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PAGE 4-PALACIOS BEACON, WED., AUG. 31.1983
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20 YEARS AGO-1963
First day of classes for^thp
1963-64 school year at Palacios and
Tidehaven will be Tuesday, Sept.
3.
Lt. Wm. Lloyd Queen V.F.W.
Post 2467 was conducting a mem-
bership drive through Nov. 11.
The Palacios Chamber of Comm-
erce was sponsoring free boat
races, concessions and amuse-
ments on East Bayshore Labor
Day.
Palacios’ FFA Chapter received
a Central Power and Light Com-
pany Electrification Award at the
Area X Awards Banquet in Corpus
Christi Thursday night.
Jack Seaquist, who will attend
Princeton University, was awarded
an Elk National Foundation Scho-
larship ofS600.
Earl Glenn Smith received his
Bachelor's Degree at Texas A&M.
25 YEARS AGO-1958
Although tropical storm Elia'did
not arrive with full force as
expected, Palacios residents dis-
played a definite awareness ot the
potential. The lowest barometer
reading here was at 5:58 p.m.
Friday when it registered 29.62S
Six inches of rainfall was register-
ed.
The Sharks and Tidehaven Tig-
ers will play Friday night at Tide-
haven. It will be the opening game
for both teams as the Palacios-
Rockport game of last week was
cancelled due to hurricane Ella.
The Hornets open the football
season Thursday night in Lake
Jackson.
Rev. Tom Dyal, Governor of
District 591, Rotary International,
visited the local club Wednesday.
The Merchants’ Exposition, sch-
eduled for Sept. 16, has been
postponed due to the date con-
flicting with the quarterly meet-
ing of the City-Wide Churchmen.
Matagorda County's Agricultur-
al, Stabilization and Conservation
office was selected as the out-
standing county for District 13.
William W. Green and Bobby
Gutternberger were employed by
Wharton County Junior College to
drive the college bus from Pal-
acios.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holloway
were the parents of a baby girl born
Sept. 7.
The Alapha Club began its club
year with a swimming party at the
home of Lula Belle Maddox.
30 YEARS AGO-1953
A total of 1,414 students, over
100 more than the total at this time
last year, had registered Wednes-
day at the five Palacios schools.
2389 bales of cotton had been
ginned locally.
Fred M. Vinson, chief justice of
the United States, died Tuesday of
a heart attack.
Dorothy Wickham was elected
head cheerleader along with Ann
Brandon, Ann Herman. Sue Pen-
land and Darleen Keszler.
1 The Sharks will open the grid
season Friday night against Need-
ville there and the Hornets will
play their first game in Lake
Jackson, Thursday night.
The approaching marriage of
Miss Dolly Milam to Billy Hamlin
was announced.
35 YEARS AGO-1948
With almost 900 pupils enrolled,
the Palacios schools ooened Tues-
day for 1948-49 term
H.L. Delaplain, who was 100
years old Tuesday, was honored
with a birthday celebration Sunday
and enjoyed an airplane ride.
Rev. Daniel Baker, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church since
June 1947, closed his work here
with last Sunday’s services.
The V.F.W. Pirates and Dane-
vang were to play here Sunday to
determine the championship of the
Hug-The-Coast Highway baseball
league.
40 YEARS AGO-1943
Nine hundred and ten pupils
enrolled in the five Palacios schools
Monday.
At 10:50 a.m. Thursday storm
warnings were hoisted from Port
O’Connor to Lake Charles, La. The
barometer reading at Palacios was
29.84. Many citizens had boarded
up their windows and Camp Hulen
was ready to evacuate.
The Wednesday Club opened its
year's work with a social at the
home of Mrs. C.M. Backen.
The Third War Loan Drive got
off to a good start, in its first week
here, 14 percent of its quota was
reached,
45 YEARS AGO-1938
Work started on the construction
of an addition to the Crawford
Packing Company warehouse.
Mr. and Mrs. D.D. Paulk
announced the birth of a baby girl
on Sept. 2.
Miss Corothy Lee Curtis left for
Premont; Miss Mary Allene Elliott,
Freeport; Miss Belle McGlothlin,
Eagle Pass; Miss Pearl Love, Bay
City and Miss Beryl Forehand,
Corpus Christi where they had
positions as teachers.
Palacios schools opened with an
enrollment of 551.
50 YEARS AGO-1933
Cotton season was almost over
and 664 bales had been ginned
here.
A tropical hurricane swept down
the gulf coast causing a very high
tide here which took out the
remainder of the east bay wharf
and did some damage to the pier at
the B.Y.P.U. grounds. The storm
went inland up through the Rio
Grande Valley with terrific force
1
doing damage to that section never
before experienced.
