Refugio Timely Remarks and Refugio County News (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1936 Page: 1 of 8
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Refugio Timely Remarks
VOL. VIII.—No.
AND REFUGIO COUNTY NEWS
South Texas
By Bill Elliott.
Cotton Prospect.
Miss Louise Kinsler and
Russel H. Venn Are Wed
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The marriage of Miss Louise Kins-
ler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Kinsler, to Russel H. Venn was sol-!
emnized at 11 o’clock Saturday!
$2.00 a Year
Me
mona
IT.
ower to Be Erected on
Site of tLe Old Refugio Mission
The majority of cotton growers, en-i morning, Februaiy 8, at the home of
tering the new season without imme- !tbe bride’s parents, at a service read
cJiate prospect for any plan for con- j by Dr. William T. Riviere, pastor of
trol or regulation of production or j the Presbyterian Church of Victoria,
acreage, sees the outlook as becoming i Miss Ruth March gave the proces-
serious. Unrestricted planting is prob- jsional, Lohengrin’s “Wedding March,”
able and its only result can be larger and also accompanied Mrs. J. H. An-
and larger surpluses with consequent
lower prices for product. The'Tower
the price goes, the greater will be the
tendency to overproduce. It is a vi-
cious circle that major crop producers
will find themselves back in if the
Congress fails to act, and to act soon,
to provide a new farm plan.
Destruction of the AAA again has
made the agricultural problem the
football of American politics.
gerstein, who sang Cadman’s "At
Dawning” preceding the ceremony.
The young couple pledged their
vows before an improvised altar in
the large living room, fashioned of
native salt cedar, a background for
tall baskets of pink arid white carna-
tions and fern. The same decorative
scheme was used in the reception hall
and drawing room.
The bride entered with her father
The much cussed and discussed | to be given in marriage, the ring
Bankhead act, measure enacted to
make the voluntary cotton acreage
reduction program effective by impos-
ing a tax of approximately one-half
the market value on all bales in ex-
cess of a grower’s quota, is a thing
of the past. It has been called the
strong arm method applied to Federal
crop adjustment, but the farmers
liked it. At least they voted it al-
most 100 per cent strong. If a new
plan is not advanced, and that soon,
even the few'' growers who opposed
service being used. She wore an ex-
quisite creation of poudre blue rough
crepe, with black and white acces-
sories.
The dining room, where a decilious
bouffet luncheon was offered following
the marriage, was done in the pink
and white carnations and fern. The
lace-eovered dining table held a beau-
tiful three-tiered wedding cake,
wreathed with frosted lilies of the val-
ley, and. topped by a bride and bride-
groom under a swaying silver wed-
IfHt
Highway 113 Delegation iT TW:il
Goes to Austin Monday Locai -^eil Drill
1 est on J tea Lease
Delegations from Refugio and Vic-
toria counties will converge on8'Austin
Monday, Februaiy 17, to appear be-
fore the Highway Department in an- Surface casing was set Tuesdav m,
other attempt to have that body pave the Local Oil CompanyNo 1 W L
highway 113 in Refugio County. This Rea, situated on anVacre tract
Pie^ road< which connects mile west of town. The well is
was Started6 in^S^Sd ?1®h£ay’ !pected to Prove aP the 4,900-foot sand
completed Id Vt it ^ I disc0vered on the °PI>osite side of Mis-
~ P t-, ad but the topping. ! sion River by the Houston Oil Corn
Adkins and Chris West; Mayor L. R. ! dav W Spudded in Sur-
Jeter, City • Seretary J. c. Heard,
the Bankhead act may wish that it | ding bell. Assisting in serving were
Mrs. B. V. Hasselfield and Misses
Mildred and Elinor Kinsler.
Mr. and Mrs. Venn will make their
were in force before the end of the
new season.
Time Is Short.
With cotton planting time steadily
drawing closer there seems less like-
lihood of an effective measure being-
adopted to check the threatening ex-
cess production this year. Which
makes the cotton problem more acute
than it has been in many years.
Regulation of agricultural produc-
tion seems impossible without the
agency of a strong central organiza-
tion such as was provided under the
'AAA. The American farmer has
Seamed to co-operate to his mutual
benefit, it is true, but it becomes ever
more apparent that he must have the j the Humble Oil Company at
assistance of a centralizing organiza- town, near Houston,
tion.
home in Houston, where they will oc-
cupy an apartment on Sul Ross. The
bride wore for travel'her smart wed-
ding dress, a top coat of blue and
gray wool plaid and black and white
accessories.
Mrs. Venn is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Kinsler, and was
reared in Austwell, where she grad-
uated, finishing her education at
Denton. She has charge of the P. W.
A. office at Wharton, directing the
work of two counties.
Mr. Venn’s home is in Detroit
Michigan, but he is at present with
Bay-
And that organization appar-
iently must be set up under the gov-
ernment.
Farmers and farm organizations
had opportunity to'.learn a great deal
to their advantage under administra-
tion of the AAA. Its destruction
gives them opportunity to demand and
to secure a permanent program, more
skillfully devised and more efficiently
administered, but they must insist in
no uncertain terms that such meas-
ures be adopted. It is a good sign
that farm leaders and organizations
are advising the individual farmer to
speak out—and to do it in no uncer-
tain terms.
The many lovely gifts received by
the young couple attest to their pop-
ularity, and the best wishes of their
friends follow them to their new
home-
Those attending the ceremony were
Mrs. Murray Hall of Houston; Mrs.
Fred L. Feind of Newark, N. J.; Mrs.
D. V. Hasselfield, Mr. and Mrs. Her-
bert Hartman, Mrs. J. H. Angerstein
and John Rohre Angerstein, and Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Hartman of Tivoli;
Messrs. Vernon O. Bowles, Gerald G.
Hunt and Fred C. O’Hagen of Bay-
town; V. Feind of Victoria, Miss Ruth
Marcek, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gisler,
Mrs. C. N. Coward, Mr. and Mrs. b!
J. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Bailey and Roy Abbott of Austwell,
and Lake Moore of Houston.
to bT. L^V OGLU,
Archiie ci
Above is the architect’s drawing of the Memorial Tower and
Museum which is to be erected on the site of the old Mission of Our
Lady of Refuge. The plans have been approved hf those who are
behind the movement, and early action is expected. Funds will be
raised by public subscriptions, principally among the descendants
of the original founders of Refugio.
The Memorial Tower and Museum is to be built on the block
now occupied by other church buildings, probably between the church
and the new Priests’ Home, and facing Alamo Street, making three
sides of the building easily seen from the street.
The main structure is intended to house relics connected with
the early; history of Refugio County, many of which still exist.
Cost of the structure is estimated at between $5,000 and $6,000,
For Senator
Hilliard Announces for
State Representative
Saddles in Demand.
Frank Vela, Floresville saddler and
■ harness maker who has been the sub-
ject of remarks‘here several times in
the last two years, reports a steady
Increase in business which reflects a
much brighter general business out-.
■look over the country. j W. B. Hilliard of Taft has an-
Vela now employs eight men full |nounced his intention of making the
time in his well equipped shop. This !race tbis year for the Democratic
f ris the largest force he ever has em-! nommation for State Representative
ployed. The shop makes saddles tolfrom tilis—the 70th—district,
order and ships them to all parts of j Mri Hilliard has taken an active
the United States. The Floresville j Part m the political life of Southwest
business man frequently receives or-jTexas for the past 10 years. For
ders from distant parts of the coun- many years he was a county commis-
try. During many years of work he sioner in San Patricio County, and be-
tas built up an enviable reputation came well acquainted with residents
and a splendid business which is a of Refugio County through his activ-
credit not only to his home town but ity in having the old high line road
also to his section of the state. graded and maintained.
Mi. Hilliard will not be a stranger
in Austin should he be elected. He
Political Season.
The South Texas press begins to jmade many trips to the capitol while
be filled with announcements for of- ja commissioner. He was an active
fice by many aspirants for the politi- j member of the State County Judges
cal favor of the electorate. The show jand Commissioners’ Association,
soon will be on in all its glory and j „„^hould the Democratic voters of the
ithe line “at the urging of my many
[friends I have consented to announce
for” this or that office will be a fa- ________
iliar one in the public print. It is ! ^beb candidate, they will elect a ca-
timated that from 20,000 to 30,000 j pable man and a tireless worker,
en and women will seek public of- —--o—--
[fice in Texas this yea,. Williams in Austin to
Live Oak Report.
