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Page 4^-Palacios Beacon, Wed., November 7, 1990
Palacios Beacon Earl? Files
5 YEARS AGO-1985
Hie entire Palacios Sharkcttc cross country team, along with
Joe Guerra representing the Shark squad, will be competing at the
st.i:e ess country meet to be held in Georgetown Saturday. The
Sharkeltcs consisted of Ann Merlin, Lisa Harvey, Sherri Harr,
Valeric Garcia, Janet Blister and Christy Garcia.
Ribbon cutting ceremonies celebrated the opening of Shimek’s
i vo oirant and the remodeling and expanding of Dairy Queen.
25 YEARS AGO-1965
| i Smith moved here from Aransas Pass to serve as pastor
Church of Christ.
o Cilacios Division of the United Fund was still short of its
a o a of $6,694.80. Final report meeting of workers will be held
Friday.
30 YEARS AGO-1960
< lulf Coast Medical Center was the name selected for the new
a Gal to open in Wharton soon.
!:ss Judy Hunt will be crowned homecoming queen during
1! t:i;ic ceremonies of the Sharks’Ganado Indians game Friday,
final game of the season.
tivity at Matagorda County navigation District No. 1 turning
a ms has jumped far above expectations. On Nov. 3,342 people
a earning their livelihood from establishments on the basins,
i mmy Brandon had been selected to enter Baylor University
Tree of Medicine in Houston in September.
35 YEARS AGO-1955
A large turnout was expected at the polls Saturday to cast their
ballots on the $650,000 bond election for construction of addi-
tional hospital facilities in Bay City and the erection of a small
county hospital in Palacios.
40 YEARS A GO-1950
Quick work by the fire department was credited with saving the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Cook from destruction Saturday.
Collcgeport Presbyterian Church celebrated the completion of
the new manse on Nov. 1 with a supper and program
45 YEARS AGO-1945
The city purchased the lots cast of the city hall on which to
build a lire station.
Richard A, Kilgore, missing since January 1944, was officially
declared killed in action.
Clyde D. Crenshaw replaced Jimmie Shearer as manager of the
Houston Natural Gas Corporation. Shearer had been transferred to
Alice.
50 YEARS AGO-1940
The dredge digging the channel to Palacios from the Intra-
coastal Canal was expected to be finished by Sunday.
Fourteen building permits were approved by the city council
Monday night.
Approval of a three years lease on city owned lots to the Salva-
tion Army for the construction of a recreation hall for soldiers was
voted on at the city council meeting.
The city delayed Southwestern Associated Telephone Com-
pany’s franchise as one councilman walked out leaving less than a
quorum present.
Fixtures and equipment for Regan’s new Ben Franklin Store
had arrived and the big opening was set for Nov. 16.
55 YEARS ago.1935
A.H. Wadsworth reported 4758 bales of cotton ginned in the
county up to October 18.
The new pavilion and pier were dedicated with an appropriate
program sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
F.R. Lane, Shady Lane, Hugh Dismukes and J.B. Feather
represented the Palacios Fire Department at a regional meeting in
Bay City.
60 YEARS AGO-1930
An American Legion Auxiliary was organized with Mrs.
Claude Adams as president.
65 YEARS AG0-I925
The Curtis-Sisson Grocery introduced a cash and carry depart-
ment.
Rev. C.H. Doak was returned to the Palacios Methodist
Church.
George Harrison and James W. Sartwcllc attended the Intra-
coastal meeting in Port Arthur.
70 YEARS AGO-1920
Palacios stores closed for one day and everyone who could
went to Blessing for the community fair.
George E. Scrrill had made his announcement for re-election to
the office of county measurer.
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Dear Fxlitor:
' ; Saturday, the students who make up the P.H.S. choir
s: r . up their afternoon to help express to the community at large
that people in Palacios still love our flag.
Thu,sc young people sang our national anthem so beautifully. It
■ru, : rom the heart and really had lots of meaning.
V as long as Palacios has a generation of kids like these,
■ vanity will never lose its patriotism and civic pride.
, ■>, as indeed an honor to have had them share our special day
lot honoring the flag.
1 Blanks to each of the choir members as well as Mr. Petrisky '
M and Chcrvl Marshall.
