The Bay City News (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1956 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BAY CITY NEWS
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Thursday, Januar
1956
THE BAY CITY NEWS
PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY
BY ROBERT J. WILKINSON
IN BAY CITY, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
LOCATED SECOND FLOOR AUSTIN BUILDING
Dial Clrclc 5-7291 172G Sixth Street P. 0. Box 431
LANOY GUNN BUSINESS-ADV. MGR.
BOB STEWART EDITOR
C. B. KEENER CITY CIRCULATION
CORRESPONDENTS
MRS. ED O'CONNELL VAN VLECK-SUGAR VALLEY
MPS. WILLIAM SCHOTT PLEDGER-ASIIWOOD
MRS. G. C. McELRATH MARKHAM-CLEMVILLE
MISS MOLLY BULLARD MIDFIELD-BLESSING
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
13 a year, $1.60 for six months in Matagorda County; $4.00 a year, $2.00
for six months out of Matagorda County, payable in advance. We stop
all subscriptions upon expiration.
"Entered as Second-Class Matter July 22, 194G, at the Post Office at
Bay City, Texas, under the Act of March 3, 1879."
Any erroneous reflection upon the character,
standing, or reputation of any person, firm or
corporation which may appear in the columns
of THE BAY CITY NEWS will be gladly cor-
rected if brought to the attention of the publisher.
OIL, GAS AND MINERAL LEASES
Mineral deed from LaGloria Oil
and Gas Company to R. J. St. Ger-
main, undivided 1/16 interest in
55 acres in Burnett & Sojourner
... SERVICE
IS WHAT WE SELL!
. YOUR
EEDS—
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Station
Phone 311f
ser, Owner
League, dated 12-7-55, filed 12-14-
55.
Assignment to C. B. Webster,
the Grace P. Heffelfinger, et al,
lease covering 150 acres in J. Til-
ley League, the Grace P. Heffel-
finger, et al, covei-ing a part of
the J. Tilley League and part of
Block B-2 of the J. E. Pierce, et al,
Blessing Orange, Fig and Gar-
den Tract Subdivision, said lots
covering 21 through 40, the M. J.
Crowe and Northwestern National
Bank of Minneapolis, M^nn., joint
guardians of the Estate of Sally
Greenwood Pierce, covering the
same last described property, with
the assignors, P. R. Rutherford
and Houston Oil Company, except-
ing and reserving unto themselves
the Heffelfinger D-l Well, C-l
and C-2 Wells, dated 11-2-55, filed
12-14-55.
Flora Ella Sanders, et al, 40
acres in the Lowery, A-349, and
Reed, A-373, Surveys, being the
east half of the east half of the
northwest quarter of Fractional
Section 43 of the Texas Rice De-
velopment Company Subdivision,
5-year term, $200 rental, $1.10
stamps, filed 12-14-55; to Frank
Hawkins, assigned1 to Skelly Oil
Company 11-22-55, filed 12-14-55,
$1.65 stamps.
Assignment to Skelly Oil Com-
pany, the Jeremiah Jones lease
dated 10-14-55 covering 206.3 acres
in the I. & G. N. R. R. Company
Surveys 2-5 in Block 5, A-253 and
A-251 respectively, dated 10-27-55,
filed 12-15-55.
Mineral deed from David
Whitaker to E. C. Fantham, un-
divided 1/16 interest in 80 acres
LEASES
• ROYALTIES
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W. WILKINSON & SONS
/. Wilkinson W. W. Wilkinson Jr.
Bob Wilkinson
N BLDG. (1726 6th St.) DIAL CI5-3612
BAY CITY, TEXAS
START WITH A "LITTLE"™
AND ADD TO IT, OFTEN!
Now's the time to begin building that small savings
account into a solid "security pool" that someday will
pay for your new home or automobile, an education
for your children, a secure old age for yourself—or
•>ny of your other dreams that a steadily-growing,
>v>gs account can help come true!
' NATIONAL BANK
^MBER F. D. I. C.
