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Churches Here
Plan Special
Easter Services
Programs Are
Announced For
Holy Week-end
In addition to the annual Eastei
Sunrise Service Sunday morning for
people of all denominations, each
church is plunning a special Easter
service of its own.
The order of service for Eastei
at the First Methodist Church in
Bay City Sunday morning at 11
o'clock is;
The prelude (the people in pray-
er or meditation); hymn 101 (Meth-
odist hymnal with people stand-
ing); the call to worship by the
Rev. Marvin Vance; prayer in uni-
son; silent prayer; words of as-
surance by the minister; the Lord's
Prayer by the minister and people;
the anthem by the choir; responsive
reading; Gloria Patri; the New
Testament lesson by the minister
(Mark 10:9-20); the pastoral pray-
er; the offertory; presentation of
Easter offerings for world service;
hymn 480 (Methodist Hymnal with
people standing); the Easter ser-
-^mon; prayer by the minister; hymn
™160 Methodist Hymnal with people
' standing); benediction—silent pray-
er; postlude.
Observance of Easter is being
held today, Maundy Thursday, at
the First Christian Church in Bay
City with the Rev. Rollo Rilling in
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VOLUME III
BAY CITY, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1942
NUMBER 27
CITY ELECTION IS TUESDAY
Annual Sunrise Services Sunday
Public Invited;
Sponsored By
Church Women
Gathering Had
Its Beginning
In Year 1930
The annual Easter Sunrise Ser-
vice will be held Sunday morning,
weather permitting, at 7 o’clock at
the City Park here, according to an
announcement by the Council of
Church Women.
The public is invited.
The service had its beginning
about 1930 in this community when
the federated churches sponsored
the service for the first time.
This worship service has been
held every year since and had al-
ways taken place at the City Park
except in 1940 and 1941, when the
service:, were held at the Bay City
High School stadium. This year the
service will again be held at the
park, where the attractiveness of
the lovely trees and carpet of green
grass laden with glistening dew
charge. A service of Holy commun- *u™»h*s a beautiful and appro-
ion with a musical choir is listed prl,te settln|r for the ear|y mornlnK
on the program. Medieval hymns smice‘
of the Holy week will be sung. t Between ninety and one hundred
l ____ . ___,,_____. persons attended the first service.
observance will be continued rt, yea
increased until 1939
when a high mark of 300 persons
Army Day Program Is Announced
Collegeport Gas Test Abandoned
--v ^Sunday nwoming at the Chri£ years the altendanee
ian Church with school at 9:45
o'clock and the regular Easter ser-
vice scheduled at 11 o’clock. The
choir will sing, “Christ is Risen by
Palestrina.” A baptismal service
will be conducted at 8 o’clock Sun-
day night by Mr. Rilling.
At the Holy Cross Catholic
Church, Father G. Elmendorf said
that mass would be held at 8 o’clock
tomorrow (Friday) morning and
that the stations of the cross ser-
vice would1 be held at 3 o’clock to-
morrow afternoon. The stations of
the cross service will be held at the
Wadsworth Catholic Church Friday
night beginning at 7:46 o’clock.
On Saturday morning at 7 o’clock,
a serving of the blessing service
will be held at the Holy Cross Catho-
lic Church, and mass is scheduled
one hour and thirty minutes later.
The mass of the resurrection will
be held here at 8 o’clock Sunday
morning, Father Elmendorf said,
with Miss Anita Hill at the organ
and the senior choir performing.
The mass of the resurrection will
be held at Wadsworth beginning at
9:30 o’clock Sunday morning with
Mrs. Tom Ottis at the organ and
the senior choir performing. The
gospel and Easter sermon at each
ejvuich will be, “He Has Risen as
HiS Said.”
" The Rev. Ernest Deutsch, who will
soon enter the Army as a chaplain,
announced the Easter program for
the First Presbyterian Church in
Bay City. Holy communion service
will be held tonight beginning at
8 o'clock, he said. Regular school
will be held Sunday morning at
9:45 o’clock, and the regular morn-
(See “CHURCHES," Page 5)
was reached
Not only do Bay City people at-
tend but many come from surround-
ing communities to participate in
Passenger Car
Tire Quota Is
26 For April
The rationing board of Matagor-
da County announced that it had
the authority to issue permits for
twenty-six passenger tires, sixty-
nine passenger retreads, and forty-
six passenger tubes in April.
