Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 17, 1969 Page: 1 of 8
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SHRIMP-0-R1JE QUEEN LINDA STUHRENBERG
CRAB INDUSTRY IS BIG BUSINESS
ED COLLINS, president of Ed Collins Seafood,
Inc., Palacios explains to Craig Dickey, Vice President
of the First State Bank and Trust Company, Port La-
vaca, the marketing of EDCO crab meat. EDCO crab
meat is air freighted to all markets outside of the local
(Houston) area. Along with Chicago and other out of
state markets, EDCO crab meat is sold in Houston, San
Antonio, Dallas and Fort Worth.
CRAB MEAT and crab fingers are hand picked by
employees of Ed Collins Seafood, Inc. The high mark
for daily production at the plant is 2,944 pounds of crab
meat. A fast picker can earn up to $35 per day and earn-
ings of $25 per day are common. A crab picking machine
is installed in the plant and is used for some production,
but the choice lumps of crab are hand picked.
MRS. HORTENSE WYATT
Mrs. Hortense Wyatt Is Honored As
Texas' Most Outstanding Dist. Pres.
Mrs. Hortense Wyatt of Pa-1
laeios, Texas, President of Dis-
trict Sixteen, Ladies Auxiliary to j
Veterans of Foreign Wars, was
honored as being the most Out-
standing District President of Tex- j
as for the Year, at the Depart-
ment of Texas Convention, held in
Galveston, Texas, June 26 to 29,
1969.
Mrs. Wyatt is a graduate of the
Palacios High School. She received
her B. S. Degree from the Texas
College of Arts and Industries at
Kingsville, Texas, and her Masters 1
Degree from the University of,
Houston.
Mrs. Wyatt’s eligibility in V. F. (
W. is through her husband, Paul President in 1968.
Wyatt, formerly of North Wilkes- [ Mrs. Wyatt’s Special District
boro, N. C. They were married in Program for the past year has
19411, while he was stationed at, been “1. Helping the Senior Citi-
zens and 2. Helping underprivi-
leged Children who are not al-
ready being helped. 3. Remember
our boys overseas with packages,
letters, and cards. 4. Work in har-
mony with V. F. W. Post Home.”
Hortense Wyatt was made an
Honorary Citizen of Rosenberg,
Texas, this past year.
There are 18 Auxiliaries in Dis-
trict Sixteen, extending from High
Island to Weimar and from Ba-
cliff to Palacios, with seven coun-
ties represented. District 16 was
111.3% in membership this year.
Mrs. Wyatt and her Auxiliaries in
District 16 won many awards at
the Department of Texas Conven-
tion of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars in Galveston.
Camp Hulen in Palacios. They
have one son, Paul Jr., who is at
the present time, serving in the
U. S. Army in South Korea.
Hortense Wyatt is a First Grade
teacher in the Palacios Independent
School District, where she has
taught since 1940. She began her
teaching career in 1937, in Olivia,
Texas, where she taught for two
years, then taught the next two
years in Francitas, Texas. She
taught one year in North Carolina
after her husband returned home
from the South Pacific after World
War II.
Mrs. Wyatt has been teaching in
Head Start each summer since the
program started four years ago.
Before that she had taught the
Bi'-Lingual Children during the
summer for six years.
Hortense Wyatt is a Charter
Member of Lt. Wm. Lloyd Queen
V. F. W. Auxiliary No. 2467, in-
stituted in 1950, in Palacios. She is
a Past President of this Auxiliary
and is now serving as Chaplain.
She was also local chairman of the
Voice of Democracy, a program
that is sponsored each year by the
National Organization of Veterans
of Foreign Wars, and had several
students participating from Pa-
lacios High School. She has served
in District 16 as Trustee and Sr.
Vice President before going in as
The Weather:
Date
Max. Min.
Prec.
July 9
’ 94” 82*
0.00
July 10
94' 82'
0.00
July 11
90* 72'
1.71
July 12
91' 77'
0.00
July 13
91' 81'
0.00
July 14
92' 82'
0.00
July 15
93' 73'
0.13
Total rainfall for year
20d7
Lupe Serna Receives
Honor For Professional
Dry Cleaning Skill
Lupe Serna, Sr., of Bay Cleaners,
217 5th Street, was honored this
week for his professional dry-
cleanmg skill. Mr. Serna accepted
the challenge of Drycleaning World
magazine and successfully remov-
ed a difficult Mystery Spot on a
swatch of material affixed to a
magazine page. Dry Cleaning
World dared its 32,000 readers to
clean the spot without damaging
the material. Mr. Serna was one of
the dryeleaners in this area who
did a perfect job.
