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THE HERALD, BAY CITY, TEXAS
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Matagorda County and the Gulf Coast Section.
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legal matter, in memoriams, etc., will he charged for and rates will be
given on application. See classified column for classified rates.
We Pay Special Honor To Those
Few Remaining Confederate Soldiers
Texas veterans who fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War
gathered for their fifty-first reunion last week-end in Houston. It was
probably their last meeting.
Many of the veterans wore unable to attend due to their advanced
age, but almost all of them represented by their sons and daughters.
A number of veterans arrived late Friday, coming from the national
convention of the United Confederate Veterans, which just closed in
Atlanta, Gn.
While a baker's dozen veterans were entertained by the Sons and
Daughters in Houston, hundreds who passed to their final glory were
not and never will be forgotten. We sons of the modern South, a new
and greater South, will always cherish the spirit of the Rebels and the
cause for which they fought.
The spirit behind the true Confederacy, as Robert E. Lee and Jeffer-
son Davis knew it, will never die. . . not in a thousand years. And
although we’re united in one great nation and since the problems in-
stigating the war have been settled to the satisfaction of all, we find
ourselves still sympathetic to the Confederacy and its glorious history.
Thus we pay special honor to those few remaining soldiers who,
though growing more feeble everf day, fought bravely for a cause in
which they believed was right many, many years ago.
The Oldtimer
<uf y SURE 00 MAKE, if
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Our Readers
Britain Should Enter Total War First;
After All, Who Declared War On Nazis?
Editor’s note: Following is an interesting editorial, which ap-
peared reecntl yin the Houston Post concerning the present Euro-
pean war. We think it should be perused carefully by every man,
woman, and child in America.
‘IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN’
The London Mail editorially urges the United States to join in the
total war against Germany, saying it is insane to think the straggle
can be won without the shedding of American blood.
In the portions of the editorial quoted in the Associated Press dis-
patch to The Post, there appears no similar exhortation to Great
Britain. It seems that Britain should enter the total war first. After
all it was Britain that first declared war upon Germany. At this
writing there is some doubt about the report that Britain has landed
a force at Archangel.
I’f Britain had thrown a million men and several thousand planes
and tanks into northern continental Europe during the past month,
Russia might not now be faced with the likelihood of defeat and annihila-
AnH thi« is not merely the illusionary view of those too far away
to umrerstantffhe-srtlfalion, for a swelling volume of responsible Eng-
lish voices is demanding a continental expedition.
When Hitler threatened England with invasion, the British begged
us for munitions and supplies. That was all they required; we needn’t
worry about sending any troops over. They had enough of them. So
we plunged into an all-out program of material aid to Britain; but as
our enthusiasm warmed up, we heard more and more suggestions from
the tight little isle—first, that we give them a hand on the water,
and lately that we send over another A. E. F.
Hitler’s invasion of Russia offered Britain a great opportunity to
jump back on the continent and pounce upon the Nazis in Western
Europe while Germany’s main fighting force was held in the Russian
bear’s embrace. Through such an expedition, a knockout blow might
have been dealt the Fuehrer. But Britain sat tight and let the Russians
do the fighting, merely sending small bombing squadrons over to raid
German cities and military points, which had no vital affect upon the
war’s outcome.
Now Russia is about to lose, and if she does, Hitler will be right
back on England, weakened as to manpower but greatly strengthened by
supplies captured in the great newly conquered country. Britain might
have saved herself u later mortal straggle for the island, and possible
eventual extermination of the empire, if she had just sent an army to
help Russia.
But now does the London Mail perchance have in mind that if
America can be induced to send an expedition over, then by the time
Russia is licked there will be a fresh force of Americans in Europe to
carry on the fight for Britain?
The United States is going all the way to give the Allies material
aid; its people are making sacrifices, and expect to make greater ones.
But the policy of American statesmen and the sentiment of the people
has been against sending another land fighting force to Europe, and
one of several things that will have to be done before that policy and
that sentiment are changed is the joining of Great Britain herself in
the all-out fighting.
