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EARLY TIMES
By JACK STEWART
SAN JACINTO DAY
CELEBRATION
Around Houston, and while they
were still alive, the veterans of the
battle of San Jacinto had a rather
unique way of celebrating on each
yearly date of that battle. One of
the most conspicuous of these vet-
erans was a man of French descent,
named Tieiwester. At the battle
of San Jacinto, he had a powder
horn slung about his neck. This was
a very fine cows horn, scraped very
ithin so that .the contents of the
powder could be seen. It had a
large wooden plug in the large
end and a small plug in the small
end. During the heat of battle, a
Mexican bullet struck this horn
on one side, but did not have enough
force to go out (the other. Tier-
wester never removed the bullet,
and on San Jacinto day came to
the reunion wearing the horn
around his neck, lie would start his
drinking early in tht day, and the
more that he drank, the louder he
would get, all the time shaking the
powder horn and telling, to all who
would listen, the story of the
bullet.
Another time honored relic of
that day was the old ‘‘Liberty
Pole”. This was erected near the
Houston house by these veterans
and the people of Houston to com-
memorate Texas Independence. This
pole was a pine tree that had been
trimmed and converted into a fine
flag pole from which to fly the Lone
Star Flag on all festive occasions
and always on San Jacinto day. It
served its purpose well as long as
Texas remained a Republic, but by
the time that the state was admit-
ted to the Union, the pole had be-
come so decayed and weak that it
had fallen to the ground. The vet-
erans of San Jacinto, who had used
the pole for so long and so well,
secured a piece of it about 20 feet
long. On April 21, after an ap-
propriate salute had been fired
from the “Twin Sisters’’, the two
brass cannons used by the Texans
at the battle, the Veterans shoulder-
ed the pole and marched to the
nearest barroom. Placing the pole
on the bar was all that was needed
to have the drinks on the house,
and the veterans had all tht they
wished and their money was no
good. Then the parade would con-
tinue until every bar was cover-
ed. The veterans were welcomed
everywhere, and everywhere, the
drinks were on the house. No saloon
was overlooked, and the battle was
refought over and over again, as
only men who have been there could
paint the picture in terms of hon-
esty.
Whatever happened to the final
remanents of this pole, is not
known. But as long as some of
these veterans survived and were
in good drinking health, they al-
ways seemed to come up with a
piece of the pole on San Jacinto
day around Houston.
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VOLUME LXIII NUMBER 30 PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS 77465
Thursday, july 23, 1970 1 0c Per Copy
Council Petitioned About Tax Hike
Tax Situation For
School District Has
Supt. George Holst
Attends Workshop At
Texas U. July 12-14
Geo. Holgt, Superintendent of
Schools, participated in the annual
Superintendent’s 'Workshop at the
University of Texas on July 12-14,
1970.
The theme of the 1970 workshop
was "Policies for the Seventies”. It
was jointly sponosored by the Texas
Education Agency, The University
of Texas, and the Texas Associa-
tion of School Administrators.
The workshop participants ex-
amined school system policies in
the area of roles and behavior of
students, roles and responsibilities
of teaching personnel, role and
procedures for Boards of Trustees,
administrative channels and pro-
processes, ethnic equity, and con-
formity with state laws and poli-
cies.
DRIVE LIKE YOUR LIFE DE-
PENDS ON IT—IT DOES!
Efforts by the entire staff of
the Palacios Independent School
District, the District’s evaluation
engineers (Pritchard and Abbott)
and the oil and gas taxpayers have
turned a bleak financial outlook
into a bright financial outlook
for the 1970-71 Palacios Independ-
ent School District budget.
Early budget estimates bad
shown the district about $05,000
Short of its 1970-71 needs.
The school staff and Board of
Trustees explored every area of the
budget for possible budget reduc-
tions that would still allow the
District to operate as an accred-
ited school system and offer a sound
education program. Some of the
areas reduced were instruction
(estimate needs) four teacher units
which had been paid by local funds
(two and one half vocational units
were added under State minimum
foundation program), transporta-
tion services (no new buses), op-
eration of plant (from estimate
needs), maintenance of plant (from
estimate needed repairs), and capi-
tal outlay (from estimate needed
new equipment and remodeling).
Prichard and Abbott and the oil
and gas company representatives
were able to agree on a more ac-
curate assessment of oil and gas
properties in the District. The early
estimated loss of assessed value
(mostly oil and gas) to the District
was two and one half million dollars
which reduced the estimated assess-
ed value to $33,778,940 from the
1969- 70 value of $36,228,940. The
estimate given at the end of the
oil and mineral hearing last Fri-
day, July 17, was $35,493,000, which
is $1,714,060 abovo the original
estimate and ’785,940 below the
District’s assessed value of $36,-
228,942 for last year.
