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The News from Every Section of Refugio County
VOL. XIV.—No. 42
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1942
Mrs. Sitterle, 86,
Claimed by Death
Funeral Service Held
Here Saturday, Followed
By Burial in Victoria
Many hearts were grieved Fri-
day to learn of the passing of Mrs.
Annie Sitterle, 86, at her home
early that morning. Her life had
been despaired of several times in
the past year, and only recently
she had recovered sufficiently from
a critical illness to be up and
about most of the day, but she ex-
pired Friday morning after rising
from her night’sf slumber.
Mrs. Sitterle epitomized to her
friends all the Christian virtues,
bearing her hardships and her ill-
nesses during the past few years
with unceasing cheerfulness and
fortitude. She was an entertaining
and witty conversationalist as well,
and many of the callers who came
to sympathize with her remained
to laugh with her. Throughout her
years of residence in Refugio, un-
til the past two, she bustled cheer-
fully about her house and yard,
and her mind remained bright and
active to the end.
Her interesting personality was
inherited from her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Claud Willemin, whose
lives bore more color than is given
to most people. Mrs. Willemin was
born in Switzerland, Mr. Willemin
in France, and they met in Vic-
toria, Texas, where they were mar-
ried and where their daughter,
Annie, was born on May 1, 1856,
one of a large family. In 1874 the
girl became the bride of Edward
Sitterle, and they made their home
in Victroia until his death in 1908.
To them were born three children,
W. Edward and Will Sitterle, both
of whom survive, and a daughter,
Mrs. Will Harwood, who died at
her home in Victoria in 1907.
Following the loss of her daugh-
ter and her husband in the space
of a year’s time, Mrs. Sitterle lived
in San Antonio for a short time
but came to Refugio in 1912 to be
with her son and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Sitterle. She has resided
since that time in the same block
where she died Friday morning.
Survivors besides her two sons,
both of whom live here, include
four sisters, Mrs. Apoline Glock,
Refugio; Mrs. Vic Willemin,
Runge; Mrs. Gotleib Dietzel and
Mrs. Z. T. Reeves, Raisin; a grand-
son, Lieutenant Ted Harwood, who
is with the U. S. army and could
not be located immediately, and
two great-grandchildren, Jdnie and
Ted Harwood Jr.
Funeral services were held by the
Rev. C. S. Long, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, of which she
was a lifelong members, at the Ed
Sitterle home at 9 o’clock Saturday
morning followed by interment in
Evergreen Cemetery, Victoria.
Pallbearers were B. E .McGuill, J.
C. Heard, J. J. O’Brien, Francis
West, Glynn Moss and Clay Mur-
pby.
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Tire Information
Will Be Posted
The list of purchase certificates
granted in the rubber rationing di-
vision of the Refugio County Ra-
tioning Board will not be published
in The Timely Remarks from now
on. It will be posted, instead, in the
rationing board office, Mrs. G. L.
Poole, clerk, stated Saturday.
New rationing restrictions have
tightened the list of eligibles for
new tires, tubes and recapping, it
has been announced. A new amend-
ment makes it plain that only ve-
hicles engaged in service essential
directly to the war effort or to the
public health and safety are to be
eligible. This will cut off from eli-
gibility for tires all privately op-
erated trucks carrying alcoholic
beverages, soft drinks and similar
beverages, tobacco products, con-
fections, candy, flowers, toys, no-
velties, jewelry, furs, radios, phon-
ographs, musical instruments or
other luxury goods, unless the
transportation of such things is
only incidental to the main service
performed by the vehicle.
Also dropped from list A are pri-
vate carriers providing transporta-
tion for incidental maintenance ser-
vices such as cleaning of office
buildings, repairing portable house-
hold effects, providing materials
or service solely for landscaping or
beautfication of any construction
project or establishment.
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Joins the Colors
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FRANCIS WEST
Mr. West left Tuesday for
Houston to join the armed forces
after being honored „ by his fel-
low townsmen and mates in the
Refugio Fire Department, which
organization he had served as
chief for five years. The round
of complimentary events was
climaxed Saturday evening with
a banquet tendered the chief by
the city government, at which
Railroad Commissioner Olin Cul-
berson was the principal speaker.
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J. L. Grant Named
Acting Fire Chief
Assistant Fire Chief J. Leslie
Grant will direct activities of the
Refugio Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment until the regular business
meeting on Tuesday, September 1,
at which time an acting fire chief
will be elected.