The “Spotting & Finishing
Award”, which is now prominently
displayed in his store reads: "To
Lupe Serna, Sr., Bay Cleaners, in
recognition of professional dry-
cleaning skill demonstrated by
actual test performance.”
VOLUME LXII NUMBER 29
pALAcjps, Matagorda county, Texas_Thursday, July 17,1969 1QC Per Copy
Fleet Blessed At Shrimp-O-Ree
Miss Linda Stuhrenberg Is Crowned
Queen At Ceremonies Friday Night;
Boat And Prize Winners Announced
Free Reading Now
Offered Everyone
Af Local Library
Effective July 1, the Palacios
I ihrary began to operate as a free
public library. There will be no
charges made to adults or children
for their first library card. Re-
placement cards still will be 10c.
MEN! Have you read any of the
following magazines lately, “True",
“Shooting Times”, “Golf Digest”,
“Sports Illustrated”, “Popular Me-
chanics” or “Boating” ? They await
you in the cool air-conditioned Pa-
lacios Library.
Memorials gratefully acknow-
ledged, Mrs. R. E. Terry by Mrs.
Alvena Laslie; Reverend B. C.
Slate, Gouldbusk, Texas, by Mr.
and Mrs. F. A. Griffin.
Library Receives
Book Collection
For Children's Use
Field Services Division, Texas
State Library, Austin announces
the placement of a collection of 125
children’s books in the Palacios Li-
brary, Inc. Such incentive hook col-
lection grants are made available
from time to time by the Texas
State Library to encourage bet-
ter local support for improved pub-
lic library services. The collection
is being placed in the Palacios X<j-
Irary, Inc. on the recommendation
of Miss Katherine Ard, field con-
sultant serving the public libraries
in this area of the state. The Pa-
lacios Library was selected to re-
ceive this collection for recent local
efforts to upgrade local library
service.
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Local LHtififgague Tournament Team
In Play-Oil to Sweeny Fri. And Sal.
The best cure for love at first
sight is to take a closer look.
Lonnie R. Laslie
Qualifies For State
4 H Horse Show
Lonnie B. Laslie, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. B. Laslie, Sr. of Route
1, Box 146, Palacios, became the
first Matagorda County youngster
ever to qualify for the State 4-H
Horse Show. Lonnie earned this
privilege by placing his four year
old registered gelding, Play Sum
Laslie, third in his halter class and
fourth in reining competition at the
District 11 4-H Horse Show held
at Brenham.
Of the one hundred and nineteen
4-H members who entered the dis-
trict competition only twenty will
advance to the State finals in
Sweetwater on August 14, 15
and 16.
Also competing from Matagorda
County were Larry Laslie, Brenda
Johnson, Sammy (Franksoin and
Dennis Gillett. Larry placed sixth
in Class 7, registered geldings un-
der fivo years of age. Brenda’s
horse was eighth in Class 8, grade
geldings under 14 hands, 3 inches.
Dennis won a ribbon for tenth
place in Class 1, registered mares
under five years of age.
The youngsters are members of
the Bay City and Prairie Center
4-H Horse Clubs.
1969-70 Duck Stomps
Are Now On Sole
AUSTIN—The 1969-70 Federal
Migratory Bird Stamp, featuring
a pair of white-winged scoters ris-
ing from the water, is now on sale
in Texas post offices throughout
the State.
The art work was done by May-
nord Reese of Des Moines, Iowa,
and was chosen from 218 entries
Bubmitted to the U- S. Department
of the Interior.
Duck hunters must purchase one
of these $3 stamps as well as a
Texas hunting license. All money
received over and above the cost of
printing and distributing these
duck stamps is used to acquire wet-
lands for waterfowl. Last year
nearly two million were sold.
Pft laeios Little League Tourna-
ment Team will travel to Sweeny
Friday night to meetthe winner of
the Sweeny-New Gulf game in the
second round of play.
The game will start at 8 p.m.
at Befnnett-Outlar Park located
North of Sweeny on Highway h24.
Dclmar Pettigrew, tournament di-
rector. states that there will be
ample parking and seating for both
home and visiting teams, also, the
concession stand will have a va-
riety of tasty foods.
Post season play opens Thursday
night with Bay City playing Whar-
ton and Sweeny vs. New Gulf. Pa-
lacios drew a bye therefore do not
play until Friday.
(Members of the Palacios All
Tournament team arc Rudy Mo-
rales, John Hunt, Billy Parker,
Ronny Johnson, Walter Hamlin,
Bruce Junek, Larry Seaman, Roy
Seaman, C. P. Sterns, Byron Am-
boree, Arthur Gonzales and Danny
Sliva. The four alternates selected
are Mark Bates, Andy Weed, Gary
Orsak and David Longoria.
The team is being managed bj
Dick Alexander and Willo Rod-
riguez is the coach.
