Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 1948 Page: 1 of 10
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A THANKSGIVING MESSAGE
EDITOR’S NOTE—Wo are thankful to be able to Rive
our readers the following from Rev. George F. Gillespie
who has written us a Thanksgiving: message for muny
years and it would hardly be a real Thanksgiving for the
Beacon and its force if we did not have this message.
1
BY REV. GEORGE F. GILLESPIE
Thanksgiving Day is the only distinctively American institution
that had its origin in a religious impulse. Churches use other anni-
versaries as occasions for appropriate messages, us Washington's Birth-
day, Decoration Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day. They celebrate
national leadersh'p, the sacrifice of patriotism, the adventure of free-
dom, and the cause of toilers. Thanksgiving Day is the anniversary call-
ing the American people to pause in mid-week, and lift grateful hearts
to God from whom all blessings flow.
Some years ago an elderly man, Bro. Tompkins, stopped me on the
street and asked the meaning of some words from Philippians, ch. 4,
w. 6 and 7: “In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto
God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall
guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.”
He wanted to know about the meaning of the words on prayer.
A few of them—men and wome,n—met every Sunday morning in his
home for Bible study and a prayer service. The first word used, namely,
“prayer” means the prayer of Church worship, of public assemblage:
“where two or three are gathered together in Christ’s name there is
He in the midst of them to bless them.” Tho second word “supplication”
means supplication for personal needs; the third word “thanksgiving”
is our theme on this occasion. An old writer, Wm. Law, said; “Gratitude
is one of the chief marks of a saint.” And so the first thing we thank
God for at this time is the Church and religion. The Church Covenant
of the Pilgrims was a solemn pledge of a Christian Democracy: “We
promise and bind ourselves to walk in all our ways according to the rule
of the Gospel ... in mutual love to, and watchfulness over one another,
depending wholly and only upon the Lord our God to enable us by His
grace hereunto.” As early af their stay in Leyden, they resolved in un-
qualified language: to promise and covenant with God and one another
to receive whatsoever light shall be mnde known to us from His written
Word.” It was one of the Pilgrim Fathers who said, “God hath yet
more light to break forth from His holy Word.” This is just as true
today.
Hitler boasted that he could destroy the Church in Germany. Had
he never heard the ancient saying: “The Church is an anvil that has
worn out many hammers”? G. K. Chesterton, a very distinguished
writer, says in his book, “The Everlasting Man”, “The militant Church
universal will one day conquer war and bring peace to the world.”
George Washington in his first Thnnksgiving Proclamation in 1789
said: "To give thanks for the great degree of tranquillity, union and
plenty”; “for civil and religious liberty”; "for the means of acquiring
and diffusing useful knowledge.” The first president then suggested
public prayers that the “National Government might be a blessing to
all the people—a government of wise, just, and constitutional laws.”
Today Americans, almost alone among all the world’s peoples are
privileged to enjoy these blessings in the fullest measure—and in peace.
That is surely occasion for giving thanks. More than ever before this
nation’s people should realize the worth of their heritage and resolve to
defend, if need be, and keep it.
Second—Personal blessings, especially personal experienoe of Jesus
Christ. St. John ch. 17, v. 3, and Philippians ch. 3, vv 7-15. We shall
give thanks, too, for our secular blessings—for liberty in a year of
confusion and distress and bitter suffering in many parts of the world;
for peace in a world torn by strife; for life and health and the know-
ledge derived from God’s word about suffering and pain—Romans ch. 8,
vv. 14-onward; we shall thank Him for opportunity in a land wlTch
still rewards initiative, industry, thrift, work, and character. A dis-
tinguished man, being asked what in his judgment was the most
permanent bequest of the Pilgrims, answered: “their character.” We
shall thank Him, too, for the security of the American home, the
foundation, with religion, of our American civilization.
