Refugio County Record (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 43, Ed. 1 Monday, June 15, 1964 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME X—NO. 43
GOLIAD — Presidio La Bahia, where the Goliad Declaration
of Independence was drawn in 1835. Sunday mass is still
celebrated here. Nearby is a monument to Col. Fannin and
his men who were massacred in 1836.
Are you thrilled by Texas his-
tory? If so, you will enjoy visit-
ing some of the scores of historic
spots that mark the challenging
episodes of our frontier land.
The battle cry that spurred the
Texans on at San Jacinto was
“Remember the Alamo; Remem-
ber Goliad,” and it is quite fitting
that the state, many years ago,
established a state park at Goliad
in southeast Texas. It was here
that Colonel Fannin and his men
were massacred on Palm Sunday,
March 27, 1836.
Goliad is situated on U. S. High-
way 59, 183, and alternate 77; and
can also be reached on State High-
way 239 from the west.
In Goliad State Park there is a
small museum of early Texas
relics and the Mission Espiritu
Santo de Zuniga. In 1749, this mis-
sion was moved to Goliad by the
Franciscan padres to Christianize
the Indians and civilize the fron-
tier. It is open to the public.
Nearby is the Presidio La Bahia
where the Goliad Declaration of In-
dependence was drawn in 1835.
Sunday mass is still celebrated
there. Near La Bahia stands if
monument to Colonel FanAin tnd
his men.
Goliad became the county seat
of Goliad County in 1837. On 'the
courthouse grounds you will find
the famous “Hanging Tree.”
City Park has a monument to
the men who lost their lives at
Goliad, erected in April, 1885, sur-
mounted by two cannons found on
the streets of the town after the
Texas Revolution.
Twenty-five miles northeast of
Goliad on U.S. 59 is Victoria, one
of the first three towns of the Re-
public. Here you will find a num-
ber of beautiful ante-bellum homes,
still in good conditions as well
as the famed Dutch Windmill in
Memorial Square.
If you’d like a bit of fishing to
finish off your trip, drive on anoth-
er 27 miles on U.S. 87 to Port
Lavaca where redfish and speckled
trout abound.
Today many conservationists are
concerned over the effects of mas-
sive highway building programs
on wildlife. It used to be just
the other way around. A big prob-
lem faced by highway authorities
in the early days of motoring was
flooding of country roads caused
by industrious dam-building beav-
ers.
REFUGIO COUNTY
TRAFFIC TOLL
1964
DEATHLESS DAYS
10
v- #
Last Death June 4, 1964
DEATHS THIS YEAR
4
1963 TRAFFIC DEATHS
Grand Master Dedicates
New Masonic Building
Woodsboro.—Refugio Lodge No.
190, A. F. & A. M. dedicated its
new Masonic building in an “Open
Dedication” ceremony Monday
nite, June 8, with John R. Collard,
Jr., Grand Master of Texas, bring-
ing the principle address of the
evening.
There were 163 who registered,
with some guests failing to regis-
ter.
Earlier in the evening, a supper
was served in the dining hall by
the women of the United Church
of Christ.
Preceeding the dedication cere-
mony, Andrew L. Cole of Bayside
was presented a 50-year Masonic
Service Award.
Acting officers for the dedication
were John R. Collard, Jr., Grand
Master; Amos Doughty, Deputy
Grand Master; W. J. Burris (Past
Grand Master), Grand Senior War-
den; O’Dell McBride (Past Dis-
trict Deputy Grand Master), Grand
Junior Warden; H. Boenig, (Past
Master), Grand Treasurer; Homer
T. Williams (Past DDGM), Grand
Secretary; R. Bruce Brannon (Past
Grand Master), Grand Chaplain;
J. H. Adams (Past DDGM), Grand
Orator; Robert B. Mertz (DDGM
37th District), Grand Marshall;
Clarence Boone (Past DDGM),
Grand Senior Deacon; Tom
Cheatham (Past DDGM), Grand
Junior Deacon; R. E. Hardee
(DDGM 36th District), Grand
Senior Steward; William M. Routh
(DDGM 38th District), Grand Jun-
ior Steward; Floyd Burgess (Past
Master), Grand Pursuivant; and
Clayton Holmes (Past Master),
Grand Tiler.
