Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 6, 1983 Page: 4 of 16
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PAGE 4-PALACIOS BEACON, WED., APR. 6,1983
EARLY FltfS
15 YEARS AGO-1968
The 4th annual Ralph Newsom Relays, originally
scheduled for last Friday but postponed due to heavy
rain and extreme cold, have been reset for this
Friday.
William Krenek, State FFA vice president, was
guest speaker at the 20th annual banquet of the
Palacios FFA Chapter Monday night. Honorary
memberships were presented to Carl Hansen and
Carrel Ramsey.
The chamber of commerce membership drive was
entering its final week. To date more than 25 new
members had been added.
R.C. (Sharkey) Shelton and Lester Morton were
home after stays in Houston hospitals.
“The Slave with Two Faces” was Palacios' entry
in the district one act play contest to be held in Edna.
Gary Tigert was a unanimouY choice for the
District 26-AA All Distraict Basketball team. Ricky
Garza was named to the second team,
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20 YEARS AGO-1963
Palacios Chapter Future Farmers of America will
hold its 15th annual banquet honoring parents and
friends Thursday night.
Mrs. C. M. Backen was elected president of the
Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce.
Mickelson Appliance Company, 416 Main, will
hold its grand opening Friday and Saturday.
25 YEARS AGO-1958
The annual banquet of the Palacios Volunteer Fire
Department was held Wednesday night at Craw-
ford’s Shrimp Net. Tyler Russell, Industrial Engineer
of the Rice Belt District of Central Power and Light
Company, was guest speaker.
Dr. Cecil M. Hyatt, business manager of the Texas
Baptist Encampment at Palacios, had been named
interim pastor of the First Baptist Church in Port
Lflvflcs,
The WSCS of the First Methodist Church
entertained members of the senior class with a Kid
Party Mondy night.
Virgil McCoy was elected commander of the Lt.
Wm. Lloyd Queen VFW Post.
PFC Donald I. Shimek was serving with the 373rd
Armored Infantry Batallion in Germany.
30 YEARS AGO-1953
936 local citizens turned out to be x-rayed at the
City Hall Tuesday.
Johnnie McDaniel was crowned Sports Queen of
Palacios High School in ceremonies on the football
field/riday night.
Nine encampments had been scheduled to meet at
the Baptist Encampment this summer.
Ensign William V. Powell, aboard the USS Begor,
was operating out of Pusan, Korea.
35 YEARS AGO-1948
A petition signed by 271 landowners, represent-
ing every community in Matagorda County,
requested the Commissioners’ Court to hold a public
hearing to determine whether the landowners wished
to organize a Water Control and Improvement
District.
Members of the graduating class of 1928
celebrated their 10th anniversary with a gathering
dinner and dance.
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Jenkins, Jr. announced the
arrival of their daughter, Mary Ann, on March 24.
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40 YEARS AGO-1943
“The Mad March Heirs” was presented by tlSS t*
senior class to a capacity crowd Friday night.
J.L. Koerber was appointed to the County
Rationing Board.
45 YEARS AGO-1938
The annual banquet of the Wednesday Club was
held in the annex of the First Baptist Church. An
Irish theme was carried out in decorations and
program.
The home of F.J. Trojak in Midfield was destroyed
by fire.
50 YEARS AGO-1933
The J.E. Grant residents, occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Elder and Mr. and Mrs. J,H. Huffman,
was destroyed by fire.
55 YEARS AGO-1928
Palacios secured only 25 points in the interscholas-
tic meet in Bay City. Gulf scored 29 and Bay City 90.
The Bay City Palacios highway had been
designated and early contracts for grading and
drainage were anticipated.
E.E. Burton was paying 42 cents for ice cream.
60 YEARS AGO-1923
The tail end of a Colorado blizzard struck the Texas
Gulf Coast and thermometers in Palacios dropped 40
degrees within a few hours.
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Palacios Area Historical Assn.
Kansas visitor gives
early city pamphlets
The Palacios Area Historical
Association was the recipient of
several items of interest this past
week.
Leola Grant Beth was visiting in
Palacios and came by and talked to
PAHA about her father, Dwight W.
Grant, a brother to Cecile Elder’s
father, who came to Palacios from
Kansas and worked as a promoter
of the town.
Mrs. Beth donated several Pala-
cios promotional pamphlets to the
Association and we will attempt to
ttepioduce parts of them in the
Beaco over the coming weeks.
