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The News from Every Section of Refugio County
VOL. XX—NO. 29
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1948
Eight Pages
OFFICERS
INSTALLED
BY P.-T.A. i
Mrs. W. L. Johnson was installed ■
as next year’s president of Refugio j
Parent-Teacher Association in the ;
meeting held Wednesday afternoon'
in the high school study hall. Other |
new officers are Mrs. C. C. Banta, j
1st vice president; Mrs. F. C. Hor- |
ton, 2nd vice president; Mrs. E. F. j
Atkinson, 3rd vice president; Mrs.'
Kenneth Oliver, secretary; Mrs. J. i
B. Wilson, treasurer; Mrs. A. L.
Pate, parliamentarian.
Installing officer was Mrs. J. W,
Hooks, recently named vice-presi-
dent of P.-T. A. Tenth District.
Mrs. A. L. Pate presided over
business session, hearing reports j
from committee heads. Mrs. Chad j
E. Shock read the invocation. Mu- j
sical portion of the program was
furnished by the high school girls’;
choral club, directed by Julius Vas- {
sallo, which sang three numbers. j
Hostesses for social hour were
Mrs. R. F. Michna, Mrs. Louis Lan-;
drum, Mrs. E. H. Bailey, Mrs. J. O.
O’Donnell and Mrs. J. B. Wilson. |
The lace-laid teatable held a center-
piece of vihite gardenias and white
tapers, with pink napkins for color !
.accent. Mrs. Pate served individual
white-iced cakes embossed with
pink flowers, and Mrs. Johnson pre-
sided at the coffee service. There
were about 45 present.
MRS. W. L. JOHNSON
President
MRS. C. C. BANTA
First Vice-President
MRS. F. C. HORTON
Second Vice-President
REA-GREGORCYK
RITES MAY 12
A double-ring ceremony at Our
Lady of Refuge Church Wednesday
morning united in marriage Miss
Margie Rea, daughter of Mrs. W. L.
Rea, and Arthur J. Gregorcyk, son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Gregorcyk of Myersville.
The Very Rev. Fr. William H.
Oberste read the nuptial mass be-
fore an altar decorated with white
stocks and gladioli and white ta-
pers. Family pews were tied with
satin ribbons and the same flowers.
MRS. E. F. ATKINSON
( Third Vice-President
1P. WOOD WEDS
" P. WILLIAMSON
The marriage of Miss P'atsy Ruth j
T^ood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Wood, to Paul H. William-
son, son of J. F. Williamson of Tex-
arkana, was solemnized at 10:30
o’clock Saturday morning.
The Rev. C. R. Brewster read the
ceremony in the First Methodist
Church. Floor baskets at either side
of the communion rail held pink
carnations and white stocks, and
another vase was filled with the
same blossoms combined with pink
peonies. i
Before the ceremony, Richard i
Alexander sang, accompanied at the |
organ by Mrs. Sam Chamberlain,'
who also played the wedding music, [
Miss Wood wore an aqua, street-!
length dress of Fifth Avenue crepe, j
||| fashioned with a ruffle at the round j
neckline which extended across one
shoulder. Another ruffle of self-1
material girdled the waistline. Cap |
CHRYSTAL DEAN
Queen of Mardi Gras
ROTARY ANNS,
GUESTS ENJOY
‘COUSIN’S’ VISIT
QUEEN DEAN
RULES OVER
MARDIGRAS
Miss Chrystal Dean, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dean, was?
crowned queen of an international
Mardi Gras court at 8 o’clock Wed-
nesday evening in the high school
gymnasium. Donald Ferguson ruled
as king and placed the crown on
her head.
Miss Dean was robed in ivory
brocaded satin, the pointed basque
j fashioned with draped, off-shoulder
neckline, and side fullness in the
hooped skirt. An eggshell-tinted
satin train, studded with colored
stones and ending in silver sequins,
flowed from an Elizabethan collar.
jThe crown was of silver studded
with variegated stones, while lace
[gloves trimmed with silver sequins
[and a silver sceptre completed the
[costume.
