Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 4, 1943 Page: 1 of 4
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The News from Every Section of Refugio County
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VOL. XVI.—No. 2
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1943
Four Pages
Gets Jap Plane
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Throughout this week’s issue of
The Timely Remarks will be found
articles in regard to activites of
the Refugio School which carry
the credit line of “The Press Club”.
-These articles are taken from the
news contributed by the staff of
The Press Club and published us-
ually- on the front age because of
the news interest they contain.
They are printed as submitted to
the paper and not revised or
changed. Readers will find that
In the column of The Press Club
each week will be articles of in-
terest concerning the work and
activities of school and students.
The paper is happy to extend the
use of a column each week to the
local school, particularly - as the-
students are under the capable
sponsorship of Miss McMichael.
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The writer enjoys the pitching
of horseshoes. He enjoys the game
whether he wins or loses, but he
will never be so confident of his
ability to win, or so proud of his
skill that the loss of a match to
an amatuer will cause him to leave
town the lext day and not meet
his friends and the public as one
man did.
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Why were the boys that were
ineligible to play and failed to keep
training rules, the ones that made
the biggest fuss about the can-
celling of the football schedule ?
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'After watching the new Piggly
Wiggly Store manager, Mrs. Doris
Cox, assist in the unloading of
a shipment of sacks of flour, would
advise that all argument be con-
ducted via telephone or mail.
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Why not attended church this
Sunday ?
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Seek 100 Percent
Enrolment for
Junior Red Cross
Enrolment of Refugio school
children 100 percent in the Junior
Red Cross is the aim of the drive
now underway in parochial and
public schools of the county, Mrs.
S. R. Coleman, chairman, said this
week. The organization work is
being done by means of groups.
Elementary pupils join by class
rooms at a nominal fee of fifty
cents per room, while high school
students enroll in groups of one
hundred or portions thereof for a
fee of one dollar. A pupil is en-
titled to individual recognition of
memership and the Junior Red
Cross membership insignia when
he has: (a) made a voluntary con-
tribution, which should be earned
or saved by personal effort and
sacrifice; or (b) when he has per-
formed a service which evinces
interest in the Junior Red Cross
program.
Sponsors who have agreed to co-
operate with Mrs. Coleman in this
program since last week include
Mrs. Stella Olson at the Bayside
School; Mrs. Melba Lassman, ele-
mentary, and Miss Elenora Al-
brecht, high school at Bonnie
View; Mrs. O. F. Hartman, ele-
mentary, and Mrs. Eula Suther-
land, high school, at Austwell;
Miss Zella Lois Pagel, elementary,
and Eleanor Gentry, colored school,
at Tivoli. In Woodsboro Miss Lou-
eva Taylor, high school and Mrs.
Jimmie Thomas, elementary, are
sponsors; in Refugio, Mrs. Teeny
Adkins, elementary, Mrs. Mayme
Day, high school, and Susie Elliot,
colored; Sister Mary Elizabeth,
elementary; Sister Mary Aquinas,
Our Lady of Refuge.
Mrs. Coleman stated that every
school in the county was cordially
invited to take part in this drive,
and requests that any schools
which may have been overlooked
and are interested in enrolling
their pupils get in touch with her.
She will be glad to come to see
the school head about entering
the campaign.
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Mrs. Joe Johnson has spent the
past week with friends in Houston.
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BILLIE M. BEARDSLEM
Second Lieutenant Billie M.
Beardsley of this city, who is sta-
tioned with the 14th Army Air
Force in China, downed his first
Japanese piane on August 9. No
details of the battle were given,
except that it was a transport
plane, and that Lt. Beardsley re-
turned safely to his base in spite
of a number of pursuing zeros.
Lt. Beardsley graduated from the
Refugio High School in 1937. He
was inducted into the Army at
Fort Sam Houston in 1940, and
later became a sergeant in the
Medical Detachment there. He
passed his entrance examination
for the Army Air Corps, and on
April 18, 1942, entered pre-flight
training at Santa Ana, California.
