Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1969 Page: 3 of 8
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Thursiay, August 28, 1969
pat, A CTOS BEAC0g^&, TEXAS
CHANGING
ADDRESS
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The Palacios Beacon in prompt noti-
fication of change of address will be
greatly appreciated.
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IN MATAGORDA COUNTY:
Please send your ZIP Code Number
when renewing your subscription or
change of address.
F.H.A. ENABLES SMALL COMMIES
TO HAVE WATER AND SEWER SYS EMS
The age-old problem of scarce
and unfit water supply is giving
way to the growth of modern, city-
style water and sewer systems in
small towns and farm areas of
Texas.
The opening August 19 of the
Madera Valley water system link-
ing eight small communities in
Reeves County, south of Pecos,
will mark the 500th water system
completed in Texas’ Rural Water
Facilities (Poage-Aiken) Program.
Development is carried on by local
governments and non-profit cor-
porations, with financing through
the Farmers Home Administration,
a U. S. Department of Agriculture
agency. Texas leads the nation in
the program, with 5,000 projects
built or approved in the nation to
date.
Tho first system in Texas was
located in Golinda, in Falls County
south of Waco. Golinda’s system
supplied 27 homes when originally
built in 1959, now serves 70 after
10 years of community growth
nourished by the water lines.
The Madera Vall‘?5ste>n “ik-
water from a deep ^'l near the Ft
nfvis Mountains in off Davis
County and distriM®8 it northward
to the vicinity o Pecos. A 127
mile Pipeline system reaches the
communities of pe™-
Four hundred hoj**. ■[«ms, and
other establishments will be scrv,d
The new system ends; their depend-
ence on water hajlel f,,”m Point ;
such as Pecos and Balmorhea—
only towns in the area previously
equipped with water systems.
The Madera VaJlfcy system was
built with a $571,000 Farmers Home
Administration insured loan to the
non-profit Madera Va ley Water
Supply Corporation. With its com-
pletion, the advantage of modern
water service now tes been brought
to 250,000 rural Texas people in
the past 10 years. ^
Worry kills more people than
work, because more people worry
than work
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IT'S A FAIR-GOING CIRCUS — Nostalgic circus fans,
hungry for the old-time atmosphere — three rings of saw-
dust, soda pop and excitement under a tent had better
hurry, hurry, hurry to the 1969 State Fair of Texas, Oct.
4-19 at State Fair Park in Dallas.________
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BLESSING NEWS
By LILLIE
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Boys, girls and teachers, do you
realize vacation is almost over—
only a few more days. I'm sure you
have had a good time this, summer
but didn’t it seem short? The
starting of school does bring lots
of good things too, all kinds of
sports, especially football that
everyone enjoys; getting back to-
gether with old friends and teach-
ers and we do have wonderful
teachers who are interested in your
welfare; then I’m sure you are
looking forward to seeing who is
new at school.
Mrs. Nora Landin made a trip to
El Campo Wednesday to see her
doctor and her report was good.
“Ma” Landers and Mrs. Ann
Lucas were in Palacios Wednesday.
While there they stopped by the
library and picked up some books to
read.
Mr. Epperson made an announce-
ment in the Baptist Church Sunday
asking il anyone wanted to give
something to the storm area in
Mississippi and Louisiana and I
believe he got good results as I
looked in Mrs. Epperson’s clothes
closet after she filled several boxes
and I really believe she will have
to buy new clothes and blankets,
before cold weather.
We have one more week of camp
at the Baptist Encampment in Pa-
lacios. It has been an interesting j
summer hut we will he glad to get
back on our old job where we will
only plan one meal a day instead
of three.
We have a new business in Bless-
ing, Mr. and Mrs. IL T. Phillip*
have put in something like a “Dairy
Treat’’. We haven’t learned the
name of it yet but I’m sure we will
soon. They are serving all kinds of
goodies and it’s all good too. I
went by and tried some of it. Ham-
burgers with all the trimmings, all
kinds of ice cream and lots of other
things I don’t even know the name
of. You go by and see for yourself,
it’s worth your time.
H. T. Walters filled the pulpit
Sunday at the First Baptist Church
in Blessing.