Farmers of Live Oak County
learned a lesson during the depression
MORRIS ROBERTS.
Mr. Roberts announces this
week as a candidate for State
Senator from the 18th district,
of which Refugio County is a
part.
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Judge Long Tom Heard
Representative Roberts
to Run for State Senate
Morris Roberts of Pettus has au-
thorized The Timely Remarks to . an-
nounce this week his candidacy for
state senator from the 18th senatorial
district. He would succeed Senator
E. J. Blackert of Victoria, who has
already announced that he will not
seek re-election.
Roberts has been a member of the
lower house of the state legislature
for the past two terms, representing
the 70th district, composed of Refugio,
Aransas, San Patricio and Bee coun-
ties. He now holds that office.
As a member of the lower body,
Roberts has served on some impor-
tant committees, he being a member
of the appropriation committee dur-
ing the present term. Besides that
committee, he has served on the com-
mittees on game and fisheries, oil,
gas and mining insurance.
Roberts has been prominently men-
tioned as a candidate for speaker of
the next house if he should run for
re-election to the present position. He
has decided definitely that he will
seek the senate post rather than run
again for the house.
A native of Bee County, Roberts
has lived his entire life at Pettus. He
is 30 years old, married and has a
three-year-old daughter. He is in
Sheriff Ira Heard and J. L. Jones of
The Timely Remarks'. According to
President Joe W. Sneed of the Refu-
gio Rotary Club, that organization
will send a delegation also, the per-
sonnel of which will be determined at
the Thursday Rotary luncheon.
Both Tivoli and Austwell are ex
pected to send large delegations, as
it is to these two towns the road
means so much.
Judge Jeter has arranged for the
hearing before the body Monday and
has urged everyone interested in the
completion of 113 to be in Austin on
the appointed day.
“Believing this to be a...good time
for a move toward the completion of
highway 113,” Judge Jeter stated in
^ a letter to T. C. Holeman of McFad-
den, “I have accordingly made ar-
rangements for a hearing before the$
commission on Monday, February 17.'
I have notified several of the Tivoli
and Austwell people, and I am ask-
ing that you help me give publicity
to this hearing.
“It is my suggestion that you urge
anyone interested in Refugio or Vic-
toria County roads to make this trip
with us. I will: be glad to hear any
suggestions you may have to offer.”
Delay in completing this important
j piece of Refugio County road has for
four years been an impeding force in
highway construction in this county.
Its completion was promised by the
State Highway Department as part
of a trade between Refugio County
and the department when this county
turned over its roads funds, amount-
ing to about a quarter of a million
dollars, to the state. Should this
troublesome problem be gotten out of
the way, it is believed the county
court will enter vigorously into secur-
ing the right-of-way for highway 29
from Refugio north to the Goliad
County line.
The Local Oil Company wras organ-
ized here recently, its officers and
stockholders are all Refugio people
who hope to renew activity in this
section of the Refugio field. Sam
Kogan is president of the new com-
pany; L. A. MeCaghren, vice presi-
dent, and Sam Chamberlain, secretai v
'land treasurer.
Important Subjects Are
Shown by March of Time
The March of Time, in its new is-
| sue, showing at Low’s Rialto Feb-
ruary 16 and 17, again turns its cam-
era on three important subjects—the
country’s most ambitious experiment
in regional planning, the TVA, the re-
cent colonization of the United States
of three remote Pacific islands, bases
for a new air route to Australia, and
the loneliest man in France, “Mon-
sieur de Paris,” hereditary guillotiher
of the republic.
In its TVA episode, March of Time
pictures the whole vast scope of the
project. The major objectives are
shown—flood control, navigation and
agricultural improvement—all of
which the TVA proposes to furnish a \ A se^es °f small robber jeto occurred
national yardstick for measuring elec- jin Refu§io over the last week-end and
tricity costs. j during tbe, first part of this week. Thr
In full collision with TVA, the elec- | robberies are believed by officers to
trie power corporations march to the !bave been committed by a band which.
According to Mr. Chamberlain, only
a suffficient amount of stock will be
sold to complete the well just begun,
and owing to the fact that the 4,900-
foot sand has been encountered 1,000
feet to the west of the Rea No. 1
it is considered almost a certainty tc
be a producer. In this case it is
planned to drill three more wells on
the 80-acre tract, which in turn will
force the/' drilling of approximately 2Q
offset wells on adjoining leases and
start a campaign of drilling in this
section that will last at least for
year.
