Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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SHARKS TO DODGE—Scott Appleton, Brady Bull-
dog’s Senior All-State 209-pound guard, mighty be the
one to keep away from Saturday night in Austin.—Photo
courtesy Brady Standard-News.
Eight Sharks Placed
On All-District Teams2
Coaches of District 26AA in a
meeting held last Thursday placed
eight members of the champion
Palacios Sharks on the two teams.
One member, Edgar Reed, was
given honorable mention on the
offensive team at tackle.
Five members of the Sharks
were named to the offensive team:
Dickie Kubecka, Marvin Kastrop,
Roy Lee Hogg, Bemey Keszler and
Kenneth Cook. West Columbia and
Sweeny placed two each. Edna, Bol-
ing and Wharton one each on the
offensive team.
The Sharks placed Terry Bonds,
David Bolling and John Penland
on the defensive team. West Co-
lumbia placed 2, Edna 4, Wharton
and Sweeny one each; Boling and
Needville placed none.
On both teams Palacios placed
8, Edna 5, West Columbia 4,
Sweeny 3, Wharton 2, Boling 1 and
Needville failed to place.
Needvilie did have the honor of
scoring more points against the
Sharks this season than any other
district contender, that being 16.
ALL DISTRICT 26-AA OFFENSIVE TEAM
ENDS
DICKIE KUBECKA, Senior ................... PALACIOS
RAY HOBBS, Junior BOLING
TACKLES
THOMAS FLOWERS, Senior WEST COLUMBIA
AUGUST BRANDLE, Senior WHARTON
(Honorable Mention: Edgar Reed, Senior, Palacios)
GUARDS
MARVIN KASTROP, Senior ..................... PALACIOS
DENNIS CALLAWAY, Sophomore................ SWEENY
CENTER
ROY LEE HOGG, Senior....................PALACIOS
QUARTERBACK
BERNEY KESZLER, Senior ....................... PALACIOS
BACKS
KENNETH COOK, Senior ...........................PALACIOS
TOMMY KNUDSEN, Junior.......................... EDNA
BILLY WHEELER, Senior .................... SWEENY
ROBERT JENKINS, Senior WEST COLUMBIA
ALL DISTRICT 26-AA DEFENSIVE TEAM
ENDS
RAY HARWELL, Senior ............................... SWEENY
JIMMY WALLACE, Senior WHARTON
TACKLES
TERRY BONDS, Senior .............................. PALACIOS
BUTCH CLARK, Senior.........................................EDNA
GUARD
DAVID BOLLING, Senior PALACIOS
LINE BACKERS
WAYNE POLLARD, Junior WEST COLUMBIA
CALVIN CUNNINGHAM, Senior .................... EDNA
CORNER LINE BACKERS
JOHN PENLAND, Senior........................... PALACIOS
FRANK ORZABAL, Senior EDNA
SAFETIES
C. G. MATA, Junior ...................... EDNA
EDWART KENNEMER, Senior WEST COLUMBIA
Eight New Camhber Of Commerce Directors
Elected, Elction Of Officers At tNext Meeting
The ballots were counted at the
regular meeting of the Palacios
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
night and the following eight di-
rectors were elected: M. A. Spree,
My Neighbors
“Now think, Hartwig, Is this
the time to ask for a raise?”
Wayne Denker, R. B. Trull, Ronald
Harris, Irvin Petersen, Mrs. Pa-
tricia Raplee, Dr. Norman E. Run-
yon and C. H. Chatham.
They will serve with the hold-
over directors: Jack Partain, M. M.
Brooking, George Harrison, Ralph
Newsom, S. W. Wilson, Fred Huitt
and S. D, Barber.
The election of officers will be
held at the January meeting.
The auditing committee are now
at work and will make a report at
the next meeting.
Mr. and Mrs, Louis Curran and
sons of Houston and Mr. and Mrs.
C. T. Dyson and shildren of Point
Comfort were Sunday visitors of
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Claybourn.
DRIVE LIKE YOUR LIFE DE-
PENDS ON IT—IT DOES!
