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, Three Prospective
14 School Locations
North Of Town
The survey of the Palacios In-
dependent School District should
be complete enough in a week or
10 days for the beginning of eval-
uation of the material, Superin-
tendent Ralph Newsom announced
Tuesday. Earlier it was thought
that the information would be
ready for the board of trustees
meeting Monday night.
Meanwhile, the survey work is
progressing rapidly. Avery, Pierce
affd Norris, architects supervising
the project, have finished a map
showing the distribution of the
scholastic population in the dis-
trict.
Starting with a large map sev-
eral feet square, drawn by L. G.
Margerum, the architects have
placed a pin in every block where
a school age child lives—a different
colored pin for pupils of West
Side Elementary School, East Side
Elementary School, junior high and
penior high.
Three prospective school sites
are shown on the map. One is a
14-acre tract on the northeast cor-
ner of the intersection of Sixth
Street and the Highway 35 cut-off,
another is a plot of about 25
acres a short distance due north
of there, and the third is a tract of
20 acres in Foley’s Bay Develop-
ment.
Guy Johnson, president of the
board of i ustees, said that the
public probably will be given a
chance to vote on the actual site,
as was done when the present
high school building site was se-
lected.
The survey now under way was
initiated because of crowded con-
ditions brought about an ever-
increasing enrollment in all locals
schools. It is expected that the
data compiled will show the need
for an additional building or
buildings.
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^Salvation Army
Campaign Nets $121,
Chairman Announces
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Palacios’ Salvation Army drive
this year netted $121 from 22 con-
tributors, Chairman Guy Clay-
bourn announced this week.
There was no direct solicitation
made and all donations were ob-
tained through the mail, Mr. Clay-
bourn said. The amount was about j remains as their last loss.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1951
PALACIOS. MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME XLIV NUMBER 41
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COACH “SHARKY”SHELTON
Sharks' Mentor Has
Record Of 21 Wins,
9 Losses, 4 Deadlocks
Coach “Sharky” Shelton, whose
football teams haven’t tasted de-
feat in their past 18 starts, has a
long athletic record behind him
although he is just entering his
fourth coaching year Right now
he is leaving no stone unturned
in his efforts to keep that string
going.
Starting his coaching career here
in the fall of 1948 after graduation
from East Texas State Teachers
College, Sharky was able to guide
his first team to only one win and
one tie. His Sharks lost seven
that season.
In 1949, his boys started making
up a fine record, however. They
won six, lost two, and tied one
that year, but the boys at high
school remember that season chief-
ly because it was then that they
began their current “defeatless”
string. After losing 14-0 to York-
town on October 21, 1949, the
Sharks bounced back to defeat
Ganado and Runge and tie Port
Lavaca 0-0 in the final game of the
season. That Yorktown defeat still
the same as for 1950.
The local chairman expressed his
appreciation to all contributors.
“The Salvation Army is as fine a
group of people as I have ever
yhad the pleasure to work for,” he
declared. “They never turn down
anybody in trouble. The money
you have contributed will go far
toward helping to alleviate suffer-
ing in Palacios,” he concluded.
Here is the list of contributors
as turned in by Mr. Claybourn:
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Friery, Cres-
cent Drug Store, J. Giardo, George
Cortks, Ben Franklin Store, O. E.
Sorrell, Capitol Theatre, Western
Auto Associate Store, Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Claybourn, Guy Johnson,
jkFeather and Son, Mr. and Mrs.
^am Wolstein, White Swan Courts,
B. W. Trull, Miss Besse Belknap,
G. T. Brooking, Mrs. G. Sals-
bury, the Rev. Wesley N. Schulze,
Thomas Brandon, Tom Slone, How-
ard C. Campbell, and Dr. J. C.
White.
CpI. Clarence Weber
Serving At Air Force
Base In Newfoundland
Cpl. Clarence B. Weber, son of
Mrs. Catherine Lyman of Trenton,
N. J., is currently serving at
Pepperrell Air Force Base in New-
foundland as an aircraft mechanic,
according to the base commanding
officer, Col. J. G. Pratt.
The U. S. Northeast Command
and its USAF component, the
Northeast Air Command, are head-
quartered at Pepperrell AFB, ad-
jacent to the capital city of New-
foundland, St. John's.
A graduate of Palacios High
f Kt^chool, Corporal Weber entered
the service in 1949. He received
his basic training at Lackland AFB
and completed a technical course at
Sheppard AFB, Texas. Prior to
his present assignment, he served
at Goose Bay AFB in Labrador.
