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iPage 4—Refugio Timely Remarks, Thurs., June 25,1964
The Refugio Timely Remarks
Published Each Thursday at Refugio, Kefugio County, Texas
Entered at Refugio Post Office November 10, 1929
y Second-class postage paid at Refugio, Texas
} Consolidated with Woodsboro Weekly Times
February 1, 1937
•* Consolidated with Refugio County News
h January 1, 1919
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KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL!
Sign the "Trash Ban Treaty”
Milton Gillespie
Goes to Thailand
U. S. Army, Thailand. — Pvt.
Milton A. Gillespie, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond W. Gillespie,
Star Route, Woodsboro, was as-
signed to the 9th Logistical Com-
mand’s 738th Engineer Company
in Thailand, June 1.
Gillespie entered the Army in
November, 1963 and completed
basic training at Fort Polk, La.
The 22-year-old soldier was grad-
. uated from Woodsboro High School
in 1960.
HOT BARBEQUE
Saturday-Sunday
EDWARDS
DRIVE-IN GROCERY
217 South Alamo, Refugio
Jon D. Jecker
Awarded Ph. D.
Stanford. — Acting President
Frederick E. Term an of Stanford
University Sunday, (June 14),
awarded 3325 degrees at the 73rd
annual commencement exercises
in Laurence Frost Memorial Am-
phitheater.
Chief Justice Earl Warren of
the U. S. Supreme Court was the
featured speaker. The graduating
class was the largest in Stanford
history. Of the total, 1445 receiv-
ed bachelor of arts or science de-
grees while 1880 received advanc-
ed degrees.
Jon D. Jecker received his Doc-
tor of Philosophy in philosophy.
Jecker, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Frank Jecker of Refugio, and a
graduate of Refugio High School.
He and Mrs. Jecker, the former
Miss Mary Lou Scott of Refugio,
now make their home in Califor-
nia.
The Casualty CoUTtt by Jerry Marcus
“OKAY, WHO WAS DOING THE DRIVING.”
The Travelers Safety Service
Reckless driving caused more than 547,000 casualties
in 1963.
Press Box
Judge John Steele is believed to
exist from the close of one foot-
ball season to the opening of the
next . . . while he really lives
during the pigskin period.
This time, John comes into the
living period a bit earlier as Sat-
urday night he will have the op-
portunity of viewing the first
game of the season. Channel 3
at 8 p.m. will broadcast the All-
American football game from Buf-
falo, N.Y.
Four Southwest Conference
players are due to start for the
West in Dave Parks of Texas Tech
at end, John Mims of Rice at tack-
le, Ray Kubala of Texas A&M at
center; Don Trull of Baylor at
Quarterback.
* *
There will be two new head
coaches in the District with Re-
fugio this coming year. Head
football coaches at Taft and
Mathis have resigned.
* *
Bruce Brannon had been plan-
ning on seeing the Texas High
School All-Star game in Fort Worth
this year after witnessing the bas-
ketball and football games of 1963
of the North and South Stars of
Texas schools who had graduated
last spring.
Then came the announcement
that the date of each had been
advanced one day to Wednesday
night for basketball and Thursday
night for football.
Reason for the change has been
announced as the fact that the
College All Star-National Football
League game in Chicago will be
on Friday night of the coaching
school. Officials were fearful that
the college exes-pro game would
detract from the high school game.
#
US Navy Coach that week
stated that the Navy did have
a balanced attack in the Cot-
ton Bowl game as “the Middies
couldn’t run or pass.”
$ *
It is reported that more tickets
to the Houston Oiler football
games for this year were sold in
the first week after announcement
of Sammy Baugh as head coach
than had been sold in the two
months prior, since the opening
of ticket sales.
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Anxious as Judge Steele is for
the start of football, Press Box
is to see a baseball game in Hous-
ton’s new domed stadium.
Paid a visit to the stadium last
Thursday afternoon and then was
guest of the Houston Colt .45’s for
supper at Colt Stadium. (By the
way, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Culli-
nan agree with those who say the
food served at the concession
stands at Colt Stadium is some of
the best.) One of the ham and
cheese sandwiches on rye with a
beverage is a meal in itself.
Judge Roy Hofheiz informed
Press Box and Texas Press Asso-
ciation members that the contract
had been signed for the two mil-
lion dollar electric signboard. This
board, which had some 10,000
electric light bulbs, will flash the
picture of each Colt as the player
rounds first base after he hits a
J. Lyle Hill
Resigns at
Port Lavaca
Port Lavaca (Sp). —■ The board
of trustees of the Calhoun Inde-
pendent School District have be-
gun the task of finding a new
school superintendent, following
the resignation Thursday night of
Dr. J. Lyle Hill.
