Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1960 Page: 1 of 8
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FIFTY YEARS TOGETHER—Mr. and Mrs. V/. L.
Linton celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary
Sunday with members of the family and friends being
present for congratulations.—Photo by Paxton's.
Mr. And Mrs. W. L. Linton Celebrate
Golden Wedding Anniversary Sunday
The home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Linton, 404 Lucas Avenue, was
the scene Sunday of a family gath-
ering honoring Mr. and Mrs. Lin-
ton’s Fiftieth Wedding Anniver-
sary.
Miss Addie Joines and W. L. Lin-
ton were marired in Buhler near
LaWard on November 16, 1910,
but celebrated their anniversary
Sunday in order that all seven of
their children could attend.
Their children and families at-
tending were: K. C. Linton of
Springfield, Mass., Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Linton of Boston, Mass., (Mr.
and Mrs. Nathan Linton and fam-
ily of Palacios, Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Linton and baby of Morgan
City, La., Mrs. Erie Kinder of
Aransas Pass, Mrs. Marvin (Thel-
ma) Young and son of Hallsville,
Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Flos
sie) Puckett and family of Bee-
ville, a granddaughter, Cynthia
Haviland of Palacios and Mrs. Lin-
ton’s sisters and husbands, Mr, and
Mrs. Ryling Linton of Houston,
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Moore and
daughter of Beaumont.
COMMUNITY
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
7:30 P. M.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1960
HYMN, “America The Beautiful”............................ (489)
INVOCATION.............................................Rev. Jerry Lyons
HYMN, “Count Your Blessings” .................................... (318)
SCRIPTURE ..............................................Rev. Richard Stone
PRAYER OP THANKSGIVING................Rev. Clint Harris
SPECIAL MUSIC
MESSAGE .................................................Rev. Ralph Masters
BENEDICTION..........................................Rev. J. E. Bozeman
VOLUME LIII NUMBER 46
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1960
Woman Burns To
Death In Trailer
House Fire Friday
Mrs. Myrtle B. Fagan, a 39-year-
old waitress burned to death Fri-
day evening in her trailer home
near Harper’s Grill, where she was
employed, on Farm-to-Market Road
521.
Sheriff Jack Cole said that Mrs.
Fagan apparently went into the
trailer house to take a nap and the
exact cause of the fire which com-
pletely destroyed the trailer, had
not been determined. The Palacios
Volunteer Fire Department answer-
ed the alarm to the fire.
Justice of the Peace Paul Geissler
ruled the woman’s death as ac-
cidental.
Funeral services for Mrs. Fagan
were held in Taylor Brothers Funer-
al Chapel, Bay City, at 4 p.m. Sun-
day with the Rev. Walter Lang-
ham officiating. Interment was in
Cedarvale Cemetery.
She is survived by a daughter,
Glenda iMcRay of Phoenix; a son,
Gary Fagan, Bay City and a sister,
Mrs. Cecil Richeson, Talco.
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CENTENARIAN CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY—J. J.
Barr celebrated his one hundredth birthday Sunday with
a family gathering at his home.—Photo by Paxton’s.
J. J. Barr Celebrates One Hundredth
Birthday At Family Gathering Sunday
GRASSY POINT
Lellernten Named On Three Squads
As Sharks, Hornets Close Dismal Year
Three groups of lettermen were
announced by coaches at the Pa-
lacios Schools this week as the 1960
season is closed as far as football
is concerned.
Coach Toney Carr and Coach
Charles Shreve announced the let-
termen for the Palacios High
School Sharks in naming: Alvin
Rampmeier, Larry Taylor, Terry
Oglesby, Phillip iRipke, Hensley
Weaver, Jamie Weaver, Jack Sea-
quist, Fredrick Woodland, Carl Pen-
dergrass, Ralph Bowers, Bobby Dil-
lard, Gerald Linton, Bruce Erekson,
Carl Barrett, John Pierce, Jim Bob
Murry, Adrain Goff, Kenneth Smith
i and Jimmy Malone, manager.