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1959
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME LII, NUMBER 50
Sharks Go To State Semifinals
PALACIOS SHARKS BRADY BULLDOGS
No. Weight Name Position Name Weight No.
10 145 JOHN PENLAND (C) ........ Back CHARLES REYNOLDS 146 41
12 130 NORRIS CRAWFORD Back BILLY CAVIN 173 44
31 155 KENNETH COOK Back................DONALD SESSOM 147 45
41 190 BERNEY KESZLER Back FERNANDO LAFUENTE 147 47
51 159 ROY LEE HOGG (C) Center BILL ARCHER 206 50
64 168 DAVID BOLLING ............. Guard FRANK TOMLINSON 156 60
65 158 MARVIN KASTROP Guard SCOTT APPLETON 209 65
63 190 TERRY BONDS Tackle KENNETH BODE 171 70
72 170 EDGAR REED Tackle CURTIS GLEATON 166 71
82 155 LARRY TAYLOR End ORVILLE WRIGHT 166 80
85 169 DICKIE KUBECKA ..........End............CHARLES HANSON 157 82
COACHES: COACHES:
Joe Newbill, Tony Carr, Harry Treybig C. D. York, K. Y. Dwens, Ed Whiteley
and Charles Shreve and Leonard Boyd
Gas-Dislillafe
Well Finaled For
I Million (u. FI.
By BOB WILKINSON
Oil Operator-Broker
Completions were reported in the
Palacios and Magnet - Withers
Fields during the week.
In the expanding area of Pa-
lacios in Matagorda County, Kil-
roy Company and F. A. Callery
finaled No. 1 Pierce-State Unit No.
2 for a gas-distillate well, flowing
21,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily
from 8,035-51 feet and 16,500,000
cubic feet of gas daily from 8,922-
43 feet.
The immense Magnet-Withers
pool in Wharton County produced
a dry gasser for Smith & Smith:
8,600,000 cubic feet daily from
3,831-35 feet and 16,500,000 cubic
feet daily from 3,072-76 feet. This
completion is called No. 1 Miocene
Gas Unit No. 1.
Northwest of Hungerford about
two miles, Texkan Oil Company
plugged and abandoned No. 1 Dora
Hudgins at 5,526 feet.
More late drill reports, field-by-
field, area-by-area:
Palacios—Texaco’s No. 4 Evelyn
Harriman is arounl or near its
projected depth. . . Pan Am’s No.
1 C. G. Harvey is drilling around
8,500 feet. . . A completion or
workover rig is being moved in on
Kilroy-Callery’s No. 2 H. L. Henry
drillsite.
Southwest Pheasant — Socony
Mobil Oil Company’s No. 2 R. B.
Trull is digging below 6,000 feet.
Northeast Citrus Grove—Russell
Maguire’s No. 1 Stanley Kubela is
projected to 10,000 feet.
North Blessing—North Central
Oil Corporation is testing No. 1
Robert Swain Unit. Indications are
that it may be an. oiler. . . North
Central and Trunkline Gas Com-
pany have spudded in No. 1 L. C.
Cornelius, projected to 9,500 feet.
East Blessing—George R. Brown
is completing No. 1 Elizabeth R.
Dawdy.
East El Maton—Superior Oil
Company’s No. 1 D. K. Poole is
digging past 20,000 feet.
Tidehaven — Texkan Oil Com-
pany’s B-l Grace P. Heffelfinger
is around or near its projected
depth of 10,800 feet.
Markham—Texaco is testing No.
25 W. E. Hudson, bottomed at 4,-
475 feet.
Southwest Markham — Cyprus
Oil Company’s No. 1 Sam V. Le-
(See “OIL NEWS,” Page 4)
Mrs. Paul Langham To
Represent County At
State Cancer Meeting
Mrs. Paul Langham will repre-
sent Matagorda County Unit of
the Texas Division of the Ameri-
can Cancer Society at the 14th
Annual Meeting of the Texas Di-
vision scheduled for December
10-11.
