Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Ed. 1 Monday, May 23, 1949 Page: 4 of 4
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Lenette Jones
Rosalie Rocha
Wade Cooper
Newton England
Arlene Baugh
“Calling Sinton—calling Sinton
Hospital—over.”
“This is Sinton Hospital—come
in.”
“This is the stork ready to make
a landing—over.”
“Come in, all’s clear.”
The great bird propelled into the
big, white hospital’s runways and
made a pin-point landing.
Carefully the doctors lifted the
small bundle from the stork’s beak
and looked in. There, sleeping peace-
fully, was a tiny brown-eyed sen-
orita. This little baby had long,
black curly hair. Her skin was like
a dark red rose. But what was this
A pretty girl that has many good
qualities is Lenette Jones. She was
born in Refugio, Texas, and she has
lived in Refugio all her life. She
is a pretty, friendly, honest, and
sincere girl. She has a pleasing per-
sonality, and therefore she makes
friends easily. She is always well-
groomed, and good grooming is one
of the main qualities a person
should have. Lenette is a very cour-
teous' girl, and therefore she is
well-liked by the teachers. She is
also a good conversationalist, and
in school she has many friends and
is well known.
She likes to go to the movies of-
ten and especially with her best
friends. She also likes horse-back
riding, swimming, dancing, and all
other kinds of sports. To have sin-
cere friends is one of her greatest
desires, but she does not like hypo-
critical friends and people that try
to attract attention by acting as
if they were better than anyone
else.
She was very anxious to start
school at the age of six in Our
Lady of Refuge Convent. She at-
tended this school until she gradu-
ated from the eighth grade. The
following year, she decided to come
to the Refugio Public School to
finish her secondary education.
During her high school years,
she has been in the following clubs:
Homemaking, Photography, Annual
Staff, and Press. During her fresh-
man year, she was chosen as the
most courteous girl. While a sopho-
more, she was chosen as class pres-
little senorita’s name? Why, this
little, darling, baby was Rosalie
Rocha, the volleybyall whiz of Re-
fugio High School. Yes, March 11,
1930, was truly a wonderful exper-
ience for the Rocha family.
When Rosalie was about ten days
old, she and her mother returned
to live in Refugio. Rosalie has one
older brother, who awaited her ar-
rival with her father. As the months
and years rolled by, Rosalie grew
into a1 little girl. She grew so quick-
ly that it was hard for her family
to realize she had made her debut
into the first grade in Refugio Pub-
lic School. Since she made friends
easily, she was well liked by all.
But before she had finished the
first grade, there were tears in her
beautiful dark eyes. Her family was
moving to Berclair. They remained
there until Rosalie had finished the
third grade. Then her family re-
turned to their old home town, Re-
fugio.
Rosalie soon found all her old
pals and again became a happy lit
tie girl. Before too long, she was
entering the halls of high school.
This was one of the biggest events
of her life.
In high school, Rosalie has be
longed to the Homemaking Club;
Press Club, Spanish Club; I. S. S.,
pertaining to the Spanish Club; and
the chorus. She has been an ex-
cellent member to all. Rosalie was
art editor for the Bobcat Blab last
year. This year she sees that all
the ads are in order. She also be-
longs to the St. James Youth Or-
ganization and the Sodality of
Mary, Catholic organizations.
Rosalie truly enjoys all sports.
Her favorites are volleyball and
basketball. She has been on the A
team in volleyball for the last four
years, and she was captain her
sophomore year and this year, also.
She plans to enter Durham’s
Junior Business College in Septem-
ber, 1949, in San Antonio, Texas.
She hopes to be a secretarial execu-
tive.
When Rosalie graduates this
Have you noticed a tall boy with
sandy brown hair running around
the halls of R. H. S.? Or perhaps
you have seen him,on the tennis
court returning serves like a cham-
pion.
To most anyone who has seen him
he would appear as an average
American boy. But I say to you
that he is above average. Who is
this boy? Who are his parents?