The estimated breakdown of the
District's assessed valuation for
1970- 71 is as follows: real property,
$10,615,000; personal property $1,-
278,000; and oil and gas property
$28,600,000 for a total of $35,493,-
000. The Palacios I. S. D. assesses
property at 50 percent of actual
value and at a rate of $1.50 for
local maintenance and .30 cents for
debt service (payment toward
bonded indebtness).
PALACIOS LITTLE LEAGUERS-Members of the Palacios Little League All-
Stars for 1970—Front row, left to right, Ronnie Blosfia, Fred Diaz, Johnny Rodriguez,
Elroy Rodriguez, Paz Morales, David Bullock, Hudson Bates, Gilbert Trevino. Back
row, 1. to r., Willo Rodriguez, manager, Anthony Griggs, Ernie Gonzales; Steve
Capak, Eulalio Flores, Gary Viets, David Longoria, Roy Seaman, Ricky Graff, Mark
Vargas. Not pictured, Jimmy Oglesby, coach, and Ronnie Rivas. Monday night they
dropped their opening play-off game to Wharton L. L. All-Stars, 4-0. They played
their second game Tuesday night against El Campo who had lost to Rosenberg.
Letters to
the Editor^
George Hejtmonek On
Texas U. Honor Roll
AUSTIN—More than 500 Uni-
versity of Texas engineering stu-
dents were announced as honor
students for the spring semester
by Dean Earnest F. Gloyna.
Eligibility is based upon a stu-
dent’s having maintained ait least
a 12-semester-hour course load
throughout the semester with a
minimum grade-point average of
3.250.
Among those on the College of
Engineering honor roll was George
William Hejtmanek, Route 1, Pa-
lacios.
To the voters and citizens of
Palacios;
We, the teenagers and future
leaders of Palacios, would like to
let you know that we don't want
Mr. W. IR. Hasley to resign from
the position of Justice of the
Peace. He has been a good friend
to us, and we don’t want to lose
him. He treats everyone equal and
fair, is always ready to listen to
your problems, and is willing to
help you in any way he can. Al-
ways doing someone a favor, we
know he has helped out many,
many people in town. He is like a
father to us, and because of that,
we don’t really mind paying the
fines he administers. And we know
that he receives only a commission
from his work and not a salary
that he should receive.
Mr. Hasley doesn’t know any-
thing about this letter, and now,
we want to help him if we can. It
won’t be long before some of us
teenagers can vote, and when we j
do, we’re going to back W. R. Has-
ley all the way. And we’re hoping
you will do the same.
Sincerely,
The Teenagers of Palacios
Captain Walter Leadford Commands
Tug On Houston To N. Alaska Journey
Walter Leadford, Captain of the
tug “Mister Mike”, arrived July 12
in Seattle, Washington, enroute to
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, which is
located about 200 miles east of
Point Barrow on the North Slope.
Captain Leadford left Houston
June 7 with two barges loaded with
oil field equipment in tow. The first
leg of the trip was across the Gulf
of Mexico, through the Yucatan
Straits and on across the Carri-
hean to Cristobal, Panama, about
1500 miles.
After taking fuel and supplies, he
The Weather:
Date
Max. Min.
Free
July 16
79° 74”
0.48
July 16
88” 74°
0.00
July 17
89° 78°
0.00
July 18
88s 75°
0.00
July 19
87” 77°
0.00
July 20
88” 77”
0.00
July 21
92” T2°
0.06
Total rainfall for year
27.92
then went through the Panama
Canal, up the west coast of Central
America and Mexico and on up the
Pacific Coast of the United States.
This leg of the trip covered about
4,100 miles.
Again the vessel must be refueled
and supplied for fte remaining
2,500 miles, through Unimak Pass
and the Bering Strait to the North
Slope.
Captain Leadford is employed by
Jackson Marine Corporation, a sub-
sidiary of The Halliburton Co. and
Brown & Root, Inc. of Houston.
Richard Smith, formerly of Pa-
lacios, is the Marino Superintend-
ent of the Houston Division of
Jackson Marine Corp., whose home
office is in Aransas Pass. 'Mr. Smith
is the son of Mrs. Effie Smith of
Palacios and the late Louis Smith.
The tug “Mister Mike” has an
overall length of 109 feet, beam
of 32 ft., draft of 16 ft. and twin
engines with a total of 3,400 horse-
power. It carries a crew of nine
men and has a range of 5,000 miles
at 8 knots.