SGT. JENSEN RETURNS
Sgt. Ellis Jensen Jr., son of
i Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Jensen, will
sail October 19 on the return
voyage to the U. S. He has been
stationed with occupation forces
in Germany for the past several
months.
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WANTED: OLD CLOTHES
West Side Elementary School
is planning a rummage sale some-
time in November to help raise
funds to purchase a phonograph
for use by the pupils. Anyone who
Wknas old clothes he wishes to get
vrrid of is urged to bring them by
the school any week day during
school hours.
Everybody is familiar with the
1950 Sharks’ almost perfect record
of 10 victories and one tie that
gained them a regional champion-
ship. Thus, in his fourth year of
coaching, Sharky’s teams have
amassed a record of 20 wins, nine
defeats and four ties.
Winning is nothing new to the
Sharks’ mentor, however. A fleet
halfback in his playing days, he
saw plenty of action on a fine high
school squad at Ladonia in North
Texas. In the fall of 1939 he en-
rolled at A. & M. Junior College
at Magnolia, Ark., where he let-
tered as a halfback his first year
He earned another letter the
next year, when the junior college
was rated the number one team
in the nation in its class. He was
also chosen to play on an all-star
team in a bowl game against the
state champions in Arkansas that
year.
After a four-year hitch in the
Marine Corps during the war,
Sharky entered East Texas State
to finish his education. While there
he earned two more varsity letters
in football and two in track.
Sharky hands all the credit for
his fine coaching record to the
boys who made it. Last year’s
hard-working crew was as good a
bunch of boys as he ever had thc-
pleasure to associate with, he de-
clares, and the current group
seems to be measuring up just as
well, he adds.
With one district championship
behind him, Sharky is just as
anxious as any of his youngsters
to win another. That Vanderbilt
well be the
deciding contest
this
season, so
Sharky will be
busy
concocting
ways and means of
producing a
victory.
The Weather:
Date
Max.
Min.
l’rec.
October 3
89°
77°
0.00
October 4
90°
79°
0.00
October 5
90°
78°
0.03
October 6
90°
73°
0.00
October 7
77°
59°
0.00
October 8
77°
52°
0.00
October 9
80°
51°
0.00
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Barrett had
as their guests last week Dr. C. H.
Barrett of Pamona, Calif., Mr.
Vandenberg and son, and J. B.
Barrett of Pampa, Texas.
Sgt. Walter L. Roach, Pfc. Pete
Aparicio and Pfc. Lupe Rodriguez
left Thursday for Greiger AFB,
Spokane. Wash,, for active duty
there. All three airmen were mem-
bers of the Texas 136 Aircraft
Control and Warning Squadron at
Victoria.
HERE IS WHAT YOUR CHAMBER (
OF COMMERCE CAN DO FOR YOU
(An Editorial)
You are an important part of what can be one of the
finest cities not only in Southern Texas, not only in all of
Texas) but in these United States.
We have all the physical attributes required to build
such a city. Not the largest city—perhaps not a large city—
possibly a city not much larger that we are today. Fine
cities are not determined by size. We need quality, not
quantity, to move into that class.
What do we need to do to become a fine city? What do
we lack? How can we supply it? There will be almost as
many answers to those questions as we have citizens. But
from all those answers can be derived sensible, workable
solutions to all the things that are holding us back.
We want to ask you one question. We want only one
person to receive that answer. That person is YOU. This
is the question: “Are you doing everything in your power,
all that might be reasonably expected of you, to make this
the finest city in the land?” You deserve an honest answer
to that question from YOU.
If your answer is not in the affirmative then you owe
it to yourself to do something about it. You deserve to live
in the finest city. You can live in the finest city. But you
must carry your share of the load—you must not shirk your
responsibility.
It is the function of a Chamber of Commerce to contin-
ually work for improvement of the community. That is the
purpose for which it exists. The finest cities are those which
have excellent Chambers of Commerce.
An excellent Chamber of Commerce is not necessarily
one with a large treasury and heavy expenditures. But—
without exception every live Chamber of Commerce is one
in which a large majority of the citizens participate. It is
one place where some one else can not do the job for you.
The Palacios Chamber of Commerce is undertaking to
operate for the balance of 1951 without any paid help. They
u?.ve taken for their prime objective the collection and classi-
fication of all data pertaining to the community. It is a
BIG job. Each director has assumed supervision of one
angle of this work. Every member has been assigned a
place to help.
