Refugio County Record (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 34, Ed. 1 Monday, April 12, 1965 Page: 3 of 4
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JOLLY GREEN GIANT"--
Vernon Crippen Star
Of Bayou Basketball
Woodsboro in Review
This page is devoted to a review of the activities in,
around, and effecting Woodsboro. It is designed to af-
ford readers of The Record a general idea of what is
happening in Woodsboro ... in a civic, social, religious,
and political manner.
Lafayette, Louisiana,
you enter Lafayette, Louisi-
ana’s High School spacious gym-
nasium, you are greeted by a
huge sign that reads, “This
is the valley of the Jolly Green
Giant. Ho, ho, ho.’’
That Jolly Green Giant was,
afid is, none other than Vernon
Grlppen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Crippen, formerly of
Woodsboro; and Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Adams, still of Woods-
fooro.
The Crippens moved from
Woodsboro three years ago ...
w/uch probably makes Woods-
boro Eagle Coach Bob Flanagan district
shed - ’T
As i he recalls the transfer of Ver-
non’s father by the oil company
for which he works.
Flanagan’s grief is under-
standable ... for Vernon Crip-
pen has turned into a terror on
the basketball court for his
Lafayette High School.
Crippen climaxed a sensa-
tional season a couple of weeks
ago when he was named to the
second team of the AAA (top
classification) high school all-
state team for Louisiana.
Vernon made the first team
of his particular AAA district;
and was the top scorer in his
C. Blucher Nominated New
President of Lions Club
____________________ for the 1984-65 hoop
a few tears every time! year. The big center for Lafay-
Former Local
Boy Drowns
Corpus Christi.—A boy clad in
bright-colored swim trunks ran
happily with a group of his
playmates Saturday, April 3,
1,965 up the sun-warmed wood-
en p’lanks of a local pier and
dived into the water with them.
Half an hour later, the body
of Arthur Aguilar, 10, of 2911
Shoreline, was brought to shore
at the feet of his sobbing moth-
er.
Another boy was saved by
two unidentified women.
An eyewitness to the first lo-
cal drowning of the year,
George Ibach, a tourist from
Iowa, recounted the scene in
which the other boy was sav-
ed:
“I was sitting on my porch
when I saw a group of about a
dozen boys run up the pier
(near the Sandy Shores Motor
Hotel). Then all of ’em, thicker
than flies, jumped into the wa-
ter.
“I heard, almost at once, two
women scream out. They were
standing on the beach not far
from where I was. Then I saw
a boy floating in the water.
Those two women ran into the
surf with their dresses on and
recovered the body while the
other kids swam quickly to
shore.
Ibach said the women (whose
names were not immediately
known), gave the boy artificial
respiration and the boy “got up
and ran off full of pep and
vigor."
It was believed the women
also found Arthur but couldn’t
bring him with them because
of the choppy waters.
“I guess they had enough
trouble bringing in the one
boy,” the elderly Ibach said.
Police, detectives, fireman
and City Physician Dr. Roger
Knapp, were notified that a boy
2 Local Girls
Show Winners
Woodsboro. — Two Woodsboro
girls won first places in the
Favorite Food Show held Sat-
urday, April 3, in Refugio. They
each received a blue ribbon.
Janet Hille won on her Lemon
Meringue Pie and Arleene Her-
ron won on her One-Two-Three-
Four Cake. The girls will go
to Austin for the District con-
tests.
had apparently drowned and
rushed to the scene along with
hundreds of bystanders.
One policeman, C. L. Morris,
took off his uniform, handed
his pistol and holster to a small
boy, and dove into the muddy
waters beneath the pier along
with several other volunteers.
But it wasn’t until half an hour
later that Arthur was found.
Julio Aguilar, 21, a University
of Texas student, found the boy
(he is no relation to the de-
ceased) .
He and a local UofT student,
with whom Aguilar was staying,
Vidal Falcon, 19, of 2914 Hul-
birt, helped carry Arthur to
shore.
. The two young men were
staying at the Sandy Shores
Motel during the week end con-
vention of the Newman dub
Leadership Conference here.
About halfway through their
search, Aguilar asked a Catho-
lic priest if he would ask by-
standers to aid in the search.
The priest, the Rev. Monton-
don, Lamar Tech chaplain in
Beaumont, also visiting here,
then called for help and re-
moved his shirt. He headed in-
to the water, leaving the boy’s
hysterical mother weeping on
the beach.
As the priest turned toward
the water, Aguilar and Falcon
appeared from beneath the pil-
ings of the pier holding the
limp body of the boy in their
arms.
