Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 27, 1996 Page: 4 of 16
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Page 4A-Palacios Beacon-Wed., March 27,19%
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10 YEARS AGO-1986
Community-wide education, parental counseling and drug free
activities were among the goals of the new newly formed group
called Texans’ War on Drugs - Palacios Area. (TWD-PA).
Palacios students welcomed French AFS exchange student, Vero
Renard for a weeks visit in Palacios. She was presented the key to the
city by Mayor Leonard Lamar along with a Texas flag by Chamber
president Nick West.
David Shimek and Jeffery Hines are the new student teachers of
agriculture at Palacios High School.
Greg Garcia, Rhett Tobinson, Richard Torres and Tyrone Giles
posted a time of 45:12 enroute to winning the 400-meter event at the
Van Vleck Leopard Relays.
Sherri Harr claimed the 800 meter run and Ann Herlin once more
swept the 1600 and 3200 meter runs as the varsity Sharkettes placed
fourth in the Van Vleck Relays.
30 YEARS AGO-1966
The Palacios FFA Chapter held its 18th annual banquet, honoring
parents and friends, Monday night.
Hess Neeley, head coach of the Rice Owls, was the guest speaker
at the All-Sports banquet on April 28.
In Tuesday’s city election, John Raasch, Walter Milam and
Herman Bond were in die race for Mayor. Adam L. (Bubba) Price
and incumbents Dr. Mark Youngblood and Edwin Bowers were
seeking the two council seats.
Palacios Independent School District received approval of a
$75,000 federal grant under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act
Final construction of the golf course should be completed by May
1 with play to begin July 1.
Last weekend the Shark thin clads won first at the Yoakum Tom-
Tom Relays and broke five of die meet’s records at the Edna Junior
High Track meet
35 YEARS AGO-1961
The 13th Annual F.F.A. Parent and Son Banquet was held
Monday night at the Jr. High cafeteria.
Matagorda County’s active rig count dropped to 10 last week, the
lowest in many weeks.
Two school trustees were to be elected Saturday, a U.S. Senator
and two city alderman on Tuesday. Dr. John Hart, Jack Maddox,
Armando Espinosa and Oswald Kubecka were in the trustee race. In
the alderman race were F.M. Jackson, Myron Spree, John Raach and
Walter Milam. Seventy candidates were seeking the senator’s seat to
fill the unexpired term of Vice President Lydon B. Johnson.
The Junior High student body elected Donna Rice, Helen Bolling
and Wanda Seaman as 1961-62 cheerleaders; Kay Koerbcr and Mike
Martindale as “Miss and Mr." Palacios Junior High.
40 YEARS AGO-1956
The poles were set in General Telephone Company of the
Southwest’s project to extend telephones to approx. 35 residents of
the Carancahua area. ,< s •
Charlie Wolf announced his candidacy for county sheriff.
J.H. Shearer, Joe Ressler and Carlton Crawford were running for
two school trustee posts.
The Alderman and marshal races were the only contested ones in
the city election.
C£. Motes and John Pena were running for marshal; Ed Barrett,
Homo: Aparicio and Dan D Paulk for the two alderman places.
45 YEARS AGO-1951
Dr. John Hart was elected president of the Palacios Rotary Club
which had provided glasses for 24 students and 16 were undergoing
eye examinations and would be supplied with glasses if need.
Mama’s Baby Boy would be presented by members of the senior
class Friday night.
The heads of three dogs suspected of being infected with rabies
had been sent to Austin.
About $1,000per month woul d be added to the city ’ s coffer by the
revised water and garbage rate schedule that was to be presented to
the city council Monday night.
The Sharks with 58 points romped to a clear cut victory over four
District 80-B competitors in a track meet held in Bay City.
50 YEARS AGO-1946
Dr. Dal berg of Houston who had the East Bay Dam project under
consideration, reported to the Chamber of Commerce that some
increase in the cost would be necessary if undertaken and asked tire
Chamber to keep him on the job as he felt sure that some time in the
future a way could be worked Out for the construction of the dam.
The city election was coming up and Glen Clayboum was oppos-
ing Mayor, J.L. Deutch’s re-election, the only contested post in the
city race. ' :' •*' ! •••' - •: • lot .
55 YEARS AGO-1941
T.W. Caffall withdrew from the alderman race.
