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Page 4-Palacios Beacon-Wed., Dec. 28,1994
Deadline 12 Noon Monday
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5 YEARS AGO-1989
Retired Drug Enforcement Administration special agent George
C. Frangullie, Jr. became the second individual to file as candidate
for Matagorda County Precinct #3 Justice of the Peace in the
Democratic Primary.
Palacios temperatures plummeted to a low of 9 degrees Saturday
morning as recorded at the weather station at Palacios Airport.
Allison Bowers won the National High School Oratorical Contest
Conducted by the Cecil Lee American Legion Post 649 of Blessing.
The People of Matagorda County will be able to dial 9-1-1 on their
phones to summon for help in case of emergencies by January 1992.
15 YEARS AGO-1979
Leonard Lamar was elected president of the Chamber of Com-
merce to succeed Chet Jones. Dale Porter was elected to serve as
vice-president, with Andrea Ellis and Fred Huitt continuing to serve
as secretary and treasurer, respectively.
The City Council passed a resolution to apply for a grant from the
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department for the swimming pool and
voted to sign a lease from the swimming pool.
25 YEARS AGO-1969
Johnny Frankson was presented the "Mr. Woodman” plaque at he
annual banquet of members of W.O.W. Camp 2253 and their
families held at Petersen’s Restaurant.
The Sharks defeated Tidehaven 52-35 for the first win of the
basketball season.
30 YEARS AGO-1964
Jeannie Bearse was crowned Christmas Angel at the Christmas
Dance sponsored by the EHA. ,.
A reunion of foe A. A. Penland family was held at foe home of
Mr. and Mrs. James Penland.
Terry Oglesby was among 27 Texas A&I Letterman announced
by coach Gil Steinke.
35 YEARS AGO-1959
Superintendent Ralph Newsom was honored with a surprise
banquet at Crawford’s Shrimp Net by trustees who had served on the
Palacios School Board from 1927 to 1960.
The doors of the new St Anthony’s Catholic Church will open for
its first service Dec. 24, preceding the celebration of the annual
Christmas Midnight Mass.
Sarah Heriin was chosen to reign as freshman duchess of the
Sigma Theta Tau Coronation Ball at Trinity University in San
Antonio. *
40 YEAR AGO-1954
William E. Coflmaryesigned as pastor of the local Church of
Christ to accept foe pastorship of the church in Taylor.
The First Methodist Church will hold groundbreaking for their
new $45,000 educational building Sunday.
The city council approved the placing of seven more new 100
candlepowdr street lights at places about the city.
45 YEARS AGO-1949
J.B. (Jack) Cole ofBay City was the first candidate for Matagorda
County when he announced his candidacy for sheriff.
South Texas Construction Co. was low bidder on Farm Road
1095, a distance of 15.52 miles of grading, structures, flexible base
and duraco pavement. The road connects with State Highway 35
about 5 miles east of Blessing and extends south to Collegeport.
50 YEARS AGO-1944
The Tres Palacios Garden Study Club held their annual Christmas
party at foe home of Miss Alpha Bussell.
Tom Friery, J.L. Koerber and M.T. Brooking were new directors
elected to the Chamber of Commerce.
Several business changes being made. The stock of the Rufoven
Grocery was sold to Raymond Field; P.L. Fields and A.S. Rowton
purchased the Palacios Pharmacy from H.E. Forester, and the Charles
Novak store was having a closing sale and would discontinue their
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55 YEARS AGO-1939
The Athena Club held a delightful Christmas party at the
of Mrs. D.M. Green.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Graff, managers of the Palacios Pavilion;
announced Arch Harley and his band would furnish the music for the
Christmas dance on Dec. 25.
60 YEARS AGO-1934
H.O. “Ona” Welch, an assistant keeper of the Half Moon Reef
Light House, was found missing when C.M. Teller went to relieve (J
him. . tty.'j
65 YEARS AGO-1929 ,01
Contracts were let for all the paved highway through Matagordq
County at the State Highway Commission held in Austin.
An airplane delivered bills advertising a big freebarbecue at Gulfe
sponsored by the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company. r or
The Golden Rule Grocery signed a three year lease for foe
Williams Building at the comer of Commerce and Fifth Streets’,
would move their stock there soon after the first of the year. V
70 YEARS AGO-1924 . J
J.H. Brotemarkle and family moved here from Kirwin, Kansas, <
The camp site at Palacios was accepted by the National Guard
according to a report from Washington, D.C. !f! -'
75 YEARS AGO-1919
Mrs. M.E. Kneberg was sponsoring a drive for funds to purchase
the building to give the library a permanent home. J;
80 YEARS AGO-1914
Best granulated sugar was selling for $1 for 17 pounds; 3 quarts
of cranberries 250 and Irish potatoes 300 a peck.
The Palacios area was experiencing some winter weather and ice
one inch thick was found by many citizens of water tanks and barrels. h
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Drinking drivers face license suspension
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Something to think about..
Dear Editor,
Start at 8th Street and follow foe Bay drive (and if the Bap-
tist let you pass) nary a stop sign on Bay drive until you get to
Palacios.Street. Four blocks later at Austin we have ;
AUSTIN — Texans who plan on
having a drink or two on New
Year’s Eve had better heed a new
law.
Effective Jan. 1, tipplers arrested
while driving will have their
driver’s license taken away, in
addition to criminal charges filed
against them.
coder who .fails
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drunken-driving accidents. Exist-
ing law does not prohibit open con-
tainers, only drinking from them.
Phones for Inmates Eyed
A plan by Ibxas Comptroller
erate similar systems.
