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REFUGIO COUNTY RECORD, Mon., May 4, 1964 Page 4
Refugio County Record
P. O. Drawer 118 Refugio, Texas 78377
Phone LA 6-2551
Published Monday of each week at 606 Commerce Street,
Refugio, Refugio County, Texas.
Second-Class postage paid at Refuirio. Texas
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: Any erroneous reflection upon the charac-
ter, standing, or reputation of any person, firm, or corporation which
may appear in The Refugio County Record, will gladly foe corrected if
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By VERN SANFORD
Fishermen have made .a startl-
ing new discovery within the past
few years.
Although often the fastest fish-
ing is to be had up near hie sur-
face, anglers have learned that
frequently the biggest fish are to
foe found deep, right near the bot-
tom.
This is true of all our scaled
species. Irom white bass to black
foass, and occasionally the only
place you can find any action is
within proximity of the bottom.
One of the best baits for this
land of fishing is the ordinary sil-
ver spoon. Conventionally, an ang-
ler casts out a spoon and starts
the wdbbling chunk of convex
metal back the moment it touches
the surface. This makes it travel
in a level plane a few inches un-
der the surface.
The new twist is to allow the
spoon to plummet to the bottom
on a limp line, then take up the
slack and sort of jig it along the
bottom,, raising and lowering it.
This serves a two-fold purpose. It
puts the spoon in a strata of
water where there is apt to foe
more fish; and it simulates the
crippled action of a minnow.
It makes good sense to change
your retrieve periodically, to give
our lure more lifelike action. A
minnow swimming naturally
through the water won’t draw as
much attention from a hungry
fish as will one that is obviously
wounded, struggling up and down.
It stands to reason, then, that a
lure with this cippled action will
entice the most strikes.
Sometimes this boom bumping
a spoon pays off in the most un-
likely situations.
Take schooling white bass,
for instance. It would seem that a
lure pulled through a school of
feeding fish, right near the sur-
face, would bring the most strikes.
Perhaps it will. But offen bigger
fish are to be had by going deep,
right to the bottom.
What happens is the large
whites hover below the younger,
more eager whites which have
trapped shad near the surface.
The older fish wait patiently until
the young whites kill shad and
they feed leisurely on the dead
foait fish which sink to the bot-
tom.
Bottom, bumping also is quite
effective on whites in early spring,
when the fish are congregated in
the deep holes prior to their an-
nual migration upstream to
spawn. And it isn’t unusual for
black bass to be associating with
the whites, to feed on had that
the whites have crippled the miss-
ed.
It frequently happens that the
unsuspecting angler is jiggling a
spoon for whites when he ties into
a real trophy black bass. That
happened to my old buddy Rus-
sell Tinsley, outdoors editor of the
Austin American - Statesman, last
spring. He was jiggling a spoon
for whites along a deep sand-
bar where the Pedernales Riv-
er enters Lake Travis when he
had a walloping strike. His catch
turned out to be a six - pound
tolack bass.
Bob Hill, another Austin fisher-
man, had an unusual experience,
also on Lake Travis, when he was
spoon jigging for whites and in-
stead tied into an 18-pound cat-
fish.
Hiil js one of ihe foremost ad-
vocates of spoon jigging. He re-
calls'a time on North Caddo Lake,
near San Angelo, when he was
cleaning up on Whites by jigging
a spoon along bottom, while all
around him other fishermen were
trolling shallow - running baits
without any strikes.
“People just don’t realize that
they catch more fish by going to
bottom,” he explained. “They per-
sist on trolling shallow when cast-
ing deep would be much more ef-
fective.’’
Spcon jigging also is very effec-
tive on salt - water fishes, such as
sea trout in the bays and king-
jsh offshore. HiT tells about times
•when he has caught trout on
most every cast by fishing just
as he would for white bass on the
Inland lakes. With trout litce white
bass, he prefers a gold • colored
spoon when the water is clear, and
a silver spoon when the water is
darker or it is an overcast day.
While king fibbing in the Gulf
of Mexico some fast action can be
had by lowering a spoon right to
the bottom and working it hack in
brisk stop - and - igo jerks. The
mistake made by most fishermen,
unfamiliar with this system,, is to
work a bait too slowly, says Hill.