Colter Corporation annouhced an expansion program to make the
company the largest seafood operations on the gulf coast. * !-*» -t
Hendrick and Lindsey, Inc., of Houston Were preparing plans for
the three proposed units of the school expansion. 1 1
1 ' - V 60 YEARS AGO-1936 : i
The Texas Centennial celebration was the theme for the annual
banquet of the Wednesday club. * it
A.N. Evans of Columbus was awarded the contract for construc-
tion of the new high .school building.
Seven opponents to tire proposed dam across the Tres-Palacios
were heard before the Water Engineers in Austin on March 24th.
65 YEARS AGO-1931
Mr. Adams, landscaped gardener of tire Southern Pacific Railroad
directed the planting of a number of oak trees, crepe myrtle and other
shrubs in the city pork. ! • > j ■
Honorable JJ. Mansfield was guest speaker at tire annual Cham-
ber of Commerce banquet
75 YEARS AGO-1921
Rev. G.F. Gillespie was unanimously elected pastor of the Pres-
byterian Church. iSrT* •
Twelve swings had been placed on the campus. , t
80 YEARS AGO-1916
Tire Francitas Bee published a map showing the proposed railroad
from San Antonio to Palacios via Francitas.
Tire comic opera, Penelope, was presented by home talent in tire
Palacios
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Perspective
Letters to
the Editor
Hearings on school property tax alternatives
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What you pay for may not be what you get..
Dear Editor
I am writing to you probably in the behalf of the community
of Palacios in regards to the letters sent from Falcon Cable and
the story in tire Palacios Beacon about the “rate hike on April 1.”
I can’t believe that Falcon Cable can sit there and chaige the
citizens of Palacios an increase of $4.09! How many times do we
sit down with our family to watch TV and then the programs that
we are watching starts to fade, jump around and become so fuzzy
that you can’t even watch the show. This happens most of the
time when there is fog and in the evening time.
And Channel 9 (Fox)—it’s a Messing if my family can watch
it at all, not to mention the football games that we won’t be able
to see. I don’t mind paying for a n increase if we had a cable
company that valued their subscribers. No wonder people are
switching to satellite systems.
Tess Flores
Support for Soup & Salad appreciated.
Dear Friends,
The Tnisiees of the Palacios Area Historical Association
express their appreciation to all those who helped make the
annual Soup and Salad Supper a success. To those who
brought food, moved tables and chairs, helped set up,
decorated, clean-up, and served, we say “Thank You!” We
could not have done it without you!
We also say a special “Thank You” to the Veterans of
Foreign Wars who presented the flags at the Annual Meeting
and led us in the pledges to the U.S.A. and Texas flags.
And "Thanks” to all who came to the supper and those
who attended tire Annual Meeting. Hope to see you all there
again next year.
Yours very truly,
Colleen Clayboum,
Palacios Area Historical Association
AUSTIN —A property lax study origiiriprim^ofnuuntanungqual- The ruling reversed a tower court tol last week. The group claims a
panelwill hold publichearings across ity health care while ensuring feir opinion that admissions policies at the .t-^jOOO—*-
Texas to get local input on ways to treatment of managed care patients University of Tbxas unfairly work
replace school property taxes, Gov. and providers,’* Bomer said. against while students who qiply to ifeve Tbxas was illegally to
George W. Bush announced last week. Last fall, Bomer approved the cur- the UT School of Law. the. unUm isp ^ g.-*. i
And, the governor’s office issued -
a report suggesting three options for * s
replacing the $9 billion in property
taxes Texans paid last year.
■ Expand the lax levy to iteiri not
now taxed, and perhaps raise the 6.25
percent state sales tax rate;
n Create a new "business activity
tax" baaed on the sum rtf all rtf a
business’s internal costs, inclurfing
profit; and
■ Levy a gross-receipts tax on all
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State Capital
HIGHLIGHTS
By LyndaII Williams • Texas Press Association
of Dr. Jonas Salk’s AIDS vaedne,
■ Federally approved patient tri>
als of Dr. Jonas Salk’s,
"Remune,” began hat week in Aus-
tin at the HIV Study Group of the
Central Texas Medical Foundation.
Austin is one rtf 50 study sites na-
tionwide and the only study site in
Texas. Salk, world famous for his
polio vaccine, died last summer.