Ban on Kids in Truck Beds
The Legislature will consider a
bill in January that would make it
illegal for children to ride in the
5,'is there was ntrgmtry hr traffic’
about complaints, but they do know that they are not going to
take them down. Citizens...think about it!
Kathy Wenninger
(Editor’s note: The council reportedly did authorize the po-
lice department to do a study of the traffic on that street. That
study led to the recommendation that the stop signs were
needed to help curtail speeding motorists. The speedy prob-
lem, unfortunately, does exist along the entire stretch of what
is actually East Bay shore Drive (not to be confused with East
Bay Blvd. or South Bay Blvd.). The Baptist Encampment years
ago granted the city an easement to put a road around the
bayshore side of their Encampment property with the stipula-
tion that the Encampment would be allowed to block it off to
motorists when activities at the Encampment were taking
place.)
Christmas is gone again.
Now the little ones can play
with the talking dolls. Then we
can be preparing for Easter.
Remember that Christ is in-
volved in all this. We really do
not need all those eggs and
goodies.
The next month or so may be
a little cool. We need some cold
weather to kill a few bugs.
Operation Santa Claus dis-
tributed quite a lot of groceries
and toys. Hope the folks had
plenty to eat.
Quite a few houses are under
way around town. They really
do look nice when completed!
One recently came up with a
fish tank recessed in foe floor. I
sort of like mine on a stand so
we can watch the fish. The
shrimpers like to have a mast
erected so they can talk to foe
boats. Of course this usually has
a TV antenna on it also.
The building code in the hur-
ricane zone is becoming more
stringent all the time. Of course,
when we have a severe hurri-
cane; foe reason will be appar-
ent. The insurance board is still
working on a proposed code.
One interesting idea is for an-
chor bolts at the plate to be 21”
O.C. with two inches square
plated instead of washers. Of
course this is not in effect yet.
We are trying to hold to a max-
imum of 4’ O.C.
If all this stuff goes into ef-
fect; all of us in foe 1Q0 mile
zone will have to get with it in
order to keep insurance. I hope
that the state legislature will en-
act a state wide code so our
counties can issue building
permits and perform inspections.
At present, foe only control we
have is within an incorporated
area. The only control in the
county is a flood plain permit.
This does help.
You all look around and see
how the neighbors are doing. If
they need some heat, maybe we
can rake some up.
second-time offender will face a
120-day license suspension.
Lt. Col. Dudley Thomas of
the Ibxas Department of Public
Safety told the Austin American-
Statesman be hoped the law would
deter people from driving while
intoxicated.
“It is an extreme hazard to
drink and drive, but in addition to
that, they’re putting one of their
most prized documents on die line,
and that is their driver’s license,”
Thomas said.
Ibxas, in which 1,219 people
were killed last year in traffic ac-
cidents caused by drunken drivers,
joins 37 other states that have
adopted laws for license revocation.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
hailed the new law as a step forward
in getting drank drivers off the road
and saving lives.
Meanwhile, state Rep. Fred Hill,
R-Richardson, says he will make
a third attempt to pass legislation
to ban open containers of alco-
hol in’ moving vehicles. Hill said
he is “sick and tired” of senseless
State Capital
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By Lyndell Williams • Texas Press Association''
John Sharp would provide a
coinless collect-call phone system
for every 20 to 80 inmates in the
state prison system.
In Sharp’s Nov. 15 “Gaining
Ground” report, it was explained
that revalues from fees paid by
telephone service providers could
save the state about $158 million
over five years.
But Wyne Scott, director of the
Department of Criminal Justice’s
institutional division, said the
telephone service has inherent
liabilities, such as enabling inmates
to conduct illegal business and
burdening recipients of calls with
costly phone bills. Scott said if
a recipient had call-forwarding, it
would be easy for an inmate to get
around an approved list of numbers
to call.
Sharp’s spokesman, Andy Welch,
said Texas has the only state prison
system that does not offer this type
of telephone service, and that many
county jails in the state already op-
open beds of pickup trucks.
“We need this law badly,” said
state Sen. Gregory Luna, D-San
Antonio, who filed the bill in
November.
The current law allows children
under 18 to ride in the back
of pickups as long as the driver
doesn’t exceed 35 mph. But the
Department of Public Safety says
drivers often exceed the 35-mph
limit.
According DPS records, 449
children were hurt riding in the
back of pickups last year — die
most since 1988.
Job Hanging By a Thread
Public Utility Commissioner Sa-
rah Goodfriend doesn’t want a
good job to slip through her fingers
just because of the impending
switch in governors. As a lame
dude appointee to a six-year term
as PUC commissioner, Goodfriend
is lobbying hard to continue in her
post under Gov.-elect George W.
Bush.
And though her lesbian admin I
orientation reportedly is not ail
issue for Bush and other GOP|
leaders, the fact that she
Democrat is. no;
In a comment regarding
friend’s effort, reported by the Da
las Morning News, Sen. David SH
ley, R-Whco, said, “Wfe feeLi
(past) election was about die i
bon Texaswantstogo...andthi
in a more conservative directii
Sibley is chairman of the Se
Economic Development Com
tee, which reviews bills affecting!
die utilities.
TfexRioI Withdrawals Slow
Treasurer Martha Whitehead an-
nounced last week that the state’s
bailout of the TfcxPool investment
fund had cost taxpayers $55 mil-
lion, so far.
But die said withdrawals from
die 5-year-old investment fund for
more than 1,200 local govern-
ments across the state had slowed
markedly. “The run’s over," she
said.
Whitehead said the Treasury De-
partment lost $55 million when
it sold $2.97 billion of its own
and TfexPool’s securities to generate
cash for jurisdictions making with-
drawals.
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