Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1947 Page: 2 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON. PALACIOS. TEXAS
Thursday, April 17, X947
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CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
rig I Then you take off your top coat
V V for the summer, it’s time to take
out the winter lubricants from your car
and put in lubricants of the right grade
lor hot weather. Complete Sindair-ixe-
for-Summer Service means correct lubri-
cation of chassis, motor, transmission,
rear axle, and front wheels. It also in-
cludes thorough inspection of tires, bat-
tery, cooling system, spark plugs, oil andi
air filters.
So when you leave your top-coat home;
let that be a reminder to leave your car'
at your Sinclair Dealer’s for Sinclair-/*®*
for-Summer Service.
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SINCLAIR-//* YOUR CAR
FOR SUMMER NOW!
T. A. CASTLETON, Agent, Bay City
CLAUDE B. CAVALLIN,
STATION, PALACIOS
PHONE 170 FOR WASHING AND LUBRICATION
THONE OH
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Advertising Rates On Request
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER - - -
ASSOCIATE EDITOR - - - - ■
ADVERTISING & BUSINESS MANAGER
MRS. J. W. DISMUKES
JESSE V. DISMUKES
- HUGH J. DISMUKES
Entered at the Post Office ut Palacios, Texas, us second class mail
matter, under the Act of Congress.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year, $2.00 Single Copy, 5c Six Months, $1.25
WE STOP ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS AT EXPIRATION
The Beacon Stands For A
ERMANENT
If ROGRESSIVE
£ ALACIOS
^IXASGUlf COAST
The Campaign Against Fire
On May sixth to eighth, a conference will be held in
Washington, D. C., which will be of direct and personal im-
portance to every person in the country. It will be a national
conference on fire prevention—and it has been called by
President Truman to meet a prave emergency.
In attendance, there will be officials of the Federal gov-
ernment, the states, and municipalities, and representatives
of business, the professions, and civic and service organiza-
tions of many kinds. It is hoped that the largest possible
representation of interested parties will appear and that
officials from every state will attend.
The conference will have several purposes. It will, first,
create a wider recognition of the need for more adequate
standards of building construction, and the firm and im-
partial enforcement of building codes and fire safety ordin-
ances. Of equal importance, it is hoped that it will develop
a vitally-needed sense of the personal responsibility that must
be shared by every citizen if our terrible fire toll is to be re-
duced.
Loss of life and destruction of property by fire must
come. That is the basic theme of the coming conference. Its
work will be in the interest of us all.
AINT IT THE TRUTH
BY CHESTER KLOCK
MERCY SAXES, HADLEY,
WAS THAT W»eANT TO
BC A SLACK SUIT ?
AMP AREKlV THOSE
CHECKS BIGGER THAU
THEY WERE ON THAT
SAMPLE YOU PICKED
YEAH, rrfc A SLACKS
SUIT ALLR6HT f
DO YOU SUPPOS6
YOU COULD PUT A vra
PLEAT IN THE SEAT iMl
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A GAME OP
CHECKERS.
POP ?
HEM -H«H f SO THAT'S
THE SUIT HE BOUGHT
FROM THAT MAIL-ORM*
TAILOR/ H1H-HEH •••
MAYBe NEXT TIME HE'LL
LISTEN T'ME AND BUY AU.
MIS CLOTHES RIGHT HERE IN
PALACIOS
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MAYBE HADLEY SHOULDN'T
KICK ••• HE ONLY HAD ID
WAIT 6 DAYS FOR THAT
’ MADE TO MEASURE*
JOB in
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
PALACIOS
FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
A LICENSED EMBALMERS
AMBULANCE SERVICE
PHONK 8 PALACIOS
M.K. FEATHER. Mgr.
DR. J. E. MAYO
DENTIST
Office^ in Baptist Grounds
Open Every Second and
Fourth Saturdays
FEDERAL LAND BANK
FARM AND RANCH LOANS
LONG TERM PREPAYMENTS LOW INTEREST
FOR PURCHASE, REFINANCE, IMPROVEMENT
Wharton National Farm Loan Ass’n
WARREN E. HART, Secretary-Treasurer
Brooks Building, Wharton, Phone No. 465
10 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Gardner dis-
posed of their home on 4th street
north of the city limits to R. L.
Price and were moving to Calves
ton county.
John Fleming, of Eagle Lake,
opened up the City Hotel Barber
Shop.
