Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1960 Page: 3 of 8
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Thursday, November 3, 1960
PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Page 3
Letters to
the Editor - m
Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston), right, and Messala( Stephen Boyd)
drink a toast to each other when they meet in Jerusalem for
the first time in fifteen years. This is one of the early scenes in
Metro-Coldwyn-Mayer's Academy Award-winning "‘Ben-Hur."
The William Wyler presentation was filmed in Italy and other
foreign locales in color and MGM Camera 65.
Palacios Beacon
Dear Editor;
If possible would appreciate this
be published in this week’s issue:
I heartedly agree with Rev. Vcr-
ner E. Stokes’ article in last week’s
paper, regarding ad by ono, J. Guy
McMillian, of Midland.
Why should anyone, not from
our community, make such an ait-
tack on our friends and associates?
Information has it from authentic
sources, that this so-called oil ty-
coon is a staunch supporter of the
Republican ticket of Nixon and
Lodge. Then why such a mislead-
ing, provocative attack on any re-
ligious group—especially his own ?
Apparently he doesn’t realize that
he’s playing right into the hands
of the International Communistic
Barbarians, by trying to pit one
group against the other by his in-
direct attacks. This merely divides
the people and causes religious
hatred in times when we need
unity.
This is one of the many schemes
of the communistic forces, and let
us not be short-sighted to think
that this religious issue, discrimi-
nation, negro uprising, etc.; are
not of Communistic origin, because
they are, and naturally some of us
fall for them.
Until a few weeks ago, I was
in the Republican camp, however,
now with all these attacks on some
religious groups, which is con-
trary to our Constitution, I hate
to be a part of such a society, and
consider myself in the 11% category
of the undecided voters,
Respectfully,
William (Bill) Turek
Star Route
(Editor’s Note: We have appre-
ciated both Rev. Stokes’ letter and
yours; the party you refer to is
a property owner in the area, a
subscriber to the local paper, a
rabid Democrat, an excommunicat-
ed Catholic. We also belong to your
11%, but as Voltaire said to Ilel-
vetius, “I wholly disapprove of
what you say but will defend to
the death your right to say it.”
Isn’t that what your local press
is for?)
Mr. Jesse Dismukes
The Palacios Beacon
We would like to let you know
that your fine cooperation in pub-
lishing frequent articles about
social security is most sincerely
appreciated. Our representative
who contacts people from Palacios
and around Palacios tells us that he
is often told by peoplp in your
area that ‘‘they saw it in the Pa-
lac'os Beacon”. It is certainly a
great help to us—and to the people
who file claims—to have a good
source of information.
Thank you once again for your
kindness, and our sincere good
wishes to you and your staff.
Most sincerely,
Samuel F. Ward, Jr.
District Manager
SUBSCRIBE TO THE BEACON,
It’s the Law
in
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A dead person may vote, legally,
if he mails an absentee ballot and
then dies before election day, '
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States1—Lincoln, Jefferson, Jackson,
Fillmore, Buchanan, Garfield and
Arthur—were born in log cabins.
Eight Presidents didn’t go to col-
lege; 23 mere lawyers,
Tyler was the first chief execu-
tive to be photographed, Taft the
first one to play golf, and McKin-
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President Eisenhower says:
“Never has there been a Vice President so
well-versed in the activities of government.
Whatever dedication to country, patriotism,
loyalty and great ability can do for America,
Dick Nixon will do... and that I know.”
Vote for NIXON and LODGE: they understand what peace demands
(Pol. Adv. Paid for by Local Supporters of Nixon and Lodge)
In bygone days when a man got
himself hopelessly into debt, the
courts would jail him until he paid.
Or, as in our colonial days a man
became an “indentured” servant,
and would come to America to work
off his debt.
Neither jail nor servitude proved
practical. A man in jail could not
earn anything to pay his debts. It
was drastic—something like the
Siberian salt mines—to send a man
to serve for years across the seas.
Through hard luck, illness, easy
credit, impulse buying, or shifts in
world affairs, men and women may
find themselves hopelessly in debt.
Our bankruptcy laws aim to per.
mit an honest but unlucky or weak
debtor to turn over a new leaf.
