Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1952 Page: 7 of 8
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Thursday, March 13,1952
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CHICKEN AUCTION HELD
AT THE POSTOFFICE
WINNSBORiO — Postmaster R.
A. Butler held an auction at the
post office here last week. This
rare occurrence Was held under
circumstances required by the
postal laws and regulations. A lo-
cal man refused to accept a ship-
ment of 300 baby chicks. So postal
employees hurried up and down
Main Street to broadcast the news
of the auction. Three bidders ap-
peared and the consignment, val-
ued at $40 was sold for $27.50.
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PALACIOS BEACON^LAaOS, TEXAS
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SPORTSCOPE"»™*i«»™
In High School
Meet Saturday
TIv JOHN R. WILSON
Ney Oldham, in his weekly fishing column, has been
pluggin’ away for badly needed repairs to East Bay pier
and now for the construction of some new fishing piers'.
We’d like to add our voice to his.
One of our fishing friends has been remarking lately
that there are not a1 many visit-
ing fishermen here this year as
there were four or five years ago
—and maybe that’s one reason, as
Ney has hinted. Fishermen will
naturally migrate to those places
where the fishing is good and
where facilities are available.
When you see East Bay Pier (if
it’s still above water) and the
Baptist pier crowded with some
40 or 50 fishermen each this sum-
mer, remember Ney’s plea for
more accomodations for them. It
would be an excellent goodwill
gesture toward our visitors—and
an even better business investment
for the entire city.
Sports Personality Of The Week
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PALACIOS DIAL 2011
CARROLL CAIRNES—A native
of Stratford, Ontario, Canada, Car-
roll came to the U. S. at the age
of one and half and from Missouri
to Palacios in 1914, when he be-
came the playing captain and
coach of the first football team at
the high school here.
That was in the days when Pa-
lacios played on a par with teams
from Bay City, Ei Campo, Whar-
ton, Edna, and other larger towns
in this area. In fact, Carroll made
nine of Palacios’ 10 touchdowns
that season as the Sharks defeated
Bay City and Edna, among others.
That being his senior year in
high school, Carroll went on to
San Marcos Academy, where he
earned letters in football, bas-
ketball, track, and baseball, de-
spite the fact that he was fav-
oring a broken leg much of that
sports year.
In 1916 Carroll was captain of
the frosh grid squad at Baylor.
In 1917 he was varsity fullback.
But, then as now, Uncle Sam called
and Carroll went nto the Air Ser-
vice of the Signal Corps, getting
his wings at a field in Tennessee.
Discharged in 1919, he came back
to Baylor and resumed the grid
sport.
Because ot a shoulder injury
that kept him from passing, he
was shifted from fullback to end
and alternated between the two
posts for the rest of his playing
days. A 185-pounder who could
do the 100 in about 10 seconds,
he was a versatile man.
In 1921, when Carroll was the
only senior on the Baylor squad,
the Bears lost only to A. & M.
One of many clippings Carroll has
tells of his exploits in that en-
counter. He received the snan •'
the fullbark slot on a fake kick and
run play that backfired, giving the
Bears a 15-yard loss. That’s the
only play Carroll's son can re
member, his dad declares!
Carroll remembers, however,
that he did manage to score two
touchdowns against SMU that
year in his last college football
game. The next season the Bears
went on to win their first South-
west Conference championship.
The fact that Carroll couldn’t
play with his old team mates
that year must have been a great
disappointment.
After his days at Baylor were
over, Carroll wound up in Cali-
fornia. Between stints at the Unn
versity of California and Southern
Cal, where he obtained his mas-
ter’s, Carroll was engaged n rec-
reation work and coaching in the
Golden State until 1942.
In 1924-25 he was playing pro-
fessional football for the Olym-
pic Club in San Francisco. The
Club had the team that broke
Cal’s winning streak of seven
years and Carroll was in on it.
He also played professional foot-
ball for a Detroit club in the
’20’s.
His 1926 team at the California
School of Mechanical Arts in San
Francisco won the city champion-
ship and had the distinction of the
defeating that season’s state
champions in an early season game.
Another of his high school teams,
Roosevelt High in Fresno, Cal. won
a city championship and was a
highly regarded outfit.
Carroll came back to Palacios in
1942, just in time to answer the
second call from Uncle Sam. This
time he was coach for the 453rd
Bomb Group in Norwich, England.
After his discharge, Carroll
came back here once more and
coached at the high school for
one year, 1946-47. Then he be-
came consignee for the Magifolia
Petroleum Company here and^fs
SIGH
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increase in the number of
homes and businesses obtain-
ing natural gas service from
United . . . actually twice as
many now as in 1941. That’s
a good indication of the pro-
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Like you, our company is
proud of the growth of the
Gulf South. And . . . like you
... we feel it is both an op-
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accept those responsibilities
of good citizenship which will
contribute toward a continua-
tion of this fine progress.
UNITED GAS
SERVING THE
Coach George Holst’s Hornets
go to Bay City Saturday to partic-
ipate in the second annual Booster
Club Track Meet.
Although the youngsters will be
a little out of their class, the meet
will give them lots of experience
that will stand them in good stead
for future meets this season.
Here’s the Hornets’ list of en-
tries for the Bay City cinder carni-
val:
Mile run—Genaro Salinas.
880-yard run—Dean Blackwell,
Neil Blackwell, Alfred Manning.
