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THE BAY CITY NEWS
Thursday, February _JL956
NOTES
FROM OUR NEWS
Scratch Pad
Contestants Will Audition For Jaycees Show;
'Wheatie' Wonders What Matagorda Is Worth
By LANOY GUNN
The BAY CITY JAYCEES are planning a big talent
show in the next few weeks. Contestants will be selected
from auditions that will be held throughout Matagorda
County. Exact date of auditions and the show will be an-
nounced later. . . A note from bandleader ED SULLIVAN
of Houston saying he has increased the size of his dance
orchestra and that it now numbers 10 musicians. His broth-
er, JOHNNY, now featured on trumpet. ED played a couple
of dances for CALYPSO CLUBBERS last year and was a
big hit. . . After ASHLEY ETIE picked up that mon-yey
for hiking to Van Vleck, "WHEATIE" RICE wonders what
it would be worth for him to do like-wise to Matagorda. . .
COMMUNITY CONCERT'S next offering for Bay
Citians is Pianist VERA FRANCESCHI. The talented MISS
FRANCESCHI will appear on the last program of the season
March 16. The most recent concert featured MARINA SVET-
LOVA'S ballet concert group and was attended by a full
house at the Service Center. Our hearty congratulations to
all responsible for such a successful season. . . Youngsters
from all over the county busy these days getting their ani-
mals and exhibits ready for Matagorda County's Twelfth
Annual Fair and Livestock Exposition here March 9-10.
Last year's grand champion was an 880-pound crossbred
Brahman exhibited by MIKE SEAQUIST of Palacios. "PAT"
PATERSON of Q-P Stores bought the winner for $1.25 a
pound. . . .
Yep, It Sure Is A Small, Small World!
Clint Burchfied, His Guitar Burning All Ears
All the buildings on the campus
are less than four years old and
look like some of the modern de-
signs of F RANK LLOYD
WRIGHT. The football stadium
seats 110,000 people and, at last
year's first home game with San
Jose State of California, had a
sellout plus an estimated 20,000
in the aisles, on the cinder track,
and the rest trying to get in-
side. . .
When you stop to think of it,
there's a lot of expense one en-
counters when running for a pub-
lic office. In addition to the paid
announcements in the newspapers,
the filing1 fee, placards and cards,
the one item that really eats up
the old bankroll is in the form of
a little brown coffee bean! Yessir,
with the primary election still 5
Stocker Cattle
Market Tabbed
Good Thursday
The cattle market at the Gulf
Coast Commission Company should
be good to stronger on stocker
cattle this week.
Manager Bill Boiling said that
because of good weather a 'few
more cattle should go through the
ring.
Last Thursday there was a light
run of 200 cattle.
Fat calves brought $16-$18.90,
medium $14-$16, and rough kind
$12.50-$14.
Fat cows sold for $10-$13, can-
ners and cutters $7.50-$10, and
shelly kind went for $7 down.
Heavy bulls brought $13-$15,
light hard kinds $10-$13.
Good cows with calves at side
sold for $110-$135 a pair. Inferior
kind brought $85-$100.
80 Degrees Recorded
For First Time
Since December 4
For the first time since Decem-
ber 4, the temperature broke the
80-degree mark here. And after
the mark was once hit February
15, the mercury rose to or ex-
ceeded 80 degrees three times
more.
Total rainfall for the month is
1.94 inches the records of the Bay
City Weather Station show.
This Week In
Matagorda County
SMALL WORLD DEPART-
MENT: When you visit another
country, the last thing that en-
ters your mind is meeting someone
you know. Recently, this writer
and a group of friends journeyed
Mexico-way and while awaiting a
cab to return us to our hotel from
the "bool" fights, saw a very at-
tractive young lady that now lives
in Mexico City but in 1950 was an
entry in the Bay City Lion's Club
Rice Festival from Alvin. Her
name is ELIZABETH ESQUIVEL
and she's now a secretary for a big
company south of the border. . .
