Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1977 Page: 1 of 10
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Sharks
to end
Texans
to vote
season
The curtain comes down on
the 1977 football season for the
Palacios Sharks Friday night
when they host the league
leading Boling Bulldogs.
Game time is 7:30 p.m.
Not only will this be the
night the parents of the
players are recognized it will
also be the last game for 12
senior members of the team.
Those seeing action as a
Fighting Shark for the last
time will be: Johnny Lopez,
George Kana, Herbert Ress-
ler, Mark Greenawalt, David
Jewell, John Hunt, Rodney
Cooper, Mike Hunter, Fred
Buckley, Luther Lee, George
Parsley and Eric Young.
Although this will be the
final game for the Sharks, the
other four teams of District
26-AA will not end play until
November 11 when Needville
plays Bloomington and Boling
plays Van Vleck.
The Sharks will be playing
the role of spilers as Boling
has 2-0 district record, Van
Vleck and Bloomington are
1-1, Palacios and Needville,
1-2.
James Stafford, coach of the
Bulldogs, has 10 returning
starters from his 1976 squad
including 5 defensive and 5
offensive players. Returnees
are Calvin Dickerson, Ricky
Harris, Roland Waddy and
George West in the backfield;
Marvin Hicks and Lionel
Goodsen at end and linemen
Jeff Humberson and Joe
Capps.
Defensively the Bulldogs
will have Jessie Williams,
Michael Carter, Gary Hlavinka
and Joe Capps on the line.
Alternating at defensive end
will be Johnny Coombs, Lionel
Goodsen and Timothy Orsak
while Al Anderson will be at
noseguard.
Calvin Dickerson, Ricky
Harris, Ronald Waddy, Jeff
Humberson and Charles Atk-
ingson will alternate as line-
backers. Safeties will be Al
Gardner and Ricky Moses and
alternating at defensive back
will be Marving Hicks, Roland
Waddy and Mark Hobizal.
Boy has
close call
with auto
A lucky lad is 13-year old
Carl Wayne Bickham as he
was only bruised not seriously
injured when struck by a car at
the comer of Magnusson and
8th at 7:17 Wednesday even-
ing.
Carl was riding his bicycle
west on Magnusson when the
rear of his bike was struck by a
car driven by Baltzar Rios of
914 Welch. He was rushed to
Wagner General Hospital by
ambulance, treated for bruises
and released.
The driver of the car was
charged with exceeding the
speed limit and for not having
a driver’s license.
Turkey dinner
A Barbeque Turkey Dinner
& Auction will be held at the
St. Peter’s Parish Hall, Bles-
sing, Texas on November 6
starting at 11:00 a.m. til?
Donations are $2.50 per plate.
This is being sponsored by the
Blessing Altar Society to bene-
fit St. Peter’s Building Fund.
There will be games for the
enjoyment of all and a Country
Store featuring home-made
articles, plants, etc. The
Auction will begin at 1:00 p.m.
CORRECTION
Mrs. Cecile Elder was re-
cently presented an Award
certificate for being the 1000th
adult to enroll in an Adult
Education Class, not the 100th
as printed in last week's issue
of the Beacon.
VOLUME 70 - NUMBER 45
PALACIOS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1977
TEN PAGES
Lions give
big boost to
pool fund
The Palacios Area Swim-
ming Pool Committee is pleas-
ed to announce a donation
from the Palacios Lions Club of
$1,000 cash. Also donated was
the sum of $341.26, which was
the profit from the sale of
Halloween candy by the Lions
Club. The committee is hope-
ful that area citizens will
express their thanks to the
Lions Club members.
The Palacios Volunteer Fire-
men are still hoping to receive
donations of meat or money
Tigers,
Brazos
to meet
When two teams with rather
disappointing records meet
near the end of the season, one
doesn't expect too much of a
ball game. Well, that’s wrong
if the game is between the
1-6-1 Tidehaven Tigers and
the 2-6-0 Cougars of Brazos
Consolidated. That is the clash
scheduled for Friday night in
Tiger Stadium at El Maton
beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The Tigers and Cougars
each have district records of
1-4. The Tigers lone win was
over Danbury 10-0 who turned
around and defeated the
Cougars 15-6. The Cougars
defeated Industrial 13-6 last
Friday for their first district
win while the Tigers lost to the
Cobras 13-6 a couple of weeks
ago.
Coach Jerry Harrington’s
Cougar team has seven offen-
sive and seven defensive op-
eratives returning from a 4-6
1976 season, including two
time all-district fullback-line
backer Kenneth Pustejevsky.
He will have help from quarter
back-linebacker Doug Hruzek,
tackles Todd Brast and Char-
les Verm. Guard Ed Baca will
supply plenty of punch too.
Other starters include backs
Kenny Nix, Elmer Blackman,
Norman Woodson and Danny
Terrell, ends Willie Shaver
and Duane Divin and linemen
Randy Foley, Lee Herrera,
Karl King and Mike O'Rosky.
Other returning lettermen are
Ronnie Herlica and Ivan Jan-
icek.
