Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 9, 1988 Page: 4 of 14
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Pace 4-Palacios Beacon, Nov. 9, 1988
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20-YEARS AGO-1968
The outcome of the 1968 presidential election was still not
known The 1181 local voters favored the Democratic ticket of
Humphrey-Muskic with 523 votes to 360 for Republicans
Nixon-Agncw and 227 for Wallace-LeMay.
Ordinance No. 364 requiring a majority vote to be elected to
the position of alderman and providing for a runoff election if no
candidate received more than 50-percent of the vote cast was ap-
proved by City Council Monday night.
Mrs. Violet Brhlik was honored guest at a Mexican Supper at
the R. G. Herlin home Sunday night. The occasion marked the
50-years she has been employed by the Trull Family.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Steiner were the parents of twin boys
bom Nov. 3.
25-YEARS AGO-1963
The Big 6 Drilling Company brought in a triple producer in
the Francitas Field.
Ralph Newsom was chairman and John C. Richards co-
chairman of the Palacios United Fund Drive which will kickoff
Thursday.
Palacios Methodist Church will celebrate its 60th anniversary
Sunday with special services.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Abrahamson were parents of a baby
boy bom Oct. 10.
John Snider was serving aboard the aircraft earner USS
Ranger.
30-YEARS AGO-1958
Tidwater Oil Company's No. 1 P. A. Richman, cl al, was
awaiting a potential test as a gas-distillate producer.
Only 367 voters turned out at the polls Tuesday to cast their
ballot in the general election.
Miss Betty Mclntirc and James Vacek were married Oct. 25
at St. Anthony's Catholic Church.
35-YF.ARS AGO—1953..... ■ . .
A total of 15 new 16,000-lumcn Mercury street lights had
been installed on Main and First Streets.
Election day for the $750,000 courthouse bond issue election
had been set by the county commissioners' court for Nov. 21.
Miss Sue Portland was crowned Homecoming Queen in cer-
emonies held in the gym following the Cobra Shark game
which the Sharks won 14-7 in a downpour.
The city council voted to accept the proposition of Ruel Foley
thereby extending city water to Foley Addition.
40-YEARS AGO-1948
Mrs. Glen Clayboum, Worthy Matron of the local Eastern
Star Chapter, attend grand Chapter in Fort Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. Garland M. Brooking and Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Venglar were the parents of baby boys.
A total of 586 local voters turned out for the General Election
Tuesday with President Harry Truman receiving 273 votes to
Thomas E. Dewey’s 205. .
Ellis Jensen, Sr„ miraculously escaped electrocution Fnday
while assisting the moving of a house in Francitas
45-YEARS AGO-1943
Many business houses were closing today. Armistice Day, in
memory of our soldiers who paid the supreme sacrifice in World
War 1
Lt Gen. L. J. McNair, Chief of the Army Ground Forces,
and his staff, visited Camp Hulen on an inspection tour.
Vincent Earl, son of Pfc. and Mrs. V. K. Jordan, arrived
Nov 7
The Elementary School’s play, "This Is Worth Fighting For"
drew the largest crowd ever to assemble for a Palacios school
event
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Huddleston were rejoicing over the ar-
rival of their first grandson, who arrive Nov. 1. Capt. and Mrs.
E. F. Ryon were the proud parents.
Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Wagner returned from a visit to the East-
ern Atlantic states.
50-YEARS AGO--1938
Announcement was made of the marriage of Miss Loy Faye
Dobson and Harley Snider on Nov. 1 in Bay City.
Members of the Palacios School Board entertained members
of the faculty with a barbecue at Crawford's Grove.
"Mystery at Midnight" sponsored by the Volunteer Fire Dept,
was a success. Winners of the baby show, in connection with
the play, were Gwendolyn Snider and Larry Ashley.
Rev. and Mrs. M. H. Keen arrived from Karnes City. Rev.
