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For a Greater, Better Palacios Country—Agriculture, Industry. Commerce, Living
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY APRIL 17, 1947
VOLUME XL NUMBER 16
City Offers Assistance To Stricken Area
Construction
Started On
Ford Building
L. G. M&rgerum
In Charge Of
Construction
Construction work started Mon-
day at the corner of Third and
^Main on a Ford garage building
estimated to cost $25,000 with the
completion date tentatively set for
<May 24.
C. G. Maddox Hnd J. P. Maddox
•rn* the owners and are having the
structure built of steel, finished
with stucco and n large plate gluss
front ‘ *•
The Erwin-Newman Compnny
baa been contracted to raise the
super-struciurc of steel. L. G. Mur-
gerum is in charge of constructing
the foundation, floors, and interior
of the building.
In dimension the building will be
60\k by 09 feet, while the show
room will be 38 by GO'; feet, it is
reported.
T E x A
NEWS
BRIEFS
4
What Is A Boy
Worth? Have Him
Join The Cub Scouts
Do you think your boy or boys
from 9 to 12 years of age is worth
r, year ? That is what it takes
in money for him to belong to the
great organization <1 "Cub Scouts
of America”. Beiieve me, it is worth
it’s money times over.
Now, in time, is it worth two
hours, once a month, to attend Puck
meetings ijnd assist in m,v way you
can and to see what your boy is
doing? The aims und ideals of the
Scout organization are the grandest
on earth and could make the dif-
ference between having a clean,
honest boy and a delinquent, one
who could be a threat to society
and a great deal of grief to parents.
Mr. B. W. King, as Cub Master,
Carl Ehlers, as assistant Cub mus-
ter, and Mrs. J. B. Kimball, Mrs.
Winfred Johnson, Mrs. North and
I Margaret Queen doing a won-
derful work with your Cub age boy.
A Pack meeting was held at the
flemcntnry School at 7 p. m. Mon-
day night. Twenty-four eager Cubs
were there and ten interested par-
ents, also Rev. Greenhaw and Mr.
Grant of the Scout Rotury Com-
mittee.
Mr. Lyles und Mr. Makin, Scout
executives were also present.
The next meeting will be May 12
and big things are planned. It will
be in the nature of a picnic with
plays and skits put on by your
boys and a big parade down our
main streets of our wonderful
Scout organization. Don’t forget
the date, May 12, and watch the
Beacon for further notice about the
parade. —Cub reporter.
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Official Weather
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Date
Max.
Min.
Pre.
fir'.
April 9
80
70
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April 10
79
73
0
April 11
80
65
0
April 12
74
69
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April 13
74
53
3.5
April 14
61
57
0
.«tfril 15
70
50
0
B. W. King and Mrs. J. B. Kim-
ball accompanied Cub Scouts Je
rome Kimball, Byron King, Donald
Johnson and Buddy Luther to
Houston, Tuesday for the Cub
Scout Hobby Show held in the
Coliseum.
We join the many friends of Mrs.
Alma Stewart Hale, County Home
Demonstration Agent, in extending
Vour deepest sympathy in her recent
v sorrow caused by the death of her
sister, Miss Tina Stewart. Miss
Stewart, a district agent for the
_ Texas A. & M. College extension
service was killed last Tuesday
night when struck by a Missouri
Pacific freight train, as she stepped
. directly into its path. She was a
)» 'native of Temple and funeral ser-
vices were held there Thursday.
TORNADO WIPES OUT
TWO TEXAS TOWNS
Texas and Oklahoma authorities
moved rapidly to aid victims of the
tornado which cut a swnth across
the state line from Amarillo to
Woodward, Okla. last week. The
death toll at the latter place was
83, with 426 others hospitalized.
Property damage there was esti-
mated to be $3 million. On the
Texas side 43 were dend at Higgins
and 13 at Glazier. Both towns
were umost completely destroyed.
Governor Jester made a pcrsonul
tour of inspection of the devastated
area. The State Guard, Depart-
ment of Public Safety and the
Highway Department together
with the Red Cross moved in
promptly to give aid. Emergency
help in securing materials for re
building and for financial assis-
tance wus provided by the Feder-
al Government.
• • •
ARMY RECONSIDERS VETO OK
TWO TEXAS GUARD OFFICERS
A controversy has been raging
between the Texas National Guard
and the regular Army brass. It in-
volves the qualifications of H.
Ainsworth of I.uling and John W.
