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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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Thursday, October 5, 1961
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'FROM THE EXCHANGES . . .
Wharton 'Fly-In' Breakfast Delayed;
Most Of El Campo Rice Crop Salvaged
The “Ely In” Breakfast and
formal opening of the Wharton
Municipal Airport has been post-
..jafflsd,. The hurricane and the re-
cent inclement weather has delay-
ed construction on the hangar and
other facilities so that the planned
completion of the structures was
impossible.—Wharton Spectator.
Sixty to seventy percent of the
rice crop is being salvaged around
El Campo, according to Melvin
Partner, office manager of Rice Mar-
keting Association. The salvage is
proving much better than was first
expected he said, though the quality
» off two grades.—El Campo Citi-
" The Edna City Council took init-
ial steps in its regular session Sept
.21 to form a Oitja Civil Defense Or-
ganization. It was brought out in
-discussion fctj&t the Hurricane Carla
disaster rihowod various needs for a
better civil defense set-up for the
city.—Edna Herald.
About 1400 pounds of clothing,
bedding and cooking utensils were
collected by the American Legion
Auxiliary in El Campo and taken
to Palacios and turned over to VFW
and American Legion officials for
distribution.—El Campo Leader-
News.
Mrs. A. P. Borden will celebrate
her 05th birthday on October 29th
with an open house at the Wharton
Community Center and as has been
her custom for many years, she
asks her friends to malke donations
to the American Leprosy Missions
h) lieu of gifts to her.—Wharton
Spectator.
Agriculture in Wharton County
.-ustainod over $6,000,000 loss due
to Hurricane Carla according to an
estimate made by the United States
Department of Agriculture Disaster
Committee.—El Campo Citizen.
STATED (MEETINGS
PALACIOS LODGE
No. 990 A. F. & A. M.
'1st Thursday each month 8:00 p.m.
Visiting Brethren Always Welcome
Clyde Hammond, W. M.
S. W. Wilson, Sec.
How the “nibbling techniques” of
Communism has put the United
States and the free world in its
present dangerous position was
eloquently outlined in the address
to the District convention of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars last Sun-
day by Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Bishop
of Austin, assistant adjutant gen-
eral of Texas.—El Campo Leader-
News.
Community ASC chairmen Wed-
nesday night re-elected Pete Lay-
den of Edna to his third term as
chairman of the Jackson County
ASC Committee.—Edna Herald.
The annual Chamber of Com-
merce and Agriculture banquet has
been set by the Direetors to take
place Thursday, October 26th. Fred
Pool, executive vice-president of the
East Texas Chamber of Commerce,
will make the principle address.—
El Oampo Citizen.
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
Miss Jeannette Yockey, a resident
of Pierce, Texas, has been employ-
ed by the Commissioners Court of
Wharton County as County Li-
brarian.—Wharton Spectator.
A more or less permanent sub-
office of the Fanners Home Ad-
ministration will be established in
Jackson County Monday, Oct. 2,
Victor W. Post, county supervisor
out of Victoria, said this week.—
Edna Herald.
Rotarians of Ganado will hear
their district governor Howard F.
Duffy of McAllen in an address at
their regular luncheon Oct. 3.—
Ganado Tribune.
Chaps who ‘no can do’ are a dime
a doesn't.
ihe Old limiUL
“Even back in Grampa’s
time there was something to
make you sleep... they called
it work.” . —~
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-------Ifr-YRARS AGO---------
Thirty-nine real estate transfers
had been made in Palacios in the
past year, according to Miss Bessc
Belknap, city secretary.
Building permits for the first
nine months of 1951 totaled $121,-
626, according to records at the
City Hall.
The Sharks romped to a 26-6 vic-
tory over tihe Crescent Blue Jays
last Friday, will journey to Ken-
edy this Friday for their first dis-
trict game.
Somewhat battered and bruised
after last week's 12-7 loss to Edna’s
B team, the Hornets travel to Free-
port tonight to attempt their sec-
ond victory of the season.
