Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1975 Page: 2 of 8
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THE PALACIOS BEACON, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1975 - PAGE 2
Paltlcios J
l Beacon
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EDITOR & BOOKKEEPER - MARY V. DISMUKES
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From the Exchanges
53% of total
expenses for
road repair
Whirt?': County commis-
sioners spent a record amount
in 1974 and the bulk of it was
for construction and mainte-
nahce of county roads, the an-
nual county financial report
shows. Spending on roads
amounted to $1,572,515.16 or
53 percent of total county ex-
penditures of $2,966,009. Fe-
deral revenue sharing funds
accounted for $453,561.20 of
total expenditures with
$352,288.23 or 7 7 percent
going to road construction and
the purchase of road equip,
ment. - El Campo Leader-
News.
Despite a nationwide slump in
the building industry, more
will be spent on construction
in El Campo under 1974build-
ing permits than any year in
recent memory, according to
records compiled by City Se-
cretary Robert Lundv. Total
amount to be spent on con-
struction in El Campo under
the 1974 permits is $1,804,36a
This compares with
$1,529,192 spent in 1973 when
El Campo saw work begin on
the Emergency Service Center
and the Stanley’s shopping
center. Increased costs of
construction account for most
of the difference in 1974 and
1973 total expenditures. - El
Campo Leader-News
Willie C. (Bill) Anthisgothis
first job at the El Campo post
office on May 1, 1929 and 46
years later, on this May 9 he
plans to formally retire from
his position as postmaster. -
El Campo Leader-News
Edna Mayor Richard Brown-
ing and Councilmen Hunter
Thomas and Bill Buchanan
were returned to office in
Tuesday’s city election with
no opposition and no write-
ins. Only 58 votes were cast
in the election held at City Hall
with Browning polling 57
votes, Thomas and Buchanan
56. - Edna Herald
Three daring and fearless ci-
tizens of Jackson County,
Jerry Bassham, C, W. Sprag-
gins and “Happy Jack" Petty
have announced their candi-
dacy for the top post of Tex-
ana Day Sheriff promising to
maintain law and order during
the "Wild and Rooting” Tex-
ana Day s celebration sche-
duled for June. - Edna He-
rald.
Jackson County State Bank of
Edna has become the seventh
member bank of Victoria
Bankshares, Inc., South Texas
based multi - bank holding
company. Final arrangements
for the transfer of the Edna
Bank’s stock were completed
in a formal ceremony Mon-
day, March 31, when Lon Dru-
shel, president of Jackson
County State Bank and P. K,
Stubblefield, Victoria Bank-
shares president, signed final
documents clearing the way
for the exchange ofthe 10,000
outstanding shares of the 68
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ilN PALACIOS HISTORY
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10 YEARS AGO
The Community Easter
Worship will be held at First
Methodist Church at 7 a.m.
Sunday, In the afternoon the
the Easter cantata “Calvary”
will be presented there.
Palacios High School’s one-
-act~play—placed- in second in
district meet.
S.W. Wilson was re-elected
president of Board of Trus-
tees, Frank Stewart, vice-
president and R. G. Herlin,
secretary.
The 2nd annual Regional
Qualifiers track and field meet
will be held here Thursday.
Eleven Palacios High School
students qualified to partici-
pate in regional literary meet
in Kingsville April 23-24.
Sharks dethroned favored
Edna Cowboys 1741/3 to 1272/
3 to win District 25 AA track
and field meet. Ten local
tracksters qualified for reg-
ional meet.
Junior High Hornets placed
third in district meet at Free-
port behind Freeport and I.ai<*>
Jackson.
15 YEARS AGO
Ben H. Sloane, manager of
Aluminum Company of Ameri-
ca’s Point Comfort Operations
had been appointed general
manager of the company’s
smelting division, in Pittsburg,
Pa.
Work was underway on the
construction of Highway 521
from Tin-Top to Wadsworth
and easement had been pro-
curred from Tin-Top to High
way 35.
At a special meeting of the
Palacios School Board Friday,
Toney Carr was named head
coach for the Palacios High
School Sharks.
