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VOLUME 68-NUMBER 23
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LT. WM. LLOYD QUEEN V.F.W, Post 2467 presented
Dr. B. Sanford with a plaque for his 32 years of Com-
munity Service. Making the presentation were Alvin
Island
bill is
passed
House Concurrent Resolu-
tion 148, sponsored by Rep-
resentative Joe Wyatt ( D-
Victorla) and Senator A. R.
“Babe” Schwartz (D-Galves-
ton), has passed both Houses
of the Texas Legislature, pro-
viding the authority for the
State of Texas to acquire all
of the surplus federal land on
Matagorda Island for State
Park purposes. The Island Is
a wild and beautiful area of
beaches, sand dunes, marsh-
es, and shallow lakes which
stretches thirty miles along
the Texas coast In Calhoun
County.
Since 1940 the Island has
been used primarily asaU.S.
Air Forse base and bombing
range. Recently the Air Force
declared the island as surplus
property and has evacuated
most of Its personnel and
equipment.
The state of Texas already
owns more than 16,000 acres,
and could easily acquire all
or part of the federal govern-
ment’s 19,000 acres being re-
leased. The combination of
these two parcels of land would
create a superior recreational
expanse, as well as a proposed
wildlife refuge area for bio-
logical studies. The Island Is
within easy range of millions
of Texans In the Houston,
San Antonio, and Corpus
Christ! metro politan areas
and would be a unique Island
park for all Texans to enjoy.
The Concurrent Resolution
directs the Texas Parks and
Midlife Commission, in
cooperation with the Gen-
eral Land Office, to seek ac-
quisition of the federally
owned portion of the Island
so that It may be used as a
state park. In the event the
land remains In federal ow-
nership, the public access and
use of the island would pro-
bably remain severely re-
stricted.
Swimming
course set
for Monday
The Red Cross Swimming
lessons will start Monday,
June 9, at the Baptist En-
campment Pool. Anyone who
completed the first grade this
year 1974-75 and older is
eligible to take. There is a
pool fee of $5 for the two
weeks period and a physical
examination is required.
Registration cards are at the
local doctors’ offices. Tills
card and the pool fee are due
the first day of swimming
lessons.
Registration cards must be
filled out and signed by the
doctor and parents before the
child Is allowed in the pool.
The schedule is as follows:
June 5 and 6 - Water Safety
Aids from 9-12 noon for all
students who have completed a
Junior or Senior Life Saving
course. All students who plan
to help in the program are
urged to take this course even
If you have had the course
before.
The schedule for the Red
Cross Swimming Lessons, is
as follows according to last
name: June 5 and 6 - iVater
Safety Aids, A-Z, 9 a.m. to
12 noon.
June 9-20 - Beginners, ad-
vance beginners, Interme-
diates and swimmers, 9 a.m.
to 9:45 a.m. - A-M, 9:45 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. - N-Z.
10:30 to 11:15 a.m. - Adults.
June 23-July 4 - Beginners,
advance beginners, interme-
diates and swimmers, 9 a.m,
to 9:45 a.m.-N-Z, 9:45a.m.to
10:30 a.m. - A-M, 10:30 a.m.
to 11:15 a.m. - Adults A-Z,
9 a.m. to 12 noon - Junior and
Senior Life Saving.
Please watch for tie en-
trance signs. Do not drive in
the Main Entrance of the camp
or walk through the main camp
area. Enter and exit In the
area designated for the Red
C ross
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PALACIOS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1975
EIGHT PAGES
Winds damage property
Tornado
claims lives
of two men
Koening, QM, left and Lawrence Arnold, Sr. Vice Com-
mander.
Alcoa shuts down another
potline at Point Com fort
Alcoa’s Point Comfort Ope-
rations announced May 27
plans to temporarily close
down an additional smelting
plant potline, beginning, mid-
night, May 31. The cutback
will affect 175 employees.
Operations Manager R. G,
Kuerner said five other Alcoa
smelting locations are also
involved in a reduction of ope-
rations which will lower
Alcoa’s domestic smelting
rate from 85 percent to about
75 percent of rated capacity
of 1,575,000 tons a year. Over-
all, about 500 employees at
Alcoa’s domestic smelters
are affected.
