Refugio County Record (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 37, Ed. 1 Monday, May 4, 1964 Page: 1 of 4
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iarsm Melina Brasslette
Bok 605
BJLn.fccn, Texas
9/66
LUCAS GUSHER MONUMENT — This tall Texas
granite monument marks the spot where oil was dis-
covered January 10, 1901, by Capt. Anthony F. Lucas
at Spindletop oilfield three miles south of Beaumont.
The wooden derrick in the background is a replica of
the original Lucas well.
With so many holidays in 1964
falling on the week end, why not
make this the year for exploring
Texas with a series of “long
week end” trips to visit some of
our state’s places of -historic and
scenic interest.
Beaumont and the surrounding
area, for example. Beaumont is
located on U. S. Highways 69, 90,
96, 287 and Interstate Highway 10.
Local residents point with pride
to historical places, outstand-
ing educational facilities and one
of the nation’s busiest ports where
ships flying flags of all nations
drop anchor. Lamar Tech, with
more than 6,500 students and its
many modern buildings, is re-
cognized as a leader in the edu-
cational field.
Beaumont’s most historical point
is the Lucas Gusher Monument
which commemorates the discov-
ery of oil by Anthony F. Lucas
at Spindletop, January 10, 1901.
The Spindletop monument a tower-
ing shaft of granite 58 feet high,
stands on a site near where the
discovery well was drilled. The
famous field is still producing sub-
stantial quantities of oil.
The Clifton Walking Bean, a ci-
vil war relic, is located in the
city, and a monument to Richard
Dowling, hero of the Battle of Sa-
bine Pass, is located at the bat-
tle site of Sabine Pass.
One of Texas’ great shrines, the
San Jacinto Monument and Bat-
tlegrounds is located near Hous-
ton and can be reached from In-
terstate 10.
If you are interested in fishing—
there is salt water fishing in the
Gulf of Mexico and its bays. Deep
sea fishing boats are available for
day - long trips into the Gulf.
Year around, there’s something
doing in this Southeast Texas ci-
ty. Some of the community events
include the Neches River Festival
in April, the Spindletop Charity
Horse Show in May, YMJ3L Big
Thicket Trek and Rodeo in July,
and the South Texas State Fair in
October. Although any time is a
good time to go to Beaumont,
these are expecially fine times.
Refugio County Record
VOLUME X—NO. 37
REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1964
FOUR PAGES—TEN CENTS
Douglas Whitlow, Kelley Win
Driscoll Rooke Dies Sunday
3an Antonio. — Allen Driscoll *__ SB
Behind the Scenes
Of American Business
Note: The information con-
tained in this weekly summary
of happenings in the world of
business and industry has been
obtained i rom1 sources we con-
sider reliable but is not guaran-
teed. Opinions and forecasts
are based upon caretful analysis
but are subject to change with-
out notice.)
By Reynolds Knight
New York. —< Economists are
chronic worry warts. And while
they’re saying in public that 1964
is a happy year, with the economy
at nearboom levels, in private
some of them' are watching anxi-
ously for soft spots in three areas.
The auto sales boom, which has
sustained itself for some IP
months, is one candidate for at
’ least some tapering - off. In the
building field — particularly of-
fices - commercial and apartment
buildings -- them are signs that
new construction is starting to run
ahead of occupancy, and that a
sharp adjustment lies ahead.
Under intense scrutiny is the re-
tail sales pattern, with its many
subdivisions and regional break-
downs. Only in the past week or
so some observer have begun
suggesting that the tax cut has
no brought any sharp upturn in
consumer buying. This does not
mean, however, that the tax cut
hasn’t heinrd the economy — rath-
er that its effects are being spread
out and include for example, ma-
jor purchases made before the tax
cut took eifect and old debts paid
off.
One factor of strength that now
tends to counteract would-be Cas-
sandras is the solid increase in
employment that has held up since
the start of the year. Chances
are it will continue: at least until
the rush of temporary summer
workers into the labor market in
June. In sum, there’s little chance
tor a downturn until very late in
the year, if then.
1963 about 70.5 billion glass bot-
tles and jars “went to market.”
Many of them, such as food jars
and no-mum beverage bottles,
made only one nip. Others, like
milk bottles, made many.