Naylor of Ft. Worth, to be briga-
dier generals in the Texas Guards.
The Wai Department rejected their
appointments by Gov. Jester on tile
grounds they were not qualified to
hold major commands. Protests
by Texas members of Congress
bore fruit last week when the ar-
my recommended and criticising
General Mark Clark's orders in the
Italian Campaign when Texas
Guard units suffered high casual-
ties.
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ADDED TAX WILL NOT
BUILD MANY NEW ROADS
But even the Clifton gasoline tax
bill if it should pass, would not
make a big dent in the job of build-
ing new rouds. This is illustrated
by the fact that when the Highway
Department lakes bids this month
on some 370 miles of new highways
it expects the price will be about
$10 million. The gasoline tax bill
will only provide some $30 million
more for roads each year and at
the current cost of rondbuilding
this would provide from 7 to 10
miles of new highway per county
each year.
Another provision of the Clifton
bill sets up a commission to ad-
minister this road building pro-
gram, apart from the Highway De-
partment, to consist of the Comp-
troller, State Treasurer, Highway
Engineer and two other members
to be appointed by the Governor.
* * *
MONEY NOW AVAILABLE
WILL ONLY BUILD 7,500 MILES
Fact is there are some 180,000
miles of lateral roads in Texas,
and at leust half of this mileage
or 90,000 miles, should be 'devel-
oped us furm-to-murket highways.
But the program recommended by
Governor Jester in his message at
the beginning of the session, out-
lined a program for the construc-
tion of 7,500 miles of these roads
during the next two years which it
was pointed out could be accom-
plished without levying any new
taxes.
But County Judges and Commis-
sioners are clamoring for more
miles to be constructed now, since
each county wants to develop a
complete system of these road>
and the above total will not
many miles to each county.
Last week the House on High-
ways began public hearings on a
bill by Representative Davis Clif-
ton of McKinney, which proposes
an additional two cent a gallon gas-
oline tax .designed to give the
counties help in building more local
roads. It is endorsed by the asso-
ciation of County Judges and Com-
missioners. Several hundred of
them appeared at the hearing in
support of the measure. It was
opposed by truck and bus opera-
tors and by representatives of all
farm organizations.
PRESIDENT WARNS PRICES
MUST COME DOWN SOON
President Truman reminded bus-
iness men last week that there was
a lot of talk u few months ngo
about “free enterprise” being able
to bring lower prices if allowed to
produce freed from government
controls. His statement was made
to newsmen last week after a cab-
inet session bad considered the
price situation in a special meet-
ing.
"Business made very great prof-
its in 1946 and in the first quarter
of 1947," the President said. "Bus-
iness wants to be free of price con-
trols, and now that they are free,
it is up to business to do some-
thing. Unless prices come down,
wage increases will be justified,”
the statement declarde.
LEGISLATURE MOVES ON TO
CONSIDER NEW FARM ROADS
Two of the major promises made
to the voters last summer by prac-
tically every candidate for the Leg-
islature, were (1) higher pay for
school teachers and (2) better
farm-to-market roads. Tho Lcgis
lature has carried out its pledge
to the school teachers by passage
of the Blankenship bills which us
this is written, are awaiting final
action by the Governor.
On the question of fai m-to-mnrk-
et roads, there still remains much
work to be done before a sizeable
mileage of actual construction can
be pointed out in each county.
What Our Citizens Think of Your
Local Texas National Guard Unit
oadiJ
give
CLOSED SHOP BANNED AS
GOVERNOR APPROVES LAW
Ninety days after the Texas Leg-
islature adjourns, it will become
illegal for an employer to make a
closed shop contract with a lubor
union. Last week Governor Jester
signed the bill outlawing the closed
shop.
Although the Governor hnd not
espoused the measure publicly dui
ing its discussion in the Legisla-
ture and there had been consider'
able speculation about his action
on the bill after it passed, he gave
it his full endorsement when he an-
nounced he had signed it.
• • •
STATE LABOR MARKET
COMPARED TO “OPEN RANGE”
In a radio address to the people,
the Governor declared: “Texas has
always been an open range. The
light of any Texan for his own
economic independence and well-
being is vested in his inherent ca-
pacity and his willingness to work.”
Organized labor representatives
bitterly denounced the bill as
sounding the death-knell of their
movement. Morris Akin of Aus-
tin, an official of the state C.I.O.
council, declared the Governor’s ap-
proval of the bill ’ invited Wall
Street interests to come to Texas
and exploit working men and wo-
men.