The crowd surged about as
Dr. Knapp began mouth-to-
mouth resuscitation.
E. E. Kiddy, investigating de-
tective nearby consoled the
boy’s sisters, Elisia, 11 and
Mary Lou, 13.
Funeral services were held
Monday, April 5, 1965 at 3 p.m.
The Rev. Henry Casarla, pastor
of the Mission Baptist Church
in Woodsboro, officiated. Burial
was in the La Rosa Cemetery
under the direction of the Juan
Gonzalez Funeral Home of
Alice.
Arthur was a fourth grade
student in September and Oc-
tober of this school term in
Woodsboro.
Arthur is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Simona Aguilar
of Corpus Christi, and his fath-
er Nicholas Aguilar of Alice;
two brothers, Arnufo and Dan-
iel; two sisters, Mary Lou and
Alicia; his paternal grand-
mother, Mrs. Paula Aguilar of
Odem; and his maternal grand-
father, Anastacio Rodriguez of
Sinton.
ette High (and, he IS big—6’9’J
tall!) scored 260 points in 14
games for his school . . . for
an average of 18.6.
What makes Crippen’s per-
formance this past hoop sea-
son even more impressive is
the fact that he is only a jun-
ior. Big things should come
from his rebounding legs and
shooting fingertips next basket-
ball season.
Getting back to Flanagan of
Woodsboro. Just what kind of
team would Woodsboro have had
if Crippen had been able to
team with the likes of Burris,
Toliver, and Lamprecht? It’s
a safe guess that Houston Jones
would have had trouble taking
the Birds if Flanagan had had
the €’9” Crippen jamming the
lanes.
It just might be that Vernon
Crippen is going to be heard
from in the future. With any
kind of a year at all next sea-
son, the “Jolly Green Giant’’
should receive more than a
score of top college scholar-
ship offers.
This week’s story on Vernon
is a catch-all . . . but The
Woodsboro News thinks the
Louisiana lad (from Woodsboro)
deserves much more in-depth
coverage. That’s why the “Ver-
non Crippen Story’’ will contin-
ue next week.
Refugio County Record, Mon., Apr. 12, 1965 Page 3
Voters Elect
Bill, Walston
Woodsboro. — Nominations Warren Massey, first vice-pres-
have been made by a special ident; Nelson Gillespie, second
Of, f0r thei Vice-president; David Mum
1965-66 club officers. I , . J ~ „r
Election of the slate of offi- third vice - president; G. W.
will be held in the near Dahse, treasurer; Seth Yar-
borough, Jr., secretary; N. V.
Caldwell, Lion, tamer; and Nor-
man K. Presley, tail twister.
Directors nominated are Har-
ry Cummins, Jr., and Eli Stew-
art (holdovers); and Max Lo-
pez and T. J. Herron (new.)
cers
future. It was emphasized that
nomination may also be made
from the floor the nite of the
election.
Nominations for the new offi-
cers include:
Charles Blucher, president;
Woodsboro. — Mayor Robert
Shipp and Aldermen Johnnie
Bill and A. C. Walston were
returned to office in Woodsboro
Tuesday, in the regular city
election.
Shipp was unopposed. Three
men sought the two alderman
posts. Bill led the voting, with
171; and Walston polled 135.
SCHOOL TRUSTEES-
Hoffman, Abney Elected
Good Friday Service Is Set
At Local Methodist Church
Boys’ Hoop
TeamFete
Scheduled
Woodsboro.—Members of the
Woodsboro High School basket-
ball team will be entertained
with a chicken barbecue Thurs-
day evening, April 15, at 6:30
p.m., according to Mrs. Rhoda
Jones.
The Eagles will assemble at
the New Light Baptist Cafeteria
for the feast being provided by
members of Smith Pride Ma-
sonic Lodge No. 383, and by
members of Queen Ada Eastern
Star, Chapter No. 606.
Woodsboro.—The annual Good
Friday Community worship ser-
vice, sponsored by several of
the protestant congregations in
Woodsboro, will be held in the
Methodist Church on Good Fri-
day, April 16, from 1 p.m. to
2:30 p.m. The theme for this
service is “The Words of the
Cross’’, with pastors from the
participating congregations pre-
senting meditations on each of
the “Seven Last Words of
Christ’’.
Congregations and pastors
participating in this service are
as follows: First Presbyterian
Church (no pastor at this
time); First Baptist Church,
John R. Johnston, pastor;
The third candidate, Henry
Gonzales, received 114 votes.
Five write-in votes were cast.
