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Hare /or Congress
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. As James A. Clements was msk'
ing a preliminary tour over the
Ninth District, prior to the open-
ing of his campaign for the United
States Congress, he stopped in
Egypt at the Will Northington farm
and "ta'ked things over” with
“Lucky Strike,” as pictured above.
“Lucky” is a quarter horse stallion,
recognized as the finest of his breed
in the world. Clements will formal-
Jy open his campaign to be con-
gressman from the Ninth District
on June C at Wharton.
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1 Candidate Opens
Campaign In
Wharton Sat.
Special To The Herald
WHARTON, May 28.—Janies A.
Clements, candidate for the United
States Congress from the Ninth
District, will formally open his cam-
paign on the courthouse lawn in
Wharton Saturday night, June 6,
it was announced today. The can-
didate was born in Lane City, grew
up and attended school in Wharton.
i Preceded by a band concert on
the square, Mr. Clements will make
,' a 30-minute opening address, from
7:30 to 8 p. m. His speech will be
broadcast over Station KPRC from
Houston. The names of introduc-
tory speakers will be announced
later, Mr. Clements said.
It will be the first political cam-
paign speech for the young candi-
date, who announced for the office
approximately three weeks ago. A
young business man from Angleton,
Clements has never sought office
before and has not been politically
active. Aside from four years in
the United States Navy, Clements
has spent his entire life in the
Ninth District, as have other mem-
bers of his family. He is in the
transportation and insurance busi-
ness has a wife and two young
sons.
In this opening speech, Clements
said he will announce his platform
and the issues on which he intends
to base his campaign. He has spent
the three weeks since his announce-
ment traveling over the district and
acquainting himself with the peo-
ple and the problems therein.
Delegations from Angleton, El
Camipo, Bay City, and other towns
iy the district will attend the open-
ing day rally in Wharton, Clements
campaign workers here revealed.
Plans were also underway to form
an automobile caravan from Gal-
veston, most populous section of
the entire district.
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VOLUME III
BAY CITY, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1942
NUMBER 35
C8UNTY INDEBTEDNESS DEDUCED
Memorial Day Will Not Be A Holiday
Buddy Poppies
Wfl Be Sold
By Veterans
Money From
Sales Goes To
Local Relief
Although Saturday, May 30, will
Memorial Day (Declaration
Day), it will not be observed as
holiday in Bay City, officials of the
Chamber of Commerce announced
However, Commander Don E.
Keller and the Bay City Post No.
2438, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
will observe Buddy Poppy Day Sat-
urday, during which veterans will
conduct a street campaign selling
Buddy Poppies.
Mayor S. E. Doughtie has pro-
claimed Saturday as Buddy Poppy
Day. “It is a pleasure and a privi-
lege to me as mayor of Bay City
to extend a cordial endorsement of
the annual Budy Poppy sale of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars,” he
said.
During the past several weeks
disabled government hospitals have
been assembling V. F. W. Buddy
Poppies for the 21st annual sale.
Money realized from the sales goes
to local veteran relief.
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F.W.A. Allot*
Funds For
Centers Here
The Federal Works Agency al-
lotted funds this week for com-
pleting and equipping recreation
centers in Bay City, Palacios, and
Wharton, it was announced by Col-
onel William N. Carey, chief engin-
eer, of Fort Worth.
Consumer Credit
Meeting Friday
Is Important
The consumer credit meeting,
scheduled to be held in the District
Courtroom Friday night at 8
o’clock, when W. D. Gentry of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Houston
will go fully into the various phases
of the new law, is important not
only to the merchants but more
particularly to the buying public.
By a dear understanding of what
the new consumer credit law really
means both to the buyer and to the
Feller, much embarrassment may
be saved both parties, and needless
apprehension as to how far one’s
credit is good under the new plan,
eliminated.
The rank and file of the people
of Bay City have evidenced a sin-
cere desire to liquidate their obli-
gations. It is important therefore—
more now than ever—to know the
law on which their credit is now
based. For these reasons it is ex-
pected that a really large attend-
ance will be had at this meeting
Friday night, May 29.
Ten towns around Bay City have
been invited to participate in this
meeting, and our neighboring town
of Sweeny has informed the Cham-
ber of Commerce that there will be
a good delegation from that point.
