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City vote
comes up
Saturday
Qualified voters of the City
of Palacios and the Palacios
Independent School District
will go to the polls on Satur-
day, April 5, to cast their vote
for four councilmen and three
school trustees.
For Palacios voters, both
elections will be held at the
City Hall between the hours
of 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Voting
boxes for school trustees will
also be at Midway Store in
Midway, Carancahua School
House in Carancahua and Mo-
pac Bulding in Collegeport.
Incumbents for school trus-
tees have announced they will
seek re - election and are
without opposition.
On the ballot are Gerald
Wells, Jr. for position 5: W,
A. (Billy) Stuhrenberg, Posi-
tion 6 and Jimmie L, Smith,
Position 7.
R. J. (Ray) Garza and Ver-
non A, Bates, Sr. have filed
for Place 5 on the council
in the only contested race.
This seat is presently held
by Joe Janak who is not seek-
ing re-election.
Councilmen Johnnie L, Heard
Place 3, and Kenneth V. Smith,
Place 4 have held these seats
on the council for several
years and are seeking re-
election to another 2-year
term.
Ivan W, Najvar is running
for Place 1 on the council, a
1- year term. Najvar was ap-
pointed by the council to this
place to serve until the city
election of this year, following
the death of Paul Miller, who
was elected last April to a
2- year term.
The City
By The Sea
Beacon
VOLUME 68-NUMBER 14
PALACIOS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1975
'SIX PACES
gas
is
CPL
cost
lower
The price of natural gas
used to produce electricity
at Central Power and Light
•Company power plants went
down this month.
CPL Manager JohnC. Rich-
ards, said that the price of
fuel used at the company’s
generating plants during the
latest reporting period was
$1.17 per million BTU, down
about ten cents from the rec-
ord high of $1.27 per million
BTU reported In February.
The lower cost will mean
a decrease of $1.36 a month
for the average CPL custo-.
mer using 1,000 kilowatt
hours per month. The fuel
adjustment on CPL bills which
start going out tomorrow will
be $12.80 per 1,000 kilowatt
hours, compared to $14.16 last
month.
The lower figure marks the
second time this year that
CPL s fuel costs have gone
down.
Mid-Coastal session
Saturday in Bay City
Mobile home
code enforced
The city's new Mobile Home
Park Ordinance also provides
that mobile homes on private
lots (other than mobile home
parks) MUST be inspected to
Tennis duo
is second
in Victoria
Boe Farris and Gary Haf-
emlck placed second In Men’s
Doubles at the Victoria Eas-
ter Tournament held March
28 and 29.
In the finals played at Vic-
toria College, Harvey Kuykan-
dall and Mike Delgato of Vic-
toria won the championship
trophy by downing Boe and
Gary 6-4, 7-5.
Billy Farris played Leon
Gregory of El Campo In
Men’s Singles and lost 7-5,
3-6, 1-6,
Student art
set
Saturday
The Palacios Independent
School District will present its
second annual Student Art
Show beginning Saturday,
April 5, at the Palacios Pub-
lic Library.
The show will consist of the
works of students from grades
1 through 12.
The public is encouraged to
attend this show
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assure proper utility connec-
tions and to be sure that they
are securely tied down.
This is not only for the oc-
cupants protection but also for
the protection of the adjoining
property owners.
If you live in a mobile home
please get it tied down now
before the inspector checks it.
The ordinance also has a
penalty clause for failure to
comply.
It provides for a fine of up
to $200.00 and each day is a
separate offense.
SOMETHING NEW on the Palacios skyline, tne Chateau
de Vllle apartments, where open house was held recently.
The units, owned by Hartsfleld Building Co., Inc., contain
18 apartments, ranging from onr bedroom- -to.three -bed- j
room with two baths. The apartments are Farmers Home
Administration financed but are not restricted to low-
income families, H. N. Hartsfleld said.
Chamber to seek
cleaner Palacios
show
Weather
DATE
MAX.MIN.PREC.
MARCH
25
78
50
.00
MARCH
26
78
65
tr.
MARCH
27
79
68
.00
MARCH
28
82
48
tr.
MARCH
29
49
40
.02
MARCH
30
59
39
.00
MARCH
31
65
44
.01
Rainfall total for year 2.83.
