Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1953 Page: 1 of 8
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I
PROBABLE STARTING LINE-UP
FIRST STAMPS—Officers of the local Future Farm-
* ers of America Chapter are shown purchasing the first
new F.F.A. stamps in Palacios. They are from left to
right, Wallace Phillips, president; Courtland Frankson,
P treasurer; LaVerne Brune, secretary; Beckwith Steiner,
reporter; and Eddie Peres, vice-president. These stamps
are available to the public at the local post office.
PALACIOS SHARKS
Name No.
Wt.
Gillette, L.
30
160
Manning, A.
44
197
Reneau, T.
43
165
Johnson, D.
39
163
Guttenberger
40
170
Seaman, N.
45
223
^Bolling, D.
26
162
Foltyn, B.
33
152
Wratislaw, C.
34
202
Bowers, H........
36
166
Walton, B.
38
160
Coach: R.
C. !
Shelton
Assistant:
Don Heft
INDUSTRIAL COBRAS
Pos.
No.
Wt.
Name
LE
16
140
Margoes
LT
76
166
Gopffarth
LG
66
130
Preston
C
53
165
Castanedo
RG
67
165
Leissncr
RT
77
190
Watson
RE
89
161
Rowell
B
63
130
Kutchka
B
28
170......
Darnell
B
27
146
Sumbera
B
17
145
Martin
Coach: E. S. Golson
Assistant: Darrell Shaver
First Floor Of New Courthouse
To House Most County Offices
|| (Editor's note: This is the
second in a series of three articles
dealing with the new courthouse
which is scheduled to be built at
Bay City.)
* With the acceptance of a peti-
tion for the Courthouse Bond Elec-
tion which has tenative been set for
November 21, the following article
has to do with the ground floor of
the new unit.
On the ground floor, which is to
be approximately at street level,
there are to be housed the agricul-
ture and home agent departments,
which are assigned to the east end
Dr, Wilcox Tells Rotary
Club Of Europe Trip
The first Rotary meeting with nc
visiting Rotarians in over 10 weeks
was held at the Green Lantern
^Wednesday.
Dr. John W. Hart had as his
guest, Robert H. McDaniel of Grand
Prairie who has just returned
from a second hitch in Korea.
.jp Secretary House announced an
attendance of 86.30 per cent with
four absent. There were no make-
ups last week.
Past president M. T. Brooking
was in charge of the program am,
he presented Dr. L. A. Wilcox, the
traveling Rotarian. Dr. Wilcox has
just returned from Europe where
he attended the World Medicial
Association meeting in Holland. He
told of many interesting side lights
and of an informal Rotary meeting
aboard the Queen Elizabeth in route
to Europe.
New Gas Line On
East Bay Shore Drive
p An extended gas line is being
laid on east Perryman by Houston
Natural Gas, according to R. H.
Neeley, local manager.
The new two and half inch line
ffiill run 931 feet to the east from
the property of Carl Clayton on
which is more commonly known as
Bay Shore Drive. The new line will
be completed Friday with service
to six or seven residents.
of the building where there is to be
an assembly room seating 140, a
demonstration kitchen, and speak-
er’s platform. This room will be
readily accessible from the east
end of the building and the mair
corridor. In the south quarter ad
joining the assembly hall will bi
the offices of the county agent and
the assistant agent, the PMA, the
FSA, and soil conservation work.
The Home Agent’s office is ad-
joining the kitchen end of the as-
sembly room. On the west end of
the ground floor are to be the of-
fices of the public welfare depart-
ment and a suite of offices for the
Department of Health. There, too.
is a ladies’ lounge with toilet facil-
ities adjoining this area for the
use of citizens of the county. Then:
are also provided in this area pub-
lic toilets with a separate corridor
leading to a colored women’s and
colored men’s toilet, and a separate
area where the white men's toilet
facilities are provided. All of these
toilets are well ventilated and have
good window space as well.
