Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 17, 1987 Page: 4 of 14
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From The Beacon Early Files,
20 YEARS AGO--1967
David R. Belling, Jr. received
his M.D. degree at the University
of Texas Medical Branch, Gal-
veston, on June 14.
Mrs. Hortense Wyatt and Mrs.
Opal Carter attended the VFW
District 16, Auxiliary Convention
in Dickinson Sunday.
Airman Larry Dillard was
selected for training as an
aircraft maintenance specialist at
Chanute 4FB III
25 YEARS AGO-1962
Bruce Herlin was presented a
slide rule, awarded by the Texas
Chemical Council.
W.C. Hagemier of Ganado
replaced Archie Crabtree at the
Church of Christ here.
Vassa Lee Adams and Steve
Rickaway were installed as Wor-
thy Matron and Worthy Patron of
Palacios Chapter 125 Order of the
Eastern Star.
30 YEARS AGO-1957
Parents of baby boys were Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Schofield and
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Bates.
35 YEARS AGO-1952
Jack Duffy was among 82 to
receive doctor of medicine de-
grees from Baylor University
College of Medicine.
John R. Wilson, editor of the
Beacon since October, 1950,
resigned.
40 YEARS AGO-1947
Following several weeks of
preparations, the Bayview Gene-
ral Hospital was to hold its formal
opening.
45 YEARS AGO-1942
Carelessness was blamed for
the fire at the Auto Inn. The
equipment rack and contents of
the grease rack were a total loss.
John Glaros completed his
work at the dental college in
Houston.
50 YEARS AGO-1937
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stallard
announced the birth of twin girls.
The Harbor Inn was opened
with Mrs. Eva Parsutt and son
Steve in charge.
55 YEARS AGO-1932 '
Fire destroyed the J.C. Clardjj
home just north of the city limits.,
60 YEARS A GO-1927 j
Camp Palomar opened with
J.F. Abner, dean of the San
Marcos Baptist Academy, as
director.
Contract for section A of the
city sewer system was awarded
to T.S. Miller of Dallas. j
BREWER
“When I was hired one of the
big problems was that the water
was not fit to drink. We had
many complaints about that, but
there are very few now,” Brewer
explained. He also noted that the
accountability of the water, sew-
er and refuse departments have
increased significantly.
“The water department alone
has had its accountability in-
crease-from 40% to 80% and
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“Radiation isn’t like light or
sound,” he stated. "It doesn’t go
on forever. It’s more like a
waterfall, it goes for a little way
and then drops off,” Walker
explained. He stressed that the
chance of a meltdown at STP was
almost non-existent, noting that
there had been only one partial
meltdown in the history of
nuclear power.
As the meeting concluded, it
was stressed that should an
accident happen, activiation of
this plan will provide more than
enough time for the county and
its residents to act on the
situation.
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that’s money in the city’s pock-
et,” said Brewer. He also
pointed to the sewer plant oper-
ation which he said now oper-
ates in compliance with state
regulations except during peri-
ods of excessive downpours.
"We’re not getting the nasty-
grams from the state like we used
to,” he commented. He said the
city’s sewer lines still suffer from
inflow problems from private
property and other sources. He
described it as an “anliquaint-
ed” system in need of updating.
Brewer said he hopes that the
relationship between the seafood
businesses in Palacios and the
city continues to improve as far
as waste disposal is concerned.
He said he would like for the
seafood related businesses to
continue working with the city to
refine the quality of their sewage
affluent (waste products) which
enter the sewer system and
plant.
According to Brewer, that goal
can be reached if the city keeps
those industries apprised of what
needs to be done. "A lot of the
problems that occurred were
because neither party knows the
needs of the other,” Brewer
explained.
Although he felt that some
accomplishments had been made
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during his tenure as public works
director, Brewer said he felt
much more could have been done
if he had more support from
previous city councils.
“If I had had the cooperation
of the full cour-'! over the years
we would have been able to
accomplish a lot more in the
public works area,” stated Bre-
wer. “We accomplished as much
as we could in spite of some past
city council members rather than
because of them.”
Noting that Palacios now en-
joys a good council, Brewer said
he hopes the citizens continue to
elect individuals who are more
concerned with the welfare of the
city rather than “those who seem
to have political or personal axes
to grind.”
