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Page 4-Palacios
-WetL, July 24,1996
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Earl! Files
5 YEARS AGO-1991
John Kiel is getting adjusted to Ms new role as principal at
Palacios Junior High School. Kiel comes from Brenham Middle
School where hr was assistant principal.
Palacios resident Eavalana Murphy began circulating a petition to
rescind the ban on alcohol from all city parks. Even after hearing
about the petition, most councilmembers did not budge in their
feeling about the ordinance.
Police Cheif Don Gullett announced that the department is cur-
rently taking applications for its reserve program. Gullett said he was
approached by a Palacios resident last week who he said eagerly
wants to serve as a reserve officer. There must be a minimum of 10
volunteers before a class may be scheduled.
property based on a rate of 1
35 percent. Council also
$1.25 to $1.50 per month.
Five bids for constructing t
er $ 100 was set. Thfc old levy was
§ residential garbage fees from
10 YEARS AGO-1986
The Palacios City Council, meeting Monday night, encountered
disagreement at bill paying time with a 3-2 vote to pay the bills and
chalked up and identical vote in denying approval of a support letter
for an elderly housing loan application.
State Rep. D.R. ‘Tom” Uher of Matagorda County, a staunch
supporter of educational programs m agriculture and family living,
was named ‘‘Man of the Year in Texas Apiculture for 1986” by the
Texas County Agricultural Agents Association.
The Snider reunion was held July 20 at LeTulle Park in Bay City
with 200 persons in attendance.
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Roger D. Broussard, son of Alvin
and Betty Broussard of Palacios, recently returned to San Diego
aboard die guided missile cruiser USS Valley Forge, after complet-
ing tests on the slap’s combat systems in the water off Hawaii.
The Palacios Senior Babe Ruth All-Stars were eliminated from
the 1986East Texas State Tournament overthe weekend, losing their
opening game to West Brazos 11-10 and that falling to Nederland
Sunday 13-5.
30 YEARS AGO-1966
The city budget adopted Friday night will increase the city’s
revenue considerably as a tax increase of a 50 percent levy on
5 new 1 i brary building were received.
Directors of the library will meet with the architect Friday to review
the bids.
C.J. Gibson, Jr. was installed as commander of Ll Wm. Lloyd
Queen V.F.W. Post Friday.
35 YEARS AGO-1961
Gulf Breeze No. 2, a new subdivision with 10 large restricted
building lots, was opened by Mr. and Mrs. Gamer Seaquest and G.T.
Brooking.
Matagorda County’s first bale of cotton for the 1961 season,
grown by Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Ramsey, was ginned at the Fanners
Cooperative Gin, Saturday, July 22.
The Palacios Buffs, winners of the Calhoun Cbunty Teenage
Baseball League, has six members named to the All-Star Team.
The Calhoun Navigation District and Aluminum Company of
America signed an agreement guaranteeing payment of foe interim
maintenance of the Matagorda Ship Charnel.
The new $60,000plus new club house of American Legion Cecil
Lee Post No. 649 in Blessing was nearing completion.
R.H. Neely, Jimmy Oglesby and V.J. Kahlich were attending the
32nd annual Texas Firemen’s Training School at Texas A&M.
40 YEARS AGO-1956
The Matagorda Ship Channel project, as part of an omnibus public
works bill was expected to pass the senate and receive the blessing
of President Eisenhower this week.
General John A. Hulen, retired, was taken by plane to Houston
Wednesday to be placed under the care of a specialist.
45 YEARS AGO-1951
A special public meeting was called for Friday night to discuss
ways and means of obtaining funds to complete the navigation
district’s basin to a width of500 feet instead of400 as now planned.
C. A. Evans of Carancahua brought in Palacios’ firstbale of cotton
Monday, July 23.
50 YEARS AGO-1946
The raising of broccoli in this community for freezing was
discussed by F.F. Wehrich of the Wehrich ami Walter Co., of Eagle
pass, now freezing pineapple at the Colter Corporation.
The first bale of cotton for 1946 was grown by I. J. Shrmek on his
farm in the Turtle Bay Community and was brought in Saturday, July
20
Mrs. J.L. Jecker of foe Hollywood cleaners announced that foe
Miska was now a mernberof the personnel and all work will be under
Cariton Crawford was the only candidate listed for State Repre-
sentative of the 21st Legislative District.
55 YEARS AGO-1941
Little damage was done by the fire at the Capitol Theatre.
