Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1953 Page: 3 of 8
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Thursday, October 29, 1953
PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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CARANCAHUA NEWS
Considerable Damage Done By
Wind Sunday Night; Club To Meet
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ELEANOR'S DRY CLEANERS
423 COMMERCE
DIAL 5221
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SEAFOODS — CHICKENS — STEAKS
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The wind storm which was ac-
companied by heavy rains Sunday
night did a great deal of damage
at Schicke’s Point. The house be-
longing to W. H. Frankson of Hous-
ton occupied by Bob Loff was com-
pletely demolished. Bob received
quite a few bruises but no broken
bones. Boats Were torn up, houses
unroofed, trailer houses turned
over and the south end of the
Clarence Schicke house was torn
loose but no one else was injured
The Carancahua Home Demon-
stration Club met at the home of
Mrs. E. H. Abraham Thursday,
October 22 at 2:30 p.m. Mrs, Ed-
ROBERTSON'S
SERVICE STATION
CORNER MAIN AND FOURTH
—OPEN SUNDAYS—
PHONE 2231
win Stuhrenberg presided in the
absence of the president and vice-
president. After the business meet-
ing, Mrs. E. H. Abraham gave an
interesting demonstration on ways
to serve cottage cheese. A baby
shower was given Mrs. Virgil Far-
ley who received many lovely and
useful gifts. There were 13 mem
bers and three visitors present.
A few of Anita Joe Frankson’s
friends gave her a surprise birth-
day party. Those enjoying the hap-
py occasion were Donald and Court-
land Frankson, Betty Abraham,
Patsy and Betty Robinson and the
honoree’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Frankson.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Frosch of
Houston visited in the D. F. Frank.
son home Saturday and Sunday.
Robert Abraham, Gladys Marie
Swenson, Charlie Peterson and Bet-
ty Abraham attended the Prison
rodeo Sunday.
Mrs. Jerome Kovar and girls
spent Friday in El Campo.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bannert
visited in El Campo Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Everett nnd
daughter visited in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. B. T. Elliott Sunday.
Roy Lee Wesselman of A. & I.
College, Kingsville, visited his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wesselman.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johs and
children of Deutschberg visited
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Loff Monday
evening.
Mrs. R. G. Allen visited Mr. Al-
vin Bannert Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Greenwalt,
Mrs. L. M. Olson and children visit-
ed Mr. and Mrs. Martin Loff Sun-
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Greenwalt
from New Braunsfcl visited in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Green-
walt and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Abrahamson.
Emil Peterson attended the
Prison rodeo with his daughter
Mrs. R. G. Allen Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bannert and
daughter visited in Olivia Tuesday
night in the Willis DeBord and L.
B. Griffith homes.
Mr. ana Mrs. E. H. Ab-ahani
visited friends and relatives in
Olivia Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Frankson and
son visited Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Frankson over the week-end.
Mrs. Fluke Frankson of Walla
Walla, Wash, is visiting Mrs. Em-
ma Frankson and other relatives
and friends in Carancahua.
Mrs. David A. Frankson was a
business visitor in El Can-.po.
Wharton and Bay City Tuesday.
Mrs. Warrie Schicke spent
Thursday with Mrs. Martin Loff.
COMMENTS FROM
Lyndon Johnson
'Lauds REA Work
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Rev. and Mrs. Lester Williams
of Guthrie Center, Iowa were visit-
ing relatives here the first of the
week before going on to the Val-
ley.
For Friday, Saturday & Monday
-OCT. 30-31 & NOV. 2-
SUGAR - 5-lb. Bag - 35c
SUNSHINE SUGAR HONEY
GRAHAMS lb. Box 29c
SUNSHINE
HI-HO CRACKERS
DEL MONTE
SEEDLESS RAISINS
ARMOUR’S (VEGETOLE)
SHORTENING
LB. BOX
3!c
15-OZ. PKG.
19c
3-LBS.
IVORY SNOW Large 25c
IVORY FLAKES Large 25c
CELERY
FRESH
Stalk
VALENCIA CHOCOLATE COVERED
CHERRIES lb. Box 49c
VAN CAMP
59c GRATED STYLE TUNA TOMATOES lb.
- ^ CENTRAL AMERICAN
Can 190 BANANAS 2 lbs. 29c
10c
15c
WITH PURCHASE OF
I Kandi-Serv. Decanter
WHITE DEER FLOUR
25-LB. SACK - -
$
1.98
HORMEL’S FRANKS
LB.
