Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1964 Page: 8 of 8
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Gregory Winner-and Still Champion!
Refugio. — While Refugio Coun
ty ranchers are bent on their de-
sire to “stamp out the screw-
worm”, the T. J. Wilkinson family
can be excused if it goes on a
campaign of its own to “stamp out
Garland Gregory.”
Defending Refugio County Coun-
try Club golf champion, Gregory,
successfully turned back the sec-
ond bid by a Wilkinson in two
years Sunday to win the club
championship. Just a year ago,
Gregory took out the patriarch of
the family, T. J., in the finals.
Sunday, Garland disposed of Son
Tommy, by a margin of 6-5. Tom-
' my had made a spirited climb
past three opponents (including
his father) to reach the finals.
But, for this Sunday at least, he
was no match for the poised, con-
fident, and pressure-proof Greg-
ory.
Refugio JayCees
Present Awards;
Install Officers
Refugio. — Second Annual In-
augural Banquet of the Refugio
Junior Chamber of Commerce was
climaxed by an addres on “Growth
and Development of Communism"'
by Alvin Stanchos.
The banquet meal was catered
by Underwood’s of Corpus Christi
at the VFW Hall Monday evening,
May 4. Jack Sportsman was Mas-
ter of Ceremonies.
Johnny Ramirez led the group
vIn the JayCee Creed, following
which the invocation was given
by the Rev. Lee Block. Jack
Sportsman introduced the guests.
Charles Norman gave the “Pres-
ident’s Annual Report and
Awards”. Norman, who has serv-
ed the organization since it was
chartered 17 months ago stated
that some 60 projects were under-
taken by the local JayCees. More
than 10,000 miles were traveled by
members of the local unit in rep-
resenting Refugio in 15 cities.
Carter Snooks received the Cer-
tificate of Appreciation presented
the Refugio Timely Remarks as
certificates were extended busi-
nesses and individuals who have
assisted the group.
First Year Awards went to
Grady Waggoner, Larry Rogers,
Johnny Ramirez, Billie Joe Wil-
liams and Jimmy Jordan;
Certificates of Merit were pre-
sented Bill Douglas, Billie Joe
Williams, Walter McLeroy, Jerry
Sportsman and R. F. Anderson;
Key Men Awards went to Lar-
ry Rogers, Johnny Ramirez and
Jimmy Shieve;
E. P. Fancher and Dennis O’Con-
nor received plaques for donations
and assistance during the past
year.
The retiring president expressed
bis appreciation for the help and
assistance given him by his wife.
Officers for the past year have
been, besides Norman; R. F. An-
derson, first vice president; Allen
Reilly, second vice president;
Johnny Ramirez, secretary; Lar-
ry Rogers, treasurer; Ben Pen-
nington, inter-club director; Jerry
Sportsman, Lee Block, Billy Joe
Williams and Dale Fenters, direc-
tors.
Norman, as District Director of
JayCees, installed the officers for
the new year as Billie Joe Wil-
liams, president; Walter McLeroy,
first vice president; Carl Wood-
ward, second vice president; John-
ny Ramirez, secretary; Jimmy
Jordan, treasurer; Jerry Sports-
man, inter-club director; Glen
Pfeil, Don Hawkins and Bill Doug-
las, directors.
Norman handed the president’s
lapel pin to Mrs. Williams, who
Sn turn pinned it on the new presi-
dent.
In his message, Williams stated
the major emphasis for the year
would be on community improve-
ment and seeking to bring into
Refugio new industry.
Jerry Sportsman presented Nor-
man with a plaque as well as a
desk calendar and pen set.
Grady Waggoner introduced the
speaker of the evening.
The benediction was given by
Rev. Block.
The finals were not as one-sided
as the score would indicate. For
24 of the scheduled 36 holes, Tom-
my stayed right with the champ.
Going into the 25th hole, young
Wilkinson was only one down. But,
from then on, Gregory started to
shoot with consistency; while Tom-
my’s game went sour. Gregory
won the 25th; 27th; 28th; 30th;
and 31st . . . with the holes in
between halved.
