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Hug-Coast Highway
Extension Planned At
Port Lavaca Meeting
Meeting in Port Lavaca last
Wednesday were representatives
from Texas and Louisiana coastal
communities all of which lie along
the Hug-the-Coast Highway Route
from New Orleans to the Mexican
Border. More than sixty men and
women attended the luncheon meet-
ing of the Texas Highway 35 - U.
S. Highway 11 Improvement Asso-
ciation.
In attendance at the meeting and
giving reports on road construction
and improvements in Texas were
Texas Highway Department Dis-
trict Engineers, W. E, Simmons,
Beaumont; |W. E. Carmichael, Hous-
ton; M. G, Cornelius, Yoakum; and
T. 0. Foster, Jr., Corpus Christi.
Foster told the group that the
22-mile stretch between Rockport
and Tivoli, Texas, which has been
in bad repair is currently being ren-
ovated, and Cage Brothers of San
Antonio have been awarded the con
tract amounting to about $1,250,-
000 to reconstruct this road and
work has begun. Texas Highway
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Breakfast To Start
Annual Fund Drive
Of Salvation Army
Campaign Chairman R. H. Neeley
Will meet with volunteer workers
for breakfast at 7:15 a.m. Thurs-
day, November 10th at Petersen’s
Restaurant to kick-off the annual
Salvation Army Fund campaign.
Mr. Neeley is securing a number of
captains who are in turn each re-
cruiting four workers. As the pa-
per goes to press Mr. Neeley al-
ready has three captains who are:
J. C. Richards, Irvin Petersen and
Mrs. Paul Talmadge.
The fine thing about this Salva-
tion Almy fund is that local com-
mitteemen have the money right
here in the City State Bank and
when a family or individual is in
dire need they can act quickly and
give the necessary help. It might
be food, it could be medicine or
maybe shoes or blue jeans for a child
that should be in school. Sometimes
transient people are helped on their
way because usually the longer
such people stay in a community
the geater problem they become.
The local Salvation Army com-
mttuee also has at its disposal the
many state-wide sendees and in-
stitutions operated by the Salva-
tion Army, such as a home and hos-
pital for unwed mothers, a summer
camp for needy boys, quick help
in time of any disaster and other
institutions and aids too numerous
to mention here.
Our Palacios Salvation Army
committee is composed of John C.
Richards, chairman; S. W. Wilson,
treasurer; Ralph Newsom, vice-
chairman; Mrs. Paul Talmadge,
Rev. Rayford Harris and Paul
Miller.
The committee feels there are
many worthy needs that this fund
will be called on to meet during
the next year, just as it has taken
care of many emergencies this past
12 months. Consequently they would
like to set a goal of $1,000 and do
our best to make it so that this
fine work may continue here in Pa-
lacios.
Welfare Food To Be
Distributed Here Tues.
The State Department of Wel-
fare Commodity Distribution of
Surplus Food will take place Tues-
day, November 8 from 2 to 4 p.m.
at the corner of 4th and Commerce
(former Wickham Plumbing Co.)
A.11 persons receiving surplus
food are advised to note the change
of location, as Tuesday is election
day it will not be at the City Hall.
DAY OF RECOLLECTION
"T^ather Bernard Mullany will con-
duct a Day of Recollection for the
women of St. Anthony’s Catholic
Church, Sunday, November 6, be-
ginning at 1 p.m.
Conferences will be held until
3 p.m. when a coffee break will be
enjoyed. Holy Hour will be from
4 to 5 p.m. All women of the parish
35, however, will remain open to
traffic in spite of this work, he
said.
Representatives from Port Isa-
bel, Corpus Christi, Aransas Pass,
Port Aransas, Rockport, Tivoli,
Port Lavaca Point Comfort, Pa-
lacios, Bay City, West Columbia,
Angleton, Freeport, Alvin, Galves-
ton, Port Arthur, Cameron, Creole,
Pecan Island, Abbeville and New
Orleans agreed to publish a bro-
chure featuring tourist attractions
along the route for free distribu-
tion, The group also urged that
planning on the proposed Padre Is
land Highway be started so that
work on this final link in the Hug-
the-Coast route may be started
soon.
Mr. Victor Schriefer, President
of the Abbeville Chamber of Com-
merce, Abbeville, Louisiana, was
elected Vice-Chairman of the Asso-
ciation. Schriefer headed a large
Louisiana delegation at the meet-
ing and gave an extensive report
on Hug-the-Coast Highway condi-
tions in that State. He said that in
the last several years Louisiana
has spent more than $2,000,000 im-
proving the road, and he added that
rights of way in many cases are
400 feet wide.