Where does he come from? Per-
haps these are the many questions
entering your mind.
The birth of this stout lad dates
back nearly a score of years ago to
a little town in Ryan, Oklahoma.
On February 19, 1930, Wade Junior
Cooper was born into the family of
Mr. R. W. Cooper and Mrs. Maggie
Cooper. There were also three
brothers and two sisters in the fam-
ily-
During the winter of 1935 the en-
tire Cooper family moved to the
Lone Star State to a little town
The scene is the waiting room of
the Torbitt Hospital in Marlin, Tex-
as. We can’t see very well because
Df all the smoke in the room; but
as far as we can tell, there is only
one character and that is a pale
faced man pacing the floor. Oh,
wait a minute! Here comes the
nurse. We hear a low swishing a
sound as she wades through tjje lit-
ter of cigarettes on the floor. The
man stops pacing and waits for the
nurse to speak. After a moment of
dreaded silence she finally announc-
es—“It’s a boy.” In this case, the
boy is Newton England, Jr., who
greeted the world in Marlin, Texas,
on January 30, 1931.
Newt lived in Marlin for two
she will be missed by both pupils j Woodsboro, some 700 miles south
and teachers.
Barbara Simpson
About sixteen years ago on
January 21, 1933, a worried father
paced the floor of his home, waiting
for news of his fourth child. Final-
ly he was told that his wife had a
baby girl. That worried father was
Mr. J. D. Simpson, and the baby
girl was Barbara Ann Simpson.
Barbara was the second girl in the
Simpson familv, and she also had
ident and class favorite. During her two older brothers. Later a third
junior year, she was chosen as was born and named Marie
president and area officer of the
Homemaking Club. She is an out-
standing girl, because she has par-
ticipated in many important school
activities, and she was also chosen
as treasurer of the Student Council
this year. She is one of the most
intelligent girls in the senior class.
She also was elected to Who’s Who
in Scholarship.
When she finishes high school,
she plans to go to the A. & I. Col-
lege in Kingsville. She loves chem-
istry, and therefore she plans to
become a research chemist. She
hopes that her plan comes true.
God, her intelligence, and her love
for that career will help her to
become what she most desires.
Wanda Dickenson
Linda.
When the time came for Barbara
to start to school, she was a year
younger than the other children.
She finished her first year at the
Catholic Convent. At the age of six,
^he began her second year of school
at the Refugio Public School. She
continued her education through
her senior year at the Refugio Pub-
lic Schools.
The night finally came when
Barbara stood with the other excit-
ed eighth graders, ready to receive
their diplomas and promotions into
high school. This was the day she
had looked forward to for so long;
and she found high school life as
much fun as she had thought it
would be, although she did have to
study more.
Yes, the noise heard in the high
school halls that year, as every
year, was the excited but lost fresh-
men looking for their next class
room. Barbara was among these
freshmen. She finally became fa-
miliar with R. H. S. and took part
in all the school activities. She be-
longed to several clubs that year
and worked hard with each one of
them.
Barbara’s sophomore year was
more exciting than her freshman,
as she was elected representative
of the Student Council and record-
ing secretary for the Homemaking
Club, to which she belonged for
three years during high school. She
also belonged to the Refugio High
School Drum Corps for two years
in high school.
The next year Barbara was a
junior. This was a happy year be-
cause of the Junior and Senior Ban-
quet. Barbara worked hand, along
with the other juniors, on the ban-
quet. She joined the band that year
and started playing the saxaphone.
She also worked on the Bobcat Blab.
Barbara’s senior year, she was
elected as historian of the Home-
making Club. She was also a mem-
ber of the Press Club and Band.
Barbara was well liked by both the
teachers and students. She had
many friends, who will miss her
when school starts next year. She
was an excellent student and made
very good grades throughout her
entire school days. She will be re-
membered by the teachers and stu-
dents of R. H. S. as a friendly,
likable, and sweet person.
of Ryan. After living in Woodsboro
only a year, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper,
Wade and the rest of the family
moved to Refugio.
