The Woodsboro News (Woodsboro, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1973 Page: 1 of 6
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Refugio Rotary Club scholarship
awards go to 8 Woodsboro seniors
IRENE ELIZONDO
HECTOR FIEROVA
JUAN RODRIGUEZ
RACHEL LOPEZ
RICHARD CANTU
Woodsboro—This group of
eight Woodsboro High School
graduates of 1973 were a-
warded grants worth $250.00
each by Refugio Youth,
Inc. sponsored by the
Rotary Club of Refugio. They
plan to attend colleges as
follows:
South Texas Technical
Institute at Harlingen: Rich-
ard Cantu and Juan Rodri-
guez.
Bee County College at Bee-
ville: Irene Elizondo, Hector
Fierova, Rachel Lopez, and
Dennis Rowland.
South Texas Commercial
College in San Antonio: Shar-
on Durst.
Texas Technical Institute
at Waco: Randy Rankin.
All photos were furnished
through the courtesy of the
Woodsboro High School An-
nual Staff.
DENNIS ROWLAND
SHARON DURST
RANDY RANKIN
United Gas Pipe Line.
Pennzoil Pipeline Co. win
national safe driver honors
United Gas Pipe Line
Company (UGPL) and its
intrastate subsidiary, 'Penn-
zoil Pipeline Company, won
national honors for out-
standing safe driver per-
formances in 1972, accord-
ing to officials of the 42nd
National Fleet Safety Contest
conducted by the National
Safety Council.
UGPL won second place in
Group 1 of the Gas Industry
Division. Its drivers opera-
ted 508 vehicles 8,994,000
miles with only 3.89 acci-
dents per 1,000,000 miles.
Pennzoil Pipeline, with 69
vehicles, won third place in
Group 2' of the Gas Industry
Division with its drivers op-
erating 1,415,104 miles with
only 2.8 accidents per
1,000,000 miles.
The 103 fleets in the con-
test operated 45,607 vehicles
more than 610 million miles
in 1972 with a combined fre-
quency rate of 10.47 acci-
dents per million miles, a
slight decrease over the
previous year.
Contest winners will be
honored at ceremonies in
Cardinal Restaurant
temporarily dosed
Refugio — Cardinal Res-
taurant is temporarily
closed due to the rains of
this week which came before
all repairs were completed
on damages to the roof from
a recent fire.
Danger from electrical
wiring becoming wet made
it advisable to close Mrs.
Raymond Falls, co-owner,
stated.
conjunction with the 61st
National Safety Congress and
Exposition in Chicago,
Illinois on November 1, 1973
at the Pick-Congress Hotel.
The American Gas Asso-
ciation sponsors the contest.
United Gas Pipe Line Com-
pany is the gas transmission
subsidiary of Pennzoil Com-
pany. UGPL’s subsidiary,
Pennzoil Pipeline Company,
operates an intrastate gas
pipeline system in the Gulf
Coast area of Texas.
Two Eagle band
members attend
music camp
San Marcos. — Two high
school students from Woods-
boro were among the 59 young-
sters who participated n the
Southwest Texas State Uni-
versity Music Department's
first summer band camp June
3—8.
The camp, directed by Dr.
Doug Wiehe, director of bands
at SWTSU provided individual
instrument instruction, music
theory section aid full band
rehearsals and a concluding
concert.
Local students participating
in the camp included Wren
Tuttle and Mary Stewart.
Miss Tuttle daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Tuttle of
P. O. Box 186 in Woodsboro
is a member of the Woods-
boro High School Band Or-
ganization under the direction
of Mr. Rudy Martinez. She
plays the clarinet.
Miss Stewart, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs . Eli V. Stewart
of Box 691 in Woodsboro, is
also a member of the high
school band organization. She
plays the flute.
C of C sponsors
hurricane map
Woodsboro—The Woods-
boro Chamber of Commerce
is sponsoring the Hurricane
map appearing on page three
of this issue of the News.
Additional copies of the
map will be available at the
Chamber of Commerce and
its members, listed on the
map.
The hurricane season
officially lasts from June 1
to Oct. 31. However, hurri-
canes have occurred earlier
and later, although rarely.
This year the hurricanes
will be named again with
the names of women, as they
occur in alphabetic order,
as follows:
Alice
Brenda
Christine
Delia
Ellen
Fran
Gilda
Helen
Imogene
Joy
Kate
Mark Schneider
granted fellowship
Corpus Christi. — Mark
Schneider of Corpus Christi
will enroll at the University
of Virginia next fall on a Fel-
lowship he received from that
school to work towards the
Doctor of Philosophy degree
in Oceanography.
