Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1959 Page: 2 of 8
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THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
10 YEARS AGO
8. J. Wesselman had received his
final O.K. for the prdouction of
‘Grade A milk.
The Palacios Pirates defeated
Taiton 8 to 7 Sunday to tie with
Shein for first place honors.
Boy Scout Troop 79, with Scout-
noaster Gene Gutierrez, returned
from Camp Strake with the Pio-
«eer Camp Award.
Miss Naomi Padgett and Christo-
|>her Fleig were married June 12
ia Freeport.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Elliott were
the parents of a baby boy and Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Aougsten, a baby
tirl.
Twenty-one members of the W.
BL Clement family were together
Sunday for the first time in many
jean.
15 YEARS AGO
Richard Hood, grandson of Dr.
T. H. Hood, graduated from the
Illinois Institute of Technology.
James E. Taylor, son of Claude
Taylor, drowned Sunday at Port
©’Connor.
Mrs. C. L. de St. Aubin was
ionored with a surprise dinner
Tuesday in honor of her birthday.
The Chamber of Commerce
adopted a new Constitution and
By-Laws.
20 YEARS AGO
Six hundred 4-H boys from three
districts enjoyed a three day en-
campment at Camp Hulen.
iMrs. Jud Collier, president of the
Fourth District, Texas Federation
at Women’s Clubs, was guest
speaker at the June meeting of
the Matagorda County Federation
at Women's Clubs held in College-
port.
The Palacios Softball League
played the opening game of the
*eason under lights at the high
ichool on June 13. The Carancahua
and Crawford team were the first
contestants with the Boy Scouts
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playing the Rotary in the second
game.
Mrs. K. J. Tandy, a former resi-
dent of Palacios, died in Plainview,
Texas.
Mrs. Leola Cox Sides, a former
Home Demonstrator of this coun-
ty, was on her way to London to
attend the Associated Country Wo-
men of the World Conference. She
was one of the 255 American wo-
men to attend.
25 YEARS AGO
Charles Bradford Farwell was
one of the four hundred boys to
graduate from the U. S. Nava!
Academy.
Miss Maxine Robinson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Robinson,
and Joe Muchovich were married
in Angleton.
J. B. Feather, J. G. Walker and
Guy Barnett attended the State
Convention of Volunteer Firemen
held at Mineral Wells.
30 YEARS AGO
Mark Lowry, a member of the
school faculty was working in the
First State Bank during the sum-
mer vacation.
A reunion of the W. L. Ellis
family was held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Sanders, when
twelve children and twenty-three
grandchildren were present.
35 YEARS AGO
Alvin Melton, 8 year old son of
Mrs. James Bates, died at their
home in this city.
The fifth annual session of the
Matagorda County Teachers’ Nor-
mal opened with H. H. Morris of
the Oak Cliff High School, Dallas,
as conductor. He was assisted by
Miss Turner, also of Oak Cliff and
Misses Ima and Linnie Wolf and
W. A. Smith of Palacios.
40 YEARS AGO
Camp Palomar opened in the
encampment grounds with a good
attendance. J. C. McElhannon, of
San Marcos, was in charge.
George Hillyer received his B.
S. degree in Civil Engineering at
the State University at Austin.
Dr. A. E. Johns, as city health
officer, was making an effort to
put the city in a sanitary condi-
tion and the Civic League was
sponsoring a city wide clean-up.
43 YEARS AGO
Paul Elder, son of Mrs. M. A.
Elder, met death suddenly in the
bay near the B.Y.P.U. grounds.
The 1914 graduating class of the
Palacios Baptist Academy had sev-
en members.
A charter was granted the Pa-
lacios Fisheries Co., J. J. Burke
was president and Mr. Arlla, sec-
retary and treasurer.
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, June 11, 1959
TIIUMRS DOWN
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FROM THE EXCHANGES . . .
Shades Installed On Signal Lights In
Edna; 4 School Buildings Al El (ampo
The City of Edna installed a
shaded signal light at the down-
town Main and Wells Streets inter-
section. The shades extending in
all four directions cut off the glare
of the sunlight so motorists can
easily see whether signal lights
are on green or red.—Edna Herald.
Four school building projects are
now going full steam with three
of them expected to be completed
for the opening of school next
August 31. The new Hutchins Ele-
mentary School work has started
but it is not expected to be com-
pleted until the mid-term of 1960.
—iEI Campo Leader-News.
The Chamber of Commerce mem-
bership drive last week added $1,
120 to chamber income, increased
the membership log to 240 and net-
ted the women’s team of the drive
a steak dinner.—Calhoun County
Times.
The first meeting of the recent-
ly appointed Mayor’s Advisory
Committee was held Thursday, May
27. Mayor Fred Mills presided at
the session and explained that the
purpose of the committee of repre-
sentative citizens was to plan for
a long range program of city im-
provement and civic betterment.—
Wharton Spectator.
Petitions began circulating in El
Campo Saturday that would ask
the city council to deny requests
for utility rate increases for both
Central Power & Light Company
and Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company. The petitions said the
rates charged here by the utility
companies are already excessive
compared with those of other com.
munities.—El Campo Citizen.
The Ganado Junior Chamber of
Commerce still needs financial aid
to complete the swimming pool.
Jaycee members signed for a $7,000
note in order to have the pool ready
for this summer’s use.—Ganado
Tribune.
District Governor-Elect, Lion D.
A. Evans of Texas City will in-
stall the new slate of officers for
the Wharton Lions Club at a spec-
ial installation ceremony Thurs-
day night.—iWharton Spectator.