Alcoa previously had taken
about 232,000 tons out of pro-
duct ion.
In addition to Point Comfort
Operations, the additional cut-
backs include capacity at
Rockdale, Wenatchee and Van-
couver, Washington: Badln,
N.C., and Warrick Operations
near Evansville, Ind.
The company said: ' As a
result of our continuing re-
view and constant re-evalu-
ation of our supply-demand
relationships, Alcoa has de-
cided to shut down tempora-
rily the capacity envolved.’
The shutdown at PointComf-
fort will affect employees in
Potline One and those in aux-
Weather clears up
on Collegeport Day
Collegeport observed the
66th homecoming at Mopac
House Saturday, May 31st,
with friends and former re-
sidents coming from as far
away as Oklahoma. The at-
tendance was in the neighbor-
hood of 300.
Many, some who returned
after years of absence, re-
marked “I believe this is one
of the best homecomings we
have ever had.
The day wAs beautiful, fol-
lowing the terrible storm Fri-
day afternoon, and the people
seem to have more time for
visiting, enjoying the delicious
covered dish dinner and the
historical display in the li-
brary, which was very inter-
esting.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sjoquistof
Houston brought more copies
of the "History of College-
port” by Mrs. Burton D. Hurd,
“M. A, Travis’ Autobiogra-
phy” and “The History of the
Collegeport Woman’s Club”,
which were given in loving
memory of Mrs. Sjoquist’s
uncle, Burton D. Hurd.
If anyone In the area who
was unable to attend the
homecoming Saturday when
the copies were distributed
Nail gets
coach job
at Royal
Horace Nail, a former mem-
ber of the Palacios coaching
staff and a member of the
Royal High School coaching
staff for the past six years,
has been promoted to the head
and would like to have copies,
call Mrs. Dean Merck, club
secretary, who has some ex-
tra copies.
The Woman’s Club president,
Mrs. L. C. Smith, welcomed
the guests and the Rev. Leslie
E. Webb gave the invocation.
While the guests were seated
at the tables, Dean Merck act-
ing as master of ceremonies,
expressed appreciation to the
club members for allthework
they did to promote the won-
derful day of fellowship; to
all the community people who
illary or support facilities,
Kuerner said.
Farlier in the year several
tnilments,. brought on by
escalating’energy costs and
tightening market conditions,
forced the layoff of about 550
employees at Point Comfort
Operations’ smelter and re-
fining facilities.
The Point Comfort smelter
was put into operations 25
years ago and was energized
by generation facilities fueled
by natural gas. With the steady
increase in the price of na-
tural gas, the older Soder-
berg-type reduction cells are
no longer competitive with
more modern potlines in the
Alcoa smelting system.
When metal demand is good,
Point Comfort supplies pri-
mary aluminum ingots in sizes
up to 30,000 pounds for sheet
rolling mills at Warrick, Ind.,
Davenport, Iowa, and Alcoa,
Tenn.
As a primary producer of
alumina and related chemi-
cals, Point Comfort Opera-
tions refining facilities sup-
ply alumina and chemicals
products to a number of Al-
coa’s domestic plants as well
as to overseas locations.
The total number of employ-
ees, which reached a high of
2,600 last summer, is expec-
ted to be about 1,800 after the
reduction in force May 31.
The bodies of two Palacios
shrimpers, Rudolph E. Mo-
sier, Sr., captain of the Bar-
bara D and deck hand, Benito
Garcia were recovered Sunday
morning in the Oliver Point
vicinity in Matagorda Bay.
According to a spokesman
at the U. S. Coast Guard Sta-
tion in Port O’Connor, the body
of Garcia was found by Bobby
Lewis at 8:02 a.m. andMosier
by Lester Ralph at 9:56 a.m. in
the Oliver Point area, three
miles southeast from where
the mishap occurred during a
90 m.p.h. wind, blinding rain
and hail storm Friday after-
noon.