BN TWO MEETS
The Directors of the Palacios
Chamber of Commerce have
voted for a cleaner, brighter
and more attractive city.
In this action the Directors
designated April as Clean-Up,
Paint Up and Fix Up Month in
Palacios.
Dale Porter, president ofthe
Chamber, hopes that a city-
wide effort can be generated,
with organizations of all kinds
and many individuals partici-
pating.
Porter announced about 10
days ago that the Chamber
would make a major effort
during 1975 to make Palacios
a cleaner place.
"The response that we have
had thus far is very encoura-
ging," he said.
"We have been offered the
use of some trucks and other
equipment, which would be
available to us on the week-
ends, and a number of indi-
viduals have volunteered to
work in clean-up crews who
would remove various kinds of
litter from public rights-of-
way throughout the city."
Porter hopes also that the
Chamber's emphasis during
April on a cleaner Palacios
will lead to some sort of co-
operative program to make the
highway approaches to the
central part of Palacios more
inviting.
"This is a practical matter
as well as a matter of aes-
thetics," Porter said.
"There’s lots of evidence to
prove that civic neatness and
attractiveness have an eco-
nomic value. They are an in-
fluence in bringing people to a
place, and when people come in
they bring money with them."
Porter said that he will wel-
come ideas and suggestions
from all who wish to help in
the Chamber’s effort.
"Let’s make it a real com-
munity effort," he said.
K-garten, first grade
enrollment to start
Paraits are requested to
bring all children who are to
enroll in Kindergarten and
First Grade, with their birth
certificate, to Central Ele-
mentary School on any day,
Monday through Friday (April
7 - 11) between 9:00 and
11:00 in the morning.
At this time eligible students
will be registered for place-
ment in Kindergarten and/or
first grade classes for 1975-
1976 school year.
It is very important that you
bring your child for testing on
April 15 ro 16,1975, if his/her
name Is to appear on a class
roll on the first day of school.
The State immunization re-
quirements for entrance in
Texas Public Schools are:
Diptheria-Tetanus, minimum
of 3 doses: Polio , at least
3 doses of oral vaccine, pro-
vided one nr more doses have
been received since the fourth
birthday.
Rubeola , 1 dose of vaccine
or accurate history of rubeola
illness: Rubella, 1 dose of vac-
cine.
Remember it takes approxi-
mately 8 months to receive all
required immunizations.
(rirls geI track underway
The 1975 girls junior high
track team got underway by
running In the 2nd annual
Sharkette Relays March 15.
Also, the team traveled to Port
Lavaca this past Saturday for
the annual Bobby Goff Relays.
This year the team Is made
up of sprinters Diana DeLeon,
Charlette Schneider, Jane
Remlinger, Cheryl McMullen,
Taml Petersen, Lisa Sparks
and Diane Shreve. Distance
runners are Cynthis Hadash,
Cheryl Jewell, Irma Martinez,
Laura Peterson, Brenda Per-
ez, Anette Uher, Cathy Gar-
cia, and Beverly Perez. Hurd-
lers are Hope Longoria, Mar-
la Foote. Field event mem-
bers are Nancy Anderson,
Paula Arrington, Brenda
Christmas, Rebecca Jurney,
Lisa Lefevre, Patty Morales,
Eva Salazar, Carol Bonds,
Kay Deadrtck, Linda Flores,
Connie German and Cheryl
Crawford. Also on the team
are Roberta Duran, Becky
Koontz and Linda Luna, Man-
agers for this season are Lisa
Hamlin, Terry Smith, Step-
hanie Kelly, Becky Milam and
Linda Ramsey.
The following are the re-
sults from the Sharkette Jun-
ior Division Relays:
Discus: Paula Arrington,
2nd, 80'6".
High jump: Diane Shreve,
4th, 4'2”.
Triple jump: Cheryl Mc-
Mullen, 6th, 26’ 10”.
80 yd. low hurdles: Cheryl
Jewell, 4th, 13.7; Cheryl Mc-
Mullen, 5th, 14.2.
220 yd. dash: Jane Rem-
Uncer 1st. 29.9; Charlette
Schneider, 2nd, 31.1.
440 yd. dash: Cathy Gar-
cia, 5th, 13.4; Taml Peter-
sen, 6th, 15.4.
