Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 11, 1984 Page: 1 of 14
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rice’s 208th annivenary, local
residents also celebrated Pala-
cios’ own 75th' Birthday during
the annual Lion’s Gab July 4th
event at East Bay. Palacios
Mayor Leonard Lamar and
Palacios Area Historical Asso-
ciation [PAHA] President Coll-
een Clayboum officiated over
the cake-cutting ceremonies
marking the city’s milestone.
Members of Boy Scout Troop
1085 provided the color guard.
Over 20 Individuals helped to
make the three-tiered blue and
white cake which was distribut-
ed to the public. PAHA also
prepared a time-capsule which
will be opened in 25-years.
[Beacon Photo by Nick West]
Cake cutting
marks city’s
75th birthday
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The Lion's Club Annual July
4th Celebration last week served
a double purpose, not only
marking the country’s 208th
birthday, but Palacios' own 75th
anniversary as well.
A high-noon cake cutting cere-
mony marked the first official
public observance of the City-By-.
The Sea’s diamond jubilee. Over
20 individual cakes were painsta-
kingly molded into one colorful
three-tiered birthday cake for the
occassion. The observance, coor-
dinated through the Palacios
Area Historical Association, also
included a display of items to be
included in a time capsule to be
opened in 25-years.
The birthday party marking
the Palacios' incorporation from
1909-1984, was the first in what
PAHA President Colleen Clay-
bourn hopes will be a year-long
obsei vance. Already planned is
the use of the city’s 75th birthday
as the theme for entries in a
special BayFest parade in Nove-
mber. A historical review of local
businesses, individuals, organiz
ations and clubs is also underway
as part of a book on the entire
Matagorda County.
According to one cake cook,
the cake required more than
12-pounds of shortening, 16-pou-
nds of oowdered sugar and
3 'A-hours to decorate.
Clayboum, along with PAHA
member Violet Brhlik and Mayor
Leonard Lamar took part in the
cake cutting ceremony at East
Bay. Members of Boy Scout
Troop 1085 provided a color
guard and led the crowd in the
pledge of allegiance.
Clayboum noted that the date
and location of the burial for the
time capsule will be determined
at a later date. Although a
number of items were presented
July 4th for inclusion into the
capsule, other items and sugges-
tions are still sought.
Already included in the cap-
sule are a U.S. flag, maps of the
world, Texas and Palacios, as
well as a Bible, Palacios historic-
al booklet. 1984 Lion's Gub July
4th booklet, role of 1984 pennies,
cookbook, sheath of rice, local
postcards and a digital watch.
Familiar items relating to the
Palacios area include a shrimp
deveiner, local business cards,
oyster shell, video tape of
Palacios scenes and local bumper
stickers. Common 1984 items
included a razor, beer can, soda
bottle, cigarettes, toothbrush and
matches.
Tentative plans are to coordin-
ate the burial site through the
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FOURTEEN PAGES
New buisnesses to
set to open doors
Out-of-town shoppers, the ba-
ne of the local economy, will have
even less reason to spend their
money elsewhere as three new
businesses are scheduled to open
their doors in Palacios within the
next few weeks. A fourth busin-
ess has moved to a new location
and reopened as well.
Flo’s Galley, a family-type
restaurant that specializes in
seafood, moved its operations
“uptown” during the past week.
Previously located at Turning
Gun Club sets
meeting Thursday
The Palacios Gun Club will
meet Thursday night at 7:30
p.m. at the Palacios Recreati-
on Center.
Faith Center to
hold program
The Palacios Faith Center
located on 12th and Buffalo St.
will be ministering the word
and singing through Pastor
Earl Brazile from Austin on
Tuesday and Wednesday, Ju-
ly iOand 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Softball signup
Thursday night
A co-ed softball sign-up will
be held at the Palacios Library
on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. for
those interested.