The quota for trucks and buses;
Ninety-one tires, eighty-one re-
treads, and eighty-six tubes.
Of the quota of ninety-four truck
and bus tires and 106 truck and bus
tubes for March, the following were
issued permits to buy the number
of tires and tubes as respectively
designated:
City of Bay City, 4 and 2; City of
Bay City, 1 and 1; S. W. Morris,
and 2; C. B. Barnes, 1; Albert
Brandes, 1; Bay City Material Com-
pany, 1 and 0; Melvin Dickey, 1 and
1; David Carpenter, 2 and 2; Wil-
liam P. Twecdle, 1; United North
and South Development Company,
0 and 1.
Stewart Savage and Sons, 2;
Axel Jensen, 2 and 2; H. W. Down-
ing, 1 and 1; Powers Production
Company, 2 and 1; F. W. Vaughn
and Company, 1 and 1; Joe Husak,
3; R. L. Taylor, 1; Bowen Motor
this impressive service, which has (Coaches, 4 and 4; C. J. Andamson,
come to mean a great deal in the
spiritual lives of those who attend;
in fact, one begins to feel that to
attend the service is the best way
to begin worship on that day of all
days—Easter.
Now, as another Easter ap-
proaches, the same organization
now called the Council of Church
Women—is planning another inter-
esting program for this occasion.
The council wishes it to be under-
stood that the service is for the pub-
lic and everybody is invited.
Mental Marvel
Will Be At Texas
Monday Morning
Judith Johnson, the sensational
young mental marvel, will make
a special appearance at the Texas
Theatre Monday morning begin-
ning at 10 o’clock. This matinee
will be for ladies who may want
to ask her intimate questions. The
regular screen attractions will
also be shown at this matinee.
Popular prices prevail.
For further information on
Miss Johnson, see the story on
Page 3.
'2 and 2; John Hahn, 2; Joe Husak,
1 and 1.
E. A. Nixon, 1 and 1; Osby Strat-
ton, 0 and 1; Bowen Motor Coaches,
3 and 3; G. A. Bailey, 8 and 8; L.
C. Nygard, 1 and 1; S. W. Weath-
ers, 1 and 1; Schulz Oil Company,
1 and 1; J. D. Tabb, 1 and 1; L. A.
Norris, 1 and 1; Charlie A. Lind-
bloom, 1 and 1; Bay City Cream-
ery, 1 and 1; Cook’s Dairy, 3 and 1.
Hunt Tool Company, 1 and 1;
Coca-Cola Bottling Company, 1 and
1; Bay City Material Company,
and 1; A. Klobodans, 2 and 0; L.
A. Norris, 6 and 6.
Of the quota of twenty-three pas-
senger and motorcycle tires and
nineteen passenger and motorcycle
tubes, the following were issued
pe rmits to buy the number of tires
and tubes as respectively designat-
ed;
E. F. Mozley, 0 and 1; Mrs. Hous-
ton Bickham, 0 and 4; Dr. B. F.
Roche, 2 and 2; Stephen J. Zapalac,
0 and 3; Dr. J. R. Wagmer, 3 and
3; M. H. Watson, 4 and! 4; Matagor-
da County, 2 and 3; C. E. Hecken-
dorn, 0 and 1.
If Loyal to Old Glory, Bonds Tell
Your Story!
New Location
Is Staked At
West Columbia
Huebner Test
Making Oil And
Salt Water
Pure Oil Company’s No. 1 S. V.
LeTulle, a gas test an: the College-
port area, was found dry and aban-
doned this week. It was plugged at
3700 feet after three tests failed
around 3600 feet. Total depth was
4500 feet.
Another test may be drilled in
this area within thirty days.
Over at Old Ocean, Harrison and
Abercrombie’s No. 11 Armstrong
Fee has perforated for,* test and is
waiting on cenunt. Tital depth is
11,028 feet. The opera’I s No. 1 A.
C. Wooding-F. W. M-ff.er is drill-
ing below 10,350 feet in shale.
A new location has been staked
at West Columbia. The Texas Com-
pany has staked No. 46 Abrams in
the G. Tennille League, and mater-
ials arc being moved in.
Stanolind’s No. 2 Huebner in the
Production Of
Coastal Field
Is Announced
Daily average production of Tex-
as Gulf Coast oil fields for the week
ending March 28 is:
Bay City, 53 wells, 955 produc-
tion, 3325 allowable; Blessing, 7
wells, 15 production, no reported al-
lowable; Boling, 98 wells, 1256 pro-
duction 1266 allowable; Buckeye, 3
wells, 98 production, 94 allowable.
