Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1956
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME XLIX NUMBER 24
Integration Committee Suggests
'No Change7 For Fall School Term
The five - member Integration
Committee, appointed by the Pala-
cios Sdhool Board over seven
months ago to study Integration in
local schools, reported to the Board
of Trustees Monday night that
they had voted,' 3-2 against Integra-
tion here this September.
However, four of the committee
members, in summing up their per-
sonal opinions to the Board, agreed
that Integration is inevitable and
will take place at some future
date.
The trustees aren't bound in any
way by the decision of the com-
mittee.
Attorney Eli Mayfield, who said
he voted against Integration this
September becauset "interposition"
and the Negro-white integration
question will be voted on through-
out the state in the July 28 elec-
tions, told the Board that he didn't
see how the school system could
refuse admittance to any Negro
student asking to enter a white
school.
"If one Negro asks to be ad-
mitted to a white school, you'll
have to either turn the request
down or admit the student into the
school," he said. "If you refuse
the request for admittance and the
student petitions the United States
District Court in Galveston for
Sheriff's Department Is Organizing
Junior Deputy Posse In Palacios
A call went out this week for all
children between the ages of eight
to IB years who are interested in
becoming Junior Deputies.
County Patrolman Bill Hasley
said that Matagorda County law
officers are organizing a Junior
Deputy Posse in Palacios.
Hasley said that prospective
members can sign up with him or
at the Beacon office. Final dead-
line for signing is Wednesday,
June 20. A meeting will be called
ABOUT TOW
By THE EDITOR
HAD A REQUEST this week
that we print the telephone num-
bers of our local police officers.
There are three numbers you can
call here when in need of police
help.
City Marshal John Pena's home
number is 2626. Deputy Sheriff E.
T. Miller's home number is 4861.
When you can't find them there,
the city police's radio console of-
fice is in the County Building at
4271.
However, at times they are all
out in their cars and can't be con-
tacted at any of these numbers.
If you need them urgently, call
the Sheriff's department in Bay
City and the local officers will be
contacted by radio from there.
* * *
RAINFALL here Monday was
registered by the CAA as .43 of an
inch and was the record fall for
the day throughout the state.
* * +
TEEN-AGERS or otherwise who
might be interested in having a
pen-pal in England should drop by
the Beacon office. The editor can
furnish addresses on request.
It can be an interesting occupa-
tion, writing people in other lands,
and is both humorous and instruc-
tive.
* * *
BOY SCOUT Troop 47M offered
special thanks this week to C. A.
Burke for the use of his trailer on
their week's trip to camp. They
also asked me to extend their
thanks to: Arthur White of La-
Ward for the use of his pickup
truck on the trip.
* * *
WANT A JOB: The U. S. Civil
Service Commission has announced
examinations for substitute Clerk-
Carrier at $1.82 per hour for em-
ployment in the Palacios Post Of-
fice.
Further information and ap-
plication forms may be obtained at
the post office or from the region,
al director.
* * *
AT THE LITTLE League play-
er drawing Friday night managers
found they had a number of base-
ball aspirants left over after all
four team rosters were filled with
15 men.
The league decided to keep the
names of the boys le'ft over on file
in case someone should drop com-
pletely off a team before the sea-
son is over.
Everyone concerned was sorry
that some boys had to be left out,
but all felt' that more than 15 boys
a team is too many to give every-
oie a chance to play without un-
fair competition.
If interest increases among the
younger set, more teams will have
(See "ABOUT TOWN," Page 5)
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then and all the "junior deputies"
will be sworn in by County Sheriff
J. B. (Jack) Cole.
The county patrolman explained
that a posse of junior deputies is
already organized in Bay City and
has helped a "great deal" in halt-
ing juvenile delinquency.
Posse members will be acquaint-
ed with the work of the sheriff's
department and will actually help
in curtailing juvenile crime. Will-
ing workers may gain appoint-
ments as Junior Patrolmen, and
other law enforcement jobs.
admittance, you'll be forced to
admit him."
The school board heard personal
opinions from each member o'f the
committee, although Mrs. Fred
Law, replacing Mrs. Billy Halfen,
who resigned recently, and C, S.
Traylor had little to say, other
than they had voted against in-
tegration in September.
Mrs. Charles Luther, chairman
of the committee, said she felt the
CITY WELL
PUMPS OIL
It appeared that the city had
struck oil for a while Sunday.
