Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1949 Page: 1 of 8
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MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM TO BE
SPONSORED BY AMERICAN LEGION
Stores To Close For Holiday; Services To
Be Held At Methodist Church, Cemetery
GOVERNOR JESTER SIGNS BILL TO
SELL CAMP HULEN PROPERTY
House Bills Authored By Rep. Franklin
Perry Aids Palacios And Community
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1948
8:00 P. M.
Processional Ginger Richards and Carolyn Bates
Invocation Rev. V. J, Bily;
Salutatory......................... .......... Jimmie Henson
Vocal Special............................Girls’ Sextette
Valedictory Roberta Peterson
Commencement Address................. Dr. R. E. Smith
American Legion Awards Ronald M. Harris
High School Awards W. E. Sullivan
Awarding Diplomas......................Supt. Ralph P. Newsom
Benediction Rev. Aubrey C. Maxted
Recessional Carolyn Bates and Ginger Richards
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES TONITE
FOR 32 H. S. GRADUATES OF 1919
Roberta Peterson And Jimmy Henson
Honor Students; R. E. Smith To Address
Monday, May 30th, and Memor-
ial Day will be observed in Pala-
cios with a program at 10:45 a.m.
in the First Methodist Church,
followed by services in the cem-
etery and decoration of graves,
sponsored by the American Legion.
Practically all business houses
will he closed including the post
office and bank. Placards furnished
Pirates Lose To
Danevang In I2lh;
Go To Edna Sunday
Taiton with a win over the Bay
City Oilers Sunday took undisputed
lead of the Ilug-the-Coast Baseball
league as the Palacios Pirates drop-
ped a 12-inning 4-hour battle to
the proverbial jinx, the Danevang
'Ciibs, by a score of 12 to 8.
Fans saw every thing in the way
of baseball at Sunday’s game. Hits,
runs, errors, double and even a
triple play executed, batmen hit by
pitched balls, interference play call-
ed by umpire, balks, arguments and
■just anything else you could expect.
Don Heft was behind the plate
for the Pirates receiving the pitches
of John Heft, Walter Barrier and
Phil Manning, Jr.
The play of the game was in the
last half of the ninth inning, men
on first and second, a double steal
on, and the Pirate batter popped
an infield fly to shortstop, who
doubled the man off second, and the
throw to first tripled the man there.
The Cubs scored four runs in the
top half of the 12th inning to ice
the game.
The Pirates will journey to Edna
Sunday to take on the Edna Pipe-
liners, who holds the same position
as the Pirates in the league stand-
ing with three wins and one loss.
The box score of Sunday’s game
will be found on page 8. The Pi-
rates' individual batting averages
are available, but (in a joking way)
we do not have type small enough
to equal their merits.
HOW THEY STAND
Team
P
W
L
Pet.
TAITON
4
4
0
1.000
PALACIOS
4
3
1
.750
EDNA
4
3
1
.750
BAY CITY
4
2
2
.500
DANEVANG
4
2
2
.500
GANADO
4
1
3
.250
HUNGERFORD
4
1
3
.250
LOUISE
4
0
4
.000
RESULTS LAST WEEK
Danevang 12, Palacios 8
Taiton 6, Bay City 4
Edna 16, Louise 11
Ganado 2, Hungerford 1
WHERE THEY PLAY
Palacios at Edna
Louise at Danevang
Taiton at Hungerford
Ganado at Bay City
County 4-H Club members have
been sent cards to fill out in pre-
paration of the camp to be held
June 6th and 7th in the Baptist
Encampment Grounds by Carl Mes-
sec, assistant county agent, and
Thelma Wells, assistant county
home demonstration agent.
Boys and girls who plan to at-
tend must send in their cards not
later than May 28.
Following is a list of articles to
be brought to camp by both boys
and girls:
A pair of old shoes or tennis
shoes (if you wish to go in swim-
ming).
