Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1960 Page: 2 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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PUBLISHER
EDITOR & ADV. MANAGER
BUSINESS MANAGER
SOCIETY EDITOR & BOOKKEEPER
MRS. J. W. DIS'MUKES
JESSE V. DISMUKES
HUGH J. DISMUKES
MARY V. DISMUKES
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matter under the Act of Congress.
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Attention of the publisher.
FROM THE EXCHANGES . . .
Wharton County Tax Rate Lowered;
Bids Awarded For Highway 15 Work
The Commissioners’ Court of
Wharton County, at its regular
meeting September 12, fixed the
county tax rate for 1960 at $1.43
per $100.00 valuation, which is a
reduction of $0.19 from last year’s
rate of $1.62.—El Campo Citizen.
A contract for 25.8 miles of con-
struction on State Highway 35 in
Refugio and Aransas Counties has
been awarded to a San Antonio
firm. Cage Brothers submitted the
low bid of $992,671 on the pro-
ject. Grading, structures, flexible
'base and asphalt concrete pave
ment from the north end of Copano
Bay causeway to Refugio-Calhoun
county line, is expected to take
&00 working days.—Roekport Pilot.
Pete Laydcn of Edna was re-
elected chairman of the Jackson
County ASC Committee Wednes-
day, when the seven recently nam-
'ed community ASC chairmen met
to elect the county unit.—Edna
Herald.
tM. R. Whymann, rural mail car-
rier on Route 1, Ganado, made his
last trip Friday, September 30. On
that, date he retired after almost
thirty-nine years of service. Mr.
and Mrs. Whymann and two small
sons came to Ganado January 1,
1922 from the Carancahua com-
munity where he was serving as
postmaster at that small office and
farming.—Ganado Tribune.
Mercer Construction Co. of Edna,
with a bid of $9,910, was low bid-
der on the proposed Jackson Coun-
ty Chamber of Commerce building.
A financing plan now must be
worked out by chamber officials
and then a lease must be com-
pleted with the City of Edna for
the proposed building. — Edna
Herald.
Rev. V. J. Bily, pastor of As-
sumption Parish Ganado, is recu-
perating in a Victoria Hospital
where he was confined for the past
two weeks for a rest period. Asst,
pastor Rev. Flanagan has doubled
in performing local pastoral du-
ties.—Ganado Tribune.
At the Wharton Boy Builders
sale, 146 livestock and poultry en-
tries netted $19,919.50 to 4-H and
FFA members at the Wharton
County Fair Wednesday.—(Whar-
ton Spectator.
El Campo’s United Fund budget
for 1960 has been set at $21,260
compared to $24,350 last year and
the opening date for the drive has
been set for October 21 with a
oreakfast to raise the rural quota.
—El Campo I/eader-News.
2,000 bales were ginned at P
lacios.
F. O. Montague of Nacogdoches
was employed as County Farm
Agent.
|Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Barnett at-
tended a meeting of the Hug-the-
Coast Highway Association in Ray.
mondville.
35 YEARS AGO
Mrs. A. P. Clark, mother of Mrs.
H, B. Douglas died at her home in
this city.
The Beacon carried more than
250 inches of advertising and all
from local merchants.
The Crawford Packing Company
shipped two carloads (50,000 jars)
of preserved figs to New York.
45 YEARS AGO
The fall meeting of the Brazos
Presbytery was held here. Rev*. W.
L, Sheppard was pastor, Rev. Wm.
States Jacob of Houston was guest
speaker.
Governor James Ferguson pro-
claimed Saturday, Oct. 9, as State
Fire Prevention Day.
Runyon CHIROPRACTIC Offices
OFFICE HOURS: 9 A. M. TO NOON — 2 TO 6 P. M
—AIR CONDITIONED—
THE OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED TUESDAY
MORNINGS AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS
413 MAIN ST. PHONES: OFF. 5011; RES. 2901
—Good Health Doesn't Cost, It Pays!—
Employ the Physically Handicapped Week—Oct. 2-8
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
10 YEARS AGO
Bobby Perkins, O. W. Fegett and
Jessie Haynes left, for Camp Hood
on Sept. 30 and three others called
to report Oct. 3 were Bobby R.
Brown, Frank P. Brhlik and Jessie
Jones.
Dr. E. B. Sanford will open his
new clinic on October 15.
deaths reported were Albert
Leadford, 85; Mrs. E. I. Johnson on
Oct. 2; Rev. W. R. McPherson,
former Methodist minister here, on
Sept. 26 at his home in Neosho,
Mo. and Dr. W. E. Chandler in El
Campo.
The Sharks, who defeated Van
Vleck last week 43-0, were to play
Industrial at Vanderbilt Friday
and the Hornets will meet Freeport
tonight after losing to Alvin last
week 6 to 0.
Eight west Wharton County gins
reported a total of 14,905 bales of
cotton ginned up to Sept. 27. At
the same date last year there had
Been 20,672 bales ginned.—El Cam-
-po Citizen.