But this won’t get the job done. Every citizen is asked
to help on this project. You have information which no one
else will think to give. It is needed to complete the picture.
Please contact any of the directors or write direct to Palacios
Chamber of Commerce offering your information and your
help. Let’s build a finer Palacios.
Shivers Salutes Oil Industry*,
hamber Of Commerce Directors
Point Out Need For Information
Committee assignments for the
Chamber of Commerce’s fact-find-
ing organization were announced
at the regular meeting Tuesday
night as the directors called for
the cooperation of all chamber
members and others who might be
able to aid in compiling data.
Ruel Foley, a new member of
the Chamber of Commerce, pointed
out to the group present that he
had a request for the temperature
of the water in the city’s artesian
wells, a seemingly insignificant
bit of information that was diffi-
cult to track down, but which
might have an important bearing
on the future growth of Palacios,
Carancahua Women
Win 69 Ribbons At
Jackson County Fair
Carancahua Home Demonstra-
tion Club members brought home
69 ribbons from the Jackson Coun-
ty Fair, Mrs. William Hetchler,
club reporter, announced this week.
The HD women of the club car-
ried away 22 blue ribbons, 21 red
ones, 13 white and 13 pink, Mrs.
Hetchler said. In addition, their
educational exhibit on gift wrap
ping scored 93 and took a red
ribbon.
Mrs. Edwin Stuhrenberg was re
elected president of the club at its
last meeting. Other new officers
are Mrs. R. G. Robinson, vice-
president; Mrs. Ludwig Peterson,
secretary-treasurer; Mrs. D. F.
Frankson, council delegate; Mrs.
C. G. Jeffers, alternate delegate;
and Mrs. Hetchler, reporter.
Mrs. Frankson gave the council
report and Mrs. Jeffers gave an
interesting demonstration on gift
wrapping.
Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Jack
Elliott attended the pre-tailoring
school in Edna on September 24
and will take a six-week course in
tailoring, each making an all-wool
garment and teaching other inter-
ested club members.
Mrs. Jerome Kovar will be host-
ess at the next meeting at 2 p.m.
October 25.
Dr. John W. Hart
Addresses Lions Club
Tuesday Night
Dr. John W. Hart gave an il-
lustrated talk to the Palacios Lions
Club Tuesday night on the im-
plant method of anchoring lower
dentures in place.
Fifteen Lions and two guests
heard Dr. Hart explain that the
new method makes it possible for
some people to tolerate a lower
denture for the first time. He il-
lustrated his talk with slides.
Other visitors were Walter Orr
and Gene Griffin, brother of F. A.
Griffin, of Baytown.
Official recognition came to the Texas oil industry today in the
form of a proclamation issued by Governor Allan Shivers designating
Oct. 14-20 “Oil Progress Week” in the Lone Star state. In this picture.
Skivers signs the proclamation as Roy M. Stephens, Texas chairman
of the Oil Industry Information Committee, looks on.
Junior High Hornets ' 20,000 Persons See
Seek Revenge Tonight Seventh Annual Rice
Over Alvin Eleven
Coach George 'Rolstfs Junior
High Hornets journey to Alvin
tonight (Thursday) to try for
their second victory in four starts.
So far the Hornets have beaten
Lake Jackson, lost to Edna High
School’s B team and tied big
AAA Freeport.
Finally recovered from a ter-
rific pounding handed them by the
Edna B team two weeks ago, the
Hornets are ready to go this time
and will be out to avenge a 6-0
defeat pinned on them last year
by the Alvinites.
All the Hornets are in fine phy-
sical shape and are spoiling for
a win over their traditional foe.
WOUNDED IN KOREA
Bernardino Estrada received
word from the War Department
last week that h i s son, Pfc.
Bernardo Estrada, has been wound-
ed in action in Korea.
Festival Parade Oct. 6
Many Palaciosites were in Bay
City last Saturday to witness the
parade that climaxed the seventh
annual Rice Festival. About 2,000
persons took part in the parade
as an estimated 20,000 watched.
Center of attraction was Queen
Mary Lipscomb, representing the
Bay Shore Lions Club of Dickin-
son. She was chosen from among
25 candidates for the honor by
Glenn McCarthy, Andiy iRussell,
R. E. Smith, and George Shackle-
ford, the judges.
The hour-long parade featured
more than 120 entries in the var-
ious divisions and inc’l’ded 16
bands (the Palacios High School
Band was one of them), 70 WAFs
from Ellington AFB and several
Army tanks.