The match ended on the 31st
hole when Tommy took a six, al-
though he had driven to within
30 yards of the green.
Sunday’s finals were played un-
der grey, leaden skies with a
threat of rain. But, there was no
rain throughout the gruelling
match. However, the sodden at-
mosphere seemed 1o take some-
thing out of both golfers. In truth,
neither played golf of Which each
is capable. More often than not,
approaches, chips, and putts were
left ’way short of the pin. The
greens were very slow, and neith-
er linksman seemed to ever get
the “hang” of the roll of the
greens. Tommy, whose game de-
pends largely upon his usually su-
perb putting touch, was particu-
larly uncertain once he got on the
greens.
The opening 18 holes were play-
ed starting at 9 a.m. Sunday. A
small audience was in attendance
. . . even more sparse in compari-
son to the throng ihat joined the
championship match in the after-
noon.
Gregory opened up like he was
going to end tire match very ear-
ly. He surged to a 4-up lead after
the first nine holes ... as Tommy
strived to get nis nerves (and his
game! under control.
Tommy did just that as the two
went into the second of the four
rounds. After the 10th hole was
halved. Tommy made a fine rpove.
He wen four consecutive holes
(11th through 14lh), with pars . . .
as Gregory suddenly couldn’t
make a decent shot. Going to the
15th tee. the match (which ha,d
seemed so one-sided earlier) was
all even.
But, Gregory got things back un-
der control as the second round
ended. On the 16th hole, he mjade
what was possibly the “turning
point” shot of ihe entire tourna-
ment. Alter hooking his drive far
to the left on the 215 yard hole,
he pitched to within 8 inches of
the cup . . . good for a “gimmee”
par 3. From that point on, Tommy
never caught the eventual win-
ner.
The match ended on the 31st.
Tommy got off a fine drive (about
240 yards), while Gregory topped
his. Gregory’s second shot went
to a spot barely past Tommy's
drive. However, Tommy’s ap-
proach was short of the green
. . . and his third went ’way past
the pin. Gregory’s chip left him
about 14 feet from the cup.
Tommy’s first, bold putt Scoot-
ed past the cup about 6 feet. He
missed it coming back . . . giving
him a big 6. Garland got down in
two putts . . . giving him! a five—
and the match. The winning mar-
gin foe the 1964 champ was
6-5. Gregory now has back-to-back
titles.
The pair shook hands, and join-
ed the gathering mob that was
suddenlv attracted to another
match . . . being played immedi-
ately in front.
This was a close one . . . pitting
Carl Barnhart and T. J. Wilkinson
in the finals of the championship
consolation. An 18-hole affair, the
test found Barnhart holding a one-
up lead going into the 14th. How-
ever, T. J. quickly evened mat-
ters. He was given a birdie by
Carl, as Barnhart was trapped on
his second shot. He got on the
green in four . . . with no
chance to halve.
All even as they teed off for the
15th, Barnhart made a spectacu-
lar shot to go ahead on the 15th.
He hit a deep iron from! the mid-
dle of “Woodsboro Alley”. The
ball sailed over 20 trees and came
to rest on the green . . . about
10 feet from the cup. T. J. hit a
good drive, but it was too good!.
It went across the fairway and
settled in the rough, behind trees
on the left hand side. His second
shot got only about 60 yards .
and his third found the green . . .
30 feet from, the hole.
He missed his long putt, as did
Barnhart However, Barnhart tap-
ped in his second effort for a par
. . . giving hire the hole and a
lead of one again.
Both tee shots on the par 3 16 th
were short, and both chipped
weakly. Each two - putted and the
hole was halved1.
Barnhart’s drive (with a long
iron) on the 17th shanked into the
woods on the right. T. J. smashed
a long one ... but it went into
the dry ditch in the middle of the
fairway. Barnhart had trouble
getting his second shot off . . . and
couldn’t get to the green. T. J.
then made a marvelous shot out
of the ditch. He stroked the ball
cleanly, and it hii- the green. Back-
spin held the ball 8 feet from' the
pin. Carl's third shot still didn’t
make the green . . . coming to
rest on the right-hand frog’s hair.
