Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 1948 Page: 1 of 8
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T. B. SALE OPENS THANKSGIVING DAY
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ATTEMPT TO CATCH SANTA IS
INSPIRATION FOR SEAL STAMP
The age-old attempt to catch i
climp.se of Santa on Christmas Eve
inspired the picture on the 11)48
Christmas Seals which are ready
for mailinc November 22, accord-
ing to Mrs. I). M. Rimmer, execu-
tive secretary of the Matagorda
County Tuberculosis Association.
This year’s Senl features a small
blond boy in red pajamas, sitting
on the floor, hands clasped about
his knees, and gazijig into a blaz-
ing fireplace over which three emp-
ty stockings are hung.
According to Mrs. Rimmer, the
seal’s designer, Barry Bart of South
Kent, Conn , painted the picture
after he had watched his young
nephew hurry silently downstairs
one Christmas Eve and set up his
vigil near the fireplace.
Mr. Bart is u well-known Amer-
ican artist and illustrator. Born in
Paris, he began the study of archi-
tecture and painting there and
continued at Milan, Florence and
Rome. He has always been inter-
ested in aviation, which has been
the theme of much of his work,
and was an “ace” during World
War I. His paintings have been
•exhibited in various galleries of
Paris and at the former Anderson
1948 Rice Crop In
County Is Valued
At Over $6,000,000
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NEWS - VIEWS
By L. L. STEVENSON
This is turning ut to be a very
easy week for me. As I mentioned
last week, Mr. W. C. Swindle and
Mr. Ben Sustr, senior students from
Texas A. and M. College are teach-
ing my classes this week. They are
getting in part of their required
practice teaching and I am catch-
ing up with a lot of work I should
have done weeks ago. Both of
these boys seem to be favorably
impressed with out town and well
pleased with the school system.
We are very happy to have these
A. tuid M. students with us and
hope they pay us a visit again in
the near future.
One of the things I had hopes of
being able to do next year is ac-
tually becoming a reality this year.
A few weeks ago I mentioned to
Mr. Newsom that the Ag class
would like to have some ground
with which we could do some ex
perirpental work with grasses,
clovers and fertilizers. Almost that
same day Mr. Newsom turned over
to us four lots of school property
located at the corner of 4th and
Magnusson Streets. Then our chap-
ter president, Franklin Cunning-
ham, said that he was sure that
his Dad would lend us a tractor and
disc to break this land and get it
in shape. Mr. Cunningham was
very happy to do this for us and on
Armistice Day he brought the
equipment down and really put
this land in shape for us. I should
mention here too, that as it turned
out, the tractor was a little too
small for the job so we went up to
Charles Bowers’ house and Mrs.
Bowers let us borrow their tractor
to finish the job with. Without
the help of these two indivi-
duals our ground would still be in
the shape that it was when Mr.
Newsom turned it over to us. On
behalf of the F. F. A. Chapter I
want to sincerely thank Mr. Cun-
ningham for the use of his time
and labor and equipment, also Mr.
and Mrs. Bowers for lending us
the tractor. We can really get
something done with people like
them behind us.
Next week, we plan to sta^t our
improved pasture experiments in
this ground. We will plant Dallis
grass, White Dutch Clover, Les-
pediza and maybe Bermuda with
superphosphate added for fertiliz-
er. We also intend to plant some of
this mixture without any fertlizer
so that we may compare the two.
We will also plant other varieties
of grasses and clovers with vary-
ing amounts of phosphate fertiliz-
er as further experimental work.
Next spring, we will plant the re-
mainder of this ground to vege-
tables and I intend to use this as
a method of teaching gardening
to the boys.
At our regulai F. F. A. Chapter
meeting last Wednesday at the
high school, we voted to buy a
jig saw for our Farm Shop from
funds we have raised by selling
cold drinks at the foot babll games.
It should be here and all ready
to go by the time we return from
the Thanksgiving holidays. Mi-.
Newsom also had placed in the
shop this week an electric wet
grinder for sharpening tools and an
electric sanding machine. We are
certainly glad to receive this ex-
tra equipment for the shop, and
our sincere thanks to Mr. New-
som for making this available. See
you next week.
Galleries in Now York City. Some
of his works hang in Luxembourg,
Nantes and Avignon museums.
“This year’s brightly-colored rod
yellow and blue Seal will be par-
FIGHT TB
Buy Christmas Seals
I
ticularly decorative on Christmas
cards and packages,” said Mrs.
Rimmer.