Vacation Bible School
At Church Of Christ
August 3 Through 7
Vacation Bible School will be
conducted August 3rd through 7th
from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in-
clusive each morning by the Church
of Christ. The church building is
located at the comer of 6th St.
and Rorem Avenue.
The theme f r all classes this
year will be, “The Bible Tells
Me So”. All K-sso s will he b,:sid
upon the truths found in the Bible
itself.
Classes will be conducted for all
agjes, including an aldulti class.
Visitors are welcome. Parents are
urged to bring their children and
remain for the adult class. If
transportation is needed, call 972-
2132, and rides will be provided.
Visitors are also welcome at all
regular services of the Church of
Christ. Bible study classes for all
ages are conduct each Sunday at
10 a.m. Worship services arc held
at 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Bible
study classes are also conducted
each Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Henry
A. Doublet, who is the preacher for
the Church of Christ in Palacios,
will be the director of the Vacation
Bible School.
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"About the only redeeming
feature of failure is freedom!
from taxation and envy.”
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Editor, Palacios Beacon:
In the “Handbook for Mayors
and Councilmen in General Law
Cities prepared by the Texas Mu-
nicipal League, it states that policy
determination resolves itself into
four steps:
1. “Determining what is need-
ed. . .
2. “Determining the will of the
people . . .”
3. “Determining what can be
done financially and practically. .
4. “Taking action. . . ,’’
The second of the steps above
“. . . finding out what the people
who elected him (councilman) want
done—is perhaps the most import-
ant”.
The Handbook also states that
“Adequate facilities are a ‘must' for
council meetings. A sufficient num-
ber of seats always should be pro-
vided to comfortably accommodate
the citizens in attendance, and a
public address system should be
available if required.”
Each of the Councilmen and
Mayor has a copy of this Hand-
book. Giving credit where credit is
due, I wish to point out that Dick
Brown was given special recogni-
tion for his contribution in the prep-
aration of this Handbook
D. L. Detherow
400 Henderson
At Wagner General:
Patients In Hospital:
Russell Woodland, Grace Barnett,
Walter Kilgore, Gary Corporon,
Mary Ella Roy. Ethlyn Curtis, Flor-
ence Harvey, Esther Villasenor,
Julia Baggett, Linda St. Peter and
Baby Girl, Epolita Flores and Baby
Girl, John Hamlin, A. T. Chanik,
L. C. Smith, Wanda Chamblee,
Boyd Light, Lucy Starr, Leon Arlla,
Emil Banncrt, William Powers,
Kthel McDonough, Dorothy Smith,
Margaret Vargas, Evelyn Belk,
Stella Ringo, Helen Gordon, Rita
Broussard, Marcelino Abrego, Ida
Wilson.
Patients Dismissed:
Joe Frfsdimani, Bon Gillaspie,
Danny Barrier, Paul Campos, Hardy
Mizell, Winnie Gainer, Alvin Been,
Clara Cn»z, Libby Ramsey, Mary
Kresta, Edna Williams, Tommy
Aparicio, Ruth Wusselman, Rita
Koch, Benita Nunez, Brenda Brau-
drick and Baby Girl, Beatrice Mo-
rales, Mary Friery, James Simp-
son, Janie Gatica, Mary Louise
Walker, Mary Reyna, Elina Price,
Mamie Talbot, Lauren Miles and
Baby Boy, Natalia Gonzales, Ennis
Peters, Lester Morton, Velma Har-
vey, Shirley Carter, James Been,
Dora Hebert, Donna Christmas,
Carrie Nelson, Chipper Holt, Mel-
vin Polk, Ernestine Haynes, Adol-
fo Altamisa, Alfonso Ybarra, Luoia
Sainz.
Queen Crowning
At Shrimp-O-Ree
Dance August 7th
Who will reign as Shrimporee
Queen? The race is over hut the
winner’s identity will remain a
secret until she is crowned at the
Coronation Dance at the Palacius
Recreation Center Friday, August
7. The Famous Crystals will play
for the dance .
For weeks the four contestants,
Lupe Garcia, Dorene Kocurek, Ny-
lece Najvar and Irene Vargas have
been raising money by various
means, the proceeds going to St.
Anthony’s Parish. The one raising
the most money will be the winner
of the coveted crown and reign over
the Shrimporee activities and Fleet
Blessing on Sunday, August 9.
The all-day affair on August 9
will take place at Turning Basin
No. 2.
Dinner, including boiled shrimp,
or either barbecue beef or chicken,
with all the trimmings will be serv-
ed for $1.75 per plate beginning
at 11 a.m.
