Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1955 Page: 2 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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PUBLISHER MRS. J. W. DISMUKES
EDITOR HENRY ROSENTHAL
ASSO. EDITOR & ADV. MGR JESSE V. DISMUKES
BUSINESS MANAGER HUGH J. DISMUKES
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matter under the Act of Congress.
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Any erroneous reflection upon the character,
standing, or reputation of any person, firm or
corporation which may appear in the columns
of the Palaeios Beacon will be gladly corrected
if brought to the attention of the publisher.
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
10 YEARS AGO
The worst hurricane in more
than »S0 years swept the entire
gulf coast destroying rice and cot-
ton, breaking windows, dei-oofing
buildings and making the cause-
way at Port Lavaca impassible.
The opening of schools were de-
layed one week in order to repair
the buildings damaged by the hur-
ricane.
Miss Patsy Richards and Harold
Sells were married Saturday even-
ing in the First Baptist Church.
The local women's clubs, Athena,
Wednesday and Wayside, are to
be hosts at the County Federation
of Women's Club meeting in Bay
City on Saturday, September 8.
15 YEARS AGO
Camp Hulen, which has been
the home of the 36th Division, Tex-
as National Guard, has been leased
by the federal government to be
used as Coast Artillery Anti-Air-
craft Units.
The City State Bank formally
opened its doors Monday with an
open house. Actual banking began
Tuesday, when 53 accounts were
opened.
Four thousand eighteen bales
of cotton had been ginned in Mata-
gorda County from the crop of
1940 prior to August 10.
Funeral services for Millard
Lipscomb, pioneer Palacios citi-
zen, were held at the Presbyterian
Church, Tuesday, August 27.
Marie Thomas, granddaughter
of Mrs. W. M. Hunter, died of in-
juries received in a car accident.
20 YEARS AGO
J. G. Walker opened the Pure
Oil Service Station on East Bay.
Application was made by the
City Council for a PWA loan and
grant for the construction of a new
city hall and fire station.
The Central Power and Light
Company sponsored a cooking
school in the Queen Theatre.
Plans were being made for the
opening of the new pavilion. The
seawall was nearing completion.
The cotton crop was far below
average and only 400 bales had
been ginned.
Seven amendments were voted
on in a special election. The re-
peal amendment carried with over
55,000 votes, The old age pension
led with nearly a 4 to 1 majority.
In Matagorda County, repeal car-
ried every box except Markham
voting for repeal. Less than 300
votes were cast in Palacios.
25 YEARS AGO
Palacios schools were to open
September 8, R. F. Newsom, super-
intendent announced.
Ruper Elliott was coach and
was getting his football players
ready for the season.
The Palacios gins had put out
1,632 bales of cotton.
In the Democratic run-off, Ross
Sterling received 9,300 more votes
than his opponent, Mrs. Miriam
A. Ferguson.
30 YEARS AGO
Both the city and school had
long lists of delinquent taxes pub-
lished in the Beacon.
Mrs. J. H. Wolfe died at her
home in this city.
Henry Ford announced a new
line of cars with improved body,
brakes and tires.
45 YEARS AGO
I. E. Tipps harvested' his 50
acres of rice.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Davis arrived
here from Trinidad, Colorado, and
purchased the Keller place on east
bay.
The residence of Mr. and Mrs.
John Pierce on east bay was com-
pleted. The cost of the place was
estimated at $17,000, which includ-
ed house, furnishings, and outside
improvements.
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Thursday. September 1, 1955
BRINGING DOWN THE KEYSTONE
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became the City's chief executive
when Early resigned' to move to
Kentucky.—Port Lavaca Wave.
Port Lavaca city evaluations for
1955 totaled $10,063,231, according
to the Equalization Board report
adopted by the city council Mon-
day.—Port Lavaca Wave.
A contract for 3.9 miles of new
construction on U. S. Highway 59
in Jackson County has been award-
ed to a Graham firm it was an-
nounced in Austin this week by
the State Highway Commission
The construction project will great-
ly improve the main highway route
between Ganado and Edna.
Harry Newton Inc. submitted
the low bid of $851,675.48 on the
project.—Ganado Tribune.
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Wick-
ham, and George II of Grayville,
111., Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chris-
tianson of Mascoutah, 111. have
been guests for the past week at
the Luther Hotel, while visiting
the Karl Wickham family and
many friends here. They plan to
return to Illinois after September
1 as George II is a student at Uni-
versity of Illinois,
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VICTORIA, TEXAS
Highest price on record for this
season's crop of wet Century Pat-
na rice sold through Wharton
County Sales Company was $6.88
per barrel, while the first Blue-
bonnet, brought in by Malone and
Pierce Ranch, brought $7.27 on
August 22.—El Campo citizen.
FROM THE EXCHANGES .
Petition For WC And ID Is Circulated
In Karnes County; Will Build Dam
A petition is being circulated in
Karnes City and Kenedy for the
purpose of forming a water con-
trol and improvement district for
the two cities. The district will be
named "Karnes County Water Con-
trol and Improvement District No.
1."
The general nature of the work
to be done will be to construct a
dam and reservior, lay out, con-
struct and maintain pumping fil-
tration systems, pipe lines and
other work necessary or incidental
to acquiring a source of supply
and to furnishing the inhabitants
of the District with fresh water
for domestic and commercial use.
Based upon the information
which we have at this time we
estimated the cost of the project
to be $2,000,000.00.—Karnes City
Citation.
Top winners at the Jackson
County Fair September 13, 14, and
15 will receive handsome bronze
trophies. Twenty-five of the prizes
have been contributed by mer-
chants and individuals for winners
ranging from champion crossbred
Brahman steer calf to the cham-
pion turkey.—Edna Herald.
The Board of trustees of In-
dustrial Consolidated Schools at
Vanderbilt, Jackson County, this
week let the contract to Aber-
nathy Company of Houston for the
construction of a swimming pool
on the high school campus at Van-
derbilt.
The pool, completely modern
with filter system, will be used by
the school's physical education
classes and in the evening will be
open for the use of the communi-
ty. It will be 75 feet long, 35 feet
wide at the shallow end and 25
feet wide at the nine-foot end.—
Edna Herald.
New construction of a 11.2 mile
section of Highway 238 from Port
Lavaca to the Seadrift Highway
185 intersection is scheduled to be-
gin within a week, heralding the
beginning of $1,163,815 new high-
way projects already appropriated
for Calhoun County.
Disclosure of the first in a
series of four big highway jobs
slated in the county was made by
W. A. King, senior resident engi-
neer of Highway Department Dis-
trict 13, Victoria.—Port Lavaca
Wave.
ployee of Key Fish Market, had
been charged with "using a net
board of greater length than
12 x 18" as allowed by law.—Port
Lavaca Wave.
SEADRIFT — Seadrift's city
fathers have dwindled to three fol-
lowing the resignation of Mayor
James R. Early Saturday.
Earlier, Aldermen W. G. Jordan
and Loran Dean threw in the towel,
no official action has been taken
on their resignations.
Mayor Pro-Tem Carlton Flowers
On September 3rd, land owners
in Gonzales and DeWitt Counties
will vote on forming two separate
Soil Conservation Districts, one
for each county.—Yorktown News.
A general clean-up of the city
has been ordered by Mayor Ad
Schroeder at the request of the
City Council.
All residents are requested to
join in the clean-up.—Yorktown
News.
There is no better lipstick re-
mover than a teenage boy.
It may be straight bourbon but
it sure makes you see crooked.
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SEADRIFT—-W. L. Blevins was
acquitted of shrimp law violation
Tuesday by a six-man justice
Court jury for the second time in
five years.
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