Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1975 Page: 1 of 8
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Nuclear permit seen by year’s end
Sharks
turn in
A construction permit maybe
granted before the year Is over
for the South Texas Project,
a massive nuclear power plant
planned by Central power and
Light Co., Houston Lighting &
Report
on taxes
issued
Geo. H '1st, Superintendent of
the palacks Independent
School District has released
a report from the school dts-
trlct tax office which should be
of a great deal of Interest to
all tax payers. The report
was developed for the Gover-
nor’s Office of Education Re-
sources by Ass't. Supt. of Bu-
siness and Taxes R. C. Shel-
ton and his staff.
The Palacios I.S.D. assesses
various properties of the dis-
trict at 60 percent of market
value. The 60 percent value a-
mounts to$86,829,900 which Is
taxes at the rate of $1.26 for
the operation fund and $0.14
for the Interest and sinking
fund.
In studying the report as to
each property category’s per-
cent of the total assessed va-
lue of the district, only two
(2) of the seven (7) property
categories represent a large
majority of the district’s tax
funds.
Oil, gas and other minerals
account for 72.9 percent of
the total assessed value of the
district, and utilities (elec-
tric, gas, telephone) and pub-
lic carriers (pipelines and
railroads) make up another 4.9
percent. In other words, out of
each one dollar of taxes 77.8
cents Is from these two cate-
gories of property.
Other property categories
and the percent of the Palacios
I.S.D’s total assessed value
are: Land 10.9 percent (ur-
ban 2.0, rural or farming
and ranching 8.9); Improve-
ments 8.9 percent (residen-
tial 4.2, commercial 1.6, ru-
ral 3.1); personal property
1.9 percent (automobiles,
sport boats, aircraft, trailers,
mobile homes, fixtures, busi-
ness Inventories, livestock,
banks, etc.); Industrial .5 per-
cent.
Another Interesting fact re-
sulting from the study to de-
velop the report and using the
reported 100 percent of the
district’s total assessed value
as a basis Is the amount of
exempt property. The over age
65 exemptions account for
exempted property value as-
sessed at $849,350 or a .9
percent, and other exempt
properties such as churches,
government property, parks,
etc. for another 3.3 percent.
In sumlng up the report, Supt.
Holst stated that In his opi-
nion It Is very Important for
the tax paying public to know
who Is paying the bills for
the Palacios I.S.D. He also
issued an Invitation to the
patrons of the district to come
to the offices of the school at
any time. He said, “We will
do everything possible to ans-
wer questions or make Infor-
mation avajlable.”
Bazaar comes
up Saturday
The annual Holiday Bazaar
sponsored by the Rebecca Cir-
cle of the United Methodist
Church Women, has been set
for Saturday, November 22 In
Weimer Hall. The doors will
open at 10 a.m.
Baked pastries of all kinds,
breads, Jellies, handicrafts,
Christmas ornaments and de-
corations and other holiday
gifts will be on sale.
Coffee will be served and
there will be homemade pies
and cakes to tempt you.
Proceeds from this project'
are used to assist In the youth
program of the church, help
send youth to summer camp
and to furnish the church par-
lor.
Power and the cities of Austin
and San Antonio, Iver Strid-
lron, a lawyer for theU.S.Nu-
clear Regulatory Commis-
sion, said as there Is no dis-
agreement over plans for the
plant between the commission
and plant sponsors.
The Atomic Safety and Li-
censing Board, an arm of the
NRC, conducted a public hear-
ing In Bay City Wednesday on
the health and safety aspect of
the plant.
Stridlron said there are
"very, very favorable" Indi-
cations that the licensing
board will approve the project
and he predicted a decision by
the middle of December. The
NRC could issue a permit a few
days after that.
The plant will occupy a 12,000
acre site on the west bank of
the Colorado River northeast.
of Palacios.
The $1.15 bllliop plant will
have two nuclear generators
and will begin operating In
1980.
The NRC lssui d a limited
work auP’oilzat'rn for the
plan, in \u6jsc, allowing the
companies to start prelimi-
nary work, such as road build-
ing and excavation.
a win
By The Sea
VOLUME 68-NUMBER 47
PALACIOS , TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1975
EIGHT PAGES
Shreve rites
held Sunday
Auditor finds school
finances in good shape
At the regular meeting of the
Board of Trustees on Monday
night, Hultt, Neuszer, and
Kennemer, certified public
accountants of Bay City, Texas
gave a report on examination
of the Palacios Independent
School District for the fiscal
year ending August 31, 1975
and a report on examination of
the Consolidated Application
Fund of the P.I.S.D. for pro-
ject period July 1, 1972
through June 30, 1975.
