Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1953 Page: 4 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 22 x 16 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
I'age 4
I
\
PALACIOS BEA ON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
In Wrestling, a dog-fall occurs
when both combatants touch the
ground together.
' STATED MEETINGS
PALACIOS LODGE
NO. 990 A. F. & A. M.
1st Thursday each month 7:30 p.m.
Visiting Brethren Always Welcome
Lorer. Margerum, W. M.
Tom E. Friery, Sec’y.
We Now Hare—
A GOOD SUPPLY OF
WHOLE PRESSED CAKE &
COTTON SEED MEAL
The McMillan Gin
PIERCE & SON
CABINET WORK
BOAT BUILDING
& REPAIRING
BUILDING CONTRACTING
PLAN SERVICE
—FREE ESTIMATES—
— DU PONT PAINTS -
THONE 3291 BOX 95«
(North of Camp Allen)
1952 is past
*53 is here at last
Harc't a greeting not to new
A very Happy New Year
INSURANCE
NOTARY PUBLIC
REAL ESTATE
326 MAIN ST. DIAL 2081
GREAT YEAR—
(Continued From Page 1)
A bonfire was held before the
Hornet-St. Ludmir game at Shark
Field . . . Over 100 scouts and
leaders camped over night at Le-
Tulle Park.
OCT. 30—The first stage of con-
struction work on Palacios’ new
elementary school was completed
as concrete footings were poured
. . . The vote for Palacios was ex-
pected to be high in the Presiden-
tial Election, Election Judge C. L.
Haynes, said . . . Hunter’s Floral
Service began a project to erect a
new greenhouse . . . Some 400 stu-
dents from Palacios enjoyed the
day at Houston and the Shrine
Circus.
NOV. 6—General Dwight D. Ei-
senhower swept to a mounting vic-
tory in Palacios as he recorded a
total of 650 votes at City Hall.
Adlai Stevenson received 372. A
total of 1,071 votes were cast ...
The Sharks prepare for the Kenedy
Lions in a District 27-A contest...
A $10,000 fire destroyed the home
of W. C. Thomas at Deutschburg
... Temporary water lines were
extended to the new turning basin.
NOV. 13—The Arlaco Table
Company of Houghton Lake, Mich-
igan, opened their main offices at
Palacios and announced a formal
opening would be held the last
part of November . . . The Pala-
cios City Council accepted plans
and specifications for the city’s
new street and drainage program
at a special meeting . . . Sharks
prepare for Ganado Indians and
Homecoming contest . . . Citizens
of Palacios donated 90 pints of
blood to the mobile unit . . . Some
45 Hornets received letters in
ceremonies at the Junior High
School.
NOV. 20—Date of December 11
was officially named as the date
of the new harbor dedication and
Chamber of Commerce Banquet...
Palacios High School ordered 19
football letters ifor players.
NOV. 27—Plans were announced
for the High School and Junior
High Banquet which was to be
held at the gym December 4. Har-
ry Fouke, athletic director at the
University of Houston was an-
nounced as guest speaker . . . The
Tidehaven Tigers and Ingleside
Mustangs prepare for their bi-dis-
trict game at Tidehaven field . . .
Bill Coffman was announced as
the leader for the local organiza-
tion for the March of Dimes.
DEC. 4—Senator Jimmy Phillips
of Angleton was announced as the
guest speaker for the annual
Chamber of Commerce Banquet...
Sealed bids for construction of Pa-
lacios’ new Junior High School
were opened without a contract
Doing let ... A two engine Bran-
iff airliner, on a scheduled flight
List Your Property
FOR QUICK SALE
I have for sale Farm Land,
Residents, Business and Revenue
Property.
Adolphus Rioux
REAL ESTATE DEALER
Office 215 5th St. Phone 3661
LOST or FOUND
LOST—7.50x25 tire and wheel, be-
tween L. W. Smith’s and the
Harbor Inn. Finder please return
to Beacon office. 1-lt
LOST—somewhere in Palacios. One
small rat terrier female, white
and black spotted, short tail, has
black harness, six small bells fast-
ened on back. Answers to name,
Trixie. Anyone that finds her
please call, Phone 9546, El Campo,
Texas, or write R. C. Carvell, Gen.