Mark and his wife Mona have
already moved to their new
home and will both be em-
ployed during the summer
months.
Mark, the son of Mrs. Monte
(Peggy) Whitten of Corpus
Christi and Bill Schneider of
Houston and grandson of the
editor of the News graduated
Summa Cum Laude fromTex-
as A&M University at College
Station this spring.
Loretta
Madge
Nancy
Ona
Patsy
Rose
Sally
Tam
Vera
Wilda
THE WOODSBORO NEWS
The Only Newspaper That Puts Woodsboro First
VOLUME XXXII WOODSBORO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1973 NUMBER 23
David Martinez is Father of Year
Woodsboro—David Marti-
nez of 407 Third Street in
Woodsboro is the Father of
the Year for 1973 in the con-
test sponsored annually by
the Woodsboro News.
The nomination of Mr.
Martinez for this honor was
made by his daughter, Miss
Amelia Martinez, a student
at Texas A&I University at
Kingsville.
Mr. Martinez, who is the
son of Bias Martinez Sr.,
custodian at the United
States Post Office in Woods-
boro, runs a fleet of trucks
during the grain season and
engages in carpentering and
some farming during the
rest of the year.
Besides Miss Amelia he
has another daughter, Miss
Sylvia, an employee of the
First National Bank of
Woodsboro, another daugh-
ter, Rosemary, in school,
and two young twin sons.
Another son, David Jr., died
as an infant.
He is a member of St.
Thdrese Catholic Church,
where both he and his family
are active in church activi-
ties.
Mr. Martinez, the oldest of
his brothers and sisters, did
not get the opportunity to
complete high school. His
progressive attitude is
shown by the fact that both
his oldest daughters have
received a high school educa-
tion and both have taken ad-
vantage of further education.
They, like Rosemary, were
steady honor students while
in high school and Miss Arne-
Deer cut in half
crashing windshield;
car's driver unhurt
Refugio—An unusual acci-
dent Tuesday afternoon re-
sulted in a deer being cut
in half but no injury to the
driver of the car as the ani-
mal crashed into the vehic-
cle’s windshield.
A young lady from Hous-
ton was driving south on
Highway 77, when the deer
bolted across the road and
struck the windshield. The
windshield shattered, and the
deer was cut in half with the
upper part of the body fall-
ing onto the driver. While
the car spun around twice
before stopping, being head-
ed north when it came to a
halt, the driver escaped
injury.
The accident occured a-
bout a mile south of Woods-
boro at mid-afternoon.
Rev. Eiswick's
sister succumbs
Victoria. — Funeral ser-
vices were held Sunday for
Mrs. Myrtle M. Bethea, 75,
of 108 W. Brazos S., who
died at 120 a.m. Friday in
a Victoria hospital
Mrs. Bethea was born Dec.
25, 1897 in Port Lavaca,
and had been a resident of
Victoria since 1941.
Serv ces were conducted at
2 p.m. Sunday from Assem-
.bly of God Church with the
Rev. LeRoy Blackborn offi-
ciating.
Burial followed in Memory
Gardens Ci emetery under di-
rection of Colonial Funeral
Home.
Pallbearers were Wayne
Wilmon, Faye Smothers, Lel-
land Boyd,ThurmondElswick,
John Elswick and Everett
Elswick.
Honorary pallbearers were
Leroy Williams, Herman
Garbe, Warren Wallis, Ray
Carol, Ted Ripple and Curtis
Hahn.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Lee R. Bethea; a sister,
Mrs. Martha Claypool, both
of Victoria and a brother,
the Rev. R. M. Elswick of
Woodsboro.
DAVID MARTINEZ
. . . father of year
lia made the Dean’s list at
A&I this spring.
kiss Amelia’s Letter of
Nomination, which appears
on Page 5, clearly demon-
strates that parents, even
Refugio—A second ses-
sion of swim lessons will
bb held starting June 25th
at the Refugio Municipal
Pool. Beginners and ad-
vanced beginners will start
at this time while the inter-
mediate and swimmer class-
es will start July 2. Classes
meet five days a week and
will end on July 13. All
classes are filling rapidly.
Contact Mary Lea Hous-
ton at 543-4761 to verify
that your child will be on the
list for this session. Regis-
tration blanks can be ob-
tained from Mrs. Glenn
White at the Refugio City
Hall or Mary Lea Houston
in Woodsboro.
