Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1970 Page: 6 of 8
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PALACIOS BEA1CON. PALACIOS, TEXAS
Many Beach Hazards (an Be Avoided;
Swimmers, Fishermen Given Warning
Thursday, April 9, 1970-
AUSTIN—The shining waves of
a friendly surf sometimes hide dan-
ger to the careless.
Several varieties of poisonous
aquatic animals are waiting in
Texas beach areas to give negligent
swimmers and fishermen painful
mementos of their visit to the coast
this spring and summer.
Although nearly all coastal visi-
tors escape injury, Texas Parks
and Wildlife Department biologists
warn that each year preventable
accidents still occur.
Terry Leary, coordinator of
coastal fisheries, said the man-of-
war and jelly fishes are a frequent
problem for the average swimmer,
while the pesky gafftopsail and
hardhead catfish probably account
from the man-of-war is to keep
well away from the floating blad-
der-like float in the water and
along high-water lines where dead
ones may have been washed ashore.
Stepping barefoot on the tentacles
of even a dead man-of-war can
cause a painful sting.
The man-of-war has smaller,
less-dangerous relatives who also
are occasional nuisances to bathers.
Jellyfish have no float like the
man-of-war, but swim below the
surface and will inflict minor
stings with their own type of long
tentacles.
Catfish can be hazardous just by
lying around in places where they
are stepped on. Their toxic spines
may also puncture fishermen’s
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for the most numerous minor in-1 hands if care is not taken in re-
juries to fishermen.
Sharks are hardly a factor in
Texas coastal waters, as few ser-
ious injuries have been attributed
to them in recent history. But don’t
take that as an insurance policy
against shark bites, biologists say.
Wade fishermen with strings of
fish attached to their waists may
subject themselves to attacks by
sharks.
Man-of-war sometimes blitz Tex-
as Gulf beach areas, blown into
shallow water by strong southeast
moving hooks.
Dead or alive, the catfish should
not be left on the pier or beach.
Possibly the next most common
hazard to coastal visitors is—sur
prisingly—tho barnacle. Being
washed up against a barnacle-en-
crusted pier or piling is a painful
experience, so swimmers should
avoid fixed—objects in the water
which might give barnacles an an-
choring place.
Stingrays, or stinparees, are also
a threat, usually victimizing wad-
winds, Their invasion, luckily may i ing fishermen who accidentally step
on the flat fish as they lie partially
buried in bay sand at night.
A precaution sometimes used by
usually be spotted in time to clear
them from the beaches.
Nevertheless, many curious child- ... .....
ren and careless bathers each year 'v’aaers ls practice of sliding
suffer painful stings from touch- ^’f'1 .a nntr l^e rather
ing the poisonous tentacles that t*ian diking normal steps. A ray
hang from the man-of-war’s blue nudged by a foot ordinarly will
float. Stinging cells called nema- flaP off to some other rcstin«
tocysts are found on the 10 to 15-
foot long tentacles which hang
from the animal’s body.
Although the stings cause severe
pain along with other possible
symptoms such as stomach cramps,
nausea, dizziness and difficulty in
breathing, they are seldom fatal.
The best way to avoid a sting
place.
ff stepped on, he will thrash his
tail wildly, sometimes imbedding a
serrated barb into the wader’s foot.
Similarly, the electric ray can in-
flict a sudden shook, but only when
accidentally hit by a bather or
handled carelessly by a fisherman.
Two other fish species also de-
serve careful handling. They are
the seorpionfirh, which has spines,
and the toedfish, or dogfish, which
will bite. Any strange, spiny-lnok-
ing fish should be identified before j
being handled with bare hands, hi- TCXOS H.S. Graduates
ologists advise. _
aii in aii, the threat of stings! For Honored Students
and bites from aquatic animals
shouldn’t deter visitors from samp-
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QUINT MAMA Mrs.
Margaret Kienast of
Far Hills, N,J. had been
told to expect multiple
births, but not 5!
