Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1981 Page: 2 of 10
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THIS WEEK
FROM THE PALACIOS BEACON
EARLY FILES
15 YEARS AGO-1966
The Palacios Independent School tax rate for 1966
was set at $1.45 per $100 valuation following a look at
the proposed budget presented by Supt. Joe Ward at
School Board's regular meeting. The proposed
budget called for a 13 ‘/j % increase over last year’s.
Palacios’ first bale of cotton this year was raised by
Robert McEntire and ginned on August 5.
Palacios Sharks will begin two-a-day practice
sessions Monday , August 15.
Paul M. Penland was kiHed in a 2-car crash
Saturday night.
Sunday was the day for St. Anthony’s 3rd annual
Shrimporee and blessing of the fleet.
20 YEARS AGO-1961
Easement for right-of-way purposes on Highway
35 from Live Oak Farm through Palacios were
nearing completion along with the moving of houses
and fences.
Forty-one prospective candidates for the Palacios
High School football team, including nine lettermen,
were expected to report Monday. Carl Barrett, Ralph
Bowers and Kenneth Smith weretri-captains.
More than $100,000 in new building permits were
approved at the city council meeting Monday night.
The
Consumer
Alert
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September 3 was set as the date for the Grand
Opening of the Cecil Lee American Legion Hall in
Blessing.
By Tuesday afternoon. 167 bales of cotton had
been ginned at the Palacios Farmers Co-op Gin.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dodson were the parents of a
baby girl born August 6.
John Carroll Sardelich was home after having
completed his tour of duty in the Army.
25 YEARS AGO-1956
Ted Smith, head coach of the Junior High Hornets,
resigned last week to accept a civil service position in
Brownsville.
The city fathers had a busy night Monday, hashing
over next year's budget, adjusting taxes, discussing
the water problem and planning water improvements
at the city airport. They ordered M.O. Cavalin, water
superintendent,to crack down on delinquent water
bills.
A spokesman for Alcoa at Point Comfort said
negotiations between the CIO Steelworkers Union
and the aluminum industry are still in progress in
New York offices and no information was available as
to how close the negotiators were to a settlement. In
the meantime approximately 150 workers in the
Palacios area are still idled by the strike that started
over a week ago.
At a meeting of the Bay City and Palacios Chamber
of Commerce Highway committees with District
Engineer W.E. Carmichael in Houston Thursday, it
was learned that the immediate use of federal monies
on Texas Highways will not affect Highway 35.
30 YEARS AGO-1951
Matagorda County’s tax rate probably will be
lowered from $1.03 per $100 valuation to 95 cents or
47 cents this year.
John D. Bowden was presented a certificate
honoring him for "Over 50 years in the service of
better health" by Parke, Davis & Co., one of the
leading wholesale drug dealers.
Mr. and Mrs. Verlin Murphy and daughter,
Juanita, of Woodland, Mich., were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. C.C. Murphy. —
City councilmen were beseiged Monday night by
citizens complaining about the new and higher water
rates recently put into effect.
The Pirates marked the close of the 1951
Hug-the-Coast League with a 2-1 victory over the
Taiton Tigers.
Miss Charlene McConnell and Willie L. Corporon
were married Monday evening in the First Baptist
Church in Collegeport.
35 YEARS AGO-1946
The home of E. Johs in the Deutschburg
Community with all its contents, was destroyed by
tire Friday morning. The Palacios Fire Department
was called and were able to save the garage but the
home was completed destroyed by the time they
arrived.
Mrs. R.P. Newsom took her first airplane ride
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. t.K. Jecker and family moved to
their new home.the-John T. Price property on South
Bay, which they recently purchased.
40 YEARS AGO-194L
Roy Keith Backen, Leslie Lee Chiles, Delbert
Bernard Jensen received orders to report for
induction August 13.
Mayor Joe Deutsch presented his resignation to
the citv council Monday night after serving for seven
years.
Bass Brothers, Victoria Construction firm, was low
bidder for five treated bridges to be built hi
Matagorda County.
45 YEARS AGO-1936
Dr. and Mrs. Donald C. Ruthven of Houston were
the parents of ababy boy.
More than 7,500 officers and men of the 36th
Division, Texas National Guard, were here for two
weeks of training under the command of Major
General George P. Raines.