The two men were lost when
a tornado struck the 42-foot
wooden bay shrimp boat they
were on at 1:40 p.m. Friday
in Tres Palacios Bay, 2-1/2
miles from Palacios, as they
were trying to make port be-
fore the storm struck.
The twister hit the cabin of
the Boat, ripping it apart. The
boat then capsized on its star-
board side.
The shrimpers inttievicinity
began dragging operations im-
mediately after coming upon
the wreckage and the U. S,
Coast Guard out of Port
O’Connor began its search 40
minutes after the incident.
Dragging continued until a
short period after dark, but
debris from the cabin was the
only thing found.
In addition tothe Coast Guard
helicopter and shrimp boats,
private and Coast Guard air-
planes assisted in the search.
The search resumed early
Saturday morning and con-
tinued until the bodies were
recovered.
A tornado also touched down
at Jensen Point where a boat
was lifted out of the water and
put on the dock, one trailer
damaged, another turned up-
side down and another leveled.
Palacios was also lilt with
wind gusts of 75 miles per
hour plus, blinding rain and
some hail. Some trees were
Beginners band
classes underway
Beginners Band classes
started Monday i n the High
School Band Hall according to
Manuel Garza, Jr., Band Di-
rector. These students vill
be in the 6th grade next year
at East Side Elementary
.School.
There will be classes later
on in the summer and when
pitched in to help; to the local sch001 starts next ,al1 for
men who barbecued the beef;
the meat donors, Mrs. Aaron
Penland of Bay City and the
Dean Mercks of Collegeport;
Weather
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coaching job at Royal.
Billy Boeker of Bay City for
DATE
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The position came open when
P. A. System; Glen Adams of
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former head Coach Bobby Stu-
Palacios for welding the cov-
MAY 28
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art resigned to take the head
ers for the barbecue pit; to an-
MAY 29
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football position at Waco Ro-
nonymous donors; to our
MAY 30
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binson High School.
county commissioner Billy
MAY 31
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Royal was a state-ranked
Harrison who had a sign “Mo-
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Class A entry in 1974-75, fi-
pac House, Collegeport,
Texas, Collegeport Day, May
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nishing with an 11-1 record.
Rainfall
total for
yr.
8.40
those students who are unable
25- YEAR CLlllt
to attend the summer class-
es.
Summer Camp for all Band
students will begin on Monday,
June 9. The schedule is as
follows:
9:00 a.m. Elementary Band
10:00 a.m. Junior High Band
1 i:00 a.m. Senior High Band.
All classes are at the high
school and special teachers
will assist Mr. Garza with the
camp.
uprooted, tree limbs broken
off and scattered in yards and
on the streets, plate glass
windows broken and other da-
mage caused by the tornadic
winds.
Rosary for Benito Garcia
was recited Sunday, June 1, at
8 p.m. at the Palacios Funeral
Home Chapel. Funeral ser-
vices were held Monday, June
2, at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony’s
Catholic Church with the Rev.
Brian Crookes officiating. In-
terment was in the Palacios
Cemetery.
Son of Miquel B. Garcia and
Amalia Garza Garcia, he was
born in Mexico on July 18,
1914. He had been a resident
of Palacios for 50 years.
Survivors Include his wife,
Isabel Aparacio Garcia of Pa-
lacios; father, Miquel B,Gar-
cia of San Antonio; daughters,
Mary Ramirez, Bertha Garcia
of Galveston, Amalia Kafa-
rela, Manuela Herrera of
Houston, Elizabeth Ramirez
of Lake Jackson, Caroline and
Adeline Garcia of Palacios;
sons , Mike Garcia of Santa
Monica, Calif., Robert Garcia
of Palacios and Ben Garcia,
Jr, of San Antonio; sister,
Amalia Lopez of Mexico; bro-
ther Joe Mack Garcia of San
Antonio and 13 grandchildren.
Funeral services for Rudolph
Ellwood Mosier were held at,
the Palacios Funeral Home
Chapel at 2 p.m. Monday, June
2, with Bro. Vernon E. Smith
officiating. Interment was in
the Palacios Cemetery.