880 yd. run: Cynthia Ha-
dash, 5th, 2:58.3; Anette U-
her, 6th, 2:58.8.
440 yd. relay: Buentello,
Schneider, McMullen, Rem-
linger, 5th, 57.5.
880 yd. relay: Buentello,
Schneider, McMullen, Rem-
linger, 5th, 2:01.5.
Mile relay: Martinez, Per-
ez, Aparlclo, Peterson, 6th,
5:27.3.
The team placed 4th among
11 entries.
The second meet was held
in Port Lavaca Saturday/
March 22. The Bobby Goff
Relays Is one of the biggest
meets In this area and Pala-
cios was one of the smallest
schools competing against the
3A and 4A schools. The local
junior high girls did an out-
standing job.
All three teams qualified
for the finals.
440 yd. relay: DeLeon,
Schneider, McMullen, Rem-
linger, 5th, 56.05.
880 yd. relay: Same group
as above, 6th.
Mile relay: Martinez, Pet-
erson, Remlinger and Garcia,
6th.
440 yd. dash: Cathy Garcia,
6th, 68.2.
220 yd. dash: Jane Rem-
linger, 7th, 29.8.
60 yd. dash: Lisa Sparks,
7th, 8.0.
Discus: Paula Arrington,
78".
Sun pulls
golfers
lo links
The sun came out last Sun-
day afternoon, after an "Eas-
ter norther", and so did the
Palacios golfers.
It tjirned out to be one of
the busiest Sunday afternoons
the club has had for some time.
Between 40 and 50 memlters
and visitors played the course,
Among those who showed up
at the club were Dan and Ethel
Hickman, two of the "snow-
bird" visitors who spend their
winters in Palacios. Dan and
Ethel, who play the course
frequently, dropped in.to say
a fond farewell to their club
friends and to say that they
will be back next winter. Their
home is in Rhinelander, Wis-
consin. (The snowbirds had
their own tournament at the
Palacios course several
weeks ago. Typically, it was a
near-freezing morning).
Next Sunday the club will have
a Tombstone Tournament, for
members and visitors. This is
an event in which the parti-
cipants play until they reach
the average scoresuponwhich
their handicaps are based. If.
for example, a player has an
.average score of 90, and he
accumulates 90 strokes when
he Is playing the 16th hole,
down goes his "tombstone”
and that’s where his compe-
tition in the tournament ends.
There will be an entry fee of
$3 for the '-tombstone”event,
and when it’s over everybody
will enjoy a buffet meal. Tee-
off time will be 1 p.m.
Club President Bub Lawson
and Tournament Chairman L„
W. McCall are gearing up for
the club’s major tournament
effort - the eighth annual In-
vitational Tournament. It will
be run off on May 3 and 4,
with the competition consist-
ing of 36 holes of medal play.
United States Golf Associa-
tion rules will apply, modi-
fied in some instances by local
ground rules. The event is
expected to attract some of
the finest golfers in this part
of the state.
Gladys Lawson, deserted her
home club to play in the big-
time last week. With some 80
other employees of the Hous-
ton Natural Gas Company she
played in the company’s an-
nual tournament, at the Tejas
golf course in Houston.
Gladys, who plays a sharp
game in Palacios, was reti-
cent about her score in Big
H. “Just call me Lawson the
loser," she said.
Club members are being re-
minded that another social and
games night is scheduled for
April 10, beginning at 8 p.m.
The Texas Mid-Coast Water
Development Association will
hold its annual meeting on Sat-
urday, April 5, at 11 a.m. in
Bay City. The meetingwillbe
held at the Oasis Motor Hotel
and the public is invited to
attend.
This organization is com-
posed of interested individuals
and members from eight
Texas counties promoting^the
orderly use and development
of the region’s water resour-
ces.
The program format of the
meeting includes the U. S,
Corp of Engineers, United
States Congressman John
Young of Corpus Chrlsti and
Congressman J. J. (Jake)
Pickle of Austin.
Of special Interest to the pub-
lic will be the reports of the
federal agencies and repre-
sentatives concerning the sta-
tus of water related projects
in the area in the fields of na-
vigation, conservation and re-
clamation.