Miss Claire Partain and Arnold Burton were
married at the home of the officiating minister, Rev.
George D. McClelland.
55 YEARS AGO-1926
Mr. and Mrs. L.S. Appleton retnmed from a year’s
stay in BrooklynamfNew York City.
Mr. and Mrs. John Richards announced the birth
of a baby girl bom July 30.
B.E. Sailor, of Pampa; was building a modern
cottage on Duson Avenue.
Palacios had its first two bales of cotton for the
seaon. J.H. Hunt had the first grown on a farm near
Cash's Creek, the second was raised on the Koerber
farm by Mr. Shilling. Both were brought in on
August 2.
60 YEARS AGO-1921
Ernest Cornett of El Campo was fatally injured
when he slipped and fell from a diving board on the
T-head at the pavilion.
Miss Muriel Green was doing reporter work for the
Beacon.
Sylvia Talbot, 8 years old, was severtlybumed
when she struck a match and threw it on some
gasoline spilled from a can on the sidewalk.
by Mark White
Attorney General
Editorial Page
PAGE 2,
Tuesday, Aug. 5,1981
Sometimes it’s hard to say "no" to a
door-to-door salesperson, even one selling some-
thing you don’t want
And many Texas consumers find only after that
persuasive sales pitch has ended and the
salesperson has departed with a signed contract
that they could have bought the same or a similar
item in stores all over town, sometimes at a much
lower price than they had agreed to pay.
Under the Texas Homes Solicitation transaction
Act, a consumer who is solicited at his or her home
by someone selling goods or services that cost $25
or more, or real estate costing $100 or more, has a
chance to change his or her mind.
The act gives consumers the right to oanrel a
home solicitation transaction up until midnight of
the third business day following the day the
contract was signed.
The person soliciting the sale must furnish the
consumer with a copy of the contract or a fully
completed receipt before leaving the premises. In
it, the date of the transaction, name and address of
the seller, and a notice of the right to cancel must
be printed in large, dark type near the spot on the
contract reserved for the buyer’s signature.
In addition, the law requires that a completed
"notice of cancellation" be attached to the contract
to use if he decides to cancelthe sale. If the seller
receives such a cancellation from the consumer, he
must return any payment or contract within 10
business days.
One important point for the thousands of
Spanish-speaking Texans is that the contract or
receipt, the notice of right to cancel, and the
completed cancellation notice must be in the same
language the salesperson used for his sales pitch.
In other words, if the sales person spoke Spanish,
everything must be written in Spanish.
The act also states that the seller cannot transfer
your contract to a finance company or other third
party until midnight of the fifth business day after
your contract was signed.
Additionally, the seller must pick up any
merchandise or title to realty he sold you within 20
days after cancellation or you can keep them with
no obligation.
However, our attorneys point out that consumers
who want to cancel a home solicitation sale also
have some obligations under the law. To cancel
such a sale, a purchaser must mail or deliver a
signed, dated copy of the cancellation notice or his
own written notice, or must send a telegram to that
effect to the seller no later than midnight of the
third business day after the sale. Our lawyers
recommend sending a registered letter or telegram
so you have proof the seller received the notice.
Protection under this law does not extend To
purchase of farm equipment, insurance regulated
by the State; real estate sales where the buyer is
represented by his lawyer or where the transaction
is made by the licensed real estate broker; sales
made according to a pre-existing retail charge
account or agreement; or sales where the two
parties had previously met and negotiated at a
business office where the goods or services were
offered or displayed.
Our attorneys point out that a violation of the
Home Solicitation Act is also a violation of the
Deceptive Trade Practices Act. and that a person
who believes such a violation has occured should
contact our Consumer Protection Division, the
county or district attorney, or a private attorney.
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—Senator Lloyd Bentsen-
War against drugs
In the war against drugs, we need to muster all our resources
to stamp out illegal drug abuse.
It is obvious that more must be done in Texas than has been
done to this point, because there has been an alarming increase
in the illegal manufacture and use of drugs in our state—up by 63
percent in 1980 alone.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has provided me
with preliminary estimates which show that the retail value of
drugs illegally manufactured and used here increased from some
$640 million in 1979 to over $1 billion last year.
