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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, September 17, 1959
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
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PUBLISHER................................ MRS. J. W. DISMUKES
EDITOR & ADV. MANAGER ..................JESSE V. DISMUKES
BUSINESS MANAGER............... HUGH J. DISMUKES
SOCIETY EDITOR & BOOKKEEPER MARY V. DISMUKES
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attention of the publisher.
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
10 YEARS AGO
S/Sgt. Marshall Brister, who was
injured in a Jeep accident on Aug-
ust 3 in Okinawa, was transferred
to the Brooks General Hospital in
San Antonio.
Ethel Lee Chamblee was selected
Palacios’ “Cowboy Sweetheart” at
a contest held at the Capitol Thea-
tre and won a plane trip to Eagle
Pass.
The Sharks defeated the Tide-
haven Tigers 33 to 0 and will play
Louise Friday.
Births announced were Mr. and
Mrs. Eli Mayfield, a baby boy on
Sept. 19 and Mr. and Mrs. F. E.
Babcock, Jr. of New Orleans, a
baby girl on the same day.
Deaths reported were G. P.
Hardy, Sr. of Bay City; Raymond
M. Bentler, son of Mrs. John Bent-
ler, in Houston; John D. Langston
at his home in Francitas and Mrs.
Ruth Neely, sister of Mrs. F. M.
Frankson, in Texas City.
15 YEARS AGO
Funeral services for Mrs. J. H.
Laslie, mother of W. H. Laslie,
were held Wednesday at the Pa-
lacios Funeral Home.
Mrs. S. T. Oglesby was honored
with a pink and blue shower given
by Misses Elizabeth Glaros and
Permelia Ann Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Trull an-
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Gladys, to Garland
Brooking.
The Sharks, coached by Coach
Lummus, were scheduled to play
Port Lavaca tomorrow night. Last
week they tied Ganado 6 to 6.
Mrs. Frank Cervenka took over
the Red Cross Nursing duties at
Gulf Health Unit Monday.
20 YEARS AGO
The marriage of Miss Edith
Clapp and Nathan Linton in Angle-
ton on May 31 was announced by
the parents of the bride.
A. H. Wadsworth, special agent
for the Department of Commerce,
reported 5790 bales of cotton gin-
ned in Matagorda County as com-
pared with 2502 from the crop ol
1938.
Viola Bell White, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. White, died at
the home of her parents.
The local CIO strike against the
Crawford Packing Company was
illegal according to a decision of
the District Court held in Bay City
by Judge M. S. Munson.
HELPING HAND
25 YEARS AGO
Cotton ginning for Palacios was
230 bales and 2163 for the entire
county.
A. J. Louderback was improving
the corner of Eighth and Main
Streets, having a new 36x54 foot
building constructed which when
completed would be occupied by
the Glenn Motor Company, Ply-
mouth and Dodge dealers, also
wholesale and retail business of
the Pure Oil Co.
Mrs. A. R. Matthes presided at
the regular meeting of the Mata-
gorda County Federation of Wo-
men’s clubs held in the Methodist
Church.
30 YEARS AGO
Deaths reported were A. J. Beard
of Blessing and Mrs. C. A. Abra-
hamson of Carancahua.
A meeting of the Hug-the-Coast
Highway Association was held in
the Queen Theatre.
The Gulf P.-T. A was hostess
for the quarterly meeting of the
Matagorda County Federation of
W'omen’s Clubs.
A GUARANTEED
FUNERAL INSURANCE
POLICY
Low Monthly Premiums
Protects The Entire Family
Written By
TAYLOR BROS.
FUNERAL HOME
BAY CITY
PH. Cl 5-4613
PALACIOS
PH. 5261
35 YEARS AGO
School opened with Miss Linnie
Wolf as superintendent.
Miss Frances Ruthven died sud-
denly in a hospital in San Antonio.
Pledges for the Texas National
Guard Camp had reached a total
of $20,040.
Two men, well-known in Palacios,
who died on the same date were
Capt. C. W. Tandy at his home in
Plainview, Texas and J. C. Dal-
ziell in a hospital at Cuero.
40 YEARS AGO
A tropical storm, which struck
Corpus Christi, came on up the
Gulf coast and struck Palacios with
a wind velocity of 80 winds per
hour. Barometer reading was 29.40.
Oyster houses, the pavilion and the
BYPU grounds were damaged.
