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Refugio Timely Remarks
VOL. XXXIX—NO. 12
More Than a Newspaper — A Community Service
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY. TEX A> THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1966
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EIGHT PAGES—TEN CENTS
4-H Club Youths
Receive Awards
By HARVEY HOERMANN,
County Agricultural Agent
Folger’s Wildlife Conservation
Folger Coffee Co., to Rita j
Stratmann by Phil Morgan,;
Superintendent of Aransas Na ■1
tional Wildlife Refuge;
Texas Sheep and Wool,, An-
gora Goat and Mohair—Texas
Refugio County 4-H Club
members and adult leaders re-
ceived awards Saturday, De-
cember 3, 1966. The achieve-
ment awards were presented to Goat Raisers Assn.,
members in the Refugio City ^an>el Lenhart by Tommy
Phillips, Adult Leaders’ Assn
vice-chairman.
National Rifle Associatio ,
Awards were presented by Ed
Awards program and Christ-
mas party at 6:00 p.tm.
A barbecue supper, sponsor-
M by fH.strat aduit aE
Adult Leaders Association, was >
served to the 200 honorees, jro1 ow '
guests and families. Entertain-! Pro-marksman: Billy Roess-
ment was furnished by “Mystic i ler, Greg Gregorcyk, John Ear.
Dick Rich and Company” of Gregorcyk, Joel Stratmann
Corpus Christi, that consisted Rita Stratmann, Mary Martin
of magic and humor. i Tommy Jackson, and Bruce
Sam Speir, Travis County 4-H ; Wise ’
Club member, presented a talk! Marksman: Billy Roessler
on making a success of 4-H Greg Gregorcyk, Jerry Stra -
Club work in the county. Toni, mann, Rita Stratmann,, Mary
Borden, 4-H Council vice-chair- Martin and Tommy Jackson,
man, was mistress of ceremon- Marksman First Class: Cha-
ies and presented the Award j les Stratmann and Mary Mar
winners to the audience.
The 4-H motto and pledge
was presented by the Club
presidents, .carry Glover, Toni
Borden, Charles Stratmann and
Johnny Garcia.
Winners, sponsors and per-
sons .presenting the awards in-
clude :
Achievement Award—sponsor-
ed by the Ford Motor Co.; pre-
tin.
Sharpshooter:
Charles Stra
Adult leaders receiving reeor
nition for years service were
presented “The Award of th
Clover”. Club members, Toni
Borden, Johnny Garcia, Mattie
Bell and Joe Smith presented
the awards.
One-year awards went to
Rainfall Below
Average for
Past 5 Months
Refugio.—Heavy rains during | a total of .40 of an inch of rain
the first six months of 1966! was received, the least record-
broke the previous record in ed for the county since 1949.
the county for the most rain Average rainfall for that month
received during the first half is 1.83 inches.
of any year in the past 30
years, and almost doubled the
average rainfall. However, the
story may almost be reversed
the second half of the year.
During the five months since
June when it was reported that
Rain was noted on only two
days in November. On Novem-
ber 5, .37 of an inch was re-
corded, and on the following
day, .03 was recorded.
Thus far in December, Judge
Jeter has recorded only .16 of
the area had received 27.08: an inch of rain, that being on
inches of rain, only 9.91 inch- Sunday, December 4.
es of rainfall has been record-! Daily temperature reports as
ed, little more than half the
average of 16.02 inches for the
five month period. Including
December’s total, the average
rainfall for the last half of the
year for Refugio County is: Thurs., Dec. 1
18.39 inches according to thejFri., Dec. 2
Texas Almanac. Sat, Dec. 3
During November, Judge'Sun., Dec. 4
Gentry Jeter, the county’s offi- Mon., Dec. 5
cial weather observer, reports Tues., Dec. 6
recorded by the weather obser-
ver for the .past seven days
were:
Rain High Dow
Wed., Nov. 30 82 38
81 48
82 46
73 48
Lt. Fog T9 52
Lt. Fog 80 53
83 55
sented to Toni Borden and Mrs. Weldon Hall, Mrs. Gene
Johnny Garcia by Douglas, Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Whitlow,, County Commissioner; Sternadel, Mr. and Mrs. Ver-
Agricultural — International non Sowell, , and Roger Jack-
Harvester Co., to Guy Borden, son.
Mike Blaschke and Kathy Wil- Two year: Mrs. Berne Kel-
liams by O. D. Bell, chairman ley, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Keyes,
of the Refugio County Pro- Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jackson, Mr.
gram Building Committee;
Beef—E. I. DuPont De Ne-
mours & Co., to Steve and K.