After the close of the ceremony,
Mrs. Collard, wife of the Grand
Master, was presented a gift by
Mrs. Clyde Boone, in behalf of
members of the local Order of the
Eastern Star.
Mr. and Mrs. Collard had ar-
Sunday afternoon by plane. They
were met at the plane by Amos
Doughty, E. G. Sparks, Homer T.
Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Thorman, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Boone. The Collards left Tuesday
by plane for Pearsall.
REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1964
FOUR PAGES—TEN CENTS
FM Road 2678 Work Starts
Is It Puppy Love?
7*!
Contrary to what most people believe, a cat and a dog can become
great friends. But be prepared for an initial period of adjustment.
In the beginning, a kitten, especially, will be suspicious. In fact,
there might be a little spitting and fussing on your cat’s part at
first. But a quiet atmosphere and some soothing encouragement
from you will help them soon get to know and trust each other.
Leaving them alone together, however, isn’t recommended by
Purina Pet Care Center Experts until you know they are getting
along They also advise that you shouldn’t give preferential treat-
ment to either pet.
14fh District
Democrats
Hold Caucus
Kenedy. (Spl.)—Democrat dele-
gates and party leaders of the 14th
Congressional District, comprised
of 18 counties, assembled in a pre-
convention temporary caucus Fri-
day, June 12.
The group gathered in the audi-
torium of the First Nichols Na-
tional Bank of Kenedy at 9:30 and
adjourned at 11:45 a.m.
S. E. (Bubba) Neuman of Kene-
dy called the meeting to order and
introduced Ike Handelman, Karnes
County Democratic chairman. Mr.
Handleman welcomed the guests
from the fifteen counties repre-
sented at the meeting.
Purpose of the meeting was to
elect a temporary caucus chair-
man and temporary secretary un-
til the group arrives in Houston,
June 15, for the state Democrat
convention to be held on Tuesday,
June 16, in the Houston Coliseum.
Bill Millikin of Floresville was
elected temporary caucus chair-
man. Toufic Nicholas of Corpus
Christi was named temporary sec-
retary. They will fill these offices
until a permanent chairman and
secretary are elected in Houston.
The group will caucus again at
5 p.m. on Monday, June 15, at
the Lamar Hotel in Houston.
Six men were elected to be
recommended as delegates to the
'National Democratic Convention in
Atlantic City. These delegates are
to be named at the Houston meet-
ing. These nominations are tem-
porary and not to be confused with
those of the state convention’s per-
manent recommendations.
Selected as delegates for the 14th
District were Congressman John
Young of Nueces County; Sam
Fore, Jr. of Wilson County; Judge
Archer Parr of Duval County;
Harry Schultz of Live Oak County;
Cecil E. Burney of Nueces County
and Ben Bock of Comal County.
Clarence C. Martin of Jim Wells
County (Alice) was recommended
as presidential elector, with J. M.
Dellinger of Corpus Christi recom-
mended as elector at large or al-
ternate elector.
A nominating committee to name
a representative from the 14th
District to the various permanent
committees of the State Conven-
tion was named. This committee
is to report at the Monday tem-
porary caucus of the district.
Present at the Friday meeting
and counties represented were:
Joseph Faust, Comal;
Ben Bock, Comal;
William H. Brochers, Comal;
Bill Millikin, Wilson;
Ike Handleman, Karnes;
Sam Fore, Jr., Wilson;
Representative-elect, Wayne Con-
nail, Wilson;
J. M. Dellinger, NueceS;
Harold H. Pickton, Aransas;
John Ingram, Brooks;
Jack D. Heacock, Brooks;
W. L. Harwick, Live Oak;
J .F. Gray, Live Oak;
Senator Bill Patman, Jackson;
Fred Klingeman, Karnes;
B. A. Hartman, Karnes;
Toufic Nicholas, Nueces;
Cecil E. Burney, Nueces;
George Spikes, Bee;
Oscar H. Reyna, Nueces;
Archer Parr, Duval;
Frederic Johnson, San Patricio;
Ray Granberry, San Patricio;
Frank B. Sheppherd, DeWitt;
J. T. Neuman, DeWitt;
Henry A. Glenewinkle, Guada-
lupe;
Pat H. Baker, Guadalupe;
Edgar Engelke, Guadalupe;
Homer E. Deam, Jr., Jim Wells;
Clarence C. Martins, Jim Wells;
Carter Snooks, Refugio;
Senator Walter Richter, Gon-
zales ;
Ben L. Parker, Atascosa;
J. E. Brite, Atascosa;
S. E. Newman, Karnes; and
Doug Strawn, Karnes.