Tt requii es an entirely different
technique on offshore species than
it does® with freshwater fish.
“When1 angling for white bass,
a slow up - and - down jigging
motion usually will get the most
strikes,” he adds. “But with off-
shore species like kingfisli, you've
get to work the spoon fast, the
faster the better. A king will
pounce on a fast - moving spoon
when it wouldn’t give a slow-mov-
ing one a second look.”
Funeral Services
Conducted Friday
For Mrs Jenkins
Refugio. — Mrs. Mattie J. Jenk-
ins, 78, died at 11:15 a.m. Wednes-
day at a local hospital after a
short illness.
She had lived in Refugio four
years and was a former resident
ot Seadrift.
Funeral services will be at 2:30
p.m. Friday at the First Baptist
Church at Seadrift.
The Rev. Robert Hogg, pastor
of the Refugio First Baptist
Church, will officiate. Burial will
be in the Seadrift Cemetery un-
der the direction of Toland Fun-
eral Home of Refugio.
She is survived by two sons, Roy
Creed of Seadrift and Glenn Jenk-
ins of Los Angeles, Calif.; four
daughters, Mrs. Velma Moor of
Seadrift, Mrs. C. R. Birmingham
of Woodsboro, Miss Lucille Jenkins
Of Refugio and Mrs. Jerry Gilliam
of Shiraz, Iran; a sister, Mrs. Nell
Richards of Fort Worth; nine
granchildren, seven great-grand-
children and a great - great -
grandchild.
Aging Problem
Should Be Solved
On Local Levels
FIRST PRIZE WINNER. This action photograph by Bill Berger of the Hondo Anvil Herald
won first prize in the News Picture contest at the South Texas Press Association convention
in San Antonio. This picture, taken just as the steeple began to burn, shows the Holy Cross
Church at D’Hanis as firemen from five area towns vainly attempted to put out the blaze.
Austin. — Accepting a challenge
laid down by Governor John Con-
nally in a forceful keynote address
to the first meeting of the Gov-
ernor’s Committee on Aging, its
members unanimously voted to
give themselves the assignment of
establishing a local unit of the
Governor’s Committee in every
community in the State, regard-
less of size.
Many of the problems of facing |
senior citizens can be solved at
the local level, the Governor said,
especially if the Governor’s Com-
mittee will provide guidelines and
assistance. Much of the action tak-
en by the Committee in it initial
session concerned itself with pre-
cisely this type of programming.
Senator Wialter Richter of Gon-
zales, chairman of the Committee,
announced this week that specific
procedures for the setting up of
the local units are being de-
veloped. “We would like 10 hear
immediately from communities
which are int<‘rested in helping us
launch this program, possibly on
a demonstration project basis,”
Richter said.
He added that this would make
“a wonderful project” for any lo-
cal Chamber of Commerce.
Senator Richter stated that the
Committee would give special at-
tention to the first communities
heard from and would “go all out”
to help them develop effective lo-
cal units of the Governor's Com-
mitee.
Governor Connally noted past
progress in dealing with problems
of aging citizens but stressed that
much remains to be done. He
pledged his full support 1o the
Committee as it launched an in-
tensive work program in such pro-
blem areas for older adults as
housing, physical and mental
health, free time utilization, and
financial needs.
J. O. Jackson
Promoted by
United Gas Corp.
Shreveport, La. —< J. O. Jack-
son, Houston division sales man-
ager of United Gas Corporation,
has been transferred to the com*-
pany’s general headquarters here
and promoted to assistant distri-
bution division sales manager, ac-
cording to L. P. Jones, United,’s
distribution division sales manag-
er.
Jackson is being promoted to a
newly created position. His as-
signment is part of a United Gas
move to expand its system-wide
distribution sales program^ Jones
said.
P. R. M. Brooks commercial and
industrial sales supervisor in the
Houston division, will succeed
Jackson as division sales manag-
er there.
Jackson joined United Gas in
Houston on November 11, 1932. He
was named chief clerk of the sales
department in 1936 andi later that
year was prompted to residential
sales director. After serving in
various sales positions, he was
promoted to appliance sales and
promotion director in 1952. He
was elevated to division sales
manager at Houston on Novemr
er 16, 1961.
