Refugio Timely Remarks and Refugio County News (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1932 Page: 1 of 6
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Refugio Timely Remarks
VOL. IV.—No. 10
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_AND REFUGIO COUNTY NEWS__
KEFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, JANUARY 1, 1932
EVENTS OF PAST YEAR REVIEWED
FfHIM FILES OFTIHELYREMARKS
Tt is a sort of habit that at f a chamber of commerce for Re-
°f ®acb year P.®0' I fuSio- Mrs. Grace Toups Gay,
pie want to look back over the
year just past and visualize in
their memory the different
things that have occurred.
From the files of The Timely
Remarks wre have selected from
the headlines what we consid-
ered the most interesting hap-
penings and have set them down
below in chronological order.
a former resident of Refugio,
died in Corpus Christi.
February 20—Saberiano Can-
tu, aged 105, died. County Com-
missioners name election offi-
cers for county and memorial'
ized Congress to aid farmers in
this county who had suffered
from the excessive rainfall.
F- G. Young of Refugio and
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Many changes will be noted. Miss Alice Margaret Burke of
Many improvements have been Beeville were married in the
made to the town and many latter city,
more authorized. Although a! Febrnarv 97
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inp- ™S ?fSelSSad„duS th? C£™tv Federation of Worn-
ing the year just ended, and if
no unforseen obstacles present
themselves during the year now
beginning its ending will wit-
ness still greater changes.
Following is a -week-to-week
* account of events in Refugio
and Refugio County:
January 2—The county gave
the jail inmates- a turkey din-
ner on Christmas Day. Jack
Bryant routed a burglar with
unloaded shogun.
_ January 9—Roy Bartay was
killed in an automobile wreck
which happened on the highway
between here and Corpus Chris-
ti. C. R. Birmingham and Ma-
con Kelly were
crash.
iniured in the
an’s Clubs. W. H. Dunson, a
former resident of AustwelL
died at Abilene. Ex-service
men held a meeting at the Court
House and definitely decided to
organize a Legion post.
February 6—Refugio High
School athletes given sweaters
at a banquet held at the La
Rosa Cafe. The State Memo-
rial Park was being beautified
with shrubbery. There was a
baby show at the old Maeestic
Theater and the Refugio Phar-
macy installed a new soda foun-
tain and fixtures.
March 13—Little Inez Alex-
ander, 3-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs.
-- -•— — S. W. Alexander
January 16—Refugio Bap-|°^b*s wa® fatally burned
lists announce their intention 6fj wbf7n ber clothing caught fire
building a church. . Dr. T. J. j wk , .,sbe was playing with oth-
Strong had a lengthy article in
this issue setting forth the ben-
efits to a communitv of a mod-
em hospital. The basket ball
team of the Refugio High-
School defeated the VJoodsboro
basketeers in a hot game.
January 23—Refugio County
Commissioners met with the
commissioners of Bee County
in an endeavor to secure a State
designated road from Refugio
yto Beeville.
January 30—Father Donado,
who for more than 30 years
had served as pastor of Our
Lady of Refuge Catholic
Church, died suddenly at the
priest’s home. The State High-
er children. Martin McDonald
Post No. 298, American Legion,
was organized and a full com-
plement of officers elected. Bill
Sitterle and Paschal Huddleston
announced as candidates for
city marshal at the April elec-
tion and city politics began to ■ so
warm up.
$2 Per Year
& H. EMPLOYES ARE
FETED CHRISTMAS DAY
Heard & Heard, hauling con-
tractors, were hosts to their
employes Christmas Dav, pro-
viding the large H. & H. familv
with a sumptuous turkey din-
ner. Eight big turkeys were
AT THE RIALTO
JAMES WEBER REED
DIES SUDDENLY HERE
March 20—All county schools
were represented in the Inter-
scholastic meet held at Tivoli;
Tivoli was high scorer. Refugio
was granted a 9 per cent re-
duced fire insurance rate bv the
State Fire Insurance Depart-
ment.
March 27—District Court
convened for the spring term.
u Friday.
‘‘Blonde Crazy”—The age of
chivalry in review. A fast-
stepping bell hop with a weak-
r~* Ui5 tuiiuy/B were ness for blondes and a worldlv
baked and stuffed and trimmed wise chambermaid set out to ---------------------
with everything that is good to take the world for all it’s worth he dled from the effects
,go with turkey, and were en-i—and how they got Cheating drmkmg too much whisky or
!Joyed by whites, Mexicans and cheaters, trimming’ other intoxicating drink.
