Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1963 Page: 2 of 10
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THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
10 YEARS AGO
'Congressman Clark W. Thomp-
son will be guest speaker at the
meeting of the Matagorda County
^Federation of Women's Clubs Sat-
urday at the First Methodist
Church.
"Springtime" was to be the
theme of the Junior Garden Club's
.flower show scheduled for April
.'25.
Lt. A. G. Thompson was appoint-
ed as caretaker of Camp Hulen.
The Senior class will present
their annual play Friday night,
"No More Homework".
Ward Cook, Karl Wickham and
Harold Bell were re-elected alder-
men in Tuesday's city election
■which saw 209 votes cast.
Miss Jeannette Beard and Jack
Partain were married April 2 in
«he First Methodist Church.
Deaths reported were Mrs. Mon-
tana E. Stone, 86 and Trino B.
Constancio.
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15 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Merle Ramsey was ser-
iously injured when the Piper Cub
fihe and her husband had flown to
Olivia crashed.
A total of 610 votes were cast
in the city election in which L. G.
Margerum and Geo. Curtis were
elected aldermen and J. L. Koerber,
mayor.
Deaths reported were James
Samuel Rupe, 89, on March 24 in
San Antonio and Elisha Swinford,
on March 30 in Urbana, 111.
Miss Anna Gerhard and Norval
Sells were married March 27 in the
First Methodist Church.
The Methodist parsonage was
being torn down in order that a
inew home for the church's pastor
could be built.
Mrs. A. E. Johns, a former Pa-
lacios resident, was written up as
"The Best Cook in Town" by Helen
McCully in the April issue of Mc-
Call's magazine.
20 YEARS AGO
Palacios schools will close May
8, three weeks earlier than orig-
inally scheduled, this time having
been made up by holding classes
on Saturday the past six weeks.
Frederick Schmidt, son of F.
Schmidt of Deutschburg, was re-
ported missing in action. He was
in the Coast Guard.
J, R, Damrnn, returning to his
home in Wharton after a trip to
Palacios, was injured when his car
(crashed into a deep ditch.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sanders an-
nounced the marriage of their
daughter, Thelma, to M/Sgt. J. B.
Flock. The wedding took place in
Annunciation Church, Houston on
March 9.
Ed Feather, who is serving in
the navy, was enjoying a 15 day
furlough at home.
25 YEARS AGO
Record vote was polled in both
the school and city election. T. W.
Caff all and Wesley Buller were
elected as members of the school
board with 373 votes cast. In the
city election, J. L. Deutsch was
elected mayor; W. A. Smith, sec-
retary; W. C. Gray, attorney; J.
F. Barnett, treasurer; H. C. Lewis
and Wesley Buller aldermen and
S. B. Buffaloe, marshal. Nearly 500
/votes were polled.
The churches and civic clubs co-
operated in bringing Dr. Valeria
Parker here for two lectures at the
high school. Her subject was "The
Part of the Home, School and
Church in the Social Hygiene Pro-
gram."
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fox announc-
ed the birth of a baby girl.
J. B. Thomas, a negro who at-
tempted to force his way into the
post office, was shot and killed.
Mrs. J. R. Wagner and Miss
Claire Hansen were in Marlin at-
tending the Fourth District Wo-
men's Club convention.
30 YEARS AGO
The opening baseball game for
the season was played in Port La-
vaca. Palacios lost by a score
of 5 to 1. Ernest Beard pitched
for Palacios and Ernest Hogg was
Catcher.
In the city election Julius Cun-
ningham, J. H. Brotemarkle and
E. A. Burton were elected aldermen
for the two year term and M. I. Cox
for one.
Bob Jolly of Houston was here
and announced plans for improving
the Baptist Encampment grounds.
35 YEARS AGO
Miss Frances Mayfield, county
health nurse, announced a free
•examination for all pre-school age
children.
The first contracts for the high-
way through the county were let by
the State Highway Association in
Austin.
