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Woodsboro Lions Club offi-
cers for 2013-2014. Back row
from left, 2nd Vice President
Albin Kucera, Lion Tamer
J.R. Allen, Tail Twister Jason
Jones and President Stanley
Tuttle. Front row from left,
Secretary Betty Kucera,
Treasurer Karen Allen, 1st
Vice President Rosie Trevino
and Membership Chair
Olivia Yanez.
Refugio Lions Club officers for
2013-2014. Back row from left,
1-year Director Gary Bourland,
Immediate Past President Jack
Gaskins, Membership Chair
Louis Willeke, Secretary Jim
Henke and Lion Tamer Charles
Leshikar. Front row from left,
Treasurer Kenneth Wright,
Tail Twister Bob Koonce, 1st
Vice President Ida Turner and
President Ray Hardy.
Woodsboro Lions Club schedule events for 4th of July
WOODSBORO - The Woodsboro
Lions Club July 4th on the Square
parade and celebration is set for
Thursday, July 4. Parade line up is at
9 a.m. with the parade commencing at
10 followed by all day events till 3 p.m.
The celebration on the Square kicks
off with Opening Ceremonies followed
by a live auction at approximately 11
a.m.
The Meza Band will play throughout
the day.
Horseshoes will begin at noon. To reg-
ister contact Steve Castellano. Washer’s
will be announced.
Children’s games include duck pond,
fish pond, spinning wheel, bouncers
and more.
Sack races for children 4-7 will begin
at 1 p.m.; 8-12 at 1:30 p.m. and 13
to adult will follow. Other activities
include a whiskey wagon, food and
craft vendors, and a jalapeno contest for
adults 18 and over at 2:30 p.m.
Raffle tickets are still available and
may be purchased from any Lion’s Club
Member. Anyone wishing to participate
in the parade, sack races, or jalapeno
contest, or need information may con-
tact Rosie Trevino at 361-237-0408.
Williamson Senior Center monthly dinner set for July 10
REFUGIO - The
Williamson Senior
Citizens Center will host
its monthly dinner at
noon Wednesday, July 10.
Representatives from the
Area Agency on Aging, the
Food Bank of the Golden
Crescent and Corpus
Christi Home Care will be
on hand to provide infor-
mation and other services.
Frank Hosey and
Manny Govella will be the
cooks. The menu will be
announced next week.
Leticia Ochoa of the
AAA will be available to
discuss the new income
guidelines to qualify for
Medicare programs and
check eligibility. Carol
Ayala of the food bank
will assist clients on filling
out forms for various pro-
grams from food stamps to
CHIP. Melanie Vaughan
of Corpus Christi Home
Care will also be on hand
to check blood pressure
and take glucose readings.
“Helpful information
will be available at this
Austwell VFD Fish fry June 29
AUSTWELL
Austwell VFD will con-
duct a fish fry, dance
and fireworks show on
Saturday, June 29, at
Wilson Heard Park in
Austwell.
Fish plates with Cole
slaw, hush puppies,
beans, tea or water are
$7. The live auction
will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Magical Jams will pro-
vide the dance music
from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
with a children’s dance
contest.
Tickets for a Phillip
Sawyer Custom
Smoker, valued at
$2,000 are on sale for
are $5 or six for $20.
Fireworks will begin
at 10 p.m.
Vendors are wanted
to serve a light meal,
snacks and drinks from
7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Money raised will
help purchase needed
equipment. For more
information contact
Donnie Denton at (281)
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special dinner,” said Kenda
Nelson, director of Elderly
Services. “Outreach per-
sonnel from the various
agencies will help county
residents get through the
red tape associated with
programs they may be eli-
gible to receive. Be sure
and bring your Medicare
red, white and blue card
and mark your calendar
for this special event.”
Areas will be set aside
provide maximum privacy.
“As always, Frank and
Manny will have an excel-
lent menu planned for us,”
Nelson said. ‘We are now
having dinners several
times a week so check the
menu board for dates and
sign up for meals.”
Languages were as colorful as El Copano’s story
(Continued from 4A)
official language of the government,
politics and the schools. However,
Gaelic continued to be the spoken
language of Ireland into the mid-
1800s, although in decline.
For example, in 1800 essen-
tially all Irish children learned
Gaelic as their first language, but
by 1860 only about five percent
of children could use it. So adult
Irish immigrants (born 1790-1810)
would speak Gaelic as their first
language and English as their sec-
ond. Children born and schooled
in Ireland in the 1820s may have
spoken better English than their
parents.
Gaelic is very different from
English as the following example
shows:
“Le Teitheadh na nlarlai’ thit
an toin as an choras Ghaelach
agus fagadna Gaeil gan cumhacht
pholaituil na eacnam aioch.”
“With the flight of the Earls, the
bottom fell out of the Gaelic system
and the Irish were left without
political or economic power.”
One could imagine that spoken
Irish English could sound very
different in accent, syntax and
vocabulary, just as spoken mod-
ern British English and American
English do. One only needs to
view modern films or TV made in
England or Scotland to experience
this problem.
These films often have written
subtitles in American English so
that we can understand the dialog.
This problem of accent, syntax,
and vocabulary might not pres-
ent an insurmountable problem
to other English-speakers, but the
differences could cause problems
for non-English-speakers such as
the Spanish/Mexicans and the
Karankawa.
So in addition to Gaelic being
spoken among the adult Irish
immigrants, they would also be
speaking Irish English as their sec-
ond language. In addition, there
were American immigrants in El
Copano, as well as Irish from the
east coast who had lived in the U.S.
for years, so American English was
also being spoken.
The Karankawa spoke a form of
the Coahuiltecan language from
northern Mexico. Only a few of
the Franciscan missionaries were
able to speak Coahuiltecan flu-
ently. Some Karankawa did
learn to speak Spanish, however.
Good thing because no immigrant
could speak or understand the
Karankawa anyway. So the cul-
ture in El Copano was definitely
multi-lingual. The profusion of lan-
guages, dialects and accents may
well have resulted in sign language
being the most useful form of com-
munication in El Copano.
Herndon Williams is affiliated
with the Bayside Historical Society
and the Refugio County Historical
Commission. He is the author of the
book, Texas Gulf Coast Stories, pub-
lished in Dec 2010 by The History
Press. His second book, Eight
Centuries on the Texas Frontier,
was published in May. Email at
cherndon8695@sbcglobal.net.
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Delaney, Tim. Refugio County Press (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 2013, newspaper, June 27, 2013; Refugio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth741140/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library.