Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1958 Page: 2 of 8
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FROM THE EXCHANGES
Pori Lavaca Building Permits Top One
Million; Change Victoria Barge (anal
The Citizens Advisory Commit-
tee will meet with the school board
Monday and make recommenda-
tions on the proposed construction
of a new junior high school to be
located adjacent to the Jackson
Elementary School now being built.
School officials are in general agree-
ment that the new school will be
needed long before it is completed,
but realize that it won’t be ready
for occupancy in time for the
opening of the 1959 school year
should they get the green light
on the project Monday.—Port La-
vaca Wave.
The city council smacked the
Southwestern Bell Telephone Com-
pany with a resolution calling for
the company to put all residents in
the newly annexed areas under the
same rate as those in the city
limits and to refund the difference
the annexees have paid the com-
pany. The telephone company
smacked right back with a request
for an amended ordinance which
now asks the city for a rate ad-
justment which would give the
company a return of 4.11 per cent
uponrTts El Campo investment in-
stead of the return of 3.43 per cent
asked in its petition to the council
in June.—El Campo Leader-News.
Jackson county farmers met in
Ganado December 8 to organize a
unit of the National Farmers Un-
ion. August Cihal of Ganado was
elected temporary president and
Willie Boehm, temporary secretary,
—Ganado Tribune.
The extension of the Victoria
Barge canal through the Green
Lake area has been re-designed
and re-routed by the Army Corps
of Engineers, but not to the sat-
isfaction of the owners of the vast
fresh water lake. Main conten-
tion of these owners has been their
claim that Green Lake will be cut
off from a large drainage area by
the canal levees. They have indi-
cated that their objections would
not have been nearly so strenuous
had the engineering plans included
siphons to go under the canal,
which would have allowed the
drainage water to find its way into
the lake.—Port Lavaca Wave.
Arnold Reber, retired postal em-
ployee, will take over as judge of
the El Campo Municipal Court,
January 1. He was unanimously ap-
pointed by the city council at its
regular monthly meeting Monday.
—El Campo Leader-News.
A meeting of local citizens to
protest the claim of a rancher to
land on Matagorda Island, shown
by state records to be public prop-
erty, has been called for 3 p.m. Fri-
day. The local group is planning
strategy to prevent Toddie Lee
Wynn from gaining title to the
lapd,—Calhoun County Times.
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sponse to every cause, the Whar-
ton Chamber of Commerce this
month salutes Irving Moore, Jr. as
“Man of the Month.”—Wharton
Spectator.
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An Air Force jet fighter plunged
to earth and disintegrated Friday
as its pilot parachuted to safety.
The jet fell near the intersection of
State Highway 111 and Farm Road
1158, 10 miles west of the Mid-
field community. Wreckage of the
plane was scattered 7,000 feet and
a fire started by the crash burned
off two acres of pasture. The pilot,
Col. C. L. Stanton, landed on the
Ben Huseman ranch five miles
north of the crash scene. He was
treated at the Mauritz Memorial
Hospital in Ganado.—Ganado Trib-
une.
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Salsbury was elected president,
Mrs. Perry E. Hunnicut, vice-presi-
dent and Mrs.. J. W„ Dismukes, sec-
retary-treasmrer. Mrs. E. E. Pearce
was the outgoing president.
A. F. Carpenter, of New Mex-
ico, purchased the Harter property
on 4th street north of the city
limits,
B. E. Sailor purchased the A,
Miller interest in the Queen Thea-
tre. The firm name was Williams,
Deutsch and Sailor.
35 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Hamlin were
the parents of a fine baby girl.
S. IW. York died at his home in
this city.
W. II. Clement announced as a
candidate for County Tax Assessor,
and J. C. Stulting was in the Coun-
ty Commissioner’s race for Precinct
No. 3.
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ROYALTIES
Because of a discrepancy in the
deed on Herder Field, a citizen’s
meeting has been called by the
Trustees of El Campo Independent
School District. A survey has re-
vealed the Herder Field tract to be
60 feet narrower than the deed
shows, this makes it necessary to
reconsider the use of Herder Field
as a site for new school construc-
tion.—El Campo Citizen.
