Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1941 Page: 2 of 8
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We are the Texas petroleum indus-
try. There are nearly 225,000 of us,
living in every section of the State.
With our families, we make up one
million Texans, nearly one-sixth of the
State’s population.
Each of us has his job. Together we
represent almost every type of worker.
Some of us live and work in your
community. Our children go to school
with your children. We trade in your
stores, attend your church, pay taxes
and vote—as you do—for the better-
ment of our community and State. We
operate an industry which pays 75
million dollars a year in taxes to our
State and local governments and our
schools.
We are your neighbors.
When you think of the Texas petro-
leum industry, remember it is made up
of people like you and me.
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PALACIOS BEACON. PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, March 13, 1941
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SMASH THAT EGG!
PHONE 63
PUBUSIIEO EVERY THURSDAY
Advcrtisinir Rates On Request
OWNER AND PUBLISHER -
EDITOR AND ADV. MANAGER
ASSOCIATE EDITOR - -
BUSINESS MANAGER - -
MRS. J. W. DISMUKES
- B. C. (JACK) NIVEN
JESSE V. DISMUKES
HUGH J. DISMUKES
Entered at the Post Office nt Palacios, Texas, as second class
matter, under the Act of Congress.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
In Matagorda County:— Six Months, $1.00;
Outside Matagorda County:—
One Year $1.75
Six Months, $1.25; One Year $2.00
The Beacon’s Platform for a
w^ermanent
■Progressive
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TEXAS GULF COAST
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1. Completion of the Hug-the-Coast Highway to Galveston.
2. A city zoning ordinance to govern future building.
3. City Manager form of government.
4. A tax-supported Chamber of Commerce.
5. Street naming and numbering.
6. Improved streets and maintenance.
7. Modern hotel.
8. Beautification of the bay shore.
9. Municipally owned and operated trniler'camp.
10. Construction and maintenance of public rest rooms.
NATOPE N0f£s iUg cockoo noted -for its
| HABIT OF LAVING* |Ts E&6S IN OTHER BIRD*’ NESTS*
HEALTH NOTES
Austin, Texas.—Eatablishment of
health units in areas where military
troops are concentrated has been a
specific responsibility of the State
Health Department in the National
Defense Program, Dr. Goo. W. Cox
State Health Officer, announced.
These health units designed to
muintain the health of the civilian
population in ar eas adjacent to mill
tary reservations have regulatory
public health control of ull the ter-
ritory within a radius of five to fif-
teen miles from the reservations
praper..
The personnel of these units,
specially trained in the technique
of military and public health, guard
against insanitai-y practices in the
production and distribution of milk
und food supplies. Special attention
is also given to water supplies and
sewage disposal within the nrea.
Housing codes have been set up to
minimize hazards which might un-
der ordinary circumstances exist.
Permits arc required for the con-
struction and operation of retail
establishments within the area
showing that sanitary regulations
have been complied with in ail de-
tails.
The control of the communicable
diseases is the primary objective in
the establishment of these public
health units. The presence of miii-
Smtrftty I tary personnel within the civilian
Our Duty
There is always two sides to every question and that
which is facing Palacios and Palacios citizens is no exception
to the rule. The presence of some 12,000 soldiers stationed
a mile and a half from our city is not a one-sided affair with
all the “gravy” coming our way. Neither is it one-sided
with every thing going that way. On the other hand there
are certain requirements imposed upon both the civilian and
the military personnel which must be met if the two groups
are to work in harmony and to the best interests of each. #
One factor which seems to escape the attention of all but
a few of our local citizens is the duty imposed upon this com-
munity by the presence of these soldiers to provide adequate
recreational facilities for these men who have been sent
here for a year of intensive military training.
These men are the same type and the same kind of men
as are those of this community who have been sent to some
other training center. They might have come out of our
homes and they might be the son, brother, husband or sweet-
heart of any person in this city. They are strangers in a
strange land. Most of them are young and for many of them
it is the first time they have ever been away from home or
where they have been unable to see familiar faces and famil-
iar places. They are lonesome. Ask any man who servec
during 1917 and 1918 what it means to be a long ways from
home a stranger in a strange land.
Steps are being taken to provide a recreation center in
Palacios for these men. A movement is afoot which, if am
when completed, will provide ola-os where they may meet
play games, write letters, rea'1 and where they may sit down
in comfort. That is all very fine, but, it does not go far
enough.