55 YEARS AGO-1928
Miss Mabel Hayes and Garland
Brooking were married. k
A. Minich took charge of the J
hotel in Blessing. %
Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Davis of k
Houston purchased the W.C. Best J
home and moved here. *
More than 50 teachers were here k
attending the Matagorda County ij
Teacher’s Institute being held in
the B.Y.P.U. grounds. k
60 YEARS AGO-1923 £
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gillespie were
the parents of a baby girl. k
Dr. W.W. Van Wormer accorn- V
panied a party here from Spring- jt
field. 111. and as guests of P.F. %
Campbell visited the fig orchards k
near Houston. The gentlemen were Jl
interested in starting fig culture in I
the Collegeport community. ^
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Letters to the Editor:
Proposition Z&o
Dear Editor:
Many of us in the
Legislature are aware of
the excessive burden
caused by ever-increas-
ing local property taxes
and are attempting to
provide relief to residen-
tial homeowners through
reform legislation. We
have proposed a signifi-
cant relief measure called
“‘Proposition Zero".
Unlike other proposals
to enhance education fu-
nding, Proposition Zero
seeks to greatly reduce
the school tax burden on
homeowners and gener-
ate millions of additional
dollars for Texas school
children.
Specifically, our propo-
sal will exempt personal
automobiles and the first
S100,000bfvtflire bfresi- %
dences from school oper-
ation and maintenance
taxes, and replace the
revenue with a 1-cent
state sales tax.
Recognizing the local
tax base funding prob-
lem, other states, such as
Missouri, Vermont and
Nevada, have provided
significant relief to their
homeowners through the
sales tax.
Proposition Zero will
be introduced in the next
Texas Legislative Sess-
ion. We are currently
refining the proposal and
quantifying the effects
that Proposition Zero will
have or. specific school
districts to ensure equity
to every district and its
BEACON
ixpayers.
We invite all citizens to
write or call our legis-
lative offices with their
comments and inquiries
on Prpppsition Zero.
Bob Barton, Jr.
State Representative
Steve Catriker
•State Repr«s*MB<We
Alex Moreno
State Representative
Jesse Oliver
State Representative
Charles Gandy
State Representative
Rev. Gwin: a friend
Dear Editor:
I have never quite
understood why someone
must die before some-
thing good is said of
them. Yes, Reverend
Gwin is passing away-
From Palacios. For 17
years this city, this com-
munity. has been blessed
with this man, a man who
knows no religious boun-
dary for someone in need
of cojnfort.
Rev. Gwin is a man
whose presence will be
missed, but those mem-
ories shall forever be
here--a man whom I
will always be proud to
say: "Yes. I knew him,
he was a friend of mine."
Wallace Barr
DOUBLE YOUR
SAFE DRIVING
HABITS
School’s
Open!
ALTHOUGH ths damage was
heavy for these two pickup trucks
involved In a collision Sunday
night, the two drivers sustained
very minor Injuries. The accident
occurred shortly after 8 p.m. at the
intersection of Fourth and Moore
Streets. According to police repo-
rts, Nelds Gonzales Callahan, 22,
of 400 Morton, was traveling
southbound on Fourth Street in a
1966 Ford pickup. It was hit by a
1979 CMC pickup being driven by
Gary Ray Cox, 32, of Kilgore, who
had been driving cast on Moore.
The Impact caused the Cox vehicle
to roll and land on Its roof while the
Callahan truck received heavy
damage to the front end. Cox was
charged with failure to yield right
of way. [Beacon Photo
With school age
children, expect the un-
expected. They don’t always
look out for traffic, so
you must watch out for
them...and obey all
traffic signs!
Wharton hosting Fiesta Ball
Happy Birthday
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_NICHOLAS M. WEST
OFFICE MANAGER,-— ELAINE TEMPLEMAN
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This year's Fiesta His
pano Americana Queen
Contest in Wharton will
be expanded to two major
events. The Fiesta Bail
will be on Saturday, Sept.
17 at the Knights of
Columbus Hall and the
Queen Contest on Sat-
urday, Sept. 24 at the
Wharton Courthouse Sq-
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year in-County..'..$7.50
One Year outside county....$10.00
One Year out of state....$12.50
WE STOP ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS AT EXPIRATION
uare.
The Fiesta Ball will be
a new event in which the
queen candidates will be
introduced. They will be
preceded by last year’s
queen Elizabeth Castro
making her last public
appearance. The Ballet
Foiklorico Maya of Hous-
ton will present a dance
program to the royal
court. These ceremonies
will begin promptly at 8
p.m.
At 9 p.m., a dance will
begin featuring Los Her-
nandos Gonzales of Ed
na. The price of ad-
mission to the Fiesta Ball
is $5 per person.
The queen contest at
the Courthouse Square
will be preceded by His-
panic dance groups from
Mexico. Spain and Chile.
All the queen candidates
will be wearing tradition-
al costumes from the
country they represent.
