Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 20, 1994 Page: 4 of 14
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Page 4A-Palacios Beacon* Wed., July 20,19941
Beacon Eart? Flits
S YEARS AGO-1989
1 A bit of Palacios history returned to the City by the Sc* last week
when a number of items from the old’’ Brandon’s Dry Good Store"
were donated to the Palacios Museum by members of the Brandon
Family.
Kathy Le. a teller and proof operator employed at City State Bank
of Palacios became a naturalized United States citizen last Friday.
Palacios Auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of Eagles #3821 pre-
sented a gift of $200 to the Palacios Library for its service to the
elderly.
Linda Ysletta Parsley was awarded an $8000 four-year Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo FFA Scholarship last week in special
ceremonies at the 61 st Annual Texas FFA Convention at the Houston
Astroareha.
Winning the Chamberof Commerce’s Yard of the Month for July
was the yard of Janie and Bernard Aparicio.
15 YEARS AGO-1979
, One of the old landmarks of Palacios, the old Baptist Church
building at Welch and Second Streets, had been demolished to make
way for a new structure.
Deposits on hand for the second quarter of Oils year, ending June
30th at the City State Bank of Palacios totaled $19,840,000.
An appeal had been filed by the Palacios Independent School
District in their suit against Austin and San Antonio for taxes from
their pan in the South Texas Nuclear Power Plant.
I , ,. . 2$ YEARS AGO-1969
Beginning 12:01 a.m. Sunday, Palacios and Blessing customers
making long distance calls will reach an operator in Port Lavaca. At
the same time the area code for these two exchanges will change from 55 YEARS AGO-1939
713 to 512. 1 *V Eighteen members of the Garden Club enjoyed a pilgrimage
Harold E. Tigert, a fligu service specialist at the local FFA Flight which included visits to yards and gardens at many places in B razona
Service Station, was presented with a sustained superior perfor- and Matagorda Counties.
mance awaid. C.W.Nester was voted the most loyal member of the local Kotaiy
Ronnie Kubecka and Bruce Elliott were attending the Texas FA A Club, as he closed his place of business for an hour at noon to attend
Convention in Fort Worth. the regular meetings.
30 YEARS AGO-1964 60 YEARS AGO-1934
Lige Dry, who farms 7 miles west of Palacios, brought in Mata- Fourteen applicants for postmaster at the Palacios office had tiled
gorda County's first bale of cotton for the 1964 season on July 14. for examination at Bay City.
Central Power and Light Co. announced a proposed reduction in
electric rates effective with September biUtag, ,
New teachers added to the Palacios school faculty wm lift, and
Mrs. Ramon Harbin, Mrs. Martha Montgomery. Mrs Jtorpnliothan^
and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Sylva.
35 YEARS AGQ-1959
Dave Bolling and Jessie EUis received the State FFA Dane Star
Farmers Degree at the 31st State FFA Convention held in Austin.
The Palacios Voluntemt-Vta Department ted challenged the
Lions Gub to a game of softball with proceedsgoing to the Palacios
Recreation Association.
Twelve new members were added to foe Palacios Chamber of
Commerce during foe drive conducted this week.
40 YEARS AGO-1954 \ Jtti t ■
The Fire Department was making plans to stage a bag rodeo
August 4,5 Sid A.
The 43rd annual Texas Baptist Encampment was scheduled to
close Friday at noon.
The Palacios Sharks played an errorless game with Pure Oil
Company’s fast nine at Louise and won by a score of 2 to 1.
65 YEARS AGO-1929 m,i
Camp Hplenitlas being made ready for the annual two weeks of ,
training for foe Texas National Guards.
Engineers were working on foe proposed highway to Port Lavaca,
a continuation of the Hug-the-Coast Highway from Houston to
Corpus Christi through Palacios.
75 YEARS AGO-1919
Palacios was working for a sewer system and interest was being
created by articles from citizens published in the Beacon.
. i j 8Q YEARS AGO-1914
A special train from Bay City brought in some 1500 of her citizens
for the July 4th celebration.
Dr. J.R. Wagner was foe pbssesor of a new seven passenger
Studebaker car, which he drove from Houston in five hours.
Two big special trains and five extra coaches on foe regular train
brought people from aU over the state for the annual B. Y.P.U
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Perspective
Letters to
the Editor
USA
29 c!
Finding emergency care without leaving town
Dear Editor,
After visiting Palacios on numerous occasions over the past
10 years, I finally found myself in need of medical attention.
While playing with my two children in the waters of South
Bay, I stepped on a submerged rock and cut foe side of my heel
The cut required stitches so my wife drove me to Wagner
Hospital for treatment.
• Once in foe emergency room 1 was met by a caring and
concerned staff, the nurse cleaned my wound and Dr. Stephens
, stitched me up and I was out of there in le$s fofol 45 minutes.
On a Saturday afternoon, when doctors' offices are closed, it
was a relief to know 1 could get foe care I required without
leaving Palacios.
Sincerely
Rick Robertson
Dallas, Texas
Texas Eagles contribute to Lions Camp...