Then there is a large janitor’s
room and other facilities which in-
clude a large incinerator where all
trash can be disposed of by drop-
ping from the upper floors through
a flue leading to the roof.
The central area will be devoted
to vaults for old record storage
and an adjoining room for use of
abstractors in copying county
records. Facilities will be provided
in the nature of a dumbwaiter,
whereby deed record books and oth-
er documents can be transported
from the county clerk’s office above
to this abstractor’s room.
One-fourth of the floor on the
front will be assigned to the county
clerk, which will include space for
housing of current records, a
photostat machine, and a private
offic.e for the county clerk. The tax
collector’s department is likewise
constructed as a vault with vault
doors and will occupy the north-
west corner of the building. The
southeast quarter is assigned to
the county judge and commission-
ers and southwest corner to the
county attorney’s office and county
service officer’s office.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1953
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME XLVI NUMBER 44
SHARKS TO MEET INDUSTRIAL
COBRAS IN HOMECOMING GAME -
i
Miss Sue Penland To Be Crowned Queen
At Half-Time; Dance To Follow In Gym
Meeting their third District 27-A
opponent in as many weeks, the
Palacios High School Sharks will
tangle with the always tough In-
dustrial Cobras at Shark Field at 8
p.m. Friday in a Homecoming con
test.
In a game that will almost decide
the 27-A championship, the Sharks
will be out for their first win over
Industrial and their first flag in
three years. The Sharks came
closest to defeating the Cobras in
1950 when they tied them and went
on to regional.
The Cobras will bring a large
travel squad to town that will
number 30, some two less than
Yorktown fielded at Shark Field
last Friday. Industrial runs its
plays from a straight-T with a
flanker with Back Royce Darnell
carrying the ball three-forths of
the time.
“Industrial is hard to beat in dis-
trict play but we think this is our
year to win,” Coach R. C. “Shark-
ey” Shelton said Wednesday. Dar-
nell, a senior, is the boy to stop if
we are to beat them, he added. Ac-
cording to Coach Shelton, the Co-
bras have improved a great deal
since the start of the 1953 season
and now sport a 3-4 record, two of
these wins being against Louise
and Yorktown of District 27-A.
They have lost to the Tidehaven
Tigers, Cuero, Gonzales and Saint
Joseph of Victoria. Their other win
was against the Sweeny Bulldogs,
an eleven that defeated Palacios.
The starting Cobra line-up will
average only 155 pounds per man
as compared to 175 for the Sharks.
James Watson at right tackle
weighs in at 190 pounds and is the
’argest starter for Industrial.
Miss Sue Penland wilt be crown-
ed Homecoming Queen at half-time
ceremonies. Barbara Gayle, last
year’s queen will present the crown
to Miss Penland. Boyd Foltyn will
be her escort. Runner-ups in the an-
Junior Garden Club
To Plant Shrubs At
Elementary School
The Junior Garden Club met at
the home of Christine Huffman,
October 28 at 9:30 a.m. with 21
members answering roll call.
The members voted to accept the
nroject. of landscaping the East
Side Elementary School. Anyone
interested in donating money to
buy shrubs for this cause contact
either President, Lois Dismukes or
Secretary, Jackie Holt. Your dona-
tions will be greatly appreciated.
Christine Huffman and Lois Dis-
mukes were in charge of the pro-
gram. Christine gave a paper on
“Acid Loving Plants” and Lois re-
viewed the "Planting of Bulbs.”
Delicious refreshments of rolls
and coffee were served by hostes-
ses Mary Barrett and Christine
Huffman.
58 Mile Wind Flattens
Light Poles, TV Aerials
A two hour electrical storm pro-
duced 1.47 inches of rain in the
Palacios area Sunday morning and
winds up to 58 miles an hour in
gusts, according to the CAA station
at the airport.