Hill, superintendent since Au-
gust, 1962, submitted his resigna-
tion at a board meeting Thursday
night.
His resignation, effective July
31, was accepted with regret, Fred
Bergeron, board president, said
Friday morning. Hill has not an-
nounced his future plans.
Before coming to the Calhoun
schools, Hill was superintendent
at McAllen from 1958 to 1962 and
was also superintendent at Re-
fugio from 1956 to 1958.
During his tenure here the school
district has been under a major
program of expansion and con-
struction. Included in the building
program under a $15 million dol-
lar bond issue were an air-condi-
tioned science building for the high
school, cafetoriums and elementary
classrooms throughout the county.
A native of Dallas, Hill was
graduated from Austin College at
Sherman and received his masters
degree from the University of Tex-
as. He did graduate work at the
University of California and the
University of North Carolina where
he received his doctor of philoso-
phy degree last year.
He served as a coach and high
school teacher at Eagle Pass from
1937-38 before moving to McAllen
as a teacher and tennis coach. He
also taught at the University of
North Carolina and the Citadel in
South Carolina. At McAllen he was
principal of the high school three
years.
In 1951 Hill became superinten-
dent of the schools in Kenedy and
served there until moving to Refu-
gio in 1956.
Hill and his wife, Polly, have a
daughter, Deborah Anne. They are
members of Grace Episcopal
Church in Port Lavaca.
home run.
Bill Giles of the “Front Office”
staff helped Press Box and the
press people realize the stadium is
tall enough. He was questioned as
we rode the bus to the stadium if
a batter would hit a ball to the
top of the dome or a punter kick-
ed the football that high. He stat-
ed that as the Shamrock-Hilton
Hotel could be placed in the stad-
ium and not reach the top of the
dome, ground rules on such cases
would be rarely used.
Indeed, Press Box is looking
forward to the first use of the
stadium — regardless of the pur-
pose. Expecting it to be for the
opening of the National League
baseball season in April of 1965,
our personal plans are to “make it
a day.” Not just leave Refugio in
time to reach the Harris County
Domed Stadium shortly before
game time, but to really look the
place over. It’ll be like George
Solka says about the World’s Fair
in New York—a pair of healthy
feet will be an asset. (By the way,
the pitch of the ramps is such that
walking either up or down is most
pleasant.) It’s just such a big
place and so much to see . . .
it’s a real thrill just to look right
now.
* *
For an evening of real enter-
tainment, see the Donkey Ball
Game here Saturday night. At
the Bowl-A-Rena field at 8 p.m.
there’ll be a show you’ll long
remember and the laughs will
be beyond the counting mark,.
Thanks, Jaycees, for bringing a
real treat to Refugio.
* Hi
Allen Reilly is doing a fine job
of managing the Refugio Rebels,
local softball team. Now he is hard
at work preparing for the District
Softball Tournament here next
month. Allen will put in many an
hour of hard work before the tour-
nament closes, and he is already
busy at various assigned tasks.
Bet he’ll be nominated for the
Flower of the Week several times
in this regard.
Marcus Edwards
Continues Active
With Song Group
Refugio.—Marcus Edwards, as
baritone, of The Cavernaires sang
with the group as they made their
first public appearance in Bowl-
ing Green, Kentucky, on Saturday,
April 18.
The Caveland Chorus, Inc., of
Bowling Green, _Ky., a chapter of
the S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., presented
“Wonderful Days Gone By” as its
charter night presentation. Ed-
wards is serving as a director of
the Caveland Chorus as well as
being a member of the group.
The quartet of which Marcus is
a member is also entered in the
district contest. He is an employee
of Detrex Chemical Co. in Bowling
Green, the firm to which he re-
turned after completing a tour of
duty with the U.S. Army after
graduation from Texas A&M Col-
lege.
Marcus, a graduate of Refugio
High School, will arrive in Re-
fugio in the near future for a va-
cation visit with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Marcus Edward of 409
E. Purisima St.
Hospital
Report
Refugio.—Patients listed in the
Refugio County Hospital Wednes-
day morning, June 24, 1964, as re-
ported by the hospital office are:
From Refugio
Mary Elia Rubio, Henry G.
Gore, Crescencio Castellano, Eli-
jah Terrell, Mrs. Ruth Kelley, Mrs.
Ruth Baker, Cecil Justice, Mrs.
Bertha Elizondo, Mrs. Lucille
Bullock, Mrs. Josephine Toups,
Carl Baumgartner, James Arden
Kelley, Jr., John E. Green, Willie
Mildred Doughty, Frances Ryals,
Mrs. Novella Thomas, Andres De
Leon, Mrs. Barbara Trojcak, Mrs.
