Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 1949 Page: 1 of 8
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The News from Every Section of Refugio County
VOL. XXII—NO. 6
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1,1949
Eight Pages
Announcements this week
concerning the Refugio post-
office are most encouraging
to local citizens interest in
this project. This puts Refu-
gio in position to be the town
in the 15th Congressional
District to receive the first of
the new postoffices. There
are other towns of the dis-
trict that are seeking a new
postoffice building, but it is
believed that Refugio is justi-
fied in maintaining that this
town has priority on the first
postoffice and federal build-
ing in this congressional dis-
trict.
* *
Dr. T. C. Meitzen’s son
proved himself well able to
take care of the ofice during | Hotel,
the absence of his father and Harold
Public Asked
To Support
Local Park
Park Day has been named for
Saturday, December 3, by Refugio
Woman’s Club, which hopes to tag
every Refugio citizen for a contri-
bution.
Miss Jessica Vance, club presi-
dent, said that the club plans many
improvements of their park, which
is located on Highway 77 at the
southern limits of Refugio. They
hope to complete sidewalks, install
restrooms, add a pavilion cover to
the cement slab, install controlled
meters where for a coin electrical
appliances may be plugged in, add
a low wall to the outdoor fireplace
Scout banquet in Corpus Christi and a new piece of playground
HAROLD W. LEWMAN
Refugio, and 14 other counties
of the Gulf Coast Council, will be
represented at the annual Boy
G. A. “POP” MABRY
December 8, at the White Plaza
the office secretary. Travis
welcomed the visitors, in-
quired of their needs and sup-
plied the requested informa-
tion in the proper manner
. . . you know—tell you some-
thing, but not get out on a
limb. Polite and courteous he
was, too.
* *
Not all the sports news of
the Bobcats’ Tales is written
by Mayo Baugh, but he is do-
ing a good job of covering his
assignments.
* *
There is an old, old rule of
newspaper publishing that
says: “Don’t make outright
predictions or forecasts.”
We violated that rule last
week, and here we are pay
.ing the penalty this week. Our
“If I Were Editor” feature
cannot be published this week
and we are again issuing an
eight-page edition.
W. Leman,
regional j
equipment, and place permanent
seats under some of the trees.
How much of this extensive pro-
scout executive, will be principal j ject will be completed within the
speaker at the banquet, which is
scheduled for 6:30 p. m. The an-
nual business meeting of the Coun-
cil will be held at 3:45 p. m. The
election of officers, executive
board members, and council mem-
bers will be an important part of
the business meeting.
Lewman had’ had a long and
varied experience in scouting. He
has held regional executive posi-
tions in Arkansas, Kansas City,
and Philadelphia.
He took over as regional exe-
cutive of Region Nine in April,
1946.
Out-of-Towners
Visit Refugio
To View Exhibit
After attracting
groups of teachers
Apollo Boys Choir
Sings in Beeville
Special to the Timely Remarks
Beeville, Nov. 29.—The Beeville
Civic Music Association will pre-
sent the Apollo Boys Choir under
the direction of Coleman Cooper in
Beasley Auditorium next Monday
night, December 5, beginning at
£:15 o’clock.
This engagement originally was
scheduled for December 6, but was
changed, President Warren Le-
Baurveau said.
The ages of the members of the
choir Tange from nine to 14 years.
The lads will sing a group of
sacred works during the first half
of the program, while the last half
will be composed of numbers by
some of the old music masters.
Only Civic Music members will
be admitted. However, members
having out-of-county guests may
attend by paying $1.00,
coming year depends largely upon
how well the community supports
the tag day drive. The park is in
constant use and seems to be of
considerable recreational interest,
so all are urged to contribute as
heavily as possible. Miss Vance
said that approximately a thou-
sand dollars went into park im-
provement and upkeep during the
past year.
Headquarters for P'ark Day will
be in the Refugio Insurance Ag-
ency. Various members of the
Woman’s Club will staff this loca-
tion during the day. Members of
the Wetomachi'ck and Wahanka
Camp Fire groups will sell tags
on the downtown streets, begin-
ning at 8 a. m.
Buy a Tag and Wear It!
Fair Committee
Checks Buildings
The Building Committee of the
Refugio County Fair Association
made an inspection tour on Tues-
day of this week to look at var-
ious types of structures in use in
this area.