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Editor’s note; This column is
devoted to letters from The Her-
ald readers. Letters must be tem-
perate in tone and free of libel,
and the contents of these letters
do not necessarily coincide with
the policy of this newspaper. The
Herald reserves the right to edit
letters to conform to its style. All
letters must be signed but names
will be withheld upon publication
if desired; no letters will be re-
turned unless specifically request-
ed.
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The Herald
Bay City, Texas
Dear Sir:
I am enclosing herewith a copy of
letter written to Honorable J. J.
Mansfield, Chairman of the Rivers
and Harbor Committee. I have also
written to the Chamber of Com-
merce at Houston, Beaumont, Gal-
veston, Port Arthur, Freeport, Cor-
pus Christi and San Antonio.
I believe that I am striking the
keynote for the towns that would
be benefitted by the completion of
our Intracoastal canal to rally to a
common cause and get our project
completed.
What I say about the canals be-
ing blocked by logs and silt at these
river crossing is from my own per-
sonal experience. I have been op-
erating boats from the Neches river
to Brownsville for a number of
years and I know what I am talking
about.
Yours truly,
Jack L. Fletcher
CITY — COUNTY
PUBLIC RECORDS
WATER APPLICATIONS:
L, R. Crosley, Mrs. Charles Mar-
tin, H. G. Gilmore, Lieutenant C, W.
Friedrichscn, C. W. Curtis, Frank
G. Baca, Richard B. Purrington,
Natwidad Gomez, James Turner.
C. P. & L. APPLICATIONS:
Laura G. Flink, L. B. Crosley,
Arthur G. Jones Jr., Albert Royster,
Mrs. J. C. Townley, Mrs. Charles
Martin, L. M. Brown, H. G. Gil-
more, E. S. Hart, Mrs. Pearl Jack-
son, L. B. Purrington, Ray B.
Smith, Lieutenant Nelson J. Burge,
F. G. Baca, George Richmond, Jo-
seph C. Smith, Harold Crouch.
GAS APPLICATIONS:
L. R. Crosley, Lt. Axel A. Flint,
Mrs. Charles Martin, L. M. Brown,
H. G. Gilmore, C. W, Curtis, Lt. C.
W. Friedrichscn, Magnolia Petrol-
eum Co. Warehouse, R. B. Purring-
ton, Frank G. Baca, Ray B. Smith,
Gene Drive-Inn, 1. L. Holleman, Lt.
N. J. Burge.
Ann
Following is Mr. Fletcher’s let-
ter to the congressman:
October 16, 1941.
Honorable J. J. Mansfield
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
Dear Judge:
I have noticed in the Houston Post
under the date line from Washing-
ton October 8 of the House Rivers
and Harbor Committee approval of
the Long Range Flood control and
Navigation project which will cost l®8,
$114,500,000.00 and that the Com-
mittee and Army Engineers have
gone on record for approval of e»v.
marking $15,000,000.00 for early
construction.
Before I go further in this letter
to you, I wish to make clear that I
do not oppose nor do I advocate op-
position to the Trinity River pro-
ject, but I doubt the wisdom of
to Freeport and will have to clean
the logs out of the canal and dredge
themselves back to Freeport) This
is not the first time this has hap-
pened. This has occurred time and
time again since the canal was first
dredged across these rivers. Why
the Engineering Department has not
recommended, the building of the
proper locks at these rivers is more
than I can figure. (It is my under-
standing that the Engineering De-
partment has never recommended
the construction of thee« locks if
they have recommended the con-
struction of these loess, I can’t un-
derstand why appropriations neces-
sary for their consruction have not
been passed.)
Ever so often I read a report in
the paper that this canal will be
completed at such and such a time.
I also read of Intracoastal Canal
Association that this canal will be
completed at such and such a time
and I know as well as do your
Army Engineers that this project
will never be completed to where it
is navigable for the traffic that is
supposed to take care of until suf-
ficient flood gates or locks are in-
stalled on these river crossings
which I have named.