Matagorda County’s Seal Sale,
part of the nation wide 42nd annual
Christmas Seal Sale, opens Novem-
ber 22 and continues until Decem-
ber 26t Proceeds will be used for
the 1949 tuberculosis control pro-
gram of the local tuberculosis as-
sociation, Mrs. Rimmer pointed out.
(From The Bay City News)
Another record-breaking rice
harvest is nearing completion in
Matagorda County.
C. C. Willis of the Gulf Coast
Water Company estimated this
week that the 600,000 barrels har-
vested are bringing an approxi-
mate $6,270,000 to this county’s
farmers.
Mr. Willis said he believed the
average price paid for a barrel of
rice was $9.50. He also said he
believed farmers, on an average,
harvested about 12 barrels to the
acre.
Approximately 55,000 acres of
Matagorda County’s farm land was
in rice this year.
“Prospects on the price of rice
for next year are not so good,”
Mr. Willis stated.
Last year’s harvest, which broke
all previous records, was estimated
at 600,000 barrels, bringing in about
$6,000,000. Average per barrel paid
for rice was about $10. The average
yield per acre was 12 barrels—
same as this year.
Mr. Willis said this year’s har-
vest is about over although some
of the late rice is still being gath-
ered.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1948
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME XLI NUMBER 47
BODY OF HERO
ENR0UTE HOME
FOR RE-BURIAL
Relatives Informed
Body Of Sgt. R.
Kilgore Shipped
Mrs. Elsie Kilgore has been in
formed by the War Department
that the body of her husband,
S/Sgt. Richard A. Kilgore, is now
enroute to the United States and
will probably be here within the
next six weeks.
S/Sgt. Kilgore, who was killed
in Germany in January 1944, is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Kil-
gore who were informed some
months ago that the body of their
son, Lt. S. A. Kilgore, had ar-
rived at Fort Worth, where it is
being held, by their request, until
his brother's body is here. When
double re-burial services will be
held with the local VFW Post in
charge.
Pipe Line Joint
Blows Out Near El
Campo; Delays Service
El Campoans found out Armis-
tice Day what it is like to be
without the so-called necessities
of life, when a length of gas
pipe on the Houston Natural Gas
company’s line exploded with a
dull roar west of the city.
The pipe split, not where the
joint is welded, but lengthwise
nearly 20 feet. An 18” line, it
was carrying approximately 350
pounds per foot pressure, and the
explosion occurred about two miles
west of the Nelson farm.
The “gate” cutting off El Campo
gas on the east and west sectors
to the city were then cut off and
linemen hurried about the task of
cutting off every gas connection in
the city.
This required several hours, and
men from Wharton, Houston, Free-
port, Edna, Inez, Victoria and Pala-
cios totalling 45 were called in to
help. Actual repair of the dam-
aged line took less time than
cutting off connections.
When the line was repaired the
work of turning on all connec-
tions kept the men busy far into
the night. And local employees
were busy all day Friday.
Educational System
Discussed By Supt.
Newsom At Rotary
R. P. Newsom discussed very
ably the Akin Committees’ recom-
mendations for reorganization of
the State Education System. All of
us have realized that a centraliza-
tion and reorganizational program
of the system should have been ac-
complished long ago. The majority
of the states of the Union now
operate their schools in much the
same manner that the committee
proposes and Texas will have their
chance come January 1949 when
the State Legislature will start
action. Rotarian Newsom gave the
highlights of the 28 recommenda-
tions with accents on local effects
which captivated the interest of
the Rotarians.
E.O. Taulbee Reelected
President Of Bay City
Chamber of Commerce
E. O. Taulbee was reelected pres-
ident of the Bay City Chamber of
Commerce at a meeting of the
directors held at the chamber offi-
ces Tuesday afternoon.
Other officers elected were Earl
Selman, first vice-president; Hall
E. Timanus, second vice-president;
L. B. Luder, treasurer; Daisy L
Bell, secretary.
Five directors were elected by
members of the chamber. Tom
Anderson and Earl Selman were
the new directors elected while
James Castlet#n, H. E. Timanus,
and T. J. Poole Jr. were reelected.
Other directors are E. O. Taul-
bee, J. K. Mattox, A. Harris Jr.,
E. L. McDonald, and C. W. Smith.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS—A
full life filled with the “Better
Things” wus enjoyed by the late
II. L. Delaplain, who died Tues-
day following a short illness.