Among these soldiers now in training at Camp Hulen
are men whose family background, breeding and social posi
tion at home are the equal or superior of any family here.
There are men there who have given up position, career anc
in many cases a profitable business or professional practice
to serve their country. They are a cross-section of any
American community,—and they have the same likes,
desires and aspirations as any other person reared in the
American way of life.
Considering all these things, it is self evident that there
is imposed upon Palacios a moral duty to provide these men
with the same sort of consideration, courtesy and hospitality
that we would like to see offered our own men, where ever
they may be, under similar circumstances.
This duty, too, is not one-sided. In return for such con-
sideration, hospitality and courtesy these men will bring to
Palacios a monetary return far beyond that which might be
expected for such a small outlay of time, money and effort
It has been estimated that fully 90 percent of the men,
if given their choice, would prefer clean, wholesome amuse-
ments and association with persons similar to their own peo-
ple rather than the questionable amusements which spring up
and flourish where ever a large number of men are grouped
together. An invitation to a private home for a
dinner, an evening of conversation and ordinary entertain-1areas necessitates constant control
wifh whiTh‘rlty to ftglev, peo,ie other th“
those with whom they are in daily contact would mean much possible epidemics inside the reser-
to these men. Again, ask the man w'ho served in 1917 and vations or in the surrounding area
1918. among the non-military population.
From a strictly selfish and money grubbing view-point Lm^^pSt^re^Saeenfti
such a policy would pay big dividends. With proper recrea- military reservations have been
tional and social opportunities these men would not go to I estitblishe*! around Camp Bowie at
other towns and cities as soon as they are paid and leave Brownwood, Camp Berkeley at Abi-
their money there. They would remain here, and it is an CanJp. at f!incral
established fact that every dollar spent in a community is CX
spent 10 times before it leaves that community. That alone I lacios. Additional public health per-
should mean something to those who can see only the ma- sonnel has been added to the exist-
terialistic advantages to be derived from proximity to an
army training center.
It is our duty, both our moral duty to those who are
preparing to defend our country and to ourselves from a
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
ro YEARS AGO
Palacios had four grocery stores
offering special prices for the week-
end. One had 10 pounds of sugar
for 49 cents and another advertised
7. pound!* for 34 cents. Other staples
were sold at really good prices.
C. E. “Dad” Smith died at his
home in this city.
G. II. Faubion sold his interest
ih the Quality Market to his partner,
J. H. Brotemarkle.
The County Federation of Wo-
men's Clubs met in Markham, with
the new president Mrs. B. F. Good-
all presiding.
J. L. Koerber disposed of his
hardware and grocery stock.
Winners in the Declamation Con-
test for the Couny Meet were an-
nounced as follows: Junior Girls,
Melba Koerber, first, Virginia
Paulk, second and Ruby Church,
third; Junior boys, Cecil Kinard,
first, Eugene Harkey, second and
John Henry Baldree, third; Senior
Girls, Marian Nester, first, Gladys
Swenson, second, Margaret Hill,
third. Senior boys, Carl Trull, first,
James Callaway, second.
ing health unit at Corpus Christi
for special work in the territory
surrounding the U. S. Naval Base,
and to the health unit at El Paso
to serve the territory surrounding
Fort Bliss.
It is anticipated that within the
near future several additional mili-
tary health units will be established
in areas of the State where military
camps are in existence and in areas
where ship yards, airplane factories
and related defense establishments
necessitate the concentration of
large bodies of civilian or military
population.
tiT YEARS AGO
Btm Elders announced as a can-
didate for Mayor and John W. Boll-
ing for councilman.
Notice was received from the Post
Office department that bids were
wanted for new quarters for the
local office: A. G. Skinner was post-
master..
J. F. Hill died at his home in this
city and remains taken to Claude
for burial.
Messrs. M. M. Miller and Charles
Ilansen disposed of the City Feed
Store to J, E. Giant and Harold
Stewart.
The executive committee of the
White Man’s Union met and set
April 17th as the date for Mata-
gorda County Primnry election.
20 YEARS AGO
G. C. Stoddard, a prominent Mat-
agorda County citizen died at his
home near Buckeye.
A bill was before the Texas legis-
lature for a seawall and harbor
project at Palacios.
Frank Stephens and Miss Ruby
Ratliff were married in Galveston.
Hotel Palacios was getting a new
coat of paint.
Mr. und Mrs. Jack Parks an-
nounced the birth of a baby daugh-
ter.
Plans were being made to organ-
ize a band.