Our canal system from Port
O’Connor to Corpus Christi stands
up and is in fairly good condition
except in shouldering from a 9 foot
depth to approximately 6 foot depth
at mean low tide. The canal from
Matagorda Bay to Freeport without
the locks is an extravagance and
useless expenditure of money. I do
not know what it would take in
money to build the necessary locks
but it does seem to me that after
20 odd years time on the Intracoast-
al canal construction from Galveston
to Corpus Christi and the expendi-
ture of Twenty Million odd dollars
that we people along the inland wa-
terway of the Texas Gulf Coast arc
entitled to the completion of our
project before this Government em-
barks upon such a monostry as nav-
igation of the Trinity River to Dal-
Yours truly,
Jack L. Fletcher
MARRIAGE LICENSES:
Earl Henry - Kessler and
Monsky.
B. E. Bartay and Dora Thomas.
Leonard Rodriquez and Frances
Sanchez.
Walter Paul Pasterski and Mar-
tha Bentley.
James Leslie Murphy and Helen
Sanders.
Sargeant David M. Carroll and
Katherine App.
Charley Williams and Mattie Al-
len.
J. Fisher Smith and Rosa Lee
Henderson.
Thomas J. White and Grace
Rhone.
Frank G. Baca and Mildred Ma-
rie Mayer.
Stanley R. Nash and Mildred
York .
CAR REGISTRATION:
Passenger
1942 Chevrolet Sport Sedan, W.
F. Niethamer, Bay City, from An-
derson-Rugeley Auto Co., Bay City.
License V29124.
1942 Dodge Sedan, J. W. Black-
well, Bay City, from Dependable
Motors, Bay City. License V29125.
1942 Chevrolet 4-passenger coupe,
Nelson J. Burge, Camp Hulen, from
John G. Rodriguez and Sons, New
Market, New Hampshire. License
V29128.
1942 Chevrolet Sedan, Mrs. W.
King, Blessing, from Anderson-
Rugeley Auto Co., Bay City. Li-
cense V29130.
1942 Hudson Sedan, Dick Ray,
Palacios, from Foley Motor Co., Pa-
lacios. License V29136.
1942 Chevrolet spe. Club Sedan,
M. Glaros, Palacios, from Bay
Chevrolet Co., Palacios. License
V29137.
1941 Chevrolet dl. Sedan, C. A.
McGaun Jr., Newgulf, from Ander
son-Rugeley Auto Co., Bay City. Li
cense V29140.
Farm
1942 Chevrolet Pickup, R. K. Dar-
nell, Palacios, from Bay Chevrolet
Co., Palacios. License 254-459.
1942 Chevrolet Pickup, W. H.
Broughton, Bay City, from Ander-
son-Rugeley Auto Co., Bay City. Li-
cense 234-463.
Mr. and Mrs. William Stamphley Mrs. Carole Dowd spent the week-
of Palacios spent Sunday in Bay end in Jacksonville with Mr. and
City visiting friends. Mrs. Rowden and family.
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BOLING
By J. D. Duff
Herald Correspondent
ity River project until the final com-
pletion of our present Intracoastal
canal from Galveston Southerly to
Corpus. This Intracoastal canal
from Galveston to Corpus Christi
has been under construction for
some 20 years. There was some Ten
Million odd dollars spent in building
the canal from Galveston to Corpus
Christi that was entirely worthless
due to the fact that the canal could
not be maintained to a depth suf-
ficient to take care of the normal
traffic. This old canal shoaled up
so badly that it was necessary to
obtain a new routing for parts of
the canal. The right-of-ways for
this new part of the canal have been
obtained and it has been dredged
all the way except a short section
between the Bernard River and the
Colorado River. The section between
the Colorado River via the new
route westward to Matagorda Bay,
in which section dredging has been
completed, is at this time filled with
log rafts to such an extent that a
boat of 3Vi foot draft can not navi-
gate the Intracoastal canal from
Matagorda Bay to the Colorado
River. This same condition exists
in the section of the newly dredged
canal between the Brazos river and
the Bernard river. This condition
is brought about by the fact that
the Bernard, Colorado and Brazos
livers at flood stage carry tremen-
dous amount of silt, logs and trees
and where the canal intersects these
rivers the silt and trees flow back
into the canal and clogs them up to
such an extent that at times the
canal is not navigable. (I am now
informed there are 2 dredges now
on this project that can’t get bafk
, J
Mr. Jay Hevener who has been
very ill in the hospital in Wharton
came home last Friday afternoon
but is still very ill.
