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Page 4-Palaclos Beacon, July 22,1987
From The Beacon Early Files,
20 YEARS AGO-1967
Braxton Morris, Buddy Brhlik
and Dennis Abraham, members
of the Palacios FFA and their
advisors Leon Bullock and Ed
Schulze were attending the 39th
annual FFA convention in Dallas.
A total of 291 bales of cotton
had been ginned locally this
season.
25 YEARS AGO-1962
The new Sabin Oral Polia
Vaccine was administered at
Central Elementary School.
Tonnage at the Palacios port in
1961 totaled almost 289,851 short
tons, almost doubling that of
1960.
The new bridge across Caran-
cahua Bay was opened last
Thursday.
30 YEARS AGO--1957
Mrs. J.C. Scott was winner of
the ice crushing machine given.
away by Houston Natural Gas for
guessing nearest to the number
of ice circles in the freezing
compartment of the new Servel
refrigerator in the office on
display.
Palacios citizens were perturb-
ed this week when a group of Bay
City organizations formulated an
official protest to the compromis-
ed bridge over the Colorado
River on FM 521.
35 YEARS AGO-1952
A fire of undetermined origin
totally destroyed the John Hunt
house on the Clarence Buller
farm 10 miles northwest of
Palacios.
John Pena was elected City
Marshal in a special election
Tuesday to succeed the late
Lester Bradshaw.
Charles Faktor will open the
new modern Phillips 66 station at
the Y on Highway 35.
40 YEARS AGO-1947
The first bale of cotton for
Matagorda County this season
was grown on the Harrison farm
northeast of Palacios by Leo
Ludwick.
One of the largest crowds in
the 46 year history of the Texas
Baptist Encampment at Palacios
jammed the grounds for the
dedication of the new $20,000
tabernacle.
60 YEARS AGO-1927
Fleming Brown, a tenant on
the L.H. Buller farm had the first
bale of cotton in Matagorda
County.
The W.M.U. of the Colorado
Association awarded Miss Cheryl
Forehand a year of musical study
at the Southwestern Baptist
Seminary in Fort Worth.
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drainage work elsewhere in the
city unresolved.
In addition, that proposition
would have a massive impact on
taxpayers, raising the tax rate
66%, from its current 56-cent
level to 92.9-cents.
“I don’t think there is anyone
around this (council) table that
wants to see Proposition 4 (52-
million) passed.” remarked Mc-
Elrath. “I would hate to see it on
the ballot.”
While the majority of support
on the council appears to be for
the $512,000 proposition, the
problem is how to present it to
the voters for approval. There is
some concern that if put on the
ballot as the only proposition it
would be defeated. There is also
the feeling that it would be too
confusing to the voters if all four
propositions were on the ballot.
“To do the streets and not the
drainage would be futile,” ex-
plained councilman Robert Lee.
“The public, however, drives on
the streets and are not always
aware of the drainage problem
until we get six-inches of rain.
My feeling is if we put just one
issue on the ballot it would be
defeated.”
Vernon Bates said he favored
at least giving the public a choice
of more than just one propo-
sition.
“I have not talked to anyone
who is against something being
done,” Bates states, pointing out
that the streets have been in bad
condition for 40-yoars. “I would
prefer two propositions to at least
give the people a choice.”
Ironically, the most talked
about alternative has been to put
the council’s ‘most favored'
($512,000) and its “least favor-
ed’ ($2-million) proposals on the
ballot. Even that, however,
draws mixed feelings from the
council.
According to Hartsfield, putt-
ing both on the ballot would have
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a psychological advantage. He
said that voters, having to choose
between a $2-million proposition
that would raise taxes 66% and a
$512,000 proposition that would
hike taxes only 16% would likely
vote for the latter.
On the other hand, advisory
committee member Pat Chris:
tianson said that the city would
be running a risk by having both
propositions on the ballot. She
noted that because the $512,000
proposition specifies drainage
while the other specifies streets,
the voter would be more apt to
vote for street repairs.
She pointed out that because
individuals who do not own
property or pay property taxes
will also be voting, they would be
more inclined to favor the larger
package since it would be the
property owners footing the bill.
“If the people had a choice
between streets and drainage,
they would go for streets,”
Christianson said. “It would
break the back of the taxpayers if
the voters approved the $2-
million.”
Regardless of which proposi-
tion is eventually approved by
voters, Schulz urged the council
to “fix things right so we don't
burdens rising, “the more (work)
we do now will be the cheapest,
and the best bargain we’ll have
in the next 25-years. Let’s do a
good job of whatever the citizens
vote for.”
In the meantime, the council
have to come back here in three, i will spend anothe( week trying to
five or seven years and take care determine exactly what, if any-
of it again.” thing, they will present to the
Schulz added that with the tax voters to vote on.
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The Palacios Lions Gub wishes
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helpers who were inspirational in
making our 38th annual July 4th
carnival successful.
This is our major source of
raising funds that, in turn, come
back to you, the community.
Some of our donations for the
past year include: eye examina-
tions and glasses for needy
school children; the Friends of
Elder Gtizens; Operation Santa
group; Healthcare Abroad Insur-
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