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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1954
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME XLVII NUMBER 32
Death Claims
Early Pioneer,
W. H. Clement
William Henry Clement, Sr.
passed away August 7, 1954 in
Palacios. Funeral services were
held in the First Presbyterian
Church Sunday, August 8, at 5:00
p.m. The Rev. Logan Cockrum of-
ficiated. Interment was at the Pala-
cios Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: D. R. Bolling,
H. C. Campbell, A. C. Morris, R.
(A* L. Price, J. A. Ressler and R. J.
Sisson. Honorary pallbearers were,
Julius Cunningham, Carlton Craw-
ford, W. C. Gray, E. R. Cooper, A.
E. Louderback, E. C. J. Pasal, B.
W. Trull and L. A. Wilcox.
'!• Mr. Clement was a pioneer resi-
dent of this area. He was born in
old Velasco, November 16, 1865,
and was 88 years old when he
passed away. His birthplace was
in the same area in which his
father was born during the days
when Texas was a Republic.
On September 30, 1891 he mar-
ried Miss Elma Eliza Coleman. This
marriage was blessed with eight
childi’en, two of whom preceded
Mr. Clement in death. In 1941 Mr.
and Mrs. Clement celebrated their
Golden Wedding anniversary. Mrs.
Clement passed away in 1944.
Mr. Clement was active in com-
-4 munity service, having served as
Fire Chief and Fire Marshall in
Palacios and as president of the
school board. He was a member of
the Knights of Pythias and wore a
50 year member’s pin.
k During his long life he was
^ active in several areas of business.
He had been a rancher And pioneer
hardware merchant in this section.
He served as Postmaster of Pala-
cios. For many years he was a car-
penter and he was known as an
expert boatman.
Active in Christian service, W.
H. Clement was one of the found-
ers and charter members of the
First Presbyterian Church of Pala-
cios. He was a ruling elder of the
church and served as Clerk of its
Session for 42 years. He served as
Superintendent of the Presbyterian
Mexican Mission for over a quar-
ter of a century. He was an active
™ member of the Presbytery of Bra-
zos and twice attended the Gen-
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States as an
appointed commissioner from Pres-
bytery.
He is survived by three daugh-
ters, Margaret Robertson, Bay City,
Edith Rackley, Las Vegas, N. M.,
and Audrey Lee Powell of Okina-
wa; three sons, W. H., Palacios;
A. W., El Campo and C L., Vic
toria; and three sisters. Edith and
Rowena Clement of Lolita and
Mary Dickey of San Antonio.
GRASSY POINT
Population Of 50,000
Forecast For Port
Lavaca By 1975
A population of between 45,000
and 50,000 by 1975 was forecast
for Port Lavaca by Howard Barn-
stone, instructor of city planning
at the University of Houston, ac-
•A’ cording to The Port Lavaca Wave.
Mr. Barnstone called Port La-
vaca’s growth during the past few
years “phenomenal”. His students
prepared a large scale model of
Port Lavaca as it could look in the
future with proper planning. The
scale model was constructed by
students R. H. Crawford, H. G.
DeVillenueve and T. M. Weaver
as a term project.
Port Lavaca, according to build-
ing permits already issued by the
city, could well be a city of 50,000
by 1975. Over $250,000 in building
permits have been issued in 1954.
MT
Guy Claybourn Is
New Weatherman
Guy Claybourn is the new
“Storm Warning Displayman” for
this part of the Gulf .Coast. Clay-
bourn fills the vacancy left by
the sudden death of Mayor Jno.
D. Bowden.
Mayor Bowden died on May 26
after 20 years of service as “Hur-
ricane Watcher”. Claybourn will be
on duty 24 hours a day to hoist
a flag warning smflll craft in
Matagorda Bay and this area of
the Gulf.
The United States Weather Bu-
reau at Galveston will notify Clay-
bourn to use flag warnings for
small craft or hurricanes.
Mrs. Mollie Chiles and Mrs. A.
H. Petersen returned last Friday
from a visit with Mrs. Chiles’
Sj daughter, Mrs. H. L. Tinsley and
family in Rock Hill, S. C.
By LORRAINE BASFORD
Anglers had better luck than
they anticipated this week. The
bay has been muddy, but is grad-
ually clearing, so fishing has
shown considerable improvement
over the past few weeks. Bait
camps are well supplied with live,
fresh, dead and frozen bait.