The city council voted to purchase new apparatus for foe fire
department, including a new pumper with a 300 gallon booster tank.
60 YEARS AGO-1936
Clarence and Wesley Buller opened a modemly equipped garage
on Main Street west of the railroad tracks. .
A new artesian well for foe city was being put down by the Texas
Lane Co. of Houston.
65 YEARS AGO-1931
Highway 71 was completed from Midfield north to the county
The Queen Theatre had a new electric sign and modem cooling
system. '
70 YEARS AGO-1926
Five airships. 10 officers and men brought to Palacios the $185,000
payroll for Camp Hulen as the T.N.G. Encampment drew to a close.
75 YEARS AGO-1921
John T. Price, one of Palacios ’ most prominent citizens, gave his
life in an attempt to save seven members of a boating party, guests
here for the BYPU encampment, who were victims of the treacher-
ous undertow in the Gulf about 27 miles from Palacios.
Seven Countries and 17 states had representatives here for foe
session of the BYPU encampment.
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. BY COLLEEN CLAYBOURN
Stories of injured birds surface occasionally. Recently a call
came from the Robertsons of the Lewis Addition at Caranc-
ahua, who had an injured immature Mississippi Kite. There are
people who are licensed to care for injured birds and there are
care providers in this area. Fortunately one of these care
providers was able to tend to the injured kite and believe the
kite will be all right.
Mississippi “Kites in Palacios should perhaps be
called“Fourth Street Birds”, since they are seen along and
above Fourth Street most of the time in spring and summer.
The young ones have an irritating call (common in bird ba-
bies!), and tend to sit on utility wires and call and call for
something to eat. Soon, however, they are in the air with the
parents, swooping overhead, as they search for insects. They
are graceful, lovely birds. They resemble hawks, probably due
to their size, falcon-like shape, and their flight habits. They are
dark above and light below, with a pale gray head and black
forked tail. 9 _
Royce and Janice Harvey in the Foley Addition had a pair
nest in a tree in their yard. The kites have fledged at least one
youngster. Soon the Foley Addition kites, and their Fourth
Street brethren, will head to South America for the winter.
The flats at First and Perryman have been fun to check out
lately. One day the place is abandoned, but the next day it is
foil of birds, the preponderance of which is Snowy Egrets.
Great Egrets, Tricolored Herons, Blacknecked Stilts, Killdeer,
and the very lovely Roseate Spoonbills have all enjoyed foe
bounty in foe shallow waters this week. Rails, American Bit-
terns, Little Blue Herons, Green-backed Herons, and Night
Herons are occasional visitors. Also White Ibis (in the white
and the immature dark phases), a few Whistling Ducks, and
always various kinds of terns. The site is a treasure spot indeed
for birders. . ,
Our Purple Martins have given up residence m the two
houses, although occasionally one or two of them come back
to check on things. Soon all martins will join the kites in a trek
south, as will the Chimney Swifts. Just now, however, the swifts
have decided to hatch another brood, and the grandchildren
here this week have had great fon making noise near the fire-
place to spook the babies into thinking mama is coming with
supper. The little chittering noises sound every thirty minutes
or so from foe chimney, grandchildren or not, as mama arrives
at the nest We should have a one-way glass window into foe
fireplace to watch the swifts' routines.
Don’t forget—call Mike Sherrod at 972-3729 with your
bird stories or information so hejranjeUtonjheJ^
Oard votes to screen textbooks
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drifts her illness. Father Casey, and Victor Perez tor the^Bos^ the frat
SrinoheriSKeM. Father Casey, and Victor Perez tor the Rosary, the peoole
prepared and served food ana for the use of the K.C. Hall. Thank you for your
thoughts, prayers, and ^er‘s^ Mike and Ramona Yosemite.
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grandchildren and great grandchildren
sayrauw ®. *. lianas its
We'aJso* wmit tcTtake this lime to thank the Palacios EMS, Elay City EMS,
Herman IHe f$ SaSInd to all those who stopped to help at toe site of toe
*Agidn teank ySltoTalyou? actToHdndnei* you've shown We feel fortunate to
atu4i a nroni rVimmitflitV
be partof such a great community.
AUSTIN - Ignoring protests by
religious conservatives, foe State
Board of Education voted last week
to begin screening textbooks only
if foe attorney general says it is
legal.
In a 10-5 vote foal followed some
heated debate, board members
agreed to ask foe attorney general
to decide whether they still have
authority to screen textbooks for
objectionable materials.