The storm, which hit the coast
front Corpus Christi to Houston,
flattened TV aerials, Central Pow-
er and Light poles in the Foley Ad-
dition and telephone poles on High-
way 35 north. Electric power was
off 40 minutes.
nual contest and attendants to Miss
Penland will be Miss Dana Kay
Paris, escorted by Don Marquess
and Miss Dixie Lee Paulk, escorted
by George Lowry. Crown-carrier
will be Ricky Manning and Train-
bearers are to be Sharon King and
Guy Smith.
A Homecoming Dance will fol-
low in the gym at the completion
of the contest which will be around
10:30 p.m. Music will be furnished
by the Palacios High School Or-
chestra.
All former graduates and stu-
dents of Palacios High are invited
to attend the dance which will con-
tinue until 12 midnight.
To return to the football scene,
Coach Shelton praised his team’s
offensive improvement in the York-
town contest and stated tney had
improved 100 per cent. “Our de-
fense was not as good as it should
have been but on the other hand,
the Wildcats had a pretty good of-
fense,” he laid. If it had been dry,
both teams would have passed
more, he continued.
SCOOP
By VERNON L. DAVIS
SUBSCRIBE TO THE BEACON
CLOSE CALL—George Kana wa>
upholstering a chair Tuesday
when he hit a 22-eallber bullet
lodged under the chair. The bullet
went off just missing Kuna. George
remarked, “It would have been
funny a man getting shot while
unpholstering a chair.”
• • •
IMPORTANT CONTEST—The In-
dustrial-Palaeios game Friday
night will more than likely decid<
the District 27-A champ. Back the
Sharks and cheer them on to thei:
first flag in three years.
• • •
WINNERS—Two second week win-
ners were awarded parrakeetf
in the annual Foodcraft contest
staged by the local stores. John
Solis Jr. won at Partain’s Food
Market and Mrs. Leo Sanchez at
Curtis’ Grocery.
• • •
BAR OF SOAP—Rufus Adams
the paint man at Maddox Motoi
Company, reported he lost the
"biggest catch of his life” as he
watched a bar of soap slip out of a
companion’s pocket. Adams ennu
home with no fish but did receive
a “dented ear” from another com-
panion.
• • •
HOMECOMING — Graduates and
former students of Palacios High
School are invited to attend the
victory dance in the gym after the
Industrial game Friday night. Miss
Sue Penland will be crowned queen
at half-time.
* * *
MANY A MILE—Glenn Dale Clay-
bourn, the Houston Natural Gas
man, just completed reading his
faithful meters for the 96th time
in his career. He travels four miles
on each reading for a total round
trip of 384 miles.
* * *
BIG RUSH—One of the Beacon’s
local correspondent’s was in such
a hurry to turn her copy in this
week she sent it air mail-special
delivery. The matter was so im-
portant that Assistant Postmaster
Tom Friery delivered the letter.
* * *
A FULLBACK—Mr. and Mrs
Rufus Adams are the proud par-
ents of a baby boy born Wednesday
night. The prospective football
player weighed eight pounds, fout
and half ounces.
The Weather
Date
Max.
Min.
Prec.
Oct.
14
85°
67°
0.17
Oct.
15
86°
63°
0.00
Oct,
16
84°
60°
0.00
Oct.
17
86°
63°
0.00
Oct.
18
86°
62°
0.00
Oct.
19
87°
68°
tr.
Oct.
20
88°
66°
0.00
Oct.
21
88°
72°
0.02
HORNETS MEET
VICTORIA HERE
TONIGHT AT 7:45
Downtown Parade
At 5 P. M. Season
Final Tue., Nor. 3
The Junior High School Hornets,
coached by George Holst, will close
their 1953 football season this next
week with two games, one schedul-
ed for tonight (Thursday) and the
other on Tuesday, November 3.
Tonight the Hornets will meet
the tough Victoria Freshmen who
defeated Palacios, 13-7, earlier this
season at Victoria. Game time 7:45
p.m. at Shark Field.
A parade and pep rally will be
staged on the downtown streets
this afternoon at 5 p.m. The parade
will be led by Police Chief Buster
White and the Palacios High
School Band. Also participating
will be the Palacios Volunteer Fire
Department and many Hornet sup-
porters in decorated automobiles.
