The Herald (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941 Page: 1 of 8
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MOORE SAYS WARDENS TO COMB CITY FOR INFORMATION
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Bay City Is
Divided Into
Six Precincts
People Asked
To Cooperate In
Defense Program
Xir raid wardens, acting in nc.
co*d with the Matagorda County!
Civilian Defense Program, will comb
Bay City within the next day or so
for necessary air raid precaution
information, A. P. Moore, head of
the air raid service, announced.
Wardens will go to every house
in Bay City and citizens are asked
to cooperate in this vital defense
measure, Mr. Moore said.
The information to be obtained is
divided into three main parts: 1—
Block and precinct number; 2—
Residence information; 3—Occu-
pants.
■Under No. 1, the number of the
Mock and the precinct in which the
block is located will be obtained.
Bay City is divided into six pre-
cincts with air raid captains in
charge of each precinct. Captains
for the white sections are John
Snyder, Wesley Pruett, Posey Mc-
Clendon, and Vic Driscoll. The negro
quarters, north and south end, will
constitute two separate precincts.
Under No. 2, street address, type
of house, water connection, gas con-
nection, electric switch, telephone
number, and a list of any combusti-
ble matter in or near the residence
is the type of information wanted.
Under No. 3, name, age, sex,
color, names of usual visitors, and
names of permanent invalids is the
type of information sought.
Mr. Moore said the air raid ser-
vice would extend throughout Mat
agorda County soon.
4500 COPIES
HERALD
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE GULF COAST OF TEXAS
VOLUME III
BAY CITY, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1941
NUMBER 12
DEFENSE PROGRAM IS INSTALLED
Christmas Buying Best Since ’29 ^ B,
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Extra Good
At Bay City
Outbreak Of War
Does Not Dampen
Yuletide Spirit
P
EOPLE
AND
T H I N G
S
A toy matinee will be held at the
Texas Theatre in Bay City Satur-
day afternoon beginning at 1 o’clock,
Mrs. Thomas H. Lewis announced.
Announcement of the matinee has
been made in our public schools as
well as in The Herald.
Any one having toys to give
away are asked by Mrs. Lewis to
call 2473.
____V____
If you have a stack of newspa-
pers or magazines for the Boy
Scouts of Bay City, call Tom Hale.
He will try to arrange transporta-
tion for the Scouts for the pick-up.
Out-of-town people may bring
their old papers in Saturday morn-
ing and leave them on the south
side of the Courthouse lawn, where
Scouts will take them over.
The Scouts, we learn, are handi-
capped by not having any trans-
portation facilities. If you can help
them out, please do so.
____V
A. H. Wadsworth reports: ‘‘Cen-
sus report shows that 5,508 bales
of cotton were ginned in Matagor-
da County from the crop of 1941
prior to December 1, 1941, as com-
oared with 14,449 bales for the crop
V^f 1940.”
• • • V...
Here’s a letter from Charles Irby
of Sweeny: “January 10 is the date
set for the First Annual Sweeny
High Basketball Tournament,” he
says. “The games will get under
way at 9 o’clock that morning with
finals starting at 7:30 o'clock that
Bay City’s and the Gulf Coast’s
business this year will be the best
since 1929, in spite of the war.
This was the general opinion ex-
pressed by merchants Saturday and
the crowds of shoppers on down-
town streets and in the stores bore
them out.
Some business men said the shock
of sudden war put a temporary
damper on buying, but it rallied
quickly and is now going strong.
Others said they could not tell that
the war had any effect at all, even
temporary, on Christmas shopping.
On the contrary, the outbreak of
war, bringing with it the realiza-
tion that an eventual shortage in
many lines of merchandise is ines-
capable, actually stimulated holiday
business, some merchants found.
One customer told, a merchant
“Well, I don’t know what may hap
pen next Christmas, but we’ll maki
the most of this year by keeping
Christmas as usual.’
One favorable trend is that peo-
ple arc buying more at home than
away. “Why should I go to all the
expense of traveling to Houston and
back when I can get just as good
merchandise here at the same
prices," one “wised-up” buyer de-
manded.
Attack Is Challenge, J, G. Long Says
Lewis Announces
Examination For
County Position
night.”
Among the teams scheduled to
play are West Columbia, Damon,
Pearland, Danbury, Beasley, Angle-
ton, Orchard, Wallis, Markham, La
Ward, Blessing, Crescent, Santa Fe,
and Van Vleck.
____V____
This Christmas promises to be a
good one, despite the war. “We’re
not going to let those yellow Japs
ruin our Christmas,” many say.
The Department of Public Wel-
fare announces a competitive exam-
ination for county caseworker’s po-
sitions in and for Matagorda Coun-
ty, Judge Thomas H. Lewis an-
nounced.
