Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1942 Page: 1 of 8
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PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1942
VOLUME XXXV NUMBER 44
Chief Gunner’s Mate J. F. Hen
dcrson, Naval Recruiting Officer
in Galveston, was in the office to-
day and said that a recruiting party
will be in Palacios, Friday, Novenv
ber 6. They will make their head
quarters at the city hall where they
will be available to explain the vav
ious advantages of enlisting in the
United States Navy. Age limits for
enlistments in the Navy are from
17 to 50, the Chief said, and any
nerson interested is invited to make
inquiries of the recruiting party,
* * *
Don’t forget to come out and help
collect scrap next Sunady.
e * •
This week The Herald, of Bay
City, writes “30” for the duration
of the war. The Herald has been
printed in this office ever since
started four years ago and the
quiet of Wednesday nights from
now' on will be in sharp contrast to
(See “THOUGHTS,” Page 5)
*
Light Interest
Shown In Next
Week’s Election
Constitutional
Amendments
Are Important
The nation’s general election will
be held Tuesday, November 3.
In Texas and other parts of the
Deep South, not much interest is
manifested in candidacies because
these states have already held their
Democratic nominations, which are
tantamount to election.
The Republicans are not very
strong in any part of the Deep
South. The organization in Texas is
striving to get as many votes as
possible so the state may have a
two-party system.
The G. 0. P. must poll a certain
number in this election or it will be
ousted from future participation.
Not many Texas voters know of
the five proposed amendments to
the state constitution which are to
be voted upon in the general elec-
tion.
The proposed amendments are:
1— Authorizing the legislature to
pay for a building at John Tarle-
ton Agriculture College.
2— Permitting accounting offices
of the state to draw and pay war-
rants for salaries of officers of both
the Army and Navy who are as-
signed to duties in state institu-
tions of higher education.
3— Requiring appropriation bills
passed by the legislature to be pre-
sented and certified by comptroller
of public accounts as to available
funds for payment thereof, limit-
ing appropriations to the total of
such available funds, providing for
issuance of bonds to pay off state
obligations outstanding September
1, 1943.
4— Permitting the legislature in
certain cities to create other courts
having exclusive jurisdiction or con-
current jurisdiction with the county
courts in certain criminal and pro-
bate matters.
5— Authorizing investment of not
over $2,000,000 of permanent school
funds in state bonds to build a state
office building at Austin.
Absentee voting for the general
election closes Saturday. This vot-
ing is taking place in Matagorda
County in the County Clerk’s office.
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FINAL SCRAP DRIVE TO BE HELD HERE SUNDAY
Beer Sales
Stop Hour
Early By Law
Authorities Make
Request; Dealers
Approve Measure
Requested by army and civil au-
thorities and supported with whole-
hearted cooperation by the retail
beer and liquor dealers, the City
Council Monday night in a called
session passed an ordinance which
prohibits the sale of all types ot
alcoholic beverages before 7:00 a.
every day and after 11:00 p.
every night except Saturday.
On Saturday the sale of such bever-
ages is permitted until 12:00 mid-
night.
Stating frankly that the move
was intended to correct any abuses
which might occur as a result of
the later closing hours and which
turn might cause a tendency to
return to an era of prohibition, the
enforcement officers stated that
practically all of their trouble arose
between 11:00 p. m. and 2:00 a. m.
as a result of longer hours for the
patrons to imbibe.
Viewed at first with consider-
able suspicion by many citizens and
operators of the establishments in-
volved these people later fell in
with the idea and a representative
body of businessmen appeared be-
for the council to endorse the pro-
posal.
“Such stopping of sales, an hour
earlier than usual for most of us,
(See “BEER SALES,” Page 5)
CONVERTING CARS INTO CANNON
A scrapyard near Norfolk,’Va., where autos which have outlived their usefulness are stripped of ac-
cessories, sliced up by huge scissbrs and crushed by machinery into 125-pound scrap-metal “Bundles
For Japan,’’ ready for conversion into cannons, shells, and bombs.
