Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1975 Page: 1 of 10
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Discipline
in schools
is studied
VOLUME 69-NUMBER 52
PALACIOS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1975
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How good or how bad is
student discipline in the four
schools of the Palacios Inde-
pendent School Distrtict? Af-
ter a very thorough investiga-
tion and discussion by trus-
tees, principals, faculty chair-
persons and the superinten-
dent concerning student disci-
pline in the Palacios Schools it
is the consensus of opinion
that good discipline in the
Palacios Schools is far above
the average. In fact the inves-
tigation revealed major dis-
cipline problems involve less
than one (1) percent of the
student body.
While improvement in the
area of discipline can be made,
the trustees indicated they
were satisfied with the efforts
being made to improve disci-
pline by the principals and
teachers. The trustees as a
group assured the principals,
teachers and superintendent
that the Board would continue
to give full support to them
within all legal limits including
any necessary detention, cor-
poral punishment and suspen-
sion.
The principals and faculty
chairpersons told the trustees
that as a whole they receive
good support from the parents
of the school district. They
said that almost 100 percent of
the major discipline problems
occur with students whose
parent or parents will make
little or no effort to work with
the school. All agreed good
working relationships between
parents and the school that
begin when the child enters
school is most beneficial to the
child.
Superintendent of schools
Geo. Holst thanked the trus-
tees for their support and at
the same time extended an
invitation to all parents to stay
in contact with their child’s
principal and teachers. He
said, "We will make every
reasonable effort to work with
parents because we are going
to put the welfare of the child
first.”
In other business at the
December 15 meeting the
Board:
•Approved the Youth Work
Experience, Consolidated Ap-
plication and regular P.I.S.D.
bills for November 1975.
- Employed Barbara Roy to
serv e as an English teacher in
the Palacios Junior High
School while Cyril Carvin
serves as acting principal of
East Side Elementary School.
- Employed Dr. Roger Wil-
liamson for the counselor po-
sition at Central and East Side
Elementary Schools. Dr. Wil-
liamson recently received his
PhD in educational counseling
from Texas A& M University.
He has 10 years teaching and
comes to Palacios from the
Cameron I.S.D.
- Called for bids for 100 new
band uniforms and two drum
major uniforms for the high
school band. The Palacios
Band Boosters Club has of-
fered to purchase six majorette
uniforms. Band Director Man-
uel Garza was instructed to
prepare bid specifications.
Mrs. Betty Sardelich represen-
ted the Boosters Club at the
meeting.
-Authorized Superintendent
of Schools Holst as its agent to
sell stock donated to the Trull
Scholarship Fund.
• Approved * telephone
extension to the girls athletic
office at the Palacios Junior-
Senior High Schools.
Reports heard by the Board
were:
- Tax report for November
1975.
- Financial report for Nov-
ember 1975.
Superintendent of Schools
evaluation report was sche-
duled for January 1976.
• Adult Education report for
November 1975.
- Report by Ass’t. Supt. of
Business and Taxes R. C.
Shelton concerning plans for
an athletic field house. The
Board authorized Shelton to
prepare drawings and speci-
fications for the field house
and present these to the Board
at a later date.
Texas motorists this week
will begin receiving their new
auto registration applications
in the mail.
But in 1976, instead of new
metal license plates, Texas
vehicles will sport small strips
of reflective material. The
bicentennial red, white and
blue validation stickers are to
be affixed to the area outlined
by an embossed rectangle in
the upper left-hand corner of
the 5-year plates issued a year
ago.
So, for the first time since
World War II, Texans will use
license plates issued in an
earlier year. And K'ans call for
annual reissue of the same
plate numbers for the foresee-
able future for periods of at
least five years at a time.
The month-of-issue sticker
will remain the same for the
life of the vehicle and will be
affixed in the upper left-hand
corner of the license plate. A
definite advantage will be the
elimination of long lines of
motorists waiting to register
their vehicles once each year,
as only part of the registra-'
tions will be issued each
month.
When the new monthly re-
gistration system becomes ef-
fective, cost of registration will
be determined by the month of
issue for the first year, and a
motorist will pay for length of
the registration period -whe-
ther for part of a year or more
than a year.
Natural gas phaseout
for boilers coming up
A Central Power and Light
Company spokesman de-
scribed a Railroad Commission
order calling for the gradual
phaseout of natural gas as
boiler fuel as a plan which is
"reasonable and workable.”
"We have anticipated these
cutbacks in natural gas use
and have made plans to switch
to other types of fuel to
generate electricity in the fu-
ture,” CPL Manager John C.
Richards said.
The Railroad Commission
order, announced December
17, calls for a 10 percent
reduction in the use of natural
gas for boiler fuel by 1981, and
a 25 percent reduction by
1985.
“By calling for an orderly
reduction in the use of natural
gas over a period of years, the
ruling will help us assure a
dependable supply of electri-
city for South Texas at a
reasonable cost.”