Del., El Campo, Texas. Liberal re-
ward. ltp
FOR SALE or TRADE
FOR SALE—Ear Corn, Higera
baled hay. See "Red” Miller, Star
Route. l-2tp
FOR SALE—Modern two bedroom
house, built 3 years ago. 309
Rorem. Phone 6411. l-2tp
FOR SALE—’34 Ford. “My dog
wagon.” Ideal for the sportsman.
See J. G. Smith, Phone 2531. 49tf
PRE-INVENTORY SALE on Wall
Paper. 2 rolls for the price of
1. Gist Hardware. 1-lt
FOR SALE—Modern 6-room house
and two 2-story apartments, well
furnished and rented to good ten-
ants. Would consider trade for
acreage. 414 Morton, Phone 4861,
Palacios. 51-4tp-tfn
PIANO FOR SALE—We have an
excellent piano to transfer to
some one desiring a real bargain.
Cash, or will extend convenient
terms. iWrite, Credit Manager,
THOS. GOGGAN & BROS., 1201
Main Street, Houston, Texas. 1-2
FOR RENT
FOR RENT—Rooms with bath.
Bayview Hotel. 41-tfn
FOR RENT — 3-room furnished
apartment. 600 Second Street,
Phone 4786. 48-tf
FOR RENT — 3-room furnished
apartments. 110 Commerce or
Phone 3541. 38-tfn.
l8
, v
-is
A
&
from Corpus Christi to Houston,
was forced down because of engine
trouble at Palacios airport... Five
Sharks, End Dick Bolling, Tackle
Nelo Seaman, Center Charles Har-
vey, and Backs Pete Sardelich and
Clint Wratislaw, were placed on
the 27-A all district team. Tackle
Robert Linton received honorable
mention . . . The Intracoastal Ca-
nal Association of Texas and Lou-
isiana met at Lake Charles and
recommended a pass from Mata-
gorda Bay to the Gulf of Mexico
be cut at a point to be selected
by U. S. Engineers through Mata-
gorda Peninsula. Also at the meet
ing, delegates from Palacios, Port
Lavaca, and Victoria organized the
Mid-Coast Water Association and
elected Charles Luther president.
DEC. 11—The annual Chamber
of Commerce Banquet was held at
the Pavilion with State Senator
Jimmy Phillips as the guest speak-
er. . . Our new $250,000 turning
basin was dedicated with John W.
Fulbright, president of the Intra-
coastal Association of Texas and
Louisiana, was guest speaker ... A
tentative contract for general con-
struction for the new junior high
school was let to Walter Dromcr
of Giddings for $264,388 . . . Wen-
del Construction Co. of El Campo
was low bidder for the street pav-
ing and improvement project.
Maine is bounded by only one
state, New Hampshire.
MISCELLANEOUS
WE HAVE rubber base paint in
16 beautiljul colors. Gist Hard-
ware.
I BUY HOUSES and lots. Must
be worth the money. G. C. Mc-
Donald. 4Z-tf
FOR QUICK SALE—Liat your
Real Estate with Williams Real
Estate, Box 301, 99 First St. 14-tf
SUBSCRIBE TO THE HOUSTON
POST. Delivered at your door
daily and Sunday. Call R. V. Wrat-
islaw, Phone 6171. 49
IF YOU WANT to continue drink-
ing, that is your business; but
if you want to stop, that is ours.
Contact Alcoholics Anonymous,
Box 973, Palacios. 31-tf
MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY
BOOKKEEPING service for
small businesses, payroll reports,
taxes, statements. L. A. House,
office 403 Commerce. Phones 2214
or 2896. 51
CATTLE CONCENTRATE, Min-
erals, Iodized Salt; Feed for
Calves that puts on the fat. Also
calf starter, hog fattencr, dog and
rabbit ration, and Green Light pro-
ducts. Bartlett Feed Store, Phone
2351.
Have An Audit
Of Your Physical
Assets, Liabilities
If you have not had an audit
made recently of your physical as-
sets and liabilities, go to your doc-
tor now and have it done, is the
advice of Dr. George W. Cox, state
health officer, to grown-ups in
Texas.
It is quite as important to check
up on your physical resources as
it is to look into the state of your
financial possessions. By regular
care under your physician’s direc-
tions, you can conserve your physi-
cal assets and avoid an accumula-
tion of destructive liabilities.