The present farm program came
in for criticism Wednesday night
and Thursday noon from Former
Secretary of Agriculture, Charles
F. Brannan, who spoke to more
than 1400 persons at a night ses-
sion and more than 200 at noon.
Brannan said that the present ag-
ricultural expenditure of $8.8 bil-
lions a year is deplorable, saying
that the president vetoed two rea-
sonably good farm bills. It has
been a total failure, Brannan said,
on all three counts, failing to
stabilize the farm income, failing
to make food cheaper to the con-
sumers and failing to save taxpay-
ers money.—El Camro Citizen.
Actual construction of the Cal-
houn County ship channel through
Lavaca and Matagorda bays to the
Gulf of Mexico could start as early
as the fall of I960. This was the
opinion of some navigation district
officials this week after hearing
that a House committee had ap-
proved an appropriation of $150,-
000 for completion of engineering
surveys for the channel and jetties.
—Calhoun County Times.
Work has just about been com-
pleted on the gridiron at Cowboy
Memorial Stadium and now all that
apparently is needed is for plenty
of water on the grass. Many yards
of dirt were hauled in and the field
turtle-backed for proper drainage.
The field is badly in need of more
lights, and they are expected to
bo added either this year or next.
—Edna Herald.
A summer theater for Calhoun
County will now be a reality. This
decision was made by 15 persons
attending a called meeting Friday
night. ‘‘The Philadelphia Story”
will be presented the last week of
June as their first production.—
Port Lavaca Wave.
Port Lavaca’s current construc-
tion boom is reflected in building
permits from city offices for May.
Permits for $191,594 worth of new
construction were issued during the
month, sending the total for this
year to $769,473.—Calhoun County
Times.
A total of 39 voters turned out
for a city charter amendment elec-
tion Tuesday and two propositions
on the ballot were defeated and two
carried. First proposition which
would have allowed members of
the city council to be paid a maxi-
mum of $25 a month for meetings
and the mayor a salary of $50 a
month failed by a vote of 23
against and 14 for. The proposition
which would have eliminated the
publication of city ordinances in
newspapers 14 days before passage
lost by one vote, 19 for and 20
against. The propositions which
provided that the city judge and
city attorney be appointed annual-
ly carried.—El Campo Leader-
News.
Houston Natural Gas Corp. has
purchased a piece of property near
the Medical-Dental Clinic in north
Edna and expects to erect its own
office building in the near future.
—Edna Herald.
The school board rejected bids
for the sale of $520,000 worth of
construction bonds Monday night
after reviewing seven different
bids on the proposed issue. The
money from the sale of the bonds
was planned for the construction
of the Crockett Junior High School
and additional classrooms at Sea-
drift. Reason for the rejection of
the bids was that the school board
considered the interest rates too
high.—Port Lavaca Wave.
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About Your
HEALTH
A weekly public servlet feeler# fre»
the Texoe Slot# Deportment o( Heoltb.
HENRY A. HOLLE, I. D.
Coeealsslmr *4 Heeltfc
It’s sad but oh-so-true: the hay
fever season lasts all year in Texas.
The reason: the wide range of
climate and soil conditions which
produce an assortment of offending
flora—trees and shrubs and grasses.
This might be some consolation,
though: the state is running gen-
erally behind schedule in the rain
department. And during dry weath-
er pollen production goes into a
slump.
Ragweed pollen is still the big-
gest enemy of the watery-eyed set,
but mountain cedar, scrub elm, and
a variety of other plants and
grasses also cause their share of
sneezing misery.
From mid-winter until early
spring, people from Dallas south-
ward are affected by the pollen of
cedar, a profusely growing tree
with a bad habit of pollinating
like it was going to be banned
tomorrow.
Fall hay fever sufferers prob-
ably have the scrub elm to blame
for their troubles. A late-summer
pollinator, the elm is common over
most of the state, but it is particu-
larly profuse in the bottomlands
of the Guadalupe and Trinity Riv-
ers. The mesquite causes minor
allergenic trouble in West Texas
during May, June and July. Cot-
tonwoods and poplars are pesky
sources of red eyes and congested
noses wherever they are found.
Grass hay fever is possible
through spring, summer and fall
over most of Texas, and in the win-
ter in the Rio Grande Valley. Ber-
muda grass is the chief offender.
Rhodes grass is a potential hay
fever factor in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
Rayweed pollen is now almost as
abundant at Dallas and Houston as
in the north central states. It is
a serious summer and fall problem
as far west as San Antonio and all
along the Gulf Coast to Browns-
ville.
In arid parts of Central and West
Texas, Russian thistle is a lead-
ing cause of inhalent allergies.
Other local causes are sugar beets
and Palmer’s amaranth. Sage poll-
7/it Otd
4P
‘'Toe biggest mystery to a
mar: led man is what a bache-
lor does with his money.”
en is a potential factor in West
Texas. Sand sagebrush, a dominant
nativo plant in the Panhandle, is
suspect as a trouble maker.
How to get relief from hay fev-
er? A sea voyage during “your”
season would do it. So would stay-
ing in an air-filtered room, But
since neither action is practical
you’ll just have to sneeze and wipe
unless you check with your doctor
about the best method of treatment
in your own particular case.
Most men will lend a hand much
quicker than they will money.
And We Say Again . .
A merchant and an editor were
discussing the value of billboard
advertising. The merchant con-
tended more people read the bill-
board than the newspaper. The
next week the merchant came tear-
ing into the newspaper office want-
ing to know why the obituary of
his wife’s mother was not in the
paper. “Well,” said the editor, “I
knew you wanted the obituary read
by the people so I nailed it up on
your billboard.”—Columnist J. Q.
Jewett, in the Poseyville, Ind.,
News.
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