Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1952 Page: 3 of 8
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Thursday, March 13,1952
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PALACIOS BEACOISj, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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Lynn Green Chosen
Palacios Duchess In
Lantana Coronation
Lynn Green, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. D. M. Green, has been se-
lected by the senior class to repre-
sent Palacios in the royal court of
the annual Texas A. & I. College
Lantana Coronation March 14-15.
As the duchess from Palacios,
Miss Green will be escorted by
Carlton Bieri at the festivities
which include a parade, Mardi
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LONGEST TEXAp MURDER
TRIAL ENDS IN ACQUITTAL
LIVINGSTON— The 12 jurymen
who spent 29 days away from
their business and families to hear
the testimony ir. a murder trial
here, brought in a verdict of “not
guilty” in 96 minutes. Veteran
lawyers who participated in the
trial said the case was the “long-
est murder trial ever held in
Texas.”
PRAIRIE CENTER H. D. CLUB ENTERTAINS
SEVEN TURTLE BAY DEMONSTRATORS
Gras party, coronation program,
and Grand Ball.
The Prairie Center Home Dem-
onstration Club met Thursday,
March 6, at the home of Mrs.
Glen Hutson with Mrs. Henry
Knudsen as co-hostess. Eighteen
members answered roll call and
one new member was added to the
club roster. She was Mrs. J. H.
Shearer.
Guests from the Turtle Bay club
were Mrs. Bob Church, Mrs. Rog-
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PALACIOS
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PHONE 5051 524 MAIN ST.
GROCERY
AND MARKET
ers, Mrs. C. G. Jeffers, Mrs. R. C.
Cunningham, Mrs. Garland M
Brooking, Mrs. Frank Stewart and
Mrs. B. W. Trull.
Mrs. Joe Edge won high score
in 42 and Mrs. Fern Harvey was
low.
The lace covered dining table
had a centerpiece of purple and
lavender stalks. The silver coffee
service was used and Mrs. U. S.
McMillan poured. Refreshments
consisting of sandwiches, potato
chips, olives, cakes, coffee and hot
chocolate were served.
The next meeting of the Prairie
Center club will be March 20 at
2 p.m. at the Prairie Center Com-
munity House with Mrs. Joe Edge
and Mrs. Leroy Hogg as hostesses
United Gas Adds
22 Communities To
System During 1951
The 22nd annual report to stock-
holders of United Gas Corporation
showed the year 1951 as one of
major increases in revenues and
operating expenses, and major in-
vestments in new pipe lines and
other properties.
Twenty-two additional commun-
ities in Texas, Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi obtained natural gas ser-
vice from United during the year,
to bring the total number served
either at wholesale or retail to
461. The distribution divisions of
the corporation were serving
430,305 customers in 301 of these
communities at year end, and in-
crease during 1951 of 29,651 cus-
tomers.
Natural gas sales increased 94
billion cubic feet over the previous
year, to a total of 690 billion cubic
feet. Revenues from natural gas
sales were up $14,589,000, to $89,-
646,000.
The System’s expenditures for
construction, development and ex-
ploration aggregated $113,310,000.
This was far more than in any
previous year, and is almost equal
to the total expenditures for these
purposes in the four preceding
years. Principal item in the capital
expenditures was 89 million dollars
invested in pipe line properties.
Others were approximately 13 mil-
lion dollars in production proper-
ties, six million in distribution
properties and five million in sul-
nhur and potash properties.
N. C. McGowen, president of the
United Gas companies, pointed out
that the expanded facilities were
in only limited operation in 1951
and therefore did not contribute to
the earnings for the year. He
stated in a letter to the stockhold-
ers that the current expansion pro-
gram should be completed by the
middle of 1952.
The consolidated net income of
the System amounted to $1.63 per
share on the average number of
shares outstanding during the year,
as compared with $1.57 per share
for the year 1950. Dividends were
paid at a rate of 25 cents quarterly
per share on the stock outstanding
at the various record dates. This
is the same quarterly rate per
share as that paid since mid-1947.
First Production
0( Irish One-Ad
Play Set March 18
The dramatics department of the
Wharton County Junior College
is working on one of the most
exciting and challenging plays ever
to be presented by the college,
Mrs. Ruth Lemming, director, said.
"The Singer,” a one-act play by
the Irish patriot Padriac Pearse,
is the play. It will be entered in
the state-wide Junior College Play
Festival at San Antonio March 21,
and at the South Texas Confer-
ence Play Festival in Corpus Chris-
ti March 28.
Probably no more unusual play
will be presented at either play
festival than “The Singer.” It has
never before been produced, so far
as is known, Mrs. Lemming said.
In fact, the only available copy
of the play was found in an out-
of-publication book from the Uni-
versity of Texas Extension Loan
Library.
Because the author died before
the play was completed, and the
play was published posthumously,
an ending had to be written before
it would be presented by the col-
lege dramatists. So Mrs. Lem-
ming and her friend, Jewel Gibson,
author and playwright, completed
the play and readied it for pre-
sentation.
The role of “The Singer” will
be portrayed by Edward Farmer
of Pierce.
Student directors are Dorothy
Michalcik and Virgil Harton of
El Campo.
“The Singer” will be presented
in Wharton Tuesday, March 18, at
8:30 p.m. in the gymnasium-audi-
torium, and at the 9:30 a.m. as-
sembly period Thursday, March 20.
IT’S A GIRL!
Capt. and Mrs. James H. Sledge
are the parents of a baby girl,
born Thursday, February 28, at
the Nightingale Hospital in El
Campo. She has been named Mar-
tha Louene. Mr. and Mrs. George
Sorenson are the maternal grand-
parents.
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Wilson, John R. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1952, newspaper, March 13, 1952; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth724395/m1/3/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.