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WOODSBORO LOSES-
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West Sabine
Squeaks Past
Birds in Finals
BY BILL KENNEDY
Austin.—“Third time and not
out.” i '
That was the attitude of the
Woodsboro Eagle basketball
team late Saturday nite . . . as
it reviewed a frustration that al-
most defies description.
For the third time in four
years, the Eagles had'-;lost in
the finals of the State'^ss A
Baskeioail Tournament, and for
the second,of those th^ee, tunes
the victor was a teap^ named
West Saoine. ■ - * ,, . *
.'Woodsboro -and West Sabine
played in the premief time- spot
of. tne entire state todfriey •.?•.,.
the finale,of the, giant %i-ganie)
meet. The Birds
squared off at 8:30 p.m., beiofe
a howling mob of nearly 9,000
rabid basketball fans. t
They saw an exciting, tension-
packed game in which the Ben-
gals squeaked through to a 51-48
victory. Tne game was nearly
pulled out by Woodsboro in the
final minute . . . but time ran
out on tne Birds before they
could over iake a rapidly-wilting
West Saoine club.
It was a replay of the 1963
championship game between the
same two ball clubs. Two years
ago, however, West Sabine clob-
bered the Eagles, 66-51. Satur-
day night, the Tigers didn’t de-
serve to win . . .'but, then again,
they didn’t deserve to lose.
The finals were not noted for
superlative basketball. Thrilling
basketball? Yes. Fingernail-bit-
ing basketball? Yes. Entertain-
ing basketball? Yes.
Good basketball? NO.
After snowing hoop fans some
of the fanciest shooting exhibit-
ed in the state tourney in many
years m their two semi-final
games, both Woodsboro and
West Sabine fell off appreciably
from the field and foul line in
the finals.
Against Gruver in the Class
minutes. In fact, the Birds near-
ly pulled the game out in the
last few seconds.
Going into . the. third period,
Woodsboro started to play a
more pressing type of defense
and it paid off. James “Cotton”
Lamprecht, (who played possibly
the best game of any Eagle)
made., two steals and drives Tor
layin buckets in the third per-
iod. Eddy Havel (who had scor-
ed .29 points against Gruver in
the., opener,; .-but.- had been .shut
.but by. .West Sabine i»! The first
half - bfidhe finals), started - to
Hind the basket. He hit two field
goals and a free throw in the
Third -period. Lampreeht also
added- a* free throw—giving; him
Tive points,-also.
• "Toliver got 3 free throws and
a;follow-up field goal; and Bur-
ris hit a rebound. Those, 18
points were made while the im-
proved Woodsboro defense was
holding the Tigers to only H.
Suddenly, with eight minutes
to play, it was a ball game . . .
with . the Birds' trailing only by
a point (35-34) going into the
final quarter of the game . . .
and the playoffs . . . and the
season.
Those final eight minutes were
not well played . . . but they
surely were exciting. Woodsboro
never did catch the Tigers . . .
but the Eagles came tantalizing-
ly close, getting to within a point
with 54 seconds to go; then
again with only 10 seconds left.
West Sabine kept feeding the
ball to Sweeny during the final
period, and the fine pivot for
the Tigers came through with
■five points. But, the key points
in the entire game came from
the trusty arm of the smallest
player on the court, Thomas
Jones of the Tigers. Jones, 5’9”,
canned a pair of free throws
when Woodsboro had crawled to
within 2 (44-42), and (and in
even rpore important contribu-
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VOL. XI—NO. 29
iREFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1965
FOUR PAGES—TEN CENTS
No New Filings
For City Office
Refugio.—Final hour for fil-
ing as city office candidate
passed at midnight Saturday,
March 6, with no new filings.
Mayor Archie E. Barber is
seeking reelection to the of-
fice he now holds.
Three candidates are seeking
the*, two positions of aldermen
vvetz are candidates for Preelec-
tion, while Davis is a candidate
for the second year —: having
sought a city council position in
1964. .
With City Secretary Lillian
Linney issuing blanks for place
on the city ballot the latter part
of the week there* was specula-
■to be filled at the April 6 elec- fion that there-. would be addi-
tion; Eugene W. Davis, R. E.! tional candidates. However, ap-
.Claybrook and C. L. Piwetz are! plications for place on’ the offi-
the three asking , for terms of cial ballot were not received by
■ two. years., ;Ciaybrook and Pi- Mrs. Linney or Mayor Barber.
