Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1968 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME LXI NUMBER 7
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1968 1QC Per Copy
School Trustee Election April Sixth
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C. Of C. Plans Membership Drive
PALACIOS FDORAL SERVICE
CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
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HUNT FOOD MARKET - MADDOX MOTOR CO
Directors To Hold
'Brainstorm' Meet
Monday, Feb. 2(th
“March belongs to the Palacios
Chamber of Commerce,” the theme
for a membership drive to fret
underway March 1, was plan-
ned at a called meeting of the
chamber directors held Monday
night in the chamber room at the
City Hall.
Newly elected president W. B.
Keel has called a “brainstorm”
meeting for Monday night, Feb-
ruary 26 when final plans for the
membership drive will be made.
Mr. Keel will also announce his
completed committee chairmen at
that time.
An energetic program is being
planned for 1968 that will take the
cooperation of all.
Don Manning has taken over the
office management of the C. of C.
All directors, members and other
interested persons are urged to be
at the “brainstorm” meeting Mon-
day, Feb. 26 at 6:00 p.m.
FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
Additional Pictures Next Week
Pasture Short Course
In Bay City, Feb. 20-22
Ranchers and farmers are in-
vited to attend a pasture short
course which hrr, been '•ehcduled
for February 20, 21, and 22, at
7:30 p.m. in the District Court-
room of the Courthouse, Bay City.
Participants on the program in-
clude Extension specialists from
Texas A&M University.
This short course should be of
interest to every livestock pro-
ducer in Matagorda County.
The Weather:
Date
Max. Min.
l’rec.
Feb. 7
56° 38°
0.00
Feb. 8
58° 34°
0.00
Feb. 9
63° 36°
0.00
Feb. 10
65° 48°
0.15
Feb. 11
57° 47°
0.57
Feb. 12
59° 41°
0.00
Feb. 13
54° 43°
0.56
Total rainfall for year
9.39
M Woqner General:
Patients In The Hospital:
Hallie Terry, Verdie Swenson,
Frances Morris, Reagan Hamlin,
£ohn Glenn, Augusta Thomas, J.
i • Tate, Edward Zemanek, Lucy
Starr, Annie R. West, Charlie Mc-
Donough, Margaret Beard, Jo Edna
Yaws, Amos Zackery, J. J. Fondon,
John Adams.
Patients Dismissed:
Jane McFarlain, Victoria Bena-
videz, Esther Gatica and baby girl,
Dianne Hodges, Terry Davila,
Josefina Ramirez, Rosalva Garza,
Matilde Davila, Sandra Roy, Ellie
Copeland, Angela Vasquez, Ruby
Dietz, Melvina Nelson, Arthur
Thompson, Raymond Hamlin, Tom
Kidd, Norman Brotemarkle, Mar-
garet Luna, Dorothy Smith, Jessie
Faye Griffith.
Neal’s Shamrock
Sfalion To Hold
Opening Fri., Sal.
Friday and Saturday. February
16 and 17, will be “Shamrock Days”
as LeRoy Neal holds the grand
opening of his Shamrock Service at
1500 First Street. He urges his cus-
tomers to bring the family as he
will have gifts for all ages.
Neal came to Palacios in 1959
and took over the management of
the Gulf Service Station shortly
after Hurricane Carla. He contin-
ued at this location until he took
over the Shamrock station around
the first of the year.
Mr. Neal is proud of the line
of products he handles. Shamrock
has been an active oil industry in
West Texas and have just recently
entered the gulf coast area in an
extensive expansion program.
Mr. Neal handles all lines of
Shamrock Products as well as other
lines of oils and greases. “We
recognize all major oil companies
credit card,” he said.
A Sweetheart Of A
Valentine Celebration
Miss Bobbie Laurence Crowned Queen;
Parade Most Elaborate; Financial Success
Hospital Aux. 'Pink
Ladies' Hold Regular
Meet Monday, Feb. 6
The Wagner General Hospital
Auxiliary (Pink Ladies) met Mon-
day afternoon, February 5, in the
lobby of the hospital. Ten members
and one visitor were present. Presi-1 monie Chib’s huge red heart carry-
dent Helen Duffy presided. ! ing the 1967 Sweetheart, Patricia
Mrs. Blanche Claybourn, Chair-1 Maddox; Houston Natural Gas
man of the Nominating Committee, ■ Gas Company’s float on which the
read the names of officers for the ! Palacios Freezer’s contestant, Pat-
coming year. The following officers! ti Anderson and the Chamber of
The 1968 Valentine Sweetheart
celebration is over, a new sweet-
heart reigns, the floats have been
torn down and stored away, but
members of the Harmonie Club are
making plans for next year’s Val-
entine Sweetheart Day in Palacios
and the Palacios Recreation Asso-
ciation, recipient of the proceeds
of the celebration, are preparing to
start on an enlarging and improve-
ment project at the center.
