Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1956 Page: 2 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, April 5, 1956
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
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PUBLISHER MRS. J. W. DISMUKES
EDITOR ED COOPER
ASSO. EDITOR & ADV. MGR JESSE V. DISMUKES
BUSINESS MANAGER HUGH J. DISMUKES
Entered at the Post Office at Palacios, Texas, as second class mail
matter under the Act of Congress.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year In County, $2.00 One Year Outside County, $2.50
WE STOP ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS AT EXPIRATION
FROM THE EXCHANGES . . .
Final Steps Taken To Secure Local
Interests Share Of Channel Costs
Calhoun County Navigation Dis-
trict officials last week took the
final step toward securing the $8,-
000,000 in revenue bonds required
to finance local interests' share of
costs for the Matagorda Ship
Channel.
Dr. Ronal Roomer, navigation
commission chairman, and Alton
IWIhite, secretary, signed a final
contract agreement calling for
ALCOA to pay the navigation dis-
trict some $87,000 monthly for
wharfage and dockage when the
channel is built.
The contract reportedly is en-
route to Pittsburgh where it is to
be signed by top-ranking officials
of ALCOA.'
Detailed terms of the contract
were not announced, but reliable
sources said the contract binds
ALCOA to pay rental on the pro-
posed wharf facilities at a rate
which would retire the revenue
bonds over 15 years.—The Port
Lavaca Wave.
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Four candidates were available
for four offices in the El Campo
city elections this week and voting
was light. The school elections
this Saturday are expected to be a
ibigger draw for the voters.
Two persons are bilding for one
trustee-at-large seat on the coun-
ty school board and five persons
are entered in a three-seat race in
the Louise Independent School
District.—The El Campo News.
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Some 1,000 real eggs, plus lots
■of candy eggs were hidden by the
Jaycee Easter rabbit and assist-
ants Sunday in Pioneer Park at
Edna.
The annual Jaycee community
Easter egg hunt was divided into
two age groups and there was a
"surprise" egg in each group.—
The Edna Hei'ald.
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The Calhoun County Navigation
District can't do anything about
getting new port facilities for the
Port Lavaca side of Lavaca Bay
until it gets clear title to the 144-
acre tract o'f land near the Oblate
Villa, Dr. Ronal J. Roemer said
Wednesday.
Dr. Roemer, chairman of the
Navigation district, said the land
is owned by the City of Port La-
vaca, and "the city refuses to sell
the land without tying a lot of
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strings to the deal."
Mayor A. B. Tippit said Mon-
day night the city doesn't want to
let the land go until it knows that
the people who get the land will
do something with it.—The Cal-
houn County Times.
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At a special meeting of the
Board of Trustees of the Bay City
schools Thursday night at the
business office it was voted to
reorganize the Senior and Junior
Hifjh Schools for the 1956 and
1957 term.
The change will have the Ninth
grade freshmen in the high school,
instead of junior high school as
has been in the past three years.
—The Bay City Tribune.
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At the regular monthly meet-
ing of the City Council last week
the Council will authorize the ad-
vertising' for bids on the sale of
$280,000 worth of street improve-
ment bonds.
The advertising will require two
weeks time so that the bids will
not bo opened until at least mid
April.—El Campo Citizen.
Runyon Will Head
Local 'Posture' Week
Dr. Norman E. Runyon of Pala-
cios has been named chairman of
a Correct Posture Week Commit-
tee for this area, Dr. Helen Mason
of Pasadena, regional chairman,
announced this week.
As chairman, Dr. Runyon will
direct activities in this area to
call to the attention of the public
during the period May 1-7 the re-
lationship between good posture
and good health.
This town will be one of more
than 300 in Texas where Posture
Week will be observed.
The chairman for this area said
that good posture was more than
just standing or sitting straight.
"All parts of the body must be
1 jrking effectively and with per-
iect balance, ease and comfort,"
he said. "Sometimes the body is
not functioning properly because
there is nerve pressure that could
have been caused by improper pos-
ture."
He said that these points would
be stressed during the week: 1)
Bad posture may be keeping a
person from enjoying truly good
health; 2) the way a person walks,
Works, rides or plays directly in-
fluences the spine which in turn
governs many normal body func-
tions, and 3) the spine is the key
to good posture and good health.
This will mark the sixth straight
year that Correct Posture Week
has been sponsored in Texas by
the Texas State Chiropractic As-
sociation and its members.
Midas was king of Phrygia.
An official baseball weighs five
ounces.
