Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1949 Page: 1 of 8
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CAMP HULEN MAY BE UP fOR SALE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1949
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME XLII NUMBER 5
LOCAL FIREMEN
FINISH COURSE
Supporters Give
Appreciation Dinner
The Palacios Volunteer Fire De-
partment completed a three-week’s
training course Thursday night of
last week.
The training classes were con-
ducted by J. R. “Bob” Dobson of
the Firemen’s Training Division of
the Extension Service of A. &. M.
College, and were held on Tuesday
and Thursday nights.
Mr. Dobson in his training
courses covered all branches of fire
fighting, including the truck main-
tenance, hose and nozzle, ladders,
extinguishers, methods of hook-ups,
and general fire-fighting training.
The course was culminated with
an appreciation dinner tendered the
firemen by J. C. “Countryman and
H. C. Campbell, on the final night
of the training course.
Fire Chief P. M. Barnett -an-
nounces that the election of new of-
ficers will be held Monday night,
Feb. 14, with the annual banquet
scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 15.
Rush On Monday
Brings Poll Tax
Rosier To MIO
It seems that many people in the
county decided that they wanted
to vote in the coming year’s elec-
tions at the last minute as 660 poll
taxes were sold Monday, accord-
ing to Jimmie Selkirk, county tax
assessor-collector.
This figure brings the total to
about 3,440. Last year there were
4,764 poll taxes paid. Poll taxes
mailed are still being counted,
so the figure is a conservative
estimate, Mr. Selkirk said.
Any of the poll taxes or regular
taxes which came through the
mail and were mailed before mid-
night Monday are counted as be-
ing paid Monday. It may be two
or three days before all are counted.
Over $5,000 in regular taxes were
collected Monday also. This brings
the total well over 90 per cent
of the 1948 tax roll.
V.F.W. Pirates And El
Campo Play Here To
Aid March Of Dimes
The V. F. W, Pirates will meet
the El Campo Legionnaires, who
are the leaders of the Gulf Coast
league, in a conference game here
tonight (Thursday). The proceeds
of the game will be given to the
y March of Dimes so a large crowd
is urged to be in attendance.
The local V. F. W. team has not
reached the win column in league
competition at this writing, how-
ever, have put up some mighty good
battles, and promise one of the best
against the league leaders in the
game tonight.
The Pirates were defeated by the
Blessing All-Stars in a thrilling
game Monday night, losing by a
58-44 score. Everett Beard of Pa-
lacios was high point man with 21
points in this contest.
Snow Blankets This Area
Winter weather which covered
most of the nation last week bore
down relentlessly on Palacios and
the entire Gulf Coast section Satur-
day and Sunday sending tempera-
tures down to a record low of 14
in some places and 11 in others.
A sight many had never seen, and
gome for nine years, was the falling
snow Sunday when the ground was
covered with ice, sleet and the
downy flakes.
Tender vegetation, as well as
shrubs of all kinds, and citrus trees,
are badly damaged by the icy blast.
Some are totally ruined.
Clearing skies Monday afternoon
and slowly rising temperatures
gave local people a chance to look
over the damage. Some suffered
broken water pipes, others had
them freeze up with a thawing out
job to do before obtaining water.
Live stock seemed to stand the
sudden change fairly well we have
been told, and only a few young
calves have suffered Dr. Robert
Raplee, veterinarian, reported. He
said he believed the majority of our
cattlemen had been prepared with
shelter and feed and due to the cold
spell being of short duration kept
them from any severe loss, al-
though the next few days may-show
the damage to be of greater extent.
Children, who had never been
closer to a snowman than one on
a Christmas card, were pinching
themselves to be sure they were
awake as they rolled up the white
stuff and »swiped Dad’s hat to
make their snowman look real.
Lellermen 01 Jr.
High School Are
Given Sweaters
Those blue flashes you have seen
about town are the new Junior
High football lettermen jackets. The
squadmen were awarded large re-
serve letters for their services to
the team and school. Also the stu
dent body was presented a large
trophy, won by the Junior High
Hornets basketball team last Sat
urday at the Vanderbilt Junior
High Basketball tournament. This
is the first time any Palacios school
has ever won an invitation tourna-
ment championship trophy.^
The 1948 football lettermen are:
Stanley Wright, Pete Sardelich,
Richard Erekson, Robert Linton,
Bob Lowry, Clint Wratislaw, Bill
Hamlin, Charles Harvey, L. T.
