Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1954 Page: 5 of 12
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can child rhymes are a continua-
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Ray Wood Tells Texas Version
Of Mother Goose in This Paper
Patricia Johnston Becomes
Bride of James Kelly, III
Three Refugians To Attend
State Conference on TB
Communion Breakfast
For Jonette Whitlow
Miss Cynthia Strauch, Clarence R.
Selman, Mrs. Effie Southern and
housewarming given by Mr.
Mrs. Maurice Sessions at their
Hughes Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Dou-
glas Whitlow, Miss Betty Joyce
Wilkinson and Miss Sandra Lee
Nylon
Party Dresses
the Ryals’ yard on the basis of
the beautiful blooming flowers.
The home is located on the north
side of the Refugio-Austwell high-
way just east of the city limits.
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Douglas Whitlows Fete
Daughter on Birthday
Mrs. John Weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Hodges
William Winsett from Port Lavaca.
Two girls and a boy were bom
at the hospital in the past week.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Garza of Refugio, Texas
• George Washington had no
opponents for either of his
elections.
will also go to serve on the State
Board when it meets April 10.
nition each month to one of the
beautiful yards of Refugio.
Belor, Gilbert Boenig, Edna Ste-
wart, Mrs. Boyce Wimberly, Lud-
wig Zarsky, Sr. and Olivia Con-
chola.
B. Hammond was listed by the
the bridegroom and the grooms-
men Bob Lowery, Wilber Mechena,
Jr. and Fred M. Gouse, Jr. all of
Austin.
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nylon fabrics by Travis: a frosty snowflake
print, a crisp crinkle combined with lacy print,
a rippled weave with chromespun stripe.
All with voluminous skirts and the famous
Kate Greenaway secret pocket tucked away
in the skirt seam.
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Refugio.—Twenty - four patients
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tion of the Mother Goose tradition, | T..y L..aic ci.
which, coming from the old world,1 after the events which inspired
has served for the amusement and I them had been obscured by time.
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a team for massaging
Alpha Delta Phi sorority. IC. Hamilton of Georgetown.
Out-of-town guests were Mr. and i Mr. and Mrs. Pat Burke and
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J The Rev. Troy A. Sumrall, C. P.
'Vincent and A. G. Kinard went to
Houston last Saturday to see W. J.
. Derbornne, who is ill and in the
Hermann Hospital. Mr. Derbornne
is making steady recovery.
M. C. Heath spent the week-end
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birthday cloth depicting the Eas- flower girl, Kathy Johnston, niece ers, San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs. terly meeting of the Humble Gas
ter season and was centered with of the bride, wore a dress of Ameri- Gus Stobbs, Lavernia, Mrs. Stella and Production department on
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honoree at a birthday par- Bridesmaids were Miss Betty Mrs. James O. Kelly, housl, . children of san Antonio, rormeriy
ty Tuesday, March 30, given by Lou Vance, Miss Sandra Lee Moss, Mrs. A. H. Douglas and Mrs. Lola 1 of Refugio, were week-end visitors
her father and mother, Mr. and and Miss Carole Chiles. Their Hudson, Corpus Christi, Mr. and with relatives and friends here.
Mrs. Douglas Whitlow. I pink dresses were similar to that Mrs. Ed Hesse, Austin, Mrs. R. C. ' Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sorrells at-
The table was covered with a worn by the maid of honor.
Corpus Christi.
Miss Eleanor Sparks, who is at-
tending Southwestern University at
Georgetown, spent the week-end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
G. Sparks.
Mrs. Velma Milhollen and her
daughter, Mary Lou, Mrs. Nita
Epperson and Mrs. Ruby Epperson
went to Corpus Christi Sunday af-
terton to see the motion picture
“Ine Robe.”
and Mrs. John Paul Johnston, of' Caroline
Refugio, and Mr. and Mrs. James , Kelley, Mrs. Robert Woods,
. even rattlesnakes and dog ticks.
^American Mother Goose , and And many of these, he asserts,
Fun in American Folk Rhymes , are superior in wit, fantasy, and
in addition to serious studies in law -
and languages.
groom, served as best man.
A reception was held at the City
Hall immediately after the cere-
mony. The bride’s table was cover-
ed with a cloth of pink taffeta and
“Mother Goose in Texas”, a 1 entertainment of children for hun-
series of articles on Texas childlore dreds of years.
by Ray Wood, whose column,'
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ste heard the vows before an al- carnations and pink frosted lilies their son, Michael, Jr., went to
tar decorated with baskets of pink [ topped with two pink love birds. Bay City, last Saturday and visited
--3el: "he at i ...a" The tiered wedding cake was trim- with Mrs. O’ Donn el’s aunt, Mrs.
med with pink roses.
white lace and centered with
arrangement of pink stock
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and Places
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Mason of
Houston were business visitors here
this week.
Mrs. Allen Reilly went to Hous-
ton. Friday and returned Saturday.
While in Houston she visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Drake and Mr.
and Mrs. Woodson Hopkins. Mrs.
Dan Drake and son, David, and
Mrs. Woodson Hopkins and daugh-
ter, Charisse, returned with Mrs.
Reilly to visit for a week with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Linney.
Mrs. Sam Chamberlain and sons,
Jimmy, Jerry and David, spent the
week-end with Mrs. Chamberlain’s
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Johnnie Dorris, of Austin.
O. G. Moore, production superin-
tendent for the United Gas Com-
pany here, is in Dallas tms week
attending the Southern Safety Con-
ference and Exposition, as a dele-
gate. He left Sunday and returned
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Johnston
were Victoria visitors Saturday.
Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Bauer and
V. E. Heard went to Santiago on
Wednesday, March 23, to attend
the funeral of Mr. James Luby.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Baker spent
the week-end at Holland as the
guests of Mr. Baker’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. H. Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Ficklin were
guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John Q. English Tuesday evening
at Victoria.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Stewart spent
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From Woodsboro were Lenaro
Ray Wood, who calls Raywood, few of the Mother Goose rhymes
Texas, home, is an ex-Marine, of the world were known, parti-
author, artist, and folk singer, as cularly in the West and the South,
well as newspaper columnist. He Those that were known, were of-
has been called one of America’s ten changed to conform to Ameri-
most distinguished folklorists, can conditions, and literally hun-
Among his previously published dreds of rhymes had been invent-
Refugio.—Mrs. Georgia Heard
Tommy Johnston, Mr. and Mrs.
twined with plumosa.
Parents of the couple are Mr.
Greatest Buy of this
or any Year! <
E3 was given at the Refugio Country
M Club Friday evening, March 26
for the James Kelley, