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WORKSHOP. . . English teach-
ers from this area will converge on
El Campo, November 13, for the
1965 Region XII Workshop of the
Texas Joint English Committee for
School and College.
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NIGHT FISHING . . . East Bay
and Pavilion piers have been lined
with fishermen practically every
night last week and this week
fishing under the lights for trout.
All have been having good luck.
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MR. PRESIDENT . . . Congrat-
ulations to John Jackson who was
elected president of the Freshman
Class of Wharton County Junior
College in the elections held on the
campus recently.
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TO THE BEACON . . . T was
through your little town not long
ago and bought one of your papers.
I believe I would like to subscribe
to it for a year. I would like some-
time to settle there if possible.
James White of Baldwin Park,
Calif.
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CATTLE BRANDS. . . Reregis-
tering of Cattle Brands is now in
progress. If you have a brand and
want to continue to use it go to
the County Clerk's office in Bay
City and register it. If it is not re-
registered before March 1, I960
someone else may use it.
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LAST AND FIRST. . . The final
football game of the season will
find the Sharks going to Yoakum.
The first basektball game will be
played here Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
with the 9th Grade Girls hosting
the Port Lavaca girls.
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LET'S GO TIGERS. . . Coach C.
L. Thomas' Tidehaven Tigers go
to Bloomington Friday night. A
win will place them in bi-district
play with a 9 win 1 tie season
record. Good luck.
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BENEFIT GRID GAME . . .
Rodney Shaw, a 19 year old Whar-
ton County Junior College student
lies paralyzed in a Corpus Christi
hospital. He has been there since
Sept. 13, after suffering neck ar.d
back injuries in a pre-season scrim-
mage game with Texas A&I Col-
lege in Kingsville. So far medical
costs have exceeded $3,000. To
help defray this expense the El
Campo Jaycees will sponsor a bene-
fit football game between W. C. J.
C. and Texas A&I in Ricebird Stad-
ium in El Campo on Nov. 21, 1965
at 2 p.m. Student and adult tickets
aro $1.00, and children's tickets
(up to high school) are set «t 50c.
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Teen-Age Marriages
Showing Big Increase
COLLEGE STATION—Parenits
of pre-teens, here's a question for
your consideration: Will your
youRgstar soon join the ranks of
married tenagers ?
Not much chance with your
youngster, you may say. But you
had bettor look again if your teen-
ager is a girl, says Mrs. Patsy R.
Yates, Extension family life spec-
ialist at Texas A&M University.
"Studies show that you have al-
most a 50-50 chance of a teenage
daughter marrying before she is
20," says Mrs. Yates.
In 1960, 48 percent of all Texas'
girls—or some 1156,000 young wo-
men between the ages of 14 and
19—were or at some time had been
married.
This high rate of teenage mar-
riages isn't likely to go down a
great deal, Mrs. Yates predicts.
"You can help prepare your
daughter or son for the respon-
sibilities of marriage and a home
by encouraging them to enroll in
high school home economics courses
which teach management in the
family and consumer buying. You
can also urge them to take courses
which may be offered in family re-
lationships or family living."
These coursies may not prevent
teenage marriages, but they do
afford a chance to prevent some
teenage divorces. A frequent cause
of marital problems is money. Par-
ents can give their youngsters
sound preparation for the future
by teaching them to do the family
grocery shopping or keeping the
famiy business records or paying
the family bills, Mrs. Yates adds.
Ohio which once had more than
2,000 covered bridges, now has
only 212%—the half bridge is so
counted because the other half is
in Indiana.
The Weather
Date
Max. Min.
Prec
Nov. 3
812° 66°
0.05
Nov. 4
73" 6R°
1.80
Nov. 5
71° 65°
0.23
Nov. 6
78° 62*
0.00
Nov. 7
78° 62°
0.05
Nov. 8
76° 64°
0.84
Nov. 0
69° 63°
0.10
Total rainfall for year 26.80
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VOLUME LVIII NUMBER 45
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1965
10c Per Copy
Sharks In
Final Game
FridayNite
Journey To Yoakum
Seeking Cinch For
Second In District'
The curtain comes down this
Friday night on the 1965 football
season for the Fighting Sharks, as
they journey to Yoakum to battle
the Bulldogs in their tenth and
final game of the year.