All blanks and pool fees
8 injured
in collision
Refugio. — Eight Houston
residents, all occupants of one
car, were injured, two crit-
ically, Friday morning when
their car was in collision with
a truck eight miles north of
Refugio on U. S. Highway 77.
Mrs. Janie Gonzales 22, and
her brother, Guadalupe Al-
maraz, 10, remained in crit-
ical condition Friday night at
Memorial Medical Center in
Corpus Christi after being
transferred from Memorial
Hospital in Refugio. Mrs.
Gonzales was suffering from a
fractured skull and possible
fractures of her neck and back
and the boy from head injur-
ies.
Admitted to the local hospital
were Mrs. Gonzales' parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jaun Almaraz,
both 42, her daughter, Norma,
4; her grandmother, Mrs.An-
gelita Vela; another brother,
Francisco 5, and Juan Rene
Alegria 2. All suffered either
multiple fractures or multiple
cuts and abrasions.
Escaping injury was a ninth
occupant of the car, Manual
Almaraz 14, another brother
of Mrs. Gonzales, and the
truck driver, Joe J. Hernan-
dez of Woodsboro.
Highway Patrolman John
Narramore of Refugio said the
accident occurred at 11;35
a.m. when a southbound
car driven by Juan Almaraz
was in collision with Hernan-
dez’ southbound one-ton truck
as the latter was attempting
a left turn off the highway onto
a private road.
The highway was blocked for
45 minutes before the accident
scene could be cleared by
Refugio County sheriff’s of-
ficers who assisted Nara-
more.
with limited means and edu-
cation, can give their child-
ren the moral support and
encouragement to develop
their full potential to become
useful citizens.
In fact this family is liv-
ing proof that lack of the
frills of society is not detri-
mental to the spiritual and
mental growth of children. At
the same time it demon-
strates that advancement can
and must be desired by the
child, with the limited oppor-
tunities the parents can sup-
ply.
It takes a father with the
patience of Job, the wisdom
of Solomon, and the indus-
try of our pioneers, to head
a household of children, and
sustain the love and adora-
tion of that family as ex-
pressed in the Letter of Nom-
ination.
We thank Mr. Martinez for
being that kind of father and
for raising the fine children
of which he and Mrs. Marti-
nez, as well as the whole
community, can be proud.
are to be sent to Mary Lea
Houston, Star Route, Box
263, Woodsboro, Texas,
78393.
All children nqust be at
least 6 years of age to enter
the classes.
Water Safety Aides assist-
ing in this program are Linda
Tompkins, Susan Schlesin-
ger, Karen Hoermann, and
Eugeni Davis.
Classes, dates, time, and
pool fee are: Beginner: June
25-July 13; 8-9 and 9-10;
$3.75.
Advanced Beginner: June
25-July 13; 10-11; $3.75.
Intermediate: July 2-July
13; 11-12; $2.50.
Swimmer: July 2-July 13;
11-12; $2.50.
POOL FEES CAN NOT
BE RETURNED UPON CAN-
CELLATION FROM THIS
PROGRAM
Hickey reunion held
at Schulenberg
Woodsboro—-Mrs. W. A.
Wright of Woodsbory at-
tended the Kickey Reunion
at Schulenburg on Sun-
day, June 10.
Her daughter, Mrs, Glenn
Coker and children of Port-
land came to Woodsboro Sat-
urday and spent the night
with Mrs. Wright and they
then made the trip to the
annual reunion on Sunday
morning.
About seventy relatives
of the Kickey family at-
tended the reunion from
Houston, San Antonio,
Beeville, Alice, Irving,
Columbus, Yoakum, Po-
teet, Bryan, Portland, and
Woodsboro.
The reunion is held an-
nually at the Schulenburg
Park.
* * *
Annual Refugio County
crop tours will be held Tues-
day, June 19. Both tours are
being held the same day to
expedite the use of Exten-
sion Service specialists. The
Austwell-Tivoli tour starts
at 7 a.m. with a breakfast
at Reyna’s cafe in Tivoli.
The Bonnie View-Bayside
tour starts at 4 p.m. at the
Pioneer Seed Company test
. plot U/2 miles north of Bay-
side on Farm Road 136. A
barbecue will end the tour
for those making the tour.
Both tours have good stops
planned that should be of
interest to both producers
and agribusiness people.
