Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1961 Page: 2 of 10
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, December 7, 1961
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FROM THE EXCHANGES
Noted Lawyer To Address El Campo
lions; More Clothing For Carla Victims
One of the most noted trial law-
yers in the nation, Percy Fore-
man of Houston, will address the
lions Club Tuesday, December 12,
Mark Wiginton, program chair-
man has announced. Foreman will
discuss the Bill of Rights and the
Fifth Amendment. — El Campo
.Leader-News.
The Ganado Jaycettes are ready
to distribute more clothing which
has arrived from the generous peo-
ple of Neptune, New Jersey. This
■clothing is the second of air freight
. shipments sent to the Hurricane
Carla victims in the Ganado area
bf people of the Neptune area.—
<-Ganado Tribune.
Harry Burleigh of Austin, dis-
trict director of the U. S. Bureau
Reclamation, met with the
Jackson County Flood Control Dis-
‘trkt and Commissioners Court
Thursday. Every effort is being
-made by the district to choose a
•financing route before the first of
the year for the Texara Dam and
IKeservoir.—Edna Herald.
Perry Farley, the little line-
backer for the Pioneers from
Bracketville, was chosen the most
outstanding player on the field of
»w Seventh Annual Hospitality
Bowl in Gulfport, Mississippi
“Thanksgiving Day and received a
trophy for his outstanding work.
—Wharton Spectator.
The First Christian Church of El
Campo lias been fortunate to se-
cure the services of Hugh S. Darsie
of Houston to serve as Supply
Minister until it is able to secure
* permanent one.—El Campo Citi-
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Funeral services for former
County Treasurer James II. Fenner
were held Sunday in Allen Memor-
ial Presbyterian Church. He died
Saturday after a prolonged ill-
ness.—Edna Herald.
At the Whax-ton County Farmers
Union Annual Meeting last Tues-
day at the Courthouse at Wharton,
Lester V. Cranek was re-elected
as president for the ensuing year.
—El Campo Leader-News.
Dr. Earl J. Brewer, Jr., Dr. Vic-
tor H. Driscoll, G. C. Gifford and
W. W. Greshman were the four
new directors elected to serve on
the Chamber of Commerce board.
The new officers and directors will
be officially installed in office at
the annual banquet meeting sched-
uled for January 7th. The speaker
for the banquet meeting will be
“Bob” Murphy, district attorney
from Nacogdoches. — W'harton
Spectator,
Judge Bill Hamblen has announc-
ed his candidacy for a third term
as County Judge of Jackson Coun-
ty.—Ganado Tribune.
Jackson County will share in
$650,000 the U. S. Department of
Agriculture has allotted to aid
Texas coastal counties severely
damaged by the recent hurricane.
These funds are to be used toward
the cost of removing storm debris
from farmland, rebuilding irriga-
tion ditches and repairing fences.—
Edna Herald.
Under the direction of C. E. Gos-
sett, chairman of the decoration
committee of the El Campo Cham-
be rof Commerce and Agriculture,
street lights and decorations are
now being installed. Each year the
installation of city decorations is
done through the help of city em-
cmployees, Central Power & Light
Company, Bell Telephone Company
and Martin Electric Company.—F.l
Campo Citizen.
Aransas County Navigation Dis-
trict commissioners Monday ignor-
ed requests by Atty. Gen. Will Wil-
son and State Land Commissioner
Jerry Sadler and accepted a $66,-
000 bid from Carl C. Krueger Jr.
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A safe deposit box that is adequate for
ihe average family rents for as little as
$3.00 a year. Get one for yourself, soon!
The City Stale Bank Of Palacios
member f. d. i. c.
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OUT LJ REACH
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
10 YEARS AGO
The Junior Garden Club was
sponsoring an outdoor Christmas
decoration contest. Judging was to
be held December 22.
After a small boy was bitten by
a vicious dog Sunday, the City
Council Monday night passed an
ordinance making it a misdemeanor
to allow a bad or vicious dog to
run at large, punishable by $100
fine.
Some 200 school musicians, three
bands and two choruses, will pre-
sent a concert Friday night in the
elementary school auditorium. Band
director was A. O. McGuffie.
Marcelc Morales, one of three
men injuied in an auto accident
west of the airport early Sunday
morning, was still in critical con-
dition in the Bayview Hospital.
Ben Carl Dorris, who died in
West Columbia, December 3, was
buried in the Palacios Cemetery
Wednesday.
