Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 1956 Page: 2 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, March 22, 1956
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
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PUBLISHER MRS. J. W. DISMUKES
EDITOR - ED COOPER
ASSO. EDITOR & ADV. MGR JESSE V. DISMUKES
BUSINESS MANAGER HUGH J. DISMUKES
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A CHALLENGE TO HOMO SAPIENS
This is National Wildlife Week. The theme and pur-
pose, according to the National Wildlife Federation and othei
sponsoring groups, is, "Save Endangered Wildlife.
We are learning about the survival problems faced by
the whooping crane, the grizzly bear, the ivory-billed wood-
pecker, and other animals that have been backed into little
corners of their original living space.
Why save endangered species ?
The late Aldo Leopold, teacher of wildlife management
and philosopher to the conservation movement, said to do so
was another proof of man's superiority over other animals.
'"For one species to mourn the death of anothei is a new
thing under the sun—we, who have lost our pigeons, moui n
the loss. Had the funeral been ours, the pigeons would hard-
ly have mourned us," Leopold said.
"In this fact, rather than in Du Pont's nylons or in
Vannevar Bush's bombs, lies objective evidence of our su-
periority over the beasts."
We think there is a challenge here for the intelligence as
well as the heart of man. It is a task for the scientists, and
for the rest of us who claim proudly to progress by the find-
ings and rules of science—which are nothing more than rules
of nature.
If we cannot figure out how to save some wilderness for
the grizzlies, how to check soil erosion and pollution that are
wiping out the grayling, how to manage grasslands so as to
keep the prairie chicken around; how can we be certain of our
own future on the face of the earth?
In short, if man cannot save the bighorn and the condor
from extinction, how can he hope to save mankind?
—By Lorraine Basford.
Family Farm Sub-Committee Sees
Subsidy Problem From New Angle
By CLARK W. THOMPSON
Congressman
I have been so busy with the )
l-eport on the activities of the
Family Farm Sub-committee that
I have hardly had time to prepare
this letter. The purpose of the re-
port is to wake up the whole coun-
try to the critically serious prob-
lem that faces the small operator
and then to suggest a solution.
We approach the subject from a
■viewpoint which I know you will
:share; namely, that if family farm-
ing is stabilized, then all the rest
of agriculture and the entire econ-
omy of the country will certainly
benefit.
Heretofore, the approach has
been the other way around—figur-
ing that if the big 'fellows are
prosperous some of the prosperity
will trickle down to the family
farm. This we know is not true.
It has not worked and under nor-
mal conditions it will not.
The report will suggest some
methods by which we believe the
situation can be corrected. I hope
we will have it completed so that
I can discuss it with you when I
am in Texas during Easter week.
You and I have always agreed
that we do not want the Federal
Government to interfere with our
school systems in any respect. We
don't want them to tell us how to
run any part of our business and
just now we are especially sensi-
tive about attempts to stick the
long nose of interference in this
particular phase of what we con-
sider our own responsibility.
In recent days, I have had oc-
casion to appreciate the excellence
of our Ninth District schools. Re-
ports have just come in on the
standing of our boys at West
Point and Annapolis. All are doing
well and some are making out-
standing records. These young
men come from all over the Dis-
trict. Wherever they have gone to
high school, they have demon-
strated that they can be as well
grounded in their education as any-
one who goes to the Academies.
Evidently we do not need to be
told how to run our educational
system.
Notice Of City Election
By virtue of authority vested in
me by the City Council of the City
of Palacios, Texas, I hereby call an
election to be held in the said City
of Palacios in the City Hall on the
first Tuesday of April, 1956, the
same being the 3rd day thereof, for
the purpose of electing the follow-
ing City Officials for a term of
two years:
Mayor, Two (2) Aldermen, Secre-
tary, Attorney, Treasurer, Marshal
and City Recorder.
The election shall be held under
the general laws of the State of
Texas providing for the election of
City Officers.
Mrs. G. G. Hope has been ap-
pointed judge o'f said election.
All persons qualified to vote un-
der the general laws of this state
and who are residents and citizens
of Palacios are qualified to vote at
this election.
A. H. PETERSEN, Mayor
City of Palacios, Texas
American Indians originated suc-
cotash.
LETTERING DONE
AT CEMETERY
WAYWARD
PLAIN AND RELIGIOUS
DESIGNS
EL CAMPO MEMORIALS
CALL US — VISIT US — WITHOUT OBLIGATION
See our Big Display of Finished Markers and Monu-
ments on our yard, East Curve, Hwy. 59, El Campo.
