Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1947 Page: 3 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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Listen to
the Summer Electric Hour
with Woody Herman, Peggy Lee and
David Barbour's Orchestra
Sundays, 2:30 P.M., CST, CBS
These CPL linemen are taking down an electric pole... with
the electricity on. This seems like the hard way, but whenever nec-
essary, they do such work to keep the electricity flowing to you.
It’s quite a trick to do this job safely. Protected by safety
equipment, the linemen skillfully use specially-designed wooden
sticks to unhook hot wires from the insulators. These sticks spread
the lines out of the way so that piece by piece, the pole can be
dismantled. Usually repairs and replacements are made without
your even knowing it... because the current keeps on coming to
your switch.
Working on hot stuff is just a part of the big job of rendering
electric service. And behind your electric switch, CPL folks are
using all the skill and experience at their command to bring you
the very finest electric service possible—around the clock, around
the calendar.
beacon ADS get results SPEED AND THE INDIVIDUAL
FALKS
BARBER SHOP
423 MAIN STREET
SATISFACTORY SERVICE
MODERN EQUIPMENT
COURTEOUS TREATMENT
E. N. FALKS, Prop.
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How fast is too fast?
The highway patrolman says if
is any fraction over the speed limit
set by law. If you drive 51 miles an
hour in a 50-mile zone, you’re li-
able for arrest on a traffic viola-
tion charge. %
Common sense, on the other hand,
may not be so meticulous as to de-
tail, but can be a lot more rigid
regarding speed limits than he law
requires the patrolman to be. Under
certain conditions, like rain or ice
coated pavements, common sense
will tell you that 15 miles an hour
FOR
‘TRANSPORTATION UNLIMITED’
SEE THE NEW
ADVANCE DESIGN CHEVROLET
TRUCKS
Here are the trucks you’ve been waiting to see, with
new styling—from road to roof. The new Chevrolet
trucks have increased load-space . . . longer wheel-
bases . . . stronger, sturdier frames. Chevrolet’s
new flexi-mounted cab is cushioned against road-
shocks, torsion and vibration. Chevrolet’s fresh-air
heating and ventilating system, the Cab That
“Breathes” (optional at extra cost) “inhales” fresh
air . . . “exhales” used air, giving greater driver
comfort.
See the new Chevrolet trucks today. Bay Chevrolet
Company will be glad to gite you the facts about
Chevrolet trucks for your business.
And remember . . . there is a Chevrolet truck to
meet your hauling needs.
Bay Chevrolet Co.
PHONE 44 PALACIOS
is to fast in a 50-mile zone. Com-
mon sense, or here more specifical-
ly called proper driver attitude, iv
your own personul speed cop and
should ride with you at all times.
Safety experts point out that ex-
cessive speed is the greatest single
cause for our great number of
traffic fatalities—approximately a
third of the total. Next in line
comes driving on the wrong side of
the road, followed by failure to
give right - of - way, disregarding
traffic signals .improper turning
und a host of others. All of them,
especially speed, can be lumped un-
der one ominous heading Reckless
Driving.
The safety and traffic specialists
have a three-pronged cure for reck-
less driving and its annual harvest
of death and injury. By widespread
public education in traffic hazards,
by strict enforcement of sane und
adequate traffic regulations and by
installation of uniform und ade-
quate traffic control devices, the an-
nual toll of traffic deuths and in-
juries can be wiped off the slate.
Unfortunately, they point out,
such a beneficent program is of
little avail without the inclusion of
a fourth element Proper individual
attitude toward safety. All the edu-
cation, enforcement und engineer-
ing we can muster will be of no use
if the individual driver persists in
the attitude that he can indulge in
excessive speed and reckless driv-
ing.
The most important factor in uc-
cident prevention is a sane atti-
tude toward safety, with proper
respect for the rules of the road
and the rights of others. The reali-
zation of this is the only thing to-
ward which the man behind the
wheel should apply the accelerator.
Chevrolet Presents New Truck
The Yellowstone river is about
1100 miles in length.
The entire length of the Susqueh-
anna river und its branches is about
400 miles.
Unprecedented improvements and advancements for the eomfort and
zonvenience of the driver are featured in the new “ndvcnce-detign” line
of Chevrolet trucss and comme-cial c-rs which arc being shown to tiie
public for the first time June 28 by Cl/vrelct dealers across the nation.