Francitas, 9 wells, 118 production,
410 allowable; Hamman, 31 wells,
1395 production, 2440 allowable; Lo-
lita, 177 wells, 6040 production, 8455
allowable; Lucky, 2 wells, 142 pro-
duction, 248 allowable; Magnet, 79
wells, 2364 production, 3298 allow-
able.
Markham, 49 wells, 1138 produc-
tion, 1139 allowable; North Mark-
ham, 22 wells, 671 production, 1644
allowable; Mauritz, 8 wells, 100 pro-
duction, 360 allowable; North La
Ward, 36 wells, 1142 production,
1993 allowable; Old Ocean, 113
wells, 5935 production, 20770 allow-
able.
Palacios, 3 wells, 8 production, 15
allowable; New West Columbia, 107
wells, 3126 production, 5675 allow-
able; Old West Columbia, 49 wells,
106th C. A.
Will Parade
In Bay City
Many Activities
Are Scheduled
At Camp Hulen
Army
Friday, Serrill
Announce For
Re-Election
Deadline For
Announcing
Quietly Passes
Two aldermen will be elected to
the City Council of Bay City on
Tuesday, April 7.
Balloting will take place at the
City Hall and all qualified voters
living here arc eligible.
The incumbents, Fred Friday and
George Serrill, are seeking reelec-
tion with no opposition. The dead-
line for announcing has quietly
passed.
The aldermen are elected for
terms of two years each. Voting
hours are from 8 until 6 o’clock.
The complete program for
Day observance Monday in this sec-
tion was announced by Major Floyd
Betts of Camp Hulen.
Included on the program is a
parade by the 106th Battalion, C.
A. (AA), in Bay City at 7 o'clock.
An exhibition drill will be staged
at the Bay City High School foot-
ball field at 8 o’clock, and a recep-
tion will be held from 8:30 until
10:30 o’clock at the U. S. 0. Club
here.
. - As The Herald goes to press
Here .8 the program for Camp three candidatcs have announced
Hulen, Bay C.ty, and ne.ghbonng'for the positions of trustees of the
communities: I Bay city schoo) board The electioR
At Camp Hulen
Open house for visitors from 8
a. m. to 6 p. m.
8 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.—Recruit
School Election
Saturday; Three
Men Announce
Lucky Field was reported making'2043 production, 2195 allowable;
oil and salt water at 8943-45 feet. Wilson Creek, 2 wells, 165 produc-
Miss Geraldine Crist of
Vleck visited here Saturday.
Van
Mrs. Bertha Everhart and Miss
Ann Porter went to Houston Satur-
day on business.
Mackhank Petroleum Company’s
No. 2 Moore in the Boling area was
drilling below surface pipe set at
1000 feet. Tidewater Associated Oil
Company’s No. 2 Armstrong, wild-
cat test east of the Boling dome,
was reported being abandoned at
6000 feet after running an electri-
cal survey.
tion, 60 allowable; Withers and Five
Corners, 296 wells, 3695 production,
12930 allowable.
On to Rome and Berlin! Bonds
Help Us Win!
Mrs. Amos Duffy of Matagorda
was a Bay City shopper Monday.
Harris And Vaughn Install
New And Modern Equipment
Harris and Vaughn, local dealers
for John Deere tractors and farm
machinery, have installed new and
modern equipment for overhauling
and testing all types of magnetos.
In adding this equipment to their
shop they feel they will be able to
better serve the farmers of this sec-
tion. Frank Miska will have charge
of this department.
S. I. Vaughn, who recently be-
came a member of the firm, has
charge of the service department.
Before coming to Bay City, Mr.
Vaughn was for the past twelve
years in the service department of
the John Deere Plow Company.
In addition to installing the mag-
neto equipment the firm has pur-
chased additional shop aquipment
to complete a modern service shop.
Rex Harris, manager, says he
feels with the experience of Mr.
Vaughn and Mr. Miska, they will
be able to take care of the farmers’
troubles no matter how large or
small and invites the public to visit
their place.
Funeral Services
Are Held For
Chris Sorrensen
Funeral services were held for
Chris Sorrensen, 74, who died Sun-
day morning after a lingering ill-
ness. The services were held at the
Walker-Matchett Funeral home
with the Rev. Marvin Vance offic-
iating, and burial was in the Hawley
Cemetery.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs. J.
