Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 10, 1988 Page: 4 of 12
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Page 4-PalackM Beacon, Aug. 10,1980
From The Beacon Eariy files
20 YEARS AGO-1968
R.E. “Edge” Graham, chief
deputy sheriff for the past 11
years, was appointed by com-
missioners court to fill the
unexpired term of the late J.B.
"Jack” Cole. After his appoint-
ment, Graham apointed Mrs.
J.B. Cole as chief deputy.
Don Anderson, formerly of
East Texas State Bankof Buna,
was elected vice-president of the
City State Bank of Palacios.
Registration for the 1968-69
school year at Palacios schools
will begin Monday and continue
through August 23.
25 YEARS A GO-1963
The 1963 Sharks will meet at
the gym Saturday at 7:30 p.m. to
be fitted for mouth pieces and
booked for physical examina-
tions.
City Council issued purchase
orders for police and fire depart-
ments and approved building
permits totaling more than
$40,000 for four residences.
30 YEARS AGO-1958
Surplus food distribution will
begin in Palacios August 2.
Only two rigs were actively
drilling in Matagorda County and
only one in Wharton County.
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Carr and
son, Chris, were welcome new-
comers in Palacios. Carr was
employed as assistant football
and head track coach of the high
school Sharks.
At noon Wednesday, August
6, 1049 bales of cotton had been
processed locally.
Mrs. J.L. Koerber sold the
Koerber Sales Company to R.E.
“Dick” Hazen.
Returning from cheerleading
school at Huntsville were the
high school cheerleaders, Geor-
gene Stubblefield, Carol Jean
Chamberlain, Patricia Christy,
Betty Ann Friery and Gail
Glowka.
35 YEARS A GO-1953
A tentative county rate of 91
cents per $100 valuation was
approved by the commissioners
court.
A pipe coating company of
Houston had leased the west side
of the new turning basin where
they will coat and wrap pipe.
The city'council by a 3 to 1 vote
granted the telephone company
their third rate raise at Monday
night's meeting.
40 YEARS AGO-1948
The first rice for the year in
Matagorda County was brought
in by ratii Graff.
Only 148 bales of cotton had
been ginned at the Farmer’s
Cooperative Gin so far this
season.
The tax rate for the county will
be lower for 1949 than this year,
having been dropped to $1.12.
45 YEARS AGO-1943
Only 217 bales of cotton had
been ginned locally due to lack of
sufficient pickers.
The first carload of frozen
mullet was shipped from Palacios
Monday by the Crawford Packing
Over 500 were enrolled at the
13th annual session the W.M.U.
Encampment opened Mondav.
50 YEARS AGO-1938
Twenty-three candidates for
the Crawford Packing Company
Bluejackets were out for opening
practice. L.C. Ashley was trainer
with Sterling and Chester Barrett
as co-captains. The first game
was scheduled for Sept. 17 on the
local gridiron with the Troy
Trojans of Houston.
55 YEARS AGO-1938
Many of our citizens attended
a meeting in Bay City to hear an
explanation of NRA, one of the
most discussed subjects of the
day.
60 YEARS AGO-1928
Governor Dan Moody received
nearly 400,000 votes in the.
Democratic Primary. Matagorda!
County polled less than 900
votes.
Cotton was being harvested
and the gins reported more than
200 bales ginned here.
E.N. Gustafson reported plans
for the grade and drainage of the
highway across the county has
been approved.
65 YEARS AGO-1923
The nation mourned the death
of President Warren O. Harding
which occurred in San Francisco.
T.F. Sifford of Collegeport
brought in the first bale of cotton
for the season. J.K. Damall and
H.M. Sanders, of north Palacios,
were just behind him.
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tificate of deposit or produce
some other proof of financial re-
spoasibility to insure that the City
of Pabrios would he reimbursed
for any damage were to result
from the activity at the airport.
Kay agreed to do so and also
agreed to maintain fences and to
other security measures required
by the City.The pit is on City
property, but the drain line
crosses Brace Herlin's property
prior to emptying into Turtle Bay
and the Council expressed con-
cern about rights and restrictions
of other property owners involved
along the drainage line. There
was also some discussion about
who actually owned the drainage
line and if permits to drain into
Turtle Bay were current.
However, although sympa-
thetic to leasing to LBK Produc-
tioas, the City asked Kay to pro-
duce other leases involved in the
operation. Eli Mayfield, City
Attorney, explained to Kay, 'We
want todo it right, we want to do
it legally, we want to see the
leases, because they are being
drawn up by private persons."
Kay agreed to do so but
asked that he have a document
from the Mayor indicating the
City was willing to lease the
ground to him (subject to final
Council approval of leasing ar-
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enabling conversations to travel as
tiny pulses of light which im-
proves transmission quality. Ad-
ditional fiberoptic will be placed
adjacent to Highway 35 north to
Blessing for toll between the two
towns in the latter part of 1989.