Dave Rolen
Palacios Masonic Lodge 990
Senior fish fry a sizzling success
| Dear Editor:
, i October 27, the Friends of Elder Citiz.ens and the Palacios
Lions Club held a fish fry at the Senior Center from 5 until 7 p.m.
I A: 6:45 we had sold out of fish!
As director of the Senior Center, I would like to thank the fol-
i h iwing: die Lions Club for volunteering to cook the fish and hush
pi lies (They did an outstanding job!); the Palacios Chamber of
: imerec, who donated the fish from the fishing tournament (It
uious!); the Board members of Friends of Elder Citizens
uii 'hull time spent in organizing, preparing and serving (and also
' for their delicious cakes); the staff, Archie and Paul (The kitchen
• d dining areas were sparkling clean before and after, as usual!),
and the community for so generously supporting us!
The purpose of this dinner was to raise money to pay for in-
'.linng shelves in our storeroom; and, thanks to Dennis Bartosh
! me fine students of the Palacios High School Building Trades
I i u unent, who donated their labor, we have sturdy (and attrac-
;. ,, new shelves covering one full wall and half of the adjoining
alls
Liu' senior participants and myself....THANKS AGAIN!
Very truly yours,
Mary Kay Oglesby
Mattox"
AUSTIN - The dirtiest political
campaign in the history of Texas
ended this week, and Capitol eyes
turned to watch what may be the
last gasp of the most political
Texas Supreme Court ever.
The dominant theme in judicial
elections was whether lawmakers
elected to judgeships can be
trusted not to make laws from the
bench — and voters thought they
had their say Tuesday.
Not entirely so.
In a neat display of polit-
ical sidestep, the High Court
Democrats and lame-duck Attor-
ney General Jim Mattox have man-
aged to drag a very tax-expensive
issue away front the force of this
week’s election.
As a result, the five sitting
Democrats on the Texas Supreme
Court — all former state legisla-
tors — as a group will have a final
say in telling the Legislature, at
the bottom line, how much money
it must spend.
How did they do it?
Around Ixift End
After an Austin state dis-
trict judge waited until Septem-
ber to declare the Legislature’s
new school finance plan uncon-
stitutional, Mattox pulled an end
run around the appeals court and
brought the ease directly to the
Supreme Court.
On one hand, his tactic saves
time and money, but there are
political profits to be reaped as
well.
First, the hot potato ease is de-
layed until after the election: Mat-
tox and the Democratic leadership
knew full well that to hand down a
tax-prone decision before an elec-
tion would jeopardize their entire
ballot.
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-arsing staff that Vance was not authorized to treat
Spaw's patients while he was out of town. Vance
maintains that when he was contacted by the hos-
i!:ti - ih regard to certain patients of Dr. Spaw,
u told Hyett of Spaw's "directive" and requested
Fiat Hyett override it to allow him to treat the pa-
rents on a temporary basis.
i lowcver, the hospital although having the au-
; iorny to do what was requested wholly failed to
tuthon/.' such treatment," the petition claims. It
went on to allege that the hospital "thereafter
compounded its wrong by altering and
manufacturing records of patients by stating that
the Plaintiff (Vance) refused to treat the patients,
when such was not the case."
Vance's petition contends that "this pretext by
die hospital" was used in the suspension of his
dal I pnvilcges and that it amounted to "trumped
up charges" which he said failed to afford him
aoci iural due process.
In ii petition, Vance said that when the
a p : i had solicited him to relocate in Palacios,
he had spent $15,(XX) in premiums for malpractice
iiiMj ranee to cover obstetrical medicine. He claims
tli.it tin hospital had "promised” sufficient referrals
to deter the cost and that the hospital had also
vd to subsidize his income should it not exceed
00,000 a year.
utee said in the petition that after arriving in
Matagorda County, he found the facilities of
Wagner General Hospital "woefully lacking in
necessary equipment for the treatment of patients
needing primary family care medicine." He
contends mat during his first year ol practice in
Palacios, he had repeatedly requested that the
equipment and personnel be upgraded and
properly trained. In addition, he said he "voiced
his concern with regard to the lack of
crcdentialling of certain nursing staff at the hospi-
tal, as well as the failure of the hospital to meet its
promises of providing for necessary' supplies and
equipment reasonably necessary to practice family
medicine" at WGH. He also said he questioned
record keeping procedures.
