Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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C. Of C. Sponsors Free
Labor Day Boat Races
The Palacios Chamber of Com-
merce will sponsor free boat races
here Labor Day, Monday, Septem-
ber 7 if advertising in the program
now being sold meets the financial
responsibilities, President Norman
E. Runyon told the Beacon Wed-
nesday morning.
The program is going at a sat-
isfactory rate at the present time
to enable us to present the show
free of charge. The programs will
be distributed at concession stands.
The races will be sanctioned by
The second and fourth Tuesday
of each month are the days the
State Department of Welfare Com-
modity Distribution of surplus food
takes place at the City Hall in
Palacios.
A|t present help is needed in get-
ting the food from Bay City to
Palacios in order that it can be
distributed. Anyone willing to do-
nate their time to go to Bay City
or offer financial assistance to
have the food brought over are
asked to contact G. L. (Billy) Har-
rison.
Approximately 45 local families
are receiving these foods at the
present time. Anyone feeling they
too are entitled to receive may ap-
ply at the Community House in
Bay City, located on the Wharton
Highway, on the first or third
Tuesday of each month from 2:30
to 5 p.m.
the Lone Star Boat Racing As-
sociation which staged the success-
ful races held here July 4th.
Seven races of two heats each
will be on the day’s program.
The Palacios Lions Club and
the Little Leaguers are cooperating
to make the day complete with
concessions and barbecue.
Trophies for the races have been
ordered and committees appointed
to make early arrangements.
C. IT. Chatham is chairman of a
committee to provide the judges’
stand. Wallace Barr is in charge
of arranging for the emergency
vehicle and for three pick-up boats
for the races.
Spend Labor Day on beautiful
Tres-Palacios Bay. Attend the boat
races and enjoy the games and
barbecue.
★
204 BALES GINNED
DESPITE WEATHER
Cotton is rolling into the Pa-
lacios Farmers Co-Op Gin at a
more steady rate. At 10 o’clock
Wednesday morning 204 bales
had been ginned compared to 58
bales ginned up to last Wed-
nesday noon.
The first bale of the season
was ginned Monday, July 20. It
was grown by C. C. Ramsey.
George M. Edwards of Houston
was visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. P.
Noble and friends here last week.
The daylight saving idea comes
from an old Indian who cut off
one end of his blanket and sewed
it on the other to make it longer.
Slate Welfare Aids
45 Local Families
Two Days Monthly
Many Important Changes In Election
Laws Alters Stale Political Calendar
Due to recent changes In the
state’s election laws, the political
calendar for 1960 will have a num-
ber of important changes of vital
interest to the voting public.
The Legislature passed, and the
governor signed, a bill moving the
primary elections and convention
from July and August to May and
June. Main portions of the 1960
political calendar will be as fol-
lows:
Filing deadline—Monday, Feb. 1.
First Primary and Precinct Con-
ventions—Saturday, May 7.
County Conventions—Saturday,
May 14.
Second Primary—Saturday, June
4.
State (Presidential) Convention
Tuesday, June 14.
State (Governor) Convention—
Tuesday, September 20.
The new law provides that dele-
gates elected at the May County
Convention shall be delegates for
all state conventions held through-
out the remainder of the year.
This is said to mean that the Pres-
idential State Convention Delegates
in June will also be the delegates
attending the subsequent Septem-
ber State Convention.
Another change bases all con-
vention delegation strengths on the
votes for governor in the preceding
presidential election, but this pro-
vision does not become effective
until 1962. In I960, the delegation
strengths will be based, as usual,
on the vote for Governor in the
preceding general election of 1958.
A new “party affiliation law”
passed by the 56th Legislature,
makes voting in the primary a pre-
requisite to participation in pre-
cinct conventions. Under the law
a person becomes affiliated with a
political party by voting in that
party’s election. He can not, with-
in the same poll tax year, there-
after participate in another party's
convention activities.
Primary election judges stamp a
voter’s poll tax receipt with the
word “Democrat” or “Republican”
at the time he votes in the pri-
mary. If the voter does not bring
his poll tax receipt, the election
judge will issue a certificate.
The new law specially prevents
those who do not vote in the pri-
mary from participating in conven-
tion affairs or being elected to
party office.
