The Bay City News (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1956 Page: 6 of 8
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TIIE BAY CITY NEWS
Thursday, April 26, 1956
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OILMEN ARE PEASANTS
COMPARED WITH SOME
By HAROLD LcBOURGEOIS
(In Houston Post)
In the seven years we have been
newspapering in this oil patch of
ours, we have gotten to know per-
sonally a rather large number of
people who should be classed its
oilman.
They are oilmen in the sense
that their means of livelihood
stems from the drilling and pro-
ducing of wells.
Yet, it is doubtful that we would
need more than the fingers of two
hands to count those in the mil-
lionaire bracket.
Not that we have anything
against knowing millionaires—the
more you know the better. The
point is that in the oil fraternity
there are not as many running
around as legend has it.
Unfortunately for the oil in-
dustry, not many people outside
the oil producing country know
this.
Jake Ilttmon pointed up this
public attitude oilmen are faced
with in a talk earlier this week in
Dallas at the annual meeting of
the Texas Independent Producers
and Royalty Owners Association.
Among other things, he said
"you have got to realize that we
are the lousiest public relations
men it is possible to be. We have
got to start winning friends and
influencing people, and we are
starting a lot later than we should
be."
The history of this pubk'c think
ing that all oilmen are rolling in
wealth probably stems all the way
back to the days of one John D
Rockefeller who built up quite a
monopoly oil-wise.
But, tracing it down to con
temporary times, we cannot get
away from the fact that oilmen,
as a I'^'-iiliar kind of breed, na-
turally lay themselves open t.<
every conceivable type of publicity
simply bccause their business
engenders a certain amount of
recklessness, requires some daring
and still gives the poor boy a
chance to make good.
The boisterous, gambler-type,
rags-to-riches variety got in the
public eye particularly during the
1930s when the industry wasn't so
stabilized.
| Another important point is that
oilmen have been publicized for,
lo, these years, by virtue of their
very numbers.
There are thousands of produc
ers in the business and consequent-
ly you will find more wealthy peo-
ple in the oil industry compared to
those in other 'fields.
Percentage-wise, there are many
more millionaires in the jewelry,
grocery, steel, furniture and gen
eral supply businesses.
As Mr. Hamon said, "despite the
fact that we live like peasants
compared to the way wealthy peo-
ple live in some other sections, we
are regarded as the richest. What
should we do about it? No one
likes to tell about his dry holes or
expensive leases that were total
losses, but maybe we had better
start."
He advised oilmen to get in some
of the outfits that do work on
these public relations problems na-
tionally "and make your voices
felt."
As we were saying, most of the
oilmen we know drive Chevrolets
and Fords. They make modest liv-
ings through hard work. But they
never get publicized.
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NEW BELL MAN—Donald B.
McCarroll, a native o'f Plainview
and a graduate of Texas Tech,
is the new Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company official for
Bay City and Galveston area.
We Are Feeling
Mighty Cocky—
Pardon us if we strut a
bit but we think we have
something to crow about.
It's our new Personal
Articles Insurance Policy.
With this policy any or all
of the following valuable
pieces of property can be
covered in one contract;
Jewelry furs — photo
equipment — musical in-
struments — silverware
— golfing equipment—
stamp & coin collections
and fine art objects ,
Such possessions repre-
sent a sizable investment—
so why risk loss when pro-
tection may be purchased at
a comparatively low cost ?
Let us give you full de-
tails,
LUDOLPH
HEILIGBRODT
BAY CITY
1813 6h St. Phone CI5-8343
Letters to
the Editor
MIDFIELD . . .
Mrs. Krenek
Has Visitors
From Chicago
BLUE WATER HIGHWAY
BOOMED BY DEVELOPER
'hifrs
(Editor's note: Letters in this
column reflect the opinion of
the sender and may or may not
reflect the opinion of this news-
paper. Opinions about public
issues are invited. Letters must
not be derogatory or libelous,
must he signed.)
To THE NEWS:
As the Pilot year draws to a
close, the club wishes to thank you
for the publicity you gave to its
activities during the past year. It
was sincerely appreciated by all
the members.
The group wishes you every
success in the future.