C. Jensen of Galveston.
training by 432, 434, and 435 Bat-
talions of the Coast Artillery, (AA),
in battalion areas.
11:45 a. m. to 1 p. m.—Visitors
may obtain meals at the Service
Club at nominal prices.
1:45 to 2 p. m.—Army Day pro-
gram, bleachers southwest of the
Field House; invocation; music; ad-
dress on “The Meaning and Signifi-
cance of Army Day” by Lieutenant-
Colonel Charles C. Ingram, retired,
of Wharton.
2 p. m. to 4:30 p. m.—Recruit
training by 432, 434, and 435 Bat-
talions of the Coast Artillery, (AA),
in battalion areas.
5 p. m. to 6 p. m.—Visitors may
obtain meals at the Service Club at
nominal prices.
8 a. m. to 6 p. m.—The Service
Club, the Field House, the Theatre,
and the Officers’ Club will be open
for inspection.
In Neighboring Communities
105th Battalion of the Coast Ar-
tillery, (AA); 11 a. m., parade in
Houston; 2:30 p. m., parade in
Richmond; 3:30 p. m., parade in
Rosenberg; 6:30 p. m. parade in
Wharton; 7 p. m., parade in El
Campo; 8 p. m., exhibition drill on
the high school field, El Campo;
8:30 p. m. to 10:30 p. m., reception
at the U. S. O. Club, El Campo.
106th Battalion, C. A. (AA): 11
a. m., parade in Houston; 2:30 p.
m., parade in Alvin; 4:30 p. m., pa-
rade in Angleton; 6:30 p. m., pa-
rade in West Columbia; 7 p. m., pa-
rade in Bay City; 8 p. m., exhibition
drill on the high school field in Bay
City; 8:30 p. m. to 10:30 p. m.,
reception at the U. S. O. Club, Bay
will be held Saturday in the Dis-
trict Courtroom with E. A. Mailick
in charge. _
Announced arc R. D. Williams,
H. L. Briscoe, and L. M. Matchett.
Two are to be elected for terms of
three years each.
Mr. Matchett is seeking reelec-
tion. The other trustee, Bob Baker,
will not run. He has served faith-
fully and diligently on the board
for 17 years, it was pointed out, and
special recognition should be given
Mr. Baker.
Voting hours from 8 o’clock in
the morning to 7 o’clock at night.
29.17 Per Cent
Of Bonds, Stamps
Sold In County
A total of $229,661.50, or 29.17
per cent of the quota, had been sold
in Matagorda County in Victory
Bonds and Stamps by Saturday,
March 28, Mrs. E. L. Carleton of
the statistical committee reported.
Last week it was erroneously re-
ported in this paper that 36 per
cent of the quota had been reached.
The quota for the county is $787,-
300, needing a balance of $557,638.
Mrs. Carleton reports that the
net stamp sale for the week of
March 23-28 was $734.65, the net
bond sale for the week was $14,-
781.50, making the total $15,616.15.
"If we keep up the good work
done so far,” Mr. Carleton said,
“there is no doubt but that we shall
make our quota. Let’s keep it upi”
Miss Vevi
Saturday.
Stevens visited here
Mrs. Billie Bullard of Sargent
was a Bay City shopper Saturday.
Matagorda County Man, Age 91, Reminisces In His Biography
Recently off the press is the bi-|the privilege of learning the busi-
ography and personal reminisces of ness.
F. Cornelius Sr., age 91, of Mid
field. The book may be bought from
Mr. Cornelius for 50 cents per copy
and contains much historical data
concerning Matagorda County and
the Texas Gulf Coast.
Mr. Cornelius is recovering from
a severe illness—double pneumonia
—and is resting at his home in Mid-
field. Here is a condensation of his
book:
Mr. Cornelius’s full name is Fried-
rick Caspar Cornelius but he signs
hisyname F. Cornelius Sr. He was
' in Rothensee, County of Hers-
4ald, Germany, on December 2,
jr**' 1860. His father, a forester, died
when he was 17, and his mother put
him in a dry goods store to learn
the business. In addition to his work,
Mr. Cornelius paid $160 a year for while there Rudolph Kleberg, who
He Tries To Enlist
But, as he could not get along
with his principal, he concluded to
leave Germany and come to Texas.
The war between Germany and
France, however, interrupted his
plans and he went to Mainz to en-
list but was rejected.
