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VOL. XXIV—NO. 50
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1952
Twelve Pages
Impressions
Jimmy Bauer says that it is
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Refugio.—J. R. Dobson
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CORTISONE
For a Smile
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Bobcats Play
Goliad Friday
b Third Tilt
Local Fireman
in Drill Class
Refugio-Victoria
Juniors Battle
To Scoreless Tie
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COPY
The name Charles means strong
and manly.
Jupiter is -the Yargest planet of
the solar system.
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The paint job on the City Hall
certainly is giving a good appear-
ance to the building.
P Millions who suffer from arth-
[ ritis and certain other ailments
I are watching the progress of in-
' vention to bring the wonder drug,
I cortisone, within reach of all. Three
I years ago, cortisone was sold for
I $200 a gram. Today, it is $19.50.
Trouble teaches you two things:
How many friends you have and
how many people were waiting to
catch you bent over.
Two Stores Mark
Holiday
Refugio.—The Economy Store
and Blue Bonnet Variety Store will
be closed all day Monday, Septem-
ber 29, in observance of a Jewish
religious holiday.
Patrons of these two stores are
reminded to arrange their shopping
in accordance.
Local Twins
Winner Late
By Minutes
Refugio.—Fifteen minutes
late!
By a margin of fifteen minutes
Refugio failed to be the home of
twins born on September 23 and
thus to claim an offer by Gilliam
Auto Store through the Westing-
house Co. to claim a set of the
laundry twins being offered by the
manufacturer to the parents of
twins born in the United States
Thomas Zabel
Shows Top Pig.
Refugio.—Winners in Saturday’s
Sears pig show at the Veteran’s
Memorial Park here were as fol-
lows: first prize gilt of the show
went to Thomas Zabel, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Erwin Zabel of Woods-
boro. Thomas won $8.(10 in prize
money and exhibited his gilt at
the District Sears Show at Vic-
toria September 24.
Second prize to Billy Boone, Re-
fugio; third prize to Leslie Beaty,
Austwell; fourth prize to J. W.
Bauer of Refugio; fifth prize to
A. C. Catching of Refugio.
Harold Bauer also exhibited
his boar at Victoria to compete
for district honors with boars from
five other counties of this section.
Jack Fargarson, county agent of
Beeville, was the judge of the Re-
fugio County Show, says County
Agent D. F. Bredthauer.
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The News from Every Section of Refugio County
Refugio.—An improving Refugio
Bobcat football team put on a be-
lated spurt to defeat the Sinton
Pirates last Friday night 25 to 6
at Sinton. The game was much clos-
er for three periods than the score
indicated, but throughout the tilt
there was an air that the Bobcats
were capable of coming to life and
j on a scoring spree.
The Bobcats are an' improving
active church and civic workers of I team and have not. reached their
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Walking down Capitol Avenue in
Austin the other evening thinking
about Tommy Williamson, the good
job he is doing with the Bobcat
Band and hoping that the band
would be invited to take part in
the University of Texas Band Day
performance again this year when
there was a cheery “Hello.” Was
so surprised at seeing Allen An-
, derson and Bobby Wilpitz that it
■ took a couple of minutes to call
■ their names. The former Bobcats
jjn are getting started at the UofT
■' and sent words of greetings to
their many friends.
ScoutFund
Drive Opens
Refugio.—Copano District Boy
Scouters of the Refugio area
launched their annual fund drive on
Tuesday morning with a breakfast
served at the Las Palmas Cafe,
and attended by more than thirty
men and women.
Financial Chairman J. E. Bauer
reported that the campaign is mak-
ing good progress and that work-
ers are expected to complete con-
tacts by the end of the week.
Solicitors are presenting the fact
that it costs $12.00 per year per
boy to conduct the program of
Scouting in this area. There are
more than 400 boys in the Copano
District it was stated by Vern
Herring, district Scout executive.
The number of home freezers
on Texas farms and ranches con-
tinues to increase and as a re-
sult, homemakers are shifting from
canning to freezing as a method McBride for
of preserving food supplies.
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| * bad to miss a part of a football
game;
He further states that it is bad
to have to be called to the tele-
phone just before the kick-off;
He also adds it’s bad when pub-
licly summoned for a long distance
call when you are some 150 miles
away from/hime;
He concludes that it is at its
worse when the public address an-
nouncer says: “emergency”.
He was in attendance at the Uni-
versity of Houston-Texas A&M
game last Saturday and just be-
fore the kick-off was so paged.