Jesse Legg and Bob Adams, em-
ployees of the Maddox nMptor Com-
pany, will be off Monday on a
three-day all-expense-paid vacation
in Havana, Cuba. The two were
awarded the vacation when Maddox
Motor Company won wide recogni-
tion as one of the outstanding
small Ford dealers in the south-
west.
Sixteen births, including one set
of twins, during September were
reported.
A family reunion was held Sep-
tember 23 in observance of Mrs.
Louis Schneider’s 85th birthday.
15 YEARS AGO
The Palacios High School Sharks
were set to open conference play
against Bloomington under Couch
Carroll Caimes.
Charles B. Wriglht returned home
from the Navy and exjpected to be
back at his chair in the Main
Barber Shop.
Clarence Buller donated nine
suits to Shark football players.
W. A. Foisy sold his farm north
of Palacios on Highway 35.
...............................................................................
26 YEARS AGO
Miss Betty Smith and William F.
Holt were married Saturday even-
ing in New Gulf.
Ernest Hockey, 20, died Friday
afternoon at the Camp Hulen hos-
pital from injuries received when
his motorcycle and an automobile
collided.
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. O’Pry leased
the Strasner Tailor Shop.
W. C. Gray and Ted Watkins
merged offices to orm a new
legal firm to be known as Gray and
Watkins, Attomeys-at-Law.
Deaths reported were Harry L.
Curtis and IMrs. Tommie Lee Quinn.
The Palacios Sharks and Port
Lavaca were to play on the local
gridiron Friday night. The Sharks
were defeated by Columbus last
week 34-o.
General John A. Hulen had re-
tired as president of the Burling-
ton-Rock Island Railroad and as
vice-president of the Fort Worth-
Denver City Railway and would
move to Palacios to live in the new
home he was building west of town.
of service. The Hamlin Grocery and
Market took over his stock and
will continue to do business in the
same location.
I. W. Kinard disposed of his shoe
repair shop to Dick Ray.
Audry Sullivan took over the
management of the Humble Service
^totion-from.-Bill-JU<>uxravho-.was-
being transferred! to El Campo.
Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Elliott be-
came the parents of a baby boy,
named John Rupert Elliott.
Classes were begun in the new
high school building and more than
150 had enrolled.
The Matagorda County Federa-
tion of Women’s Clubs meeting was
held on the pavilion and lunch was
served in the dining room of the
First Baptist Church.
30 YEARS AGO
J. E. Pybus died here at the
home of his mother, Mrs. S. J.
Pybus.
The Gulf P.-T. A|. entertained
the regular meeting of the Mata-
gorda County Federation of (Wo-
men’s Clubs.
A reception for the teachers was
held in the Library building.
Mr. and Mrs. Thelbert Allen re-
ported the birth of a boy Septem-
ber 29; Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Hollo-
way, a boy, September 25 and Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Thompson, a girl,
September 28.
35 YEARS AGO
Ottis Thompson and Miss Elia
Watts were united in marriage.
Mrs. John M. LeCompte and in-
fant son died at the family home
in this city.
An athletic association was or-
ganized in P. H. S. with Weldon
Sullivan as president.
A total of 1,089' bales of cotton
had been ginned by Palacios gins.
40 YEARS AGO
The rice crop in Matagorda Coun-
ty was valued at $1,500,000 accord-
ing to a report from Bay City.
M. Glaros purchased the Trego
home on south bay, west of the rail-
road.
Rev. G. F. Gillespie, pastor of
th« Presbyterian Church, was elect-
ed moderator of the Brazos Pres-
bytery.
Among the chief worries of to-
day’s business executive is the
large number of unemployed still
on the payroll.
Have you noticed the modem
girl’s hair is cut so it looks like a
mop? Maybe thats because she
doesn’t know what a mop looks like.
DR. JACK KAHN
OPTOMETRIST
Eyes Examined — Glasses Fitted
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Total estimated economic losses
in traffic crashes in Texas in 1960
dropped to $350 millions from the
all-time record of $381 millions in
1959, a reduction of $31 millions,
or 9%
One thing I have always admir-
ed about my brother Cecil, the
movio producer,” William De Mille
once said, “is his ability to bite
off more than he can chew—and
then chew it.”
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school has a visual prob-
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