The Cougars utilize a mul-
tiple 1 offense and a 5
defense.
Harrington describes the
team strength as the quickness
of the players and a backfield
while weaknesses are lace ol
size and depth.
DATE MAX.MIN.PREC.
OCT. 25 79 60 .00
OCT. 26 85 61 .00
OCT. 27 82 60 trace
OCT. 28 83 70 .00
OCT. 29 83 65 .00
OCT. 30 84 70 .00
OCT. 31 84 72 .00
RAINFALL for year 39.57
toward the purchase of meat
for a barbecue to benefit the
pool fund. One of their usual
delicious barbecues takes
about 1200 pounds of good
brisket, and if the meat has to
be purchased, the profit from
the barbecue will be consider-
ably less. If anyone is interest-
ed in donating meat or funds
to purchase the meat, please
contact Esther Smith.
Johnny Heard is still stack-
ing up cans in his shop. Don’t
forget to save all aluminum
cans and get them to Johnny
before the next pick up date.
Donations to the Swimming
Pool Fund should be made
payable to the Palacios Inde-
pendent School District and
marked for the Swimming Pool
Fund and mailed to Box W,
Palacios, Ter. 77465. Dona-
tions are tax deductible.
HALLOWEEN CANDY SALES netted the sum of $341.26 for the
Pool Fund. Shown are BUI Armstrong and Charles Harvey,
members of the Palacios Lions Gub, sponsors of the project.
AID POOL
HITTING THE TRAIL Saturday morning to raise money for the
Palacios Swimming Pool Fund were members and future
members of the Palacios 4-H Horse group.
Air conditioning
okayed for schools
Trustees of the Palacios
Indepenent School District ap-
proved air conditioning for the
Palacios Junior and Senior
High Schools at a special
board meeting on Monday,
October 24, 1977.
Warren Young of Warren
Young Architects of Victoria,
architects for the Palacios ISD
presented a probable air con-
ditioning, heating and minor
renovation cost of $361,169,00.
Dr. Fred Smith, Board
President stated that the archi-
tects will complete the plans
and bids will be let sometime
in January 1978. He also said,
“We are very happy our entire
school system will soon be air
conditioned.”
Superintendent of schools
George Holst said, “The en-
tire project will be financed
from maintenance and opera-
tion funds with no bond issue
necessary.”
In other business the trus-
tees:
Heard a report concerning
roofing and repair of all
buildings by the architects.
After hearing a probable cost
fo $111,406, the item was set
for further study.
Approved the extension of
the Warren Young Architects
Contract from November 2,
1977 to November 2, 1978.
Approved interlocal agree-
ment with the Texas Associa-
tion of School boards to
participate in the Unemploy-
ment Compensation Fund
sponsored by the TASB. All
Tickets go on sale for
senior class play
Tickets are on sale for the
Palacios High senior play
production to be presented
November 11th. Admission
tickets are priced at $1.50 in
advance and $2.00 at the door.
Five teams are in competi-
tion for ticket sales. Team
captains are: Melody Allen,
Nominees
due for
ASC vote
Only a few days remain to
nominate farmers as candi-
dates in the upcoming ASC
community committee e 1 e c-
tions, reminds Wayne C.
Buss, County Executive Direc-
tor fo Matagorda County ASCS
Office.
First duty of the newly
elected community committe
members will be to serve as
delegates to elect new mem-
bers to the county ASC
committe. Buss reminds
producers that this is an
important occasion for the
responsible, farmer-chosen
team of ASC community com-
mitteemen who will help ad-
minister government p r o-
grams.
The ASC community commit-
tee election will be conducted
by mail from Nov. 25 to Dec. 5.
By turning in a total of six or
more petitions, farmers in
each ASC community have the
opportunity to prepare the
slate of nominees themselves.
Mr. Buss hopes that farmers
will submit enough valid peti-
tions to fill the slate.
school districts come under the
Unemployment Compensation
Law on January 1, 1978.
Adopted a resolution ex-
empting the Palacios ISD from
the requirements of Article
6243e.3 of Senate Bill 411 of
the Sixty-Fifth Texas Legisla-
ture. The law creates a
Volunteer Fire Fighters’ Relief
and Retirement Fund with
political subdivisions such as
school districts paying the
costs.
Vandal
damage
costly
The Palacios Independent
School District and its taxpay-
ers has and is making many
efforts and sacrifices to pro-
vide excellent buildings and
good care of these buildings.
A few people are causing
the District and taxpayers
many problems and consider-
able expense each year. The
cost of vandalism to school
buildings and grounds in
growing every month. In the
last month a large number of
windows at Central Element-
ary School and Palacios Junior
High School have been
knocked out or shot with BB
guns and lawns have been
damaged by automobiles. The
latest damage was to five new
thermal windows at Central
Elementary School with each
window costing $30 plus labor
to replace.