Attendants were her niece, Carole
Rotary Ann night of the Rotary
sleeves and a draped, frilled skirt j 01Ub of Refugio at which time! Ann Lee of Harlingen, flower girl,
were other notes of the frock. With jmembers of both the Rockport and .in a satin robe similar to the
MRS. KENNETH OLIVER
Secretary
MRS. J. B. WILSON
Treasurer
TOWN OF REFUGIO
Office of
The Mayor.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Post Office Department in Washington
is setting aside the week of May 15-24, lb48, as a period of
observance of the 30th Anniversary of the United States Air
Mail Service, and,
WHEREAS, the growth and development of air transport
and the aviation industry has and will continue to be fostered
The bride was given in marriage | and sponsored by the Post Office Department through its Air
by her uncle, D. M. Kelley. She
wore white waffle pique in the new
ankle length, fashioned into a red-
fngote with Irish lace around the
standing rolled collar and on the
cuffs of the three-quarter length
MRS. A. L. PATE
Parliamentarian
Mail Service, and,
WHEREAS, the development of an air communications
system unequalled in the world has played an important role
in the economic and cultural advancement of our people and
our nation, and,
WHEREAS, I believe the citizens of Refugio are vitally
sleeves. Under it was an organdy j interested in the continued development and growth of avia
petticoat, extending below the hem j tion as it benefits the people, the nation, the postal service.,
and tiered to peek out the front. [ and our relations with the peoples and nations of the wordl.
Her veil of illusion flowed, from a NOW, THEREFORE, I, L. R. Jeter, Mayor of the City of
tiara of orange blossoms to her fin- j Refugio, Texas, do hereby designate the week of May 15-21 as
gertips, and she carried an old-1 a period of observe the 30th Anniversary of the United States
fashioned bouquet of stephanotis j Air Mail Service, and do call upon our people to take cogni-
around a white orchid. zance of this week by taking part in events and activities
Matron-of-honor was her sister, J commemortaing this historic event, and by patronizing the
Mrs. Jabk Conroy of Tulsa1, Okla., [ Air Mail Service.
whose gown was of white eyelet j Done at the City of Refugio, Texas, this 13th day of May,
embroidered organdy over pink. The jn the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-1 i vrij Af TTV'miPlv
fitted bodice had a square neck and; eight and in the one hundred and seventy-third year of our, A iN nil IIJ rP rJ I
three-quarter sleeves, over a bouf- j American independence.
fant skirt. She wore long pink j L. R. JETER
gloves, a crownless halo hat of pink ( Mayor
with mauvb flowers, and carried a j (Seal)
nosegay of pink roses "
it she wore long white gloves, an
off-face white hat with toast trim,
which matched her suede shoes. Her
corsage was an orchid with deep
purple throat.
Only attendants were Mrs. J. C.
Henderson and the bridegroom’s
brother, William R. Williamson.
Mrs. Henderson was attired in gray
crepe, an off-face gray hat, gray
and white accessories. Her corsage
was of white gladioli.
Mr. and Mrs. Henderson enter-
tained the couple with an informal
reception at their home.
The refreshment table was cen-
tered with pink and white carna-
Jtions and held the wedding cake.
This confection was square, three
white-iced tiers embossed in pink,
blue and green floral designs, and
topped by bridal figurines. Serving
were Mrs. W. R. Williamson and
Miss Catherine Johnson.
Guests included Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Wood, Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Williamson and son, Ronnie, of Tex-
arkana, Mrs. Jack Ladewig of Cor-
pus Christi, Miss Florence Ellis of
Smiley, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Good-
man, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tarr, Mr.
and Mrs. F. C. Horton and daugh-
ter, Rhetha Ann, Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Harkins, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Wes-
Tivoli-Austwell Clubs were guests;queen’s; H. B. Harrison, Jr., crown-
of the local group proved to he one bearer; Michael Gregg, sceptre-
of the most enjoyable entertain-[bearer; Deanna Gilliam, Pamela
ment evenings in the club’s history; Heard, Janice Jo Weiss and Lynette
Monday: night as Sam White’s; Wilson, trainbearers.. All wx>re
“Cousin” came to the meeting look- j white.
ing for Sam. j Princess was Miss Bettye Gray,
Mrs. Carter DuBose of the Uni-[daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gray,
versify of Houston at Houston was [who represented England’s Court of
this special entertainment guest. [ St. James. Her gown was of pink
She strolled into the meeting place j brocaded satin, styled with long
during the course of the meeting [fitted sleeves trimmed with se-
and interrupted proceedings as she
searched for her cousin. Clad in per-
fect “hickish” costume, she—be-
tween scratches — discussed her
family and members of the club to
the amusement of all present.