Brewer had high praise for
Mayor Lamar, calling him “one
of the most devoted men” he has
ever seen as a mayor. He re-
marked that the progress in the
public works department would
not have been as plentiful had it
not been for Lamar.
“The citizenry of Palacios
should be proud that they have
the dedicated city employees
they have, both in the field and in
the office. They would be hard
pressed to find any better,”
commented Brewer.
The Anginal
Tom’s
Fireworks
12th & Henderson
(Just west of Shark Drive-Inn)
Come see our Big New Selection of
great fireworks for your family’s fun.
JUNE 23-JULY 4
COUNCIL
position which does not sit well
with several members of the
council. Although they agreed
that he is doing a good job,
they supported councilwoman
Joanna Hendricks, who stated
that the mayor should ‘ act in an
administrative position, not as a
dogcatcher”.
Lamar agreed to talk to city
employees to see if any of them
would be willing to take over the
position.
Along with discussion about
the animal control officer, the
problem of animals running loose
was brought up. Residents who
have pets running loose in
violation of the leash law may
soon have the pet picked up or be
issued a citation. It was agreed to
inform the public of the exact
contents of that leash law thr-
ough various means, including a
future article in the Beacon.
Problems regarding the pre-
sent cable company were consi-
dered by the council. A citizen
had complained that he was told
he could not receive cable service
around Henderson and Fourth
Streets, and that he knew of
others who had been told the
same thing.
Lamar pointed out. that the
problem may lie with the present
cable under the Amzak Cable
system, in which case the
problem would be corrected with
the arrival of the new cable
system. Falcon Cable is expected
to take over Amzak’s Palacios
franchise by August 1. The
council passed a resolution to
invite the new franchise into the
city and “see what they can do
for us.” Lamar said he would
write a letter to this effect and
address the problems expressed
by citizens regarding present
cable service.
In other business the council:
-Discussed and passed the
bills.
-Considered and passed the
department head reports.
-Agreed to grant a variance
for required setbacks to the
Pilgrim Rose Baptist Church and
allow them to establish their new
building with a variance of ten
feet on Moore St. and 15 feet on
9th St.
-Approved amendments to
three TCDA contracts.
-Agreed to send Emmett
Greene to the 2nd Bandidos
Motorcycle Gang Conference,
funding the trip from drug
seizure money.
-Agreed to participate in a
Wharton County Junior College
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Criminal Justice program that
would allow a Criminal Justice
student to ride with a patrol
officer strictly as an obs .ver.
-Established a public hearing
on the city budget at 6:30 p.m. on
June 29 and to adopt the budget
at 7o.m. the same night.
COASTAL
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control, flood control and new or
expanded navigation projects;
-Housing and Urban Devel-
opment block grants;
-Federal Highway Adminis-
tration highway construction ass-
istance.
Not only would land value
drop, those opposed to the
revision claim, but the land
remaining would become virtual-
ly useless, since development of
the land would be impractical if
not impossible.
Opposition to the proposed
changes was widespread with
many among the crowd voicing
similar opinions and reasons as
to why they protested this
revision.
One point frequently made was
that this revision would be
devastating to the coastal econ-
omy. Citing the delcine in oil and
farming-the two major industr-
ies in Texas-the only thing
coastal towns have to rely,
several explained, is tourism. A
large part of that is due to
beaches and sport fishing. If the
beaches could not be developed,
it was claimed, increasing tour-
ism in these areas would be
difficult.
Another area touched on was
how much land was already
owned by various organizations
of the federal government. One
citizen commented that “We’ve
been kicked hard” by the take-
over of large portions of coastal
land by the government and if
this act were to pass it “would be
rubbing salt in the wound.”
Due to the fact that this was
only an information gathering
meeting and not an official public
hearing, the many opposing
arguments could not be included
in the final report to Congress, ,
Sweeney pointed out. Those who
would like to have their views
looked at by Congress, which will
make the final decision on any
revisions, were invited to write
either the Department of the
Interior, or Mac Sweeney’s off-
ice.
The spokesmen from the De-
partment of the Interior said that
it would be at least the end of the
year before a final report is
prepared for Congress. Until
then, those who may be affected
are forced to wait and ponder the
future of their land.
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