440-yard relay—Tommy Reneau,
Salinas, Leroy Smith, and Man-
ning. (The same team also will run
the 880-yard relay.)
Shot put—Manning, Raymond
Mozley.
Discus—Reneau, Smith, Dean
Blackwell.
This afternoon at 2:30 the Hor-
nets may take part in a dual meet
with Lolita. The seventh and eighth
graders have scheduled a match
with the Lolita juniors and the
visitors may bring along some
freshmen. If they do, the Hornets
will get some competitive exper-
ience under their belts.
still at it.
After some 30 years in sports,
Carroll has confined his activities
to the grandstand and armchair
for the past five years or so. He’s
still ready, though, at any time to
discuss sports, especially when he’s
just had a visit from someone like
Frank Bridges, baseball scout for
the Detroit Tigers, as he did last
summer.
Texas Designated
Disaster Loan Area,
C. Thompson Reports
Ninth District farmers and
ranchers stand to benefit substan-
tially from the designation of
Texas as a disaster loan area by
the Farmers Home Administration
Congressman Clark W. Thompson
reported this week.
Thompson stressed, however,
that such loans are available only
if the producer suffered crop dam-
age as a result of last year’s
drouth and cannot secure funds
from commercial banks or other
responsible sources. This credit
will cover the expense of farming
operations but not to refinance
previous loans, he pointed out.
Before last week’s action by the
Agriculture Department, 97 of the
254 Texas counties had been de-
clared disaster areas. Designation
of the remaining 157 counties was
made because of the widespread
losses from the 1951 drouth.
Disaster loans are made for the
purchase of seed, feed, fertilizer,
livestock, and equipment and for
other essential farm and home
operating expenses. They bear 3
per cent interest. Applications are
handled through the county offices
of the Farmers Home Administra-
tion.
JURY AWARDS RECORD SUM
TO MAN HIT BY A TRAIN
HEARNE — Louis Pinkos sued
the T. & N. O. Ry. for $96,300 for
damages resulting when a train
backed into his car. After hearing
the testimony in the case the jury
returned a verdict awarding the
full sum to the plaintiff, an al-
most unheard-of outcome in such
cases.
WATCH
THIS
SPACE
FOR
IMPORTANT
PALACIOS
CLEANERS
'Service For The
Particular'
Ganado Wins Girls Volleyball Meef,
Palacios A And B Play In Consolation
Ganado copped the Palacios Girls
Invitational Volleyball Tournament
here last Friday and Saturday,
but Palacios’ A and B teams dom-
inated the consolation bracket play-
offs, with the A team taking the
trophy.
Palacios lost to Ganado in the
first round, 15-9 and 15-11, and
then went ahead in the consolation
bracket to trounce Bay City, 15-3
and 15-2. The Palacios B netters
lost to runner-up Wharton, 5-15,
15-5, and 15-9, and then beat out
Bay City B, 15-5 and 15-7.
In the consolation finals the A
team beat the B 15-10 and 15-6.
After nosing out Palacios in
the first round, the powerful Gana-
do team went on to defeat Cres-
cent, 15-1, 10-15, and 15-12, and
then gained the championship tro-
phy by beating Wharton, 15-7 and
15-8.
Vadis Barrett was one of six
players chosen for the all-tourna-
ment team. Two of the others were
from Wharton and two from Ga-
All Airmen Warned
To Carry ID Cards,
CAA Chief Declares
All airmen, including pilots,
mechanics and others, must have
their identification cards on their
person at all times while perform-
ing their duties, Charles F. Horne,
administrator of the Civil Aeron-
autics Administration, warned last
week.
CAA aviation safety agents in
the field have begun more specific
checking on this requirement and
the administrator urges all airmen
to comply with the law to avoid
being cited for violation. Agents
will ask to see the airman’s certifi-
cate, his medical certificate where
required, and his special identifi-
cation card recently required by
the Civil Aeronautics Board at the
request of military authorities.
If a person is performing air-
man duties without having the
proper proof of his qualifications
on his person he will be cited for
violation which may involve a fine,
the administrator warned.
nado, the other coming from Cres-
cent. All received sterling silver
volleyballs.
The A girls beat the Edna vol-
leyball team in a match here last
Thursday night, 15-6 and 15-8, but
the B team lost 15-4, 14-16, and
14-16.
The next big date for the girls
will be the District 80-B meet
March 24 and 27 at Tidehavcn
gym. Louise and Crescent start
things off with a match at 5
o’clock, Palacios plays Tidehaven
at 6 and Van Vleck plays the
winner of the first match at 7.
The loser of the first match meets
the loser of the second match at 8
and the winners of the second and
third matches play at 9.
On March 27 at 7 o’clock the
loser of the third match and the
loser of the fifth match square off,
followed by the winner of the fifth
match and the loser of the fourth
match. The winners of the fourth
and sixth matches vie at 9. The
final contest will be played at a
site chosen by the two schools in-
volved.
IT’S NOT HARD TO FIND
AN EXCUSE FOR A PARTY
LLANO—Jackie Phelan is a lit-
tle girl who enjoys parties, so it
wasn’t too difficult to find an ex-
cuse for one she gave last week.
The invitation read as follows:
“Last August while I was in Ne-
vada, I had my birthday party, sc
now, like the Mad Hatt(^ in Alice
in Wonderland, I am having an
Un-Birthday Party. Please come.”
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the amount of your insurance
to the value of what you own.
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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/m1/7/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.