Bar of soap
Toothbrush and tooth paste or
powder
One (1) large sheet
Pillow and pillow case
Bathing suit
Light quilt or blanket
Two (2) towels
Drinking cup
$1.50.
Sack lunch for first meal.
For craft work you will need:
.Pocket knife or single edge razor
blade.
Either a 10 or 12 penny nail
Bring steel edge ruler if you
have one.
One package finest grade steeL
wool
Pencil .. til
by the Chamber of Commerce are
displayed in all places that are
closing for the day.
Flags will fly on the street*
where the American Legion Post
has arranged to have them placed.
Following is the program:
America........................Congregation
Invocation
Selections..............Methodist Choir
One Minute of Silent Prayer.
Selection—“Tribute”..........................
....................Mrs. Carl Halliday
Address................Rev. Mouzon Bass
Benediction
Procession to Palacios Cemetery
“Swing Low Sweet Chariot”............
...............Negro School Chorus
“Sleep, Soldier Boy”.........................
................Negro School Chorus
Taps........Courtesy Palacios Schools
Benediction
Decoration of Graves
Palacios W.O.W/s
Lose To Freeport Cubs;
Play Boy City Sunday
The Palacios W.O.W.’s lost their
second game of the season to the
strong Freeport Cubs in Freeport
Sunday afternoon by the score of
6 to 2.
Edward Garcia started the game
for the W.O.W.’s but was relieved
in the second inning with one man
away and the bases loaded by Cruz
Sanches. Sanches completed the
game and striking out 10 of the
opposing players.
Alamia and Aparicio scored the
two runs made by the Palacios
team.
The W.O.W.’s meet the Bay City
Aztecs on the West End diamond
Sunday at 2:30 p. m. Freeport, New
Gulf and Angleton are leading the
Rice Belt league with three wins
and 1 loss each. The W.O.W.’s have
two win sagainst two losses.
Dance Jamboree At
Bay City Saturday
The Jayeees of Bay City are
sponsoring a Square Dance Jam-
boree, Saturday, May 28, in the
Service Center at 8 p.m. with Dr.
Carl Journell, nailer.
A famous exhibition group from
Houston will perform. Music by
Grady Hester and his Texans. Price
$1.00 per person.
A Square Deal for Every Child
is a program supported by your
poppy money.
Mrs. D. M. Cashion, Matagorda
County Water Safety Chairman,
has announced that the Palacios
boys and girls who registered over
a week ago for the Red Cross
swimming lessons to be given in
the Bay City pool are scheduled
for lessons starting June 21 for
every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sat-
urday morning from 9:30 to 11:30,
for a period of five weeks.
Old newspaper and piece of old
sheeting about two foot square.
Registration will begin at 9:00
a.m. and close at 11:00 a.m., Mon-
day, June 6.
Camp will break up around 2:00
p.m., Tuesday, June 7th.
The following article on the open
house held at the Bayview General
Hospital was written for publica-
tion last week, when local patrons
were given a look-see at the var-
ious modern equipment:
Being placed in an iron lung for
the first time was the interesting
experience afforded many local res-
idents last Thursday when they
visited the “open, house” conducted
by the staff of jfhe Bay View Gen-
eral Hospital., J.flr. Alvin C. Knauss,
administrator, made special ar-
rangements to have a new type
portable A’hest respirator on hand
for the /affair and a large percen-
tage oft the visitors took advantage
of th/e opportunity to get a first-
hand demonstration of this unique
equipment, by actually having the
sjmglc-front chest shell affixed to
/their chests.
More interest than anticipated
was aroused through the exhibit
of this newest type piece of hospi-
Attractive Window
Display For Poppy Day
By Legion Auxiliary
A very attractive window dis-
play for Poppy Day, May 28th, has
been arranged by Mrs. G. C. Stev-
ens of the Legion Auxiliary at
Oldham’s Variety Store.
Mrs. Stevens has used some very
original work in depicting what
the Legion stands for and how it
is helping to aid victims of World
Wars I and II. The red poppy made
by disabled veterans is used for
decoration along with war relies
and flags, which will help remind
you that the poppy you buy Sat-
urday will help an unfortunate.