Third—We shell thank Him for temporal blessings. In the old coun-
try at this season they hold what they call Harvest Home—on farms,
or a Harvest Festival in Churches. And so we shall thank God for
tTie abundant harvest in this country, and for the comparatively good
harvest throughout the world. The latter will help put an end to much
of the destitution and misery in other countries, and this will strengthen
their faith in God and in justice and freedom, because, after all, ac-
cording to the preaching of the Bible justice comes first, then righteous-
ness and freedom and peace and brotherhood.
I have had the privilege of writing a Thanksgiving message for
the Beacon for’a long time. For some years before entering my home
in the evening I have said this little prayer, with head bowed; some-
times the words vary according to the season or the weather: “Father,
I thank Thee for this evening. I thank Thee for the moonlight, and the
stars, and the starlight, and the clpuds. I thankThee for everything
that is true and good and beautiful ((according to philosophy the three
ultimate things in life). I thank Thee for all Thy mercies and all Thy
blessings, for Thy guidance and Thy providence during all the years
and the days. I thank Thee for all the privileges and responsibilities
of life, and I thank Thee for all the loving kindness I have met with
today.” I made it myself. And then came a longer pruyer on my
knees before retiring. “Oh give thanks unto the Lord for He is good,
for His mercy endureth forever.”
Ten Are On "A"
Honor Roll At
Collegeport School
Ten pupils of the Collegeport
School made the A“Honor Roll”
the past semester, the teacher, Mrs.
G. L. Holloway reports, and are as
follows.
Herbert Henry, Jerry McIntosh,
Virginia Wells, Sue Hixon, Sinto
Garcia, Maurilia Garcia, B;lly Mc-
Intosh, Gerald Wells, Joy Corporon,
and Roy Corporon.
especially those of the egg type,
stop laying as soon as the molt
begins. The regrowing of feathers
takes all the energy the hen has
and it leaves little extra for egg
production. Hens that molt late in
the year and get over it quickly
are the best type to have.
While I’m on the subject of
poultry, did you know that the
average egg production for Texas
per hen is only 110 eggs per year?
Did you know also that there is a
hybrid chicken now that the breed-
er1 claims can produce from 280
to 310 eggs per year? That is
quite a contrast and it might bare
looking into before buying those
new baby chicks this coming spring.
As I understand it, this new hy-
brid chicken is a cross between a
White Leghorn, a New Hampshire
and a Rhode Island Red. It is not
only a very excellent layer but is
a good meat bird as well. I have
more information on it if any
one is interested in looking into
this new hybrid chicken. Producers
proved the value of hybrid corn
years ago over the ordinary types,
so why not hybrid chickens?
I hope to see A. and M. scare
the daylights out Texas U. come
Thanksgiving Day, so see you next
week.
•la.v.t.Mt. iu»
NEWS - VIEWS
By L. L. STEVENSON
I guess you have all heard the
story about the Scotchman who put
green glasses on his mules and
fed them sawdust. Well, I’ve just
finished reading an article about
feeding poultry chemically treated
sawdust and is is proving quite
successful. The new feed ingre-
dient is a form of molasses pro-
duced by acid treatment of saw-
dust. It contains about E0 per cent
sugar and is being added to chick
and turkey diets as a substitute
for corn and wheat.
Reading about this new-fangled
feed for poultry reminded me that
I haven’t written anything about
poultry, and right now you should
be finishing that fall culling of
your laying flock or, at least, get-
ting ready to do it soon. Culling
for egg production should be a
continual process, and non-produc-
ers should be removed as they
appear in the flock. If culling is
carried out only ut intervals, the
best times are in June, after the
main production has been received
, from the flock, and again in Octo-
' }ber or November, when the persis-
tent layers may be recognized in
the flock. Poultry molts during
these two latter months, and don’t
be too alarmed if even your best
layers stop production during this
period. While some few birds of
all types will continue to lay while
the molt is ip progress, most hens,
Asia occupies one third of the
total land area of the earth,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1948
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME XLI NUMBER 4ft*
zf THANKSGIVING - 1948
On the first Thanksgiving Day the Pilgrims knelt and cans are blessed with from birth,
gave thanks to God for His mercy and guidance during their Let us, then, on this Thanksgiving Day, take time out
first year in a new land ... a land of plenty that was free and give thanks for our many blessings. Let us thank Him
from oppression and persecution. The hardships they en-
dured were many, but their faith in Him was strong enough
to overcome any obstacle. The roots they planted were deep
and from them sprung the greatest nation on earth.