Tres-Palacios River was clear
all week, and proved a profitable
place to fish. At the Hog Pen, 0.
B. Hallcun picked up 79 trout, while
his four year old son Kenneth got
18. Kelley De Witt brought in 20.
They were all keepers. The fellows
were out from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
and fish were still biting when
they had to leave, as Kenneth was
hungry.
The Live Oak did not disappoint
any who fished off the banks
There was quite a crowd there on
the week-end, and none came in
with a “water haul.” Ruth and Ed
Marler brought in seven nice trout,
seven and five pound reds, and Ed
caught a 3V2 foot Tarpon. Ed said.
“I never saw a fish jump so high
or so often before I finally landed
it.”
C. E. Vandiver claims he opened
his mouth at the wrong time while
fishing near Frank’s bait camp. A
young 15 year old boy was sitting
near Vandiver, and everytime the
boy cast, his line went over Vaudi-
vers. Finally C. E. said, “Say, son,
why don’t you cast out the other
way, so your line will not tangle
with mine?” The boy did, and as
a result he got 41 pretty troutl
R. E. Turner and family, Lam-
pasas, Texas, had little luck off
G.P.B.C. pier—just small trout and
pan fish—but it was a treat to be
beside the water and enjoy a cool
breeze.
Mrs. Ervin Warren, and Mrs.
Sammy Nelson, middle aged ladies,
came six hundred miles from Ker-
mit, Texas, just to fish in Palacios
Bay over the week-end.
Sunday morning from 2 a.m.
until daylight Don Welsh got a 15
pound red and 15 flounders at Tres-
Palacios. Monday, he also came in
with several rat reds and flounders.
Allan Byrd, (Dallas) found that
crabbing near Frank’s Bait Camp
paid off. The 30 he picked up were
all large ones.
Marie Liaerich, (Houston)
thought she was going to end up
in the bay when she tried to land
a three pound trout at Pavilion
Pier. What would she have done if
one of the 35 to 80 pound drums
that have been caught near the
pier, had gotten on her line?
A. L. Kelley has been getting
several of those big drum, when he
fishes at night off Pavilion Pier.
He uses a gaff hook with hoe han-
dle attached to land them. Kelly
says, “the things don’t look so big
in the water, but the closer I get to
them the heavier they get, so some
times I almost fall in myself.”
Bill Kauffman and Robert Neeley
spent Sunday night at Peninsula.
The fellows found water rather
muddy, but they did get 12 good
sized flounders.
Exchange Student
From France
Visits Palacios
Friendly Mr. and Mrs. Herve de
Vitry from Paris, France stopped
off in Palacios at Paul’s Courts
last Friday. The de Vitrys are
touring parts of the United States
and Mexico before returning to
France later this month.
Twenty-five year old de Vitry
has been an exchange student
studying civil engineering at Har-
vard University. After one year of
study at Harvard he received a
masters degree in engineering this
June. He was also awarded an
Austin B. Mason Prize of books
for outstanding work in the field of
soil mechanics for the 1953-54
school year at Harvard.
Mrs. de Vitry was a student in
biology and genetics at Harvard
while her husband worked on his
masters degree.
The de Vitrys trip has already
included travel from Boston to San
Francisco and down the west coast.
They next toured Arizona, New
Mexico and Mexico including Mex-
ico City. Presently they are visit-
ing interesting spots in Texas.
They plan to visit New Orleans
and Washington D. C. before re-
turning to Boston and on to
France in late August.
Mr. de Vitry had received a
scholarship to remain and study
in the United States during the
next year, but the French govern-
ment recalled him because of the
shortage of qualified men in his
profession in that country.
High School Annuals
Ready For Distribution
The Palacios High School an-
nuals! arrived for distribution this
week, according to J. G. Smith,
principal.
Included in the 1954 annuals are
the following sections; Class pic-
tures, activity pictures, favorites,
most popular and athletic pictures,
also a Junior High section.
Students may get their annuals
by bringing their receipts and $1.50
to the principal’s office at the high
school between 9 a. m. and 12 noon
each day, Mr. Smith informs.
Blessing-La Ward
Road Sought
Matagorda County Precinct Four
Commissioner Elmer Cornett, a
group of chamber of commerce of-
ficials from Matagorda County and
a group of Jackson County busi-
nessmen met with District Highway
Engineer M. G. Cornelius in Yoa-
kum last week seeking a hard-sur-
faced road between Blessing and
LaWard.