The department voted unani-
mously last week to grant Fire
Chief Francis West a leave of ab-
sence for the duration of the war,
since he has been called into ac-
tive service. An acting chief will
be elected each year at the regular
business sessions for election of
officers to hold his position, which
wall be turned back to him when
he returns from duty.
The fire chief, who left Tuesday
for Fort Sam Houston, was pre-
sented with a watch by the organi-
zation at the meeting. Inscribed
inside the case were the words, ‘‘To
Chief Francis West from the fire
boys, as a token of our apprecia-
tion for his work.”
Sunday evening the department
honored their chief with a stag
party at the fire house, serving a
mutton barbecue to organization
members and a few guests.
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County Candidates
Circulate Petitions
Petitions are being signed this
week on behalf of candidates for
county and precinct offices, Coun-
ty Judge Gentry Jeter advised
Monday. All independent candi-
County Rubber
Drive Sets Record
Contributes 19 Pounds Per
Person During Nation-
Wide Drive
A quick glance at a few figures
on the recent scrap rubber drive
reveals that Refugio County has
probably established a record for
the amount of ruber collected per
capita in the State of Texas, which
was surpassed by only two other
states of the 48 in arqount contri-
buted.
Theoretically, each man, woman
and child in Texas contributed 8.63
pounds during the drive, a metro-
politan daily proclaimed shortly
after the drive closed. In that case,
each man, woman and child in Re-
fugio County outdid himself or
herself , for county residents turn-
ed in j.9 pounds of scrap rubber
per person. With a population list-
ing of 10,000, Refugio County col-
lected 193,000 pounds of scrap rub-
ber during the drive, and those in
charge are inclined to believe not
many counties can top this per
capita figure.
In a report to President Roose-
velt, William R. Boyd Jr., chair-
man of the Petroleum Industry
War Council, which sponsored the
campaign, and president of the
American Petroleum Instittue, dis-
closed a total of 454,155 tons had
been collected throughout the na-
tion. Texas, with a. population of
6,415,000, contributed 27,685 tons of
rubber, the equivalent of 55,370,000
pounds. Only two other states,
California with 40,247 tons and
Illinois with 27,800 tons surpassed
Texas in the amount of scrap rub-
ber collected.
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Adkins Announces
For Commissioner
Clarice Adkins of Tivoli is this
week announcing for re-election to
the office of County Commissioner
of Precinct Four.
Mr. Adkins has held the position
for the past decade, and during his
administration, many notable im-
provements on roads in the area
have been made. These include the
paving of highways from Inari to
Tivoli, from Tivoli to Austwell,
from Maudlowe to Austwell, and
at the present time over 50 miles
of road are under construction in
his precinct.
The commissioner farms a large
section near Tivoli, and the prob-
lems of farmers in this section are
completely familiar to him. His
wide acquaintance among the rural
as well as the urban sectors of the
precinct make him an ideal admin-
istrator for the district.
Mr. Adkins asks that the voters
in his precinct consider his record
as commissioner carefully and as-
sures them that he will do his ut-
most to sustain the high standard
For Re-election
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elected in November.
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First Aid Course to
Be Held in Victoria
The Refugio County first aid
chairman for Red Cross, Milton
Clarkson, announced this week
that a Red Cross first aid instruc-
tors’ training course will be held
in Victoria the week beginning
Monday, August 24. Prerequisites
to enrolling in the classes, which
will be given in three-hour sessions
five evenings in that week, are
completion of the standard and ad-
vanced first aid courses.
Those who plan to train them-
selves as Red Cross first aid lay
instructors are asked to contact
Chairman Clarkson, as there are
certain arrangements to be made
beforehand.
dates for these posts must obtain he has set for himself if he is re-
signatures of voters for presenta-
tion to the county judge before
their names may be placed on the
ballot for general elections in No-
vember.
The law requires that such peti-
tions be signed by five per cent
of the number of voters casting a
ballot in the area covered by the
office holder during the general
election preceding the one under
consideration. In Refugio County,
this means that 120 names must
be affixed,to petitions of candi-
dates for county offices, with a
varying number for those seeking
precinct offices. Petitions of coun-
ty candidates are in charge of Mrs.
