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VOLUME XXXVI—NO. 40
The News From Every Section of Refugio County
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1964
EIGHT PAGES—TEN CENTS
I
MPRESSIONS
Monday night there wffl be
a meeting of the Rotary Club
of Refugio. It will be a ladies
night, when the Rotarians en-
tertain their wives, known as
Rotary Anns. The meeting
will be in the City Club Room
and will be the final meeting
of the 1968-64 year of the
club. Therefore, it is the last
meeting at which the offi-
cers of the current year will
serve in their respective ca-
PaThus,’ Charles Ehlert will
perform the duties of presi-
dent for the final time. R9-
tarians will tell you that this
has been one of the better
years for the local club in a
number of fields of activity
community wise and club
wise.
Rotarians know, too, that
for a period of time there was
sickness in the family of the
president, with his daughter
being critically ill in a Hous-
ton hospital several weeks.
It is therefore understand-
able that members of the club
would suggest that the Flow-
er of the Week be sent to
Charles. Impressions is very
happy to add another second
to the number given the
nomination of Charles Ehlert,
President of the Rotary Club
of Refugio. The Refugio
Flower, Gift and Jewelry
Shop will send Charlie this
token of public appreciation
for his service to an organi-
zation of the community . . .
for Refugio is just a bit bet-
ter because of the job done
by Charles Ehlert.
Art Festiva
Here July 5
Refugio. — Artists from nine
South Texas counties will gather
in Refugio Sunday, July 5, to pre-
sent the King’s Park Art Festi-
val. The event, sponsored by the
Refugio County Art Guild, will be
open to the public from 1 to 7 p.m.
According to Mrs. Otto Harrison,
president of the Guild, invitations
to the exhibit have been extended
to artists in Alice, Aransas Pass,
Beeville, Bishop, Corpus Christi,
Cuero, Goliad, Kingsville, Port-
Refugio GOP
Represented
At Convention
land, Port Lavaca, Robstown,
Rockport, Sinton and Victoria.
Each artist shall be responsible
for setting up his own work, and
all sales will be transacted by
the individual artist.
While primarily a sale, the open
air exhibit will also feature
demonstrations in painting and
sketching. Mrs. Thyra Kennedy of
Corpus Christi will be present to
draw caricatures and pastel por-
traits. Mrs. Kennedy, wife of a
naval officer, is well-known for
her work at Navy Relief Festi-
vals. She will be doing two types
of drawings, a quick caricature
taking two minutes and costing
$1.00, and a more detailed pastel
portrait which takes about five
minutes and costs $2.00.
Citizen of Year
Award to Climax
C of C Banquet
Refugio.—Annual banquet of the and George Solka was named at
Refugio County Chamber of Com-
merce will be Tuesday night, June
30, in the ballroom of the City Hall
with a full attendance foreseen.
Serving of the supper will start
at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets, at $2.50 each, for the
banquet can be purchased at the
Chamber of Commerce office, or
from either Ray Gilliam or Mrs.
Judy Williamson.
Climax of the banquet will be
the naming of the “Citizen of the
Year.” This will be the third an-
nual such award by the Chamber
of Commerce. Williard King was
so honored at the 1962 banquet,
What is the Flower of the
Week?
Impressions should have
realized that the failure to
write this column for an ex-
tended period would result
in there being people not fa-
miliar with “The Flower of
the Week.” Therefore, this
explanation:
Mrs. Marjorie VanHoof of
the Refugio Flower, Gift and
Jewelry Shop sends a flower
to the person nominated
through this column. Her
firm, the Refugio Timely Re-
marks and this column work-
ed out the plan ar number of
years ago for the giving of
just a little bit of recogni-
tion and saying “thank you”
to people of the community
for things these persons do
or have done which con-
tribute to making Refugio a
good place in which to live.
Any person is welcome to
suggest (nominate) someone
to receive the Flower of the
Week. There are no hard, fast
rules. A nomination can be
made by telephone, in writ-
ing, or personal visit to the
newspaper office.
Sometimes the person or
group making a nomination
wish to remain anonymous.
This request is always hon-
ored. (Even to the person
nominated and receiving the
Flower of the Week.)
There are times when there
is a “waiting list,” as several
persons will be nominated for
various reasons. Other times
it is near copy deadline when
a nomination is made. Re-
gardless, Impressions will be
happy to receive any nomina-
tion you might wish to make
at any time. We enjoy this
feature. We know Mrs. Van-
Hoof and the people of Re-
fugio Flower Shop do, too.