Go through, go through the gates;
prepare ye the way of the people;
cast up, cast up the highway; gath-
er out the stones; lift up a standard
for the people.—Isaiah 62:10.
Buy from those who advertise.
—which is a boon to all the taxpayers. Payrolls are main
tained—instead of being abruptly terminated, which is what
happens when fire destroys a place of business. And, most
important of all, lives are saved.
We’ve made a good start in holding down fire’s ravages
We Are Just A Young Feller—
—BUT WE HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED A
REPUTATION FOR SOUND, CONSERVATIVE
BANKING AND PERSONALIZ^j^SERVICE.
The City State Bank of Palacios
strictly selfish stand-point to provide clean, wholesome recrea-
tional and social advantages and facilities for these men who.... t , , | ,, , ~
are literally visitors in our city and actually members of our th,s year' Let 8 keep the work up' SuPP°se each month saw
community. a reduction in fire waste of $10,000,000 over the same month
of the previous year. The total saved would be $120,000,000
nough money to hire 100,000 men at wages of $100 month-
Looking To The Future ly, or to build 40,000 homes costing $3,000 each, or to; con-
struct 2,400 fighting airplanes valued at $50,000 each, or to
I alacios stands the threshold of an era of prosperity and build two gigantic battleships of the $60,000,000 type,
progress. We can enter into that era or we can turn aside and
continue as a small, inconsequental village that has missed
the good things in life. Which course we take will be decided
within the very near future.
One step in our course of action will be decided April 1,
when three Aldermen will be elected, or re-elected, to serve
lor the next two years. Notice of the election has been posted
and the last day for filing of names to appear on the ballots
has been set by law as March 21. To date no one has signified
his intention of seeking any one of these three positions.
The Beacon has no intention of attempting to tell any
one how he should vote. That is not our place. We would,
however, be derelict in our duty if we did not impress upon
our readers the seriousness and importance of giving due
consideration to the qualifications and abilities of the candi-
dates for whom they will cast their ballots.
The position of Alderman is one of great responsibility. To
them is entrusted the management of the City and the spend-
ing of the city’s funds. They must raise the revenue from
which is paid the operating expenses of the community and
from which must come all forms of improvements whereby
Palacios may establish itself as one of the foremost cities
along the rich Texas Gulf Coast. It is their duty to spend
the money in such a manner that Palacios may have the same
sort of efficiency that is demanded in a corporation of private
capital.
Honesty of purpose and intention is not a sufficient
quality for the men selected by the electorate to possess, al-
though it goes without saying that it is necessary. They
must also possess a keen, shrewd mind, capable of analyzing
quickly the problems which come before that body. They
must be far-sighted, able to look into the future and prepare
for what is to come before the responsibility arises and finds
the city wanting in methods and means of meeting it. They
must be courageous in their attitude towards the future but
not fool-hardy nor reckless. It is going to take a MAN to
fill an Alderman’s seat for the next few years.
This city is YOUR property. You have an investment in
Palacios and it is your duty to select your Aldermen with the
same care you would use in selecting a man to operate your
business,
NOW is the time to think of whom you want to represent
you and to conduct the business of YOUR city. NOW is the
time to express your thoughts and to prepare to cast your
ballot. NOW is the time to prevail upon the man of your
choice to announce his candidacy.
The time is NOW, and not AFTER the election, that
your voice will carry weight. If you do not take sufficient
interest in your city to cast an intelligent ballot, how can you
expect the men you elect to care enough about your city to
conduct its business affairs in an intelligent manner?
That goal is possible—eighty per cent of all fires are pre-
ventable. Do your part.
PALACIOS
FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
& LICENSED EMBALMERS
AMBULANCE SERVICE
PHONE 8 PALACIOS
M. K. FEATHER, Mgr.
PIER CAFE
NOW OPEN
STEAKS
SHORT ORDERS
SEAFOOD DINNERS
WE ARE YOUR
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Good Start
During January, the National Board of Fire Under-
writers announces the estimated national fire loss was $26,-
470,000. That is close to $10,000,000 less than the loss in |
January, 1940, when the toll passed the $36,000,000 mark.
Furthermore, when fire loss is reduced more is saved |
and in these days, when our resources are kept strained by
defense demands, that is of great importance. Taxable prop-
erty is kept from becoming a useless mass of ruopie and ash
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Niven, B. C. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1941, newspaper, March 13, 1941; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth725882/m1/2/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.