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SAM HOUSTON’S HOME — Thousands of visitors to
historic Huntsville each year make a pilgrimage through
this white cottage which was once the home of the
famous Texas statesman. The house is part of the Sam
Houston Shrine located across from Sam Houston State
College. Other points of interest here include a museum
containing clothing, weapons, books and rare documents
owned by Houston. Nearby is his old log law office and
the frame building shaped like a steamboat in which
he died.
For those who are fascinated
with Texas history — and who
isn’t — nothing could be more re-
warding than a visit to the Sam
Houston Shrine at Huntsville.
The former home of Sam Hous-
ton, winner of Texas independence
at San Jacinto and first elected
president of the Texas Republic,
the shrine attracts thousands of
visitors each year.
The shrine is open free to the
public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every
day except Thanksgiving and
Christmas.
Here you will see the Houston
residence, built in 1847, with the
original Houston law; office and
restored log kitchen.
The Sam Houston Museum is a
ntodern building with excellent ex-
hibits, including Houston’s famous
leopardskin vest which he wore
while a Senator, his favorite rock-
ing chair, hat and pipe, and the
cane with which he once thrashed
a political enemy.
General Santa Anna’s saddle and
bridle are here, as are many oth-
er relics of the Texas Revolution.
The Pioneer Room tells vividly
the story of the Texas Revolution
and of the final heroic stand at the
Alamo in San Antonio, and also
shows much of what life was like
in early Texas.
Steamfboat House, where Hous-
ton died, was built by Dr. Rufus
W. Bailey in 1858. This is modeled
after a Mississippi steamboat, with
decklike galleries running its full
length.
(Sam Houston’s grave is also in
Huntsville, about three blocks
north of the courthouse on a side
road. Inscribed is the tribute of
Andrew Jackson, once his military
commander: “The world will take
care of Houston’s fame.”
Just six miles south of Hunts-
ville is the beautiful Huntsville
State Park, Where fishing, boating,
camping and water skiing are
available year-round.
Many highways lead to Hunts-
ville, including U. S. 75, U. S. 190
and Interstate 45. The shrine is ap-
proximately 70 miles north of the
city of Houston which was namted
for the Texas hero.
As Principal of Refugio High School
Q Refugio.—Kenyon F- C1»PP of Uvalde notified Supt. of | owned by Harry Hornby, Jr. Clapp, a journalism graduate
Schools David Engman Sunday night that he was declining of Southwest Texas State College at San Marcos, has serv-
the position of Refugio High School Principal.    ed the Uvalde newspaper as sports editor and editor during
Clapp stated he was accepting the position of Editor the summer months,
for the Uvalde Leader-News, weekly newspaper of that city1 Clapp had been named to succeed H. E. Harris.
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VOLUME IX—NO. 48
REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1963
FOUR PAGES—TEN CENTS
Boysville Schedules
Charity Cattle Auction
7 Refugio. — The Refugio Little
League All - Stars were beaten
by the Sinton All - Stars, 6-3 on
Friday night, July 1, 1963.
Sinton jumjped off to a three run
lead early in the game, but Re-
fugio came back to tie the score
in the third inning. Sinton then
went ahead to stay.
The victory was the second in
a row in tournament play for the
Sinton team, as they defeated
Woodsboro 6-0 on Thursday night.
Sinton will now play Ingleside
on Tuesday night, July 23. The
site of the game is as yet unde-
termined. The Refugio Little Lea-
gue Park has been offered as a
neutral field
Judge Green Appointed
To Civil Appeals Court
San Antonio. — In an effort to
bolster its finances, Boysville,
“Texas’ home With a heart for
homeless boys,” has scheduled a
charity cattle auction October 8 to
10.
“Through the kindness of the San
Antonio Union Stock Yards,” said
Lloyd Ml Knowlton and W. P.
Coleman, co-chairmen “Boysville,
which has furnished a home for
countless needy boys over the
past 20 years, will conduct this au-
ction with donated animals.
“We are appealing for assis-
tance on the home’s farm and
ranch program which not only fur-
nishes food for the 86 boys we
have and feed for the home’s
livestock, but also provides on-the-
job training for boys interested in
ranch and farming.”
The co-chairmen appealed for
pledges of animals “or most any-
thing” for the auction, saying all
anyone need do is drop a card to
the home at P. O. Box 6646, San
Antonio, and the committee would
pick up and keep the animals till
auction time.