James Weber Reed, an oil
worker, was found dead Christ-
mas Eve night in some high
grass near the river. No marks
of violence were found on the
dead man and it is believed that
he died from the effects of
priest snome. me state Liisbi-w;, ; ; ,
way Department refused Refu-I ihe 1.°?al sch°o1 board received
^- - a petition, asking for an election
to vote bonds for the erection
gio County additional aid for
highway improvement. World
War veterans began a move to
organize an American Legion
post. Mrs. Lena Willis of Re-
fugio died at the Woodsboro
" Hospital.
February 6—Work was begun
on Refugio sewer system by
Wharton & Lee, the contrac-
tors. Deming’s Book and Gift
Shop opened for business. Manv
business houses were entered
during the week by burglars
Father Donado’s funeral was at-
tended by many churchman and
friends.
February 13—Poll tax pay-
ments for Refugio County were
announced as 1,565. Jimmie
Johnson set forth the needs for
of a new high school building
and took favorable action on it.
The Refugio Amusement Cor-
poration was organized and be-
gan preparations for the build-
ing of a $30,000 moving picture
theater. M. A. Gallia of Wood a-
boro took over the General
Service Garage from A. J.
Grindstaff. Gentry Jeter was
operated on for the third time
in a few weeks for an abscessed
leg.
j April 3—A move was set on
(foot to organize a volunteer
l fire department. Dr. T. J.
Strong purchased the Refugio
Hospital from Dr. Asa Wright
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negroes alike. Mr. Heard said shots—until a TNT climax endf He is known to have been under
that many present whom he their adventure in a blaze of a o the illfIuence of intoxicants just
never knew worked for the firm tion and laughs. James Came-' before his bndv waa disrnvprpd
—but it was Christmas, and .and Joan Blondel] are irTth'p
everyone was made welcome title role,
and given all they could eat.
Saturday.
monogram- picture.
OLIN W. FINGER OF AUSTIN a monogram- picture Th,
VISITOR AT VANCE HOME j gory from the pen of Peter B
Among the holiday visitors ^
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Sunday and Monday.
“Susan Lenox”—A gorgeous | “au\vc
woman, born to love, aloIHn 6 Y llV-ed m 4rk-
before his body was discovered.
Weber lived in a tent,near the
river, and it is supposed that he
was trying to reach his home
when he was overcome. He had
been dead only a short time
when found.
Weber had been in Refugio
about two years and v/as well
known about town. He was a
native of Arkansas, having for-
Two
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ARCADIA THEATER
Turner Vance were Clin W. Fin-
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David Cm,i™ piJr ^fr ^ad? tacks, caused supposedly by too
rovel co^e- UlK Feat! much drink, and it is believed
novel comes now as the finest
--r>-- j triumph of the one and only
ALTEEMAN SHOW WINDOW: parbo> with the perfect screen
PAINTED AND DECORATED iovfr> Clarke Gable, and i
cast.
Finger’s daughter and son-in-
law, and his mother and sister,
Miss Katherine Cox of San An-
tonio.
a noted
Woodsboro
FRIDAY (TODAY), JANUARY I
All-Star Thriller
“AFRICA SPEAKS”
Cartoon—“Little Trail” Comedy :%fo Ahead and Eat”
SATURDAY, JANUARY 2 (ONE DAY ONLY)
Richard Talmadge in
“SCAREHEADS”
Don’t Miss This—Lots of Thrills
Also Chapter 8, “Battling with Buffalo Bill”
Comedy
SUNDAY AND MONDAY, JANUARY 3 and 4
“HONEYMOON LANE”
With Eddie Dowling
Comedy: “Strange As It Seems” Comedy Product
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5 and 6 "
“PERSONAL MAID”
With Nancy Carroll
Comedy: “Peeking Into Peking”
One of the bright spots along --*
the main shopping block of Tuesday and Wednesday.
Commerce Street during the
new year will be the show win-
dows of Harry Alterman’s dry
goods store. Painters and deco-
rators have been busy this ,week
repainting and remodeling them.
The rear and sides of the win-
dows have been finished in Hol-
lywood style Spanish stucco, the
mottled many-colored effect of
which is beautiful, and Harry is
proud of them.
Frank Hartman, recently of
Corpus Christi, has accepted a
position with the Alterman
store. He is an expert show
card writer and store decorator
and is rearranging the interior
of Harry’s store so attractively
j that prospective shoppers can-
not help but enter, and once in-
side Harry will see to it that
they buy something.
Private Lives” — Norm a
Shearer alone or Robert Mont-
gomery alone—but put the two
together and you have superb
entertainment, Norma Shear-
er’s newest picture, taken from
the stage play, “Private Lives.”
Thursday and (Friday.
“Flying High”—A musical
comedv featuring Bert Lahr and
Charlotte Greenwood. A pic
iure of high entertainment val-
ue. On the same bill are Laurel
and Hardy in a four-reel com-
edy, “Beau Hunks,” also Para-
mount news.
that this was the cause of his
death.
