Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1948 Page: 4 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, December 2,1948
F.F.A. Chapter Meets
On Tuesday of this week our
sponsor Mr. Stevenson and two
boys in Vocational Agriculture
Class, Jesse Jones and W. C. Rob-
inson, went to Wharton to attend
the District F.F.A. Chapter meet-
tofT.
The president cnlled the meeting
to order and dates for the area
contest were discussed. After the
dates were decided upon, the bus-
iness session closed and we were
entertained by a movie" That In-
spiring Task.” We hope to bo able
to have this film shown to the en-
tire Agriculture Class, if possible,
because it is very interesting and
would help us in our work.
—Reporter
Folding Glass Permits Safer Driving
Mrs. Willie Laughter of San
Marcos is a guest in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Barnett.
if you'
WANT
■jM.-t. ffS JSr.
EGGS
FEED ME
FROM
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E. E. BURTON CO.
Marine Labralory At Rockport is
Active In Aiding Educational Work
Re-Cycling Plant Will
Be Built At Markham
And Maybe Midfield
The Ohio-Sun re-cycling plant
will be built at Markham, accord-
ing to the Bay City Chamber of
Commerce minthly report. The re-
port also stated that it was likely
that another plant will be built
in the Midfield area.
Although no recent information
about the matter has been re-
ceived, the report stated that it
was likely that a re-cycling plant
would be built east of Ray City.
All Army Reserves
Are Urged To Meet
In Bay City Tuesday
Definite information may he
available at a meeting scheduled
Tuesday night on the proposed
Army reserve unit for Matagorda
Phone 117
Palacios
Since the formal opening, in
April, of the Texas Game, Fish
and Oyster Commission’s Marine
Laboratory at Rockport, it has
been active in aiding educational
institutions, both in this country
and elsewhere, according to J. L.
Baughmnn, chief marine biologist.
Biology classes from the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College
of Texas, Sam Houston State
Teachers' College and the Uni-
versity of Texas have all been vis-
itors. These classes, in addition to
becoming familiar with the labora-
tory and its work, have spent a
good deal of time collecting and
classifying marine forms, to be
used \n teaching and study at the
various schools. Graduate students
from all three of these institutions
have also been a idea on various
problems, among which may be
listed the bacteriology of shrimp,
refrigeration of sea food, study
of the effects of the sediments
from dredges on oysters, plankton
studies, and a study of boring
and fouling organisms.
In addition, an effort has been
made to interest the primary and
high school children of the area
in the laboratory. Conducted tours
have been arranged for them, and
lectures suitable to the various age
groups have been given from time
to time. Study collections of fishes
have been prepared for high
schools away from the coast and
members of the laboratory staff
have given talks before civic clubs
and other organizations through
out the state.
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Doctor &
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Doll
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Steel
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Cars
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Guns
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Color
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Story
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Modelin'
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During the year, also, the San
Antonio zoo has been helped in
the establishment of its aquarium
and many salt water fishes have
been presented to that institution.
Aid was given Sister Gerald M.
Shea, of the Catholic University,
tn Washington, in her protracted
studies on Sacculina, an infection
which seriously affects our blue
crab population. Moreover, in re-
sponse to requests, study material
has been given the American Mu-
seum of Natural History, New
York; Audulbon Park *ioo, New Or-
leans; the University of the West
Indies, Jamaica, B. W. I.; the
British Museum, London; the Mu-
seum of Comparative Zoology, Har-
vard University; and the University
of Michigan.
A museum at the laboratory,
which is in the development stage,
is one of the most important pro-
jects in operation. This is an open,
growing presentation of the ma-
rine fresh water and land animals
of the Texas coast, and its value
to school and scientists is beyond
the scope of mere dollars and
cents, for it contains study speci-
mens all with bonafide accurate
data.
• At the present time there are
approximately 200 fish, 220 inver-
tebrates, and 90 snakes, frogs,
turtles, toads and lizards in the
museum, and new specimens are
being added every day.
Because no institution of this
sort can function properly with-
out a reference library, much at-
tention has been paid to this de-
partment, with the result that the
laboratory has one of the most
complete collections of books, peri-
odicals and reprints on the Gulf to
be found in the South,
available to other scientists, edu-
County with headquarters in Bay
City.
Lnddie Lowe, who is scheduled
to become executive officer of the
unit, said Jim Pbnnycuick, Gulf
Oil Company scout, would be the
unit commander if it is organized.
Mr. Pennycuick was a lieutenant-
colonel in the infantry during
World War II.
The meeting is for all Army
reserve enlisted men and reserve
officers, Mr. Lowe said. It will be
held at Bay City High School be-
ginning at 8 o’clock next Tues-
day night.
Mrs. J. B. Gillett and baby are
visiting relatives in Louisiana.
Bob Bass, of Houston, was a
week end visitor at the D. N. Tate
home.
JANUARY I, 194s
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ProdvcHoa Diicovtrtd,
Not Now Producing •
lOCountin
*"d Divtlopmint if Cowntldl
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Questionnaires Are
Being Sent To 16,000 t
Reserve Officers
Eskimo Beauty
Bay City Draft Board
Will Publish List Of
Draft Delinquents
i
Mrs. J. N. Pennington and two
sons, spent Sunday in Houston
with Mr. Pennington.