The group will hold its next meet-
ing at Abbeville in December. S. E.
Doughtie is chairman of the Texas
Highway 35 - U. S. Highway 11
Improvement Association, and Mrs.
Jane Palmer is secretary. Both are
from Bay City, Texas, where the
Association was organized on April
20, 1960.
The pledged aim of the group
is to stimulate tourist travel and
industrial development along the
route and to make of the Hug-the-
Coasit Highway a first-class road
which will one day be a multi-lane
divided facility. Ultimately, the
group hopes to tie the route in
with U. S. Highway 11, which ex-
tends from Lake Champlain in up-
per New York State to New Or-
leans where it terminates. I/t also
is working with Mexican interests
to promote a tie-in with the route
from Matamoros via Ciudad Vic-
toria to Mexico City. Considerable
interest has been expressed by the
communities along U. S. Highway
11, as well as the Mexican highway
and tourist leaders.
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VOLUME LIIT, NUMBER 44
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 196©
Record Vote Expected Tuesday
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Improved Mail Service Started
Provides For Three In
And Out Mails Daily
Tom Friery, postmaster, an-
nounces that since Tuesday, No-
vember 1, the Palacios postoffice
is receiving and dispatching mail
three times daily instead of twice.
In addition to the 1:30 a.m. and
2:30 p.m. mail, incoming mail is
being brought in by a star route
mail truck from Houston that ar-
rives at the postoffice at 8 a.m.
The additional dispatch will be
at 4:50 p.m. Letters mailed by then
will be in Houston, and Dallas in
time for delivery the next morning.
Independent Oil Operators Scoff At
Measley Cut In Foreign Oil Imports
Sharks To Resume
Disf. Play Friday
Night At Sweeny
The Sharks hit the road this
week for the last time this season.
They will be Sweeny bound.
The Sweeny Bulldogs have al-
ready wrapped up the District
26-AA title, and the Sharks are de-
termined to be the giant killers—
as they want to win this one.
Coach Toney Carr reports the
spirit of the boys is in good shape,
and it looks as if we’ll be out there
playing for an upset of the Bull-
dogs.
The Sharks lost the services of
Kenneth Smith for the season Fri-
day when he received a fracture
of the leg in practice session. Bobby
Dillard is still on the doubtful list
still favoring an aggravating back
injury received early in the season
Area ALCOA Workers
Contribute $1,383 To
Co. United Fund Drive
Matagorda County Alcoans at
Aluminum Company of America’s
Point Comfort Operations have
contributed $1,383 to Matagorda
County youth, welfare and health
organizations through the Alcoa
Employees United Fund drive, just
completed.
The drive was described as the
most successful in the AEUF’s six
year history by cochairmen Mel-
vin Blake and Orval Royer. Total
contributions by employees to Unit-
ed Funds and agencies in 13 coun-
ties was $14,974. Over 1,200 em-
ployees contributed an average of
$11.90 each cither by direct cash
gift or through the payroll deduc-
tion plan. In addition to the em-
My Neighbors
are urged to attend this meeting, ployee’s gifts the Alcoa Foundation
donated $2,500,
Payments to the Matagorda
County agencies will be made
quarterly.
The Alcoa Employees United
Fund is a joint effort of the United
Steelworkers Union and Aluminum
Company of America. Local Union
President Melvin Blake and Plant
Personnel Manager Orval Royer
are co-chairmen and disburse the
AEUF funds during the year.
Mr. and Mre. C. H. Lewis of
Boeme spent the week end with
Mrs. Em Wagner.
We’ve been watching this
for a good while and Texas’ gover-
nor, Price Daniel, added more fuel
to the fire when he said:
Texas Republicans are trying to
stir up a fuss over the 27% per
cent oil depletion allowance “to
cover up Republican failure in
curbing excessive foreign oil im-
ports.”
Daniel said the Republicans took
six years to do anything about
foreign imports “and even now
they permit imports to supplant
our domestic oil production and
contribute toward restriction of oil
production in this state to eight
days per month.”
The governor said state and
local government finance problems
would be less serious if the Re-
publican administration “had stop-
ped foreign oil imports from glut-
ting the markets of our country,
reducing our domestic production
and reducing tax revenues from
oil.”
The Republican Department of
Interior announced during the past
week—right before the election—
that it has recommended that im-
ports be reduced 60,000 barrels a
day effective January 1. President
Eisenhower would have the final
word.