"The sophisticated and versa-
tile digital switching equipment in
Palacios and the fiber optic
project will provide the
telecommunications foundation
for the growth and service of the
future. We know this equipment
will provide years of
satisfaction," Ray concluded.
rangements) in order that LBK
Productions might obtain further
necessary State-issued permits. It
was so resolved and negotiations
will continue.
BILLS APPROVED
In addition to the usual in-
coming bills, the Council also ap-
proved payment of over $3000
for premiums for liability insur-
ance for the City (the law en-
forcement agencies, aiiport, other
city-owned buildings, etc.). Dur-
ing the discussion, it was dis-
covered that TML (the Texas Mu-
nicipal League), vendor of the in-
surance, would bill the city for
"inspection." Mayfield, citing the
Brownsville tragedy, suggested
the Council take "whatever steps
necessary" for the current city
building inspector. Abel Fierce, to
become qualified to do insurance
inspection. Lamar said he would
confer with Pierce to see exactly
what certifications, special train-
ing, etc. would be needed.
OTHER BUSINESS
The Council also resolved to
take out a shoit-term note to cover
the cost of the Pavilion remod-
elling. Texas Parks and Wildlife
had assured the Council that they
would reimburse the City's ex-
penses on the project within 45
days and the measure passed
unanimously.
The Govermental Services
Administration (GSA) has rec-
ommended that all U.S. cities'
ordinances be brought up to date
at least every three years in an ef-
fort to achieve some degree of
uniformity across the country.
The Council unanimously passed
a resolution to search for a person
qualified and experienced in re-
codifying ordnances.
Continuing a "get-tough" pol-
icy, the Council (after a rather
lengthy Executive Session) unan-
imously moved to replace two
men in the Public Woiks Division
and to terminate the current
janitorial services in the Court-
house Annex.
Building
for Safety
hy AkkLnrici
Oty rf Made* ImIIOm U—rtt
Texas communities
targeting tourism
Tourism brings more than $17-billion annually to Texas,
according to Dr. Carson Watt, recreation anu parks specialist
with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
"This represents six percent of the total tourism dollars spent
in the Unites States and provides jobs for 294,000 Texas. Yet,
tourism is still an emerging industry," Watt said.
He said billions of tourism dollars can pump new economic
life into man)' Texas communities. Tourism generates more than
$997-million in local and state taxes for Texas.
’Tourism is expected to become the major industry worldwide
in the next decade. Presently, it is the nation's third largest retail
industry and among the three top industries in the 50 states. One
of every 15 working Americans now has a tourism job," Watt
said.
He said opportunities depend on such basics as the community
of residents, services, businesses and industry; attractions and
events that give visitors things to do and see, and the market
itself, which includes people who travel to the community.
"The challenge of developing community tourism is to
systematically assess each of the elements and create strategies
that are most likely to achieve tourism goals," Watt said._
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They're the worst kind of hypocrite.
Parents who warn their children about
using drugs while they themselves are
abusing drugs. What parents don't
seem to realize is that it takes more
than a good sermon to keep kids on
the straight and narrow. It takes a
good example. Without.it, kids are
likely to wind up abusing drugs just
like Mom and Dad.
If you want your son to be strong.
If you want your daughter to
have the willpower to walk the other
way- practice what you preach.
Because you can't control your
Let all of us rise up and praise
Allah, or whomever we wish to
praise, that we live near the water!
It seems as if most of the people
in this country have a desire to at
least have a place to go near some
lake, stream, or ocean. I have
been reading a Dept, of At-
mospheric Sciences expert’s
prediction of the number of
hurricanes (7) and names storms
(11) for 1988. This fellow gives
about 15 pages of calculations and
formulas to prove his point, j
would be happy to share this in--
formation with any scientific
mind!
Along the same line, the
counties, cities, and flood plain
management arc being blamed for
not enforcing the existing NFIP
and FEMA regulations; thus
causing a burden on the
taxpayers. So you folks who
wish to build in a low-lying area
or V-zone, take notice. We are
too easy on you!
Seriously though, we must
admit that the government-
supported insurance program is
very costly. That is why it is
being phased out gradually.
Many losses are two- or three-
time losers. Each time we
taxpayers build it back.
I am going through our
permit file and checking on
permits which have not been
cleared; usually due to lack of
notice of completion. If any of
you folks have received letters
notifying you of this situation,
please let City Hall know how
you are coming along with your
project so we can bring the files
up to date. If you have a
completed job, don’t wait for a
letter, give us a call and save the
City the cost of a letter.
I would like to congratulate
Mr. and Mrs. Dilworth on tfteir
work with the Luther Hotel.
There is little noticeable difference
outside, but work is going-;on
inside, beneath the floor ancj in
the rear! The plumbing and
wiring is being updated and made
safer. As any of you home-
owners know, this is costly todo.
Have you priced a 400-amp main
switch lately? The old Luther
homestead is receiving a cleanup
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