Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1943 Page: 1 of 4
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The News from Every Section of Refugio County
VOL. XV.—No. 40
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1943
Four Pages
Impressions
It so happened that each time
tha* the fire alarm sounded during
the past week that the writer was
within sight of the fire station and
watched the members of the local
department respond to the call.
Refugio can take pride in its
fire department and in those men
that are serving in it. The war has
placed added handcaps on the vol-
unteer fire department. Not in
the matter of increased fires, but
because of the loss of members of
the department to th«* various
branches of the armed services and
war factories, and the increasing
of other duties (such as defense
activities) for the remaining mem-
bers of the department the opera-
tion of the volunteer fire depart-
ments is more difficult.
As one person closely affiliated
with the local department men-
tioned this week, there was a time
when those not twenty-one years
age and over.thirty years old were
not eligible for membership in the
local department. Those qualifying
by age, wrere required to . meet cer-
tain high physical standards. To-
day, the minimum age is lowered,
the maximum age upped, and not
too much stress placed on the all-
around physical fitness of pros-
pective members. At that, it is
a problem to maintain ail active
membership of the minimum set
by the State Fire Insurance De-
partment.
Eeing a member of a local vol-
unteer fire department is not just
the “privilege” of rushing to the
fire station when the ..alarm sounds
and riding on a shiny fire truck
With siren blowing. The average
person that watches the truck pass
with garage man, store clerk, of-
fice man, oil field worker, or others
thereon does not think of the hours
of hard sincere work and study
each of them has put in during
week nights in practicing, drilling
and learning the required duties
that accompany the place on the
truck held by each rider. On the
nights that most of us are attend-
ing the show, visiting with friends,
or trying to keep cool, the firemen
are drilling—and that means the
packing of hose off the truck, put-
ting it back on the truck, caring
for the hose and various epuip-
inent, practicing/a job over and
over until it is perfected. Inciden-
tally, clothes soiled or dirtied on
practice nights are cleaned and
mended at the expense of the fire-
man—he just should not have let
it happen.
These volunteer fire boys service
each of us in several ways. One,
by giving protection from fires;
another, by helping prevent fires;
and another, by savings in cost of
fire insurance through maintaining
an efficient, trained department.
They do not ask special favors,
but let’s show our gratidue of
their splendid and unselfish efforts
by having a good word FOR them
to others and a word of apprecia-
tion TO them. Remember, when
the alarm sounds they do not ask
whose property is endangered, for
regardless of whether rich or poor
man’s possessions, the fire boys
rush to answer the call.
Sunday marks a new month.
Let’s start it in the best possible
manner—by attending services at
the church of our choice.
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ORVILLE MALLORY
GIVEN PROMOTION
With Fifth American Army,
North Africa. — Sergeant Orville
Mallory, son of Mrs. Elnora Mar-
tin, Milton, Florida, was promoted
to the rank of Staff Sergeant
recently.
An employee of the Mexia Tor-
pedo Company, Mexia, Texas, in
civilian life, Sergeant Mallory was
inducted into the military service
on January 13, 1941, and is at
present a section leader in an in-
fantry cannon company of the
Fifty Army in North Africa. He
received the promotion by order of
Captain Fredrick Booth, of San
Antonio,. Texas, his commanding
officer.
Sergeant Mallorys’ wife, Mrs.
Ida Mallory, resides at Refugio,
Texas.
Suspended
Cotton marketing quotas for
1942 have been suspended and it
is unlikely that quotas will be in
effect during 1944 according to
an announcement made last week.
The surprise announcement was
confirmed by a telegram from B.
F. Vance, chairman of the Texas
USDA War Board, which read in
part:
T943 cotton quotas suspend-..
..ed. None indicated 1944. Con-
tinue collections on penalty cot-
ton produced prior 1943 and sold
before August 1, 1943. Cease
issuing marketing cards. No
change in ACP or cotton loan
provisions; therefore, continue
performance as instructed . ”
Under the new provisions, farm-
ers will not need marketing cards
to market 1943 cotton, Neither
will ginners be required to submit
semimonthly reports of cotton gin-
ned.
