Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 15, 1978 Page: 1 of 8
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Subdivisions
approved
by council
The plat for the subdivision
ofG.T. Brooking, also for Mrs.
Pat Christianson and the
building permit for I.C. Perez
were approved at the June 5th
meeting of the city council.
. The motion to approve Mr.
rTJrooking’s plat also included
changing the water lines from
the proposed six inch lines to
the four inch lines.
The motion was approved to
draw up a contract for the
school to lease property at the
^airport for its FFA projects for
fifty years with the stipulation
that the city would split the
cost of relocating with the
school system if the school, for
any reason, had to give up the
lease. The cost of this lease to
the Palacios Indpendent
Wins grant
Shawn Janine Tanner, a
veteran Jackson County 4-H
member, received a four-year,
$6,000 college scholarship
%'from the Houston Livestock
Show and Rodeo.
Shawn, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Tanner of Pala-
cios, is a recent honor gradu-
ate of Palacios High School. A
member of 4-H for nine years,
,A|she has served as president
"and council delegate for her
local 4-H club. She is a past
chairman of the District 11 4-H
Council. _
The Jackson County"*(fold
Star Girl for 1975, Shawn has
been active in sheep, swine,
sibeef cattle, sewing, home
’improvement and livestock
judging projects. While in
high school, she was a mem-
ber of the National Honor
Society and Student Council.
She has been an active partici-
pant in University Interscho-
0/lastic League competition, in-
cluding newswriting, editorial
writing, science and number
sense.
Shawn, who plans to major
in bio-chemistry with a spec-
ialization in crops at Texas
A&M University, was one of
^ 50 recipients of Houston Live-
stock Show and Rodeo scholar-
ships presented at the State
4-H Roundup.
School District will be $1.00
per year.
Council voted to postpone
any decision on approval of
trailer parks until the mobile
home park ordinance could be
studied and updated, also to
postpone any decision on
Clayton Lee’s trailer park until
a works session could be held.
Mrs. Pat Christianson ap-
peared before the council
stating that she was concerned
about the lift station on First
Street pumping sewerage into
the bay.
The Mayor explained that
the lift station had gone under
water and the motors had to be
removed and repaired. After
this happened, Lester Morton
immediately telephoned the
Texas Department of Water
Resources and was advised to
dump the sewerage into the
bay.
Sid Hunt of the Texas
Department of Water Resour-
ses was present to explain to
the people present that the city
has been working to obtain a
federal grant to upgrade its
sewer system. He also stated
that the Texas Department of
Water Resources does not give
permits to dump sewerage into
bays but in this emergency
situation there was no choice.
In other action, bills in the
amount of $21,296.96 were
approved for payment, this
included the bill from Madden
Floor Shop for the carpet at the
Flight Service Station at the
airport in the amount of
$634.85.
During the discussion,
Councilman Constancio sug-
gested that the city start pick
up again of limbs and bran-
ches, stating it was getting to
be an eyesore in different
sections of the town. After
discussing this problem, the
Mayor said that there was not
adequate funds to hire outside
help on picking up these
“Stanches and that the city
would have to start picking up
at their earliest opportunity.
Attending the meeting were
Mayor Cliff Elliott, Council-
men Johnnie Heard, Ray
Garza, Trinidad Constancio
III, Leonard Lamar and Jim
Howard; Attending Eli May-
field; Recorder Andrea Ellis
and visitors Erich Brenner,
A.T. Oliver, Sid Hunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Peters, Mr. and
Mrs. John Castner, Clayton
Lee, G.T. Brooking, Tom
Herwig, Mark Lerrick, Toby
Frausto, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Trant, Pat Christianson,
George Holst, Erwin Janszen,
Tony Tuch, Cara Herlin, Dan
Tucker, Margaret Lawson,
Gerald Wells, Jr., C.R. Win-
field and Mike Vader.
Methodists to mark
75th anniversary
City sets
budget
hearing
The Palacios City Council
will meet Thursday, June 29,
at 7 p.m. at city hall to hold a
public hearing on 1978-79
budget.
The total budget, as now
prepared, is $945,863. Includ-
ed in this total is $246,039
Revenue Sharing Funds and
$9,591 Antirecession Funds.
Proposed use of the Revenue
Sharing Funds is $575 for the
Telephone Re-Assurance Pro-
gram, $50 for any publica
lions, and the balance of
$245,414 to be used as match-
ing funds for upgrading the
sewer system. Proposed use of
the Antirecession Funds will
be to hire a man in the Refuse
department and lo hire two
men and a truck for trash
pickup in thr spring.
Anyone having any ques-
tions or suggestions, in con-
nection with the Proposed
Budget, is invited to attend
this meeting.