Ross Baxter and wife of Hous-
ton, spent Thanksgiving with his
mother, Mrs. C. B. Nelson.
Miss Anita Danner, whi is tak-
ing nurses training in Houston,
spent Thanksgiving with home
folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Kilgore and
children, of Pierce, Texas, spent
the week end with Palacios rela-
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Feather spent
Thanksgiving in Houston with their
son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ed)
Feather.
r
A list of delinquents will he made
public by the Bay City draft board
soon, according to 'officials of the
board. This list will be published
next week in this paper.
These are persons who cannot
be contacted by the board. Most
of the cases are not intentional and
anyone knowing the persons or
their whereabouts should notify
them to get in touch with the local
draft board.
Since many of the 10,000 Texas
Organized Reserve Officers have
changed their qualifications simo
separation from service, question-
naires are being sent them for an
inventory of their present qualifi-
cations, according to Colonel O. R.
Abbott, senior Army instructor for
Texns Reserves.
Many of these reserves have
graduated from college and hold
degrees which should be on the
records. Others entered profession-
al fields of which the Army has no
record.
“During the last war we had
many experiences of officers being
assigned to jobs other than tho
one he was fitted for. This is a
further attempt of the Army to
fit the square pegs in the square
holes and the round pegs in tho
round holes,” Colonel Abbott said.
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lavoonga offers a little “Northern
Hospitality”. Her village was vis-
ited by the Coast Guard cutter
Nor hwi ' i” during the recent!'
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.■ a.
D. B. Tate, formerly of Conway,
Ark., has cime to Palacios to
make his home with his brothers,
D. N. Tate.
Miss Mary Crawford, of the
State University at Austin, was
home for the Thanksgiving vaca
tion, also Jimmy Douglas.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Constant
and daughter visited in Austin
Wednesday and Thursday, and saw
the Texas and A. & M. game.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse A. Legg and
their son, Dale Roy, accompanied
by Mrs. D. D. Paulk were in Hous-
ton on a business trip Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse V. Dismukes
and son, James Carl, spent Thanks-
giving in Baytown with her par-
ents Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ashworth
and family.
This library has been made
cators and educational institutions.
Another important feature of the
educational program, as far as the
general public is concerned, con-
sists of a small, public aquarium
where many of the common and a
few of the uncommon marine fish
are shown, as well as several tanks
of the fresh water fish of the area.
Misses Bobbye Jean Treacy and
Wanda Mason, who attend South
West State Teachers College, at
San Marcos, were home for the
Thanksgiving vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Baar and
daughter, Billie Adalyn, of Hous-
ton, spent a happy Thanksgiving
day with Mrs. Baar’s mother, Mrs.
M. E. Stone at Magnolia Cottage.
This display has been very popu-
lar, not only with tourists, but
also with the local residents. On
a normal week day approximately
30 people visit the aquaria. How-
ever, on the 4th of July weekend,
there were nearly 1,000 visitors a
day for three days.
A bounteous turkey dinner at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. I.
Chiles was enjoyed on Thanksgiv-
ing Day. The guests included their
children and families besides a
number of other relatives.
Wallace Barr, James Sikes, Paul
Gerhard, Bill Powell, Pete Hale,
Harvey Shomette and Audrey Pow-
ell, all students at A. & I. College,
Kingsville, spent the Thanksgiving
vacation here with home folks and
friends.
Thursday, November 25, was a
day of double Thanksgiving for
Mr. and Mrs. Price Barnett, who
became parents of a fine baby girl
on that date. Mother and baby
are doing nicely and the proud
father has just about gained his
usual composure.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Murphy and
two children, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Murphy, of Marionville, Mo., and
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Murphy,
and daughters, of Wharton, were
visitors at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Sanders last week.
M. C. Stulting left Sunday morn-
ing for his home in Big Springs
after spending two weeks here
with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Hill and Mr.
and Mrs. Sewel Lawson and daugh-
ter, Peggie, spent the Thanksgiv-
ing holidays in Hamilton, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Ferguson
and children, of College Station,
and nephew, were Thanksgiving
guests of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Barnett and family.
HOW MANY ITEMS DO WE
CARRY IN STOCK!
YOU ARE INVITED TO VISIT
OUR STORE . . .
MAKE A GUESS AT THE NUMBER
OF ARTICLES THAT WE CARRY IN
STOCK. IF YOUR GUESS IS NEAR-
EST CORRECT WE WILL GIVE YOU
FIVE DOLLARS
FARMER’S
FEED STORE
Mfs. E. D. Yeats and Mrs. Lois
Taylor, of Brownfield, Texas, were
here last week visiting their daugh-
ter and sister, Mrs. A. H. Pierce
Other guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Pierce for Thanksgiving were their
son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. John
Pierce, of Houston, another son,
Donald, also of Houston, and their
daughter, Mrs. Grace Botsford and
daughter, of Tyler.
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1948, newspaper, December 2, 1948; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth726011/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.