The auditing firm stated all
areas of the examination pre-
sent fairly the financial posi-
tion of the Palacios I.S.D. as
of August 31, 1975, and the re-
sults of Its operations for the
year then ended In conformity
with generally accepted ac-
counting principles for public
Arrests
made in
school districts.
The Palacios I.S.D. not only
has all of Its regular state and
federal fiscal records audi-
ted yearly but also its cafe-
teria, athletic and student ac-
tivity funds.
Leo Neuszer, a member of
the firm, stated, "The Pala-
cios I.S.D. Is In very good fi-
nancial shape. " Superinten-
dent of Schools Geo. Holst also
stated, “The results of this
and any other examination of
the Paiaclos I.S.D. Is open to
the general public." He fur-
ther said, “The superinten-
dent's office would behappyto
answer any questions pertain-
ing to the examination.”
In other business the Board:
- Approved the Youth Work
experience Program, Con-
solidated Application and re-
gular P.I.S.D. bills for Nov-
ember 1975.
- Appointed a textbook com-
mittee for 1975-76 consisting
of Elizabeth Scott, MaryShee-
ran, Kathleen Gwosdz, Carrie
Lee Hebei, Frances Lawson,
Nelda Smith, John Louder-
back, Charles Mize, W, J. Ar-
rington, and Geo. Holst.
- Approved a request by the
World Alliance of Young Men's
Christian Associations to use
certain Palacios I.S.D. faci-
lities during the YMCA World
Youth Peace Conference for
August 23-29, 1976.
- Approved a request by the
First Baptist Church’s Mens'
Group to use the East Side
Elementary School Gym on
Monday nights from 6-9 p.m.
for an organized recreation
program. Fees according to
regular policy will be paid.
The Board received the fol-
lowing reports:
- Tax report for October 1976
Indicating 6,8 percent collec-'
tlon of 1975 taxes.
- P.I.S.D, Tax Office report
to the Governor which Indi-
cated 77.8 percent of all local
P.I.S.D. taxes were collected
from oil, gas, utilities and
public carriers (pipelines,
railroads, electric systems,
etc.) R. C. Shelton, Ass’t. Su-
perintendent of Business and
Taxes stated that the report
to the Governor’s Office took
some 75 hours of work to
complete.
- Financial report for Oct-
ober 1975.
- Faculty Council Minutes
report for the first quarter of
the school year..
- Update of Palacios I.S.D.
Board of Trustees Policies
report.
- Attorney General's ruling
on school fees report and
discussion.
The Fighting Sharks rall-
ied for two second half touch-
downs to defeat the Ganado In-
dians 15-14 In a battle of
26-AA also rans Friday night.
The win was the first of the
season for Coach Charlie Mel-
smer’s Sharks against nine
losses and gave them a dis-
trict record of 1-4. Gana-
do's record was also 1-9 for
the year and 0-5 In loop play.
After a scoreless first quar-
ter, Ganado jumped in the lead
In the second period when the
Indians put together a SB-ysrd
touchdown drive capped with
John Konzen going over from
the 1. Pat Labay kicked the
extra point.
Ganado’s secorid TD of the
quarter was set up when Ricky
Rosalez Intercepted a Tres-
selt pass at the 35 and return-
ed it to the Sharks’ 4. Kon-
zen scored from the 1 and La-
bay again kicked the point
after. ,
Trailing by a 14-0 count at •
halftime, the Sharks got back
Into the ball game In the third
quarter after Hudson Bates
blocked, and covered a Ganado
punt giving the Sharks the ball
on the Indians 4-yard . line.
Two plays later Tresselt went
in from the 2 for the touchdown
and James Kubecka split the
upright to make the score Pa-
lacios 7 - Ganado 14.
After an exchange of punts,
Paiaclos took over at Its own
20. A pass from Tresselt
to Bates netted a first down.
On the next play from scrim-
mage Wade Newsom raced for
64 yards to pay dirt. Tresselt
went over for the winning 2
points.
STATISTICS
Paiaclos Ganado
First Downs
9
17
Yds rushing
122
200
Yds. passing
36
46
Passes
3-8-1
3-7-3
Punts
6-32
1-40
Fumbles, lost
1
3
Penaltles-yds.
6-60
6-67
Charles Donald Shreve,
principal of Palacios High
school, died Friday afternoon,
November 14, alter suffering
a heart attack In his office.
The community was shocked
at the sudden passing of a man
who had been prominent In the
Palacios schools for the past
twenty years.
Funeral services were held
at the First Presbyterian
Church at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov-
ember 16, with Bro. N. E.
Balch, Rev. J. R. Gwln and
Rev. Leon Maxwell officiat-
ing. Interment was in the Pa-
iaclos Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Charles Wiggs, Victor Kah-
llch, R. C. Shelton, Jerry
'Dobson, Leon Bullock and
Lynn Hiller.