* * *
SCHOOL LUNCH AID IS
PASSED BY TEXAS HOUSE
An appropriation of $720,000 for
continuing the school lunch pro-
gram in Texas schools for the re
remainder of this school year, has
been passed by the House at Aus-
tin and is now before the Senate.
Federal aid funds for this program
are exhausted, and many schools
are having to terminate the pro-
gram.
* • *
LEGISLATURE WARNED IT
IS SPENDING TOO MUCH
The Texas Legislature received
a pointed warning from Represen-
tative Claud Gilmer chairman of
the House Appropriations com-
mittee, last week that it is in dan-
ger of spending too much money.
He totaled up the amounts already
appropriated, and the amounts
scheduled to be included in the reg-
ular departmental appropriation
bills now about to reach the floor
of the House. He found that the
projected expenditures now are
close to $220 million.
Then he reminded the members
Troop E 112tli Cavalry Recon
connaissunce Squadron, Texas Na-
tional Guurd, received federal rec-
ognition February 24 with two of-
ficers and 12 enlisted men. Since
that dute one officer und eight en
listed men have been recruited.
Considerable interest has been
shown in the newly organized
Guard unit, both from u standpoint
of a monitary asset to the commun-
ity as well as an important link in
the national defense program now
being sponsored by the Federal
Government.
Here are a few statements from
local civic leaders expressing their
attitude toward the Nutionul Guard
unit.
Here is u statement from the
Muyor of the City of Palacios, the
Honorable Glenn Clay bourn:
Mr. Ctaybourn says, "Everyone
here in Palacios takes pride in our
local unit of the Texas National
Guard. These young men ure doing
a fine thing by giving part of theiv
time to the Guard. Not only are
they truining in good citizenship,
but they arc helping to muke Amer-
ica strong. They know that a
Board of Athletic
Control Organized
In Local Schools
strong America is a peaceful Amer-
ieu, and they deserve our support
in every way possible."
D. M. Green, President of the Pa-
lacios Chamber of Commerce says,
“Like everybody here in Palacios
I huve a lot of respect for these
young men who voluntnrilly devote
their spare time to the National
Guard. They are a trained force of
patriotic Americans, ready to de-
fend their homes and country on a
moments notice. These young men
are our kind of folks. They’re our
friends and neighbors, und deserve
all the support we can give them.
for initial enlistments if be passes
the physical and mental tests re-
quired. Local Guardsmen now train
two nights each week at Camp
Hulen and receive the Regular
Army rate of pay, with the op-
portunity to advance to higher
grades. They train with their
friends and with officers and men
of standing in their community.
Training is offered in many tech-
nical skills. All young men of
Pulacios arc cordially invited to at-
tend regular training meetings with
the local troop.
This past week the Palacios
High School Board of Athletic Con
Lrol was organized. The board is
composed on one faculty member
us ohairmun and eight students.
Two of the students are elected and
six are appointed.
Student members of the board
are Maxine Bates, secretary, Teddy
Huddleston, John Rockenhuugh,
Gerard Viets, Myra Danner, David
Peterson, Lloyd Ellis and Ralph
Penlapd.
Weldon Sullivan, high school
principal, will act us Chairman of
any problem concerning scholastic
eligibility, while any athletic prob-
lem the faculty chairman of the
board will be the coach heading
the sport in question.
The first official action of the
board wus to sponsor the spring
football game lust Friday night.
This week the board named major
and minor sports and will confirm
the lettermen in each sport this
week.
Major sports for boys are foot-
ball, basketball, and track, while
minor sports are volleyball, soft-
ball and tennis. Girls choose as
their major sports volleyball and
basketball with baseball and tennis
as minor events.
License' Plates
Are Obtained
At Courthouse
Arthur Holloway, county tax col-
lector-asBcssor, announced that li-
cense plates now may be obtained
ut his office.
He urged car owner to get them
as soon as possible as state high-
way patrolmen wil start stopping
cars without plates.
To get your license plate, be sure
to bring your 1947 registration re-
ceipt, Mr. Holloway said.
Lt. Col. Paul W. Taylor, Main-
tenance Officer at Camp Hulen und
having 28 years of army seivice
says, “We can well be proud of our
local unit of the Texas National
Guard, now on a federal status.
These young men can be proud of
themselves. By joining the National
Guard and giving voluntarily of
their spare time they are proving
their faith in themselves and their
country. These are the kind of men
that make good citizens and good J
soldiers ulike. They are determined
that America shall stay strong and
forever free."
