Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Ed. 1 Monday, May 23, 1949 Page: 3 of 4
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Wayne Wilpitz
On one of the stork’s visits to
Luling, Texas, he stopped in at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Odell Mc-
Bride and left with them an eight
and one-half pound baby girl. The
proud parents called the baby Ellen
Joan, but today she is known as
“Macduff” to her classmates.
Joan lived the usual life of a
child—eating, sleeping, and playing.
She never did bite her finger nails,
but she sucked her thumb until she
was almost ten years old.
Because of Mr. McBride’s job
with Humble, the McBrides moved
around quite a lot. Joan started to
school in Agua* Dulce. Later the
family moved to Bloomington, and
then they moved to Skidmore. Dur-
ing Joan’s third year in school the
McBrides moved to Refugio, where
they have resided since. The small,
curly headed little girl was liked
immediately by her classmates and
was given a warm welcome by her
/third grade teacher, Mrs. R. H.
Renfro.
Joan has been an important Bob-
cat booster during her four years
in High School. She was a majorette
for two years, and she has played
the flute and cornet in the band.
Joan is known by her ability to
play the piano. She started taking
piano lessons when she was only
five years old. She also plays the
accordian. Joan was a member of
the Student Council her freshman
year. Her favorite clubs are Home-
making, Photography, and Press.
This past year she was the typing
editor on the Annual Staff. Joan
was chosen the most athletic girl
in high school this year, and she well
deserves this honor. She plays base-
ball, volleyball, and basketball.
Joan is an active member of the
Methodist church. She plays the or-
gan for the evening services every
Sunday.
By taking interest in her school
and studies, Joan makes good
grades; she gets along very nicely
with all her teachers.
Joan has always been liked by
her classmates and teachers. The
time is to come when the spirit of
“Ma'cduff” will be forgotten in the
halls of Pucho High.
The youngest player of high
football in Texas during 1945 was
from dear old Refugio High. He
started football when he was a
freshman, at the age of twelve. He
played three of his four helpful
years in high school. It was his jun-
ior year that he didn’t play because
of a leg injury. He also was the first
freshman to letter in high school
football. He failed to letter during
his sophomore year but again suc-
ceeded to make the grade during
his senior year.
This outstanding Bobcat is the
son of Mr. and Mrs.-L. W. Wilpitz
and was born November 29, 1932
in Humble, Texas. At the age of
five, he moved to Refugio, where
he started to school. While in the
first and second grades, he played
in the Rhythm Band with his class-
mates. ^
Wayne was double promoted from
the third to the fifth. At the age
of twelve, he became a freshman
and, as I have mentioned, played
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and lettered in football.
As a senior, he was a pretty pop-
ular fellow. He was elected Most
Handsome and the Senior Class
Favorite.
Wayne plans to attend Sam Hous-
ton State Teachers College in
Huntsville next year.
Ann Johnson
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In the fall of 1949, Austin Col-
lege, Sherman, Texas, will add to its
enrollment, one of the most bril-
liant journalists that have ever
graduated from Refugio High
School. A seventeen-year-old blonde
with brown eyes, Virginia Ann
Johnson, will be attending her third
Ann on their roll these past four
years. She has done outstanding
work in the Press Club, to which
she has belonged every year. She
serves as president of the club this
year, and she was Managing Edi-
tor of the school paper, The Bob-
cat Blab, last year. She has cer-
tainly aided the,staff in the publi-
cation of every issue of the paper.
She was elected treasurer of the
Future Homemakers’ Club this
year, an organization in which she
has been an active member for three
years.
Ann plays tennis, her favorite
sport, practically every day. She is
a very skillful player, and she has
been a contestant in many tourna-
ments, including the District meet,
which she won, 'and Regional in
Kingsville, in which she tied for
third.
One of the most outstanding ac-
tivities that any high school student
has ever undertaken is one that Ann
has now. She is sole publisher of
Betty Lou Gcnty
’Twas 19 days after Christmas
And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Not even a mouse.
Yes, that’s exactly how it was in
the Genty’s house on January 14,
1931. It seems that something spe-
cial happened that day. Now, what
was it? Oh, yes! I remember now.