Brister, Sam Seale, Pat Regan,
Ralph Clement, Jesse Alvarez, Geo.
McHaney and Jim Shearer, Jr.
Reserve lettermen are: Byron
King, Pete Rodriguez, Herbert
Bowers, Pat McDonald, Paul Gut-
tenberger, Tiny Foltyn, Roy Smith,
Wallace Phillips, Charles Teutsch,
Bill Kennedy, Dick Bolling, Don
Johnson, Scott Detrich, Don Mar-
quess, Jerome Kimball, Tom Na-
varro, and William Tucker.
Prizes Offered At
Local Theatre In
“Stop The Show"
J. G. Long of the Capitol Theatre
reminds the pub'ic of their “Stop
The Show” program they present
every Thursday night at 8:30 p. m.
when they award many local frizes
along with regional awards and a
grand ciicuit award.
Mr. Davis urges his patrons to
call at the lobby for the bulletin
they have announcing each week’s
awards. He also announces a spec-
ial award for St. Patrick’s Day,
March 17th.
Mexican Supper at the Elemen-
tary School Friday, February 4,
6:30 p.m. Adults $1.00 per plate,
children 60 cents per plate. Music
by the Band. Sponsored by thj;
Band Sponsors.
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H. E. Treichler Is
Made Vice-President
Of Sulphur Company
Through action of the board oi
directors at its meeting 6n January
20, H. E. Treichler has been named
vice president and general manager
of Texas Gulf Sulphur Company.
Mr. Treichler has been associated
with Texas Gulf for 80 years and
h&s served as general manager of
the company since 1930.
A real vnterun and pioneer of
the sulphur industry, Mr. Treichler
has been active in the industry’s
Gulf coastal development since
1918. In addition to his new posi-
tion and duties with Texas Gulf
Sulphur Company, Mr. Treichler is
a member of the American Insti-
tute of Mining Engineers, and also
a member of the Mining and Met-
allurgical Society of America.
Mr. Treichler will continue his
headquarters at Newgulf, site of
the company’s Boling Dome deposit.
Most girls are timid up to a
certain point.
ADMITTANCE TO
BALL GAME AIDS
MARCH OF DIMES
Donations for the March of
Dimes will be your admittance fee
at the Basket Ball game Thursday,
at the Senior High School gym at
7:30 p.m., when the VFW play
the El Campo American Legion.
Blessing Basketball
Tournament Benefits
Library And P.-T. A.
The Blessing Basket Ball Tour-
nament at the Blessing school net-
ted the members of the Blessing
Library and the PTA a nice sum
of money for their efforts serving
meals all day and evening January
22nd. Everyone who donated food,
money and labor has the gratitude
of all the members of these two
organizations.
Mr. Marvin Metlock is ill this
week, we hope he will soon be up
and about.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. K. Nelson
spent the week-end in Houston vis-
iting relatives
Mr. and Mrs Earl Adams Jr.
were shoppers in Bay City Satur-
day morning.
Little Alfred Langer is getting
along nicely after a few days stay
in the Bayview Hospital.
Mrs. Fred B. Thurber of Provi-
dence R. I. is visiting in the home
of her sister, Mr. and ])Irs. W. O.
Selkirk.
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Havlik spent
the week-end in Corpus Christi.
Miss Jo Nell Ussery and Robert
Bailey are home from the Uni-
versity to visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Abner Ussery for a few days.
Miss Marie Nicholson of Hous-
ton visited with her parents over
the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Anderson
of Galveston, are visiting with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Bump and they also are visiting the
H E. Powells,
Last week Mrs. Abel B. Pierce
drove to Houston, accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Lee Hall, Mrs.
Bolling, Miss Lucille Duffy, and
Mr. Stevenson of PalaciQS to at-
tend the Centennial meeting of the
Episcopal Church of Diocese of
Texas. The party reported a fine
meeting and attended the Sunday
afternoon tea given at the home of
Bishop and Mrs. Quinn.
The reason some girls have to
keep on their toesi is because of
the heels who keep after them.
RICE MARKET FIRM AS WINTER
WEATHER SLOWS UP TRADING
Adverse weather conditions
throughout much of the rice belt
slowed trading at southwest mar-
kets. However, prices held firm,
according to the Production and
Marketing Administration, U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Wintry weather in Louisiana and
Texas not only stopped plowing
and field work, but also restricted
marketings of rough rice. The few
sales reported were made at firm
prices. Snow in Arkansas stopped
all farming operations and no rough
rice sales were reported. At the
close of the week, best lots of Rex-
oro, Blue Bonnet and Patna sold
in a range of $12 to $12.50 per
barrel in Louisiana and Texas.
