The Bay City News (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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PATRONIZE
NEWS
ADVERTISERS!
THE
PATRONIZE
NEWS
ADVERTISERS!
MEUBEk TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1956
BAY CITY, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME 11 NUMBER g
550 WILL ENROLL IN HIGH SCHOOL
Figure To Shatter
Enrollment Record
With the addition of the ninth grade to senior high, a
record-breaking enrollment of 550 students is expectcd to
begin classees September 4.
Approximate 525 students already have registered for
the coming semester. John H. Cherry, superintendent of the
Bay City Independent School District, said that 510 is the
present attendance record at the high school.
Any new pupils who have recently arrived in town or
who have not already registered
Rank Wildcat East Simpsonville
Is Drilling Ahead At 9,600 Feet
CHECKS COMING IN TO C.R.O.P.
may sign up between August 27
29 at their respective schools.
An orientation program is sched-
• uled for August 31 and September
1 at the various schools. Buses
will begin their regular routes Sep-
tember 4, a Tuesday. The first
* Monday of the month is Labor
Day and an official holiday.
Pupils entering school for the
first time this year must have
their birth certificates and small
pox innoculations prior to enter-
ing school.
The certificates will be present-
ed to the principal of their school
and will be returned to the par-
ents after registration.
Teachers Added
To handle the expected record
enrollment at the high school,
eight new instructors will be add-
ed. Contracts have been prepared
with seven of these teachers but
there is still one vacancy in the
English department.
Five new teachers have been
i added to the junior high school
staff and eight to the elementary
schools for a total of 20 new in-
structors.
Four of this number have taught
in the school district before but
did not instruct last year.
John Hill will serve as principal
of the Mary Pierce Withers Ele-
mentary School and Fred Goeke
will be junior high coach.
Assignments for the other new
teachers have not yet been an-
nounced.
Instructor Needed
In addition to the high school
vacancy, a teacher is needed for
the sixth grade in the elementary
schools.
New teachers in high school will
be Mrs. Ruby Ballard, Mrs. Mor-
ris Broughton, Rovvie McCarty,
Phil Point, Miss Mattie Sue Ring-
gold, Miss Bonnie Southwell, and
Albert Wynn.
0: New junior high teachers are
Mrs. Sue Beeman, Henry Black,
Mrs. D. A. 3inkauf, Mr. Goeke,
and Mrs. Ed Jecmenek.
New elementary school teachers
are Mrs. Fred Goeke, Mr. Hill,
Mrs. Kay Johnson, S. I). Beeman,
Mrs. Curtis D. Owen, Mrs. Geral-
dine Rogers, Mrs. Jerry Salyer,
and Mrs. Aileen Warnock.
mercury Hits Highs
Of 99 Degrees
Saturday, Monday
Saturday and Monday were the
hottest days of the year as the
Bay City Weather Station reported
highs of 99 degrees each day.
A trace of rain was recorded
Thursday.
Day-by-day recordings:
DATE i MAX. MIN PREC.
July 31 93 76 0.00
Aug. "I* 98" 77 0.00
Aug 2 93 74 trace
Aug. 3 95 72 0.00
Aug. 4 99 75 0.00
Aug. 5 98 76 0.00
Aug. 6 99 75 0.00
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This Week In
Matagorda County
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9
Bay City Civic Club; Service
Center, Bay City, 7:30 p.m.
Water (Works Instruction Ses-
sion: Service Center, Bay City, 7
p. m.
State-Wide Choir Meeting: Bap-
tist Encampment Grounds, Pala-
cios.
Rebekah Lodge: I. O. O. F. Hall,
Bay City, 8 p.m.
Livestock Sale: Matagorda Coun-
ty Fairgrounds, 1 p.m.
Bay City Junior Chamber of
Commerce, Chicken Grill, Bay
City, noon.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10
McCrosky Home Demonstration
Club; Service Center, Bay City,
2 p.m.
Water Works Instruction Ses-
sion; Service Center, Bay City, 7
p.m.
State-Wide Ghoir Meeting: Bap-
tist Encampment Grounds, Paia-
cios.
Bay City Lions Club: Ch'cken
Grill. Bay -City, noon.
SATURDAY. AUGUST 11
Private Teen-Age Party: Ser-
vice Center, Bay City, 7:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12
Church Services: All Matagorda
County Churches.
Beth - David Center Barbecue:
LeTulle Park, Bay City, 11:30
a.m.-2 p. m.
MONDAY, AUGUST 13
Water Works Instruction Ses-
sion; Service Center, Bay City, 7
p. m.
Army Reserves, Company I,
358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Di-
vision, Matagorda County Fair-
grounds, Bay City, 8 p. m.