The present road is partially
asphalted from Blessing to Fran-
citas, the balance between Fran-
citas and La Ward is shell sur-
faced and has many sharp, danger-
ous turns.
The proposed road would connect
to Farm Road 1727, which runs to
the Missouri Pacific Railroad on
the Jackson County line. It would
be a flexible base highway to La
Ward, where the road would con-
nect to Farm Road 616, giving a
highway from Bay City to La Salle.
Mr. Cornelius said he thought
the road was feasible, but was in
no position to make commitments.
Brief C. Of C. Meeting
Held Tuesday Night
The Chamber of Commerce held
a brief meeting Tuesday night,
August 10 with Dr. Norman Run-
yon, president in charge.
Members present voted to have
the roof of the Chamber building
repaired.
The proposed channel cut to the
Gulf of Mexico was discussed.
Members pre'sent were Dr. Run-
yon, A. Rioux, J. C. Richards,
Paul Miller, Bob Trull, and Joe
Feather.
{Emergency Polio
Fund Drive To
Begin Monday
At The Bayview
Patients In Hospital:
Ralph Williams, and Dr. J. R.
Wagner.
Patients Dismissed:
A. D. Simpson, H. R. Fountain,
Mrs. Ben Oliver, Waco, Texas;
Mrs. Evelyn Pierce, Mrs. Bobby
Taylor and baby girl, Mrs. W. L.
Jones, Mrs. C. A. Koen and baby
girl, Port Lavaca; Isreal Gonzales,
John Solis, Johnny McClary, Mrs.
Lanclle Sliva and baby girl, Bless-
ing; E. S. Grange, Port Lavaca; C-
M. Haynes, San Antonio; Frank
Edwards, L. H. Jackson, and R. R.
Roe.
Patronize Beacon Advertisers
Grass Fires Keep
Fire Dept. Busy
Tuesday afternoon the Palacios
Volunteer Fire Department answer-
ed three calls.
The first call was a grass fire
at the corner of Tenth and Lucas
Streets. A few minutes after the
grass fire the Fire Department’s
emergency truck was called to car-
ry R. R. Roe to the hospital.
While the emergency truck was
on call a second grass fire call was
answered across Highway 35 at
the end of Eighth Street.
Chief P. M. Barnett said no
serious damage was done by the
grass fires.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smerchek
and two sons of Irving, Kansas,
enroute home from a visit to Mex-
ico and the Rio Grande Valley
visited Mr. Smerchck’s uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Skalla
Saturday afternoon. This was the
first time Mr. Skalla had seen his
nephew in 28 years. The Smcr-
cheks were going from here to
Galveston and the Ozarks before
returning home.
PLAIN ARITHMATIC. . . Now
if you had five, and was leading
a horse with a new rope attached
and a car started how many would
you have? For the answer ask
Evelyn Lindner. The new rope she
was leading a horse with cut off
two of her fingers and injuried an-
other. The horse was startled when
a car nearby was starting. The best
of luck Evelyn.
DID YOU KNOW. . . That lung
cancer and cprt.ain types of heart
trouble can be detected by the
Free Chest X-Ray.
That all paid technicians working
for the cause have had T. B. and
have been cured ?
That if T. B. is detected in time
the cure is almost certain ?
That a lot of people willingly
give a lot of their time to help de
tect this great killer of the young
in time to prevent death?
Let’s each one of us go to the
City Hall September 3 and 4 and
get a Free X-Ray, or better go
and take a neighbor, and ask the
neighbor to send another neighbor.
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IT’S BECOMING A HABIT .
That is, wishing Mrs. John Bentler
happy birthday. Yours truly in our
spasmodic duties in writing this
column has had the privilege of
wishing you the very best of birth-
days. Little ’ole lady we’ve known
you for years ... we hope we
can keep up with your energy. The
crocheted cloth you completed
this past year is indeed a credit
to any young lady . . . especially
when that young lady is 94.
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AND SPEAKING OF YOUTH
. . . Mrs. Evelina Bengston will
celebrate her 86th birthday Satur-
day, August 14, and in honor of the
day she is being given a card
shower. Her friends are invited to
remember her on this day by send-
ing a card.