The job involves determining eli-
gibility for W. P. A. employment,
selection of boys for the C. C. C.
and certification of persons eligible
for federal surplus commodities.
The applications, Judge Lewis
said, will be available at the local
office of the Department of Public
Welfare in Bay City. The closing
date for the acceptance of these
applications will be Monday at 5
(o’clock. All persons applying and
mnnl Inr
Mr. and Mrs. Neal V. Fowler had
as their guests Saturday and Sun-
day her mother, Mrs. L. E. Buford,
and brother, Buddy, of Houston.
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{HOPPING
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, TILL
Clpfrtma?
meeting the minimum qualifications
will be required to report Rt the
Matagorda County Welfare Build-
ing, Bay City, Friday afternoon,
January 2, at 1 o’clock for the writ-
ten examination.
Minimum qualifications: Comple-
tion of two years of study in an ac-
credited college or university, or a
combination of education and ex-
perience determined to be equiva-
lent.
Alaskan Food
Market Observes
5th Anniversary
The Alaskan Food Market, under
the management of Connie Ander-
son and Johnnie Harmer, celebrates
its fifth anniversary, beginning Fri-
day and lasting through Wednes-
day.
The market has many specials for
the occasion and shoppers are ask
ed to scan the page ad in this week's
Herald on page 3.
Pledger Test
Reported Coring
At 6,725 Feet
Two New Locations
Are Reported In
Matagorda County
Here’s the latest news concern-
ing oil drilling activity in Mata-
gorda County and other nearby
counties:
At Pledger, the Union Producing
Company stalled coring at 6,725
feet in the No. 1 Robert McFarland
three thousand feet south of Hum-
ble’s gas well. The section that has
been cored to 6,772 feet has had
few sand stringers carrying an oil
order.
Over at Newgulf, Dr. W._ C. Mc-
Daniel’s No. 1 Howard was a dry
hole. At Blessing, Texas Company’s
No. 1 Della Braden was completed
■ecently.
Ohio Oil Company completed its
No. 13 Carlson recently at North
Markham and the company is mov
ing in material for No. 15 Carlson
Humble Oil Company has com-
pleted No. 49 Cockburn and is drill-
ing No. 51 Cockburn to 5534 feet.
Two new locations are reported in
Matagorda County. They are Con-
tinental Oil Company’s No. 1 Do-
man, a wildcat, and Stanolind’s No.
2 Huebner in the Lucky Field.
At Francitas, Skelly’s No.
Broughton was last reported drill-
ing below 4,500 feet, and Francitas
Gas Company’s No. 1 Viets is
tight well.
Harrison and Abercrombie’s No.
12 B. R. L. D. was reported drilling
below 10,029 in the Old Ocean Field.
In the same field, the Company’s
No. 1 Muller and Moline National
Bank is below 8,948 feet and the
No. 1 George Waddy et al is below
10,648 feet.
At West Columbia, Hogg Oil
Company’s No. 1 Pipkin-Carroll is
below 1,100 feet, and Texas Com-
pany’s No. 45 Abrams was last re-
ported below 4,500 feet.
Daily average production for the
major oil fields in this section for
the week ending December 7 was:
Bay City, 51 wells, 2335 produc-
tion, 3260 reported allowable;
Hamman 31 wells, 2020 produc-
tion, 2826 reported allowable;
Magnet, 76 wells, 2190 production,
3067 reported allowable; Mark-
ham, 56 wells, 992 production, 990
reported allowable; Old Ocean,
110 wells, 14745 production, 20,-
639 reported allowable.
North Markham, 18 wells, 947
production, 1324 reported allow-
able ;Boling, 95 wells, 1125 pro-
duction, 1324 reported allowable;
West Columbia new, 105 wells,
5659 production, 5665 reported al-
lowable; West Columbia old, 2234
production, 2237 reported allow-
able; Wilson Creek, 2 wells, 240
production, 110 reported allow-
able; Blessing, 7 wells, 65 produc-
tion, no reported allowable; Pa-
lacios, 3 wells, 15 production, 20
reported allowable.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Davis visited in
Denton and Dallas last week-end.
BRAZORIA COUNTY PETITION
A petition for a county-wide elec-
tion on a proposal to County Com-
missioners to help Brazoria Coun-
ty cities buy fire apparatus was
introduced at the meeting of the
Brazoria County Development As-
sociation Tuesday.
Buy Defense Stamps and lick the
other sitje.