Advertuevxcnt
From where I sit... Joe Marsh
Happy Ending With
A "Familiar Ring
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARIY FILES
Any erroneous reflection upon the character,
standing, or reputation of any person, firm or
corporation which may appear in the columns
of the Palacios Beacon will be gladly corrected
if brought to the attention of the publisher.
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Buck Howell says he and his
Missus had quite a time at the
Stockman's Convention in Chi-
cago. But for a while they had a
4 breakdown in communications."
The phone bell in their hotel
room was pitched so low they
often didn't answer their calls.
"Never knew if it was for us or
not," Buck said, "always sounded
far off—like it was ringing in
someone else's room."
Finally, Buck hit on the
obvious solution. He just made
a deal with the hotel switch-
board operator that whenever
she called them she'd use two
long rings and a short—their
party-line signal back home.
From where I sit, our own
familiar routines tend to make
other ways of doing things seem
strange. That's natural. For in-
stance, if you've always had ice
water with your*neals, you might
think it's odd that lots of us pre-
fer a bottle of beer at dinner-
time. I say you've a right to your
own customs ... but don't call
mine wrong.
10 YEARS AGO
Although the Mayor's post was
the only contested city job, a
record vote turned out here Tues-
day and elected Glenn Claybourn
to replace Mayor J. L. Deutsch.
Claybourn received 333 of the
538 votes cast in the election.
Winfred Johnson, recently dis-
charged after two years of ser-
vice in the Navy, took overy the
Magnolia Service Station at the
corner of Main and Third Streets..
Landon E. Gist, local chairman
of the Red Cross Drive, stated that
the sum of $1,071.62 was collect-
ed during the campaign here which
closed Monday, April 1.
Carlton Crawford was a candi-
date 'for re-election and D. M.
Green was also seeking one of two
school trustee posts subject to Pa-
lacios Independent School District
election.
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15 YEARS AGO
Loren Margerum will be the
new member of the city council,
Guy Claybourn and R. J. Sisson
were re-elected.
Mrs. Mille Herrin and Forest L.
Green were married April 2 at the
Luther Hotel with iRev. George
Gillespie performing the ceremony.
Seven men reported to the draft
board for induction. These men
were Jack M. Payne, Daniel R.
Zepeda, Frank A. Orsak, Brenton
B. Clardy, A. B. Huddleston, Les-
ter W. Morton and Luther C. Lit-
tle.
Major E. D. Elliott, Chaplain of
the 105th Coast Artillery station-
ed at Camp Hulen, was guest
speaker at the Wednesday Club
banquet held Friday night at the
Green Lantern Inn.
20 YEARS AGO
iWorkmen had begun repairing
and remodeling the Pasal Building
recently purchased by the city,
making it into a city hall and fire
station.
An additional 25x50 feet was be-
ing made to the Arnold Building
on Main St. It was to be construct-
ed of brick and tile with a front of
introlite brick and plate glass.
Jim Miller was doing the work.
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Berger of
West Columbia announced the
birth of a baby daughter, and Mr.
and Mrs. Everett Skinner of Hen-
derson were the parents of a baby
boy.
Dates for National Guards train-
ing at Camp Hulen were set for
August 1 to 15, according to an an-
nouncement from Dallas J. Mat-
thews, acting chief of staff.
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25 YEARS AGO
Annual banquet of the Wednes-
day Club was held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ehlers. Mr. and
Mrs. L. Bruer left for their home
in Serena, 111., after spending the
winter in Palacios.
The G. W. Resser family moved
to Wharton, a change in the Pala-
cios train service necessitating the
move.
Dr. Wagner announced births as
follows: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Da-
pron, a girl; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cor-
poron, a girl; Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Norwood, a boy; Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Wells, a girl; Mr. and Mrs. James
H. Colvin, a boy; and Mr. and Mrs.
T. L. Leader, twins, a boy and a
girl.
30 YEARS AGO
Albert Clement and Miss Mar-
jorie Kaiser were married in Bay
City.
Alfred Boiling, prominent Jack-
son County citizen, died at his
home in LaWard.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Bruse moved to
their home on Duson Avenue, pur-
chased from J. A, Williams.
35 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Sartwell
announced the birth of a boy.
Mrs. A. J. Tatum was honoree
at a farewell party at the home of
Mrs. R. J. Sisson, sponsored by the
Women's Auxiliary of the Pres
byterian Church.
T. A. Bullock, manager of the
B.Y.P.U. grounds was doing some
extensive cleaning up and had
planted some 200 trees and shrubs.
45 YEARS AGO
J. .E. Robinson and family ar
rived from Wakita, Okla., to make
Palacios their home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Curtis and
son, George of Sabina, Ohio, were
new arrivals in Palacios.