He said that CPL is already
planning to phase out the use
of natural gas at its power
plants over the coming years,
and will be able to meet the
guidelines established by the
Railroad Commission order.
STAR-SPANGLED HISTORY
HISTORICAL DRAWINGS BY JOSEPH BOGGS BEALE (1841-1926)
m
"CHRISTMAS WITH THE BEALE FAMILY”
Christmas has always been a time for families to gather together to celebrate the holiday
season. At the turn of the century, candles were used on the tree. It is said that the
candles represent the stars in the sky on the night of Christ's birth; and the star at the top of the
tree, the Star of the East which led the three Wise Men to Bethlehem. Every member of the family
helped to decorate the tree by making paper ornaments, strings of popcorn and cranberries and
candy. From the collection of American National Insurance Company, Gaioeston, Texas.
Metal strips
for auto tags
Valentine
event has
eight entries
Mayfield
elected
by LCRA
Eli Mayfield, a Palacios
attorney, was elected Chair-
man of the Board of the
Lower Colorado River Autho-
rity at the 42nd annual meet-
ing of the LCRA in Austin last
Thursday.
Mayfield is the third Mata
gorda Countian to be elected
to this office and stated that
his primary interest is to
promote this end of the Colo-
rado River and work toward
continued improvement of
LCRA’s properties and opera-
tions in this area. He is
completing his third year of a
six year term, having been
appointed to the board of
Dolph Briscoe when he be-
came Governor of Texas in
1973.
Mayfield is also on the
Board of Directors of the Gulf
Intracoastal Water Ways and
Executive Secretary of the
Eight county Texas Mid-Coast
Water Development Associa-
tion.
American Revolution Bicen-
tennial 1776-1976 will be the
theme of the Harmonie Club’s
1976 Valentine Sweetheart ce-
lebration.
The eight candidates for
Valentine Sweetheart and
their sponsors to date are:
Beverly Simons, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Milam Simons,
sponsored by Alapha Club;
Linda Hunt, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Hunt, Gullet’s
Fashions; Patti Holt, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Holt,
Maddox Exxon Motor Co.;
Rita Kalas, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Kalas, Young
Homemakers of Texas; Cindy
Smith, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmie L. Smith, Dumas
Seafoods; Regina Miller,
Message from Churches
Welfare worker to leave
Mrs. Betty Dipple, welfare
worker for the Palacios area
the past several years, has
resigned and wili be leaving
the Department January 1,
For information after this
date call Bay City 1-713-245-
6309.
“Unto you is born this day
in the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord.”
On that Holy Night nearly
two thousand years ago, hum-
ble shepherds and stately
kings alike sought the sacred
manger, to worship and re-
joice. As once again we cele-
brate Christmas, may we ex-
perience anew that wonder
and rejoicing, and may we find
in the miracle of the manger
the joy and promise, the hope
and inspiration that came to
earth upon the first glad
Christmas Eve.
Let us indeed celebrate the
holiday, with all its deepest
meaning. . . in our thoughts,
in our prayers, and in our
hearts... that the real spirit of
Christmas shall ever flourish.
May each of us find the
strength and wisdom to follow
our star to truth. May the
peace that passeth all under-
Phone rate action
delayed by council
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Miller, Lions Club; Donna
Hunter, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Hunter, Palacios
Band Boosters and Susan
Richman, daughter of Mrs. Sid
Richman, Palacios Trail
Riders.
The presentation and crown-
ing of the 1976 Sweetheart will
be during the coronation ball
to be held Saturday night,
February 14.
Plans are also underway for
the annual parade to be held
that same day during which
the candidates will grace the
floats.
Although the parade is still
several weeks away, it is not
too early to be thinking of a
float to enter.
General Telephone Compa-
ny’s request for a rate increase
was postponed to a later date
at the December 15th meeting
of the city council.
City Attorney, Eli Mayfield,
explained to the council the
guidelines on the new tax
exemptions for disabled vete-
rans to go into effect next year.
He told the council the new
deductions are mandatory.
The exemption schedule is
based on the percentage of
disability o the veterans. A
veteran with 10 to 30 percent
disability would be entitled to
a SI500 exemption; more than
30 percent and up to 50
percent, $2,000 exemption; 50
to 70 ercent disability, $2,500
and more than 70 percent,
$3,000. Veterans under 10
percent disability would not be
allowed any exemption.
The spouse of a deceased
disabled veteran, $2,500 ex-
emption; a child under 20 not
married if both parents are
dr.'eased would be entitled to
thi $7.500 exemption.
VtiuuLillt.W,. ** A*..,-,,
made a motion to transfer
Most local
firms close
for holiday
The Palacios Beacon will
close its doors at noon Wed-
nesday, December 24 for the
holidays and resume business
as usual Friday morning, Dec-
ember 26.
The majority of Palacios
businesses will be closed
Christmas Day and so will the
Palacios post office.