Mrs. Cara Horn went to Cleburne,
Texas, last Sunday for a short visit
with friends and relatives.
Last Friday night the Bulldogs
playeds the Rosenberg Brahmas
and the score was 8-0 in favor of
Boling. Next week the Bulldogs
play the El Campo Rice Birds and
all wise folks will be for Boling.
Mr. Douglas Duff celebrated his
birthday last Friday.
Mr. Marvin Hunt was home over
the week-end to visit among his
friends and relatives.
The Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. gave
a barbecue and dance for its em-
ployees and family last Saturday.
Many people from Boling and sur-
rounding vicinity attended both.
Mrs. Page’s brother, Robert, visit-
ed with her last week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Mecklenberg
went to Scaly, Sunday to attend the
funeral of their friend who has been
ill for sometime.
Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Eikenberg
and family visited their mother here
Sunday.
Mrs. Otis Lohleffell’s sisters from
Guy visited with her last Sunday.
M. J. Early spent the week-end
with her parents in Wharton.
Mr, and Mrs. Clifford Reiman at-
tended the rodeo at Huntsville Sun-
day.
Pledge to Texas’ flag: “Honor the
Texas Flag of 1836; I pledge alleg-
iance to thee—Texas, one and in-
divisible.”
CHURCH NEWS
All pastors are Invited to sup-
ply The Herald with their sched-
ule of services and news of any
special church events that are
planned or have been held.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Tuesday; Brotherhood meeting at
7:30 p. m.
Wednesday; Sunday School Offi-
cers and Teachers meeting at 6:30
p. m.
Thursday: Ch,practice at 7:30
p. m.
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
Church Service at 11 a. m.
Training Union at 6:30 p. m.
Church Service at 7:30 p. m.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Sunday School—9:46 A. M.
Morning Services—11:00 A. M.
Evening Services—7:45 P. M.
CHRISTIAN 8CIENCE SOCIETY
Sunday School, 9:45
Sunday Morning Service, II a. m.
Wednesday Evening, 8:00 p. m.
Everyone Cordially Invited to At-
tend the Service.
Reading yoom open 3-4 p. m. each
Wednesday.
Thursday, October 23,1941
Bay City Business
DIRECTORY
Accountants
J. R. Cookenboo
Accountant — Auditor
INCOME TAX SERVICE
BONEY BLDG.
TEL. 35 BAY CITY
Dairies
SANITARY DAIRY
Try Our Grade A Raw Milk
It’s Rich And Appetizing
Herbert Gusman Phone 203
Florists
BAY CITY FLOWER SHOP,
SPECIALIZING IN
FUNERAL DESIGNS — PLANTS
CORSAGES — CUT FLOWERS
Telegraph and Delivery Service
Tel. 74, Bay City
MRS. GLADYS BYARS
Insurance
CHURCH OF GOD
Pastor, N. F. Cannon
Sunday School, 9:45 A. M.
Morning Services, 11:00 A. M.
Evening Services, 7:80 P. M.
Young People’s Meeting, Sunday
6:30 P. M.
Prayer Meeting on Tuesday and
Thursday, 7:30 p. m.
Women Missionary Band, Wed-
nesday at 2:00 P. M.
CHURCn OF CHRIST
Charles E. Metcalfe, Minister
Bible Study 10; Preaching 11 a.m.
Communion, 11:45 a. m.
Preaching, 7:30 p. m.
Mid-week Bible study and song
practice, Wednesday, 7:30 p. m.
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
Pastor, R. L. Biankinship
Sunday School, 10:00 A. M. Class
for all.
P. Y. P. A., 6:45 P. M. Mrs. Nanie
Lee Agnew, President.
Evening Service 8 P. M.
Wednesday Prayer Meeting, 8:00
Friday, Women’s Missionary
Council, 2:30 P. M.
Saturday, Church 8 P. M., come
you are welcome
W. T. COX
Insurance and Real Estate
COX BUILDING
Office Ph. 238 Res. Ph. 588
METHODIST CHURCH
Pastor Rev. M. S. Vance
Hunday School, 9:46 A. M.
Morning Services, 11:00 A. M.