His wings were awarded him at
Luke Field, Arizona, December 3.
After advanced training in Lock-
heed P-38s at March Field, Cali-
fornia, Lt. Beardsley was sent
overseas in May. On his way to
the point of embarkation he was
able to make a brief stop-over
in San Antonio to visit his fiancee,
Miss Barbara Wilkinson, formerly
of Refugio.
He was stationed for a short!
time in North Africa and more
recently, at an advanced base in
China.
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Student Council
Organized Here [
The high school principal, R. H.
Renfro, in the first week of school,
organized the Student Council by
asking each home room to elect
three representatives. This will be
the first year this organization has
been in operation in Refugio High
School.
The purpose of this Council is
to effect closer relationship be-
tween students and teachers and
to work out a solution in a demo-
cratic. way to all their problems.
Another purpose of such a group
is to promote a better school
spirit or attitude toward the school
and its activities.
At the first meeting plans were
made for a bonfire and pep rally
preceding the game with the Edna
Cowboys.
Definite dates are to be arrang-
ed for meetings, and many ac-
complishments are anticipated by
the students and teachers this
year.
—The Press Club
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1943 Cotton Crop
Near Double 1942
Claud Dunseth Special Agent
for the Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Census, on October 30
made the following report con-:
ceming cotton ginnings:
. * Census report shows that 8177
bales of coton were .ginned, in Re-
fugio .County from the Crop of
1943 prior to Octover 18 as com-
pared with 4408 bales for the crop
of 1942. 1
Public School
1st Semester
Honor Roll
Requirements in primary school:
A average in tool subjects and
citizenship qualities.
PRIMARY SCHOOL
GRADE I
Gus Reyna Mauricio Anzaldua
Gail Hood Barbara Jo Burdick
Kay Howe Jo Rene Schneider
Carl Hibbets Leonor Porras
A. D. Golden Ernesta Reyna
Betty Pullin Sue Huddleston
Glenda Reir Sady Menchaca
Edgar Myers Arthur Romine
Joel Koonce Juanita Salinas
Debera Lopez Angelita Porras
Olivia Trevino Tomasita Garza
Sylvia Trevinc Oscar Hernandez
Inderso Silvas Jessie Mae Harris
Genebeba Rodriquez
Patricia A*nn Wilkinson
GRADE II
Lupe Silvas
Jessie Silvas
Anita Yanez
Viola Garcia
Carol Waters
Holiday Set for 11th
November by Bank,
School, Businesses
Armistice Day, next Thursday,
November 11, will be observed as
a holiady by the Refugio Public
School, First National Bank qf
Refugio, the offices of the County
courthouse and most businesses.
No special observation or cele-
bration has been planned for this
day.
Bibiona Ganzales
Sandra Lea Moss
Consuela Trevino
Josephine Trevino
Mary Helen Egan
Rosalio Guerro Bobbie Lynn Jones
Celestina Firova
Peggy Jean Oakes
Mary Ann Harrison
Vernelle Fortenberry
GRADE III
Kay Pitzer Bernard Jewell
Ann Bailey Virginia Gilbert
Jane Kelley Eleanor Sparks
Donna Shock Reynaldo Garcia
Bobby Wilpitz Dorothy Jennings
Linda Gressett Annie Lou O’Neil
GRADE IV
Janis Bryant Livey Anzaldua
Virginia Reid Betty Lou Vance
Merle Waters Rumalda Salinas
Alice Dowling Marcello Ramirez
Patricia Johnston
Bobbie Jean Young
Standards in elementary school:
A- average in tool subjects and B
or above in Citizenship qualities.
