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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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Thursday, March 29, 1956
Johnnie Rice
Attends Meeting
Johnnie N. Rice, who recently
opened a branch office of the Old
National Insurance Company here,
attended a branch managers meet-
ing in Houston last week.
Meeting Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, the branch managers
discussed the recruiting of person-
nel to act as agents for the com-
pany.
POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Beacon has been authorized
to announce the following candi-
dacies subject to the various elec-
tions scheduled in 1956:
For Sheriff:
J. B. (Jack) COLE
(for re-election)
G. F. (Gus) BENEDICT
C. H. (Dee) DeWOLFE
CHARLIE WOLF
For County Commissioner Pet. 3:
GEORGE L. HARRISON
BILLY HOLT
ARCHIE G. THOMPSON
L. IW SMITH
For County Attorney;
FRED P. HOLUB
(for re-election)
For Tax Assessor-Collector:
JAMES H. SELKIRK
(for re-election)
For State Representative Dist. 32:
CARLTON CRAWFORD
CITY ELECTION
Election Day will be April 3.
For City Alderman:
ED BARRETT
(for re-election)
HOMER APARICIO
(for re-election)
D. D. (Dan) PAULK
For City Marshal:
JOHN PENA
C. E. MOTES
For Mayor;
A. H. PETERSEN
(for re-election)
For City Recorder:
WARREN A. FEATHER
(for re-election)
SCHOOL ELECTION
Election day will be April 7.
For School Trustee:
J. H. (Jimmy) SHEARER
JOE RESSLER
(for re-election)
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ELECTION ORDER
AND NOTICE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF MATAGORDA
On this the 12 day of March,
1956, the Board of Trustees of
Palacios Independent School Dis-
trict convened in regular session
with the following members pres-
ent, to-wit: Guy Johnson, Presi-
dent; J. B. Kimball, Carlton Craw-
ford, D. D. Paris, Joe Ressler, Ver-
ner Bowers, Dr. John Hart, and
the following absent: None, con-
stituting a quorum and among
other proceedings had by said
Board of Trustees was the follow-
ing:
Whereas the term of office of
Carlton Crawford and Joe Ressler
members of the Board of Trustees
of this School District will expire
on the first Saturday in April,
1956, said first Saturday being
April 7, 1956, and on said date a
trustee election will be held in said
School District.
Whereas it is necessary for this
Board to pass an order establish-
ing the procedure for filing for and
conducting said trustee election.
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDER-
ED BY THE BOARD OF TRUS-
TEES OF PALACIOS INDE-
PENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
1. That an election be held in
said School District on April 7,
1956, for the purpose of electing 2
members to the Board of Trustees
of said School District.
2. That all requests by candi-
dates to have their names placed
upon the ballot for the above men-
tioned election shall be in writing
and filed with J. B. Kimball at
Palacios, Texas not later than
March 28, 1956, at 6:00 p.m.
3. That said election shall be
held at tre following place and
the following named persons are
hereby appointed officers for said
election:
At City Hall Building in Pala-
cios, Texas, in said School Dis-
trict, with Mrs. G. G. Hope as
Presiding Judge, and Mrs. Guy
Claybourn and Mrs. Mildred Barr,
Clerks.
4. The manner of holding said
election shall be governed, as near
as may be, by the Election Code
of this State, and this Board of
Trustees will furnish all necessary
ballots and other election supplies
requisite to said election.
5. Immediately after said elec-
tion has been held the officers
holding the same shall make re-
turns of the results thereof to the
Board of Trustees of said School
District, and return the ballot box
to the Secretary of said Board for
safekeeping.
6. The secretary of this Board
of Trustees shall forthwith issue
a notice of said election by posting
copies of this order at three dif-
ferent places within the boun-
daries of said School District,
which posting shall be done not
less then 10 days prior to the date
for said election.
Tre above order being read, it
was moved and seconded that the
same do pass. Thereupon, the
question being called for, the fol-
lowing members of the Board voted
AYE: Guy Johnson, J. B. Kimball,
D. D. Paris, Verner Bowers, Carl-
ton Crawford, Joe Ressler, Dr.
John Hart, and the following voted
NO: None.
ATTEST:
GUY JOHNSON
President, Board of Trustees
J. B. KIMBALL, Secretary
FOR SALE or TRADE
GO OUT 4TH Street to McDonald's
for FRESH EGGS, 40c a dozen.
12-t'f
FOR SALE—New 6-volt battery,
good radio, all in 1946 Hudson.
Enquire at Beacon office.