Nell Pfeil, Charles Stratmann
and Ralph Williams by Jimmy
Bauer, chairman of County
Beef Cattle Committee.
Dairy Award—Oliver Corpor-
ation, to Honey and Linda
Lamb, by L. B. Borden, Fair
Livestock Supt.;
Entomology—Hercules, Inc.,
to Vernon Lenhart, Clifton Len-
hart and Larry Glover, by Mrs.
James Pfeil, adult leader;
Field Crops—Arcadian Prod-
ucts Department of Allied
Chemical Corp.„ to Terry Bor-
den and Mattie Jo Bell by J.
D. McGuill;
Horse Award—Merck & Co.,
Inc., to Billy Green wade, Ru-
ben Garcia, Debra Phillips and
Wade Phillips by Jimmy Tal-
man, President of Adult Lead-
ers’ Association;
Leadership—The Sears Roe-
buck Foundation, to Jerry
Stratmann, by Mrs. Robert
Lenhart, adult leader;
Photography — Eastman Ko-
dak Co., to Eddie Walker by
Mrs. L. B. Borden, secretary of
Adult Leaders’ Association;
Poultry—Heisdorf and Nelson
Farms, Inc,, to Carol Green-
wade, Debi Lenhart, Sherry
Wright and Phyllis Wright by
J. C. Millican, adult leader;
Swine — Moorman Manufac-
turing Co., to Joel Stratmann,
Tommy De La Garza, Ronnie
and Mrs. Robert Lenhart, Jes-
se Williams, John Krause, Mrs.
Antonio Garcia,, Mrs. Manuel
Garcia, Mrs. Candelario De La
Garza, Mrs. Vicente De La
Garza, Mrs. Tommy Phillips,
Mrs. Newt Neal and Mrs. Doug-
las Whitlow.
Three years: Candelario De
La Garza, Vicente De La Gar-
za, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Green-
wade, Tommy Phillips, Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Stratmann, Mr. and
Mrs. T. G. Wright.
Four years: Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Blaschke, Jr., Charles
Blucher, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Lenhart, Vincent Linney, Mrs.
Joe Hansel,man,, Manuel Gar-
cia, and Dr. and Mrs. C. E.
Pfeil.
Five years: Mr. and Mrs.
James Pfeil, and Mr. and Mrs.
L. B. Borden;
Seven years: Mr. and Mrs.
Zack Williams and Dave Sell-
strom; eight years: Andy Hun-
ger; nine years: Douglas Whit-
low, Glen Naylor, Newt Neal
and Jimmy Wales; eleven
years: J. F. Michna and T. D.
Tuttle; 13 years: C. E. Bran-
don; 15 years: J. C. Millican
and 17 years: Jimmy Talman.
Appreciation gifts were pre-
sented to Richard Tuttle, 4-H
Council chairman, and the four
club presidents—Toni Borden,
Johnny Garcia, Larry Glover
and Charles Stratmann by Jim-
my Talman and Mrs. Edgar
Lenhart, adult leader, from the
DEPUTY SHERIFF JAMES D. HODGES, (left) received a formal invita-
tion recently from Wesley T. Whaley, (right) special agent in charge of the
Houston FBI office, to attend the next session of the FBI Academy in Wash-
ington commencing in March of 1967. Hodges, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Garland Hodges of Refugio, is a 1954 graduate of Refugio High School. He
served with the U. S. Army for two years, part of which was spent in Ger-
many, and has been a member of the Refugio County Sheriff’s Department
for the past eight years. He is married to the former Miss Nellie Jo Bunch,
and has one son, Jeff.
Fair Association
Directors Named
Refugio.—Eight Fair Associa-
tion directors were elected at
the annual Association meeting,
December 5, 1966. The annual
FBI Academy in 1967
Invites Deputy Hodges
Refugio.—Wesley T. Whaley,
special agent in charge of the
meeting followed by a Board of Houston F.B.I. office was in
Greenwade and Jovita Garcia, Refugio County 4-H Adult Lead-
by Glen Naylor, Fair Associa- ers’ Association,
tion president; I J. C. Millican, adult leader,
Citizenship — Tans continental was presented an appreciation
Gas Pipe Line Co, to Bobby gift for his devoted service and
Blaschke, by Dr. C. E. Pfeil, contributions to the 4-H poul-
adult leader; ‘try program.
Swain Replaces Gregory
On Co. Salvation Army
Service Unit Committee
Refugio. — Jack Swain was mas baskets for the coming
recommended and appointed to Christmas season,
serve on the Refugio County I It was suggested that all or-
Service Unit Committee of the ganizations contemplating giv-
Salvation Army at a meeting ing a Christmas basket to a
of the group at Ferguson’s Res- needy family in the county, ad-
taurant Wednesday, November vise C. E. Brandon of their in-
30. He replaces Garland Greg- tentions. In this way, duplica-
tions which have occurred in
the past could be avoided. In-
stead of one family receiving
two or three baskets from dif-
ferent sources, it might mean
that some extra families might
be helped.