Miss Bobbie Laurence, daughter
of Mrs. Janice Laurence and the
late Bob Laurence, reigns as the
1968 Valentine Sweetheart follow-
ing coronation ceremonies Satur-
day night. An overflow crowd jam-
med into the Palacios Recreation
Center to see Miss Laurence receive
the crown from the 1967 Sweet-
heart, Patricia Maddox, and then
dance to the music of Lea Blume
and his orchestra.
For the past several weeks the
twenty contestants for sweetheart
had been in a nip and tuck battle
for pennies, as each penny counted
a vote and the one receiving the
most votes won the coveted honor.
The day’s celebration opened
with the Valentine Parade at 2 p.m.
Clearing the way for the 1963
parade was County Sheriff Jack
Cole, followed by Boy Scouts carry-
ing the American and Texas flags
and a car with the Harmonie Club’s
president and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Huffman.
Floats in the parade and those
riding on each included the Har-
were elected and installed: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Mollie Hope; Vice Pres-
ident, Mrs. Martha Graff; Secre-
tary, Mrs. Opal Carter; Treasurer,
Commerce’s entry, Gwen Wallis
rode.
Marcille Dollery, entered by
Auto-Marine Industrial Suppy, and
Mrs. Mildred Barr; Historian, Mrs. Jeanne Koerber, Harbor Inn’s en
Fern Harvey. j try, graced the Maddox Motor-Hunt
Having another Bake Sale was Food float; the F. F. A. float car-
The Bureau of International Ex-
positions has given HemisFair ’68
its all-important stamp of approval,
making the six-month event truly a
World’s Fair,
discussed, final plans will be made
at our next meeting March 4.
The Texas Association of Hos-
pital Auxiliaries and the Texas
Hospital Association's Council on
Hospital Auxiliaries have pro-
grammed the American Hospital
Association’s Institute on Com-
munity Relations for Hospital Aux-
iliaries at the THA Headquarters
Building in Austin, Texas, March
3-5. We plan to pay $27.50 toward
registration, meals and advance
homework material for study. Mrs.
Hope said she would try to go.
Mrs. Carter still has several
cook books on hand, anyone who
would like to see one, contact her.
Mrs. David Bolling has returned
from Fort Sam Houston where she
has been visiting her son, Dr. and
Mrs. David Bolling, Jr. and Randy,
md getting acquainted with her
new grandson, Ryan Brandon, who
nade his appearance January 31.
ried Mary Anna Buffaloe, the Pa-
lacios Golf Association’s candidate
and Petersen’s Restaurant float
carried their candidate, Holly Har-
rison.
The Ethela Club's entry, Cynthia
Burkett, and the Tecz-E-Freezc’s
candidate, Eileen Gideon rode on
Central Power and Light Com-
pany’s float; the Rotary Club’s
float had their entry, Sharon King
and Renee Smith, Faye’s Peauty
Shop’s contestant and the Lions
Club’s float was graced by their
entry, Beverly Tegge.
The Palacios Floral Service’s
float carried their contestant, Bob-
bie Laurence and Kathy Kuiiefko,
the Band Boosters’ entry; the
Alapha Club-Palacios Recreation
Association’s float carried their en-
tries, Debbie Hunt and Sherry Gal-
lien.
Margie Wyatt, entered by tbr
Moo Moo Milk Store and Cyntha
Seaman, Texas Bay Fisherman A.
sociation’s entry, rode on the Huff-
man and Son-Campbell and Huitt
float and the Y Restaurant’s float
carriedi their entry, Pam Arndt.
Beverly Smith, entered by Libby’s
Beauty Shop, rode on the Palacios
Pharmacy Float and the Trail Rid-
er’s float carried their entry,
Yvonne Hunt.