MacArthur Day 1$ Set Here Tuesday
Mrs. Yates Finds
Out Husband Is
In England
Mrs. Gordon L. Yates, bet-
ter known here as Van, who
co-operates Lois and Van's
Beauty Shop, received a cable-
gram from her husband last
Friday from London, Eng-
land.
Sergeant Yates left Camp
Hulen on March 2 and was
with the 106th C. A. (AA).
The sergeant’s home is in
Glasgow, Kentucky.
About 85 Boys,
Girls Receive
School Diplomas
SHIVERS VISITS HERE
Cyril Shivers, maintenance op-
erator for Louis Long’s theatres,
radio station, and print shbp in
Arizona, Is visiting his parents in
Bay City this week.
Group Seeks Ruling From
Mann On Bond Issue
The status of the $60,000 bond
issue voted for the improvement
and extension of water and sewage
systems in Bay City will be de-
termined in an opinion by Attorney-
^ "General Gerald C. Mann.
The issue was voted 315 to 178
on May 19. Proponents of the issue
said the election legally carried be-
cause Bay City is known as a “Gen-
eral Law City” and only a majority
is needed in bond elections.
Opponents say a two-third ma-
jority is needed before the elec-
tion carries, and that the election
lacked 11 votes of being the requir-
ed majority. It is understood that
this group will seek a ruling from
Mann.
Some eighty-five boys and girls
received their diplomas Tuesday
night at the Bay City High School
Commencement with Dr. B. F.
Thorn, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Houston, delivering the
principal address.
Among those receiving diplomas
were Esther Acosta, Dorothy An-
derson (salutatorian), Fred Bates,
Bobby Baker, November Banyanseo,
Norene Batten, Eleanora Bell, Al-
bert Brown, Donald Bickham, Joe
Birkner, Kathleen Burke (valedic-
torian), Eugene Brown, Vernice
Burkett.
Aileen Bussell, John Byrd, Nina
Merle Byars, Nelson Carroll, Vera
Helen Clement, Alyne Clements,
Ann Cobb, Buddy Crow, Fulton
Dye, Bobby Curtis, Dorothy Davis,
Hadden Dietrich, Ola Ann Dierlam,
Geneva Eikenberg, A. J. Ehlert,
Mickey Engle, Sammie Finch, Ver-
na Lee Estill.
Gaynelle Greene, Jack Fields,
Richard Grisham, Herbert Gris-
wood, Glenn Hallet, Pete Hale,
Gladys Joiee, Kenneth Tite, Joan
Horn, Mac Johnson, Charles Jolley,
Annie Mae Kain, E. C. Krauskopt,
Marie Lowe, Mary Neal Keener,
Hattie Lee LeTulle, Mary Luke-*
fahr, Ida Mae LeTulle, Hazel Man-
gum, Jimmy Morrow.
Lois Miller, Alice Milner, Wilma
Jeanne Mixon, Francis Newbum,
Arnie Dora Nolan, Frank Osborne,
Betty Lou O’Neal, Jean Ratliff,
Rosie Marie Plant, Edward Reynal,
Mary Elizabeth Rice, Hazel Rich-
ardson, Catherine Rice, Edna Nell
Rupe, Clyde Ryman,
Gloria Mae Schmerber, Gordon
Shaffer, Hannah Shearer, William
Sifford, Ray Svetlik, Lilia Ann
Skuca, Willie Svetlik, Betty Jean
Thompson, Lawrence Tippin, Doro-
thy Thompson, Allen Tyler Jr.,
Lorance Tolbert Jr., Christine Wel-
don, Louise Wise, Mary Wood,
Jewell Wright.
If The Herald has omitted any
graduate, we assure you that it is
unintentional 'and wish to be cor-
rected: ;
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Cornelius Visits
Herald Office On
First Trip Out
F. Cornelius, 91 years
young, was a Herald visitor
last week. It was the first
time Mr. Cornelius, who lives
in Midfield, had been outside
in six months.
Mr. Cornelius, who wanted
to meet the editor, recently
recovered from double pneu-
monia. His recovery is said
to be remarkable considering
his age.
Mayor S. E. Doughtie proclaimed Tuesday, June 2, as Macrt.i i.iiur
Day in Bay City in honor of General Douglas MacArthur, America’s
outstanding hero in the present war.
“This da” is dedicated to our greates* living general. . . and to
him we say here comes more needed help,” it was pointed out by one
official.
“Every person in Matagorda County has go".e all-out to help win
this war. . . by dedicating Tuesday, June 2, as a special day to comb
every corner of their homes for old aluminum, old tires, tubes, lead, and
coat hangers.”
