Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1941 Page: 2 of 10
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REFUGIO TIMELY REMARKS
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1941
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WOODSBORO NEWS
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Woodsboro Band
Maps Program
Gunner Pendleton
Wins at ‘Shot-Put’
Woodsboro, Texas. — Director
Brett Hargrove of the Woodsboro
■Community Brass Band at Woods-
boro, has announced the following
program for that organization for
the month of March:
On Wednesday evening, 'March
19, the band will stage a public
concert on the City Square in this
city.
On March 14 the
render a concert at the “reunion
night” program to be staged by
the Commercial Club here.
The band is also a part of the
local Home Guard Unit and in the
capacity of battalion band will
give a concert at the big barbecue
to be staged by the Home Guards
in Woodsboro at Firemen’s Park
on Sunday, Mai-ch 16.
According to Director Hargrove,
the band has recently been en-
larged in membership by several
musicians from Refugio,, boosting
the total band membership to 32
members. V
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Woodsboro Streets
Getting Repairs
Woodsboro, Texas.—Workmen
tinder the direction of W. F. Hor-
ner have been busy in Woodsboro
for the past few days repairing
the city’s paved streets. Accord-
ing to Mr. Horner the streets suf-
fered considerable damage due to
the recent rains, but that the
maintenance crew would have the
city’s five miles of pavement in
first-class shape by the early part
cf next week.
Woodsboro, Texas.—H. B. “The
Gunner” Pendleton hung up an-
other victory for Woodsboro High
School and gathered further glory
for himself when he journeyed to
the Border Olympics at Laredo
last Friday and came away with
first place in the shot-put event
in the high school division. Pen-
dleton was never in trouble, heav-
p-roun will i inS the bal1 51 feet> 10 3-4 incLes<
5 p to set a new Border Olympic rec-
ord. The second place man that
was runner-up to the local lad
heaved the pellet only 47 feet.
H. B. will go to the Alamo Heights
meet in San Antonio Friday (to-
morrow) and will see action Sat-
urday in the County Meet at Re-
fugio.
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WOODSBORO, TEXAS
Friday (Last Day) March 14
Bank Account
Now 120.00
CHARLES BICKFORD
and
IRENE RICH
—in—
“Queen of
the Yukon”
Saturday, March 15
TIM HOLT
and
MART’A O’DRISCOLL
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“Wagon Train”
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Sunday-Monday, March 16-17
HENRY FONDA
DOROTHY LAMOUR
and
LINDA DARNELL
“Chad Hanna”
Tues.-Wednes., March 18-19
JANE WITHERS
“Youth Will
Be Served”
Thursday-Friday, March 20-21
JON HALL
LYNN BARI
and
DANA ANDREWS
“Kit Carson”
Woodsboro Gets
.33 Inch of Rainfall
Woodsboro, Texas. — Local j
Weather Observer Ed Frieke an-
nounced Friday that Woodsboro!
received .33 inch of rain Thursday
as a prelude to the norther that!
blew down on this section late
Thursday. The rain will further
hinder farmers in their spring
planting here.
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Cold Causes Rush
For ‘Long Handles’
A view from an accompanying British war plane high above Great
Britain’s Rock of Gibraltar, showing another plane on patrol duty,
winging high over the harbor, wherein are several men o’ war. All are
on the alert against attack by German planes from the air and German
troops that might be given a “corridor” down to southern Spain by the
Fascist government. The Rock, which is one of the most formidable
fortresses in the world, is Great Britain’s effective western door to the
Mediterranean, through which British commerce and warships flow from
day to day.
Social Security
and the New Job
Pendleton Stars at
Woodsboro, Texas.—The citizen-: Boi dd 01yUlJ3ICS
ry of Woodsboro was sent hustling,
into “ye old clothes closet and Woodsboro, Texas.—H. B. Pen-
trunk” for “long-handles” over dleton, local high school track
the week-end, due to the cold‘star, thrilled spectators at the
snap that enveloped the commun- ! ninth annual Border Olympics at
ity after a few days of typical j Laredo last Friday by setting a
spring weather. Saturday morn- new record in the high school shot
ing, according to reports, was the put event. Coach Woodroe Petty’s
roughest” of the lot, with sev-lbig athlete pushed the 12-pound
eral sections of the community re-
porting a temperature of 35 de-
grees.