The parade will move from the
Southern Pacific Station down Main
to Fourth, south on Fourth to Com-
merce, west on Commerce to Fifth
and back to Main to Petersen’s
Cafe for a pep rally.
Coach Holst, whose team is play,
ing their toughest schedule in his-
tory, said, “The boys and I want
this one bad. We figure to beat
Victoria with a break and we are
going to do everything in our pow-
er to make that break.”
Palacios Junior High will meet
the Tidehaven High School “B”
team at Shark Field at 7:45 p.m. on
November 3. This will be the sea-
son final for both teams so go out
and cheer the Hornets on to victory
in both contests.
P.-T. A. HALLOWE'EN CARNIVAL TO
START AT 6 P.M.; DINNER AT 5:30
13 Booths Will Include Fish Pond, Fortune
Telling, Baseball Throw And Talent Show
Chamber Election
Board Selected
An election committee composed
of three directors of the Chambei
of Commerce was selected by Pres-
ident Norman Runyon at their
regular meeting Tuesday night.
Those appointed to the commit-
tee were; E. R. Cooper, chairman;
Adolphus Rioux and John C. Rich-
ards.
A list of possible candidates hes
been turned over to the committee
who is preparing the official bal-
lot. Those Chamber members re-
ceiving ballot are to return then,
in the self-addressed envelope be-
fore the deadline of Novcmbei 20,
set aside by Dr. Runyon.
In other business, a petition call-
ing for a courthouse bond election
was explained and circulated
through the crowd.
Those present were: A. Rioux, F.
R. Cooper, C. L. Haynes, J. C.
Richards, H. C. Campbell, Ralph
Newsom, Dr. L. A. Wilcox, Glenn
Dale Claybourn, Irvin Petersen
and G. G. Lawson, Jr. and Dr.
Runyon.
The Hallowe’en Carnival sponsor-
ed by the P.-T. A. will offer 13
booths of fun at the East Side
Elementary School Saturday start-
ing at 5:30 p.m.
Beginning at 5:30 p.m. hot dogs,
coffee, cold drinks, pie and cake
will be sold. Let this good food
serve as your Spook Night supper.
At 6 o’clock, when darkness
spurs the hobgoblins into action,
all 13 booths will be open to ter-
rify and to entertain you. Boyd
Phillips and Don Heft promise to
reduce you to a shaking mass of
humanity with their weird House of
Horrors. Better peek into that
Museum of Fine Arts—you might
be there.
All the young ones will enjoy the
unique Fish Pond. Three movies,
lasting V2 hour each, will be shown
at, intervals. The Dunking Stand
will have some unwilling victims
hoping no one is good enough to
plunge them into the icy water.
The Gypsy Queen knows all and
tells most of it in her F’ortunc
Telling booth. Baseballs will be
availabe to throw at the model
teachers also try your luck at the
Dart Game. Senior High entertain-
ers will perform in the Talent
Show.
Would any Hallowe’en carnival
be complete without a display in
the form of a Costume Contest—
Junior High and Elementary stu-
dents compete for a prize in your
group.
Nothing is priced over 25c, so
everyone come and have a big night
with a little money and a lot of
kids!
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Crenshaw
and children of Alvin were week
qnd guests of her parents Mr. and
First Baptist Church Educational
Building Set For Completion Mar. I
A tentative date of March 1,
1954 has been set for the comple-
tion date of the new First Baptist
Educational Building, according tc
the Rev. Rayford Harris, pastor.
After some delay, work is now
in full progress with construction
work completed on the foundation
and slab and roof support columns.
Pilasters for the chapel area are
to be poured Thursday and forms
for the roof beams in the chapel
area are made and should be in
place by the week-end, Rev. Harris
said.
He added that forms for the roof
slab will be started next week if
good weather prevails.
