Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1960 Page: 2 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, January 21, I960
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THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
10 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Cox were
honored by their friends Saturday
in celebration of their 61st wed-
ling anniversary.
'Mr. and Mrs. M. Heft won the
prize for outside Christmas decora-
tions.
Marvin Curtis, who had been in
the service since July 6, 1948, re-
ceived his discharge.
Thomas H. Lewis and Tom Hale
Were seeking re-election to the
office of county judge and county
school superintendent respectively.
Miss Joyce Swenson and Phillip
Manning, Jr. were married Dec. 31
at the First Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held in
Waco Monday for Jess Richards,
who passed away Friday.
The salary of elective officers of
Matagorda County was: commis-
sioners, $387.50; judge, $447.30;
elerk, tax assessor-collector, sher-
iff and attorney, $405.63; treasurer,
$270.41 and district clerk, $333.33.
15 YEARS AGO
Palacios was without bus service
as the Bowen bus drivers were on
strike.
W. H. Hill, a former resident of
Palacios, died suddenly at his home
in Dallas.
Muriel’s Shoppe was celebrating
Its twentieth anniversary.
Lt. Glenn Peterson of Olivia,
with the help of the Luxemburg
underground, led 50 rear echelon
riflemen trapped behind the Ger-
man lines to safety at Bastogne.
Mrs. G. G. Lawson, Jr. left for
Fort 'Worth where she hoped to
secure employment in defense
work.
Gordon Gunter, marine biologist
with the Texas Fish and Oyster
Commission, resigned to do grad-
aate work at the university.
20 YEARS AGO
Wesley A. Smith, city secretary,
died at his home here January 16.
Jimmy Phillips of Angleton an-
nounced as candidate for state rep-
resentative of Matagorda and Bra-
zoria counties.
The Blue Ridge Tavern, owned
and operated by C. L. Dorsey, was
destroyed by fire. The tavern was
located north of the city limits on
Highway 35.
D. B. (Jack) Hinton announced
for county clerk and J. G. (Grady)
Walker was seeking reelection to |
the office of district clerk.
Bob Wilkinson was appointed
editor in chief of The Herald, own-
ed by J. G. Long of Bay City. He
replaced Peck Westmoreland who
had been with the paper the past
five months.
Foley Motor Company was ad-
vertising the new Hudson Six, de-
livered in Palacios, for $965.
The Commissioners’ Court was to
be petitioned to create a Naviga-
tion District to provide channel
dock facilities. Hearing was set
for February 13.
25 YEARS AGO
More than 100 children were be-
ing fed noon lunches at the school
cafeteria.
Plans were being made for the
celebration of President Roose-
velt’s birthday on January 30th.
H. B. Farwell was honor guest
at the Rotary luncheon in celebra-
tion of his 80th birthday.
James V. Allred was inducted
into the office of Governor of Texas
before one of the largest inaugural
crowds in the state’s history.
30 YEARS AGO
Names added to the announce-
ment column were C. Langham,
candidate for treasurer and A. D.
Hensley district clerk.
!Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beard were
announcing the birth of a baby
girl.
0. E. Sorrell, local superintend-
ent of the telephone company, stat-
ed that some $6,000 would be used
for repairing the system here.
J. W. Macy, father of Mrs. Dun-
can Ruthven, died at his home in
West Milton, Ohio.
THROUGHWAY TO PROSPERITY
FROM THE EXCHANGES . . .
LaWard Holds First City Election; El
Campo Enacts Censorship Ordinance
La Ward’s first election as an
incorporated city, the special elec-
tion to name its first city officials,
will be held Saturday, Jan. 16.
Eligible voters in the new city
will elect a mayor, five aldermen
and a marshal to serve until the
regular city election date on April
2.—Edna Herald.
El Campo’s City Council Monday
night enacted a censorship ordi-
nance by a vote of four to three.
Enacted and in force as soon as
legal requirements of publication
are met, the “minor’s ordinance”
adopted Monday prohibits the pub-
lication, distribution, sale, gift or
exhibition to minors knowingly of
obscene or detrimental material.—
El Campo Citizen.
35 YEARS AGO
H. C. Boyd sold his stock of
variety goods to Miss Muriel Green,
who gave it the name of Muriel’s
Novelty Shop.
Mr. and Mrs. A, E. Louderback
announced the birth of a son.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Singley ar-
rived here from Rotan, Texas to
make their home.
Announcement was made of the
marriage of John W. Luther and
'Miss Beryl Irene Thomas, which
took place January 8.
Miss Linnie Wolf resigned as
principal of the high school to ac-
cept a position as an English teach-
er in a Dallas school.
40 YEARS AGO
The J. J. Barr family of north-
west Missouri, moved to Palacios
after spending a month in Cuero.
Port Lavaca had a $50,000 fire
in the business district.