Matagorda County Commission-
ers' Court: Courthouse, Bay City,
9 a. m.
Bay City Oddfellows Lodge:
I. O. O. F. Hall, Bay City, 8 p.m.
Bay City Pilot Club: Service
Center, Bay City 7 p. m.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14
iSiquare Dancing: Service Center,
Bay City, 7 p. m.
Water Works Instruction Ses-
sion; Service Center, Bay City, 7
p. m.
Bridge: Service Center, Bay
City, 7:30 p.m.
Bay City Rotary Club: Chicken
Grill, Bay City, 12:10 p.m.
Deadline; 3 p.m. for all news
and advertising copy for the Au-
gust 16 issue of THE BAY CITY
NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15
Water Works Instruction Ses-
sion: Service Center, Bay City,
7 p. m.
Bay City Kiwanis Club: La Pal-
ma cafe, Bay City, noon
Two Couples Over
50 Buy Marriage
Licenses This Week
Six couples—two of whom were
over 50 years of age—purchased
licenses to wed from County Clerk
Hilma Huitt this week.
Prospective newlyweds are James
Gerald M'illiff, 24, and Katherine
Rea Ottis, 22, of Wadsworth, Au-
gust 1; William Henry Jones, 23,
and Teresa Carolyn Mahon, 22, of
Markham, August 1.
Thomas Edgar Lukefahr, 25,
and Betty Lee Lane, 20, of Bay
City, August 1; Richard. George,
59, and Morine Lula Bell Hall, 55,
of Van Vleck, August 3., V
Victor Harvey Hulen, 58,; and
Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson, 52, o'f Pa-
iacios, August 3;'Horace Howard
Williams, 21, and Ophelia Taylor,
19, August 6.
HUNGRY PEOPLE
OF OTHER LANDS
ARE BENEFICIARY
No Gift Is Too
Small, C. C. Willis
Says Of Drive
By BOB STEWART
Editor
Although the annual Christian
Rural Overseas Program is only
a few weeks old, checks of large
amounts and small are already be-
ing mailed to Post Office Box 994,
Bay City.
It is also planned to ask the
gins and rice dryers in the county
to accept gi'fts of cotton or rice—-
in any quantity— for the account
of C. R. O. P., Publicity Chairman
C. C. Willis said.
The organization is basically the
means by which farmers make
gifts to the hungry people of the
world through the church mis-
sionary program.
The United States government
supplements each C. R. O. P. gift
by 20 times. Mr. Willis pointed out
that although this is done, the
gifts to the world's needy remain,
essentially, from the American
farmer.
The Rev. Louis Saunders, pastor
of the First Christian Church and
member of the C. R. O. P. board
of directors, served as a mission-
ary in the Philippine Islands from
1947 to 1950.
He tells an impressive story of
the list of accomplishments made
by the farmers' division of the
Church World Service.
Food Distributed
When a shipment of supplies
consisting o'f food, clothing, and
medicine arrives at its destination,
the American missionaries there
meet with the leaders of the local
churches and decide on the best
and most effective means of dis-
tributing the gifts.
Mr. Saunders said that the
C. R. O. P. symbol of hands reach
ing for each other is becoming a
well, known design in many foreign
lands standing for cooperation and
generosity.,
This symbol is stamped on every
package of food received in a
foreign, port.
"Ddriations of rice and wheat
are shipped overseas at a mini-
mum of expense," Mr. Saunders
explained. "So there is no better
was for people who wish to help
the world's needy to provide the
most with their gift."
Most of the C. R. O. P. organiza-
tion here is made up of-,people in
the county w'hp have volunteered
their services to promote the drive.
Officers Named
Officers are George A. Shoultz,
chairman; B. W. Trull, yice-ohair-
man; Mrs. W. iW. Rtfgeley, secre-
tary; Virgil Fetters, (treasurer,
and Mr. Willis, publicity.
Directors are Otis Bickham, Earl
Broughton, Mrs. Dawn Duncan,
Gus Franzen, Melvin Harper, F.
H. Hobbins, Rayford Kay, E. R.
Neuman, Raymon Rooth, Mr.
Saunders, Glen White, and N. L.
Underwood.
"It is important in this year's
drive that no gift is too small,
because any of the rice process-
ing companies or cotton gins in
the county will be glad to fix a
place where C. R. O. P. gifts cin
be accumulated," Mr. Willis said.
COUNTY BLASTS MIXING
OF RACES FdUR-TO ONE
. Mixing white and negro children
in public schools, intermarriage
between negroes and whites, and
illegal federal encroachment on
States' Rights received blasting
NO votes in the July 28 primary
election.