An outstanding musical enter-
quins. Sequins also embossed the
yoke and the lowcut boat-shaped
neckline. Another shower of se-
quins appeared on the full, hooped
skirt, and her tiara was of pink
flowers. Allen Reilly was her es-
cort, and flower girls were Caroline
tainment program was presented by Sholar and Judy Penson.
Rotarian Bill McGrath of Rock-
port, who presented his high school
dance orchestra, a male quartette,
sc piano duet, and a vocalist.
59 GRADUATES
Duke and duchesses were Miss
Lois Williams and Lowell Jeffers,
with Nancy Nelson, who represent-
ed Switzerland; Miss Jean Reynolds
and Jack Sportsman, with Jai^
Thomas, France; Miss Bettjr fa*
Shurley and Randall Erekson, with
Joan Morris, Holland; Miss Joyce
Linney and John R. Price, with
JN EIGHTH GHAUE janje jackS) Turkey; Miss Barbara
Eighth grade of Refugio public Whitehead and Richard Alexander,
schools will this year graduate its with Susan Rainey, Ireland; Miss
largest class in Refugio school his- [ Mary Louise Reed and Laine Fa-
itory, according to Mrs. Teeny D. gan, with Nita Wales, Russia; Miss
-cn Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. j Adkins, grade school principal. Gloria Chamberlain and Wayne
vVilkamson, Mrs. J. S. Green, Mrs. j There are 59 members, 21 boys and.Wilpitz, with Patsy Ann Renfrov
J. G. Hodges, Mrs. A. M. Kelley,;gg girls. [Scotland; Miss Ginger Moon and
Mrs. Gertrude Vance and son, Wil-1 There aTe several entertainments ; Wayne Goforth, with Alice Warren,
liam, Mrs. C. H. Stokely, Jr., Mr^. | p]anne(j for the class, and one al-!Italy; Miss Gladys Johnson and Ai-
A V. Bailey, Mrs. Fred Johnson, j reacjy behind them. Last Friday the fred Duckett, with Sheryn Sprad-
Miss Frances Duelberg, Miss Wan- was given a banquet and dance ley, Sweden; Miss Grace Borglund
da Linney, Miss Catherine Johnson, |-n ^jie sch00i cafeteria and gym-
I Keith Green, Richard Alexandei ; nasium; this Friday Homemaking
and Robert Hobbs, with Eleanor
Woods, China; Miss Dorothy Pitzer
STORY HOUR
FOR LIBRARY
and W. W. Harkins, Sr. I Department girls are honoring the | and Harold Humes, with Roseann
Both the bride and groom are girls of the class with a petticoat [ Kinard, Spain; Miss Joella Wag-
supper; room-mothers are planning
a dance for the group Saturday
evening; and Wednesday of next
week graduates and their sponsors,
Mrs. Susie Faye Kallina and Miss
Best man
was Lawrence D. Martin, Jr.
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C-C BALLOTS
ON DIRECTORS
CONFERENCE FOR C. T. CRAFT
ence. Some 350
ing the Supei’anuates, will gather
as well as many lay members, to
conduct the business of the confer-
ence and all ministers will receive
their appointments for another
year.
These preachers will come from
as far south as Brownsville on the
METHODISTS IN
SAN ANTONIO
Balloting, by mail, is taking place .^he Southwest Texas Conference
this week on the election of a Board jw.lU ,m Sa" Anton>°’ Tf
of Directors to serve the Refugio if,8- 9:00 a-”• 1
Chamber of Commerce for the 1948- 'tlle 90th Annual Sesson of Confer
49 fiscal year with nine directors
to be elected and 23 names listed on
the ballots.
