Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1960 Page: 2 of 8
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Thursday, March 31. I960
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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JESSE V. DISMUKES
HUGH J. DISMUKES
MARY V. DISMUKES
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I THIS WEEK
j IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
10 YEARS AGO
The 7th and 8th Grade thinly
clads won the district 80-B track
and field championship Friday.
Coach Holst’s boys made 33 2/5
points to Crescent’s 29 1/5.
J. G. Davis was a patient in the
Devine Bros. Clinic in Kansas City,
Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Jenkins of
Collegeport celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary Sunday, Mar
19th.
Rev. George F. Gillespie, a pa-
tient in the Bayview Hospital, was
honored with a birthday party,
March 16.
Funeral services were held for
John W. Snider, of Alvin, at the
Palacios First Baptist Church on
March 27. Another death reported
was Lowell I. Newsom on Mar. 25.
Announcement was made of the
marriage of Mrs Laura Taylor and
Sam Seale on March 23 in Hous-
ton.
The play, “Aunt Silly,” sponsor-
ed by the American Legion, was
to be presented at the Elementary
School auditorium Thursday and
Friday night.
from her pony into a barbed wire
fence.
Miss Dorothea Nelson became
the bride of Cpl. Phillip Wilson
Sunday in Olivia.
Frank Riddick was hired as night
watchman.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Allgood pur-
chased a home in the 400 block of
Magnusson.
Mrs. E. N. Falks had undergone
major surgery in the El Campo
hospital.
The Reagan Hamlins purchased
the B. H. Oakley property north
of the city limits.
15 YEARS AGO
Searcy H. Standley, who had
previously been reported missing,
was a prisoner of war in Germany.
Mrs. Eleanor Bartee was recuper-
ating in the El Campo hospital
from injuries received when thrown
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FROM THE EXCHANGES
'Welcoming Committee' At El Campo;
Large Increase In Wharton Fire Losses
20 YEARS AGO
About 1,000 high school girls
were expected to be here Saturday,
April 6, for an all clay program
of the Area 9 Future Homemakers,
representing 23 counties.
Interest in city election was high
with fifteen candidates in the race
for office as follows: mayor, two;
secretary, seven; marshal, two and
alderman, two to elect, four.
Edward M. Cooper passed away
at the home of his sister, Mrs.
George Carnahan, with whom he
had made his home for 40 years.
Jerry Sadler was a candidate for
governor.
Easter came early, March 24,
and many visitors were here over
the holiday week end.
Beginning April 1, strangers
within the gates of El Campo will
get an official and an organized
welcome from a welcoming service
presented by the chamber of com-
merce and agriculture. Newcomers
will be visited by members of the
committee at least twice a month
until they are acquainted with the
community.—El Campo Leader-
News.
25 YEARS AGO
Guy Clayboum and H. V. Barr
announced as candidates for city
alderman.
Mr. and Mrs. R. V. W rati slaw
announced the birth of a 12%
pound boy on March 25.
Mayor J. L. Deutsch issued a
proclamation declaring March 30
to April 6 as Clean-Up Week for
Palacios.
Miss Martha Gerhard and Henry
Johs were winners in the Jackson
County meet at Edna, representing
the Deutschburg school.
30 YEARS AGO
The State Highway Commission
had asked bids on constructing a
causeway across Lavaca Bay at
Port Lavaca.
Judge W. O. Hudgins of Houston
was guest speaker at the annual
Chamber of Commerce banquet.
Palacios schools won six first
An estimated $21,938.17 has been
lost in fires during the first three
months of 1960 compared to $8,-
040.08 in the twelve months of
1959 it was learned from an in-
formative report by Fire Marshal
Donald Barbee. Although the re
port shows $13,898.09 more fire loss
in three months compared to twelve
months the past year, it is still a
low figure for Wharton with a pop-
ulation of 7,200.—(Wharton Specta-
tor.
places, seven seconds, and three
thirds in the literary events of the
county meet.
South Texas Chamber of Com
merce will have an all day meet'
ing in El Campo on Wednesday
March 30. The meeting will be held
at the First Methodist Church and
will draw people from the district
4 area of the South Texas Chamber
of Commerce which includes Aus-
tin, Brazoria, Colorado, Ft. Bend,
Harris, Matagorda and Wharton
counties.—El Campo Citizen.
Nashville, Tenn. The structure was
completed about three years ago.
El Campo Leader-News.
The annual banquets of Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce and
Agriculture will be resumed this
spring the directors voted at Mon-
day’s monthly meeting.—Edna Her-
ald.
A contract for 7.8 miles of con-
struction on Farm Road 1300 in
Jackson and Wharton counties has
been awarded to Heldenfels Broth
s of Corpus Chrlsti it was an-
nounced in Austin this week by the
State Highway Commission.—El
Campo Citizen.
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County School Superintendent
Lillian Knopp reports the 1960
county school census has been com-
pleted and figures show Jackson
County gained 125 school-age
children since this same time last
year. School census in the Edna
district showed 1988 now compared
to 1903 last year: Ganado 972
scholastics compared to 964 and the
Industrial! Consolidated district
shows 910 against 879 last year.—
Edna Herald.
An action course in practical
politics will start April 5 and will
run for eight weeks as a chamber
of commerce and agriculture pro-
ject. It will be a question and an-
swer series and is designed to ac-
quaint citizens with political facts.
—El Campo Leader-News.
Donald E. Scheller, principal of
the Wharton Junior High School,
Has been chosen by the Wharton
Junior Chamber of Commerce as
the Jaycee of the monh.—(Wharton
Spectator.
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HAYWARD
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The combined deposits of Jack-
son County’s three banks at the
close of business March 15, 1960,
were down slightly from one year
ago. Combined deposits March 15
were $13,74*2,362.03. This compared
with $13,919,079.48, a decrease of
$176,717.45.—Edna Herald.
The interior of El Campo’s First
Baptist Church has been judged
For the first time in history,
there are more Americans who own
homes than those who do not.
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DR. JACK KAHN
OPTOMETRIST
35 YEARS AGO
Dan Jr. arrived at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
Paulk.
Axel Nelson died at the Burns
Hospital in Cuero. Remains were
brought here and interred in the
Palacios Cemetery.
Steve Parsutt, Jesse Dismukes,
Henry Garcia, Grover Lawson and
Loring Gentry Craymer were win-
ners in the kite tournament held at
East Bay School.
Final approval of plans and al-
lotment of $68,000 for constructing
a permanent training camp for
the 36th Division, Texas National
Guards at Palacios was announced.
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