Contestants will be judg-
ed in five catagories -
intelligence, personality
beauty, costume and sop-
histication. The young
lady selected queen will
receive flowers, a trophy
and several prizes donat-
ed by local merchants.
On Saturday, Sept. 24
at noon, there will be a
grand parade. The down-
town parade will be a
very colorful event with
entries coming in from as
far as Beeville and the
surrounding areas, lt will
have a Latin flavor of
color and pageantry.
After the parade, peo-
ple will be able to enjoy
the Fiesta and delicious
food available around the
Courthouse Square all
afternoon.
BIRTHDAYS
AUGUST 31
Andy Johnson, Palacios
Ronny Lawson. Palacios
Cheryl Hart Crain, Austin
SEPTEMBER 1
Meloni Wells, Palacios
Dave Hiltabrand, Naperville, IL
SEPTEMBER 3
Jerome Flint, Blessing
Brandy Gurka, Palacios
SEPTEMBER 4
Jon Richards, Palacios
Victor Longoria, Palacios
Vincent Longoria, Palacios
SEPTEMBERS
Estella Alamia, Palacios
SEPTEMBER 6
Beatrica Sanchez, Palacios
I
D.A. REPORTS: improving state’s DWI laws
The following article is a public
service by the Palacios Beacon
through the cooperation of John L.
Roades, District Attorney, and the
Prosecutor Council. Its purpose is
to make you aware of a prose-
cutor’s role, or your responsibility
as a resident of this county and how
we can work together to alleviate
some of society's problems.
D.W.I. - A FOLLOW-UP REPORT
The outcry against driving while
intoxicated has grown tremendous-
ly, and rightly so. The statistics
can be frightening:
•Half of the people in the U.S.
will be involved in a D.W.I.
collision during their lifetime.
•In 1980 drunk driving was
involved in the death of a person in
Texas every four hours.
•Drunk driving is the most
common form of violent death and
the leading cause of death among
young peopie.
Recognizing the need for reform,
the Texas Legislature addressed
the issue in its last regular session.
In June Governor Mark White
signed into law Senate Bill 1, which
becomes effective January 1,1984.
The bill brings many changes,
some of which are highlighted
below.
The very definition of D.W.I. has
been revised. If a driver has a .1%
or more alcohol concentration in his
blood, he will be by definition
guilty of D.W.I.
Evidence of alcohol in the blood
i often shown by the results of a
breathalyzer test. If a driver
refuses to take a breathalyzer test
or similar test, that refusal could
now have two effects. First, he will
lose his driver’s license for 90 days.
This will be true even if he is not
later charged with or convicted of
D.W.I. Second, the fact of his
refusal may be introduced at his
trial. The jurors will know the
defendant refused a breath test
and may believe that the defen-
dant knew he was drunk.
Counties of 25,000 population or
more will be required to use
videotape equipment to preserve
for trial how the defendant looked
and behaved shortly after arrest.
The tape will allow jurors to see for
themselves how the defendant
looked and acted that night. Upon
conviction a first offender could
lose his license for 90 days to a
year. A repeat offender could lose
his license for 180 days to 2 years.
Stiffer fines will also be imposed.
The driver can expect to pay from
$100 to $2,000, dependent on how
many times he has been convicted
of D.W.I.
Jail time has also been increas-
ed. Again, depending on the
number of times he has been
convicted, a driver could expect to
spend from 3 days to 5 years in jail.
If the driver has seriously injured
another person as a result of his
drunk driving, his punishment will
be even greater. An additional
$500 fine and an additional 60 days
in jail could be tacked on to the
fines and sentences already men-
tioned.
The use of deferred adjudica-
tion has been eliminated. Under
this method of handling cases, the
individual pleads guilty before a
judge. The judge delays entering
judgment pending a period of
probation. If the person completes
his probation, the offense is
removed from his record. This
process will no longer be used in
D.W.I. cases.
Probation will also be affected.
In the future, if the convicted
driver receives probation, he must
be evaluated to see if he needs
alcohol or drug rehabilitation.
Furthermore, a probated sentence
will count as a final conviction. If
the same driver is convicted again,
it will be his second conviction for
purposes of figuring his punish-
ment.
Other changes in the law help
keep the offender off the streets.
Under certain circumstances, a
repeat offender will be forced to
forfeit his automobile to the state.
Some drivers may find themselves
unable to afford automobile insur-
ance coverage; insurance compani-
es will be allowed to place a
surcharge for up to three years on
the premium rates charged to a
D.W.I. offender.
These changes highlight efforts
by Texas lawmakers to address the
problem of D.W.I. Now the respon-
sibility lies with you the citizens.
As jurors you have the final
responsibility in determining how
the crime of D.W.I. is viewed in
our community and how it Is
enforced. If you have any ques-
tions, please feel free to call my
office at 245-7308 or 532-8051.
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