Keen replaced Rev. W. R. McPherson as pastor of the
Methodist Church.
55-YEARS AGO-1933
Rev. E. F. Kluck was the new pastor of the Methodist
Church, replacing Rev. Robert Paine who had been sent to
The Palacios Sharks lost to the Port Lavaca Sandcrabs 19-0,
which made the sixth scoreless game for the Shaiks.
fee-YEAR&-TA£0-F928 -
Gins reported 17,000 bales of cotton had been ginned during
the 1928 season.
65-YEARS AGO-1923
Miss Oliva Elder left for McKinney where she had a position
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A membership drive for the P. T. A. resulted in securing 150
members for the local organization.
70-YEARS AGO—1918
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bolling announced the arrival of a son
named David. ,
Wm. Tolleson, who was teaching school at Manco, Puerto
Rico, wrote his mother, Mrs. T. A. Tolleson, of the earthquake
that did so much damage to the island on Oct. 11 and 12.
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Letters to
the Editor
Senior Center seeks financial support
DcarEditor . . . ,
We, the participants at the Senior Center, are womed about the
Center’s finances, and contemplate with dread the thought of how
life would be without our Center. You see, we know the
difference now, and we realize how very fortunate we are,
compared to the old days of being without senior centers, in the
time of our parents and grandparents.
We understand that at the beginning, six years ago, it was
predicted that more support would go back to the community. The
time seems to have arrived! We stand ready to do our part in any
way we can. .
This month, the Center Community Drive begins with a large
ad in the Beacon. The purpose of the ad is to inform the public of
the benefits available to the elders of Palacios through the Center.
The necessity of the community adopting the Center for these
tremendous long range benefits will be described. We sincerely
hope everyone will help us as much as the community did when
we all worked together to get the building up six years ago. So
very many people helped then (our Center honor roll lists every
name), and that caring will never be forgotten. We again need
help Then, very small to very large donations from many made
the difference. The need now is to build a reserve fund with eye to
a future endowment plan.
The following is how we feel about our Center: it adds
structure to our elder days with a special place to to"; "a place
where I am needed": "assurance of one good affordable meal a
day; people to eat with and talk with"; "if one lives alone, each
day one has a family of peers to be with"; "people who care if you
are missing or sick; you can get 'strange' if you sit home alone
each day and get to the nursing home quicker"; "1 feel a lot
healthier and I'm learning new things” ; "I enjoy using my
volunteer skills"; "van service-or 1 would be stuck at home"; "met
my new wife here"; "help for the bereaved"; "Houston Eye Clinic
service"; "home delivered meals to shut-ins and those just out of
the hospital"; "place where there is something doing and 1 can buy
crafts"; "place to eat and get the news"; ”1 don't know what I
would do without the Center"; "if 1 stay at home, 1 feel awful";
"appetite came back eating at Center"; "love the Center, it's the
nicest around"; and in general "life would be over without the
Senior Center participants to numerous to list
Businesses need patrons and vice-versa
Dear Fellow Residents of Palacios:
Are you helping Palacios to die? A community like a living or-
ganism in that its input must at least equal its output. When you
buy items available here out-of-town you are helping your town
die. Yes, Wal-Mart is cheaper, so cheap that their prices arc lower
than our what our merchants pay for the same items. Wal-Mart
and the other super stores are out to wipe out the competition. This
means that for places like Palacios with no super store, out mer-
chants and their employees are being wiped out. These are your
friends and neighbors.
Superstore prices are not as cheap as you think. Consider the
cost of traveling 30 or 40 miles in dollars and in time (1 to 1.5
hours) and then add in the extra taxes you are going to pay. Pala-
cios gets no sales tax benefit for purchases made in Port Lavaca
and each local merchant driven out of business lowers the tax base
and ups your taxes.