Bids on dredging Port Lavaca’s
new harbor of refuge in the city
dump area will be requested in
January and the dredging will be
completed by July 1, 1959, City
Attorney Keith Merrick said Mon-
day.—Calhoun County Times.
Rev. Chas. H. Morris of Edna’s
Trinity Episcopal Church was
elected president of the Edna Min-
isterial Association at the group’s
recent meeting.—Edna Herald.
(See “EXCHANGES,” Page 7)
10 YEARS AGO
Eli Mayfield, R. B. Trull, Glen
Claybourn, J. A. Partain, Earnest
IWehmeyer and J. P. Maddox were
elected directors of the Palacios
Chamber of Commerce.
Congressman Clark Thompson
was honored with a dinner by
Charles Luther and W. H. (Bill)
Bauer Friday night.
The First Baptist Church and
the First Methodist Church were
preparing Christmas cantatas.
Reburial services for Lt. John F.
Barnett was to be held at the First
Baptist Church, Friday, December
17.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sanders,
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Cunningham,
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. White and Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Parker were the
parents of baby girls
Funeral services for Mrs. Sina B,
Sailor were held Dec. 10 at the
First Baptist Church. The body
was shipped to Pampa for burial.
15 YEARS AGO
Seth W. Corse, a pioneer of Col-
legeport, died at the home of Mrs.
Chas. Duller in Blessing on De-
cember 15.
The W.S.C.S. of the Methodist
Church enjoyed a Christmas party
at the home of Mrs. Thomas Bran-
don.
Palacios schools closed Wednes
day for the holiday season to re-
sume work Monday, January 3.
The O.E.S. enjoyed a delicious
chicken dinner at the Green Lan-
tern Inn Tuesday evening.
Chester V. Churchwell of Hous-
ton was charged with the theft of
government property from the
Camp Hulen Signal Corps.
20 YEARS AGO
Dr. J. L. Guffy of Birmingham,
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MARY KING, Mgr.
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Ala., announced the opening of a
surgical clinic in Palacios soon
after the first of January 1939.
The Matagorda County Federa-
tion of Women’s Clubs met in
Wadsworth.
Miss Alma Stewart was employ-
ed as County Home Demonstra-
tion Agent. She had served in that
capacity the past five months.
Captain and Mrs. John Lipscomb
and sons, John and Jack, gave a
venison dinner honoring the gram-
mar school football feam and their
coach, Morris Shipp. The dinner
was served at a long table in one
of the mess halls at Camp Hulen.
After a workout on the spacious
lawn the boys were called to dinner
by resounding trumpet calls blown
by Travis Brown and John Lips-
comb.
25 YEARS AGO
A local agency for the Dodge and
Plymouth automobiles was opened
by Messrs. J. G. Walker and Glenn
Claybourn.
The football boys with their
coach, Johnny Mercer, Mrs. Mercer,
Supt. and Mrs. Ralph Newsom en-
joyed a banquet at the library
building. Sterling Barrett was cap-
tain.
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The Humble Oil Company be-
gan the construction of a new brick
station at the corner of First and
Main streets.
Lt. Governor Edgar E. Witt an-
nounced his candidacy for governor
of Texas.
30 YEARS AGO
Mrs. J. It. Price, mother of Mrs.
Calvin Douglas, died at her home
north of Palacios.
At the meeting of the Matagorda
County Federation of Women’s
Club in Wadsworth, Mrs. G. A.
40 YEARS AGO
Victor Yeamans was home after
being stationed at the Naval1 Sta-
tion in South Carolina for some
time.
The ladies of the Methodist
Church were holding a sale of art
pillow covers at the LaBelle Thea-
tre on December 21.
Dr. and Mrs. II. II. Loos return-
ed from San Antonio where he had
spent several months at the army
training post.
45 YEARS AGO
C. H. Trego purchased the Pa-
lacios Ice and Light plant and was
having it thoroughly overhauled
and modernized.
C. J. Hansen and Miss Bolette
Johnson of the Deutschburg com-
munity were married by Judge
Feather in his office.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, aged 84
years, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. R. Wylie in Bay
City.
South Texas was having one of
the worst floods ever known here.
In some places the Colorado River
was 20 miles wide. Palacios was
without mail on account of the
trains not being able to run.
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