This influential organization
has as its purpose the con-
servation of fresh water and
improvement of water naviga-
tion. It has been working in this
field for more than 20 years.
Patrick Kelly of Victoria,
President of the Association,
announced that officials from
the State of Texas will parti-
cipate on the program and be
present during the reception.
Luncheon will be served at
noon.
The association's main con-
cerns are water conservation
and navigation projects. How-
ever, anti - pollution mea-
sures, economic and ecologi-
cal problems will be subjects
of study by the association.
The Association’s aims and
efforts, as well as, ^organi-
zational history is documented
by The Library of Congress.
PROGRAM
11:00 A.M. - Registration and
Social Hour
12:00 Noon - Luncheon
Invocation - Rev, James E,
Thompson. First United Me-
thodist Church, Bay City,
Texas.
Open Annual Meeting - Eli
Mayfield
Welcome - Honorable Richard
Gusman. Mayor, Bay City
President’s Message - Pat
Kellv. President, T.M.C.W.
D.A.
Remarks - Honorable J. J.
Pickle, United States Con-
gressman, 10th District
Briefing on Projects - Colo-
nel Don McCoy, Galveston
District, Corps of Engineers
Principal Address-Honorable
John Young, United States
Congressman, 14th District
REPORT OF COMMITTEES:
Resolutions, Nominations,
Special Reports.
Social Hour Courtesy of; Bay
City Bank and Trust Co, and
First National Bank, BayCity.
Hospital News
Patients In the hospital:
Luby Christmas, Otilia
Vargas, Billie Sue Horton,
Clara Schley, Maxine Cabra-
les, Palmer Gillette, Jack Ul-
rich, Loyed Richey, Char-
les Wiley, Sr., Santana Diaz,
Victor Chavez, Mattie Davis,
Grace Smith, James Milam,
Faye Murphy, Mary Wolf,
Mary Torres, Angellta Rodri-
guez, Robert Purswell, and
Carleigh James.
Dismissals:
Hugh Dismukes, Mildred
Brune, Elizabeth, Wilkerson,
Kelley Sprayberry, Fred
Bates, Jesus Marroquin,
Gladys Haynes, Lupe Diaz,
Guadalupe Gonzales, Frank
Riddick, Mary Frazier, H. S.
Crablll, Shawna St. Peter,
Cynthia Hadash, Henry A, Le-
Blanc, Joe Pena, Merle Gra-
ham, Ermle Cournett, Clif-
ford Arnold, Robert Mansell,
Cecilia Targac.RayLegg, Be-
linda Cerda, Alice Rodriguez.
Illood
drive
slaled
Thursday, April 10, will be
another busy day at Wagner
General Hospital. The Auxi-
liary’s Pink Ladles are spon-
soring a Blood Drive with two
goals In mind.
Goa! 1: To allow donors to
replace blood used in the past
by their friends or members
of their family. This replace-
ment has an actual cash value
and can be deducted from
the patient's bill.
Goal 2: To allow each fam-
ily an opportunity to insure
its blood needs. Under Goal
2, each donor can provide
blood Insurance for one year
for his family or be a good
neighbor and give this very
important gift to someone else
In the community.
Help the Pink Ladles
achieve these goals by call-
ing 972-2511 and expressing
your desire to be a blood
donor. The time is April 10,
2 p,m. to 6 p.m.
Diplomas
awarded
at WCJC
Two hundred and fifty-one
students are candidates for
graduation from Wharton
County Junior College in
Wharton at the 29th annual
commencement exercises to
be held on Friday, May 16
at 8 p.m. in the Wharton High
School Auditorium,
Associate in Arts Degree
candidates from this area in-
clude: Palacios - Scott Wade
Fletcher, Betty S, Gibbs, Ed-
mond Louise I.atapie and Gre-
gory Allan Ralph,
Blessing - Betty Kirby,
Boling • Francisco Quirlno
Cortinas.
Associate in Applied Science
Degree candidate is I.arry Ed-
ward Orsak. Palacios.
Scholars
cited at
Wharton
More than sixty Wharton
County Junior College stu-
dents were recognized for
their scholastic achievements
Saturday, March 22, in Whar-
ton.