Shown above is a heavy-duty chr.r is nr.J cab with a gross vehicle weight
of 16,000 pounds and a payload c-prsity of five tons, The vehicle hrs a
137-inch wheelbase and accornr id d! r. up to nine feet long. T e
steel cab is all-wcl<!cd and will : l c- s/n comfortably. Mew ccbs
and bodies, featuring new fend — r : :i 1 J. combine highest appear-
ance standards with gre- t-r
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS FOR
MARINE TYPE WORK ANNOUNCED
Civil service examinations were
announced today for Quartermas-
ter, Fireman, (Oil Burning), Oiler,
Marine (Steam), Dragtcnder, Boats-
wain and Fourth Assistant Engi-
neer (Hopper Dredge Class I) ac-
cording to a statement made today
by Mr. John C. Sheffield, Executive
Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Ser-
vice Examiners, War Department,
Galveston District, Corps of En-
gineers, Room 212 Santa Fe Build-
ing, Galveston, Texas.
Salaries for these positions range
from $2.86 per hour to $1.61 per
hour. Employment will be in Gal-
veston Engineer District.
No written test is required for
these examinations. Applicants will
be rated on their training and ex-
perience. The age limits, eighteen
to sixty-two years, do not apply to
persons entitled to veteran prefer-
ence, provided they have not reach-
ed the age for automatic retire-
ment. Age limits will be waived for
war service indefinite employees,
who on the closing date of this ex-
amination are serving in positions
which would be filled from the elig-
ible register resulting from this ex-
amination.
Applications will be accepted by
the Executive Secretary, Board of
GULF OIL CORPORATION MAKES
APPLICATION FOR SEISMIC
SURVEYS IN LOCAL BAYS
The Gulf Oil Corporation of
Houston has made application to
the War Department Engineer’s of-
fice in Galveston, Texas, for a per-
mit to work in Matagorda and Tres
Palacios Bays and Oyster Lake, in
an area extending from a north
south line through the southerly
limit of the dredged channel to
Pitlacios, Texas, to the east end of
Matagorda Bay, and including that
portion of Tres Palacios Bay be-
tween the dredged channel to Pala-
cios, Texas, and the east shore of
the bay, und all of Oyster Lake in
Matagorda County, Texas.
Character of Work: The appli-
cant proposes to conduct seismic
surveys in the above described
area. The work will be done by drill-
ing holes to a depth varying from
10 feet to 200 feet below the bed of
the waterways, at intervals of ap-
proximately 2200 feet on one mile
intersecting lines, and placing pipes
therein .'1 or 4 inches in diameter,
the pipes to extend from the bot-
tom of the holes to an elevation of
about 3 feet above the water sur-
face. After the casing has been
placed, small charges of dynamite
will be detonated near the bottom
of the holes and seismic recordings
made. All obstructions will then be
removed from the waterways, the
pipes will be removed to an eleva-
tion of at least 5 feet below the
bed of the waterways. All casings
will be marked by red flags during
the day and by red lights at night,
and no casings are to be placed fa
or adjacent to any navigable chan-
nels within the above area,
A War Department inspector will
be assigned to work with the seis-
U. S. Civil Service Examiners, War
Depart ment, Galveston District,
Corps of Engineers, Room 212 San-
ta Fe Building, Galveston, Texas,
until the needs of the service are
met.
Application forms and further
information may be obtained from
the Executive Secretary, Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners, War
D e p a r tment, Galveston District,
Corps of Engineers, Room 212 San-
ta Fe Building, Galveston, Texas,
any first-or-second class post office
except in the city of Dallas, or from
the Director, Fourteenth U. S. Civil (
Service Region, 210 South Harwood I
Street, Dallas 1, Texas.
mograph party. It will be his duty
to see that all pipes and survey
markers are properly marked while
they are in place, that they are re-
moved when they have served their
purpose, and that all other provi-
sions of the permit are complied
with.
Figures Reveal
Some New Facts
On Rice Acreage
(El Campo News)
The average rice farmer in the
El Campo district had 286.5 acres,
plunted during the 1946 season
and showed a net profit of $17.49
per acre, according to figures pre-
pared in the last six months by
C. P. Duson of the Wharton County
Sales Co. and issued last week.
Mr. Duson’s compilation also dis-
closed there were 171 rice farmers
in the district for 1946 and thut the
average acre yield was 10.61 bar-
rels. The average price per barrel
received by the farmers—this cov-
ers all varieties— was $7.70*
The statistics follow;
Total barrels produced in 1946—
520,441.
Average price per barrel $7.70
—$4,007,457.70.
Total acres 49,249—Total barrels
—520,241.
Average yield per acre, barrels
—10.61.
Average gross per acre—$81.69.
Average price per bbl—$7.70.
Average net profit per acre—
$17.49.
Average cost per bbl.—$6,055.
Average net profit per barrel
$1.64%.
150 acre farmer investment—
$6,000.00.
150 acre x $17.49 per acre net
$2,633.50.
Daily earning—$7.29.
Day laborers $5.00 to $7.50 per
day when working.
Seed rice shipped in from Ar-
kansas, California and other points
in Texas, price $13.45 per barreH
—$94,203.80.
171 farmers average acres per
farm—286.5.
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1947, newspaper, July 3, 1947; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth727148/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.