~ne of the pamphlets is about
and is shaped like an
orange. The cover is printed
orange, with green leaves. The 20
or so pages in the pamphlet
describe the attractions of Palacios,
including the buildings, homes,
BYPU grounds, pavilion, and, of
course, the agricultural living to be
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had in the area.
Shown in one picture is an
orange tree--and mention was
made in the conversation with Mrs.
Beth that it is possible that oranges
were tied in the tree before the
picture was taken for the pamphlet.
The information accompanying
the picture of the orange tree,
under the headline, “Orange Cul-
ture”, stated the following: “Al-
though experienced fruit growers
in the gulf coast have for many
years pronounced the orange a
success here, for the general
populatiqn it was necessary to have
it passed upon by an outside
specialist in orange culture. Judge
Kone, Texas State Commissioner
of Agriculture, invited Prof. H.
Harold Hume, the successful Flor-
ida orange expert, to analyze and
report upon the adaptability our
coast country soil and climate for
orange growing. After a most rigid
and complete examination, HMt.
Hume pronounced the Texas coast
as most perfectly adapted for'the
Satsuma orange budded on citrus
trifoliata stock. California orange
growers are selling their high
priced Pacific coast orange land
and investing in Texas coast
country for orange growing.”
Today’s students are
tomorrow’s leaders
Today there are approximately
14 million students in America’s
secondary schools; in a few short
years those individuals will guide
the course of the nation.
“Since the students of today are
the leaders of tomorrow , teaching
leadership skills is tremendously
important in our schools," points
out Robert Goodling. chairman.
National Association of Student
Councils (NASC).
With those thoughts in mind,
student leaders this month will
celebrate the first National Student
Leadership Week. April 25-29. The
NASC-sponsored event will feature
thousands of school events throu-
ghout th«S nation to call attention to
the importance of developing lea-
dership skills in America's youth.
Education Secretary Terrel H. Bell
is serving as honorary chairperson.
"Leadership positions, such as
secretary of the student council,
president of a club, or captain of a
team, develop essential skills in
students," said Goodling. a senior
at Auburn (Ala.) High School.
"They teach perseverance, deter-
mination. and how to handle it."
While this is the first National
Student Leadership Week, a one-
day celebration has been held in
the past. Student Leadership Day
saw its roots on Sept. 26, 1972
when then President Richard Nixon
proclaimed the first Student Gov-
ernment Day to recognize student
councils and students. The name
was changed to Leadership Day in
197b to recognize the broader
aspect than student government.
During the week-long celebra
lion schools w ill host local business
leaders or elected officials discuss
ing leadership, emphasize cooper
ativc programs in the community
and recognize students who have
made outstanding contributions.
"There's much rhetoric about
‘today's students being tomorr
ow's leaders.' and it's true,
contended Terry Giroux, director
student activities, National Asso
eiation of Secondary School Prin
cipals (NASSP). which sponsors
NASC.
LIVING AT THE LUTHER
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BY ELSIE LUTHER
The winter season has
seemed so short, but for
the most part, very plea-
sant, and our much loved
guests to the north of us
are returning home for
the summer where many
of them have homes on
the various lakes that
abound in their particular
country, where they spe-
nd several months of the
summer. We expect to
welcome them back in
the fall or early winter.
Pete and Cecile Fisher
will return to Regina,
Canada this week, and
the Ray Wallers of Bill-
ings, .Montana will be
home by the weekend.
Etsie;,Rickman will fly
back to Rhinelander, Wi-
sconsin and the Luther
will seem almost deser-
ted, but not for long as
our summer people are
already making reserva-
tions for holidays on our
PIN-TV SCHEDULE
CHANNEL 12
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
6:30 p.m. PALACIOS PROFILES (preview and
review of events of interest to area residents,
features, birthday listings)
7 p.m. CITY COUNCIL (coverage of the Palacios
Citv Council meeting held Monday night.
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
6:30 p.m. PALACIOS PROFILES (See Wednesday
listing)
7 p.m. NO PLACE LIKE HOME (program on
nursing homes for the elderly)
8 p.m. HEARTBREAK TURTLE (depicts plight of
turtle specie along Texas Gulf Coast)
IPalldos A Beacon!
shores.
Returning home last
week were the White-
laws, Doris and Clark of
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Kit
and Irene Love, also from
Winnipeg; Lelah Titus of
Wichita, Kansas; Lou
Gillingham and her room
mate, Nell Franz from
Illinois and Lou of Lake
Tomahawk, Wisconsin;
Elsie Naffziger and Anna
Johnson of Princeton, Ill-
inois were in the entour-
age that left for points
north, as was Ruth Gam-
ertsfelter of Naperville,
III.