Putting first, he missed. T. J. got
down in two for his par . . . and
the golfers went to the ISih (and
final) hole even-stephen.
Prospects for an. extra hole were
excellent, as most thought the
pair would two-putt . . . and wind
up the 18 holes even. But, Barn-
hart eyed his long putt . . . strok-
ed the hall firmly; and saw (as
did an approximate 60 other per-
sons) it go straight to the hole
and drop in.
T. J. gave his a good try, but
just missed. Barnhart had his
hard - earned one-up win, good for
the champinship consolation title.
Other matches in the Sunday fi-
nals went like this:
FIRST FLIGHT
Herb Caraway played some of
the best golf of any of those in the
annual tournament. After losing a
heart breaking, one-up match (in
20 holes) to Tommy Wilkinson in
the very first round, Caraway
“came on like gangbusters”. He
capped some marvelous shot-mjak-
ing with the first flight champion-
ship Sunday, defeating Alton San-
ders 2-up.
SECOND FLIGHT
Pinkey Koonce and Louis Ger-
mer were the finalists in this
flight, and richly deserved being
there. The pair locked up in a
good match in Sunday’s finals be-
fore Koonce finally took out Louis
by a 3-2 margin. The loss wrote
the final chapter for Germer, who
had amazed Refugio County golf-
ers by whipping through three foes
to gain the finals of the second
fight. Germer had laid off the
game for more than a year be-
fore making his tourney appear-
ance. But, he couldn’t get past the
smooth play of Koonce.
THIRD FLIGHT
Fulfilling the promise that had
been predicted, for him two weeks
ago, Chubby Martin took dawn the
championship of the third flight.
Another golfer who had stayed
away from the links for most of
the past two years, Chubby gave
indication that he could be right
up there with the top shot-mak-
ers if he keeps at the game regu-
larly. Martin defeated Dudley
Skeen in the finals Sunday, 4-3.
The match was skin-tight for the
first nine, with Martin holding a
bare one-up bulge “at the turn.”
But, Chubby sparkled in the sec-
ond round. He was one under par
through the first five of the six
holes needed to close out Skeen.
FOURTH FLIGHT
‘Cliff Albritton didn’t have an
ounce of pressure on him Sunday.
He watched many of the matches
from the comfort of Pat Piehl’s
spectator auto. Cliff had already
sewed up his fourth flight champ-
ionship the week before, downing
Ben Pennington, 4-2, in the fi-
nals.
FIFTH FLIGHT
Ih the only extra hole match
of the finals, Bob Cooper edged
F. Ferguson one-up in 19 holes.
This twosome was caught in the
“crossfire” of the championship
consolation finals . . . and had to
wait before making their second
shots. This might have rattled
Ferguson . . . but, then again
Cooper just might have had plen-
ty enough to take, the “extra inn-
ing” win anyway.
SIXTH FLIGHT
Lee Moses got his final victory
while lolling around the club-
house. His opponent defaulted, pre-
ferring not to play the final miatch.
CONSOLATION FLIGHTS
First Flight Consolation: Allen
Reilly defeated James Knox, 2-1.
Reilly had a fine hack nine, shoot-
ing even par for the final 8 holes
of the match played. His margin,
slim enough, testifies to the good
golf also turned in by his foe,
Knox.
Second Flight Consolation: Some
of Sunday’s best golf was realiz-
ed by Jackie Sportsman, as he
was red-hot in taking out Ray Gil-
lam, 4-3. Sportsman shot a 37 on
his first round; and was only 2
over through the necessary 6 holes
of the second nine.
Third Flight Consolation; Bill
O’Rear downed Gordon Smith, 2-1,
in a close test.
Fourth Blight Consolation: Bob
Grenier squeaked past Glen Pfeil,
one-up.
Fifth Flight Consolation: Pat
Peihl was declared winner by de-
fault of his scheduled opponent.
Sixth Flight Consolation: Larry
Sanders was the winner of this
one.
