Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1963 Page: 6 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON. PALACIOS. TEXAS
Thursday, March 14, 1963
Tidehaven Slates
6th Annual Track
Meet For Saturday
It is expected to be a three-
team battle for honors at the
Sixth Annual Tidehaven Boosters
Track Meet to be held in El Maton
Saturday, March 16 with prelimi-
naries set at 1:30 p.m. and the
finals at 7 p.m.
The Pearland Oilers will be out
to defend the title won last year
but will be closely contested by the
host Tipers and Wallis High School.
East Bernard and Danbury are also
expected to field fast teams.
The Tigers are led this season
by track captains David Benbok,
a senior, and Cole Collier, a sopho-
more.
Candidates for queen of the meet
are Miss Carlene Jensen, Miss Gay
Akins, and Miss D'Ann Labeff.
Ten Lettermen For
Eighth Grade Hornets
Announced By Coach
Ten eighth grade Hornet basket
ball lettermen were named this
week by Coach W. R. (Bill) Beas-
ley.
Awarded letters were Charles
Fitzmorris, Donnie Schroeder, Bei
Blackburn, James Henry, Evi;
Blackwell, Ronnie Fields, Rolam
Jenkins, Bobby Macon, Jerome Ko-
curek, and Jodie Anthis.
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Sharks Place Two On
All-District 26-AA
Basketball Team
The Palacios Sharks placed two
players on the District 26-AA
basketball team according to Coach
Charles Shreve.
The all-district team: Wayne
Haynes and Mike Hawkr'S of In-
dustrial; Donnie Williams, Yoa-
kum; Terry Shelton and Dalton
Mangum of Palacios; Johnny Max-
well of Ganado; Glenn Crisp and
Sidney Novosad of Edna.
Bruce Erekson was named as an
honorable mention.
Coach Barbara Lanmon had two
members of the Sharkettes named
on the honorable mention list of
the girls team for District 25-AA.
They were Georgia MaGourik and
Helen Boiling.
Mexico's population is now 35
million.
GREENWOOD-CURTIS
AMERICAN LEGION
POST NO. 476
Meets Fourth Thursday Night
at 8 P. M. at V.F.W. Hall
Louis W. Wickham, Commander
Warren A. Feather, Adjutant
CAPITOL DRUGS
COFFEE SHOP
OPEN 6 A.M. TO 8 P.M.
SPECIAL
PLATE LUNCH
Meat, Two Vegetables, Salad
75c
WATCH REPAIR
JEWELRY
Senator Yarborough
Says Fishing Industry
Needs Legislation
U. S. Senator Ralph Yarborough
an his newsletter of February 2?
reported:
Texas is the leader of all tht
Gulf Coast states in annual income
from commercial fishing, which
means that legislation in this field
is of vital concern to our State.
The Texas share of the approxi-
mately $90 million a year Gulf
States fishing industry is about
$30 million, or one-third of the
total for Texas, Mississippi, Ala-
bama, Louisiana and Florida.
I am co-sponsoring a bill to ad-
vance commercial fishing research
and development in any state that
wishes to participate on a fund-
matching basis. It can be a very
Important bill for Texas. The bill
would authorize $5 million a year
(for five years, for use among the
states coming forward with a sound
research and development program.
In one state, this might mean fish
(farms; in another state, experi-
mental fish hatcheries; and in an-
other, stream clearance.
The fishing industry of the Unit-
ed States deserves our urgent at-
tention. Several reasons why this
is so were brought out in Senate
Idiscusion where the following
points were made:
1) More than 100 Russian fish-
ing vessels, the most modern in
the world, worked 14 miles off the
coast of Massachusetts last year.
Another 1150 worked the waters
off Alaska.
2) In the last ten years, the
number of fishermen in the United
States declined by 31,000; we fell
to fifth place in the industry behind
Russia, Red China, Japan and Peru.
We lead the world in importing
fish. We have the market. Other
countries get our business.
3) Countries like England, Cana-
da, Finland, West Germany, Ire-
land, and France help their fisher-
men with government improvement
programs.
4) Since World War II, some $115
million in American foreign aid
has been used by friendly nations
to develop their own fishing mar-
ket, including our own home mar-
ket.
All these factors add up to the
conclusion that our own fishing
industry can and must be develop-
ed, and not left to wither in the
drydocks.