Superintendent of Schools
Geo. Holst, the Principals, and
Board of Trustees ask each
parent and each student to
help keep our schools in good
repair by reporting anyone
seen damaging school build-
ings to the Palacios Police
Department, Sheriff's Depart-
ment or a school official. The
Palacios ISD is prepared to file
charges for all damage costs.
Burglary
probed
by law
The Matagorda County
Sheriff’s Department is still
investigating the burglary of
the American Legion Hall in
Blessing last week.
According to the Sheriffs
Department, the public add-
ress system, cigarettes and
money from the machine, a
color television, 48 tapes and
stereo equipment, liquor, four
cases of steak, a coffeemaker
and set of glasses were among
the items taken.
The burglary is still under
investigation with the depart-
ment checking out several
leads.
Tuesday
Texas voters will go to the
polls Tuesday, November 8, to
decide whether they want
seven more amendments to
the State’s Constitution.
Palacios voters will cast
their ballots at the Fellowship
hall of the Episcopal Church,
corner of Third and Main.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m.
to 7 p.m.
The amendments to be
voted on are:
1. Increasing the size of the
Court of Criminal Appeals to
nine judges, and permitting
the court to sit in panels of
three judges.
2. Providing an additional
$200 million in bonds or
obligations on the State of
Texas for the Veterans’ Land
Fund and to ailow surviving
widows of veterans to pur-
chase tracts under certain
circumstances.
3. Permitting denial of bail
to a person charged with a
felony offense who has been
theretofore twice convicted of
a felony offense, or charged
with a felony offense commit-
ted while that person was
admitted to bail on a prior
felony indictment, or charged
with a crime nvolving the use
of a deadly weapon where
there is evidence such person
has been convicted of a prior
felony offense; providing for a
60-dav limit to tnat person’s
incarceration with trial; and
providing for that person's
right of appeal.
4. Authorizing tax relief to
preserve certain cultural, his-
torical, or natural history
resources.
5. Authorizing the formation
of agricultural or marine asso-
ciations which may mandate
the collection of refundable
assessments for improvement
of production, marketing, or
use of their products.
6. Giving the legislature the
power to authorize state and
national banks to exercise
banking and discounting privi-
leges by use of electronic
devices or machines.
7. Changing the name of the
State Judicial Qualifications
Commission to the State Com-
mission of Judicial Conduct,
and relating to the commission
and the powers and proceed-
ings of the commission, a
master, and the Supreme
Court, or Court of Civil
Appeals justices serving in
place of the Supreme Court,
for the suspension, censure,
removal, or involuntary retire-
ment of a justice, judge, or
justice of the peace under
certain circumstances.
Deer hunters
The annual Deer Hunters
Dance, sponsored by the Bles-
sing American Legion Auxil-
iary, will be held Saturday
night, November 5th at the
Blessing American Legion
Hall. Music will be the South
Texas Bohemian Cowboys.
Three from Palacios
make all-region choir
Three students from Pal-
acios High School were select-
ed for All-Region Choir Satur-
day, Oct. 29. These students
are: Melody Allen, Rita Bar-
nett, and Raymond Allen.
Tryouts were held at Columbia
High School in West Colum-
bia.
Rita Barnett has qualified
for the All-Area Choir which
meets in Austin in January to
determine who will be selected
for the All-State Choir of
ALL REGION CHOIR MEMBERS are left to right, Rita Barnett,
Raymond Allen, and Melody Allen.
JUNIOR HIGH TWIRLERS, left to right, Johnnie Barefleld, Terri Franzen, Janet Espinosa, Cindy Gonzales and Peggy
Susan Hawkins (head twlrler), Paula Bowers (Drum M^jor), Baggett.
John Hunt, Pat Kocurek
Randy Smith, and Lisa Sparks
The team members are Fred
Buckley, Charles Callaway
Rodney Cooper, Linda Duke
Mark Greenawalt, Terri Harr
James Heard, Chris Henson
Vernon Hunt, Mike Hunter
Chris Junek, Rita Kalas
George Kana, Tim Kocurek
Luther Lee, Johnny Lopez
Jesse Lucio, Michael May-
nard, Regina Miller, Teri
Mozley, Irma Ortiz, George
Parsley, Lynn Remlinger, Her-
bert Ressler, Karla Shifflett
Chuck Shreve, Carmela Tor
res, Lisa Viets, Claire Win
field, and Jeffrey Wotten.
Support the team of your
choice, or better yet, buy a
ticket from each team. Pro-
ceeds will benefit senior class
activities.
Band concert
features twirlers
The Palacios Junior High
School Band played a concert
for the East Side Elementary
School students and faculty on
Thursday, October 27.
Manuel Garza, Jr., director
of bands for the Palacios
Schools, conducted the band in
several “pop” tunes.
The Junior High School
twirlers were also featured.
Texas. Raymond Allen ha
also qualified for the Are
Competition as an alternate.
Choir director, Michael Pei
risky, commented: “I'm gla
that the hard work that thes
people put into this event wa
well worth their time.”
These students will perforr
in the All-Region Choir Cini
at Calhoun High School in Poi
Lavaca January 20, and 21
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