The sponsoring Lions called it
the biggest and best festival ever.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE BEACON.
Palacios Private
School Has Room
For 'Under Age' Pupils
Mrs. F. A. Griffin of the Pala-
cios Private School announces that
she has room for a few more
pupils five to six years of age,
especially the "under-age” child.
A well-qualified instructor with
several years of experience with
young children, Mrs. Griffin said
her school offers instruction in obe-
dience, order, neatness, observation
and all the fundamental attitudes
that help a child later in school.
Information may be obtained by
calling 3739 or children may be
taken to the Methodist Church for
classes.
Church Of God
Revival Is Scheduled
To Begin October 16
Roy Merkel of Iowa will be the
main speaker at a revival begin-
ning October 16 at the Ohurch of
God, Lucas and Fourth Street,
Rev. John E. Wells announced this
week.
Services begin each evening at
7:30. Wilburn Curtis will direct
the music and lead the singing.
John A. Stubbs will assist with the
revival.
Rev. Wells said the revival will
continue until about the end of
October. The public is invited.
Lipstick, rouge, and careful
makeup will make a woman look
much younger. But you can’t fool
a steep flight of stairs.
especially if such data is readily
available for those who need it.
Here are the assignments of
chamber members announced for
the various committees:
Business—Mrs. Grace Barnett,
J. A. Partain, J. H. Simpson,
R. J. Sisson, Mrs. Willie Hebei,
Byron Hamlin. Thomas Brandon is
chairman.
Financial—J. F. Barnett. Millard
Brooking is chairman.
Sports—Will E. Turner, Glenn
Pore, Irvin Petersen. Carroll
Cairnes is chairman.
Homes and housing—Mrs. Jer-
ome Kimball, Mrs. J. R. Wagner,
Mrs. Dee Trees, Joe Feather. How-
ard Campbell is chairman.
Churches—E. E. Burton, Ted
Fields, Mrs. Eva Cairnes. Rex
Cooper is chairman.
Commercial fishing—Colter Cor-
Col. Ronald M. Harris, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Com-
merce, announced that two new
members have been added to the
membership roster in October.
They are Ruel B. Foley, owner
of the Buick automobile agency,
and A. V. Miller, one of the lead-
ing young farmers and ranchers
in the Palacios area.
poration, Karl Wickham, Clifford
Morish. Carlton Crawford is chair-
man.
Industry—Glenn Claybourn, Jack
Maddox, Paul 'Richmond, Mack
Johnson, George Hunter. Maynard
Green is chairman.
Fresh Water—B. W. Trull, Ches-
ter Johnson. Col. Ronald Harris is
chairman.
Professional services—Dr. J. R.
Wagner, Dr. E. B. Sanford, Wood-
row Wilson. Dr. John W. Hart is
chairman.
Commissioners’ precinct and
county — D. D. Paulk, Winfred
Johnson, Mrs. Eleanor Bartee.
Commissioner Guy Johnson is
chairman.
Schools—Mrs. Byron King. Su-
perintendent Ralph P. Newsom is
chairman.
Transportation—J. L. Koerber
Jr., P. R. Treacy, R. A. Walker.
Dr. Norman Runyon is chairman.
Agriculture — William Elder,
Frank Cervenka, Farmers Feed
Store, A. H. Petersen, Dick Ray,
Mrs. Jesse Salsbury, A. V. Miller.
Bob Trull is chairman.
City—Price Barnett, Miss Besse
Belknap, Mayor J. L. Koerber,
Ward S. Cook, Harold Bell, Mrs.
Steve Parsutt. Dr. L. A. Wilcox
is chairman.
Oil, gas and minerals—A. Rioux.
Ruel B. Foley is chairman.
Public Utilities—W. H. Clem-
ents, Mrs. C. J. Parchman.Mr.
Jackson. R. H. Neeley is chairman.
Most of the directors present
expressed the hope that they could
have their information ready tc
turn in by the first of the year.
Dr. Wilcox suggested that the data
be put into an abbreviated form
in a brochure that can be distribu-
ted widely where it wili do the
most good, as well as keeping the
detailed information on file in the
chamber office where it will be
instantly available whenever it is
needed.
TWO VETS RETURN
Two Palacios veterans of the
Korean war were among 2,786
who landed at Seattle Tuesday.
They were Pfc. Oscar W. Fegett
and Cpl. Guadalupe Serna Jr.