Canyon Reservoir Case
Favors Downriver Areas
County Bucks San Antonio
Attempt at Guadalupe Water
WHEREAS, there is now pending in the 98th Judicial
District Court of Travis County, Texas, Cause No. 108,098,
styled “CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ET AL Vs. BOARD OF
WATER ENGINEERS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, ET
AL,” wherein the City of San Antonio and others are at-
tempting to appropriate and divert vast quantities of water
from the Guadalupe River and its watershed to their own
use and purposes, which, if permitted, will deprive the citi-
zens of Refugio County (among others) of their lawful,
beneficial and rightful rights to such waters; and,
WHEREAS, heretofore, the City of New Braunfels, the
City of Seguin, the City of Gonzales, the City of Cuero, the
City of Victoria, West Side Calhoun County Navigation Dis-
trict, and Calhoun County (among others), have filed peti-
tions in intervention in the above entitled and numbered
cause; and,
WHERE AS, the Commissioners’ Court of Refugio Coun-
ty is of the opinion that the best interests of this County
and its citizens require that Refugio County should inter-
vene in said proceeding and cause ;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Commission-
ers’ Court of Refugio County that Refugio County intervene
in Cause No. 108,098, now pending in the 98th Judicial Dis-
trict Court of Travis County, Texas, styled “CITY OF SAN
ANTONIO, ET AL Vs. BOARD OF WATER ENGINEERS
OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, ET AL,” and that Gerald T.
Bissett, County Attorney of Refugio County, be and he is
hereby authorized and directed to forthwith file a petition
in intervention in said cause in order to protest, conserve
and preserve for Refugio County and its citizens all water
rights or claims to water rights in and to the waters of the
Guadalupe River to which this County and its citizens may
be entitled to under existing laws of the State of Texas, or
under laws that may or might be hereafter enacted by the
Legislature of the State of Texas.
Sea-o-rama Set
Church School
Of Methodists
Starts Today
Refugio.—Church School at the
First Methodist Church of Refugio
will start Monday, June 15 and
continue thru Friday, June 19.
Activities will be from 8:30 a.m.
until 11:00 a.m. and all children of
Kindergarten age thru twelve years
are welcome to attend.
Refreshments, at mid morning,
will be served by the WSCS.
Rockport.—Rockport’s third an-
nual Sea-o-rama, June 20-21, will
be preceded by a Miss Sailorette
Contest for local girls on Thurs-
day night, June 18, to be held at
7:30 o’clock. Preliminary briefing
for the event will be held at the
Chamber of Commerce building at
4 p.m., according to Mrs. Tom
Petrilli, chairman, u
The winner of the contest will
be crowned Miss Sailorette by a
KEYS disc jockey, who will also
MC the teenage street dance that
follows. Candidates for Miss Sail-
orette must be teenagers not com-
peting for the title of Miss Sea-o-
rama. Details on costumes can be
obtained by contacting Mrs. Petril-
li.
On this day, also, the art com-
mittee headed by Mrs. James A.
Jarboe will be at the new build-
ing of Security, Inc., to accept en-
tries in the art exhibit, which will
continue throughout the Sea-o-
rama. Details on this can be ob-
tained by contacting either Mrs.
Jarboe, Mrs. George Dickey, or
Mrs. Kit Dinger.
Friday, the art show will be
judged by a Corpus Christi art-
ist, Mrs. John Hasbrough. Oil work
should be original and not prev-
iously exhibited in a Sea-o-rama
Art Show.