Z. T. Jordan got one each for
mayor and alderman; and
single write-ins (for mayor)
went to G. W. Dahse, Harry
Cummins, and Eugene Tuttle.
245 votes were cast in the
city election.
D.Arzola
Succumbs
Methodist Church, Gordon Mil-
ler, pastor; Christ United
Church of Christ (Evangelical
and Reformed) Carl Hille, pas
tor; and Peace Lutheran
Church,, Waldemar Wendal,
pastor.
In addition to the meditations,
scripture readings, and pray-
ers led by these pastors, the
service will include the singing
of several seasonal hymns sung
by the congregation.
A nursery and baby sitters
will be provided at the First
Baptist Church.
An invitation is extended to
all to “come and worship Je-
sus Christ who was crucified
for our sakes’’.
Woodsboro. — Jord L. Hoff-
man’s first bid for elective of
fice turned out to be a hangup
job last Saturday, as Hoffman
was elected a school board
trustee . . . and he led the four-
man race for two positions.
Hoffman received 139 votes.
The other trustee elected was
Incumbent Ben Abney, who
polled 114 votes.
The other two candidates in
the school board campaign ran
a dead-heat, Hollis Stevens and
G. E. Barnhill got 82 votes
each.
Hoffman will replace Leroy
Haertig, who did not seek re-
election to the board of trus-
tees.
The election lured 208 voters
to the polls in Woodsboro, Bon-
nie View, and Bay side.
Woodsboro Personals
Hargroves Hurt
In Auto Mishap
Robstown. — Six Robstown
residents were injured slightly
in a two-car collision about 2
p.m. on Farm Road 624 and
Highway 77.
Injured were Dr. Lubrett
Hargrove, 30, his wife Sidonia,
and their two children, Brad-
ley, 4, and Angie, 2. Injured
in the other car were Mrs. Bil-
ly Wehman and her son John,
20 months.
All were treated and releas-
ed from Robstown Hospital.
Accident investigator was Fe-
lix Ochoa.
Dr. Hargrove is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Brett Hargrove.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Saleh of Woodsboro.
John Chambers
Walking a Bit
Woodsboro.—John Chambers,
Who underwent surgery recent-
ly, is able to be up and walk
about some, it has been report-
ed.
He is “doing fairly well’’, but
they did not know for sure Mon-
day when he would be able to
come home.
Mr. and Mrs. Amo Boenig
and their daughter and grand-
daughter, Mrs, Elaine Hewitt
and Sherry Lynn, visited Sat-
urday and Sunday in Houston
with the Boenig’s son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Boenig. While there,
they also visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Biecher and Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Rodgers.
Attending “Friendship Nite”
in Alice Chapter of the Order
of the Eastern Star, Monday,
were Mr. and Mrs, J. J. Alex-
ander, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Thorman, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Findley, all of Woodsboro
Chapter.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gambill
and children of Aransas Pass
visited Saturday nite with Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Hoffman and
children.
Saturday supper guests of Mr.
and Mrs. John F. Looker were
her brother and family, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Howard and son,
of Victoria.
Mrs. P. M. Martin went to
San Antonio Thursday of last
week and met her sister, Mrs.
Lavonia Eminian, for a day’s
visit.
Visiting during the week end
with Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Mar-
tin were their sons and their
families, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
Martin, Kelly and Rusty of
Rockport and Mr. and Mrs.
Danny Martin, Jeffrey and Jill
of Ingleside; and their daugh-
ter, Janice Kay Martin, student
at STSTC in San Marcos.
Mrs. Bill Bennett of Richland
was a week end visitor with
her parents and brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Hal Bazar and Ford
Hal.
ONE-ACT PLAY INCLUDED-
Woodsboro Wins First
In District Literary Meet
Woodsboro. — Woo d s b o r o
School won first place, with 104
points, in the UIL Meet held
in Odem, Saturday, April 3.
These points included the first
place won in the One-Act. Play
the week before.
Other schools in the contests
included Agua Dulce, second
with 87 points; Calallen, third
with 86 points; Ingleside, with
77 points; Orange Grove, with
40 points; and Odem, with 17
points.
Students from Woodsboro
placing in the contests were
Dorothy Olson, second in Ex- and Jane Koontz, third in girls’
temporaneous Speaking; Phil- Persuasive Speaking; Harry
lip Sanchez, first, and Erasmo
Escamilla, third, in Number
Sense; Robert Wotipka, third
in boys’ Persuasive Speaking,
Mrs. Gilbert Boenig and Lar-
ry spent the week end in Ros-
enberg with Mr. and Mrs. Huey
McCoulskey, Jr. They were
joined by Miss Barbara Boenig,
of Houston, and Gilbert Boenig,
Jr., of the University of Texas.