Many of you have expressed
your enjoyment of having
friends and fellow towns peo-
ple given public recognition.
That’s Flower of the Week.
Wonder who’ll receive it next
week ?
Refugio. (Con.).—Refugio Coun-
ty was well represented at the
Republican State Convention last
week in Dallas where 12,000 en-
thusiastic GOP delegates and spec-
tators cheered Barry Goldwater
in his drive for the Republican
Presidential nomination.
Goldwater spoke to a capacity
crowd of 1500 at a $100 a plate
fund raising dinner in his honor
and addressed the convention the
following day. The delegates over-
whelmingly voted to give Mr.
Goldwater Texas’ 56 votes at their
party’s convention next month in
San Francisco, thus putting him
well beyond the 655 votes needed
to win the nomination.
Texans have long played a lead-
ing role in Goldwater’s candidacy
and were directly responsible for
the National Draft Goldwater
Campaign which convinced him to
run.
Representing Refugio County at
the convention were Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Mills, Dennis O’Connor,
Mr. and Mrs. Strauch Shaw, and
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Jacks.
Mr. O’Connor was named as an
alternate delegate-at-large to the
national convention and Mr. Mills
was named to the state Creden-
tials Committee.
Delegates representing the 14th
Congressional District at the na-
tional convention will be Mrs. Ann
Armstrong of Kenedy County and
Axtel Byels of Comal County. Al-
ternates are Lee McMillan and.
Owen Cox of Nueces County.
AT ROTARY —
George Solka Tells
Of Visit to New York,
Fair, Rotary Meeting
Earlier Mailing
For Next Issue
Refugio.—Next week’s issue of
The Refugio Timely Remarks will
be printed for mailing on Wed-
nesday, rather than Thursday.
Cooperating with Refugio busi-
nesses wishing to offer specials
for July 1, 2 and 3 — Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday — due to
being closed on Saturday for the
observance of the July 4th holi-
day and stressing the Youth Ro-
deo on July 3 and 4 the editor is
advancing publication time.
July issue of the Refugio Shop-
ping News—2,000 copies distribut-
ed door to door in Refugio and
Woodsboro — will feature Youth
Rodeo as it’s month theme as well
as offering special buying oppor-
tunity to the shoppers of Refugio
County. Advertising copy dead-
line is 9 a.m. Monday, June 29.
Gee, Impressions is getting
old (yes, and fat, too, Jack
Rogers). This issue completes
the twenty-first year of pub-
Holds June Meet
Bayside. — Guadalupe - Blanco
River Authority meeting will be
held Thursday, June 25, at Bay-
side with Dr. J. E. Bauer, direc-
tor, being host for a noon day
fish fry.
The directors of the River Au-
thority will recess their meeting
for the noon meal to be attended
by invited guests.
Board of Directors
Of CC Not Complete
Refugio.—Board of Directors for
the Refugio County Chamber of
Commerce to serve 1964-65 is not
lication of the'Refugio"Time-1complete as of: Wednesday accord-
ly Remarks for the writer of Ing t0 Mrs- Patsy Caraway' °f-
this column.
The first week of July,
1943, marked the initial edi-
tion published by the new
Continued on Page Four —
fice manager.
Mrs. Caraway states that names
of new directors will be announced
Friday and officers for the new
Refugio.—George Solka, delegate
to the Rotary International Con-
vention in Toronto, Canada, gave
his official report to the Rotary
Club of Refugio Monday. At the
regular noon meeting in the city
club room Solka, who has now at-
tended six of the International Con-
ventions, told of his combined trip
to the convention, to the World’s
Fair and to visit with friends in
New York he and wife, Ida, had
not seen for more than 40 years.
He answered the question of is
it really worth going to see the
New York World’s Fair by say-
ing:
“I do not hesitate to say, very
definitely: ‘Yes.’ It is a tremend-
ous thing to see, with something
for every person, every taste, ev-
ery interest. There is beauty all
around. The pavillions and their
interiors are magnificent. There is
culture: art exhibits from the most
famous museums of Europe; his-
‘Iprical exhibits from every culture
and civilization.