E. W. Cowrd Jr., in the office of
County Attorney K. D. Hall, and
the candidates will undoubtedly
appreciate having their friends go
to the office and affix their signa-
tures to these petitions. Precinct
candidates are each in charge of
their own petitions.
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Austwell Farmers
Plan Second Co-op
Farmers in the Austwell vicinity
met last week with Leonard Cow-
den of the Amarillo Consumers’
Co-operative Association, to dis-
cuss organization of a second con-
sumers’ co-operative association in
Refugio County. Present plans call
for use of the Austwell gin organi-
zation as the initial set-up of the
proposed consumer association.
Automobile and farm machinery
supplies will be handled from the
beginning of the project.
Cowden also met with directors
and manager of the Consumers’
Co-operative of Refugio County.
This association, with George Dem-
mer, Bonnie View, as president,
for the last several months has|
Patrons Advised to
Vaccinate Children
“Vaccinate your school age chil-
dren now,” is the advice offered by
the superintendent of schools, John
L. Cooke. The school board of the
Refugio public schools requires that
all children entering the schools
must show successful vaccination
against smallpox, or certificates of
immunity.
Mr. Cooks, in his statement, urg-
ed that parents not wait until the
opening of school to have children
vaccinated. He pointed out that
this should be done immediately
by the family physician, so there
will be no occasion for children to
come to school with sore arms. All
six-year-olds and other children
expecting to attend the public
schools who cannot otherwise meet
the vaccination requirement should
look after this matter at once, he
said.
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Dr, Bauer Attends
Allred Barbecue
Dr. J. E. Bauer gives a glowing
account of the barbecue given by
Mayor Tom Miller of Austin for
James V. Allred, candidate for the
U. S. Senate, and his supporters,
which he attended. The affair was
held at the country club near Aus-
tin shortly after noon Sunday, and
Dr. Bauer estimated that about
350 people from all the state of
Texas were present. He talked to
Judge Allred and found him de-
termined to make a good fight for
the seat in the senate and confi-
it were excellent.
been selling oil, spark plugs, andj^ent that his chances of obtaining
greases. They expect to begin "—*■
handling gasoline after the first of
the year.
Chicken Dinner at
Blanconia Sunday
A chicken dinner for the benefit
of St. Catherine’s Catholic Church,
Blanconia, will be staged at noon
Sunday at Lambert Hall in Blan-
conia. All residents of this area
are invited to attend and enjoy a
meal fit for a king at a reasonable
price.
Sunray Co. Has
New Manager
N. E. Clegg arrived this week
from Odessa to assume manage-
ment of the Sunray Oil company’s
interest in Refugio County. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Clegg.
Paul Shoffstall, another Sunray
employee, has been transferred to
Oklahoma City, Okla., and he and
his family expect to leave the lat-
ter part of the week.
CLARKE ADKINS
Mr. Adkins this week an-
nounces as a candidate for re-
election for commissioner of
precinct No. 4, an office he has
filled for several years. He is
a goods roads enthusiast, and
has during his administrations
secured many improvements in
his precinct.
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Government Will
Aid Dependents
In order that all concerned may
understand why the servicemen’s
dependents allowance act of 1942
affects dependents of registrants
the Refugio County local board
wishes to release certain informa-
tion obtained from this act. This
act is to run from June 1, 1942,
until six months after the termina-
tion of this war. Its purpose is for
the government to assist an en-
listed man in supporting his de-
pendents, thereby releasing all
III-A classified registrants for ac-
tive military service. It will assist
any man in the armed services
that has a rating of third class
petty officer or less in navy or
coast guard, and includes the
grade of line sergeant or less in
the army and marine corps. This
is soldiers and sailors receiving a
base pay of 578 a month or less.
The dependents of soldiers and
sailors are classified into two cate-
gories. The men with dependents
under the first category are re-
quired to support their dependents,
while with those of the second
category it is optional whether or
not they contribute to the support
of dependents. The enlisted -man’s
share of the allotment is $22 out
of their salary and the govern-
ment’s share graduates according
to the dependents. (1) The govern-
ment will give $28 if such enlisted
man has a wife and no children;
(2) $40 if such enlisted man has a
wife and one child and $10 for
each additional child; (3) $20 if
such enlisted man has no wife but
has one child, and $10 for each ad-
ditional child; (4) $20 additional
will be paid if an enlisted man is
required to pay alimony to a di
vorced wife.