Gilbert marked his birthday
during the past week end.
Cummins, III, first in boys’
Poetry Reading, and Dorothy
Olson, second in girls’ Poetry
Reading.
Also, John Joiner, first in
boys’ Prose Reading, and Joye
Hoffman, first in girls’ Prose
Reading; Harry Cummins, III,
third in Science; Ninette Ham-
mitt and Beatrice Espinosa,
third in Shorthand as a team;
and Johnny Doubrava, Billy
Michna, and Elton Wiginton,
first in Typing as a team.
Ex-Resident
Visiting Here
Woodsboro.—Mrs. J. L. Grant
(formedly Vernon Keeling) of
Arlington is a houseguest this
w«ek in the home of Mrs. Har-
ry Cummins, Sr.
Mrs. Grant was a resident of
Woodsboro several years ago.
Sunday, April 4, Mrs. Cum-
mins had an informal “Coffee”,
at which time friends of long-
standing came in to see Mrs.
Grant. Coming by for a visit
with the honoree were Mrs. J.
M. Thomas, Mrs. Frank Rooke,
Jr., Mrs. Nita Bryan, Mrs.
Inez Durham, Mrs. Hilda Neu-
mann, Miss Gordon Warren,
Mrs. C. A. Tuttle, Mrs. Rose
Fricke, and Dr. and Mrs. W.
E. Chandler of Corpus Christi
Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Cummins,
and Mrs. Rooke were lunch-
eon guests Monday, April 5 of
Dr. and Mrs. Chandler in Cor-
pus Christi.
Thursday, April 8, Mrs. T. A.
Simon and daughter of Kings-
ville came to visit Mrs. Grant
and take her home with them
for a visit before Mrs. Grant
left for her home.
Saturday luncheon guests of
Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Alien were
their daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Barfield and
children. The Barfields moved
from Victoria to Corpus Christi
last week.
Visiting three days last week
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Harrison were her sister
and nephew, Mrs. Alleene Cope
and son, Leslie, of Freer.
Danny Autry of Seminole was
visiting during the week end
with relatives in Bays^jt He
came by to vist his sister-in-
law and family, Mr. and^-'Mrs.
W. A. Henderson.
Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Jeffers were their
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Strickland, Carol
and Jeffrey, of Kingsville.
Janice Weeks, student at A&I
College, Kingsville, was home
during the week end. Her moth-
er, Mrs. Guy Weeks, and grand-
mother, Mrs. Janie Weeks, took
her back to school Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Edward Mason and boys
visited in Houston during the
week end with Mrs. John Beas
ley and daughter, Mary Ann.
Mrs. Beasley and Mrs. Mason
were both formerly of Mobile,
Alabama.
Mrs. B. B. Bywaters visited
Sunday in Agua Dulce with her
daughter, Mrs. Laddie Mach,
and family. They went on to
Kingsville to visit in the after-
noon with a niece, Mrs. M. H.
Crowell.
Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. U. C. Greathouse were
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Strouhal
and family of Sinton and Mr.
and Mrs. O. A. Gammel and
their son and a friend of Cor-
pus Christi.
Mrs. E. O. Henry and Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Wayne Henry
and children visited in Victoria
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Beeman.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wagner
visited Sunday nite in Gregory
with their son and family, Mr.
and Mrs. George Wagner and
children. They attended church
in Gregory that nite.
Woodsboro. — Funeral serv-
ices were held Wednesday,
April 7, 1965, for Domingo Ar-
zola, 64, who died Monday,
Apri 5, 1965, in his home in
Bay side.
Born in Mexico, Mr. Arzola
had lived in Bayside for the
past 60 years. The funeral ser-
vices were held in St. Therese
Catholic Church, with the Rev.
Gregory Deane officiating. Bur-
ial was in St. Bernard Ceme-
tery.
Survivors include two broth-
ers, Julio and Margarlto Ar-
zola, both of Woodsboro.
P-TA Installs
Leaders Tuesday
Woodsboro. — The local Par-
ent-Teacher Association will
have its installation of officers
at the regular meeting Tues-
day, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in
the school cafeteria. Speaker for
the evening will be the Rev.
John R. Johnston.
Mrs. Jack Tutt will be in-
stalled as president; Mrs. J.
