Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1962 Page: 2 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, September 6. 19fio
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FROM THE EXCHANGES . . .
New Bridge Approved For Cox's Creek;
Area Cotton Harvest May Set Record
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A new bridge and approaches
over Cox's Creek on State High-
*way 316 in Calhoun County two and
six-tenths miles southwest of the
Jackson County line was authoriz-
ed by the Texas Highway Commis-
sion. Estimated cost of the struc-
ture is $49,600.—Edna Herald.
It appeared Wednesday that the
county agent's prediction of 16,000
bales for Calhoun County will be
•correct. Should this bale count be
reached, it will mean that this
year's cotton harvest will be a third
greater than that of last cotton
season.—Port Lavaca Wave.
This new home of the El Campo
-Jaycees is rapidly nearing comple-
tion and target date for its formal
dedication is Saturday, September
"8, when not only El Campoans but
•thousands of visitors are expected
'.here for "Operation Hometown".
—El Campo Leader-News.
The six cotton gins in Jackson
County had ginned a total of 9,075
"bales by Wednesday noon, and
Tnost ginners feel they are "over
the hump" as far as running day
and night.—Edna Herald.
School opened Tuesday, Sept. 4
with 3,474 Jackson County students
in the three school districts in the
county. This is an increase of 183
over the 3,290 listed last Septem-
ber. According to reports, Ganado
schools opened with 710 students;
Industrial schools, 791 and Edna
1,973 students.—Ganado Tribune.
Six farm leaders from Pakistan
arrived in Houston August 31.
They spent five days in the rice
section as guests of Texas Farm-
ers Union families, R. J. Strnadel
of El Campo and Robert Schuirr-
ing, Garwood.—El Campo Citizen.
The City Council, at its regular
meeting, discussed insurance, tab-
led an ordinance on auxiliary po-
lice, approved a budget for next
year totaling approximately $196,-
065 and set a tax rate of $1.50.—
Rockport Pilot.
Top officials of Arabia Temple
Shrine, including1 general chairman
of the 1962 Shrine Circus Carl
Denson, who will be Imperial Po-
tentate the next fiscal year, were
guests of the Wharton County
Shrine Club.—Wharton Spectator.
After a vacancy of more than
2% years, Calhoun County will
have a Home Demonstration Agent
-come September 1. Miss Georgia
Mae Edwards received approval of
the Commissioners Court Monday
morning.—Calhoun County Times.
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Indications in Port Lavaea last
week were that all of the 1.4 mil-
lion tons of rock required for the
Matagorda Ship Channel jetties
will move in through port facilities
here, depending on final plans for
the shipments. No definite word
has been issued by the jetty con-
tractors, Nolan Brothers of Min-
neapolis, Minn.—Calhoun County
Times.
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
10 YEARS AGO
The Palacios Sharks may be
one of the chief contenders in
tough District 27-A football this
season with 13 lettermen returning;
while the Junior High Hornets
only had two lettermen returning.
The Rio Theatre, 415 Main, was
severely gutted by fire Tuesday
night.
A tentative total of 965 stu-
dents had registered in Palacios
schools which was 40 less than
registered on opening day last year.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Hutson who celebrated their
35th wedding anniversary Septem-
ber 7.
Mrs. Margaret Sanford Williams
and Robert B. Trull were married
Saturday afternoon, August 30.
Irving Moore, Jr. was elected
president for the coming year of
the Wharton County Junior Col-
lege Foundation, a non-profit
foundation dedicated to the educa-
tional development and progress of
the Wharton County Junior Col-
lege.—Wharton Spectator.
A blonde beauty from Leesville,
in Gonzales County, was named
Farm Bureau Queen of District 10
in the contest held in Edna Hieh
School Auditorium Monday night.
She was Miss Coylene Mahan.—
Edna Herald.
Eight West Wharton County
gins four of them in El Campo,
ginned a total of 4^66 bales this
past week to bring the season
total to 27,074 bales. The total for
the county as of August 24 was
53,121.—El Campo Leader-News.
