Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1954 Page: 3 of 10
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Thursday, April 8, 1954
PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Page 8
Thomas Paine was the first to
write the words, “United States of
America.”
WIRING
OP ALL TYPES
COLE
ELECTRIC SERVICE
H. M. COLE PHONE 3726
BOX 726 — 80.r> MAIN
Local Colored School Wins Majority
First Places At Recent County Meet Sneak At Church
The Palacios Colored School won
the 1954 Literary and Track Trophy
at the County Meet on Saturday,
April 3. The events entered were
as follows:
Essay Writing—First place, Nell
Ruth Ludington, Jerry Thompson.
Arithmetic—First place, Caspie
Haynes, Walter Lee Haynes.
Sub. Junior Spelling — First
place, Glen Polk, Lurlene Haynes,
Junior Spelling—First .place,
Ethel Roy, Caspie Haynes.
Senior Spelling—First place, Jer-
LETTER1NG DONE
AT CEMETERY
PLAIN AND RELIGIOUS
DESIGNS
HAYWARD
EL CAMPO MEMORIALS
CALL US — VISIT US — WITHOUT OBLIGATION
See our Big Display of Finished Markers and Monu-
ments on our yard, East Curve, Hwy. 59, El Campo.
Our Service Includes Delivery & ‘Setting"' in Cemetery
We Suggest That You See The Monument You Buy
1407 E Jackson Phones 1469 or 327
Box 307 El Campo, Texas
ry Thompson, Othella Adams.
First — Junior Declaiming,
Marion Larry.
First — Senior Declaiming.
Othella Adams.
First — Vocal Solo, Othella
Adams.
First—Female Quartet, Jerry
Thompson, Ethel Roy, Nell Ruth
Ludington, and Othella Adams.
Field and track events for girls:
First—50 yd Dash, Ethel Roy.
First—200 yd. Relay, Othella
Adams, Jerry Thompson, Ethel
Roy, Gloria Adams.
First—440 yd. Relay, Gloria
Adams, Jerry Thompson, Nell Ruth
Ludington, Othella Adams.
First—Discus Throw, Nell Ruth
Ludington.
First—Baseball Throw for Dis-
tance, Othella Adams.
Boys won all first places:
120 yd. High Hurdles—Curry
Long.
100 yd. Dash—Curry Long.
880 yd. Run—Bobbie Joe Stredic
and Robert McChester.
Half Mile Relay—Walter Lee
Haynes, Caspie Haynes, Bobbie
Joe Stredic.
440 yd. Dash-—Manuel Dibbles,
Curry Long and Caspie Haynes.
200 yd. Low Hurdles—Walter
Lee Haynes.
220yd. Dash—Robert Lee Me-
Missionaries To
Of Nazarene
The Church of the Nazarene will
have a special missionary service
Thursday, April 8. According to
Rev. Geo. Manross there will be
four very interesting speakers tak-
ing part in the one service that
begins at 7:30 p.m.
Rev. C. S. Jenkins, pioneer mis-
sionary for the Nazarene Church
in South Africa will speak along
with Rev. and Mrs. Robert C.
Ingram, missionaries from Guate-
mala, and Central America where
they have been engaged in mission
work for over thirty years.
Mr. Manross extends a welcome
to the public to attend this one
service. He says, you will have an
opportunity to see and hear the
most thrilling experiences of peo-
ple that have dedicated their lives
on the mission field. The mis-
sionaries will display different
kinds of curios they brought with
them from their fields of labor.
Mrs. C. A. Lucas and Virginia
of Houston were guests at the
home of Mrs. R. T. Phillips Satur-
day afternoon.
Chester.
Shot Put—Walter Lee Haynes.
Discus Throw—Curry Long.
Deutschburg Home
Demonstration Club
The Deutschburg Home Demon-
stration club met on April 1 at the
home of Mrs. Paul Gerhard with
eight members and four visitors
present___________-
Mrs. Gerhard gave a very in-
teresting demonstration on “Clean-
ing and Care of Upholstery.”