Since 1936 Wade has begun and
completed school. Wade, being an
average student, made average
grades; however, he made his best
grades in history. Although his fav-
orite sport is tennis, Wade partici-
pated in softball each year.
All these things add up to' an
average American boy. I stated
that Wade is above average. I will
tell you what makes him above
average. Wade’s undying love of
religion makes him rank high in our
social opinions. Not only has Wades’
interest in religion won the love
and admiration of his fellow stu-
dents, but also has obtained for
him a scholarship to the East Texas
Baptist College where he plans to
study religious education.
Joanne Key
When she was young, she played
dolls; she wasn’t a tomboy. She was
shy and very quiet. People would
stop to talk to her because she was
a1 very pretty child to look at. Now
that she is growing up, she is even
prettier.
years and then moved to Ridge,
Texas, where he lived for about a
year. From Ridge he moved to
Aransas Pass, Texas, where he liv-
ed for three years. After leaving
Aransas Pass, he moved to Cor-
pus Christi, Texas, where he lived
for six years. From Corpus Christi
he moved to Woodsboro, Texas. Af-
ter living in Woodsboro for three
months, he moved back to Marlin
and lived there until he came to
Refugio during his sophomore year
of high school.
Football has been one of Newt’s
main interests since he moved to
Refugio. He has gone out and let-
tered in football for three years.
In addition to football, some other
sports that interest Newt are bas-
ketball, which he lettered in two
years, baseball, track, and tennis.
Also since coming to Refugio, Newt
has been elected as a Student Coun-
cil representative, the King of
Hearts, and the vice-president of
the Photography Club.
After graduating from high
school, Newt plans to go to A. & eamily- This bab.y ^irl was named
M. Mechanical Engineering is the
course he plans to major in.
Even though Newt has been here
only a few years, he has become
well known and well liked; and he
has made a place for.himself among
the students of R.H.S. His person-
ality is tops, and he makes the most
of it by being one of the easiest
guys in R.H.S. to get to know—
and get to like.
With ail these good traits, Newt
still has others; but we won’t take
the time to go into them. All-in-all,
though, we are sure that there are
a good many people who will agree
with us when we say—He’s a pretty
swell guy!
On the frosty morning of Novem-
ber 6, 1929, in Refugio, Texas, a
brown-eyed baby girl made her
first appearance into the Baugh
Clara Cunningham
Just about breakfast time on
January 21, 1932, a baby girl was
delivered to Mrs. B. T. Cunningham
in Marion, Alabama. The brown
eyed, cotton headed baby was nam-
ed Clara Mae. Clara, being the
youngest of nine children, grew up
with her seven brothers and one
sister.
The big day finally arrived:
Clara started to school at the age
of six in Marion. Clara finished the
first grade in Marion, _and then she
moved to North Perry, Alabama,
where she finished the second and
third grades. She started the fourth
grade in West Perry and finished
it in Hamburg. The next year she
went back school in Marion, where
she completed the fifth, sixth, sev-
enth, and eighth grades.
the idea of leaving her friends in
Alabama. Clara and her family
moved during the summer, and
Clara found that she liked Texas] girls for the honor of going to the
Arlene. Arlene is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Baugh.
Arlene took first step when she
was nine months old; and after
that, things really began to hap-
pen. Mrs. Baugii had a terrible time
getting Arlene to go to school for
the first year. But after the first
few years, she found that the teach-
ers wouldn’t bite and that she
wouldn’t get sent to the office for
breathing too hard.
After going through the first six
years of school in Refugio, she mov-
ed to El Campo. She lived in El
Campo for four years and then mov-
ed to Sour Lake, where she stayed
for two years. From there she mov-
ed to Humble, and sooner than she
expected, she moved again. For a
few weeks she lived in Lufkin and
then back to Refugio, where she
joined the Senior Class of ’49.