If the sought-for sand is not
countered, it is planned to mai
commercial gas well, and thereby
sure investors in the company again
loss, according to Mr. Chamberlain.
The acreage has never been drifted
deeper than 3,700 feet, from wlF
level two wells on the lease prodtifFy
for several years before being ^
hausted. Since the lease was give”,
up the 4,900-foot sand has been dis-
covered and has gradually been
proven good up to within 1.000 feet
of the western boundary of the Rea
land.
Besides those who are financially
interested in the well, it will bf
watched with much interest, and a
good producer from the heretofore un-
explored lower levels would mean a
big stimulus to business in RefugL
for some time to corfi^.
Victoria Ed ??cati>r ^falk -
to Local Fellowship Club
Porter S. Garner, superintendent of
Victoria schools and president of Vic-
toria Junior College, was the princi-
pal speaker at the semi-monthly
luncheon-meeting of the Fellowship
Club, held at the Presbyterian Church
Monday night. His speech, which
was on the subject of “Fellowship,
was pronounced a treat by those wh :
heard it. A Ladies’ Trio, compose',
of Misses Tavali, Anne and Leah El-
kowitz of Victoria, sang several num-
bers, and Porter Garner, Jr., sang
two solos.
Refugians Suffer from
Series Night Robberies
70th district, which includes Refugio,
Bee, San Patricio and Aransas coun-
ties, see fit to choose Mr. Hilliard as
Attend Water School
Presides Over Co. Court!business at Pettus and has been since
completing his education.
During .the time I have served my
district and state in the legislature
I have always tried to do my best to
make a good representative. If the
people of the 18th senatorial district*
elect me their senator, I will continue
w Rb that thought to make my district
and state
In the future it will be “Judge Long
Tom Heard.” The title was earned
when the county commissioner was
chosen to preside over this week’s
term of Commissioners’ Court as a
substitute for County Judge T. G.
Jeter, who is in Mt. Pleasant, Texas,
on county business.
The session transacted only routine
matters during the two-day session,
starting Monday. All the four com-
missioners were present.
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Stahlman Not Moving
Refugio Yard to Taft
a good senator. I believe
I am capable of doing that, and that
is the reason I am asking my friends j ...
to place me in this higher office,” Wltb New Zealand and Australia.
Roberts stated.
U. S. supreme court to challenge the
government’s right to finance a busi-
ness competitive to private interests.
On the court’s ruling depends tremen-
dous consequences to the entire na-
tion.
March of Time also phofo-reports
the secret settlement of three barren
islands in the Pacific by U. C. colon-
ists last summer. These islands, hith-
erto claimed by Great Britain, are to
be used as bases for a new American
air route, planned to connect Hawaii
“I intend to make a thorough can-
vass of the entire district and it is
my desire to come in contact with as
many of the citizens as possible. I
vvajlt them to know me and I want to
the news item appearing in last | know them. I want to know their
In the third episode are presented
the only motion pictures ever made
of Anatole Joseph Francois Diebler,
third generation of a dynasty of ex-
ecutioners.
has been operating in Victoria re-
cently, and that members of the ban<.
drop in to Refugio at night, commit
their petty crimes, and are gone by
morning, leaving no clue for local offi-
cers to work on.
Probably the greatest sufferer from
these night visitors was Coach A. L
Smith of the Refugio High School.
Tuesday night thieves entered his ga-
rage and stole a suitcase which con-
tained clothing valued at about $50
which he had left in his car. The
suitcase /also contained $35 in money '
making the total loss to the coach
around $85. The car was not locked
While most of the robberies have
been confined to automobiles, the per-
week s issue of The Timely Remarks
-----------------0_____I- C. (Buck) Williams, superintend- ! ^ reference to Stahlman Lumber
lat has enhanced their income at!ent Refugio’s water system left : ompany, Inc., moving their Refugio
feast “tenfold,” according to a report! Monday for A. & M. College, where j ya£d to Taft was in error-
“ the George West Herald. . |he will spend the week attending a - The ltem should have read:
Of the 1935 crop the farmers of j school of instruction for waterworks
lat territory shipped 92 cars of corn, j superintendents. The school is under
views on all questions, as I have
always welcomed opinions while I
served in the house,” he said.