Mayor A. H. Petersen and City
Works Engineer M. O. Cavallin
rushed out to the city well and
water tower Sunday morning when
they received complaints from a
number of residents that they were
getting oil 'from their "'water
faucets".
However, after several hours of
continuous pumping, dropping the
water level of the well approxi-
mately 13 feet, the pumps started
producing water ajrain.
Cavallin explained that the well
machinery is oiled by a drip sys-
tem, and there is no way to keep
the oil from drippinjr into the well.
Over a period of several years, the
oil collects in the well, and finally
reaches the pump intake level.
Palacios Lions Waif For High Tide
Before Continuing Beach Work
Palacios Lions were waiting for
a high tide this week to see if
their newly constructed beach is
going to work out.
A dredge was pulled off the job
Tuesday after pumping silt from
near the T head of the Pavilion to
shore just west of the Pavilion.
The dredge left approximately
50 yards square beach between the
groins placed In the bay by the
Lions Club. The surface of the
newly constructed beach featured
a "gooey" clay.
President Robert Lewis said he
didn't know wTien the project
would be completed. He said the
club is planning to wait and see
i'f the surf will dissolve the clay
and leave the beach surface sandy.
"iWe want to let it settle a while
and see what happens," he said.
Lewis said that the Lions will
cover the surface of the beach
with sand by hauling or dredging
if it isn't settled out Dy the surf.
Lions are planning to level off
the beach later this week.
The local club is nearing com-
pletion of plans for their annual
July 4 Carnival. Lewis said that
organizations wanting booths
at the carnival should contact
Irvin Petersen.
Tuesday night the Lions received
a 100 per cent participation award
from the Kerrville Crippled Chil-
dren's Camp.
Fillies Slam Past Lions 14-12
After See-Saw Battle Tuesday
The Tanner-Shearer Fillies
pushed across two runs in the top
of thg sixth and final inning Tues-
day night to slip by the Lions Club
Lions 14-12 in the third regular
Little League game o'f the season.
Tommy Stewart, hit by Lion
pitcher, Bubba Ross, brought in
the winning run. Jack Seaquist
slammed one through the short
stop. Seaquist scored on Dalton
Mangnum's double.
Mangnum went the distance on
the mound for the Fillies, allowing
10 hits, walking only four and
striking out 10 batters.
Little Tommy Beard, holding his
Rotary Club Sets
Installation Of
Officers July 2
The Palacios Kotary Club, at
their regular meeting Wednesday
noon at the Green Lantern Inn,
scheduled ladies' night and the in-
stallation : of new officers for
July 2.
President Eli Mayfield will be
replaced at the installation by Rev.
John Fluth.
Mayfield and Ronald Harris pre-
sented the program Wednesday.
Mayfield explained the Democra-
tic party's method of choosing a
presidential candidate through the
primary system.
Ronald Harris explained how the
Republican partj^uses the conven-
tion system to choose their candi-
date for president.
Visitors were Rotarians J. W.
Sartwelle of Houston and Albert
H. Wadsworth, Jr. of Bay City, al-
so, Charles DeWolfe of Bay City.
own in the earlier innings, falter-
ed and walked home three runs,
tieing up the game the top of the
fifth. He was relieved by Bubba
Ross, after hurling four and two
thirds innings.
Beard retired the Fillies three-
up, three down in the top of the
first inning and the Lions pushed
across a run in the last half of the
frame when Tony Pardo reached
first on an error, went to third on
passed balls and scored on Beard's
single.
Three Fillies \yere on the bases
when Beard retired the side in the
top of the second. The Lions roar-
ed back in the bottom of the frame
with three runs. Janes walked
and scored on Robert Shelton's
homer. Pardo went around the
bases on an error.
Gerald Rylie started the Fillies
moving in the top of the third
when he walked and scored on an
error that put Seaquist on base.
Brad Tanner ran the bases on an
error while Rylie scored. Robert
Stewart singled and scored on
Philip's triple. Phillip's came home
on an error.
With the Fillies leading 5-4, the
Lions roared back in the bottom of
the frame with a five-run scoring
spree. Terry Shelton led off with
a single and scored on Beard's
single. Herbert Abraham walked
and Beard scored on Ross' double.
Robert Shelton slammed a triple
fhat scored both Ross and Abra-
ham. Pardo went to first on an
•error and Shelton Scored before
the side was retired.
With the Lions leading 9-5, the
Fillies tied up the score again in
the top of the fourth. Riley walked
(See "LITTLE LEAGUE," P. 8)
group "had made a grave mistake"
in not recommending some kind of
integration here in September.
