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The City
Palacios
By The Sea
Beacon
VOLUME 70 - NUMBER 16
PALACIOS. TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL IS, 1976
TWELVE PAGES
Ex-Palacios
man wrote
TV chiller
by Sharilyn Jackson Scrivner
Did you enjoy the "Lindberg
Kidnapping Case” on tele-
vision a few weeks ago? Were
you frightened, repulsed and
thoroughly entertained by
"Helter Skelter,” the CBS
production of the Manson
Family murders?
It might heighten your
appreciation to know that you
and the author of these plays
have something in common.
Easter
egg hunt
Saturday
The Palacios Javcees will
hold their first annual Easter
Egg Hunt in City Park
Saturday, April 17 at 10 a.m.
for children age 1 thru 9.
There will be three divi-
sions, age 1-3, 4-6 and 7-9 and
five prizes will be awarded in
each division.
Parents should bring their
children to City Park by
approximately 9:30 a.m.
The hunt is free to the
public.
DATE
Weather
The author is J. P. Miller, who
grew up in Palacios.
He also wrote the Emmy-
winning "The Family Next
Door" and the movies "The
Days of Wine and Roses” and
"Behold a Pale Horse."
After reading an impressive
article about him in the
Philadelphia Bulletin, (he now
lives in a 200 year-old
farmhouse in New Jersey) I
decided to give him a call. It
was quite a risk since he
doesn't Know me and is
apparently quite busy. But I
found him to be a warm,
friendly man, happy to talk to
someone from home and
compare Palacios of the
Thirties with that of the
Fifties. We found that his old
friends are mostly the parents
of my old friends.
J. P. (James Pinckney)
Miller was a student at the old
red brick P.H.S. (where he
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Hasley seeks
JP position
W. R. (Bill) Hasley, former
justice of the peace in
Palacios for 16 years, wants
the job again.
According to Hasley, "1 had
the job for 16 years and was
out of it for the last five years.
1 think there are some changes
that need to be made now and
I want to make them."
Hasley said many people
have asked him to run again.
“The office is not just the
justice of the peace office, it
belongs to the people and 1
want to work for the people."
Haslev is running for the
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Holy Week Services
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GOOD FRIDAY COMMUNITY SERVICE
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH
APRIL 16,1976-12 Noon
Prelude.................................Miss Rachel Rusk
Call to Worship...........................Rev. Leslie Webb
Invocation...............................Rev. Leslie Webb
Hymn #475 .............................“Victory in Jesus"
Responsive Reading #548.................Rev. Leon Maxwell
Prayer....................................Rev. Carl Israel
Scripture..................................Rev. Carl Israel
Special Music............................Mrs. Joyce Mudd
Message..................................Rev. J. R. Gwin
Hymn #351...............................“Near The Cross
Benediction...............................Rev. Mike Roach
Postlude
EASTER SUNRISE SERVICES
Baptist Encampment 6:00 a.m.
Prelude
Call to Worship..........................Rev. Leon Maxwell
Invocation..............................Rev. Leon Maxwell
Hymn..................................Rev. Leon Maxwell
Responsive Reading.........................Rev. Carl Israel
prayer...................................Rev. Mike Roach
Scripture...................................Rev. Mr. Pryor
Special Music............Colleen Claybourn, Sandra Coffman
Message..................................Rev- Bob Tarbet
Hymn..................................Rev- Leon Maxwell
Benediction................................Rev. Bob Gwin
Postlude
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Rainfall total for yr. 2.91
Junior High band
wins first division
GARZA
The Palacios Junior High
Band, under the direction of
Manuel Garza, Jr. received a
first division rating in Sight
Reading at the recent Inter-
scholastic League Contest held
at Sweeny.
A plaque was awarded to
the group. Comments from the
judges were as follows:
A1 English - "I was pleased
to see the students studying
the music and listening to the
director. A very well ma-
nered band. . Mr. Garza and
band - You’re doing fine. Keep
it up. Best wishes for the
future."
W. B. Skelton - "Nice
looking group. . .Keep up the
good work. . . Best wishes to
you and your fine director, Mr.
Garza.”
Ed Salonion - "Instructions
were very well done. . . The
time was well done. Low Brass
saved the day. Good work
trombones and baritones. . .
Your overall reading was
good. Your director was
helping you through the rough
spots. . .‘Keep working. .
good luck."
The band received a division
II or excellent rating in
Concert.
This was the first contest for
the Junior High Band which
includes only seventh graders.
Garza stated the band took a
giant step forward and
indicates the quality of
students that are in training
for the High School Band.
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Dedication of Blessing
church, rectory Sunday
Members of St. Peter’s
Church in Bleising, Texas,
will dedicate their new Church
and Rectory ort Easter
Sunday. April 18, 1976, at
10:00 a.m., with Bishop
Patrick Flores, D.D., V.G. of
San Antonio, Texas, conduct-
ing the dedicatory ceremonies
which will be followed by a
concelebrated Mass with
Bishop Flores as the principal
celebrant.