Growers are urged ,however, to
keep accurate records on cotton
produced on each farm and to file
them with the county AAA office
at the end of the 1943 ginning
season for future reference.
Suspension of marketing quotas
does not mean the AAA has been
abandoned, but in the future em-
phasis will be placed on soil con-
servation and soil building.
Under the new ruling growers
can market all cotton penalty free
regardless of whether or not the
planted acreage is within or ex-
ceeds the allotment established for
the ndividual farm.
The action of the government in
suspending cotton quotas came as
a surprise to most grov/ers and
farm agency officials. It was one
of the two remaining farm com-
modities being produced under
marketing quotas. With the sus-
pension of cotton quotas, only to-
bacco remans under restriction.
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1943 Valedictorian
Has Poem Selected
For National Book
A signal honor has been accord-
ed Miss Evelyn Karm, valedic-
torian of last spring’s graduating
class at Refugio High School. She
was notified recently that her
original poem, “Eternally,” which
was printed in the State Annual
Anthology of High School Poetry
has been selected by the Poetry
Society of America for publication
in the National Poetry Anthology.
This last-named anthology is a
compilation of the finest poetry
written by the youth of America,
representing every state in the
country. Selections were made
from thousands of poems written
in 1942-43;
Miss Karm, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. T. Karm, is at present at-
tending business college in Hous-
ton.
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La Rosa Cafe will be closed on
each Sunday during the summer.
Weather Talk
Interesting With
Temperature 103
The weather has justified it’s
position as an item of conserva-
tion during the past week.
Sunday and Monday were two
unusally hot days. Judge Gentry
Jeter reports Sunday’s tempera-
ture high as 103 Vs degrees, while
the highest it could get before the
rain of Monday was 102 degrees.
The rainfall on Monday after-
noon, while it \yas accompanied by
considerable electrical activity,
amounted to .44 of an inch.
Some crop damage has been suf-
fered in the county due to winds
and rains, County Agent Louis
Weiss, Jr., reports. The damaged
fields were spotted about the coun-
ty. In the Richardson section some
fields of cotton were an entire loss.
Other reports are of damages of
ten, tewnty-five and fifty per cent,
but a majority of the producers
report damage as none or negible.
FOUR DEFENSE FILMS
TO BE EXHIBITED FREE
AT WOODSBORO SCHOOL
Woodsboro.—Four moving pic-
tures, all sound, that were released
by the Defense Division, Gover-
nor’s Office, Austin, Texas, will be
shown Thursday evening (TO-
NIGHT) at the Woodsboro High
School Auditorium it was announc-
ed this week. G. W. Dahse Chief
Air Rair Warden, has secured the
films and they will be shown free
to the public starting at nine
o’clock.
A special invitation is extended
to the Texas Guard, Fire Depart-
ments, Air Raid Wardens, Air
Plane Spotters, First Aiders and
all others who would like to come.
The four films are:
“AIRLINER” This film shows
the large Douglas plane, non-
technical. Describes radio beams,
sealed barograph, interior of cabin
with instrument panel.
“THE FLAG SPEAKS” Signi-
ficant events in the flag’s bio-
graphy and a guide to correct use
of the flag.
“HELP WANTED” Has been
declared by the State Office of
Health and Emergency Medical
Service as the best First Aid film
they have seen.
“WHAT TO DO IN A GAS AT-
TACK” Definite instructions.
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LEGION GOAL $100
TO BUY CIGARETTES
With $100.00 by August 15 set
as the goal the local American
Legion Post is seeking to raise
for the purpose of supplying the
men overseas with cigarettes,
there has been $25.00 secured thus
far it was reported by Joe Heard,]
member of the fund committee.
Containers for contributing to
this fund will be placed in the busi-
ness houses this week, and an
appeal is issued that a prompt re-
sponse be made in order to reach
the goal as quickly as possible.
Gifts can also be made directly
to the Legion Post through its of-
ficers or members.