The meeting will be held at the
Rice Hotel in Houston and is ex-
pected to draw more than 500 vol-
unteers from every part of Texas
to consider advances in the field
of Cancer Control.
Mrs; Langham as official dele-
gate from Matagorda County Unit
will actively participate in the
Texas Division Meeting of the
membership to consider the future
course of Cancer Control during
the coming year. Election of Board
Members will also be considered.
There will be no Youth Club
meeting Saturday night.
SHARKS MUST STOP—Billy
Ross Cavin, senior fullback for
the Brady Bulldogs is their lead-
ing scorer and ground gainer.—
Photo courtesy Brady Standard.
GRASSY POINT
By LORRAINE BASFORD
The winds were variable all this
week, from SW, NE, SE and even
the N|W, a few scattered showers
came along to help or hinder ac-
cording to the mood each fisherman
might have been in, the tide has
been low all week, and there were
very few boats going out, and yet
there were many nice catches of
fish taken from the local spots.
There was live bait available as
it is being brought in. The price is
a bit higher than summer prices,
but that is to be expected. Also,
one finds that their bait goes far-
ther at this time of the year, as all
of the trash, or bait stealing fish,
have left for deeper waters. There
is also plenty of frozen bait. Many
fishermen find that peeling frozen
tails is a big help in making the
bait seem more natural.
Also this is that time of year
when lures are put to use, even by
the fisherman who uses live bait
most of the year. Have you ever
noticed that very few lures ac-
tually resemble copies of natural
fish foods—such as shrimp? Some
of the best proven lures are not
even a reasonable facsimile of fish
foods. Yet they produce. This
seems to prove that age old theory
that fish have poor vision, and what
they really see and strike at is a
moving object and that it has some
size to it. The shape or pattern
seem to have nothing to do with
what the fish wants. So, if the man
behind the rod uses a lure of the
proper size and fishes it in a man-
ner closely resembling the move-
ment of natural foods, it proves to
give the best results, for it isn’t
the lure, but the man that fools
the fish.
• * *
Any wife will tell you that a
woman’s work is never done—by
husbands—he is usually off fishing.
* » *
Fishing has paid off along the
banks of the Tres-Palacios river
and at Red Bluff. Fishermen using
both live and frozen bait were
catching trout, one to four pounds,
small sheepshead, rat reds, and
drum. Along with lots of small
(See “FISHING,” Page 4)
’Safely Sunday’ To
Signal Opening Of
Traffic Campaign
Sunday, December 13, has been
designated by Governor Price Dan-
iel as “Safety Sunday” in Texas to
signal the opening of the Christ-
mas-New Year’s holiday traffic
safety campaign throughout the
state.
The Governor’s proclamation
said efforts to “end death and de-
struction on the streets and high-
ways of Texas will not fully suc-
ceed until each driver comes to
realize that traffic safety is a
spiritual concern.” The Governor
urged each citizen to help awaken
in the conscience and mind of every
driver the realization that negli-
gence at the wheel of an automo-
bile is a transgression of God’s
Own Command, “Thou Shalt Not
Kill.” He also asked the assistance
of every pastor in Texas by re-
minding each church member of
his moral responsibility in obeying
the traffic laws.
Numerous organizations have al-
ready pledged their support of the
annual campaign to reduce the
holiday highway slaughter. In an-
ticipation of the Department of
Public Safety’s annual prediction
of holiday deaths, a statewide pro-
gram is now getting under way
through the coordination of the
Texas Traffic Safety Council, the
state’s official unit, the Governor’s
Highway Safety Commission and
the Texas Safety Association.
“Last Christmas,” Governor Dan-
iel recalled, “the tremendous effort
put forth in behalf of traffic safe-
ty during the holiday season saved
one-third of the lives expected to
be lost. The prediction anticipated
95 deaths; there were actually 63
deaths. If Texans can do this once,
they can do it again, and I am
certain we will again receive the
same fine cooperation from every-
one that helped bring about the
major reduction last year.”