A native of McCauley, Texas,
Jackson received his early edu-
cation there and at Houston and
attended Texas A.& M. where he
studied architecture.
Jackson is active in various ci-
vic and professional organizations,
including the Houston Chamber of
Commerce, the Houston Central
Lions Club, American Gas Asso-
ciation, American Marketing As-
sociation Houston Business For-
um,), Blue Flame Council and the
Southern Gas Association. He also
has been very active as a board
member of the Houston Home-
builders Association.
He and his wife Billy Fisher
Jackson will move to Shreveport
shortly after the first of May.
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Cotton Growers Urged
To Verify Yearly Yields
Refugio. — Edgar Naylor, chair-
man of the Refugio County pro-
gram building committee, urges
all cotton growers to substantiate
their cotton production for the
crop years 1958 - 59 - 60 - 61 - 62
and 63. Certified gin or sales re-
ceipts are requested.
Naylor explains this is highly
important since the county 100 in-
dex has been set at 290 pounds
per acre. Many feel this figure be-
ing 40 to 50 pounds low. The only
way to correct this handicap is
for each and every cotton grow-
er in Refugio County to respond
to this request and furnish the
local A.S.C.S. office with authen-
tic figures for all cotton ginned
within and out of the county for
the year 1958- through 1963 in-
clusive. The county A.S.C. Com-
mittee must establish a cotton
yield index figure for each farm
in Refugio County under the cot-
ton program;, and if the growers
respond immediately, these fi-
Junior CC
To Install
New Officers
'Refugio (Con.) —< The Annual
Jaycee Installation Banquet will
be held Monday, May 4, at 7:30
p.m. at the V.F.W,. Hall.
Officers who will be installed by
State Director 'Chuck Norman in-
clude : President, Billy Joe Wil-
liams; First Vjce - President, Wal-
ter McLeroy, Jr., Second Vice-
President, Carl Woodword; Secre-
tary Johnny Ramirez; Treasurer,
Jimmie Jordan; InternClufo Direc-
tor, Jerry Sportsman; and direc-
tors — Glen Pfeil, Bill Douglas,
and Donald Hawkins.
The Refugio Jaycees will again
take part in the Cerebral Palsy
Telethon scheduled for M-ay 16 and
17.
A Convention report was pre-
sented by Chuck Norman.
Airport Holiday project Chair-
man, Jimmie Jordan, stated that
committees are working hard in
order to present a real fine show.
The date for the Airport Holiday
is May 17.
gures can be used in establishing
true in,dex for each producer.
Naylor points out that growers
are asked to comply with this re-
quest regardless if they plan to
participate in the new cotton pro-
gram, or stay out of the program.
The establishing of a oorrect in-
dex figure for the years mention-
ed, mean touch to the economy of
Refugio County, as they will be
referred to for the 1964 cotton pay-
ments and to payments made in
the future, he says.
Naylor says all cotton gins in
Refugio County have been con-
tacted on the matter and that all
are anxious to assist producers in
substantiating their production.
The county A.S.C. Committee at
a specal session at the close of
the Refugio cotton meeting whole-
heartedly endorsed the plan.
The Greeks believed that clou,ds
were the God Apollo’s cattle sent
out to graze in the meadows of
heaven.
Behind Scenes-
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door or barbecue parties is mount-
ed on a pole having adjustable
height and angles; it’s offered by
an Indian firm ... A chemical
company has developed a low-cost
purifying chemical for small
swimlming and wading pools and
is testing the plastic - bottle pack-
age in nine cities . . . Luxury
for Tabby and Rover: a special
pillow for the pet’s bed, filled with
cedar and plastic foam, also is
said to be mildew - proof and flea-
repellent. It’s marketed in three
sizes.
MORE MOONLIGHTERS
Recent figures indicate there
there has been a sharp increase
in the number of “moonlighters”
—people Who hold a second job
besides their regular one. A stu-
dy of 1963 figures shows that 5.7
per cent of all working person^
held two jobs, and of this group,
about 80 per cent were men. Us-
ually the second job involves much
less than 40 hours a week.