Miss Edna Underwood and M.
P. Moore were married. Rev. Echols
of the Baptist Church officiated at
the ceremony.
The cotton report for the county
was 57 bales as compared with
6282 ginned the year before on the
same date, Sept. 1.
FROM THE EXCHANGES . . .
Bad Weather Fails To Hamper Jackson
County Fair; ALCOA Barges Picketed
The 10th annual Jackson Coun-
ty Fair closed Thursday night. In
spite of muddy grounds and park-
ing lots, fair officials pronounced
the fair very successful in every
department, and believed record
crowds attended the variety of
events. Miss Kay Westhoff of Edna
was crowned 1959 Jackson County
Fair Queen and Miss Anita Louise
Koop, representing Vanderbilt, was
named as Grand Duchess. Albert
Kallus’ grand champion fat calf
of the fair sold for 87 cents per
pound and was bought by Smith
Feed Store.—Edna Herald.
Picketing of Alcoa ships and
barges at the Port Aransas trans-
fer station has resulted in a federal
court injunction against the Inter-
national Longshoremen’s Associa-
tion. A petition filed Sept. 1 al-
leges that members of Local 1692
have interferred with the unload-
ing and reloading of aluminum ore
at Port Aransas in violation of the
National Labor Relations Act.
Calhoun County Times.
The petitions urging the com
missioners court to provide a coun-
ty airport between El Campo and
Wharton are expected to be pre-
sented the county at the meeting
Monday, September 14. The peti-
tions ask the county commission-
ers to approve warrants that would
provide funds for an all-weather
runway and other necessary facili-
ties for such an airport. Location
of the airport is urged in the vi-
cinity of the Pierce Ranch head-
quarters, which would be a cen-
tral location for all portions of
Wharton County.—El Campo Citi-
zen.
YEA, SHARKS! YEA, HORNETS!
WE ARE BANKING ON YOU
HORNETS in CLUTE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
SHARKS in GANADO
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
WHY NOT DO YOUR BANKING WITH US?
THE CITY STATE BANK
OF PALACIOS
The Wharton City Council met
in regular session Tuesday and a
delegation of representative citi-
zens visited the Council to urge
the continuance of honoring park-
ing tickets. The Council acceded
to the request of the citizens and
parking cards may now be pur-
chased from the meter man or at
the city hall.—Wharton Spectator.
Some 6,734 bales of cotton had
been picked in Calhoun County by
Sept. 4 and that is about 60 per-
cent of the total expected accord-
ing to County Agent, C. L. Cook.
—Port Lavaca Wave.
Wharton County’s annual cotton
and rice crops are rolling to the
cotton gins and rice mills because
of the recent period of dry weather.
All gins in the county are now be-
ginning to move at top capacity
and ginnings as of Friday were
14,001 bales compared to around
6,000 reported the previous week.
The rice crop for the county area
is about 60 percent gathered.—El
Campo Leader-News.
Mrs. R. C. King, chairman, an-
nounced that $950.03 was the total
netted from the local Emergency
March of Dimes drive held Mon-
day.—Wharton Spectator.
Plans have been drawn and prep-
arations are being made to build a
new Catholic school for Port La-
vaca. The six-classroom school
building to be established by Our
Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church
here will be built on church prop-
erty at the corner of San Antonio
and Leona Street.—Calhoun Coun-
ty Times.
Downpours whioh brought 2.5
to 4 inches of rain to Ganado and
surrounding communities early
Tuesday morning again halted cot-
ton and rice harvesting to a stand-
still. Fields were overflowing with
excess water Tuesday as cotton
pickers remained idle and rice com-
bines could not move.—Ganado
Tribune.
The annual Chamber of Com-
merce and Agriculture banquet will
be held the evening of October 29
and tickets will be $2 per person.
—El Campo Leader-News.
City of Port Lavaca is seeking a
man to replace H. A. (Bill) Sprott
who resigned September 1 as direc-
tor of public works. Council has in-
dicated a desire to hire a profes-
sional engineeer to assume the
post.—Calhoun County Times.
The El Campo City Council Fri-
day night in a special meeting
agreed to offer Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company a nominal in-
crease as recommended by Clin-
ton Owsley, Houston rate expert.
Where the present request for one-
party business phones was $13, the
city is offering the telephone com-
pany $10.50. Present charge is $10.