Over 100 Farmers
Attend Tour Of
County Pastures
Over 100 farmers, rancher ana
agricultural leaders attended the
Annual Matagorda County Pasture
tour and field day on May 19, ac-
cording to Larry Burleson, County
Agent.
R. R. Lancaster, state pasture
specialist from Texas A. & M.
College Extension Service, said that
farmers and ranchers usually
called on him, as “high priest of
pastures,” to bless their pastures,
but in the case of Matagorda
County, he was the one who had
been blessed. Mr. Lancaster stated
that there was absolutely nothing
for him to say in the way of advice
about the fine improved pastures
he had seen in this county. Accord-
ing to him, they were as good as
he had seen anywhere in the United
States.
The group visited Marshall
Johnston’s ranch at Allcnhurst, W.
T. Orrell’s at Ashwood, R. C. Cun-
ningham’s, Richard Sanders’, Royce
Darnell's, E. B. Hogg’s, J. O.
Edge's, and Pat Richman’s at Pala-
cios, and J. O. Thompson’s at El
Maton. One interesting stop on
the tour was at Royce Darnall’s
where an assortment of new and
unique farm equipment was assem-
bled. The equipment was that as-
signed to Matagorda County by the
Lower Colorado River Authority
for educational and demonstration
purposes. Victor Bradley and C.
Hohn of the L. C. R. A. discussed
the value and use of this equip-
ment.
The following members of assis-
tant county agent Carl Messec’s
4-H Club Grass Judging team
Victor Dornak, Armand Salas, Bud-
dy Malone and Albert Horvath, all
of Pledger; Charlie Miller and
Jack Calloway from Van Vleck,
also made the tour.
Among the outstanding agricul-
tural leaders and other guests were
the following:
Mr. Lancaster, Mr. Hohn, Mr.
Bradley, B. D. Reynolds, and R. J.
Pederson of the U. S. Soil Conser-
vation Service; J. A. Chandler,
regional supervisor, veteran's vo-
cational education; E. O. Taulbee,
president of the Bay City Chamber
of Commerce; Dick Hartman, agri-
culture representative, Central
Power and Light Company; and
the veterans agricultural teachers
and county extension agents of
Matagorda County.
A barbecue dinner was given at
the Orrell ranch by Mr. Orrell and
the Bay City Chamber of Com-
merce.
Mr. and Mrs. Buster Chamblee
and children of Freeport, spent the
week-end here with her mother,
Mrs. C. S. Brown and other rela-
tives and friends.
tal equipment as this is the first
time that a portable respirator has
ever been on display in Palacios.
In fact, this was the initial ap-
pearance of this new type chest
respirator in this part of Texas.
Mr. George Sanberg, president of
the Sanberg Hospital Equipment
Co. of Dallas, exclusive distribu-
tors, was on hand to conduct the
demonstrations during the after-
noon and evening visiting hours
and explained the use? and appli-
cation of this radically new iron
lung to all who visited the display.
The unit, the Monaghan Portable
Respirator, is a product of some
three and a half years of intensive
research and development, most of
which was done by the J. J. Mona-
ghan Co. in Denver, Colo., in con-
junction with a large polio treat-
ment center in that city. It was not
until approximately four months
ago that the equipment was ready
for the general market as exten-
State Representative Franklin
Perry has unnounced that House
Bills 13 and 448 were signed by
Governor H. Jester on Saturday,
May 21. These bills, authored by
Representative Perry, enable the
Adjutant General of the State of
Texas to declare certain National
Guard properties as surplus so
that such properties may be sold
in the manner provided by law for
the sale of stute properties.
Adjutant General K. L. Berry is
very desirious of disposing of Camp
Hulen at Palacios, as the camp is
now obsolete and too small for the
Texas National Guard. He has also
received word from Washington
that the camp will never again be
used by the United States Army.