Alton S. Queen, Commander of
the local Veterans of Foreign Wars
post says, “The Veterans of For-
eign Wars stands ready, at all
times, to give every possible co-
operation and assistance to Troop
E 112 Cavalry of the Texas Na-
tional Guard. To the men who have
not yet joined the National Guard
we say this: The National Guard
offers you training in technical
skills and the opportunity to at-
tend Regular Army schools at full
army pay if you qualify. You will
train with your local neighbors. If
you tnkc advantage of service
schools you will renew acquaint-
ances with old service buddies. For
vetcruns and non-veterans alike,
enlistment in the New National
Guard is sworth serious considera-
tion.”
The local Guurd Unit has three
officers and 19 enlisted men. Two
members of the Troop have moved
out of Palacios and received dis-
charges. Two applications are in
for enlistment at the present time.
Clothing and many items of
equipment have been received by
Troop E. None of the rolling equip-
ment has been received, but de-
livery is expected in the near
future.
Recommendations have been
made for ratings of 10 enlisted men.
The question has been asked:
Must you be a veteran to qualify
for enlistment in our new National
Guard?
“No, says Captain Weldon E. Sul-
livan, commanding officer of Troop
E 112th Cavalry Reconnaissance
Squadron. Non-veterans are eligible
for all beneiits and privileges of
membership in the National Guard.
Any men, 18 to 35, may qualify
Mrs. J. B. Feather was a passen-
ger on the bus Wednesday, going
to Houston, where she will visit
her sons and wives, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Feather and Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Feather.
Gulf Sulphur Co.
Presents Awards
At Annual Picnic
Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Swain, former
citizens of Palacios now residing in
El Paso, visited with friends here
this week. They had been visiting
relatives and friends at Corpus
Christ! and Kingsville.
Due to the American Legion Hall
being used Monday night for an-
other meeting, the Pulacios Pro-
gressive Association will hold their
regular meeting there on Friday
night at 7:30 p. m.. Members are
urged to attend and any interested
citizen is cordially invited.
that under the “pay-us-you-go”
plan written into the constitution
in 1944, the Comptroller has ad-
vised the Legislature that they
may not appropriate more than
$186 million, unless additional rev-
enue is provided.
Gilmer pointed out that if the
McLellan bill taxing natural gas
is passed by the Senate, it will add
only $14 million to the money need-
ed to finance new spending above
the Comptroller’s estimate leaving
the budget still some $20 million
short of being in balance.
The Palacios Home Demonstra-
tion Club will meet Friday, April
18, at 2 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
Karl Wickham. Mrs. Ben Hilburn
will show us how to make over
old purses and there will be a can-
ning demonstration for beans and
greens. All members are urged
to attend and visitors most cor-
dially welcomed. Reporter.
Mrs. J. F. Barnett is in receipt of
a letter from Mrs. Nellie Webb who
is now at Sunset Home, Concordia,
Kas., in which she speaks of Pa-
lacios and wishes to be remembered
to friends in the City-by-the-Sea.
She wrote very interesting bits of
the Home, its surroundings, activi-
ties and occupants, and stated
guests were given a most cordial
welcome. Mrs. Webb who will be
80 years old next February has
been at the home a number of
years. She writes she is still active,
greatly enjoys life and sews a
great deal, as she has an electric
machine. Mrs. Webb’s ability as a
seamstress and the dextrous work
of her fingers, was appreciated by
a large circle of friends when she
made Palacios her home.
John M. Corbett, Bay City at-
torney, was one of seven Texas
Gulf Sulphur Company employees
Saturday to receive diamond
awards for remaining in continu-
ous employee of the company for
25 years.
H. E. Troichlcr, general manager,
made the presentation at the com
pany's nineteenth employes outing
and barbecue at Ncwgulf Saturday,
More than 3,000 people attended.
In addition to Mr. Corbett, othl
ers receiving awards were A. F.
Mecklenburg, T. C. Hester, Ynes
Alfaro, N. De Los Santos, Ysidro
Vavala, and Ramon Benavides,
Treichler Points Out
In the presentation of 65 additi-
onal awards, Mr. Treichler pointed
out that 204 workers or 26 per cent
of the total employed had worked
for the company more tliun 20
years and that 56 per cent of all
Texas employees had served con-
tinuously with the company for
more than 10 years.