CITY BANS SIGN BOARDS
INSIDE CITY LIMITS
PORTLAND — This little city,
through which passes a heavy
stream of traffic on its way to big
Corpus Christi, is fed up with the
big sign boards cluttering up the
streets. An ordinance has been
passed requiring a permit and a
stiff license fee for any new sign
boards. “It’s going to be mighty
hard to get a permit for another
sign here,” Mayor Moore pre-
dicted.
JURY NOT SWAYED BY
FAMOUS ATTORNEYS
JUNCTION—When G«me War-
den Malcom Rhinehart was tried
before a justice of peace court
jury here last week, he was rep-
resented by an imposing array of
legal talent. His chief attorney
was former Governor Coke R.
Stevenson, who was aided by for-
mer Speaker of the Texas House
of Representatives, Claud Gilmer.
In spite of the best efforts of these
eminent lawyers, the jury was not
impressed and the defendant was
found guilty of assault and battery
and fined $25.
Dredging Of
New Basin To
Begin By Jan.!
Work on Matagorda County
Navigation District No. l’s new
boat basin is progressing very sat-
isfactorily, according to Chairman
P. R. Treacy, but it will not be
open for business before about
April, 1952, he added.
Construction of about 600 feet
of bulkhead, including the driving
of sheet piling, has been com-
pleted, but about 2,600 still re-
mains to be done, Mr. Treacy
said. The bulkhead along the north
side of the 300-foot channel lead-
ing from the bay to the basin has
been completed down to the in-
stallation of tie-back rods. All
that remains along that stretch is
the dumping of the shell fill, which
is partially completed.
About 200 feet of sheet piling
has been driven along the east side
of the basin, but tie-back piling
and rods will not be installed until
shell fill has been placed there,
Mr. Treacy said. There is about
[ 100 feet of bulkhead in the same
stage of construction on the west
side of the basin, he added.
If the weather continues fair,
Mr. Treacy said, construction of
the bulkhead will be far enough
advanced by late December or
early January to enable the con-
tractors to start dredging of the
basin. Glaze and Vest of El Cam-
po, the contractors, began actual
work on the basin Jul 19.
The $250,000 project was au-
thorized by property owners of
the district at a bond election on
March 17.
Commissioners Vote
To Abolish County
Patrolman's Job
Sheriff Jack Cole has been di-
rected to revoke the deputyship of
County Patrolman D. A. (Doc)
Brooks, whose job will be abol-
ished November 1, it was learned
this week.
County commissioners took the
action at their meeting Monday,
but no reason was given for the
abolition of the position, which
also is known as that of county
traffic officer. The patrol car will
probably be sold.
Mr. Brooks resigned his position
with the C. C. Butane Company
here in order to accept his present
job with the county when Sheriff
Cole took office in January.
Appointment of election officials
to serve in the constitutional
amendment election in November
will be the top subject on the
agenda of the court when it meets
Friday morning at 9:30.
Brazos Seeks Permit
To Drill Well Two
Miles From Palacios
Brazos Oil and Gas Company of
Houston has applied to the Corps
of Engineers for a permit to
build structures for drilling the
company’s State of Texas “E. B.”
Well No. 1 in State Tract No. 55
about two miles south of Pala-
cios.
According to the engineers’ re-
port, the work would consist of
driving eight three-pile dolphins,
sinking a drilling barge, erecting a
derrick with a top elevation of
about 150 feet above mean low
water and constructing a protec-
tive structure, boat landing, tank
and separator platform and two-
walkways.
Any protests from the stand-
point of navigation should be re-
ceived by the district engineer, 606
Santa Fe Building, Galveston, not
later than October 19.
Western Auto Store
Sets 12th Anniversary
Sale For Oct. 12-20
D. M. Green’s Western Auto As-
sociate Store announces its 12th
Anniversary Sale for October 12--
20.
The Main Street Store' nas
served hundreds of customers since
it first opened in 1939,, and the
annual sale is staged to express
appreciation for the public’s pa-
tronage, Mr. Green- said.
Dr. G. D. Williams
Appointed Head Of
Galveston Health Unit
Matagorda County Health Offi-
cer Dr. G. D. Williams has been
named director of the Galveston J
County Health Unit, it was an-
nounced by the Galveston County
Commissioners Court. He will take
over his new duties October 15.
Dr. Williams had served as coun-
ty health officer here for about
15 months. No successor for his
position has yet been announced.
When you ask for a rough esti-
mate of the cost of building a home
today, it’s really rough. But still
not as rough as the final cost.
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