Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1954 Page: 1 of 8
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GRADUATION EXERCISES — The new Junior
High School, occupied for the first time in March, is the
newest building constructed to house the enlarging school
system. The auditorium on the right will be the scene
of both Baccalaureate and Commencement services dur-
ing the coming week.—Photo by Vernon L. Davis.
BACCALAUREATE SERVICES
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1954
8:00 P. M.
Processional..............................
Invocation
"‘Near to the Heart of God”
Scripture...................................
Vocal Special
Sermon......................................
Benediction..............................
Recessional ............................
Mrs. Claire Burton
Rev. W. P. Carmichael
Congregation
Rev. Rayford Harris
Choralaires
Rev. George Manross
......... Father V. J. Bily
Mrs. Claire Burton
THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1954
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME XLVII NUMBER 20
Rev. George Manross To Preach
Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday
Baccalaureate Services for 43
graduating: seniors will be held in
the new Junior High School Audi-
torium on Sunday, May 23, starting
at 8 p.m.
Rev. George Manross, Sr., pas-
tor of the Church of the Nazarene,
will preach the Baccalaureate Ser-
GRASSY POINT
By LORRAINE BASFORD
Early risers Friday morning had
better luck than those who slept
until noon, and tried afternoon
fishing.
Charles Faktor was at Fence Post
Reef before daylight, and by mid-
morning had twenty specks.
Bill Hunt went to Houston Club,
and by the time he had to get
^ ready for work at 8 a.m. he had
a string of 17 trout.
Sherwood Barber went flounder-
ing Thursday night, into early
hours of Friday morning. He had
18 flounder from Shell Beach. Sun-
day, at same spot, his catch was
seven trout and several gafftop.
The record catch of flounder re-
ported seen at Shell Beach was a
string of more than 75, weighing
about 100 pounds. But the party
does not wish to be named.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Reed of Des
Moines, Iowa, have been guests
of Palm Courts, enjoyed their week
here even though they had a bit
of tough luck. Mrs. Reed lost a
large flounder, while Mr. Reed lost
a large trout fishing from the
Municipal Pier.
1 Saturday fishermen all reported
better catches than those who
went out Sunday. The water Sun-
day was rather muddy, clearing
up at noon.
Sixteen trout were brought in
Saturday from Coon Island by Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Hensen of Hous-
ton.
Leon and Margarite Aria also
found Coon Island a good spot,
for their catch was 20 trout. The
largest weighing 2% pounds.
At Carancahua J. W. Hensen
and son caught 16 nice trout about
eight were 16 inches long.
Willie Pena and Jessie Lopez of
El Campo, used frozen tails, and'
landed three nice gafftop at Pa-
vilion Pier.
The Spoil Banks yielded fair
catches for the following: Mr. and
Mrs. Elmo Johnson of Houston,
three large trout; Boyd Light and
0b Ernie Tresselt came in with a
string of 20 fair sized specks.
Early Saturday morning C. O.
/ Waring brought home nine trout
from Carancahua. The Waring’s
pet cat was treated to a deluxe
'41 dinner on this catch.
Ted Sawyer and friend enjoyed
fishing at Fence Post Reef, bring-
ing in 30 trout and three small
drum late Saturday evening.
A record trout weighing nine
pounds was brought in to G.P.B.C.
early Sunday morning. E. F.
Levinka and Frank Reck had been
night fishing at Oyster Lake. This
was the only fish they caught, and
it was hooked at three in the
morning.
Guests at Allen’s Courts for a
week were Mr. and Mrs. George
Blake, Mr. and Mrs. E. Henley of
Houston. The party fished at many
spots around bay without any luck.
Late in the evening they decided
to fish from the sea wall near
B.Y.P.U. pier. A five pound trout
mon. Father V. J. Bily will give the
Benediction and Rev. W. P. Car-
michael, pastor of First Methodist,
will open the services with the
Invocation.
Mrs. Claire Burton will play both
the Processional and Recessional.
The Choralaires will bring a vocal
special. The congregation will
sing, “Near to the Heart of God.”
Rev. Rayford Harris, pastor of
First Baptist, will read the Scrip-
tures.
The same 43 candidates for g-ad-
uation will return to the auditorium
four days later for commencement
exercises on Thursday, May 27.
Dr. W. A. Miller, president of
Corpus Christi University, will
bring the Commencement Address.
161 Girls Attend
W.M.U. Camp
One-hundred and sixty-one girls
representing the Gulf Coast As-
sociation attended the Baptist G.A.