The building committee is com-
posed of A. R. Pointer, I. H. Dun-
bar and O. C. Ferguson.
The Board of Directors for the
Fair Association is now complete
with the following members: Carl
Baumgartner, Wilson Heard, Jr.,
Miss Emma Huddleston, O. C. Fer-
guson, of Refugio; Mrs. H. L.
Pfullman, George Dimmer, of
Woodsboro; Ernest Knox of Bay-
side; Mrs. Oscar Anderson of
Austwell, and B. R. Hasselfield of
Tivoli.
Christmas Lights
Go on December 10
December 10 has been set as
the date for the turning on of the
Refugio Christmas lights it was
announced this week by Chamber
of Commerce Manager, Archie
Barber.
The contract for erecting the
lights has been let to the Refugio
Hardware & Electric Co.
numerous
and students
1 from out of town places, the
j Pythagoras exhibit closed its two-
I week’s showing on Sunday. Mr.
Huson has been requested to ex-
hibit his collection of P'ythagorana
at both San Antonio and Corpus j
Christi, and it is, probable that
arrangements will be made to do
so after the first of next year.
The recent local exhibit, which
required three rooms, was display-
ed in several divisions, the first
comprising a collection of photo-
graphs of statues and busts of the
Samian philosopher now in the
Capitoline and Vatican museums
at Rome, the National Museum of
Greece at Athens, the Louvre at
Paris, the Duoma at Firenze, and
the Cathedral at Sienna; a collec-
tion of photographs of famous
paintings of the Sage, including
some by Raphael, Della Robia and
Michael Angelo; a collection of
rare wood-cuts and prints of like-
nesses; a collection of photographs
of ancient coins, medals and gems
bearing effigies of the philosoph-
er. The second division was com-
posed of a collection of maps—
nautical, aeronautical, topographi-
cal, and geographical of Italy,
Greece and Asia Minor, including
maps showing classical localities.
The collection of photographs
which constituted the third divi-
sion was divided into sections, or
groups, as follows: The ancient
city of Samos, the Heraeon on Sa-
mos, the towns of Tigani, Vathy
and other places on the Island of
Samos; Ionia; the Island of Delos;
the Island of Syros; the Island of
Crete; Delphi; Olympia; Sparta;
Athens; (all in Greece). Taranto,
Metaponto, Crotone, Capo di Colon-
ne, (in Italy). Agrigentum, Syra-
cuse and Tauromenium, (in Sipily);
and scenes from Egypt, Lebanon
and the Holy Land.
Also on display were numer-
ous artifacts from the temple if
Apollo at Metaponto and from the
Heraeon on Samos; a sprig of the
willow under which the goddess
Hera was said to have been born
on Samos, and flowers plucked
from the Roman forum. Specimens
of Italian and Grecian money and
postage stamps were also shown.
In a special section were shown
a letter from the King of Greece
expressing interest in Mr. Huson’s
work; letters from the governor,
chief justice, attorney general and
headmaster of Samos inviting the
Pythagorean Order to establish its
international headquarters on the
Mrs. Annie Pagel
Dies at Tivoli
Mrs. Annie Pagel, 91, mother of
Paul, Oscar and Gus Pagel of Ti-
voli, died Sunday afternoon at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. A. A.
Turner of Robstown. Survivors in-
clude four more daughters, Mrs.
Helen Schultz of Hallettsville, Mrs.
Martha Poinpouef of Robstown,
iMrs. Anna Gisler of Victoria and
Mrs. Harry Horn of Dilley; one
brother, Anton Appeld of Hallet-
tsville; 19 grandchildren and 29
great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Pagel lived in Hallettsville
before coming to Robstown ten
years ago. She was a member of
the Assembly of God Church.
Funeral services were held at
3 o’clock Monday afternoon from
the Assembly of God Church in
Tivoli. Burial was in the Tivoli
cemetery.
Shelton-Bailey
Motors Install
New Yisuafiner
The Shelton-Bailey Motor Co.
this week completed installation of
a John Bean Visualiner for the
steering service department. This
latest type of machine for check-
ing wheel alignments uses light
beams. It is a quick method and
projects a picture on a screen so
that auto owners as well as me-
chanic can see if the car needs at-
tention.
The Visualiner at the local
plant is the first such machine to
be installed between Corpus Chris-
ti and San Antonio.