To which recommendation Texas
independent oil producers politely
applauded but further stated the
cut did not go far enough. Others
were bitter because the administra-
tion failed “to come out with some-
thing solid.”
Last week the total number of
barrels of oil imported into the
United States was 1,796,000 daily,
about 6,900,000 (not just 60,000)
barrels daily more than the do-
mestic producer cares to hear about.
At the same time, the Bureau of
Mines reported that domestic crude
oil stocks were going down while
thing foreign
stocks were advancing.
Stocks of Texas origin totaled 97,-
372,000 barrels, down 522,000 bar-
rels from the previous week.
As far as the depletion allowance
is concerned, it is a very vital
thing to the harassed oil operator
and should be retained. But argu-
ments that the Democrats are out
to kill it are thin as it is the Con-
gress and not the president who
decides such tax matters. Thus far,
enough Democrats and Republicans
have joined forces to defeat bills to
cut the 27% depletion allowance,
which is well and good.
One of the hard-core members
of the Senate out to cut the de-
St.e “OIL NEWS,” Page 4)
Tigers Entertain
Pearland Oilers In
Homecoming Till
Coach Don Godwin’s Tidehaven
Tigers are still battling in hopes
of sharing top honors with the In-
dustrial Cobras, and will play host
this Friday night to the Pearland
Oilers.
The game Friday night will be
the Tigers’ homecoming game and
a large crowd is expected to attend.
The homecoming queen will be
crowned during the half-time activi-
ties.
Last week the Tigers turned on
the steam and defeated the Hitch-
cock eleven 26 to 19. Scoring TD’s
for the Tigers were Shelton Hebert,
who scored three on long runs, and
Tandy Wilkerson. Curtis Jensen
scored the two extra points with
a pass from Victor Zemanek.
GRASSY POINT
By LORRAINE RASFORD
A 15-lb. L i ecat and a 33-lb.
Yellowcat were caught Tuesday
morning by A. S. "Pappy” Rowton
and L. G. "Brownie” Brown.
Tuesday morning of last week,
“Junior” Rowton caught a dandy
trout on a lure while fishing from
the Pavilion pier. Weighed in at
Ed’s grocery it went four pounds
with the paper on the scales, which
weighed exactly two ounces.
Bill Hasley reported getting a
red weighing 11 % pounds, when
dressed. Hasley said he is going
to barbecue it for Christmas day.
He also caught 17 speckled trout
going from keeper size to around
three and four pounds.
Hannah and F. M. Jackson fish-
ed around Coon Island on Friday
with Hannah showing the largest
stringer. Bhe caught one four
pound drum, a medium sized
sheepshead, three whiting, 6 trout
and 5 rat reds. F. M.’s stringer had
three trout, one whiting and a good
sized sheepshead.
Last Thursday, Ray Baltar
caught 49 trout at the shell pile.
They averaged 1% pounds with the
largest tipping the scales to three
pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Hansen of
Danevang came in from Beacon 26
with 54 trout, 14 to 17 inches.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Hudson, Haden
and Tom of Houston, spent Sunday
as guests of her sister and family,
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Wood and Fred.
They' fished at GPBC pier from
early morning until the wind pick-
ed up at noon, and had a variety of
fish, flounder, rat reds, croakers
and what have you. Fred, 11,
seems to have the ‘know how’ when
it comes to catching flounder, for
he always catches at least one and
often more. Thursday after school
he and his mother were fishing
from the pier, and Fred caught a
three pound, two ounce, sheeps-
head and small flounder. Sunday,
his flounder weighed one and three
fourths pounds. Fred and James
Carl Dismukes should get together
some time and have a flounder
fishing contest if Carl still catches
them like he did when he was 7 and
8 years old.
Jody Anthis had a nice catch of
eight sheepshead while fishing
from GPBC pier. . . Mrs. Charles
Rickard landed a two pound red.
(See “FISHING,” Page 8)
Slight Local Interest
In General Election
Palacios voters along with mil-
lions all over the United States
High Net Income Is Goal Of County Soil Ferlilily Program
High nei income from every acre
of agricultural land in Matagorda
County is the major objective of
the Intensified Soil Fertility Pro-
gram. County Agent Rayford Kay
in announcing the continuation of
the intensified soil fertility pro-
gram for 1961 called attention to
the importance of agriculture to
the county’s economic prosperity.