FOR SALE—My home at 108
Duson, 4-rooms with bath. See
S. T. (Curley) Oglesby. 49-tf
FOR SALE—6 drop leaf tables
and 14 oak chairs. White Swan
Courts, phone 3451, ll-3t
FOR QUICK SALE—List your
Real Estate with Williams Real
Estate, Box 301, 99 First St. 14-tf
FOR SALE—Two bedroom home,
'furnished or unfurnished, in
Foley Addition, two blocks from
Bay. Mrs. B. E. Sailor, Phone 5371.
13-lt
FOR SALE—One Englander hide-
away sofa, two cocktail chairs,
two blond step tables, one year old,
like new. Priced for quick sale.
Call 7521 after 5 p.m. 13-lt
FOR RENT
FOR RENT—Furnished apartment
at 414% Morton. Phone 4861,
FOR RENT—Rooms with bath.
Bayview Hotel. 41-tfn
FOR RENT: — 3-room furnished
apartments. 110 Commerce or
phone 3541. 49-tf
WAREHOUSE FOR RENT OR
LEASE—Call 6286 for informa-
tion, or contact D. E. Leighton.
13-tf
FOR RENT—Three room furnish-
ed house. Utilities paid. Tele-
phone 3786, 402 Perryman Ave-
pue. . 12-lt
FOR RENT — 3 room furnished
apartment. Utilities paid. See
Adolphus Rioux, 213 Fifth St.,
Phone 3661. 7-tf
FOR SALE—Prairie hay to feed
or fine cut hay for garden mulch
$12.00 a ton at the barn or 50c a
bale delivered. R. M. Harris, Ph.
2916. 9-tf
FOR SALE—International Har-
vester Corn Sheller, like new. C.
G. Jeffers, Star Route, Palacios,
Phone 3734. 8-tf
FOR SALE or TRADE:—My home
and two two-story apartments
E. T. Miller, 414 Morton, Phone
4861. 26-tf
FOR SALE—HD 7 angle Dozier,
two yard scraper and brush
rake. Excellent condition. Call HI
3-2711 Jo Roach, 906 Navarro, Vic-
toria; or C. H. Burns, Phone 7162,
Palacios. 13-3t
FOR SALE—Cris-Craft 14' Run-
About Boat, with new 12 h.p.
Wizard Motor and Trailer. Also
1949 Chevrolet Vs ton Pick-Up
with 1954 block assembly recently
installed. Will sell separately or
together. W. E. Sullivan Phone
3431. 11-tf
7171 — FIRE PHONE — 7171
Miss Jean Wesselman, a senior
student nurse at Seton School of
Nursing, Austin, Texas, spent a
two weeks vacation with the B. J.
Wesselman family and friends.
VOTE FOR
(DAN)
PAULK
FOR
ALDERMAN
(Paid Pol. Adv.)
FOR SALE OR TRADE—Crosley
Shelvador refrigerator, $75.00;
3 bui-ner apartment gas stove,
$25.00; 30 gallon Day & Night hot
water heater, $35.00 and a prac-
tically new hearing aid, cost $225.-
00 to anyone in need, $50.00. 414%
Morton, Phone 4861. 12-2t
Statement of Condition of
PALACIOS CEMETERY
ASSOCIATION
Perpetual and Irrevocable Funds
in Trust as of December 31, 1955
ASSETS
Cash $ None
U. S. Government Bonds .... $ None
Municipal Obligations $ None
Corporate Stocks $ None
Savings, Building & Loan
Investments $ None
Real Estate Mortagages . .. $ None
Other Investments $ None
TOTAL $ None
LIABILITIES
Principal in Trust $ None
Undisbursed Income $ None
TOTAL S None
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF MATAGORDA
BEFORE ME, the undersigned
authority, on this day personally
appeared Glenn D. Claybourn Jr.,
and Mrs. Geo. L. Hunter, known
to me to be the President and
Secretary, respectively, (or two of
the responsible officers) of Pala-
cios Cemetery Association and be-
ing by me duly sworn, on oath did
depose and say, each for himself
(or herself) that each of the af-
| fiants has read the above and fore-
i going report of status of Perpetual
! Care Funds of said Cemetery, that
each knows the contents thereof,
and that the facts set forth there-
in are known by each of said af-
fiants to be in all things true and
correct.
Glenn D. Claybourn Jr., President
Mrs. George L. Hunter, Secretary
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN
TO be'fore me this 29th day of Feb-
ruary, 1956 to certify which wit-
ness my hand and seal of office.
Effie Singleton, Notary Public
in and for Matagorda County, Tex-
as.
The first subway was opened in
London.
FOR RENT—3 Large Rooms and
Bath, Furnished, Ample Closets,
no children — 811 First Street,
Feather & Son. 50
Aparicio Asks
Voters To Choose
In Alderman Race
Homer Aparicio, who is present-
ly serving his first term as city
alderman, authorized the Beacon
this week to say that he will wel-
come the support of his friends in
the city election here Tuesday.
Aparicio said that he didn't haw
any particular campaign platform
or promises to make.