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OLD TASSELFOOT . . . Many
of our television viewers have en-
joyed the plays written by J. P.
Miller. Jimmy, as he was known to
his classmates of Palacios students,
has made quite a name for himself
as a television playwright, but
returned this week to visit his
friends made prior to 1936.
“Old Tasselfoot,” a story about
the whooping crane of the Rockport
area and using the local sequence
in its background was most appre-
ciated, not only by those who know
Jimmy, but those that don’t.
Jimmy, and his dad, Jim Miller
of Houston, was visiting relatives
(Mrs. Geo. Curtis at Palacios Gro-
cery) and others including the Bea-
con gang Monday. W^’ll all be
watching for your next play.
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HOLD THAT LINE . . . Coach
“Sharkey” Shelton is doing just
that in painting the huge num-
bers on the runways at the air-
port. They say it looks good if
you’re “high”. Altitude I’m sure is
what they’re speaking and no re-
flection on the quality of work-
manship of “Sharkey’s.”
# * *
GRID PRACTICE STARTS . . .
August 23. Here’s one reason for
loving the football season. Aside
from its many other offerings, it’s
the only time of the year a fellow
can walk down the street with a
blanket on one arm and a girl on
the other without having people
ask so many fool questions.
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WE LIKED THIS: . . . Careful
Sam—He brushed his teeth twice
a day with a nationally advertised
tooth brush and a miraculous tooth
paste that killed germs, kept his
teeth white, and gave him an ir-
resistable smile.
The doctor examined him twice
a year. He wore over-shoes when-
ever it looked like rain. He slept
with the windows open. He stuck
to a diet with plenty of fresh vege-
tables. He relinquished his tonsils
and traded in several worn-out
glands. He golfed, but never more
than 18 holes. He never smoked,
drank, or lost his temper. He got
at least eight hours of sleep every
night.
The funeral will bfe held next
Wednesday. He is survived by 18
specialists, 4 health institutes, 6
gymnasiums and numerous manu-
facturers of health foods and anti-
septics.
He had forgotten about trains at
grade crossings.
An emergency Polio Fund Drive
will get under way in Palacios,
Matagorda County and the Nation
beginning Monday, August 16 and
continuing through August 31.
The reason for the emergency
drive is the large amount of money
being used to perfect the new
polio vaccine, which if successful
will become available to the public
in the near future. At the same
time all old and new polio patients
must be taken caVe of during their
time of need.
When polio has been defeated
the people of America will have
reached the victory themselves
through their contributions.
Louis Wade of Bay City was
elected chairman of the Matagor-
da County Chapter of the National
Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
at a recent meeting of the Chapter
in Bay City. Mrs. Charles Luther
of Palacios was elected chairman
of women’s activities for the Coun-
ty, and M. M. Brooking of Pa-
lacios county treasurer for the or-
ganization.
S. C. Wilson, the East Texas
representative of N. F. I. P. met
with the group and spoke to them
on a message from Basil O’Conner,
national head of N. F. I. P.
Mail your contributions to Mrs.
Charles Luther or M, M. Brooking.
Anyone wishing to volunteer
their help in this drive should con-
tact Mrs. Luther as soon as pos-
sible.
Rev. R. V. Drews
Is Rotary Speaker
The Palacios Rotary Club met
at their regular meeting place on
Wednesday at 12:15 p.m.
Eli Mayfield, song leader led the
club in singing, and Rev. Logan
Cockrum gave the invocation.
Leonard House, secretary an-
nounced an attendance of 88.89
percent with two absent. Howard
Campbell was the only absentee last
week making up his absence.
Club greeter A. Rioux introduced
Cecil Kinard, Sr. and Cecil Kinard,
Jr. of the El Campo Club, Howard
Morehead of the Richmond Club,
Frank Seerden, Rev. George Man-
ross, and Paul Miller.
John C. Richards, program chair-
man announced he would be in
charge of the August 18 program.
Rev. Rayford Harris, pinch-hit-
ting for R. H. Neeley, was in
charge of this week’s program. He
introduced Rev. R. V. Drews of
the First Baptist Church of Lolita
as guest speaker.
Rev. Drews spoke to the club on
the “By-Products of Life.”
The club voted to send Dr. John
White, scout master, to Camp
Strake for one week.
