Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 16, 1987 Page: 4 of 18
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Page 4A-Palaclos Beacon, Sept. 16.1987
From The Beacon Early Files,
20 YEARS AGO-1967
Sharks lost their season opener
to the El Campo Ricebirds 44-0.
The Junior High Hornets were
gearing up to open their season
against El Campo.
25 YEARS AGO--1962
Dr. N.E. Runyon was to be
co-chairman of the Matagorda
County United Fund Drive with
Col. R.M. Harris.
Dr. Das Kelley Barnett assum-
ed duties as pastor of St. John’s
Episcopal Church here.
The city hall moved back to its
Commerce St. building.
Mrs. R.F. Buffaloe was honor-
ed by members of the Church of
God of Prophecy in celebration of
her 83rd birthday.
The Tommy Oliver family were
new residents of Palacios.
Mr. Oliver replaced Charles
Cobb as manager of K-Wolens.
Miss Lula Belle Maddox was
chosen as a duchess to the Texas
Rose Festival in Tyler.
30 YEARS AGO-1957
Plans for a new pier on East
Bay were presented to the
director and others at the Cham-
ber of Commerce meeting.
35 YEARS AGO-1952
T.W. “Buckshot" Lane with-
drew his election contest suit
against Congressman Clark W.
Thompson.
The Chamber of Commerce
was holding a meeting Thursday
night at the Eastside Elementary
School for the purpose of discus-
sing the street improvement and
drainage issues to be voted on.
40 YEARS AGO-1947
Carroll Cairnes took over the
agency for the Magnolia Petrol-
eum Products.
Mayor Glenn Clayboum, Ear-
nest Wehmeyer and W.C. Gray
were appointed to go to Harlin-
gen to consult with Col. Yost as
to the advisability of a beach
project here.
George D. Holst, new coach of
the Sharks, was getting the
squad ready for the season
opener with Bay City last night.
45 YEARS AGO-1942
Mr. and Mrs. V.E. Mikels of
Texas City, Sgt. and Mrs. F.
"Shady" Lane of Hondo and
Cecil Lane of Sheppard Field
spent the Labor Day holidays
with their father, Frank Lane.
Pfc. John Pena was promoted
to the rank of corporal.
50 YEARS AGO-1937
Palacios schools opened with
564 registered the first day.
Coach W.E. Sullivan announ-
ced that the Sharks would open
the season with a game at home
against La Ward.
55 YEARS AGO-1932
Carl Boeker of Collegeport
opened a store in the Ledtje
building on 5th St. and Mr. and
Mrs. Murray Hart leased the
Club Cafe on Commerce.
H.R. Bartlett of El Campo
leased the Pickwick Bakery and
moved his family here.
Births this week were: Mr. an
and Mrs. Ralph Newsome, a girl,
Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Price and Mr.
and Mrs. L.M. Slone, boys.
60 YEARS AGO-1927
Ms. Margaret Nester and Ms.
Madge Yeager left for Galveston
to attend county institute. They
were going to teach at Alta Loma.
65 YEARS AGO-1922
Labor Day was celebrated here
with two ball games in the
afternoon and a dance on thq
pavilion at night.
Mill
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Building for
Safety
COUNCIL
BY ABEL PIERCE
City of Palacios
Building Inspectot
The City of Palacios is
growing a little. We, here at
City Hall, are aware of it by the
number of building permits
issued and sewer and water
taps. We also receive many
calls from people whose insur-
ance company requires that a
building be built to code
standards.
The last legislature passed a
few laws regarding construc-
tion. The Catastrophic Property
Insurance Act now authorizes
this board to license inspectors
for the inspection of buildings in
areas subject to hurricanes.
This is just one more reason to
recommend that anyone build-
ing in the area under the city
jurisdiction secure a permit and
call for inspections. This also
clears the way for the owner to
secure city services, now or in
the future.
There is also a state law
requiring smoke detectors at
any area which is used for
sleeping. This is especially
important for rental units, since
no one wishes to be respon-
sible for a death or injury.
Your city building inspector is
trained to check on the many
little things which help to
protect the health, safety and
welfare of the general public, so
it is wise for the property owner
to call for an inspection before
final payment is made for
construction or repairs. This
will insure that you have not
overlooked some important it-
ems. Sometimes it becomes
difficult to find the contractor
after he has his money for the
work performed.
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have at least a plumbing inspec-
tion. Lamar said that he had
checked and found that neigh-
boring cities do make, and
charge for inspections within
their ETJ.
Mayfield also warned the
council that the city would have
to be careful or the city could
open itself to lawsuits. He said
that the city inspector could make
cursory inspections, but not go
into all the detail regulations.
