The Bay City News (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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PATRONIZE
NEWS
ADVERTISERS!
THE BAY CITY NEWS
PATRONIZE
NEWS
ADVERTISERS!
MEMBER TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATIOH
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1956
BAY CITY, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME 11 NUMBER 15
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MART MAKES RICE FETE HAPPY TIME
City Takes On Festive Air For Rice Fete
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GULF GAUGE REPORTED, 2 VENTURES PLUGGED
Harrison's Rugeley And Texas
Gulf PVoducing's Ray Dusters
A gauge has become available on Texas Gulf Sulphur Company's lone producer at Gulf
i%more than 20 tries and two wildcat ventures were plugged and abandoned to highlight
THE NEWS' drill report this week. At Gulf, site of once the world's largest sulphur mine
but now a ghost town, T. G. S.'s No. 17 Fee made 10,500,000 cubic feet of dry gas daily on
o^ten flow from 4,385-95 feet. It has been shut in with a pressure of 1,675 pounds.
Plugged were U. M. Harrison's No. 1 Susie LeTulle Rugeley north of El Ma ton at
10,150 feet and Texas Gulf Producing Company's No. 2 H. H. Ray northeast of Francitas
around 10,000 feet. Harrison's
Rugeley caused quite a stir a
couple of weeks ago and rumors
were that it mig'ht be a gas-distil-
late well, but efforts by the opera-
tor to bring it in proved futile.
More late reports from Mata-
gorda County, field-by-'field, area-
by-area:
WADSWORTH—Gulf Oil Cor-
poration's No. 1 Mae Gilmore, et
al, is digging past 5,500 feet. . .
Texas Company's 1-B Mary Bunk
is testing.
GULF — Texas Gulf Sulphur
1 Company's No. 19 Fee is drilling
below protection string set at 6,-
ilTilO feet. . . Texas Gulf Sulphur
Company's No. 22 Fee was last
reported drilling around 4,000 feet.
FAITH-MAG — Russell Mag-
uire's A-3 Huebner was prepaf-
*ing to run a log early this week.
NORTH VAN VLECK—B. B. M.
Drilling Company's No. 1 W. H.
Miekow, et al, is drilling around
6,500 feet.
LUCKY—Stanolind Oil & Gas
Company's No. 3 Carmen J. An-
derson is drilling below surface
casing.
NORTHEAST BAY CITY-
NORTH VAN VLECK—Holland-
American Petroleum Corporation
has an obligation to drill No. 1
Lacy Armour, et al, on the 5,000-
acre Duncan Ranch (part of the
old Pierce Estate) in the Daniel
Rawls and Isaac Foster Surveys.
NORTH COLLEGEPORT—Tide-
water Oil Company's No. 1 Estel-
la M'acy is coring at 8,760 feet.
Southeast blessing—Mi-
chel t. Halbouty's No. 1 l. S. Mc-
(fcSee "GULF GAUGE," Page 8)
BLACK (ATS DESCEND ON BOMNG
FRIDAY FOR TILT WITH OLD RIVALS
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Bulldogs Hold Even Season Record
Opposed To Felines' Two Victories
Those hard-hitting Bay City
Black Cats will invade Boling Fri-
day night 'for a game with the
Bulldogs, old District 25-AA foes
and co-champions last year.
Colorful Coach Tom Pickett's
STEWART EDITOR
GUNN MANAGER
For (he edification of some of
its readers, THE BAY CITY
NEWS is staffed and operated
by Bob Stewart, editor-in-chief,
and LaNoy Gunn, business and
advertising manager.
All news copy or information
should be addressed to Mr. Ste-
wart. All matters relating to ad-
vertising or advertising accounts
should be addressed to Mr. Gunn.
Inquiries concerning subscrip-
tions may be addressed either
to Mr. Stewart or Mr. Gunn.
THE NEWS office in the Aus.
tin Building is closed each Wed-
nesday for press runs. Also, the
office is closed Saturdav after-
noons and Sundays.
BAY CITY WILL ROMP BY BOLING
21-12, BLACK CAT FANS PREDICT
Bulldogs' Loss To Lamar Mustangs
Influences Quarterbacks' Guesses
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By BOB STEWART
Editor
The Boling Bulldogs won't stand
a chance when they host the Black
Cats Friday night—or so Bay City
fans say.
The armchair quarterbacks pre-
dict the score of the fray will be
21-12 with Bay City on top.
Exact average of 10 fans'
guesses was 19-10. All predicted
Bay City would be the winner,
(jraesses ran from 21-0 to 7-6.