Did you know that 487 new Ro-
tary Clubs have been organized,
since July 1953. This is the largest
number of new Clubs in Rotary
history. There is now over 391,000
Rotarians which is 17,000 more
than a year ago.
Pre-Registration Starts
At Wharton College
WHARTON — Pre-register now
if you plan to attend the Wharton
County Junior College this fall.
O. E. Rhodes, director of guid-
ance and counseling, is in charge
of pre-registration and is in his
office, room 104, main building,
daily from 1 to 4 p.m.
Pre-registration gives a student
ample time to study his course
schedule, to make up his mind
about extra courses, and it makes
it possible for those who will have
part-time jobs to arrange their
schedules accordingly.
No money is paid at pre-registra-
tion. All tuition fees are paid Sep-
tember 13 or September 14, at the
two days set aside for completion
of formal registration. Tuition for
in-county students is $46 per
semester; for out of county stu-
dents, $56 per semester.
Vocational Nursing students who
have not filled out an application
blank for Mrs. Floris Hastings, di-
rector, should do so at once, and
they should also ari-ange for a
personal interview.
Two Encampments At
Grounds Past Week
Girls Camp To
Close Friday Noon
Over 100 girls from 25 churches
are attending the Guadalupe As-
sociation Girls Camp at the Texas
Baptist Encampment this week.
Registration for the camp was
Monday, and the Camp will close
at noon Friday.
The evening services will be open
to the general public.
Officials of the camp will be
Rev. R. F. Lewis of the First
Baptist Church of Bloomington,
camp pastor; Mrs. Bcyd O’Neal
South American missionary, mis-
sionary; Rev. R. V. Drews of Lolita
Baptist Church, evangelist; Mau-
rice Marrow, education director of
Second Baptist Church of Victoria,
music director; Lois Veneable of
Second Baptist Church of Victoria,
recreation director and pianist;
Mrs. E. H. Marek of First Baptist
Church of Yoakum, W.M.U. As-
sociation president; and Olin Miles
of Palacios, business manager.
The daily program of the week-
long camp will include morning
devotional, prayer meeting, classes
on the lives of great missionaries,
and missionary message in the
mornings.
Afternoon and evening activities
will include recreation, singing and
talent time, and an inspirational
message.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Jones and
son, Joe, spent a few days in Fala-
cios fishing and visiting Mr. Jones’
sisters Mrs. R. A. Moss and Mrs.
Charles Faktor and their families
By VERN SANFORD
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN, Tex.—Both candidates
in the Texas gubernatorial second
primary campaign are off and run-
ning.
Only 6,267 votes short of success
in the first race, Governor Allan
Shivers was encouraged by ap-
parent control, gained at the coun-
ty conventions, of the September
14 State Democratic Convention at
Mineral Wells.
Shivers promised an “around-
the-clock” fight for votes and spur-
red on his campaign forces over
the state in a series of regional
pep-talks.
Opening the second primary race
with a talk on drouth and water
problems, Shivers asked Texans
to write him of their needs, their
water problems, and their sug-
gested solutions.
He also campaigned in some
cities by shaking hands on street
corners.
Yarborough Is Busy
Shivers’ opponent, Ralph W
Yarborough of Austin, also plan-
ned to spend much time visiting
various parts of the state in a
search for votes.
Yarborough said in one speech
that “this is the first time in five
years that we’re going to elect a
Democratic governor.”
He said he was receiving pledges
every day from voters who either
opposed him in the first primary
or thought his cause was hopeless.
Yarborough scored what he call-
ed the “Republican press” for sup-
porting Shivers and accused his
opponent of a long list of mis-
dealings, including the circulation
of false charges.
Wants Water Board
Yarborough has called for the
creation of a Texas Water Board,
patterned after the Railroad Com-
mission, with members elected by
the people.
He said that if elected Governor,
he would recommend to the Legis-
lature in January that such a
board be established.
Continuing on the water and
drouth theme, Yarborough pro-
posed the construction of 25 dams
over the state, “comparable to those
built by the Lower Colorado River
Authority.”
These dams, he said, should be
planned and constructed under the
supervision of the water board, and
be financed like those built by the
LCRA—by bonds which “in 30 to
40 years would pay themselves out
by the sale of water alone.”
It is Yarborough’s contention
that “industries are refusing to
build in Texas, and some already
here are pulling out because of
the water shortage.”