GRADE V
Wesley Rich Rebecca Moya
Patsy Shultz George Linney
Patricia Steele Beatrice Reyna
Shirley Jordan Milton Mckinley
Earnes Shuptrine
GRADE VI
Marjorie Harrison
Stacy Cole Joyce Quinn
Kay Gumm Charlene Beck
GRADE VII
Ann Johnson
Bobbie Carpenter
GRADE VIII
Joyce Linney George Jeffers
Pauline Karm Grace Borglund
Dianne Hurry Vivian Dowling
Virginia Cuthbertson
Attendance records in grade
school for the first six weeks peri-
od were exceptionally good. The
three highest percentages include:
Miss Kuykendall’s second grade,
98.7 percent; Miss Thomas’ sec-
ond grade, 97.4 percent; and Miss
Ellerman’s first grade, 95.7 per-
cent.
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Football Schedule
Cancelled as Team
Fails School Studies
Superintendent R. S. Morgan
this week announced that the re-
mainder of the 1943 football
schedule for the Refugio High
School Bobcats has . been cancelled
including the game set for this
week with Karnes City to be play-
ed here.
Supt. Morgan stated: “Football
is discontinued. a,s only eleven pien
.were, eligible after the first six
weeks of school.”
The Junior Team will start prac-
tice at once under the supervision
of. Coach- Germer and will have
its first of four games next Wed-
nesday at Victoria.
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Dunlop-Durdin
Miss Annabelle Dunlop and G.
L, Durdin, Jr. of Woodsboro were
married in the Presbyterian
Church in Woodsboro by Rev. W.
Q. Craig. After a short trip they
will be at home in Woodsboro No-
vember 8.
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Mrs. Hugh Williamson has been
spending several days with friends
in Houston.
Brothers, Brother-in-law Serve in Sea bees
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K. V. KELLY
A Petty Officer first class in
the Navy Seabees is K. V. Kelly
of Refugio and son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. S. Kelly, also of this
city. His wife is living in Port-
land, Oregon, since his entering
the service. He had lived in
Refugio for six years, being an
employee of the Lincoln Tank
Co. He, too, was called into
active service on November 11,
1942, after having volunteered
in September.
C. D. NEWSOM
C. D. Newson, Petty Officer
second class Navy Seabees, has
been in the South Pacific since
last November. A resident of
Refugio for fifteen years, his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Newsom, still reside here, while
Mrs. Newsom ih making her
home in Corpus Christi. He
volunteered for service, resign-
ing a position with Hewitt &
Dougherty upon receiving a call
to active duty August 9, 1942.
A. L. Kelly is his brother-in-law.
A. L. KELLY
Chief Petty Officer A. L. Kelly
of the Navy Seabees, has re-
cently returned to the United
States mainland for hospitaliza-
tion after service in the the
South Pacific. His parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. S. Kelly, as well
as wife and son, Donald, reside
in Refugio. He was manager
for Lincoln Tank Co. for thir-
teen years, leaving the company
to enter active service on No-
vember 11, 1942, after volunteer-
ing in September of that year.
Write News
During the fourth period Eng-
lish class Manday, Miss Mary L.
McMichael organized a Press Club.
The following officers were: edi-
tor-in-chief, Mary Ann Esystad;
assistant editor, Pat Bailey; w no-
tary, Wanda Linney.
The Press Club was organized
for the purpose of keeping the
parents in closer contact with
school activities. It is belived that
this organization will help the pa-
trons to better know what is hap-
pening in the school and to under-
stand the methods that are being
used.
Miss McMicheal, organizer and
sponsor of the club, has chossen
Miss Lula N. Rice as her co-spon-
sor.
DRAFT DIRECT0
ISSUES WARNING
TO REGISTRANTS
Moving to close in on “draft
dodgers”, Selective Service regu-
lations have been amended to pro-
vide for the immediate induction
or prosecution of men 18 through
44, who become or remain delin-
quent on or after November 1st,
it was announced today by State
Director, General J. Watt Page.