Her Senior grades have been
average and above in all her sub-
jects. She competed with two other
Virgel King
Wanda Dickenson was born Jan-
uary 80, 1931, in the small town
of Moody, Texas. When Wanda was
10 months old, she and her family
moved to Corpus Christi, where she
lived until she was 9 years old.
From Corpus Christi she moved to
Bishop where she lived 3 months.
From Bishop she moved to Houston,
where she lived 3 months before
moving to Aransas Pass. Then after
living 2 years in Aransas Pass, she
moved to Refugio.
Wanda entered Refugio Public
School in the seventh gnade. Since
this time she has been attending
school in Refugio. When in the
eighth grade she became a major-
ette and continued through her
Junior year in high school. She also
was a member of the girls’ volley
ball team. Her hobby is collecting
things for her hope chest, and an-
other hobby is cooking.
The Senior F’ollies found Wanda
one of its most important charac-
ters. She played a part in the old
maid skit and a part in the train
and haunted house skit. When Wan-
da graduates from high school, she
plans to become a telephone opera-
tor.
Here are a few points of a cer-
tain person whom we think a great
deal of. He is a tall boy who may
be seen scooting about the halls of
R. H. S. This boy is Virgel King.
Virgel was born October 30, 1931,
in Refugio, Texas. He spent his
One day during the summer of
1946, she received a long distance
telephone call from her father, who
was visiting one of his sons in Re-
fugio. Clara was told that she and
her mother were going to move to
Texas. Clara had visited Texas
once before, but she did not like
better than she had thought she
would.
She was quick to make friends,
shorthand district meet.
Arlene’s life has been normal, and
happy, and her future will probably
but she was teased quite a bit about be as bri£bt and happy as her past;
her Alabama accent. Her hair was
now a light brown, and her big
brown eyes with the long thick eye-
lashes, were the talk of the school.
She started to school- as a Sopho-
more and was elected to second
place in the bathing beauty contest
sponsored by R.H.S.
It wasn’t dull for Clara her
Sophomore year, but things really
began happening to her her Junior
year. She was elected secretary of
the Student Council and cheer lead-
ed of the Pep Squad. She was also
chosen as Junior class president.
Clara' took part in most all school
activities and was an active mem-
ber of several clubs.
Clara started her Senior year
with a “bang”. She was again
elected secretary of the Student
Council and cheer leader. The
Homemaking Club chose her as
their president, and the school chose
her as best-all-round girl. Clara
was also a member of the Press
Club. Her grades have been aver-
age and above, all through high
school. She is a willing worker and
always willing to help others. She
was also selected for Who’s Who in
Citizenship.
Clara will be remembered in R.
H. S. as the girl from Alabama with
the big brown eyes and a very
sweet disposition. She will be miss-
as her friendly and pleasant atti-
ture has proved to all that she has
a wonderful personality.
Her favorite pastime being
sports, she likes to roller skate,
ride horses, and play baseball. All
outdoor sports are her favorite
pleasures.
Arlene’s plans to be a nurse have
changed in the last year, as she
now plans to be manned in June.
Don Ferguson
in R. H. S.
Stanton Beardsley
childhood days in Refugio, and he
has continued living here. He enter-
ed the Refugio Public Schools in
1938, and he has made a twelve year
record. Virgel will he remembered
by his classmates and friends long
after he has finished his high school
career.
Virgel has been employed by the
Humble Service Station for the past
six months, and he has made a
vnry good impression on the people
who know him. He will do very well
in the future, because he has a good
personality and knows how to meet
the public.
Virgel’s parents have lived in
Refugio for the past 25 years. His
father has been employed by the
United Gas Corporation for twen-
ty-three years. Virgel has three
sisters and three brothers who have
also attended the Refugio High
School. He has set a good example
for his family, who are very nice
people.
Refugio Timely Remarks
Consolidated with Refugio County News January 1, 1919,
Consolidated with Woodsboro Weekly Times February 1, 1937.
Entered as second-class matter November 10, 1928, at the post offi<
at Refugio, Texas, under act of March 3, 1879.