Zenith brought $8 to $8.50, and
Fei'tuna around $8.50 a barrel.
Current quotations for milled
rice were mostly firm, and even
slightly higher than a week ago
in some areas. Domestic trade pur-
chases were limited almost entirely
to immediate needs. Long grain
rices were becoming scarce at Hous-
ton, while supplies of Zenith in-
creased. Houston mills quoted Pat-
na and Blue Bonnet at $14 to $14.50
per hundred pounds, and Fortuna
$13 to $13.50. Although supplies
of milled rice were not large, dis-
tributors at New Orleans hesitated
to accumulate stocks. This influ-
ence showed in the weaker market
at New Orleans. Millers priced No.
1 Rexoro and Blue Bonnet at $13
to $13.25, and Blue Rose and Zenith
at $9.25 to $9.50.
Cuban purchases of United States
rice dropped considerably during
the past week and totaled only
30,595 pockets (or 100 opund
bags). Puerto Rico received 206,522
pockets of rice during the fii'at
three weeks of January. Of thte
amount around 98,000 came fro*
the southern states. J
Jr. High Hornets
Win Basketball
Tourney Trophy
Coach George Holst’s surprising
Jr. High Hornets did the unexpect-
ed again last Saturday by winning
the Vanderbilt Jr. High Basketball
tournament.
A smooth-clicking fast break,
coupled with a tight combination
man for man and zone defense was
responsible for derailing the other
fine ball clubs in the tournament.
The Hornets scored 99 points in
their three games and could have
scored more, but Coach Holst rest-
ed his fast moving first stringers
when they gained a safe lead. All
of the boys on the squad played at
least three quarters.
Little “Red” Harvey racked up
33 points for high scoring honors
of the tournament. Although not
receiving high point honors, Pete
Sardelich, the Hornet’s center, was
responsible for much of the Hor-
nets victories. His excellent passing
and defensive efforts were very
notable. “Breezy” Brister played
fine ball while sacking up 28 points.
Playing the guard positions were
Clint Wratislaw and Bill “Doak
Walker” Kennedy who did some
very fine ball handling. They made
6 and 8 points respectively, with
Sardelich counting for 24.
The Hornets in their climb to the
championship clipped Bloomington,
34 to 13; spilled Lolita 35 to 15;
and defeated favored Van Vleck 30
to 25. The Van Vleck five were
favored because they had defeated
the Hornets by a close score of 32
to 31 last Thursday night. The
score was close throughout the
championship game until the final
30 seconds when Sardelich sacked
up a field goal' putting the game
<?n Ice for the Hornets.
The Jr. High boys play Wharton
in Wharton Thursday night. They
also go to Wharton on Saturday
for the District Championship tour-
nament. They are hoping, against
odds, to bring home an upper-
bracket place for Palacios. They
have an average of 35 points a
game for their last five games,
which isn’t bad considering they
play only six minute quarters in
comparison to the eight minute
quarters of high school play.
Scoring in Championship game:
PALACIOS; Brister, f., 8; Har-
vey, f., 3; Sardelich, c., 11; Wratis-
law, g., 6; Kennedy, g., 2; Total 30.
VAN VLECK: Garcia, f., 5;
Gregory, f., 7; Ashcraft, c., 11;
Harget, g., 2; Thermon, g., 0;
Taice, g., 0. Total, 25.
NEW TELEPHONE
RATES EXPLAINED
Increase Announced
By Local Company
Announcement of necessity for
new telephone rates at Palacios
was made today by J. M. Burns,
District Manager for the South-
western Associated Telephone Com-
pany.
Greatly increased costs of fur-
nishing telephone service make it
necessary for the telephone com-
pany to place new rates into effect
immediately. Burns states that he
plans to go before the City Council
at an early date to explain the
need for new telephone rates here.
“We are proud,” Burns said,
“that in the past years we have
been able to provide more and
more telephone service without in-
creasing rates. However, the pyra-
miding effect of higher costs of
operations—higher wages, taxes,
equipment and supplies—make new
rates necessary despite every pos-
sible economy that could be used.”
Burns said that while revenues
had increased, expenses had in-
creased much faster. During 1947
the company furnished service at
a loss of $5,577.19 and estimates
its loss for 1948 to be approximate-
ly $5,444.00. At the new rates the
company estimates that it will con-
tinue to lose money at the rate of
$2,600.00 per year until dial ser-
vice is installed, it was stated.