It is costing the State of Texas
some twenty thousand dollars a
year to maintain the camp in its
present condition and it is General
Berry’s belief that more good can
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Commissioners' Court
Approves Bond Issue
For New Courthouse
(From The Bay City News)
The Commissioners Court has
approved the submission of a bond
issue for an addition to the Mat-
agorda County Courthouse to the
people of Matagorda County.
The issue will authorize construc-
tion of an addition extending 45
feet to the east of the present
structure.
The cost of such an addition
has been estimated between
$450,000 and $500,000. The new
section would be used to house
the county agent, home demon-
stration agent, the health unit,
and other agencies now quar-
tered in the Lewis Building.
It would also give more space to
the offices of county clerk and tax
assessor-collector.
The inside of the present struc-
ture would be reworked along with
the additional building program.
This would include air conditioning
and giving adequate lighting to
the court room.
No date has been set on putting
the issue before the people.
Before any issue of this type
can be brought to an election, there
must be a petition presented to the
county judge signed by a number
of registered property holders in
the county asking that the issue
be submitted to an e'ection.
Harry D. Payne of Houston has
been engaged as architect for the
addition in the event that the
people of Matagorda authorize the
construction.
Mr. Payne is the architect for
remodeling of the First National
Bank of Bay City.
The court also has met with
the district engineer and each
commissioner has picked two
roads in his district to be paved
with additional state funds.
The building of these roads de-
pends on whether the state appor-
tions additional funds for the con-
struction of rural roads.
Each commissioner has picked
a first and second choice and the
stretches of roads designated are
from seven to 12 miles in length.
All are farm-to-market roads.
Mrs. Fannie Teague has re-
turned from a month’s visit with
relatives and friends in San Mar-
cos and Moody, Texas.
sive tests were conducted during
most of 1948 in some of the larger
hospitals throughout the country,
and it was not until approximately
six weeks ago that the American
Medical Association completed its
final testing of the equipment and
thereon issued their seal of ap-
proval.
Far different from the average
person’s conception of an "irorj
lung” the Monaghan unit comes
equipped with six graduated sizes
of plastic chest shells, thereby
providing for an adequate fit on
every sized patient. The single-
front chest shell to which a rubber
sealing element is already attached,
can he applied to the patient’s
chest in a matter of thirty seconds,
and its simplicity of application is
one of its most attractive fea-
tures. Then, by simply connecting
the air-hose from the power unit to
the chest shell, respiration is begun
immediately, and where the occa-
be obtained for the people of Mat-
agorda County and of Texas if the
camp is sold.
Citizens of Palacios and sur-
rounding territory led by the Pala-
cios Chamber of Commerce have
been instrumental, along with Gen-
eral Berry, is securing the passage
of these bills.
Food Handlers
School To Close
Sessions Friday
The food handler’s school, spon-
sored by the Matagorda County
Health Unit in co-operation with
the State Department of Health,
opened Monday with a good at-
tendance and many more in for
the Tuesday and Wednesday ses-
sions.
Classes are held every afternoon
beginning at 2:30, and will con-
tinue through Friday.
C. D. Breedlove of Austin, public
health instructor of the division of
public health education, is conduct-
ing the school, assisted by Luther
Bunch, county sanitarian.
When any food establishment
has at least 80% of its personnel
receiving certificates and where its
sanitation standards meet state re-
quirements, the establishment will
be awarded a placard of approval
suitable for framing and public
display, Mr. Bunch stated, and he
was quite sure Palacios would have
a good share.
Eli Mayfield To
Command Local Army
Reserve Corps Unit
General orders from Headquar-
ters Fourth Army, recognized the
organization of Headquarters
4785th Induction Training Station
at Palacios, Texas, effective May
11, 1949.
The Unit will be Class I installa-
tion with a strength of eight officers
two warrant officers and 40 en-
listed men. Major E. C. Mayfield
was announced as Commanding
Officer of the Unit.