Everyone starts with a certain
amount of physical capital and, as
a personal business proposition, it
is worthwhile to preserve. In in-
fancy and childhood our physical
resources, as k rule, are safeguards
for us. J
As we grow older, the responsi-
bility for doing so r&sts upon the
individual. The critical period for
many comes in middle life with the
sudden realization that the physical
capital is yielding diminishing re-
turns in the way of physical well-
being.
The records of health depart-
ments and of insprance companies
show that from 1 to 15 years have
been added to the average length
of life. But the same records show
that a majority of the deaths are
due to the degenerative diseases of
middle age.
Nearly all of these diseases have
slow beginnings and their onset
discovered through physical exam-
inations before they have gained
serious headway.
Early detection, adjustment of
physical expenditures and better
budgeting of activities under a
physician’s direction will help shift
the balance from the unfavorable
to the favorable side of the ledger.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bowden
spent the Christmas holidays in
San Saba with relatives.’
Latin American homes are rioted
for their patios.
The game ping-pong received its
name from the sounds made when
the bat hits the celluloid ball.
We’ve tagged this one especially
for you ... a year filled with all
the good things of life.
ALONZO CUNNINGHAM
JOE RODRIGUEZ
PHILIP RODRIGUEZ
FREDDY MARTINEZ
A. H. PETERSEN
IRVIN PETERSEN
ANN LEE PETERSEN
1NA DEWITT
JERRY(LARDY
MILDRED ATKINS
EDWIN A BISHOP
DELL ARNOLD
JOSEPHINE JOHS
JOE MORALES
ETHEL HEBERT
(. P. [. SPENDS SIMM,Hli IN 19SJ
FOP NEW ELEOtlC, ICE FACILITIES
Company Expects To Spend In Excess
Of $20,000,000 In Coming Year
Central Power & Light Company
spent approximately $14,000,000 in
1952 for new electric and ice facili-
ties to serve the people of South
Texas, J ,L. Bates, vice-president
and general manager of the com-
pany, revealed in reviewing the ac-
complishments of the past year.
The company expects to spend in
excess of $20,000,000 more in 1953
as the economic growth of its ser-
vice area continues, he said.
The electric service requirements
of South Texas continued to rise
sharply in 1952, partly because of
new customers and partly because
all customers were making greater
use of their electric service.
At the close of 1952, Central
Power & Light Company was serv-
ing more than 188,000 electric cus-
tomers, an increase of about 11,-
000 for the year
Residential and rural customers
increased their consumption of elec-
tricity an average of about SO kilo-
watt hours per year. Factors in
this larger use were better light-
ing and greater use of appliances,
notably home air-conditioning, tele-
vision, home freezers, and electric
ranges.
Increased Substantially
The use of electricity for com-
mercial and industrial purposes
also increased substantially. More
commercial establishments made
larger use of improved lighting and
air-conditioning.
Electric power figured prom-
inently in the continued industrial
development of South Texas, par-
ticularly in the petroleum and
chemical industries. More work on
the farm was done electrically in-
cluding irrigation.
Altogether, Central Power &
Light Company’s customers used
about 1,190,661,000 kilowatt hours
of electricity in 1952, as compared
with 1,040,342,000 kilowatt hours
in 1952, an increase of 14.4 per
cent. In order to meet this growing
demand for service and prepare
for further requirements in the fu-
ture, C. P. L. greatly increased its
power supply and expanded its
transmission and distribution sys-
tems for the efficient delivery of
more power to more customers.
One of the company’s 11 large
power plants was expanded during
the year, construction of a new
plant was started, and the com-
pany’s first 138,000-volt transmis-
sion line was put in service.
The $20,000,000 to be spent dur-
ing 1953 will go for additional
plant construction, further expan-
sion and conversion of the trans-
mission system and enlargement of
distribution systems to serve new
customers and provide for increas-
ed use of service.
No Increase In Rates
The record-breaking expansion
of electric facilities in 1952 was
achieved without an increase in
electric rates, Bates pointed out.
Although construction and operat-
ing costs have increased steadily
for a number of years, he said,
Central Power & Light Company
has kept the price of electricity at
low pre-war levels.
The efficiency of the company’s
large new power plants, along with
increased customer use and the ef-
forts of experienced and loyal em-
ployees, has helped avoid the ne-
cessity of increasing rates, Bates
explained.
