Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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The News from Every Section of Refugio County
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VOL. XVIII—NO. 21
Eight Pages
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It was a most pleasant surprise
last Thursday when Ray S. Carney
came in the office to shake hands,
say howdy and give an account of
himself. While Mr. Carney was edi-
tor of the Robstown Record, the
writer went to work in the mech-
anical department of that paper.
The writer soon decided that Mr.
Carney was one of the better of
the country newspaper publishers
(and this opinion was later proven
by the Robstown Record winning a
number of awards in both the South
Texas Press Associations) and
would be a splendid model. As the
writer had already decided he
would like to some day, after be-
coming a journeyman printer, to
become the owner and publisher of
a weekly newspaper, he started to
studying Mr. Carney’s method of
publishing the Record. Mr. Carney
proved to be not only a good mod-
el, but noting our interest he. be-
came a teacher and soon—through
no effort on his part—our ideal.
Many a football game we covered
together, and most were enjoyable
were those of the Corpus Christi
Buccaneers and the Corpus Christi
Calaviers. At the games in Corpus,
we would sit in the press box and
Mr. Carney, not being occupied with
taking notes, would teach us how
to watch the players and find the
reasons why one team was defeat-
ing the other.
Mr. Carney had received his
training and' instructions under
Editor Nichols of Vernon, Texas,
an uncle of Mrs. J;. T. Vance, Jr.,
of Refugio. Editor Nichols had a
weekly column in which he wrote
under the by-line of Ram Rod, and
would abbreviate by using the let-
ters “R. B.” When Mr. Cagney be-
came an editor in his own rights
and started writing a column he
took on the by-line of “ram rod”
but always used the small letters,
even in the abbreviations. Mr. Car-
ney maintained that he was the
junior ram rod and not able to reach
the standards of Editor Nichols and
therefore should use the small let-
ters.
CHESTER M. TOBIN
Speaking at the Refugio public
school auditorium Friday night,
March 22, at 8 p. m. will be Chester
M. Tobin. He will be the third of
the speakers on the Rotary Insti-
tute of International Understand-
ing. The public is invited to hear
Mr. Tobin as the guests of the Ro-
tary Club of Refugio.
Chester M. Tobin is a private in-
vestment counselor in Chicago, and
is a student of world economic prob-
lems. He was born in Maine, and
was educated at Macalester College
in St. Paul, Minnesota.
For 12 years Mr. Tobin worked
with the International Committee
jof the Y.M.C.A. in Europe and Asia.
He has travelled extensively in
China, Manchuria, Korea, Japan,
The Philippines, Malaya, India, Eu-
rope and North Africa. While sta-
tioned in Shanghai, China, for eight
years, he initiated and directed a
number of international organiza-
tions whose membership included
Chinese, Japanese, Europeans and
Americans. In China, he observed
at first hand the launching of Ja-
pan’s conquest of Asia. In Europe,
he saw the Nazis extend their to-
talitarian program to the Balkan
countries.
20 INDICTMENTS
ARE RETURNED
BY GRAND JURY
Grand jury was called into ses-
sion Monday and by Tuesday after-
noon had completed its docket,
bringing in 20 indictments. These
included seven cases of child de-
sertion, three of felony, three bur-
glaries, two of assault with intent
to murder, one wife desertion, one
arson, one chicken swindling, one
removing mortgaged property, and
one swindling.
For the first time in many years,
a member of the negro race served
on the Refugio County grand jury.
He was Hez Scott, who has been
employed for several decades by T.
H. Heard on the Long Mott farm
near here. Other grand jurors this
term were C. S. Boone of Woods-
boro, foreman, H. G. Crews of Ti-
voli, Mabry Thomas of Woodsboro,
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F. B. Rooke, Jr., of Woodsboro, Carl
Baumgartner, John J. O’Brien, E.
A. Clarkson, B. E. McGuill, J. H.
Coward, A. H. Brundrett and E.
J. Freeman.
Court recessed at the conclusion
of the grand jury session until Mon-
day, March 25, when it will resume
hearings. Judge Howard P. Green
of Cuero is presiding judge.
C-C TO SPONSOR
COUNTY FAIR
ASSOCIATION
Fall fair of Refugio County will
be staged by the Refugio County
Fair Association organization of
which will be sponsored by the Re-
fugio Chambeh of Commerce, it
was decided at the regular meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce on
Wednesday night.