Speaking of Mexico, the Uni-
versity of Mexico is rapidly be-
coming one of, if not the largest,
universities in the world. With
an enrollment of over 33,000
students, it's easy to see why.
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Feb. 19 83
Feb. 20 79
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months off, many a cup of java
awaits the fellow that sits on the
middle of the fence, not giving any
indication of just how he's gonna
vote and letting the candidate woo
him. . .
A well-known Boston art crit-
ic recently stated the most ob-
servant person that had ever
visited his art museum was the
man that noticed LADY GODIVA
was riding a horse!. . .
CLINT BURCHFIELD, flat-top
specialist at Kirk's Tonsorial Par-
lor, drawing "Oohhs, Ahs," and
"Why don't you quit" at his at-
tempts of learning to play the
guitar. . . "POOCHIE" COX
wanting to know how we got him
in New Orleans for Mardis Gras.
Just goes to prove: "Believe
nothing you hear and only half
what you see!". . .
J. D. VOYLES returning from
a trip to West and Central Tex-
as on a buying trip for those
rust-free used cars to go on his
lot at 3007 Seventh Street. . .
Bandleader and former roommate..
DON CANNON of Houston drop-
ping by the office for coffee-
time. During the daylight hours,
DON'S a representative for a
music instrument repair com-
pany. . .
P.F.C. LESTER PAINE, son of
Mr. and Mrs. DAVE PAINE, has
returned from a tour of duty with
the Army in Germany and is on
furlough visiting his parents. LES-
TER will report to Fort Ord, Cali-
fornia, for his new assignment...
HUSTON'S DRUG STORE is un-
dergoing remodeling and will have
that "new-look" when all's com-
pleted. . . Ditto for M. W. (HON-
EST) NASH'S GROCERY AND
LIQUOR STORE on Seventh
Street. His store will have twice
the size as before, as they are
using the building that formerly
housed ISABEL'S FLORAL SHOP.
MODERN MARRIAGE: There
was a man from Syracuse. This
was the proposal he planned to
use. "Please marry me dear, and
I'll not shirk. I'll keep the house
while you're at work!". . . Tax
Assessor-Collector JAMES SEL-
KIRK must be a prognosticator
of no mean ability. Way back
before Christmas, he made a
guess as to how many poll taxes
would be sold in this county.
His guess was 6,500. The num-
ber of poll taxes sold: 6,482.
Mighty close. . .
A big turnout for the Hi-Fi con-
cert last week at the Service Cen-
ter, it was sponsored by TA3TLOR-
STEVES FURNITURE COM-
PANY and WILLIAM H. WHITE-
HOUSE, high-fidelity consultant
of the Magnovox Company con-
ducted the concert. . . JIMMY
FOREMAN getting in a few
rounds of golf while he and his
wife, now of Ohio, visit relatives
here. . . One major oil company
is reported to have already can-
celled two locations in Matagorda
County because of IKE'S veto of
the natural gas bill, which would
have removed federal control at
the wellhead. . . J. P. WILKIN-
SON, very active in Rotary affairs
when living here, has been elected
president of the Midland Rotary
Club of 110 members. . .
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23
Art Class, Service Center, Bay
City, 9-noon.
United Fund Reports on Big
Gifts, Rice Farmers, Service Cen-
ter, 3 p.m.
Bay City Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Service Center, Bay City,
7:30 p.m.
Livestock Sale, Matagorda Coun-
ty Fairgrounds, 1 p.m.
Joint Study of Palacios Metho-
dist and Presbyterian Women,
Methodist Education Building, Pa-
lacios, 10 a.m.
Palacios Home Demonstration
Club, Mrs. T. M. Peters Hostess,
Palacios.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Bay City Study Club Benefit
Bridge, Service Center, Bay City,
2 p.m.
McCrosky Home Demonstration
Club, Service Center, Bay City 2
p.m.