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Very Nice Mess, We’d Say [General Manager
Sends Message
| To His Employees
He Urges Them
To Help Country
Preserve Freedom
Now that war has been forced
| upon the people of the United
States, J. G. Long, general manager
and owner of the Long Theatres
Circuit and publisher of The Her-
ald, pointed out in letters to his
employees this week that “each and
every American citizen should real-
| ize that the attack upon the Ameri-
CHRISTMAS CHEER
Mr. Long declared a bonus for
every employee of his organiza-
tion. The bonus Is an extra week’s
Ralary for every employee and
additional salary to others in pro-
portion to their term of employ-
ment and responsibility in their
respect!ve positions.
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This picture, indeed, is proof of the nice mess of redfish
caught the other day at Brown Cedar Cut by the Bay City
sportsmen shown. This string includes thirty-eight fish
weighing from six to fifteen pounds. The mess averaged
about seven pounds. Proud anglers are, left to right, Fred
Friday, Cecil “Crusher” Bates, Carl Anderson, and Bob
Anderson. This snapshot was taken at night ih front of
Bob’s home by Don Sailor.
Former "El Campo Grid Star
Is Killed In Pacific War
Hugh Harriss, 19, former El Cam
po High School football player, was
killed in action, according to a mes
sage received by his parents from
the War Department this week.
Harriss joined the Navy after
having been graduated from El
Campo High and attending The
No casualty list will be made
public by the United States gov-
ernment. However, President
Roosevelt stated that parents or
relatives of the injured or dead
would be notified and that they
could make it public.
University of Texas. After receiv-
ing his basic training at the Naval
Training Station at San Diego,
Harriss was assigned to duty with
the Pacific fleet.
Reports on other boys from this
NEAREST RECRUITING
STATIONS
Bay City—United States Army
Recruiting Station with. Sergeant
Harry B. Luckemeyer in charge;
located in the Postoffice. Office
hours—8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Victoria—United States Navy
Recruiting Station with Chief
Quartermaster Ray George in
charge; located in the Postoffice.
Office hours—24-hour basis.
Galveston—United States Navy
Recruiting Station with Chief
Quartermaster A. G. McNair in
charge; located in the Postoffice,
room 604. Office hours—24-hour
basis.
Houston—United States Navy
Recruiting Station; located on the
third floor of the Postoffice; of-
fice hours—24-hour basis.
United States Marine Corps
Recruiting Station located in the
Scanlan Building; office hours—
8 a. m. to 10 p. m.
United States Army Recruiting
Station located in the old city
hall; office hours—7 a. m. to 10
p. m.
section who are with the armed
forces in the battle zone;
Private First Class John R. Hard-
in Jr. is in the U. S. Marine Corps
aboard the U. S. S. Enterprise, air-
craft carrier, and is reported “some-
where around Hawaii.” He is the
brother of Mrs. R. L. Harralson of
Bay City and the son of Mr. and
can government is virtually a per-
sonal challenge to each of us to con-
centrate every ounce of effort to-
ward the achievement of a united
force of manpower that can pro-
duce sufficient fighting strength to
crush oyr enemies, who are new
staking their lives on the possibility
of being able to rob us of our
precious way of life.”
Mr. Long said that the task of
preserving liberty, justice, free-
dom, equality, and economic pros-
perity is going to require much
more than armed men and abun-
dant supplies of food, ammuni-
tion, armored transportation and
training facilities.
“Those of us who are already ac-
tive in the business of exhibiting
motion pictures to men in the ser-
vice and to defense workers and
Mrs. J. R. Hardin Sr. of Victoria. I their families, should instantly rec-
He has been in the Navy for two ognize the importance of the work
and one-half years. I that we have to do as our part .in
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Thompson, I making this enormous fighting ma-
unteer teachers. This class has been
divided, and one is being held at
the City Hall and the other is be-
— ---------- _. -------—,. — - — ing held in the District Courtroom.
Box B 150 of Palacios, write to The c”lne of ours the most efficient, the] The classes are expected to be fin-
Herald : I highest-spirited, and the most pow-1 •
to the entire
Progress Shown
In Air Raid Unit
Under Moore
The Matagorda County Civilian
Defense Program, after getting
away to a wobbly start last Friday,
is settling down to routine with
various heads of the ten units being
named, and volunteer workers flock-
ing to the unit of their liking.
Colonel W. O. Selkirk of Bless-
ing was chosen head of the county
council and headquarters were
set up in the City Hall in Bay
City.
Other unit chiefs are Fred Fri-
day, fire; Rollo Rilling, air warn-
ing service; H. H. Loos, medical
department; Jim Tabb, shelter;
Carl Bachman, feeding; A. P.
Moore, air raid warden; Harry
Norris transportation, and Wil-
liam Walker, supplies.
As yet no man has been select^
to be head of the guard.