The sixth annual Spring
Meeting of the Texas Mid-
Coast Water Development As-
‘ sociation will be held in Re-
fugio on April 25. Congres-
man John Young will be the
principal speaker.
The 9th grade Hornets cap-
tured first in the Cuero Jun-
ior High Invitational Track
Meet and the 8th Graders won
4th in their division.
Special services were sche-
duled at most churches during
Holy Week. The Community
Good Friday services would
be held at the First Baptist
Church and the Easter Sunrise
service at the First Presby-
terian Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nelson
year old Edna bank for 105,000
shares of the holding company
common stock. - Edna He-
rald
The Zaragoza Society of Go-
liad will celebrate its 30th
annual Zaragoza Fiesta in re-
cognition of General Ignacio
Zaragoza’s battle of Puebla
on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of
May. The fiesta will have
dances, booths of food, art
attractions from very well
known aritsts, a charreada,
Mexican style, also well known
charro singers and dancer,
and the cantina. - Goliad Ad-
vance-Guard
I TS TIME FOR
SPRING CLEANING!
APRIL IS CLEAN UP MONTH
IN PALACIOS
LETS EVERYONE PITCH IN
AND MAKE PALACIOS THE
CLEANEST CITY ON THE ( OAST.
The City State Bank
Palacios, Texas 77465
DEPOSITS NOW INSURED TO BY C
celebrated their 56th wedding
anniversary April 3.
20 YEARS AGO
Work started Monday on the
second major contract a-
warded by the Aluminum Com-
pany of America on its ex-
pansion program at Point
Comfort.
The Junior Garden Club's
Flower Show entitled “Flow-
ers Around the Clock” was
to be held Wednesday at the
'Fellowship Hall of the First
Presbyterian Church.
Deputy Sheriff E. T, Mil-
ler had a busy weekend as
he arrested and returned
seven wanted criminals to the
Matagorda County jail.
Coach Sharkey Shelton, who
was showing the high school
pole vaulters” how to do it”
ended up in the hospital.
Basketball coaches of dist-
rict 27-A selected Dean
Blackwell as one of the 12
boys for the all-district team
and Norma Rampmeier, Sue
Penland and Patsy Wesselman
as members of the myth-
ical squad of 15 girls.
Approaching marriages an-
nounced were: Barbara Simp-
son to Fred Thurman on
May 27; Jean McDonald to Guy
Lackey on June 29 and Ger-
aldine Janes to Don Batch-
elder on June 3.
25 YEARS AGO
Abel H. Pierce entered the
race for county commissioner
of precinct no. 3.
Winfred Johnson was in-
stalled as commander of Lt.
Wm. Lloyd Queen Post, Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars.
Excavation and foundation
work was started by South-
western Associated Telephone
Company on the building to
be constructed to house the
equipment for the new dial
system to be installed.
A record number of 1950 ve-
hicled tags were sold in Mata-
gorda County ; passenger,
4,744; commercial 923; farm
trucks 758; truck-tractors, 37
trailors 35; house trailers,12
dealer licensed 40 and motor-
cycles 27.
30 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cun-
ningham celebrated their 25
wedding anniversary Easter
Sunday.
Guy Johnson, E. F. Weh-
meyer and J. B. Kimball were
re-elected members of the
school board.
Mrs. Amy Hall was elected
secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce.
35 YEARS AGO
Due to illness, G. R. Hal-
liday resigned as justice ofthe
peace and W. H. (Pete)Wil-
liams was appointed by
the commissioners court to
fill his place until he was
able to resume the work.
The congregation of the
Presbyterian Church pur-
chased the home of the late
O. B. Hamlin on Morton Ave.
to be used for a manse.
The Beacon moved to its
own building on Commerce
Street.
One thousand visitors re-
gistered for the Homemakers
Convention held here over the
weekend.
H.C, Bieri and Carlton Craw
ford were re-elected mem-
bers of the school board.
40 YEARS AGO
The Palacios Chamber of
Commerce was planning a
fourth of July celebration.
Manuel Glaros was to sail
on April 20 from New York
for Athens,Greece to visit his
mother and other relatives.
Material for the construc-
tion of the seawall was arriv-
ing.
