Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1962 Page: 1 of 12
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J. C. Heard Leads
Cancer County Unit
Refugio. — J. C. Heard was
elected president of the Refugio
County of the American Cancer So-
ciety when the annual meeting was
held Thursday night in the city
hall.
Also elected to office were J. R.
Walker, first vice - president; W.
C. Angerstem, second vice - presi-
dent; L. E. Weber, treasurer, and
Edith Buckley, secretary.
A report on the progress of the
Cancer Crusade showed returns to
be incomplete. House - to house
canvassers had visited 758 homes
in Refugio, accepting donations
and leaving educational literature.
Woodsboro collections were in ex-
cess of $400, while no report had
come in from Austwell. The Bowl
Down Cancer competition raised
$100.50, with 201 bowlers partici-
pating. Cancer golf tournament
netted $47.87.
Dr. G. Schuster was speaker for
the evening ana reported on pro-
gress made in cancer research.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Walker
April Births
24 in County
Refugio. — Twenty - four births
were recorded in Refugio County
during April, with 14 of the num-
ber being girls and 10 boys.
Birth certificates were issued to:
Patricia Ann Ortiz, April 1, 1962.
Patricia Lynn Gray, April 2,
1962.
) Michael Wayne Herron, April 5,
1962.
Debbie Gayle Kay, April 7, 1962,
Susanne Adele Nelson, April 8,
1962.
Lionell Oscar Garza, April 9,
J 3962.
Anthony Ray Resendez, April 9,
1962.
Alvin Sebastian Garza, April 13,
1962.
Paul Gavin Armbruster, April
14, 1962.
Anthony Paul Jaramillo, April
15, 1962.
Robert Renee Ochoa, April 15,
1962.
Alicia Estella Vega, April 15,
1962.
Norma Maria Camacho, April
15, 1962.
Eileen Mary Yanez, April 16,
1962.
Michael Steven Rocha, April 18,
1962.
Irene Marie Capistran, April 18,
1962.
Abel Lee Puebla, April 20, 1962.
Stephanie Marie Orosco, April
20, 1962.
Victoria Lynn Pool, April 22,
1962.
Deborrah Faye Lowe, April 26,
1962.
Gina Kay Pankratz, April 29,
3962.
Rhoda Jane Smith, April 29,
1962.
Mary Louise Cantu, April 29,
1962.
James Jeffery Shelve, April 29,
3962.
Nine deaths occurred, with cer-
tificates issued for:
Louise Elliott, April 6, 1962.
Librada Gonzales, April 5, 1962.
Patrick Clay Murphy, April 12,
1962.
Samuel Harrison Friday, April
31, 1962.
Irma E. McDaniel, April 12,
1962.
Dock Lawrence Durham, April
14, 1962.
John C. Johnson, April 22, 1962.
Romona M. Muguerza, April
29, 1962.
Maxcismino Fuentes, March 25,
1962.
Bids Are Coiled
For Construction
Of Fire Station
Refugio. —< The city this week
is advertising for bids for the con-
struction of a fire station build-
ing to be located on Sub-Division
No. 3, fronting on Alamo Street.
Plans and specifications are in
the office of the city secretary,
and bids must be filed with the
secretary on or before 10 a.m.
Tuesday, June 12, 1962.
The city council last March
agreed to erect the building at a
cost then estimated at $15,000 to
$17,000.
were named delegates to the state
convention, with Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Johnson as alternates. Dele-
gates to the district convention
will be Mr. and Mrs. Heard, Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Weber and Mrs.
M. J. Henkhaus.
Alternates to the district meet
are George Solka, Mrs. J. B. Gill,
Mrs. W. W. Harkins, Jr., Mrs. F.
B. Rooke, III and Mrs. Edgar Nay-
lor.
The next meeting of the county
unit will be held September 6.
Special Program
Planned for 3rd
Grade Assembly
Refugio. — Third grade students
and teachers have prepared an as-
sembly program, for the students
of the elementary school and any
parents who wish to attend. It will
be presented on May 24, 1962, at
3 00 p.m,. in the elementary audi-
torium. A puppet show starts the
program.