A win over the Bulldogs would
assure the Sharks of the No. *2
spot in the district race and give
them a district record of three wins
and one loss. The Sharks' season
record is three wins, five losses and
one tie.
A win would also be a grand
finale for the Sharks, especially
those donning their red and white
suits with those familiar numbers
for the last time. Those taking to
the field for their final appearance
as Fighting Sharks will be Henry
Adams, Walter Bowers, Royce
Brune, James Dismukes, Charles
Gibson, Joe Dan Huffman, Andy
Jensen, Joe Kana, Billy Kubecka,
Ronnie Linton, Louis Martino and
Robert Tanner.
The Bulldogs have won only one
district game, defeating Ganado
18-0, while losing to Industrial 14-
7 and Edna 54-0. Their season rec-
ord is three wins and six losses.
Other than Ganado, they have de-
feated Yorktown and Hallettsville,
while losing pre-district games to
Goliad 47-0, Cuero 19-6, Columbus
21-0 and Kenedy 12.-6.
Coach Bill Carpenter's Bulldogs
run variations of the winged T.
They rely heavily on tailback David
Dolton, 165-pound, two-year letter-
man, who runs the 100 in 10.2.
Other scoring threats are quarter-
backs Dean Mills and Louis Gar-
cia, fullback Robert Zaruba and
wingback Bob McGehee.
End Charles Hall, guards Travis
Wagner and Larry Kupka and
Dean Mills have been standouts on
defense in previous games.
In reviewing last week's 15-14
win over the Industrial Cobrasi
Head Coach Charles Shreve said
that we certainly didn't play the
defensive ball that we are capable
of playing, however he named Billy
Kubecka, James Henry and Royce
Brune as his outstanding tacklers.
On offense he stated that James
Dismukes played his best b$ll game
of the year, and Royce Brune came
through on several assignments.
Industrial led the Sharks in
first downs: 13 to 10. In yards
gained: Rushing, Sharks 246, Co-
bras 116; Passing, Sharks 5 times
for 0 yards; Cobras 15 times for
76 yds. Sharks punted 5 times for
36.4 yards avg.; Cobras punted 5
times for 31 yards avg. Sharks
penalized 65 yards, Cobras 30
yards.
Individual Statistics: Don Wash-
ington 10 carries for 49 yds.; Royce
Brune, 12 carries for 99 yds.;
James Henry, 17 carries for 62
yds.; James Dismukes, 12 times
for 36 yds.; Ronnie Fields 3 carries
for 0 yds.
Touchdowns for the Sharks were
made by Washington and Fields.
Robert Tanner had one PAT. The
Sharks other two points came when
the Cobra's punter backed out of
the end zone in an attempted kick
to safety when the Cobras had their
backs to the goal line late in the
fourth quarter.
Local United Fund Drive
Of $6,694.80 Quota
Final Report To Be
Made At Meeting
Friday At 10 A.M.
Kosp. Aux. Plans
Christmas Parly
For Future Nurses
DAMON SMITH
Damon Smith Is
New Pastor At
Church Of Christ
Damon Smith and family are
new residents of Palacios, moving
here from Aransas Pass to become
pastor of the Church of Christ.
Brother Smith had been minister
of the church in Aransas Pass since
1962, coming there from Edcouch-
Elsa. While in Aransas Pass he
was an active worker in civic af-
fairs. He was immediate past presi-
dent of the Aransas Pass Parent-
Teachers Association, was vice
president of the San Patricio Coun-
ty P-TA Council and president of
the Aransas Pass Lions Club.
The Smith family which includes
Brother and Mrs. Smith and two
children, a son, Gaylian, 13, and
a daughter, Glenda Gay, 16, toll be
at home at 516 Rorsm.
Fashion Show Slated
At Recreation Center
Thursday, Nov. 18th
The Palacios Recreation Associa-
tion will receive the proceeds from
a Fashion Show to be held at the
Palacios Recreation Center on
Thursday, November 18 at 7:30 in
the evening.
The show is being sponsored by
the Ethela Club and will be put on
by Hurley's. Models have been se-
lected from the Athena, Alapha and
Ethela Clubs and the high school.
The price for the evening will
be $1. Door prizes will be given and
refreshments served.
