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Page 4-Palactoa Beacon, Jan. 15,1987
From the Palacios Beacon Early Files1
10 YEARS AGO-1977
Dan Tucker was elected presi-
dent of the Palacios Chamber of
Commerce. Other members elec-
ted were Bert Miller, Jack
Goodner, G.L. “Bill” Harrison,
Charles Harvey, Dale Porter,
Cliff Elliot, Irvin Peterson, Pat
Christianson and Jo Milam.
Jesse Lucio was selected by
the Palacios High School faculty
as Student of the Month.
Groundbreaking ceremonies
wjere held at the corner of Main
and Second Streets on Jan. 16.
This was to be the future site of
the First Baptist Sanctuary and
Education Building.
20 YEARS AGO-1967
Two area students received
their degrees from Texas A&M.
on Jan. 21. They were Ralph
Bowers, BS, Agricultural Engin-
eering, and Michael Jager, Vet-
erinary Science.
Robert L. Jackson was the
Palacios Lions Gub’s entry in the
Lions International Peace Essay
Contest.
25 YEARS AGO-1962
Announcing for re-election
were J.J. (Jack) Spurgeon for
county judge; Mrs. Hilma Huitt,
county clerk, and J. Grady
Walker, district clerk.
Mrs. Bertha Cunningham re-
tired as postal clerk Jan. 5, after
18 years in the local post office.
Mr. and Mrs, R.D. Chamblee,
Jr. announced the arrival of their
baby girl on Dec. 31.
30 YEARS AGO-1957
An average of five to six tank
cars of oil w&e leaving Palacios
daily by rail. The oil was coming
from the Appling Field in the
Carancahua area.
Woodie Wilson was head of
the local March of Dimes drive
that was underway.
Vic Spoor, who had operated a
pleasure club in Palacios for
nearly 15 years, retired.
35 YEARS AGO-1952
Dr. L.A. Wilcox was elected
president of the Palacios Cham-
*r of Commerce.
B.E. Sailor purchased the Hum-
ble Service station from Pat
Lowry.
Ruel Foley, promoter of Foley
Homesites, a subdivision be-
tween Highway 35 and Tres
Palacios Bay, had sold 18 lots
there during 1951.
Births announced were Mr.
and Mrs. J.G. Smith, Jr., a girl,
and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kunefke,
a boy.
40 YEARS AGO-1947
Pilot R.B. Trull and co-pilot
Audry Sullivan will take part in
the Sixth Annual Gulf Air Tour to
Florida.
A total of 65.78 inches of rain
was recorded for the year 1946.
Mrs. Vogt Powel and children
left for Guam to join their
husband and father.
45 YEARS AGO-1942
L.C. English resigned as man-
ager of the Chamber of Com-
merce.
A county-wide blackout was
scheduled for tonight. Air raid
wardens had been appointed to
patrol sections of the town.
Plans were being made for the
President's Ball and William
Elder had been named as chair-
man.
John Lowe, who had coached
the Sharks to the co-champion-
ship of the district, moved to
Barbers Hill.
50 YEARS AGO'-1937
A 130 foot derrick was put up
on the Foley tract one mile north
of Palacios for a deep wildcat test
by Glenn McCarthy.
Dr. J.R. Wagner was elected
president of the Rotary Club to
fill the unexpired term of H.V.
Barr.
Births reported were; Mr. and
Mrs. Merle Viets, a boy,; Mr.
and Mrs. B.L. Blackburn, a boy.
55 YEARS AGO-1932
C.F. Connor sold his grocery
store to Floyd Singleton and
Alton Queen.
C. Langham announced his
candidacy for county treasurer.
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Qyde Barrow breaks
buddy out of prison
BY BARTEE HAILE
Jan. 16, 1934, convict Ray-
- mond Hamilton scampered to
freedom as Gyde Barrow cut
_ loose with a machine gun. The
« spectacular escape from a Texas
prison farm came only five
months after the Depression
desperado was sentenced to a
whopping total of 263 years.