The following students from
this area were initiated into
the Zeta Xi Chapter of Phi
Theta Kappa in candlelight
ceremonies: Steven Roy Ben-
ner, Betty Scott Gibbs and
Dean Allen Kubecka of Pala-
cios and Nancy Jo Holland of
Markham.
These students were selected
on the basis of attaining the
highest scholastic rating pos-
sible at WCJC,
xm ciub
to muster
in Blessing
Matagorda County A&M Club
will hold its annual muster
at Cecil Lee American Le-
gion Hall in Blessing on April
21 at 7 p.m.
All former students, parents
of students and friends are in-
vited. Tickets are $4.00 each.
Reservations must be made
by .April 10 to George Sparks,
Rt. 1 , Palacios, phone 972-
2305 or David Knimholz, 2125
Ave. G,, Bay City.
Med
group
meets Tuesday
The public is invited and
urged to attend the regular
monthly meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Palacios'
Medical Foundation.
The meeting will be held at
the Palacios Library Tuesday,
April 8, at 7:30 p.m.
Toneys buy
in lliw Thicket area
David and Carlene Toney
have purchased The Oil City
Visitor, a weekly newspaper
In Sour Lake.
Sour Lake is located In East
Texas just 15 miles west of
Beaumont In the edge of the
Big Thicket.
The Toneys also own The
Palacios Beacon, The Bra-
zoria County News in West
Columbia and The Gulf Coast
Tribune in Needville.
Composition work on the
Visitor will be done in The
News offices in West Colum-
bia.
Dredging
contract
awarded
Contracts ior maintenance
dredging on the Colorado Ri-
ver Channel and Freeport
Harbor have been awarded
by the Corps of Engineers
in Galveston.
Colonel Don S. McCoy, Dis-
trict Engineer, announced a
contract fur $466,840 was
awarded Mike Hooks, Inc.,
Lake Charles, La. for main-
tenance dredging of the Col-
orado River Channel, and a
$344,330 contract to King
Fisher Marine Service, Inc.,
of Port Lavaca, for mainten-
ance dredging of Freeport
Harbor.
Approximately 600,000 cu-
bic yards of material will be
removed during dredging of
selected reaches of the Col-
orado River Channel, which
requires dredging approx-
imately once a year. This
will restore authorized di-
mensions of nine by 100 to
150 feet. Work is to start
in April, with completion in
early September 1975.'
Hasses
in typing
to start
Registration for a Typing
Class will be held at 1:30p.m;
Tuesday, April 8, at the High
School Superintendent’s office
or you may pre-register for
the class by contacting Leon
Bullock at the high school of-
fice.
The typing class will be
taught by Mrs. Witte on Tues-
day and Thursday evenings
from 7 to 9 for a duration of
32 hours in the Typing Room
at the High School.
Tuition is $24.00
Parents
req nested
to attend
A Parent's Meeting of all
children participating in ma-
jor and minor league ball In
the Texas Mid Coast Little
League will be held Thursday,
April 3, at 7 p.m. at the Pa-
lacios Recreation Center,
This is a mandatory meeting
if your child Is in the Little
league then you. their pa-
rents MUST ATTEND.
Fair set
Science Engineering Fair of
Houston, April 3-5.
These dates mark the final
judging and exhibition of junior
and senior high school stu-
dents’ experiments in the
world of science and engineer-
ing.
The students will be compe-
ting for over 200 special
awards, Two Grand Award
Winners will be selected to
compete in the International
science Engineering Fair in
Oklahoma City.
Ed Schulze
is named
top 4-H’er
Ed Schulze, Jr. was elected
as 4-H’er of the month
of March.
He is the son ofMr. and Mrs.
Ed Schulze. Sr. of Star Route,
Palacios, is a 6th grade stu-
dent at East Side Elementary
School, where he is an honor
student and a member of the
band.
Ed has been an active mem-
ber of the Palacios 4-H Club
for three years. He was re-
porter for one year and par-
ticipated in the Rice Festival
two years, winning two blue
ribbons.
He has raised animals for
three years and entered them
in the County Livestock Show,
He has worked on several
committees including the
Heart Fund Drive. He was se-
lected to go on the 4-H Award
trip his first year in 4-H bv
entering his record book.
He is a member of St. An-
thony’s Catholic Church and
his hobbles are hunting, fish-
ing, baseball and swimming.
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