Where the telephone company re-
quest $6 for a one party residence
phone, the council offers the com-
pany $5.50.—El Campo Citizen.
Better methods of attracting new
industries to Calhoun County is
the purpose behind a visit to Hous-
ton this week by 15 Port Lavaca
business and civic leaders. The
delegation will travel to Houston
for a conference with an industrial
development team of the Houston
Chamber of Commerce.—Calhoun
County Times.
Bids were called last Thursday,
Sept. 3, and will be opened at the
State Board of Control Office in
Austin on Sept. 30 for the Texas
National Guard armory building
for El Campo.—El Campo Leader-
News.
Perfection of means and confu-
sion of goals seem—in my opinion
—to characterize our age.—Albert
Einstein.
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Have You Checked On Your Social
Security Records Lately! Belter Do So!
A question the Social Security
Administration would like to hear
asked more often is, “Have my
earnings been properly credited to
my social security account?”
Most people know something
about their rights and benefits un-
der social security but many do
not know they have certain obliga-
tions, too. For example, have you
checked your social security record
in recent years ? Do you know
whether all your earnings have
been correctly credited to your ac
count? If your answer is “No” to
these questions, you should take
action now. Social security records
should be checked at least once
every three years and the sooner a
worker checks the easier it is to
correct any errors in his earnings
record. This advice applies to
everyone but especially to house-
hold workers who may work for
several employers at the same time,
or who may change jobs frequent-
ly, or who may not work steadily.
Household workers arc covered
by social security only if they are
paid cash wages of $50 or more in
a calendar quarter by the same
employer. A household worker may
find that her record does not re-
flect all her earnings because an
employer may have paid her less
than $50 in cash in a calendar
quarter. Ajlso the household em-
ployee may find in checking her
social security account that some
of her earnings should have been
reported or credited to her account
and were not. This could happen
because the worker didn’t furnish
the employer her social security
number when she asked for it. Or,
maybe the domestic repeated her
social security number from mem-
ory and it was wrong or the em-
ployer copied the number incor-
rectly. Another possibility may be
that your employer doesn’t realize
that your work around her home
should be reported and she fails to
do it. These are only a few rea-
sons why you shou'd check your
social security account at least
once every three years. It’s good
business to verify that your earn-
ings have been properly credited to
your account just as you make
sure you receive credit for your
bank deposits and insurance prem-
iums.
Remember that your social se-
curity retirement, disability and
survivors benefits will be based on
your social security account. There-
fore, it’s good business to check
the record of your earnings. It’s an
easy thing to do, too. Just tell
your nearest social security dis-
trict office you want to check your
record. They have a special post-
card with which you can request a
statement of earnings. (Ask for
OAR-7004, Wage Statement Re-
quest.) When the statement comes
in the mail, check it carefully
against your own records. If you
believe that there are any errors—
that all of the earnings that should
have been credited to your account
are not shown—take the statement
and your records to your social
security office.
More decorations for valor have
been awarded, per man, to the sub-
marine service than any other
Navy branch.
National Review says that Khru.
shchev didn’t believe a Nixon state-
ment that there are more than 60,-
000,000 cars in this country. The
statistical fact: World car popula-
tion is 111,000,000, of which 67,-
000,000 are ours.
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PLENTY FRIED CHICKEN
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5 PLENTY FINE WINGS
4 PLENTY FINE BREAST
4 PLENTY FINE THIGHS
4 PLENTY FINE LEGS
10 PLENTY FINE NECKS
6 PLENTY FINE LIVERS AND
6 GIZZARDS
$1.00
(Our Chicken Prices Are Cut In
Vj On Wednesdays)
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>UaU° pOWER-ADDS TO YOUR
One of the most unnecessary government spend-
tug programs you eould imagine ia adding to
your tax load every year. It's the multi-billion-
dollar spending for federal "public power."
About $5,500,000,000 from you and other
taxpayers has already gone for federal govern-
ment electric power systems. And $10,000,000,-
000 more is being proposed.
This is a waste of your tax money. Independ-
ent electric companies like Central Power and
Light Company are ready and able to supply
all the electricity people will need — without
depending on your taxes.
Then why does this needless tax spending
continue? Only because most people don’t know
about it. So spread the word among your friends
and neighbors. As soon as enough people real-
ize how "public power” adds to their tax burden,
they’ll put a stop to it. Remember—when
“public power” wins — you lose!
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