Rejoining his boyhood buddy,
the young outlaw picked right up
; where he had left off before his
cfcpture in December 1932. With
polling to lose but their lives,
Raymond Hamilton, Clyde Barr-
ow and Bonnie Parker resumed
‘ their sensational crime spree.
- 0ne of six abandoned child-
ren, Raymond grew up in West
Dallas, the infamous breeding
ground of 1930’s ne’er-do-wells.
With his older brother Floyd and
jBie Barrows, Clyde and Buck, he
ran wild in the streets until the
(rack of dawn.
Paroled in February 1932 from
the state penitentiary at Hunts-
ville, Clyde immediately looked
up his old pal. Nineteen year old
^Raymond was raring to go,
anxious to make his mark as a
. bonafide badman.
At Kaufman their first robbery
came off without a hitch, but the
getaway left something to be
i'deswcd. When their car sank
' anxie deep in mud, Clyde and
: Raymond told Bonnie to stay put
while they took off on foot to
^.commandeer another car.
V At sunrise the next day,
impatient Bonnie tried to hitch a
ride and was picked up by an
obliging patrolman. Driven
Straight to the Kaufman cala-
boose, she was held for interr-
ogation.
; Meanwhile, Clyde and Ray-
.jnond staged stickups at Dallas,
Hillsboro and Palestine that
Netted nothing more than pocket
change. However, during the
Hillsboro heist, Raymond shot
and killed a gas station pro-
prietor.
Released after a grand jury
could find no grounds for indict-
ment, Bonnie soon caught up
wi.h her companions. Following
a $3,000 band robbery at Willis,
their biggest score yet, the trio
struck a meat packing plant in
Dallas. Although the take was
merely $500, the uproar in the
press caused the bandits to flee
across the Red River into Okla-
homa.
But four days later, a sheriff
and his deputy surprised the
Texans in the act of stealing a
new set of wheels from a honky
tonk parking lot. The fugitives
gunned down the constables
before disappearing into the dark
night. When the deputy died, the
killers were promoted to the top
of the Southwest's most wanted
list.
After several close calls with a
growing army of grim lawmen,
Raymond decided to savor a
healthier climate. However,
while vacationing in Michigan,
he stupidly bragged about his
exploits in order to impress an
attractive waitress. She then
informed her boyfriend, who just
happened to be a cop, and
Raymond was arrested at a
skating rink.
Extradited back to Texas, he
spent 1933 in one courtroom after
another accumulating over two
centuries worth of cell time. As
he headed for prison, Raymond
bpasted , “You know my friend
Clyde Barrow won’t let them
keep me long."
The morning of Jan. 16, 1934,
the guards at the Eastham farm
unit did not bother to frisk the
inmates lined up for the daily
work detail. The smuggled pistol
that Raymond concealed under
his convict clothing went un-
detected.
At a prearranged signal, he
pulled the gun and shot the
armed overseer. As he ran for a j
waiting car, Clyde emerged from
the nearby woods and discourag-
ed pursuit with steady bursts
from an automatic weapon.
But the (relationship of the
outlaws could not withstand the
stress and strain of life on the
lam. Raymond needled his res-
cuer for steering clear of the
bigger banks, while Clyde griped
about Raymond’s new girl friend.
In early March 1934, the two
went their separate ways.
In a matter of weeks, Ray-
mond was flat broke and reduced
to bumming rides on freight
trains. April 25,1934, with a raw
recruit who was more hindrance
than help, he held up the First
National Bank of Lewisville. Cor-
nered at Howe just south of
Sherman, Raymond meekly surr-
endered and begged reporters,
"Please don't paint me as a
bloody murderer!”
In the Dallas County jail,
Raymond received a scorching
letter from Clyde that denounced
him for giving up without a fight.
"Raymond, I’m very sorry to
hear of your getting captured,
but due to the fact that you
offered no resistance, sympathy
is lacking.”
The following month Bonnie
and Clyde perished in an ambush
on a back road in Louisiana.