"I've served one term now," he
said," and I think the people can
see by now what kind of a job I
have done and judge what kind of
job I will do in the future."
The 32-year-old ALCOA work-
er, who is married and has two
boys, said that he urged every-
onie to turn out and vote.
He said that if the voters don't
approve of the job he has done,
they should turn out and scratch
bis name.
"But if you don't vote at all, its
just like voting against me," he
said. "I will appreciate every vote
I get." (Paid Pol. Adv.)
ABOUT TOWN—
(Continued From Page 1)
check the bicycle. The two wheel-
ed vehicle was gone and Bell s
car was still no where around.
Deputy Miller took Harold home,
but in a few minutes Miller was
back with the keys to the missing
car. The deputy had found Bell's
automobile parked near the R. G.
Ilendrick's home with the rod and
reel in back.
We can suppose that some
youthful fisherman needed trans-
portation to the bay.
SHORT NOTES: The pilings are
being driven, almost completed, for
the new bridge across the Tres-
Palacios between here and Col-
legeport. . . The Texas National
Guard is planning a tentative rifle
range's construction for summer
week-end camps here. . .The Gen.
Matthews mentioned in the Ilulen
water well story last week is Dal-
las J. Matthews, not Arthur. . .
Carancahua is getting telephones...
Deadline for new vehicle license
plates is April 1—Sunday. . .
Miss Patsy Wesselman arrived
Thursday for a five day vacation
from the Seton School of Nursing,
Austin.
Wickham Plumbing
Moves To Different
Business Location
Wickham Plumbing Company
moved from the corner of Fourth
and Commerce Streets to the for-
mer Phenix Dariy Building on
Commerce Street this week.
Karl Wickham, owner and opera-
tor, said early this week that the
stock was not completely re-or-
ganized, but he expected to have
the plumbing company "ship-
shape" in the new quarters as soon
as possible.
7171 — FIRE PHONE — 7171
IT'S TIME TO—
ABASH
ROACHES, SILVER-FISH,
ANTS, ETC.
OUR F.E.I. KILLS GERMS
TERMITt WORK
I WILL BE IN PALACIOS
Tuesday, April 3, 1956
R. O. McDOUGLE
MISCELLANEOUS
WANTED—Old guns. Leave ad-
dress at Beacon office.
LAWN MOWING SERVICE—See
O. K. Brurnbelow at 523 Morton
Ave. or write Box 219. 8-tf
VENETIAN BLINDS — Window
shades. Over 20 years experience
in installation. Call Brandon's,
phone 5201. tf
•SUBSCRIBE TO THE HOUSTON
POST. Delivered at your door
daily and Sunday. Call R. V. Wrat-
islaw, Phono 6171. 49
MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY
BOOKEEPING service for small
businesses, payroll reports, taxes,
statements. L. A. House, office 205
Fifth Street: Dhones 6231 or 3781.
FREE—Five (5) good tires, new
6-volt battery, car radio that
receives all color broadcasts, with
the purchase of a 1946 Hudson
Commodore Six. Just like a camel,
needs water regularly. See it at
the Beacon office.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS
OF MATAGORDA COUNTY
DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 3
COVERING 1955
In compliance with Article 8172,
Revised Statutes of Texas, we, the
undersigned Drain age Commis-
sioners of Matagorda County
Drainage District No. 3, do here-
by make and file with the County
Clerk of Matagorda County, Tex-
as, the following report of our
acts as Drainage Commissioners
of Matagorda County Drainage
District No. 3 for the calendar
year 1955.
EXPENDITURES
Paid out for labor $ 39.50
Drainage Commissioners'
salaries..... 4.50
County Auditor's
compensation 1.13
Total Expenditures $ 45.13
RECEIPTS OF ALL FUNDS
DURING 1955
Balance on hand January 1,
1955 $ £84.10
Receipts from ad valorem
taxes during 1955 948.28
Total cash available $ 1,432.38
RECAPITULATION
Total cash available $ 1,432.38
Total expenditures 45.13
Balance of cash on hand
Dec. 31, 1955 $ 1,387.25
Work in the Drainage District
was reduced to the minimum in
1955 because 1954 drainage dis-
trict taxes were not collected un-
til the latter part of 1955.
Signed and subscribed as of this
the 9th day of March, 1956.
GEORGE STUBBLEFIELD,
Drainage Commissioner of Mata-
gorda County Drainage District
No. 3.
J. G. SIMPSON,
Drainage Commissioner of Mata-
gorda County Drainage District
No. 3.
W. H. LASLIE,
Drainage Commissioner of Mata-
gorda County Drainage District
No. 3.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO
by George Stubblefield before me
on this the 22nd day of March,
1956, to certify which witness my
hand and seal of office.