Members of the Shark’s ‘B’ squad
receivin letters, as announced by
Coach Harry Treybig, were; Eddie
Schroeder, Harvey Smith, Wayne
Rogers, Larry Schuelke, IMyron
Spree, Pat Phillips, Dannie Ku-
becka, Bruce Herlin, Ben Garcia,
Alvin Schneider, Tony Pardo, For-
tune Ross, Russell Corporon, Jerry
Smith, Edward Kana, Raymond
Contreras, and Bruce Harris as
camer&man.
Coach Roy Wauson, divided his
Junior High lettermen into two
groups those playing their final
Junior High games and then the
ones returning next year. Those go-
ing up were: Arthur Bowers, Car-
ter Browning, Larry Dillard, Mike
Martindale, Raymond Morgan, Ron-
nie Sells and Anselmo Juarez.
Returning lettermen are: Jack
Brune, Ricky Conrad, James Gib-
son, Charles Eikenberg, John Jack-
son, Micky King, Douglas Kubccka,
Robbie Shelton and Dannie Vacek
as manager.
These boys are the ones who
played the games for your enjoy-
ment—they did a wonderful job—
congratulations to you all.
My Neighbors
H
* Tour move.”
Continental T railways
Start Regular Trips
With Latest Mode! Bus
A large crowd of interested peo-
ple visited the bus station Tuesday
afternoon to inspect the new Silver
Eagle bus that will serve the Con-
tinental lines through this area.
A total of 15 of the big high level
ivstroom equipped buses will be
placed in service by Continental
within the next 30 days.
The buses are 40 feet long, 8
feet wide and 11 feet 4 inches in
height. A few features include win-
dows operating independently for
ventilation, full reclining seats with
three positions and adjustable head
rest, foam rubber cushions and
backs, speakers throughout the bus
are operated from the operator’s
compartment for radio and public
address, thermostatically controlled
air conditioning and modern light-
ing.
The Silver Eagle has bee* de-
scribed as “The finest piece of
highway passenger equipment op-
erating in this country.”
Mrs. Walter Fitzgibben left last
Thursday for her home in Indian
Lake Estates, Fla., after spending
two weeks here with her sister,
Mrs. Dee Trees.
By LORRAINE BASFORD
The reports of fishing at the
Tres-Palacios river were beginning
to pick up, when news of redfish,
trout, drum and sheepshead being
caught were coming in. Naturally
redfish can be taken in brackish
water, and if the water is just
sweet on top, then other species
may be taken by bottom fishing,
but when the water is too fresh,
well, that’s not for trout.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Appling of
El Campo, told of getting some
nice big reds at the river when the
water was quite brackish and
muddy.
When the rain came Saturday
night did not help the ‘situation’
one bit. Fresh water poured into
East Palacios Bay late Sunday
night. However, conditions were
good beyond the Baptist Encamp-
ment, so any off shore fishing
•;hould be good.
Delvin Taska of Blessing, Frank
Taska of El Maton, H. G. Taska
of El Campo and Gilbert Engel-
holm of Bellville brought in about
40 speckled trout—all sizes, on
Sunday afternoon. The bay was a
bit choppy, but Delvin said the
water was not too murky around
Coon Island.
Ed Arthur of Houston had lots of
fun and excitement landing a 41%
pound drum at the Turn Basin.
While there he met Brownie (L. G.)
who was busy getting mullet in the
Basin, and Brownie told of getting
his big fresh water cat recently,
so Arthur optimistically headed for
the river. Hope he got a big one.
Pier fishing has been good at the
Pavilion, City and GPBC piers this
past week. Mr. and Mrs. James E..
Catron got six specks Sunday, total [
Weight 4% pounds. Late in the
evening Sunday, James Rebeck of!
El Campo landed a 7(4 pound drum |
from the pier.
(See “FISHING,” Page 4)
J. J. Barr celebrated his one
hundredth birthday Sunday with a
family gathering at his home.
He was bom in Joliet, Illinois on
November 15, I860. In his early
days he herded cattle in western
Kansas and Iowa. He can recall
seeing herds of buffalo grazing on
the prairies. For many years he
had in his possession a buffaloe
robe used as a lap robe in the horse
and buggy days. He can also recall
seeing the glow of fire from the
big Chicago fire which was visible
for many miles.
The family moved to Iowa where
in 1891 he married the late Mrs.
Emma R. Barr. After moving from
Iowa to Maryville, [Missouri, he en-
gaged in farming, specializing in
raising registered Shropshire sheep.