But he reminded Texans that
traffic deaths are up about 6%
for the first ten months of this
year over the same period in 1958,
and fatal crashes are up 9%.
“Since December is always one of
our deadliest months,” the Gover-
nor concluded, “our campaign will
cover the whole month and reach
a climax during the holidays, when
human life should be more precious
to all of us because of the special
occasion we observe.”
City Adopts Ordinance
Designating Limits Of
Newly Annexed Area
A new ordinance was adopfted
at the regular meeting of the City
Council Monday night designating
the boundaries of the City of Pa-
lacios. The ordinance was present-
ed and asked to be adopted by
City Attorney Eli Mayfield.
Building permits were issued the
Boaz Building Co., for a new build-
ing valued at $7,350 on the S. W.
180 ft. of Lot No. 3 of the S. W.
14 of Section 8. Mrs. Florence M.
Trull for a new residence valued at
$15,000, in Block 30, North % of
Lots 13, 14 and 15. Emma Martinez
for remodeling valued at $1,500 at
Lot 18, Block 76.
M. O. Cavallin reports that the
City is building a new sidewalk
on the West Side of Third Street
from Humphrey Avenue to Johnson
Avenue. He also reported that tile
had been ordered for a drainage
project in Foley Village.
Tangle Brady Bulldogs
In Austin Saturday
The little publicized, yet record-
breaking Palacios Sharks will take
on the Brady Bulldogs in the State
Semifinals in Austin Saturday
night. The game will be played
in House Park Stadium, Lamar
Boulevard and 12th Street at 8:00
o’clock.
This will be the third time this
season the Sharks have met a
team called the ’’Bulldogs” and
as tradition happens each one gets
a little tougher.
The Sharks have played as a
smooth working team all season.
As the backs improved, the line
improved—from no stars on the
team it has improved where all
are stars. For Kenneth Cook in the
backfield we have Terry Bonds in
the line; for Berney Keszler we
have David Bolling; for Norris
Crawford there is Marvin Kastrop;
for John Penland there’s Edgar
Reed; for Bobby Fowler there’s
Roy Lee Hogg; for Joe Sartain
there’s Fred Woodland; for Paul
Treybig there’s Jamie Weaver; for
Donnie Kubecka there’s Carl Bar-
rett; and for the oustanding ends
Larry Taylor and Dickie Kubecka,
there’s Carl Pendergrass and Fred
Rendon; for ends Ralph Bowers,
|W. L. Hamlin there’s Bobby Dillard
—your Palacios Sharks.
An intricate part of this great
team is it’s coaching staff; Joe
Newbill, Tony Carr, Harry Trey-
big, and Charles Shreve.
Both clubs in Saturday’s semi-
final battle are senior teams—both
are considered defensive teams—
both have the determination to win.
This is Brady’s fourth straight
year in the AA playoffs and Satur-
day’s game in Austin will be No.
57 for them in four years. The
Bulldogs went to the finals in ’56
and ’57, losing first to Stamford
and then to Terrell. They were
^defeated by Liberty last year in
the quarterfinals, 16-8.
The entire first team of the
Bulldogs will be seniors except
Charles Reynolds, a sophomore
and a left-handed passer. Billy
Ross Cavin, 173 fullback, is their
leading scorer and ground gainer.
Jaycees Seek Lease
Of Pavilion; Plan For
Local 'Drag Strip'
A delegation from the Palacios
Junior Chamber of Commerce
meeting with members of the Sea-
wall Commission was given the
“old way, let’s see, stall” at the
regular meeting of the Seawall
Commission Monday night.
The Jaycee committee in making
their bid for the Palacios Pavilion
(lease expiring last month for the
Pavilion Association) presented
their proposition of a yearly rent,
and a pledge of 10% return to re-
pair the building; 10% to the build-
ing of a ball park; 10% to helping
underprivileged children and 70%
to the building of a swimming
pool and a miniature golf course.
The delegation also agreed to
open the Pavilion six days a week
with the right to refuse admittance
to any individual.