For the seventh consecutive year
a special boat pageant of Gulf, Bay
or Work boats, decked out in full
regalia, will take place. Known as
the annual Blessing of the Fleet,
this impressive ritual will begin
at 2 p.m.
The colorful pageantry of the
water parade is heightened by the
brightly colored pennants flutiering
in the riggings and from the mast
heads of the boats.
The boats will be blessed by
Archbishop Francis Eurey of San
Antonio, who will ask God for a
bountiful harvest of fish and pro-
tection from the perils of the sea
for each boat : nd its crew.
Additio r.l nltractionr at the all-
day celeb.* Von will includ : games,
rides and various concessions for
the entertainment of all.
Four Local Firemen
Attending Training
School At A. & M. U.
Four members of the Palacios
Volunteer Fire Department are at-
tending the 41st Annual Texas
Fireman’s Training School at Texas
A&M University this week. They
are Jack Bruno, Trammel Hunt-
er, Bruce Erekson and Kenneth
Smith.
The school is *onducted hy the
Engineering Extension Service of
Texas A&M in cooperation wi,th
the Texas Education Agency and is
sponsored by the State Firemen’s
and Fire Marshal’s Association.
The school began Sunday and will
run through Friday,
Mr. and Mrs. Merwin Robinson
of Premont visited relatives here
over the weekend.
Mrs. Sunshine Edwards, who has
been living in Michigan the past
three years, has returned ,to Pa-
lacios. She will live here with her
mother and teach in Port Lavaca.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Feather and
sons of San Alntonio visited rela-
tives and friends here over the
weekend.
Over 300 Signers
Request Retaining
Rate, Appraisals
A petition bearing 306 signa-
tures of taxpaying voters of the
City of Palacios was presented to
the City Council Monday night by
D. L. Detherow, representing the
Palacios Taxpayers’ Association.
The petition in part requested
“City Tax 'Rate be returned to 50%
of the actual or appraised value,
and the taxation rate be no higher
than $1.50 per hundred.
“As an alternate we request an-
nexation of areas now receiving city
services without city taxaLion and
that all property values should be
re-examined to assure equitable
taxation for all properties of the
City of Palacios.”
Following an explanation by At-
torney Eli Mayfield of the law per-
taining to annexation, and a re-
port that the City and School Dis-
trict had only four years ago held
a re-evaluation program from out-
side professional appraisers, the pe-
tition was accepted, but felt that
nothing could be done about the re-
quest at the present time.
In other action the Council ac-
cepted the resignation of Council-
man Leroy Neal, and the resigna-
tion of Councilmen Hugh Wlallis,
Charles Harvey, Johhnie L. Heard
and Lucille T. Claybourn as mem-
bers of 'the Board of Equalization.
The Council selected nine pros-
pective members with three of
them to serve on the Board with
three alternates to the Board. The
three men seelcted were S. W. Wil-
son, Dr. Fred Smith and G. T.
Brooking.
The City Manager’s report for
June, the Financial Report, and the
Treasurer’s Report for May and
June were all accepted.
The City Manager was authorized
to take an early bid on 1060.5 acres
of land on the airport property for
grazing rights.
The city had received only one bid
on a tractor and shredder mower
for the Parks Dept. However, need-
ed now, the Council was to take
qt)her bids after rejecting the sole
bid.
The Council accepted the low bid
of the Gulf Oil Corp. for gasoline
and diesel fuel for the next two
years.
The Council postponed action on
a “junk yard” ordinance until the
next regular meeting.
Officials present were Mayor Geo.
Holst, Aldermen Johnnie L. Heard,
Hugh Wallis and Lucille T. Clay-
bourn, City Manager Dick Brown,
City Attorney Eli Mayfield, and
Recording Secretary Carole Wins-
low.
Caroline BufValoe
Is First Runner-Up
As FFA Sweetheart
Caroline Buffaloe, senior at Pa-
lacios High School, was elected first
runner-up at the annual State Fu-
ture Farmers Convention held last
week in San Afntoniio-. Caroline,
representing Area III and the Pa-
lacios Chapter, did an outstanding
job by exhibiting her warm friend-
liness and personality. Linda James,
representing Area VI was elected
as the Texas Future Farmers
Sweetheart.
Caroline was presented a plaque
by outgoing State President, Murry
Edwards, for her tremendous effort
in the contest.
In other elections held at the Con-
vention, Bapham Fulmer was
elected State F.F.A. President. Ful-
mer is from Nacogdoches in Area
IX. In addition, a member from
Area IX won the Public Speaking
Contest. The Talent Contest was
won by the Odessa Chapter in
Area II. Gary Bishop, al3o from
Area III, was elected as a candidate
for the office of National Presi-
dent, an election which will be held
at the National Convention in Kan-
sas City this fall.