With Our Men
In The Service
If your son (s in the Service
and you are a subscriber to the
Beacon—give us his name and
address and we will put him on
our mailing list.
____V
Letters have
been re-
.C. Sponsors
.ocal Meetings
Dn Price Laws
Veterans To Pick
Farm Sites In New
Colonization Plan
Veterans of World War I from
many parts of the State will gather
at Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday, No-
vember 1, to select sites for Home-
steads on a 3,000-acre irrigated col-
onization project, sponsored by the
War Veterans Relief Association.
The tract has been divided into
ten-acre plats which are sufficient
for the average family to become
self sustaining, since the entire
tract is in the Winter Garden Vege-
table Growing Area and is now un-
der irrigation.
Join the scrap by gathering
' scrap Sunday. Meet at C. of C.
Meetings will be held in Palacios
every two or three weeks in the
future where local merchants will
able to receive authoritative in-
formation regarding new rules and
regulations of the War Production
Board, the Office of Price Admin-
istration and the Office of Defense
Transportation.
This service to the local mer-
chants was assured Tuesday night
when the directors of the Chamber
Commerce voted to accept the
offer of W. R. Marrs, of the Di-
vision of Extension, University of
Texas, who wrote to the local cham-
ber making that offer.
The directors believed that these
meetings would offer an unusual
opportunity to each merchant to ask
questions on the various problems
brought about by the new regula-
tions. This service is being render-
ed to smaller communities by the
Department of Education and the
University of Texas.
A letter from the Texas Highway
Department was also read which
stated that work of salvaging ma-
terials from the Port Lavaca cause-
way is still in progress but priori-
ties for its reconstruction had not
yet been received. Even when these
priorities are granted, the letter
said, it will take several months to
reconstruct the eauseway which
was destroyed during the gulf
storm last August.
Mrs. Gladys R. Niven, secretary-
treasurer, reported that with the
payment of two outstanding bills,
for which funds were available, an
indebtedness of nearly $1500 had
been paid off during the past nine
months. There is still due, her re-
port said, four payments on the
chamber building totalling $129.60.
The importance of the Intra-
coastal Canal to Palacios was
stressed and the announcement of
the meeting of the Intracoastal
Canal Association meeting at Har-
lingen next Saturday was stressed.
All who could possibly attend
this meeting were urged to do so
and efforts to get a delegation from
Palacios will be made. The length
of time required to make the trip
with the new 35 miles per hour
speed limit in effect is expected to
act a greater deterent to prospec-
tive attenders than is the tire situa-
tion, it was stated.
recently
ceived from Martin and Calvin
Ragusin. Martin is stationed in New
York while Calvin is in that indefi-
nite location “somewhere on the
Pacific."
____V____
Howard A. Tanner, son of Mr.
(See “OUR MEN," Page 4)
Instructions On
Gas Rationing
Given By Board
iNo Cards Issued
If Motorist Has
More Than 5 Tires
Registration for mileage ration-
ing in Matagorda County will be
conducted on November 12, 13. and
14, A. H. Wadsworth, Chairman of
the Matagorda County War Price
and Rationing Board announced to-
day, and actual rationing of gaso-
line will begin Novtmber 22nd.
“We have been advised that
Washington expects to have the ap-
plication blanks available by Nov.
7," Mr. Wadsworth said, “but every-
one watch the newspapers for our
announcement when these applica-
tion forms are available. We will
try to see that they are distributed
at garage tire inspection stations
where every passenger car owner
can obain an application forjn con-
veniently."
He said each motorist should fill
out the form listing the serial num
ber of each tire. Then on one of the
registration days the motorise
should present this application form
at the schoolhouse nearest his resi-
dence to be issued a basic “A” ra
tion book for gasoline. Any motor-
ist who is away from home in an
other county should register where-
ever he is on one of those three
days—November 12, 13 and 14.