In 1915 the family moved to
Palacios, Texas, where he continued
farming activities until retiring.
The family present Sunday for
the birthday dinner were: Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Davenport of Dallas,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Barr and
family, Mrs. M. J. Scudder and
Miss Doris Shillingburg of Bay
City, (Mrs. Mildred Barr, Wallace
Barr, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barr,
Misses Alice and Minda Barr of
Palacios.
A beautiful four-tiered white
birthday cake decorated with talis-
man roses was baked by Mrs.
Henry Barr. The many lovely birth-
day cards and visits from friends
were greatly appreciated.
Wharton Co. Active,
One Completion Here
By BOB WILKINSON
Oil Operator-Lease Broker
Wharton County continued to
surge upward as far as drilling is
concerned this week while Mata-
gorda County maintained the hot
pace it has been setting all year
long.
Three companies—Anderson &
Cooke (or Acco Oil & Gas Com
pany) and Jocelyn-Vam Oil Com
pany doing business with Coastal
Trend Oil & Gas Company—have
been responsible for most drilling
in Wharton County in recent weeks.
However, others are getting in there
fast: Houston Natural Gas Pro-
duction Company, Texkan Oil Com-
pany, Western Oil Corporation, R.
A. Pitzer, Dugger-Holmes & Asso-
ciates, Hawn Brothers, Smith &
Smith, J. M. Flaitz and R. B.
Mitchell, William K. Davis, Otis
Russell, and many more.
Houston Natural is completing
its confirmation test eight miles
southeast of El Campo, Acco found
a new gas pay rating a dual pro-
ducer 10 miles northwest of El
Campo, and Otis Russell brought
in a good dry gasser in the El Cam-
po Field area to spotlight recent
developments in Wharton County.
New oil pay has been discovered
by the Dixon Management Com-
pany’s rework job, No. 1 Mach,
three miles southeast of El Campo
Jocelyn-Vam Oil Company and
Coastal Trend Oil & Gas Corpora-
tion, a Corpus Christi pair, staked
five locations in the area five miles
southeast of EH Campo. Each test
will go 2,500 feet. Lease names are
Brother John McCoy, of the F• T; an<1 L- F- Schumacher, Holub-
Crescent Hill Church of Christ in Stavinoha unit, A, W Miller, Chan-
Gospel Meeting Starts
Monday At Church Of
Christ, Closes Nov. 30
The Church of Christ will hold a
Gospel Meeting beginning Monday,
November 21, through Wednesday,
November 30. Services will begin
each evening at 7:30 p.m.
Brownsfield, Texas, will be the
principal speaker He will be a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. George
Hunter during his stay in Palacios.
Mr. Archie Crabtree, pastor of
the Palacios Church of Christ, lo-
cated at Sixth and Rorem, cordial-
ly invites the public to attend these
services.
Mr. and Mrs A. E. Louderback,
Mr. and Mrs. John Louderback and
family attended the Turkey Trot
in Cuero last Friday.
celline Redwine Estate, and Lee-
Danielson unit.
Jack F. Grimm has staked a
wildcat on the J. L. Myatt lease
13 miles southeast of Pierce near
the Matagorda County line. It will
drill to 2,500 feet.
Acco’s late venture is a 7,900-
footer called Vacek unit three miles
west of East Bernard.
More late drill reports, field-by-
field, area-by-area:
Palacios Field — Ohio Oil Com-
pany’s 1-A Stanley Kubela was
Homecoming Queen Crowned
At Final Game Friday Night
Local Stores Feature
Cake Mix Sale To
Aid P.-T.A Milk Fund
If I knew you were coming, I’d
have baked a cake.
With Betty Crocker mix it’s sim.
pie to make.
Add water and eggs, beat and
bake until done.
Let’s make it right now. It’s
really fun.
All the grocery stores in Pa-
lacios are this Thursday, Friday
and Saturday putting on a sale of
the cake mixes.
While a sale in itself is not too
unusual, this sale has a very spec-
ial feature in that Palacios P.-T. A.
will receive a benefit from every
package of mix that is sold at any
of the stores during the progress of
the sale to be used in their milk
fund for underprivileged school
children.