Juanita Garcia, Mrs. Agnes Ry-
dolph, Mrs. Eloisa Vasquez, Mrs.
Anita Barber.
From Wo°dsboro
Tomas Moya, Mrs. Alma A.
Catchings, Mrs. Barbara Collier,
Mrs. Mabel Niemann, Mrs. Dora
Tyler, Mrs. Carolina D. Cisneros.
From Elsewhere
Jose Almaguer, Austwell; Ed-
die De La Garza, Vidauri Fred
Freudenthal, Beeville; Mrs. Au-
drey Baumgartner, Victoria; Wil-
liam Merle Evans, Corpus Christi;
Joe Lopez, Tivoli; Ben Williams,
Austwell; Mrs. Eva Gonzales,
Austwell; Isabel Rodriguez, Aust-
well; Mrs. Anita Cortez, Austwell.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Barber,
of Refugio, are the parents of a
boy born Wednesday, June 17,
1964.
Wales Insurance Agency
Refugio, Texas
Historical Themes
THE DANISH SPOONS
By Ronnie Walker
After thorough investigation I
have come to the conclusion that
our family is strictly modern, hav-
ing few heirlooms. After having
hunted for a long time, I came
upon an old set of spoons owned
by my great-grandfather, Peter
Kolby, and given to him for a
wedding present by his father,
Stur Kolby.
The spoons were made in Den-
mark. They are about five inches
long and made of sterling silver.
On the top of the spoons are the
initials P.K., standing for Peter
Kolby. The sugar cube tong, which
was added later, has the year
1908 on the top of it.
The first set of spoons was made
around the middle of the nine-
teenth century. The spoons were
given to my grandmother, Inger
Kolby Mortensen, around the turn
of the twentieth century when her
father died. In 1908, before em-
barking for America, my grand-
mother added to the set with a
sugar cube tong and some other
spoons.
My grandmother kept the spoons
when she left for America as a
memory of her father and of Den-
mark, her homeland. She first
went to Canada and later to Chi-
cago. A person knowing my grand-
father, Martin M. Mortensen, ask-
ed her to be his housekeeper. She
soon moved to New Mexico, where
he was at that time, and went to
work for him. They were later
married, and they moved to
Houston. After having stayed in
Houston for a short period of time,
they moved from city to city in
Texas—Amarillo, Beaumont, and
Galveston. He was in such busi-
nesses as farming; owning a
creamery and a restaurant, and
being a carpenter. Following these
trips they still had the spoons in
their possession. After having
moved back to Houston, they rear-
ed five children there. My grand-
mother is still alive at eighty-
seven.
My mother, Helen Mortensen
was married to Russell Walker,
and the spoons soon became the
Walker’s. The spoons did some
moving again, but this time in
South Texas.
Now, they have been settled for
eighteen years. The set of spoons
is still awaiting another trip to a
destiny unknown.
Impressions--
— Continued from Page One.
owner, successor to the late
J. L. Jones. Jones had been
publisher-owner for some
thirteen years, having pur-
chased the newspaper from
the father of Mrs. Dudley
Skeen. Martha’s father had
established the Refugio Time-
ly Remarks while editing and
printing The Woodsboro
News in Woodsboro.
Fate moves in a mysterious
way. In 1931, Impressions had
called at the printing plant
of Sgt. Buck in Woodsboro
seeking a job as a printer.
Another man had been em-
ployed a few hours earlier, so
we (Impressions and a com-
panion) spent the night in the
hotel across the street from
the present Hotel Warren in
Woodsboro. When we say,
“we fought mesquitoes” until
about 4 a.m. someone of the
old-timers will understand
fully. After breakfast at the
LaRosa Cafe, we traveled
back to San Antonio in our
model A sports roadster by
way of Victoria.
Hilmer Wolfshohl, our
friend, didn’t think much of
Refugio County as he scratch-
ed bites . . . but Impressions
recalls saying, “Oh, I think
I’d like living there.” Now,
after living here since July,
1943 . . . still believe “I’d
like living here.”
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF REFUGIO:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS:
That I, Audrey Baumgartner,
have revoked, and by these pres-
ents do revoke, recall and make
void, a certain power of attorney,
bearing date on the 21st day of
November, A.D. 1963, executed by
me, and appointing Carl F.
Baumgartner, Jr., my attorney, in
my name and for my use to ex-
ercise certain general powers as
therein set forth, and recorded in
V. 130, page 326 of the Deed Rec-
ords of Refugio County, Texas.
Witness my hand this the 19th
day of June, A. D. 1964.