My Neighbors
"And what do you do be-
sides teaching swimming?”
A bill to stop absentee vote
abuses also was adopted by the
legislature which changes the
method of voting by mail.
Under provisions of the bill only
sick or disabled voters will now be
able to receive absentee ballots by
mail within the county of their
residence. This is said to eliminate
the “solicitation” of absentee ball-
ots.
Voters absent from the county
can still vote by mail provided
they make application from outside
the county of their residence. How-
ever, if they expect to be within the
county during the period of absen-
tee voting, they are required to
vote in person at the clerk’s office.
Another important change as-
sures more secrecy of the absentee
voter’s ballot by mail. Now, the
voter himself will detach the sign-
ed stub, seal the ballot in a plain
and unidentified envelope then
place the stub and sealed ballot
envelope in a larger envelope, which
will be deposited by the election
judges in the ballot box and will
not be opened until time for count-
ing the ballots.
A new legislative act signed by
the Governor, requires the filing of
primary election returns by pre-
cincts, with the filing of primary
election returns by precincts, with
the county clerk. The new law di-
rects the county executive com-
mittee to meet on Tuesday follow-
ing the primary to ednvass the re-
turns and record the results, pre-
cinct by precinct.
The state of the polls in each pre-
cinct are then filed with the coun-
ty clerk in a book to be kept for
that purpose.
J. D. Munds, Resident
Atlantic Refining Co.
Employee, To Retire
Jesse D. Munds, a resident of
Palacios and a lease pumper in
Southwest Texas, will retire Aug-
ust 31, completing almost 30 years
of service with the Atlantic Re-
fining Company.
Mr. Munds, who was born in
Fordyce, Ark., served with Army
Medical Corps during World War
I and began working with Atlantic
on October 10, 1929.
He and his wife live at 304 South
Bay Boulevard.
Youth Club To Hold
'Bermuda Shorts'
Dance Saturday Night
“Bermuda, Bermuda” is the cry
of all the members of the Palacios
Youth Club as they prepare for
their Bermuda Dance Saturday
night, August 15 at the Youth Club
hall on Commerce Street.
No passport or visa is needed to
enter, but all attending must be
attired in Bermuda shorts or fac-
simile.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE BEACON.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1959 PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS VOLUME LIT, NUMBER 33
Junior Chamber Organized
GRASSY POINT
igSfet
By LORRAINE BASFORD
Shrimp in the bays along the
Texas coast still will be too small
for economical harvest when the
season reopens August 15, accord-
ing to the executive secretary of
the Game and Fish Commission.
Coastal bay waters are closed to
shrimping, to reopen on August
15. However, recent experimental
drags of Commisison biologists
showed 70 percent to be white
shrimp, measuring only 105 mm
or approximately four inches. An-
other area showed the shrimp to be
only 87 mm or a little more than
three and one half inches.
“When these small shrimp are
taken by netters and graded there
will be a tremendous loss” the ex-
ecutive secretary said. “It also will
seriously effect the entire shrimp
harvest and be harmful to next
year’s crop.”
“Shrimpers would do better to
wait at least another 15 days be-
fore going out with their nets.
Their hauls would be much more
productive from a revenue stand-
point; their catches would be of
such better quality and the loss of
young shrimp would be material-
ly reduced.”
* * •
The Game and Fish Commission
gives a clarification of the new
shrimp laws which were passed by
the Texas Legislature this past
season.
The Attorney General rules the
repeal of the shrimp trawl license
as applied to bay shrimping will
not become effective until March 1,
1960.
This means that any person who
did not hold a shrimp trawl li-
cense on May 20, 1959, the effec-
tive date of the law, may purchase
a shrimp trawl license from the
Game and Fish Commission.
This will be in effect until the
Bay Bait Shrimp license becomes
effective to him.
The following is an explanation
of other points in the new law
which have been questioned:
1. A Bay Bait (Shrimp boat op-
erator is required to hold a bait
dealers license if he sells bait
shrimp, caught with the use of
said boat to fishermen in retail
trade.
2. A1 Bay Boat shrimp operator
need not hold a bait dealers license
in order to sell bait shrimp to a
bait dealer.
3. A Bait Dealer may dehead and
hold in a fresh or frozen state for
sale as fish bait, shrimp that were
legally taken for bait purposes
for which are qualified by size for
bait purposes only.
