Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1961 Page: 3 of 8
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Thursday, August 24, 1961
PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Page 1?
Fire Phone — 824-2121.
TELEVISION
AND RADIO
SERVICE
All Work Guarantiee1
PICK UP AND DELIVERY
R. J. ROGERS
600 SECOND ST.
Phone 824-2723
Jr. High Cheerleaders
Return From Schooling
July 31st was ‘'D-Day” for the
Palacios Junior High School cheer-
leader staff. Head cheerleader Don-
na 'Rice and Cheerleader Helen
Bolling attended Sam Houston
State College’s annual cheerlearers’
school.
Joining Donna and Helen for
practice on various daily drills is
Wanda Seaman.
In a one-month period last year,
official motor vehicle inspection sta-
tions in Texas cheeked over 263,-
000 vehicles. Of these, over 36%
needed adjustment or repair for
safe operation, 9% needed brake
adjustment or repairs, 20% needed
headlight adjustment or repair.
Average per car cost, including
inspection fee, was ,$2.06.
Which of the following is spelled correctly?
Difference Difference Difference
(Meaning a state of being unlike)
See Hunt’s Food Market Ad for correct answer,
PLAN NOW TO ATTEND THE
FREE LABOR DAY BOAT RACES
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CAMPBELL - HUITT INSURANCE
4TH & COMMERCE
PHONES: RES. 824-2020; OFF. 824-2551
Wharton County Jr.
College Opens 16th
Fall Semester Sept. 18
IWlHARTON—Only three weeks
remain before the opening of the
16th annual fall session of tht
Wharton County Junior College.
Prospective students may register
September 14-15, or pre-register
before September 13. The Reg-
istrar’s office will be closed the
morning of Sptcmbcr 13.
Classes for the new semester
will begin September 18, and by
that date students are expected to
have their tuition paid, books pur-
chased, and be ready for classes.
Night school class registration
will be held one time only—at 7
p.m. September 14 in the library
building. Classes will be taught
in thos subjects in which ten or
more students are enrolled.
Only one more test, to be given
September 1, is schduled before the
opening of school, and those who
have not taken this guidance en-
trance test should make a reserva-
tion at once.
The second six weeks of summer
school will close August 23. The
Starlettes will complete two weeks
of practice August 25, and Pioneer
football players will report for
workouts August 27. The Pioneer
Band, which started rehearsals the
first week in August, will continue
to meet twice weekly, every Tues-
day and Thursday night.
Administrative offices are open
daily in Main building, from 8 a.nr.
to 4 p.m.
COMMENTS FROM
^[JV*1
by
CONGRESSMAN
CLARK W. THOMPSON
•Ml TEXAS MSTftiCT
Three out of every four dollars
of tax revenues raised by the Fed-
eral government are paid or col-
lected by business firms—in the
form of excises, old-age pension,
ether employment taxes, and with-
holding taxes.
STATED 'MEETINGS
PALACIOS LODGE
No. 990 Al F. & A. M.
1st Thursday each month 8:00 p.m.
Visiting Brethren Always Welcome
Paul Fields, W. M.
S. W. Wilson, Sec.
REMEMBER HOW GREAT
CIGARETTES USED TO TASTE?
LUCKIES STILL DO
uim
DON'T
SKIMP
They’re so round, so firm, so fully
packed-so free and easy on the draw.
They're fully packed with fine tobacco.
They’re firmer than any other regular
cigarette. And Luckies smoke longer.
THAT’S WHY THEY TASTE SO GREAT.
Over these many years that I
have been sending you this letter,
I have not tried to report the news
to you: I leave this job to your
newspapers, radio and television
stations. I stick strictly to explain-
ing how I see current events. This
letter does not reach you until
some days after it is written. On
the day that I write it there may
be something in the news of great
inteest. The following-day events
may prove that all did not meet the
eye at first glance and the news
story quickly finds itself dead.
Unfortunately, however, there
are some current events which will
be news for an indefinite time. One
is the Berlin crisis. It appears now
that as each day goes by the sit-
uation will progressively worsen.
We must prepare ourselves for it
and trust to our leaders that what-
ever the final outcome it will be
the best for us, under the circum-
stances.