League President J. N. Allen
urges all who can to attend the
games and support our team
through the entire tournament.
Miss Linda Stuhrenberg, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stuhren-
berg, reigned as queen of St. An-
thony’s sixth annual Shrimp-O-Ree
celebration Sunday following coro-
nation ceremonies and dance at the
Palacios Recreation Center Friday
night.
Queen Linda was presented the
crown and robe by the 1968 Queen,
Miss Carolyn Flores. Also receiv-
ing crowns at the coronation were
the Little Queen and King. Sonia
Flores, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Tony Flores, was crowned Little
Queen by Mary Frances On-, who
won the honor last year. This be-
ing the first year for the Little
Code Humber For
Long Distant (alls
To Change Sunday
Beginning 12:01 A.M. Sunday,
July 20, 1969, Palacios and Bless-
ing customers making long distance
calls will reach an operator in Port
Lavaca, according to D. G. Reese,
District Manager for General Tele-
phone Company of the Southwest.
At the saqie time the area code
for these two exchanges will change
from 713 to 512. A buried cable
linking Messing and Palacios to
Port Lavaca has just been com-
pleted which makes possible the
change of service. Directory assist-
ance and repair service will also be
handled by telephone company em-
ployees located in Port Lavaca.
Rees© emphasized that Palacios
and Blessing customers will con-
tinue as instructed for service and
other calls on page 2 of their di-
rectory.
Your
Schools
By GEO. "COACH” HOLST
“Your Schools” will continue to
acquaint you with—The School
Board. In our last column we brief-
ly touched on policy malting and
evaluation by tlie board. This week
we shall attempt to discuss these
areas in more depth.
Policy Making. A policy of a
school board is simply a statement
of a rule or principle which the
board agrees should be followed in
deciding types of cases or problems
that may confront the system from
time to time. Policy has sometimes
been defined as the outline of
what is to be done and how to
do it.
The policies of a school board
originate in a number of sources.
The chief sources are the superin-
tendent’s recommendations, laws
governing education, the board’s
previous experiences and the study
of policies of other boards of educa-
tion. Policies are not formulated
at one dr a few meetings. Rather,
they accumulate over the years
and together make up the rules and
regulations of the board. The pro-
posal of a new policy or the change
(See “YOUR SCHOOLS,” Page 8)
Olivia-Port Alto Vol.
Fire Dept. To Hold
8th Barbecue July 27
The Olivia-Port Alto Voluntary
Fire Department and the Olivia
Community Association will hold
its eighth annual barbecue Sunday,
July 27, at the Olivia Community
Center.
Barbecued chicken will be serv-
ed at $1.25 per plate from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
The ladies auxiliary of the fire
department will operate a Country
Store where home canned foods,
baked goods and handiwork will be
offered for sale.
All area trail ride groups are
invited to join the ride from Point
Comfort to Olivia. The 7-mile ride
will start from Point Comfort at
9 a.m.
Refreshments will be sold by
the Olivia 4-H Club at points along
the ride. They will also sell cold
drinks at the barbecue.
Proceeds will be used to help
purchase needed fire equipment
and playground equipment for the
community center.
Local F.F.A. Delegates
At State Convention
Members of the Palacios Future
Farmers of America left Tuesday
morning to attend the Texas F. F.
A. Convention to be held in Fort
Worth, July 16-18, at the Tarrant
County Convention Center. The
voting delegates representing Pa-
lacios are Ronnie Kubecka and
Bruce Elliott.
Among the many items of busi-
ness to be handled include the elec-
tion of state officers, review of the
state F.F.A. constitution, and con-
tests in public speaking, talent, and
selection of a new state sweetheart.
Featured speakers at the conven-
tion include Ben Barnes, Texas
Lieutenant Governor; Marilyn Van
Dcrbur, television personality; and
Charles Hanlou, national FFA
president from Oregon.
The Palacios delegates will be
accompanied by the local vocational
agriculture advisors Leon Bullock
and Edward Schulze.
Harold E. Tiger!
Receives Superior
Harold E. Tigert, a flight ser-
vice specialist at the local FAA
Flight Service Station was pre-
sented with a sustained superior
performance award in conjunction
with an annual performance rating
of outstanding at ceremonies at the
airport last week. This award car-
ries two certificates and a cash
award.
In a letter to Mr. Tigert from
Lewis E. Enochs, chief of the air
traffic branch in Houston, he stated
in part: “You are to be commended
for performing your duties in such
a manner as to precipitate this,
high award. It is readily apparent
in reviewing the justification for
this award that you take a deep
personal, interest in providing
thorough and complete flight in-
formation, as well as any other
data available to assist the pilot
in planning his flight. The agency
can certainly be proud of the ex-
cellent service you provide the fly-
ing public. A copy of the justifica-
tion contains other significant high-
lights of your spendid perform-
ance.”