Tying in with this special day is the Franklin Theatre, managed
by Wallace Butler, who says:
“And now here’s how you can get paid for your trouble of getting
together all the old aluminum, old tires, old tubes, lead, and coat hangers.
Bring them to the Franklin Theatre Tuesday, June 2, and you will be
admitted free for one piece of aluminum, any size, or for one old tire or
tube regardless of condition, or for ten coat hangers.
“One life photo of General MacArthur will be given to each family
attending,” Mr. Butler concluded.
The double-feature attraction at the Franklin will be “Hold Back
the Dawn” and “House of Errors.”
Board Announces Ration
Permits Issued In May
Soldier Wants
Herald To Keep Up
With Home Town
Private Joe Z. Zboril, Bay City
man, writes from Camp Forest,
Tennessee:
“I am a soldier from Bay City
and wish to see what all is happen-
ing in my town. Here is my address
where you should send The Herald:
Private Joe Z. Zboril, 38160289,
Company E, 136th Infantry, Camp
Forest, Tennessee.”
Permits for passenger tires and
tubes, one or the other or both,
were issued to the following by the
Matagorda County Rationing Board
during May:
Cleo B, Hamlin, John C, Gilson,
W. C. Sewell, Bennie Knebel, J. J.
Harris, Fred Ryman, Ralph Hood,
C. P. Hiltpold, Matagorda County,
Jim Williams Jr., Yancey Brothers,
Buster Smith, Mable Kirkpatrick,
the Rev. Kermit Reneati, Mike Ka-
debsky, Fred Rasmussen, J. C. Daly.
Permits for truck tires and tubes,
one or the other or both, were is-
sued by the board during May to:
Rudolph Krobot, Marcns Robbins,
Bay City Creamery, Frank Schuel-
ke, Bill Bussell, Norton Oil Com-
pany, W, B. Hubbard, Tom Haw-
kins, Guy Davis, State Highway
Department, Bay City Creamery,
George T. Jones, W. S. King, C. H.
McIWlorter, C. Luther, Seguin Mill-
ing Company, Sargent School Dis-
trict, Fulton Lothridge, Southern
States Construction Company, C.
P. and L., Clark Brothers, Richard
Brown, Norton Oil Company, R. G.
Buckley, Bowen Motor Coaches, W.
A. Stanford, C. Luther, J; C. Har-
rison, Matagorda Wholesalers, Hunt
Tool Company, John Nafser, Joe
Hurta, C. L. Batchelder, Mrs. D,
M. Green, Bay City Material Com-
pany, D. W. Cole.
Permits for retreaded and re-
capped truck and bus tires were is-
sued to C. H. McWorter, Clark
Brothers, State Highway Depart-
ment, Henry Cihal.
Permits for retreaded and recap-
ped passenger tires were issued to
W. M. Fitzwilliam, Ira Lawrence,
Phillip Woodard, Mrs. Alma S.
Hale, Marvin Green, James . T.
Reeves, H. T. Mark, E. J. Kappe,
Lance Williams, Roe Guynes, Wil-
liam Ernest Crainer, J. E. King,
the Rev. Kermit Reneau.
Permits for obsolete type tiros
were issued to C. P. Hiltpold, Ralph
Hood, Eddie Harris, Fred Ryman,
J. J. Harris, Leslie Shaefer, Benhie
Knebel, Mable Kirkpatrick, J. C.
Daly, Fred E. Rasmussen, and Mike
Kadebsky.
Gollegeport
Test 'Cooking
With Gas'
Pure Oil Company’s No. 1 Le-
Tulle near Collegeport is still mak-
ing gas through a Hth-ineh choke
through perforations from 4210 to
4225 feet.
This prospect in Matagorda
County has been unitized by several
Bay City and other Texas Gulf
Coast oil operators are over-
whelmingly against proposed
gasoline rationing in Texas, ac-
cording to statements heard on
the streets this week. The idea
of rationing gasoline here, where
gasoline is plentiful, seems ridic-
ulous to the man-on-the-street,
whether he be connected with the
oil business or not.
companies interested in the area
and is being developed for gas.
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company
has set 9 %-inch casing on its No.
1 Buckner Orphans Home at Buck-
eye at 7157 feet. A Schlumberger
test was run.
A Schlumberger test was also
run on Stanolind’s No. 2 Wolfe in
the Lucky Field. The test bottoms
at 8560 feet.