Boling's poor showing against
Lamar Consolidated last week
(they were beaten 7-0) and that
tried and true Cat line were the
factors that put Bay City on top
in the eyes of the "experts."
All fans were at least one touch-
down off in last week's guesses
on the Bay City-Edna game. Judge
J. J. Spurgeon and Miss Margie
Stroud came closest with 20-0
predictions.
The judge's reason for his guess
was that Bay City was playing on
home territory and that "they had
tasted the sweetness of victory."
Miss Stroud said that Edna is
"Bay City's cousin."
This week's guesses on the Bay
fifty -Boling game:
DOMINGO GARCIA—"Bay City
20, Boling 14. I have faith in Bay
City because o'f its fine perform
ances in the first two games of the
season."
LUDOLPH HEILIGBRODT —
"Bay City 21, Boling 0. Just gues-
sing."
MRS. HORACE ROWMAN—
"Bay City 20, Boling 7. Just a
guess."
THE REV. VERNON RABEL—
"Bay City 7, Boling 6. I count on
that extra point to bring Bay City
through."
JOHN TURNER—"Bay City 21,
Boling 7. Bay City's got that de-
fense." ' i.
C. H. (DEE) DEWOLFB —
"Bay City 27, Boling 6. Bay City
has a good fast little team and
they're improving with every
game."
JEAN TAYLOR—"Bay City 20,
Boling 0. Bay City has that good
line."
JOE ALLISON—"Bay City 21,
Boling 6. I like our ball club's
line, and although our backs are
light they're fast."
DAN RATLIFF—"Bay City 14,
Boling 6. Bay City is rated over
Boling by the experts, and if La-
mar Consolidated can beat them,
so can we!"
JAMES R. McWHIRTER—"Bay
City 20, Roling 0. You can't tell
what the score will be by past
performances of a team, but Bay
City ought to have this one."
Bulldogs were tabbed to take sec-
ond place behind West Columbia
in District 26-AA by grid experts
in pre-season ratings.
Smce then they have won one
game (7-0 over Clear Creek) and
lost another (0-7 to Lamar Con-
solidated).
The loss to Lamar Consolidated,
a member of Bay City's District
12-AAA* this year, didn't hurt Bol-
ing's reputation ariy. The Mustangs
had nicked Bellville, a team that
has been giving opponents misery
this season, by a score of 6-0 the
week before.
Also, Boling's win over Clear
Creek was something to gloat over.
Clear Creek is a new school dis-
trict composed of Webster, League
City, and others. Last week the
new school beat Humble, 33-7.
The Bulldogs are figured to be
stronger in the backfield than they
were in 1955, but their line was
hurt by boys graduating.
F'air Of Quarters
Coach Pickett has two top quar-
terbacks, Filo Jiminez at 145
pounds and David Foehner at 155.
Jimenez will be the starting field
general Friday night, the coach
reports.
Foehner, a three-year letterman,
probably will see most of the ac-
tion at the signal calling post,
however, barring injuries.
Foehner heaved a 31-yard aerial
to End Jacinto Castro to set up the
touchdown that beat Clear Creek
in the season opener.
All the Boling backs are light
but fast. Left Half Servando Rod-
riguez probably is fastest and hits
the hardest of any Bulldog. He also
is a topnotch pass receiver. His
weight is listed as only 140 pounds.
From the official player roster
released by Boling, the Bulldog
team is surprisingly light. Aver-
age of the starting line-up is only
152 pounds—10 pounds per man
lighter than the Black Cats.
Allowing for error in weights,
the two teams should go on the
field weighing about the same.
Run Belly Series
Pickett's boys work out of a
(See "OLD RIVALS," Page 5)
GAILY COLORED
BANNERS WAVE
AROUND SQUARE
Courthouse Lawn
Construction Work
Will Begin Soon
Bay City is already taking on a
festive atmosphere for the Bay
Cflfcy Lions Club Rice Festival
October 5-6.
Street decoration got under way
last week and gaily colored ban-
ners are floating in the breeze all
the way around the square.
Work on the concession build-
ings is set to begin Monday on
the Matagorda County Courthouse
lawn.
Poles for the power lines that
will turn the two ferris wheels and
run the children's train will be
erected first. Then the Lions will
invade the square to put up build
ings that will house the concession
stands.
The big fems wheel, the only
piece of rented machinery on the
little midway, will stand approxi-
mately 60 feet high. A smaller
wheel for the younger children al-
so will be operated.
The train, a big favorite with
the children, will have tracks that
cover almost a quarter of a city
block. If the tracks were straight-
ened out, they would extend from
one side of the courthouse lawn
to the other.
