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Palacios Beacon Early Files
5 YEARS AC*()-1987
George Holst, Cornier PISD Superintendent and former
Matagorda county Tax interim assessor/col lector, was appointed
interim chief appraiser for the Matagonla County Appraisal District
(MCAD).
A record number of anglers enjoyed two days of beautiful
weather over the weekend as they competed for over $4,000 in
cash and prizes during the 5th annual Palacios Fish-Fcsl
tournament.
Palacios High School gridiron athletics brought their summer
vacations to an end on Monday as they began their two-a-day
workout sessions in preparation of the upcoming football season.
PHS vocational-ag teacher Erwin Jansz.cn received a certificate
from HL&P for his attendance at the vocalional-ag workshop held
at Wharton County Junior College.
25 YEARS AGO-1967
Charles Mize was named principal of East Side Elementary
School.
City Hall was preparing to move from old quarters on
Commerce St. to the old City State Bank Building on Fourth
Street.
30 YEARS AGO-1962
The city council appointed Lester Morton as Director of Public
Works effective Aug. 15.
The Palacios area will be the site of two of the 25 public boat
ramps to be built by the Texas Highway Commission.
35 YEARS AGO-1957
Members of the city council passed a motion to do away with
the City Marshal.
Guy Chamblcc was presented the Madsen Award at the FFA
meeting Monday night. The award, gave him a 400 pound
registered shorthorn calf from the H.D. Madsen Ranch in
Danevang.
40 YEARS AGO-1952
The road was made clear for J.R Phillips Investment Co, to call
a bond election for drainage and street topping at a meeting of the
city council Monday night.
45 YEARS AGO-1947
Guy Johnson, commissioner of this precinct, reported that the
county commissioners Monday approved a 13 percent reduction in
county taxes.
50 YEARS AGO-1942
Carole Landis, motion picture actress, made a persona!
appearance at Camp Hulcn.
Ed Buffaloc, for the second year in a row, brought in the lirs(
bale of locally ginned cotton.
Mr. and Mrs, Ward Cook took over the management of the!
Green Lantern Inn,
55 YEARS AGO-1937 ;
Nine thousand Texas National Guards were expected here fotj
the annual two weeks training period at Camp Hulcn.
60 YEARS AGO-1932
Joe B. Feather was elected secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce, taking the place of C. F. Wellborn, who had resigncdl
65 YEARS AGO-1927
A new grocery store was opened by E.G. Frame and Orville
Neal in the building on 5th St. owned by Mr. Frame.
70 YEARS AC,0-1922
John Woll entertained about 70 young people from Canq
Palomar with a watermelon feast.
Keeping an eye on Texas
U.STTexas lag in number of school days
Every year Texas children are in school 180 days and have 81 vacation
days. In Japan, by comparison, children are in school 243 days and have
i 18 days of vacation.
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i Letters to f
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Thanks for Shark Club Camp....
Dear Editor
I would like to thank everyone who made the Shark Club Camp
possible. I liked everything that we did. Orbit was funny.
Thank you,
Ashley Moffitt
Let's do it again...
Dear Editor,
I would like to thank the community leaders and facilitators
who made the Shark Club possible. I loved the way Obit danced
and everything else. Let's do it again.
Michelle Beard
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Risk survey finds Texans are among the
worst alcohol abusers in the United States
Although the proportion of
Texans indulging in risky health
habits is about the same as the
national average, they are among
the worst offenders when it
comes to alcohol abuse, accord-
ing to the Texas Department of
Health (TDH).
During 1990, some 6 percent
of adult (18 or older) Texans
consumed as many as 60 or
more alcoholic drinks each
month. That compares with an
average 3.2 percent of the adult
populations of 44 states during
the same period.
These and other facts appear
in a TDH report on Texas'
participation in the 1990 U.S.
Centers for Disease Control Be-
havioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System (BRFSS). For the Texas
portion of the survey, TDH con-
ducted telephone interviews with
1,497 adults, selected to reflect
the state's sex, race and age dis-
tribution.
Roger Diamond, senior health
educator in the TDH Public
Health Promotion Division, ex-
plained that the report is the
fourth of its kind since 1987.
"We use information from the
BRFSS to determine which un-
healthy behaviors contribute to
premature loss of health and life
statewide. By so doing, we can
design health promotion pro-
grams to help changes those be-
haviors," Diamond said.