A mass meeting will be called at
an early date and special invitation
to attend this meeting will be sent
to the different towns and commun-
ities of the county, as well as to
MASONIC SPEAKER
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Upon his return to the United Ranchers and farmers. The purpose
States, Mr. Tobin engaged in edu-1 of this meeting will be the presen-
cational and financial activities, and jtation of suggested constitution and
recently served as director of thejby-laws for the fair and the elec‘
tion of fair association officials.
PAT M. NEFF
Several thousand Master Masons
from southeast Texas will gather
in Houston, in the Scottish Rite
Cathedral, Polk and Caroline Sts.,
Monday, March 25th, at 7:30 p. m.
to hear an address by Pat M. Neff,
Grand Master of Masons in Texas.
Following the Grand Master’s ad-
dress, a Master Mason’s Degree
will be conferred in full form on
the stage, using the scenery, light-
ing effects and sound equipment
pertinent to the Degree. This De-
gree will be exemplified by a
Degree Team from Gilmer, Texas,
directed by Leo Hart, Past Grand
Master of Masons in Texas. The
address by the Grand Master and
the presentation of this Degree is
an annual affair in Houston and
brings together each year thous-
ands of Master Masons from every
section of southeast Texas. For
many years this has been the larg-
est gathering of Master Masons
held each year in the State of
Texas with the exception of the
Grand Lodge Annual Meeting in
Waco.
MAY QUEEN
BALLOTING
1111! WAY
Breck Educational Foundation of
It was always a pleasure for the Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the
writer, when he was the linotype
operator, to receive the copy of
“ram rod” and learn how the A. A.
M. M. and the A. A. M. M. mem-
bers were doing. The initials stood
for “Almightigated Association of
Married Men”, which group was
anther of the book, “Turkey, Key
to the East.”
For many years Mr. Tobin has
been working for the promotion of
international understanding, which
is one of the principal objects of
the world-wide Rotary organization.
Rotary Club of Shanghai for five
years.
Cash Farm Income
Drops In January
Austin.—Cash farm income in
Texas dropped 41 per cent in Janu-
ary under what it was in January,
1945, the University of Texas Bu-
reau of Business Research reports.
The decline in cotton ginnings
from 362,000 bales in January,
1945 to 33,00 bales in January,
1946, as well as a similar decline
in marketings of cottonseed ac-
counted for practically all the drop
in income.
supposed to be far above the level [ He was an active member of the
of doing dish washing, lawn mow-
ing and other such household
chores. Occasionally there would be
reports of certain members having
their standing endangered as gossip
would say that “he was seen tak-
ing the laundry off the line” or
some other sin in the sight of A.
A. M. M.
Ill health forced Mr. Carney to
leave the publishing field and he
served for a number of years, af-
ter regaining his health, in the
Nueces County Clerk’s office as a
deputy and only recently resigned
to affiliate with the Veterans Ad-
ministration. During the years, as
he would take time to write, Mr.
Carney has had articles accepted
by various national magazines.
The writer was indeed fortunate,
in being with the Robstown Record
during the two years he was with
the paper, for he was associated
With three men that were and are
leaders. Sam Fore, Jr., owner of
the Robstown Record as well as
being owner and publisher of the
Floresville Chronicle Journal;
John L. Tracy, owner and publish-
er of the San Patricio County News
at Sinton; and Mr. Carney were
the three men of the Record when
we joined the staff. All three gen-
tlemen contributed greatly to our
training and instruction in both the
printing and publishing depart-
ments, but we must be honest in
saying that Mr. Carney was our
favorite—even if he did give us
the very “duece” when he felt we
needed it.
Rev. I. E. Walker was given per-
mission by the. Rotary Club to take
several members of the club out-
side and to the little shed when
Tuesday night a couple of them said
they would like for the Rotary Club
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Representative
Veterans Admin.
In Sinton Thursdays
Ray S. Carney, Contact Repre-
sentative of the Veterans Adminis-
tration, will be in Sinton on Thurs-
day of each week to assist veterans
of this area. He will be at the
United States Employment Service
office.
Mr. Carney has his permanent
headquarters at 409 Texas Building
in Corpus Christi.
YOU ARE THE
RED CROSS!
"VT'OU, through your local
J- chapter,makeitpossible
for the Red cross to help
our servicemen, veterans
and our own here at home.