“The continuing manpower de-
mands of the armed forces and
* Dairy Farmers
Will Receive
Feed Payment
—The Press Club
Known delinquents from Re-
fugio County were listed by the
local Selective Service Board as
being Agostino Guerra, Woods-
boro ; Encaracion Perrez, Ti-
voli and Albert August Hend-
ricks, Austwell. Suspected de-
linquents are Pablo Cavapal,
McFaddin; Teburcio Hernandez,
Austwell and Alberto Alfaro
Ramos, Woodsboro.
Refugio County
Hospital Designated
Emergency Base
Certificates designating thirteen
hospitals in Texas as Emergency
Base Hospitals have been distri-
buted today by the Medical Divi-
sion of the Office of Civilian De-
fense, according to Dr. Geo. W.
Cox, State Health Officer and
and State Chief of the Emergency
Medical Service. The hospitals so
designated are the Physicians and
Surgeons Hospital, Alice, Texas;
Beeville Hospital, Beeville, Tedas;
Sarah B. McLroy Memorial Hos-
pital, Brenham, Texas; St. Francis
Hospital, Brenham, Texas; El Paso
City-County Hospital, El Paso,
Texas; Hotel Dieu, Sister’s Hos-
pital, El Paso, Texas; La Grange
Hospital, La Grange, Texas; An-
gelina County Hospital, Lufkin,
Texas; Mercy Hospital, Laredo,
Texas; City Memorial Hospital,
Nacogdoches, Texas; Refugio
County Hospital, Refugio, Texas;
Robstown Hospital, Robstown,
Texas; Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Hospital, Temple, Texas.
| the manpower needs of war pro-
duction and agriculture, plus fair-
ness to men already serving in the
armed forces and to men, includ-
ing fathers, who will soon be in-
ducted, make it imperative that
every man acceptable to the armed
forces, who knowingly becomes de-
linquent, should be promptly made
available for service in the armed
forces or proscuted under the term
of the law,” General Page said.
The new regulations provide (1)
for the prompt classification into
Class 1-A, Class 1-A-O, or Class
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White Kitchen Cafe
Re-opened by Morris
The White Kitchen Cafe has
been re-opened under the manag-
ment of Tom O. Morris, local man.
Mr. Morris recently received a
disability discharge from the U.
S. Army.
He served as a cook in the Army
and is taking personal charge of
the kitchen at the cafe which
will feature complete lunches ,as
well as short orders, sandwiches
and drinks.
In an effort to maintain and in-
crease the production of Eligible
Dairy Products, the War Food
Administration through Commodi-
ty Credit Corporation offers to
make dairy feed payments to Eli-
gible Producers for the quarter
beginning October 1st and ending
December 31, 1943.
Rates of payment which will
he made tfo Refugio County farm-
ers and dairymen delivering milk
and butterfat, to offset increased
costs of dairy feed since September
1942, were recently announced* ac-
cording to information received by
the County AAA Office. Payments
will be made at the rate of 40c
a hundredweight for whole milk
and 5c a pound on butterfat. Pay-
ments on sales of butter will be
made at 80 percent of the rate on
butterfat.
Payments will be made by draft
direct to the Producer by the
County AAA Comittee to produc-
ers whose farm is located in this
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ALL-NEGRO GRID
GAME ON NOV. 11;
ROTARY SPONSORS
Thursday night .November 11, at
Bobcat Stadium football fans of
Refugio will be treated to a real
show when the Refugio Tigers
meet the Yoakum school team in
an all-Negro football game. The
kickoff will be at 8:15 P. M.
and the game is being sponsored
by the Refugio Rotary Club.
Algie Lewis, left-handed star of
I the Tigers, will be in the game
j and that assures an interesting
i tilt. Lewis tosses passes for 40
and 50 yards with the accuracy
of a rifle bullet. The Tigers have
been drilling a pair of ends that
give promise of being able to hold
onto the passes of Lewis.
Texas State
Guard Week
Proclaimed
Governor Coke Stevenson has of-
ficially proclaimed the week of
November 7-13 as Texas State
Guard Week in recognition of the
splendid manner in which the
Texas State Guard has accepted
its responsibilities through unself-
ish and patriotic service.