A native of Thornton, Texas,
Shreve was born October 27,
1932, the son of Charles Pa-
ton Shreve and Ethel Bates
Shreve. He graduated from
Groesbeck High School In
1950, received his B. S. de-
gree from Texas A&M Uni-
versity in 1954 and a Master
of Education degree from Sam
Houston State University In
1962.
Shreve came to Palacios In
1954 as a junior high school
teacher-athletic coach. While
here he was called Into th£
service and after serving two
years as a first lieutenant In
the U. S. Army in Korea, he
returned to Palacios and to his
iunlor high school post In
1957.
He served as first assistant
football and head basketball
coach from 1960-64, became
athletic director and head
football coach In 1964 and led
his football team to Palacios'
only state football champion-
ship in 1964.
He began serving as assis-
tant principal In 1968 while
still coaching, became full-
time assistant principal In
1971 and was elevated to Prin-
cipal of Palacios High School
on November 21, 1974, follow-
ing the death of J. G. Smith,
Jr. on November 13.
Shreve held Life Profession-
al Certification for ele-
mentary schools, secondary
schools, vocation-trades and
Industry and In princlpalship.
He was a member of several
professional organizations in-
cluding the Texas Association
of Secondary School Princi-
pals, Texas High School
Coaches Association, Texas
State Teachers Association
and the MatagordaCounty
Teachers Association.
He Is survived by his wife,
Bobbie Carter Shreve; one
son, Chuck Shreve; two daugh-
ters, Dianne and Traci Shreve,
all of Palacios and his mother,
Mrs. Ethel Shreve of Groes-
beck.
Choir to bring back
musical memories
Musical memories of an old
fashioned Thanksgiving will be
featured by the Wharton
County Junior College choir
and madrigals Monday, Nov-
ember 24 at 7:30 p.m. In the
Duson - Hansen Fine Arts
Theatre.
The full chorus will present,
in story and song their Inter-
pretation of "The First
Thanksgiving” announces
Tom Phillips, director.
Janene Hawkins of Palacios
is a member of the choir.
ADVANCEMENT WITH TIME - Pictured on left is Palacios’
first water tower. On right Is Palacios’ recently completed
ground storage tank and 150,000 gallon tower. The ground
storage tank Is 32 feet high, holds 600,000 gallons of water,
storing enough water to last 24 hours without pumping. City
water works manager, Lester Morton, said there are two
pumps that pump 700 gallons a minute each, also a gas
auxiliary power plant that will operate the well In case the
electric power goes off.
assault
Matagorda County Sheriff R.
E. (Edge) Graham and Deputy
H. J. (Joe) Ryan returned
Harold Dean Lewis, 25, and
his brother, Seth Lewis, 20,
to Bay City and placed them
In the Matagorda County Jail
last Wednesday.
The Lewis brothers, W. L.
James and Chuck Jennings are
charged with assault on Pa-
lacios police officers, Mike
Maxey and Emmett Greene,
who were attacked when they
tried to break up a distur-
bance in a trailer par k near
Pier Drlve-ln on October 24.
The officers were kicked and
threatened with chains. Nei-
ther officer was seriously In-
jured In the attack, although
both received cuts and
bruises.
Information on alleged parti-
cipation of the Lewis brothers,
James and Jennings will be
forwarded to the December
session of the Matagorda
County grand jury, which will
decide whether to Indict the
four and bind them for trial In
District Court.
Harold Lewis was arrested
last week in Staunton, Va.
after sheriff's deputies ran
a check on the car he was
driving and discovered It was
wanted on a felony warrant
in Matagorda County. Lewis
had stopped the car to fix a
flat tire and was assisted by
Staunton sheriff’s deputies
who became suspicious and
checked the vehicle with the
National Crime Information
Center.
Seth Lewis was arrested in
Syracuse, N.Y. After Syracuse
police were notified that he
was wanted in Texas, they be-
gan a surveillance on his sis-
ter's residence there, which
eventually led to his arrest.
WEATHER
DATE
MAX MIN.
PREC.
NOV. 11
81
55
.00
NOV. 12
69
43
.00
NOV. 13
63
38
.00
NOV. 14
70
40
.00
NOV. 15
70
45
.00
NOV. 16
80
GO
.00
NOV. 17
81
62
trace
Rainfall
total for
yr.
35.19
Espinosa, Joseph Aoughsten,
riguez.
THE SELECT GROUP from the Palacios High School Choir
pictured are: kneeling (left to right) Peggy Purtee, Renalyn
Curtis, Rebecca Jurney; standing (left to right) Anthony
Two senior plays
on tap Friday
The Senior Class of 1976
has chosen to present two
one-act comedies on Novem-
ber 21, this Friday, at 7:30
p.m. In the high school gym-
nasium. The titles of the plays
are ‘Rise and Shine" and
“The Bathroom Door”, Tickets
are $1.50 in advance and
$2.00 at the door. Seniors are
selling tickets.
