Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1968 Page: 2 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON. PALACIOS. TEXAS
Thursday, September 5. inna
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FROM THE EXCHANGES . .
£1 Campo Czechs Cancel Flight To Old
Country; New School Principal At Edna
Reverberations of Russia’s sud-
den seizure and occupation of
tCtechoslovakta are- being deeply
and dramatically felt by several
hundred families in the El Campo
areas who are Czech descent. Only
recently plans had been practically
•completed for more than a hun-
dred Czechs and Danes from this
area to make a charter flight to
Prague and Copenhagen via Scan-
dinavian Airlines. This was possible
because the airline was to bring
igroups to the Olympics in Mexico
City. Upon the return flight the
group in this area were to fly back
to Prague. Since the recent devel-
opments in Czechoslovakia, plans
have been disarranged.—El Campo
Leader-News.
Judge Frank Crain Aug. 23. The
ruling closes district court doors
here as a means of redress for
plaintiffs, but they may now take
their case to the 13th Judicial Dis-
trict Court of Appeals at Corpus
Christi.—Edna Herald.
A north Texas educator took
over the reins as principal at Edna
High School. He is J. Curtis Hol-
comb of Electra, Texas.—Edna
Herald.
Eight gins in West Wharton
County reported a total of 6,208
bales of cotton ginned as of Tues-
day, August 27.—El Campo Citi-
zen.
Motion for a new trial filed by
attorneys representing a group of
in an out of county residents de-
signed to prevent building a hos-
pital in Edna was overruled by
DR. BECK STEINER
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BAY CITY
A total of $196,300 for addi-
tional surfacing of 26.1 miles of
State Highway 71 in the El Campo
area has been approved by the
Texas Highway Commission. The
Highway 71 appropriation is part
of a total of $361,200 appropriated
for Wharton County for the 1969
budget.—El Campo Leader-News.
HOW HIGH CAN THEY GO?
ways were opposing the project.
The Palacios High School hand,
directed by L. A. House, was to
present its first concert of the
year Friday night.
Male citizens bom after August
30, 1922, were to register Monday
in the second peace-time draft.
Funeral services for Pfc. Henry
Thompson, who died March 16,
1945, in Germany were held Aug-
ust 26 at the Palacios Funeral
Home.
25 YEARS AGO
Members of the Palacios Volun
teer Fire Department and city of-
ficials enjoyed a barbecue Monday
night on the west side of the turn-
ing basin. ,
Over 30,000 pounds of shrimp
were brought in by 26 boats on
opening day of shrimp season.
A big street dance was being
planned for Labor Day night. Music
would be furnished by a Hillbilly
band and the AAATC orchestra.
Mrs. E. I. Chiles was appointed
chairman of the Women’s Division
of the Third War Bond Drive.
30 YEARS AGO
More than thirty boats went out
on opening day of the shrimp sea-
son and all came in loaded to the
limit.
35 YEARS AGO
Watch Who You Hire
A proposed museum for Edna
was the main issue at a called
meeting of the Texana Museum
and Library Association Monday
night. Plans for converting the old
jail now in use to a museum in the
event that a new jail is constructed
were talked with a hope that the
plans would materialize.—Edna
Herald.
John W. Fox, III, has been nam-
ed manager of Radio Station KULP
according to Fred V. Barbee, Jr.,
president of Bar-B Broadcasting,
Inc.—El Campo Leader-News.
Thirteen beauties from Jackson
County will compete for County
Queen honors when the Jackson
County Fair gets underway Oc-
tober 8. Representing Carancahua
in the contest will be Cecilia Loff
and Phyllis Tanner will represent
Deutschburg.—Edna Herald.
A state income tax for Texans
appears certain within the next 10
years, State Representative Donald
(Tom) Uher told members of the
Rotary Club at the weekly meeting
Thursday. He also predicted that
the one cent sales tax added by the
In 1968, some 75 million voters
will be electing a president and
vice-president, congressmen, gover-
nors, legislators and local officials
—thousands al told. The people are
hiring all these men and women to
run governmental affairs with tax
money taken from all of us. It is
important therefore that the voter
use his very best judgment in
weeding out officials who have
shown lack of ability in handling
public funds and expenditures eco-
nomically.
Public officials need public sup-
port and understanding in working
out answers to such problems as
war, unemployment, inflation,
riots, taxes, strikes, breakdown in
law and order, etc. Money alone
won’t solve these problems. It takes
thinking and planning—not just
spending. No saying is more appro-
priate today than the old one, “if
we get bad government—we usual-
ly deserve it.” It’s up to the people
to watch their public servants—
that’s what they still are—and they
need the help and opinions of their
employers.