"I am definitely for integration
next fall," she said. "Mr. Mayfield
felt that the election July 28
should have a lot of bearing on our
decision because of the attitude it
will create among our citizens. He
felt that we shouldn't integrate
this year to keep down bad feel
ings and possibly prevent trouble,
or even bloodshed.
"I have never thought there
would be any trouble in Palacios,
because of the type of Negro we
have here."
Mrs. Law said that she^voted
against integration, but admitted
"We'll have to do it sometime."
Lawrence Deadrick, the only
Negro on the committee, led off by
thanking the school board for al-
lowing him the. "privilege" of
working on the committee.
"I was on the spot," he said,
adding, "I don't mind being count-
ed as for integration of some sort.
Our Negro children need equal
education. We should have a bal-
ance, but we don't have that—
after several years under the
present system."
"I expected integration in some
form. A compromise, surely, but
some form."
Deadrick ended by compliment-
j ing members of the committee.
"I have never been on a com-
mittee with white people who gave
me a better chance for expression.
I highly appreciate that. They're
all good people. I want that on
record."
Mayfield said that the committee
does not advocate disobeying the
supreme court's ruling: on de-
segregation.
"We just feel the district is not
ready for September integration,"
he said. Speaking on the possibili-
ty o'f interposition, he said he
thought the measure didn't have
a "tinker's damn" of a chance to
pass.
"Many people feel that a vote
for interposition will be a vote
against desegregation," he said,
adding that it wouldn't be, in his
opinion. The attorney said inter-
position would require the ratifica-
tion of a petition by 32 state legis-
latures, and a majority vote of 38
state legislatures to pass.
"I don't think the issue of in-'
tegration is worth one life," he
said. "Not that I'm thinking there
would be trouble, but there could
be and it's my feeling that Sep-
tember is not the time for integra-
tion here."
Secretary of the Board Jerome
Kimball asked the committee mem-
bers to present their individual
views in writing be'fore the next
session of the trustees.
Mrs. Luther, during a question
and answer session, said that ac-
cording to reports received by the
Boy Scouts Win
Ranch Award
Eight members of Boy Scout
Troop 47M, with Scoutmaster John
White and Assistant Scoutmaster
Wallie Clement, returned here late
Saturday night after a week at El
Rancho Cima.
The scouters won the ranch's
outstanding troop award for the
second straight year. They also
took a Scout Achievement Relay
Race award for the first year it
has been offered.
The Boy Scout ranch is located
15 miles from San Marcos on the
Devil's Backbone. The scouters
prepared two meals a day in camp
and took their supper meal at the
chuck house.
Merit badges were earned in
swimming, canoeing, public health
and work was put in toward a
geology badge.
The scouts made advancements
in Second Class, First Class and
Star Scout brackets.
The scout events relay featured
swimming, running, canoeing, build-
ing a fire without matches and
other scout crafts. The team fin-
ishing first was the Palacios
squad.
Advancements in rank, merit
badges earned, the condition of
camp and scouting spirit were
yardsticks in determining the win-
ner of the "outstanding troop"
award.
committee, a large portion of the
Palacios Negro population is dis-
satisfied with the Negro faculty
( See "INTEGRATION," Page 4)
GRASSY POINT
By LORRAINE BASFORD
Friday was the day old Neptune
felt sorry for fishermen and their
continual "Small trout" reports, so
he must have issued orders for the
big fish to grab a hook or two,
also.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Jaynes made
history for their fishing scrap-
book. They're red and trout fisher-
men, but couldn't resist keeping
the nice size drum they caught at
Oliver Point, Friday morning.
A school of tarpon rocked and
rolled at the Oil Wells, all the
time Joe Richards, Roy Redwine
and Irvin Meyers fished there—
from 6:30 to 1:30. Joe, who is 6-
feet, almost had two tarpon as
long as he was tall, but he had
light tackle, so couldn't land them.
Roy said "It was like shooting
elephants with a pea shooter, try-
ing to catch tarpon with our light
rigs." They had 49 big sp:c!:",
all over 1-lb.
Harry Hulen, 13, has his own
unique system when he catches
fish. He cleans his various and
numerous species of pan fish, gives
them to his neighbor Steve Wallin
11, and then Mrs. Wallin invites
Harry to fish dinner. Harry had
the misfortune to cut a gash in
his foot on oyster shells, required
stitches, but he's doing fine.
