Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1968 Page: 2 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON. PALACIOS. TEXAS
Thursday, October 31, 1968
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FROM THE EXCHANGES ■ . .
Two Reigning Queens For Wharton
Co.; Diphtheria Outbreak At Goliad
---------Wharton- -County -now -has- -two
Teigning queens, the latest is pretty
and talented Brenda Jo Brown of
'Wharton who was crowned Miss
"Cotton of Texas at the annual pag-
eant held in Dalals at the Texas
State Fair. The other is Miss Barbie
McMillan of Mackey who was
erowned Miss REA of Texas. Miss
Brown will he official host on New
Year’s Day for the Cotton Bowl
football game.—El Campo Leader-
3Jews.
With-—Palmetto—-Dam—project
J rapidly becoming a reality and not
; just a dream, problems of housing
' and education for families of work-
A diphtheria outbreak in Goliad
has caused cancellation of a movie
scheduled this weekend at the Go-
liad Theatre. Health authorities
•recommended that the theatre he
closed until further notice follow-
ing confirmation of one diphtheria
case in Goliad and suspicion of sev-
eral others. — Goliad Advance-
Guard.
j ers were placed before Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce di-
I rectors. C of C manager William
Farquhar said lack of housing fa-
cilities ki Jackson County to take
care of the anticipated influx of
Bureau of Reclamation and con-
struction company employees who
will start planning on Palmetto
Bend Dam might possibly receive
some federal assistance to alleviate
under provisions for “impacted
areas”. It is intended to provide
housing in military areas but might
possibly be extended to a situation
such as might prevail here.—Edna
Herald.
ANY LITTLE BIT HELPS!
El Campo’s United Fund went
•past the 50 per cent mark this
■week and the drive for the $31,000
•quota is expected to keep up the
momentum. A substantial contribu-
tion of around $1,000 from em-
ployees of the May Aluminum Di-
•vision of the Whittaker Corpora-
tion sent the quota thermometer a
bit higher/—El Campo Leader-
Sews.
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A warm welcome was given 37
new school teachers, 30 others were
awarded service pins and three
given special recognition at the
13th annual Teachers’ Recognition
night presented by the Rotary Club
and school district last Thursday
night.—El Campo Leader-News.
Nobody's Business
According to the Constitution, a
census is supposed to be taken
every 10 years. The original idea
was to find out how many people
bved in the United States. There
was no intention to probe into their
private affairs. Now the Census
Bureau is going far beyond this
and wants the answers to such
questions as: whether you have a
home freezer, if you have been
married before, how many people
i use your bathroom or kitchen and
many other things that are really
nobody’s business.
The next census is due in 1970.
Legislation that deserves unani-
mous support has been introduced
to prohibit the federal government
from using this occasion as >
means of invading the privacy of
American citizens. After all, the
purpose of the census is to count
people—not the number of gold
fillings in their teeth.
Livestock producers throughout
Texas are alarmed over the mas-
sive fall buildup of costly screw-
worm cases, which took a sharp
upward swing last week when a
record 323 cases were confirmed
; Monday and another 217 on Tucs-
I day. Through October 22, Texas has
I recorded 5,423 screwworm cases in
11968, compared to only 835 cases
for all of last year.—Goliad Ad-
vance-Guard.
Taxable value—or at least the
: rendered property—in Edna Inde-
pendent School District, except in
the area of real property, took a
nosedive this year. In a report to
trustees at Thursday’s night hoard
meeting, L. L. Zimmerman, busi-
ness manager, showed a drop-off of
$608,210 in three categories of
property in the district. Rendered
minerals and utilities in 1968 were
off $355,050; unrendcred minerals
and utilities dropped by $235,740,
rendered and unrendered real es-
tate and personal property were
down $17,420. Zimmerman pointed
out that personal property dropped
$48,300 but real property showed
an appreciable gain this year.—
Edna Herald
Four businessmen and a farmer
have been chosen new direetors of
the El Campo Chamber of Com-
merce and Agriculture from a slate
of ten nominees. Chosen for a two
year term were Helfner Appling,
Clifford Mickelson, Tom McMillan,
Roy Moore and Lawrence Nilson.
The newly-elected directors will as-
sume their new positions in Jan-
uary.—El Campo Leader-News.
Minnesota boasts the greatest
water area of any state.
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
tmmmmmmimmammmmmamman
10 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Mabel N. Hazen was hired
as the new office secretary of the
Palacios Chamber of Commerce by
directors present at the special
meeting Tuesday night.
A $40,343.60 contract for dredg-
ing the channel from Pass Cavallo
to Port Lavaca was awarded to J.
S. Gissel & Co. of Houston.
The commissioners of Matagorda
County Navigation District No. 1
were seeking more local interest
in the navigation district in an ef-
fort to point out to the Corps of
Engineers the necessity of their
taking over the maintenance of the
local facilities and the deepening
and widening of the feeder channel
to equal the size of the Intracoastal
Canal.
The Sharks, defeated last week
by the District 26-AA leaders,
Wharton, 28-18, will host Sweeny
Friday. The Hornets will be out to
seek a cinch for second place when
they play the Crain Comets of
Victoria here Saturday night.