4. In the event that an amount
of bait shrimp in excess of the daily
limit of 250 pounds is taken, the
State may seize and hold and dis-
pose of the shrimp in excess of
the daily amount, or catch limit.
5. Shrimp confiscated as taken
during the closed season or other-
wise illegally taken may be dis-
posed of in the manner deeming
most appropriate by the Game and
Fish Commission.
6. A person holding a valid
shrimp trawl license on the effec-
tive date of the act but not holding
a commercial fishing boat license
may purchase a Fishing Boat li-
cense and take shrimp until the
Commercial Bay Bait Shrimp Boat
License may be issued.
7. A wholesale fish dealer may
NOT purchase, dehead and sell bait
shrimp for bait purposes under his
Wholesale Fish Dealers License.
8. A wholesale fish dealer may
purchase a Bait Shrimp Dealers
License and buy, dehead, and sell
shrimp for bait purposes.
* * *
The Water Safety Att went in-
to effect August 11, 1959, and re-
quires the following'
Classifications: Motorboats sub-
ject to the provisions of the Act
have been divided into four classi-
fications, or classes:
Class A—Less than 16 feet in
length.
Class 1—46-feet and over or less
than 26-feet in length.
Class 2—26-foot or over and less
than 40-feet in length.
Class 3—40-feet and over.
Lighting: Any kind of self pro-
(See “FISHING,” Page 4)
TENA AND GUY JOHNSON were honored Sunday,
August 2, with a reception in honor of their Golden Wed-
ding Anniversary.—Photo by Hunter McDonald.
Sharks To Start Practice Monday A. M.
Season's Opener At Rockport Sepl. 4
The Palacios Sharks will begin
fall football practice Monday morn-
ing at 8:30 o’clock, with their first
game of the season scheduled for
September 4th against the Aransas
County High School Pirates in
Rookiport.
Evening drills will be held at 6:30
p.m. on the opening day with both
times subject to change after the
practice sessions get under way,
Coach Joe Newbill says.
Fourteen lettermen will return
Junior Hornets To
Start Working Out
Monday; 17 Report
Don’t disturb a Hornet's nest.
Good advise for anybody, more
so for the opponents of the Palacios
Junior High School Hornet’s foot-
ball team this year as a fullback
weighed in at 241 pounds at a get-
together meeting Monday night.
Coach Charles Shreve had six
returning lettermen reporting out
of the 17 boys reporting at the
pre-practice meeting with ten more
expected to report when practice
starts Monday at 7:30 a.m.
Lettermen returning and report-
ing were Raymond Morgan (eight
grade); Bruce Erekson, Danny Ku-
becka, Terry Oglesby, Jack Sea-
quist, and Terry Shelton, ninth
graders.
Others reporting were: Tommy
Beard, Walter Bowers, Johnny
Holloway, Mike Martindale, Dan
Miller and Brad Tanner, eighth
graders; Dalton Mangum, Wayne
Rogers, Harvey Smith, Clifford
Wright and Sammy Cowey, ninth
graders.
Tri-Captains for the year will be
Terry Oglesby, Bruce Erekson and
Jack Seaquist.
The schedule for the Hornet’s
this year follows:
Sept. 10—Lake Jackson, Here
Sept. 17—Garwood Hi ‘B’, There.
(Tentative)
Sept. 24—Boling, There
Oct. 1—Ganado Hi ’B’, Here.
Oct. 8—Cureo, There.
Oct. 15—Port Lavaca, Here.
Oct. 22—Patti Welder, Here.
Pet. 29—Crain, There.
All games at 7:30 p.m. except
Cuero at 7:00 p. m.
RETURNS FROM VACATION
Mrs. Charles Johnson and Galen
accompanied Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Krause and son, Ted, on a two
weeks vacation to the Blue Ridge
Mountains and Maryland. They also
visited many places of interest
around Wirshington, D. C. and the
highlight of their trip was a visit
to ,Mt. Vernon, George Washing-
ton’s old home.
While in Maryland they were
guests of Major and Mrs. D. J.
Crews, Jamie, Janet and Gina. Mrs.
Crews is a sister of Mrs. Johnson.
from the 1958 squad, with seven
squadmen, nine from the Junior
High Hornets of last year and five
boys reporting who have never
played before.