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Refugio Bobcats Score
6-1 Win Over Victoria
A opener, Woodsboro hit a siz- tion) hit a free throw with 1:13
zling .545, getting 30 field goals
In 55 tries. Later that same day
(Thursday), West Sabine was ev-
en hotter . . . hitting 25 field
goals in 45 tries, for a sparkling
556 percentage.
Woodsboro won its game, with
Gruver, 83-69; and West Sabine
(outlasted Whitesboro, 57-48.
Those two wins set the stage
'/for what was expected to be a
torrid-shooting final match be-
tween the Bengals and the
Birds.
Nothing of the sort happened.
Both teams were ice cold from
the field AND free throw stripe.
Winning West Sabine (giving
Tiger Coach Jack Whitton an
amazing iour state champion-
ships in his 7 years of coach-
ing) could connect on only 19
field goals in 49 tries ... for
a weak .388 percentage.
Coach Bob Flanagan’s Eagles
fared even worse . . . hitting
only 16 of 45 attempts from
the field, for a luck-warm .37*8.
Even these figures (in no man-
ner indicative of the real shoot-
ing strength of the two clubs
during the past season) were
great marks compared to the
almost unbelievable performan-
ces of both teams from the foul
stripe.
In the finals, West Sabine
made less than 50% of its foul
shots; getting only 13 of 28. And,
Woodsboro was barely better-
getting slightly more than 50%,
with 14 of 25.
The relatively low scoring
game (51-48) could be traced
directly to the poor field goal
percentages of both teams . . .
and the missing of free throws
—particularly on the first of
‘‘one-and-one ’ ’ situations.
The story of the finals could
he found in a very bad second
quarter for Woodsboro. After the
first period ended in a tie (ll-
ll), the Eagles hit a dismal cold
streak in the second quarter . . .
getting only one field goal and
three foul tosses—for five points.
West Sabine, taking advantage
or the lapse by the Birds, tos-
sed in 13 points (8 by Jack
Sweeny) ... to forge into an
8-point lead at halftime.
During the second quarter, the
Tigers got a lot of mileage out
of their two “point men”, Sandy
Smith and Warnock West — a
couple of little fellows who were
the big men in West Sabine’s full
court press. The Tigers stole
the ball a couple of times . . .
and fed in for easy fast break
baskets . . . which forced the
Eagles into even more mistakes
late in the quarter.
The Birds went to the locker
room at intermission behind by
a big 8 points. But, as so often
happens, Coach Flanagan was
able to make adjustments in his
club . . . and the Eagles made a
real game of it in the final 16
left in the game. That one free
throw raised West Sabine’s lead
to 47-44; and was, in the final
analysis, the one point that de-
feated the Birds.
The Eagles, never quitting, al-
most pulled the game out in the
final 54 seconds. After the free
throw by Jones gave the Tigers
a 47-44 lead, Toliver went high
to bang in a rebound after a
missed Bird shot. Toliver was
also fouled on the play. He mis- j with Canchola
Victoria.—The St. Joseph Fly-
ers opened the city’s high school
baseball ^calendar by dropping a
6-1 decision to the Refugio Bob-
cats Friday at Riverside Park
before a sparse crowd on a chil-
ly afternoon.
The Flyers and Bobcats col-
lected the same number of hits
(6), but St. Joseph could not
bunch them together as Bobcat
ace Benny Canchola pitched
shutout ball for the first five
innings. He also helped his
cause by getting two hits in
three trips to the plate.
The loss was* charged to
Richard Fossati, who allowed
six runs on five hits in 4 2/3
innings on the mound. Lefty
Larry Kovar came on invrelief
in the fifth and pitched one-hit,
shutout ball to complete the
game.
The teams battled to a score-
less tie in the first three in-
nings.
Russell Grumbles walked to
open the fourth for the Bobcats.
Richard Heard struck out, but
Canchola singled, sending Grum-
bles to third. Canchola stole
second. Joe Menchaca grounded
out to first, with Grumbles
scoring on the play. Then Bill
Harkins hit a high fly to short
right, which looked like the third
out, only to have it fall between
Richard Cantu and Ed Nevlud,
sed his free throw, however, and
West Sabine grabbed the re-
bound. With the Eagles pressing
hard, Sweeny (playing the back-
court in the frantic last few
seconds) cleared the ball across
the center stripe . . . and saw
the ever-present Jones clear
about 8 feet to the left of the
bucket. His pass found Jones,
and the little Tiger threw in the
clinching basket.
Woodsboro had one more
chance to score . . . and did.