. ''.... ... ' vT ^ , w • j}
Richards accuses Bush of conflict of interests
paign. “I have enough work to do
to just
in a television interview last wtek,
criticized the Tbxas fosunuice Com-
mission's fining of Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co. $1.2 million
for deceptive sales practices, but he
later told The Associated Press he
believed foe case against foe fosur
Gw. Ann Richards campaign re-
acted to Bute's:
Audit Rips Tire Shredders offense, la that case, they will be
to a preliminary audit Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houstoo,
Natural Resource said foe worst obstacle for an ex-
l Commission. convict is to find employment. He
Twenty-one (fonts in Tbxas said that state agencies should set
process old foes for recycling an example for private businesses
under a state program funded by by hiring ex-convicts who have
Dear Editor,
Several weeks
several weeks ago an article in the Palacios Beacon npicd
that Jennie Stuhrcnberg, a young lady from Palacios, had
returned from the Lions Camp in KerrytUe, Tx- This prompted
me to mention that the Fraternal Order pf Eagles, Aenes and
1 Auxiliaries of Texas raised over $47,000 this year to upgrade
| the Eagles Trail at ihc Lions Camp.
Palacios Eagles FOE 3821 are so happy foal someone from
Palacios was able lo enjoy one of lire many projects that we
Respectfully,
HalUe Homeier
Secretary, Ladies Auxiliary
work on.
t outrageous!
of interest* for criticizing t
while serving as a paid board mc$-
ber ci Tom Brown foe., a Midland
oil and gas company in which Met
Life owns stock.
Bush said he did not know Mot
Life owned stock in foe company,
but according to foe Richards
campaign, Met Life has owned
between 6.5 and 9.9 percent of Trim
Brown Inc. since Bush tea served
on its board.
According to Securities and
Exchange Commission documents,
Bush earns $12,000 a year from
Tbm Brown foe.
The insurance commission or-
dered Mot life to make refunds to-
taling $1.2 million » 76,000 poli-
cyholders fo Tbxas
Prison Medical Report Ordered
U.S. District Judge William
Wayne Justice has ordered officials
to give him a report on foe
condfoon of medical facilities fo
foe Tbxas Criwfoal Justice System
State Capital
HIGHLIGHTS
By Lyndatl William* • Taxas Press Association
be commissioner, let aloim.
get involved in politics,” he said. }‘
Alternative Schools Proposed ; |
Meanwhile, Mono offered sug-
gestions for how foe state Legfov*
lature should rewrite the education*
code to place “at-risk” students fo,-
alternative schools rather than face*
expulsion. ' *
Unless the Legislature pays for*
the alternative schools, local school»
districts would have* to foot foe-*
bill to keep violent or diirtiptiYe
students in school but out of I
classrooms.
Lawmakers will consider Meuo’
foe ft per new tire foe ’foil ty teten rehabilitated.
consumers. Almost $300 milliou in Dropout Rates Decline
new tire foe' U collected annually. The puWjc school dropout
The five (fonts have until early rate is half what it was six years Plan* wt“cb fPPf ,nn
August to reimburse the state or ago, Tbxas Education Commis- state teachers groups, fo the 199
explain foe discrepancies. Susan sioner Lionel “Skip" Metro said legislative resawn.
- - - - - - s, Officials for Tbxas State Tbach
Meno said the state dropout rate Assodation and Tbxas Feder^T
for seventh through 12* grades has «ion of Tbachers, however, called;:
fallen from 34 percent fo foe 1987- Metro’s proposal inadequate for ari-;
88 school year to 18 percent fo foe a0*088 *e board 5 percent raise;
1993 school year. fo teachers’ minimum pay, whicl£>
Meno attributed foe improve- could affect only 2,000 teachers
meat to legislation that reformed statewide.
Rite, I fovvycr for foe Tbxas State fo# week.
Tire Recycle** Association, said
ate believes the company records
will show foe five (fores do not ewe
money to foe stare.
More Woes to Get Probation
A new law goes into effect Sept.
I foat lowers penalties for downs
fregufo^
MenoJ
rwal o®
he 1995g:
j Tbach^j
rw?«?se
violent offeridera will have to spend «!•
2m nri&ntt Kstnw* WnmlitO folioiKIre MCOO
CIOS
IDE
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fo prison before becoming eligible
for parole.
State District Judge Larry Gist
fo Beaumont »W foe Tam Board
Criminal Justice, “It’s going to
hut everyone I’ve
committed to making
denied that recent an-
Benton Deadline: Noon Monday g
r •! s.i Office (loud Wt Jut .days K
-teferi
the tbxas Cruamal Justice System. fo Criminal Just
foaa 400 letters and legal pleadings m work *
vkred fo a Mm will I
utetioa. unless drey use a
or hare a prior aggravated
fo foe past three months from
prisoners who allege they have had
problems with health care fo the
prisons
“Although at this pofot these
According to a report fo foe
mm (irofofo, people coa-
wtti have to be
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West, Nicholas M. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 20, 1994, newspaper, July 20, 1994; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth726782/m1/4/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.