Some state officials agree that
power to screen textbooks was
taken away by foe Legislature in
its school reform law last year.
But religious conservatives and
some lawmakers have argued that
foe board is not prohibited from
throwing out textbooks it considers
inappropriate.
Board Chairman Jade Christie
acknowledged there was only an
“outside shot” the attorney general
would approve screening, but he
said the board is ready to review
all textbooks if given clearance to
do so.
Sen. Bill Ratliff, chairman of the
Senate Education Committee, who
wrote the 1995 reform law, said
he has no quarrel with foe board
asking foe attorney general for an
opinion.
“But I am very clear about the
law,” Ratliff, R-Mount Pleasant,
told foe Dallas Morning News,
insisting that his intent was to shift
the major decisions on textbook
content from foe state to local
school boards.
Ron Dusek, a spokesman for
Attorney General Dan Morales,
said foe office will review the
question and provide the board
with an answer as soon as possible.
GOP Group ’fergeting Unity
House Speaker Pete Laney ac-
cused a Republican group attempt-
ing to seize control of foe Texas
House of seeking to make foe Leg-
islature lode like Congress — grid-
locked.
“A small group wants the Tfexas
House to adopt foe worst partisan
aspects of Congress,” Laney said.
State Rep. Kent Grusendorf, R-
Arlington, chairman of the Cam-
paign for Republican Leadership,
said “it’s entirely possible that we
can achieve a Republican majority.
Vife’ve got an aggressive campaign
planned this year.”
Democrats hold a 17-14 edge in
foe Senate and an 86-64 majority in
the House.
Grusendorf’s group listed 27
House seats where it envisions
potential Republican victories, in-
cluding Laney’s YSfcst Tfexas Dis-
The Republicans say Gov. George
W. Bush would have been able
to achieve more of his legislative
agenda with a Republican speaker.
But Bush’s press secretary, Karen
duce a bill next year to give cities
and counties five cents of every
$1 lottery ticket sold within their
boundaries.
All lottery revenues now go into
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governments should share in that
success.
There would be no restrictions
on how foe cities and counties
could spend their share of foe
. State Capital
HIGHLIGHTS
By Lyndsll Williams • Texas Press Association
money under his proposed legisla-
said.
tion, Haywood said.
Haywood said Lt. Gov. Bob
Bullock, the Senate’s presidittg
officer, has promised to let Mill
move foe bill if he can get foe
needed votes. i
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Hughes, said foe governor would
not campaign against Laney or oth-
ers in foe Legislature who helped
him pass his program.
Insurance Rules Invalid
A state “blacklisting” rule block-
ing insurance companies from con-
sidering another company’s deci-
sion to drop or refuse to cover a
prospective customer is invalid, foe
Tfexas Supreme Court has ruled.
The rule, along with another
thrown out by foe court, was
adopted ty foe Tfexas Board of
Insurance, which was replaced in
1993 by an appointed commis-
foe state general fund.
With ticket sales of almost $3.5
billion in foe past 12 months, foe
Tfexas Lottery is foe most successful
in North America. . .
And Sen. Haywood thinks local
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The first rule also prohibited
insurers from denying coverage or
setting rates based cm the fact that
a prospective customer had been
covered in a high-risk pool.
The second role prohibited in-
surers from conditioning the sale
of automobile insurance cm foe pur-
chare of another policy or refus-
ing coverage because the rat floorer
owned only one vehicle.
Rod Borderlon, executive direc-
tor of foe Office of Public Insur-
ance Counsel, said when insurers
rely on other insurers’ decisions,
consumers don’t get a fair shake
from cither company.
He said foe court made clear that
foe procedure, not necessarily foe
roles, was wrong.
But Jerry Johns, president of
Southwestern Insurance Informa-
tion Service, said insurers must
consider all foe Information avail-
able.,. : fu,-' 1 ■
“The insurance industry is mak-
ing every effort to provide foe best
possible price for our customers,
and we cannot do that without foe
tools necessary to evaluate risk,”
Johns said-
A spokesman for Insurance
Commissioner Elton Bomer, said
foe department will comply with
foe court’s rilling and will study
foe best ways to deal with foe “con-
aimer protection issues involved in
there roles.”
Locals May Share Lottery Cash
God Bless you all,
Joe. Nite, J D . and Amy
trtet. His GOP opponent is Spring- R*
lake rancher Hollis Cain. Wichita Falls, said he will intro-
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