The cast of the puppett show
will be made up of hand puppets
which the children have made
themselves, along with the follow-
ing names, which they also made
up; “Herman, the College Worm”,
Sarah Smith; “Gigi” a cool cat,
made by Barbara Scott and play-
ed by Vicki Waggoner; “Jazzbo,
the UN-educated Worm,, made by
Linda Baucom;; “Propeller Pete”,
the Blue Jay, made by Martha
Bissett and played by Rachel Eng-
lish; and “Midnight, a black pan-
ther, made and played by Jim
Edwards.
The second section of the as-
sembly program features the en-
tire third grade on the stage at
once to sing and dramatize songs
which carry out the theme, “We
are Going on a Vacation”. Four
tourists dressed in their parent’s
clothing will keynote this section.
Some campers, who will take the
audience on a camping trip, will
tell what they see on their camp-
ing trip by singing songs around
the campfire. Other vacationers
will take the audience to an In-
dian Reservation in song and In-
dian rythms. A train with the Lit-
tle Red Caboose will take the va-
cationers home.
The third section of the pro-
gram is a choral reading by the
entire Third Grade bout the
Three Billy Goats Gruff, who once
took a much recited vacation trip
“across the bridge to eat the grass
on the other side”.
No admission will be charged
and the public is cordially invited
to attend this assembly.
Undo Williams
Defeated in Bee
Refugio. — Refugio County’s
champion speller, Linda Williams,
competed in the Caller - Times
South Texas Spelling Bee in Cor-
pus Christi Saturday when she
stayed in the match until the fifth
round.
Linda, seventh contestant to go
down, spelled “chandelier” as
“chandolier.” She had earlier de-
feated sixth, seventh and eighth
grade spellers in Refugio Junior
High School and contestants from
other county schools to become
county winner.
Nueces County’s Carolyn Stev-
ens won the bee.
High School Cafeteria
To Be Closed Next Week
Refugio. — Meals will not be
served in the high school cafeteria
next week, it is announced by the
business office.
Due to the final exam calendar
for the coming week, the last
meals are to be served this Fri-
day, May 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bauer and
family of Bryan, and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Mathers and children of
Brownsville spent Mother’s Day
here with Mrs. J. E. Bauer and
Dr. Bauer.
Dr. Emil P. Zarsky Buried
With Full Military Honors
Wes Stricklin Named
Primary School Head
CLARK WALKER receives the John Phillip Sousa
Award from Principal H. E. Harris as Director A1 Eng-
lish looks on at the annual high school band spring con-
cert held Friday evening in the school auditorium.
—Photo by Fritz Herr.
Parochial School
Sets Graduation
Exercises May 22
Pinned by their mothers were Pat-
ty Crutchfield, Carolyn Rose Toups
and Kathy Johnston.
Mrs. J. E. Bauer, Jr., elected to
office in April, was installed presi-
dent.
Room count was won by Mrs.
Zabel.
Hostesses for the social hour
were Mrs. Robert Shipp, Mrs. F.
B. Shelton, Mrs. Frank Scanio and
Mrs. Strauch Shaw. Coffee and
whipped cream nut roll were serv-
ed from a table holding a bouquet
of spring flowers.
The next Mother’s Club meeting
will be held in September.
Refugio. — Wesley Stricklin, a
member of the Refugio Public
Schools faculty for the last five
years, was elected pricipal of the
primary school at a board meet-
ing held Tuesday night. He will
assume the position July 1 at a
salary of $7,000 a year.
Stricklin succeeds Hilton Pan-
kratz, who is moving to another
part of the state.
He came to Refugio from Wael-
der, Texas, where he was school
basketball coach. He began teach-
ing here in the junior high school,
where he also coached basketball
and football for three years. He
has math, science and history
classes in high school and is line
coach for football.