C. C. Emmons moved his family
to Houston. He w’as a building and
cement contractor and Palacios had
many substantial evidences of his
workmanship.
They teach dancing in an East-
ern prison. Getting inmates ready
for the coming-out party, eh?
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OF PALACIOS
Port Lavaca’s much discussed
and much worked on weed ordi-
nance will probably become the
law of the city before the annual
Clean-Up Campaign sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce in the
Spring. The ordinance has been
read twice, but a third reading was
postponed at Monday night’s city
council after the council heard a
report from a citizen’s committee
named last month to study the
matter.—Port Lavaca Wave.
Plat of John Hancock’s Town and
Country Addition No. 3 was ac-
cepted by the city council at its
monthly meeting Monday night.
The city and Hancock came to
agreement upon specifications for
streets, water and sewerage. By
acceptance of the plat the city will
take over ownership, maintenance
and operation of the water and
sewer system when the construc-
tion is completed.—El Campo Lead-
er-News.
Building permits issued during
1959 in the City of El Campo show
a total of $794,584 for the 12-
menth period. Had the figures in-
cluded new construction just out-
side the city limits, such as the
Louise Hutchins Elementary
School, the year’s permits would
easily have exceeded the one mil-
lion dollar mark.-—El Campo Citi-
zen.
Cupid lost some percentage wise
during 1959, but marriages still led
better than two-to-one over di-
vorces. The total were 102 to 31.
There were slight increases in both
the number of births and the num-
ber of deaths registered in the
county during 1959. Statistics in
the county clerk’s office shows 324
births compared to 90 deaths for
the past year.—Edna Herald.
The Grand Jury completed their
deliberations Monday and returned
48 true indictments and of this 48,
nine were credited to Wallace Jesse
Fergeson for burglary. Fergeson
is bright in the memories of Whar-
tonians as the “Cat Burglar”.—
Wharton Spectator.
Five engineering firms have re-
quested hearings before the city
council for the contract to draw
plans and specifications for a pro-
posed $300,000 drainage bond issue.
—El Campo Leader-News.
Postal receipts at the Edna Post
Office set another new record dur-
ing 1959, reaching an all-time high
of $64,766.85 at the end of the
calendar year on Dec. 31, 1959.—
Edna Herald.
The long awaited bridge over
the wide Garcitas Creek connecting
the southwest portion of Jackson
County with Victoria County will
soon be a reality. Bids are to be
received in Austin by the State
Highway Department January 26
for the main bridge, a relief bridge
and approaches to both.—Edna
Herald.
Plans for the fifth annual Cot-
ton Clinic are now being completed
with a big barbecue and style show
and interesting speeches scheduled.
Speakers will include Dr. John
Hutchinson, director of the Texas
Extension Service, Earl Sears and
Carlton H. Power, of the National
Cotton Council.—El Campo Citizen.
Announcement was made Wed-
nesday that R. D. Wright has
been made president and L. F.
Worthing chairman of the Board
of Directors of the Security Bank
and Trust Company. Mr. Worth-
ing has been with the Security
Bank for many years and has serv-
ed the institution as its president
for the past 21 years. Mr. Wright
will assume the duties of president,
having been the executive vice-
president for a number of years.
—IWiharton Spectator.
Three key groups, the school
board, the city council and the
chamber of commerce and agri-
culture have given unanimous and
enthusiastic support to El Cam-
po’s new Economic Development
Corporation, formed to bring in-
dustry to the area and to give em-
ployment to high school graduates
and others.—El Campo Leader-
News.
About the only time you can get
some people to listen to both sides
is when they happen to be on a
record.
On Oct. 3,1921, the USS Olympia
sailed from Newport, R. I., for
France to return the body of the
WWI Unknown Soldier for burial
at Arlington, Va.
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In the next 24 hours three Amer-
icans will die from accidental poi-
soning and 425 will get sick after
eating or drinking something not,
intended for human use.
The toll is high, yes, but a brief
decade ago it would have been
twice as high.
Why have accidental poisonings
declined, even in the face of ris
ing populations and vastly increas-
ed availability of toxic substances?
In large measures the reason lies
with unique institutions known as
"poison control centers.”
More than 200 centers are operat-
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supplying prompt information on
treatment and toxicity of poisons
to physicians on a 24-hour daily
basis. Nine centers are currently
functioning in Texas. State health
authorities, who cooperate with
state and local medical societies in
setting them up, would like to 9ee
at least three more put into service.
Centers are now active in Austin,
Corpus Christi, Fort Worth, Gal-
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Dallas and Grand Prairie.
The opinion is generally held
that a center to serve far West
Texas, one in the Panhandle, and
one to serve South Texas and the
Rio Grande Valley would complete
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on toxic substances, and an index
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center.
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missing so his mother knows only
the brand name.
She calls the family’s physician,
who may in turn call the nearest
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there for emergency care. In either
case the center gives the child a
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the unfortunate incident.
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