Mrs. F. G. Berger died at her
home in Boling. Burial was made
in the Palacios cemetery.
The old fire bell replaced some
years ago by the electric siren was
placed on a tower at the north of
the fire station.
Glenn H. McCarthy made locution
for a new well Foley No. 2, near
Foley No. 1, which was flowing 11
barrels per hour.
Guy Claybourn was elected pres-
ident of the Palacios School board,
A. E. Baldwin, vice-president, Her-
man C. Bieri, secretary.
13 YEARS AGO
The annual banquet of the Wed-
nesday Club was held at the homo
of Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Elliott.
J. M. Spencer died at his home
northeast of Palacios from a heart
attack.
George Hunter, scout master
took a group of boys for a two-
day hike camp near the Caranca-
hua river.
W. H. Clement, Sr., received a
letter from his daughter, Mrs. J.
H. Robertson, stating they were
sailing for Congo Beige, Africa,
and expected to land in New York
about May 1.
When It’s Warm Enough Without a Top Coat,
20 YEARS AGO
C. E. Duller, of Blessing, and
Miss Lena Corse were married at
the home of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Corse in Col-
legcport.
Don Ross went to Dallas for a
special training course offered by
the Chevrolet Motor Company.
Clifford Sherrill, winner of Jun-
ior Declamation, and Grace Evelyn
Barnett and Esther Bullock, the
tennis team, went to Houston for
the District Meet.
23 YEARS AGO
I. W. Kinard took a position as
shoemaker with Paulk Brothers.
The Junior-Senior reception was
held at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
J. R. Elliott.
Taylor No. 1, was to be spudded
in on April 18, and the day de-
clared a holiday for the townspeo-
ple.
Strong cast winds filled the hay
with water to such an extent that
boards on the piers at oyster hous-
es. and B. Y. P. U. bathing puvil-
ion were loosened.
38 YEARS AGO
.‘Wm. Farmer and Miss Signe
Bengston, of the Turtle Bay com-
munity were married.
A Home Guard was organized
with 120 volunteers, W. C. Gray,
captain, John Ralston, first Lieu-
tenant, O. C. Arnold, second Lieu-
tenant, Mayor Harrison treasurer,
Rev. W. L. Shepherd, chaplain.
Max Klein, mayor of Buy City,
was killed.
Jack, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nick Gloros, was drowned in Mat-
ugorda Bay near Wells Point when
the schooner, Rosalie M., with Capt.
C. Melles in charge, capsized when
struck by a strong north wind.
The Galveston News issued a
special edition commemorating its
75th year of publication.
STATED MEETINGS
PALACIOS LODGE
NO. 890. A. F. A A. M.
1st Thursday each month 7:30 P.M.A.
Visiting Brcthern Always Welconq*
Joe B. Feather, W. M.
T. E. Friery, See.
HEAD NOISES?
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A Great Bunch
-Those Ex-G.I.'s
Willie Welle and a hunch of the
boye from oar town went to Pound
Ridge Saturday to a raunion of
their eld regiment.
There were about two hundred
end fifty boys who came from
miles around to a good old feast
in Farmer Collins’ barn. I expect
they seemed a lot different to each
other out of uniform. But they
had a great time, spinning yarns,
drinking bser, and talking over the
old times in South Africa and Italy
and the Aleutians.
I went over to cover the meeting
for the CUtrian, and one thing that
aure impressed me wee the good
behavior of thoee hoys their pref-
erence for a moderate beverage
like beer—their friendly spirit.
From where I sit, our ex-G.I.’a
are making as good a showing id
peacetime aa they made during
the war. And they’re setting a
mighty good example to the rest
of us—in tolerance, and modera-
tion, and good fellowship.
Copy rick’, 7°Unite J Statu Brewers Foundation
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GOOD Servtce fan YOU!
HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR RECENTLY
PUBLISHED 1946 ANNUAL REPORT*
MORE POWER FOR YOU! A major power
plant expansion program was well under way
• n 1^46. Started more than two years ago,
this ;> •‘a'jm is designed to meet the increas-
ing power needs of rapidly growing
South Texas. Plant additions will increase
CPL s total power capacity by two-thirds
within the next three years.
ELECTRIC RATES RE*
DUCE0! CPL reduced the
price of electricity in 1946.
South Texans are now getting
almost twice as much electricity for
their money as they did 15 yeors ago.
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1947, newspaper, April 17, 1947; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth725282/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.