Charm and Modeling School, Ser-
vice Center, Bay City, 4:30 and 7
p.m.
Bay City Lions Club, Chicken
Grill, Bay City, noon.
Teen-Age Night, Service Center,
Bay City, 7 p.m.
Regional Junior Chamber of
Commerce Meet, Service Center or
American Legion Building, Bay
City, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
Private Junior High School
Dance, Service Center, Bay City,
7:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Church Services: All Matagorda
County Churches.
Heart Sunday, house to house
funds drive, afternoon.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27
United Fund, Final Reports on
Big Gifts, Rice Farmers, Service
Center, Bay City, 3 p.m.
j Army Reserves, Company I,
358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Di-
vision, Matagorda County Fair-
grounds, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
United Fund Meeting, Service
j Center, Bay City, 10 a.m.
i Duplicate Bridge, Service Cen-
ter, Bay City, 7:30 p.m.
I McCrosky Home Demonstration
Club Family Night, Service Cen-
ter, Bay City, 7 p.m.
Deadline: 3 p.m. for all news and
advertising copy 'for the March 1
issue of THE BAY CITY NEWS.
Bay City Rotary Club, Chicken
Grill, Bay City, 12:10 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29
United Fund Meeting, Service
Center, Bay City,110 a.m.
Children's Art Class, Service
Center, Bay City, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Art Class, Service Center, Bay
City, 7:30 p.m.
Bay City Kiwanis Club, Chicken
Grill, Bay City, noon.
Heart Sunday
Drive Starts
At 1 O'clock
Heart Sunday workers will be-
gin their Bay City drive at 1
o'clock Sunday afternoon, said Mrs.
Hokard C. Ham, secretary.
The Service Center here will
servo as headquarters. Justice of
the Peace J. F. Ward will act as
treasurer assisted by Miss Bernice
Milner and Mrs. M. D. Huebner.
Approximately 150 workers
headed by 23 captains will parti-
cipate in the drive. Citizens wish-
ing to contribute will be handed
envelopes in which they will place
their donations.
Heart Sunday workers can be
identified by heart badges and
their volunteer kits.
A kick-off coffee for Heart Sun-
day workers will be held Friday
at 9 o'clock in the Palmer Room
of Paul's Cafe.
Captains of the drive are Mrs.
Marie Shaw, Mrs. P. A. LankarJ,
Mrs. H. N. Barkley, Mrs. W. O.
Salter, Mrs. W. F. Dillenback.
Mrs. R. B. McCullough, Mrs. W.
J. Bueek, Mrs. Paul Wakefield,
Mrs. Thelbert Simpson, Mrs. Char-
les Newman, Mrs. Louis Hagaman,
Mrs. J. S. Wear.
Mrs. R. A. Roe, Mrs. Eunice
Jobe, Mrs. Eta Mae Baker, Mrs.
B. E. Tenberg, Mrs. Earl Selman,
Mrs. N. A. Newton, Mrs. R. L.
Ammons, Mrs. A. H. Simon, Mrs.
J. W. Sanders, Mrs. Ed C. An-
derson, and Mrs. S. S. Spoone-
more.
TO A'lTEND MEET
Mrs. Don Wertz and Mrs. Frank
Montague will attend the state
meeting of the United Council of
Church IWomen in San Antonio
March 5-7.
Three Couples Buy
Marriage Licenses
From County Clerk
Only three couples purchased
marriage licenses this week, re-
ceipts in the office of the county
clerk reveal.
Buying wedding permits were
Bennie Louis Haverlah, 20, and
Regina Frances Richers, 21, of Bay
City, February 16; Roland Kirk
Garver, 53, and Mrs. Irene Opal
Garver, 36, of Velasco, February
18; Herbert Lee Smith, 22, and
Addie Crockett, 18, of Bay City,
February 20.
Five Divorce Suits
Filed Here Over
Two-Week Period
Five suits for divorce have been
filed in the civil docket of the dis-
trict clerk in the past two weeks.