House Party at the Baptist En-
campment on May 14-15,
Girls from eleven churches repre-
senting Alvin, Damon, West Colum-
bia, Old Ocean, Sweeny, Brazoria,
Jones Creek, Clute City, Velasco
and two from Lake Jackson were
in attendance.
Miss Ginger Richards of Palacios
and Miss Dorothy Davidson from
the University of Corpus Christi
were in charge of music and recrea-
tion. Mrs. W. W. Enete, mission-
ary to Brazil, was the main speak-
er. Mrs. Dan Bledsoe of Sweeny
was in charge of the camp.
Mrs. Noah Phillips of Lake Jack-
son and president of the W.M.U.
which sponsored the encampment,
was also in attendance.
was hooked by Mr. Blake on his
first cast. He also got several nice
sized drum. The Henleys caught
several pan fish at same spot.
Geo. Landers of San Antonio
spent a week in Palacios, and had
a variety of pan fish, drum, trout
and flounder as a result of his
fishing trips each day.
Sunday morning, Sherman Baker
and his “fishing Missus” of El
Campo, took six big gafftop at
B.Y.P.U. Pier.
Monday morning, Arlene Stewart
said she traveled 20 miles on bay.
At various places she got a three
pound red, and three trout, two
weighing two pounds each.
Beacon 12 was muddy up until
about 11 a.m. Tuesday morning,
but Emmett Gibson and friend of
Houston came in about noon with
28 trout.
There has been some live bait
available at bait camps in Palacios,
but the supply docs not take care
of the demand. It is hoped that
the many small shrimp now in the
bay will be bait size in a few more
weeks.
M. E. Mertz Jr. and wife of
Kemah are spending their vacation
trying their luck on Palacios Bay
and Tres-Palacios River. Mr. Mertz
spotted a school of Tarpon playing
at Cashes’ Creek. He tried every-
thing he could think of in line of
cut bait, but* couldn’t get a nibble.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Rowton re-
turned Tuesday from a two day
visit with his mother in Waco.
Segregation Will
Not Effect Local
District In 1954-55
The Supreme Court’s ruling stat-
ing that segregation is unconstitu-
tional will not effect the Palacios
Independent School District dur-
ing the coming school year, ac-
cording to Ralph P. Newsom, super-
intendent.
In a telephone conversation with
the Teaxs Education Agency Tues-
day, Newsom was instructed to
plan the 1954-55 term as before,
he said. “It will be September 1955
before the law will apply to us,”
he stated. It will be after next
September before the agency makes
its recommendation to the state
board which will make its recom
mendation to the Texas Legislature
which meets January, 1955. After
any such law is passed, it will be
90 days before it goes into effect,
Newsom said.
We have no plans until the legis-
lature acts on the ruling, he con-
tinued.
The high court ruled Monday
that the states of the nation do not
have the right to separate Negro
and white pupils in different
schools. By an unanimous 9-0 vote,
the court held that such segrega-
tion of the races is unconstitution-
al.
Mrs. Dave Quinn arrived home
Monday from Baton Rouge, La.
where she had spent a week with
her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Guhn
and family.
House Builder
Is Speaker At
Lions Club Meet
Bill Pickens, a Houston builder,
spoke to the local Lions Club
Tuesday night telling them wlmt
he hopes to do in the interest of
easing the housing shortage in
Palacios.
Pickens, who is equipped to build
a lower cost pre-fabricated five
room house on up to the most ex-
pensive, stated he hopes to start
his first two houses within three
or four weeks. Further more he
stated, F. H. A. and G. I. insurance
loans will be available on these
houses for a period up to 30 years.
The delay in construction is due
to the waiting period for F. H. A.
approval on applications, he said
As plans now stand, we hope to
build some pre-fabs in the Foley
village and as well as in town, he
said. Long term financing may be
had by anyone with a lot and the
small amount of cash for closing
charges, he continued.
In other business, the club voted
to change its meeting to 7:30 p.m.
each Tuesday but this motion fail-
ed to pass.
A directors meeting will be held
at the airport on Friday starting
at 7 p.m.
Firemen Answer
Tractor Blaze
Early Wednesday
A tractor and shed were partially
destroyed by fire early Wednesday
morning as local firemen answered
a call on the Hans J. Nelson farm,
five miles northeast of town on
the Bay Shore road.
Laborers on the farm had gased
up the tractor and were attempt-
ing to start the motor when the
fire hroke out around 5:30 a.m.
The tractor, belonging to Nelson
who lives near El Campo, was not
a total loss, according to Fire
Chief Price Barnett.