The meteorological name for the
process of keeping track of rain-
fall is hyeterography.
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PHONE 824-2912 PALACIOS
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IN TEXAS
BEER IS A NATURAL
Brewed slowly, by a centurle^ old natural process, beer
f« Texas' traditional beverage of moderation — light,
sparkling, delicious.
And naturally, the Brewing Industry Is proud of the mil-
lions of dollars It contributes to this state's economy
through wages, advertising, rentals, insurance, transpor-
tation and utilities. Money made In Tews, spent In
Texas. In Texas, beer belongs, enjoy It.
Sharks Place Fifth
In Track Meet At
Sweeny Saturday
The Palacios Sharks placed fifth
in the Sweeny Track Meet Satur-
day by scored 40 team points. Tide-
haven was third with Edna the
winner of the meet, according to
Track Coach T. T. Carr.
Dalton Mangum was the only
tirst place winner for the Sharks
in winning the high hurdles in
15.9 seconds.
Robbie Shelton placed third in
the pole vault at 11 ft. 4 in.
Raymond Morgan placed third
in the shot put at S'.: ft. 4 in. and
Oglesby placed fifth in this event
at 36 ft. 10 in. Oglesby also placed
fourth in the '220 yard dash at 23.5
seconds.
Terry Shelton placed fourth in
the broad jump at 19 ft. 11 in.
Mike Martindale, Paul Spree, and
Dennis Wynn finished fourth, fifth
and sixth in the mile run.
James Gibson placed fifth in the.
high hurdles.
The Sharks have been entered in
the Boling Relays, March 15; Re-
fugio Track Meet, March 23; Katy
Meet, March 30 and the District
Meet at Vandex-bilt, April 6th.
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UNITED STATES BREWERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
TEXAS DIVISION
Notice To Bidders
Sealed bids will be received by
the City Secretary of the City of
Palacios, Texas, at the City Hall
until 5:00 p.m. Thursday, March
28, 1963, and all bids will be opened
and publicly read in the City Coun-
cil Chamber at 8:00 p.m. on that
date for the purchase of the follow-
ing equipment:
GENERAL: The equipment call-
ed for in this specification shall
be a new track-type front end
loader. It shall be the standard
product of one manufacturer. The
pelling dealer shall provide the
parts and service facilities to ser-
vice the machine and all its com-
ponents and assure its performance.
ENGINE: The engine shall be a
four cylinder diesel model war-
ranted by the producer of the load-
er. This engine, including engine
cooling fan and all necessary en-
gine accessories, shall deliver at
least 50 net horsepower at the fly-
wheel.
An efficient air cleaner shall be
included as standard equipment.
Piston displacement shall be at
least 210 cubic inches.
A direct electric starting system
'shall be provided.
TRANSMISSION: The trans-
mission shall provide four speeds
forward and four in reverse.
UNDERCARRIAGE Track gauge
•shall be at least 64 inches.
The standard track shall have at
least 1775 sq. inches of ground con-
tact area.
BUCKET: The bucket shall be at
least 1% cu. yd. S.A.E. rated ca-
pacity and shall be the manufactur-
er's standard bucket.
LOADER PORTION: Dumping
reach shall be at least 29 inches at
45 degree discharge angle.
MACHINE DIMENSIONS: The
(ground clearance shall be at least
12% inches.
Overall length with bucket rack-
ed back shall not exceed 15 feet.
Overall width shall not excced 80
Snches.
Total weight of the loader in-
cluding all standard equipment
.'shall be at least 14,000 lbs.
HYDRAULICS; The hydraulic
System shall be of the dirt-free
!non-vented design of sufficient ca-
pacity to operate equipment in an
efficient manner.
DELIVERY; Time of delivery
will be an important factor in mak-
ing the award.
COMPLIANCE: No important
deviation from the terms of this
'specification is acceptable. All ex-
ceptions must be clearly outlined
in proposal. Failure to list all ex-
ceptions will disqualify bid. Pur-
chaser reserves the right to reject
any and all bids as authorized by
law and to award the contract t'-
other than the lowest bidder if the
interests of the purchaser will be
best served thereby.
By order of the City Council of
the City of Palacios, Texas.
Besse Belknap
City Secretary
Mississippi was the first state
to provide a Governor's Mansion
(in 1833).