Who is this girl? Here’s a hint:
She is 5 feet 5% inches tall, and
she has brown hair and hazel eyes.
Do you know who she is now ?
Why, she is Joanne Key, a senior
student in the Refugio High School.
Joanne was born in Tuleta, Texas,
October 29, 1931. Her parents are
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Key.
Joanne and her parents moved to
Bay City when she was two years
)ld. When she was four, her family
noved to Refugio.
Joanne went to thek Convent in
the first grade. She then started
to the Refugio Public School in the
second grade, and she is now fin-
ishing her senior year at R.H.S.
Joanne has been in the Home-
making Club for three years. She
is the corresponding secretary for
the H. E. Club, and she is also one
of the art assistants for the annual
staff. In the sports field in school,
her favorites are football and bas-
ketball. She likes to watch football
games; but when it comes to bas-
ketball, she plays it. Her position is
guard on the girls’ team in her
class.
According to Joanne, her favor-
ite food is steak and potatoes.
Among her other likes is her favor-
ite color, green.
After graduation in May, Joanne
is planning to take a business
course.
Among the many little first grad-
ers that started to school in Re-
fugio in 1938 was Stanton Beards-
ley. Since that time, he has become
a leader in many events at school.
Stanton has the great ability of
whistling and singing, which is one
of his favorite pastimes; his musi-
cal career began, however, when he
was director of the Rhythm Band
in the second grade. Later, still in
grade school, he played a trumpet
in the grade school band. Two years
of high school chorus have proved
him to be a successful tenor.
Outstanding grades in all sub-
jects are being made by Stanton,
now, even as they were in elemen-
Donald Ferguson, known to us
us Don, is one of our leading school
ed by all her friends and teachers, citizens at Refugio High. He was
as she is one of the sweetest girls born on December 12, 1931, in
Breckenridge, Texas. Don began his
school life at Bloomington, where
he remained for one year. The fol-
lowing year he attended school in
Refugio for three years. From here
he moved to Temple, where he re-
mained a short time, and then to
Luling and attended the sixth grade
on through his freshmen year.
Don’s sophomore year found him
at Refugio High making new ac-
quaintances and making his name
famous in the Refugio High foot-
ball team. Don has also taken track
for three years. In his junior year
he went to the state meet in low
hurdles and also won second at the
regional meet.
Don’t ability to be a leader led
to his being voted the vice-presi-
dent of the senior class. He has
taken part in extemporaneous
speech and one-act plays.
Donald hasn’t any hobbies, but
he enjoys to dance and to go to
parties. At every dance you can see
him jitterbugging and having a
good time.
Don is very studious and especial-
ly likes the study of science. He
plans to study in the field of medi-
cine and become a medical doctor.
There is no doubt that Don is go-
ing forward toward his goal in life.
Don is valedictorian of the Senior
class.
Don also won first place in the
low hurdles in District and second
in high. In Regional he won first
in the high and third in the low
hurdles. And he also got fourth in
his heat at State.
tary school. Belonging to the
Photography Club, Spanish Club,
Annual Staff, and Chorus, Stanton
has been kept considerably busy.
Being nearly unanimously voted
by th6 high school last term, Stan-
ton became president of the Stu-
dent Council for this year. A trip
to Washington was also included in
this election for president, and sum-
mer found Stanton on the long jour-
ney to D. C. While at the capital,
Stanton took a part in this Nation-
al Convention of Student Councils.
Points were made by him which
were later written as some of the
ten standards set up by the Coun-
cil. Some of the wonderful sights
which Stanton saw while he was
in Washington were the capitol,
White House, the great figure of
Lincoln, and Washington’s monu-
ment. Refugio having the office of
president in the District this year,
Stanton is also president of the
District Student Council.
Football being one of his greatest
pleasures, Stanton has lettered for
the past three years. He proved to
be a fast runner and brought up
the scores of nearly every game
this last season. He was captain
this year, being voted by the team.
Stanton was also Master Coun-
ciler, which is the highest honor,
of the DeMolay.
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