( The 18th senatorial district is com-
The posed of the following counties: Re-
[35 cars of spinach, and a number of I direction of the Texas board of health 1rexas- and at the present about
W cars of hay and other feed products. j and is free to all who attend. ’1 -f the stock has been moved. The
Thousands of dollars were realized1
| weather permitting, the move will be
from eggs, turkeys, cream and o*her! • j completed not later than this week,
home products shipped or sold on the • “UltSyiVaHia, oUSHieSS jTbls move is part of the expansion
local market. | Man Here on Business
union raisers reaped a harvest, re- i __
ST a*air price.for what tbeyj S. W. Traylor of Allentown Pa
1S6C' 1 left Wednesday after spending severai
Stahl n Lumber Company, Inc, is Lg£ Vic-’
l°fvGollad' Bee' oak. Atas-
cosa, Karnes, DeWitt and San Patri-
cio.
WU compare-favorably with any coun- j days here looking after his oil inter
- the state when it comes to di- {ests in the local field. He was ac-
farming and raising only ; companied by Mrs. Traylor. Mr Trav-
in
rtified
3h produce as will bring the best j lor, who 7s a foraeFmayor ‘of' Allem
SS'. . ! town, is a brother of E. W. Traylor
’ ? SayS' “tbat; of this city. He and Mrs. Traylor are
£® X ° ^ky farmers are ln bet' well known in Refugio, having spent
e state/1’0"’ finaGCia,ly’ than any in .much time here during the past 10
years.
program Stahlman Lumber Company
ie making beginning with the year
3 9o6 and to date includes acquiring
10 lumber yards in southwest Louisi-
ana.
tuxes o, “MoSux- TPS' “eir sphere .atAc-
him in the garden of his obscure house
in Paris and later as the guillotiner
journeyed to Corsica, for the execu-
tion of Andre Spada, that island’s
famed bandit.
The March of Time is released.'
Carl Hugo will be the manager of
the Taft yard and Robbin Powers the
assistant manager. Both men were
with the Port Lavaca yard.
J. R. Reynolds, who has supervised
the yards in this district for the past
year-, will have the Taft y$rd in his
district, and will remain in'kefugip,
which yard is not being moved.
Heard & Heard Horse
Wins at Alamo Downs
Kentucky Wonder, a two-year-old
Slly owned by Heard & Heard of this
city, won her third victory for the
piesent nice meet at Alamo Downs,
San Antonio, last Monday when she
galloped home ahead of a field of
thoroughbreds in the fourth race.
The time made by the local entry
for the three furlong^ was 35 seconds
flat, equaling the track record for the
tivities Saturday night when thej-'
stole several chickens belonging to tffi
Pigg'ly Wiggly grocery and kept iff
coops at the rear of the store.
Three cars parked in front of the
Mission Hotel were damaged Tuesday
monthly through RKO and shown at | J?” attempts to rob them, but;
the Rialto Theater l ° 1 y one was entered. A blanket rep-
_o_ [ resented the only loss in this case
; The victims were E. S. Enderle, S. W
I Traylor and Vicente Olivares, ah
guests at the hotel for the night. The
door handles on Mr. Enderle’s ca:
were broken off and a door and glass
oapaaged on Mr. Trajdor’^c.ar, but the
robbers evidently were frightene<
away before they had time to com-
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Harrison born.
February 10, 1763—Seven Years’
War ended by Treaty of Paris.
February 11, 1847—Thomas A. Ed- I Pl6t6 robbin§' tbe cars-
ison born at Milan, Ohio. j Monday night a burglar entered the
February 12, 1809—Abraham Lin- I. °f ?*fS‘ Audrey Adkins anc
coin born. • ransacked dresser drawers and clos-
ets. A large number of struck
matches on the floor indicated that a
lengthy search was made for valua-
bles. Nothing was missing.
Februarv 15 isos tt c q tu- • ! °fricer® are investigating'the rob-
reoiuary 15, 1898—U. S. S. Maine benes m the hope of puttine a qf nr, t,
blown up in Havana Harbor, J the epidemic of petty-thievery. 1
February 13* 1879—First passenger
train in New Mexico.
February 14, 1859—Oregon
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