SCOOP
By VERNON L. DAVIS
TIME TO RUN—The honey bees
were moving from the Partain
Food Market building Tuesday
morning running several merchants
in the vicinity from their business
houses.
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BOND ISSUE PASSED — Voters
in the Bay City Independent
School District passed a $450,000
bond issue Saturday by a vote of
475 to 255. Plans call for the
money to be used for added im
provement and additions.
* * *
VISIT CAMPUS—Clint Wratislaw,
the all district Sharks fullback
and Bobby Partain, a regular in
the line until injured last season,
visited the Texas Aggie campus
Monday. Wratislaw has indicated
he will enter the College Station
school next September.
• • •
LATE PLANTER—C. P. Hiltpold,
who farms 160 acres in Mata-
gorda County, is featured in an
article in the May issue of Acco
Press, a cotton magazine. The
article states that Hilpold likes to
plant his cotton so late that he
usually is the last farmer in the
county to finish the job. County
Agent Dan Pfannstiel calls him
one of the best farmers in the
county.
* * *
DOUBLE WINNER—Pete Sardel-
ich, the Palacios flash, turned in
victories in the 440 yard dash and
880 yard run in the National Jun-
ior College track and field meet
at Hutchinson, Kansas last week-
end. Pete’s efforts did not aid in
Victoria being dethroned by Hutch-
inson Junior College which scored
76% points. Victoria, which scored
72 points, lost a crown held by the
Texans for two seasons.
m m m
BEST UNION WINS? — Alcoa
workers, many of which live in
Palacios, voted to dethrone the
A.F.L. this week in favor of the
C.I.O. By this action they took an
eight cent an hour cut in wages,
it is reported.
* * *
SOFTBALL MEETING—All man-
agers of teams expected to com-
pete in the Lions Softball League
this summer are urged to attend
a meeting at the high school
Thursday (tonight). Time for the
meeting is 7:30 p.m. according to
Vic Kahlich, commissioner.
• • *
THING OF THE PAST — The
Southern Pacific Railroad spur
to Camp Hulen is in the process of
being removed, taken up and haul-
ed off. A crew arrived earlier this
week and will complete the task in
a few days. Modern machines are
being used to up-root the track.
FACE LIFTING—Resurfacing of
Highway 35 from Bay City to
the San Bernard River will start
around June 1. This week the Texas
Highway Department accepted a
bid of $593,592 from South Texas
Construction Company of Corpus
Christi for the 18.32 mile project
which calls for foundation course
and pavement.
Street Improvement, Water Line
Extension Included In City Budget
Five Registrants
Inducted May 13
Five registrants were forwarded
on Induction Call Number 48 on
May 13, according to Local Board
Number 91 at Bay City.
Those' irjdueted were: Victor J.
Zetka and Marvin J. Bacak, Ga-
nado; William E. Reiehardt, La-
Ward; Frederick C. Goppert, Cor-
dele and Robert T. King, Jr.
Rotary Club Has
95% Attendance
The Palacios Rotary Club met at
the Green Lantern on Wednesday
noon with an attendance of 95 per
cent. One member was absent.
Secretary L. A. House reported
that no make-ups for last, week
giving a percentage of 89.47 for
the week.
A. Rioux, official greeter, intro-
duced Sheriton Burr of Bay City
and A. D. Simpson of Clarksville,
Texas. Other guests were Frank
Seerden, guest of Thomas Brandon;
Carlton Crawford and E. B. Hogg,
guest of Howard Campbell; Sam
Wallace, guest of Rioux; B. W.
Trull, guest of Rev. Logan Cock-
rum and Jim Weaver, guest of
Ronald Harris.
President John White reported
on the Rotary Conference and As-
sembly. This report was well pre-
sented. White said that there are
8042 Rotary Clubs in the world to-
day.
Files For County
Commissioner
Guy Claybourn, city councilman
for several terms, has authorized
the Beacon to announce his can-
didacy for County Commissioner,
Precinct, Three in the Democratic
Primary on July 26.
In his statement released to the
press, he said, “if elected I will
give full time service to the work
of representing the people of the
whole of Precinct Three considering
as well the interest of all on a
county-wide basis.”
Your vote and support will be
appreciated in the election toward
my behalf, Claybourn continued.
Railroad Car Named In Honor Of
Gen. John A. Hulen In Houston
The back platform of a new
railroad car, built in honor of Gen-
eral John A. Hulen of Palacios,
was a fitting setting honoring the
82-year old general in Houston last
week.