Others in the parade were city,
county and state officials, the school
bands, junior and senior high school
cheerleaders, members of the Shark
football team, Cub Scouts march-
ing, decorated cars entered by Faye
Mixon and the Garden Club, golf
carts, boys and girls on bicycles,
ambulance and trucks of the Pa-
lacios Volunteer Fire Department,
characters in the Senior Class play,
a float by Ramsey’s Feeders Sup-
ply, clowns, the Civil Defense air
boat and jeep, Travis Johnson, Red
Barn Chemicals and members of
the Palacios Trail Riders’ Asso-
ciation.
Approximately 500 crowded into
the Palacios Recreation Center that
night to witness the crowning of
the 1968 Sweetheart.
Voting for the sweetheart con-
tinued up to the stroke of 10 and
when the final tally was counted a
total of $4,325.75 had been raised
by the contestants.
The twenty lovely candidates and
their escorts were introduced by
Master of Ceremonies Herman
Bond and paraded before the ’67
Sweetheart and her escort Wayne
Hunt.
The contestants and their escorts
were Pam Arndt and Craig Elliott;
Patti Anderson and Paul Roe;
Mary Anna Buffaloe and Joe Jen-
kins; Cynthia Burkett and Jack
Richards; Marcille Dollery and
Charles Fitzmorris; Sherry Gallien
and Frank Allen; Eileen Gideon
and Kent Mayfield; Holly Harri-
son and Edwin Richey; Debbie Hunt
and Robert Johs; Yvonne Hunt and
Kenny Ramsey; Sharon King and
Garry Saha; Jeanne Koerber and
Roger Conrad; Kathy Kunefke and
Royee Brune; Bobbie Laurence and
Joey Kara; Beverly Smith and Alan
Anderson; Renee Smith and Paul
MaGourik; Cynthia Seaman and
Gary Tigerl; Beverly Tegge and
Guy Smith; Gwen Wallis and Terry
Harvey; Margie Wyatt and Joe
Dan Huffman.
Tension mounted until Bond an-
nounced that Bobbie Laurence was
the 1968 Sweetheart and she re-
ceived the crown from Patricia
Maddox.
Order Called To Fill
Positions Three, Four
An order calling for an election
to fill Position Number 3 and Posi-
tion Number 4 on the Board of
Trustees of the Palacios Inde-
pendent School District was passed
at the regular meeting of the Board
of Trustees February 12. Homer I.
Aparicio and Frank Stewart are
the members of the Board whose
terms will expire the first Satur-
day in April. Candidates for these
positions must file with the sec-
retary of the Board of Trustees not
later than 30 duys prior to date of
election which will be held April
6, 1968.
The Board also passed a resolu-
tion designating the week of March
4th as Public School Week. This
week will be recognized Statewide
as a week in which patrons of the
Schools are urged to make a special
effort to visit a public school. The
local schools are planning an open
house at both the elementary and
secondary' schools to enable work-
ing parents to visit at night.
Other actions of the Board in-
cluded the presentation of the tax
C. OF C. WOMEN TO MEET
The Women’s Division of the
Chamber of Commerce will have
its regular luncheon meeting Tues-
day, February 20 at 12 noon at
Petersen’s Restaurant.
All women of the area are in-
vited to come to these Dutch-treat
affairs and enjoy this hour of fel-
lowship and discussion of civic
mprovement.
Annual Scholastic
Census Now Under
Way By Schools
The Palacios Independent School
District is now taking the annual
scholastic census. Any child who
was a resident of this school dis-
trict on February 1 and who will
be six years old on or before Sep-
tember 1, 1968 should be .isted on
our school census.
If you have a child who meets
the above requirements and who
does not have an older brother or
sister attending the Palacios
Schools, you are requested to come
by the Superintendent’s Office at
905 Second Street before Feb-
ruary 22 to place your child’s name
on the 1968-69 school census.
Miss Nancy Turek
Represents HemisFair
At Winter Carnival
Nancy Turek, Miss Fiesta desig-
nate, has returned from a week-
long stay in St. Paul where she
represented Fiesta Week, Fiesta
Flambeau and HemisFair 1968 at
the Minnesota Winter Carnival.