At 5 p.m. Friday, there will be
a briefing at the Chamber of Com-
merce building for all girls com-
peting for the title of Miss Sea-o-
rama. Later, at 8 p.m., there will
be a reception for these entrants
at the Sea Gun Sports Inn, at
which time they will be expected
to wear cocktail dresses and be
judged on poise and other factors
influencing the final choice the
Saturday, June 20, will be the
big day of the celebration. Sail-
orettes and beauties will convene
at Key Allegro at 9 a.m. The boat
parade, carrying the Sailorettes
and beauty contestants to the
judge’s stand near the band shell,
will start at 9:30 a.m. The beauty
contest, in which senior girls vie
for the title of Miss Sea-o-rama
and a chance to compete for the
title of Miss Texas, will start at
10 a.m.
Immediately following the beau-
ty contest, the Little Bay improve-
ments will be dedicated. The art
exhibit will be open from 9 a.m.
on, and there will be games on
the waterfront for those who wish
to take part.
Security, Inc., will hold an open
house in connection with the art
show. The Rockport Seamen’s
Lions Club will operate a con-
cession selling watermelon on the
beach, the other two Lions clubs,
from Fulton and Rockport, will
stage a noon fish fry.
At 2 p.m. Friday, the “Tip-o-
Tex” Inboard Racing Association
will stage one of the boat races
for which they are so famed. This
is the second Don Atkins Memor-
ial Race, and it is planned to
have the mother of this popular
racing driver present the trophies.
The first of these races was held
last year, shortly after Atkins had
been killed while preparing for
the Sea-o-rama races in 1963.
According to Dr. William C. Trip-
lett, between 15 and 20 entries
are anticipated for this race.
The Armadillo Handicaps will
get underway at 3 o’clock, on the
Rockport waterfront, and Chair-
man Jack Sanders says there will
be a card of nine races on both
Saturday and Sunday.
At 7:30 p.m., local members of
the Order of the Arrow, an honor-
ary organization of older Boy
Scouts, will stage an Indian War
Dance downtown, as a preliminary
to the street dance and the square
dances which start at 8 p.m.
On Sunday, June 21, the serv-
ices of a top flight water ski or-
ganization have been secured, and
they will put on two shows, one at
9 a.m., and the other 3 p.m. The
arts show will be open; there will
be games and armadillo races on
the beach that afternoon; and
the Lions clubs will stage the usu-
al second-day noon barbecue.
Other attractions will include an
exhibit by the Corpus Christi Shell
Club.
Mrs. J. C. Stover and daugh-
ters, Martha and Cynthia of Fal-
furrias spent Thursday, June 4
visiting in the W. E. Carroll and
R. R. Cantlon homes. Cynthia will
remain for a short visit with the
Carrolls while Mrs. Stover attends
Rice University. Martha will at-
tend camp in Mathis for six weeks.
Miss Mary Nell Rehm of Fal-
furrias is a guest in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Howard. She
arrived Thursday, June 4 and will
stay for about a week.
Austin. — San Antonio lost out
Friday in its effort to get a city
water supply from Canyon Reser-
voir on the Guadalupe River.
Attorneys for San Antonio began
preparations for an appeal to the
Texas Supreme Court on an issue
which could affect the long-range
water supply picture for Corpus
Christi and the Coastal region
north of it.
This will be third trip to the
Texas Supreme Court in San An-
tonio’s 12-year effort to obtain
water from the big Canyon
Reservoir which is nearing com-
pletion near New Braunfels.
The first two trips to the high
court were fruitful for San Antonio.
Both times the Supreme Court
knocked out roadblocks laid in the
path of San Antonio by Guadalupe
backed legislation.
But this will be the showdown
because Dist. Judge C. O. Betts
of 98th District Court ruled against
San Antonio on every point. He
held that the Texas Water Com-
mission had the law and the evi-
dence behind it when it decided
in 1957 to turn down San Antonio
and to give the Guadalupe-Bianco
River Authority a permit to use
50,000 acre-feet of water a year
from Canyon to supply municipal
needs in the Guadalupe Valley.
Attorneys for the San Antonio
water board gave notice of appeal,
and city water board chairman
Harold Keller, who sat through
the five-day trial here, said he will
recommend to his board that the
case be appealed.
The outcome of the case could
well affect the long-range water
supply picture for Corpus Christi
and the Gulf Coast region north
of it.