Havel, going up for a try from
the free throw line (with 10
seconds to go), was fouled . . .
and hit both attempts. But, a
desperate try at a theft of the
in-bounds play by West Sabine
failed and the Tigers held the
ball for the final 10 seconds.
Lewis fouled Smith at the
game-ending buzzer . . . and
Smith canned both foul shots
(which meant absolutely noth-
ing). Final score was 51-48; and
Woodsboro’s third bid for a Class
A championship went by the
boards.
Sweeny was West Sabine’s big
gunner . . . hitting 24 points.
But, the ace Tiger had a bad
nite, believe it or not. He made
only 9 of 24 field goal attempts
(during the regular season he
hit more than 60% of his tries);
and had poor luck at the free
throw line—netting only 6 of 11.
Jones was the one who proved
the undoing of the Eagles . . .
as he hit 4 of 9 from the field
and 3 of 5 from the line. His
11 points were decisive in the
Bengal win.
The other West Sabine regu-
lars caused little trouble offen-
sively, although 6’2” Roland
Bass, low post man, did a fine
job rebounding. He pulled down
10, most of them in the first
half—and most of these off his
offensive board . . . which kept
giving the Tigers 2, 3, and 4
shots at the basket every time
they came down-court. Sweeny
also had 10 rebounds.
For Woodsboro, Burris had a
fine game. He hit on 5 of 8
field goal tries (giving him a
marvelous record of 11 for 19
from the field in the two games).
Tom, winding up a fine year for
the Eagles, also hauled down 14
rebounds . . . and was a tiger
against the Tigers off the boards
in the final two periods. It was
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scoring. Jackie
out to end the
Harvey struck
inning.
Refugio put the game on ice
in the fifth on the bat of Can-
chola. With one out they loaded
the bases on two walks and a
hit batsman. Cahchola hit a
drive to deep right center to
Refugio Schools
Close March 12
Refugio.—The Refugio Public
Schools will be closed Friday,
March 12. Teachers, principals,
superintendents and other school
personnel will attend the Gulf
Coast District of The Texas State
Teachers Association meeting
in Victoria on that date.
Traffic signs faced with re-
flective sheeting are two to six
times more visible when cover-
ed with dew or rain than signs
faced with either glass or plas-
tic reflectors—and still more
visible than ordinary painted
signs, according to several stud-
ies.
clear the bases, although he was
thrown out trying to stretch his
hit into a triple. Kovar came
on in relief of Fossati, striking
out Menchaca on four pitches to
end the inning.
The Flyers pushed across their
lone run in the sixth. With one
out Alvarado got his second hit,
through the middle. Basaldula
followed with his second base
knock, a single to right. Alva-
rado stopping at third. Waida
struck out by Ramos hit a high
hopper to the shortstop,' who
hobbled the ball as Alvarado
raced across to score. Kovar
struck out to end the inning.
Refugio
Question,
Column Begun
Federal
AB
R
H
Garcia, ss
4
0
1
J. Heard, 2b
2
1
0
Grumbles, c
2
2
0
R. Heard, rf
4
1
1
Conchola, p.
4
1
2
Menchaca, cf
/ - 4
f 3
0
0
Harkins, lb
0
1
Harvey, If
2
0
1
Gipson, p
1
0
0
Robinson, 3b
1
1
0
Totals
27
6
6
St. Joseph
AB
R
H
Cantu, 2b
3
0
1
McDl., ss, If
2
0
0
Nevlud, rf
4
0
0
Schnfld., If
2
0
0
Boehm, ss
2
0
0
Alvarado, 3b
3
1
2
Basaldua, c
3
0
2
Waida, lb
3
0
1
Ramos, cf
3
0
0
Fossati, p
1
0
0
Kovar, p
2
0
0
Totals
28
1
6
Score by Innings:
Refugio 000 240 0—6
St. Joseph 000 001 0—1
Errors: Garcia, Boehm, Ra-
mos, Fossati; Two-base hits:
Garcia, Canchola; Stolen bases:
J. Heard, Garcia, Grumbles,
Canchola, Robinson—3, Cantu,
Alvarado, Ramas; Double plays:
Robinson to Harkins.
Left on bases: St. Joseph 9,
Refugio 6; Bases on balls: Fos-
sati 2; Kovar 2, Canchola 2,
Gipson 1. Strike-outs: Fossati
3, Kovar 1, Canchola 7, Gipson
3; Hits off: Canchola 4 for 0
runs in 5 innings: Gipson 2 for
1 run in 2 innings; Fossati 6
for 0 runs in 4 2/3 innings;
Kovar 0 for 0 runs in 2 1/3
innings; Hits by pitcher, by:
Fossati (Grumbles), by Kovar
(Robinson); Winning pitcher:
Canchola; Umpires: Korczynski,
Brusenhan, Hundl; Passed balls:
Basaldua; Losing pitcher: Fos-
sati; Time 2:10.