In other matters, Lamar infor-
med the council that consultant
David Steed of D.L.S. Associa-
tes has not sent the city any
information on any work he has
done regarding an economic
development study. Lamar said
the Texas Dept, of Community
Affairs had reviewed the city’s
files and found that three reports
had not been submitted. Those
reports included the accounting
certification letter, the quarterly
reports and the environmental
review exemption letter.
The mayor said that a letter
would be sent to Steed informing
him to have the required items
by October, but as to date
nothing has been received.
The council supported a mo-
tion by Robert Lee that the city
not hire a high school student
through the school’s job training
program, citing a lack of ade-
quate supervision by the city.
Through the Co-Op Job Train-
ing Program, the student would
have been hired for the parks
department at $3.35 per hour
with the school paying half the
salary for 13 weeks. Lamar said
that the student would be under
the public works department and
have spot check supervision.
Lee, however, contended that
he felt the city should not allow a
student to work without direct
supervision.
Approval was given to adopt-
ing an ordinance amending the
backyard setback requirements.
The change establishes the back-
yard setback at 20-feet from the
center line of the alley and
10-feet from the property fine in
the absence of an alley.
In other matters:
-the council voted to leave the
sent within 10 days. He said thqt ^ity fee for tax certificates at $4
Steed was scheduled to have rather than increasing it to $10 as
information to present to the city allowed by new state law.
-set Sept. 14 as a work session
with the capital improvement
committee regarding a bond
election.
-tabled action on revision of
the personnel handbook to in-
clude a physical for all new
employees.
-approved a request from the
Palacios Athletic Boosters to
reserve City Park Friday after-
noon for a pep rally.
-REBATE-
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down nearly 8% from last year.
A drop of 11% was fisted for
Wharton with rebates at
$359,674 while those in Port
Lavaca slipped 12% to $389,714.
In Ganado, the sales tax rebates
were off nearly $7,000 at $40,428,
a decline of 15%. The biggest
loss was in Point Comfort where
rebates fell 26% to $8,332.
tkaiku For SubotiHaij
Mem and Ada
to Hit Beacon:
Ifjn. Monday
A teacher dedicated to excellence
since 1915. While she contribu-
ted much of her time and talents
Palacios Library News.
Dear Sir,
To her many students and
fellow educators the mention of
Miss Alice Barr’s name brings
instant thoughts of excellent
teaching and a fife dedicated to
the service of others. Her God
and her students shared her
every thought and pleasure be-
cause each was of the most
importance to her. Yes, “Miss
Alice” was very dedicated to
those that she loved the most.
"Miss Alice” taught the third
grade for some 47 years in the
San Antonio and Palacios Scho-
ols. In anyone's measure that
equates to a “bunch” of young-
sters. We must remember that at
93 years of age she had been
retired for about 25 years.
During the years she taught most
third grade teachers had from 30
to 40 students assigned to their
class, so her “bunch” of young-
sters equates to over 1500 young
ones that she influenced.
As one of the early settlers of
Palacios, she had been a member
of the First Presbyterian Church
to the First Church, she was also
a leader in forming the Second
Presbyterian Church in Palacios.
During its formation and during
the early years she gave her
teaching and musical talents in
a very generous way. When
everyone thought she had given
her all, somewhere she found
more to give.
We, her many teacher friends,
know in our hearts that "Miss
Alice” is teaching a new third
grade class this fall. We are sure
that when the school bell rang
she was already working hard.
With her many talents no fancy
new teaching equipment will be
needed in her classroom. The
students will learn the “old
fashioned way” by doing hard
work in class, being assigned
homework, receiving firm discip-
line and having a little fun.
Respectively,
George Holst,
Retired Supt. of Schools
Palacios ISD
"To strive, to seek, to find,
and nottoyield”-Tennyson.
The Palacios Library board of
directors meets at 7 p.m. this
Thursday, Sept. 17, in the main
room of the library. The public is
cordially invited tu attend.
The library is happy to ann-
ounce that it will be able to
maintain the current 39-hour
weekly schedule in place since
early in the year. The library is
open during the following hours:
Mon. 1-7 p.m., Tues. 9 a.m.-6
p.m., Wed. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Thurs. 1-6 p.m., Fri. 1-6 p.m.,
Sat. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. The library is
closed on Sundays and major
holidays. Please note that the
library does not close during
lunchtime on the long days,
Tuesday and Wednesday; this
gives working folks an oppor-
tunity to drop by during the noon
hour.
Anyone having a relatively
permanent address in the Pala-
cios area can obtain a card.
Children under 12 years of age
must have the signature of a
parent. A library card entitles the
patron to check out as many as
five books at a time for two
weeks. He or she may also check
out back issues of magazines,
audiocassette tapes, and records.
All these items cost the patron a
nickel a day if overdue. Video-
cassette tapes of movies and
cartoons are handled a little
differently: as many as three at a
time per family, for two days,
with a fine of a dollar per day per
tape if overdue. Oh, yes-don’t
forget that the Jibrary maintains
a large collection of uncatalo-
gued paperbacks, which may be
checked out in numbers consider-
ably greater than five.