V. V. Bailey invites the public
to come in and inspect the ma-
chine by having their automobile
checked for safe, economical,
high-speed driving.
The 1949 Refugio Bobcat foot-
ball teams and Coaches Paul Gips
and W. D. MacKeen were the hon-
ored guests at the regular Mon-
day meeting of the Rotary Club of
Refugio this week and heard G.
A. “Pop” Mabry, public relations
director for the Humble Oil &
Refining Co., of Houston review
the history of' Southwest Confer-
ence football game broadcasts and
point out what, in his belief, made
football of this section so out-
standing.
Following a luncheon of turkey,
dressing and trimmings” Charlie
Brewster handled the introduction
of visiting Rotarians and guests,
with Coach Gips presenting the
members of the football team.
C. S. Boone introduced the speak-
er of the day, for E. G. Sparks,
program chairman. Mabry, past
president of the Rotary Club of
Houston and for many years an
outstanding leader in District Ro-
tary affairs, was present in Re-
fugio in 1934 when the local club
was presented its charter from
Rotary International.
It was also in 1934 that the first
broadcast of the Southwest Con-
ference football game was made.
The Texas-Rice game that year
in Houston had a complete sell-
out. When presented an oportunity
to broadcast the game, Mabry real-
ized the vast possibilities of such
a project. As then advertising man-
ager for the Humble Co. he ar-
ranged for the broadcast and re-
counts how Lloyd Gregory of the
Houston Post handled the mike on
the day of the game.
Mabry told of how Kern Tips,
ace grid broadcaster, and other
announcers for the Humble broad-
casts work each game and the
duties of their assisting spotters.
He related the high quality of
the teams of the Southwest Con-
ference, as well as the high qual-
ity of other college teams in Tex-
as. He pointed out that this high
quality is brought about by the
high quality of high school play-
ers. He stated that in turn, the
] high quality of the people of Tex-
as results in the high standard
high school youth.
To his listeners, he drove home
the point that: Football pulls the
community together each year and
launches the people into a period
of active, cooperative efforts that
bring credit to the town. He told
the Rotarians that they are mem-
bers of a service organization and
that as they serviced and helped
the football team, they helped the
community; and as the community
benefited, each person in the com-
munity made a gain for . . . bet-
ter boys today, better men tomor-
row.
24 Letters
Are Awarded
In Football
(By Bobcats’ Tales Staff)
The Refugio Bobcats met with
their coaches, Mr. Paul Gips and
Mr. Bill MacKeen, to discuss the
i final activities for the 1949 foot-
ball season.
The Bobcats elected Kenneth
Emerson and Charles Sneed co-
captains for the year. Both of
these boys are seniors, and they
have played some very good foot-
ball for deal old R.H.S., according
to the other Bobcats.
The Bobcats also decided on De-
cember 1 at 7:00 in the high school
study hall as the date for their
annual football banquet, which
will mark the last of the 1949 foot-
ball season.
Mayo Baugh, a senior football
player, stated that the Cats hated
to see the end of the season, and
they hope that you as footbalP
fans will support the basketball
boys as you have us.
The Refugio Bobcat lettermen
for the 1949 football season were
measured for their jackets on No-
vember 22, • at the high school
gym.
The senior boys will receive re-
versible jackets. On one side will
be the school colors and an “R”,
and on the other side the jacket
will be gray. The other lettermen
will have a jacket with only the
school colors and the “R”.
There were twenty-four, letter-
men, and they are as follows:
Blackie Pitzer, Richard Herring,
Mayo Baugh, Scotty Linney, Vance
Claybrook, Bobby Wilpitz, Ken-
neth Emerson, Charles Sneed,
Charles Kret, Sammy Chamber-
lain, Ray McKown, Johnny Mur-
phy, Vernon Love, Ira Johnson,
Billy Goforth, Bobby Ledsinger,
Allen Anderson, Teddy Gray, Rudy
Rincon, Benny Menchaca, Vivian
Rivas, Gene Bundren, Joe Lee,
and Cleo Coulter. The managers,
Andrew Pate and Bobby Weaver,
will also receive jackets.
■■■■
DR. P. B. HILL
Floor Sanding
Demonstration
Is Scheduled
Mrs. O. W. Anderson’s home in
Austwell will be the scene of a
floor sanding and finishing dem-
onstration on Friday, December 2,
it was announced this week by
Miss Bess Vogt, Refugio County
Home Demonstration Agent.
