooting occurred about
midnight Saturday at the Palacios
Farmers Co-operative Gin as Phil-
lips and his son, Pat, were walking
to the gin office for a meal break.
Eggemeyer, who had been to the
gin earlier in the evening, had
gone home and about a couple of
hours later returned to the gin,
parked his pick-up, then sat and:
waited about 120 minutes in order
to shoot Phillips. When he spotted
him, he fired one shot from a 20
gauge shotgun hitting Phillips on
the left side of his face, according'
to a statement given Sheriff Jack
Cole. Phillips was rushed to Wag-
ner General Hospital where he died
about 4:20 a.m. Sunday.
Eggemeyer turned himself in to
City Policemen Julian Jenkins and'
Horace Quinn, who called Deputy-
Sheriff E. T. Miller. He was-
charged with murder and taken to
the Matagorda County Jail where'
he is being held without bond.
Funeral services for Wallace-
Simpson Phillips were held at the-
First Baptist Church at 10 a.m.
Tuesday with the Rev. Rayford"
Harris officiating. Interment was
in Palacios Cemetery.
A resident of Palacios for 25
years, he was born in Mississippi on
January 27, 1904, a son of Samuel
Simpson and Nancy Lela Jeffers
Phillips.
Survivors include his wife, Mo-
zelle Phillips of Palacios; five sons,
Earl and Gene of Bay City, Ira of
Waco, Douglas Patton and Wallace,
Jr. of Palacios; three daughters,
Mrs. Betty Reaves of Fabens, Mrs.
Lela Barnhard of Hebbronville and
Mrs. Mary Domstead of Bay City?
four sisters, Mrs. Herman De-
Atley of Edna, Mrs. Johnnie Tal-
bot, of Lolita, Mrs. J. D. Rogers,
Mrs. Ronnie Miller of Houston;
five brothers, W. A. Phillips,
Bloomington, R. S. Phillips, EI
Campo; E. F. Phillips, Waco; Mar-
vin Phillips, Gatesville and Rush
Phillips, Lolita; four half brothers.
Homer Sparkman, Louis Spark-
man and R. T. Sparkman of Vic-
toria; Eugene Sparkman of Hous-
ton.
Dates Approved For
Calf Feeding Program
For County Stock Shovr
The first pick-up date and the
two weigh-in dates were approv-
ed by the Board of Directors of the
Matagorda County Fair and Live-
stock Show at their meeting on
Tuesday, July 27. The first pick-up
date was set for Monday, August
16. This means that no 4-H or
F.F.A. Member is to pick-up a
calf to go on feed before this date..
The two weigh-in dates have?
been set for the days of August 21
and August 28, from 8:00 a.m. to
12:00 a.m. each Saturday. The two
weigh-in stations will b» Bay City-
Packing Company and the Palacios
Coop Gin. When the calves are
weighed in they must not weigh
over 42S pounds. As each calf
crosses the scales it will be tatooed
in the ear and recorded by the Vo-
cational Agriculture Teachers ami
the County Agents.
The calf feeding program is
strictly dry lot and no milk supple-
ments are to be fed. If this regu-
lation is violated, a feeder will be
banned from the Show. Any mem-
ber of the Board of Directors, Vo-
cational Agriculture Teachers or
County Agents have the right to
check calf feieders at any time dur-
ing the feeding program to see that,
the individual is abiding by the
rules and regulations of the Fair.
U. S. D. A. Cotton Classing Tests Show
Area Cotton Stronger Than Average
The U. S. D. A. Cotton Classing
Office in Corpus Christi has classed
30,479 bales of cotton for coastal
bend farmers thus far this season.
An estimated 1,100 samples were
received from Calhoun, Jackson,
Matagorda, Victoria, and Wharton
counties.
According to E. H. Matthews,
who is in charge of the Consumer
and Marketing Service, Cotton Di-
vision, in Corpus Christi, the grade
breakdown in these five counties
shows Middling and higher, 42%;
Strict Low Middling, 35%; Low
Middling, 6%. Thei light spotted
grades were running 2%, Strict
Middling Light Spot; 11%, Mid-
dling Light Spot; and 4%, Strict
Low Middling Light Spot.
The staple distribution was 10%,
1-inch and shorter; 32%, 1 1/32;
49%, 1 1/16; and 9%, 1 3/32 and
longer.
Matthews indicated the Micro-
naire readings were running mostly
in the 3.5 to 4.9 range, while 6%
was beilow 3.5 and 3% was 5.0 and
higher.
Pressley strength tests were
good. Seventy nine percent of the
cotton had a strength from 80,000
to 89,000 lbs/sq. inch; while 7%
was below 80,0000 and 14% from-
90,000 to 94,000 lbs/sq. inch. This
puts the majority of our cotton in
the Good rangei
There were a total of ten class--
ing tables in operation this week.
Beginning Monday, the classing of-
fice will go into a two shift opera-
tion in anticipation of the expected
increase in ginnings over the area
next week. Additional elassers wil?
be added to the force as they are?
needed.
4-2121 — FIRE PHONE — 4-2121!
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Dismukes, Jesse V. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1965, newspaper, August 5, 1965; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth428246/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.