Based on my experience, our local merchants will work with
you on price, etc. A local merchant was able to get for me the zinc
air cell hearing aid batteries 1 use at a price comparable to the
AARP price. Obviously there are somethings you have to go out-
side to buy, but you would be suiprised at what you can buy in
Palacios if you try.
Can you visualize a Palacios with no pharmacies, no hardware
stores, no sporting goods store, no doctors, no hospital, no floral
shop, no dress shops, no large grocery stores, maybe no bank and
no convenient credit. When you want them they won’t be nearby.
That is the destiny of a dying town. Palacios businesses need all
the loyalty we can give and they, in turn, need to be loyal to their
local patrons by dealing fairly and as competitively as they can.
Bob Herlin
(EDITOR'S NOTE: It's definitely a two-way street:
businesses need their customers, and customers need
the businesses. The more customers a store has, the
bigger the volume the store can buy. The bigger the
volume, the lower the price the merchant pays. The
merchant can then, and should, pass the savings on to
the customer. The lower the price, the more a cus-
tomers saves. The more a customer saves, the more he
can buy....The opposite, however, happens when cus-
tomers shop elsewhere.
Newspapers are also directly affected by the health
of local business. It's a business' or merchant's
advertising that not only determines the size of that
week’s paper, but also keeps the newspaper in opera-
tion. Without that revenue, a newspaper ceases to ex-
ists.)
Thanks for supporting Palacios VFD
Dear Editor. , „
We would like to take this opportunity to say, Thank You, to
all those who donated money to the Palacios VFD during our
1988 fundraising drive.
At this time we would also like to thank you, Mr. West, for
making the public aware of "Fire Prevention" through numerous
articles that appeared in your paper during Fire Prevention Week.
It is through the press that people are made aware of important
events, such as this, and the need to know what is happening
around them.
Again we "Thank You," and all the people that gave to keep the
Fire Department operating and the members to stay abreast of the
latest training and techniques.
Thank you.
Members, PVFD
Halloween dance appreciation...
Dear Editor.
The sponsors of the Student Council and National Honor Society
of the Palacios Junior High would like to express their gratitude to
the parents who helped make the Halloween dance on Oct. 29 a suc-
cess. We want to thank those willing parents who transported their
children to the school on several occasions to help with decorations.
Also we want to thank the parents who sent the delicious refresh-
ments that were served during the dance. .
Last, but not least, we want to thank all who helped by being
chaperones and by giving their lime. It took all of these people to
make it a success.
Betty Janszcn
Cart Wilcox
Mary Kathryn Smith
Pat Ellis
Sharks' success a lot of team work
Dear Editor
Congratulations are in order for a successful Shark football sea-
son. Successful? Yes! After twenty-four years of watching Shark
football, yes, I call it successful. It has been successful in more ways
than one.
First of all, we have seen a "team" play, not a group of glory
hungry individuals. This is a lesson many adults could learn from
this team. They have overcome adversities such as injuries and
conflict of opinions.
We have also seen a coaching staff work together, mature more,
and get team results from a close-knit team. The time of consistent
prayer before and after games are key factors in this achievement.
The school spirit has been the best ever. As the old saying goes,
"Behind every successful man, there's a woman pushing!" W’.ll, be-
hind every successful football team, there is a school supporting
them. The spirit also rubs off on the fans outside the school.
Things haven't been perfect! They never will be until Jesus Christ
returns to claim His own. But, there have been achievements and
improvements. Yes, there were two low weeks, but there were also
six high weeks. Too many times, we dwell on the negative and forget
the positive. This is "normal" or "human." Let's rise above
thc"normal" and acknowledge the positive, learn from our mistakes
and press on to a better year in 89-90.
Also, let's not forget that football is only one aspect of our school.
There are many, many other areas in our schools where our students
need both parent and community support. When trying to achieve,
there is nothing greater than to know and be told that "we’re baking
you," "we appreciate your efforts".
Thanks Sharks, team and coaches, for an enjoyable season.
Betty Jean Ramsey
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