You will see in the coming days a
tremendous military build-up by
the Russians and their puppets in
Eastern Germany. They are going
to flex their muscles with the avow-
ed purpose of trying to scare us
into meeting their demands. 1 am
sure they will pull out every stop,
short of war, to impress us with
their military might. On the other
hand, I am equally sure that our
President will meet strength with
strength. He needs our support. He
can only be as strong as those be-
hind him. We must set aside petty
squabbles and be ready to face
what could be the biggest bluff in
the history of mankind or a war
beyond our imagination.
The reports we now hear of pos-
sible high-level talks between us
and the Soviets over the Berlin
situation offer some hope. How-
ever, we must caution ourselves
about such negotiations. We need
only to look back in recent years to
see that the Russians may agree to
one thing but turn around and do
just the opposite. In 1955 Khru-
shchev pledged an agreement with
President Eisenhower at Geneva
that the only settlement of the Ger-
man question was reunification of
Germany by means of free elec-
tions. No sooner had the ink dried
on this agreement that Khruschchev
repudiated it by saying that Ger-
man reunification was “unfeasible.”
From that time on Khrushchev has
waged a campaign to grant i
ereignty to East Germany and force
the Allies to deal directly with a
puppet regime. His biggest tool in
this campaign has been the harass-
ment of our every move in the free
city of West Berlin which lies
within the Iron Curtain.
The closing off of the escape
routes from East to West Berlin
showed once and for all Khrush-
chev’s international embarrass-
ment. There is no place on the
globe where two political and eco-
nomic systems can be compared
with such a candidview. Only a
street separates two worlds. In
East Berlin there is political and
economic unrest generated by a
general depressed state of affairs.
On the free side of the city it is
just the opposite. West Berlin en-
joys the prosperity and freedom
known to Americans which has over
the years attracted hundreds of,
Savings Bonds Sales
In Texas Increase
“Texas Savings Bonds sales in
July increased 3.1% over the same
month in 1960. Sales of both E &
H Bonds in Matagorda County total
$11,282 for the month, which repre-
sents 37.9% of the 1961. goal for
the county,” according to P. R.
Hamill, Chairman of Matagorda
County Savings Bonds Committee.
“The Savings Bonds Committee
is gratiified to note the continued
increase in purchase of U. S. Sav-
ings Bonds. There is nothing in this
world safer than U. S. Savings
Bonds, and their purchase is not
only patriotic, it is sound, good
business, too. E Bonds, are an
excellent appreciation investment
for those not needing immediate re-
turns, and H Bonds are designed
for those needing income. Interest
on the II Bonds is paid by govern-
ment check every six months. Both
E arid H Bonds are readily liquid.
Principal and interest are fully
guaranteed by the faith and credit
of the United1 States,” concluded
Mr, Hamill.
EXCHANGES—
(Continued From Page 2)
446,600. This figure for headed
shrimp is more than 5,000,000
pounds less than the July, 1960
figure, when 9,667,200 pounds of
heads-off shrimp were landed. But
more than 2,000,000 pounds greater
than for June this year, when land-
rgs amounted to 2,662,900 pounds.
Rockport Pilot.
A fire truck costing approximate-
ly $12,000 was purchased by Com-
missioners’ Court for the town of
Lolita at a special meeting Wed-
nesday. Delivery is expected within
120 days. The truck was bought
on a bid from Sims Fire Equipment
Co. of Sar Antonio. It will be plac-
ed on an International chasis. The
truck will be equipped with all mod-
em fire fighting tools, including
a 500-gallon tank to fight blazes
where no water is immediately
available.—Edna Herald.
The newly-established Wharton
Planning Commission took a major
step toward expediting the area’s
long range development by meeting
with representatives from the Low-
er Colorado River Authority and
the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
on August 11. The discussion cen-
tered around the comprehensive
study of the Colorado River Wa-
tershed presently being made by
the Corps of Engineers. The study
includes such major items as Navi-
gation, Flood Control, Drainage,
etc.—(Wharton Spectator.
About Your
HEALTH
A public Mrvlct (tm
Tim Star# D«p#rt«#at •( HiiliL
AUSTIN— It’s been a great year
for the chiggers, State Health De-
partment entomologists say. And
for tens of thousands of itchy Tex-
ans that’s the understatement of
the decade.