BITS O’ BUSINESS
Sales of mobile homes (large
trailers) will top the $1 billion lev-
el this year, an industry spokes-
man has predicted. This would
mean sales of about 150,000 of the
domiciles - on - Wheels . . . Pork
prices are on the w!ay up, as
farmers reduce new pig births,
and it’s expected that output of
pork products by mid-sum,m|er will
be running 20 per cent below pre
sent levels, hiking prices.
WANT ADS
POSTED NOTICE — AH lands in
Refugio County belonging to the
estates of James B. Heard, Bebe
Heard Jacks and James E. Jacks
are posted under the law. No hunt-
ing, camping, fishing, trapping or
any trespassing permitted. All vio-
lators found on these properties
will be prosecuted. AH previous
permits are cancelled.
Francis Heard Billups
Cyrus L. Heard,
James H. W. Jacks,
Trustees,
Gaslight
Day May 5
Shreveport. — United Gas Corp.
is one of more than 75 gas utility
companies throughout the country
observing National Gaslight Day,
with the local observance on Miay
5.
Last year, United Gas employ-
ees won national honors during the
Gaslight Day observance by sell-
ing 10,370 gaslights, more than 10
per cent of the total sold throug-
out the industry.
Throughout its Gulf South sys-
tem, United Gas averaged 18.4
sales per 1000 meters to take the
first place trophy in the national
contest. Its overall total of 10,370
gaslight sales is the biggest ever
recorded by a gas company dur-
ing the National Gaslight Day
promotion of the American Gas
Association.
In conjunction with its gaslight
day campaign, United Gas is of-
fering its customers certificates
worth $10 toward the purchase
of any gaslight.
Ed Parkes, president of United
Gas, has announced that he will
again keep a running tally of
sales as they are reported to the
company’s general offices in
Shreveport, Louisiana. Special
scoreboards in the general office
lobby will reflect the campaign’s
progress throughout the day.
United’s slogan for this year’s
Gaslight Day promotion is “At
Least 10,000 More in 64.”
Gaslights, which add charm and
a friendly touch to homes, have
become so popular that the Amer-
ican Gas Association estimates
there now are more outdoor gas-
lights than there were during the
fabled Gas Light Era.
Homeowners are not alone in
their new appreciation of gas-
lights. They are being installed al-
so by restaurants, stores, mjotels
and other businesses, which find
gaslights attractive and pleasing
to customers.
A.G.A. estimates that in the
peak year of the gas light era, in
1914, there were about 250,000 out-
door gaslights. There may now be
as many as 750,000 gaslights glow-
ing outside homes and businesses
throughout the country, AGA re-
ports.
Political
Announcements
The Reiugio County Record is
authorized to announce the candi-
dacy of the following for the re-
spective offices, subject to the ac-
tion of 1se General Election on
Tuesday, November 3, 1964.
For County Tax Assessor
and Collector: ;
EDITH BUCKLEY
For County Attorney:
GERALD T. BISSETT
For County Sheriff: >
R. M. HARSDORFF
For County Commissioner, !
Precinct No. 1:
DOUGLAS WHITLOW
For County Commissioner
Precinct No. 8:
M. R. “Butter” KELLEY
For Constable, Precinct No, 2 s
L. C. MORRIS
School Menus
Tuesday, May 5—
Meat Loaf with Catsup, Butter-
ed Rice, Green Beans, Hot Bis-
cuits, Butter, Milk.
Wednesday, May 6—•
Fried Chicken and Gravy,
Cheese Potatoes, Pear Salad, Hot
Rolls, Butter, Jelly, Milk.
Thursday, May 7—
Tacos, Pinto Beans, Spanish
Rice, Applesauce Cake, Bread,
Milk
Friday, May 8—
Tuna and Pimento Cheese Sand-
wiches, Potato Chips, Wedge Let-
tuce with French Dressing, Sweet
Rolls, Milk.
HONOR STUDENTS
Refugio. — Jimmie Lou Steele
is valedictorian of the 1964 Re-
fugio High School graduating class
with a grade average of 94.519.
Sue Markley, with a grade aver-
age of 93.692, is salutatorian.
High ranking boy, and third high
scholar of the class, is Ronnie
Adrian with an average of 93.735.
Quality and Service
In All Seasons
HUMBLE
Clarence S. Boone
Your HUMBLE Agent
Telephone LA 6-2824
Refugio, Texas
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