In their humble way they gave thanks for the things that
for the courage of our forefathers and for their faith. Let
us all give thanks for the privilege of living in a land of pleny
where freedom reigns with liberty and justice for all. And
lastly let us all offer thanks for a Thanksgiving table that
is filled with an abundance of food ... a picture that is seen
most of us today take for granted. They offered prayers of1 ^evv other countries throughout the word.
thankfulness for the freedom of worshiping as they pleased;
they gave thanks for being given the opportunity of settling
in a land of plenty. These are the things that we as Ameri-
Yes, we in the United States and in this community have
much for which to be thankful. Let us never forget our
blessings and Him who bestowed them upon us.
Ownership 01
Local Commission
Sale Barn Changes
The Gulf Coast Livestock Com-
mission Company changed owner-
ship this week when Messrs. Guy
Stulting and E. P. (Zeke) Noble
sold out to Messrs. C. S. Dove, I.
V. Simmons and Billy Holt of
Houston.
The Gulf Coast Livestock Com-
pany has been operating since June
28, 1948, when Messrs. Stulting
and Noble held their first sale after
purchasing the business from the
Palacios Commission Company.
They have been very successful und
there has been a steady increase
both in interest and volume from
the opening day until the present
time.
The new owners are not strang-
ers to Palacios stock raisers and
buyers in this section as they have
attended many of the sales and
Mr. Simmons has served as auc-
tioneer during the entire time of
its operation since Messrs. Stult-
ing and Noble were in charge.
They will continue the business
along the same lines as their
predecessors, assuring market pri-
ces for all classes of cattle.
Next Monday, November 29, will
be the first sale under the new
management.
Messrs. Stulting and Noble are
retiring due to other business, but
as both are prominent cattle men
they will continue to be interested
in the Commission Company as a
valuable institution for Palacios
and this entire section.
75 Years Celebrated
Mr. George Hoffman was given
a delightful surprise Sunday, No-
vember 21, in celebration of his
75th birthday, which was also a
group celebration as Mrs. Hoff-
man and Mr. J. H. Simpson were
honor guests having recently had
birthdays.
'A sumptuous fish fry was en-
joyed at the noon hour when there
were 24. guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Guhn.
Out-of-town guests, all relatives
of Mrs. Hoffman, were Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Hargrove and family,
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Tanner and
family, Mr. and Mrs. II. W. Lange
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Cleveland and family, Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Reed and family and
Mr, and Mrs. Ernest Knoll, all of
Houston,
Youth Revival To Be
Held Dec. 3-4-5 At
First Baptist Church
The Young People of the First
Baptist Church are busy making
plans for their week-end Youth
Revival. They have invited two
young college students from the
University of Corpus Christi to
lead the singing and to do the
preaching. The Revival will begin
on Friday night, December 3rd,
and will close Sunday night, De-
cember 5. Everyone is invited to
come.
Wednesday Clubbers
Hear Review Of
"Three Came Home"
Thirty seven members and friends
of the Wednesday Club gathered
in the chapel at the Presbyterian
Annex last Wednesday to hear
Mrs. M. 0. Burton and Miss Lucille
Duffy review the autobiography of
the author and book “Three Came
Home” by Agnes Newton Keith.
It was a rare treat and the Club
thanks both ladies for this kind-
ness, also the church for the use
of the chapel.
Richard Erekson, Jr. went to
Houston, Tuesday, and accompan-
ied his sister, Mrs. E. R. Hayes to
Monroe, La. to spend Thanksgiving.
He will return Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Guerka, Jr.,
of Schulenberg were here Satur-
day and Sunday to celebrate her
birthday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Erekson and family.