The continuation of the Shoe
Program for school children
when recommended by the
school nurse was also decided
by the group. ,
Directors meeting was held in
the Commissioners Court Room
at 7:30 p.m.
Six directors were re-elected
to three year terms. Those re-
elected were: Mrs. Edna Has-
selfield, Harvey Hoerman, Vin-
cent Linney, J. J. O’Brien, Ver-
non Sowell and Frank Tuttle.
The two new directors elected
were T. D. Tuttle, Jr. ond Ern-
est Guerrero.
1967 Refugio County Fair
dates were set for October 5,
6, and 7. Chairman Glen Nay-
lor reported that the General
Motors Educational Exhibit
has been requested for an add-
ed attraction.
Fair board directors were
highly pleased and appreciative
of the plans of the Woodsboro,
Austwell-Tivoli and Refugio In-
dependent School districts to
hold six week exams at a time
other than Fair week. Also, the
schools agreed to excuse live-
stock exhibitors for showing
livestock.
An election of officers and
committee assignments will
head the list of business for
the next meeting on January
16, 1967.
Refugio Tuesday, December 6,
to formally invite Deputy Sher-
iff James D. “Jimmy” Hodges
to attend the next session of the
F.B.I. Academy in Washington
commencing in March of 1967.
There are two classes each
year conducted by J. Edgar
Hoover, director of the F.B.I.
and his staff. Each session lasts
approximately three months
and the latest techniques of
law enforcement are taught the
students. This includes many
hours of class room work and
instructions plus visits to each
section of the F.B.I. Offices
and a visit to the firing range
located at the U. S. Marine
base in Virginia where each
student is required to fire a
room instructions the men are
required to spend several hours
each night studying. This is the
finest course offered law en-
forcement officers in the world
and it is an honor indeed to be
invited to attend one of the
sessions.
Admittance is by invitation
only and then after a thorough
background check by an F.B.I.
Agent. “Jimmy” Hodges has
been investigated and found to
be well qualified to attend this
coming session.
Whaley, who just assumed
his duties as SAC in the Hous-
ton office on December 1 has
already spent many hours visit-
ing law enforcement agencies
in his large area.
There are four F.B.I. Offices
in Texas, Dallas, San Antonio,,
J. W. Jordan, Jr. Buys
Refugio Service Station
Refugio. — The South Alamo Pass and Ingleside for over a
Phillips 66 Service Station at year.
604 South Alamo' and its stock Jordan, who with his fapiily
and equipment was recently will move to Refugio in the
sold by the Bennett Oil Com- next few days, has been in a
pany to J. W. Jordan, Jr. of similar business in Ingleside
Ingleside. and Aransas Pass for the past
In a statement this week, seven years. He has been a
Jordan said he will operate the resident of Ingleside for la
station under a new name, Jor- years.
dan’s Phillips 66 Service Sta- He and his wife, Maidee,
tion, and that all Phillips 66: have three children, and two
products will be offered. He will j grandsons. One of their sons,
be assisted in the station’s op- "
eration by Don Tyner, who has
real touch course. Law officers ^1 Paso and Houston, each with
Local Firemen Answer
17 Calls in November
Refugio.—A fire alarm Wed-
nesday, November 30, brought
the total number of fire alarms
answered during the month of
November by the Refugio Vol-
unteer Fire Department up to
17„ according to George Singler.
Firemen were called to the
from each state in the United
States as well as several for-
eign countries are represented
at each session. The students
adhere to a strict schedule
which also includes frequent
visits to the gym to rigid ex-
ercises. After a day of class
New School Bus
Expected Soon
a special agent in charge. Each
S.A.C. has a large number of
agents who are scattered over
Texas, and perform many du-
ties pertaining to Federal
crimes and are always ready to
assist local officers when called
upon.
Lutherans Elect
Schubert Head
Refugio. — Milburn Schubert
was named president of the
Trinity Lutheran Church dur-
ing a regular (monthly meeting
ory who has moved from Re-
fugio.
In other business, the com-
mittee decided to again give
$100 to the Cheer Center for
use in buying food for Christ-
mas baskets or clothing, which
ever they deemed necessary.
They also voted to give $75 to
the Woodsboro Lions Club to be
used to buy other necessary
items to complete their Christ-
Refugio.—A new 72-passenger
school bus is scheduled to go
in service in the local district
next week announced R. L.