* * *
The 1964 tournament was des-
cribed as an “outstanding suc-
cess” Sunday evening. Capping
the six weeks of play, a barbe-
cue was served to more than 200
Sunday.
Bobcats Meet
Goliad Here
Refugio. — The Refugio High
School Bobcats will meet the Go-
liad Tigers in a District 18AA
baseball game at the VFW Park
Tuesday night, April 12, at 7 p.m.
Coach Jack Schneider’s team is
now 2 and 3 in district play after
dropping games to Sinton and
Rockport, following a victory over
Kenedy.
Refugio defeated Kenedy 3 to 2
behind the two-hit pitching of Ben-
ny Conchola at Kenedy on May 1.
Saturday afternoon the Sinton
Pirates took advantagee of ragged
defensive play on the part of the
Bobcats to romp to a 10 to 0 win
over Refugio.
Tuesday afternoon, May 5, the
Bobcats lost a 6 to 4 game to the
Pirates, when a seventh inning
rally which netted three runs end-
ed with the tieing runs on base.
Jake Perkins had taken over the
lead in Refugio batting with 5
hits in 15 trips to the plate for a
.333 average. He is followed by
Jimmy Broom with 13 hits in 41
tries for a .317 average.
Season batting averages of the
Page 8—Refugio Timely Remarks, Thurs., May 7,1964
Ladies' Golf Tournament
To Open Sunday, May 10
Refugio. — Now it’s the ladies’ turn on the golf course.
With the men’s tourney now into the record books, the
distaff golfers take to the course for honors.
The annual Refugio County Country Club Ladies’ Tourna-
ment will start Sunday, May 10. Qualifying rounds for the
flights are to be completed by sundown Saturday, May 9.
Pairings for the flights (four are eventually expected) will
then be made.
Match play is expected to start Sunday. The tournament
committee hopes to be able to complete all tourney play with-
in two or three weeks.
Medalist for last year was Ann Krause. Maxine Reilly
is defending champion. Other flight winners in 1963 included
Jean Hudler (first); and Sybil O’Rear (second.)
* * * * *
Wednesday, April 29, five Refugio County Country Club
lady golfers competed in an invitational tournament at the
Mustang Country Club, in Ganado. They were Mabel Brown,
Dorothy Coward, Ann Krause, Jerry Naylor, and Jean Hud-
ler.
Some of the ladies plan to go to Corpus Christi May 20
for an invitational tournament.
Bobcats through the
game
with
Sinton last
Saturday
are:
Player
AB
H
Ave.
Lewis ........
............ 29
4
.138
Perkins
............ 15
5
.333
Grumbles
............ 40
11
.278
Broom ......
............ 31
13
.317
Conchola
............ 37
. 4
.108
Harkins ....
............ 39
6
.151
Gipson
............ 31
6
.193
Ritchie
............ 15
2
.133
Connor
............ 32
4
.120
Robinson
............ 12
1
.033
D. Heard ..
........... 14
3
.212
J. Heard ....
........... 10
0
.000
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Kingsville Team
Here Friday Night
Refugio. — Saturday, May 2, the
Refugio Raiders and the Hilchers
Bombers, an all colored softball
team from Houston, played a very
exciting double header game at
the Bowl-A-Rena ball park.
The first game was won by the
Bombers 2 to 0, with the winning
pitcher, Marvin Pettway pitching
a no-hit game and striking out 12.
The losing pitcher was George
Green who gave up 3 hits and
struck out 6.
The second game was called
after the fifth inning due to the
fog. The Raiders won this game
3 to 0, with Sam Beavers the
pitcher letting 1 hit and striking
out 8. Wilson, the losing pitcher
gave up 3 hits and was relieved
in the first inning, with no outs,
by Marvin Pettway, who gave
up 2 hits and struck out 4.
Those who missed the ball game
Saturday night really missed see-
ing a colorful team in action. With
as much enthusiasm as was shown
by those in attendance, there are
plans being made to have them
return again.
Another real good game which
you won’t want to miss, will be
Friday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Bowl-A-Rena park, between
the Kingsville Naval Air Station
and the Refugio Raiders.