For his many friends let us add
that it was not any ill event that
necessitated his being paged, but
let Jimmy tell you the story. It’s
well worth a cup of coffee.
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Refugio.—The Refugio Bobcats
journey again this Friday night,
making a trip to Goliad to engage
the Tigers in a non-conference
game. This will be the third game
of the season for the undefeated
Bobcats.
The Tigers dropped a 13 to 0 de-
cision to Woodsboro last Friday
night and are not expected to great-
ly extend the Bobcats Friday. Game
time is 8 p.m.
A game between Aransas Pass
and Beeville at Beeville is attract-
ing a number of local fans, who are
interested in viewing the first
home game opponent — Aransas
Pass—and the first district oppo-
nent—Beeville—of the Bobcats.
Open House
Will Honor
Mrs. Wood
Refugio.—Friends of Mrs. Cliff
Wood and Mrs. James B. Heard
are cordially invited to an open
house from 3 to 7 p.m. at the
home of Mrs. Heard at 703 E.
Ymbacion on Sunday, October 5,
in honor of Mrs. Wood’s 75th birth-
day.
Formal invitations are not being
addressed, but a general public
invitation is extended »to all friends.
case, for the winning team of last
Friday was not good enough to
capture district honors this season.
Blocking is becoming keener on the
offense. Defensive play is on the
upgi’ade but must get better to
earn all-district honors for several
of the line-men.
The first quarter was scoreless,
but marked the start of the Bob-
cat’s initial touchdown drive. Sera-
fin Vela went over for the td
from- the one-foot line to Climax a
drive of 84 yards. The Bobcats
rallied their defense after Sinton
had it firsts down on the Refugio
12 yard line and took over on the
16-yard marker. The Bobcats stay-
ed on the ground for all but one
of the sixteen plays used in mak-
ing the drive. This was the lone tal-
ly of the first half.
Sinton bounced back into the
game early in the third period with
a tieing touchdown. The Pirates
latched onto a Bobcat fumble at
their own 45 to gain possession,
then mixed passes and run to
move to the Refugio one from
where Jess Buis punched over the
.counter.
The Bobcats came charging back,
to score before surrendering the
ball following the ensuing kick-off.
Ernest Guerrero ran the kick-off
back 19 yards to the Refugio 29.
One Bobby McBride to Vela pass >
was used along with scampers by
Jimmy Baugh, B. J. Williams, Mc-
Bride and Vela had- the ball to
the one-yard line, from where Vela
went over.
The fourth quarter Bobcat scor-
ing totaled 13 points. Pat Freeman
gathered in a seven-yard toss from
one tally. McBride
had gained possession of the ball
Remarks, you will receive an enlarged mounted airplane view of this home free of
charge from Zarsky Lumber Co. after 'identifying. Photos will be presented to the
residents. The first person residing within the Refugio city limits to identify the
home will receive two tickets to the Rialto Theatre; as well as the first person re-
siding outside of Refugio proper to identify the home will receive two tickets to the
Rialto Theatre by calling the Timely Remarks office. Costs of photos and engravings
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IF YOU DO and identify this aerial photograph by coming to the Refugio Timely
J. C. Heard Named Member
Regional Highway Committee
$5 million to $10 million were:
Fort Bend, $9,201,000; Webb, $7,-
496,000; Gonzales, $6,900,000; Aus-
tin, $6,880,000; Fayette, $6,536,-
000; Kerr, $6,500,000; Wharton, $6,-
320,000; Matagorda, $6,165,000.
Only one county, Kenedy, re-
ported that its present highway
system was adequate.
Following a study of the report,
the highway committee will make
policy declarations to the regional
chamber’s board of directors, and
to its legislative committee for ac-
tion in developing and expediting
highway improvements in South
Texas and the state.
, Members of the committee are:
Frank Bowman, Alice; Glen
White, Bay City; H. P. Cragin,
Cuero; Sam H. Walk, Del Rio; E.
J. Rupp, Falfurrias; Martin Mc-
Cain, Houston; Fred V. Klinge-
man, Karnes City; Eugene May,
Kingsville; R. E. (Bob) Franklin,
Lake Jackson; Chas. H. Troell,
Pleasanton; Judge Howard Hart-
zog, Port Lavaca;
J. C. Heard, Refugio; J. Wade
Hill, Robstown; Earnest Bain,
Rockport; C. V. Carson, San Mar-
cos; H. N. Schwartz, Schulenberg;
Ralph Giles, Seguin; Leo Owen,
Sinton; L. A. Cage, Taft; Hugh
Grant, Uvalde, and Ad Schroeder,
Yorktown.