About 7:30 that morning a new ad-
dition to the Genty family had made
her entrance into the world at St.
Joseph’s Hospital in Denver, Colo-
rado. Yes, you guessed it: the new
addition was Betty Lou.
Even though she is called Betty
Lou or “Penny,” her nickname, she
was christened Elizabeth Louise. At
an early age she adopted the name
of Betty Lou; but when she' came
to Refugio, the students dubbed
her “Penny.”
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fall of her school career at R.H.S.
She spent the summer of ’47 attend-
ing San Marcos Academy.
Ann has set many records during
her high school years in her scho-
lastic standing as well as in her
athletic ability. She ranks close to
the top of her class according to
grades, and she will have twenty-
one credits when she graduates in
May. She won first place Regional
B honors in shorthand and went to
State in Austin. Yet, she does not
spend all her time studying but di-
vides it evenly with extra-curricu-
lar work. She was elected to Who’s
Who for scholarship.
Numerous organizations had had
church paper for young people in
this area. She composes most of the
articles, does all the art work, types
all the stencils, and runs off all
the pages on the mimeograph ma-
chine. Ann completes her duties
connected with this interesting pro-
ject when she mails papers to many
youth groups in various churches.
Another office that she holds in
the church is area secretary of the
Presbytery.
Since Ann arrived in a Corpus
hospital as a tiny baby on March
26, 1932, she has brightened the
life of everyone that has known her.
She is greatly loved and admired by
everyone, including all her teach-
ers and her many, many friends.
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Geneve Anzualda, a senior of
1949, was born May 22, 1931, in
Refugio, where she has lived since
her birth. You can truly say that
she is a native of Refugio.
Geneve is a Spanish girl of sev-
enteen, 4 feet in height, and she
has black natural curly hair. Gene-
ve has a very likeable personality,
and she is liked by everyone who
knows her. She comes from a fam-
ily of nine; five girls, of which she
is the youngest, and four boys.
She is very much in favor of
sports; such as, volleyball, softball,
and bicycle riding.
Her main dislike is conceited peo-
ple who try to “show off.”
Geneve’s special interest in school
activities is chorus. She belongs to
several clubs: Spanish Club, I. S.
S. P. Club, and the Chorus Club.
She also belongs to the “Sodality
of Mary”, a Catholic youth organi-
zation.
Geneve plans to work when she
graduates from high school, but she
doesn’t have in mind what type of
work she will do.
“Penny” lived in Denver for three
years and then moved to Pettus,
Texas. From Ptettus she moved to
Refugio, where she started to
school. She stayed in Refugio
through the third grade, and then
she moved back to Denver for the
fourth grade. She returned to Re-
fugio, where she finished the fifth,
and then she went back to Denver
through the eighth and half of the
ninth. After that she came back to
Refugio, where she will finish
school.
While she has been here, she has
made a very good record for her-
self. In her Junior year, she was
the Student Council representative
and majorette. During her Senior
year she was elected as the Senior
Class favorite, all-school favorite,
cheer leader, Student Council rep-
resentative, football duchess, and
also one of the ladies in the Valen-
tine Court. Her escort for the Val-
entine Court was James Henry.
“Penny” is well known for her
very pleasing personality and like-
able disposition; and at the rate
she’s going now, she’ll have no trou-
ble in making a place for hefself
wherever she goes.
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Duane Youngblood
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My subject for this discussion is
a nice looking young man, eighteen
years old, by the name of Jack Kel-
ley, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kel-
ley. On March 20 in the year of
1930 the world welcomed him into
their midst in Blooming Grove, Tex-
as. His black hair, green eyes,
height of five feet, eleven and one-
half inches, weight of one hundred
and fifty-eight pounds make him
something to look at.
At the age of five he moved from
Blooming Grove to Refugio, where
he entered his first year of school,
meeting many of his future pals. At
the beginning of the second grade,
Ja,ck and his parents moved to
Aransas Pass and remained there
until the eighth grade. They then
moved to Ingleside, where he fin- dertakes.
ished his eighth and ninth years.