Capt. and Mrs. Ted Brewer, of
Corpus Christi, are the proud par-
ents of a son, named Fayte, born
in the Spohn Hospital, Corpus
Christi, Texas, at noon Saturday,
November 13th.
V.F.W. Benefit Dance
At Pavilion Saturday
Night Well Attended
The dance at the Palacios Pavilion
Saturday night sponsored by the
Lt. Wm. Lloyd Queen Post, Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars, No. 2467
drew a large crowd, notwithstand-
ing the inclement weather, and
everyone was well pleased.
When time for the drawing ar-
rived, each one eagerly awaited
the announcement of the lucky
numbers, which were held by Roy
Ostland, Mrs. Smith and Dee Trees.
Mr. Ostland formerly of the Car-
ancahua community now residing
in Houston, held the one that got
the Deep Freezer; Mrs. Smith of
Beeville, won the dinette and Dee
Trees the Washing Machine.
Music was furnished by, The Le-
gionaires agid the affair consid-
er ,d a ..grand success.
The members of the Palacios
F. H. A. Chapter are sponsoring
a banquet Saturday night, Novem-
ber 20, honoring the football boys.
The banquet will be held at the
Senior High School gymnasium and
will begin at 7:30 o’clock.
Local Centenarian
Reaches Summit
Round By Round'
Funeral services were held for
II. L. Delaplain, more than 100
years of age, on Wednesday at
10 a.m. at the Methodist Church,
with his pastor Rev. Lawrence M.
Greenhaw in charge. His own “Life
Synopsis” written by himself and
signed some time ago, is the best
commentary we know in brief form
of the life of the man.
“Born in Wisconsin September 7,
1848. When 7, my parents moved to
Illinois where I grew to manhood.
At the age of 19, I accepted Jesus
Christ as my personal Savior and
became a member of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church.
“On March 27, 1874, wed Miss
Caroline Kinder at LeRoy, Illinois.
We settled in West Central Kansas,
where we resided some 33 years.
On April 1, 1906, Mrs. Delaplain
passed to the blessed reward she
so richly merited.
“I taught in common schools
during 20 years. At the age of 16
was appointed leader of a young
men’s Bible Class, served as Bible
class leader or Sunday School Su-
perintendent excepting short per-
iods on frontiers where there were
not enough residents to form a
religious society.
“Assisted in forming—in Kansas
and Florida—six Methodist socie-
ties (Churches) in new territory.
Served as leader of adult men’s
Bible class 12 years at Shirli,
Arkansas.
“In 1927, made my home with my
first born—daughter Winnie Batch-
elder, Palacios, Texas. (Note: He
first came to Palacios with the
Burton Hurd party in 1910. From
1911, for four years, he home-
steaded a Government ITomestead
in Florida.)
“In my early teens I hesitated
about becoming a Christian in fear
of being called to the ministry. Not
because of my dislike for the pro-
fession, but dislike of oft change of
residence, wishing to settle down
in a permanent home. That wish
has been realized ? ? ? as follows—
been in 14 states, resided In eight.
In those eight in 14 different local-
ities.
“In the meantime the fact has
been learned that the only worth-
(See “DELAPLAIN” Page 4)
ro HOLD AHNUAL
THANKSGIVING
SERVICES WED.
Program Arranged
To Be Held At
First Baptist Church
Annual community-wide Thanks-
giving services will be held at the
First Baptist Church, Wednesday,
November 24 at 7:7:30 p. m.
A good program is being ar-
ranged with special music by a
sextet. The speaker will be an-
nounced as soon as the final word
is received from the one who is to
give the message.
This is the service held annually
with the Baptist Church with all
the churches of our city cooperat-
ing and everyone is invited to
come ajid have part in this ser-
vice at this Thanksgiving time of
the year.
Founders Of Edna
Herald Observe
42nd Anniversary
We congratulate Mr. H. K. Sta-
ples, editor of the Edna Herald,
who announced last week the paper
had reached its 42nd year of pub
lication and had the following to
say in regards to this Jackson
County establishment.
“In November, 1908, the Edna
Herald was born; born under the
“nurture and admonition” of the
present ownership.
“Probably we haven’t much to
brag about, but few papers can
say this: The paper has been pub-
lished continuously for 42 years
under the same ownership; one
employee and our main stay in the
business, our brother, O. II. Sta-
ples, has been with us for almost
42 years; another employee, A. J.