Milk bo:tles, for example, mjake
an average df 33 trips, returnable
soft drinks bottles, 25, and return-
able beer bottles 28, GCMI said.
‘The use of glass packages ex-
ceeds that of any other rigid con-
tainer in the U. S.” the QCMI
pokesman said. “Glass has held
this position in the U. S. since
the founding of the Jamestown col-
ony in 1608 because of innate
characteristics rbat make it suit-
able for packaging almost any
product from the most alctive che-
micals to the finest foodstuffs.”
GCMI said Census figures show
that 25.6 billion new glass con-
tainers wf re shipped last year.
That was the fifth consecutive rec-
ord year chalked up by glass con-
tainer manufacturers.
NEW BREED OF
ENGINEERS
San . ___________
Rooke, multi-millionaire rancher
and holder of oil properties near
Woodsboro, died Sunday after-
noon in San Antonio, where he had
been living for several years. He
was 71.
A descendant of Jeremiah Dris-
coll and second cousin of Clara
Driscoll, Rooke was one of the
organizers of the Texas State
Guard and retired with the rank
of major general after serving
as deputy commander of the state
unit.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Porter Loring Fun-
eral Home of San Antonio.
Rooke lived in San Antonio, but
he had been traveling to Woods-
boro for two or three days a week
to transact business of the F. B.
Rooke & Sons Co.
Born in Victoria to Mr. and
Mrs. F. B. Rooke, Sr. of Refugio,
Rooke was graduated with the
first officers class at Leon Springs.
He took his commission and serv-
ed in World War I, attaining the
rank of captain.
After the State Guard was or-
ganized, he served in various
command positions up to the post
of deputy commander. He was
elected the first president of the
National State Guard Association
when it was organized in Corpus
Christi in 1954.
He was active in the Cattle-
men’s Association and a dedicat-
ed worker in patriotic causes. He
traveled throughout the United
States delivering lectures on com-
munism and financed the distri-
bution of patriotic literature.
Among his survivors are his
wife, Mrs. Eloise Marmion Rooke
of San Antonio; two sons, George
P. Caufield of Houston and A. D.
Rooke, Jr. of Natchez, Miss.; two
daughters, Mrs. Dilford G. Car-
ter of College Station and Miss
Susan Rooke of San Antonio; a
brother, F. B. Rooke, Jr., of
Woodsboro; an aunt, Mrs. Kath-
leen Driscoll Roach of Chillicothe,
Ohio, and several grandchildren.
Refugio. — County Commission-
ers Douglas Whitlow and M. R.
Kelley were named Democratic
nominees in Saturday voting.
All present Democrat office
holders of county and precinct of-
fice were reelected with L. C.
Morris and Sabias Farbin being
returned to office as constables.
In Precinct No. 1, Whitlow re-
ceived a clear majority over two
opponents for the nomination as
county commissioner. He will be
opposed in the November general
election by Hershal Naylor, who
is the Republican nominee.
Whitlow had a total of 830 votes
to 312 for Jimmy Bauer and 196
for E. F. Pitzer. The unofficial
vote by precincts in this race
was:
Douglas Whitlow
LONG POPULARITY
Glass containers, among the old-
est packages known to man, to-
day are at the top of the popular-
ity list. The Glass Container' Man-
ufacturers Instituie reports that
the U. S. is consuming glass-
packaged products at an annual
rate of about 1.480 units per fam-
ily. This v: 20 per cent more than
a decade ago.
A GCMI spokesman said that in
Columbia University’s School of
Engineering and Applied Science,
an outgrowth of the first school of
mines in the Western Hemis-
phere and one of the two or three
oldest engineering schools in
America, is observing its 100th an-
niversary. With a long list of en-
gineering “first s” already to its
credit, including the historic
measurements of energy from ur-
anium fission that led directly to
the World War II Manhattan Dis-
trict Project and the atom bomb,
the famed school is busily turning
oth a new breed of engineers.
The electronic computer lias re-
placed the slide rule at Columbia.
Heavy emphasis is placed on the
relationship of what once was
pure engineering to other sciences
such as m''dicing and biology, and
to social and political factors.