Caroline wa)s accompanied to
the convention by her mother, Mrs.
Hugh Buffaloe, and Karen Johnson.
Also attending were Bruce Elliott
and David Frankson who acted as
voting delegates for the Palacios
Chapter. Local Vocational Agricul-
ture Teachers Ed Schulze and Leon
Bullock accompanied the group to
the week long convention.
Finals of the FFA Sweetheart
contest will be presented Saturday
morning at 6:30 A. M. on Channel
2 TV on the George Roesner R. F.
D. program.
Weekend guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dismpkes were
Lt. Col. Bemiece Bryant (Ret.)
and Mrs. Maureen Stone of El
Paso, Mr. and Mrs. Courtland Davis
and Courtney Wayne of Hunts-
ville, Miss Lois Ann Davis, Mr. and
Mrs. James Carl Dismukes of Hous-
ton.
Mrs. Jim Sparks
Is Appointed As
Asst. Librarian
The Palacios Library Inc. is
happy to announce the appointment
of Mrs. Jimmie Sparks as our as-
sistant librarian. Mrs. Sparks has
lived in Palacios three yearss. She
is the mother of four children and
her husband works for Tenneco. We
feel that she will be an asset to
our library.
In fact we have never had it so
good. The general interest of pa-
trons is good. More books and
periodicals are being used; more
people are using inter-library loan.
It is so human to relive the
good old days but what really mat-
ters is what we are doing today.
We cannot live on past laurels or
future hopes. No library is better
than we can make it today.
We received “Hallowe’en Party”,
a gift of Kim Stewart.
Memorials acknowledged: John
W. Richards by Eleanor Louder-
back; Sidney B. Richman by Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Hart.
Driver Education
Program Completes
Most Successful Year
The Palacios Independent School
District through its Driver Educa-
tion program has completed one of
its most successful years.
During the regular school term,
some 23 students completed the pro-
gram with 50 students completing
the summer program for a total of
83 students- completing the pro-
gram. The teachers for the pro-
gram were Charles Wiggs, Larry
Deadrick and Randall Lawson.
Through the courtesy of Charles
Luther and the Bay Chevrolet Com-
pany, several automobiles were
made available as the chief teach-
ing tool.
Dignitaries To Attend Docking Of
'Texas Clipper' At PI. Comfort Aug. f
Mrs. Julia Jeckqr of Kingman,
Ariz. left Tuesday after a week end
visit here with Mrs. Ruth iMussel-
mam and other friends.
If you can identify a queen bee,
you can safely hold her in your
hand for she has no stinger.
A host of dignitaries and public
officials will be on hand August
1 when the Texas Maritime Acad-
emy Training Ship “Texas Clipper”
docks at Point Comfort.
The ship will be returning from
its summer cruise to Europe, where
calls were made to ports in Ireland,
France, Germany, Denmark and
England. Point Comfort was added
to the itinerary at the request of
Senator Bill Patman to call atten-
tion to the newest deep water fa-
cilities along the Gulf Coast. “I
hope it will also start us to think-
ing about the great opportunities
afforded Texans by our proximity
to the ocean frontier,” said Sena-
tor Patman.
The 220 officers and men on
board will dock at Point Comfort
at 12:00 noon, Saturday, August 1.
Tfc ship a 473 foot vessel of 15,000
toft, will depart the following day
at 9:00 a.m. for Galveston. A pub-
lic reception and barbecue dinner
to celebrate the docking on Satur-
day will be held under the sponsor-
ship of the Port Lavaca-Calhoun
County Chamber of Commerce.
The public will be welcomed aboard
for an inspection of the ship be-
tween 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Sat-
urday.
A number of Texas Senators amd
Representatives are expected to be
on hand when the “Texas Clipper”,
Training Ship of the Texas Mari-
time Academy, docks at the Port
ef Port Lavaca-Point Comfort at
noon on August 1. During the af-
ternoon they will take time out to
visit the Marine Fisheries Research
Station in Calhoun County near
Palacios.
The center which opened in Aug-
ftt 1969, is the largest salt water
research installation in the United
States. Its nine man staff conducts
research devoted to all aspects of
commercial fishing, including the
raising of shrimp, oysters and fish
in captivity. Twenty-one salt water
ponds, ranging from one-fourth
acre to four acres in size, are lo-
cated on the 40 acre site, as well as
a large modem bidding for offices,
a library and a laboratory.
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