Persons interested in becoming
a member of this unit should con-
tact Major Mayfield or M/Sgt.
Frank Lockman, army recruiting
officer of this area.
At The Bay View
In the Hospital:
Mr. C. B. Padgett, Mrs. Willie
Tupa, Mrs. A. D. Tufts, Mr. B. E.
Shelton, Lolita; Mrs. Ira Bowers,
Mrs. C. W. Mull, Mr. Malcom Wil-
liams, Louis Sanchez.
Dismissed From Hospital
Mr. I. A. Shimek, Francisco Es-
calautas, Francitas; Mrs. Helen
Strogier, Bay City; George Brown,
Live Oaks Farms; Baby Bowen,
La Ward; Mr. N. H. Landin.
Old Glory’s greatest glory was
preserved by the veterans of Amer-
ica.
Mr, and Mrs. A. Rioux are home
after spending a week in North
Texas, visiting Mrs. Rioux’s par-
ents and other relatives and friends.
sion demands two people can be
treated at the same time with sep-
arate pressure controls for each
patient. Besides operating from 110
volt house current, the portable
respirator has an auxiliary 12 volt
battery pack which not only auto-
matically operates the respirator
in the event of house current fail-
ure, but also enables efficient am-
bulance transportation of a criti-
cal polio patient, for example, from
the smaller community to a metro-
politan polio treatment center.
Observers on hand last Thurs-
day were unanimously convinced
that this new type chest respirator
would be a highly valuable addi-
tion to the equipment of the local
hospital inasmuch as the treatment
and transportation of polio pa-
tients is but one of its dozens of
uses. Mr. Sanberg pointed out that
quite a number of hospitals are in-
stalling the equipment in their op-
erating rooms as a safe-guard
Commencement exercises for the
32 seniors of the Palacios High
School will be held tonight, Thurs-
day at 8:30 in the auditorium of
the Elementary School. R. E. “Bob”
Smith will give the address.
Miss Roberta Peterson Is vale-
dictorian and Jimmy Henson salu-
tatorian for the class of 1948-49.
Appropriate exercises will be
held at the Elementary School Fri-
day morning at 9 o’clock for the
class that has completed their
grade work and are candidates for
Junior High next year.
Co pacify Crowd
At Baccalaureate
Services Sunday
The auditorium of the Elemen-
tary School was filled to capacity
Sunday evening for the baccalaur-
eate services for the graduating
seniors of the Palacios High School.
The speaker for the occassion
was Rev. A. G. Bright Jr., of
Corpus Christi, who brought a
timely message for those who had
completed high school work and
were ready to go on for further
education.
Misses Ginger Richards and Car-
olyn Bates gave the processional
and recessional marches and Dar-
leen Wickham and Linn Ramsey
led the seniors to their places.
The program included a musical
solo by Lynn Green, and a vocal
selection by the Girls Sextette.
Rev. Rayford B. Harris gave
the Invocation, Rev. R. Earl Price
read the Scripture Reading and
Rev. L. M. Greenhaw gave the
Benediction.
The Weather:
The weekly weather report from
May 18 to May 24, as recorded by
the Palacios Interestate Airway
Communication Station furnished
by F. A. Griffin, chief aircraft com-
municator:
Date
Max.
Min.
Prec.
May 18
86°
7G"
0.00
May 19
85“
75“
Trace
May 20
86“
74“
0.00
May 21
87“
77“
Trace
May 22
86“
77“
0.00
May 23
86“
77“
0.00
May 24
87“
75“
0.00
Poppy manufacturing raises the
morale of the hospitalized veteran.
We hear of the boy whose fingers
are too crippled to fashion a poppy
and those buddies assist him so that
his poppies will be accepted. Buy
these poppies. »
Mr. and Mrs. Royce Darnall ad-
vocates of making farm life at-
tractive to the younger generation
by teaching them how to use the
soil for pleasure and profit are
seeing results by the work their
two daughters are doing in the
against respiratory failure on the
operating tahle or delivery table.