Final Tabulation Of
Hallowe'en Offering
For CROP Is $358.60
The Hallowe'en offering to the
Christian Rural Overseas Program
taken by the church young people
has now been mailed in to the
CROP office. The final amount was
$358.60.
CROP is a program for distrib-
uting surplus food to needy people
in the world. Anyone still desiring
to give, may send offering to 1400
Guadalupe St., Austin, Texas.
The quarterly meeting of the
Wagner General Hospital Auxiliary
was held Monday, November 8,
with 13 members present. We wel-
comed two new members who give
much promise of becoming excel-
lent workers. They are Mrs. Annie
Rendon and Miss Clara Ann
Porras.
Mrs. H. Hildebrandt and Mrs.
W. E. Allen again expressed their
appreciation of the work of the
Pink Ladies on behalf of the nurses
and personnel at Wagner General.
Mrs. Opal Carter and Mrs. Al-
vena Laslie attended the District
Meeting of Hospital auxiliaries in
Victoria on Nov. 2. They reported
it a very worthwhile meeting, and
they especially enjoyed the Panel
Discussion. More of us should plan
to attend these meetings in 1966.
Plans for our Christmas Party
for the Future Nurses Club and
their leader, Mr®. Gideon, were
made. The date picked was Friday,
December 10, at 3:30 p.m. at Wag-
ner General Hospital.
A Cake and Pie Sale, to be held
at the Trading Center building, will
be held November 20 starting at
9 a.m. and lasting all day. This sale
is for the benefit of the Palacios
Fire Department to help pay for
their latest piece of equipment.
In as much as this is for the Fire
Department all wishing to contrib-
ute cakes or pies for this sale may
deliver them to the building form-
erly housing the Trading Center
any time after 9 a.m. We shall be
most happy to have them.
Cake, pie and coffee will be serv-
ed during the day on the premises.
Do take a few moments to stop by.
Let us all get behind this project
and help. It is a very worthy cause
and indirectly will benefit all of us.
The next quarterly meeting will
be held on the second Monday in
February.
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water three times daily makes i
last longer.
C. Of C. Women To
Meet Tues., Nov. 16
The Women's Division of the
Chamber of Commerce will hold its
monthly luncheon meeting Tuesday,
November 16 at noon at Petersen's
Restaurant.
One of the main topics of discus-
sion will be the forthcoming drive
to get individuals and business
houses, especially those on the
highway through Palacios, to have
a lighted tree in front of their
home or business during the Christ-
mas season.
These meetings are open to all
women, especially those interested
in civic improvement.
Becoming wiser today is pain-
ful. It makes a person realize what
a fool he was yesterday.
Region XIII Band
Twirling Contest
Is Held Here Sat.
By MARGARET HERLIN
Band Reporter
Last Saturday the Palacios High
School Band, under the direction
of Mr. Van Kirkpatrick, was host
to the Region XIII twirling con-
test. Two judges of the Texas In-
terscholastic League, Mr. RogeA
and Mr. Turner, rated twirlers'
performances from 8 a.m. until
4:30 p.m. The best rating a twirler
could receive was an I, first
division. Those achieving this rat-
ing were presented medals. Pos-
sible ratings are I, II, III and IV.
Patricia Maddox, Palacios High
School Band Drum Major, wasi
awarded a first division for her
twirling routine. Junior High Band
Majorette Karen Johnson and
Drum Major Renee Smith also won
first divisions.
Shirely Gunter and Dianne
Kathy Thornblom of Tidehaven
High School both received a top 7
rating.
Ten of the 17 twirlers from Edna
rated I, as did five of the 11 Cal-
houn twirlers; seven of the 12
entries from Ganado; two of the
three entered from Tidehaven; four
out of eight from Yoakum and both
of the Weimar entries. A York-
town quartet rated a first divieion.
Three of the eight Sheridan par-
ticipants rated a I and four of the
six from Shiner. None of the Cuero
twirlers' solo events rated a I. All
of the Louise twirlers received flpit
divisions, as did all of the Bloom-
ington High twirlers. Goliad had
no I ratings out of three entries.
Five of the 112 Columbus twirlers
made I ratings, two «f the five
Hallettsville participant# and Vic-
toria High had eight first divisions
out of 12 entries;.