Technology in the next 15 years
will almost surely produce chan-
ges more vast than those in the
entire history of man up to now.
With that in mind, Columbia has
set a goal of providing a broad
base of knowledge that will equip
its engineering graduates to weigh
technological advance in terms of
human benefits.
Check Forgeries
Result in Arrest
Former Resident
Refugio. — A former Woodsboro
resident has been arrested for al-
leged passing of forged checks in
Refugio County.
The man, who now resides out
of this county, is charged in the
passing of three checks to Re-
fugio County business firms drawn
on the account of another Refugio
County business.
99 -5, m THE /tEATURES of the New York World’s Fair, which opened April
Tnwl f exhibit. 'The 12-billion-candlepower beam risingfrom the
Tower of Light is brighter than 50 fully illuminated Yankee Stadiums^
Power and Light Company is one of 139 investor-owned electric light and nowor mm
parnes sponsoring the spectacular exhibit. Visitors to the Tower*of Li^ht win
see The Brightest Show on Earth,” a 25-minute program^ featuring^a^fde on a fold
— revoIvmg ma£IC carpet with entertainment by a cast of electedanimated figures.
Woodsboro News Wins 2nd
Place in Press Contests
THINGS TO OOME
A portable “patio light” to
brighten and extend evening out-
(Continued on Page 4)
G. E. Matheny, Captain, Head
of the Juvenile Aid Bureau, San
Antonio Police Dept., will be the
speaker for the Refugio High
School P-TA Monday, May 4,
7:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria.
Captain Matheny is well quali-
ied to speak on the subject, “De-
veloping Citizenship in The Corrv
munity,” since he has been on the
police force in San Antonio for
over 30 years. He also has a life
membership in the Texas Congress
of Parents and‘Teachers Associa-
tion, is Citizenship Councelor for
Boy Scouts, and is Chairman of
the Texas Police Ass’n on Juve-
nile Delinquency.
'The public is cordially invited to
attend this P-TA meeting and hear
San Antonio. — Fourteen news-
papers won 31 awards at the South
Texas Press Association’s annual
contest, held in connection with
the organization’s 1964 convention.
Sweepstakes Award1 was won by
the Seguin Gazette. In the same
catagory, second plaice went to the
Beeviile Bee-Picayune, third place
to the Pleasanton Express.
Contest judging was done at
Trinity University by professional
journalists and photographers
from San Antonio. Winners were;
Best All - round Newspaper,
more than 2000 circulation: 1.)
Kingsville Record; 2.) Fredericks-
burg Standard; and 3.) Eeeville
Bee-Picayune.
Best All - round Newspaper, less
than 2000 circulation: 1.) Smith-
villc Times; 2.) Wioodsboo News;
and 3.) Nixon News, Special award
to Hays County Citizen.
Eitorial Writing: 1.) Pleasan-
ton Express; 2.) Hondo Anvil Her-
ald. and 3.) tie by Seguin Gazette
and Hays County Citizen.
Column Writing: 1.) Seguin Ga-
zette; 2.) Rayrnondville Chronicle;
and 3.) Lockhart Post - Register.
Special Award to the Beeviile
Bee-Picayune.
Best News Picture: 1.) Hondo
Anvil Herald: 2.) Seguin Gazette,
and 3.) Pleasanton Express.
Best Feature Picture: 1.) Se-
guin Gazette: 2.) Seguin Gazette;
find 3.) Beeviile Bee-Picayune.
Agriculture Promotion: 1.)
Lampasas Dispatch and Record;
2.) Beeviile Bee-Picayune: and 3.)
Pleasanton Express.
Industrial Promotion: Special
Award to Nixon New.
Community Service; 1.) Beeviile
Bee-Picayune; 2.) Rayrnondville
Chronicle; and 3.) Giddings Star.
According to Chester K. Mick,
contest chairman and editor of the
Smithville Times, there were 84
contest entries, and all of the ma-
terial was published in South
Texas newspapers during 1963.
The Northern Lights appear in
the atmosphere at heights rang-
ing from 50 to 500 miles high.