‘The new rates are reasonable
and are necessary to help pay the
cost of furnishing telephone ser-
vice. We do not seek big profits,
but are asking only for rates that
will provide enough earnings so
that we can continue to expand and
improve service,” it was stated.
For residence users the new rates
represent an increase of less than
1 cent per day. For business users
the new rates represent an increase
of from 2% cents to 5 cents per
day.
BILLS TO BE PRESENTED SENATE
AND HOUSE IN REGARDS TO
SELLING CAMP AS INDUSTRIAL SITE
Mass Meeting Called For Saturday,
February 12 At C. Of C. Building When
Sen. Phillips And Rep. Perry Will Attend
A phone call late Wednesday afternoon from Chamber
of Commerce President Eli Mayfield, who is in Austin with
a committee of the chamber conferring with General K. L.
Berry of the Texas National Guards, State Senator Jimmy
Phillips, State Representative Franklin Perry and other State
officials concerning the sale or disposal of Camp Hulen as an
industrial site.
A bill has been prepared and will be presented to the
House and Senate in this session of the Legislature for this
purpose.
A mass meeting will be held at the Palacios Chamber oi
Commerce building at 2:30 P. M. Saturday, February 12,
when Senator Jimmy Phillips and Representative Franklin
Perry will be present to discuss these bills in detail.
Further information will be found in next week’s Beacon.
Child Labor Laws
Will Be Topic Of
Program Over KPRC
Thomas J. Rauch, branch man-
ager of the Wage and Hour and
Public Contracts Divisions, U. S.
Department of Labor, in Southeast
Texas, will discuss Federal child
labor laws and regulations when he
is heard on a special broadcast
over Station KPRC, Houston, at
4:15 p.m., next Saturday (Feb-
ruary 5).
He will explain the . various haz-
ardous occupations Girders which
prohibit the employqlent of chil-
dren under 18 years did in certain
occupations, and will list the legal
age for employment of children in
various industries 1
-y.
The quickest fortun >s these days
seem to be made by th e people who
study the tax laws cUjsest.
Public Hearing On
Drainage Program Is
Scheduled March 1
A public hearing is scheduled at
the Service Center in Bay City
on March 1 to discuss a drainage
program for Matagorda County,
it was learned today.
The hearing gets under way at
9:30 o’clock that morning. All land-
owners and taxpayers are urged
to attend and present their views
on the matter.
Opening Parade Of
Houston Stock Show
Seen By Television
The Beacon force appreciates the
invitation offered them by G. G.
Lawson, Jr., of the Lawson Radio
Service, to view the opening parade
of the Houston Fat Stock Show on
television. The dignitaries, cow-
boys and cowgirls, and bands pa-
raded in front of the television cam-
eras with the announcers commen-
taries.
Patronize BEACON Advertisers.
(o. Home Dem.
Club Council Meel
Is Held Tuesday
The Matagorda County H. D.
Council met at the Service Center
in Bay City, Tuesday morning, Feb-
ruary 1st, when a training school
for club officers was held.
A covered dish lunch was served
at noon with Judge Thomas H.
Lewis, Commissioners T. D. Mat-
thews, E. C. Baker, Guy Johnson,
and Mr. Payne a Houston architect
as guests.
After lunch, Mrs. Stallard, chair-
man, opened the meeting and the
group sang the County Song—
Beautiful Texas.
Eleven clubs answered roll call
with their club reports. 38 club
women were present, including
Miss Alma Miller, County H. D.
agent, and Miss Thelma Wells,
Assistant agent.
Mrs. Liggett from Collegeport
gave report on Federation meet-
ing in Palacios.
Mrs. E. B. Hogg, recreation
chairman and Mrs. J. J. Harbison,
education chairman gave their rec-
ommendations for 1949.
Council voted to send the Gold
Star girl and boy to the Houston
Fat Stock Show. Gold Star girl,
Margaret Ann Hollsworth and the
boy Elmer Ryman of Wadsworth.
Mrs. O. V. Christensen, P. H. D.
A. chairman, gave her report. The
T. H. D. A. district meeting will
be held April 7 and 8 at Beaumont,
Texas. Each club is to bring a
nominee for delegate to the March
meeting at which time three dele-
gates will be elected to attend the
district meeting with Mrs. Stallard
and Mrs. Christensen.—Reporter.
