Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1943 Page: 5 of 8
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Thursday. August 19,
Rotary Committee
Chairmen To Meet
Friday at C. of C.
The Rotnrians were privileged to
hear the Rev. George !•'. Gillespie
again, a* he was the guest speaker
at the weekly meeting of the club
Wednesday noon.
Arthur Wright had charge of the
program, and had Rev. Gillespie to
make a talk to the club.
Guests ut this week’s meeting
■were Curl Grtenhaw, brother of
Rev. L. M. Greenhaw, Rev. M. H.
Keene of Markham, Rev. L. D. Mor-
gan of Pasadena, and Rev. M. M.
Wolf of Richmond.
The President, Bill Regan, an-
nounced a called meeting of the
directors and committee chairmen
to he held at the Chamber of Com-
merce building Friday night at 8
o’clock.
patronize BEACON Advertisers.
AUTOMOBILES TO LIFE BOATS
This big Fruehauf trailer used to carry new automobiles to dealers,
tSSn above^ardes KCtaWft*. & and fully loaded,
ready to go.
Buy Another Bond or Two!
Blasting for Axis OH
“Torpedo starboard stern,” cries the watch . . .
The bells in the engine room ring excited orders
. . . The transport veers sharply in its course . . .
“Whew," whistles the captain as the tin fish passes
harmlessly by, “that was a close call."
Already a subchaser was racing to the spot
where the enemy submarine crash-dived. The
Y-throwers go into action . . . Wider and wider the
spot is circled . . . Geysers of water mark each
detonation . , . Then a yell from the crew as the
sea boils up a film of Axis oil and debris . . . Ther
last bomb found its mark.
Though it had been weeks since the Y-guns had
seen action, every part of the mechanism func-
tioned perfectly. Non-corrosive grease, marine
paints, rust preventives protected all working parts
against the insidious attacks of the salt air of the
sea.
Figuratively the uses of oil in war are myriad
and their importance cannot he overestimated (see
partial list below). These products are made avail-
able for war and industry through leadership in
petroleum research, the same research which pro-
duces for your car and truck Esso and Humble
gasolines, Esso, 997 and Velvet motor oils.
HUMBLE PRODUCTS FOR THE MACHINES OF WAR: A»ph»lt. Aviation
Carolines and Aviation Engina Olli, Camouflage 1’ainte. Diesel Fuele,
Engine Olli, Unlvls Instrument Oils, Marine Paints. Navy Symbol
Lubricants, Recoil Oils, Ruet-Ben Protective Coalings. Stratosphere
Creases. Toluene, Torpedo Greases, Waxes, Waterproof Lubricants, and
goon. Synthetic Rubber for military uses. FOR THE MACHINES OF
INDUSTRY: Automotive Lubricants, Cutting Fluids, Cleaners, Diesel
Fuels, Gasolines, Industrial Lubricants, Launching Lubricants, Motor Oils,
Faints, Petroleum Solvents, Quenching Oils, Rust Preventives, Waxes.
FOR YOUR CAR: Products and service to help you care for your car
for your country.
HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY
13,000 Texans United in the War Effort
Humble fuels, lubricants and greases have
been field-tested and used by successful
farmers for years. There is a Humble prod-
net for every farm need. Look to your Humble Bulk
Agent for advice on your fuel and lubrication problems.
Notice of
Budget Hearing
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF MATAGORDA
Notice is hereby given thut the
Commissioners' Court of said coun-
ty and state will conduct a public
hearing, under the provisions of
Art. 68SI-A-11 of the Revised Civil
Statutes of Texas, for the purpose
of considering the proposed budget
for Matagorda County for the yuir
1944. Said hearing will be held in
the Commissioners’ Court Room, in
the Court House, in Buy City, Tex-
as, beginning at 10 o’clock A. M.
September 1st, 1943. All interested
citizens are invited to be present
at this hearing.
By order of the Court.
THOS. H. LEWIS, County Judge
of Matagorda County, Texas.
IJ S. Treasury Department
Home Domenstration
HINTS
PLANTING FALL POTATOES
For fall planting of white pota-
toes—sometimes called Irish pota-
to,,s_home gardemors may select
seed from those harvested in the
spring. The smaller potatoes—those
about the size of a 25 or 50 cent
piece may be planted whole, snys J.
F. Rosborough, horticulturist for
the A. and M. College Extension
Service. Larger sizes'shouid be cut
into pieces half the size of a hen's
egg just before planting.
Growers sometimes huv<- diffi-
culty getting fall potatoes to come
up. But Rosborough explains that
potatoes must have siv weeks res!
between harvesting and planting
time. He says that if they can be
placed in cold storage at a tempera-
ture of 40 degrees for 30 days be-
fore planting sprouting will be
hastened. Even shorter periods of
cold storage will help. Small Quan-
tities of potatoes may be spread out
in a cool, shady place and covered
with straw, deep sand, sawdust, or
old sacks. Keep them moist for five
to seven days until sprouting be-
gins. Then plant immediately.
In preparing the soil, Rosborough
warns to clean off all weeds and
grass. Weeds turned under at this
time of year will heat nnd cause
the soil to dry out. Trampled barn-
yard manure will not burn plants.
If a supply is available, spread
coating over the soil and plow it
under five to six inches deep. Sum-
mer manure adds plant food and
increases the water holding capac-
ity of the soil.
Five hundred pounds of seed po-
tatoes will plant an acre, and five
to six pounds will plant one hundred
feet of row. But don’t plant in dry
soil. If necessary, irrigate a day or
two before planting. In planting,
open furrows four to five inches
deep and drop the seed fourteen
inches apart. Cover as soon as pos-
sible after dropping, when they
come up, work them every seven to
ten days, Rosborough recommends.