Under the second class of depen-
dents, this being optional with the
enlisted man as to whether or not
this allowance is paid to depen-
dents, the schedule is as follows:
(1) $15 for one parents of an en-
listed man and $5 additional for
each grandchild, brother or sister
who is a class B dependent, but no
more than $50 in the aggragate.
(2) $25 for two parents and $5 ad-
ditional as stated in (1) above or
a total of $50. (3) If the enlisted
man has no parents, $5 for each
grandchild, brother or sister, but
not to be more than $50.
Where the enlisted man has de-
pendents under the second cate-
gory as well as dependents under
the first, the enlisted man allots
an additional $5 and the govern-
ment gives the same amount to the
second class of dependents as stat-
ed above.
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Refugio Countians
Join the Colors
Small groups of Refugio County
men have been inducted into the U.
S. army through the local selective
service board in the past 10 days.
On July 30 Leonard Roberts of
Bayside, and Elliott Natho, former
Woodsboro resident then residing
in Corpus Christi, were accepted
for service. Natho declined the cus-
tomary two-week furlough, enter-
ing the army at once.
A number of colored boys are
now home on furlough, after hav-
ing been signed up by the army.
They are Booker T. Lott of Tivoli;
Lephon Green of Woodsboro, Rob-
ert King, Thelmer Green and Frank
Scott.
Fire and Robbery
Cause Excitement
Truck Catches Fire on
River Bridge and Robber
Makes Water Haul
Quite a bit of excitement pre-
vailed on the streets Wednesday
when it was learned that both a
robbery and a fire had occurred
during the previous night.
Employes arriving at the B. E.
McGuill Grocery that morning
found the side door open and a
screen broken loose from the ven-
tilator in the ceiling. Evidently
some one had been let down
through the ventilator by a rope.
The miscreant was unfortunate
enough to land on top the counter
holding salad dressing, and had
tracked the oily substance about
with him all over the store, leaving
clear paths to every point he had
approached. He was unfortunate
in another respect, for the big cash
register, which had been broken
for two months, had been fixed
Tuesday and the day’s receipts
were firmly ensconced in it that
night. Clerks reported that noth-
ing was believed to be missing
except possibly three boxes of
shotgun shells. The sheriff’s de-
partment is investigating the case.
The fire, accompanied by ex-
plosions which caused many peo-
ple to surmise that saboteurs were
destroying the Mission River
bridge, occurred about 5 o’clock
Wednesday morning. A Refugio
Refinery disabled truck was be-
ing towed into town for repairs
by another truck, driven by R. E.
Strubel. On the bridge the wench
line holding the Refinery truck
broke, it ran into the bridge rail-
ing, and the driver reported that
when he looked in his rear-view
mirror, it had in some mysterious
fashion caught fire. The explos-
ions wrere caused by the tires ex-
ploding.
The volunteer fire department
answered the call at once and ex-
tinguished the blaze, which caused
considerable damage to the cab
tank of the truck.
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Refugio Countians
To Attend School
Fire Chief Albin Sommers of
Woodsboro, Constable R. P. Clark-
son and Charles Toups have been
named by Mayor L. R. Jeter, muni-
cipal defense co-ordinator to at-
tend a school for bomb reconnais-
sance agents in Corpus Christi
next week.
A Refugio County contigent was
invited to send agents by Governor
Coke R. Stevenson in a letter to
Mayor Jeter, and local arrange-
ments for the school were made
by Mayor A. C. McCaughan of
Corpus Christi. The U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers will be in
charge of the school, which will be
held at the Palace Theater, be-
ginning at 8 o’clock Monday morn-
ing and lasting through August 18.
It will train agents in the duties
of locating and reporting unex-
ploded. bombs.
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Civilian Defense
Surveys Hospital
Representatives of the Office of
Civilian Defense in this section re-
cently visited the Refugio County
Hospital for the purpose of ascer-
taining whether the hospital might
be used by evacuees from Corpus
Christi in case of disaster in that
area. They also made an estimate
of how many beds could be put in
available spaces in case of emer
gency, and decided it would be
possible to add 54 beds, making a
100-bed capacity for the local hos-
pital under emergency conditions.
This was part of a similar sur-
vey being made among all the hos-
pitals within a 50-mile radius of
Corpus Christi to enable them to
take care of disaster victims in
large masses.