A sum of $2,439,95 was contrib-
uted by the people of Jackson
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15 YEARS AGO
Activities on the water front
were renewed this week with the
legal opening of the shrimp sea-
son and reports seem to indicate
shrimp are plentiful.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bowden at-
tended the funeral of her brother,
II. J. Hudson, in Freeport, Mon-
day.
The march back to school began
Tuesday morning with a much
larger enrollment than last year.
A teaching corps of 35 men and
women had been selected with a
coach and Bible instructor yet to
be hired.
The V. F. W. Pirates and the Bay
City baseball team meet here Sun-
day in a double header.
Out-of-town football clubs, John
Reagan of Houston, Brenham and
Vanderbilt opened a week's train-
ing at the BYPU grounds.
Miss Lolly Trull and Billy Bob
Shiflctt were married Saturday
afternoon at the First Presbyter-
ian Church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie
Carnahan, 81, were held Tuesday
at the Methodist Church.
Mrs. E. I. Chiles returned from
an extended vacation trip to Min-
nesota and Virginia.
The V. F. W. Softball nine won
the Labor Day tournament in
Port Lavaca, defeating Austwell in
12 innings to win the coveted
award.
County for the Sabin Polio Vaccine
in the first round of the series.—
Ganado Tribune.
The Lavaca Bay fishing pier, one
scheduled to be the country's long-
est, got a nice boost from the Tex-
as Highway Department last week
in the assignment of several thous-
and feet of bridge timbers that
can be used to rebuild the pier.
The fishing pier will be a rebuild-
ing in part of the old Lavaca Bay
causeway that had its floor ripped
away in last September's Hurri-
cane Carla. i— Calhoun County
Times.
The Board of Trustees of Hun-
gerford I.S.D. announces the elec-
tion of Walter Moffitt as superin-
tendent for the school year 1962-
63. John O'Dowd, former superin-
tendent, resigned the position to
become principal in the Vidor
School System near Beaumont^—
Wharton Spectator.
The new pumper authorized for
purchase by the City Council
Thursday night is an American
La France and will cost the city
some $21,693.00 delivered in El
Campo.—El Campo Citizen.
DR. JACK KAHN
OPTOMETRIST
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20 YEARS AGO
Palacios was digging out from
the wreckage of a tropical storm
which left two dead and damage
to property and crops estimated
at from a half to three quarters
million dollars. More than a million
dollars damage was estimated at
Camp Hulen,
The Sunshine Laundry was de-
stroyed by fire during the peak of
the storm.
Two Camp Hulen soldiers lost
their lives when the truck they
were using to help evacuate civil-
ians during the storm ran off the
highway in the second draw west
of town.
Jack Crawford celebrated his 4th
birthday by taking his first train
ride.
Jackie Lee Caff all and Kenneth
Alton enlisted in the U. S. Marines
and had been sent to San Diego,
Calif.
25 YEARS AGO
A fire in Matagorda destroyed
the old frame building which hous-
ed the first Matagorda County
courthouse. The building was used
for a hotel following the removal
of the court to Bay City and at
the time it burned was used as a
cafe.
L. S. "Jack" Appleton was a
member of a party to make a trip
from Houston to Warren, Ark. by
plane to visit lumber mills at Pine
Bluff.
William M. Hunter died at his
home in this city.
A reunion of the W. C. Williams
family was held at Rockport.
Charles Johnson, in charge of
the Palacios gin, reported 869 bales
of cotton ginned and V. L. Ander-
son led the list of farmers with
78 bales and had more to pick.
30 YEARS AGO
H. Bentz of Francitas purchased
the Charles Harriman farm on
east bay.
Local gins reported 360 bales of
cotton had been turned out this
season.
The Texas Gulf Sulphur Com-
pany announced a temporary shut
down of operations in this county.
35 YEARS AGO
The Queen Theatre was present-
ing Clara Bow in "It".
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Sart-
welle of Houston announced the
birth of twin girls on August 29.
Palacios gins reported 1,466
bales of cotton ginned from this
year's crop.
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