SURPLUS $500,000
TTAL $750,000
out of the Susan Perkins Survey,
Lot 23-C, A-371, described as the
east half of northwest quar-
ter, Section 23, dated 12-1-55, filed
12-15-55.
C. P. Tucker, et ux, Lots 14-
17-25 out of and part of the south-
east quarter of Section 7 of the
Texas Rice Development Company
Subdivision containing 17.40 acres
in the Dasher Survey, A-146, dat-
ed 11-5-55, 5-year term, $87 rental,
51 cents stamps; to Christie, Mit-
chell & Mitchell.
W. L. Ellis, et ux, 46.42 acres,
Lot 43, Ferris & Simpson Subdi-
vision 1, J. C. Hill League, A-197,
A. Farquhar Survey, A-158, dated
12-16-55, 5-year term, $58 rental,
filed 12-17-55; to Linden Barrett.
Chax-les Frederick Fullilove, et
al, being Lots 23-24-25-26-27-28
containing 73.52 acres in the W. A.
Moore Sub. in the Amos Rawls
League, A-81, dated 11-8-55, 5-year
term, $15.21 rental, 55 cents
stamps, filed 12-16-55; to Hous-
ton Oil Company.
Louis Wolf's 288.18 acres, Bow-
man & Reese League, A-8, dated
11-26-55, 5-year term, $864.54 rent-
al, filed 12-19-55; to W. E. Wise,
assigned 12-8-55 to the Superior
Oil Company, filed 12-19-55.
Assignment to Stanolind Oil &
Gas Company, Tide Water Associ-
ated Oil Company, and Skelly Oil
Company, the John Jones Slone
lease dated 8-21-53 covering 9.3921
acres in the I. & G. N. R. R. Com-
pany Survey, Section 1, Block 4,
dated 12-12-55, filed 12-17-55.
Mineral deed's from Mary Kaul-
bach to Julia Whatley and Helen
Creighton Bailey, undivided Vs
mineral interest to each in lands
in the Battle, Berry & Williams
League described in lease 8-10-45,
Louise K. Holman, et al, to Stano-
lind Oil & Gas Company, Volume
163, Page 556, Deed Records of
Matagorda County, Texas; also
land in Survey 1, Block 4, I. &
G. N. R. R. Company Survey de-
scribed in deecf from B. Zuch, ex-
ecutor of the Estate of E. Zuch to
H. B. Kaulbach and W. S. Holman,
Volume 38, Page 470, Deed
Records of Matagoi'da County,
Texas, dated 10-13-55, filed 12-20-
55, $10.45 stamps.
FROM OUR FILES
205 Members
Were In Chamber
Nine Years Ago
JANUARY 9, 1947
The Bay City Chamber of Com-
merce announced its largest mem-
bership to date, 205 firms and in-
dividuals.
Miss Barbara Lorraine Savage,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Savage of Bay City, and Howard
Walton Stell were married De-
cember 26.
The second annual 4-H and F.
F. A. Boys Livestock Show was
set for Bay City January 22-23,
according to County Agent John
Hutchison.
JANUARY 4, 1951
A hearing was held to discuss
the formation of a permanent dan.
ger zone in the Gulf of Mexico
adjacent to Matagorda Peninsula
and Island, according to a notice
by the U. S. Army Corps of En-
gineers.
Funeral services for Arthur G.
Skinner, 70, were held in Palacios.
New Year's Day, 1951, dawned
with heavy rain and nippy temper-
atures.
JANUARY 7, 1954
Jim Selkirk, Mrs. Hilma Huitt,
and Tom Matthews announced in
THE BAY CITY NEWS for re-
election to the offices of county
tax assessor-collector, county clerk,
and commissioner of Precinct 1.
Miss Helen Poe reviewed a book
before the Bav City Book Review
Club.
Over a seven-day period the
temperature in Bay City ranged
from a high of 87 to a low of 32
degrees!
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Layton Moore, et al, to O. E.