The new railroad car was con-
structed in the Burlington shops
at Aurora, Illinois, for Wright
Armstrong, vice-president of the
Fort Worth and Denver Railway,
Burlington’s subsidiary.
Old soldiers and old railroaders
crowded Houston’s Union Station
to dedicate the business car in the
name of General Hulen, retiring
operating head of the Burlington
Lines in Texas.
“I was just part of the crowd
here to see the new car,” General
Hulen stated. Attending were ac-
quaintances of long standing of
the general. Some had served un-
der his command with the Seventy-
Second Brigade in World War I,
and the Thirty Sixth Division of
the Texas National Guard in Pala-
cios.
L. R. Bryan, Jr. president of the
Second National Bank of Houston
and was General Hulen’s executive
officer, stated, “General Hulen,
this informal gathering helps us
recall the many times you have
occupied high places among your
fellowmen.”
Miss Polly Armstrong, daughter
of the vice-president of the rail-
road, christened the car, “General
John A. Hulen.”
Traffic Accidents
In State Down
Over Year Ago
The following comparison of
rural traffic accidents during April
this year and the same month in
1953 was made today by Captain
Glen Rose, commanding officer of
the Houston district of the Texas
Highway Patrol.
“The records for April 1954 show
the Texas Highway Patrol in-
vestigated 146 traffic collisions, in
which 10 people were killed and 81
injured. This is some lower than
the April 1953 totals of 161 wrecks
which killed 14 and injured an ad-
ditional 86 persons. The property
damage resulting from the 1953
wrecks was more than double that
of 1954 in April, being $203,000
against the ’54 damage of $92,000.
These figures are those crashes in-
vestigated by the Texas Highway
Patrol in the 14 county Houston
district only,” Captain Rc3e ad-
vised.
Attempting to show cause for
the reduction, the Captain stated:
“It could be the fact that we filed
90 more traffic cases this April
than last, 1407 against 1317. Altho
speeding accounted for half the
arrests and is still the leader in
traffic death causes, improper pass-
ing, driving on the wrong side of
the road, running stop sign* or
signal accounted for approximately
200 of the April 1954 arrests.
One item which drivers don’t
seem to realize is dangerous is the
fellow who enters a busy highway
and the traffic catches up with
him before he expects it. Some
drivers see a car several hundred
feet away on the highway, ease by
a stop sign, and seem to think
they are safe if they have time to
get onto the highway. It takes
several seconds to attain a speed
of 60 miles per hour, but a car al-
ready traveling that fast covers
approximately 900 feet in just 10
seconds.
The driver entering a busy high-
way should allow enough clearance
from approaching traffic to be
able to attain approximately the
same speed as that of traffic,”
Captain Rose concluded.
The City Council, meeting after
a one-night delay, opened the way
for two city improvement projects
at their regular meeting at City
Hall Tuesday night.
The regular meeting, scheduled
for Monday night, was postponed
late Monday afternoon because the
majority of the council was out of
town.
A highway committee from the
Chamber of Commerce, composed
of H. C. Campbell, Joe Feather and
Dr. Norman E. Runyon, requested
the city set aside money in their
new budget to cover the city’s
cost in installing curb and gutter
from the Humble Station west to
the city park.
As you remember, the chamber
began work on this project in 1953
but failed to complete the job.
Tuesday night the committee ask-
ed that the city council set aside
some money as to let property
owners involved know that the city
is behind the project.
After considerable discussion by
Councilmen Ward Cook, Ed Bar-
rett, Harold Bell and City Attorney
Eli Mayfield, the council voted to
include in its budget an amount
not to exceed $1800 as the city’s part
in their assistance in the paving
program.
In a second step forward, the
council voted to purchase six inch
water pipe from the Municipal
Supply Company of Houston for
use in extending its water and
sewer mains to the B.J.D.L. site
in the northwest section of town.
Cost of the cement cast iron
pipe was quoted at $1.75 a foot
with various bids on fittings. Other
companies submitting bids were
Lone Star Steel of Houston and
McWane Cast Iron Works of Dal-
las. Lone Star was low bidder with
bid of $1.71 per foot. Municipal’s
price included laying the pipe on
top of the ground at the location.
Estimated cost of the pipe was
set at $1500. This money will be
taken from two funds, $1000 from
the airport fund and $500 from the
hospital. The two funds contained
the most surplus of city money.
Attorney Mayfield stressed it was
legal to use money from the air-
port fund for such improvements.