Heading up the building com-
mittee is Morris Wyse, and J. A.
Sparks is in charge o'f street
decorations.
Everything In Stands
Concession stands will include
everything from darts to the
perennially favorite sport of "pen-
ny pitching."
Gun "experts" will try their luck
at knocking over packs of ciga-
rets to impress their girl friends.
Concession stands, run by mom
bers of the Lions Club, will open
October 5, a Friday, at 4:30 or 5
o'clock and will remain open dur-
ing the rice festival football game
and until midnight.
The new queen will be presented
with gifts from merchants on the
lawn that night after the game.
Stands will be open all day the
following Saturday and will keep
up a flourishing business until
midnight.
Then, according to Mr. Wyse,
Lions will really go to work. All
the stands, poles, scrap paper, and
other debris must be removed from
the courthouse lawn before the
sun comes up Sunday.
In addition to street decorations,
Bay City merchants' windows will
carry out rice themes in special
displays. Chairman of that facet
of the festival is Jimmy Sanders.
Displays Are Free
The displays will cost the mer-
chants nothing except the time it
takes to decorate them. Materials
(See "RICE FETE," Page 8)
Greatest Cash Crop Selling
Strong As $8.95 Bid Made
The rice market seems determined to give farmers something to celebrate at the Bay
City Lions Club Rice Festival next week as the market continues good.
High bid of the season was recorded in Thursday's market on a lot of Frank Horn's
Bluebonnet. Comet plunked down $8.95 per barrel for his lot.
Second high of the season was recorded Monday at the Matagorda County Rice Farmers
Cooperate. Rivcrbrand paid M. McKelvy and Lewis $8.90 per barrel for a lot of Bluebonnet.
On the quantity side, this is a slack time for rice. Only 5,380 barrels were placed on
the block Monday and 12,605 bar-
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
BAY CITY BLACK CATS
BOLING BULLDOGS
Name
Wt.
No.
Pos.
No.
Wt.
Name
Shivers
., 164
29
LE
85
-170 ....
Estlinbaum ...
185
36
LT
71
170 ...
Genzer
Knost
.. 171
46
LG
68
145 ....
Weaver
Patton
.. 167
43
C
51
172 ...
Looper
Ammons
.. 156
22
RG
63
136
Davidek
Kristynik
.. 183
40
RT
65
155
McLeod
Huitt
.. 158
23
RE
82
135
riaatro
Muniz
.. 150
25 -
QB
10
145
Jimenez
Acosta
.. 146
34
LH
23
140
Rodriguez
Jones
. 142
31
RH
44
145
Sabrsula
Mendez
155
39
FB
11
156
Pyssen
Head Coach
Don Haley
Head Coach:
Tom Pickett
KEEP AN EYE ON THE
SMALL FRY!
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RICE FETE QUEEN CONTESTANTS
ENTERED RIGHT UP TO DEADLINE
Reigning Queen Janice Ellis 'Looking
Forward' To Being At Coronation
Those lovely Bay City Rice Fes-
tival queen's contestants were
still being entered right up to the
deadline this week.
At last tally Friday, Mr. and
Mrs. Galen Savage, queen's can-
didates chairmen, reported 15 en-
tered from all over this part of
Texas.
Mrs. Savage talked to Miss
Janice Ellis, 1955 queen, by tele-
phone last week and her majesty
said she was "looking forward to
being here" for the coronation of
the now queen October 5 between
halves of the Bay City-Wharton
game. |
Entries include Miss Nancy
Broussard, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Laslie Broussard of Rosen-
berg, representing the Rosenberg
Lions Club.
Miss Frances Friday, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Friday
of Bay City, representing the Bay
City Volunteer Fire Department;
Mis3 Martha M. Paggi, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Paggi of
Houston, representing the Hous-
ton A. & M. Club.
House Of Law
Miss Constance Law, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Law of Col-
legeport, representing the Pala-
cios Lions Club; Miss Carolyn Sue
Keen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. Q. Keen, representing the Bay
City Rotary Club.
Miss Grace L. Cain, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Cain
of Bay City, representing the Bay
City Junior Chamber of Commerce;
Mi.-<s Shirley Lenderman, daugh-
ter o'f Mrs. Winfred L. Lenderman
of Bay City, representing the
Matagorda County Rice Farmers.
'Miss Ann Holmans, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Hol-
mans of Bay City, representing
the Bay City American Legion
Auxiliary, Post 11.
Miss Jenny Gray, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gray of La-
Porte, representing the LaPorte
Lions Club; Miss Chloe Rugeley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Rugeley of Bay City, representing
the Bay City Y-Teens.
