Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1954 Page: 8 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, September 16, 1954
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Oran D. Mize
Completes Initial
Cadet Training
Oran D. Mize, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. Mize, Route 1, having
successfully completed the initial
phase of his aviation cadet train-
ing program, has been graduated
from the USAF Pre-Flight School,
Lackland Air Force Base, San An-
tonio, Texas.
The graduation was marked at
a parade and assembly of the
USAF Pre-Flight School. This or-
ganization conducts the introduc-
tory course for all students enrolled
in both pilot or aircraft observer
training. The program constitutes
a major mission of Lackland, the
Gateway to the Air Force base,
commanded by Major General John
H. McCormick.
Having completed the twelve-
week pre-flight course, he will en-
ter the first flying training phases
of the program at bases of the
Flying Training Air Force. Many
of the pre-flight graduates will
receive delays enroute to their new
assignments which will enable
them to take a brief home leave.
The graduating class included a
number of students enrolled as
members of South American, Euro-
pean and Asiatic nations as well
as United States cadets. They .re
engaged in the training either un-
der provisions of the Mutual De-
fense Assistance Program or under
agreements presently in force be-
tween their home countries and the
United States.
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Shows This Year
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HUNTSVILLE Fans of Texas’
No. 1 rodeo will get an extra chance
to see the state’s fastest and wild-
est show this year. And it’s all
due to the way the Gregorian
calendar works to make October
come out with five Sundays in
1954.
This makes possible five bigger
and better than ever before in ’54
performances for the 23rd Annual
Prison Rodeo here, October 3, 10,
17, 24, and 31.
II. IL Coffield, chairman of the
Texas Prison Board’s rodeo com-
mittee has announced that Gover-
nor Shivers will officially open the
big prison show on October 3rd
and that that date has been of-
ficially designated as "Governor’s
Day” in honor of the state’s chief
executive.
“Nothing has been spared,” said
Coffield, “to make this years rodeo
the biggest yet staged by the
penitentiary and we feel signally
honored that Governor Shivers has
again accepted our invitation to
officially open the rodeo.”
It will be the sixth consecutive
Prison Rodeo opened by the gover-
nor who with his staff and mem-
bers of the legislature, likewise
invited by Mr. Coffield in behalf of
the Prison Board, will be the guests
of prison manager 0. B. Ellis while
in Huntsville.
The first performance of the
1954 Prison Rodeo has also been
named “Press Day” for editors and
publishers of Texas newspapers and
radio-TV people, who annually lend
invaluable support to this widely
known event with their generous
contributions of space and time
given to free advertising for the
show.
This announcement came from
A. C. Turner, rodeo publicity di-
rector, who added, “These folks
have been 100% supporters of the
rodeo and its aims for the 23 years
existence and the rodeo manage-
ment is not the least bit hesitant
in giving them full credit for its
successes.”
During each Sunday in October
the best inmate riders of the prison
system, who volunteer to ride in
the show, will compete in what is
likely the meanest rodeo in the
nation. These performers do not
ask any quarter from the animals
they have drawn to ride, and no
one ever heard of nor saw a
Brahman bull, who had been given
respectful room 11 months of a
year, give any when suddenly run
into a chute and mounted by a
spurred rider.
Tickets are available now for any
Funeral Services For
Joseph D. Shay
Held In Refugio
Funeral services for Joseph D.
Shay, brother of Mrs. L. K. Jecker,
were held Saturday morning at 9
in Our Lady of Refuge Catholic
Church in Refugio.
Mr. Shay, a resident of Refugio
all of his life where ne was en-
gaged in ranching, died Thursday
in the Refugio hospital.
He is survived by his wife, seven
children and three sisters.
Pitcher Ivan Delock of the Bos-
ton Red Sox pronounces his name
“De-lock.” The name is of Croa-
tian origin—"delac"— which would
find its Anglo-American counter-
part in Workman.
date of the show by mail or wire
from the Rodeo Ticket Office,
Huntsville, at $2.40 each. Check
or Money Order should accompany
all such requests, and prompt re-
turn mail service will be given.
Blessing Legion
Auxiliary To Hold
Game Party Sept. 21
The American Legion Auxiliary
of the Cecil Lee Post No. 649,
Blessing, Texas, will have a game
party on Tuesday September 21,
beginning at 8 o’clock p.m.
They will also serve barbeque
sandwiches, pie, cake and coffee.
The proceeds from the refresh-
ment and game sales will go to
the EMERGENCY POI TO FUND.
We realize we are a little late
with our money raising project,
but we also know that it is never
too late to give to the Polio Fund.
The public is invited to attend.
Bring a buddy and join us at the
American Legion Hall in Blessing
on the above date. Let’s eat, play
games, and help fight Polio at the
same time.
Remember, POLIO is no re-
specter of persons. It could happen
to any one of us.
Dr. N. E. Runyon
Attends Convention
Of Chiropractic Assn.
Dr. Norman E. Runyon attend-
ed the September meeting of Dis-
trict 11 of the Texas State Chiro-
practic Association in Houston last
Sunday.
Hon. Bob Casey, judge of the
Harris County Commissioner's
Court was the speaker for this
meeting.
The next meeting of the Dis-
trict will be held on October 3 at
the Bay-Tex Hotel in Bay City.
HE
SUBSCRIBE TO THE BEACON
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Dismukes, Jesse V. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1954, newspaper, September 16, 1954; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth523545/m1/8/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.