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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, October 16, 1941
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
PHONE 63 Advertising Rates On Request
OWNER AND PUBLISHER -
EDITOR. AND ADV. MANAGER
ASSOCIATE EDITOR - -
BUSINESS MANAGER - -
MRS. J. W. DISMUKES
- B. C. (JACK) NIVEN
JESSE V. DISMUKES
HUGH J. DISMUKES
Entered at the Post Office nt Palacios, Texas, as second class mail
matter, under the Act of Congress.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
In Matagorda County:— Six Months, $1.00; One Year $1.75
Outside Matagorda County:— Six Months, $1.25; One Year $2.00
The Beacon’s Platform for a
P
ERMANENT
ROGRESSIVE
ALACIOS
\TEXAS GULF COAST
■Sfeh
1. Completion of the Hug-the-Coast Highway to Galveston.
2. A city zoning ordinance to govern future building.
3. City Manager form of government.
4. A tax-supported Chamber of Commerce.
5. Street naming and numbering.
6. Improved streets and maintenance.
7. Modern hotel.
<3. Beautification of the bay shore.
9. Municipally owned and operated trailer camp.
10. Construction and maintenance of public rest rooms.
The American Legion Today
Some 2000 members of the American Legion of the
Ninth District of Texas will gather in Palacios, Sunday.
They will be the same men who answered the call of their
■ country in 1917, young, healthy and robust, full of joy in liv-
ing but ready to do what they could for their country in its
time of need. They will be the same men—but they will be
different.
Today they are more serious, more sedate and more
earnest. While they still enjoy life with gusto they are more
'Cognizant of the duties which life has laid upon them. It is
upon their shoulders that the responsibilities of life, the
burden of carrying on the progress of their country and lead-
verdhip has fallen. They have realized those responsibilities
;and have accepted them in the same manner they accepted
the responsibilities entailed in the armed defense of their
country and its ideals nearly a quarter of a century ago.
Today another emergency faces our country and the
American Legion is again proving its willingness and ability
±r serve. Few Legionnaires are permitted to serve in the
armed forces. The Army wants young men, the same as
it did in 1917, so the Legion is finding other uses for its
energies and other means whereby it can serve.
More serious-minded than he was when his country call-
ed in 1917, the Legionnaire of today faces his problems
squarely, weighs all angles of every question and looks into
.the future. What he sees does not tend to make him optimis-
tic but he is ready to face whatever comes with faith in him-
self, faith in his country and faith in his fellow Americans.
He knows that what must be done can be done-that there
is a job ahead and he is not only ready to work at it but has
already got a good start on it.
When they gather here Sunday there will be delegates
from every Post in the Ninth District which comprises the
same 15 counties as in the Congressional District of the same
number. They will comprise a cross-section of this part of
the state just as they comprised a cross-section of the country
•when they entered the service. They will come here to
transact businss for their organization. They will do and
advocate the things they believe best for the country.
They will be serious, but not glum—thoughtful, but not
downhearted. They still love live and happiness and enjoy
the fellowship of those who served with them in the days
gone by and who are helping them to serve in whatever man-
ner possible today.
As they served their country in 1917-1918, so do they
serve their country today. The only differnce is in the man-
ner of service, not their willingness.
Palacios welcomes them and wishes them the best of
success in their deliberations and wishes them happiness and
pleasure during the short time they spend with us.
PINCER MOVEMENT!
October 27th was the date selected because it is the birth date
of Theodore Roosevelt, who first achieved a national reputa-
tion by writing a Naval History of the War of 1812. Later
as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and finally as President
of the United States, he devoted much of his time and energy
in an effort to impress upon the American people the neces-
sity for an adequate Navy, and through his leadership en-
deavored to realize that ideal. October is also the month in
which the American Navy was founded in 1775.
The purpose in observing Navy Day is not only to pay
tribute to our sea heroes and to recall the part the Navy has
played in making and keeping us a nation, but it serves also
as a valuable means of fostering a better understanding of
the Navy and its work. As a result of the splendid coopera-
tion of the radio broadcasting companies, the press, and the
motion picture industry, as well as patriotic and civic organ-
izations, Navy Day takes on added significance each year.
However, the present international situation, along with the
measures which are benig taken to cope with it, make Navy
Day, 1941, an occasion on which more thought will be given
to the Naval service by the American people than ever before.
It will find our country in a state of national emergency for
the first time since its original observance. It finds the
states bejng called upon to make individual as well as collec-
tive efforts to assist in completing a Two-Ocean Navy at the
earliest possible moment.
The record of this area in furnishing personnel for the
expanding Navy is one of which we may be proud. During
the past two months, 140 patriotic citizens who live in all
sections of this Navy Recruiting District have volunteered to
act as Assistant Navy Recruiters. As a result of such coop-
eration on the part of private citizens, and the publicity fur-
nished by newspaper editors voluntarily, without any thought
of pay, this Recruiting District stood 5th for the month of
August and 4th for the fiscal year in supplying men for the
Navy, according to the latest figures released by the Navy
Department. Therefore, as we pay tribute to the Navy this
Navy Day, we may be sure that the Navy also salutes us for
the part we are playing in the National Defense Program.