Men Enlisted
In U. S. Army
During May
Sergeant Harry B. Luckemeyer
of the United States Army Recruit-
ing Station in Bay City announces
the enlistment of the following men
during May:
Arbon R. Cady of Bay City, Claud
R. Hall of Bay City, Edwin P. May-
nard Jr. of Bay City, Donavin B.
Sandidge of Sweeny, Frank Drake
of Fiynn.
The sergeant has vacancies in
the following branches of service:
Infantry, 88; field artillery, 43; air
corps, 49; signal corps, 11; cavalry,
6; : coist artillery, 34; armored
forces, 10; engineers, 20.
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Mrs. W. J. Phillips and Miss
Billie Bellew of Houston spent Sun-
day -with Mrs. E. B. Reiman.
Decrease OF
$241,500 Noted
By Auditor
1942 Tax Rate
May Be Cut Down,
Houlihan Says
During the period from January
1, 1941, through April 30, 1942, the
Matagorda County-wide gross in-
terest-bearing indebtedness was re-
duced $241,500, according to an
audit report issued especially to
The Herald by James F. Houlihan,
special auditor.
The indebtedness was reduced
from $1,819,500 on January 1, 1941,
to $1,578,000 on April 30, 1942.
Mr. Houlihan’s report continues:
In so much as the State, through
the bond assumption law, has as-
sumed certain portions of county
road bonds, the proceeds of which
were used to construct highways
subsequently taken into the State
highway system, and are paying
the principal and interest on the
road bonds so assumed, the net lia-
bility of the county on the bonded
debt aforementioned is as follows:
On January 1, 1941—$1,283,-
805.60; on April 30, 1942—$1,101,-
122.90, indicating a reduction in
net county liability during this per-
iod aggregating $182,682.70.
The net county liability on all
county-wide bonds and interest-
bearing warrants outstanding on
April 30, 1942, was:
County-wide road bonds—$1,005,-
122.90; courthouse warrants—$7,-
000; hospital bonds—$59,000; In-
tracoastal Canal warrants—$30,-
000, indicating a total net county-
wide liability of $1,101,122.90.
There was on hand in county-
wide sinking funds on April 30,
1942, cash and securities totaling
$115,309.30, leaving a balance of
$985,813.60 necessary to retire the
entire interest-bearing county-wide
debt as of April 30, 1942 .
“During this period road bonds
totaling $66,000 were purchased
with sinking funds and cancelled
prior to their maturity date thus
saving the county approximately
$26,935.11 in future interest pay-
ments,” Mr. Houlihan said.
“The reduction in bonded debt
as listed herein was accomplished
after absorbing $15,000 Intracoast-
al Canal warrants during the per-
iod reported on,” he added.
District Bonds
During this same period trans-
actions in the interest-bearing debt
of the various road and improve-
ment districts indicated the follow-
ing:
Two new road districts were es-
tablished and the following bond
issues were authorized by the vot-
ers at elections held for that pur-
pose: Road District No. 1—$60,000;
Road District No. 11—$76,000.
Since authorization $2,000 of
Road District No. 1 and $3,000 of
Road District No. 11 bonds have
been redeemed and cancelled. ,
Of the district issues outstand-
ing January 1, 1941, the following
reductions in debt were accomplish^
ed through April 30,1942:
Levee District No. 1—$12,000;
Levee District No. 2—$77,000; Nav-
(See “INDEBTEDNESS,” Page 4)
You won’t bo able to buy any-
thing but War Bonds and Stamps
in stores from noon to 12:15 p. m.
on July 1. Besides bonds and
stamps, the stores will sell paper
flow’d- corsages made up of war
stamps and lapel insignia also
made of war stamps.
Seven Plant Construction
Officials Arrive Here
Seven officials of the Pritchett
Construction Company, which has
the contract to build the $15,000,-
000 octane plant fourteen miles
east of Buy City, were said to have
arrived in Bay City Tuesday to
live. They were here looking for
apartments Sunday.
Approximately 2,000 men will be
employed by the company during
construction, it was reported. The
plant, when completed, will employ
approximately 300 men, it was also
reported. Rumors that the plant
may also manufacture synthetic
rubber are still rumors.
DON’T FAIL TO BUY A BUDDY POPPY SATURDAY
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Wilkinson, Bob. The Herald (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1942, newspaper, May 28, 1942; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth719892/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.