Ida Dorsey, casting out off City
Pier with good old dead bait, had
12 large whiting in 20 minutes,
Thursday eve, Friday a.m. landed
10 more whiting and more croak-
ers than an army of cats could
devour.
An attractive "uncooked fish
platter to be" was on the stringer
of Mrs. V. C. Murphy—caught
'em at Cash's Creek on live bait.
Hector Lavades and John Rod-
riguez seined for their bait, then
proceeded to take 60 medium
specks at the Houston Club on
Carancahua.
James and O. R. Baldwin fish-
ed Oawford's Channel getting
eight small trout and several big
gafftops. Irvin Hensen and James
at 4:30 a.m. Friday, had 17 specs
from Cash's Creek.
The Good Old Day—Frank and
John Carrio were recalling events
that happened here in their young-
er days, also stories their father
told them about Palacios. Their
father passed away this month at
the age of 106.
He could remember when Pala-
cios was called Hamilton Point,
and there were just two houses
here. One was about a block from
the present ice plant.
John told of floundering one
night on shell beach with Nicholas
Pana. They had 460-lbs. of flounder.
Charlie Longoria met them coming
home and was amazed at their
catch.
John said "It was against the
law to gig round fish, but we saw
plenty of them that night." Round
fish were reds, trout, drum etc.
Frank recollected working for
"Shanghai" Pierce when a young
boy. "One day Mr. Pierce brought
all of his geese down here to
Grassy Point and let them loose
for a swim in the bay—but the
geese all flew off—probably went
to Matagorda. Anyway 'Mr. Pierce
never saw them again."
John also told of catching 250-
lbs of trout at Tres-Palacios turn
bridge, and selling them 'for 5-
cents a pound.
Well, we'll let the fishermen
long for the good old days—but as
far as everything else goes—well
try reading this by an oil lamp for
the answer!
Oscar iMcLerran is partial to
Beacon 12 these days—been get-
ting some nice specks there, so
Oscar figui'es why run all over
the bay for bigger ones?
Floundering around Army Camp;
Jim Treybig and Sherwood Bar-
ber 44 medium flounder. Jean Kil-
gore and Mac Johnson 17—Mon-
day p.m.
New Youth Club
Opens Saturday
The Palncios Youth Club, or-
ganized the past week and backed
with United Fund money will be
open for the first time Saturday
night.
The recreation center will con-
sist of the facilities of the VFW
Hall and will be open to all Pala-
cios teen-agers willing to comply
with the rules.
Louise Cabbjness was elected
president of the club, with Oren
Hamlin getting the vice-president's
slot. Approximately 30 teen-agers
attended the organization meeting
at the Hall last Friday.
Betty Friery was elected secre-
tary-reporter and June Wilcox was
selected decorations chairman.
The Palacios Youth Association,
the parent organization backing
the youth club, met Monday night
and completed organization and
negotiation o'f an agreement with
the VFW post fur use of the Hall
during the sumi^r months.
The youngsters adopted the pro-
posed constitution at their meet-
ing Friday, after adding amend-
ments. Mrs. Rose Treybig was
elected as a director, with Mrs.
John White, Sr., assistant director.
Thirteen persons were present
at the adult meeting in Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Pennington's home
Monday. They included Mrs. Trey-
big, Mrs. S. E. Green, Mrs. Ful-
ton Lothridge, Mrs. Carlton Craw-
ford, A. G. Thompson, IMrs. Joe
Army Refuses
To Move Depot
The Army has balked at moving
the San Jacinto Ordnance Depot
out of the Houston Ship Channel
area, according to a release through
the Houston Chronicle's Washing-
ton Bureau Monday.
Bay City and Palacios Chamber
of Commerce officials held a joint
meeting recently to co-ordinate ef-
forts in getting the ordnance
ijiovw) to Matagorda County if it
is taken off the Vn,)8tpn Sb't)
Channel.
The House armed services com-
mittee has recommended a $25,000
appropriation so that the Army
can find a new site for the depot.
Col. William R. Shuler, an Army
construction officer, told the com-
mittee "The Army does not desire
to move the depot."
He said he did not know the rea-
son for the study except that
Representative Albert Thomas
"would like to get the ammuni-
tion storage depot moved away
from that location to any other lo-
cation anywhere in the United
States."
The colonel said he believed
"certain interests" in Houston
want to develop the area com-
mercially.
Reached in Washington, Thomas
said he certainly does want the
depot moved. He said the depot
employs about 300 persons while
industry might put as many as
100,000 persons to work on the
property, which he called "the
most valuable property in Harris
County."