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Knitters Urged to
Bring in Garments
An urgent appeal to knitters
having service garments to bring
them in by Friday was issued Mon
day by Mrs. I. H. Dunbar, produc
tion chairman for the Refugio
County chapter, Red Cross. The
chapter plans to send a shipment
Saturday, August 15, and is very
anxious that all knitted articles
for men in the armed forces get
off with this bundle.
45-65’s Being Sent
Questionnaires
Refugio County draft board is
engaged this week in sending out
occupational questionnaires for
those who took part in the fourth
registration, men between the ages
of 45 and 65. Issuance of ques-
tionnaires is expected to be com-
pleted by the first of next week.
Sugar Increase
Period Extended
An extension has been made in
the allotment period of increases
of sugar allowances of industrial
and institutional users. George W.
Dahse, chairman of the Refugio
County Rationing Board, announc-
ed Monday that the increases, pre-
viously announced for the months
of July and August, would also ap-
ply during September and October.
The board has been authorized to
accept applications for this period
any time after August 7, and no
special application is required to
obtain this increase.
Eight Pages
In Run-off
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BUFORD JESTER
Mr. Jester is a run-off candi-
date for railroad commissioner,
unexpired term. He was top
man in Refugio County in the
first primary, and is now pitted
against Pierce Brooks of Dallas
in the second primary, August
22.
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Urgent Appeal for
Skilled Artisans
Another urgent appeal came to-
day for skilled artisans needed at
once in the navy yards at Pearl
Harbor, according to Robert L.
Jenkins, local civil service secre-
tary at the post office.
Uncle Sam will pay wages from
99c to $1.49 an hour for aircraft
mechanics, aircraft instrument me-
chanics, blacksmiths, boilermakers,
boxmakers, aviation electricians,
instrument makers, joiners, outside
machinists, bombsight mechanics,
aviation metealsmiths, torpedo
ordnancemen, patternmakers, rig-
gers, shipfitters and shipwrights.
Only men between the ages of 20
and 62 years will be accepted, ex-
cept for helper positions where
the minimum age is 18.
First class transportaion will be
furnished from the home of the ap-
pointee to Pearl Harbor. No de-
pendents will be allowed to make
the trip. Cantanoments operated
on a cost basis offer accomoda-
tions at reasonable prices regulat-
ed by the commandant. Mr. Jenk-
ins urges qualified men to see him
at the post office today for further
details.
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Former Refugian
Dies in California
Word has been received here
that a former Refugian, Weldon
Rigby, 42, passed away Monday at
San Diego, Calif. Mrs. Allie Rigby
received a telegram Monday stat-
ing that her son had expired at
2:30 that morning at his home in
San Diego, following a heart at-
tack.
The deceased was born in Re-
fugio, attended school here and
made his home in this city until
he was 21. He served eight years
in the U. S. navy, but had been
employed in California as a book-
keeper for the Kraft Cheese Corp-
oration since 1925.
Survivors iclude his widow, Mrs.
Blossom Rigby of San Diego; his
mother, Mrs. Allie Rigby of Re-
fugio; two sisters, Mrs. E. T. At-
kins of Austin, and Mrs. N. H.
Delaney of Freer; and four broth-
ers, Earl of Refugio, Murray of
Seadrift, Jesse of Green Lake and
Gentry of Huntsville.
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Sale of Mission
History Brisk
The Very William H. Oberste
returned last week from a vacation
trip and immediately fell to work
autographing copies of his newly
published book, “History of Re-
fugio Mission.” He is autographing
only 150 volumes out of the first
edition, 60 of which have already
been sold.
The book deals with the early
problems of the Franciscan friars
who established the mission of Re-
fugio in this section and fought
Indians and poverty to keep it
open. Only 250 volumes are offered
for sale from this first edition, and
those who are interested in pur-
chasing a new treatment of a his-
torical narrative are advised to
lose no time in inquiring for the
history at the newspaper office.
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Phone Directories
Now Sent by Mail
Refugians were surprised to re-
ceive their 1942 telephone direc-
tories through the post office last
week. This is the first time in a
decade that the directories have
been mailed out. Last year the
Western Union delivered them to
the door, and for several years
prior to that the Boy Scouts had
taken them around.