The nominating committee
recommended for consideration of
the members:
Miss Emma Huddleston, Vincent
Elmo Heard, Louis Germer, Byron
Wilson, J. E. Bauer, K. D. Hall,
Homer Williams, Sam White, E. G.
Sparks, Virgil McCallen,
Carl Baumgartner, Marvin Null,
Jr., Geo. Solka, Vicente Govella,
Carter Snooks, Strauch Shaw, E.
A. Wales, Jas. E. Jacks, Jack B.
Rogers, Geo. Sportsman, Jack Finn,
Lyndon Rainey and Roger Shurley.
Each member of the Chamber of
Commerce has been mailed a list
of nominees with instructions to
vote for a total of nine persons.
Write-ins may be made, according
to a letter from Manager Archie
Barber, so long as no ballot con-
tains more than nine names.
Ballots are to be returned to the
manager mot later than May 18.
j graduates of Refugio High School.
| She was May queen her senior year
'and is also a graduate of Durham’s
[Business College, San Antonio. Mr.
[Williamson spent five years in the
army air corps. After a wedding I Viva Mae Thomas, will picnic at
Story hour for children at the trip to Monterrey, they will make j Goliad and visit the mission.
Refugio Public Library will start their home in Aransas Pass, where Clagg 0ffjcers are Virginia Reid,
on Friday, June 4, and be held each he is employed by the Humble Com- president; Merle Waters, secretary-
Friday afternoon thereafter pany. treasurer; Bettye Joyce Wilkinson,
through September 3, it was an- 1 -o-—
nounced this week by Mrs. Thelma nfimim TTTIY17'
HT.rd-, b „ b h M „ jLlll JURY
The story hour will be held be- 1
tween the hours of 4:30 and 5:00 EH
goner and Charles Merka,
(Continued on Page 5)
with
DIES MERE
Cheedie James Craft, 52, passed
d&y and Friday of each week- Thislto appear in District Court on Mon- of Methodist « wiH be tke[ing.
p. m.
Library days at present on Mon-[ List of Petit Jurors summoned
vice-president.
Graduation exercises for eighth
graders will be held at 8 o’clock
Friday evening, May 21, in the high
school auditorium.
The Rev. C- R. Brewster, pastor
BETTY SHURLEY
IN TOURNAMENT
Betty Jean Shurley appeared
Thursday in the annual National
Piano Playing Tournament being-
held in the educational building of
the First Methodist Church, Corpus
Christi. Miss Shurley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Shurley, has
appeared in one of the tournaments
in the past and received high rat-
day morning in Refugio County bQ
Hospital. He had been stricken with
a heart attack at his home about
9:30 Wednesday night and
changed to Tuesdays and day, May 17, 1948, at 9:00 o’clock,
Fridays of each week effective with a. m.
Tuesday, June 1.
Isabel Hutcheson of Dallas is ad-
to save him were unavailing.
Mr. Craft was born January 24,
1896, in Humble and grew up in
that community. About fourteen
years ago he and his family came
to Refugio and have lived here
since that time, with the exception
of a six-year interval in Cotulla.
Club as a civic project.
REV. R0L0FF
SPEAKS HERE
Dedear, Jr., C. A. P'itzer, L. W. Bor- j American Legion riost commander,
den, J. A. Hilburn, Vennis Watkins, [wm pregent thg legion awards, and
|R. E. Uaeber, Raymond Levein, |j^rg> Adkins, principal, will present
Willie D. Edwaids, Frank Leney, diplomas. There will be choral nutn
Rio Grande, on to the coast and j They moved back to Refugio in
east to the Colorado River and out February, 1946. On September 11,,feature speaker in Refugio Satur-
Henry Geistmann, R. J. Kloesel,
H. G. Box, J. T. Cash, Fred W.
Jackson, L. A. McCormack, J. W.
Rev. Roloff of the Second Baptist Johnson, Jr., W. F. Abney, Edward
Church, Corpus Christi, will be the j Boehm, S. R. Coleman, W. A. Hor
bers by the class choral group, and
Mrs. W. G. Brandstetter will play
processional and recessional.
as far as San Angelo and Big Lake.