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NO THREAT to Lisa is Gertie
the Gerbil. Woolworth pet ex-
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WHAT’S HE DOING? Dick Rambo of Arizona State is
vaulting, with fiberglass pole, and photo was made from
directly under bar in new Salt Palace, Salt Lake City.
Sharks Tracksters
Win Two Firsts At
Karnes (ity Relays
The Fighting Shark track team
scored two first place wins in the
normal Karnes City Relays Satur-
day, April 4. There were 32 teams
at tho meet. The meet was won by
rtv,
Wayne Roy won the high jump
with a leap of (1’ 2”. This jump hy
Roy tied the old meet record. Buddy
Rrblik won tho discus with a throw
of 14k feet.
The 880-yard relay team, com-
posed of Willie Breaux, Wayne
Vacek, Wendell Washington and
Paul Romlinger, placed seventh
with a time of 1.36.
Craig Wallis ran a fine time of
15.5 in the high hurdles but failed
to make the finals.
The Sharks will go to Tidelmven
this Saturday, April 11.
Commercial Cat-fish
Farmers Organized
Commercial fish farmers, describ-
ed as America’s newest and fastest
growing agricultural enterprise, is
now represented in the Lone Star
State by the Catfish Farmers of
Texas.
Tho organization was formed in
late March during a Texas AAM
University meeting attended by
about 150 catfish producers.
Wallace Klussman, Extension
Service wildlife specialist, said na-
tional production has nearly dou-
bled every year for the past four
years. Texas output now ranking
fourth in the U. is growing fast-
er than that of any of the produc-
ing states.
Slide Rules Offered
A budget is a device that makes
you worry about your money even
before you get it.
ling the state's beaches.
But as biologists warn, care
should be taken in swimming, wad-
ing or jusj exploring. Whether it’s
a,.shark’s dorsal fin cutting the
TrWSter or a harmless-appearing
jellyfish in the surf, the best plan
is one of retreat.
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Sharkettes Lose In
District Volleyball
Tournament Thursday
Thursday, April 2, at 6:30 in the
District Volleyball Tournament in
Needville, the Palacios Sharkettes’
A team played the Ganado Maidens.
The set consisted of a two-game
match with Ganado winning both
games. The first game’s seore
was 15-5, and the second was 15-0.
The Sharkettes high pointers in
the games were Karen Johnson 2,
Kathy Arndt 1, Cynthia Burkett
1 and Phyllis Farris 1. Other fine
players were Phyllis Barnett and
Brenda Farris.
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Texas Chemical Council will
award slide rules to graduating
seniors from 1150 Texas high
schools, for excellence in science,
chemistry, and math.
Winners were selected as the out-
standing graduates from their
schools in the science-chemistry-
math field. Selections were made by
principals and science department
heads on the basis of scholarship,
imagination, and scientific aptitude.
Only one student per school could
be nominated. The Palacios High
School student is Paul K. Rem-
linger, 2400 Perryman Avenue. He
has chosen Engineering as his
probable college major.
Texas Chemical Council Presi-
dent Mel Hudgins of Pasadena said
this was the sixteenth consecutive
year the Council has made slide rule
awards.
He said it is the intent of the
Council to encourage as many as
possible of the state's outstanding
high school students to pursue a
scientific career or to continue
studies in the science field.
In addition to receiving the slide
rules, the award winners will be
invited by the Texas Chemical
Council to participate in an essay
contest, with the winning writer
and his school each to be presented
a $500 cash award by the Coun-
cil. The Council is an association
of 54 chemical companies which
have manufacturing facilities in
Texas, with offices at 325 Perry-
Brooks Building, Austin, Texas.
Slide rules will be presented to
the award winning students hy
representatives of the Texas Chem-1
ical Council in the special ceremon-
ies at the respective schools.
Paper money is an invention of
the Chinese, believed to date from
the T’ang dynasty of the 7th Cen-
tury A. D.
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Dismukes, Jesse V. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1970, newspaper, April 9, 1970; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth726348/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.