What’s The Cost ?
Shivers’ supporters got out their
scratch pads and tried to figure
out what it would cost to carry out
the campaign pledges made by
Yarborough, including a veteran’s
bonus, an elaborate tracery of dams
on Texas rivers, vastly expanded
highways and huge increases in
expenditures for public welfare.
Shivers’ calculators contended
that the cost amounted to some-
thing like $3.5 billion per year in
state taxes.
They pointed out that the pres-
ent total cost of state government
Is $0.5 billion per year, or one-
Brofherhood Members
Hold Two-Day Meet
A two-day encampment for
Brotherhood members of the 316
churches in District Four of the
Baptist General Convention of Tex-
as were held Friday and Saturday,
August 6 and 7, at the Baptist
Encampment.
District Brotherhood President
John Price of Houston announced
that registration got under way
at 4 p.m. Friday, followed by two
hours of recreation.
A fish supper was served at 6
p.m., and the evening program be-
gan at 6:45. Harold Bass of Hous-
ton was in charge of the song ser-
vice.
Dr. George W. Schroeder, Mem-
phis, Tenn., executive secretary of
the Southern Baptist Brotherhood
Commission, brought the principal
address. Other program personali-
ties include L. H. Tapscott, Dal-
las, secretary of the Texas Baptist
Brotherhood Department, and Pas-
tors Bill Robbins of Victoria, Ray-
ford Harris of Palacios, and Basil
Halbert of Rosenberg.
Reveille for the campers was 6
a.m. Saturday. Rev. Roy Mathison
of Victoria, missionary for Guada-
lupe Baptist Association, brought
the morning devotional preceding
breakfast at 6:45.
A morning service began at 7:30.
Dr. Allen O. Webb of Bay City
taught “Tomorrow's Sunday School
Lesson”; and A. C. Wimpee, Dal-
las, associate secretary of the Bap-
tist Brotherhood Department, spoke
on “Today’s Mirage.”
Clarence Ramby of Houston pre-
sented attendance awaros; and Dr.
John L. Hill, director of promotion
for Ridgecrest and Glorieta Baptist
Assemblies, from Nashville,
brought the closing message. Mr.
Tapscott and Mr. Schroeder, as
well as Rev. Bill McDaniel of Bell-
ville, also appeared on the pro-
gram.
960 Bales Cotton
Are Ginned Here
The Palacios Co-op Gin had gin-
ned 960 bales of cotton by 10 a.m.
(today) Thursday, according to
Frank Stewart, cotton weigher.
Some 447 bales of cotton have
been ginned since the same time
last Thursday. According to Ste-
wart about sixty percent of the
local crop has been ginned.
Over Matagorda County a total
of 4,955 bales had been brought in
by Tuesday noon. County Farm
Agent Dan Pfannstiel estimates
the total county yield at 10-11,000
bales, so the harvest by today
(Thursday) should be fifty or
more percent complete.
Mr. Pfannstiel said the original
estimate of 12-13,000 bales for the
county had to be revised in view
of the severe drouth.
seventh of the other figure.
Yarborough said he wanted the
money to come from a tax on gas
pipelines.
Shivers’ backers point out that
such a tax already has been de-
clared unconstitutional.
Warning System Coming
Texas soon will have a modern
storm warning system to spot
danger miles away by radar, Gov-
ernor Shivers announced.
Shivers said that completion of
the system, called the most up-to-
date in the world, will come in the
next six weeks.
Already functioning as part of
the radar chain are units in 11
cities. The radar net ties into the
Department of Public Safety sys-
tem, giving it Weather Bureau
radar reports within two minutes
after a warning is issued.
Texas Building Booms
Construction in Texas spiraled
toward a record high in June, ac-
cording to the University of Texas
Bureau of Business Research.
Reported by the bureau was a
predominance of commercial, in-
dustrial, highway, church, school,
and government building.
Building permits issued through-
out the state during the first half
of 1954 exceeded totals for the
same period last year ty six per
cent, the reports showed.
Liquor Revenue Up
Texas liquor revenue in June
showed a $41,000 increase over the
total for the same month last year,
the monthly report of the Texas
(See “HIGHLIGHTS,” Page 8)
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80°
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Aug.
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95°
76°
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Dismukes, Jesse V. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1954, newspaper, August 12, 1954; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth523480/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.