There are three main objectives
of State Guard Week:
1. To interpret the purposes and
mission of the .State Guard to the
people of Texas and to acquaint
them with its accomplishments
up until now, and to demonstrate
the need of a well trained State
miliatry force.
2. To bolster the morale of the
men. in the ranks by gaining pres-
tige for the Guard, and in recog-
nition for their service.
‘ 3. To institute a concentrated
Staet-wide recruiting campaign to
increase and mainatin the strength
that is constantly depleted by loss
of members to the regular ser-
vice.
Keep in mind the objectives of
State Guard Week. Speak a good
word for the Guard, of which
Texas is proud. These fellows of
the State Guard stand and wait
for the call to duty, whatever it
may be in defense of the peace
of their home and state. Yes,
they are trained men, serving
through normal patriotic' motives
as only Texans should serve. Yes,
your enlistment is welcome.
—From Refugio Rotary Wheel.
Women to Form
Unit of Business,
Professional Club
A group of fourteen women as-
sembled at the city club room Mon-
day evening to make plans for a
Business and Professional Wo-
men’s Club. Mrs. Vera Cargill,
county home demonstration agent,
presided as temporary chairman.
Faculty members, Miss Mary L.
McMichael and Mrs. Mayme Day,
who formerly belonged to such a
club, discussed its functions and
purposes. It was decided that the
organization meeting would be
held in the city club room at 8:00
o’clock Monday evening, November
15, and that two members of the
Corpus Christi organization would
be asked to assist the Refugio
group.
A nominating committee com-
posed of Mrs. Rachal Thomas, Miss
Jean Williams, Mrs. F. C. Moody
and Miss Juanita Davis was nam-
ed to select tentative officers.
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MEN OF TEXAS!
FALL IN WITH THE TEXAS STATE GUARD!
If you are between the ages of 16 and 64 and can pass
a simple physical examination you can proudly wear the
uniform of our state military force. The Texas State Guard
is not a social club . . . a marching society or a group
of men playing soldier . . / it is the armed force of
the home front . . . equipped with late weapons and
trained in their use . . . it is an army dedicated to the
protection of the lives and property in Texas and the preser-
vation of American liberties and ideals.
Vacancies now exist in the 21st Battalion. Visit the
Armory located at either Refugio or Woodsboro on Tuesday
nights'fof details. Join now and “Keep Your Guard Up!”
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Mrs. M. C. Ross, chairman of
the Austwell Red Cross knitting re-
ports the followihg'^'garments com-
pleted for the past tyear.
Sweaters, including children’s,
lady’s, sleeveless, service, and tur-
tle neck, 42; Beanies, 26; Helmets,
six; Glovhs, two pair; Mufflers,
four; Wristlets, two pair.
Mrs. Ross has some knitting
yam on hand at present for those
who wish to do knitting for our
armed forces.
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Joe Sneed, who Is employed in
Corpus Christi, spent Saturday
evening and Sunday with Mrs.
Sneed and their children.
Rotarians Hear Dean
Discuss Problems
Dean O. R. Neilson of Texas A
& I College addressed the local
Rotary Club at its meeting Mon-
dal stressing ppportun ties for Ro-
tary Clubs and post-war educa-
tional problems that are being
created by present conditions.
Music feature of the program
was two vocal numbers by Maxine
Beardsley, accompanied by Miss
Betty Crisco. The program of the
day was in charge of R. S. Morgan.
Rodeo and opening of duck sea-
son were charged as being re-
sponsible for five members being
absent.
Horseshoe Pitchers
Continue Match Play
E. J. Freeman and T. J. Wil-
kinson advanced to meet each
other in the finals of the winners
bracket, of the local horseshoe
tournament this week as only
three matches were played.
Freeman defeated Hounsell in
straight games, while Wilkinson
had to come from behind to take
the final two games in defeat-
ing Renfro. F. F English advanc-
ed in the loser’s bracket by drop-
ping G. Snooks in straight games.
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