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In and Around
Woodsboro
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
of Edna were business
here late last week.
bail to the sensationg.1 distance of
51 feet and 10 and three-quarter
inches, more than two feet past
the record set in 1939 by the for-
mer state champion, Ted Weems.
Pendleton’s heave was over four
feet better than the best of any
of the other contestants in the
j event.
This was Pendleton’s second
'visit to the Border Olympics. Last
Corrigan year his toss of 44 feet, 11 inches
was one inch behind that of Coop-
er of Freer, the winner of the
event last year, and the' Woods-
boro star had to be satisfied with
second place. He was not to be
visitors
Mrs. J. G. Estham returned Sun-
day from Corpus Christi, where
she had been visiting relatives for denied again, and by adding seven
the past week. |feet to his last year’s toss, he left
defending champion Cooper far
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Henkhaus |
were in, Yoakum Wednesday to;
attend the funeral'*services of Mrs.’
behind in fourth place.
Henkhaus’
that city.
aunt, Mrs.
Last Friday’s throw was the
Rinn of|best of Pendleton’s career and
j shows great advancement under
■Coach Petty’s handling. Ha bids
Mrs. Ellen Hargrove visited rel-ifair to surpass his splendid record
atives in Refugio last week. |of last season, when he accounted
'for first place in the county, dis-
Mrs. George Ann Doran was atrict and regional Interscholastic
week-end visitor in College Sta- League meets at Refugio, Victo-
tion- |ria and Kingsville, respectively,
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Gohlke^d finished fifth in the state
and little son were week-end visi-j nals at Austin,
tors in Seadrift. j In addition to these successes in
i the shot put, Pendleton also won
Mrs. F. B. Rooke ,Jr. and son,! first places in the discus throw as
Frank, were in Laredo Friday to far Up the ladder as the regional
attend the Border Olympic staged meet and won both shot put and
there.
(Many workers are now
changing jobs or taking their
first jobs as a result of the
national defense program.
Most of these jobs are cov-
ered by old age and survivors
insurance under the Social Se-
curity Act. Mr. Cleveland,
manager of the Corpus Chris-
ti Social Security Board, of-
fice at 425 Nixon Building,
has prepared a series of eight
brief articles for The Timely
Remarks, explaining the steps
each worker should now take
in connection with his social
security account to avoid de-
lays of difficulties when he or
his family are ready to col-
lect insurance benefits. Any
worker who does not have a
social security account num-
ber card can obtain one at the
Social Security Board office.)
No. 4
For a worker who wants to
check the amount of wages credi-
ted to his social account, the
Social Security Board has estab-
lished a very easy procedure.
He can get a wage-inquiry card
from any Social Security Board
j office. This a printed card addres-
sed to the central office of the
Social Security Board and requir-
es only a one-cent stamp. On the
front of the card is space for the
employee to fill in his social sec-
urity account, the date of his
birth, and his name and address.
If a worker has reason to doubt
Jthat reports of his wages have
been complete and accurate, he
should get a wage-inquiry card
from his local Social Security
Board office, fill it in, and mail
it. For instance, if the worker has
had more then one social security
nounced Friday that during the number, he should send in a wage
afternoon on Sunday, March 16, j -inquiry card to see if all of his
at Firemen’s Park in Woodsboro, wages have been credited to his
an “old style” South Texas bar-(proper account. Or if a worker
becue would be staged for all! has changed jobs frequently, he
members and their families of the!may not have taken the precaut-
Twenty-first Battalion, Texas De-!ion to see that each employer had
fense, Guard, Martin McDonald his name and account exactly as
they are shown on his account
number card. In this case, he
should check his social security
account by sending in a wage-
inquiry card.