Two men were arrested, how-
ever, and are being held in the
county jail pending receipts of
results from the analyzing of
the contents of the dead man’s
stomach, which was sent to
Austin for that purpose. It is
said the main purpose of hav-
ing the stomach contents ex-
amined was to determine wheth-
er or not Weber had drunk
ROBEO ATTENDED
BY LARGE CROWDS
Large crowds attended the
rodeo staged at the Clint Heard
pasture south of town Monday
and Tuesday. Heard & Heard
sponsored the entertainment,
‘ Long” Tom Heard being the
announcer, and proving himself
to be as good a ringmaster as
ever. Many visitors from all
over this section were present,
and especially noticeable wras
the number of riders and ropers
from other places.
J. D. Perkins, an expert roper
and rider from San Antonio
delighted the crowds on both
days with his fancy riding and
roping.
During the morning of the
first day the goat roping and
bronco riding contests were
held, with the following results:
F. S. Moore of Robstown,
first; time, 15 seconds.
John J. O’Brien of Refugio,
second; time, 25 seconds.
Tom Land of Refugio, third;
time, 29 seconds.
During the afternoon 23 en-
trants competed in the calf rop-
ing event for amateurs, with
following results:
First Event.
J. E. Rigsby of Sinton, first;
time, 8 seconds.
Taft Morrow of Odem, sec-
ond; time, 10 seconds.
O. H. Bluntzer of Goliad,
third; time, 16 seconds.
Second Event—Nobody Barred.
F. L. Moore of Robstown,
first; time, 7 seconds.
Gene Wright of Falfurrias,
second; time, 8 seconds.
Paschal Huddleston of Refu-
gio, third; time, 9 seconds.
Other riders and ropers par-
ticipating in the several events
were Hays Gilliam of San An-
tonio, Gene Wright and Bill
Musgrove of Falfurrias, Taft
and Joe Morrow of Odem F. L.
Moore of Robstown, E. H. Lane
of Odem, “Red” McColum of
Odem and many others.
The cigar race, which was
wTon Taft Morrow of Odem in
29 1-2 second, provided a lot of
fun.
The second dav (Tuesday)
was participated in only bv col-
ored riders and ropers, with the
following results:
Calf Roping.
Polo Reyna, first; time 8 1-2
seconds.
Will Shaw, second; time
10 1-2 seconds.
Fritz Green, third; time 11
seconds.
The cigar race was won by
C. B. Roberts in 32 3-5 seconds,
and provided lots of fun.
Good colored ropers and rid-
ers from all over the county
rode all the bad horses in Heard
& Heard’s corral.
Little Sutton was good on
steers.
poisoned whisky.
Funeral and burial were held
here Monday, interment being
made in Oaks Cemetery.
ECONOMY STORE HAVING
WINDOWS REDECORATED
BEAUTIFUL SERVICES
AT CATHOLIC CHURCH
Solemn high mass was cele-
brated Christmas morning at
7:30 o’clock. The Rev. Dr.
Joseph Fumherman of Corpus
Christi College was dean of the
mass, and Father Schriber, also
of Corpus Christi College, was
sub-deacon. Father Fumherman. ______
preached the sermon. The j he is optimistic as to the future.
church and altar were beautiful ---o--
in a profusion of Christmas dec-! Mrs. Mike Sullivan and son
nW10ASVaS? ?e nnSng °f the were the £uests <<Mr. and Mrs.
choir delighted all those pres- Raymond McGuill in Corpus j
- Christi over the week-end. ,
Decorators and painters are
busy this week redecorating and
painting the show windows of
the Economy Store. George
Solka, the manager, says that
he expects a good business after
the first of the new year and i*
p-oing to prepare to take care of
it.
Although manv people shop-
ped in nearby cities and towns.
Mr. Solka savs that his stow>
did a satisfactory business, and
MOV
FRIDAY (TODAY), JANUARY 1
“BLONDE CRAZY”
Featuring James Cagney and Joan Blondell
SATURDAY (ONE DAY ONLY), JANUARY 1
Hoot Gibson in
“WILD HORSE”
From the Pen of Peter B. Kyne
SUNDAY AND MONDAY, JANUARY 3 and 4
Greta Garbo and Clarke Gable in
■ “SUSAN LENOX”
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5 and~6
Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery in
“PRIVATE LIVES”
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, JANUARY 7 and 8
Bert Lahr in
“FLYING HIGH”
Coming Saturday, January 9
The Navy’s Big Parade—“SUICIDE FLEET”
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Jones, J. L. Refugio Timely Remarks and Refugio County News (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1932, newspaper, January 1, 1932; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1158726/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library.