Mr. Tigert moved to Palacios
with his family from Carlsbad,
New Mexico in June, 1966, and
now resides at 210 Austin Street.
Bible School At First
Presbyterian Church
July 16,17,18,21,22
The First Presbyterian Church
will begin its five day Bible School
on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri-
day of this week—July 16, 17 and
18—and continue on Monday and
Tuesday, July 21 and 92.
Classes for kindergarten through
sixth grade will be held each morn-
ing from 9 to 11:80.
Leaders for the school are Elnora
Oglesby, Johnnie Rowton, Colleen
Penland, Belle Sparks, Phyllis Tan-
ner, Debbie Raasch, Katie Chiles
and Louise Crawford.
King, Robert Solis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Solis, was crowned
by Father Eugene O’Callaghan.
Sunday morning people began to
flock to the turning basin to wit-
ness or take part in the fleet bless-
ing and marine parade.
Many boats with brightly colored
pennants fluttering in the riggings
and from the mast heads and filled
with family and friends as well
as the Queen and her court were
docked in the harbor. Each boat
was blessed by Father O’Callaghan
as he passed on the officiant boat.
After all boats were blessed, Queen
Linda, riding on the Capt. Gregg,
threw overboard tho wreath of red
roses in memoriam to all who
have lost their life at sea. The boats
then joined in single file to parade
out of the channel and it was
‘“Shrimp Boats A Coming;” as they
headed back into port to begin get-
ting ready for the coming season.
Winners for the best decorated
boats in the various classes were:
Smrll boats: 1. iMark Anthony,
owned and captained by Joe Ma-
zock; 2. Miss Joyce, Mark Mazock
owner and captain; 3. Margaret L.,
Celso Gonzales captain, L. R. Cleve-
land owner.
Bay Boats: 1. Capt. Sammy, Do-
mingo Llanes owner and captain;
2. Sea Gull, Nelo Seaman, owner
and captain; 2. Miss Lynette, Her-
schel Stork, owner and captain.
Gulf Boats: 1. Capt. Gregg, Ed-
ward Garcia owner and captain; 2.
Kathy F.derer, Bernard Aparicio
captain, Ed Barrett owner; 3. Rain-
bow, David Sandoval captain, Hugh
Wallis and (Wallace Barr owners.
Fallowing the Messing of the
fleet at the basin, a dinner was
served at the Parish Hall. During
'■he afternoon and into the night
the church ground was a bee-hive
of activities with games and rides
furnishing entertainment for all
ages.
Winners of the six prizes award-
ed were: Mrs. E. I. Chiles, Sr.,
the color TV; Pauline Garcia, the
Shetland pony; Louis Hickl, bicycle;
Mrs. Susie Elliott, Poloroid cam-
era; A1 Palett, transistor radio and
Connie Flores, $10.00 worth of
groceries.
Climaxring (the Shrimp-O-Ree
celebration was another dance at
the Palacios Rtecreation Center
Sunday night.
Directors Of Day Care
Center Meet; Plan
Fund Raising Drive
The Board of Directors of Rain-
bow Land Day Care Center met at
the center building on Wednesday,
July 9. Mrs. Mary King, Executive
Director, reported to the board that
Mr. R. B. Trull, Trustee of the Trull
Foundation, had advised her that
the Trull Foundation would make
a donation to the day care organiza-
tion to equal dollar for dollar up
to $3,000.00 any amount workers
could raise in a community fund
raising drive. Mrs. King also re-
quested that the hoard reduce her
salary in the amount of $100.00
per month, in view of the shortage
of funds.
After a lengthy discussion, the
board voted to conduct a commun-
ity fund raising drive, similar to
that conducted in 1967, with a min-
imum goal of $3,000.00. The date
set for the drive is August 1, 2
and 3. The board also voted to grant
Mrs. King’s request for a salary
reduction on a temporary basis. In
the event the fund raising campaign
is not sueeessful, the day care cen-
ter will cease to exist this fall.
The board expressed its appre-
ciation for the volunteer services of
Misses Rita Koch and Vickie Baird;
of the twirling lessens donated by
Misses Karen Johnson and Rhonda
Hamlin. The twirling lessons were
much enjoyed by the children. The
board is also grateful to Mr. C,
Caravajo and Mr. T. Sanders for
their donations of fish from the
“Nomad” and (he “Poker Face’.’
All persons who are interested in
the survival of the day care center
are invited to attend a special
fund raising meeting to be held at
907 Eighth Street at 7:30 p.m.
July 30.
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Dismukes, Jesse V. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 17, 1969, newspaper, July 17, 1969; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth725803/m1/1/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.