September 11 the Sharks will
open their home schedule with the
Tidehaven Tigers. They go to Ga-
nado on September 18 and play the
Industrial Cobras here on Septem-
ber 25 to complete their pre-dis-
trict games.
The Sharks open their district
warfare in West Columbia on Oc-
tober 2 and will play the Boling
Bulldogs here on October 9 before
having an open date. The Whar-
ton Tigers will play here October
23.
The next two weeks the Sharks
will play out of town against
Sweeny on October 30 and Need-
ville, November 6 before com-
pleting the season at home against
the Edna Cowboy on November 13.
The Edna Cowboys are the de-
fending champions of class 26AA
and have been picked to repeat by
the Texas Coaches in their meet-
ing last week in Fort Worth.
Lettermen returning this year
are Roy Lee Hogg, David Bolling,
Hugh Dismukes, Terry Bonds,
Dickie Kubecka, John Penland,
Bobby Fowler, Kenneth Cook, Nor-
ris Crawford, Paul Treybig, Bemie
Keszler, Sterling Barrett, Larry
Taylor and Fred Woodland.
Season tickets will go on sale
Monday, August 24, and will be
$6.00 this season for the five home
games.
Head Coach Joe Newbill will be
assisted by assistant coach Tony
Carr, Junior High coach Charles
Shreve and Harry Treybig in the
practice sessions getting underway
Monday morning.
Final Rites Wednesday
For Old-Time Resident,
Mrs. Teresa Powell, 80
Funeral services for Mrs. Teresa
Catherine Powell were held at the
Palacios Funeral Home Wednesday,
August 12, at 10 a.m. with the
Rev. Clinton Harris, of the First
Methodist Church, conducting the
service. Interment was in the Haw-
ley Cemetery.
Mrs. Powell, who resided at 214
Welch, had lived in Palacios many
years and was a charter member
of the First Methodist Church of
Palacios. She was born December
11, 1879 and passed away Monday
afternoon, August 10, in the Bay
View General Hospital.
Surviving are her husband, Fred
Forrest Powell of Palacios; four
sons, Forrest L. of Longview, Bur-
ton Lee of Washington, D. C., Gor-
don H. of Kennedy and Goldon
Walker of Houston; three sisters,
Mrs. R. H. Rhodes of Blessing, Mrs.
Lena Meadows anfl Mrs. Bessie
Quinn of Houston and two broth-
ers, Herman Blair of West Colum-
bia and Lester Blair of Kansas.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE BEACON
El Campo Club Helps
Organize Local Group
A group of Palacios young men
met Tuesday night, August 11, at
the Loop Restaurant with a dele-
gation of Jaycees from the El Cam-
po Junior Chamber of Commerce
and with W. Jack Salyer, State
Vice-President of Bay City.
The purpose of the meeting was
the formation of a Palacios Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
The El Campo delegation was
headed by Jimmy Toubin, president
and James Peterson, State Director.
Mr. Peterson opened the meeting
and introduced those from El Cam-
po and the State Vice-President.
“The Jaycee Story” was present-
ed by the El Campo Jaycees.
The Junior Chamber of Com-
merce is a civic service organiza-
tion whose membership is open to
all young men between the ages of
21 through 35.
Purpose of the world-wide or-
ganization is the improvement of
the communities in which units are
located and personal development
of its members; both objectives be-
ing accomplished through a wide
variety of project activities.
Junior Chamber Chapters are lo-
cated in 3600 communities in the
United States and have a total
membership of over 200,000. Inter-
nationally, Jaycees Chapters exist
in over 88 countries and territories.
Jaycees in this country have
their own headquarters in Tulsa,
Oklahoma—a memorial in honor of
World War II dead built at a cost
of over $300,000 from contribu-
tions received from Jaycees
throughout the nation.
Another meeting will be held
next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the
Loop Restaurant when the consti-
Marians Learn
Cost 01 Equipping
A Football Player
It takes $123.50 to outfit each
boy on a football team Rotarians
were told by head coach Joe New-
bill Wednesday noon as he spoke
for Superintendent of Schools R.
P. Newsom.
To this amount you can add an-
other $13.00 per player for insur-,
ance protecting them in case of
injury, and an average of a foot-
ball per player, Newbill added.