McDonald, superintendent of
schools. McDonald and C. H.; of the Voter’s Assembly Mon-
Williams, maintenance superin- j day night, December 5, at 7:30
tendent, are scheduled to pick!p.m
the new vehicle up in Austin! Other officers selected by the
Friday, December 9. J Assembly to serve during 1967
The bus was ordered last Au-j include Alvin B. English, Jr.,
gust 20, but delivery has been vice-president; Everett L. Rus-
Methodist Church in Refueio at delayed by government priori- j sell, Jr., secretary and treas-
7 p.m. on the last day of the ^es an^ material problems cre-jurer; and trustees, George
month when persons visiting ate(* by the Vietnam situation,! Detert, Leon Harborth and
'said McDonald. Harold Koch.
persons
the church noticed smoke. In-
vestigation discovered a short
in an electric motor in one of
the heating units was to blame.
No damage was reported.
For a Smile-
One way to restore humility
is to read the help-wanted ads.
You’d be surprised how many
positions there are which you
are too ignorant, tto unattrac-
tive, or too old to fill.
CofC To Sponsor Annual
Yard Decoration Contest
Refugio.—The Refugio Cham-; annual event during the Christ-
ber of Commerce will again j mas season here. Prizes of
$15.00, $10.00 and $5.00 will be
awarded first, second ond third
place winners respectively.
The date for the judging will
sponsor a contest in Refugio
to determine the best decorat-
ed house and yard according
to Art Nelson, chairman.
A group of local judges will
determine the winners of the
contest, which has become an' according to Nelson.
been in his employ in Aransas
Cadet Roberts
Distinguished
Military Student
College Station.—Cadet Wil-
liam D. Roberts, Jr. of Refugio
has been named a Distinguish-
ed Military Student at Texas
A&M University, announced
Col. D. L. Baker,, commandant.
To be selected for the honor,
an A&M senior must rank in
the top 50 per cent of his aca-
demic class, the top third of his
military science class, success-
fully complete ROTC summer
camp and be recommended by
the professor of military sci-
ence.
The honor can lead to a Dis-
tinguished Military Graduate
rating, which qualifies the ca-
det for a Regular Army com-
mission upon graduation, Col-
onel Baker Pointed out.
Roberts, an animal science
major in Company B-2 and one
of 57 seniors named for the hon-
or. He graduated from Refugio
High School and is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Roberts
of 607 Kate Street, Refugio.
Jimmy, has lived in Refugio fox*
approximately three and a hall
years where he is employed
with the First National Bank.
Jimmy is married, and he and
his wife have one son, John*
Ray.
The Jordan’s daughter, Mrs.
Larry Yates, lives in Abilene.
She and her husband also have
a son, Darren Allen.
Vernon Ray Jordan, age 16,
is a student in high school, and
will accompany his parents
when they move to Refugio.
They plan to make their home
at 704 Magnolia Street.
Jordan issues a cordial invi-
tation to the public to come by
the station to meet him. Atten-
tion is drawn to an ad publish-
ed elsewhere in this issue.
Methodist Men
Schedule Meet
Refugio.—A Methodist Men’s
meeting will be held Wednes-
day, December 14 at 7:30 p.m.
in the First Methodist Church.
The speaker for the evening
will be Rev. Ted Spencer, as-
sociate pastor of the First
Methodist Church in Corpus
Christi. He will bring "A
Christmas Message of Con-
cern”.
All men of the community
are invited to attend and hear
this dynamic young (man.
Lions To Assist Hospital
Revise Blood Donor List
they wish.
Qualifications are that don-
ors be between 21 and 5i9 years
of age, weigh over 110 pounds,
Refugio.—The Refugio Lions
Club is sponsoring a drive to
form a “walking blood bank”
for Memorial Hospital in Re-
fugio. The hospital’s present be in general good health, and
list of blood donors is far out- have no history of malaria,
dated, Bill Wales, chairman of jaundice, hepatitis, asthma or
the drive, stated this week, and heart ailments,
the Lion’s Club has agreed to Wales states it is the inten-
help them form a new list. tion of the committee to con-
Male residents in Refugio tact civic clubs and major
are being asked to have their businesses in Refugio to ask
blood typed at the hospital, at their members’ and employees’
no expense to the individual, support of the drive, however,
so that their name can be add- numerous individuals may be
ed to the list of donors. Al- missed. Should any individual
though only (male citizens are be interested, but is not con-
being asked at this time, Wales tacted, he is asked to call the
be announced at a later time | saj(ji this in no way prevents hospital and make an appoint-
females from participating if ment to have his blood typed.
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