Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1955 Page: 8 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, September 1, 1955
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Edna's Annual Jackson County Fair
Spruces For September 13 Opening
The finishing touches are being
put on the Sixth Annual .Jackson
County Fair, which will be held at
Edna on September 13, 14 and
15.
Heralded to be the biggest yet
staged in Jackson County, the fair
is attracting more entries than
ever before. Highlights of the first
day, September 13, will be the
judging of all divisions (except
beeding stock) at 10 a.m., a giant
parade in downtown Ed'na at 3
p.m., and the coronation of the
IQueen in the fair arena at 8 p.m.
Judging of breeding stock will
start at 10 the morning of the
14th. All auctions will be held in
the arena from 2 to 4 p.m. on the
15th, and presentation of torphies
will be made at 7 p.m.
An S.R.A. Rodeo will be staged
in the fair arena on the nights of
the 14th and 15th at 8 o'clock. A
featured part of the rod'eo will be
an exhibition of square dancing on
horseback by members of the Pasa-
dena, Texas, Square Dance Club.
The rodeo will offer bull riding,
saddle bronc riding, calf roping,
bareback bronc riding, steer dog-
ging and the ladies' barrel race.
There will be $550.00 added
money.
The Jackson County Fair this
year will present 25 trophies to
winners in various categories. In
addition to those for champion
livestock, there will be one trophy
each for the Champion of Youths,
for showmanship, for sportsman
ship and for the best kept stall.
School Cafeteria Menu
Tuesday:-—Veal cutlets, whipped
potatoes, English peas and carrots,
lettuce wedges with French dres-
sing, ice cream.
Wednesday : — Cheeseburger,
French fried potatoes, onions, let-
tuce and tomatoes, fruit Jello.
Thursday:—Chicken corn scallop,
green beans, grapefruit sections,
hot rolls, pineapple perserves.
Friday:—Fish sticks, macaroni
and cheese, combination salad,
cherrie cobbler.
The cost of meals for elemen-
tary school children are 25c each
or $4.50 per book; for Junior High
and High School students, 30c or
$5.50 per book.
Miss McDaniel Wins
Annual Scholarship
Given By Texas C. P-T
Scholarships amounting to $200
each have again been awarded by
the Texas Congress of Parents and
Teachers for the 1955-56 school
term to students in 10 state col-
leges.
The project was started in the
fall of 1949 to encourage young
people to enter the teaching pro-
fession.
Qualifications are that the stu-
dent be of junior or senior rank, a
resident of Texas, have high moral
and social standards, a good scho-
lastic record, an aptitude for teach-
ing, a pleasing personality, and
good health.
No repayment is required, but
the recipient is expected to teach
in the Texas public schools for a
year for each year the award1 is
received.
Approximately $12,000 has been
expended in this way in the past
six years.
A local recipient of one of the
present scholarhips and the col-
lege she will attend is:
Sul Ross, Miss Johnnie Rose Mc-
Daniel.
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WATER BOARD—
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at the hearing. They said at that
time that the only reason that they
put him on the stand was the fact
that the law required that one
witness be put on the stand before
an appeal could be filed.
Local authorities say that for
the present, at least, the issue is
dead.
The only hope is to decrease the
size of the proposed district and
to try again, but, they fear, the
same opposition will still oppose
any attempt.
It was rumored late Wednesday
that the same group opposing the
creation of the local district
thought that it would be alright to
put the plan under the direction of
the old, now supposedly defunct
legally, Matagorda County Water
Control and Improvement District
Number 1.
A source said that they thought
that that District could have the
dam created, and that it would be
financed on a tax basis. The denied
district had planned to build the
dam solely on a revenue basis.
This same source said that the
W. C. and I. D., number 1, thought
that it could finance the project by
levying a .50 tax per $100 evalua-
tion. Prior to this move though,
the source said, the W. C. and I. D.
Number 1 would employ an engi-
neer to determine if the project is
feasible.
Its feasibility has already been
determined' by Wyatt C. Hedrick
and Company, a highly reputable
engineering firm.
Primarily, this source said, the
reason for the opposition, and now
for the acquiescence, is the fact
that control of the dam, and the
water it contained, would rest in
Bay City.
The application for creation of
the district drew capacity crowds
of local people in support of the
project. A hand full of opposition
representatives were present.
The opposition had the signa-
tures of 265 persons on petitions
that they had circulated.
According to the Press, members
of the Board pointed out that two
courses were still open to pro-
ponents of the project.
The Palacios City Council could
undertake the project or an elec-
tion could be called by petition to
the Commissioners' Court, to let
the district be created by a vote of
the tax payers who would be in-
cluded in the district.
City Attorney Eli Mayfield said
that the first proposal was out of
the question. The city is in no posi-
tion to take on such a proposi-
Local Corporation
May Merge With
L Gary Company
SAN ANGELO—The Board of
Directors of both General Tele-
phone Corp. and the Theodore Gary
and Co. today approved a plan un-
der which Theodore Gary and Co.
would merge with General Tele-
phone Corp., according to word re-
ceived here today by W. G. Wright,
president of General Telephone
Company of the Southwest.
Stockholder meetings of both
companies will be held on Septem-
ber 29 to vote on the action of the
respective Boards.
General Telephone Corp, is now
the largest system of Independent
(non-Bell) telephone companies in
the nation with nearly two million
telephones. The Gary Co., another
major holding company in the in-
dependent telephone field, has a
total of 500,000 telephones as well
as a manufacturing subsidiary,
Automatic Electric Co., origina-
tors of the dial telephone and' the
second largest telephone manufac-
turing company 'in the country.