The demonstration will be con-
ducted in conjunction with the ac-
tivities of the Home Demonstra-
tion groups.
This demonstration will be done
with equipment of a type suit-
able to be used by the average
home owner and approved for such
use by the State Extension Serv-
ice.
The demonstration will start at
10 a. m. and finish at approxi-
mately 4 p. m. This is an open
meeting and the public is invited
to attend at any time during the
above mentioned period. This will
be the only meeting of this kind
held in Refugio County.
Dr. P. B. Hill will conduct a
week’s meeting at the Presbyter-
ian church in Refugio, December
4-11.
Dr. Hill has had a colorful ca-
reer. As a college student he had
started on a course in electrical
engineering, but after accepting
Christ, he decided to give his life
to the ministry.
For several years, Dr. Hill was
a missionary in Korea, but was re-
turned to this country because of
the ill-health of Mrs. Hill and
himself, occasioned by the condi-
tions in the field.
For 19 years Dr. Hill was pas-
tor of the First Presbyterian
church in San Antonio, Texas. Dur-
ing that time it became the larg-
est church in the Assembly. When
Dr. Hill retired from the ministery
five other Presbyterian churches
had been organized in San An-
tonio.
During his active ministry Dr.
Hill became associated as Chaplain
with many law enforcement bodies
of Texas, as: the Texas Rangers,
Sheriffs’ Association, Texas Po-
lice Association, Identification As-
sociation of the U. S. Border Pa-
trol, and the State Highway Pa-
trol. He was also Chaplain of the
Texas Pioneers and Associate
Chaplain of the Old Trail Riders
of Tex^is.
For over 26 years Dr. Hill has
had a radio program over WOAI,
San Antonio, every Sunday morn-
ing. And for over 30 years he has
been preaching to cowboys and
cattlemen.
Since he has retired from the
active ministry Dr. Hill has writ-
ten some booklets and has visited
schools and colleges and has held
evangelistic meetings. Dr. Hill
will preach the two Sundays, De-
cember 4 and December 11. He will
speak twice every day of the in-
tervening week, each morning at 10
a. m. and each evening at 7:30 p.
m. All are cordially invited to
hear Dr. Hill while he is in Re-
fugio.
The $140,000 postoffice and fed-
eral building for Refugio has
been aproved for expenditure of
site and planning funds by the
Public Buildings Administration, it
was announced Monday by the.
office of State Senator Lyndon B.
Johnson.
The Refugio Timely Remarks
is in receipt of the following tele-
gram from Senator Johnson’s of-
fice by Walter Jenkins, assistant
to the Senator, who is in Texas
at the present time:
“Washington, D. C., November
28.
“81st Congress provided funds
for purchasing sites and planning:
needed Federal projects through-
out United States. Public Build-
ings Administration today an-
nounced first group of these pro-
jects to be approved for expendi-
I ture of site and planning funds.
| Among this group was the city of
Refugio for a postofice and fed-
eral building to be placed on a
site already owned by Federal
government. Total project to cost
$140,000 if and when construction,
actually authorized. Present au-
thorization is repeat only for
planning.”
The Washington Bureau of the
Houston Chronicle has reported
that:
Official anouncement is expect-
ed by the government agencies in.
a few days, Johnson’s office was
told.
Congress appropriated enough,
money in the last session to pay
for acquiring sites and making:
plans for one new federal building-
in each congressional district.
The Post Ofice Department and
General Services Administration
have selected 20 federal buildings
as the most critically needed in
Texas and have marked them,
down for another program of fed-
eral building.
The budget bureau has not yet
disclosed whether it will ask con-
gress next year for funds to start-
constructing federal buildings.
With the Refugio site already
owned by the federal government
and plans having been approved
a number of years ago, it is felt
that the erection of the local build-
ing will begin soon after the ap-
propriation of necessary funds.
, High School Band
Pentacostal Church |n state Contest
Conducting Revial
(Continued on Page 5)
Change Schedule
For Basketball
Coach Paul Gips Thursday an-
nounced three changes in the local
basketball schedule.
Beeville will play Refugio in
Bobcat Gym at 4 p. m. Friday
afternoon.
The Woodsboro-Refugio game of
Tuesday night, December 6, will
be played at Refugio.