Dr. C. G. Luniley and two daugh-
ters o'f Chicago were guests of
Mrs. P. A. Elder.
In 1605, Guy Fawkes tried to
blow up the English House of
Lords.
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VICTORIA, TEXAS
By VERN SANFORD
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN, Tex.—Battle lines are
fast forming. The scrap for con-
trol of the Texas delegation to the
Democratic national convention is
a high-tension argument. Harmony
is out. Now it's a no-holds-barred,
toe-to-toe slugfest.
It started when House Speaker
Sam Rayburn, leader of Texas'
liberal-loyalist 'forces and Godfath-
er of the Democratic Advisory
Council proposed that U. S. Sen.
Lyndon Johnson be Texas' favorite
son candidate for President of the
United States. . . and head the
Texas delegation to the nominat-
ing convention in Chicago.
George W. Sandlin, chairman of
the Democratic State Executive
Committee, had proposed Gov. Al-
lan Shivers as chairman.
Shivers charged that Byron
Skelton, chairman of the DAC,
had thought up the favorite son
and chairman idea. . . and that
Rayburn "is just his mouthpiece."
Shivers denounced Rayburn's
proposal as a "cynical and calcu-
lated effort to divide the conserva-
tive democrats of Texas. . . an at-
tempt to maneuver the senator in-
to the DAC-PAC camp."
Then he challenged Johnson to
denouncie Liberal-Loyalist back-
ing and take a stand for states'
rights.
Johnson's answer was that he
would head only a middle-of-the-
road delegation. Not one "from
either fringe"—either ultra-con-
servative or ultx-a-liberal.
"No one knows better than Al-
lan Shivers that I am not a crea-
ture of the ADA, DAC. PAC, NA-
ACP, CIO or any other group he
may have named," snapped John-
son. "Nor am I an errand boy of
reactionary big business or the
Republican party."
Verbal blasts between Washing-
ton and Austin continued. Shivers
accused' Rayburn of "trying to run
Texas from Washington." Ray-
burn termed Shivers "an angry,
confused, frustrated man. . . on a
sinking ship." Adding "1 belong to
no faction but the Democratic
party."
Shivers replied that had he got-
ten in the boat with Rayburn and
Adlai Stevenson in 1952, "we
would have lost both the boat and
the Tidelands!" He charged Ray-
burn with "being a Democrat first
and an American second."
Shivers has declared he will not
pledge himself to support "any
nominee," and will hold himself
free to vote for the man he con-
siders best for President, regard-
less of party. . . "and I hope it is
a Democrat."
Fencing between Johnson and
Shivers was in milder tones, with
Shivers concluding that he had no
desire to battle with "my old
friend, Lyndon Johnson." Without
withdrawing his demand for John-
son to state his position on the
issue, Shivers said "I would not
stand in the way of Texas honor-
ing him as chairman of the dele-
gation or as favorite son."
Johnson has not said whether he
would permit his name to be pre-
sented as a favorite son candidate,
or whether he would take the
chairmanship. He has said, how-
ever, that ho hopes to be a dele-
gate.
All of which means a show-down
fight for control of the Democi-a-
tic State Convention in Dallas, set
for May 22. liberals have prom-
ised a content there. . . and if
they lose they/will attempt to bar
the conservatives from the na-
tional convention. Rayburn will be
temporary chairman o'f the na-
tional convention.
Interposition Approved
Complying with Governor Shiv-
ers' request, the Democratic State
Executive committee has ordered
on the July ballot a referendum
on "interposition." This seeks a
voters' mandate for the Texas
Legislature to petition Congress
for a constitutional amendment re-
establishing and protecting states'
rights. |.i V
It is an attack on U. S. Supreme
Court decisions, such as the Tide-
lands, school segregation, federal
control over natural gas, etc.
which Texas conservatives have
branded as an unauthorized in-
vasion of states' rights.
Yarborough After Grassroots Votes
A down-to-earth intensified cam-
paign for governor now is under
way by Austin Attorney Ralph W.
Yarborough.
His first official move was a
cross-roads plea for contributions
and support "from the common
people who believe in the Demo-
cratic form of Government."
Ads appear this week in week-
ly newspapers throughout Texas
soliciting one dollar or more from
small-town contributors. It's a
"Dollars for Democracy" appeal.
The lachrymal glands secrete
tears.
Gold braid can be brightened by
brushing, then rubbing powdered
alum into it. Let the alum remain
for an hour or two.
The first daily paper in England,
The Daily Courant, was issued in
1702, and the first penny paper,
the Orange Postman, in 1709.
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