Texas probably has the nation’s
longest chigger season, entomolo-
gists report. The pernicious little
parasites are a year-around men-
ace in the southern part of the
state, and elsewhere survive until
frost. The season is now at its
height.
If you’re susceptible to chigger
depredations—and it is almost a
sure thing you are—here is the
very best thinking of state and na-
tional authorities on how to avoid
being attacked in the first place,
or, failing that, how to ease the
itching.
There are several highly ef-
fective repellents on the market
now. Some of them act against
mosquitoes and other insects as
well as chiggers. Particularly use-
ful repellents are those containing
diethyltoluamide, dimethyl phthal-
ate, dimethyl carbate, ethyl hex-
anediol and benzyl benzoate.
Since these chemical names are
difficult to remember or even to
jronounce, clip this artiae and
take it with you when you purchase
your repellent.
Apply the repellent lightly with
your fingers to uncovered skin
surfaces on arms and legs. Treat
socks after you put them on. Run
a ring of repellent around the tops
of shoes, and treat openings that
are buttoned, zippered or otherwise
fastened.
On trousers and slacks, treat cuff
and waistband; on shirts and
blouses, treat armholes and neck-
bands.
If you go into a ehigger-i*
place without the protection <iT «
repellent, it is almost ei'rtmm
will be attacked. If this hufp
’he experts advise taking a tmfh ay-
soon as possible. Alternate Mhea-
ng and rinsing with a gera*«IM*£I:
soap several times.
I Next, apply a dab of antiseptic-
’to each welt to kill' any ehigpei*
not washed off or killed 4ly tkn.
hath. This will also help prevent
infection,
Deploying the chiggers -will in-
duce the itching, b«t will i
it altogether. The fluid irrji
the chiggers to dissolve tfissae 5*
the itching agent and there? it of*
known way to remove it or ti» fgai.,
permanent relief from the itdiiqg:.
Your physician can recommend a
local anesthetic for temporary jtb-
lief.
Remember, the quicker yon yjak
into a soapy hath after exposure
the better. If you can make ft
within an hour after the attach,
chances are good most of them will
be killed before they can attach.
Voters in El Campo Independent
School District and in Crescent
District approved the merger of
the two by a large majority in Sat-
urday’s election. In the El Campo
district, 262 votes were cast for
the issue with 14 against. In the
Crescent boxes 228 were for and
15 against consolidation. Crescent
high school will continue to func-
tion as it has in the past for the
1961-62 year but next year it will
become an elementary school under
the provisions of the merger. Up-
on completion of the eighth grade
Crescent students will attend high
school in El Campo beginning next
year. T. L. Pink Negro School at
Glen Floia will continue to operate
as a 12 grade system.—El Campo
Citizen.
thousands of East Germans to pour
across the border m the hope of
finding a way-of-life such as we
enjoy.
This is a tremendous sore spot to
Khrushchev. He knows it is malig-
nant and the only way he can pos-
sibly eliminate it is by completely
cutting it out. Meanwhile, all the
world can stand back and see so
clearly the workings of two sys-
tems of government—one free—one
’yrannical; one successful—one uu-
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successful. This situation threatens
everything that Khrushchev has
been preaching about the glories of
communism and its supremacy over
our system of individual freedom.
He must force a showdown in the
hope that he can bluff us out of
West Berlin. I hope he knows by
now that he will meet everything
he puts up and have a few trump
cards in reserve.
Again, prepare yourselves for
this ever-mounting crisis. Let us
not tie ourselves down to squabbles
that have no part in the arena
of international tensions. In the
months to come we must be united
as never before. We don’t want
our attention diverted from our
world responsibilities by getting
ourselves bogged down at home
with controversies that can be set
aside until we know better what
the future holds in store.
add a little exft*
ient” to every prescrip«i<m 1
pare. It has no ehexvicaJ tori
but our customers find! itt at very
important element, inctad.. We mil
it the spirit of Friendly irarxioe;-
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PHARMACY
DIAL 824-2310
—Emergency Phone 824-2*25—
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