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The congregation of The
First United Methodist Church
cordially invite you to their
75th Anniversary Celebration
on Sunday, June 25.
Program for the day:
Worship Service at 10:30
A.M.
Catered Dinner at 12 noon.
R.S.V.P.
Informal Rememberance
Service at 2:00 P.M.
They look forward to seeing
you at one or all of these
affairs.
Order of Morning Worship
at 10:30 a.m.
Organ Prelude
Call to Worship: Choir and
Congregation
Hymn # 406 “Heralds of
Christ”
Affirmation of Faith #738
The Doxology
Collect
Pastoral Prayer by District
Superintendent G. Robert
Grimes
The Lord’s Prayer in unison
Solo by Miss Sandra Coff-
Weather
DATE
MAX.MIN.PREC.
JUNE 6
87
78
.01
JUNE 7
82
68
1.27
JUNE 8
93
69
Trace
JUNE 9
90
72
.00
JUEN 10
88
72
.00
JUNE 11
88
78
.09
JUNE 12
89
78
.00
Rainfall for the yr. 18.81
Resident
deputy is
appointed
Robert Thompson has been
promoted by Matagorda Coun-
ty Sheriff Sam Hurta from
patrolman to resident deputy
for the Palacios area.
Thompson, 20, has been
employed by the Sheriff’s
Department since 1976, and
has served as patrolman since
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and the new
Terrell accepts
hospital position
E. Keith Terrell has accept-
ed the position of Administra-
tor, Wagner General Hospital
and assistant to the District
Administrator, effective Mon-
day, June 12.
*Palacios crop field day planned
Demonstrations on cotton
and sorghum varieties along
with sorghum insect and weed
control and nitrogen rates on
.cotton will highlight the Tri-
'WCounty Cotton and Grain Field
Day and Tour here on June 27.
Tours of the crop demon-
strations will begin at 2 p.m. at
the Palacios Recreation Cen-
ter, with a special program
following at 5:30 p.m., an-
nounces Dr. Art Gerlow, area
economist with the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service
and field day coordinator.
Featured speaker for the pro-
gram will be Dr. Fred Miller,
sorghum breeder with the
Texas Agricultural Experi-
ment Station, who will discuss
“The Past, Present, and Fu-
ture of Grain Sorghum."
Field day visitors will have
COTTON VARIETIES to be discussed at Field Day-Don
Batehelder of Palacios, left, and Janies Engbrock, Matagorda
County Extension agent, look at some of the 38 different cotton
growing on the Batehelder Farm. These varieties will be
discussed at the Tri-County Cotton and Grain Field Day and
Tour slated for June 27 at Palacios. Tours of cotton, corn and
sorghum demonstrations will begin at 2 p.m. at the Palacios
9 Recreation Center, with a special program following at 5i30 p.m.
an opportunity to see 33
sorghum varieties in a demon-
stration on the Carl Jager farm
near Blessing. Dr. John Bre-
mer, Extension agronomist,
will be on hand to discuss the
varieties a\' their perform-
ance.
A demonstration on weed
control in sorghum will feature
seven different herbicide
treatments on the Kubecka
farms near Palacios. Materials
used were atrazine, Igran,
Miloguard (propazine), Milo-
guard plus Ramrod, atrazine
plus Ramrod, Modown plus
Ramrod, and Bladex plus
Ramrod. All the herbicides
were sprayed in 18-inch bands
on 36-inch rows on Apr. 2. Dr.
Dave Weaver, Extension weed
specialist, will evaluate the
performance of the various
herbicides at this field day tour
stop.
A third tour stop on sor-
ghum will feature several
insecticides used to control soil
insects. This demonstration
also features a study of several
plant populations to determine
yield performance and is on
the Dick Kubecka farm near
Palacios. Dr. Charles Cole,
area Extension entomologist,
will talk about the results of
the study.
Another stop on the tour will
be the Don Batehelder farm
near Palacios where field day
visitors will get a look at 38
He and his wife, Sarah, have
one child at home. She is a
registered nurse, having work-
ed in the military.
Terrell has just completed
an administrative residency at
Wadley Hospital, Texarkana,
Texas, following his work on a
masters' degree at Trinity
University in Health Care
Administration.
He is 45 years old, retired
from the Air Force as Lt.
Colonel, with experience as a
fighter-interceptor pilot and
instructor, and director of a
department of audiovisual ser-
vices.
He has a BS degree in
Business Administration from
Montana State University and
a Masters Degree in Education
Foundations from Troy State
University. He enjoys skiing,
fishing, and music.