‘Please look over your stock,”
the co-chairmen requested. “There
must be a pig, sheep, goat, lamb,
donkey, mare or calf you could
spare for this worthwhile invest-
ment in a boy’s future.”
They explained that the lads at
Boysvile, aged 6 to 18, were not
juvenile delinquents but merely
boys who were homeless as the
victims of broken homes and that
the institution, located 10 miles
northeast of San Antonio on the
Austin highway, subsisted entire-
ly on donations from people in all
walks of life.
Mrs. Young, Dulin
Attend National
B&PW Convention
When you leave an automatic
transmission car parked on a
slope with the engine off, don’t
put the lever in drive position. A
car can still roll in this gear. Most
cars have a parking position which
will hold the car under ordinary
circumstances.
REFUGIO COUNTY
TRAFFIC TOLL
1963
DEATHLESS DAYS
182
last Death January 20, 1963
DEATHS THIS YEAR
1
1962 TRAFFIC DEATHS
14
Dallas. July 18. — “The Re-
sponsibility of Full Partnership”
struck a progressive note and set
the pace for the 1963 Convention
of the National Federation of Busi-
ness and Professional Women’s
Clubs, Inc., meeting here July 14
through 18. Delegates from the
largest U. S. organization repre-
senting women in business and
professions numbered approxi-
mately 2330 from the 50 states,
the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Delegates to the national con-
vention from Refugio were Mrs.
Ruth Young and Mrs. S. E. Dulin,
members of the Woodsbdro - Re-
fugio Business and Professional
Women’s Club.
Dr. Minnie Miles, sister of H. B.
Caddell of Refugio and president
of the national organization, pre-
sided at the convention and made
the keynote address. The agenda
included election of national of-
ficers for 1963-64, business meet-
ings and workshops aimed at the
Federation’s objectives:
.to elevate the standards for wo-
men in business and professions
.to promote the interests of busi-
ness and professional women
.to bring about a spirit of co-
operation amng business and
professional women
.to extend opportunities too busi-
ness and professional women along
operation among business and
vocational activities.
Paying tribute to women in busi-
ness and the professions were
some of the outstanding leaders of
today. Speakers on the program in-
cluded The Honorable Earle Ca-
bell, Mayor of Dallas; Mrs. Lil-
lian Gilbreth, President of Gil-
breth, Inc., Consulting Engi-
neers; Miargaret Hickey, Editor of
Public Affairs for Ladies Home
Journal; Dwayne Orton, Editor of
Think Magazine and Dr. Frank A.
Rose, President of the University
of Alabama.
Harvey Shell
Of Gregory
Dies July 20
Gregory. — Harvey Shell, 79, a
former state representative for 14
years and a member of a pio-
neer family in Calhoun County,
died Saturday in Gregory after a
lengthy illness.
Mr. Shell, a 1903 graduate of
Baylor, was a leader in the Demo-
cratic Party.
He and his father, the late J.
H. Shell, engineered in 1903 the
first irrigation program in Cal-
houn County for rice farming.
Their original fresh - water dam
is now known as Foster Lake at
Indianola.
Mr. Shell had lived in Gregory
since 1916.
Funeral services were held Sun-
day at 4 p.m. at the First Baptist
Church in Gregory, with the Rev.
J. C. Turner officiaing. Burial
was in Gregory Cemetery, with
Cage - Marshall Funeral Home of
Taft in charge of arrangements.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ma-
ry Alma Shell; a daughter, Mrs.
J. S. Wilson of Ingleside; and
three grandsons.
Jurist Vows
To Merit
Promotion
Pat Burke Dies
In San Antonio
Beeville. — Patrick Burke, 52,
a formler resident of Beeville and
Refugio, died at 5 a.m, Thurs-
day, July 18, 1963, in his home in
San Antonio. He had been ill for
one month.
Funeral Mass was said at St.
Joseph Catholic Church Saturday,
July 19, 1963, at 9:30 a.m. with
the Rev. Mathew Ling officiating.
Burial was in St. Joseph Cem-
etery under the direction of the
Galloway - Wilson Funeral Home
Burke is survived by his wife,
Mildred; one son, William Pa-
trick serving with the Coast Guard
at Port Aransas; two daughters,
Mrs Robert L. Butler of San An-
tonio and Miss Bridget Burke of
Beeville; one brother John J. Bur-
ke Jr., of San Antonio, two sis-
ters, Mrs. Philip G' Young; Re-
fugio and Miss Grace Burke of
'Corpus Christi; and three grand-
children.