Sowders, our “floor-foreman,” has
been with us 17 years. In fact, we
have had only two main employees
who have not remained with us
more than 10 years; we have not
missed an issue since 1919, not-
withstanding the fact we have had
lots of close calls.
“As the editor was born in Jack-
son County, in fact his mother was
a native of this county, we arS
beginning to feel at home. And if
Providence and the people of Jack-
son County continue to be kind
and charitable toward us, we are
planning to remain here for quite
a spell yet, and when our golden
anniversary rolls around we hope
to throw some kind of a party in
celebration. *
For Us To Take Off
Thanksgiving We
Need Cooperation
The Beacon wtn go to press
an Wednesday of next week
as Thursday is Thanksgiving
and a holiday. All business
houses are going to be closed
and in order that we can do
the same we are asking our
advertisers and contributors
to get their copy in early so
we will be able to get The
Beacon out on time. With
your help we hope to be
able to join in observing this
Thanksgiving Day, by not
having to be on the job.
Your cooperation will be ap-
preciated.
Second Co.-Wide
Rodent Program
Starts Nov. 29lh
Beginning November 29 the Ma-,
tagorda County Health Unit, un-
der supervision of the U. S. Fish
& Wild Life Service, will con-
duct the second county-wide ro-
dent control program of the year.
All communities within the coun-
ty will be surveyed and in all
structures where there is evidence
of rats, 1080 will be used.
A warning is issued to the pub
lie that, during the time this 1080
is out, pets and small children
should be closely supervised so
that their will be no possibility
for them to accidently come in
contact with the poison.
As is customary, the poison will
be placed only inside buildings and
great care will be used to see that
it is put in places that are re-
latively inaccessible to children and
pets.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Paulsen, of
Berkley, Calif., and Mrs. Louise
Falks, of Houston, left for their
homes the latter part of last week
after spending two weeks here
with their sister, Mrs. W. E. Wolf
and Mr. Wolf. It was their first
time to be together in about twelve
years and was a delightful visit
for all.
Wallace Barr, came in Saturday
for a week-end visit with his moth-
er, Mrs. Mildred Barr, returning
Sunday with other A. & I. College
Students, Paul Gerhard, Bill Pow-
ell and Pete Hale who came up
from Kingsville Friday, and were
here for the foot ball game be-
tween the Sharks and the Port
Lavaca Sand Crabs.
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Patronize BEACON Advertisers.
HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL STAFF
is now in full progress with the
coming year’s annual. Editor Jimmy
Henson called the first meeting
Wednesday night for the purpose
of getting the first twenty pages
of the annual completed.
Those on the annual staff this
year are left to right—
Sitting: Margaret Ann Hols-
worth, assistant editor; Vera Lou
Kilgore, art editor; Carolyn Bates,
social editor; Bobby Taylor, sports
editor; Anita Newsom, member;
Mittis Clardy, treasurer; James
Sexton, member; Roberta Peter-
son, secretary; Kathleen Cooper,
assistant typist.
Standing are: Hazel Hunter,
member; Billy Burt Traylor, ad-
vertising manager; Mary Lee Bell,
member; Jeanette Williams, mem-
ber; Jackie Harvy, member; Jim-
my Claybourn, assistant sports ed-
itor; Darleen Wickham, girl’s sports
editor; Charles Goppert, photo-
grapher; Doris Slaughter, member;
Earlene Fields, member; Douglas
Gayle, member; Jack Halliday,
sales manager; Buddy Crawford,
business manager; Joyce Wood-
land, member; and Jimmy Henson,
editor.
Local Veterans Are
Supporting Christmas
Seal Sale Campaign
For every three members of
our armed forces killed in combat
during World War II there were
two deaths from tuberculosis in
America, Winfred Johnson, Com-
mander of VFW Post 2467 pointed
out yesterday in talking with Mrs.
W. D. Williams publicity chairman
of the local tuberculosis association.
“Many of the veterans who were
overseas were shocked at the un-
told suffering caused by tubercu-
losis in other countries. Few of uif
realize that this disease kills near-
ly 50,000 Americans a year right
here at home.
“The seriousness of tuberculosis
in the United States is brought
home to veteran groups in particu
lar by the fact that the disease
caused the discharge of more than
17,000 service men in the first
three years alone, of World War
II. It has cost our government ap-
proximately a billion dollars in
caring for tuberculous veterans
of World War I. Additional suffer-
ing and needless expense are en-
tailed by the thousands of veterans
of World War II suffering right
now from tuberculosis.”