The yearning for beautiful Refugio
hit the Kelleys; and they moved
here, where Jack began his tenth
year. He is now content to finish
high school here.
Jack has been very active in ath-
letics. He has been faithful to the
Bobcat team, and he has lettered
once in football and track, and twice
in basketball. He was a member of
both regional teams in football; he
journeyed to State with the region-
al basketball team and also helped
win third place in the mile relay
team at State. Though he was in-
eligible this year to play in ath-
letics, his heart was with the Bob-
cat team.
In high school Jack belonged to
Chorus for two years and the Press
Club for one year. He is editor of
the school paper, The Bobcat Blab,
this year; and Robert Thompson,
managing editor, and they make a
v/onderful team in putting the pa-
per out. Jack has a very good per-
sonality, but he has a nervous dis-
position. He is very excitable but
comes through with the job in good
shape.
Inquiring into what he enjoys,
we find he likes everything and
does not like much. He also states
that his hobby is women.
Jack’s future plans are rather
indefinite, for he says that the
draft will decide his future; but we
wish him luck in everything he un-
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A happy event occurred in the
lives of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Michna
on January 1, 1931, at Woodsboro,
Texas. A son, Fred Michna, was
born to these proud parents. Fred,
a nice looking young man, has
brown hair, blue eyes; and he
weighs two hundred and fifteen
pounds; he is five feet, nine inches
tall.
At a very early age he and his
parents moved to Seguin; but the
thoughts of Refugio persuaded the
Michnas to make their home here,
When Fred was four years old. Fred
began his first year of school, and
he has continued his schooling in
Refugio ever since. He liked grade
school as a necessity, and the only
important thing was that he got
out of it. In high school he belonged
to Band and Photo Club one year,
and thi^ year he is chief printer
of the Press Club.
Fred has piloted an airplane three
years, and he has 360 flying hours
to his credit. The day he received
his pilot’s license, he was informed
that he was the youngest pilot in
the State, but that status has
changed now.
Like all boys, Fred enjoys many
things. He states that he likes wom-
en and dislikes food (can’t imagine
that) and cats, except one particu-
lar cat. As we can tell, his hobby
is flying. Fred used to be very anti-
social, but he is becoming more
sociable as time progresses. Fred is
a likeable person, and he has a
nice personality.
In the future, Fred plans to at-
tend A. & M. College for four years.
Then he plans to fly an airplane as
a cotton duster pilot. Here’s to you,
Fred!
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James Baumgartner
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For the second time in the his-
tory of his life we see his smiling
face around Refugio High School.
This happy person comes to us from
Our Lady of Refuge School. James
Baumgartner, who is the second
gartner, enlightened this happy
home on the twenty-sixth day of
March in the year of 1931.
James attended Our Lady of
Refuge School all his life except
the seventh grade and his senior
year. James is a very intelligent
boy, and he is very vivacious in all
of his school life. Refugio High
School is very proud to have James
as one of the graduates of the sen
ior class of 1949.
James’ favorite hobby is cooking,
and he takes very much pride in
this art. James excels in the making
of cakes. Another hobby of James’
is that of choosing of his clothes.
James is one of the best groomed
boys in high school, and we can
accredit this fact to him because
of the choice of matching colors
and the style.
James’ one ambition in life is to
become a teacher of music; especial-
ly is he interested in the piano be-
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One day a cute little bundle with
black hair and blue eyes came to
the Youngblood family. He was
Duane Youngblood, born on Janu-
ary 3, 1932, in Refugio, Texas.
Duane is the youngest of a family
of five. In the family there are his
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
G. G. Youngblood, and his two sis-
ters.
Mr. Youngblood is sc contractor,
and he is in business for himself.
The Youngblood family has liv-
ed in Refugio for a long time, and
Duane started to the Refugio Pub-
lic School when he was five years
old. After Duane had graduated in-
to high school, he became a mem-
ber of several clubs. He has been
in the Press Club for three years.
He is also in the Tennis Club. Some
of Duane’s favorite sports are ten-
nis, football and ping-pong.
Just as he has favorite sports,
Duane also has his favorite colors.
The colors are red and green, and
to show this he has both red and
green shirts.