Why not take advantage of the
special prices during the sale aiid
at the same time give a helping
hand to the P.-T. A.?
finaled from 8,979-86 feet and 8^~
990-96 feet for a daily potential of
151 barrels of 36.1-gravity crude
through a choke, while the uppex
tubing was completed for 186 bar-
rels of 37.7-gravity crude daily
from 8,955-63 feet on choke. Total
depth is 9,150 feet. . . Ohio’s No.
1 State Tract 4 is a proposed 9,050-
footer.
Southeast Collegeport Area —
Apache Corporation’s No. 1 Pierce
Estate flowed 5,000,000 cubic feet
of gas daily from 3,026-30 fe«£
while there appears to be another
producing sand at 3,883-87 feet. . ..
(See “OIL NEWS,” Page 8),
Thieves Nabbed
By Local Officers
Local police officers, Tom H®
and James Penland, joined togeth-
er in solving a crime wave that
baffled police officers of the area
for the past several months whea
they arrested two Bay City youth
Tuesday night.
In the local jail and charged with
lumerous charges are Jerry Ware-
and Melvin Fortenberry. The youth
had in their wave of crime stole*
over 30 batteries, radios, hub cap%
gasoline, drive-in theatre speakers,
other auto accessories and had used:'
(Mexican pennies in coin changers
in washerterias and soft drink vend-
ers.
They had worked in the are*
from Victoria to Bay City.
George L. Harrison
Re-Elected President
County A. & M. Club
George L. Harrison was re-elect-
ed president of the Matagorda
County A. & M. Club at their a*-
nual meeting held Friday, Novem-
ber 11 in the Service Center hr
Bay City.
Major General Earl Rudder,
President of Texas A. & M. Col-
lege, was the speaker at the annual
gathering.
Serving with Mr. Harrison dup-
ing the next year will be: David)
Krumholz, as vice-president, and
Bill Minkert, secretary-treasurer.
The next meeting will be after
the Turkey Day game when film*
of the annual battle will be shown.
Local V.F.W. Post
Commander Urges
Members to Pay Dues
The members of the V. F. W„
handed together in a common ef-
fort, can exert great influence on
‘.he policies of our Nation. Our Na-
tion, in turn, with its prestige and1
influence, can convince other na-
tions of the world that our type of
government offers freedom of op-
portunity for one and all.
With these sentiments, Com-
mander Paul Wyatt, of the Lt. Wil-
liam Lloyd Queen Post No. 2467
of the Veterans of Foreign ‘Wiars
eneourages all veterans to send ia
their dues to the local Post.
Don’t forget the six dressed tur-
keys to be given away at their next
regular meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 22.
Local Recreation Assn.
To Meet Thurs. Night
The Palacios Recreation Associa-
tion will hold its next meeting:
Thursday, Nov 17, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Firemen’s Hall. All members
are urged to attend and those in-
terested in seeing Palacios get a
recreation center are invited to at-
tend.
The promises of today’s politic-
ians become the taxes of tomorrow.
Miss Judy Hunt was crowned
Homecoming Queen during the
half-time ceremonies . of the Pa-
lacios-Ganado football game Friday
night by Roger Wilson, president
of the 1960-61 senior class.
As the Shark band played the
processional, the queen and her
court marched onto the field lea
by last year’s Homecoming Queen,
Susan Sanford, who was escorted
by Roger Wilson. The princesses
were Dolly Leadford, escorted by
Terry Oglesby, and Shirley Hogg,
escorted by Bobby Dillard.
Miss Hunt, elected queen by tire
student body, was escorted to her
throne by Larry Taylor. She was
—Photo by Paxton’s Studio
attended by Martha Pierce, War-
ren Holt, Debra Brune, Garry Rog-
ers and Nancy McMillian.
The queen was presented a bou-
quet of red carnations, following
the crowning ceremonies, by last
year's queen
Miss Hunt reigned over the
Homecoming Dance at the pavilion
following the dance.
The Weather
Date
Max. Mia.
Pre«.
Nov. 8
81" 62”
trace
Nov. 9
78° 50”
0.45
Nov. 10
51” 44”
0.12
Nov. 11
64” 45*
0.0ft
Nov. 12
78” 56”
1.05
Nov. 13
79” 66”
0.1$
Nov. It
82’ 68”
G.ao:
Nov. 15
81” 71”
o.w
Total rainfall for year; 44.23C
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