American Red Cross
swim lessons booked
TEXAS NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM —
Fred Collins, left, of Central Power and Light Com-
pany, explains nuclear fusion for the production of
electric energy to local participants who attended the
nuclear science symposium in Austin this week.
Lester York, center, is with his teacher, Finley
D. Barth of Woodsboro High School.
Science students, teachers
learn of nuclear research
Austin, June 5....Over fifty
area science students and
teachers are learning about
continuing experiments in
the University of Texas
Tokamak nuclear fusion re-
search project this week in
Austin.
The disclosure came at
the 13th Annual Texas Nu-
clear Science Symposium
sponsored by Central Power
and Light Company and the
nine other member compan-
ies of the Texas Atomic
Energy Research Founda-
tion, held June 4-7.
A leading nuclear physi-
cist said here today that
man’s efforts to reproduce
on earth the process respon-
sible fbr energy generation
in the sun and stars so that
it can be used to generate
electric power is becoming
a reality.
Dr. W. E. Drummond
pointed out that the source
of this vast energy comes
from nuclear fusion, which
is the joining together of
light atoms to form heavier
ones.
Drummond, Professor of
Physics and Director of
Center for Plasma Physics
and Controlled Thermo-
nuclear fusion reaction com-
bining atoms. These atoms
have been confined for very
small parts of a second in
a magnetic field. The goal
is to hold them for a full
second.
“High heat energy is re-
leased when light atoms are
fused or combined, and this
energy can hopefully become
fuel for operating a conven-
tional steam power plant,”
said Drummond. “This is
potentially more produc-
tive than nuclear fission,
which derives energy from
splitting heavy atoms like
uranium and plutonium in
atomic reactors.”
The UT researcher ex-
plained to the science group
that the source of energy is
nuclear fusion. “Most im-
portant, nuclear fusion
would use heavy hydrogen,
otherwise known as deuter-
ium, as a basic fuel,” said
Drummond. “Deuterium is
a universal component of
ordinary water and is abun-
dant, cheap and virtually
inexhaustible.”
Dr. Drummond is heading
up an experiment at the
university of collisionless
shock waves which has re-
ceived international re-
cognition. This experiment
and others at the University
of Texas and Texas A&M
are sponsored by the Texas
Atomic Energy Research
Foundation, which is made
up of CPL and nine other
investor-owned electric util-
ity companies in Texas.
In a sense, the students
and teachers attending the
annual conference are as-
suming roles of nuclear
scientists for almost a
week. They are working on
complicated math and phy-
sics problems, and will at-
tend lectures and partici-
pate in basic nuclear re-
search.
Two afternoons will be
spent touring University
science laboratories, in-
cluding those where re-
search projects sponsored
by the foundation are being
conducted in thermonuclear
fusion reactions.
The symposium sessions
will not only bring the stu-
dents and teachers lectures
by outstanding scientists
from throughout the nation,
but will also provide the
students with an opportunity
to obtain answers to ques-
tions about scientific ca-
reers and college curricula.
The Austin symposium is
part of CPL’s program for
advancement of nuclear
science knowledge through
experimentation and educa-
tion. The selected group of
students attending the con-
ference were chosen by
participating schools on the
basis of scholarship and
interest in science.
Sealcoat work
of area highways
starts July 1
Karnes City—Represen-
tatives of the Highway De-
partment, the Highway Pa-
trol, and P.S. & F. Construc-
tion Company of San Antonio
held a preconstruction meet-
ing for the 1973 District 16
Seal Coat Program at the
Resident Engineer’s office
in Karnes City on June 7.
The contractors tfork plans
and various safety subjects
were discussed. The con-
tract calls for seal coating
266.1 miles of highways in
the ten county district at
a cost of approximately
$700,000. The contractor
plans to begin seal coating
in Goliad County about July
and proceed through Refug-
io, Bee, San Patricio, Aran-
sas, Nueces, Kleberg, Jim
Wells, Live Oak and Karnes
Counties. The work should
be completed before Sept-
ember 1.
Highways to be seal
coated in Refugio County
are sections of US Highway
77 and State Highway 202
for a total of 29.2 miles.
The travelling public is
urged to obey warning
signs and directions of flag-
men in the work area, and
to drive carefully on the
freshly sealed areas to
reduce windshield damage
from loose aggregate.
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Schulz, Walter A. The Woodsboro News (Woodsboro, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1973, newspaper, June 15, 1973; Woodsboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth846675/m1/1/?q=technical+manual: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library.