The Pavilion Association, who
acquired the lease on the Pavilion
two years ago, had as their first
objective the arrangement of keep-
ing the pavilion open to the public.
This was never accomplished. Their
lease expired last month. The Sea-
wall Commission, in their move,
wanted to confer with the officials
of the Pavilion Association before
any action was taken. Whether it
will be an open or closed meeting,
remains to be seen.
Members of the Jaycees meeting
with the Commission were Her-
bert Gibson, Jr., president; L. F.
Beard, treasurer, Earl Rogers and
James Claybourn. Curley Oglesby
also attended the meeting.
Scott Appleton, 209 guard, was
named all-state last year and liv-
ing up to expectations this season.
On the 28-man squad are 14
seniors, 3 juniors and 11 sopho-
mores.
Over 300 tickets to the game in
Austin Saturday night were sold
from 4:00 o’clock until 7:00 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon, R. C. Shelton
reports. Reserve seats are $2.00
(See “FOOTBALL,” Page 8)
Personal Conduct
Is Important,
Rolarians Told i
The Reverend Rayford Harris
spoke to the Rotary Club about
the deeper significance of person-
al citizenship. Going beyond the
surface actions of voting and tax
payments one discovers that his
personal conduct is the most im-
portant factor in its result on the
lives of youth. It is in this area
that real citizenship is discovered.
The fundamental thing is the daily
life of hoiesty, justice, and proper
relationships with those in our
community.
One’s conception of these traits
is the determining factor in his
behavior. The enthusiasm of his
discussions about matters of right
and wrong, his views about values
of major importance have far more
influence on youth than the
process of being a good legal citi-
zen. Consequently, one must, as a
good citizen, prepare himself with
extreme care for a daily life that
exerts the desired influence upon
our youth.
Guests of the club were Jim
Sartwelle, Houston; Jimmie Evans,
Bill Massey, Cecil Blake, Port La-
vaca; Cecil Kinard, El Campo;
Sheriton Burr, M. C. McClanahan,
Bay City; and Ben Schleider, Bren-
ham.
Farm Agent Says
Testing Oi Soil Is
A Practical Tool
It’s good business to anticipate
the fertilizer needs of your crops
before deficiency symptoms can
be seen on the crop itself, accord-
ing to County Agent Rayford Kay.
Waiting for a deficiency to de-
velop is a poor practice, for by
then crop losses already have taken
place.
In the present day farming, the
real problem is to know how well
a particular fertilizer is meeting
the needs of a crop.
Kay pointed out that once a
farmer has embarked on a ferti-
lizer program, its value in meeting
the needs of the crop from year
to year can be estimated by soil
tests. Soil testing is a practical
tool that tells you what you want
to know about your soil before the
trouble appears and before it’s too
late to correct it.
By following a regular program
of soil testing, you can avoid loss
in yield and low profits resulting
from hidden hunger of your crops.
Soil testing is the modern way to
determine your fertilizer needs.
It’s a tough world for the Amer-
ican businessman. Every time he
comes up with something new, the
Russians invent it a week later
and the Japanese make it cheaper.
The Jaycees met with the Pa-
lacios Racing Association Tuesday
night at the airport to go over the
The Weather
final arrangements for drag rac-
Date
Max.
Min.
Prec.
ing. The Strip will be known as
Dec. 1
63"
53°
0.10
the Palacios Drag Strip and spon-
Dec. 2
68"
42"
0.00
sored by the Palacios Jaycees.
Dec. 3
67°
36°
0.00
Rules will be set by the Jaycees
Dec. 4
65°
45°
0.10
and they must be obeyed to the
Dec. 5
69°
42°
0.00
letter. There will be no excuse
Dec. 6
60"
29°
0.00
for any member to violate a traf-
Dec. 7
66°
38°
0.00
fic law. There will be lessons in
Dec. 8
74°
44°
0.00
traffic laws, safety and a class to
Total rainfall for year: 48.30
(See “JAYCEES,” Page 4)
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