It's beginning to look like those
who maintain that the world owes
them a living are going to win.
Hornet Lettermen Are
Announced By Coach
The Junior High School Hornets
completed their 1965 season last
week in Victoria and Coach W. S.
"Bill" Beasley has announced the
following lettermen:
Joe Buckley and Terry Harvey,
both are two year lettermen. Oth-
ers Thomas Kocurek, Ricky Garza,
Paul MaGouirk, Henrv Washing-
ton, Joe Jenkins, Phillip Manning,
Donnie Lenz, Edward Luna, Butch
Rowton, Billy Jackson, Larry
Pearce, Charles Garcia, Ronnie
Bexley, Eli Tristan, Flias Luna,
Edwin Richey and Charles Sanford.
Three eighth gmde Hornets were
also lettered including Buddy Brh-
lik, Wayne Bowers, and Jesse Con-
stancio. Steven Hamlin will receive
the manager's letter.
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Contributions to the Palacios
division of the Matagorda County
United Fund continue to come in
and the total is gradually climbing
but Palacios is still short of its
quota of $6,694.80.
J. C. Richards, local chairman,
reported Tuesday morning that
$3,609.50 had been paid in but that
many cards were still out.
The Palacios Division exceeded
its goal last year and it is the hope
of all workers that at the final
report meeting Friday morning at
10 at Petersen's Restaurant, we
will have done so again this year.
If you have not yet contributed, do
so today.
The recipients of the United
Fund contributions this year will
be the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Matagorda County Council for Re-
tarded Children, the Salvation
Army and the American Red Cross.
Local F.F.A. Chapter
To Enter Contests At
Wharton Wednesday
The Palacios Chapter of Future
Farmers of America will attend the
Leadership Contest at Wharton
County Junior College, Wednesday,
November 10. The Palacios chapter
will take three teams, a Senior
Chapter Conducting, a Junior Chap-
ter Conducting, and a F.F.A. Quiz
Team.
Members of the Senior Chapter
Conducting team are Jerome Ko-
curek, Kenneth Brown, Robert
Hickl, Gary Hunter, Buddy Lenz,
Walter Bowers, Tommy Ellis, Vic-
tor Eggemeyer, Gerald Holloway
and Kenny King.
Members of the Junior Chapter
Conducting team are Galen John-
son, Joe Jenkins, Thomas Kocurek,
Sandy Moore, Freddy Eggemeyer,
Richard Evens, Donnie Lenz, Will-
iam Malone, John Frankson and
Larry Pearce.
Lee Contreras, Abel Lucio, Der-
rill Kocurek and Frank Longoria
are members of the Quiz team.
One reason the courts don't han-
dle more drunken driving cases—
the undertaker gets them first.
LEADERS OF THE BAND—The five young ladies who have led the Palacios
High School Marching Band during the 1965 football season are left to right: Beverly
Tegge, twirer; Debbie Schulte, twirler; Carolyn Maddox, drum major; Beverly Smith,
twirler; and Vicki Kunefke, twirler.
Semi-Annual Calendar
Of Events Released By
State Highway Dept.
AUSTIN — Nearly 250 special
events which will take place in
the State of Texas during the next
six months are listed in the semi-
annual "Calendar of Events" re-
leased today by the Travel and In-
formation Division of the Texas
Highway Department.
Covering the period from Octo-
ber 1, 1965, through March 31,
1966, the new Calendar is filled
with listings of fairs, pageants,
art shows, horse shows, dog shows,
and celebrations of all kinds.
Visitors to the state, and Texans
as well, can choose from one to a
dozen or more events on any given
day—all of which typify the fiesta
flavor that has made Texas "Amer-
ica's Fun-tier."
Published in both Spanish and
English, it is expected that 30,000
Spanish Calendars will be distribut-
ed by Mexican traveil agents along
the border and in Mexico, and some
75,00 English versions will be dis-
tributed free through the Texas
Highway Department's eight Tour-
ist Bureaus and by mail.
Last year a half-million travel-
ers visited those Tourist Bureaus,
located at primary highway en-
trances to the state and in the ro-
tunda of the Capitol. The Depart-
ment received and processed over
200,000 travel information requests
during the past year.