He said total agricultural income
in 1959 was better than $12,000,000
for the county but emphasized that
this figure could be raised by hun-
dreds of theusands of dollars if
farmers and ranchmen would fol-
low the program being outlined.
The four points to be emphasized
are: test your soil; balance fer-
tility; control insects and use nitro-
gen. For the next several weeks,
Kay said the first point would get
undivided attention. “Soil testing,”
he said, “is the basic foundation
of the program. It’s pretty hard
for a producer to do anything about
improving soil fertility without
having available information on
which to base the improvement
practices. A soil test,” said Kay,
“will give the needed information ”
The other three points will be em-
phasized as they become timely
during 1961, the county agent said.
Kay said, “Our prime objective is
to raise the fertility level of the
soils on all Matagorda county
farms and ranches to the point
where maximum net returns are
achieved. In brief," he added, “our
goal is to raise the net farm in-
come of all fanners and ranchmen
to the point now reached by our
toip agricultural producers.”
“Such an increase,” Kay said,
“would amount to bringing into
the county a new major industry."
Because of the great economic im-
portanc of the program to the con-
tinuing prosperity of the county,
the county agent and scores of
local farm, civic, business, pro-
fessional and other leaders who
are spearheading the program are
asking every citizen fbr support.
Matagorda is one of 20 counties
in the entire State that will con-
duct the soil fertility program spon-
sored by the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service.
The local program will be direct-
ed by County Agent Kay but he
will get a lot of assistance from
community and county leaders who
have already agreed to carry the
soil fertility message to their
friends and neighbors. R. J. Hodges,
agronomist on the headquarters
staff of the Extension Service will
work closely with the Extension
agents in six Gulf Coast counties
on the program and other staff
members will be available on call
to assist with problems which may
arise.
The Texas Plant Food Educa-
tional Society has made a financial
grant to the Extension Service to
support the program. The Texas
Agricultural Limestone Associa-
tion, National Plant Food Insti-
tute, American Potash Institute
and other segments of the fertilizer
industry are supporting the pro-
gram through the Society.
In calling attention to the first
step in the program—Soil Testing
—Kay said, “A farmer or ranch-
man who applies fertilizer to his
soils without first knowing what
plant foods are needed is about as
well informed as a person who
would start out on a cross-country
tour covering unfamiliar areas
without first getting all available
information on every item involved
in making such a tour pleasant and
profitable.” “In other words,” he
said, “it simply amounts to this—
a soil test and the recommenda-
tions from the testing laboratory
can give you the best possible in-
formation on where to start and
how to get where you are going on
a soil fertility improvement pro-
gram.”
Soil testing information sheets
and bags to ship the soil samples
can be picked up at the following
places in Palacios: Palacios Feed
and Milling Co., Burton Feed Store,
and The City State Bank of Pa-
lacios; Blessing: Blessing Farm
Store, Blessing Dryer & Warehouse,
Tom’s Mill & Feed; Tintop: Mc-
Millan Gin; El Maton, Junek Gro-
cery.
Board Members
Elected al Meeting
01 Library Assn.
Over 15 interested members of
the Palacios Library Association
were at the local library Tuesday
night with Mrs. J. F. Barnett serv-
ing as local chairman, and elected
12 member to a new board of di-
rectors.
Mrs. Guy Clayboum, acting as
secretary read the amendments for
the new organization and they were
approved by members present.
One year directors named were
Mrs. Carl Ehlers, Mrs. A. V. Rap-
lee, Eli Mayfield, and Billy Hamlin.
2- year directors were Mrs. L. A.
Wilcox, Bobby Partain, S. W. Wil-
son, and R. G. Herlin.
3- year directors were Miss Mary
Dismukes, Mrs. Cornell Prindle,
Mrs. J. R. Wagner and Buddy
Luther.
Boy Seoul Drive
Starts With Shrimp
Kick-Off Supper
Over 40 volunteer workers for
the 1960 Boy Scout Fund drive en-
joyed a shrimp supper at Weimer
Hall, Tuesday night, prepared by
the Rebecca Circle of the First
Methodist Church.
The majors and captains of the
drive were announced after the
supper. Majors: David A1. Frank-
son, Johnnie Raasch, Dr. J. C.
White, Mrs. Joe Mireles, Mrs. Ina
Dewitt, Benno Haynes, and R. D.
Taylor.
Captains for the drive: Mrs.
Janie Espinosa, Mrs. Annie Perez,
C. E. Solomon, Lawrence Abra
hamson, Jo Beth Frankson, Edith
Kocurek, Mrs. Garner Seaquist, C.