His All
Navy Bridegroom — With all my
wordly goods, I thee endow.
His Father — There goes his
seabag and fountain pen.
Chief Justice Howard P. Green
of the new Thirteenth Court of Ci-
vil Appeals at Corpus Christi re-
ceived the first official word of
his appointment as Chief Justice
when he arrived for a call at the
office of his successor as judge of
the 24th District Court, Mayor Joe
Kelly of Victoria.
“I am deeply appreciative and
feel a particular sense of humility
in receiving this appointment,”
said Judge Green. “I feel that it
is due largely to the gratifying
support I received from, the bar,
the judiciary, the press and a
great number of citizens and
friends from throughout the dis-
trict I have served to the best of
my ability for 33 years.
“I want to say that I am ex-
tremely grateful to the fine peo-
ple of the 24th District. I have
been honored by them, as a dis-
trict attorney and a district judge
for 33 years, and I am deeply
grateful for my associations with
them all.
Feeling of Reluctance
“In a way, I have a feeling of
reluctance in leaving my work as
a trial judge. That is the place on
the bench that is closest to the
people, in working with juries,
with witnesses, and with lawyers
in the trial of cases. But after
2 years as a district judge, I felt
an obligation to take advantage of
this new opportunity for wider ser-
vice.
“I will apply the law from the
appellate bench as I understand
the law, and I will do my utmost
to merit the honor conferred by
this appointment.
“Again, I want to thank all of
those who endorsed me for this
appointment. I am; deeply appre-
ciative to The Victoria Advocate
for its editorial endorsement and
to all of the other newspapers of
the district Who also endorsed
me.”
Judge Green said that he plan-
ned to continue as judge of the
24th District until the creation of
the Thirteenth Court of Civil Ap-
peals becomes effective on Sept.
1. In the meantime, he said, he
intended to spend some time in
the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
at San Antonio to familiarize
himself with cases and procedures
which have been handled up to
now by the Fourth Court, and
which now will fall under the juris-
diction of the new court.
The new chief justice said he
also would be engaged in helping
to select a clerk and other per-
sonnel for the new court, which
will have its quarters in the Nue-
ces County courthouse at Corpus
Christi.
Continued on page 4—
Joe E. Kelly
Sees Challenge
The high trust accorded him, by
gubernatorial appointment Thurs-
day to the bench of 24th District
Court left Joe E. Kelly, 51-year-
old attorney and mayor of the ci-
ty, with admitted “mixed emo-
tions.”
There was the challenge and op-
portunity of the new positin of
judge versus the excitement and
drama of the courtroom role play-
ed by the practicing attor-
ney which Kelly described as “the
iryost interesting life a person
could live.”
But the appointment long rumr
ored, was a fact; on Aug. 31 How-
ard P. Green, judge of the 24th
Judicial District for 23 years,
would step up to the post of chief
justice of the newly created 13th
Court of Civil Appeals. Into his
considerable legal shoe would
step Joe Kelly.
“It is, of course, an honor that
any lawyer would relish,” Kelly
said, “to have such faith and con-
fidence placed in him1;. And it is
an opportunity to further serve my
fellow lawyers as well a the ci-
tizens of the district. Still, my
first love has been the practice of
law and I will be leaving some
wonderful fellows, my law part-
ners, and some wonderful clients
behind.
“But I look forward to the op-
portunity to make a more
through study of tthe law and to
better express my own philosophy
of the law. I’ll just have to try
to do some listening now (after
all his years as a trial lawyer,)”
Kelly continued jokingly. “I’m
Cintinued on page 4—
! District Post
Given Mayor
Of Victoria
Austin. —i Dist. Judge Howard
P. Green of Cuero was named
Thursday by Gov. John Connally
to be chief justice of the new 13th
Court of Civil Appeals in Corpus
Christi.
Mayor Joe E. Kelly of Victoria
will replace Judge Green on the
bench on 24th District Court.
The appointments will take ef-
fect Aug. 31 since the new appel-
late court will open for business
Sept. 1.
L A. Wattigny
Services Sunday
Beeville. —• Luther A. Wattigny,
40, died in a local hospital Thurs-
day night, July 18, 1963, following
a short illness. He had lived in
Beeville a month, and prior to
that had been a resident of Refu-
gio six years.
Services were held Sunday at 3
p.m. in the Peace Lutheran
Church.