C. P. L.’s expansion job is still
far from complete and must con-
tinue as long as South Texas eco-
nomic development goes on, Bates
asserted.
Although C. P. L. has almost
tripled its power supply in the past
five years and has kept an ample
supply of electric power available
for all requirements, still more
power will be needed as new in-
dustries are established, the towns
grow larger and the people use
electricity to do more and more
jobs in the home, on the farm and
in business of all kinds.
C. P. L. has planned far ahead
to provide this power for the fu-
ture, he said.
Second Semester Of
Pres. Kindergarten
To Open January 5
Monday, January 5, begins the
second semester of the Presbyter-
ian Kindergarten. This has been a
brand new venture for the church
this year and an attempt has been
made to establish the finest kind
of school for the use of pre-school
children.
The plans for the school were
placed on a-long range basis with a
school board appointed td adminis-
ter the school policy. Establishing
a school of this kind is not done
without encountering many prob-
lems and difficulties. However, if
the parents of Palacios feel that
trairiing of this kind is helpful to
their children and will enroll them
whenever possible, every effort will
be made to continue the school
each year.
All materials that the children
work with (and hardly a day passes
that there is not some painting,
coloring, cutting, or pasting) are
furnished by the school. You par-
ents of children in public school
know how much his costs when you
buy it. A very reasonable fee of
$12,00 per month is charged. The
Presbyterian Church does not pro-
fit financially from the school—it
was not established for that pur-
pose but rather as an added ser-
vice to the community.
If you are interested in enroll-
ing your child in the school, please
contact Mrs, Hugh J. Dismukes
(5741) or Mrs. Garland M. Brook-
ing (6201) or bring your child to
the school January 5 for enroll-
ment. If transportation to and from
school is a problem, let us know
and perhaps it can be solved. We
have one car pool operating now
and could easily work out others.
Flores Wrecks New
Auto Near Tintop
On returning from Bay City
Monday night, Jimmie Flores col-
lided with a bridge near Tintop and
overturned his new Buick, accord-
ing to John Pena, city marshal.
Flores, on a business trip to Bay
City, decided to return by way of
Matagorda when the accident hap-
pened early in the night. Hoping
a passing motorist might stop,
Flores waited until 3 a. m. Tuesday
before walking to the home of
Fred Kelly for aid.
Flores, who was not injured, ar-
rived in Palacios around 4 a. m.
and reported the accident to Pena.
The straight connecting the up-
per and lower New York bays is
called the Narrows.
“Mr. Watson, come here, I want
you,” were the first words spoken
over the telephone. It was the in-
ventor Alexander Graham Bell call-
ing to his assistant.
Thursday, January 1, 1953
Charles [Wlilkerson of Wharton
spent Christmas day with his moth-
er, Mrs. J. C. Wilkerson and daugh-
ters.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dilworth, III,
of Tilden arrived Sunday to spend
several days with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Luther.
RADIO
TELEVISION
SALES & SERVICE
PALACIOS
RADIO CENTER
423 MAIN (In Rear)
NATHAN BLUM. Owner
Worth Celebratin'
Yes, sir . . . yes, ma’am . . . it’s.
been worth celebratin’ ... the
dawn of a bright, fresh, untarnish-
ed New Year. But best of all is
the opportunity it brings to wish
you the best of everything in the
next 365 days!
HORRELL’S
JEWELERS
Palacios
Phone 4131
^HsPECIAL!*
'W TH|S WEEK 0NLY J
m
5-Year
Free -i
Service *
Guar-
Write
NOW!
MAIL COUPON
TODAY
for FREi Home
Demonstration
NAMI _
ADDIIII
CITY_
’.a a a, a a' a a a a a a a a a. a a a a a a, a: a n.a a,» a a a a a a a a a'alla a a a:: a a a a a a a a,;a
CITY FISH MARKET
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Flores and Son
a a,a a a a a a.#jaja a a;aja a.n.a
NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
SERVING
THE
W SEAFOODS
■ SUPREME
GREEN LANTERN
PALACIOS,
TEXAS
PHONE 2011
INN
BEELER
AND
BERNICE
LINDEMOOD
DINING ROOM WILL BE OPEN NOON SATURDAY
18 8'K « * >< >< a a x. a;ax aj a: a1 *KAX« 8188®
1
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Davis, Vernon L. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1953, newspaper, January 1, 1953; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth724959/m1/4/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.