DANCE
AT THE
Saturday, March 16
MUSIC BY
TOMMIE TOLLESON
AND THE
Western Playboys
Eighth Grade Hornets
To Enter Track Meet
At Boling Saturday
The eighth grade Hornets have
been entered in a track meet at
Boling, Saturday, March 16. Coach
Bill Beasley has announced the fol-
lowing participants in the events:
Broad Jump: Ben Blackburn,
Tony Galves, and Charles Fitz
morris.
Pole Vault; Bobby Macon, Ro-
land Jenkins, and Kenneth Brown.
Shot Put; Jodie Anthis, James
Henry and Tony Galves.
Discus: Ben Blackburn, Donnie
Schroeder, and Jodie Anthis.
High Jump: Roland Jenkins, Ben
BlackweU, and Joe Shake.
Low Hurdles: Ben Blackburn,
Jodie Anthis, and Roland Jenkins.
50-yard dash; Raymond Torres,
Tony Galves, and Bobby Macon.
100-yard dash; Tony Galves, Ben
Blackburn and Joe Shake.
440-yard relay: Tony Galves, Ben
Blackburn, Bobby Macon and Joe
Shake.
330-yard relay: Joe Shake, Frank
Rodriguez, and Roland Jenkins,
880-yard run: T. J. Roberts, Ro-
land Jenkins, Jodie Anthis and
Frank Rodriguez.
880-yard relay: David Lanes, Ro-
land Flores, and James Henry.
1320-yard relay: Ben Blackburn,
James Henry, Roland Flores and
Raymond Torres.
Capt. Oren D. Mize
On Food Airdrop
Mission In Japan
TACHTKAWA AB, Japanr—Cap-
tain Oran D. Mize of Palacios is
a crew member on the Air Force
C-130 transport that took part in
an airdrop of more than four tons
ef food to three snowbound cities
pn Japan's blizzard-racked west
coast recently.
Captain Mize, an instructor navi-
gator, helped the 815th Troop Car-
rier Squadron answer the urgent
request of Japanese officials for
the airdrop of fresh vegetables to
the three stricken cities.
The captain is the son of Mrs.
F. A. Mize of 406 Morton Ave., Pa-
lacios. A graduate of Palacios High
School, he received his B. S. de-
gree from the University of Cor-
pus Christi and entered the service
in June 1954.
Captain Mize is married to the
former Nedra G. Ham of 1201 E.
Johnston Ave., Kingsville, Texas.
Registration For
Little Leaguers Set
For March 21-22-23
Boys between the ages of 8-12
who desire to play Little League
baseball this year will be required
to register at the Chamber of Com-
merce building on Thursday and
Friday, March 21 and 2Q from 5
p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturday
from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
Boys should be accompanied by
a parent and bring their birth cer-
tificates.
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PHONES: RES. 824-2020; OFF. 824-2551
A delegate-at-large is a gentle-
man who attends the convention
without his wife.
Discussion is an exchange of
knowledge. Argument is an ex-
change of ignorance.
The trouble with staying home
from work is that you have to drink
coffee on your own time.
Water Development
Association Endorses
Palmetto Bend Project
Eli Mayfield, executive secre-
tary of Texas Mid-Coast Water
Development Association reports
that this association has enthusias-
tically endorsed the Palmetto Bend
reclamation project which calls for
water storage and dams in the
Navidad and Lavaca Rivers in Jack-
pon County. Senator Ralph W. Yar-
borough, the senior Senator from
Texas, has worked hard on this
project and on February 4th of this
(year introduced Senate Bill G52
pertaining to this project.
The Palmetto Bend reclamation
project will be built in two stages,
the first on the Navidad River, the
second on the Lavaca River about
1980 when water demands will have
increased greatly. The Navidad
portion will include a 12-mile long
earthfilled dam, 64 feet high. The
cost will be divided between 29
million dollars in Federal funds
and 16 million dollars in local
money raised through assessments
on municipal and industrial water
users in Jackson and Calhoun coun-
ties.
Eventually, under the plans, a
dam would be built across the La-
Vaca River to connect with the
Navidad dam.
Work on this project will begin
immediately after Congress pro-
vides the first appropriation of
.(funds. Congressman Clark W.
Thompson has introduced H. R.
Ill56 ip Congress authorizing the
Secretary of the Interior to con-
struct, operate, and maintain the
Palmetto Bend reclamation project.
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PHONE 824-2561
Emergency Phone 824-2829
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