Mr. and Mrs. Stricklin are the
parents of three boys, Steven, in
the second grade; Mark, 3 years
old, and David, one year old.
Other business conducted at the
Tuesday meeting included increas-
ing by $200 to $1900 the annual
increment of the head football
coach.
The tax rate was set at $1.5(1,
a reduction of 25 cents on the
$100 valuation.
Miss Virginia Fagan was elect-
ed a primary teacher, following
leave of absence from the primary
school. The resignation of Mrs. H.
A. Bennett was accepted with re-
gret.
Mrs. Eugene Davis was elected
home economics teacher for high
school. She will replace Mrs. Jean
Schnitz, who resigned.
Rates for summer school ses-
sions were set at $6 for elemer|g|
tary students; $12.50 for junior®
high and high school students, with
$5 additional for out-of-district pup-
ils.
A special meeting of the board
will be held Tuesday, May 19, for
continuation of study of the school
board policy.
All members except J. R. Walk-
er were in attendance this week
at the board meeting.
Miss Woodburn
Makes Dean's List
San Marcos. — Frances Wood-
burn of Refugio was among the
434 students who made the Dean's
List, college honor roll, at South-
west Texas State College for the
fall semester.
Miss Woodburn, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Owen Woodburn, is a
sophomore student majoring in
home economics.
Qualifications for making the
Dean’s List are making an over-
all B average and carrying no less
than 12 semester hours.
Blab Wins First in UIL
Fifth Consecutive Year
Refugio. — Dr. Emil Peter Zar-
sky a practicing Refugio physi-
cian for 32 years and retired Ar-
my surgeon who served with the
armed forces on the battlefields
of Europe for 23 months during
World War II, died at 6 p.m. Tues-
SHIREY PHILLIPS
Salutatorian
Refugio. — Jo Ann Archer, with
a scholastic average of 93.302, is
valedictorian of the graduating
class of 1962 of Refugio High
School, and Shirey Phillips, with
93.131, is salutatorian.
Jo Ann plans to enter Baylor
University, where she will study in
the field of education. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Archer.
The top senior student was stu-
dent council representative for her
class the past year, and has been
a member of the high school band
four years, earning all district and
all region ratings. Active in a
number of school activities, she
has found tim;e to serve as pianist
for the Lion’s Club and the First
Baptist Church, was recently nam-
ed Miss YWA for the Refugio Bap-
tist district and Rotary citizen of
the month.
Shirey is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Phillips. In addi-
tion to making the high scholastic
record, she has served as an offi-
cer in a number of high school
clubs, plays flute in the high
school band, is a regional band
member, served as president of
the Methodist Youth Fellowship,
was named Rotary citizen of the
month in February and most beau-
tiful high school girl this year.
She will major in chemistry at
the University of Texas.
Wildman President
Superintendent Assoc.
Refugio. — At the May meeting
of the Lower Guadalupe Valley
Superintendents Association in Vic-
toria, the following members were
elected as officers:
E. L. Wildman, Refugio, presi-
dent; W. C. Rowland, Victoria,
vice - president; E. E. Plowman,
Hallettsville, secretary - treasur-
er.
This association includes the sup-
perintendents and assistant super-
intendents in Calhoun, DeWitt, Go-
liad, Jackson, Bee, Lavaca, Re-
fugio and Victoria Counties.
The purpose of this organization
is to help administrators in this
locale to better understand the
problems of education that are ev-
er present in modern - day socie-
ty.
day, May 8, 1962 in Refugio Coun-
ty Hospital.
Funeral mass was said by the
P„t. Rev. Msgr. William H. Ober-
ste at Our Lady of R,efuge Catho*
lie Church at 9:30 a.m. Thursday,
May 10. The Most Rev. M. S.
Garriga, bishop of the Corpus
Christi diocese, gave the blessing
and last prayers. In the sanctuary
were the Rev. Rory Leane, the
Rev. Ferdinand P. Strueder, the
Rev. Edward Kircher and the Rev.
William Daley.