“There is the world of tomorrow
which can be seen today in the
pavillions devoted to science and
built by some of our largest cor-
porations. It is really marvelous
to see what research and imagi-
nation can produce. Then, there
is the world of entertainment. We
saw some beautiful shows; musi-
cals, comedy. A particularly good
show was the one we saw at the
Texas Pavillion—a very beautiful
musical variety show.
“It takes just three things to get
the most out of the Fair: 1. A
pair of healthy feet; 2. Plenty of
time, and 3. Plenty of money.
You can take Greyhound Bus Tours
and see most of the things from
the outside. But to get the benefit
of the pavillions, with everything
there is to see, you need to do
some ‘foot-work,’ and plenty of it.
“Had we known what Canada
has to offer its visitors, we would
have shortened our stay in New
York City in order to be able to
stay longer in Canada. Toronto
is a city of 2,000,000 people. It is
a modern city, but a relaxed city,
in comparison to New York. The
hospitality of the people can only
be compared to the friendliness
and hospitality one finds in Texas.
“The convention began on Sat-
urday. Headquarters were at the
Hotel York, which is one of the
largest and finest hotels I have
ever seen. Friendship Hall, as al-
ways, was beautifully decorated,
and there were committees ev-
erywhere to help you and give
you information needed.
“The opening session was out-
standing. Besides the welcoming
addresses and introductions, there
was an impressive presentation of
flags of the 125 countries and geo-
graphical areas in which Rotary
has clubs, and the singing of the
National Anthem of Canada, the
host country. Climaxing the eve-
ning was the presentation of a
very beautiful musical revue de-
scribing Canada and Canadians,
called “West by North.”
“The plenary sessions were held
each day, and they were well at-
tended with 14,000 Rotarians regis-
tered as delegates. The first
the 1963 banquet
Solka, currently serving as pres-
ident of the Chamber of Com-
merce, states that there will be
special entertainment at the ban-
quet.
C. C. Bradshaw of McAllen will
be the principal speaker. Brad-
shaw is district manager for
Southwestern Bell Telephone Com-
pany’s Rio Grande Valley district.
He has been outstanding in youth
work and is an excellent speaker.
City Passes
3 Ordinances
Refugio. — Three ordinances | speed of vehicles in areas of pub-
have been passed by the Refugio lie parks, playgrounds and park-
City Council dealing with traffic ways.
and firearms matters and are now The third ordinance deals with
effective. [the discharge of firearms or ex-
able Lester B. Pearson Prime
Minister of Canada.
“Carlos P. Romula, who for the
past two years has been Presi-
dent of the University of the
Philippines, Manilla, made a ma-
jor address.
“Clubs from all over the world
were split into seven groups for
the International Fellowship Ban-
quet, each group having its own
separate banquet. The group
which Texas was a part included
all delegates from Africa, Arizona,
Kansas, Nebraska, North and
South Dakota and Oklahoma. The
delegation from Texas was the
largest and there were over 500
people at this dinner.
He closed with, “It is a privilege
and an honor to belong to an or-
ganization such as Rotary Inter-
national where friendship and fel-
lowship go so far and deep. In
times such as these when the
world possesses such destructive
means that what took centuries to
build could be destroyed in min-
utes, it is more important than
ever to maintain and preach Ro-
tary ideals and ethics. We as Ro-
tarians must practice these ideals
and ethics. As citizens of the busi-
ness community we must set the
example by taking an active in-
terest in every phase of commun-
ity life; by creating and carry-
ing through needed community
projects we can carry out our
part in the Rotary program.”
Allen Reilly and Tommy Wilkin-
son were guests at Monday’s
meeting.
Masons Elect
Clyde Boone
Refugio.—Clyde Boone was nam-
ed Worshipful Master of Refugio
Lodge No. 190 AF&AM at annual
election on Monday, June 22.
Elected to serve with Boone
were J. J. Alexander, senior war-
den; C. J. Thurman, junior war-
der; E. G. Sparks, treasurer;
Homer T. Williams, secretary;
Rev. R. Bruce Brannon, chaplain;
Joe Watts, senior deacon; Lloyd
Spradley, junior deacon; Z. T. Jor-
dan, tiler; Joe Long, senior stew-
ard; and Rayford Pike, junior
steward.
Public installation will be held
Saturday, July 18, at 8 p.m. in
the AF&AM home in Woodsboro.
There will be a covered dish sup-
per at 6 p.m. Masons and friends
are invited to “bring your dish
and your appetite to enjoy two
hours of good Masonic hospitality.