To encourage patrons to return
overdue books, the library keeps
the maximum fines low: $1 per
book for adult titles, d0 c>atits for
children's books, and 25 cents for
paperbacks and magazines. Th-
ese fines help defray operating
expenses and the cost of new
books. Lost items must be paid
for in full. Please note: City
ordinance #466 provides that
overdue material is subject to a
$200 fine if not returned. All in
all, it makes good sense to go
ahead and pay the relatively
minuscule fines when items are
inadvertently turned in late.
Birthdays
SEPTEMBER 16
L. E. Steinmetz
Margarito Navarro, Houston
Seth Elias Luna
Erika Tess Luna
SEPTEMBER 17
Frank Munoz, Sr.
Jesse Rojas
Jesse Constancio
Frankie Alderete
Dana Guerrero
Irene Coy
SEPTEMBER 18
Kimberly Parrish
Trinidad Juzes
SEPTEMBER 19
Thomas Laha
Manuel Quintanilla
David Pena
Andrew Luna, Jr.
SEPTEMBER 20
Carla Hyett
Yolanda Soria
Dayna McGimdt
Joey Morales
Leticia LaBorde
Wanda Price
Dena Harris
L. J. Lopez
SEPTEMBER 21
Michael Murray
Edith Lee
Fern Harvey
Robert Solis
Garrett Clayboum
SEPTEMBER 22
Damon Harvey
Nick Flores
Sammy Davidson, Jr.
Daniel Lee Mangum
Isabel! Quintanilla
ANNIVERSARIES
SEPTEMBER 17
Mr. and Mrs. Mario Rodriguez
SEPTEMBER 18
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Evans
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Ohino
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Michalik
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Dave Watson, Cheryl Bowers,
Nancy Bowers, Billy Harrison,
Bob Huebner, Connie Huitt,
Ramona Longoria, Bill Reaves,
Lynda Richter, Dan Tucker, Cara
Herlin, Doris McCarley, Mary
Kay Oglesby, Stella Martino,
Craig Wallis, Jean Herlin and
Donnie Horton.
The amount of grants annually
over the past six years have been
as follows: 1981-82. S72.000-.
1982-83. $43.^
$103,839; 1984-1
1985-86, $50,325; and 1986-87,
$14,341.
By far the largest recipient of
grants from PAF has been the
City of Palacios. A total of
$254,758.72 has been given to
the city either as direct grants or
matching funds for a range of
projects that have benefitted the
community overall. The projects
have included street paving, park
development, police reserves,
computer program, crime pre-
vention, ramps for handicapped,
PAF
fire department and pool im-
provements.
In addition the PAF has
provided approximately $73,000
over the past six years to the
Friends of Elder Citizens toward
the construction and operating
costs of the senior center and the
purchase of ai van.
Other grants over the years
have included $5,800 to the
Palacios for
program of the Economic Action
Committee; $1,000 for Texans’
War on Drugs; $1,000 for a
Rotary Club “Free Enterprise
Day” for high school students;
$600 for Operation Santa Claus;
$1,300 to the Palacios Medical
Foundation for a doctor recruit-
ment program; SI 10 to the Bay
City Dance Company; $1,000 to
the Festival Arts Program; $500
for playground equipment at
local scouting programs for a new
bus, equipment for day camp and
moving of a scout hut; $3,200 to
the Palacios Historical Associa-
tion for start up costs of a
museum; $7,500 to the Chamber
of Commerce for a paint-partner-
ship program for low-income
families and new city maps;
$10,000 for Palacios Information
Network equipment; $4,000 to
equipment maintenance and
beautification of the golf course;
$3,500 to the emergency utilities
tne Palacios
tion; $1,230 to the American
Field Service foreign exchange
student program; $800 for pur-
chase of Sesquicentennial mark-
ers; $1,200 to support the
Women’s Crisis Center; and $500
for the County War Memorial.
The continued existence of the
Palacios Area Fund relies strictly
on donations and other contri-
butions. Not surprisingly, the
amount of grants distributed
each year greatly exceeds the
amount of donations and contri-
butions made to the PAF.
The part PAF plays in Palacios
is not only a grant supportive
roll. The PAF office and director
serve the community in many
other ways such as lending civic
organizations a hand with files
and storage, inexpensive print-
ing projects and fundraising
advice and ideas. It has also
provided leadership for projects
not have been com-
to vol-
The community van is unother
way PAF has aided the comm-
unity over the years. The van was
purchased by PAF in 1981 and
has been available to civic and
npa-profit organizations for use
at a nominal fee.
Since its inception, the Pala-
cios Area Fund has proven to be
an invaluable asset to the com-
munity and has played a unique
and commendable role in enhan-
cing the quality of life in
Palacios.
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