City offiicals eleted were Ben
Ehlers, mayor; J. L. Deutsch and
L. H. Buller, aldermen; M. K.
Feather, secretary; J. F. Barnett,
treasurer; W. C. Gray, attorney
and Guy Barnett, marshal.
40 YEARS AGO
The marriage of Miss Grace
Zimmerman and Ira E. Richards at
New Castle, N. J. was announced.
J. L. Pybus, J. L. Deutsch and
C. L. Haynes were elected city al-
:dermen. Forty-seven votes were
cast.
Miss Madge Clement and Miss
'Nora Boyd attended a Christian
Endeavor convention at Pierce,
Private enterprise is where an
individual does a lot with little
money and government enterprise
js where little is done with a lot
of money.
Victor Hugo was rejected four
times by the French Academy be-
fore he was finally admitted. Emile
Zola was nominated 19 times but
never admitted.
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KROM THE EXCHANGES . . .
Ground Breaking For El (ampo Plant;
Calhoun Ousts 7th, 8th Grade Football
ceived 611 votes, and will succeed
Charles Slavik as Mayor of Edna.
I •—Edna Herald.
The Ganado City Council Tues-
Thursday, April 11, 1963
day night was presented plans for
the proposed new Fire Station and
City Hall by designer Hugh L. Ott-
ley of Edna. Tentative plans are
(See "EXCHANGES," Page 6)
State, county and city officials
participated in the ground breaking
ceremony that took place at the
May, Incorporated industrial site
Saturday at 11 a.m.—El Campo
Citizen.
The board of education of the
Calhoun County Independent School
District met from 7:30 p.m. Thurs-
day to 1:15 a.m. Friday and ended
by sticking to its original decision
to eliminate contact football in
the 7th and 8th grades. The school
board in backing its original de-
cision stressed to the school admin-
istrators and coaches that it wishes
to have a satisfactory program de-
veloped as a substitute for con-
tact football and that it hopes the
new program will attract more
rather than fewer participants.—
Calhoun County Times.
Mrs. Jack Sahakian is at home
in Edna with her family. She's the
former Miss Juanita Slusher, bet-
ter known as Candy Barr. She had
spent three years and 91 days in
the Texas Prison System at Goree
Farm near Huntsville for posses-
sion of marijuana.—Edna Herald.
El Campo's three unopposed can-
didates for city council, Cecil Ki-
nard, Cortez Allen and Ben Mor-
rison, won their races overwhelm-
ingly Tuesday when 285 votes were
cast.|—El Campo Leader-News.
Completion of the roughed-in
third floor of Champ Traylor Me-
morial Hospital was approved this
week by Commissioners Court. The
completion of the third floor will
add 34 beds to the hospital and
bring the total value of the hos-
pital, grounds, streets and parking
areas to $1,557,521.—Port Lavaca
Wave.
The newest Calhoun plant to go
into production is a combination
gas processing and cycling plant
that is designed to practically run
itself. This is the new Humble Oil
and Refining Co. operation on the
shores of Lavaca Bay near Mag-
nolia Beach which started opera-
tion on March 1.—Calhoun County
Times.
Donald Akins is the new presi-
dent of the Edna P.-T. A. elected
at the Monday night meeting to
succeed Billy Seale.—Elna Herald.
Ganado public schools will stage
an Open House Tuesday, April 16,
beginning at 7:30 p.m. Highlight
of the program will be an address
by Dr. E. D. Waltion, nationally
known guidance speaker.—Ganado
Tribune.
Deputy Sheriff Marvin Ray Pow-
ers died in Nightingale Hospital
Sunday afternoon following a heart
attack. He had been a Wharton
County law enforcement officer for
10 years. Prior to that he was a
deputy in Jackson County.—El
Campo Citizen.
M. T. Simons, Jr., only incumbent
in the race, led the ticket in the
City Council election Tuesday and
W. D. (Woody) Reynolds was the
new candidate to win the second
alderman position. A. D. Tinker,
the only candidate for mayor, re-
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