Audrey Baumgartner,
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF VICTORIA:
BEFORE ME, the undersigned
authority, on this day personally
appeared Audrey Baumgartner,
known to me to be the person
whose name is subscribed to the
foregoing instrument, and acknowl-
edged to me that she executed
the same for the purpose and con-
sideration therein expressed.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND
AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the
19th day of June, A. D. 1964.
Phillip J. Tibiletti,
Notary Public, in and for
Victoria County, Texas.
(SEAL)
THIS DELUGE SHOULD BE STOPPED
Paper Niagara
Businessmen today are probably more concerned with a
paperwork explosion than the dropping of a bomb.
There is a very good reason for this seemingly strange
type of fear. The amount of paperwork demanded of busi-
ness and industrial companies by the federal government
has grown to such monstrous proportions that it has added
heavily, and unfairly, to the cost of their operations.
A particular case—but by no means an isolated one—was
cited by Rep. Arnold Olsen (D.-Mont.), chairman of the
House Subcommittee on Census and Government Statistics
to show how unbelievably onerous is the paper workload
imposed by governmental decree.
In a single year, Rep. Olsen said, a midwest manufac-
turing concern was compelled to handle 173 different federal
forms which involved the filing of 37,683 reports. Some had
to be submitted daily, others weekly, monthly and annually.
The workload amounted to 48,285 man hours, a very costly
procedure in view of the fact that this work was completely
non-productive as far as sales were concerned.
Two other examples are also noteworthy, A mail-order
company reported it was required to fill out and file more
than 500,000 forms and reports with assorted government-
al agencies and a savings and loan society said that its 600
member associations had to file a grand total of 5,300,000
forms in one year.
If this onslaught of compulsory governmental paper work
is allowed to go unchecked the time could come when busi-
nessmen will be so occupied with filing reports that they
won’t have time to do any business.
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Salute to Water Safety Program
Man is not naturally an amphibious animal. He has to be
taught to use the water. That he takes to it readily, once
some familiarity with it has been acquired, is evident from
the extraordinary popularity of swimming and boating. Com-
bined, they attract an estimated one hundred million Ameri-
cans a year—far more than participate in any other sport.
Unfortunately, the enthusiasm of too many outruns
their abilities. One top authority, the national director of
Water Safety: of the Amircan Red Cross, declares that “more
than forty million of these people would drown if they had
to swim fifty feet or more to save their lives.”
The Red Cross has tried to do something about this for
exactly half a century—has been teaching Americans how
to be safe in the water themselves and how to save the lives
of others.
It was on February 1, 1914, that the opening session of
the first Red Cross life saving class was held in Baltimore.
It was taught by the late “Commodore” Wilbert E. Long-
fellow, founder of Red Cross Water Safety Service, who be-
gan in this first class his long crusade to make “every
American a swimmer—every swimmer a life saver.”
Although this goal has not yet been fully attained, the
American people have come a long way since 1914, thanks
to the Red Cross and other organizations in the field. No
one can say how many drownings have been prevented by
the knowledge imparted. But it is a fact that 1,500 fewer
drownings occur annually in the 1960’s, in a doubled popu-
lation, than in the 1910’s.
The Red Cross has taught millions how to swim. The
rescuers it has trained have saved thousands of lives.
It promises not merely to continue but to expand its
Water Safety program to meet the vastly greater needs of an
ever-increasing water sports-minded public.
We salute the Red Cross on the Golden Anniversary of
its Water Safety Service with gratitude for its past achieve-
ments and with sincere approval and encouragement for its
plans for the future.
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The Meaning of Free Enterprise
FREE ENTERPRISE has nothing to do with politics, or
wealth, or business, or class. It is a way of living in which
you and I, as individuals, are important. Many little things
make up this way of life—but think what we would lose if
we ever surrender it!
FREE ENTERPRISE is the right to open a gas station,
or a grocery store, or to buy a farm—if you want to be your
own boss—or to change your job if you don’t like the man
you are working for.
FREE ENTERPRISE is the right to lock your door at
night.
FREE ENTERPRISE is the right to argue.
FREE ENTERPRISE is the right to save money if you
wish, or blow it all on a good time if that is what you want
to do.
FREE ENTERPRISE is looking on a policeman as some-
one to protect you; a judge as someone to help you.
FREE ENTERPRISE is the right to speak freely about
anything you wish, at any time you wish, to anyone you
wish to speak to.
FREE ENTERPRISE has nothing to do with how much
money you have—or don’t h&ve; nor what your job is, or is
not. *•: • ■ :|
FREE ENTERPRISE means the right to be yourself
instead of some nameless number in a horde bossed by a
few despots.
FREE ENTERPRISE is the sum of many little things
but how miserable we’d be if someone stole it from us.
—Ohio Manufacturers Association.
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