A life long resident of Pala-
cios, he was bom July 22,1911
the son of August and Elsie
Freda Schikle Mosier.
He is survived by his wife,
Stella Mae Mosier, mother,
Elsie Mosier, of Palacios;
sons, Rudolph E. Mosier, Jr.
of Palacios, Donald Ray Mo-
sier, of Corpus Christ!, John-
nie Earl Mosier of Silsbee;
sister, Anna Mae Cartwright
of Palacios; brothers, Edwin
Leon Mosier of Palacios and
August Mosier of Fulton Beach
and nine grandchildren.
LAURA PETERSON
Top 4-H
girl is
named
Laura Peterson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Peter-
son, has been chosen 4-H’er
of the month. She has been a
member of the Palacios 4-H
Club two years and has shown
a lamb both years at the County
Livestock Show. Her first year
she won second place and first
in showmanship.
She is a member ofthe First
Baptist Church and is active in
school activities also.
She plays cornet and French
horn in the Junior High Band.
She was in an ensemble which
received a first division ra-
ting. She was a member ofthe
Student Council and the Hornet
Hum staff.
She was chosen to be a
member of the National Junior
Honor Society and will hold the
office of Vice-President. She
will also serve as a cheer-
leader next year.
She was active in sports, in-
cluding basketball, volleyball
manager, and track, in which
she won 1st place In district
7th grade division in low hur-
dles.
Wharton Lollwge
event* calendar
The .Vhartor. County Junior
College Calendar^ of Events-
Tuesday, June 3, Summer
Classes Begin at .VCJC (First
Term).
Wednesday, June 4, Vo-
cational Nursing Test, 8:00 a.
m., Room 214 of the J. R.
Peace Building, $8.00 fee pay-
able at the time of testing
Thursday, June 5, Last day
for registering or adding new
courses.
Friday, June 13, Last Voca-
tional Nursing Test, 8:00a.m.,
Room 214 of the J. R. Peace
Building, $5.00 fee payable
at time of testing,
Saturday, June 14, Nation-
al ACT Testing Date, 8:00
a.m. Peace Building.
Friday, June 20- Areatest-
ing in Real Estate Room 101A
and 102 of the Administration
Building, 2:00 p.m.
Lawson new
Lhilton roach
Former Palacios Coach Ran-
dall Lawson has recently
signed a contract for the fol-
lowing year as Head Coach
and Athletic Director in Chil-
ton I.S.D., Chilton, Texas.
Lawson has been in Palacios
for the past six years with a
football record of 37-8-5. The
last two years with the Junior
Varsity he had a record of
8-0-2 in 1973-74 and in 1974-
75, 6-2-2. His team won dis-
trict four times and tied for
district once and was second
in district once.
Coach Lawson will be assum-
ing his athletic responsibili-
ties in Chilton in mid-July.
Alcoa vets cited
Gulf shrimping
season closed
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In anticipation of the annual
migration of brown shrimp
from Texas bays into the Gulf
of Mexico, Parks and Wild-
life Department Executive Di-
rector Clayton Garrison has
announced the closing of the
Gulf shrimping season from
June 1 to July 15.
The Texas Shrimp Conser-
vation Act provides for a
mandatory 45-day closed sea-
son during the migration and
the Parks and Wildlife Com-
mission has the authority to
move the season forward or
backward.
Department coastal fisheries
personnel who monitor the
growth and abundance of ju-
venile shrimp in the bays
sav that the annual migra-
lawn and for the firewood.
At the close, Mr. Merck re-
marked “ With your help, we’ll
try to have even a greater
day in 1976”. The Holsworth
family volunteered to furnish
the meat in 1976, Ira and
Chester Corporon and San-
ford Crablll, in 1977.
GOLF TOURNEY
A Best Ball Tournament is
scheduled for Sunday, June 8,
at the Palacios Golf Course.
Tee off time is 1 p.m. and
entry fee, $3.00.
Lunch will be served follow-
ing the tournament.
tion probably already is un-
derway.