The survey also revealed that
19 percent of Texans, as com-
pared with an average of 15 per-
cent nationwide, reported "binge
drinking," consuming five or
more drinks per occasion, at least
once in the previous month.
Similarly, 5 percent of Texans
reported having driven under the
influence of "too much to drink"
at least once in the previous
month. Other state's percentages
for such behavior ranged from .7
percent to 5.9 percent, with a
national average of 2.8 percent.
"It is noteworthy that during the
survey period, the state recorded
a 7 percent increase in alcohol-
related traffic fatalities over the
previous year (1989)," Diamond
said.
Among other BRFSS results
were that 23 percent of surveyed
Texans are smokers, matching
Trivia Test
1. Geography: What is the
capital of Sudan?
2. Architecture: When is it
predicted that the Leaning Tower
of Pisa will finally fall over?
3. Politics: Who was George
Wallace's running mate on the
American Independent Party
ticket for President and Vice
President in 1968?
4. Bridges: What historic Eu-
ropean bridge is now located in
Lake Havasu City, Arizona?
5. Vocabulary: What is a
prestidigitator?
6. History: What is the basis
of the English system of rights
and liberties?
7. Language: What is the
official language of Hungary?
8. Music: Who recorded the
September, 1975 number one hit
single, "I'm Sorry/Calypso?"
Trivia Test Answers
1. Khartoum, 2 between 20t0 and
2020, 3. General Curtis LeMay, 4
London Bridge, 5. a magician; 6. the
Magna Carta, 7. Magyar, B John Denver
the U.S. average.
Some 22 percent of surveyed
Texans were overweight, com-
pared to 22.6 nationally.
Texans were slightly more
active than the general U.S.
population. However, more than
half survey respondents in both
groups (52 percent of Texans
and 58 percent nationally) lived
sedentary lifestyles. Only 38
percent of the Texas respondents
exercised regularly, men citing
walking, yardwork and running
as their most frequent exercise,
while women favored walking,
yardwork and aerobics.
Fewer Texans (7 percent)
than U.S. citizens in general
(13.8 percent) "never" or
"seldom" used their automobile
scat belts in 1990. At the same
time, 85 percent of Texans
claimed "always" or "nearly
always" to use their scat belts.
Regarding AIDS and HIV
which causes it, some 76 percent
of Texas parents, compared to 75
percent of U.S. parents, said
they would allow their child to
attend class with an HIV-infected
student.
Also, 91 percent of surveyed
Texans had heard of AIDS, but
their understanding of the disease
varied. Only 64 percent know
that HIV-infected people can
look and feel healthy, and 81
percent know that condoms can giving blood poses no risk,
reduce infection risk. Some 65 Of parents of Texas children
percent know that mosquitoes not yet in hieh school. 88 percent
pose no threat of spreading HIV, favor starting AIDS cducation;in
and only 59 percent know that elementary school.
This Week In History
... August 14, 1852, the unpopular eight-year war against the
Seminole Indians in Florida ended with the Indians being sent to
Oklahoma; the war cost the U.S. 1,500 soldiers ... August L4,
1912, the U.S. sent the Marines to Nicaragua, which was in default
of loans to the U.S. and Europe ... August 15, 1914, the Panama
Canal was officially opened ... August 14, 1935, Congress passed
the Social Security Act ... August 15, 1935, comedian Will
Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were killed in a plane crash in Alaska
... August 14, 1941, the Atlantic Charter, an eight-point
declaration of principles, was issued by President Franklin Roosevelt
and Winston Churchill ... August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered ...
August 11, 1964, Congress approved the War on Poverty bill ...
August 11-16, 1965, a Los Angeles riot by blacks living in the
Watts area resulted in the death of 34 persons and property damage
estimated at $200 million ... August 12, 1970, a postal reform
measure was signed, ercating an independent U.S. Postal Service,
thus relinquishing governmental control of the U.S. mails after
almost two centuries ... August 11, 1972, the last U.S. combat
troops left Vietnam ... August 14, 1973, the U.S. officially ceased
bombing in Cambodia at midnight in accord with a June
Congressional action ... August 11, 1984, President Reagah
signed a law prohibiting public high schools from barring students
who wished to assemble for religious or political activities outside of
school hours ... August 12, 1987, President Reagan, in
commenting on the Iran-Contra affair, said he had been "stubborn in
pursuit of a policy that went astray," but again denied knowing of the
funds' diversion lo the Contras ... August 10, 1989, Army
General Colin Powell was nominated by President Bush to serve ap
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; he became the first black-to
hold the post.
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