“Speaking of industrial devel-
opment,” Mr. Treichler told the
group, “we now nrc entering our
nineteenth year of operation here
in Ncwgulf. Nearly half of us
here have been here continuously
during this period, which fact
makes us genuine ‘old-timers’ in
the sulphur business."
Employe Benefits
Texas Gulf Sulphur Company
has, for years, improved its em-
ployee benefits—above salary—and
today total cost of this social pro-
gram approximately 25 per cent of
the company’s pay roll. A pension
plan was established in 1934, some
three years before federal plans
were adopted. The compnny pays
all premiums on group life insur-
ance. In addition, there are sick-
ness and accident benefits, hospi-
talization, additional compensation
paid on basis of service, vacations
with pay, recreational advantages,
and so forth.
In summarizing the future op-
portunities to Texas youth and
business within the state, Mr.
Treichler pointed out: “Texas
stands upon the threshold of in-
dustrial development to a degree of
inconceivable proportions. An em-
pire is being created upon the Gulf
Coast of Texas—an industrial em-
pire in which you and I have had
and will continue to have a tre-
mendous part. The chemical indus-
try coming toj our state ... is
bringing groat prosperity to many
comunities.” Continuing, he stated:
“We are blessed beyond our fond-
est hopes und imagination, and
yet, may I point out, there are, no
doubt, some who cannot visualize
the tremendous prosperity destined
to be laid upon our ‘door stop.’ Let
us work and strive for more and
bigger industry for a greater and
more prosperous citizenry. Let no
Facilities of
NewHospital
Are Offered
List of Dead
Grows In Texas
City’* Disaster
Mayor Glenn Claybourn wired
Mayor Clayhom of Texas City,
Wednesday afternoon after learn-
ing of the disastrous series of ex-
plosions that have practically de-
stroyed the thriving industrial cen-
ter, offering the hospital facilities
of Palacios to the stricken area.
As we go to press (Thursday
morning) the local hospital reports
that none of the casualties of Texas
City has been received here.
Early Thursday morning radio
reports stated that the danger of
explosions had practically passed
and the fire thnt are now raging
are the greatests danger in the city.
Although no official reports are
available, latest estimates state
around 1200 were killed and many
times that number injured.
On the scene radio stations hare
been set up in Texas City since
Wednesday afternoon and officials
there are urging citizens of that
city to remain out if at all possible
and warns those who have rela-
tives und friends there to wait for
officials to report the casualties and
not congest the stricken area.
Magnolia Beach
Opening Is Set
For April 20
Formal opening of the Magnolia
Beach resort on April 20 has been,
announced by its owner and de-
veloper, R. K. Turpen.
Work on the resort, located
13 miles east of Port Lavaca on
Lavaca Bay, has been in pro-
gress since last June.
Accomodations now include a
hotel, restaurant and dance pavi-
lion, grocery store, cabins, bath-
ing and fishing facilities, and a.
houseboat for pleasure and fishing
parties.
Cabins for rent to the public aret
equipped with plumbing, gas snd
other conveniences. As the re-
sort nears completion, Turpen said!
he would provide skiffs, either witbi
or without motors, for fishing, be-
sides excursions in the houseboat
which will accomodate 40 persons.
The resort has its own harbor,
which measures approximately ISO
by 75 feet.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Houston were"
the guests of honor at a party given
Monday evening a the Presbyterian
Annex by the Women’s Auxiliary of
the Presbyterian Church in honor
of their fiftieth wedding anniver-
sary. Old time songs were sung and
various guests entertained the
group by relating humorous inci-
dents of by-gone days. The Auxil-
iary presented Mr. and Mrs. Hous-
ton with a potted plant. Refresh-
ments consisting of cake and coffee
and punch were served to the
guests.
It has been said of the world’s
history hitherto that might makes
right. It is for us and for our
time to reverse the maximum, and
to say that right makes might.—
Abraham Lincoln.
one stand in the way of new indus-
try for Texas.”
Semiannual Meeting
These employe celebrations are
semi-annual meetings, having been
started some 10 years ago, a truly
employe affair, where everyone fair
a day holds “open house.” And.
while the wheels of the sulphur op-*-
cration must turn on a 24-hour ba-
ern tinomust turn on a 24-hour ba-
sis, nevertheless, all but a skeleton
crew participate within the day’s
activities of genuine relaxation,
sports, games, dancing and music,,
together with the more serious pro-
gram of awarding emblems of
merit to fellow workmen and hon-.
oring their presence.
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