She was one of 10 queens visit-
ing as guests of the carnival’s King
Boreas XXXII. She participated in
the coronation of the Queen of
Snows. Also participated were
Peter Graves, Sebastian Cabot,
Leif Erickson and Deborah Walley,
national television network per-
sonalities.
During her week stay, Miss
Turek, a student at Our Lady of
the Lake College, was honored with
a reception by St. Paul’s mayor,
Thomas Byrne; viewed the famous
winter carnival ice fishing contest
and hot-aar balloon race; was hon-
ored with sleigh rides and skiing
events and rode in the Holidaze
Grand Parade,
report which showed that 93.6% of
taxes had been collected to date.
Contracts for all principals were
reviewed and were extended for
two years and teaching contracts
for Janie Bucek and Carolyn Doug-
las were approved.
Mrs. Patricia Raplee and Billy
Hamlin were appointed as commun-
ity representatives to the Trull
Scholarship Fund arid to the Herlin
Loan Fund. A report on the read-
ing program in Central Element-
ary School was presented by Eliza-
beth Sisson, Frances Lawson, and
Mildred Roane.
Local Library Needs
Many More Magazines
Many of our magazines are gifts
from clubs or individuals, but to
maintain a balanced collection oth-
ers must be purchased. Perhaps
some of you would like to give to
our magazine fund. They are espec-
ially used by the school children,
who check out back issues on cur-
rent subjects. If you have sugges-
tions for others, leave their names
with the librarian and they will
be considered.
Books have been given to the
library by Mrs. R. L. Griffith and
Mrs. James Penland.
A memorial to Mrs. Mabel Ru‘h
ven by the children of the lr. t
Mrs. Olive Nester is grateful';
acknowledged.
DID YOU LOSE ... or throw
away a large set of keys. They
were found last week and brought
to the Beacon. Should you want
them please call for.
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LETTER OF INTENT . . . Clif-
ton Thomas, end on the State Class
A Championship Tidehaven Tigers,
signed a letter of intent with Texas
A. & M. College Tuesday afternoon.
An assistant to Gene Stallings,
head football coac h, flew to
Palacios Tuesday afternoon and
signed young Thomas up at the
local airport. Thomas is the son of
| Coach and Mrs. Clifton Thomas of
I Tidehaven.
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SOMEONE CARED. . . Our of-
fice has received many comments
from county tax assessor-collectors
r> H sing 'the newspapers for the as-
sistance they rendered and especial-
ly for their publication of the ap-
plication form, which benefited
both the voters and the assessor-
collectors. Your contribution to the
registration drive has been appre-
ciated not only by myself but by
assessor-collectors and voters as
well.—John L. Hill, Secretary of
State.
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LETTER TO EDITOR . . . Dear
Dizzy, I know you help people with
their problems. I usually solve my
own, but recently something hap-
pened that I can’t seem to handle.
Last night my wife Ruth and I had
some friends in for dinner. For a
diversion after dinner, we had in-
vited a fortune teller to hold a
seance. Now, for my problem—
during the seance, the spirit of my
first wife Elvira who is dead, was
brought back. My second wife can-
not understand or believe that my
first wife is not here. Needless,
to say, my life has become a tur-
moil. Both wives are mad, I receive
no help, and the situation seems
impossible. Please help. Sincerely
yours, Charles Condomine.
To see how Charles and Dizzy
solve his problem, attend the an-
nual Senior Play “Blithe Spirit”
February 23 and 24 at the high
school gymnasium. The evening
will offer one of the funniest ex-
periences in your life. Fortune tell-
ers, seances, quarreling wives, and
general confusion make it a must
for anyone who appreciates comedy
at its finest.
The cast will feature Tommie
Claiborne, Sandra Harrison, Bever-
ly Smith, Karen Kirkpatrick, Rog-
er Conrad, Debbie Hiint, Donnie
Schroeder, David Kocurek, Emma
Garza, Susan Beaty, and Patricia
Maddox. The crew work is under
the direction of Bobby Lewis. He
will be assisted by Bettjr Koening,
Sandra Harrison, Jimmy Thomp-
son, Arl Hunt, Jeanne Koerber,
Charles Fitzmorris, Yolanda Bald-
win, and Mary Alice Webb.
Bob Christianson was called to
La Crosse, Wisconsin, last Friday
due to the illness and death of
his mother.
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