A stork shower was given Mrs.
Frank Johs, our club president, by
the club members. The honorte’s
mother, Mrs. G. D. Cooper, her sis-
ters, Mrs. Dorothy Collins and Mis.
Kathleen Flewellen and her mother-
in-law, Mrs. E. Johs were also
present.
The hostess served refreshments.
The next dub meeting will be in
the home of Mrs. Estelle Tanner
on April 27. We are always glad
to have visitors.
The club has had as its demon-
strations so far this year. The first
one was on Mexican Cookery. The
hostess, Mrs. Estelle Tanner, had
made out a menu and given each
member a dish to bring and we
made a luncheon out of those.
Personality Grooming by Miss
Guthrie, the agent, was enjoyed.
Table Service and Family Grace
was very instructive to all, it was
given by Mrs. Frank Johs.
Oven meals, a demonstration by
Miss Guthrie, featured “Chicken
Tetrazzini." This was served by
the hostess, Mrs. Krueger, with her
refreshments.—Mrs. Murel Dillard.
Attend the Lions Club “doings”
at the City Park Saturday.
FOR FRIDAY-SATURDAY
and MONDAY
APRIL 9 10 12
CARNATION
MILK
TALL (AN 10 $
TOMATO
PUREE
4%-OZ. CANS
2 FOR 5<t
FRESH OROUND
HAMBURGER
MEAT
LB. 38C
FRESH DRESSED
HENS
LB. 454
GERBER’S
BABY FOOD
CLOROX - Quart
4 % -OZ. CANS
4 for 29c
- 15c
1'/,-LB. CAN
DUNCAN'S
MARYLAND
CLUB
COFFEE
LB. VAC. CAN
Dinfy Moore BEEF STEW 43c
UNCLE WILLIAM NO. 303 CANS
CUT GREEN BEANS 2 for 29c
KING OSCAR
KIPPER SNACKS
WALDORF TISSUE 2 rolls 15c
15-OZ. PACKAGE
DEL MONTE RAISINS
3 \\ -OZ. CAN
10c
GIANT SIZE
COLGATE TOOTH PASTE 39c
PHILLIP’S—50c SIZE
MILK OF MAGNESIA 35c
NO. I YELLOW ONIONS
FLORIDA ORANGES - -
LETTUCE - Crisp, Firm
lb. - 5c
lb. - - Jc
2 Heads 19c
ARMOUR’S
CLOVERBLOOM AMERICAN CHEESE lb.
HORMEL'S ROAST MEAT LOAF lb.
HORMEL'S BOLOGNA - lb. - -
55c
39c
37c
BAY PACK
POLISH STYLE RING SAUSAGE - lb. 59c
HUNT’S
FOOD
MKT.
FREE DELIVERY
K»<
DIAL 6561
Plans Made For New
Student Union Bldg.
At Wharton College
Plans are now being made for
the construction of a beautiful
Student Union Building eftthe
Wharton County Junior College
campus. It will fill an urgent need,
and be an important step in the ex -
pansion of the present physical
facilities.
The building will be made pos-
sible through a donation by Mrs.
Jack Hutchins of El Campo.
This handsome building will
feature a large room for recreation
purposes, accommodating approxi-
mately 400 students, and a new and
improved cafeteria, which will seat
300.
In addition, space will be provid-
ed for a modern kitchen, a small
dining room for group parties and
special occasions; facilities for the
Starlettes, girls’ drill team, photog
raphy laboratory, offices, and re-
ception rooms, and a book store.
The student union center will be
one of the most used and popular
buildings on the campus when com-
pleted sometime in 1955. It will
provide an informal gathering place
for students, a place for all-college,
social functions, and a large dining
room with adequate facilities for
banquets and dinners, in addition
to a small dining room.
The new building is expected to
conform in style and design to the
present Main Building.
HEALTH NOTES
AUSTIN, Texas—Sufficient sleep
is an important part of healthy
living. Adequate sleep helps you to
feel well, and builds up your re-
sistance to diseases declares Dr.