Kountry Kitchen
closed Sunday
The Country Kitchen will
not be serving meals Sunday,
July 15 due to State Conven-
tion.
Homemakers set
Friday program
County Extension Agent
Marilyn Sebasta will present
the program to the Carancah-
ua Extension Homemakers
Gub when it meets at 9 a.m.
Friday at the Carancahua
Community Center. Ail intere-
sted persons are invited to
attend.
Basin No. 1, Flo’s now caters to
the public from the former
Sweets-n-Eats building in the 400
block of Commerce.
Scheduled to open their doors
on July 25 will be Palacios
Building Materials, owned by
David Sikes. The full-equipped
hardward store is located in the
former H&H Chevrolet Building
on Henderson (Hwy. 35 Bypass).
Three days later on July 28, the
Palacios Sporting Goods establi-
shment begins business from its
recently constructed building at
309 Main. Palacios Sporting
Goods is owned and operated by
Jim and Veda Dale. The third
new business moving to Palacios
is the Cooking Country Cafeteria,
owned by Edith Hall. Slated to
open Aug. 1, Cooking Country
Cafeteria will be a cafeteria style
restaurant offering a large selec-
tion of homecooked items.
“We plan to be here a long
time and feel there is a need for a
building center such as ours,”
On percentage basis
remarks David Sikes of Palacios
Building Materials. “We will
have prices that are competitive
with those anywhere else along
the coast, including Houston and
Victoria.”
With over 5,000 square feet of
merchandise space, Palacios Bui-
lding Materials will offer a
complete line of hardware, Sher-
win Williams Paints, building
materials (including lumber), co-
ncrete and a variety of lawn and
garden supplies and merchandi-
se. The business will be associat-
ed with HWI (Hardv/are and
Wholesalers Incorporated).
A concrete plant will be
constructed behind the large
store.
“We feel Palacios is in the
early stages of a boom. There is
as much opportunity here for
growth as there is anywhere else
in the country. This area has
great potential,” Sikes comment-
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Palacios leading
area in rebates
Once again in tffe' forefront of
area economic growth, Palacios
placed first in percentage-wise
increase of sales tax revenue in
the three county region of
Calhoun, Matagorda and Jackson
counties.
Thus far in 1984, the City of
Palacios has received $64,993.78
in its rebate share of the city's
one-percent sales tax. That rep-
resents a major increase of
24,72-percent over the amount
rebated at the same time in 1983.
Last year's total to date was
$52,109.99.
The latest monthly rebate
payment was for $7,917, more
than double the $3,472 rebated in
July 1983. The July payments
reflect taxes on sales made in
Palacios during May and report-
ed to the State Comptroller’s
Office by June 20.
The city's one-percent sales
tax is collected by merchants
along with the state’s four-per-
cent sales tax. The city tax is then
rebated monthly.
Based on the sales tax rebate
figures. Matagorda County sho-
wed the biggest gain compared
to the two neighboring western
counties. With Bay City showing
a 21-percent gain, the average
for the county was up 21.36-per-
cent over a year ago. Meanwhile
Jackson County registered only a
9.18-percent climb and Calhoun
County had only a 12.66-percent
jump.
Port Lavaca's 19-percent rise
with $337,622 rebate was offset
by a 34-percent decline in Point
Comfort ($7,909) and a 24-per-
cent drop at Seadrift ($25,229).
In Jackson County, Edna was
up 8.75-percent with $135,076
and Ganado rose 11-percent to
$35,908. LaWard stayed basically
the same with only a 3-percent
gain to $2,144.
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Waiting for the fireworks.
PEOPLE OF all ages In Palacios along with country-western and Ryan Griffith, found time to
spent July 4th enjoying the rock music kept the crowds take a cool break to the shade of
activities of the annual Lions entertained as the summer one of the many booths. [Bea-
Club event along East Bay. temperatures soared. Esther con Photo by Nick West]
Fireworks, food and games Smith and her young friend, ________
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