From January 1, 1940 employers
have been required to furnish each
employee with a statement of his
wages at least once a year or when
ever the worker leaves his job.
Workers should keep these
statements as evidence of their
credits toward old-age and survi-
vors insurance.
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YOUTH SAVES UP PENNIES
To Stage Barbecue
For Defense Uits
Woodsboro, Texas.—Major A. D.
Rooke of this city, who is com-
mander of the Twenty-first Bat-
talion, Texas Defense Guard, an-
Space Not Empty,,
Telescope Reveals
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Objects in the sky quite out of
reach some years ago have now
been brought within range by the
newly developed telescope aids.
Dr. Walter S. Adams, director
of Mount Wilson Observatory, in
his annual report, says the new
devices include use of more trans-
parent glasses, of cameras of spe-
cial design and of flouride film to
reduce losses by reflection.
He said Dr. Adrian Van Maa-
nen, making direct measurements
of distance, has “added several
stars to those known to be among
the nearest neighbors of the sun,”
mentioning that two of these give
out less than one ten-thousandth
part of the sun’s light.
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Clerk: “My wife and I find it
very hard for two persons- to live
on my salary.”
Boss: “Well, what do you ex-
pect me to do, get you a divorce?”
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It was a Georgia youth who
mailed his girl two letters a day,
during a long stay out of town
and returned to find her married
to the postman.
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WOODSBORO, TEXAS
Mrs. W. C. Regan is reported
to be still seriously ill as this goes
to press.
JMrs. H. B. Pendleton attended
the Border Olympics in Laredo
Friday.
discus events to tie for high point
honors at the Edison invitation
meet at San Antonio.
The discus throw is not held at
the Border Olympics, but Pendle-
ton has been entered in both the
events in the county meet at Re-
fugio Saturday, March 15. He will
Mrs. J. V. Polk and Mrs. Brett USS’
meet at San Antonio, as well as
seek to defend his titles at the
Edison meet.
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Hargrove were visitors in Refugio
Thursday.
Ed Slabach of Ganado spent the
week-end here with the homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Langley of
San Antonio were week-end visi-
tors here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bricker of
Bloomington were visitors here
Friday.
Graves Toland of Houston was
in town this week attending to
business matters and visiting in
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Toland.
Willis Michna was a business
visitor in Corpus Christi Friday
afternoon.
Judge “Hub” McCarthy, who
recently underwent an operation
at the Refugio hospital, is report-
ed to be rapidly recovering.
Charles Zarsky of Victoria was
a business visitor in Woodsboro
late last week.
W. A. Boenig of Beeville was in
town attending to business mat-
ters Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Orin Linney of Refugio
visited relatives here Friday of
last week.
Bill Horner was a business visi-
tor in Taft late last week.
Arthur Henkhaus is reported to
be stricken with the flu again this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Blaschke
of Skidmore visited friends here
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Dorothy Zarsky of San
Antonio was a week-end visitor
in Woodsboro.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Watkins
were Refugio visitors Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Brown and
Mrs. F. T. Burgess visited in Cor-
pus Christi Saturday.
R. E. Blewster of Houston was
a week-end visitor in Woodsboro.
Harsdorff Sent to
New Jersey Camp
Woodsboro, Texas.—Word has
been received here that David M.
Harsdorff, former secretary of the
Woodsboro Fire Department and
employe of the First National
Bank here, who was recently in-
ducted into the United States
army for one year’s training, has
been transferred from Fort Sam
Houston to Fort Monmouth, N. J.
Young Harsdorff, who is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Harsdorff
of this city, will be instructed in
the Signal Corps School at that
post.
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Schulze to Retire
From Commission
Woodsboro, Texas.—Otto J
Schulze,, prominent South Texas
hardware man and local civic
worker, who has served as city
commissioner here for the past
eight years, announced Friday
that he would not seek re-election
to that office for another term.