REFUGIO COUNTY
TRAFFIC TOLL
1964
DEATHLESS DAYS
22
DEATHS THIS YEAR
3
Last Death April 11, 1964
1963 TRAFFIC DEATHS
1
32 Join Baptist
Church in Revival
Refugio. — Each of the ten
services of revival meeting con-
ducted by the First Baptist Church
April 26 through May 3 was mark-
ed by one or more persons affiliat-
ing with the church.
Thirty - two persons joined the
local church with five by trans-
fer of membership and 27
through baptism. Five others pro-
fessed faith in Christ and will de-
termine denomination of church
membership later.
Cliffton Brannon of Longview,
Texas was the evangelist. He was
assisted by his wife, Ruth. John
McKay of Fort Worth directed the
music for the revival.
The Rev. Robert Hogg, pastor of
the local church, delivered the
message Sunday night.
Absentee
.... 18
Courthouse ..........
.... 174
VFW Hall ............
.... 400
High School ........
.... 238
Total
.... 830
E. F. Pitzer
Absentee
... 5
Courthouse .......
... 29
VFW Hall .......
... 61
High School ................
... 101
Total .........
... 196
Jimmy Bauer
Absentee .. .
... 6
Courthouse
... 76
VFW Hall ......
... 101
High School .........
... 119
Total ..........
... 312 .
M. R. Kelley defeated Ja^k
Slack for the nomination of Com-
missioner of Precinct 3 by a total
of 126 to 31.
Precinct voting was:
Jack Slack
Absentee ................................ i
The Oaks ................................ 24
Vidauri .................................. g
Total ................. 3i
M. R. Kelley
Absentee ................................ 3
The Oaks ................................ 79
Vidauri .............. 44
Total ......... 126 ;
L. C. Morris won the race for
Constable of Precinct No. 1 ovfer
challenger A. K. (Buster) 3^c-
Grand by a 796 to 416 count, with
Palbo Trevino receiving less than
50 votes in a write-in campaign.
Balloting in this racq^jvas:
L. C. Morris
Absentee ................................ 120
Courthouse ............. 169 »
VFW Hall ................................ 287
High School ............................ 320
Total ................................ 796
A. K. McGrand
Absentee ................................269
Courthouse ....... 85
vfw Haii............................;;;; 197
High School ........................... 125
Total . .......A.................416
Pablo Trevino
Absentee ................................ ?
Courthouse .... c
vfw Haii..........................n
High School ............................ ?
Baseball Team
Splits 2 Games
Refugio. — The Refugio Bobcat
baseball team, split another pair
of Conference games last Friday
and Saturday.
Friday night, the Bobcats de-
feated Kenedy at Kenedy, but Sat-
urday afternoon were shut out by
Sinton on the local diamond.
Refugio plays at Rockport at 4
p.m. Tuesday.
With an open date on May 8,
the next game for Refugio will be
against Goliad at Refugio on May
12 at 7 p.m.
G. Gregory
Golf Champ
Refugio. — While Refugio Coun-
ty ranchers are bent on their de-
sire to stamp out the screw-
worm”, the T. J. Wilkinson family
can be excused if it goes on a
campaign of its own to “stamp out:
Defending Refugio County Coun-
Garland Gregory.”
try Club golf champion, Gregory,
successfully turned back the sec-
ond bid by a Wilkinson in two
years Sunday to win the club
championship. Just a year ago,;
Gregory took out the patriarch of
the family, T. J., in the finals.
Sunday, Garland disposed of Son
Tommy, by a margin of 6-5. Tom-
my had made a spirited climb
past three opponents (including
his father) to reach the finals.
But, for this Sunday at least, fi©
was no match for the poised, con-
fident, and pressure-proof Greg-
ory.
The finals were not as one-sided
as the score would indicate. For
24 of the scheduled 36 holes, Tom#
my stayed right with the champ.
Going into the 25th hole, young
Wilkinson was only one down. But,
from then on, Gregory started to
shoot with consistency; while Tom-
my's game went sour. Gregory
won the 25th; 27th; 28th; 30th ;‘h
and 31st ... with the holes in.
between halved.
The match ended on the 31stt
hole when Tommy took a six, al-
though he had driven to withiff
30 yards of the green.
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Refugio County Record (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 37, Ed. 1 Monday, May 4, 1964, newspaper, May 4, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth635284/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library.