Both men and women mnv ypl.....
teer for any of the ten defense de-
partments, and thus far the re-
sponse has been “very gratifying,”
according to one official.
Over three hundred men turned
out for work under Constable Moore
in the air raid division Monday
night, at which time many mem-
bers immediately signed up for a
Red Cross First Aid course under
Tom Hale and Wayne Butler, vol-
At the first meeting of the
Matagorda County Civilian De-
fense Council held here last Fri-
day, cold water wss splashed on
the idea of having a Home De-
fense Guard, as had in many
cities, notably in Wharton and El
Campo, over Texas.
A Home Defense Guard entails
military training and operates
under orders of the Governor of
Texas. The governor would have
the power to order a Home De-
fense Guard anywhere within the
State Lnes. This, apparently, did
not appeal to some.
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Herald:
“We have a son in the Navy and|erfu' ever known
he is on the submarine, 165 Sailfish. W“L. ,
The last letter we got from him was of al ’ Lon* P01nted
from Pearl Harbor. He said he may °ut’fllthe pepp'e °f our "atl°n must
■be the most determined, the most
spend the greatest part of his time
in China. His name is Rufes Ray
Thompson.
“We have a son,” continue the
Thompsons, "in the Coast Guard.
The last letter we got from him
was from Louisiana. His name is
Alvia F. Thompson.
“And we have a grandson in the
Navy. He was in San Francisco the
last we heard. His name is Thomas
A. Gage Jr.”
Joe Sonka of Bay City reports
that his son, Odila, is a cook at the
Station Hospital in Fort Shatter,
Hawaii. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Moore
say that their grandson, Leo Daniel
Moore, is with that gallant group
of Marines defending Midway Is-
land.
energetic, the most skillful, and the
quickest thinking people ever known
to overcome enemies who have al-
ready conquered half the world with
THEATRE-GOERS PATRIOTIC
When people attend theatres,
ten to twelve percent of each ad-
mission is paid to the government
for defense purposes which, in
considering as many theatres in
the United States and the mil-
lions patronizing them, becomes a
very large item in revenue for
governmental defense purposes.
Therefore, attending a theatre is
helping'in defense.
their cunning, their ingenius meth-
ods, and their modern designs of
Captain L. N. Wilson, brother 0f (machinery of war. These Americans
Harry Wilson of Freeport, is with emanate from the well-cared for
the Marines at Samoa Island. Arvin riunlan uiinds which unite in intei-
Blaylock, son of E. R. Blaylock of cooperation toward the
Bay City, is said to have been on achievement of a goal which holds
tho U. S. S. Oklahoma, the ship *-*10 lives of the greatest people in
that was sunk at Pearl Harbor, ^e world at stake, our Americans,”
Morris Henry Bates, son of Mrs. Mr. Long said that those who
Alice Bates of Bay City, was l'eport-1 are expected to remain at home
ed on the U. S. S. Utah, another
ship reported by Secretary Knox
as sunk in battle at Hawaii.
Garland Underwood, son of T. D.
Underwood of Bay City, is on the
U. S. S. Phoenix, last reported at
Pearl Harbor,
can also serve the country by
doing their bit toward achieving
ultimate victory. He said motion
pictures provide not only enter-
tainment but also a knowledge of
“encouraging facts which feed our
(See “LONG SAYS,” Page 5)
,ished soon.
Air raid precinct wardens, op-
erating under Constable Moore,
are John Snyder, Vie Driscoll,
Posey McClendon, and Wesley
Pruett. Bay City is divided into
four precincts with these men in
charge of a precinct.
After completing the first aid
course, the wardens And assistants
will settle down to actual training
in air raid tactics as now being used
in England,.
Mr. Friday, head of the fire
unit, has also been named assist-
ant fire coordinator of eleven
counties. Assistant to Chief Fritz,
district 24 covers Karnes, DeWitt,
Lavaca, Colorado, Goliad, Victor-
ia, Jackson, Wharton, Refugio,
Calhoun and Matagorda Counties.
The public is cordially invited to
enlist in any of the ten civilian de-
fense units. Either go to the head-
quarters at the City Hall or dial
2119 and you will be placed in the
service you desire.
KEEP ’EM FLYING
Aviation is a specialized industry
nnd each job is a specialized job.
The Army Air Corps trains quali-
fied enlisted men for the many
technical jobs of aviation. Single
men, 18 to 36, who have completed
the eighth grade should see an army
recruiting officer for details. “Keep
’em Flying!"
Mrs. Gertie Williams of Roshnron
\7as a visitor here Saturday.
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Wilkinson, Bob. The Herald (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941, newspaper, December 18, 1941; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth719189/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1%26list: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.