This money will be used to pur-
chase cigarettes for the men in
service that are stationed over-
seas under a plan whereby a full
package costs only a few cents.
Must Endorse
Gas Coupons
As Received
Motorists and all other gasoline
users were reminded today by G.
W. Dahse, Chairman of the Re-
fugio County War Price and Ra-
tioning Board that all the coupons
in their gasoline ration books must
be endorsed immediately.
Coupons in new books issued
after July 22 should be endorsed
as soon as they are received from
the War Price and Rationing
Board, Chairman Dahse said. In
addition, users should write en-
dorsements immediately on any
coupons now in their possission
or received before July 22.
In the past it has not been
necessary to write notations on
coupons until they were actually
used ot buy gas.
Immediate endorsements are re-
quired under a ney OP A amend-
ment both as a convenience to the
public and as help to OPA inves-
tigators in checking misuse of
ration coupons falling into the
hands of persons not entitled to
them, the Board Chairman pointed
out.
“Under the new plan the motor-
ist by spending a few minutes en-
dorsing his coupons all at once
will save delay and trouble when
he goes to a filling station to buy
gasoline,” the Board Chairman
said.
Attention was called to the fact
that whenever a motor vehicle
registraton number is changed,
tins change shall be noted by the
War Price and Rationing Board or
State registration official, on the
front cover of the book. The cou-
pons bearing the old number may
then be used without change.
With the exception of “E” and
“R” coupons, the information to
be noted on gasoline coupons will
remain the same as previously:
1. In the case of “A”, “B”, “C”,
“D”, “T-l” or “T-2” books, the
license number and the State of
registration of the vehicle are to
be written in the space provided,
except that in the case of inter-
changeable coupons books issued
for official or fleet vehicles, the
information shall die the official or
fleet designation (or the Certifi-
cate of War Necessity number in
the case of commercial vehicles
not operating under fleet designa-
tion), and the State or city or
town in which the principal office
of the fleet operator is located.
2. In the case of “E” and “R”
books, the name and address, as
it appears on the cover of the
book should be endorsed on the
coupons. Hwever, “E” and “R”
books unlike the -others, need not
be endorsed immediately, but may
be endorsd at the time the gasoline
is purchased. When gasoline is
purchased in bulk lots and is de-
livered to the premises of the “E"
or “R” ration-holder, no endorse-
ment at all is required. Where de-
livery is made to the purchaser at
a filling station, bulk station, or
any other place except the buyer’s
premises, the coupons must be en-
dorsed.
Molly Pitcher Tag Day, Aug. 4
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The modern Molly Pitcher will greet you throughout the nation on
August 4th when brigades of Mollys will tag every buyer of War Bonds
and Stamps. They will carry on the tradition of the Revolutionary War
heroine who has gone down in history because she aided her fighters at
the battle of Monmouth in 1778.
WILL OBSERVE
MOLLY PITCHER
DAY LOCALLY
Molly Pitcher Day will be ob-
served in Refugio on Wednesday,
August 4, and in Woodsboro on
Saturday August 7, it was an-
nounced this week by Mrs. B. E.
McGuill, president of the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary.
In Refugio, Camp Fire Girls and
Junior Altar Society Girls will
conduct the campaign under the
supervision of the Legion Auxili-
ary ladies, who will have their
headquarters at the eRfugio Phar-
macy.
Supplied with Molly Pitcher tags
and ample War Bond applications
and stamps, the young ladies will
contact the citizens in a sincere
effort to have each person wear-
ing a tag by evening and their
pitchers filled to overflowing with
the money loaned to the govern-
ment for equipping our men in ser-
vice, who are giving’ their lives.
Remember the date is Wednes-
day, August 4, in Refugio and
Saturday, August 7, in Woodsboro
when you can be in town to receive
your Molly Pitcher Day tag by
buying a war bond or stamps, or
both.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Borglund
received a card from the War
Department Saturday notifying
them that their son, Will Hamil-
ton, Jr., had arrived safely at an
unspecified overseas destination.