School officials have been re-
quested by the county War Price
and Rationing Board to cooperate
in the registration as was done in
the sugar rationing registration
last May.
Schools will not need to be dis-
missed during the registration.
Mr. Wadsworth said the Board
has been completed, setting up a
fuel rationing panel to handle ap-
plications and other matters which
mileage rationing will entail.
“Those who feel they are entitled
to supplemental ration provided by
the ‘B’ or ’C’ books should obtain
another application for this at the
place of registration where ‘A’ book
is issued,” Mr. Wadsworth explain-
ed.
He emphasized that every pass-
enger car owner must sell to the
Government before Nov. 12th All
tires over five for each vehicle.
“That means,” he explained,
that the car owner is allowed one
tire for each running wheel and
one spare for the car. A registrar
can not issue him a mileage ration-
ing book for that car if he owns
tires in excess of that number.”
For that reason excess tires
should be turned in before Novem-
ber 12 to a local Railway Express
Agency which will tag the tire and were regjBtered last December 31
Chaplains’ Work
In Army Fold
To Rotary Club
There is a great difference in the
work done by Army Chaplains from
that done by pastors of civilian con-
gregations, Chaplain Joseph Con-
rad, of Camp Huien, told the Rotary
Club here Wednesday as he explain-
ed the place of the chaplain in the
United States Army and described
the type of work performed by
these religious leaders in uniform.
One of the main differences be-
tween the civilian pastor and chap-
lain, he explained, was that the
chaplain’s work lay almost entirely
with men and with men of many
different denominations and faiths,
whereas the civilian pastor’s work
was within one congregation and
included women and children, as
well as men.
There are now 261 different de-
nominations and faiths represented
by men in the armed service, Chap-
lain Conrad said, and of these there
are 30 denominations represented in
the Chaplains Corps. One chaplain
is allowed for every 1200 men. Two
different types of insignia are pre-
scribed for Chaplains, he told the
club. One, the silver cross, is worn
by Protestant and Catholic while
those of the jewish faith wear the
two Tablets of the Law.
Since the beginning of the ex-
pansion of the Army when 135
chaplains were sufficignt to meet
the requirements of the men in ser-
vice at that time, he said, the rigid
requirements for chapli^Ds has been
reduced, particularly ■** to age
limits. These have been raised from
a maximum of 40 yearrto 50 years
for appointment.
Before becoming eligible for ap-
pointment to the Chaplains Corps,
he stated, a man must have four
(See "ROTARY,” Page 5)
Ladies Will Serve Coffee
And Doughnuts To Start
Collections At 9:00 A. M.
Volunteers Needed To Help Load
Trucks; Owners Of Scrap Urged
iTo Call C. Of C. For Collection
Sidewalks Are
Approved For
Local USO Club
Yards Included In
Improvement Plans
Yardman Needed
Approval of a project for the
construction of sidewalks around
the U|SO Club by the Federal
Works Administration was an-
nounced here this week by Miss
Ruth Mumford, YWCA-USO, di-
rector of the local club, following a
conference with representatives of
that agency.
The proposed construction in-
cludes a sidewalk from Duson ave-
nue to South Bay boulevard and
another from Duson avenue to the
service entrance. The street front
the bay side will have a sidewalk
extending across the entire front
of the property and the ditch there
which has constituted a hazard for
visitors will have a drain pipe in-
stalled and be covered.
Another project also calls for the
beautification of the surrounding
yard where badminton courts, horse
shoe courts and other out-door ac
tivities will be installed. Miss Mum-
ford states that lack of an avail-
able yardman is holding up this
part of the work and requests that
any one knowing of such a worker
send them to the USO Club for an
interview.
A new public address system is
now on the premises and will be in-
stalled by the end of the week.