Harry Burghardt, linotype opera-
tor for the Beacon, was one of the
peason’3 first hunting casualties,
when a charge from his shotgun
struck him in his leg while hunting
at John Merck’s Saturday morn-
ing.
25 YEARS AGO
Calhoun County staged a two
day fair at Port Lavaca.
Coach Sullivan and his football
boys were guests of honor at the
Rotary luncheon. Chester Barrett,
captain of the team, representing
the 22 hoys present, spoke words
of appreciation from the Sharks.
Two business firms changed own-
ership when Mrs. Mildred Burr pur-
chased the “Howdy” from Mrs.
Minnie llelander and Mrs. Louise
Sharp took over the City Fish
Market from Mrs. Eva Parsutt.
Henry Rugeley, a prominent
Matagorda County cattleman, died
at his home in Bay City.
Subscribe to the Beacon
30 YEARS AGO
R. E. Lindsey reported 20,038
hales of cotton ginned in the coun-
ty for the season up to Nov. 14.
The Palacios Sharks won their
game from the Ganado Indians by
a score of 26-0 which was the last
tilt of the season.
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Stout of
Beverly, Rans. arrived for the win-
ter and were occupying the same
house in the B.Y.P.U. grounds they
had used for the 13 previous win-
ters.
Mrs. G. A. Salsbury, president of
the Palacios Library Association,
reported a nice gift from the Texas
Gulf Sulphur Company.
35 YEARS AGO
Palacios had a croquet ground on
which several loads of shell had
been placed, so the many who en-
joyed using the mallet and ball
could keep on playing regardless of
the weather.
The local agency for the Pierce
Petroleum Corporation was trans-
ferred from W. A. Bailey to John
L. Fox.
' Plans were underway f#r the
construction of a filling station at
the corner of 4th and Ritchie. D.
M. Green local agent for the Mag-
nolia Petroleum Company announc-
ed.
Total strength of the Texas Na-
tional Guard was increased from
8,333 officers and men to 10,000,
Adjt. Gen. Dallas J. Matthews an-
nounced.
40 YEARS AGO
Asst. Scoutmaster Wm. Clement,
Jr. took the scouts out for a camp-
ing trip over the Thanksgiving
week end.
Messrs. J. F. Barnett, P. F.
Campbell, W. H. Clement and T.
A. Bullock went to Orange to at-
tend the convention of the Intra-
coastal Canal Association.
The Economy Oil Company of
Kentucky closed a deal for a block
of oil leases near Palacios.
Bachelor with 40 acres of excel-
lent land would like to make ac-
quaintance of lady, with tractor.
Matrimony in mind. Please send
picture of tractor.
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LETTERING DONE
AT CEMETERY
PLAIN AND RELIGIOUS
DESIGNS
EL CAMPO MEMORIALS
CALL US — VISIT US — WITHOUT OBLIGATION
See our Big Display of Finished Markers and Monu-
ments on our yard, East Curve, Ilwy. 59, El Campo.
Our Service Includes Delivery & ‘Setting’ In Cemetery
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Box 307 El Campo, Texas
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Petersen an-
nounced the birth of a baby girl on
December 1.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Davis Sunday
celebrated their 58th wedding anni-
versary also their 79th and 80th
birthdays with an open house and
family dinner.
Past president of the Houston
Rotary Club, Ernest Japhet, and
Rev. Ernest Ziska, who was con-
ducting a mission at the Catholic
Church, were guest speakers at the
local Rotary meeting Wednesday.
The-local V^-EUBL-paat-vnted to
sponsor a Senior Sea Scout unit.
Audry Sullivan sold his interest
in the Palacios Pharmacy to Phillip
Mannering.
20 YEARS AGO
Miss Lucille Wilkerson and Abel
Pierce, Jr. were married Saturday
evening at tha home of the bride’s
grandmother, Mrs. John Bentler.
S/Sgt. and Mrs. LeRoy Jack-
son announed the arrival November
26 of a 7 pound hoy.
A group of %>cal citizens were
in Houston trying to secure con-
tracts for the construction of gov-
ernment boats here.
The city council refused the of-
fer made by the telephone company
to install a second-hand battery
switchboard until a new one could
be secured.
Morris Frank of Houston had
accepted an invitation to be emcee
at the football banquet to be held
December 15.
The city council adopted zoning
laws at the meeting Monday night
and a seven member commission
was named to formulate plans to
govern development.
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Dismukes, Jesse V. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1961, newspaper, December 7, 1961; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth710534/m1/2/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.