Wattigny is survived by his
wife, Lena Mae; five daughters,
Mrs. Rebecca Grace Barber of
Refugio, Misses Sheryl Elaine,
Johnny Katherine, Julie Ann, and
Susan Celia Wattigny, all of Re-
fugio; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Luther O. Wattigny, and one sis-
ter, Miss Viola Celia Wattigny,
all of Beeville.
He was a bookkeeper, a mem-
ber of the Lutheran Church, and
a veteran of the Air Force in
World War H.
Associate justices of the new
court are Paul Nye of Corpus
Christi, present chairman of the
Nueces County Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee, and T. Gilbert
Sharp of Brownsville.
Judge Green has served 23
years on the district bench. His
father, John N. Green, also serv-
ved for many years as judge of
the same court.
Nye got his law degree from
the University of Kansas after re-
ceiving his bachelor of business
administration degree from; Texas
A&I College in Kingsville. He is
42 years old, married and the
father of six children. He is sen-
ior partner in the law firm of Nye,
Cohn and Morris in Corpus Chris-
ti.
He is chairman of the district
grievance committee of the Bar
Association, and was co-chairman
of the district committee which
worked for the creation of the
new court appeals by the legisla-
ture.
Sharp is a partner in the firm
of Shrap and Hardy of Browns-
ville. He attended Weber Law
School and St. Mary’s College of
Law in San Antonio. He was as-
sistant U. S. Attorney for the
Western District of Texas in 1943-
46.
He served as a special assistant
U. S Attorney General for threq
assignments in 1946, 1951 and 1952.
He was elected to the Brownsville
School Board in 1953, and served
as its president from 1956 until
1959. Sharp is 52 years old and has
three children.
He is a member of the Com-
mission for Revision of the State
Penal Code and Code of Criminal
Procedures.
Refugio. — The Refugio Pony
League All-Stars breezed to an el-
imination Tournament victory last
week by sweeping the first two
games from the Beeville team in a
best of three series.
On Thursday night, July 18, 1963
the Refugio squad nipped Beeville,
2-1 behind the brilliant pitching of
Benny Conchola. Conchola gave up
only one hit, and struck out 19.
On Friday night, the play-off
series moved from Beeville to e-
fugio. This time it was again the
local nine sweeping to victory be-
hind the pitching of Jimmy Broom.
The Refugio team now advances
to the Hondo Area Tournament
Wednesday, July 24, 1963. The all-
stars are due in Hondo at 12:30
P-uif with a drawing scheduled for
2 p.m. to determine if the local
team will play at 6 p.m. or 8 p.m.
The winner of the Hondo tourna-
ment will advance to the District
tournament to be held in San An-
tonio on Friday, August 2, 1963.
Annuals
Arrive
Refugio. — 1963 Refugio High
'School Annuals have arrived and
may be picked up in the Business
Managers office any week day be-
tween 9 a.m, and 12 noon or be-
tween 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.mj.
All students are reminded that
there is a 12 cent state tax on this
year’s publication.
Face
’€4 Election
Austin. — Secretary of State
Crawford Martin said yesterday
that the three men appointed to
the new Corpus Christi 13th Court
of Civil Appeals will have to run
for election next year if they wish
to hold their places on the bench.
Crawford said it was his inter-
pretation of the law that the trio
was appointed by Gov. John Con-
nally to serve until the next gen-
eral election which is November.
1964.    *
The jurists are Judge Howard
P. Green of Cuero, Paul Nye of
Corpus Christi and T. Gilbert
Sharpe of Brownsville.
Green presumably would run asi
chief justice, since he has been
named chief justice. Nye and
Sharpe would run for the associ-
ate justiceships.
Judge Joe Kelley, named to suc-
ceed Judge Green, will also have
to run for election next year if he
wishes to hold this place.
Week's Weather
Mon!, July 15
Rain High
95
Low
79
Tues., July 16
94
77
Wed., July 17
95
74
Thurs., July 18
trace 96
75
Fri., July 91
94
76
Sat., Juuly 20
96
75
Sun., July 21
99
72
Methodist Youths
To Hold Regular
Tuesday Activity
Refugio — The Methodist Youth
Fellowship will hold its regular
Tuesday night activities Tuesday,
July 23, 1963 in the Fellowship
Hall of the Methodist Church.
Games of four square and ping-
pong will be played and refresh-
ments will be served.
This MYF activity is held each
Tuesday from 7 p.m. until 9:30
p.m and is entitled “Something
to do Night”.