Give today!
YOUR RED CROSS MOST CARRY ON! GIVE!
County Agent L. A. Weiss and
Home Demonstration Agent Miss
Vogt are working with the rural
residents of the county in prepara-
tion for the fair which will be held
during October.
County Agent Weiss reported
that he was not ready to announce,
details of the calf scramble, which
the Chamber of Commerce is spon-
soring. Mr. Weiss has accepted the
responsibility of staging this event.
Committee reports were given
and it was reported that word was
awaited from prospective candi-
dates for the position of secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Miss Judy Van Hoof
Initiated Member
Of Kappa Pi Sigma
Miss Judy Van Hoof, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Van Hoof of
Refugio, has been initiated as an
active member of Alpha Chapter
of Kappa Pi Sigma, professional
business fraternity at Our Lady of
the Lake College, in San Antonio,
Texas.
Miss Van Hoof, a junior at the
college, is also secretary of Beta
Alpha, college business administra-
tion club, and general manager of
the student co-operative store at
the college.
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“Miss Refugio”
Entered In “Splash
Day” Event
“Miss ’Refugio” to represent this
town at Splash Days in Corpus
Christi on April 5, 6 and 7 will be
sponsored by the Refugio Chamber
of Commerce.
Method and means of selecting
the Refugio representative will be
in charge of Floyd Barton, local
theatre manager.
Balloting for the May Queen of
Refugio got under way on Wed-
nesday of this week, as votes were
distributed to the cooperating mer-
chants by the Woman’s Club, spon-
sors of the event.
Pictures of the girls competing
in the election this year are dis-
played in a window of the Ouida
Lu Dress Shop.
Ballot boxes are at Refugio Phar-
macy and Ouida Lu Dress Shop. The
tally board is being displayed in
front of the Refugio Pharmacy.
Votes this year are on blue pa-
per, and only votes issued this year
will be tabulated by the counting
committee.
Services Sunday
Will Be Dedicated
To Charles Jarvis
Morning services at the Metho-
dist Church Sunday will be dedi-
cated to Refugio’s first World War
II casualty, Charles Jarvis. The
Rev. I. E. Walker, pastor, stated
that the first part of the service
will consist of reading of the young
man’s obituary, special prayer, and
flag presentation. The worship hour
begins promptly at 10:50 o’clock.
Charles Jarvis, son of Mrs. O. II.
Gilbert, was born June 21, 1916,
and attended Refugio High School
immediately prior to his enlistment
in the navy. After four years serv-
ice, he returned home for two years
and then re-enlisted in October,
1941. He was stationed on the air-
craft carrier LANGLEY, when it
was sunk in action in the month
of February, 1942. Most of the crew
was picked up by the PECOS,
which also was sunk shortly there-
after with a large percentage of
casualties.
For all these war years, Jarvis
has been listed as “missing,” but
Mrs. Gilbert was notified recently
by the war department that he had
not answered rollcall on the rescue
ship and all hope for his being alive
was gone.
Eight months of test flying of
fresh fruits and vegetables from
the Pacific coast to major eastern
cities reveals that housewives are
willing to pay extra prices for air-
transported foods.
Its war job accomplished, the
Petroleum Industry War Council,
the oil industry’s advisory group
to the Petroleum Administration
for War, wound up its affairs and
dissolved in mid-December, 1945.
ROTARIANS WILL
ATTEND CHURCH
SUNDAY AS CLUB
Members of the Refugio Rotary
Club will attend church services this
Sunday night at the First Methodist j
Church as a club in observing
“Church Day” by the organization.
Rev. I. E. Walker, pastor of the
church and a member of the club,
will deliver the message of the eve-
ning.
The local Rotary Club is in the
midst of a period of activity in
preparation for the first post-war
annual conference to be held in Gal-
veston on April 14, 15 and 16. The
Refugio Club has been honored by
being asked to present a model
luncheon at the noon meeting on
Monday, April 15. Chairman of the
“Conference Attendance Commit-
tee” Montie O’Neill reports that
more than 20 of the club’s thirty
members will be in Galveston for
this luncheon-meeting.
Tuesday night an assembly meet-
ing was held at the club room at
which time the club voted to spon-
sor Youth Week for Refugio this
year. E. G. Sparks was named
chairman of the committee to out-
line the activities of the period
April 27 to May 4.