BOY SCOUTS BRAVE
COLD WEATHER TO
AID DIMES DRIVE
Boy Scouts braved freezing wea-
ther and sleet to stage a campaign
downtown and raised $105.12 for
the March of Dimes fund Saturday.
An army sound truck toured the
streets and made announcements
during the drive.
a. mi. ora.
'49 Car License Plates
To Be Available At
Maddox Motor Co.
The Maddox Motor Company will
again sell license plates for the
convenience of people living in and
near Palacios as they did the past
year.
This is a great service for local
motorists as it saves them a trip
to the county seat. The plates are
not on sale here now, but will be as
soon as final arrangements can be
made. The date the plates will go
on sale here will be announced in
the Beacon.
You can’t demand affection and
get much of it.
SENATOR PHILLIPS PROPOSES
GULF FISHERIES AGREEMENT
AUSTIN, February 1—Creation
of a “gulf states marine fisheries
compact” to prevent “physical
waste of the fisheries from any
cause” was proposed Tuesday by
Senator Jimmy Phillips of Angle-
ton.
In a bill introduced in the Sen-
ate, Phillips proposed that Texas
form a compact, with the consent
of Congress, with any one or all
of the states of Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana to “pro-
mote better utilization of the fish-
eries” in the gulf by “the devel-
opment of a joint program for
the promotion and protection of
such fisheries and the prevention
or the physical waste of the fish-
eries from any cause.”
Presumably the compact, after
formed, would make arrangements
as to who would fish in whose
territory. The fact that Louisiana
fishermen work Texas waters has
been of great concern to Senator
Phillips.
Phillips proposed that the states
finance the compact and that their
initial investments be as follows:
Florida, $3600; Alabama, $1000;
Mississippi, $1000; Louisiana,
$5000; and Texas $2500.
Texas investment would be ap-
propriated out of the special game
and fish fund.
Each state would name three
members to the commission—one
from the game and fish regulatory
agency, one from the Legislature
and one by gubernatorial appoint-
ment.
The compact would have no pow-
er to infringe upon the proprietary
rights of the individual states.
Mrs. E. A. Constant and daugh-
ter, Lynn Carroll spent the week
end in the Valley taking in the
Mission Fiesta.
NEWS -- VIEWS
By L. L.
The Matagorda County F. F. A,
and 4-H Club 'Boys Livestock Show
is over and everybody seems to be
well pleased with the way it turned
out. Those boys especially happy
about the whole thing are Eugene
Corporon whose Grand Champion
Hereford steer brought him $780;
Franklin Cunningham whose Re-
serve Champion Angus steer
brought him $370.24; Clarence Cun-
ningham whose Blue Ribbon Angus
steer brought him $395 and Charles
Bowers whose Blue Ribbon Here-
ford steer brought him a total of
$544. Other Palacios 4-H Club boys
wearing broad smiles are Dick Boll-
ing whose crossbred steer, a Blue
Ribbon winner also, brought him
$456.60 and Donald Shirnek whose
three Blue Ribbon crossbred steers
brought a total of $949.49, accord-
ing to my figures. These boys de-
serve the congratulations and en-
couragement of everyone in Pala-
cios. We shouldn’t ever lose sight'
of the fact that these boys will;
some day play a part in the growth
and development of this commun-
ity just the same as industry, and
the more encouragement they re-
ceive now, the more likely it is
that the community will profit by
their being a part of it.
I wonder if there is anyone
around here who might have the
rear, or front axle of an old auto-
mobile they would like to donate
to the Palacios FFA Chapter? We-
are looking for something suitable--
for use in building us a 2-wheel
stock trailer to haul our calves
and so forth around in at show
time. If you should have such an
item, how about giving me a ring
at the high school and we will be
right after it.
We are very proud of a brand
new drill press which Superintend-
ent Newsom placed in the Farm
Shop last week. This is really a
heavy duty tool and one that will
stand lots of hard use. It will drill
either wood or steel' and can be
fitted with several attachments for
various other operations.
Tomorrow and Saturday both
Ag classes will be in Houston at-
tending the Houston Fat Stock
Show. Most of the boys bought
reserved seats for the matinee per-
formance of the rodeo Saturday and
Friday we will be on hand for the
auctioning of the Grand Champion
steer. We are certainly looking-
forward to these two days at the
Houston Fat Stock Show and hope
to see some of you there during
that time:
Pete Hale, who has been at-
tending A. & I. at Kingsville,
completed his work in Agriculture
at the close of the semester is
now at home for a few weeks.
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