Wednesday Canasta
Club Meets At Home
Of Mrs. John Bowden
Mrs. John Bowden and Mrs. R.
D. Rawls were hostesses to the
Wednesday Canasta Club at the
home of Mrs. Bowden.
Beautiful arrangements of sum-
mer flowers were placed at van-
tage points about the home.
Frosted ginger-ale and cookies
were enjoyed by Mesdames W. W.
Scott, R. T. Phillips, C. W. Nester,
Edith Minich, G. A. Salsbury, Dun-
can Ruthven and A. E. Duffy.
Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Duffy were
winners of the high and low prizes.
IT'S A GIRL
Patricia Murphy of Norfolk, Va.
wishes to announce the arrival of
her nine pound baby sister, Sue
Ellen, on August 26. What makes
it especially nice is that she ar-
rived on Patricia's birthday. Their
parents are Mr. and Mrs. James
Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. San-
ders are the proud grandparents.
tion.
The Commissioner's Court pro-
posal was considei-ed just as un
acceptable, for obvious reasons.
The only possible alternative
open to local advocates was to de-
crease the size of the proposed dis-
trict, and exclude from it the most
rabid opponents.
During the Austin hearing the
Board hinted that if the size of the
district was decreased it might be
more favorably considered.
The formal order denying the
application will be prepared, prob-
ably later this week.
Chairman R. M. Dixon, recently
appointed to the board, did not
vote on the proposal, since he did
not participate in the hearing.
Members H. A. Beckwith and
Otha Dent were agreed on the
denial.
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Richardson Replaces
T. Harkness At CAA
Tom L. Harkness, aircraft com-
municator at the local Civil Aero-
nautics Authority radio station,
has been transferred to the C.A.A.,
station in College Station, Texas.
Harkness and his family left
Wednesday, August 24. They had
lived here for the past two years.
He will be replaced by M. J.
Richardson, formerly located at
College Station.
RichaVdson and his family ar-
rived here Sunday, August 28.
Rebecca Circle Meet
Set For September 8
The Rebecca Circle met Thurs-
day night in the Methodist Educa-
tional building.
"Our Relation to God," given by
Mrs. Dolly Hamlin, and "What is
the Christian Religion," by Mrs.
Oris Dyer were the program stu-
dies.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Myra Brhlik and Mrs. Betty
Smith.
The devotional was led by Mrs.
Barbara Curtis.
The next meeting of the Circle
will be held in the Methodist Edu-
cational Building Thursday, Sep-
tember 8. Visitors are welcome.
Rev. and Mrs. H. Law had as
their guests over the week-end Mr.
and Mrs. Layfette Swain of Fort
Worth, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and
their friend of Waco, Mr. and Mrs.
Lucious Fletcher, Eligah Fletcher,
Tommy Bolen, Mrs. Willie M.
Southall, Virginia Gaskin, Vehetta,
Francine, Glinda Gale, Patricia
Outly, Hattie Mae Fletcher, and
Mrs. Ernestine Outly, who is teach-
ing in Alcorn, Miss.
Servicemen Covered
By Social Security
Says District Office
An amendment to the social
security law of importance to men
and women in the Armed Services
was enacted by a recent session of
Congress, Samuel F. Ward, Jr.,
district manager of the Galveston
social security office, pointed out
today.
Under this amendment, he said,
social security wage crcd'its for
active service in any branch of
the Armed Forces is extended to
April 1956. Uder the old law, the
period when $160 a month social
security wage credits could be
earned while in active service end-
ed on July first of this year. These
military wage credits can count to-
ward old-age and survivors in-
surance payments just as if the
serviceman or servicewoman had'
been employed in a job covered by
social security for wages of $160
per month, Ward declared.
At The Bayview
Patients In Hospital:
Dr. J. R. Wagner, Mrs. Effic
Palmer, J. L. Pybus, V. G. McCarn.
Patients Dismissed:
Mrs. H. L, Bickham and' baby
gill, Deloris Harvey, Grover Gas-
ton, Mrs. pantos Partida and baby
girl, John Sanchez, Mrs. John Ress-
ler and baby girl, Mrs. Norman
Caraway, Vernon Gibson, John
Solis, Mrs. Delbert Tumlinson and
baby boy, Ueur Haubold, George
McHaney, O. R. Davis.
When a man and his wife di-
vorce, their accounts differ. Her's
becomes larger and his becomes
smaller.
Dinner Honors
Mrs. Martha Bentler
On 95th Birthday
A delayed' birthday dinner was
enjoyed Sunday, August 21, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. He-
bert in Houston in celebration of
Mrs. Hebert's mother, Mrs. Mar-
tha Bentler's 95th birthday, which
she celebrated August 10.
Present were the honoree, Mr.
and Mrs. F. J. Hebert, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Wilkerson of Needville,
Mr. and Mrs. Abel Pierce, Jr. and
four children of Palacios and a
niece, Mrs: Cora Densham and her
friend, Mrs. Elizabeth White, both
of London, Ontario, Canada.
This was the first time Mrs.
Bentler had seen her niece in more
than 50 years.
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IT'S A GIRL
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Bickham are
the proud parents of an eight
pound two punce baby girl. She
arrived at the Bay View General
Hospital Monday, August 29 and
has been named Lana Jean.
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Rosenthal, Henry. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1955, newspaper, September 1, 1955; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth428348/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.