The Commander added that all
veterans of Palacios have already
pledged themselves to "back the
1948 Christmas Seal Sale so that
the fine work of the Matagorda
County Tuberculosis Association
can continue.”
The sale opens November 22, and
continues until Christmas.
SHARKS TO CLOSE
'48 SEASON AT
ROSENBERG FRI.
Go To Rosenberg
To Meet Powerful
Lamar Mustangs
Take a look at your schedule,
fans, and you sec that this, week
calls for the final game of the Pa-
lacios High School Sharks.
The Sharks journey to Rosen-
berg,-Friday night, for their final
game of the season, also their last
game of their first year in District
27-A competition.
The Sharks made an entry inter
Class “A” competition under a
great handicap. Their enrollment irr
high school gave them the boost
in scholastic standing, the lack of
boys eligible for athletics was very
prominent. With few substitutions
the Sharks made an impressive
showing, however, their record on
the win and loss column is not of
the “chesty” type.
They go to Rosenberg Friday
nigth to meet, what a lot of fans
consider the No. 2 team of the con-
ference, in their final gume. The
Lamar Mustangs has been a thorn
in a number of top rated teams.
The Sharks, winless in district play,
are ready to nip the bud, and pull
their rating into the win column.
Our Sharks have been hinderedj
all season long with injuries. Only
a few of the players have not been
on the ailing list, and they have
done romerkahly well against their
heavier competition.
A large crowd is expected to fol-
low the Sharks to Rosenberg Fri-
day to see them in action against
the Lamar Mustangs.
The Sharks lost last week to the
Class “B” Port Lavaca Sandcrabs
by the score of 20 to 13. The game
was played during a drizzley rain,
and showed were few outstanding
offensive plays. A small crowd ,at-
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tended due to the rain.
Dr. Ralph Foltz and son, and
Dr. Paul Foltz, of Houston were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Schaal at
the Airport during the opening
days of the hunting season. Drs.
Ralph and Paul Foltz are brothers
of Mrs. Schaal.
Initiation was held by the local
chapter O. E. S. at the regular
meeting Tuesday night. Visitors
from Bay City and Port Lavaca
Chapters were present for the
work and enjoyed the social hour
which followed.
Professor Henry Ross, A. & M.
College instructor in the Agri-
cultural department has been here
this week checking the work be-
ing done by the two teachers, W.
C. Swindle and Ben Sustr, senior
tudents, who are here getting in
art of their required practice
teaching and also looking over the
Agricultural Class of the Palacios
High School.
The term “newspaper” came in-
to existence in 1670 in England.
Equipment For Soil
Conserving Utilized
In L.C.R.A. Area
AUSTIN—Lower Colorado River
Authority soil-conserving and soil-
building equipment has been used
on 813 individual farms and ranch-
es in the 10-county LCRA dis-
trict through October, C. “Dutch”
Hohn, LCRA conservation super-
visor, reported this week.
The first piece of equipment was
placed at work in Burnet County
in mid-June. Since then, LCRA
equipment has built terraces, di-
version ditches and drainage ditch-
es; has sprayed cattle and fruit
trees; has distributed commercial
and natural fertilizer, and has per-
formed other tasks as part of the
unified ten-county attack on the
companion problems of soil and
water conservation and soil fer-
tility improvement.
While complete reports on ac-
tivities have not been received
from all ten County Conservation
and Farm and Ranch Improvement
Councils during the month of Oc- V .
tober, partial reports on the ac-
tivities of the program since its
start in June reveal the following:
A total of 214,550 running feet
of terraces have been constructed;
119,500 running feet of old ter-
races have been re-built; and 155,-
539 feet of ditches and fills have
been made.
Primarily in Travis County, 39
farm reservoirs have been built or
deepened and improved the mov-
ing gf 54,600 cubic yards of dirt.
Spraying activities have resulted
in 13J933 head of cattle being
sprayed with DDT, 198 trees, 148
sheep, 482 goats, and miscellaneous
acres of peanuts and farm barns.
Commercial fertilizer distributed
by LCRA equipment amounted to
1,181,700 pounds through Septem-
ber 30.
Mrs. James L. Murphy and
daughter of Wharton visited home
folks over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chamblee
and daughter of El Campo, were
Palacios vicitors Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy R. Hockey
visited Palacios home folks this
past week and Saturday Billy called
at the Beacon office to insert an
add announcing the opening of the
Bay City Refrigeration Service in
Bay City. He has an associate and
they are prepared to give users of
electricity dependable service day
or night.
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