In giving the possibilities for
the Sharks for the coming season
the coach said that today the secret
is how fast you can block, tackle
and move. Speed is necessary.
Palacios has a chance for a good
season, but could be hurt with in-
juries as we do not have the neces-
sary depth. We have 14 returning
lettermen led by tri-captains Roy
Lee Hogg, Johnny Penland and
Bobby Fowler. Norris Crawford is
one of the better blockers in the
district.
A big problem now is getting
boys out for the game, as they are
too busy making money to buy
gas for a car and to go steady with
the girls. The boys have to sacrifice
a lot to play.
Palacios will have from 30 to 37
boys out for the team this year.
Today's trend is for only about one-
third of boys reporting as there
were in the state 15 to 20 years
ago.
The athletic department depends
entirely upon the gate receipts in
football and basketball to operate
the entire year’s athletic program
Coach Newbill pointed out.
The coaching staff this year will
bn Newbill, Tony Carr, Charles
Shreve and Harry Treybig. We
should have an improved ball club
—but what will the other nine
clubs have in improvement will
toll the tale.
At The Bayview
Patients In Hospital
Mrs. Pablo Campos, John Solis.
Patients Dismissed
Kirk Curran, Emma Samora, L.
D. Karm, Mrs. J. E. Gilmer, Doris
Hunter, J. C. Scott, Mrs. Sterling
Griffith and baby boy.
tution and by-laws will be adopted.
All young men 21 through 35 are
urged to attend.
★
HOSPITAL FLANS
ARE APPROVED
Plans for the “Wagner Gen-
eral Hospital”, the county hos-
pital to be built in Palacios, have
been approved by the State
Health Department.
Thursday night the County
Hospital Board will meet to ap-
prove these plans and after their
approval the plans will be pre-
sented to the contractors who will
have 45 days in which to submit
their bid.
J. A, Parlain, Area
Native, Is Victim
Of Heart Attack
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. Tuesday, August 11 at the
First Methodist Church for J. Al-
fred Partain, grocer, who died sud-
denly Monday morning in the Bay
View General Hospital.
The Rev. Clinton Harris officiat-
ed and interment was in the Pa-
lacios Cemetery.
Mr. Partain was bom at Ashby,
Texas, on February 8, 1903, the
son of the late John Alfred and
Martha Frances Smith Partain.
He moved with his parents to Pa-
lacios when a youngster and made
this his home, except for several
years spent in Houston. He attend-
ed the Palacios schools and was
a member of the First Methodist
Church.
He purchased the Arnold Grocery
here in August, 1947 and had been
in the grocery business since that
time.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ruth Skinner Partain; two sons,
Jack Everett and Robert Arthur
Partain, a daughter, Carol Ann
Partain; five sisters, Mrs. Roberta
Richards, Mrs. Claire Burton and
Mrs. Ermine Stewart, all of Par
lacios; Mrs. Louise Smith of Hous-
ton and Mrs. Polly Hecq of Long
Beach, Calif.; one brother, Forrest
Partain of Houston and one grand-
son, Jack Alford Partain of Pa-
lacios.
Not A Man On Base
As Gals Play Grudge
Battle Friday Night
The Firemen ladies, who were de-
feated last Friday night by the
Lions ladies in an exciting soft-
ball game, will be out for revenge
Friday night. Game time is 7:45
p.m. at the Eastside Elementary
School diamond.
Load your family in the car and
come out and cheer the ladies on.
You will see a thrilling ball game,
have many a laugh and help a
worthy cause as the proceeds will
go to the Palacios Recreation As-
sociation.
The ladies have put aside their
household duties this week in order
to get in a week of hard practice.
Even though they are sore, in
spots, they are ready for the big
game.
If all the things you own that
have a life time guarantee, are be-
ginning to wear out, you’re middle
aged.
The Weather
Date !
Vlax.
Min.
Prec.
August 4
72"
81°
0.00
August 5
93°
77°
0.00
August 6
93°
77°
trace
August 7
95“
77°
0.00
August 8
95°
76°
0.77
August 9
95°
75°
0.00
August 10
91°
74°
1.21
August 11
89°
76°
0.13
Total rainfall for year: 26.11
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