The cast for "Rise and
Shine" Is as follows: Trump-
ter, Marvin Roy; Phillip San-
ford Grant, John Davis; Hep-
zlbah Mercy Jones, Patti Bark-
er; Henry Joseph Jones, Mike
Buentello; Jane Morrison
Jones, Darlene Machacek.
The cast for -The Bath-
room Door” is as follows:
Young Man, Mike Buentello;
Old Woman, Regina Deadrick;
Worldly Gentleman, Anthony
Griggs; Young Girl, Kathy
Maynard; Movie Star, Susan
Kichman; Maid, Deborah Grif-
fith.
' The crew and crewheads are
as follows: Stage Manager,
Richard Buentello; Set Crew,
Regina Deadrick, Alice Moral-
es, Donna Hunter, Virginia Ga-
tlca; Costume Crew, Beverly
Simons, Deborah Griffith, Jes-
sie Polk, Patricia DeLeon,
Gaye Chamblee; Property
Crew Juanita Ybarra, Mary
Tobias, Belinda Cerda, Maria
Ortiz, RoseMary Pena, Norma
Rodriguez; Sound Crew, Mike
Buentello and Marvin Roy;
Light Crew, Joe Rose; Make-
Up, Darlene Machacek, Regina
Deadrick, Patti Holt, Mike
Buentello; Purchasing Agent,
Yolanda Estrello; House and
Publicity, Patti Barker, Ter-
esa Peterson, Cathy Glllett,
Merrianne Bowers, Jennifer
Machacek, Mary Jean Ralph,
Mike Maynard, Flavlo Flor-
es, Mary Junek, Darrell Ted-
der, Ricky Milam and Joseph
Aoughsten.
Thanksgiving set
The Annual Community
Thanksgiving Service will be
held In the First Presbyterian
Church In Palacios on Tues-
day, Nov. 25, at 7:00 p.m.The
Rev. Leslie Webb will pre-
side. The Rev. Carl Israel,
pastor of the First United Me-
thodist Church will deliver the
Thanksgiving sermon.
Other ministers in the com-
munity will participate In the
worship. Special music will be
provided by Miss Jeanette
Groll and a group of young
people from the Paiaclos High
School Choir. An offering will
be taken for the benefit of the
Ministerial Alliance In help-
ing transients who appeal , to
the pastors for help. Every-
Tidehaven loses 34-6
The Brazos Cougars
marched on to their tenth
victory for the season and the
championship of District 26-A
as they downed the Tldehaven
Tigers 34-6 at El Maton Fri-
day night.
The ground and passing game
of the Cougars and their strong
defense proved to be too much
See page 5
one In the community Is Invit-
ed to this service of Worship
and Praise to Almighty God for
His gracious blessings to us.
The order of Worship will
be as follows; Call to worship
Rev. Leslie Webb; Invocation
Rev. Leon Maxwell; Hymn of
Thanksgiving, congregation;
Responsive Reading, Rev. Le-
wis Pryor; Scripture, Rev.
Elroy Weikel; Thanksgiving
Prayer, Rev. J. R. Gwln, Spe-
cial music, Miss Groll and
High School Choir; Thanks-
giving offering, Rev. Leslie
Webb; Thanksgiving Message
Rev. Carl Israel; Hymn of
Dedication, Congregation ;
Benediction, Rev. Bob Tarbet.
David Castanon, William Rod-
Singers
ready for
holiday
Ten members of the Pa-
lacios High School Choir sang
at the covered dish luncheon
at First Presbyterian Church
on Sunday. This select group
has sung for several service
clubs In Palacios. They have
several appearances sched-
uled Including the Thanksgiv-
ing Service on Tuesday, Nov.
25, to be held at First Pres-
byterian Church. • ' .
They will also perform at'
the Annual ChristmasConcert
of the school choirs at First
Methodist Church on Dec. 14.
Members of the group are
Joseph Aoughsten, David Cas-
tanon, Rhonda Cornett, Ren-
alyn Curtis, Anthony Espin-
osa, Teresa Gallien, Linda
Hunt, Rebecca Jurney, Peggy
Purtee , Willie Rodriguez, and
Beverly Simons.
All invitations of perfor-
mances are welcome. The
group is under the direction
of Janette Groll, choral di-
rector.
Open house for
gas company
Houston Natural Gas is
marking 50 years of service
with an Open House at their ‘
office here on Thursday, Nov-
ember 20th and everyone Is
Invited to stop in, have some
refreiihments and get better
acquainted.
While there be sure to pick
up a free Christmas cook-
book prepared by their Con-
sumer Service Department.
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