Mrs. Walter Milam motored to
Austin Wednesday and was accom-
panied home by her daughter Bet-
tye Jo, who will spend the Thanks-
giving holidays here. Miss Bobby
Gene Green also came home for
the vacation period. Both girls are
students of the University and tak-
ing nurses training at the Breck-
enridge Hospital.
Mrs. E. B. Alexander, of San
Antonio, who had been here for
two weeks visiting with Mrs. Ev-
elyn Liidner Pierce, was joined
Friday by Mr. Alexander, accom-
panied by a party of four friends
from the Straus-Frank Company,
who went for a hunting trip Sat-
urday and each got their limit of
ducks in one hour. All were de-
lighted with our city and left for
their homes Sunday much pleased
and expecting to return for an-
other visit in the near future.
Sharkateers Will
See Movies Of Bay
(ity-Palacios Till
Pictures of the Bay City-Palacios
football game w'll be shown at a
special meeting of the Sharkateers
on Friday night at 7:30 P. M., ac-
cording to the president, D. B.
“Dub” Gayle.
A report of the past season will
be given by the coach, also a fi-
nancial statement of the school’s
athletic department.
Plans for rebuilding the football
field will be outlined, s;nce a lot
of the preliminary work has been
accomplished by a committee ap
pointed by the president.
All member^ are urged to be
present, and do bring a guest. The
film that has been loaned the or-
ganization by the Bay City Booster
Club will be very interesting. Oth-
ers interested in the school athletic
department are invited to attend
the meeting.
Mauritz Company Of
Ganado Announce
Formal Opening
The Beacon carries a double-page
ad this week announcing the formal
opening of the new and greater
Mauritz Company store in Ganado.
A novel scheme in introducing their
entire personnel to the general pub-
lic is the printing of their pictures
with their respective titles.
The Beacon carries an ad th;s
week announcing the appointment
of the Grant Motor Company as
dealership of the Kaiser and Frazer
Motor Cars.
At The Bay View
Patients in Hospital:
Mrs. F. Perrez, La Ward; Carmen
Carnyo, Mrs. W. L. Jungers, Ellis
Jensen, Mrs. L. A. Wilcox, Joe
Burd’ck, Mr. McGlothlin, M. Wil-
liams, Sam Gibson, Louise Martino
Jr., Jeanette Williams, College
Port.
New Arrivals:
To Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Jungers,
a boy, 11-17-48; to Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Hamlin, a girl, 11-19-48.
Discharged Patients
Mrs. John Martinio, Nick Bon-
port, C. D. Ballard, Anita Sue He-
bei, Shannon Miller, David Moore,
Mrs. E. H. Hamlin, C. A. Davis,
Mrs. Fred Raesler, College Port.
Real Estate Transfers
Include Three Luther
Investm't Corp. Houses
Real Estate transfers of the past
few days includes the sale of three
of the Luther Investment Corpora-
tion houses, and the new owners
are William F. Holt, Alva M. Row-
tan and Fred Roiko. The one pur-
chased by Mr. Holt is the south 30
feet of Lot 5 and north 20 feet of
Lot 6 in Block 7, while the ones
purchased by Messrs Rowtan and
Roiko are in block 48 and are lots
16 and 14.
Senior District Field
Assistant Will Arrive
Saturday For Program
Grover C. Marshall, senior dis-
trict field assistant of the Fish and
Wild Life Services, will arrive in
Matagorda County Saturday for
the coming rodent control pro-
gram.
Luther Bunch, Matagorda County
Health Unit sanitarian, will work
with Mr. Marshall in promoting
this campaign.
It is requested that the owners
or managers of any business con-
cerns within the county with a rat
problem contact the health unit
in Bay City so as to be certain to
have a complete survey.
The team plans to visit all known
business houses but due to the fact
that there are so many, any with
a known problem should let the
health unit know of it as soon as
possible.
The public is again warned of the
deadly character of this poison and
during the time it is being used,
small children and pets should be
under supervision when in the vicin-
ity of places where it is being
used.
Attend Funeral
Mr. Amos E. Duffy and Miss Lu-
cille Duffy were called to San
Antonio Sunday by the death of
their brother, Mr. L. H. Duffy.