(Too Late for Last Week)
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hurta visit-
ed “Ma” Landers and the Walters
last Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Hurta
recently returned from Germany
where she visited her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John
Gray. Mr. Gray is stationed with
the U. S. Army over there. Mrs.
Hurta reported a wonderful time,
hut the good ole U. S. looked,
mighty good to her.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tracey and
children left Monday on a vacation
to Gamer Park.
Ivan Rath and family visited his
aunt, Mrs. Nora Landin Sunday
and Monday of last week, then
Ivan took his aunt to Houston to
see her doctor and for a few days
I visit with relatives. Mr. Rath is a
teacher at the University of
Georgia. , , t
The Edward Bartosh family of
Beaumont visited his mother, Mrs.
| Mary Bartosh, last week.
Mrs. T. J. Havel has been staying
with her son, Thomas, who had
surgery in an Alvin hospital
Mrs. Juanita Tobola has been in
Matagorda General Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Day are va-
cationing in the western states.
Bro. C. L. Martin, manager of
the Baptist Encampment, filled the
pulpit at the First Baptist Church
at Blessing last Sunday.
Mrs. Della Burch, sister of Hilda
Jalufka, spent the day at the camp
last Wednesday visiting. We an
enjoyed her very much. Mrs. Burcn
lives at Pecos, Texas.
Plentiful Foods Can
Help To Supply Those
After School Snacks
COLLEGE STATION—Back-to-
‘.chool time calls for refreshing
after-school snacks.
Many of the foods in plentiful
supply this September can “fill the
hill” for snacktime, reports the
Texas Agricultural Extension Ser-
vice.
Fresh pears make an ideal after-
noon appetite appeaser—without
affecting the dinner meal. The
plentiful supply of peanut butter
reported by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture can provide an all-
time snack favorite. Peanuts come
in handy for afternoon munching,
too.
The good supply of fresh limes
leads the way to refreshing bever-
ages rich in vitamin C.
Dry split peas also are plentiful
this month, reports USDA’s Con-
sumer and Marketing Service.
Imports Supply
Only OneEighlh
Of Our Daily Food
One-eighth of the things we eat
comes from another land. This fact,
says W. E. Black, Extension econ-
omist in marketing and policy at
Texas ADM University, is based on
the most recent U. S. Department
of Agriculture food imports figures.
Some of these imports, he adds,
compete directly with foods we
grow here in this country. Among
these are some meats, dairy pro-
ducts, and fruit and vegetable pro-
ducts. Such imports work some
hardship on our farmers, but to our
consumers it means competition and
more attractive food prices, explains
Black.
However, a large proportion of
our imported eating is items not
grown in this country, yet are a
part of nearly every meal. It’s
pretty hard to think of enting
very many meals without a steam-
ing (or iced) cup of coffee, tea,
or cocoa. Yet all of these beverages
come from other countries. . . .
Asia, Africa, South and Central
America, notes Black.
Too, it’s pretty hard to imagine
meats without pepper, hot rolls
without cinnamon!, gingerbread
without ginger, ham without cloves
—you could go on and on. Cooking
and, of course, eating would be very
boring without the spices and herbs.
Here again we rely heavily upon
overseas friends to help us out.
A very high proportion of our
most popular and widely used
flavoring agents come from other
countries. Pepper from East In-
dies, cinnamon from Indo-China,
cloves from Zanzibar, oregano from
Greece, allspice from Honduras,
poppy seeds from Holland. . . the
whole world helps make our meals
tasty and different.
Another feod, and one of our
favorites, for which we rely upon
overseas friends is bananas. They
come to us from South or Central
America or the Carribbean coun-
tries.
One bite in eight—that’s how
much of our food comes from over-
seas. While some of it competes
directly with our own foods, much
is types and kinds we wouldn’t
otherwise have but like very much.
Adult education is what goes on1
in a household containing teenage I
children.
Linament makes our arm smart,
but wo’ve never yet tried to rub j
any on our head.
‘*rkj man who aponda a lot
on seeds tor the garden is a
true bird lover.’'
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Dismukes, Jesse V. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1969, newspaper, August 28, 1969; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth726926/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.