According to Vance's petition, rather than "do
what had been promised" he alleges the defendants
conspired to "railroad” him "out of town by mali-
ciously and illegally spreading untruths and/or half
truths" concerning his method of practice of
medicine. In addition, Vance alleges that the de-
fendants "conspired to alter medical records" in an
effort to suspend his medical staff privileges at
WGH.
Vance also contends in his petition that the de-
fendants had been in violation of the Texas Free
Enterprise and Anti-Trust Act of 1983 by damag-
ing his business as a result of a "contract, combi-
nation and conspiracy between the Defendants and
other unnamed co-conspirators to boycott and to
refuse to deal with (Vance) and to prevent (Vance)
from enjoying his privilege of admitting patients
and being a member of the medical staff of the
hospital."
Vance's petition also claims that "no legitimate
interest of the Defendants are served by their act to
refuse medical staff privileges..." to Vance, but
that instead the motive is "malicious in nature...."
with school plan
end-run"
Second, Mattox essentially gave
the issue to the bench’s current
majority of Democrats to handle
in December, even though two
justices — Franklin Spears and
C.L. Ray — did not nut for re-
election.
Window of Opportunity
If Mattox had gone through
the appeal court, the case would
have been delayed past their terms.
As it stands now, the bloc of
former legislators on the Court
have a month-long window of
opportunity.
Couldn’t they wait a month?
After all, State District Judge
STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Lyndell Williams
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Scott McCown waited all summer
before striking it down.
Hardly. Three scats were up
for election, with the six noil-
contested scats held by three
Democrats and three Republicans;
facing the possibility of a Republi-
can majority on the court, the for-
mer legislators couldn't afford to
take chances.
Special Master Re-Enters
Now, when the new justices
take their oath in January, they’ll
likely find the school finance
case has been sent back to
the Legislature or given to the
special master, himself a former
Democrat legislator and Supreme
Court Justice.
The pro-legislative maneuver is
totally legal, is no deep dark
secret, and is well-applauded in
many Capitol circles.
Advocates argue Texas needs
equity in education funding, and
since the Legislature won’t draw
it up, the special master might as
well.
Unless conservatives in the
judiciary can delay action until the
lame-ducks are off the court, he
probably will.
The doomsayers expect this
lamc-duck cabal to order costly
reforms that will force legislators
over the biink and into a state
income tax.
So, the issue remains with us,
whether it is right or prudent for
a judge to force the Legislature to
spend more money than it has on
the books.
MAKING ROOM FOR
CHRISTMAS SALE
13154thSt. 972-503$
GREAT GIFT
BUYS!
Texas lias seen it all too often
this past decade; in fact, had
a federal judge not forced the
Legislature to spend millions on
new prisons, the Legislature might
have been able to appropriate more
money for public education.
Texans could have been building
better schools instead of better
prisons.
Initiative Rights Eyed
State Rep. Rick Williamson, D-
Weatherford, plans to sponsor leg-
islation in January that would give
Texans initiative and referendum
rights. Although similar efforts
failed in 1989, Williamson said he
believes die bill has a better chance
in 1991.
Residents in about half of the
50 states can put such measures as
whether to slash taxes and impose
limits on officerholders’ terms,
through the petition process.
In Texas, people don't have that
power. But some lawmakers and
political observers think the time
may be ripe for change.
“It is the future of public
policy,” said Williamson. “The
information- communications rev?
olution of the 1980s has put oh,
the table permanently that voters
should have control over public
policy.”
Other Highlights
■ Two former chief justices,
both Democrats, endorsed a Re-
publican for Place 1 on the
Supreme Court. John Hill and
Joe Grecnhill gave the nod jo
San Antonio's State District Judge
John Comyn over Democrat Gene
Kelly.
■ Congress just gave Texas 11
new federal judges, the most any
state received, with five slated for
South Texas, three for Wes' Texas,
two for Dallas-Fort Worth and one
in East Texas.
■ The last Gallop Poll before
the election found that of the 12
percent of “most likely voters”
who were still undecided, most
were conservative, white females
concerned with schools and crime.
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