Sam Houston College
Band To Perform
In Refugio Tuesday
Huntsville.—The Sam Houston
State Teachers College Sym-
phonic Band will bring its spring
tour to Refugio High School in
Refugio at 2 p.m. Tuesday,
March 9.
The 70-piece band is under the
direction of Ralph Mills, chair-
man of the division of bands at
Sam Houston. The four day tour
will feature the band in concerts
at high schools of eleven Texas
towns throughout South Texas.
Concerts will be presented in
Houston, Freeport, Baytown,
Vanderbilt, Victoria, Refugio,
Beeville, Edna, East Bernard,
and Bay City.
Students to be featured as so-
loist with the band are John
:Spadden, freshman trumpet
1st of Gatesville and Robert
/ mett, senior trumpet soloist of
Zaytown. Arnett will perform
toe “Carnival of Venice” for
solo B-flat trumpet by Staigers
and McSpadden will perform
“Trumpet in the Night” by Si-
meone.
The band will return to Hunts-
ville on March 14 and will pre-
sent their annual spring concert
in Old Main Audi&rium at 3:00
p.m. On March T8, the band
will travel to Texas City for a
night concert at Texas City
High School.
The public is invited to attend
concert at the Refugio High
School Tuesday. There will be
no admission charge.
Austin—Beginning this week,
this newspaper will publish on
a weekly basis a column of
questions and answers on Fed-
eral taxes.
With :the filing period for 1964
income taxes extending between
January 1 and April 15, this is
an appropriate time to begin a
special column that, answers
questions that taxpayers may
have about their tax returns.
The Revenue Act of 1964, in
addition to the $11.6 billion sav-
ings in tax largely due to the
reduction in rates, made sever-
al key changes in filing require-
ments with which taxpayers
should be familiar. For instance,
the new minimum standard de-
duction will save 13 million tax-
payers an estimated $320 mil-
lion annually.
The column, provided by the
Internal Revenue district office,
will answer questions most fre-
quently asked by taxpayers
about the new law and other
filing requirements. Readers
should find it a source of en-
lightenment, and possibly save a
phone call, a visit or a letter
to the local Internal Revenue
office.
Internal Revenue officials say
informed taxpayers, aware of
their rights as well as their re-
sponsibilities, give the American
tax system its strength and its
effectiveness. In addition, tax-
payers who are informed are
less likely to underpay or over-
pay taxes required by law.
This column of questions and
answers on federal tax mat-
ters is provided by the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service and
is published as a public serv-
ice to taxpayers. The column
answers questions most fre- .
quently asked by taxpayers.
Series No'.- 1
Q—Will the second stage of
the new tax cut increase my
take-home pay? ' .
A—No it won’t. Withholding
rates were reduced last year in
just one stage compared to the
two stage drop in tax rates.
While most taxpayers won’t
find any change in the size of
their paycheck as a result of the
1965 tax reductions, the savings
from this cut are still very real.
Tax rates on 1965 individual
income drop to a range of 14
percent to 70 percent. The tax
rates on income earned last year
are 16 percent to 77 percent.
Before the tax cut, individual
income tax rates started at 20
percent and went up to 91 per
cent.
Q—Who may use the new min-
imum standard deduction?
A—Any individual taxpayer
may use this provision if he
finds it to his advantage. Gen-
erally speaking, this provision
will benefit low income tax-
payers.
Individuals can have income
up to $900 and married couples
up to $1,600 and have no income
tax to pay, thanks to the mini-
mum standard deduction., It is
estimated that about 1.5 million
This Week in Refugio
Each week the time and place of the meetings and
events of your organization will be listed in this calendar.
To have your group listed, call the County Record, LA
6-2400, before 3 p.m. on Fridays.
Monday, March 8
JayCees, A. A. Building, 7:30 p.m.
Rotary Club, City Hall, Noon.
Refugio Lodge No. 190 AF&AM, Masonic Hall, 8 p.m.
VFW and VFW Auxiliary, VFW Hall, Chili and Bean
supper, 6:30 p.m., meeting 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 9
Chamber of Commerce, CofC Office, 7:30 p.m-
City Council, City Council Room, 10 a.m.
Home Demonstration Club, Clothing Workshop, Mrs.