The Refugio office mailed out
530 directories, and Mrs. Lulu Mc-
Cartney, local manager, stated the
company did not want the old
directories. She suggested that they
be destroyed to eliminate confus-
ing them with the new ones.
Culberson Speaker
At West Banquet
Fire Chief, Called to Join
Colors, Honored by City
With Dance and Banquet
“If we lose, the world is lost, and
we will go back to the dark ages.”
This was the declaration made
by state Railroad Commissioner
Olin Sulberson in his talk Saturday
evening, when he was principal
speaker at a banquet in the city
clubroom given for the Volunteer
Fire Department on the occasion
of the departure of their chief,
Francis West, for induction into
the U. S. army. Mayor L. R. Jeter
and members of the city council
sponsored the affair, which was at-
tended by 60 guests, including Mrs.
Culberson, who accompanied the
commissioner down from their
home in Austin.
Mr. Culberson, for 34 years a
member of a volunteer fire depart-
ment and now secretary of the
state-wide organization, paid high
tribute to the Refugio department,
which he assisted in organizing 10
years ago, and to Fire Chief West.
He declared that a high form of
patriotism was exercised by the
men who went out to protect other
people’s property at home, as well
as abroad, and that the selective
service boards of the nation also
merited heroes’ rewards for their
work. The commissioner asserted
that America was fighting to pro-
tect her fundamental freedoms and
principles, and that the most im-
portant of these was the privilege
of worshipping as the individual
chose. This principle, the right of
religious liberty, he stated, was the
backbone of our constitution.
Mayor L. R. Jeter acted as mas-
ter of ceremonies for the occasion,
and after introducing Mr. Culber-
son, presented two more guests,
who made brief talks. They were
Mrs. Grace F. Vance, vice presi-
dent of the Texas Federation of
Women’s Clubs, and the Rev. J. M.
McCormack, pastor of the Refugio
Methodist Church, who pronounced
the invocation.
Following the banquet Fire Chief
West and members of the depart-
ment were honored with a dance in
the upstairs ballroom, with the
general public as hosts and Hippo-
lito’s stringed orchestra furnishing
the music, j
Information Given
About Poison Gas
County Defense Co-Ordinator
Gentry Jeter has been supplied
with information concerning pro-
tection against poison gas and has
asked that the information be pass-
ed on to the general public. This
is the first of a series of two ar-
ticles to be published on the sub-
ject.
The instructions stress the fact
that civilians can best prevent any
serious injury by promptly attend-
ing to themselves according to the
suggestions given in these articles,
using the simplest household ar-
ticles. The information follows:
1. War gases stay close to the
ground, for they are heavier than
air. To get out of a gassed area,
simply walk against the wind or
go upstairs.
2. Gas is irritating and annoying
to the eyes, nose, lungs or to the
skin, but it is usually harmless if.
you do not become panicky but
promptly leave the gas area and
cleanse yourself. A soldier must
put on a mask where it is neces-
sary to remain in the contaminated
area, but a civilian can go up on
the second or third floor and lit-
erally ignore it if the windows are
kept closed.
3. If the gas should get on your
skin, you can prevent it from do-
ing much harm by sponging it off
as quickly as possible with a piece
of clothing, such as a handker-
chief, and applying some neutraliz-
ing substance, followed by a
thorough bath, preferably a show-
er, with common laundry soap and
water.
4. If you are indoors, stay there
with doors and windows closed,
and go up to the second or third
story. Stay out of basements. Turn
off the air conditioning, and stop
up fireplaces and any other large
openings.
-4*-
Guards Second in
Beeville Match
The six-man team of the Refugio
company of the Texas Defense
Guard won second place in the rifle
match put on in Beeville Friday by
the men of Company E. The
Woodsboro company team won
first place with an average of 36.2
points; Refugio was second with
35.2 points and Beeville was third
with 31 2-3 points. Two groups of
shots were made from a prone po-
sition, and one standing, with .22
caliber rifles.
The company C rifle team is
composed of Sergeant Garland
Hodges, Corporal N. H. Goforth,
W. F. Germer, J. L. Koonce, Beryl
Whitehead and Merle Curbello.
Other members of the company
who accompanied them to the
match were Captain C. D. Skeen,
Lieutenant Guy Warren, Howard
Goforth and Ernest Connor. ,
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Jones, J. L. Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1942, newspaper, August 13, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth848263/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library.