A barbecue beef and
sausage dinner will be served
at the Parish Center at 12:00
noon. An open house will be
held from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m.
The public is cordially invited.
The new church is construct-
ed in a fresh modified gothic
design using face brick and
plaster on the exterior wall
surfaces. The structure is
supported by wood laminated
arches which are exposed
throughout the interior. Many
of the interior walls arc face
brick combined with wood
paneling. All of the ceilings
are acoustically treated and
patterned to produce an
attractive surface.
The Sancuary is carpeted,
the remaining floor surfaces
are in vinyl. A spacious
vestibule is entered from two
sides. This area has as its focal
point an imported marble
baptismal font silouetted
against a high brick wall
lighted by long cathedral glass
windows on either side.
The foyer joing the vestibule
with the Nave serves the
sacristy on one side, and the
cryroom, ushers closet and
restrooms on the other. The
nave will seat in excess of 300.
and is lighted indirectly by
cove lighting along both sides
and across the back wall.
A side opening from the
nave affords access by walk to
the new rectory, and is
balanced on the opposite side
by a door way to the partial
porte-cochere.
The new rectory is blended
harmoniously with the church,
using identical face brick and
roofing. The single story
structure houses public spaces
and living quarters for two
priests, in addition to a
housekeepers suite. An at-
tached double garage is also
included within the building.
Both buildings are centrally
heated and air conditioned.
A handsome bell tower rises
skyward in the courtyard
between the church and
rectory, and houses the
beautifully toned bell from the
old frame church that served
the parish since 1948.
The construction was under-
taken by the Rev. Jerome J.
Stryk, Pastor. The architect for
the project was Robert E.
Morkovsky, A.l.A. of San
Antonio, Texas, and Edna
Lumber Company of Edna,
Texas, directed the general
contract for a total construc-
tion cost of $204,000.00.
Actors bring
home top
play honors
The cast and the production
staff of "The Saga of Katy and
the Gamblin’ Lady" returned
from the area meet with
another victory, a trophy, and
five acting awards. The group
was in competition with seven
other district winners at Bee
County Junior College on April
9th. The critic judge was Dr.
Josh Crane from the Univ-
ersity of Houston Center at
Victoria.
The plays were judged on
sixteen points. Palacios receiv-
ed eight superiors, six
excellents, and two very
strongs.
Twenty acting awards were
designated: Best Actor, Best
Actress, 6 All-Star Cast, 12
Honorable Mentions. The
schools receiving the acting
awards were: Boling, 1
Honorable Mention; Palacios,
2 All-Star Cast, 3 Honorable
Mentions; Los Fresnos, 3
Honorable Mentions; La Joya,
Best Actor, 3 Honorable
Mentions; Laredo United High
School, 1 All Star Cast;
Zapata, 1 All- Star Cast, 1
Honorable Mention; Inglcside,
1 All-Star Cast, 2 Honorable
Mentions; and George West,
Best Actress, 1 All Star Cast.
Receiving All-Star Cast
Awards from Palacios were
Linda Hunt and Deborah
Griffith. Honorable Mentions
were given to Johnny Davis,
Nicholas Prindle, and Darlene
Machacek. Linda, Mary Junek
and Anthony Griggs won
acting awards at the District
meet.
Following the presentation
of winners and the acting
awards ceremony, Dr. Crane
critiqued each play and had
the following to say about the
Palacios play: "If you went on
enthusiasm alone, you should
go all the way to state. . .You
all are an awful lot of talented
people...It was just a delight to
sit there and watch...If I had
not been restricted to the
number of All-Star Cast, 1
would have more of you
people...You were really good.
Excellent diction...I'll tell you
what really makes you a
winner, it’s that rhythm you all
have--the spirit-the character-
ization-but it's the rhythm
that goes throughout the
whole show-the movement,
the tempo, the rhythm that
keeps on going-that and the
twq character switches that
you all do.,.It's a real
freshness in material and that
will help you..
The next level of competi-
tion will be the Regional Meet,
held in Kingsville April 23.
The actual performance time is
pending, but will be announc-
ed so that anyone in the
community wishing to attend
can. There will only be four
plays in the Regional Meet and
two of the four will advance to
the State Meet. Enthusiasm
and desire are high; the
Palacios company would like to
be a state contender.
Last year the structure of
the One Act Play contest was
changed. Since there is only
one critic judge and opinion is
so subjective, two winners and
an alternate play are chosen.
Neither play is the winner, but
both are named co-winners. La
Joya’s "Peer Gynt” will also
be advancing from area.
Zapata's "Happy Scarecrow”
was named alternate play.
Three
teens
arrested
The arrest of three teen-
agers last week by the Palacios
police cleared up three
burglaries that had occurred
here in the past 18 months.