House Of Barr
Miss Doris Ann Barr, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Barr of Bay
City, representing the Bay City
Kiwanis Club; Miss Donna Bar-
bour, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Lane Barbour of Bay City, repre-
senting the Bay City Booster Club.
Miss Timothy Ann Hardy,
daughter of Judge and Mrs. G. P.
Hardy Jr. of Bay City, represent-
ing the Bay City Chamber of
Commerce; Miss Glenda Ortolon,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
C. Ortolon of Edna, representing
the Edna Lions Club.
Miss Gail Hood, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hood of Re-
fugio, representing the Matagor-
da County Beach Association.
"LOOKING FORWARD*' —
Miss Janice Ellis of LaPorte,
reigning queen of the Bay City
Rice Festival, told festival of-
ficials last week, that she w*s
"looking forward" to attending
the coronation ceremonies of this
year's queen. The festival's new
queen will be crowned at the
halftime of the Bay City-Whar-
ton 'football game here Friday
night, October 5.
Dr. Shoiiliz
Named Prexy
Of T. B. Group
Dr. Charles Shoultz was named
president of the Matagorda Coun-
ty Tuberculosis Association at a
meeting Thursday in the Service
Center.
Other new offiecrs are Dr. R.
H. Jackson, first vice-president;
Mrs. J. J. Harbison, second vice-
president; Mrs. Carmen Anderson,
secretary, and L. M. MatchettT
treasurer.
Committee chairmen are Mrs.
Meda Otis, education; Mrs. Har-
vey White, programs; Mrs. Fannie
Lou Bishop, welfare; Mrs. Ed An-
derson, small gifts; Mrs. J. Speck-
man, publicity, and Mrs. D. M.
Rimmer, executive secretary.
Mrs. Rimmer is in charge of the
annual Christmas seal sales begin-
ning about the middle of Novem-
ber.
A planning meeting is set for
November 8 in the Service Center.
rels were offered Thursday.
Amount of rice left in the field
stands about the same as last
week. Cooperate Manager George
Shoultz estimates 15 per cent o'f
Matagorda County's greatest cash
crop is yet to be harvested.
Also there is an undetermined
amount of second' crop rice. There
has been quite a bit of watering
back this year.
Off '55 Pace
It doesn't appear now that there
will be as many barrels per acre
this year as there were in the
1955 record harvest. However, the
figure will not be much lower.
A capsule report on Monday's
sale:
Swanson and Trull, Bluebonnet,
$8.56 per barrel, confirmed to
Riverbrand; Willrich and Trail,
Bluebonnet, $8.48 per barrel con-
firmed to Riverbrand.
E. F. Baca, Bluebonnet, $8.33
per barrel, confirmed to River-
brand; M. McKelvy and Lewis,
Bluebonnet, $8.90 per barrel, con-
firmed to Riverbrand.
Williams and Guillot, Bluebon-
net, $7.38 per barrel by Comet,
turned down; Williams and Guil-
lot, Bluebonnet, $6.97 per barrel
by Comet, turned down.
Gulf Coast Rice Farms, Hall
and Rugelqy, Sunbonnet, $8.23
per barrel, confirmed to Comet;
Willrich and Trull, Sunbonnet,
$8.28 per barrel, one-half confirm-
ed to Riverbrand.
W. H. Laslie Estate and F. P. C.,
Century Patna, $7.58 per barrel,
confirmed to Comet; W. H. Laslie
estate, Century Patna, $7.53 per
barrel, confirmed to Comet.
Sale Reported
Thursday's sale;
Sirnion and Ashcraft, Century
Patna, $7.68 per barrel, confirmed
to Blueribbon; F-. Ray and F.
Lewis, Century Patna, $7.68 per
barrel, confirmed to Blueribbon.
Slone and Lewis, Century Patna,
$7.67 per barrel, confirmed to
Comet: Sansing and Matthews,
Century Patna, $7.74 per barrel by
Comet, turned down.
Fi-ank Horn, Bluebonnet, $8.95
per barrel, confirmed to Comet;
Jenkins and Lawrence, Bluebonnet,
$7.98 per barrel, confirmed to
Pritchard.
Johnson and Cornelius, Bluebon-
net, $8.65 per barrel, confirmed to
Comet.
FESTIVE COURTHOUSE
The county will pay the Bay
City Lions Club $75 for decora-
tions to be placed on the court-
house during the Rice Festival
next week.
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Stewart, Bob. The Bay City News (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 1956, newspaper, September 27, 1956; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth428451/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.