On land or at sea, the men in service have problem* back home
which must be unraveled. Last year. 1.300 000 members «h* »rm^
eHSHatSSsi
ground crew on a personal problem._______
$3,000 WEEKLY TO ENTERTAIN SERVICE MEN
Pipe Line
Co. Asks, “Which
Will Johnny Be?”
As ah uid to putting over the
greatest single financial undertak-
ing in the history of any country in
the world—the fifteen billion dollar
Third War Loan drive to begin Sep-
tember 9, United Gas Pipe Line
Company and associated companies
are publishing an advertisement in
the Palacios Beacon and more than
300 other daily und weekly news-
puptrs in the Gulf South.
The advertisement, captioned
“WHICH will Johnny be?” pointa
out that “no sacrifice or effort we
must make is too great to malm
'sure thut the youth of Amerie*
shall never be the mere pawn of a
tyrant dictator.”
United Gus Pipe Line Company
is engaged in producing and trans-
porting natural gas to meet the Am!
requirements of war industries,
ities and military centers through
>ut the Gulf South. Oil production:
of its associated company is going;
to meet military requirements in
this country and at the battlefrowtsi.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OP TUB
ESTATE OF J. W. TOMPKINS
AND MARTHA FRANCIS
TOMPKINS. DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given that orig-
inal letters of administration upon
the estate of J. W. Tompkins and
Martha Francis Tompkins, decean
ed, were granted to me, the under-
signed, on the 19th day of Febru-
ary, 1943, by the County Court of
Matagorda County. All persons bal-
ing claims against said estate aru
hereby required to present the same
to me within the time prescribed
by law. My residence and post of-
fice address are Palacios. County of
Matagorda, State of Texas.
HOWARD C. CAMPBELL
Administrator of Estate of J. W.
Tompkins and Martha Frmnein
Tompkins, deceased.
Bobby Watkins, of Matagorda, ia
spending his vacation here with his
grandmother, Mrs. R. G. Hendricks
and family, and having a grand
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Fields and
son, Tommy, spent the week-end
with their son and wife, PFC and
Mrs. Raymond Fields at Abilene.
Your fighting son wants you to
buy more and more War Bonds.
U.tSM&tinei ~
NE WYORK, N. Y—More than $3,000 a week is being raised
for the entertainment of America’s fighting men through the
Stage Door Canteen radio program, heard each week.
ItfkREf HUNDRED AND SEVENTV-
EISHT LEATHERNECK. OFFICERS
AND ENLISTED AACN DEFENDED
MAKE KUW0 AGAINST AN OVER-
WHELMING- SUPERIOR JAPANESE
AIR, SEA AND LAND FORCE
FROM DECEMBER fib M, 1941.
Kycongrm
persomauy congrat-
ulated MAHINE CPI.
JOHN MACKIE ABOARD
THE USE GALENA FOR
HIS GALLAHTRV DURING
THE ATTACK ON FORT
darling may is.taw
and oroered that
HE RECEIVE THE
MEDAL OF HONOR...
ithat ion is mu. n* mama*
Cars To Keep Running
America’s 30,000,000 motorists
have been assured by WPB that
sufficient new and reconditioned
parts will be made available to keep
the nation’s essential cars rolling
through 1944. Even the country’s
5,000,000 vehicles, ten years old or
more, will be kept on the road by
necessary replacement parts.
Charles Edward Dismukes came
in from Harlingen Monday to spent!
his vacation here with his grand-
mother, Mrs. J. W. Dismukes and
family.
Mrs. B. F. Bryant has received
word from her daughter, Mrs. J.
B. Shutts, of Silver Springs, Md.,
that she will arrive here Saturday
for a vacation visit.
Rev. L. M. Greenhaw, Thos. S.
Brandon, W. C. Gray and W. P.
Regan attended Rotary luncheon in
Bay City, Tuesday, and Rev. Green-
haw was on the program.
Bobby Walton celebrated his fifth
birthday August 12, 1943, with a
party at his home entertaining
fourteen of his little friends. After
spending the afternoon playing
games and opening many gifts the
party was climaxed by ice cream
and cake served on the lawn. His
friends left wishing him many more
happy birthdays.
The Axis is Taught with Each
Bond Bought!
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bergman re-
turned the first of the week from m.
three week’s visit with relatives in
Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. C.oppert had
as their guest a few hours one day
this week Cpl. C. L. Goppert of the
U. S. Marines, who was being trans-
ferred from Oakland, Calif., to the
U. S. Naval base at Corpus ChristL
Send Some Cheers to Freedom’*
Frontiers!
to c::ncx
*tah 666
'$■ Liquid for Malarial Symi
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sisson and
children left Saturday for Eunice,
La., where Mr. Sisson is now locat-
ed.
Do Your Bit to Keep It Lit—The
,’orch of Liberty!
Schools Days
Just Ahead!
REMEMBER TO MAKE BEN
FRANKLIN STORE YOUR
HEADQUARTERS FOR SCHOOL
SUPPLIES AND OTHER
SCHOOL NEEDS
REAGAN’S
BEN FRANKLIN STORES
★ ★
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WAR BONDS
Mosquito Bar
Among the casualties returning to
the United States from the Solomons
are men who have lost their hear-
ing, not from injury, not from shock,
but from attack by insects upon
men who have been without mos-
quito bar protection.
We’ll never know how many lives
this mosquito bar has saved and you
probably never will know just how
much good your purchases of War
Bonds have done, but you should
know that regular and increasing
purchases are necessary.
il. S. Treasury Department
One /lyo-...
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1943, newspaper, August 19, 1943; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth747051/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.