Approval was granted by FWA
for repair work to be done on the
inside of the building. This work
was made necessary by damage suf-
fered during the storm of last Aug-
ust when portions of the roof were
blown off and water leaked through
and damaged the interior and fur-
nishings. This work, however, will
not start for another week or two.
the seller will receive a check from
the Government, or if he chooses,
the government will pay him in
War Stamps or War Bonds for his
excess tire or tires.
Commercial vehicles, trucks and
farm trucks must obtain a cer-
tificate of war necessity from the
Office of Defense Transportatios be-
fore they are registered for mile-
age rationing with the local War
Price and Rationing Board. The
ODT has mailed these forms to all
owners of Commercial vehicles that
Persons who have not received
these application forms should
write immediately to the nearest
ODT office. In Texas these offices
are located in Dallas, San Antonio,
Houston, Lubbock and Austin. As
soon as this form is received it
should be mailed back to the ODT
in time for the applicant to receive
a certificate of War Necessity by
November 1st when it will become
mandatory for every commercial
vehicle and truck carry one of these
"" ' at all times.
_—
Seniors Elect
“Ebb Tide” Staff
The Senior Class of the Palacios
High School elected their annual
staff last week, as follows:
Editor-in-chief, Eunice Glaros;
Assistant Editor, Elinor Margerum;
Secretary-Treasurer, Nancy Stew-
art; Sports Editor, Glenn Dale
Claybourn; Business Manager, Billy
Hockey; Assistant Business Man-
ager, Bob McAlister; Sales Man-
ager, Jack Lipscomb; Art Editor,
Millard Brooking; Photograph Edi.
tor. Marion Noble; Scandal Editor,
Bobby Richards; Advertising Chair-
man, Edythe Crouch; Society Edi-
tor, Patsy Claybourn.
The publication of the “Ebb
Tide" will depend greatly upon the
advertisements bought by the mer-
chants of Palacios and surrounding
towns.
The Senior Class will appreciate
all efforts given by the Palacios
people in publishing this annual.
Concentrated, final efforts to
clean up the last vestige of scrap
materials to aid the war effort will
be made Sunday by the Chamber of
Commerce when trucks, donated for
that purpose by private owners, and
volunteer workers are scheduled to
start the collection with coffee and
doughnuts to be served by volun-
teer women workers, it was an-
nounced following a meeting of
Chamber of Commerce directors
Tuesday night.
Lack of helpers to load the trucks
caused much of the scrap which had
been prepared for collection to be
left during the previous periods of
collection, J. C. LaBarge, president
of the chamber, said, but this time
efforts are being made to secure
different lines of business to furnish
men for different trucks to see
which “team” can bring the larg
est amount. „
According to plans made at
the meeting Tuesday night coffee
and doughnuts will be served at
9:30 Sunday morning at the Cham
ber of Commerce building and
tiucks and crews will be assigned
certain areas and collection points
to work.
“There is a tremendous amount
of scrap metals and other materials
still uncollected in Palacios,” Mr.
LaBarge said. “Much of this has
Coffee Klatch
Will Be Memory
Under Rationing
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin S. Cowger
and two daughters came in from
Topeka, Kas., the first of the week
for a visit with Mrs. Cowger’s
sister, Mrs. C. W. Neater and fam-
ily. They also visited Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Owen in El Campo, and Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Ames in Houston.
‘Coffee klatches” are out—for
the duration.
Palacios coffee drinkers are due
to join the rest of America in cur-
tailed enjoyment of steaming and
fragrant brew when rationing of
that product goes into effect No-
vember 29, according to news dis-
patches and radio broadcasts re-
ceived here. However, it is report-
ed that the amount allowed each
person will be more liberal than
was at first feared when the sub-
ject of rationing coffee was first
introduced.
Sales of coffee at retail stores
will be suspended on November 21
midnight in preparation for the
start of rationing program and to
permit the dealers to stock their
shelves for the start of the new
program.
