Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1975 Page: 2 of 8
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PAGE 2 - THE PALACIOS BEACON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1975
The City
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rected if brought to the attention of the Editor.
Vi'om the Exchanges
New manager
for Jackson
Burton
receives
Masters
The UniversityofTexasGra-
duate School awarded 391
master’s degrees at the close
of the summer session.
One of the recipients was
Joseph Arnold Burton, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Bur-
ton of Palacios, who received
his Master of Architecture.
September
bond report
In releasing Treasury fi-
gures, County Bond Chair-
man P, R. Hamlll, announced
that sale s of Series E and H
United States Savings Bonds
In Matagorda County during
September totaled $11,220.
Sales for the nine-month
period were $160,345 for 73
percent of the yearly sales
goal of $220,000.
Sales in Texas during the
month amounted to$19,-
479,856 - while the year-to-
date sales totaled $18,-
535,171 with 77 percent of
the $234.3 million sales goal
achieved.
board voted to make an ex-
ception In this case only and
allow them to receive credit
for the second and third quar-
ters by working on their own
at home. Their work must be
satisfactory and approved by
the board. They must follow
these rules and if they are
broken the decision will lie re-
voked.-Goliad Advance-Guard
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County CofC
Jim Gandy, 24 a native of
Ganado, has been hired as ma-
nager of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce and
Agriculture. - Edna Herald
The old Jackson County Agri-
culture building has taken on a
new look. The building is now
the home of the Texana
Museum and Library. The
Associatl n board is all set to
kick off the fund drive to fi-
nance expenditures to reno-
vate the building. A goal of
$50,000 has !>een set. If the
drive should exceed the goal
the surplus will be placed in a
permanent endow ment fund for
, the museum. - Edna Herald
******
At Thursday night’s city
council meeting city fathers
discussed the many problems
they were being plagued with
and told Harold Cobbler,
Southwestern Bell manager
from Victoria, that they had
been far too busy and involved
with those city problems to
give Southwestern Bell's rate
increase request a thought,
They asked that he return with
a number of questions they
; used at next council meet on
Nov. 20 and they would be more
prepared to discuss the Issue.
-Edna Herald
A program for handling the
entire school finance system
was presented to Edna Board
of Trustees Tuesday night by
John Hancock of the Region III
Education Center in Vlctorta.
Samples of the computer sys-
tem forms and print-outs and
explanatory literature were
handed out to the board. - Edna
Herald
The School Board met Mon-
day. and heard appeals from
the parents of two students,
a freshman and an eighth
grader, during a closed ses-
sion. During the last meeting
of the board the two boys were
suspended from school for the
remainder of the schm lterm,
At Monday nights meeting the
trustees voted to uphold their
previous decision and not al-
low the suspended students to
attend school or school activi-
ties for the remainder of the
school year. However the
The commissioners Court
held their regular meeting
Tuesday, Nov. 10. Under con-
sideration of the court was the
classification of Tomas Guer-
ra’s job as yardman. Guerra
has been placed on a part time
basis for exonomlc reasons
and because there is less
work to be done in the winter.
Speaking in behalf of Guerra
was Paul San Miguel, who was
asking the court to recon sider
their decision and place
Guerra back on a fulltime
basis. The court upheld their
previous decision. - Goliad
Advance-Guard
El Campo ISD trustees re-
ceived an audit report Tuesday
night during their regular
monthly meeting which showed
the school district to be in good
financial shape. - El Campo
Leader-News
It was bid opening night at
city council Monday andcoun-
cilmen approved purchase of
six pieces of equipment. In
other business council voted to
table a request from South-
western Bell Telephone Co.
for a rate increase until Sept.-
ember, 1976, when the new
state utility commission takes
over. - El Cainpo Leader-
News
El Campo Chamber of Com-
merce and Agriculture direc-
tors have elected Bill Rioux,
president and Leslie Teets,
vice - president in elections
Wednesday. - El Campo
Leader-News
Attention: Drive-In Customers!
If Your Business Transaction With Our Fast,
Friendly, Drive-In Teller Takes More Than
3 Minutes. Maybe You Should Be Using Our
Lobby Windows.
Lome In - Have Coffee With Us.
Help Us Save Our l)rive-bi Teller For Cheek
Cashing and Rainy Days.