Despite confusing wording used
in the referendum, the people of
Matagorda County voted four-to-
one for each o'f the three parts of
the ballot addition.
Unofficial votes follow:
FOR specific legislation exempt-
ing any child from compulsory at-j
tendance at integrated schools at-
tended by white persons and'
negi'oes: 4,122.
AGAINST specific legislation
exempting any child from com-
pulsory attendance at integrated
schools attended by white persons
and negroes: 1,065.
FOR specific legislation perfect-
ing state laws against intermar-
riage between white persons and
negroes; 4,111.
AGAINST specific legislation
CLYDE BEATTY COMING . . .
Master Of Pistol, Chair, And Whip
Brings Circus Here September 25
With the roar of lions and the
blare of trumpets the world-fa-
mous Clyde Beatty is coming to
town with his 30-animal act cir-
cus! f
Sponsored by the Bay City
American Legion Post 11, the cir-
cus will arrive in Bay City Sep-
tember 25. Advance ticket sales
will begin Monday.
Ducats are 75 cents for children
and $1.30 for adults.
S. W. Shearer, commander of
the American Legion here, said 50
per cent of the advance ticket
sales will remain in Bay City.
The American Legion's portion
of the proceeds raised by the ad-
vance ticket sales will go to sup-
port the Legion's projects for vet-
erans.
Mr. Shearer said that he had
been assured by a representative
of the circus that reports of
Beatty selling his circus were
erroneous, and that the master of
the pistol, chair, and whip will be
here in person.
NEWS ads speak to thousands.
TAX COLLECTOR — Miss
Daisy Bell, former manager of
the Bay City Chamber o'f Com-
merce, is now tax assessor-col-
lector of the Tidehaven Indepen-
dent School District. She iis
making her home in Markham.
FIRST BIG HERD OF BRAHMANS
INTRODUCED IN COUNTY IN 1966
Cattle Are Hardy Breed With High
Resistance To Various Parasites
By MRS. G. C. MtfELRATH
Ninety years ago there wasn't a
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Brahman cow in Matagorda Coun-
ty.
But ia!ft6r the war between the
states, men had to turn their at-
tention to other ways of making a
livelihood other thaYi 'their crops of
sugai^ cane and cotton.
They began looking around for
the best breed of cattle suited to
their locale.
The first Brahman cattle to ar-
rive in Texas were brought to
Wharton and Victoria. Some of the
off-spring were bought by Mata-
gorda ranchers and brought to
the salt-grass grazing land.
The big introduction of Brah-
mans in the county was made in
1906 when A. P. Borden, executor
of the Pierce estate, imported the
largest herd ever to arrive in the
United States up to that time.
Herd Distributed
This hferd consisted of 51 head,
comprising 47 bulls, two cows, one
heifer, and a small calf. These
imported cattle were held in
quarantine on arrival in the U. S.
(See "BRAHMANS," Page 5)
perfecting state laws against in-
termarriage between white per-
sons and negroes: 1,050.
FOR the use of interposition to
halt illegal federal encroachment:
4,083.
AGAINST the use of interposi-
tion to halt illegal federal en-
croachment: 840.
Box-by-box vote follows:
School Integration
For legislation to stop integra-
tion in schools—Absentee 159, Bay
City 1-A 913, Bay City 1-B 1,173,
Matagorda 105, Paiacios 609,
Blessing 122, Van Vleck 245, Sar-
gent 57.
Collegeport 54, Markham 164,
Pledger 64, Caney 28, Wadsworth
88, Citrus Grove 26, Ashby 18,
Prairie Center 47, El Maton 72,
Midfield 52, Clemville 41, Buck-
eye 24, Cedar Lane 61, total 4,122.
Against legislation to stop in-
tegration in schools—Absentee 55,
Bay City 1-A 194, Bay City 1-B
305, Matagorda i'7, Paiacios. 294,
Blessing 35, Van Vleck 28, Sargent
19, Collegeport 1.
Markham 9, Pledger 30, Caney
3, Wadsworth 5, Citrus Grove 3,
Ashby 2, Prairie Center 7, El Ma-
Matagorda County went like
the rest of the State of Texas on
the racial issues in the First
Democratic Primary. According
to the last count in the state: for
school {segregation, approval
838,841, against 246,647; for a
ban on intermarriage of races,
approval 856,916, against 220,-
110; for interposition to halt
federal encroachment, approval
829,994, against 196,291.
ton 8, Mid'field 23, Clemville 2,
Buckeye 0, Cedar Lane 25, total
1,065.
For legislation against inter-
marriage—Absentee 166, Bav City
1-A 920, Bay City 1-B 1166, Mata-
gorda 100, Paiacios 617, Blessing
118, Van Vleck 244.