Operators of the four rice stor-
age firms in Jackson County re-
ported Wednesday a total of 318,-
fiOO barrels of rice received, and
all estimate the 1960 crop is 75 to
80 percent harvested.—Edna Her-
ald.
STATED MEETINGS
PALACIOS LODGE
No. 990 A. F. & A. M.
tst Thursday each month 8 p.m.
’Visiting Brethren Always Welcome
Paul Fields, W. M.
L. G. Margerum, Sec.
In a recent meeting the budget
committee of the Jackson County
United Fund drive hoard the re-
quests of the various agencies and
organizations interested in being
included in this project and form-
ulated its 1961 budget. From the
requests, the total goal for Jack
son County for this year will be
$17,175.—Ganado Tribune.
Construction has started on the
industrial building being erected
by the El Campo Economic De-
velopment Council upon its acre-
age west of the city near High-
way 59.—El Campo Leader-News.
James (Jim) Denard, member of
the Edna Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment for the past 22 years, last
week was elected Edna Fire Chief.
—Edna Herald.
Wm. A. “Bill” Cline, Jr. was
chosen as the Wharton Jaycee of
the Month for his outstanding con-
tributions to the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.—Wharton Spectator.
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15 YEARS AGO
J. B. Gillette and his brother,
Walter Gillette, Jr. met unexpect-
edly in San Antonio when both re-
ported at Fort Sam Houston for
their discharge papers.
Congratulations were being ex-
tended to Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Pasal
who celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary on October 2; and to
Capt. and Mrs. F. E. Smith who
celebrated their 25th anniversary
on Sunday, Sept. 30.
'Max Epstein, a prominent Bay
City merchant, died of a heart at-
tack at his home Sunday.
The Sharks were to play their
first game of the season tomorrow
night against St. Joseph’s of Vic-
toria. Charles J. Johnson was
coach.
On Sept. 26, Manuel Glaros turn-
ed over the ownership of the Pa-
lacios ice plant to the City of Pa-
lacios, who were going to convert
it into a Quick Freezing Plant.
Remind
Him, Mom . •.
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That you work just as hard as he does. Your
time is valuable, too, and anything that can
save you steps and energy goes into better
care for your family,
A checking account that makes it unnecessary
for a woman to trudge all over town to pay
the bills is one of the best investments you can
make, Dad. Perhaps it's time Mother had one
for her very own.
The City Stale Bank Of Palacios
MEMBER F. D. I. C.
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20 YEARS AGO
A two million dollar building
program at Camp Hulen was get-
ting underway. The program in-
cluded 128 building, a half million
dollar hospital, laundry and ware-
houses.
Four trains of 11 passenger
coaches, bringing 1,400 officers and
men of the 197th Coast Artillery
Anti-Aircraft from New Hamp-
shire arrived Monday.
A $404,833 airport was being
proposed for Palacios.
Thirteen thousand one hundred
and seventy bales of cotton were
ginned in the county prior to Sept.
16, 1,521 bales had been ginned at
the local gins.
Effective October 6 the Southern
Pacific Lines will inaugurate pas-
senger train service to and from
Palacios.
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles
Fox, who died Sept. 26, were held
at the Palacios Funeral Home.
25 YEARS AGO
Miss June Bryan of Houston,
who had been with Hallie Pritchard
Studio for eight years, was enroll-
ing pupils for dancing lessons.
Miss Constance Langham and
Marvin Hale were married.
Miss Elizabeth Ruthven, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Ruth-
ven, died in El Paso, Sept. 29. Re-
mains were brought here and fol-
lowing services at the home, burial
was made in the Palacios cemetery.
The loan and grant for a new
DR. JACK KAHN
OPTOMETRIST
Eyes Examined — Glasses Fitted
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FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT
Fifth Floor National Bank Bldg.
VICTORIA, TEXAS
high school building was approved
in Washington, D. C.
Date for opening the new pavil-
•on was set for October 12 by the
Gardner Brothers of Austin, who
had leased it and took charge Oc-
tober 4.
The Buller Fish and Oyster Com-
pany was making extensive im-
provements to the plant. A fleet of
20 boats was operating for this
concern with shrimp being the
leading product.
30 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Peter Ellis, a former Pa-
lacios resident, died in a hospital
in Lyons, Kansas.
Cotton report for the county up
to Sept. 16 was 12,127 bales. Over
50 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Hamlin of
Battle Creek, Michigan, were new
arrivals who had come to stay.
Messrs. F. C. Hensel, W, T.
Wood, H. H. Sisson and W. W.
Bussell, all of Hebron, Nebr. were
Palacios visitors.
A star route mail system was
established between Palacios and
Carancahua. D. L. Brown was
awarded the contract to carry the
mail each day except Sunday, He
left the postoffice here at 4:30 p.m.
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