One ordinance eliminates the
parking of vehicles on Alamo
Street (Highway 77) between Com-
mons Street and Ward Street. This
is a one-block area, the 100 block
of South Alamo Street.
Another ordinance governs the
Flags Offered
By newspaper
Refugio. — The United States
and T xas flags are beirig offered
by this newspaper at a price of
$3.10.
This price is for the complete
kit containing a 3x5 U.S. Flag of
quality, color-fast cotton with dou-
ble stitched stripes; 6 foot two-
piece brass jointed staff, metal
socket, top decoration, halyard,
flag etiquette and history folder,
self storage kit, rigging instruc-
tions plus quality 12”xl8” Texas
Flag.
The flag may he obtained by
visiting the office of The Timely
Remarks or by mail. The $3.10
price includes postage of each kit
mailed within Texas. For out of
Texas orders, the price is $3.60 per.
kit.
liner Chappell
Contract Awarded
For High School
Building Changes
Refugio.—A contract for re-
modeling the high school library
room into classrooms was award-
ed to George Strauch Lumber &
Hardware Company by the Re-
fugio School Board.
The successful bidder offered a
figure of $4,089.14 as one of three
offering figures on the project to
be completed during the summer
months.
At the regular meeting of the
board held Tuesday, June 16, the
resignations of three teachers
were accepted. Miss Patsy Ed-
wards, Miss Arlene Bruchmiller
and Miss Alice Copeland, reelect-
ed to the local system, will not
be in the local system this com-
ing term.
Bats are not “blind as bats.”
As far as naturalists can tell, they
have fair day-time vision.
Refugio.—The Ex-Students Asso-
ciation of Refugio held its regular
meeting Tuesday, June 23, at the
VFW Hall. Elaine Slaughter, pres-
ident, called the meeting to or-
der.
Officers installed for the fol-
lowing year were Elmer Chappell,
president; Lois Wilkinson, first
vice-president; Mary Frances
Jaso, second vice-president; Ber-
tie Roberts, secretary; Sally Guer-
ro, corresponding secretary and
La Juana Rogers, treasurer.
Committee chairmen appointed
along with assistant chairmen
were Publicity Chairman, Jerry
Sportsman, assistant Norma
Sportsman; Refreshment Chair-
man, Gladys Claybrook, assistant
Bobbie Jean Waggoner; Member-
ship Chairman, Margie Jones, as-
sistant, Marion Craft; Social
Chairman, Lady Green, assistant,
Freddie Spradley; Homecoming
Chairman, Gale Brundrett; Chair-
man of Chartered Members,
Elaine Slaughter and Reporter of
Association, Elaine Slaughter.
Refreshments were served by
officers of the club.
Refugio Prepares
or Youth Rodeo
year are to be elected at a called | plenary session on Monday closed
meeting of the board. ‘with an address by Right Honor-
Refugio. — Preparations fo the
first Refugio County Youth Rodeo
are rapidly nearing completion and
next Friday and Saturday, July 3
and 4, should become historic
dates for Refugio.
Two performances of the rodeo
will be held—one a 8 p.m. on Fri-
day, July 3, the second at 2 p.m.
on Saturday, July 4. The rodeo
will be staged at the Refugio
County Fair Grounds.
Judge Joe Kelley will deliver
a patriotic address at the Refugio
Fair Gx’ounds on July 4 as a spe-
cial program will precede the ro-
deo.
Saddle and other awards are
displayed in the lobby of the First!
National Bank of Refugio. \
Nine events are slated for the
rodeo. These are tiedown, roping,
ribbon roping, girls’ break-a-
way roping, girls barrel race for
those 12 years and over, pole
neding for those 11 years and
under; team goat sacking, girls
goat tying; boys bull riding and
cutting horse contest.
The awards list include a regis-
ter quarter horse colt from the
O’Brien Ranch to be presented
the Best All-Round Performer;
silver trophy buckle for first place
in second event; a rosette for sec-
ond place and a ribbon for third
place in each event.
Refugio. — S. E. Duliu of
the Refugio County Chamber
of Commerce this week issued
the following appeal:
“An appeal is being issued
for lodging for visitors to the
Youth Rodeo to be held the
week end of Friday, July 3,
and Saturday, July 4.