Monday, at the regular meeting
of the club, Rev. I. E. Walker pre-
sented a program from the Rotary
magazine in which he had two mem-
bers, Sam White and C. S. Boone,
review articles from the March is-
sue of The Rotarian.
Guests present Monday were Ro-
tarian Howard Green of Cuero,
Frank Craddock of Corpus Christi,
Henry Rose, and senior class guests
Jimmy Culbertson and Max Harris.
Tom Thumb Wedding
Draws Large Crowd
For P.T.A. Benefit
Judy Jacks, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Jacks, and Billy Oliver,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gale Oliver,
Jr., were bride and groom in the
Tom Thumb wedding sponsored by
Refugio Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion in the public school auditorium
Saturday evening. The stage was
decorated to represent a church
rostrum, with white flowers, white
candlelabra and greenery.
The bride’s white satin robe was
made with heart-shaped neckline
and leg-o‘-mutton sleeves on peaked
basque over a full iskrt. A veil of
illusion depended from a lace Mary-
of-Scotland cap, and she carried a
shower bouquet of white gardenias,
and wore a pearl necklace. Billy
was in full dress regalia.
Main of honor was Barbara
Snooks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Carter Snooks, .who wore aqua net
over peach taffeta and carried
sweetheart roses. Waymond Koonce,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Koonce,
acted as best man.
Bridesmaids were Barbara Bailey,
Sylvia Sutherland, Nancy Kate
Renfro, Janice Jo Weiss, Pamela
Heard, Therese Bauer and Norma
Jean Schubert of Woodsboro.
Groomsmen were Donnie Doughty,
Gordon Genty, Larry Germer, Jim-
my Chamberlain, Scott Pitzer,
Frankie Leney and Michael Free-
man.
Other members of the wedding
party were Edith West Clarkson,
flower girl, and Jack Cuthberson,
ringbearer. Stanley Griffith imper-
sonated the minister, and Mary
Beth Williamson was soloist. Billy
Doughty, “father,” gave the bride
away.
Wedding guests included Jean-
ette Linney, Nancy Hooks, Mary
Lou Scott, Marjorie Snooks, Kay
Oliver, Virginia Jenkins, Marcia
Ann Solka, Jerry Stinson, Bobby
Henry, Jimmy Roberts, Karl
Snooks, Denny Jo Smith, Cecil
Fortenberry and Tommy Jenkins.
Miss Madelyn Kuykendall and
Miss Alice Allen directed the af-
fair. Mrs. J. H. Bradley was chair-
man of the organization commit-
tee for this and other events. A
spaghetti supper was held in the
school cafeteria after the wedding,
while games and fortune-telling of-
fered divertissement. High school
girls sold shamrocks on downtown
streets all day Saturday, and the
association is giving away a pig.
Funds from these enterprises will
be used to purchase uniforms for
Refugio High School Drum and
Bugle Corps.
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RED CROSS'
CAMPAIGN
PROGRESSES
J. B. Wilson, chairman of the Re-
fugio County Red Cross Roll Call
and appeal for 1946, reports that
the county is making satisfactory
progress in reaching its assigned
goal, but that the work is mov-/
ing slowly.
Mr. Wilson pointed out that very
good reports are being given by the
committees that have completed,
their work, but there is a good
number of committees that have
not started their solicitations.
HOMER T. WILLIAMS
Named president-elect of the Ro-
tary Club of Refugio is Homer T.
Williams, who is at present the
vice-president of the club. Mr. Wil-
liams, associated with Heard &
Heard, Inc., fills the classification
of “teaming and trucking.”
T. J. Wilkinson was named vice-
president elect of the club, with E.
G. Sparks re-elected as secretary-
treasurer, and Floyd Barton named
assistant secretary.
All officers will take office on
July 1, the start of the Rotary
calendar year.