Births announced were a girl
for Mr. and Mrs. John Rocken-
baugh, Jr. on Oct. 24 and a girl
for Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ivy of San
Antonio on October 14.
Mrs. Guy Claybourn, Sr. was
elected president of the Matagorda
County Federation of Women’s
Clubs at its meeting at the Shrimp
Net Saturday.
COW POKES
By Ace Reid
Q At*
"No Maw, there ain’t been no accident... look* like it’s rainin’ on the
back pasture and we wanta tee it!"
The Citg State Bank of Palacios
MEMBER F. D. I. C.
15 YEARS AGO
A 2-hour electrical storm Sun-
day morning produced 1.47 inches
of rain in the Palacios area and
winds up to 58 miles an hour in
gusts. The storm flattened TV an-
tennas, C.P. & L. poles in Foley
Addition and telephone poles on
Highway 35 north.
The Junior Garden Club voted
to landscape the grounds at East
Side Elementary School.
Friday night’s battle with the
Industrial Cobras will likely de-
cide the champs of District 27-A.
Last week the Sharks defeated
Yorktown 21-13.
The Junior High Hornets will
close their 1953 football season next
Tuesday night. Tonight (Thursday)
they play the Victoria Freshmen
here and Tuesday, the Tidehaven
High School “B” team.
A tentative date of March 1,
1954 has been set for the com-
pletion of the new First Baptist
Education building.
Miss Ann Brandon was elected
sweetheart of the local F. F. A.
chapter.
The Ellis family re-union was
held Sunday at the C. D. Sanders’
home.
20 YEARS AGO
W. C. Robinson, a sophomore
F.F.A. student at Palacios High,
was elected historian of the dis-
trict F.F.A. which met in Wharton.
Seventeen high schools located ir.
the Gulf coast area were represent-
ed at the meeting.
The Sharks, defeated 19 to 0 by
West Columbia last Friday, go to
Bay City Friday to resume the
rivalry between the two schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Lewis an-
nounced the birth of their baby girl
on October 26.
The band sponsors entertained
the school faculty with an informal
reception Monday night.
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Under False Pretenses
Much continues to be heard con-
cerning the need for legislative
control over manufacturers and re-
tailers of goods and services in
order to assure that the consumer
is protected in the matter of re-
ceiving full value and quality in
what ho buys. We have had truth-
in-lending, truth-in-packaging and
labeling, countless similar pieces of
legislation and investigations and
inquiries into the practices and
pricing of industries and companies
ad infinitum, ad nauseum, It is
time a further inquiry was made
to determine how it is that govern-
ment can represent itself as the
source of security and economic
well-being, when in fact, its prof-
ligate spending policies have crit-
ically undermined the value of the
dollar and continue to boost infla-
tion and subtract dangerously
from the economic security of all
U. S. citizens.
All of us are consumers of gov-
ernment wither we like it or not.
But, it seems about time that cor-
rect labels were put on the attrac-
tively packaged political proposals
for which we .are now mortaging
the future of our great, grand-
children’s grandchildren. The tax-
payers are captive consumers of
government services and programs.
They are in urgent need of some
consumer protection of their own.
25 YEARS AGO
Seventh-five British Tommies,
all veterans of two or more years
| of actual combat, were spending
: the week at Camp Hulen giving
demonstrations.
A plane based at the Palacios
Air Field crashed 5 miles west of
Edna last Thursday killing two.
The Chamber of Commerce was
sponsoring a dance Armistice night
for the officers of Camp Hulen and
the Palacios Air Field.
30 YEARS AGO
Miss Jean Petersen and Clifford
Mickelson were married October
21 at the home of the bride, ltev.
G. F. Gillespie officiating.
35 YEARS AGO
J. E. Robinson, Jay W. Barr,
Elizabeth Sisson, Mrs. Beulah
Douglas, Robert W. Margerum,
Julius A. Cunningham, Mrs. Grace
M. Barnett, Mrs. Audrey C. Powell
and A. C. Jackson were candidates
for civil service examinations for
appointment as postmaster of Pa-
lacios.
R. E. Terry of Blessing was pre-
paring to take over the Palacios-
Blessing mail route on Nov. 1.
50 YEARS AGO
Palacios oversubscribed her quota
of $50,000 in the Fourth Liberty
Loan Drive.
J. D. Greenwood was appointed
city marshal to fill the unexpired
term of George H. Hicks.
Misses Louise Billings, Claire
and Ermine Partain and Myrle
Rittenhouse were home as their
schools were closed due to the flu
epidemic.
Lower Food Costs?
COLLEGE STATION—Despite
furor of rising food costs, some
food items have actually decreased
in price. The most recent Con-
sumer Price Index shows the price
of bulk ice cream just below its
level a decade ago.
During the same time, the aver-
age price of all food items in-
creased 18 percent, reports Exten-
sion specialist Wanda Meyer, Tex-
as A&M University. All dairy
items are up 19 percent.
Other food items are at lower
prices than they were in the 1957-
59 period include fryers, turkey,
ice cream, bananas, fresh orange
juice, canned grapefruit-pineapple
juice, frozen orange juice concen-
trate, frozen lemonade concentrate,
frozen broccoli, canned chicken
soup and frozen french fried pota-
toes.
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