The election of city officers here
will be held on April 1, at which
time a mayor and two commis-
soners will be elected for a term
of two years.
WOODSBORO
CHURCHES
Post No. 298, American Legion,
and the Refugio County All-Pur-
pose Defense Unit.
Major Rooke stated that all
members of the battalion of the
guard, as well as all members of
the Refugio County All-Purpose
Unit, would be in full uniform for
the affair. The group is sched-
uled to hold a short parade at
Dodson Park here, and photog-
raphers and x'epresentatives from
several of the state’s leading daily
papers are expected to be on hand
to cover the event.
According to Major Rooke, the
battalion will be at full strength ,
for the occasion, with Company j-*-0 PAY FOR HIS WEDDLevg
D of Mathis to be oh hand to take
part. The battalion is composed
of four companies, with Woods-
boro being represented by Com-
panies A and B, Refugio by Com-
pany C, and Mathis by Company
D.
Mess Sergeant A. J. Hoelzel of
Company B, famous South Texas
barbecue expert, will have charge
of the dinner at the park at 1
p. m., and over 600 people are
expected to attend the event.
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PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH—
Sunday school at 9:15 a. m.
Morning services, 10:30 o’clock.
Adult confirmation instruction
Monday at 7:30 p. m. Lenten
services Wednesday at 7:30 in
the evening. Go to church.
ARNOLD IHRIG, Pastor.
Illness Keeps Petty
Out oi Track Meet
Woodsboro, Texas.— Old Man
Winter dealt a serious blow to
the hopes of the Woodsboro High
School Eagles in the coming coun-
ty track and field meet at Refugio
Saturday, March 15, when he
struck Coach Woodroe Petty with
illness last Sunday.
Coach Petty has been confined
to his bed several days at the very
peak of the training period for
the important county champion-
ship contests. He is now improved
and will soon be back working
with the boys.
In the meantime, the hoys
themselves are carrying on with
their training and expect to give
a good account of themselves in
ithe contests.
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Dance Slated for
St. Patrick’s Day
Woodsboro, Texas.—The man-
agement of the Community Hall
at Woodsboro has announced that
there will be a dance at that au-
ditorium on Monday, March 17.
Music for the affair will be fur-
nished by Bennie Prausse and his
famous Manhattan dance band.
Dancing is slated to start prompt-
ly at 8:30 p. m. and will continue
until a late hour. Popular prices
will prevail.
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Nels B. Helland, blind for 35
years, ranks as one of southwest
Washington’s most successful far-
mers.
Now 70 years old, Helland car-
ries on his farm duties with deft-
ness and efficiency. He has a herd
of 16 cows on his 80-acre tract 10
miles south of here.
Helland lost his sight in Minne-
sota as the result of a logging ac-
cident.
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Lodge Notices
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REFUGIO LODGE NO. 190, A. F.
& A. M., held in Woodsboro first
and third Tuesdays each month.
Marshall Barber, Worshipful
Master; Frank M. Woods, sec-
retary.
WOODSBORO CHAPTER No. 678
O. E. S.—Meets first and third
Thursday nights in each month
at Masonic Hall in Woodabcro.
Visitors welcome. Flora Durdin,
W. M.; Cleo Norris, secretary.
Four years ago, Van H. Womble
of New Hill—then only 19 years
old—began saving his pennies to
get married.
He walked the office of Regis-
trar of Deeds Hunter Ellington
the other day and handed over 5-
00 pennies for a license to wed
Jessie Mae White, 20, of Graham.
Womble paid the officiating
minister with $10 in pennies.
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This Girl Knows
White Collar Girls Know
the Value of Saving Sys-
tematically.
Girls who work for a living realize the need for
a reserve fund. That’s why many of this bank’s
savings accounts are in the names of “white
collar” girls. You, too, can create a reserve
by saving regularly.
First National Bank
OF WOODSBORO, TEXAS
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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REFUGIO, TEXAS
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