They allow him to file a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy. He ac-
counts for all of his property and
turns it over for his creditors’ bene-
fit. The court sets up machinery
to get as much of their money back
as possible.
The court then adjudges the man
a bankrupt. This means, with some
exceptions, that the court will
discharge him of his debts. Any in-
come he gets after that time can-
not be reached in court to pay his
old debts.
Debtors may try to gain in ways
not intended by the bankruptcy
laws. If so, creditors may object.
Besides, the courts may deal dras-
tically with such debtors under our
criminal laws.
Under the bankruptcy laws, a
man is not required to surrender
to his creditors certain items. In
this State they usually include the
family stove, refrigerator, radio,
wearing apparel, working tools of
one’s trade and certain other items
which vary with each individual
case.
Even though items may be exempt
from the creditors in bankruptcy,
however, if they were purchased
under a conditional sales contract,
the unpaid seller may nevertheless
repossess such goods despite a
bankruptcy; so, too, the holder of
a chattel mortgage on such goods
may require them to be turned over
to him,
FIRST
Under the calm waters of Me-
dina Lake west of San Antonio is
)the site of the settlement of
Mountain Valley. A Mormon leader,
Lyrpan Wright, established 16 fam-
ilies on this site in 1854 only to be
driven away four years later by
the Indians.
Medina Lake makes a quiet rest-
ing place for this settlement with
its violent history. The lake is also
reputed to be the resting place of
many of those big fish that “got
away.”
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Victoria Theatre
Slates 'Ben Hur'
for Extended Run
According to legend, the actor
who performs Hamlet on the stage
or the tenor who sings Pagliacci in-
opera often as not is a happy-go-
lucky, care-free fellow around the-
house. On the other hand, the show
business comedian most likely will
be serious minded and unsmiling
when his day’s work is ended.
By the same token, the villain;
who chases a virtuous heroine
through thirteen reels of a movie
might well be the personable boy-
next-door type away from the job.
Stephen Boyd, the rugged Irish
aqtor who portrays Messala in
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Academy-
Award-winning “Ben-Hur,” show-
ing at the Uptown Theatre, in Vic-
toria, beginning, Thursday, Nov.
10, is a case in point. In the spec-
tacular film, based on Gen. Lew
Wallace’s famous novel, Messala
is just about as ornery a cuss as
a writer could dream up.
He doesn’t bat an eye when he
sentences his best friend to the
galleys. Nor does he flinch as he
condemns the friend’s mother and
sister, both of whom helped nurse
him through childhood, to prison
for life. He is unmoved when, years
later, he learns they’re in a leper
colony. And in the climatic chariot
race of “Ben-Hur”, Messala uses
the foulest and most unsportsman-
like means at his command in an
effort to emerge the victor. In
short, he is not exactly the type a
girl would want to take home to
meet mother.
Yet Stephen Boyd, who enjoyed
to the hilt playing this villain, was
so popular with members of the
film’s Italian - British - American
crew in Rome that, when his as-
signment was completed, they pre-
sented him with a gold clock em-
blematic of their affection.
Boyd is the kind of a man who
was born to make friends and he
has been doing it most of his life.
Away from his job, that is. As an
actor he has made villainy his
specialty.
20 From County In
S. A. State Hospital;
Need Christmas Aid
SAN ANTONIO—There are 20
Matagorda county residents among
the more than 2800 patients in San
Antonio State Hospital for whom
volunteers already are deep in
Christmas preparations.
Mrs. Mary Tom Weyrnan, chair-
man of the Volunteer Council for
the hospital, came up with the
figures today as a reminder to Tex-
ans not to forget “that Christmas
can be a lonely time in any hos-
pital.”
The Volunteer Council each year
sponsors the collection of gift
items, decorations, trees, ward
parties, shopping tours, caroling
groups and similar activities mark-
ing the Christmas season. Volun-
teer workers gift wrap and tag
each item, Mrs. Weyrnan said, “but
for almost three thousand persona
this takes time and the earlier they
are received, the more certainty
we have that every patient will be
remembered individually.”
Gifts may be mailed or delivered
to the Volunteer Coordinator, Mrs.
Bertha Sperring, at the hospital on
South Presa Street, the chairman
said. The mailing address is P. O.
Box 1840, San Antonio. Checks
should be made payable to the
Volunteer Council.
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