The DEA reports that usage of cocaine and dangerous drugs
such as methamphetamine or “speed” is on a dramatic upswing
in Texas. Last year, cocaine use in the state jumped from 490
pounds to 800 pounds and the amount of dangerous drugs man-
ufactured in the state—primarily methamphetamine—rose from
200 million dosage units in 1979 to 800 million units in 1980.
We can lake some comfort in the fact that heroin use in our
state has declined. The DEA reports that heroin usage in Texas
dropped from 406 pounds in 1979 to 140 pounds in 1980; mari-
uana use declined slightly, from 1,5 million pounds to 1.25
million pounds.
We’ve also seen a drop in the manufacture of PCP, known
as "angel dust”—which I consider the most dangerous illicit
drug in use today.
According to DEA estimates, "angel dust” manufacture in
Texas decreased from 200,000 units in 1979 to 150,000 in 1980.
The President signed into law in 1978 my bill making it harder
to obtain piperidine—one of the key ingredients in this drug—and
the DEA indicates that this new law has helped their efforts to
curtail "angel dust” abuse.
We can’t rest easy, though, until we totally eliminate this
drug—which can literally drive people crazy—as a threat to
Americans.
I have other anti-drug legislation pending in the current Con-
gress. One such measure, for example, sharply stiffens the pen-
alty for pilots involved in drug smuggling. Currently the Fed-
eral Aviation Act provides only a $1,000 fine and a one-year fly-
ing certificate suspension. My proposed amendment sets a maxi-
mum five-year prison term, a $25,000 fine and revocation of the
pilot’s license.
I also have introduced legislation to provide longer prison
sentences for persons who commit crimes while free from jail on
bail.
My bill mandates consecutive sentencing for individuals con-
victed of federal crimes while they are free from jail on bail. It
would require that in these cases the sentences for any additional
crimes be in addition to—and not run at the same time as—the
sentence for the first crime.
Someone in these circumstances, convicted of three armed
robberies and sentenced to 10 years for each robbery, for ex-
ample, would serve only 10 years if the sentences run concurrent-
ly. But 30 years would be the total time in prison if the sen-
tences run consecutively, as 1 think they should.
Clearly, the overall picture indicates that we are losing the war
against drugs in Texas. We simply cannot allow the drug pushers
and smugglers to gain the upper hand in this battle.
In the 97th Congress, 1 intend to redouble my efforts to gain
passage of anti-drug legislation and to take any other steps that
are necessary to show drug-dealing criminals that we Texans
are not easy prey for their deadly operations.
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Councilman Trinidad Constancio said that another
part of the problem in equipment failure is that
"everything is run until it breaks down". He added
that what would help alleviate future problems, and
more people to see that it is adequately carried out.
Lamar agreed saying that "we need a supervisor
over the water and sewer departments”. He pointed
out that the present number of personnel is spread
too thin and cannot concentrate on one area. He
suggested initiating a weekly check list to check the
various lift stations and water plant to prevent future
problems.
Mayfield said that since the city cannot afford a
maintenance department it should have a certified
operator trained in maintenance in charge of the
water plant and another in charge of the sewer plant.
"1 think the city would be better off without one
secretary or even a city attorney or something else,
but it needs certified operators,” Mayfield told the
council. He remarked that it was popular for citizens
to complain to the city about litter and potholes but it
was a "fundamental rudimentary act” for the city to
provide good drinking water and sewer collection. He
added that the potholes and cleanup can come later.
On a motion from Constancio, the council also
agreed to have Lamar get with Police Chief Jim
Wilson on having him submit a set of guidelines
regarding department policy for the council to study.
If needed, a committee would aid in setting forth r
policy with the department.
That action came after the council had approved
reimbursing former police office Mark Pugh tor the
$27 police uniform trousers he had tom in the line of
duty. Pugh, who has since left the department, had
been with the Palacios PD for less than a year. It had
been city policy for an officer to pay his own uniform
costs if he had left the department in less than a year.
If the officer had served over one year, the city would
pay the cost of the uniform.
Councilman Murdoch McRae said it would set a
bad precedent since the officer had signed an
agreement to pay the uniform cost if he quit the force
in less than a year. Johnnie Heard, however, noted
that had Pugh stayed on, regardless of the fact that it
had been less than a year, the city would have paid
for the trousers.