In addition to this and at same
time will be held the older boys con-
ference to which one high school
boy from each church is invited.
These hoys will have their own pro-
gram part of time and at other
times he in the conference session.
Outstanding speakers will bring
special messages at 11:30 and 7:30
daily, to which the public is cor-
dially invited. The conference will
adjourn at noon on Friday, May 21.
Mrs. A. M. Kelley and Mrs. Paul
Prater were San Antonio visitors
Monday and Tuesday.
will be found in
nouncements.
the Church An-
1915, in Humble he married Miss | day night of the Baptist church
Dovie Sholar of Teneha-, who sur- j youth meeting,
vives him. A World War I vet- The public is invited to be pres-
eran, he was production superin-
tendent for Quintana Petroleum
Corporation.. Survivors, besides his
widow, are his son, C. James Craft,
Jr., student at Baylor University;
his mother, Mrs. L. B. Pritchett
of Humble; a brother, Grady Craft
of Houston, and a half-brother, O.
D. Wilson of Humble.
Funeral services will be held at
10:30 o’clock Saturday morning
from the Humble Baptist Church,
and interment will be in Resthaven
Cemetery near Humble.
ner, Gus Kneip, Douglas Whitlow,
Engagement
Announced
Mr. and Mrs. G. Stirnemann an-
nounce the engagement and ap-
proaching marriage of their daugh-
ter, Elsie, to Russell C. Tapp, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. Tapp of Lolita,
Texas.
principal speaker. The Rev. J.-R.
Woods, pastor of Presbyterian ( .
, Church, will give the invocation,! judicator for the tourney which is
Johnny Adams, P. D. Myers, J.;and Supei.intendent A. R. Pointer, being held over a four-day period.
”----- TrT ^ Pupils of South Texas teachers
who are members of the National
Guild of Piano Teachers were per-
forming. About 70 pupils, repre-
senting eight teachers, are expect-
ed to participate.
Miss Hutcheson’s musical train-
ing includes early study in Dallas,
Chicago and New York. She for-
merly served as president of the
Dallas Music Teachers Association.
Leaving Dallas in 1919, -she went
to New York for five years of fur-
ther study with Madame Stepanoff,
which was followed by nine years
of study in Paris, Vienna, Berlin,
and Switzerland, under such teach-
ers as Margarite Long, Mile. An-
drassy, Briethaupt, and Backhaus.
Miss Shurley will play over radio
station KEYS Sunday morning be-
tween the hours of 10:30 and 11 a.
m. it was announced this week fol-
lowing her performance in. the
tournament. She will participate in
the radio broadcast as one of the
outstanding pupils of the National
Tourney.
Ervin Korff, A. B. Carter, Wa'de
Adams, L. B. Treybig,
N. B. Kelso, E. D. Coward, A. C. I
ent and hear Rev. Roloff. Further [ Cobb, Warren C. Hemperley, J. D. j Parking
announcement about his appearance j Baugh, Thos. Collier, Pat Burke, | areas are
STREET PARKING
LANES PAINTED
lanes
being
and no-parking
painted on the
Roy N. Gilbert, W. W. Hardy, Glen! downtown streets of Refugio this
W. Foster, W. L. Childress, R. J. I week by a crew of city employees
Findley, Clifton G. Anderson, C. D. [under the supervision of Mayor L.
Williamson, Amos Doughty,
J. L. Youngblood, Kenneth Clay-
brook, Odell McBride, C. G. Cuth-
bertson, Frank Floyd Talman, T.
P. Bundren, T. G. Jackson, Jerry
Wotipka, George Chamrad, W. H.
Gillespie, W. O. Ficklin, Ted Gray,
Louis P. Landrum, Jack Stephen-
son, Wm. R. Hounsell.
R. Jeter.
The parking lanes are being
marked with yellow paint as are
the pedestrian cross paths at street
intersections.
Red paint is used to mark the
no parking areas at corners, drive-
ways, and fire plugs, as well as
truck loading areas.
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