GBRA and the San Antonio Riv-
er Authority have agreed on a
plan by which they will build
dams near Cuero on the Guadalupe
and Goliad on the San Antonio
River. San Antonio would get half
the water from the Cuero project,
and then this water would be “re-
paid” to the Guadalupe Basin from
the Goliad Reservoir.
Proposal Refused
The San Antonio Water Board
has refused to accept this pro-
posal, choosing instead to fight
some more fop Canyon Reservoir
water, which will be much cheap-
er.
Should San Antonio succeed in
getting Canyon water, the Goliad
site would be available for sup-
plying the coastal watersheds and
the lower Nueces watershed when
its demand has outgrown the yield
of Lake Corpus Christi. Should San
Antonio be forced into the Cuero-
Goliad transaction, only half the
Goliad Reservoir yield would be
available for use in the Goliad-
Refugio-Bee-San Patricio - Nueces
County Region.
Continued on Page Four —
Refugio.—Work was scheduled to
begin Monday, June 15, on the new
highway through Refugio County*
FM Road 2678. The new road,
which will stretch 9 :57 miles from
FM 774 to just north of Bayside,
is expected to take about a year to
complete.
As required by the Texas High-
way Commission, a briefing meet-
ing was held Friday, June 12, at
which interested persons were ac-
quainted with the construction
plans.
In attendance were Fred Wal-
smith, of Sinton, senior resident
engineer; E. M. Ruth, of Corpus
Christi, district construction engi-
neer; other highway department
personnel; and representatives
from the prime contractor, Held-
enfels, Inc., of Corpus Christi.
Walsmith, in charge of the meet-
ing, said that barieades would be
put up on either end of the new
road; and traffic by other than
construction crews and highway
officials will not be allowed until
FM 2678 is completed.
FM 2678, which will give Corpus
Christi another route from the
north into that city, will be 24
feet wide; and will have three
bridges on it—totaling more than
1500 feet.
Right-of-way for the new road is
120 feet wide most of the 9.57
miles; although along the vicinity
of the Mission River bottom, the
R-O-W will be 200 feet wide.
Mrs. Eula Benson
Services Tuesday
Refugio.—-Mrs. Eula L, Benson,
74, died at 9:30 a.m. Sunday in a
Corpus Christ hospital shortly al-
tering suffering a heart attack at
her home there.
Mrs. Benson resided in Refugio
prior to moving to Corpus Christi
in 1960.
Funeral services will be held at
2:36 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Pilgrim
Baptist Church in Refugio, with
burial in Community Cemetery
under direction of Toland Funeral
Home.
Surviving are one son, John C.
Ridyolph; and one daughter, Mrs.
Doris Odem, both of Corpus Chris-
ti; six sisters, Mrs. Lelia Benson
of Orange Orove, Mrs. Alta Hills
of Victoria, and Mrs. Lona Shaw,.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, Mrs. Ed-
na Wills and Mrs. Rosie Senter, all
of Refugio; 15 grandchildren, 17
great - grandchildren, and 10
great-great-grandchildren.
Republican Women
Officers Named
Woodsboro. — The Republican
Women’s Club met Tuesday, May
26, in the home of Mrs. Strauch
Shaw of Refugio.
Mrs. Herbert Mills, president,
announced the other officers for
this year. They are Mrs. Marvin
Null, first vice-president; Mrs.
Strauch Shaw, second vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. Otto Harrison, record-
ing secretary; Mrs. Joe Green,
corresponding secretary; and Mrs.
J. H. Lowrance, treasurer.
Continued on Page Four —
How do you attract a bird? A good way is to build a bird house!
One made of the same wood as the tree, with a sloping roof, can be
very successful in attracting wild birds. For the best results youif
house should be built on a platform, facing away from prevailing
winds. Be careful to build at least 4^ ft. off the ground, safe from
cats and dogs. And try to place it away from low branches, the
perfect invitation for squirrels who steal food. What should you
feed wild birds? A specially packaged feed from your grocery
store, such as Purina Wild Bird Chow or Purina Sunflower Seed,
will attract many colorful and unusual birds. According to the
experts, it isn’t a matter of knowing your birds, it’s what you feed
them that counts I
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