A local source contacted Wash-
ington before the recent joint Bay
City-Palacios meeting and found
that the army objected to moving
the depot.
However, Houston Chamber of
Commerce officials and other pres-
sure groups are pushing the fight
to have the depot moved off the
channel to provide room for more
industry.
Harris County Judge Bob Casey,
working with the Houston group,
said Monday that he knew of in-
terests in Bryan and in the Pala-
cios-Matagorda area who wanted
the depot located in those vicini-
ties.
'IVORY TOWER'
INSOMNIA
The popular song, Ivory Tower,
has one vote against it now, for
sure.
A local woman whose husband
was working late one night this
week couldn't sleep because she
thought she heard someone scream-
ing and moaning.
The sound was frightening and
kept on and on, until her husband
arrived home in the wee small
hours of the morning.
He heard the noises too, and
thought he had better investigate,
thinking someone might be in-
jured or sick in the neighborhood.
Walking down the block in the
direction of the noise, he found
that it became more coherent as he
got closer to its source.
Someone had gone to sleep with a
record player repeating "Ivory
Tower" over and orer.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meister,
Sandra and Heidi of St. Peters-
burg, Fla. are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. John Basford this week.
Tanner, Mrs. (White, June Wilcox,
Louise Cabbiness and Oren Ham-
lin.
A small membership fee will be
charged for those joining the club,
according to Mrs. Margaret Chris-
ty, president of the association.
» The "youth center" will feature
all types of teen-age recreation.
The Hall will open at 8 p.m. Sat-
urday and close at 11 p.m.
Alphin Seafoods
Headquarters
Transferred Here
Crawford Packing Company and
Alphin Seafoods of Louisiana bflve
completed a working agreement
which means 15 shrimp boats, a
net shop and other facilities of the
Alphin company will make their
headquarters here.
J. L. Alphin, president of the
company, said the seafood firm's
Texas headquarters has been moved
from Aransas Pass to Palacios.
Catches from the 15 "40
Fathom" boats will be processed
hvjre through the Crawford Pack-
ing Company.
Alphin said the local packing
company has processed his catches
for a number of years, but they
have been trucked in from Aransas
Pass.
"We're just going to move here
and save the trucking costs," he
said.
The headquarters transfer will
mean approximately 30 new fam-
ilies for Palacios, according to
Alphin.
The Alphin Company will handle
sales and distribution through
their New Orleans and Boston of-
fices. The seafood is distributed
under the trade name of Barnacle
Bill.
Alphin said the setup amounts
to a "merger-by-agreement", where-
by the Crawford Packing Company
f&ztlM-'es arc co-ordinated with the
Alphin industry.
The firn. is the only seafood dis-
tributor in fhe country to feature
"Shrimp Stu ks", which are^i.miL
to "Fish s7iV»jBi?*SW^hrimp
sticks'" utilize the broken shrimp,
and increase the profit of handling
the seafood.
* "Observers
Have Stale Alert
Scheduled Mon.
The Palacios Ground Observe!
Post will participate Sunday in a
"state-wide" test alert beginning
at 1 p. m.
According to Supervisor George
Hunter, local sky watchers were
notified this week of the types of
aircraft to watch for.
Notice of the test alert came
from the Houston Filter Center.
Planes from Ellington Air Force
Base will engage in mock warfare
over this area.
The local post is expected to
watch for fighters "attacking
bombers" and for bombers "drop-
ping bombs".
Hunter urged all members of
the post to be present at the
Chamber of Commerce office Sun-
day at 1 p.m. when the alert be-
gins.
The test alert is being staged as
a means of giving post members
experience for the real thing, he
pointed out.
Buller's Bedroom
Damaged By Fire
The Crenshaw residence occupied
by Wesley Buller was damaged
over $2,000 last Friday when
flames broke out in a bedroom at
12:20 p.m.
Fire Marshal John Pena said he
thought the fire started from a
discarded cigarette.
Total damages were not known
at Beacon deadline IWednesday.
Pena said the owner of the home
hadn't been contacted for an esti-
mate of damages to the bedroom.
Clothes of an unknown value
were destroyed. Approximately
$2,000 worth of furniture was
burned.
The Weather
Date
Max.
Min.
Prec.
June
6
88"
75°
0.00
June
7
89°
73"
0.00
June
8
90*
69°
0.00
June
9
92°
73*
0,00
June
10
84°
73°
0.09
June
11
90°
69°
0.43
June
12
92"
- 69°
0.54
June
13
91°
69°
0.44
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