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
10 YEARS AGO
Paul Geissler was re-elected
Justice of Peace for four years in
Saturday’s Democratic run-off
election by a vote of 247 to 192 for
R. T. Bozeman.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Williams
announced the birth of a baby girl
on August 22.
County Commissioners Court set
the tax rate at $1.17, a reduction
of 48 cents from the previous year.
The 36th Division Texas Na-
tional Guard, with Major General
John A. Hulcn as commanding of-
ficer, broke camp and more than
7,000 officers and men left for home
after a two-week training period
at Camp Hulen.
legislature in the special session
will be retained and straight across
the board taxes without exemptions
will probably come at the next gen-
eral session. He also said that it
is most likely that “some kind” of
a liquor bill will also be forthcom-
ing.—El Campo Leaer-News.
Miss Barbie McMillan of Mackay,
entered as Miss Wharton County
Electric, was judged winner of the
Miss Texas Rural Electrification
contest during the 1968 Texas Elec-
tric Cooperative Inc. 28th annual
meeting in Dallas August 21-23.—
El Campo Cieizen.
One of these days some of our
little colleges are going to be
mighty embarrassed, when more
men report for football than are
enrolled in school.
Water from the new city water
well, tank and mains will probably
be turned into Palaciosi’ water
mains early next week, following
approval from the State Health
Department.
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church’s
annual parish bazaar will be held
Sunday, August 31, on the church
grounds.
The Palacios port handled 77,300
tons during 1967 according to a
I statement of tonnage handled by
ports and moving through Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway released by
the U. S. Army Engineer District,
Galveston.
Rev. and Mrs. F. Gilbert Ross
were appointed missionaries to
Mexico by the Southern Baptist
Foreign Mission Board.
Thirty-six candidates, including
10 lettermen, had been working out
twice daily with head coach Joe
Newbill and his assistant, Toney
Carr. Coach Charles Shreve had
25 boys signed up for junior high
football including five lettermen.
Miss Betty Sue Phillips received
her B. S. degree from Howard
Payne College and Mrs. Mayme
H. Huff received her Master of
Education from the University of
Houston.
Sunday afternoon in the First
Baptist Church, Miss Betty Sue
Phillips and Robert C. Reeves were
united in marriage.
40 YEARS AGO
COW POKES
By Ace Reid
Mr. and Mrs. Vogt Powell an-
' nounced the birth of a son.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Halliday were
the parents of a baby girl.
The City Feed Store, a Palacios
business for many years and op-
erated the past ten years by Harold
Stewart and J. E. Grant ceased
operations.
The Palacios Volunteer Fire De-
partment held an election of officers
to fill the unexpired terms of those
who had resigned or left the city.
John Bowden was elected chief; L.
S. Appleton, assistant chief; C. M.
Backen, Guy Stulting and Hugh J.
Dismukes, first, second and third
sergeants respectively.
15 YEARS AGO
"Jake, don't loose that light offa that cigarette 'cause we've done used
our last match.!!
The City State Bank of Palacios
MEMBER F. D. I. C.
The ginning of cotton had been
delayed by muddy fields as 2.84
inches of rain had fallen during
the week. A total of 2,162 bales
had been ginned locally Thursday
morning.
Registration for the 1953-1954
school year of the Palacios schools
will be staged September 3-5.
Matagorda County might pos-
sibly realize some added tax reve-
nue should the county’s approxi-
mately 65 miles of offshore tide-
lands be developed into an oil-
producing area, according to Coun-
ty Tax Assessor-Collector Jim Sel-
kirk.
Miss Lurlean Sikes received her
degree from the Lillie Jolly School
of Nursing, Memorial Hospital of
Houston.
Marriages announced were Miss
Helen Kutach and Johnnie Novak
on August 17 at St. Anthony’s
Catholic Church and Miss Grace
Evelyn Jurasek and George Capak
on August 18 in St. Procopius
Catholic Church of Louise.
45 YEARS AGO
J. L. Smith, who farmed the I,
P. Miller place, brought in the
largest bale of cotton for the sea-
son, which weighed 628 pounds.
Mr. Smith, who is 55 years of age,
had no help on his farm except one
small mule and he cultivated 17
acres.
Miss Leafa Green received her
degree from San Marcos Normal.
The deplorable condition of the
city park was causing much com-
ment.
50 YEARS AGO
Ed Traylor enlisted in the Texas
Infantry and reported at Bay City.
Ruel B. Foley of Camp Travis
was home for a short stay.
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