37*
BANNER SLICED BACON W paw lb. 59«
VEAL SIRLOIN STEAKS - lb. - 49c VEAL ROUND STEAKS - lb. - 59c
VEAL RIBS - - - lb. - - 25c VEAL SHOULDER ROUND ROAST lb. 43c
VEAL CHUCK or SEVEN STEAKS lb. 39c VEAL RUMP ROAST - - lb. - 43c
HUNT’S
FOOD
MKT.
FREE DELIVERY
DIAL 6561
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CONGRESSMAN
CLARK W. THOMPSON
9th TEXAS DISTRICT
Dear Neighbors:
Galveston—1 read in a news-
paper the other day that some ore
high in the Washington govern-
ment had said that the farmers
and ranchers were not worried
about falling farm prices, the
drouth, and other problems. This
Washington man said all the wor-
ry is being caused by politicians.
I wish he could have been with
me at some meetings 1 have attend-
ed recently. Last week I spoke ai
Hallettsville to a group of farmers
and ranchers from Colorado and
Lavaca Counties. I spoke from a
truck set up in front of the foot-
ball grandstand. The stand seats
fourteen-hundred, and it was com-
fortably full. You might have jam-
med two-hundred more in, but I
doubt it. Others were sitting in
cars parked around the field. No
one estimated the crowd to be less
than fifteen-hundred. There was no
barbecue and no entertainment. It
was just people concerned over the
future of agriculture, and who
wanted to hear me and also give me
their views.
The week before I attended a
meeting with the Farm Bureau ac
Swiss Alp in Fayette County. The
Bureau officers counted over six-
hundred in the audience. That is a
lot of people: I am having the same
response all over the District, and
anyone who thinks the farmers and
ranchers are not very much con-
cerned simply doesn’t know what
is going on. More meetings are in
prospect, and when you read this
some will have already been held—
the Farm Bureau at Shiner on the
27th, at Bellville on the 28th, and
at Bay City on the 29th. Next week
comes the Farm Bureau meeting at
Rosenberg.
These people are concerned only
for fear that Washington fails to
realize how seriously falling farm
I prices will effect the prosperity of
the entire country. They ask for
no handouts. In fact, I don’t think
they would accept any if they were
offered. All they want is a self-
respecting place in our national
economy. They can’t have unless
the prices they receive for their
produce is on a par with the prices
they have to pay for things they
buy.
Weeks ago I asked my neighbors
to tell me how they felt on these
subjects. I wanted to be able to tell
the Congress that I had first hand
knowledge of the needs of the
people I represent. When I go back
to Washington in January and tell
the Ninth District story to the
Committee on Agriculture and
later to the Congress it will make
a big impression.
Rural electrification is a nw>ve-
ment resting primarily upon ther
initiative and integrity of faun*
consumers of electricity, dec?*®K®.
U. S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson
in an article published in the No-
vember issue of Progressive Farm-
er.
Since the Rural Electrifiealibrr
Administration was established iet
1936, four million consumers ftxve-
been connected to REA-finaoced
lines, the article reports.
“In the Southern States," John-
son writes, “the number of farm
homes receiving electric power ha*
jumped from 3.3 per cent to more
than 83 per cent of the total. In the
country as a whole, more than 85
per cent of all farms. are electri-
fied. Nearly 300,000 farm families
ir, Texas are receiving electricity
through farm cooperatives."
REA cooperatives ar.> mqre than
$50,000,000 ahead of schedule in re-
paying the $2,700,000,000 lent them
to build transmission networks and
to buy power from private utilities
and Federal hydro-electric projects,
according to the Progressive Farm-
er article. Delinquencies amount to
only one-fifth of one per cent of the
amount due.
Declaring that REA is neither
political issue nor “anti-priraLe
power” its concept, the Yewes
Senior Senator hails its program
as "a heartening example of the
Government helping people to help
themselves.”
The article points out the im-
portance of maintaining the author-
ity of REA co-ops to build their
own generation and transmission
facilities. Weakening of this author-
ity, Johnson warns, would simul-
taneously increase the need for
loans and lessen the cooperatives’'
ability to maintain their repayment
record.
Benjamin Franklin, printer sjad
editor, has been termed by one his-
torian as “the one man of vistoaf*
in the colonial resistance of op-
pression.
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Davis, Vernon L. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1953, newspaper, October 29, 1953; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth523559/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.