Navy Day, 1941
In 1922, the Navy League of the United States inaugu-
rated Navy Day and has sponsored its observance .each year.
A Friendly Service for All Your Banking Needs
FACINGtheFUTURE
In such times as these it is important for every
individual, every family to be able to face the future
with assured financial security. Your financial af-
fairs will profit and your future will be more secure
if you put them in the hands of an expert. Our of-
ficers are here to serve you at your convenience.
A SAFETY DEPOSIT
BOX WILL PROTECT
YOUR VALUES . . .
Don’t take chances of
loss of valuable papers.
Investigate our Safety
Deposit facilities and
reasonable prices.
CITY STATE
BANK OF
PALACIOS
PALACIOS, TEXAS
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE C0RP.
HEALTH NOTES
Austin, Texas.—Now that the
schools are under way and the daily
routine is well established, the ques.
tion of school lunches that will be
adequate and attractive and will
help to keep the growing boy or
girl up to the mark mentally and
physically, is of special importance.
But the child’s growth and develop-
ment are helped or hindered by var-
ious other things in a child’s daily
program.
Here are some of them as out-
lined by Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State
Health Officer:
•The average school child needs
from 10-12 hours of sleep each
night. A tired child is a nervous,
irritable child who finds it hard to
concentrate. Does your child have
a bedtime that is early enough to
insure an adequate amount of
sleep?
“Teachers complain that many of
the children find it necessary to eat
part of their lunch in the middle
of the morning. A hungry child
does not make a good student. Does
your child have an adequate break
fast before he leaves for school ?
“A hot food in the middle of the
day prevents fatigue and stimulates
the appetite. If there are no pro-
visions for hot fod at school, the
teacher should place a jar of food
brought by the child in a pan
water to be heated and served
lunch time. Does your child have an
adequate lunch, one which includes
a hot dish ?
“A well nourished body must have
certain necessary foods every day,
such as milk, fruits, vegetables
whole grains, meat and eggs, and
cod liver oil. Does your child have
an evening meal which supplements
the other meals of the day and pro-
vides the balance of the food need
ed during the day?”
The place of charity, like that of
God, is everywhere.—^Quarles.
I lok on that man as happy, who,
when there is question of success,
looks into his work for a reply.
Emerson.
LUCK-
DOES NOT MIX WITH
INSURANCE
YOU MAY HAVE BEEN LUCKY
IN THE PAST BUT DO NOT DEPEND
ON IT IN THE FUTURE
ADEQUATE INSURANCE WILL
PROTECT YOU FROM LOSS
H. C. (Howard) CAMPBELL
GENERAL INSURANCE
Corner 4th & Commerce Phones: Res. 103, Off. Ill
ROAD NOTICE
TO LAND OWNER
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF MATAGORDA
To the Sheriff or any Constable
of Matagorda County. GREETING
YOU ARE HEREBY COM
MANDED to serve notice on M. E.
Smith by making publication of this
notice once each week for four con-
secutive weeks previous to the 13th
day of November A. D. 1941, in
some newspaper published in your
County.
Herein fail not, but have you be-
fore the suid Jury of View, in the
matter of the petition of M. E.
Rogers and others for a Public
Road, the return thereon, showing
how you have executed the same.
Given under our hands this 15th
day of October, A. D. 1941.
A. G. Skinner, M. E. Rogers,
G. A. Harrison, Frank Gillespie,
E. F. Wehmeyer, JURORS
In the matter of the Petition of
M. E. Rogers nnd thirteen, others
for a Public Roud in the County of
Matagorda
THE STATE OF TEXAS
To M. F. Smith TAKE NOTICE,
that the undersigned Jury, appoint-
ed by the Commissioners’ Court of
Matagorda County, Texas, to lay
out and survey a Public Road, as
petitioned for by M. E. Rogers und
others, beginning at the present
Highway No. Thirty-five (35), the
northeast corner of Cnmp Hulen
Military Reservation, Thence fol-
lowing the present County Road in
an easterly direction and ending at
the point where said County Road
crosses the northeast corner of
City Limits of Palacios, in Mata-
gorda County, Texas, and to assess
the damages resulting from the es-
tablishment of said road, will on
the 13th day of November, 1941, in
discharge of our said duty, meet
upon the following premises, to
which you, M. F. Smith have some
claim or title, to-wit:
A part of Tract No. 28, Texas
Rice Development Company’s Sub-
division of N. W. 14 Section No. 7
Matagorda County, being a strip of
land across the North end of Tract
No. 28, South of and adjacent the
present Public Road, which is an
extension of Henderson Avenue in
the town of Palacios, Texas; said
strip of land being 21.4 feet wide
on West end, 21.8 feet wide on the
East end, averaging 21.6 feet in
width and 330 feet long. The South
line of said strip of land being
South of, parallel with and 00 feet
perpendicularly from the center line
of the proposed 120 foot right of
way along said road from State
Highway Engineer’s Station 10/06
to station 13/35. Said strip of land
containing 0.162 acres more or les",
and will then and there proceed to
assess any damage to which M. F.