It had been a month since they
had received any news of Will,
Jr., who has just completed a
special training course with the
U. S. Marines.
Nationwide Molly
Pitcher Tag Day
Washington, D. C.~On August 4th,
Molly Pitcher is stepping out of the
pages of Ameri-
can history to
sell War Bonds
a* os. Th^-
One of Refugio’s time-hallowed
institutions is finding it necessary
to appeal for financial aid. Offi-
cers of the Oakwood Cemetery
Association revealed this week
that they are going to make a
drive to enlist more interest in
the plot of ground which en-
chimes so many residents from
the town’s past.
What began as a comparatively
small project has now spread over
ten acres and requires the atten-
tion of a full-time caretaker. The
man filling this position is fur-
nished his living quarters and a
small monthly salary but has re-
cently asked for an increase in
the salary allotment. There are
many other added expenses, of
course, and the association finds
that its income does not cover
them.
Theoretically, each plot-owner
automatically becomes a member
of the association and pays dues
of $3 annually, but actually the
majority of the plot-owners ig-
nore this responsibilty. In addi-
tion, each year the Woman's Club
contributes to the upkeep of this
cemetery and the Mount Calvary
interment grounds, while there
have been donations from parties
both here and in Woodsboro who
dc not own plots, many of them
not even members of a Protessant
Church. Many members of Woods-
boro families are buried in Oak-
wook, as it for years served both
town.
The association officers have
ceiled a meeting at 4:30 o’clock^
Tuesday afternoon. August 3, in
the annex of the Presbyterian
Church for the purpose of elect-
ing a new president and a new
member of the board of directors.
Tire Rev. C. S. Long acted as
president for many years, exhibit-
wounded, has
long been a symbol of the heroism
of American women.
In her honor, brigades of modem
Molly Pitchers will take their stands
on nation-wide Molly Pitcher Day at
street corners, building entrances,
and in public places to sell the bonds
and stamps that back up our mod-
ern fighting men.
A red-white-and-blue Molly Pitch-
er Tag will be given to everyone
who purchases a bond or stamp on
that day. Members of the American
Legion Auxiliary, and of the Inde-
pendent Food Distributors Council
unit of Molly Pitchers, will aid and
augment local Women’s War Sav-
ings Staffs to make up the volun-
teer sales force. They will use water
pitchers to hold their supplies of tags
and War Stamps. The slogan on the
tags will read “Fill the Pitcher with
Bonds and Stamps on Molly Pitcher
Bay,” and the goal of the sales force
will be to “tag” the total population.
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31 RATTLE SNAKES
KILLED ON BAUER RANCH
Last Sunday afternoon, two
Mexican employees of the J. E.
Bauer Ranch at Bayside put in a
busy time at rattle snake kill-
ing. Thirty-one reptiles were des-
tioyed by the men, it was report-
ed by the ranch manaager.
The snakes measured from three
to six and a half feet in length.
One of the snakes has 28 rattles.
and Star
gal who carried
water to thirsty
soldiers during
the blistering
Revolutionary
Battle of Mon-
mouth and took
over her hus-
band’s cannon
when he was - ing a most progressive spirit in his
duties which will be sorely miss-
ed. During his term of office,
he was the guiding spirit in map-
ping out the present cemetery
grounds and marking each plot on
the map, although some of the
oldest graves have never been
identified. It is hoped that there
will be a large attendance on hand
Tuesday of association members
and of any other interested per-
sons to take part in choosing a
competent and enterprising suc-
cessor. The other place to be fill-
ed is that of the Rev. John Mc-
Cormack, who was a member of
the board of directors.
Present officers are A. D.
Hooke, vice-president; Mrs. Nita
Kay, treasurer; and Mrs. K. D.
Hall, secretary. On the board of
directors are Mrs. F. B. Rooke,
Ms Harry Cummins, Mrs. Roger
Carpenter and Mrs. R. Lee Moss.
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R. S. Morgan Says ‘Youth, Our Greatest Asset”
Speaking before the Refugio
Rotary Club, at its regular meet-
ing Monday, Reid S. Morgan,
superintendent of Refugio Public
Schools, pointed out the respon-
siblities of the people to the school
children, the youth of today.