Miss Gertrude Koerberwon
first place inextemperaneous
speaking at the District Meet
held in Victoria.
45 YEARS AGO
Mrs. C. W. Nester, Mrs.
G. A. Harrison and O. F.
Cavallin were elected mem-
Non-
Smokers
H. N. Hortsfield
401 Henderson
Palacios, Tx.
972-2578
bers of the Palacios school
hoard.
50 YEARS AGO
H, K, Oybus , Joe Deutsch
and C, L. Haynes were re-
elected as aldermen and W.
C. Gray attorney. T. A. Me
Farlan, W. H. Clement and
R. C. Huddleston were elected
members ofthe school board.
60 YEARS AGO
Robert Callaway and Miss
Nannie Stamford were mar-
ried at the Methodist Church.
A total of 179 votes were
cast in the city election when
John Ralston, W. T. Blair and
N. L, Hopingarner were el-
ected aldermen; F. C. Cle-
ment, engineer and J. C. Per-
ry attorney.
Jess Willard won the world
heavyweight boxing champion-
ship from Jack Johnson. Wil-
lard made Palacios his home
during 1907-09 and worked at
the ice plant.
65 YEARS AGO
Jack Rives purchased a 12
passenger 30-hp. automobile
to be used for trips to Bles-
sing to meet the trains on
the Brownsville Railroad.
J.F. Barnett and Miss Grace
Menefee were married April
6 in the First Baptist Church.
Rev. M, M, Wolf performed
the ceremony, the first church
wedding to be held in Palacios.
A&M Club
to meet
in Blessing
Matagorda County A&M Club
will hold its annual muster
at Cecil Lee American Le-
glon Hall in Blessing on April
21 at 7 p.m.
All former students, parents
of students and friends are in-
vited. Tickets are $4.00 each.
Reservations must be made
by April 10 to George Sparks,
Rt. 1, Palacios, phone 972-
2305 or David Krumholz, 2125
Ave. G., Bay City.
lYrsoiml
Dr. and Mrs. Roy Wessel-
man, Mary Ann and Thaddeus
of Okemos, Michigan, Mr. and
Mrs.C, S„ Briggs and Rebecca
of Austin were weekend visi-
tors of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. J. Wesselman.
March for missions
Marching - marching-
marching! Not against the go-
vernment, not as a rebellious
group against authority, not to
create a disturbance - but for
Missions to spread and further
the message of salvation and
deliverance across both con-
tinents, from East to West-
North to South.
On April 19 each First Uni-
ted Pentecostal Churches in
our fellowshp around the
world has set aside this day
--to^arch-forMisstotts;- -
Our young people to older
saints in our church will be
cooperating in your local com-
munity. How can you help?
We are seeking to pledge our-
selves to march 20 miles on
this day and each person will
be seeking sponsors who will
give an amount per mile, $1.00
per mile or maybe more if you
can.
Each sponsor will receive a
card and stamped as a tax
deduction. Check to be made
payable to First United Pen-
tecostal Church.
There will be seven check
points and pre-designated bu-
siness people to stamp each
marcher’s card to show spon-
sor he has marched his agreed
upon miles.
SS rep.
to be in
Palacios
A representative of the De-
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare will be in Palacios
every Tuesday during the
months of April, May and June
to aid you with any Social Se-
curity matters.
H e will be at the Meeting
Room in the Palacios Library
at 10 a.m. on April 15, 22
and 29; May 6, 13, 20 and 27;
June 3, 10, 17 and 24.
I f you cannot meet the re-
presentative on these days,
write to the Social Security
Administration, P. O. Drawer
G., Angleton, Texas 77515.
save on car
Insurance
with Farmers
Big 21% Dividend
paid on currently
expiring policies.
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OFFERS THESE
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TO YOU!
COLONY PAINTS
to make
the good looks
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Contributing new jobs and new
energy to Matagorda County.
And as your new neighbors,
we’d like to get to know you. And
for you to know us.
So let’s get acquainted.
If you have any questions about
nuclear power and our community,
please call or write our Answer Man,
Bob Noster. He’ll make our project
an open book. By sending you our
free brochure.
You see, we want to answer all
of your questions. After all, that’s
what good neighbors are for.
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