E. Dewitt, Mrs. Joe E. Tanner,
Mrs. Karl A. Wickham, Mrs. F, P.
Brhlik, Mrs. Maxine Perkins, and
Mrs. JW- R. Stewart.
W. R. Stewart is the over-all
chairman with W. L. Coffee, vice-
chairman; R. B. Trull, chairman of
Special Gift Committee," Ed Feath-
er, auditing chairman; Tom Friery,
arrangement chairman who did a
good job in arranging for the
shrimp; Homer iMcClary, general
solicitation chairman.
The Cub Scouts will gather the
"Good Will Bags” Sunday, Novem-
ber 13th.
Cub Scouts will also distribute
dooivto-door “Get-Ouo-The-Vote”
placards on Saturday, Nov. 5.
Give generously to the Boy Scout
■fund when u volunteer call# oh you.
Savings Bonds Sales
In County Show Gain
M. M. Brooking, local chairman
of the Matagorda County Savings
Bonds Committee, announced today
that Savings Bonds sales for Sep-
tember totaled $14,892. “Sales for
the first nine months of 1960 were
$216,880 or 43.4% of the yearly
goal,” Mr. Brooking said.
E and H Bond sales in Texas
amounted to $12,081,059 during
September. This represents an in-
increase of 12.8% over September
1959.
“Series E and H Savings Bonds
now earn 3 %% when held to ma-
turity and your old Savings Bonds
now earn %% more,” Chairman
Brooking concluded.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE BEACON
will go to the polls Tuesday, No-
vember 8, to cast their ballot for
Nixon-Lodge or Kennedy-Johnsa*
for president and vice-president of
the United States. They will study
too the state, district and county
offices as well as amendments to-,
the State Constitution.
The polls in Palacios will ope*
at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m., ac-
cording to Mrs. J. L. Koerber, local
election judge.
Some people are trying to raiM>
legal technicalities about the bid-
lot and tell you that unless jam
vote in a certain way your baDot.
will not be counted; and that if
your poll tax receipt is stamp*#
“Democrat" you must rote for
the democratic candidates. This is
not true. As a Texan and fre*
American citizen, you can vote
any way you choose. Your know- —
ledge of our system of government
tells you that the purpose of as
election is to give you the oppor-
tunity to express yourself. That's
your right and your privilege as a
citizen of the United States of
America.
You can vote the Democratic
ticket straight. You can vote the
Republican ticket straight or yo*r-
can split your ticket. Anyway jtm
vote your ballot will be counted.
Four constitutional amendments
are also to be voted on and in orda’
that you may be informed res#
and study each proposed measmeL
before casting your vote. A brief
digest of the four proposed amend- -
ments are:
NUMBER ONE ON THE BAL-
LOT (HJR 39)—Authorizes the
Legislature to create hospital dis-
tricts co-extensive with Lamar
County, Hidalgo County, and Coun-
ty Commissioners Precinct No. 4 of'
Comanche County, and sets forth
certain powers, duties and limita-
tions.
NUMBER TWO ON THE BAL-
LOT (SJR 6)—Increases the maxi-
mum permissible interest rate «m-
bonds hereafter issued by the Vet-
erans’ Land Board to three and'
one-half per cent.
NUMBER THREE ON THK
BALLOT (HJR 3)—This bill in
what is known as the “Annual Sal-
ary Bill” for legislators. It pro-
vides for an annual salary of not
to exceed $4,800 for each legisla-
tor, and a per diem allowance of
not to exceed $12 a day for the
first 120 days of each regular ses-
sion and for 30 days of each special
session as maximum compensation
for members of the Legislature.
Also it limits the regular session
to 140 days.
NUMBER FOUR ON THE BAL-
LOT (HJR 6)—Authorizes the
Legislature to classify loans and1’
lenders, license and regulate lend-
ers, define interest, fix maxiuitne
rates of interest, and provide for a
maximum rate of interest of tee
per cent per annum in the absence
of legislation setting maximum
rates of interest; provides that the
rate of interest shall not exceed
six per cent per annum in con-
tracts. .where no interest rate is
agreed upon; provides for the right
of appeal and trial de novo in th*
event of cancellation of or refusal;
to grant any permit.
Mrs. M. S. Clark left Sunday for
San Alntonio where she will spend a
week and attend a meeting of the
San Antonio de Bexar Chapter D.
A. R. which meets at Alamo Hall
on Thursday.
The Weather
Date
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Oct.
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