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f The Dollar Day of The Economy
i Store last Friday is the type of
i event that earns good will for a
community and causes increased
I “buying in Refugio” attention. Im-
I pressions can give no reason as
b to why, but several people men-
| tioned that ad and the other ads
I featuring prices last week. It may
l have been that the previous week
I we had learned that a survey re-
I ^eals more than. 90 per cent of
I both men and Women readers of
| advertisements prefer for ads to
L carry prices. They wanted to know
t the selling price. It was not ask-
I ing for special or reduced prices in
I ■ advertising . . . but what it would
I cost whether' it was a box of tooth-
t picks or a new automobile. One
I person told us: “I enjoy reading the
I Remarks each week, but I buy it
■ each week to get to read the gro-
F tfery store and other ads in it.
I f An item the wife found one week
k-1 in the paper, saved me making a
F trip to Corpus Christi that week-
u end.”
Refugio.—The Refugio Junior
High football team played a score-
less tie with the Victoria Junior
High team last Thursday after-
noon at Victoria.
In the Refugio line-up were John
Allbrighc, Vernon Barber, Glenn
Duhon, Buster Wallace, Jimmie
Shives, Eugene Linney, George
Roads, Buddy McCowan, Bennie
Hoblit, Oscar Capistran and Jimmy
Haley.
The next, game will be played at
Beeville on Monday, September 29.
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Lambert Ranch
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i | Recognized by
[ Many Readers
r Refugio.—Many readers of the
i Refugio Timely Remarks recogniz-
; ed the photo-quiz picture of the
■ Lambei-t Ranch as printed last
; week, and Joe Johnson was the
. first person to notify the news-
; paper office of the correct identi-
1 fication. Jack Lutenbacher, who
resides on the rural route out of
Refugio, was the first of the out-
I of-town persons to notify the news-
paper of correct identification.
Each will receive two tickets to
the Rialto Theatre as an award
for their alertness.
Among the group that contacted
the Remarks office were Virgil
McC-allen, Mrs. Hope Roberts, Mrs.
J. T. Herring, A. R. Billings of
Woodsboro, Mrs. J. O. Linney,
Frank Barber, Berne Kelley, Louis
Weiss, Virginia Chappell, Louis
McGuill, E. F. Whitley of Corpus
Christi, E. W. Johnson, Mrs. Char-
lie Toups, Barbara Justice, Bill
King and Mildred Shaw.
The picture showed tke resi-
dence of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Linney.
He has been ranch foreman for 1
the Lambert Ranch for the past —
five years. Mr. and Mrs. Linney; Fating
with their children are among the I
the community. Mrs. Linney attend- ’ Peak. It is well that such is the
ed Patti Weldei* High School in
Victoria and Woodsboro High
School before entering Draughon’s
Business (Eollege in Corpus Chris-
ti.
They have three children. Anita
Marie, their daughter, is a gradu-
ate nurse of St. Joseph’s Hospital!
in Houston where she is now mak-
ing her home. The elder son is a/2
Joseph Linney, Jr., with the Unit-
ed States armed forces. The young-
er son, Vincent, is in the 9th grade
and is feeding a calf to be entered
in the San Antonio Livestock Ex-
position in January, 1953.
The Lambert Ranch is a show
place and Sussex cattle, imported
from England, are a feature. Pure-
bred beef is a specialty of the
ranch. Corn, sudan and oats are
crops produced on the ranch.
The Zarsky Lumber Co. furnish-
ed the Linneys with a mounted
print of the picture of their home.
This week photo-quiz No. 4 is of
a different type rural home.
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midnight on September 23.
The first of twin daughters was
born to Mrs. John Bland (colored)
of Refugio on September 23, short-
ly before midnight. The second girl
was born at fifteen minutes past
midnight and is recorded as being
born on September 24.,
Westinghouse officials stated
that the rule governing the gift
was that both births be recorded
as on September 23. An average
of 108 sets of twins a day are
born in the United States and Ha-
waii, territory served by the West-
inghouse firm, officials stated.
San Antonio.—New highway and
county road construction and im-
provement of deteriorated and un-
safe highways in South Texas will
cost in excess of $300 million, ac-
ccording to a report released this
week by the South Texas Chamber
of Commerce.
Datus E. Proper of San Anto-
nio, Chairman of the regional
chamber’s highway committee, said
Monday that the $300 million fig-
ure is based on costs estimated by
the State Highway Department and
53 counties of South Texas that
were represented in five area high-
way conferences sponsored by the
South Texas Chamber in July.