Our Service Includes Delivery & 'Setting' In Cemetery
We Suggest That You See The Monument You Buy
1407 E Jackson Phones 1469 or 327
Box 307 El Campo, Texas
THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTOKV
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
The League of Nations was
established on June 28, 1919, and
dissolved April, 1946.
10 YEARS AGO
Millard T. Brooking, Rev. L. M.
Greenhaw, H. C. Campbell, H. 0.
Bolen, Glenn Claybourn, Tom
Friery and Ralph Newsom w<-re
elected to the board of directors
of the Palacios Rotary Club.
Jerome B. Kimball authorized
the Beacon to announce his candi-
dacy for re-election as city alder-
man.
Nathan Blum was appointed as
local manager of an American
Legion junior baseball team.
A. H. (Pete) Petersen announc-
ed his candidacy for Commissioner
of Precinct 3.
15 YEARS AGO
The American Legion post was
taking the necessary steps to ef-
fect incorpoi'ation under the laws
of Texas.
R. J. Sisson, Guy Claybourn, D.
D. Paulk, L. G. Margerum and T.
W. Caffall were entered in the
race for alderman.
The remains o'f Mrs. Cecilia Hut-
son Thompson, who died in Hous-
ton, were interred in the Palacios
cemetei-y.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Snider were
the parents of a baby boy.
G. R. Halliday, Justice of the
Peace, who had been on sick leave
for the past 11 months, resumed
his office this week.
Thirteen men reported to the
Bay City dra'ft board Wednesday
morning.
20 YEARS AGO
Spring shrimp season opened
with 15 boats from Crawford Pack-
ing Company l-eporting about 15,-
000 pounds for the first day's
catch.
Deaths reported: Mrs. Annie F.
Snider, Mrs. Mary Jesse Noble,
Mrs. Emil Peterson, Mrs. Fannie
Green, William Dunbar of Mata-
gorda and John Wagner Nelson of
McAllen.
Tryouts for county meet in the
high school were held and Wanda
Stevens won first place in Junior
Girl's Declamation; Melba Koerber
first in senior girls and Henry
Johs first in senior boys.
Extemporaneous speaking; Thel-
ma Anderson and Chester Barrett;
spelling: Gertrude Johnson and
Mary Louderback; Essay Writing,
Jimmy Miller. In tennis, boys
single: Coi-nell Prindle; doubles,
Cecil Kinard and Vernon Thomas;
girls singles, Mary Dismukes;
doubles, Johnnie Johnson and
Dorothy Dorsey.
Mrs. Tilman Jones, state presi-
dent of the American Legion Aux-
iliary, visited the local auxiliary.
She was accompanied by Mrs. C.
C. Jopling, ninth District Commit-
tee woman.
25 YEARS AGO
Carl Halliday purchased the G.
W. Hinton cottage at the corner of
First and Morton Streets.
Two children were drowned in
the bay east of Palacios, one a son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Penland.
County meet was to be held
here March 20 and 21.
FROM THE EXCHANGES . . .
Man Resists Arrest By Hiding
Under Lavaca Causeway Bridge
El Campo's modern new dial
telephone system will be put into
operation in early August, accord-
ing to an announcement last woolt
by Max Fagg, local manager for
Southwestern Bell Telephone Com-
pany.
The manager said that El Cam-
po's more than 3800 telephones
will be changed to dial operation
at that time. The city will have a
new half-million dollar dial sys-
tem.—The El Campo Citizen.
• • •
Officials of the Santa Fe Thurs-
day announced they have received
authority 'from the Railroad Com-
mission of Texas to discontinue
operation of passenger service on
mixed trains 115:116 and 109:110
between Sealy and Matagorda,
Tex., and intermediate points.
The order was handed down by
the commission after a hearing in
Wharton Feb. 21, when it was
shown that the passenger service
was rarely used and that it was
costing the company considerable
outlay. —The Daily Tribune.
• • »
Sheriff J. B. (Jack) Cole was
holding a man in custody last week
charged with two cases of car
theft, possession of narcotics and
other offenses, after a hectic two-
day ordeal for local law enforce-
ment officers.
The subject in custody was Wil-
liam Ennis McLemore, 28-year-
old self confessed narcotic addict.