Alton Junker, Transco Camp, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
RHS Ex-^Students Asso., VFW Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Volunteer Fire Department, Fire Station, 7:30
p.m.
Wednesday, March 10
American Citizen Civic Club, A. A. Building, 8 p.m-
True Vine Lodge No. 74, True Vine Lodge Hall, 7:30
p.m.
Thursday, March 11
Beta Sigma Phi, Mrs. Cleve Stine Residence, 7:30
p.m.
Friday, March 12
Public School Holiday.
Sunday, March 14
Church Services, All Refugio Churches.
Monday, March 15
JayCees, A. A. Building, 7:30 p.m.
Rotary Club, City Hall, Noon.
Refugio County Fair Asso., Commissioner’s Court
Room, 7:30 p m.
| people will be freed of tax lia-
bility as a result. ;
Q—I increased my withholding
last, year to avoid the possibil-
ity of owing more tax at year-
end. Should I continue my with-
holding at the same rate for
1965? I’ve head it said that last
year was a special situation and
that additional withholding tak-
en then need not be continued.
A—The answer to this ques-
tion must be decided by each
taxpayer. The law tells you how
much must be withheld but it
is up to each taxpayer to de-
cide whether he wants addition-
al amounts taken out of each
paycheck.
The special situation you de-
scribed last year resulted from
the use of two withholding rates,
18 percent and 14 percent, dur-
ing the year to make the requir-
ed federal income tax deduc-
tions. The combination of these
rates only approximated an ef-
fective rate of 16 percent, the
lowest tax rate for 1964.
To prevent taxpayers from be-
ing surprised by additional bills
at year end, we suggested last
year that taxpayers make a
rough estimate of their 1964 tax
liability. By comparing this with
how much would be withheld,
they could decide whether to
have additional amounts with-
held or to increase estimated tax
payments.
Whether taxpayers who t6ok
either of these actions in 1964
want to continue them in 1965
is something they will have-to
decide based on their 1965 tax
situation. ;;
Q—What can I do to speed up
my refund?
A—If you haven’t filed your
return yet, there are some
things you can do to help speed
up a refund. These consist of
checking your return thorough-
ly before sending it in.
A return that is unsigned,
which lacks a social security
number or is minus a W-2 form
will have to be completed before
it can be processed. The time
it takes to contact the taxpayer
for the missing information will
naturally delay a refund.
If you’ve already filed your
return the best thing you can
do is wait patiently. A call to
our office will only add to the
workload of our employees.
Highway 202
Contract Let
At $401,365
Austin.—A contract for 30/
miles of construction on SH 202
and US 183 in Bee and Refugio
Counties has been awarded to
a Corpus Christi firm, it was
announced in Austin this week
by the State Highway Commis-
sion.
B. & E. Construction Co. sub-
mitted the low bid of $401,365.59
on the project. Grading, lime
stabilizer base, concrete paving
and shoulder seal coat, from
Beeville to Refugio is expected
to take 160 working days, ac-
cording to T. O. Foster, District
Highway Engineer at Corpus
Christi.
P. E. Byrne, Resident Engi-
neer at Goliad will be in ac-
tive charge of the project while
it is under construction.
REFUGIO COUNTY
TRAFFIC TOLL
DEATHLESS DAYS
1965
66
Last Traffic Death
Dec. 13, 1964
84
DEATHS THIS YEAR
0
1964 TRAFFIC DEATHS
10
Q—I am filing a joint return
with my wife. Do we have to
list her social security number
on the return even though most
of the income we report came
from my salary?
A—Your wife’s tax account
(social security) number should
be listed if she has one. Even
though she may not work, any
separate income she receives
from stock investments, savings
accounts or similar sources
makes it necessary for her to
have a number.
Banks and corporations are
required to report dividend and
interest payments to us identi-
fied by an account number. The
recipients, in this case your
wife, are required to list the in-
come they receive from these
sources on a return.
Q—I haven’t received my W-2
yet from my employer. What
should I do?
A—Employers are required by
law to provide their employees
with W-2 forms by the end of
January. If you have not re-
ceived your form by now, ask
your employer about it.
Most delays in obtaining W-2
forms occur when a person
works for more than one em-
ployer during the year and has
also changed his address. In
such case, an employer might
have difficulty locating a for-
mer employee to send him the
required form.
In cases where there is more
than one employer, it is impor-
tant to obtain W-2 forms from
all of them. This is the only way
a taxpayer can be sure of get-
ting credit for the income and
employment taxes that were
withheld from his paychecks.
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