Mr. Cornelius sailed from Brem-
en for New Orleans, arriving there
in the middle of December, 1870.
From there he went on a Morgan
steamer to Indianola, which, as Mr.
Cornelius points out in his book,
“was then one of the finest and rich-
est little towns on the coast.” He
found work there for awhile.
Later he worked for B, B. Pierce,
“no kin to old Shanghai,” on a ranch
at Carancahua. He mentions that
later became congressman, taught
him his first English.
Mr. Cornelius then went to work
for Ed Clary, who owned a schoon-
er which made regular trips from
Carancahua to Indianola, shipping
supplies to settlers up and down
the bay.
Has Only $200
Getting enough of boating, Mr,
Cornelius quit to go back to ranch-
ing. In 1873, he and Ged Cothrey
took a herd of beeves to Kansas.
Later he worked for W. B. Grimes
in a packery. It was about this time
that he became acquainted with
Miss Annie Downer, who lived at
the mouth of the Trespalacios. They
were married on June 24, when Mr.
Cornelius "had not more than $200,
two horses and a few head of cat-
tle."
Mr. Cornelius soon went on an-
other cattle drive to -Kansas and
when ten days from home he heard
of “that fatal and terrible storm
which swept Indianola and the en-
tire coast country of many men,
women, children, and animals of all
descriptions.”
Sometime later, he and his wife
moved on a tract of land on Casher’s
Creek where they farmed. One of
his neighbors was Charles A. Sirin-
go, who wrote "A Texas Cowboy
or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane
Deck of a Spanish Pony.”
Other settlers living on Casher’s
Creek were Mr. Downer, John
Moore, Joe Pybus, Alexander Mor-
ris, W. B. Grimes, Godfrey Salzieg-
August Duffy, John Rowles,
Mrs. McSparren, Joe McIntyre,
.Uncle Tom Kuykendall, Horace Yea-
Imans, J. E. Pierce, Jack Wheeler,
[Daniel Wheeler, Shady Killings-
worth, Henry Wheeler, Uncle Tom
Williams. Settlers living in the fork
of Trespalacios and Wilson Creek
were Fred Sparks, Aleck Gyle,
David Dunbar, John Hicks, and
Jack Elliott.
Moves To Juanita
In 1885, Mr. Cornelius moved
from Cashier’s Creek to Juanita,
“where Mrs. Downer and I bought
tho W. C. Clapp one-quarter league
of land in 1882 from Shanghai and
John Pierce.” Later, Cornelius pur-
chased a three-fourth interest in
the L. P. Scott survey, joining the
W. C. Clapp survey on the north.
In 1909 he bought out the last heir
of the L. P. Scott survey, “giving
me about 2,100 acres of land.''
In 1886, Mr. Cornelius spoke o’
another storm which he said was
as bad as the one in 1876, if not
worse. “The water reached my old-
est boy, Willie, about nine years
old, up under the arms.”
Mr. Cornelius’s wife died in 1894.
And on February 14, 1895, he told
of the worst snowstorm ever known
in this country and a great deal of
stock was lost. Then on May 24,
Mr. Cornelius said that “hail as big
as my hand fell for about twenty
minutes, the most frightful time I
ever experienced in my life.”
One Of Coldest Days
One of the coldest days Mr. Cor-
nelius ever experienced in the Sunny
South was on February 14, 1899.
Mr. Cornelius was married again
on October 24, 1899, to Miss L. E.
Gainer. He had seven children by
, hi3 first wife and four by his sec-
ond wife.
Mr. Cornelius’s second wife died
on February 18, 1922, when he was
72. Two and one-half years later,
he married Miss Mary Josephini
Janzen, a nurse, “who no doubt pro
longed my life up to this time.”
Mr. Cornelius spoke of anothe:
“fatal experience,” that of the ter
rible rain, sleet, and snow storm oi
December 24, 1924. “This county
Matagorda, used to be one of th<
finest stock countries and still is,'
Mr. Cornelius said. “It did not taki
many years to replenish what w<
lost.”
Makes Settlement
In 1930, all of Mr. Cornelius’:
children by his second wife came o:
age and ho made a complete settle
ment in District Court, giving then
one-half of all that he possesses.
Mr. Cornelius wrote that only
three ctf the first settlers of thess
parts are still living. They are Jim
Keller of Bay City, Henry Coats
(See "BIOGRAPHY,” Page 6)
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