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Who Are These Guys? skrn to tire law school in 1992, claimed
Four out of five Tfexans know the school did not hold white and mi- nabbed 23 game-poaching subjects in
business and investment income gen- George W. Bush is governor, accord- nority students to the same entrance a four-county undercover investiga-
erated m Texas. ing to the latest Tbxas Poll survey. But Stamfords. tion in the East Texas counties of Jas-
Bush said he would not consider a most respondents were stumped when UT System officials suspended ad- per, Hardin, Newton and Orange. The
personal income tax. And, he said, any asked to name other top public office- missions for a week to analyze the suspects, accused of using dogs to
property tax alternative must be fair holders. ruling. They said they would ask the round jp deer for easy sheeting on
and easy to understand and “revenue- While 81 percent of 1,001 respon- Attorney General Dan Morales to public lands, face 46 charges, each
neutral” — raising no more money dents matched Bush with his office, appeal die nJIng. punishable by a fine of up to $1,000.
than it replaces. only 47 percent could name their se- Other Capital Highlights
“The budget experts have analyzed nior U.S. senator (Phil Gramm) and ■ About 300 members of “Re-
tire facts. Now it is time to gauge the just 32 percent managed to name jun- public of Texas,” a group formed in
feelings of the people of Texas,” Bush ior U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. 1995 to nullify Texas statehood,
commented in a Dallas Morning News Down the list of “barely knowns” marched peacefully on the state Capi-
rcport. were Attorney General Dan Morales,
Insurance Commissioner EUon 21 percent; Ll Gov. Bob Bullock, IS
Bomer will be chairman of the panel, percent; Land Commissioner Garry
with other members to be named in Mauro, 13 percent; Comptroller John
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the coming weeks. Bush said.
“Oia job is not to come to any spe-
cific conclusions but to provide a
public forum for Texans to discuss
property taxes and alternative; to prop-
erty axes, Bomer told the Morning
News. The panel’s report will be stud-
ied by the state Legislature in 1997.
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adopted a second set of right* and
Sharp, 12 percent; and Agriculture
OommisaonerRkk Berry, six percent
Survay: Texans ‘Growing*
The Office of Survey Research at
the University of Texas — which also
conducts the Tbxas Poll for Harte-
Hanks Communications — has re-
leased figures that tired a little light
on Tbxans’ "fiBOtiflSff
According to the OSR, more than
28 percent of Texas residents were
proiecttaet to take effect June t for overweight in 1994, compared to just
18 percent in 1989.
cere plans.
The newndes would:
■ Limit certain payments by en-
roBeeo;
. ■ Require that preferred providers
pass along to enrolled any savings
they receive from fee discounts; and
■ Require that HMOs allow ifeeft
patients to receive medical services
from out-of-network physicians if
those services are not available in the
network.
"We’ve followed (Gov. Bush’s)
Lade of vegetables in tiw diet may
have somethin g to do wrth this pro-
clivity for portliness. The urvey found
tint only 16 percent offoxans in the
16-24 age groope* ffwe or mam serv-
ings of froits and vcgettblei per <hy.
Abort 13^0 Tbxans were ques-
3 i the random urvey.
iUT Law firing
t be used as a factor in
1 at the University of Tbxas,
the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in
ruled last week.
WHERE^FCMWRIIE OFFICIALS
BILL CLINTON
President
1100 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D. D. 20500
(202)456-1414
KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
U.S. Senator
703 Hart Senate Bldg.
Washington, 0. C. 20510
(202) 224-5922
PHIL GRAMM
U.S. Senator
179 Russell Senate Bldg,
Washington, D. C, 20510
(202) 2
2) 224-2934
GEORGE W. BUSH
Governor
P. O. Box 12428
Capital Station
Austin, Tx. 78711
(512)463-2000
KEN ARMBRJSTER
State Senator
Capital Station
Austin, Tx. 78711
(512)483-0118
GREG LAUGHLSN
Dirt, 14 U.S. Repreeenlrtlve
236 Cannon HOB
Washington, 0.0.20616
ihingtoi
(202)!
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D. R. TOM’ UHER
State Representative
P. O. Box 2910
Capital Station
Austin, Tx. 78768
JO ANN oms
130th District Judge
1700 7th Street, Rm. 315
Bay City, Tx. 77414
(409) 244-7835
LOY SNEARY
Matagorda County Judge
1700 7th St,
Bay City, Tx, 77/
(401) 244 7801/246 7219
77414
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KILGORE
Matagorda County Sheriff
2323 Ave. E #
S«y City, Tx. 77414
(409) 245-5526/245-3129
HAROLD BOWERS
Pci 3 Commissioner
1200 Perryman
Palacios, Tx. 7J465
(512)972-2719/972-2737
E.R.VACEK
Pci. 4 Commissioner
P, O. Box 879
Bleesing, Tx. 77419
(612) 5804866/688-7123
! HOLST
1 Mayor
Piiaoioi. T? 77468
(612) 972 3801/972 8173
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