He admits to serving a sentence
in a federal jail for possession of
narcotics.—The Daily Tribue.
* » »
Sheriff Lewis Watson and fellow
officers last week were still search-
ing for helpful leads in solving the
$750 burglai-y of a local grocery
store last week-end.
Watson said it was the biggest
burglary in Edna since he can re-
member.
The sheriff said the burglar or
burglars gained entrance to the
Sprung's Minimax Store, 209 E.
Main, by prizing open the rear
door, probably with a pinch-bar.
Approximately $750 in cash was
taken from three cash registers
and money drawers. A safe was
not bothered.—The Edna Herald.
• » *
The Edna School Board, in two
recent sessions, voted a salary
schedule increase for the 1956,
1957 school year, and re-elected
54 faculty members for the Edna
school system.
The professional salary schedule,
which includes teachers, will con-
tinue to be $60 above the state
schedule.
However, at the completion of
each year of a contract, an ad-
ditional payment of $140 will be
paid. In other words, a (person who
completes his contract will receive
a state salary schedule, plus $200.
—The Edna Herald.
• • *
A brand new paved street ex-
tending for more than a mile
around the bayfront side of Port
Lavaca will be completed by the
State Highway Department this
summer, W. A. King told the
Times Wednesday.
King, who is resident engineer
in Victoria for the department, said
the work would consist of 6,209.9
feet of new paving from 44 to 65
feet wide on Austin and Commerce
streets. About $135,000 has been
allotted for the project.—The Cal-
houn County Times.
» W *
Bill Domes, 29, who hid under
the Lavaca Bay causeway for two
hours and finally jumped into the
bay to escape arrest by officers,
was released under $500 bond last
week after being charged with
drunken driving, second offense,
before Justice of the Peace Frank
Kelly. .
The complaint was signed by
Earl C. Haddock of Victoria, an
inspector for the Department of
Public Safety, who said he arrest-
ed Dorries and his uncle, W. A.
Laird, 60, when he saw them driv-
ing erratically over the causeway.
Haddock said Dorries escaped,
climbed under the bridge and re-
fused to come out when Haddock
and City Patrolman Harmon Bur-
ris tried to coax him out.—The
Calhoun County Times.
The newly revised Pacific Coast
League schedule showed that the
eight clubs will travel a total of
98,602 miles for the 1956 season,
reports The Sporting News.
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no AIR CONDITIONING
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no cubes
(ugh!)
no TELEVISION
30 YEARS AGO
Rev. J. A. Derrick of Italy, Tex-
as, was called to serve as pastor of
the First Baptist Church.
Thomas H. Lewis announced as
candidate for County Attorney and
Arthur Harris was making the
race for County Judge.
Messrs. A. D. O'Banion and H. |
P. Taylor were making plans to
stage a big rodeo here during the j
T.N.G. encampment.
35 YEARS AGO
The A. J. Tatum home at the |
corner of Main and Second Streets 1
was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Ehlers.
The Matagorda County Federa-
tion of Women's Clubs met with
the P-T A in Gulf.
Mrs. V. L. Batchelder died at
her home near Citrus Grove and
burial was made in the Palacios
cemetery.
Ruben C. Claybourn, a brother
o'f C. M. Claybourn died here and
the body was shipped to Dix, 111.,
for burial.
40 YEARS AGO
J. W. Crawford and R. C. Hud-
dleston purchased the Union Bar-
ber Shop from S. J. Franz.
C. WV Dow-and family of Nebras-
ka were recent arrivals and plan-
ned to make Palacios their home.
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POLICY
Low Monthly Premiums
Protects The Entire Family
Written By
TAYLOR BROS.
FUNERAL HOME
BAY CITY
PHONE 613
PALACIOS
PHONE 5261
no RADIO
no ELECTRIC
hair drter
no electric
shaver
no electric
light for
make-up
no electric
water HEATER
sour!
no electric
refrigerator
no electric
washer
no electric
sewing machine
no vacuum
cleaner
NO electric
iron
Modern family minus electricity
What would you do without low-price electricity
in your home? Well—you could use candles. And
build fires. And substitute elbow-grease for all
the jobs electricity does automatically. If you
did, you would be reminded quickly—and force-
fully—how much electricity does for so little cost.
Electricity is the biggest bargain in your
family budget. What else gives you such value
in comfort, health, ease and fun?
Keeping electricity high in usefulness, low in
price is the main job of independent electric
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