Yours truly,
Etta Mae Baker, President
By Eva Tenberg, Secretary
Local C. Of C. Warns
Residents Of "Bait
Advertising" Deals
The Bay City Chamber of Com-
merce has warned residents to be
on the alert for "bait advertising"
practiced throughout the country
by a small minority of merchants.
Citing a bulletin fi'om the Na-
tional Better Business Bureau with
which the chamber is affiliated:
"Bait advertising is an alluring
offer to sell something which the
advertiser does not sincerely want
to sell, or tries not to sell, or delib-
erately avoids selling,
"The purpose of such advertis-
ing is to get the customer into the
store, or to secure a salesman's
entry into a home, with the pur-
pose of selling some other higher-
priced item or items of merchan-
dise."
To THE NEWS:
I am right with you on the
Shivers idea. I wouldn't disgrace
my vote by voting 'for such a. . .
politician as Lyndon Johnson or...
Stevenson. They are both typical...
Roosevelt1"r u./mj a n politicians;
Roosevelt however is the king of...
politicians. Johnson would give us
a "new deal" or "fair deal" but to
us the public it would still be a...
Roosevelt deal. . .
Through my own over 51 years
of voting have always tried to vote
for a "MAN" and not a politician.
I have a number of letters from
Gov. Shivers thanking me for my
expressions.
If we the people don't watch
our steps we will be in the same
condition as the people of Russia.
Too much of our states right have
been taken away from us now.
This Supreme Court is made up
of a bunch of. . . Roosevelt poli-
ticians that will have to be watch-
ed.
This negro question is a fair ex-
ample. It was started by Mrs.
Roosevelt. When she wasn't spread-
ing smoke screens to hide the. . .
deals, she was chinning with negro
women to get votes.
This just expresses a millionth
part of my ideal on these political
nuts.
Yours for "Kleen" government.
George Helmecke
Bay City, Texas
By MISS MOLLY BULLARD
Midfield-Blessing Reporter
Visiting Mrs. Theo Krenek are
Mr. and Mrs. John Muggendorig
?>trs. Bill Sugate, and Mrs. Anna
Hurchert of Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kana visited
relatives at East Bernard Sunday.
The A. W. Hurtas visited the
Garland Guyneses in Freeport Sun-
day.
Mrs. W. A. Malcik, Mrs. A. W.
Hurta, Mrs. Edwin Hurta, and
Mrs. Frank Hurta attended the
district T. H. D. A. club meeting
at IWharton April 17.
Mrs. Louis Duhon of Refugio
and Mrs. Grace Raleigh of Ganado
visited the Fred Corneliuses Sun-
day.
Mrs. Allan Labay and children
of Clemville and Mrs. Theo Krenek
attended a quilting party at Mrs.
Ben Malik's home in Garwood
GOEKES VISIT HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Goeke Jr.
and daughters, Dian and Freda of
Huntsville, visited his parents last
week-end.
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Four Cases Appear
On Criminal Docket
Of County Clerk
Four cases Were added to the
criminal docket of the county clerk
last week.
J. F. Dugger was filed on April
10 for passing a worthless check;
Steve Lewis Kosarek was set free
on a $500 bond and will appear for
trial May 21 for driving while in-
toxicated.
E. W. Capps was also set free
on a $250 bond and will appear for
trial May 7; Albert S. Campo was
found guilty of driving while in-
toxicated April 16 and was sen-
tenced to three days in jail, a $50
fine, and court costs. However, all
three counts were suspended until
May 7.
FROM OUR FILES . . .
Mrs. Hurley
Gives Veterans
Home In 1947
APRIL 24, 1947
Mrs. F. A. Hurley presented Bay
City's Post 2438, Veterans of
Foreign Wars with a house for a
site donated by Mr. and Mrs. II.
H. Parker in memory of their son,
Philip.
A large contact war mine o'f
French make was found on Mata-
gorda Island.
Miss Elizabeth Baxter became
the bride of Earl Pierce.
APRIL 26, 1951
A Bay City negro, dissatisfied
with a shoeshine, stabbed the
shine boy.
Lamar Evans and Byron (Pete)
Matthews were managers of the
Bay City Black Cat baseball team.
Funeral services for 101-year-
old Mrs. Lilly Elise Richers were
held.
APRIL 29, 1954
The new Bay City High School
Baseball Field was named in hon-
or of Arthur Stewart.
Pint-size thrips were giving
county farmers kingVsize head-
aches.