Receive
Discharge
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Allen, Charles R. 2-17-46
Adams, Jesse M. 2-27-46
Bowman, Floyd 3-14-46
Brandon, Claude E., Jr. 2- 9-46
Blake, Melvin Lee 3-19-46
Bailey, Robert Edward 3- 4-46
Cummins, Howard D. 3- 1-46
Derrough, J. D. 3-18-46
Dedear, John F. 2-18-46
Green, Clyde 2-15-46
Glover, George E., Jr. 3- 1-46
Henkhaus, John Elton 2-27-46
Hounsell, William H. 2-16-46
Hammons, Walter L. 2-20-46
Hammons, Floyd T. 12-20-45
Johnston, Thomas I. 2-14-46
Klare, Alvin Robert 2-24-46
Lopez, Max 3-15-46
Littlefield, George Walker 2-22-46
Lara, Juan G. 3-11-46
Lenhart, Edgar Q. 3- 8-46
Niemann, Elmo R. 2-22-46
Piehl, Lonnie G. 11-24-44
Porraz, Jose 1-24-46
Peacock, William H. 3- 6-46
Powitzky, Charles Burnett 3-11-46
Ramon, Robert L. 2-15-46
Ricks, Wayman L. 3-14-46
Rivera, Alfredo 2-15-46
Roberts, William David 3- 5-46
Schultz, Edward G. 2-20-46
Spradley, Wayland Loyd 2-23-46
Shockley, Medford Russell 9-19-46
Walker, Robert L. 2-15-46
Wolfshohl, Vernon 2-21-46
Wilson, Fred B. 2- 6-46
Wales, Robert D. 3-12-46
Villarreal, Jesus 2-25-46
Villarreal, Maximino 10-29-45
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Betty Jean Wilson
Pledges Sorority
Miss Betty Jean Heard, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Heard has
been pledged to Alpha Chapter of
Kappa Pi Sigma, professional busi-
ness fraternity at Our Lady of the
Lake College in San Antonio, Texas.
Miss Heard, a junior at the col-
lege, is also president of Beta Al-
pha, college business administration
club, and a member of Sigma Alpha
Iota, national music fraternity.
Hebert Landrum
In Spring Practice
With T.C.U. Gridsters
Fort Worth.—Hubert Landrum
of Refugio is one of the freshman
football candidates now working
out in varsity spring practice ses-
sions at TCU.
Enough boys for seven full teams,
with a few left over, are reporting
for daily practice sessions—and
Coach Dutch Meyer is happy about
the whole thing.
“I like the situation,” Meyer
says frankly. “There are enough
boys out to provide stiff competi-
tion for every position, and stiff,
competition produces better foot-
ball players.
“'Then, we have enough material
to get in a lot of scrimmage, and
nothing builds a football team bet-
ter than butting heads regularly!”
Hubert is one of eight boys out
for the wingback position, so it’s
easy to see what Meyer means by
“stiff competition.”
“It’s too early to say just who
looks like the No. 1 man for the
position, who looks like No. 2, and
so on,” Meyer points out.
“We won’t pick a team until
UGk-off time gets' nearer. But we
certainly have a lot of fine looking-
boys, and we ought to be able to
field a pretty potent ball club, come
time for competition in Septem-
ber.”
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side. He still needs you ... needs
your Red Cross to help banish
the loneliness he
faces in faraway
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Rialto Theater
Reports $86.22 For
March of Dimes
Floyd Barton, manager of the
Rialto Theatre and chairman for
the Motion Picture Industry’s
March of Dimes campaign in Re-
fugio, announced today that he had
received a check for $86.22 from
the State Headquarters in Dallas,
representing 50 per cent of the total
March of Dimes audience collection
in Rialto Theatre, which will
used by the local chapter of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
Barton said this was in keeping
with the policy of the National
Foundation to return 50 per cent of
all local collections to the county
in which they were made to carry
on the fight against the dread polio.
The other half of the collection has
been forwarded to the National
Foundation for education and re-
search and to carry on the fight
against this human blight on a na-
tional basis.
He further stated that the the-
atremen were grateful to their
movie patrons for contributing so
generously to this worthy and bile
man cause.
Mr., Mrs. C. A. Pitzer
Receive Son’s Awards
IMr. and Mrs. C. A. Pitzer went
to San Antonio Wednesday of last
week to receive awards made to
their son, Lieutenant Reginald
(Rex) A. Pitzer, before his death.
Presentation was made by Gen.
Beverley at Kelly Field.
Lt. Pitzer had been awarded the
air medal arid three oak leaf clust-
ers for meritorious action in aerial
combat, but they were not found
among his personal effects, so the
war department presented them to
his parents. The young man was
a fighter pilot in the European
theatre of action, was reported
missing November 5, 1944, and was
declared officially dead in October,
1945. A memorial service was con-
ducted for him at the Methodist
Church last November.
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