Under present plans, these dis-
patches say, each adult person over
the age of 15 years, will be permit-
ted the purchase of one pound every
five weeks. Estimates of the daily
consumption possible under this
rationing plan vary from one cup
per day to a cup and a third.
Regardless of the amount used
the home individuals will still
be permitted to purchase coffee in
restaurants where no definite meth-
od of rationing has been announced
yet. It is expected that a sys-
tem similar to that used in sugar
rationing will be imposed upon re-
tailers of the prepared beverage
with a certain quota of their nor-
mal consumption being allowed each
restaurant or cafe.
Coupons from the sugar ration
book will be used in effecting the
purchase of coffee except that
wherein each individual regardless
of age the coupon book must show
that it was issued for a person at
15 years of age in order to pur-
chase coffee. These stamps will be
taken from the larger numbers in
the sugar coupon books and when
the coupons are exhausted new
books will be issued, thus causing
no curtailment of sugar purchases.
No satisfactory substitute for
coffee has been devised as yet but
experiments are being conducted
along those lines. Economists Bay
that they can envision no hope of
relaxing the restriction on coffee
anytime in the near future as esti-
mated consumption is expected to
been reported to us as being ready
for collection but so far we have
been unable to get the volunteer
help necessary to load it on the
tiucks and bring it in to the cen-
tral dump. No difficulty has been
experienced in getting the trucks
but it takes several men to each
truck to load the stuff, much of
which is rather heavy.
(See "SCRAP DRIVE," Page 5)
Palacios Gets
Large Share Of
Red Cross Help
Last Report Shows
$20,971.18 Spent
In Rehabilitation
With nearly one-third of the total
expenditures by the American Red
Cross for disaster relief as a re-
sult of the gulf storm last August
spent in Palacios, the copy of the
report of Miss Frances Blackburn,
area director, and accompanying
letter to Mrs. W. H. Clement, Jr.,
local Red Cross chairman, shows a
total spent in Matagorda County
for that purpose of $20,971.18 and
out of 219 cases closed 180 were
with assistance granted in some de-
gree and manner.
A breakdown of the money spent
by the Red Cross in this county
shows that Palacios received $6.-
463.25, Collegeport $391.00, scatter-
ed parts of the county $148.91, and
Matagorda, which bore the brunt
of the storm, received $13,971.02, or
more than half the total amount.
Cases closed by the Red Cross
in this county included two they
were unable to locate, two that
were not disaster sufferers, 17 in
which the families declared they
were able to effect recovery with-
out assistance, 18 in which investi-
gation showed the families were
able to effect their own recovery
and 180 in which assistance was
rendered.
Methods of assisting the storm
sufferers showed the following
classifications:
25 families were assisted with
rescue, transportation and mass
shelter at a cost of $152.80; 188
families were assisted with food,
clothing and maintenance at a cost
$1,402.89; 83 families assisted
with building and repair at . a cost
$12,996.37; 119 assisted with
household furnishings at a cost of
$5,580.27; five families assisted
with medical care at a cost of
$81.32; seven families assisted with
boat repair at a cost of $568.17 and
two families assisted with business
rehabilitation at a cost of $189.36.
These figures, the letter from
Miss Blackburn to Mrs. Clement
says, might be changed somewhat
in the final audit but such changes
would be of no consequence.
In addition to the above figures
the national organization also fur-
nished the services of the workers
which made it possible to adminis-
ter this assistance and relief.
remain more or less static and the
facilities to transport the raw cof-
fee from Central and South Amer-
ica can not be expected to be in-
creased as long as the present de-
mand for shipping space for war
cargoes continues.
At all events the heavy coffee
drinker is due to cut down on the
number of cups consumed at meal
time and “coffee klatches" will be
a thing of the paBt—at least until
Unholy Three are liquidated.
Mrs. C. L. Haynes is spending the
week in Houston Visiting with rela-
tives also attending Grand Chap-
ter O. E. S. as delegate from the
local organization.
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