Military funeral services were
conducted at 3 p.m. at Fort Sam
Houston National Cemetery in San
Antonio by Chaplain O’Brien, who
served overseas with Dr. Zarsky.
Army officers were pallbearers.
Pallbearers in Refugio were
James, Power, Heard, George
Frank of St. James, Missouri, J.
.T. O’Brien, W. W. Harkins, Sr.
Dr. R. H. Heard, Dr. R. F. An-
derson, Dr. Arch C. Koontz, C.
T, Weir, Dr. J. E. Bauer, Price
Johnson and H. L. Wilson.
Dr. Zarsky was born December
1. 1898, in Schulenberg and moved
to Woodsboro when he was eight
years old. He was graduated from
St. Edward’s College in Austin, St.
Louis University School of Medi-
cine in St. Louis, Missouri, and
served his internship at St. Mary’s
Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.
On July 1, 1930 he and Miss Lu-
cille Barrett of St. Louis were mar-
ried in Kansas City.
Dr. Zarsky entered the Army
September 22, 1942 at Camp Grub-
er, Oklahoma. He was field sur-
geon, with the rank of major in
the medical corps, 961st Field Ar-
tillery Battalion, 3rd Army, in the
European theatre of action.
He received the Silver Star,
Bronze Star, American Defense
Medal, American Theatre Medal
with four bronze stars and the
Victory Ribbon. He retired on dis-
ability in May, 1946.
He was a member of the Ameri-
can Medical Association, the Tex-
as Medical Association and the
Survivors are his wife; four
brothers, Frank and Louis of
Woodsboro; Charley of Victoria
and John of Refugio; one sister,
Mirs. H. V. Smaystrla of Woods-
boro, and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Refugio funeral arrangements
were under the direction of Zar-
sky Funeral Home. Rosary was re-
cited in the Zarsky home Wed-
nesday at 8:30 p.m.
Two Alarms
Call Firemen
Refugio. Refugio —Volunteer
Firemen were called out of the
city limits on two occasions this
week to extinguish fires.
At 5:10 a.m. Tuesday a tire
on a car driven by a Latin Ameri-
can man blew out about two miles
north of Vidauri on Highway 77,
igniting the vehicle. When firemen
arrived, the car was a complete
loss, but they succeeded in saving
a trailer and its contents.
About 11 p.m, Tuesday a
grass fire south of Mission River
bridge on Highway 77 summoned
the firemen.
four Are Candidates
For A&l Degrees
Kingsville.—Four students from
Refugio County are among candi-
dates for degrees to be awarded
at Texas A&I College’s spring com-
mencement May 26.
The candidates, and the degrees
sought, are:
Refugio — Cecil Allen Anderson,
Bachelor of Science in Secondary
Education, Patricia Clair Emmert,
Bachelor of Science, Ruth Ann
Kelley, Bachelor of Science in Ele-
mentary Education.
Woodsboro — Winona Jo Fergu-
son, Bachelor of Science in Sec-
ondary Education.
The office of Dean J. C. Jemi-
gan has reported the names of 310
candidates for degrees. Of these,
276 are seeking bachelor’s degrees
while 34 are candidates for the
master’s degree.
Principal speaker at the com-
mencement exercise will be Char-
les C. Parlin of Englewood, New
Jersey, senior member of a New
York City law firm and a direc-
tor of the Celanese Corporation of
America and of a number of oth-
er industrial and banking firms,
President E. H. Poteet has an-
nounced.
Refugio. — Our Lady of Refuge
School eighth grade graduation ex-
ercises will be held in the school
auditorium Tuesday, May 22, it
was announced at Mother’s Club
meeting held in the teacher’s
lounge Friday.
The baccalaureate breakfast is
scheduled for 9 o’clock Sunday,
May 20, following mass. Seventh
grade students’ mothers will be in
charge of arrangements, with Mrs.
V. E. Heard and Mrs. W. W. Har-
kins, Jr., heading the committee.