“Tides have dropped along
the coast,’ said Terry Leary,
Pand W Shellfish Program
Director, “and the outward
flow of water from the bays
has started pushing the small
brown shrimp into the Gulf.
“There is a wide difference
in the size of juvenile brown
shrimp. The larger ones are
already moving out of the
marshes and bays. Many
small, two-inch browns are
being found in department
sampling nets along the coast!'
i Leary said that the sampling
stations are picking up large
numbers of shrimp and pros-
pects are good for a success-
ful summer Gulf shrimping
season.
“We anticipate a long mi-
gration period,” said Leary,
“with a correspondingly long
shrimping season after July
15.”
Shrimpers in the Gulf of
Mexico are refraining from
taking the small browns.
Parks and Wildlife Depart-
ment game wardens along the
coast are standing by to en-
force the Shrimp Conservation
Act.
The season closes each year
to protect these shrimp until
they reach harvestable size,
which according to the Shrimp
Conservation act is a mini-
mum of 39 whole shrimp per
pound.
South Texas
brochure out
A colorful brochuredescrib-'
ing the wide range of things
to see and do in South Texas
is now in its second phase of
distribution nationwide by the
South Texas Chamber of Com-
merce.
“South Texas Vacation Fun
Land” includes pictures and
information on 14 area cities
and attractions plus a “Fun
Map” of the 50-oounly re-
gion.
Principal distribution points
for the brochure are the 11
Texas Highway Department
Visitor Information Centers
and at travel shows through-
out the country.
The brochure is part of the
chamber’s tourism promotion
program which also includes
publication of the annual South
Texas Vacation Guide, to be
released in early June, and
news releases promoting area
activities and attractions.
Free brochures are availa-
ble by contacting the South
Texas Chambo” of Commerce,
1011 N.W.Loop 410, San An-
tonio, TX 78213, phone (512)
341-4651.
Twelve more Alcoans have
become members of the com-
pany’s 25-Year Club at Point
Comfort Operations.
Those receiving their quar-
ter-century service award pin
include: Jack Black, power
engine attendant, Port Lavaca;
Ernest Balboa, potman, Port
Lavaca; Lawrence E.Nuckels,
potman, Point Comfort; Roand
Flores, personnel janitor, Pa-
lacios; Frank Sanchez, pot-
man, Palacios; James Ellle,
Potroom crane operator, Vic-
toria; Luis Palacios, potman,
Vicotira; Norvel Wilson, Pot-
man, Victoria; Benjamin Sem-
bera, Potman, Edna; Jerome
Tater,digestion shift foreman,
Edna; Raymond Rozner, re-
fining mechanical main-
tenance oiler, Edna, and Wil-
liam Paul, power engin ana-
lyzer mechanic, Victoria.
Flores, a native of Palacios
who attended public school
there, began work in the pot-
rooms May 12, 1950. He is an
Air Force veteran. Flores and
his wife, the former Antonia
Guerra, have two sons, Roland
Jr. and David, and two daugh-
ters, Mary Ellen and Patricia.
Sanchez, a native of Edna,
attended public school at Pa-
lacios and began work in the
pf .rooms Mav 16. 1950. He is
a U. S, Army veteran, is a
member of the V. F. W. and
Woodman of the World.
Sanchez is a member of our
Redeemer Lutheran Church.
He and his wife, he former
Mary Garcia, have three
daughters, Omega DeLaRosa
of Hawaii, Josie and Emma and
four sons, Johnny, Chris,
Mario and Dario.
Ellis, a native of Electra
who attended public school in
Palacios, came to work on
May 13, 1950. He is married
to the former Jerri Milligan
and has two sons, Dennis and
Curtis. He attends the first
Baptist Church of Victoria.
Palacios, a native of Ganado
who attended school at Pala-
cios, began his Alcoa career
May 16, 1950 in utility. He
and his wife, the former Julia
Hernandez, have four daugh-
ters, Cynthia, Kstella, Mary
and Henrietta, and two sons,
Louis, Jr. ana Jesse. They at-
tend Our Lady of Sorrows in
Victoria.
blares and Sanchez
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