Approval was also given on a motion made by
Howarth for the city to redesignate the money
previously earmarked to the telephone reassurance
program under the Economic Action Committee.
With the EAC expected to cease operation in the~
near future, the city said it would transfer the tunds
over to the Friends of Elder Citizens, Inc. which
would continue the project in Palacios.
The council was informed that since the money
was derived from Federal Revenue Sharing funds, it
would have to redo all of its paperwork concerning
where the money was going. The procedure also calls
for the city to publish a public notice on where the
funds will go and to hold a public hearing.
In other action, the council, having met in regular
closed session, made a motion not to hire an
applicant for the dispatcher job because of age and
lack of experience. The council also adopted the new
tax rate ordinance which does not alter the tax rate in
Palacios.
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TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year-In County $6 50
One Year - Outside County $750
WE STOP ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS AT EXPIRATION
PALACIOS CHAPTER NO. 125 O.E.S...3rd
Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.mr: Masonic Hatt. 3
miles north on Hwy. 35.
PALACIOS LOBGE NO. 990 A.F.&A.M...lst
and 3rd Thursday of each month. 8 pmr. Masonic
Hall, 3 miles north on Hwv. 35.
yUEEN-HAMLIN POST 2469 VKW...men
meet 3rd Thursday of each month. Ladies Auxtfiarv
meets 2nd Monday each month. VFW Hall.
PALACIOS VFD...2nd and 4th Mondays. 7:34
p.m.. Fire Hall on Commerce Street
PALACIOS ISD SCHOOL BOARD...2nd Mon
day ol each month, 8 p.m.. Tax Office orr2nd Street
PINK LADIES... 1st Monday of each month. 2
p.m.. WagnerGenenrfHospital.
PALACIOS 4-H CLUB..,2nd Monday ot each
month. 7:30 p.m., Ag Building-
PALACIOS BAND BOOSTERS...4th Monday
of each month. 7:30 p.m.. Band Hall--
CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS..,1st Wednesday of
each month. 7:3U p.m.. Sn—Anthony's CCD
Building.
TOPS ITAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY!...Ev-
ery Tuesday at the Palacios Library, 6:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S DIVISION CHAMBER OF COM-
MERCE...3rd Tuesday of each month. Petersen's
Restaurant7l2 noon.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS...4th Thursday of
each month. St. Anthony Parish Hatt. 7:30p.m.
PALACIOS CITY COUNCIL...1st and 3rd
Mondavs. 8 p.m., City Hall.
PALACIOS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE...lst
and 3rd Thursdays. 12 noon, Petersen's Restaurant
CITIZENS AWARENESS...2nd Thursday, 7:30
p.m.. First Presbyterian Churctrr
AARP |AMERICAN ASSOC. OF RETIRED
PERSONS)...2nd Tuesdays, 2:30 -p:m., Episcopal
Hall. 3rd amfMain. --
WEDNESDAY CLUB...lst and 3rd Wednes-
days. 3 p.m.. Athena RoomrPalacios Library.
PALACIOS MEDICAL FOUNDATION...2nd
Tuesday. 7:30 p.m.. Athena Room, Patarios
Library.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS * ALANON
FAMILY...Sundays, 3:30 p.m., Episcopal Hall, 3rd
and Maim—
DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSEUNG...Fri-
days, 1-8 p.m., Matagorda County Annex,
Information 972-2014.
SOUARE DANCE CLUB...Tuesdays, 8 p.m.,
Episcopal Church Hall. - --
EAGLES |MEN|..72nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7:30
p.m, Eagles Hall. -
EAGLES |WOMEN],..1st and 3rd Tuesdays,
7:30p.m., Eagles Hall. -
SOCIAL SECURITY...1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 10
a.m.-12 noon. Palacios Library.
PALACIOS RECREATION ASSOC,.2nd Tbura-
day of each month, 7:30 p.m., PalaciorKecreation
Center. --
Clubs, groups or organizations wishing to hovo
their meeting schedule listed In the Community
Calendar free of charge should contact the Beacon
office at 450 Commerce or call 972-2610.
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