The Calendar of Events is only
one of many aids to travelers avail-
able from the Texas Highway De-
partment. A colorful selection of
brochures, pamphlets, information
pieces and the official State High-
way Map are included in a packet
called the Texas Fun-tier Folio. It
is available free upon request from
the Texas Highway Department,
Travel and Information Division.
P. O. Box 6064, Austin, Texas 78-
703, or at any of the Tourist
Bureaus.
Drive To
Aid New
Library
The Palacios Library Inc. an-
nounced today through its Fi-
nance Committee Chairman, Stan-
ley Tegge, that the forthcoming
building fund drive will begin on
November 17, 1965.
Funds received during the drive
will be used to construct a modern,
4500 square foot library building
at the corner of Fourth and Main.
Donations to the building fund
are tax deductible, and will insure
the people of Palacios a library
second to none in the area.
"Six Missions of Texas" by six"
authors is the latest memorial book
on the Palacios Library shelves.
Governor Connally wrote the in-
troduction. Granville Bruce of Irv-
ing, Texas, painted the six missions
which are reproduced in color in.
this book.
The Alamo, Concepcion, Espada,
San Jose and San Juan de Capis-
trano arei in or near San Antonio;
LaBahia is close to Goliad.
Six experts in the field of Texas,
history were chosen to write the
historical sketches.
Tenth Anniversary
2nd Presbyterian
Church Is Sunday
The Second Presbyterian Church
of Palacios will celebrate the Tenth
Anniversary of its organization at
the evening Worship Service to be
held on November 14, 1965 at
7:00 p.m.
This church was organized on
November 9, 1955 with 53 mem-
bers who were dismissed from the
First Presbyterian Church of whom
our church was a mission.
The Second Church greatly ap-
preciates the effort Of the First
Presbyterian Church in helping to
keep ©ur little mission alive until
the day it became an organized
church. Some of the persons whose
names will be remembered for their
love, kind actions toward our mis-
sion are: W. H. Clement, B. W.
Trull, Mrs. Olive Nester, Mrs.
Irene Stevenson, Miss Mary Bur-
net, Mrs. Nora Talmadge, Mrs.
Harry Sisson, Mrs. R. C. Morrow,
and Mrs. C. M. Backen.
Miss Alice Barr still plays the
piano for our church on Sunday
mornings. For all others whose
names are not mentioned the
church says "thank you" for all
the good things you have done for
the church.
The program for the occasion
will include former pastors and
other guests. Miss Margaret Her-
lin, organist at First Church will
play the prelude; the invocation
will be given by the Rev. Leslie
Webb, First Presbyterian. Church,
Palacios; Bible reading will be by
the Rev. D. G. Vera, former min-
ister from 1968-1963, now in Vic-
toria, Texas; Dedication of offer-
ing will be by the Rev. J. L. Leo*
of El Mesias Presbyterian Church,
Corpus Christi.
There will be special song num-
bers by students ftrom the Pan-
American Presbyterian School In
Kingsville, Texas.
The Sermon will be preached by
the Rev. Fernando Gutierrez, form-
er minister in Palacios, from 1954-
1)9*56, and now in El Divino Sal-
vador Presbyterian Church, Corpus
Christi. The Welcome and Benedic-
tion will bo said by the Rev. F. P.
Rugerio present minister of our
Second Presbyterian Cfturch since
1964. Mr. Ray Suarez, student at
Austin Seminary was at Second
Presbyterian Church for the sum-
mer of 1963.
Friends are cordially invited to
attend.
David A. Thomas To
Be Pastor Sunday At
Collegeport Church
David A. Thomas, senior student
at Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary, Austin, will be guest
pastor at the Collegeport First
Presbyterian Church Sunday, No-
vember 14.
Thomas received a bachelor of
arts degree in 1959 from The Uni-
versity of Texas and also has stud-
ied at the University of North Car-
olina and Syracuse University. He
served three years in the Air
Force.
He was a student assistant min-
ister at the First Presbyerian
Church, Pasadena, during the sum-
mer of 1964, and was student pas-
tor at the Collegeport Presbyterian
Church during the summer of 1965.
Thomas and his wife, the former
Jodean MacDonald of Freeport,
have two children. He is a member
of the First Presbyterian Church,
Freeport.
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