Thank )oii For Ikinking With Us.
The City State Bank
Palacios, Texas 77465
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THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
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10 YEARS AGO
Eight new directors for the
Palacios Chamber of Com-
merce will be elected Decem-
ber 14 from a list of 38 nomi-
nees submitted by the nomi-
nating committee.
R. B. Trull was appointed to
serve on permanent Board of
Directors of Wharton County
Junior College Foundation.
The Tldehaven Tigers de-
feated Cosby 18-0 for bl-dls-
trlct honors, take on Smlth-
ville In Columbus Friday.
Annual City-wide Thanksgiv-
ing Services will beheld Wed-
nesday evening at the First
Presbyterian Church.
15 YEARS AGO
Members of the city council,
in regular session Monday
night, voted to file charges on
over 100 delinquent taxpayers.
Jim Myers, head coach of
the Texas Aggies, will be prin-
cipal speaker at the football
banquet on January 5, spon-
sored by the Women's Division
of the Chamber ofCommerce.
Rev. Ralph Masters will de-
liver the message at the Com-
munity Thanksgiving Service
at the First Baptist Church
Wednesday, Nov. 23.
A mass meeting of all in-
terested in a Community Cen-
ter for Palacios will be held
Dec. 2 at the East Side Ele-
mentary School auditorium.
The commissioners of Navi-
gation District No. 1 were
working on briefs to present
to the U. S. District Army
Engineers showing the need
of deepening the basins and
entrance channel and taking
over the maintenance of both ,
Marriages announced were.
Mrs. Arnold Verel Miller, and
Cecil L. Boyd and Miss Don-
nie Faye Cosby and John K.
McClendon.
The approaching marriage
recognise the men?
of Miss Bettye Joyce Wue-
thrich and Gerald F. Wells and
Miss Sue Harvey and James E.
Boyd were announced by their
parents.
20 YEARS AGO
Five auto accidents resul-
ting in almost $10,000 In da-
mages to the cars Involved,
marred activities in this area
Saturday and Sunday.
The Sharkettes, coached by
Joanna Hendricks, will host an
8 team girl’s basketball tour-
nament Friday and Saturday.
The new gin of the Farmer's
Coop, valued at $65,000, was
nearing completion.
The city council, concerned
over heavily loaded trucks
passing over topped city
streets, instructed the city
attorney to draw up an or-
dinance restricting load lim-
its to a 6,000 pound axle load.
The Sharks pleased the
homecoming crowd by defeat-
ing Goliad 39-13.
The Industrial Cobras de-
feated Tldehaven 33 to 14
to win the District 27-A
Championship.
25 YEARS AGO
The Sharks will battle Plea-
santon’s eleven for bl-district
honors Friday, Dec. 1, in
Cuero.
Palacios citizens had re-
sponded to an appeal for money
to finance purchase ofChrtst-
mas lights and $1,000 worth of
wiring and bulbs had been or-
dered.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Feather
announced the arrival of their
granddaughter, Rebecca Sue
Feather on November 10 at
Hermann Hospital In Houston.
30 YEARS AGO
The Port Lavaca causeway,
damaged in the August 27hur-
ricane, was reopened for traf-
fic Saturday.
Hospital bond election was to
be held Saturday to decide on a
$25,000 clinic for Palacios.
E. L. Huffman purchased the
home of the late Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Bryant, cornerofLucas
and First.
the Sharks closed the season
with a 18-12 win over Goliad.
Coach Charles Johnson en-
tertained the football boys and
a few guests with a wild game
supper Monday evening.
The approaching marriage of
Miss Irene Claybourn to Glenn
Buffaloe was announced.
35 YEARS AGO ,
J. Buell Snyder, congress-
man from Pennsylvania and I
chairman of the sub-commlt-
tee of the House Appropria-
tions Committee on War De-
partment Funds, and J. C.
Pugh, congressman from l
Maryland and secretary of the
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Thursday, November 20th
at the Houston Natural Gas office,317 Main in Palacios.
Houston Natural Gas is marking 50 years of service with an Open House at our offices
here, and everyone is invited.
We hope you can stop in, have some refreshments and get better acquainted with us.
We will he giving away a free Christmas cookbook prepared by our Consumer Service
Department. And you can learn how to schedule an interesting Christmas program for
your civic or social club.
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