L. Hoffman, secretary-treasur-
er; Mrs. H. R. Peal, first vice-
president; Mrs. Leroy Owens,
second vice - president; and
Mrs. James Baugh, third vice-
president. Mrs. Ben Abney will
be the instating offeer.
Refreshments will be served
before the meeting.
A baby sitter will be provid-
ed.
All members are urged to at-
tend.
M.K. Gillespies Visit
Relatives in Houston
Woodsboro.—Mr. and Mrs. M.
K. Gillespie visited in Hous-
ton from Saturday, March 31
to April 3.
They visited two nites with
their daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Hodde and
baby. They also visited with
Mrs. Gillespie’s sister and moth-
er, Mrs. E. W. Phillips and
Mrs. Alma Teague.
Friday nite, they all cele-
brated the birthday of a broth-
er, Alton Teague, with a sup-
per.
Others there for the celebra-
tion were the honoree’s family
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dorn.
Beuershausen Joins
SWTSC Fraternity
San Marcos.—The Southwest
Texas State College chapter of
Epsilon Pi Tau, national honor-
ary fraternity for industrial art
and industrial vocational edu-
cation majors, initiated nine
new members Sunday.
About 70 people attended the
initiation ceremony and recep-
tion in the student Center ball-
room. The purpose of the or-
ganization is to encourage high
technical skills, develop leader-
ship and to foster and reward
research in the field of indus-
trial arts.
New members of the frater-
nity include Mike Ballard,
Wink senior; Barry Beuer-
shausen, Woodsboro junior;
Fred Fey, New Braunfels jun-
ior; William Gopffarth, San
Marcos senior; Ernest Gotcher,
San Antonio junior; Fred Mey-
er, San Marcos junior; Ray Pat-
rick, Bishop junior; James
Smith, San Marcos senior; and
Don Wooldridge, San Marcos
junior.
City Office to Close
All But One Saturday
Woodsboro. — Woodsboro’s
city office will be closed all day
Saturdays, beginning this week.
The only exception will be the
first Saturday of each month,
when the office will be open in
the morning.
In case of emergency, call
LI 3-4844—if no answer, call
LI 3-4474.
Church Youths
Offer Pageant
(Contributed)
Woodsooro.—The Joint Youth
Group of the First Presbyter-
ian Church and Christ United
Church of Christ, Woodsboro,
will present the Pageant: “Were
You There When They Cruci-
fied My Lord?” The pageant
will be presented at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 14, at Christ
United Church of Christ, Woods-
boro.
Young people will portray the
characters involved in the ev-
ents which led to the cruci-
fixion of Christ. The Pageant
is to help us realize that we
also share in the sins of de-
nial, as Peter denied, of be-
trayal, as Judas betrayed, of
indifference and lack of stead-
fastness as the public and the
crowd, which hailed Jesus on
Palm Sunday but a few days
later cried out “Let Him be
Crucified.”
Youth ‘ sponsors are Mrs.
Marvin Null, Mrs. R. J. Hintz
and Rev. Carl L. Hille.
Chambers Leaves
For Air Base
Woodsboro.—John Chambers,
Jr. left Sunday, April 4 for
Lackland Air Force Base, where
he will be in Officers Train-
ing School.
He will be there for about
three months.
Mrs. Jeffers
Returns Home
Woodsboro.—Mrs. T. A. Jef-
fers came home from Memor-
ial Hospital, Corpus Christi,
Tuesday, March 30. She had
been in the hospital six days
following surgery.
She says she is “getting along
fine”.
Special Classes
Offered Here
Woodsboi'o. — Special classes
in English, history, mathemat-
ics and science will be offer-
ed to high school students in
Woodsboro for the first time
during the 1965-66 school year.
Students enrolling in these
classes will be eligible for a
Woodsboro diploma after four
years in high school and suc-
cessful completion of sixteen
academic and two physical
education courses. Credit in
these courses would be desig-
nated as good for local credit
only and would not be accept-
able for college entrance.
Registration of all high
school students for 1965-66 will
begin on Monday, April 12. Reg-
istration forms will be given to
all 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th
grade students on that day, with
the request that they be return-
ed on Wednesday, April 14.
Parents are urged to study these
forms carefully and to plan their
child’s program in high school
in accordance with theirs and
the childs plans for his future.
A form attached to each reg-
istration sheet will carry the
schools recommendation for
placement of the child. How-
ever space will be provided for
erence and their’s will be the
erence and theirs will be the
final authority.
The high school office will
remain open from 4 to 6 April
14 and from 4 to 6 and 7 to 9
on April 12, 13. Interested par-
ents are urg'd to bring their
questions at that time.
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