Smith may be entitled on account of
the laying out of said Public Road,
and you are hereby requested and
required to produce to us a state-
ment in writing of the damages, if
any claimed by M. F. Smith and
all evidences which you may desire
to offer in relation to such dam-
ages, and do and perform such oth-
er acts as may be necessary and
lawful in the premises.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we
have hereunto set our hands this
15th day of October, 1941
A. G. Skinner, M. E. Rogers,
G. A. Harrison, Frank Gillespie,
E. F. Wehmeyer, JURORS
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
IIOIK/H )<!! «:<)! » 11 1! >1 ill' »'»1! 11
20 YEARS AGO
Duck season opened Oct. 16, ami
would lust until Jan. 31, 1933. Open
season for quail Dec. 1 to Jan. .11.
and deer November 1 to December
31.
Miss Lovie Jackson a member of
the high school senior class '
hostess for a class party.
Miss Kate Thomas, County Home
Demonstration Agent, was getting
acquainted with Pulueios citizens.
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Wildman were
honorees at dinner and reception
in the B. Y. P. U. grounds, celebrat-
ing their 60th wedding anniversary.
The affair was sponsored by the
Wayside Club.
During the month of September
1250 pounds of butter fat was ship-
ped to Houston creameries by the
local representatives, E. E. Burton
und J. W. Stewart.
Moderate desires constitute a
character fitted to acquire all the
good which the world can yield.
DR. W. D. *
POINDEXTER
DENTIST
OVER RUTHYEN’S
PHONE 233
■H
PALACIOS
FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
& LICENSED EMBALMERS
AMBULANCE SERVICE
PHONE 8 PALACIOS
M. K. FEATHER, Mgr.
10 YEARS AGO
More than 13,000 bales of cotton
had been ginned in the county ac-
cording to the report of R. E. Lind-
sey, county agriculture statistician.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Paulk cele-
brated their 54th wedding anniver-
sary.
Edward G. Robinson in the “Five
Star Final” was scheduled for a
showing at the Queen Theatre.
Mrs. A. G. Skinner treasurer of
the Palacios Library Association re-
ported receipts for the past year
$225.96. Expenditures $216.23, leav-
ing a balance of $9.73, October 3,
1931.
DON’T LET
CONSTIPATION
SLOW YOU UP
• When Bowels are sluggish—when you
feel irritable, headachy and everything
you do it an effort—do aa millions of folk*
do. Chew FEEN-A-MINT,. the modem
chewing gum laxative. FEEN-A-MINT
looks and tastes like your favorite gum
-you’ll like its freih mint flavor. Simply
chew FEEN-A-MINT at bedtime-sleep
without being disturbed — next morning
gentle, effective relief. You’ll feel like a
million, full of your old pep again. A gen-
erous family supply of FEEN-A-MiNT
costs only 10A
10ff
FEEN-A-MINT
This fames is like many around
here. He knows that a good way to
save money is to keep his farm Sin-
clair-tied with a full line of Sindait
products. For example, in buying
kerosene, it pays to ask for Sinclair SuperFlame. This kero-
sene will save you money over a season. That’s because it
burns clean in incubators and brooders. There’s
no odor or gases to kill the hatch. Let me sup-
ply you with Sinclair SuperFlame Kerosene
and other Sinclair products when my truck
calls at your farm.
«*»>»« i*» •» Mm im, ,
Let me deliver to your farm
Agent Sinclair Refining Company (Inc.)
T. A. CASTLETON, Agent, Bay City
CHARLES R. JOHNSON, Station, Palacios
PHONE 170 FOR WASHING AND LUBRICATION
Remember, how you used to sit around
the dining room table at night and study by
the light of an oil lamp? Sort of cozy, per-
haps. But hard on your eyes.
Today, your children get a better break,
because they have better light. And neither
you nor any other mother or father would
want them to go back to the light you had
to use.
We know, because parents have told us so.
Six out of ten have told us that they need
more light in their homes.
Nine out of ten feel that protection of eye-
sight is the most important reason why
homes should be better lighted.
Almost all parents can understand that
children who have plenty of light are more
likely to get better grades than children who
study with poor light.
They also realize that children who make
good grades in school probably stand a bet-
ter chance to get better jobs when they get
out in the world.
Your electric company is helping in this
good work by making it possible for people
to have more light for less money. Today,
for example, our household customers get
about twice as much electricity for the same
money as they did 10—15 years ago. And
light bulbs give you twice as much light as
they used to for the same amount of current.
So you really get 4 times as much light today
as you got 10—15 years ago for the same
money.
fX^The Sign off&rt Good Service
V VF ELECTRICITY is nurAoi
18 CHEAPI
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