The Zell Shavers re-
turned to Jerseyville, 111.
where they will be build-
ing a new home, as their
large home burned to the
ground just before they
left for Palacios, losing
everything they owned,
but they took it very
calmly and as Zell re-
marked, they had lots of
insurance. Mattie Emory
of Winsted, Minnesota
returned home by way of
Houston where iter dau-
ghter, Connie and family
reside. Joe and Rose
Marie Randazzo of Mil-
waukee are safely back
home.
The Barney Tellcamps
are back in Indiana. The
Stewarts, Mildred and
Lawrence of Enid, Okla.
were driving back home
on Sunday. They were
fortunate to have David,
a senior at O.U. to fly
down and drive them
back. The Ballou's of Hill
City, Minn, are still with
us for a while, and John
has used his talent as a
gardener to plant some
lovely bulbs and other
plants in the beds in
front. (We get lots of free
help from our guests..
Dan Brock is trimming
the hedges which cert-
ainly does beautify the
surroundings.)
Our grandson, Garth
Luther of Houston, with
his friend Ben Neuman, a
classmate at West Briar,
spent a weekend with us.
Dan took them for a
fishing trip in his boat,
which turned out to be
just an enjoyable boat
ride, as the weather con-
ditions are not favorable
yet for real sportsman
fishing.
We are so happy to
have Nick and Paula
Greenhaw down from
Houston for a long week-
end in the penthouse.
Mary and George Scully,
also of Houston came
later, each of them with
their sail boats for an
outing on the bay, but the
best they could do was to
sit and watch the wind
blow. Dr. and Mrs. Finn-
ey of Missouri City were
down for the weekend
and were a most in-
teresting couple. They
each have PHD degrees
and teach at Baylor Scho-
ol of Medicine. They are
originally from England
and were amazed and in
awe of the Medical Cen-
ter in Houston, as they
said England had nothing
to compare with it.
Mrs. and Mrs. David
Popa of Houston were
here for the first time,
and proved to be delight-
ful guests, making fri-
ends with everyone.
The Kevin Cunning-
hams, with their hand-
some young sons, Pat-
rick and Schuyler of
Houston, spent a night at
the Luther. Larry Me
Donald and wife of Dallas
came to spend several
days, and celebrate her
birthday as a surprise,
and they report a good
time in spite of the high
wind.
Mr. and Mrs. C.W.
Merrifield of Arroyo Gra-
nde, California, spent
two nights with us. Ali-
son Cook and friend,
Marge Downey, both of
Houston spent several
days with us, and were
doing some research in
our area for a book due
out in June. Alison works
for the Texas Monthly.
We shall miss our
winter guests so very
much, but we are busy
preparing for summer
guests, and we expect to
have a busy season.
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"The youth now in high school ')
will be running for elected office, jl
developing advances in science,
and administering our government >J
in the very near future. The J
amazing thing is that many high ’<*
school students arc contributing a
great deal to our society right j
now." w
More and more school boards >
throughout the country are seeking
the student viewpoint through non-
voting. student members, accord-
ing to Giroux. This trend did not
start until around 1975. but now '
more than 60 percent of the boards
have student members.
These youthful members express
their opinions on fristrtictional
matters, the district budget, stu-
dent smoking areas on high school
campuses, discipline-a wide range ij
of student concerns.
"Not only are student leaders H
contributing to the governance of ;
their schools, they are moving into (j
their communities to assist busi-
nessmen, civic groups and young
people," said Giroux.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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The longest golf hole in
the world is the 17 th
hole at a course in North
Carolina. It measures 745
yards, and is a par six.
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BIRTHDAYS
APRIL 6
Laura Barnett, Palacios
Elizabeth D. Gonzales, Palacios
Veronica Li Rodriguez, Palacios
APRIL 7
Evelyn Viets, Palacios
Ted Fields, Palacios
APRILS
Jaime Flores, Palacios
Eva Pollard, Palacios
APRIL 10
Paul Munoz, Palacios
Jackie Diaz, Palacios
APRIL 11
Shelley Mayfield, Palacios
Dee dee Stork, Palaqios
APRIL 12
Pete Samora. Jr., Palacios
ANNIVERSARIES
APRIL 6
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stork, Palacios
APRIL 8
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Bates, Sr., Palacios
APRIL 11
Mr. and Mrs. Nick West, Palacios
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