Burglaries cleared included
Dr. Sanford’s Clinic, Eddie’s
Jewelers and the Texaco
warehouse.
On January 2, 1976,
narcotics, an assortment of
pills and two miscroscopes
were stolen from Dr. Sanford’s
Clinic. Some of this was
recovered.
On October 10, 1975, an
assortment of watches, light-
ers and some cash was stolen
from Eddie’s Jewelers and on
October 28, 1975, eight tires
and a tank of gas was stolen
from the Texaco warehouse,
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BY CONFERENCE PLANNER
YMCA aims,
purposes told
A large delegation of execu-
tives and lay planners for the
YMCA were in town recently
working on the plans for the
World Youth Peace Confe-
rence to be held in Palacios in
November.
A large part of the column
"Living at the Luther” is
devoted to this visit and gives
some background on the visi-
tors.
One of the group, Stephen
Hayes, assistant director for
the Peace Conference,
dropped by the Beacon office
with the following statement
on the YMCA:
It’s time for a confession.
One of the things about
Palacios that has always
puzzled me is that no one here
has ever asked me exactly
what does the YMCA do?
Most people assume that a
YMCA is some place in a city
where people go to play
basketball, swim, work up a
sweat and play ping-pong.
Most people don’t know beans
about the YMCA.
A primer on the YMCA
might be helpful, though it has
occured to me that it’s possible
most people don't really care
to know beans about the
YMCA, anyway. Neverthe-
less for those who do, the
following is for you.
The United States YMCA
has about 15 million members.
Several other million people
benefit from time to time from
its services. It is the largest
social service organization in
the country. (Yes, Virginia,
it’s bigger than the Boy
Scouts), and it's the largest
social service organization in
the world.
The U. S. YMCA is a billion
dollar corporation. The 1800
YMCAs throughout the coun-
try, comprising the National
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LIVING AT THE LUTHER
Youth Conference planners visit
The past week was quite an
exciting one at the hotel.
Some of you were aware that
this past week we had in our
town some executives and lay
people of the International
Division of the Y.M.C.A. who
were co-ordinating plans for
the World Youth Peace
Conference to be held here in
November.
Of course I enjoyed these
people so much because they
are world travelers but chiefly
because they are involved in
both national and international
affairs. There is so much to be
done in our world but these
people are trying to do
something about conditions
instead of just talking. May
their tribe increase.
Those in for the conference
were; Grace Panciera of
Westerly, Rhode Island who is
a member of the International
Com, Recently she visited
Russia also visited countries of
Africa working with the
Statesman program of the
Y.M.C.A.
The other woman present
was Joyce Busher, assistant
director of publicity of the
National Council. She too has
been in Europe and Russia.
The first of the laymen is
Stan Enlund of Chicago, past
president of the National
Baord of Y.M.C.A.s. He is
chairman of the board of First
Federal Savings & Loan of
Chicago, III., largest in the
U.S.
The second layman was
Frederic Shaw of New
Hampshire, who is one of the
International Com. serving in
World Service program. He
visited five African countries,
Japan and the Soviet Union.
The other layman was Brad
Taylor of Lubbock, who is a
law student in Texas Tech.
Donald Payne too is a
layman from Newark, N.J. He
is a freeholder or commis-
sioner of Essex County. He is
chairman of the Refugee Com.
of the World Alliance of
Y.M.C.A.
Another younger man from
University of California doing
graduate work there was Rod
Donaldson who is also a
Danforth & Rhodes scholar.
Rod is not a stranger to our
town having visited out Steve
Haynes in the past.
Mark Hollowell is the
director of the Y in Rock Hill,
South Carolina.
Mike Gasby is associated
wi'd1 the Southwest region Y in
Diflas as is Lawson Kateley.
Peter Bower of Chicago was
representing Mid America
region of the Y’s.
Vernon Hathaway of Seat-
tle, Wash, was of the Pacific
Region.
Frank Kiehne of New Y’ork
is well known in Palacios since
he has been a visitor here on
numerous occasions. Mr.
Kiehne's position with the
Y.M.C.A. is one of responsibi-
lity and importance as he is the
executive director of the
International Division. His
visits have been most enjoy-
able.
Last but not least, Stephen
Hayes of New York who is
assistant director of the World
Youth Peace. Conference, is
our love.
Steve is piost efficient,
friendly, a very affable young
man who belongs to us. . . we
like to think. He wears several
hats, one being co-ordinator of
the United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development.
Quite a “heady” assignment
but Steve can handle it. Our
town has a love affair with
Steve.
Earlier we were pleased to
have the Youth Peace con-
ference director John Peacock
of Australia who is also the
director of Leadership and
Development of the World
Alliance Y.M.C.A. based in
Geneva, Switzerland. He and
Steve were here reviewing
local arrangements for the
November meeting.
Interesting persons dropping
in were J. E. Allen of Rockport
with the Texas Highway
Dept., who is in charge of this
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