Councilman Barrett, chairman of
the fire and police committee, re-
ported that Mrs. M. O. Cavallin
had asked for a raise for her ser-
vices at the fire alarm phone. He
stated she was willing to give up
the job if a raise could not be
granted.
Barrett reported two applica-
tions had been filed for the job.
One was submitted by Frank Lane
and the other by Dan Paulk. Very
little cost would be required to
change the phone to Paulk’s house
but $175 would be required to make
the change to Lane’s house, he said.
Since private money would foot the
bill, he suggested that the job be
given to Lane. The position pays
$50. a month plus phone bill.
In his motion, Barrett recom-
mended that the line be put to
Lane’s house subject to the resigna-
tion of Mrs. Cavallin. The motion
was seconded and passed.
Building permits allowed were:
City State Bank, a 16 x 20 foot
tile addition, valued at $5000; Mike
Garcia, one 16 by 20 foot room of
new lumber on lot 5, block 96.
valued at $500; Aurelio R. Al-
derete, construct a 24 x 26 foot
frame house on lot 12, block 69,
value, $500; and Robert Heine-
mann, 10 by 10 foot wash house
of used lumber on lot five, block
68.
The B.J.D.L. Company was grant-
ed a permit to move a 30 by 80
foot frame building from Camp
Hulen to lots 4 and 5 of block 87,
value, $3000.
Cify-Sfafe Bank
Starts Expansion
The first building expansion at
the City-State Bank since the build-
ing was constructed in 1940, is now
underway at the bank site.
An addition, measuring 16 by 24
feet, will be completed within' the
next 60 days and will house a com-
bination directors’ office and presi-
dent’s quarters, according to M. M.
Brooking, vice-president and cash-
ier.
The new L shaped structure,
complete with some interior re-
pairs and air-conditioning through-
out, will cost around $10,000,
Brooking said. The new addition
will improve the overall conditions
at the bank and will provide more
working space.
Construction work started Tues-
day morning.
Major Francis Crowley, who re-
cently returned from Korea, was
visiting friends here Tuesday.
Second Graders
Thank Community
Helpers For Tour
The second graders of Central
Elementary School have written
a letter thanking all of the in-
dividuals and business houses they
visited on their tour of “Communi-
ty Helpers” last Thursday.
The letter reads as follows: Dear
Community Helpers: The second
grades of the Central Elementary
School want to thank all of the
people who were so kind and help-
ful to us in our school work learn-
ing about, “Community Helpers.”
Especially do we thank those who
came to talk to us and those w'ho
showed us their places of business.”
Those concerns added to the
tour and not listed last week were
Bay-View Hospital and the Arlaco
Table Factory.
There are more women than men
employed by the U. S. Government.
Af The Boyview
Patients In Hospital:
Peggy Phillips, Dr. J. R. Wag-
ner, Barbara Trull, C. H. Chatham,
Eugene Barnes, William Ramp-
meier, R. R. Roe, Linda Highberg,
and W. H. Clements.
Patients Dismissed:
Susan Marie Adams, Mrs. Ralph
Gonzales, Julio Alarms, Barbara
Beard, O. R. Davis, LeRoy Hurta,
Mrs. J. V. Ottino and baby girl.
Mrs. Lee Rivera and baby girl,
Mrs. F. J. Johs and baby girl.
Members of Congress are not
eligible to serve in the electoral
college.
Through the Welland Canal boat3
can go uphill to Lake Erie or down
hill to Lake Ontario.
Ronald Harris Is New
Judge Advocate Of
V.F.W. District 16
District 16, Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States elected
officers for the ensuing year at
their convention in LaMarque Sun-
day May 16.
Bob S. Owens of Alvin was
elected Commander and selected
as his Adjutant, Clyde Crenshaw
of the same post. T. Bock of Gal-
veston Post 880 and Jack Self of
Rosenberg were chosen for Senior
and Junior Vice Commanders re-
spectively.
O. M. Kissinger of Galveston for
Quartermaster, Ronald Harris of
Palacios forjudge Advocate George
Oswald of Texas City for Surgeon
and Henry Koepell of LaMarque
complete the roster of officers.
Weimar was chosen for the Sep-
tember meeting with Palacios hold-
ing a strong lead for the conven-
tion in February.
District 16 comprises the terri-
tory (exclusive of Harris County)
from Bellville to Galveston Pala-
cios to Belleville.
Mr. and Mrs. John Owens and
baby of Odessa are visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Owens.
An ephemeral insect is one which
is short-lived.
U. S. President Jeffeison never
exercised his veto power.
The piccolo is the highest pitched
of all musical instruments.
The Weather
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