Other important uses include treat-
ment of suffocation, carbon monox-
ide poisoning, new born babies,
asthma, drowning—in fact, every
type of case where artificial respir-
ation is normally used. Weighing
but 43 pounds, the power unit can
be taken to the scene of the emer-
gency without any difficulty what-
ever, which enables users of the
equipment to provide “iron lung”
care at the scene of the emer-
gency where necessary.
The cost of the equipment is
$1192, delivered in Palacios, and
practically everyone viewing the
demonstration was enthusiastic
over the prospects of purchasing
this equipment through public sub-
scription if necessary, in order that
Palacios and community might be
equipped to handle all types of
respiratory failure from any one
of a number of causes.
56 Brownies, Girl
Scouts Registered
For Day Camp
Fifty-six Brownies and Girl
Scouts have registered for the Day
Camp which is to start Friday,
May 27, as soon as the girls get
their report cards and school is
over. Each unit in the Day Camp
will represent a different Indian
tribe and the nature hikes, games,
and crafts will carry out the Indian
theme. Two different kinds of out-
door cooking will be done by each
unit. It’s going to be a glorious
camping experience for Brownies,
Girl Scouts, and their leaders.
Mrs. Frank Holt will replace Mrs.
E. A. Constant as Camp Nurse,
Mrs. Holt, a registered nurse, has
had much experience with girls and
camping, having been a Girl Re-
serve herself.
Rent- Control, Area
Telephones Discussed
At C. Of C. Meeting
The regular meeting of the Pa-
lacios Chamber of Commerce was
held Tuesday night May 24, with
the following directors present:
Eli Mayfield, R. P. Newsom, T. S.
Brandon, Dr. L. A. Wilcox, R. B. •
Trull; and members, R. T. Walker
and Ronald Harris.
President Eli Mayfield presided
at the meeting. Minutes were read
by the secretary, Amy Hall, and
approved.
Mr. Harris reported that the Pa-
lacios Territory Telephone Assn,
was doing a good job in the out-
lying district around Palacios.
Dr. Wilcox stated that various
complaints had come to him about
the dusty streets and asked that
something be done about it.
President Mayfield read a letter
from the Texas Apartment and
Property Owner’s Assn., Inc. ask-
ing that letters be written to the
Senators asking for the abolish-
ment of Rent Control. Quite a dis-
cussion was held and it was decided
to invite Mr. Hayes of the rent
control pffice to the next meeting.
The 100% veteran-made paper
poppy should cause every thinking
American to rededicate himself to
America and wear a memory poppy
over his heart for God and country.
way of raising vegetables ar.d
poultry.
Mrs. Darnell and daughters,
Linda Sue, 6 years old, and Martha
Kay, a little over 2, visited our
office Monday and brought us three
large white Bermuda onions the
girls had grown in their garden.
The plants were started last fall,
and went through the January
freeze without injury. Mrs. Darnell
stated and three of these brought
to us, weighed over two pounds,
the largest measuring 14 inches in
circumference.
Mrs. Darnell informed us the
girls had already received $5.68
for their onions and only about
half of the crop had been harvested.
Thirty chicks were purchased
with money received for onions
and these young farmerettes now
have 29 chickens doing fine and
they hope to soon have them
ready for the market.
We say thanks for the onions
and wish Linda Sue and Marth^
Kay much success in all their en-
deavors.
Miss Nell Kimball, a junior of
the T.S.C.W. at Denton, was re-
cently elected secretary-treasurer
of the Iota Sigma Pi, an honorary
chemistry organization. Miss Kim-
ball is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Kimball and a graduate
of the Palacios High School.
NECESSARY ARTICLES FOR 4-H CLUB
ENCAMPMENT HERE JUNE 6-7 LISTED
NEW MODEL IRON LUNG INSPECTED AT HOSPITAL OPEN HOUSE LAST WEEK
LOCAL FARMERETTES PRESENT EDITOR
WITH ENORMOUS BERMUDA ONIONS
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