Mrs. Homer Garrison, wife of
director of Texas Department of
Public Safety, reviewed a book for
the Bay City Book Review Club.
The man who touched off the
Padre Island development boom
urged the Texas Highway Com-
mission to give "the most earnest
consideration" to llie immediate
construction of a Blue (Water High-
way reaching the full length o'f
the Texas coast.
"I don't think there is another
single highway project that would
contribute more to the growth and
prosperity of our state," said John
L. Tompkins, developer of the
multi-millicn-dollar Padre Beach
resort area on the south tip of
Padre Island.
"And I think the time has come
when such a project is thoroughly
justified."
Tompkins' statement followed a
meeting in Brownsville with Jona-
than H. Conrow of Darijn, Conn.,
a New York financer who recently
announced purchases of SO,000
acres of Padre Island property
north of Tompkins' development.
Southmost Five Miles
The Padre Beach area encom-
passes the southmost five miles of
Padre Island offshore from the
Lower Rio Grande Valley city of
Port Isabel.
Already close to a million dol-
lars worth of private construction
has been completed or is under
way. Public developments — in-
cluding a concrete causeway con-
necting Padre Beach and the Texas
mainland—total more than $5,000,-
000.
The proposed Blue Water High-
way, long discussed along the
Texas coast, would follow the wa-
ters o'f the Gulf ali the way from
Louisiana to the border of Mexico.
It would jump off the mainland
to stretch the full length of Gal-
veston Island, then swing: back in
the vicinity of Freeport.
Leave Again At O'Connor
The highway would leave the
mainland again near Port O'Con-
nor and stretch down the chain of
islands — Matagorda, St. Joseph,
Mustang, and Padre—which line
the southern half of the Texas
shore.
Tompktins said he already has
discussed the immediate need for
construction of the Blue Water
Highway with "hundreds of peo-
ple with a direct interest, in the
development of the Texas coast."
"I have yet to find a person who
opposes the idea," he added.
"For that reason, I intend to
discuss the project in the weeks
ahead by letter with every cham-
ber of commerce and every civic
group along our coast."
Tompkins said he was "pleased
to welcome Mr. Conrow to the
Texas coast."
An 'Excellent Sign'
"|We have seen a great deal of
Eastern and Midwest interests
moving to our coast in recent
years, and I think it is an excel-
lent sign."
Tompkins said that the people
of Texas have only to look at the
tremendous tourist1 weaJMi o'f Flori-
da to realize the potential of the
Texas coast.
"We have everything to offer in
the way of basic recreational re-
sources that Florida has," Tomp
kins said.
Sears Swine Program
Of Gilts Coming Up,
Frank Orts Reveals
Members of county 4-H clubs in-
terested in the Sears, Roebiwk &
Company of gilts may contact As-
sistant County Agent for informa-
tion
Eight gilts and one boar are gi-
ven to county 4-H members, who
in return give the best gilt back to
the program.
Pigs are distributed late in May.
"All we need now is to apply
the same kind of foresight and en-
terprise to th<> development of our
coastal areas that we have ap-
plied to the development of our
other natural resources.
Get State Behind It
"The key to the whole thing is
geting the Highway Commission
behind the Blue Water Highway
proposal."
The highway, Tompkins added,
not only would provide access to
untouched sections of our coast,,
but would—in itself—constitu^a
major tourist attraction.
"Imagine the millions o'f tourists
who would come down here to en-
joy a drive down our coast," Tomp-
kins added. •
"And if you think I am talking
about something that isn't big
business, just look at the Highway
Department's own figures.
"Last year, Texas had 8,700,000
out-of-state visitors who spent
$412,000,000 in our state. That,
mind you, with very little empha-
sis by anyone or any group on
tourist development."
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L. M. Pierce Elected
School Board Prexy
Of Tidehcven Schools
L. M. Pierce has been reelected
president of the Tidehaven School
District Board of Trustees, George
K. Nelson, superintendent of
schools, announced this week.
Melvin Harper was elected vice-
president and A. H. Johnson was
named secretary.
Mr. Harper and E. F. Vavra
were reelected to the board of
trustees in the recent election.
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presented with a 20-year safe
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Stewart, Bob. The Bay City News (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1956, newspaper, April 26, 1956; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth428404/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.