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THANK YOU!
Please accept our most sincere thanks for the vote
of support and confidence you gave to our Governor,
John Connally, in the Democratic primary last Satur-
day.
We are proud that this county is listed with those
giving strong endorsement to Governor Connally, and
know it was largely due to your efforts.
We look forward to your continued support in the
forthcoming General Election on Tuesday, November 3.
REFUGIO COUNTY
JOHN CONNALLY COMMITTEE
J. E. BAUER, CHAIRMAN
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Hospital
Report
Refugio. — Patients listed in
the Refugio Cunty Hospital Wed-
nesday mioming, May 6, 1964, as
reported by the hospital officials
are:
Mark Rogers Michna, Benito
Castellano, Jr., Curtis Eugene
Brown, Willie Garza, Mlrs. Mary
Teresa Wallace, J antes C. Cherry,
Juan Trevino, Edward Burnett,
Mrs. Shirley Hughes, Thomas E.
Clendennen, Monroe Marshall
Shaw, Jack B. Rogers, Richard
Phillips, Mrs. Ana Mae Jdhnson,
Mrs. Mae Williams, Miss Willie
M. Doughty, Mrs. Frances Houn-
sell, Ms. Micaela Ramirez, Mrs.
Novella Thomas, Mrs. Sophia An-
zaldua, Marie Garba, Mrs. Lucy
Lee, Marie Adela Orosco.
From Woodsboro:
Michael Damon Patino, Robert
H. Rhodes, Juan Colunga, Mrs.
Forrest Johnson, Lonnie E. Stock-
ing, Mrs. Mary Ann Gillespie, Gar-
ner C. Jackson, Mrs. CJeo Susan
Perkins, Mrs. Jo Ann Piehl.
From E Isewhere:
Alberto B. Rodriguez, Tivoli;
Annette Marie Vega, Bayside;
Mrs. Annie Pearl Johnson, Cuero;
Mrs. Diamantina Hernandez, Cor-
pus Christi; Mrs. Bessie Holmes,
Vidauri.
Births:
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Piehl, of
Woodsboro, v are the parents of a
boy horn Wednesday, May 6, 1964.
A. D. Rooke /
Dies Sunday
San Antonio. — Requiem High
Mass was sung at 10 a.m. Wed-
nesday at St. Pius X Catholic
Church in San Antonio for Allen
Driscoll Rooke, 71, who died Sun-
day, May 3, in San Antonio.
Burial was in Holy Cross Ceme-
tery there under direction of Por-
ter-Loring Funeral Home.
A descendant of Jeremiah Dris-
coll and second cousin of Clara
Driscoll, Rooke was one of the
organizers of the Texas State
Guard and retired with the rank
of major general after serving
as deputy commander of the state
unit.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Porter Loring Fun-
eral Home of San Antonio.
Rooke lived in San Antonio, but
he had been traveling to Woods-
boro for two or three days a week
to transact business of the F. B.
Rooke & Sons Co.
Born in Victoria to Mr. and
Mrs. F. B. Rooke, Sr. of Refugio*
Rooke was graduated with the
first officers class at Leon Springs,,
He took his commission and serv-
ed in World War I, attaining the
rank of captain.
After the State Guard was or-
ganized, he served in various
command positions up to the post
of deputy commander. He was
elected the first president of the
National State Guard Association
when it was organized in Corpus
Christi in 1954.
He was active in the Cattle-
men’s Association and a dedicat-
ed worker in patriotic causes. • He
traveled throughout the United
States delivering lectures on com-
munism and financed the distri-
bution of patriotic literature.
Among his survivors are his
wife, Mrs. Eloise Marmion Rooke
of San Antonio; two sons, George
P. Caufield of Houston and A. D.
Rooke, Jr. of Natchez, Miss.; two
daughters, Mrs. Dilford G. Car-
ter of College Station and Miss
Susan Rooke of San Antonio; a
brother, F. B. Rooke, Jr., of
Woodsboro; an aunt, Mrs. Kath-
leen Driscoll Roach of Chillicothe,
Ohio, and several grandchildren.
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