“The report does not reflect an
official action or recommendation
of the South Texas Chamber of
Commerce”, Mr. Proper stated.
“The meetings in South Texas were
sponsored by the regional chamber
to give all citizens, members and-
non-members, an oppoi-tunity to re-
port county recommendations for
road building and financing.”
Five South Texas counties re-
ported highway requirements cost-
ing more than $10 million, as fol-
lows: Bexar, $76,152,000; Harris,
$40,000,000; ' Nueces $17,535,000;
Brazoria, $17,505,000; and Travis,
$11,453,000.
Counties reporting costs from
Yard of Month
In Next Issue
Refugio.—Refugio's Yard of. the
Month will be announced in next
week’s issue of the Refugio Time-
ly Remarks.
Which Refugio yard will have
the distinction of being the first
“Yard of the Month” as selected
by the committee from the La Re-
tama Garden Club ?
This question is creating more
and more interest among the citi-
zens of Refugio and the answer is
oemg anxiously awaited.
Kiddie Ride
Cars Requests
Refugio.—Alvin Armstrong is
building a Kiddie Ride for use in
Refugio and is needing some push
pedal cars for the project.
He is building the ride in his
spare time and plans, to make it
available for use in Refugio as
an added attraction on special oc-
casions, such as the Refugio Re-
union.
As the cars will need to be near-
ly rebuilt in making them safe for
cnildren the present condition is
not of great importance. Anyone
having an outgrown push-pedal car
is requested to contact Alvin Arm-
strong at phone 686 or at his resi-
dence, upstairs apartment over the
Art Nelson Electric Co.
Can You Identify Your Home From a Bird's-Eye View
Rural Home Photo-Quiz No. 4
____ Do You Live Here?
[State Guard
Sponsoring
Barbecue
Refugio.—The local unit of the
Texas State' Guard will serve a
benefit barbecue dinner on Sun-
day, October 5, at the Guard’s lo-
cal headquarters it was announced
this week.
There will be barbecued beef,
chicken and probably mutton along
with potato salad served. There
will be a charge of $1.00 per plate
! for the dinner and the public is in-
vited to attend.
The Guard is needing additional
funds to finance its local operations
and the members have decided to
sponsor this barbecue dinner as a
means of securing the needed
funds. There are some 40 local
members in the unit and all are co-
operating in this project.
Impressions has received the
nomination of Floyd Linney for the
Flower of the Week as the good
job he is doing on the construction
of the new buildings for the Re-
fugio County Fail* at the Veterans
Memorial Park. The nominator says
that from all appearances the
barns will be a real asset, and that
is certainly good enough to merit
the Refugio Flower & Gift Shop
to dispatch post-haste the Flower
| of the Week to Floyd Linney.
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t Roger Shurley was surprised on
S his 16th birthday Thursday after-
l noon when the ‘gang’ at the Timely
I Remarks, namely Carter, Josephine,
I Johnny, and Bill, unloaded a couple
I boxes of stogies on top the keys
| of his .linotype machine.
I “Happy Birthday” was not sung
by those honoring Roger.
(Oh, ho, just got word that
I Roger is 22 today, not 16.)
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of the
State Firemen’s Training School,
sponsored by State Fire Marshal’s
Association, Austin, is 'conducting
a five-week drill class for the Re-
fugio Volunteer Fire Dept, with
classes held on Wednesday night
of each week.
The drills started this week and
will continue for the next four
weeks at the local fire station.
During the period of these instruct-
ed drills the fire department will
hold its regular weekly meetings
on Wednesday night instead of
Tuesday night. On Tuesday, Oc-
tober 14, regular Tuesday night
meetings will be resumed.
Chief Dobson was in Refugio a
few years ago to conduct a class-
room instruction course for the
firemen. This time, he will place
emphasis on drills
Bobcats Much Improved
In Downing Sinton, 25-6
for Refugio by intercepting a Sin-
ton pass on his own 40 and get-
ting back 20 yards to the Sinton
40 before being downed. McBride
carried the ball ovei’ for the lone
extra point.
Guerrero was cleared off his
own left end for 45 yards to score
the last tally. It was the type of
play that makes the Bobcats a
threat to score whenever they have! “ .bl,c
i during the period of midnight to
the ball. Good blocking at the line ..... „ . . __
freed Guerrero for a few yards
and the speedy back stepped away
from a couple of would-be tacklers
and was long gone.
The Bobcats are coming along'
. . . and will furnish a good eve-
ning’s entertainment any Friday.
Their play continues to be charac-
teristically clean and sportsman-
ship predominates.
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