Duane likes to have money to buy
his own clothes and other things he
might want. To do this, he works
during the summer vacation from
school. F’or the last two years,
Duane has worked in the oil field.
Duane will graduate this year,
1949. After graduation he plans to
go to college, but he has not yet
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Baum- cause he plays the piano very well, decided where he will attend.
Flying is more fun! That’s what
we hear from a high school stu-
dent. Flying is his ambition, and
he hopes to make a career of it.
James Henry, a senior at Refu-
gio High School, is the student
flyer we are talking about.
Looking into his history, we see
that James is a man of many cities.
He was born in Longview, Texas,
on June 3, 1931, and lived there un-
til he was two years old. Then he
went to Vivian, La’., where he went
to school in the first grade. Again
he moved, this time to Meridian,
La. There he went to school in the
second grade. After his second year
in school had been finished, his
family moved to Arcadia for three
weeks.
Finally in the fourth grade, he
moved to Refugio, where his father
had started managing a store. Ever
since, he has lived here.
Ice cream, the color black, and
football are James’ favorites. He
has played football for three years,
and he has also played basketball
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After James, who happens to be
6 feet, 2V2 inches of goodlooking
boy with blond hair and blue eyes,
graduates from R.H.S. this May,
he plans to go to college for two
years.
After that," he is going to Alas-
ka to start his own airport.
M. C. Love
Earlsboro, Oklahoma, was the
birth place of one of Refugio High
School’s most outstanding athletes.
M. C. Love, playing at left end, let-
tered three years in football. In
track he ran the 440 yard dash,
the 120 yard high hurdles, the 220
yard low hurdles; and he was also
the leading man in the mile relay.
He also participated in the broad
jump.
M. C. entered high school in Re-
fugio as a freshman after attending
school in Placedo and Bloomington,
Texas. He has brown hair and blue
eyes, and he is dark complexioned.
The eighteen year old lad stands
six feet and one inch and weighs
one hundred and eighty-five pounds.
Outdoor life interests him very
much, as he spends the majority of
his spare time hunting and fishing.
One of M. C.’s most deserved
honors of his school career was be-
ing selected for Sportsmanship in
the annual Who’s Who election dur-
ing his junior year.
After graduation, he plans to at-
tend Victoria College on a scholar-
ship for football.
Among the senior boys in my
class, there is a boy by the name
of John Randolph Price, better
known as the Most Popular boy in
Refugio High School. John R. was
born in Alice, Texas, on February
12, 1932. He was a big, bouncing
baby of 7 3-4 pounds.
He started to school in Alice at
the age of six. He received, in his
grade school years, a very firm ba-
sis of learning, as he has made good
grades ail through school. When he
was a freshman, he held the office
of vice-president. He was also elect-
ed class favorite. When he was a
sophomore, he held the office of
reporter; and he was on the Student
Council. He played a trombone in
the Alice band for two years. He
has a very musical background.
In the summer of 1947, when he
was fifteen years of age, he moved
to Refugio. He was soon acquainted
with the boys and girls, and he im-
mediately became popular. He was
even more popular when school
started. His first year in Refugio,-
his Junior year, he was elected
treasurer and class favorite. His
senior year, he was elected presi-
dent of the class and the most popu-
lar boy in high school. All of these
honors that he has received prove
to everyone that he is a very popu-
lar and good looking boy.
He has played basketball for
three years, and he is usually high
point man in every game. He has
played football one year; track,
four years. His Junior year he went
to State in track, running the Mile
Relay and doing the high-jump.
His Senior year, he again went to
State in track, running the 440-
yard relay and doing the high-jump.
He tied with six other boys for sec-
ond place in the high-jump. The
relay team received third place.
This experience proves that he has
a love for sports.
As we see John R. today, he is
6 feet, 2 inches tall, and he weighs
150 pounds. He has brown eyes and
brown hair. He appears to be very
popular with his classmates, teach-
ers, and friends everywhere. He in-
tends to attend Texas University
next year; and he will probably
make good, because he has good
grades in every subject.
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YOUR GRADUATION)
EMBODIES THE LONG!
AWAITED FREEDOM
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