SORGHUM INSECT CONTROL to be highlighted at Field
Day-Dick Kubecka of Palacios, left, and James Engbrock,
Matagorda County Extension agent, check early results of a soil
Insect control demonstration on the Kubecka Farm. Visitors
taking part In the Tri-County Cotton and Grain Field Day and
Tour on June 27 will have an opportunity to see and hear about
this demonstration and a number of others concerning cotton,
.com and sorghum. Tours will begin at 2 p.m. at the Palacios
Recreation Center, with a program following at 5*30 p.m.
different cotton varieties grow-
ing side-by-side. Dr. Luther S.
Bird, cotton breeder with the
Experiment Station, will dis-
cuss the various varieties.
The final tour stop will deal
with different nitrogen rates
on cotton and will be on the Ed
Schulz farm near Blessing.
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Class of
’28 plans
big day
Fifty years ago on May 17,
1928, a class with 23 members
was graduated from Palacios
High School.
Mr. Ralph P. Newsom was
the new superintendent. He
was to continue in that capa-
city for 37 years, until his
retirement in 1964. Ralph P.
Newom Blvd., the street di-
rectly in front of the Junior-
Senior High complex is named
for him.
We were seniors in the days
of the two-story red brick
building which was torn down
to make way for Central
Elementary School. One of the
service building to the north
was the restroom for the entire
school-“His" on one side,
"Her’s” on the other. There
were no yearbooks, the foot-
ball field was the grassy area
to the south of the school. Cars
were just appearing at school.
This Class has never held a
reunion, this is our first and
last. We invite all our Palacios
friends, and especially those
from nearby graduating class-
es, and former teachers to
come by the Herlin Home, 316
Welch, between 3:30 • 5:30
Saturday afternoon, June 17,
to visit with us.
man
Act of Praise #586 “Hear
My Prayer, 0 Lord”
The Gloria Patri
Anthem "All Through the
Years” by Clarence Burkhol-
der
Scripture Lessons by The
Rev. John B. Berkley
Hymn #545 “Mine Eyes
Have Seen the Glory”
A Time for Reflections of the
Day
Attendance Court and An-
nouncements
Offertory
Choral Response
Anthem For All My Sins"
words and music by Norman J.
Clayton
Sermon by Bishop J. Chess
Lovern
Hymn #71 “All Hail the
Power of Jesus' Name”
The Sending Forth
Commemorative plates de-
picting past and present
churches are available at $5.00
and $8.00 each. Advance
orders appreciated.
History of the Church
PIONEER PERIOD
On a cool fall day in 1903,
when the passenger train
stopped beside the depot in
Palacios, a tall blond young
man emerged to be heartily
greeted by David Baxter. The
Reverend W.H. Nelson had
received his first appointment
on November 4th to report to
the Palacios charge, Cuero
District, West Texas Confer- •
ence. The charge was a four
point circuit with Blessing,
Midfield and Markham joining
Palacios. I imagine this young
circuit rider felt he could easily
identify with the famous ear-
lier Methodist circuit rider,
John Wesley. Rev. Nelson,
fresh out of college, served
only one year, but he very ably
led a group of hard working
people into a fantastic begin-
ning. This young minister was
taken into the Baxter home,
where he remained during his
year of service here. The
family sewing machine was
used, as his desk and in this
home our church was organiz-
ed.
The David Baxter family
deserve special mention as
this family nurtured a young
ministered as well as a young
church. David Baxter had
three children, Ross, Stanley
and Thelma, when he married
Carrie Spoor. David and Carrie
Baxter had three daughters,
Clara, Margie and Meta. Clara
married Joe Anthony, who
was a fireman and then
engineer on the Palacios train
(Southern Pacific). Margie
married John Pennington and
spent all but a few years in
Palacios. These children all
were active workers in the
church and their descendants
are still carrying on the family
tradition. I’m sure some mem-
bers of third and fourth
generations are here to help us
celebrate today. The Baxter
family home is on First
and Moore. The original house
was replaced by Meta and
John Pennington about 25
years ago. What an immense
debt of gratitude we owe this
family! The charter members
of this newly organized
church, besides the Baxters,
were, Mrs. Doss, wife of the
first postmaster, Mrs. Riggs,
Ollie Dunbar and the Nels
Highberg family. There were
others, I'm sure, but these
were the families mentioned in
the record.
At the suggestion of young
Rev. Nelson, this home was
given the name of "Sea-Cross
Cottage," since it was both a
home and a house of worship.
The membership increased
and the local one room school
house was used after that first
year.
(To be continued)
City slates
work session
The Palacios City Council
will meet Thursday. June 15,
at 7 p m. in council chambers
for work session.
The main subject of the
work session will be the tra„
park ordinance.
Persons interested in ryeak-
ing at the work session on the
ordinance should contact the
Mayor ahead of time.
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