The Refugio-Woodsboro game of
Tuesday, December 20, will
played at Woodsboro.
The Pentacostal Church of God
of Woodsboro is in the midst of
a two-weeks revival, which opened
on November 27 and will continue
through Sunday, November 11,
with Evangelist E. N. Gurr con-
ducting the services. Rev. E. D.
Throckmorton, pastor, announces
that services will begin at 7 p. m.
each evening.
Evangelist Gurr is known as the
“Walking Bible” and is from Nen-
nana, Alaska. Special divine heal-
ing services will be held each
Saturday night. Rev. Throckmor-
ton extends an invitation to ev-
eryone to “come and watch God
work.”
(By Bobcats’ Tales Staff)
The Refugio High School Band
will travel to Robstown Saturday,
December 3, to participate in Reg-
ion VII of the State Marching
and Twirling contests.
The Refugio Band will perform
at 3:04 o’clock Saturday after-
noon. They will be allowed seven
minutes to perform and go through
their drill on the field. All of the
twirlers will be judged in a twirl
ing contest that will last all day
Saturday.
The band has been practicing on
their drill, and the members hope
to place in the contest.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Rigby
Attend Funeral Services
Of His Brother-in-Law
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Righy spent
a sad Thanksgiving Day, as they
attended funeral services for Mr.
Rigby’s brother-in-law, Ernest At-
kins, 65, who died unexpectedly at
his home Tuesday night.
Mr. Atkins, longtime employee
of Southwestern Bell Telephone
Co., lived in Refugio about three
years around 1910. He had retired
because of his health more than a
decade ago and was living in Aus-
tin at the time of his demise.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Zoe Rigby Atkins; three
daughters, Mrs. B. C. Bradley of
Austin, Mrs. Frank Keller and Mrs.
Weyrick Parks of McAllen; a
brother, Allen Atkins of LaCoste.
Funeral services were held at
10 o’clock Thursday morning of
last week , from an Austin funeral
chapel and he was buried in that
city.
Benefit Concert
Is Friday Night
Reminder is made this week of
the concert to be held at 7:30
o’clock Friday night, December 2*
at the Presbyterian church. Artists
will include Mrs. Mabel Brandstet-
ter, Mrs. H. F. Adrian, Mrs. Sam
Chamberlain, Ann Bailey, RutK
Woods and A. E. Nelson.
The concert will be followed by
a silver tea in the annex of the
church. Proceeds will go to Oak-
wood Cemetery Association, which,
is sponsoring the event.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Sanderson
are visiting his mother, Mrs. Len-
be ora Sanderson, and other relatives
i in El Dorado, Ark.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Brooks at 6:20 p. m Saturday eve-
ning, November 26, a daughter,
Susan Elaine, weighing 8 lbs.
Mrs. Brooks is the former Miss
Ernestine Lyles.
Thanksgiving was observed in
the G. G. Youngblood home with a
family dinner. Those present be-
sides Mr. and Mrs. Youngblood
and daughter, Peggy Lou, were
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Youngblood
and children, Donald, Margaret
and Shirley of Beeville; Mr. and
Mrs. L. A. Morgan and children,
Len, Glen and Helen of Woods-
boro; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Morgan
and son, James Howard, of Re-
fugio; Loy Lynn Allen and Mrs.
Youngblood’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Morgan, of Dequeen,
Arkansas, who are here visiting
their children for several weeks.
Woman Killed
On Highway 77
Miss Kurt Oberon, 30, of No-
wata, Oklahoma, was killed at 2:45
a. m. Saturday, five miles north,
of Refugio on Highway 77. A Con-
tinental Trailways bus ran over
her.
Miss Oberon died at the Refu-
gio County Hospital an hour later
at 3:45 a. m.
Heading north in a car driven
by a man, Miss Oberon stepped
out of the car and went to the
back of the vehicle. The man was
slumped in the front seat, making
it impossible for the bus driver,
Painter, to see him. Painter, be-
lieving the woman in trouble, stop-
ped his bus after passing the car.
He then backed up, running over
Miss Oberon, who had stepped out
onto the pavement.
The body was taken to the hos-
pital by Zarsky Funeral Home.
Chief Deputy P. S. Lantermo was
investigating officer.
Miss Oberon was a member of
the Sally Rand traveling show.
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