Supt. Morgan's remarks includ-
ed the following:
YOUTH,
OUR GREATEST ASSET
“The greatest single asset of
this or any other nation is its
youth. On their training and de-
velopment depends the hope of our
nation, its democracy and cherish-
ed ideals. The greatest task we
have then is the proper training
of youth from cradle to adulthood.
“To adequately train youth, one
must know the characteristics of
youth. The average youth, boy or
girl, is ambitious, energetic, imagi-
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native, loyal keen .student of hu-
ma.n nature and every youth var-
ies in some particular from all
ethers.
“The agencies concerned in the
training of youth are the home,
the school, the chuurch,, and the
community. The agency that con-
cerns me most, outside of my own
home, is the public school. It
takes the child from the age of
six and attempts the training pro-
gram for the next tv/elve years.
The state and community have as-
sisted in constructing buildings,
planning the curricula, and help-
ing in other matters. The teach-
er is then charged with the re-
sponsibility of using these facili-
ties to the greatest extent to de-
velop youth into worthwhile citi-
zens.
“The educational program has
made strides and no one can truth-
fully deny that the school pro-
gram has made progress however,
there are still imperfections which
educators are working on in an
attempt to better conditions. Like
industry,, the public schools are
shorthanded, with so many teach-
ers entering the armed services
and for employment in higher paid
defense jobs.
“Youth has been used in all
ages to develop new ideas of
government. In ancient Sparta,
boys who were physically or men-
tally handicapped were permitted
to * die, as well as many of the
girls, since it was evident they
would never be fit soldiers. Later,
when a movement was started it
started in the schools with youth.
Before World War I, the German
Kaiser trained youth for the com-
ing war. Hitler and Mussolini were
able to build up their systems
through youth. If any change ever
develops in our own government,,
it will start with the training of
youth. Our responsibility, then,
is to train youth in such a way
that “isms”, impractical dreams,
and unwise movements will never
develop.
“It has been a common state-
ment for generations that youth is
going to the dogs. Some adults of
our day are making that state-
ment, adults of the preceding gen-
eration spoke of youth in a simi-
lar vein, and so on back through
the ages. Youth,, however, is still
just as solid and stable as it ever
was, and will be what we as adults
make it. We have heard quite
a, bit lately of delinquent children,
however, it should be more pro-
perly stated as delinquent parents.
A great majority of the problem
children are those from broken
homes, or from homes where the
children have been neglected in
order Mother and Dad can work
in a defense plant.
“Youth, is the hope of our na-
tion. On Youth we are building
the future welfare of all. We
must prepare them for adulthood,
implanting in their development
those qualities that will cause our
government and our cherished
freedoms to survive.
With Rotary President Byron
Wilson absent, due to being in at-
tendance at a district conference
in session at Houston, the meet-
ing was presided over by Bill
Leightey in efficient manner.
R. S. Morgan and Carter Snooks
are new members of the club, hav-
ing been elected. to membership
this month.
Four Fire Alarms
Within Five Days
But Little Damage
Four fire alarms in five days I
kept the local firemen active dur-
ing the past week. Fortunately!
th fires were small and with little|
resulting damage.
Last Thursday, so near the noonl
hour that many thought the alarm!
was the twelve o’clock signal, the
department was called out because [
of a grass fire.
Friday evening a, curtain blow-1
ing across an open flame of a stove
was ignited and the department
was summoned, but the fire ex-
tinguished prior to the arrival of |
the truck.
Sunday afternoon a gust of wind]
toppled a garbage barrel and blew
fire over the grass, reuslting in a [
grass fire that was quickly ex-
tinguished.
Monday, at the heighth of the|
rain and wind storm lightening
struck the water tower and set|
off the fire alarm. Before the, firej
mei; awnsering this alarm left thl
station, the alarm was = soundii
again, this time to report the ignit-1
ing by lightening of an oil gun bar-f
rel on property west of town. Thel
truck was not sent to the fire, as I
the department is not equipped to|
combat this type of fire.
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