Crowning of the Blessed Mother
is planned to follow mass on Sun-
day evening, May 13. Volunteers
to assist with the background are
Mrs. Berne Kelley, Mrs. James
Pish and Mrs. J. E. Bauer, Jr.
Knights of the Altar are arrang-
ing a swimming party Monday,
May 14.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Wm. H.
Oberste opened the Friday meet-
ing with prayer, after which he
reminded mothers and teachers
that the goal to help the children
reach is not for the present, but
the future, and parents and teach-
ers must measure today’s work by
the needs of tomorrow.
The Rev. John Daley spoke on
cooperation, stressing the impor-
tance of sincere interest in the
school.
Mrs. V. E. Heard presented
three Girl Scout of Troop 106 who
have attained First Class rank.
Junior High
Graduation
Set May 24
Refugio. — Junior High School
graduation exercises will be held
Thursday, May 24, at 7:30 in the
school auditorium. The Rev. Ver-
non Grumbles will deliver the add-
ress.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. William H.
Oberste will give the invoca-
tion and benediction. Presentation
of awards is to be made by E.
J Freeman and Principal H. E.
Harris.
Superintendent E. L. Wildman
will present diplomas.
The eighth grade class numbers
104 students.
Refugio.—Refugio High School’s
newspaper, the Bobcat Blab, re-
cently won the first place state
UIL award for the fifth consecu-
tive year in Class AA. It was also
rated by the judges as being the
best paper in all of AA.
The publication, with Tri-Editors
Martha Young, Tim Rainey, and
Diane Eubanks, also has won the
Texas High School Press Associa-
tion top place for five straight
years. Sponsor is Mrs. Kathleen
Maxwell.
The editorial staff includes Alex
Oliver and Rena Doughty, associ-
ate editors; Dickie Nash, manag-
ing editor; Sheila Lawrence, cir-
culation editor; Billie Nelson and
Trena Hilliard, feature editors;
Joyce Woodburn and Mary Ann
Maxwell, society editors; Bill Ger-
mer, Bobby McGuill, and Ray Sul-
livan, make-up editors.
Also Sherry Arterburn, art edi-
tor; Bobby Grant and J. B. Con-
treras, photography editors; Pau-
la McCullough, poetry editor;
Clark Walker, David Sullivan, Jim-
my Stephens, Joyce Dudas, Phy-
liss Meglasson and Genevia An-
derson sports editors.
Reporters are James Austin, Ma-
ry Barraza, Robert Brock, Mary
DeLeon, Darlene Fry, Johnny
Gies, James Kay, Lucy Lara,
Johnny Menchacha, Bill Moore
Gary O’Riley, Steve Perez, Jim-
mie Phillips, Ramiro Rocha, Jan-
ice Sims, and Lillian Steward.
Also Rosa Villareal, Lillie Bar-
ber, Ray Cantu, Mary Ann Car-
bajal, Lucinda Garcia, Hernan
Jaso, Rowland Kemp Marilyn Lin-
ney, Howard Rydolph, Rosie Shaw
Bruce Spinks, Joe Trevino, and
Julia Webster, Bill Wise, and Ran-
dy Roessler.
The following letter was re-
ceived this week by the journalism
department from Mr. Max R.
Haddick of the University of Tex-
as.
Congratulations! Not only did
your paper win the Award of Dis-
tinguished Merit, the highest giv-
en by the Interscholastic League
Press Conference, but it was rat-
ed by the judges as the best paper
in. your division.
The Bobcat Blab reflects a high
degree of journalistic skill and
mature judgment. It is obvious
that you are giviing your students
superior instruction.
The ILPC is dedicated to the im-
provement of school newspapers in
Texas. It would be impossible to
achieve that goal without the ex-
ample set by superior newspapers
like the Bobcat Blab. We all ap-
preciate the hard work and care-
ful planning that go into such a
superior newspaper.
Thanks for your contributions to
journalism education in Texas.
Will you please pass on my con-
gratulations to your staff,
Sincerely,
Max R. Haddick
DIRECTOR OF JOURNALISM
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