“Anyone having rooms to
rent to the rodeo visitors is
urgently requested to call the
Chamber of Commerce office
and list the accommodations
with the secretary.”
Rotary Club
installation
Set June 29
Refugio.—Installation of Rotary
Club of Refugio officers to serve
1964-65 will be Monday, June 29,
at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Club
Room.
A barbecue supper will be cater-
ed by Underwood’s of Corpus
Christi for the Rotarians, their
wives and guests.
President Charles Ehlert will
preside at the meeting. Incoming
president the Rev. Lee S. Block
will be program chairman for the
meeting.
Over 90 Degrees
For Past Week
Refugio.—A high of over 90 de-
grees has been recorded for the
past week by U. S. Weather Ob-
server T. G. Jeter. The lowest
the mercury dipped was 75 on
Monday, June 22.
Only .03 of an inch of rain was
recorded the past seven days.
Official readings by Jeter were:
plosives in public parks, play-
grounds and parkway areas.
The three ordinances, as legal
notices, read:
AN ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
PARKING OF VEHICLES ON
ALAMO STREET BETWEEN
THE INTERSECTIONS OF COM-
MONS STREET AND WARD
STREET; PROVIDING FOR THE!
ERECTION OF NO PARKING
SIGNS; REPEALING ALL ORDI-
NANCES IN CONFLICT HERE-
WITH ; PROVIDING FOR A PEN-
ALTY FOR VIOLATION HERE-
OF; AND DECLARING AM
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF REFUGIO, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to stop, stand
or park a vehicle of any kind,
including, but not limited to, au-
tomobiles, pickup trucks, trucks,
tractors, motorcycles, trailers,,
wagons, or any other type ve-
hicle upon Alamo Street between
the intersections of the South
boundary line of Commons Street
and the North boundary line of
Ward Street, except when neces-
sary to avoid conflict with other
traffic, or in compliance with the
law or the directors of a police
officer or traffic control device.
SECTION 2. The City Street De-
partment is hereby directed to
erect no parking zones within the
right-of-way area of Alamo Street
between the South boundary line
of Commons Street and the North
boundary line of Ward Street at
convenient and safe locations.
SECTION 3. AU Ordinances, or
parts of Ordinances, which may,
be in conflict with this Ordinance
are hereby repealed. : «
SECTION 4. Any person violat-
ing the provisions of this Ordi-
nance shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion thereof shall be fined in any
sum not to exceed $200.00.
The fact that traffic hazards
exist within the area covered by
this Ordinance creates an emer-
gency requiring the suspension of
the rule that Ordinances be read
on three separate days, the rule
is therefore hereby suspended,,
and this Ordinance shall take ef-
fect from and after its publiea«*
tion one time in the official pub*
lication of the City of Refugio^
Texas, as provided by law, and
it is so enacted.
PASSED AND APPROVED this
23rd day of June, A.D., 1964. j
Approved: j
Archie E. Barber, . j
Mayor. jC ]
ATTEST: .■#&, f
Lillian Linney, ;
City Secretary
AN ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING
THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS
OR EXPLOSIVES IN THE PUB-
LIC PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS
AND PARKWAYS; PROVIDING
FOR PENALTIES IN VIOLATION
HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR
AUTHORIZED USE OF FIRE-
WORKS WITHIN PUBLIC PARKS;1
AND DECLARING AN EMER-
GENCY IN ITS ENACTMENT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY)
OF REFUGIO, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to shoot or
discharge any gun, pistol, rifle, or
firearm of any kind, or to shoof
or discharge any air rifle or air.
pistol of any description by means
of compressed air, compressed
gas, springs, or any other means
capable of discharging shots, pel-
lets, or any solid object, or to
Continued on page five—
Rain
High
Low
Wed., June 17
.03
91
78
Thurs., June 18
92
78
Fri., June 19
91
77
Sat., June 20
93
78
Sun., June 21
95
78
Mon., June 22
95
75
Tues., June 23
96
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John Barber's i
Parents of Son [
Refugio. — Mr. and Mrs. Johd
Barber announce the birth of A
son, John Francis, bom June IT
in Refugio County Hospital. He
weighed 8 lbs., 14 ozs.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Fred J. Kana of Baytown, and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barber of
Refugio.
Great-grandmother^ are Mrs.
Mary Kloesel of Baytown, Mrs.
Henry Kana of Weiipar and Mrs.
Bessie Barber of Blanconia.
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