Sargent 53, Collegeport 53,
Markham 161, Pledger 64, Caney
28, Wadsworth 88, Citrus Grove 25,
Ashby 18, Prairie Center 45, El
Maton 69.
Midfield 51, Clemville 41, Buck-
eye 24, Cedar Lane 60. total 4,111.
Intermarriage Vote
Against legislation against in-
termarriage — Absentee 48, Bay
City 1-A 180, Bay City 1-B 314,
Matagorda 15, Paiacios 288,
Blessing 35, Van Vleck 25, Sar-
gent 21, Collegeport 2, Markham
12.
Pledger 27, Caney 4, Wadsworth
4, Citrus Grove 4, Ashby 2, Trairie
Center 9, El Maton 9, Midfield 23,
Clemville 1, Buckeye 0, Cedar
Lane 27, total 1,050.
For use of interposition to halt
illegal federal encroachment —•
Absentee 178, Bay City 1-A 919,
Bay City 1-B 1,164, Matagorda 94,
Paiacios 601, Blessing 109.
Van Vleck 242, Sargent 55, Col-
legeport 52, Markham 157, Pled-
ger 64, Caney 27, Wadsworth 93,
Citrus Grove 24, Ashby 16, Prairie
Center 44, El MatOh 66, Midfield
54, Clemville 42", Buekeyp 24, Ce-
dar Lane 68, Total 4,083.
Against the use of interposition
to halt illegal federal encroach-
ment—Absentee 31, Bay City 1-A
160, Bay City 1-B 262, Matagorda
18, PAlaeios 210, Blessing 35, Van
Vleck Sargent 17, Collegeport
1, Markham 10, Pledger 20> Caney
1, Wadsworth 5, Citrus Grove 3,
Ashby 2, Prairie Center 8, El Ma-
ton 7, Midfield 19, Clemville 1,
Buckeye 0, Cedar Lane 12, Total
840.
AND CALLAHAN
AT COLLEGEPORT
STILL TESTING
Skelly's Job On
Cobb Reaches
Depth Of 8,550
A combo o'f the Brazos Oil &
Gas Company and the Magnolia
Petroleum Company were drilling
ahead on their rank wildcat east
of Simpsonville and southwest of
Wadsworth this week.
Their No. 1 Sam Lawson, hold-
ing considerable interest among the
oil fraternity, was drilling ahead
at 9,600 feet on a 13,000-foot pro-
ject.
And a deep Brazos project in
the Collegeport Gas Field, No. 1
Irma F. Callahan, was still testing
perforations at 13,161-74 feet.
Other late oil reports, field-by-
field, area-by-area, in Matagorda
County:
NORTH BAY CITY—Skclly Oil
Company's No. 1 H. M. Norris is
a 8,500-foot wildcat five miles
north of the county seat in the
I. & G. N. R. R. Company Survey
4, Lot 8, Texas Land & Rice Com-
pany Subdivision. . . It may be
spotted 467 feet from the south
and 1,263 feet from the southwest
line of the lot.
NORTH EL MATON—U. M.
Harrison has staked a 11,000-foot-
cr on the Susie LeTulle Rugeley
lease two and one-half miles north
of El Maton in the John Partain
Survey, A-69, 6,172 feet from the
east line and 1,132 feet from the
south line of the lease.
WADSWORTH — The Texas
Company's 1-B Mary Bunk is dig-
ging ahead at 8,650 feet.
MARKHAM—Otis Russell's No.
3 Planet Oil Company is a new
drillsite in the Henry Parker Sur-
vey, block 16, 40 feet from the
east and 150 feet from the south
lease lines, projected to 5,000
feet. . . It is one-half mile south
of Clemville.
NORTHWEST SARGENT—The
Travis Oil Company's No. 1 Ra-
leigh SanboYn, et al, is still a lo-
cation i^i the Thomas Williams
Survey, A-107, one mile northwest
of Sargent, to go 5,100 feet.
BAY CITY —Skelly Oil Com-
pany's deepening job on 10-R F,
G. Cobb has reached the total depth
of 8,550 feet and production pipe
is being run.
More late reports from adjoin-
ing counties served by THE
NEWS: ':«> I- i: r.
BOLING (Wharton County) —
Texas Gulf Sulphur Company's
No. 9 Chase and Hughes is a lo-
cation in the S. F. Austin League,
A-2, 1,099 feet from the north-
west line and 590 feet from the
northeast line, projected to 1,000
feet. . . Cecil Hagen's No. 1 L. T.
Mick is nearing the total depth of
5,200 feet. . . Tennessee Gas
(See "WILDCATS," Page 8J
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