Parties involved in the suits are
Emily M. Weakley vs. Ewell Weak-
ley, February 8; Vera Hoyte
Hodges vs. William Herman Hod-
ges, February 10.
G. C. Jimerson vs. Mary Nell
Jimerson, February 10; Clara
Frick vs. V. L. Frick, February
17; I. B. Manning vs. Marie Wil-
liams Manning, February 20.
DEDUCTIONS—
(Continued From Page 1)
Senator Johnson—who suffered a
heart attack himself last July—
declared:
"We all think with horror of
the 390,000 men and women of our
nation's armed forces whose bat-
tle-connected death occurred dur-
ing the four years of World War
II, yet few of us realize that more
than double—almost 800,000—that
number of persons die in this na-
tion each year because of heart
disease.
"When your Heart Sunday
volunteer comes to your home Sun-
day, give generously—help your
Heart Fund help your heart."
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
March 5-10 has been designated
public schools week throughout
Texas. Service club programs and
open houses in the local schools
will play up the week. Further de-
tails will be announced later, E. J.
Myers, chairman of the week in
Bay City, stated.
Be It Proclaimed:
WHEREAS, an army of several
hundred public spirited workers
will make a House-to-House col-
lection in behalf of the Heart Fund
on the afternoon of Sunday, Feb-
ruary 26, and
WHEREAS, the Heart Fund
supports a coordinated fight
against diseases of the Heart and
circulation, both locally and na-
tionally, and
WHEREAS, these diseases are
responsible for nearly 800,000
deaths annually in the United
States, as well as about half of the
deaths that occur in this city, and
WHEREAS, the heart diseases
affect an estimated 10,000,000
Americans, as well as about one
out of every 16 citizens of this
and other communities, and
WHEREAS, a major portion of
the funds raised, to fight heart
diseases will be retained in this
community and state, with the re-
mainder going to advance the na-
tional program of the American
Heart Association.
NOW THEREFORE, I, R. C,
G'usman, Mayor of the City of Bay
City, do hereby designate and pro-
claim that the day of Sunday, Feb-
ruary 26, will be observed" locally
as HEART SUNDAY: request all
citizens to give generously and
WELCOME YOUR HEART FUND
VOLUNTEER ON HEART SUN-
DAY, FEBRUARY 26; and earn-
estly ask the wholehearted co-
operation of all city departments,
churches, schools, civic associa-
tions, fraternal groups, scientific
societies and other organizations.
FURTHER, I publicly commend
the Heart Fund Volunteers for
their acceptance of civic respon-
sibility, their willingness to ex-
Attack Case
Stated To Go
To Grand Jury
The attack case of seven men*
four from Bay City and three from
Brazoria, against a 19-year-ol<T
woman o'f "unsound mind" is sched-
uled to go to the Brazoria County
grand jury at its next session.
Charges have been filed against
the three Brazoria County men in
Justice of the Peace R. F. Potts''
court by Deputy Sheriff Robert
Goode of West Columbia, the 1
Angleton Times reported.
Actually, said the Times, "local
authorities stated that no attack
was involved but that the joint
complaint, as 'filed with Justice 1
Potts, alleges that the victim waa
unable' to give her consent to the
act by' reason of being of unsound!
mind." ;
Th* four Matagorda County men
are being held in jail at Bay City,
saicf the Times, and all seven are
under $2,500 bond.
Charged are Arthur Breaux, 19,
Donald Troutman, 23, Emilio Gon.
zales, 18, and Edward Hole, 17, of
Bay City, and Wilford Williams,
18, Andrew Charles Eason, 18, and
Leo Baldridge, 18, of Brazoria, the
Times reported.
pend time and effort for the com-
mon good, and their high sense of
dedication to the public welfare.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Bay City.
Signed R. C. GUSMAN, Mayor
of the City o! Bay City.
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Stewart, Bob. The Bay City News (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1956, newspaper, February 23, 1956; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth428516/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.