Geo. W. Cox, State Health Officer.
An occasional night of too little
sleep will not hurt you. However,
when you habitually go from day
to day without enough sleep, dam-
aging results are felt.
In addition to ruining your dis-
position, insufficient sleep plays
havoc with your coordination and
timing. Workers who are short of
sleep and rest tend to be accident
prone. Some men who try to hold
an extra-time job to increase the
family income, have paid a heavy
penalty in damaged health and ac-
cidents.
Good sleeping habits take prac-
tice. It’s like anything else you do.
No one can learn to become an ex-
pert swimmer, just by reading
about various strokes. You have
to spend many hours practicing tf
become a good swimmer.
Listening to the radio, watching
television, or working on hobbies
that persons are loathe to quit are
sometimes causes of staying up too
late. Late entertaining also cuts
out many hours of sleep. A regular
time and routine for getting ready
for bed will help put you in the
mood for sleep. The routine may
mean reading the evening news-
paper or a light story after you
are ready for bed. Or it may be
listening to soft music just before
you turn out the lights and snug-
gle under the covers.
A regular routine for getting
children to bed also helps put them
in the mood for sleep. It helps
when mothers are relaxed and
pleasant when it’s the children’s
bedtime. After reading them a
quiet, pleasant story, the children
will probably be ready to turn out
the light and fall asleep. This helps
form good sleeping habits, which
mean much to a child’s health
Young children need lots of sleep
—about twelve hours for the pre-
school youngsters, and nine to ten
hours for older children.
Corpus (hrisli
Power Station
Begins Operation
Lon C. Hill Power Station, Cen-
tral Power and Light Company’s
big new power plant near Corpus
Christi, went into service April 4,
The 66,000 kilowatt (88,000
horsepower) generator can supply
enough electricity to serve a city
of about 200,000 people, J. L. Bates,
CPL vice-president and general
manager, reported. He said that
the new plant would be on and off
during the next week or so while
engineers check its performance
and make final adjustments. The
plant is expected to be carrying
full load by the middle of April.
Lon C. Hill Power Station^
generator is the largest single unit
ever installed in a CPL power
plant, Bates said. The plans pro-
vide for the addition of several
more generating units as needed.
Equipment for Lon C. Hill Pow-
er Station was ordered in 1951
and actual construction got under
way in November, 1952, with a
ground breaking ceremony. The
station was named by the Board
of Directors in honor of Central
Power and Light Company’s presi-
dent.
Lon C. Hill Power Station is the
third CPL plant in the Corpus
Christi area and the twelfth in
SoutJi Texas. Nueces Bay Power
Station, Corpus Christi, is the
largest of the plants with a net
capability of 83,200 kilowatts.
Second in size is La Palma Power
Station, San Benito, which can
make 72,500 kilowatts of electricity
available to South Texas users.
Others are at Victoria, Laredo, Del
Rio, Eagle Pass, Gonzales and
Cuero. Large additions to the Vic-
toria and Laredo plants are cur-
rently under construction.
Mesdames Edith Minich, Ethel
McCluhan, Nell Phillips and Guy
Claybourn were dinner guests of
Mrs. Grady Walker Friday at her
home in Bay City.
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Huffman and
Charlotte of Whitesboro, Texas,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Morris and
daughter of Garland, Texas were
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Huffman and other relr -
tives.
Attend the Lions Club “doings”
at the City Park Saturday.
Chair Clearance
KITCHEN CHAIRS
Reduced To
$2.45 and $2.85
Chartruese Telecaster
Reg. $59.50
Reduced To $49.50
Ask us about Special Prices
on Any Chair in the House.
SULLIVAN'S
FURNITURE
II
$1.98 and $2.98
At these prices, they are dreams
come true! Cunning little straws
that have your girls looking pretty
as a picture. White, natural and
pastel colors, with flowers, ribbons
and bows.
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Davis, Vernon L. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1954, newspaper, April 8, 1954; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth523530/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.