PATRICIA G. RAPLEE,
Notary Public in and for Matagor-
da County, Texas.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO
by J. G. Simpson, before me this
the 22nd. day of March, 1956, to
certify which witness my hand seal
of office.
PATRICIA G. RAPLEE.
Notary Public in and for Matagor-
da County, Texas.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO
before me by W. H. Laslie on this
the 22nd. day of March, 1956, to
certify which witness my hand and
seal of office.
PATRICIA G. RAPLEE,
Notary Public in and for Matagor-
da County, Texas.
A i
I
CHAS. WOLF—
(Continued From Page 1)
"I have run for this office be-
fore and have t>een defeated, so
you will hear some people say,
'Ole Charlie' doesn't have a chance.
I would like to know why being de-
feated before would make me in-
eligible for this race now when we
all know it is past time for a
change in the sheriff's office.
"Some old writer once said, 'It
matters not whether you won or
lost, but how you played the
game.'
"I have been in competition
many times in sports, football,
baseball, basketball, track, swim-
ming, and boxing and have lost
many times but always came back
to win again.
"I am not in the least ashamed,
in fact, I can hold my head up to
anyone on the way I have played
the game in these sports, my life,
or this political venture, and I see
r.o reason why I cannot come back
and win this time.
"In office I pledge:
"Honest and efficient law en-
forcement.
"Well trained and active 24-hour
duty.
"A modern and complete filing
system on fingerprints and police
matters.
"An office that knows all man-
kind for, his rights and feelings.
"An office that will do all in its
power to fight the dope racket,
gambling, and illicit ti'ades.
"An office that will fully co-
operate with the city police de-
partment and other law en'force-
ment agencies.
"An office that will cooperate
with and work with all other coun-
ty officers.
"An office that will give out
true facts on all work and give
credit where credit is due.
"My greatest effort will be to
help the school system and par-
ents to prevent juvenile delin-
quency and troubles and be sure to
set an example for children that
they will look to me for guidance
and come to me as their best
friend for advice.
"I shall organize junior deputy
clubs and teen deputy clubs and
teach them workings of police
work that will help them in their
dealing with life.
"I will form a county posse
group for instant help in emergen-
cies and as social and exhibition
clubs.
"It would be my greatest honor
if you would let me serve you in
this capacity and I will take it as
my sincere responsibility to carry
out the duties in a manner satis-
factory to all good and law abid-
ing citizens."
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wesselman
and family of Shreveport, La. are
vacationing with the B. J. Wessel-
man family and the Walt Paulissen
family of Austin.
Manager Bobby Bragan of the
Pirates has one advantage that
former Manager Fred Haney did
not have, says The Sporting News.
Haney couldn't talk with his Span-
ish-speaking players. Bragan
speaks and understands Spanish.
List Your Property
FOR QUICK SALE *
I have for sale Farm Land,
Residents, Business and Revenue
Property. f
t
Adolphus Rioux
REAL ESTATE DEALER
Office 213 5th St. Phone 3661
7171 — FIRE PHONE — 7171
DYER
ELECTRIC SERVICE
HOUSE WIRING
APPLIANCE REPAIR
BOX 1473
PHONE 6976
PALACIOS FEED & MILLING CO.
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS
and INSECTICIDES
JERRY'S REPAIR SERVICE
GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE
ELECTRIC AND ACETYLENE WELDING
FARM MACHINERY REPAIR
WASHING MACHINE AND SMALL ELECTRIC
MOTORS REPAIRED
Outboard & Lawnmower Service
G. Y. PAYNE > PHONE 7621
ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR
CHOICE EASTER SUNDAY
H. C. (Howard) CAMPBELL
GENERAL INSURANCE
4th & Commerce Phones: Res. 3551, Off. 3001
President Monroe was the last
man in public life in this country
to wear knee trousers.
Alderman: "Congratulate me,
Mollie, I've won the election."
Wife (surprised): "Honestly?"
Alderman: "Now what in thun-
der did you have to bring that up
for?"
Chief: "Do you believe in life
after death?"
Office, boy: "Yes, sir."
Chief: "Then everything is in
order. After you had gone off for
the afternoon to bury your grand-
father, he came in here to see
you."
All jokes aside folks, you'll enjoy
our one-stop service. Our attend-
ants are courteous and helpful
and they like to do the little things
like cleaning windshields and head-
lights besides giving you the best
in gas and oil.
RAMSEY'S
GULF STATION
MAIN & FOURTH
RE-ELECT
ED
BARRETT
CITY
ALDERMAN
UNABLE TO SEE EVERYONE
PERSONALLY, I TAKE THIS MEANS
OF ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE
AND SUPPORT.
—ALL WILL BE APPRECIATED—
Election Day: Tuesday, April 3
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(Paid Pol. Adv.)
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