Rice, Lot 8 in Blk. 9, in D. P.
Moore's East Heights Add. to
Bay City. Executed 12-6-55, filed
12-12-55, stamps $1.10.
Estate of Victoria De La Cruz,
dee'd., and Espiridion De La Cruz
to Rowland Rugeley, Lots 3, 4, 5,
6 in Blk. 46 of Bay City. Executed
12-5-55, filed 12-10-55, stamps
$2.75.
Albert Wadsworth McNabb, et
ux, to Philip Gai-dner Serrill, et
ux, Lot 3 in Blk. 7, Tier 1, Mata-
gorda Front, Matagorda. Executed
12-10-55, filed 12-14-55, stamps
55c.
Partition deed between Nelson
P. Davies Murel Goodell, and Lil-
lie Jaschke. Murel Goodell and
Lillie Jaschke sell to Nelson P.
Davies: Tr. D. of Sargent Beach
Waterways; Tr. E of Sargent
Beach Waterways; Tr. F of Sar-
gent Beach Waterways; Tract H.
of Sargent Beach Waterways;
Tract I of Sargent Beach Water-
ways; west portion of Tr. J ac-
cording to map of SARGENT
BEACH WATERWAYS; Lots 21
and 22 in Blk. 3, Lots 1 and 2 in
Blk. 5, Lots 5, 6, 10, 24, 25, 37, 36,
53, 54, 55 and 70 in Blk. 10, Lot
26 in Blk. 11 of Sargent Beach,
and Lot 32 in Blk. 23 of Sarg«nt
Beach Addition. Nelson P. Da-
vies and Murel Goodell sell to
Lillie Jaschke the W/2 of Tr. K
of Sargent Beach Waterways. Nel.
son P. Davies and Lillie Jaschke
sell to Murel Goodell: Tr. A of
Sargent Beach Waterways, east-
erly portion of Tract J of SAR-
GENT BEACH WATERWAYS,
E/2 of Tract K. of Sar-gent Beach
Waterways. Executed 12-3-55, fil-
ed 12-14-55.
Partition deed dated 12-3-55:
Murel Goodell and Lillie Jaschke
have sold to Nelson P. Davies: Tr.
D, of Sargent Beach Waterways,
Tract E of Sargent Beach Water-
ways, Tr. F of Sargent Beach Wa-
terways, Tract H, of Sargent
Beach Waterways, Tract I of Sar-
gent Beach Waterways, W. por-
tion of Tr. J according to map of
Sargent Beach Waterways, Lots
21 and 22 in Blk. 3 Lots 1 and 2
in Blk. 5, Lots 5, 6, 10, 24, 25, 37,
36, 53, 54, 55, 70 in Blk. 10, Lot
26 in Blk. 11 of Sargent Beach,
Lot 32 in Blk. 23 of Sargent
Beach Add. Nelson P. Davies and
Murel Goodell sold to Lillie
Jaschke the W/2 of Tr. K of Sar-
gent Beach Waterways. Nelson P.
Davies and Lillie Jaschke sold to
Murel Goodell: Tr. A of Sargent
Beach Waterways, Tract B of
Sargent Beach Waterways, Tract
C of Sargent Beach Waterways,
the easterly portion of Tract J
of Sargent Beach Waterways, the
E. Va of Tract K iof Sargent Beach
Waterways. Filed 12-14-55.
A. I. Stevens, et ux, et al, to
Lee Law and Tenola Law, a plot
of ground 44.15 feet by 100 ft. out
of Lot 9 in Blk. 22 of the Exten-
tion to Moore's 2n Add. to Bay
City. Executed 12-7-55, Jd 12"
16-55, stamps $3,85.
Mary Kain Stewart, ^
E. Heckendorn Jr., et uxf w/* °*
Lot 10 and all of Lots H ani*
in Jilk. 6 of Magill's A'!«-
City. Executed 12-12-55, illed lz"
14-55, stamps $29.70.
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BAY CITY BANK
AND TRUST COMPANY
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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