Epworth League, 7:00 P. M.
Evening Services, 8:00 P. M.
W. M. U., Thursday, 4:00 P. M
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Pastor, Ernest F. Deutsch
Sunday School, 9:45 A. M.
Fishermen’s Bible Class, 10:00 A.
M.
Morning Worship Hour, 11:00 A.
Young People’s Vesper Service,
7:00 P. M.
Evening worship hour, 8:00 P. M
Miss Leafy Jones of Shreveport,
La., visited friends in Camp liulen
over the week-end.
Mrs. Van Horn visited in Clarks-
ville over the week-end. Her sister,
Mrs. Veeen. returned home
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CHURCH OF CHRIST
SWEENY, TEXAS
Minister, Brooks Terry
Bible Study at 10:00 A. M.
Morning Services 11:00 A .M.
Young Peoples Class 6:00 P. M.
Evening Services 7:00 P. M.
Everyone cordially invited to at
tend service.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
SWEENY, TEXAS
Rev. Von A. Rifle
Sunday School—9:45 a. m.
Preaching Service—11:00 a. m.
B. T. U.—6:30 p. m.
Evening Service—7:30 p. m.
Monday—W. M. U.—7:30 p. m.
Wednesday, Prayer Meeting—
7:30 p. m. Choir Practice, 8:30 p. m.
Thursday (after first and third
Sunday)—7:80 p. m. Y. W. A.—
7:30 p. m.
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Service Stations
McGLAUN’S
SERVICE STATION
MOBIL GAS — MOBIL OIL
GENERAL REPAIRS
PHONE 110
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
Rev. Kermit Reneau, Pastor
Avenue E at 9th Street
Sunday School—10 a. m.
Worship Service—11 a. m.
Young Peoples Meeting—7 p. m.
Evangelistic Service—7:30 p. m.
Women’s Missionary Meeting—
Tuesday at 2 p. m.
Prayer Meeting—Thursday, 7:30
p. m. .
Everyone is invited to attend all
of these services and enjoy old time
preaching of the gospel. We also
invite the sick to attend our healing
services.
Tune in on KRLD each Sunday
evening from 10:00 to 11:30 for on*
of the Assembly of God broadcasts.
W. C. BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. F. N. Pack, Pastor
Sunday School—10 a. m.
Morning Worship—11 a. m.
Evening Worship—7:46 p. m.
Prayer Meeting—7:45 p. m, Wed-
nesday.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
At the Catholic Church in Bay
City, the Sunday morning Mass on
the first, third and fifth Sundays
of the month at 8, on the second and
fourth Sundays at 9:30.
At Wadsworth: First, third and
fifth Sundays the Mass is at 9:30
on the second and fourth Sunday*
at 8.
Daily Mass at Bay City at 7 A
M. The week-day Mass at Wads-
worth on Saturdays at 8 A. M.
Sunday night devotions at Baj
City at 7:30.
Lenten devotions at Bay City oi
Wednesday and Friday nights al
7:30.
Rev. G. Elmcndorf, Pastor
CHURCH OF NAZARENE
Bay City—Welcomes You
Rev. F. A. White, Pastor
Sunduy School at 10 a. m.
Preaching at 11 a. m.
Evening N. Y, P. S. at 7:30 p. m.
Preaching at 8 p. m.
Midweek prayer meeting, 8 p. m.
COLUMBIA M. E. CHURCH
Pastor, Rev. L. E. Wratten
Sunday School—10 a. m. W, I
Nash, Supt.
Morning Worship—11 a. m.
Evening Worship—7:46 p. m.
PALACIOS
METHODIST CHURCH
J. E. Mack, Pastor
9:45 A. M.—Sunday School wor-
ship begins.
10:46 A. M.—Morning worship
service begins.
6:15 P. M.—Junior Epworth
League,
7:00 P. M.—Senior Epworth
League.
8:00 P. M.—Evening worship.
8:00 P. M. Wednesday is our mid-
week prayer service.
8:00 P. M. Thursday is set aside
for Choir Rehearsal.
First Sunday at 11 o’clock is
Communion Sunday.
Woman’s Society of Christian
Service meets each Thursday after-
noon at 3 o’clock.
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