The City State Bank of
Palacios and the Palacios of-
fice of the Bay City Federal
Savings and Loan will close at
12 noon on Christmas eve and
remain closed for Christmas
day. They will open for busi-
ness Friday, December 26.
The City Hall will be closed
the afternoon of December 24
and Christmas day and no
garbage will be picked up on
Christmas day. Business will
resume Friday morning and
city garbage pickup will run as
usual.
The Tax Office of the Pala-
cios Independent School Dis-
trict will be closed December
24,25 and 26 for the Christmas
holidays, also on January 1
and 2. It will be open Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday,
December 29, 30 and 31.
This
Day
standing be with us as we
attend Christmas services in
the churches of Palacios dur-
ing the Yuletide and may that
peace remain with us all
through the year.
A special Christmas Eve
service will be held at the First
United Methodist Church at 6
p.m. Wednesday, December
24.
St. Anthony’s Catholic
Church will have its annual
Christmas Midnight Mass.
The singing of Christmas ca-
rols will begin at 11:45 Christ-
mas Eve followed by the
blessing of the crib and the
mass. The Christmas vigil
mass will begin at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, December 24. On
Christmas Day masses will be
at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
A Christmas Eve service
and Holy Communion will be
held at St. John’s Episcopal
Church at 8 p.m. Wednesday,
December 24.
December 25, 1975-Thls day Is
Christmas Day...observed
throughout the world. Homes
are bedecked with holly and
Christmas trees are aglow with
sparkling lights. But some two
hundred years ago...Christ-
mas at Valley Forge was not a
happy occasion. The patriot
soldiers shivered In the cold
and ate their meager rations.
But there was hope...for In
Christmases to come, the pa-
triot Army would win extraor-
dinary victories and the cause
of the American Revolution
would triumph.
WEATHER
DATE
Dec. 16
Dec. 17
Dec. 18
Dec. 19
Dec. 20
Dec. 21
Dec. 22
Rainfall total for yr. 36.04
MAX. MR' . PREC.
49
41
.05
60
41
.00
44
34
.00
46
32
.00
57
39
.00
58
35
.00
60
42
.00
$1,000 from the Revenue Shar-
ing Fund into the Equipment
Fund and to raise to $100 the
contributions from the General
Fund, Water Fund, and the
Refuse Fund. This was se-
conded by Councilman Ivan
Najvar.
Jess Kesseler, a visitor at
the meeting, commented on
the Christmas lights also the
new traffic lights.
Area to get
new deputy
Beginning January 1, She-
riff R. E. "Edge" Graham will
place Bruce Sciba in the
Palacios Area as resident de-
puty.
The present resident deputy
SCIBA
Joe Rvan. will remain in
Palacios as Criminal Investiga-
tion and Crime Prevention
Officer.
Deputy Sciba, a native of
Matagorda County, has been
in law enforcement in Mata-
gorda County for four years.
A graduate of Bay City High
School, he also attended
Wharton County Junior Col-
lege and Sam Houston State
University where he studied
Criminology. Sciba has served
two ye«.s .. Jrc Uiiit ISuu/
Army.
He received his Basic Cer-
tification in Law Enforcement
from Texas A&M University.
Sciba has also been through
the Department of Public
Safety’s Breathalizer School in
Austin.
He has attended courses on
the Code of Criminal Proce-
dure in Wharton, Angleton
and Alvin, all sponsored by
Texas A&M University and a
seminar on Hostage and Kid-
napping given by the F.B.I.
Sheriff Graham says Sciba
will be in Palacios to serve the
people in the area and wants
you to get to know him.
Unwelcome gift
due from IRS
The Internal Revenue ser-
vice will mail out about 2.5
million 1975 tax packages to
southern Texas residents next
week as part of a nationwide
mailing of over 81 million
packages, Robert M. McKee-
ver, IRS district director for
southern Texas, said today.
Of the total packages to be
sent out nationwide, McKee-
ver pointed out, 43 million will
be of the 1040 type and 38
million the short form 1040A
variety.
McKeever explained that
the number of taxpayers being
sent the 1040A package in-
cludes 16 million who received
the 1040 package last year.
The reason for the change, the
IRS district director said, is
that IRS records show the
taxpayer could have used the
short form 1040A, based on his
or her particular financial sit-
uation.
Caldwell to seek
judicial position
State Rep. Neil Caldwell
announced this week that he
has filed an application to have
his name placed on the ballot
in the May 1 primary election
for judge of the 23rd Judicial
District.
The district serves Brazoria,
Fort Bend, Matagorda and
Wharion counties.
Caldwell had served in the
state legislature since Jan-
uary, 1960, and was voted in
1973 and 1975 one of the ten
best members of the House
and was termed “probably the
all-round best member.”
Fourth in seniority in the
House, Caldwell has served on
the judiciary and criminal ju-
risprudence committees and
was chairman of the appro-
priations committee.
Thurman Gupton of West
Columbia, the incumbent
judge in the 23rd district, has
announced he will retire when
he completes his term this
year.
Nell Caldwell
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