C. D. Taylor of Houston is the
construction superintendent for the
church. Workers are maintaining a
10 hour day and 23 hours was re-
quired to pour the slab, Rev. Har
ris stated.
If good weather holds out until
the roof is on, workmen will not be
delayed too much, according to Rev.
Harris.
The building will contain 4500
square feet of floor space and wil1
house a Fellowship Hall, kitchen,
two large assembly rooms, 11 Sun-
day School rooms, a small chape!
which may be divided into foui
class rooms, church office, pas
tor’s study, rest room, storage ant’
central heating plant. The building
will accommodate 200.
Ben Christian of Corpus Christi
is the architect.
Local Officers Warn
Hallowe'en Pranksters
A warning has been issued to lo-
cal Hallowe’en pranksters that io-
•al law enforcement officials will
ngain crack down on serious prop-
erty damage this year.
Last year about nine local youths
were taken into custody by Deputy
Sheriff E. T. Miller with their par-
ents paying for damages. More
would have been required to pay if
fheir activities had been reported,
Deputy Miller said.
City Police Officer Buster White
and Deputy Miller warn that the
same charges and possibly others
will be levied this year if they be-
come necessary.
GRASSY POINT
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Maddox, Mr.
and Mrs. S. T. “Curly” Oglesby,
Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Johnson,
Ward Cook, Guy Johnson and Gil-
bert Herman were in Austin Satur-
day to attend the Rice-Tcxas foot-
ball game.
By LORRAINE BASFORD
Mrs. Anna Brotemarkle and Mrs.
G. D. Wynn were fishing off East
Bay Pier, when Anna got a fish on
her line that was almost more than
she could manage. It was a beauty,
a four pound trout. Mrs. Wynn
also got a nice trout.
E. H. Seifert, got four nice trout
at Red Bluff last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Baker
got 12 trout and some sand trout at
Cashes Crock, this week.
Friday, Lee Garner and Ray
Garcey were successful in landing
15 trout at Red Bluff.
Saturday evening, Frank Buf-
faloe went down in his pasture,
and fished in Turtle Bay getting
three trout and a red weighing nine
pounds.
Betty Baker, a petite brunette,
went out fishing in the Bay, with
Eddy Sedlock and son. When they
came in Betty called to those of us
at Grassy Point to "Come see the
big bull red I got.” The bull red,
looked just like a big drum, which
it was, and weighed 22 pounds.
They also had 40 sand trout anti
three gaff tops.
Bill Sisco fishes almost every
morning in front of his place.
Tuesday he got five trout, two of
which averaged four pounds, and
three better than 2Vfc pounds. Wed-
nesday he got a nice trout and a
two pound flounder.
B. E. Sailor and wife, with Mr.
and Mrs. F. W. Giles of Austin,
went up the river on Tuesday, get-
ting 17 small trout, and a six pound
red. Thursday they got a 4 ’A pound
red, 23 trout, six drum, a 3 Ms
pound flounder and several gaff
top.
In last Thursday’s down pour,
George Appling, Mr. Schramm and
Mr. Taylor of El Campo, went fish,
ing out in the Bay, and came in
with 89 trout.
Ernie Tresselt, Charles Faktor,
and M. H. Smith were a happy
bunch, when they came in with &
nice string of trout. One could see
the red cabin of Ernie’s boat as they
came towards G. P. camp. Then, a
streak of black and white being
raised up and down in the water.
(See “FISHING,” Page 5)
1953 PALACIOS SHARKS—Coach R. C. “Sharkey” Shelton’s eleven will be out to
win Friday night in the Homecoming Game. The local gridiron will be the scene of
the annual grudge battle between the Shar'.s and the Cobras. Time: 8:00 P. M.
SEEK
DISTRICT
HONORS
FRIDAY
NIGHT
1953 INDUSTRIAL COBRAS—District champs for the past two seasons, the
Cobras, coached by E. S. Golson (left rear), head coach, and Darrell Shaver (upper
right) will be defending their title here Friday night.—Photo courtesy Edna Herald.
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