Raymond outlived his erstwhile
partners but not by much.
At his trial for the murder of
the Eastham guard, he vol-
unteered to spend the rest of
days in escape proof Alcatraz in
exchange for his life. But the
judge and jury rejected the
pathetic appeal and sentenced
him to death by electrocution.
A second prison break again
ended in bloodless apprehension,
and Raymond was returned to
Death Row apparently resigned
to his fate. In 1935, at the age of
22, he was strapped into Old
Sparky, the electric chair at
Huntsville, and given the shock
of his wanton, wasted life.
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of major course exams, and to
explain course content to stud-
ents and patents. She reminded
the trustees that “parent work-
shops were conducted last fall to
explain to the parents what
teachers were teaching and stud-
ents were learning. Teachers also
are using the curriculum guides
to inform parents of their stud-
ents’ progress.
“Principals are also using the
course guides in their role as
educational leaders,” Ms. Rog-
ers pointed out. She explained,
"The principals use the guides to
help teachers stay on target so
that teachers will achieve the
objectives stated in their indivi-
dual course guides. The guides
are also a good resource to help
the principals as they provide an
orientation for new teachers to
the district. The guides in
addition allow principals to plan
specific content for teacher train-
ing.”
Superintendent of Schools, Bill
Reaves, expressed his apprecia-
tion to Msv Rogers, all teachers
who worked on the guides and
the many people who helped with
the clerical duties involved,.in
producing the final documents.
He told trustees, “Our students
do have a very solid curriculum.”
Trustees voted to extend Rea-
ves' contract for an additional
year. Board president, Cara
Herlin, spoke to trustees saying,
“We are pleased with Bill
Reaves as our superintendent.
He continues to do a good job for
us (the district and trustees). The
recently developed coordinated
curriculum guides are evidence
of the good things that are
happening in the district under
his leadership.”
The board conducts an annual
evaluation of the superintendent
in which they review his perfor-
mance based on specific objec-
tives for achievement.
In other business the board:
-Renewed membership in the
Texas. Association of School
Boards and authorized the ad-
ministration to pay the 1987
-TAXES —
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bate of $27,193 was a drop of
4.45% while Port Lavaca had a
drop of 4.96% to $28,563.
Larger declines took place in
other communities. Ganado’s
lack of 552,835 was 14.08% off of
the January 1986 check while El
Campo's trailed 28.55% behind
at $30,529. Edna’s $8,688 rebate
was just 42.33% below the
$15,065 rebate it had received a
year earlier.
The biggest decline was in
Point Comfort where the $650
monthly rebate was down 57%
from the $1,515 it had earned in
the first month of 1986.
AMERICAN
CANCER
SOCIETY’
TRUSTEES
If: ;
★
CAN LIVE WITH
general service fee of $1,357.
-Accepted the administra-
tion’s recommendation to con-
tract with Mid-Coast Driving
School to provide classroom and
driving instruction to the dis-
trict’s students. The district will
pay $98 of the total cost with the
students picking up $100 each for
the instruction. This is compar-
able to the costs students have
paid in past years.
-Renewed a lease agreement
between the School District and
the City of Palacios for opera-
tion of the swimming pool. The
district appointed three members
to serve on the citizen’s ad-
visory committee-Patrick Walk-
er, Jeri Garcia and Bobbie Kana.
-Approved the field house
addition project as complete.
-Announced a change in time
for the board meeting on Feb. 9
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to begin at 6 p.m.
-Reaves gave report from the
tax office and presented a
financial report to the board. He
announced that teachers and
administrators are reviewing pro-
posals for the 1987-88 school
calendar. Reaves also announced
that a progress report on Project
2000 would be presented to those
individuals who participated in
the project. The date for this
presentation is Feb. 3.
-Charles Mize gave an update
on the progress of the East Side
Annex renovation. According to
Mize, the demolition phase of the
project is almost complete and
the actual remodeling will begin
soon. He displayed samples of
the flooring and color scheme
that is proposed throughout the
building.
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