After funeral services in San An-
SHARKS CLOSE
I FIRST SEASON IN
CLASS 'A' BALL
End String Of Losses
At Rosenberg Lost
Friday Night 29-0
The Palacios Sharks wound up
their first season of 27-A football
by dropping a hard-fought battle
to the speedy Lamar Consolidated
Mustangs 29 to 0 at Rosenberg, Fri-
day night.
The Sharks, as usual, faced «
more-experienced team and though
they played a good game lack «f
reserves were the main factor in
their defeat. The teams were pretty
evenly matched in weight bat
couldn’t cope with the speed an&>
deception of the Mustangs..
The Sharks, although winless in
district play, always came out
fighting. They started the season
by tieing Sweeny, champions of
district 32-B, 6-to-6, and then went
on to beat the Ganado Indians^
another Class B rival, 19-to-0.
The Sharks managed to score
on the El Campo Rice Birds but
lost by a lop-sided score. Then in-
juries started plagueing them and
they were never quite able to field
the same team again. They fort
to Wharton but not before they
managed to score 13 points.
The Pirates came out- of that
game in the worst shape of the
season. Five stellar players were
out of action and the coach had to
dig deep and scrape the bottom of
the bucket to field a team. The
boys put up a good scrap but
still the elusive win column stayed
out of reach and West Columbia
headed them off.
The Sharks went up against the
Bay City Black Cats, not in their
best physical condition but you
couldn’t have found a better mental
alertness and determination to win.
Until the half the boys ran circles
around the Cats but, deternrination
alone cannot win games. Th" boys
fought just as hard and just as
good the second half but Bay City
had the reserve strength which the
Sharks lacked and again the Sharks
found themselves on the shortend of
the score.
That seemed to be the story for
the rest of the season. For one
half they either ran around their
opponents or held them to a mini-
mum of scoring but if the Sharks
could have rested on their first half
laurels they would have been closer
to the top in the final District
Standings.
So, finish is written to the foot-
ball season for the Palacios Sharks,
They wound up on the bottom, but
to many they represented a fighting
team. A team that didn’t give up
until the last gun had sounded.
To some, it would seem to be a
very unsuccessful season, but to
one that appreciates a good, clean
game of football, we say “Well
Done, Sharks. Better luck next,
time.”
"Sharks" Entertained
With Banquet By
Local F. H. A. Chapter
The F. II. A. Chapter of Palac'os
entertained the Palacios Sharks last
Saturday night, November 20, with
a banquet at the cafeteria in the
Baptist Encampment grounds.
The dining room was decorated fa-
red and white crepe paper with *
miniature football field as the cen-
terpiece.
The guests included the Palacios
High School faculty, Jr. High's
coach, George Holst. Rev. and Mrs.
R. B. Harr's and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Barrett.
Reverend Harris gave the invoca-
tion, followed by Margaret Ann
Holsworth who gave the welcome
speech. Milam Simons, football cap-
tain, gave the response and pre-
sented Coach Shelton with a cigar-
ette lighter from all the football
boys in appreciation of his work
this season.
Mr. Barrett gave an inspiring
talk which was followed by Lpis
Kilgore, Roberta Peterson and
Kathleen Cooper s'nging “My Hap-
piness” accompanied by Phyllis
tonio Tuesday, the body was Holsworth.
brought to Matagorda where ser-| The menu cpnsisting of tomato
vices were held Wednesday in the juice, baked chicken and dressing.
Episcopal Church and burial made I cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes,
in the Matagorda Cemetery. | string beans, hot rolls, gravy, iced
He is survived by his wife, one, tea, and apple pie a la mode was
brother and one sister. ; enjoyed.
- j The benediction was given by
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Louderback Rev. Rayford Harris.—Reporter.
spent Saturday and Sunday in ---
Freeport visiting Mrs. Louderback’s El Dorado was the fabulous city
brother, Mr. A. R. Harrison and, of gold which early Spanish ex-
family.
| plorers sought in Sc uth America.
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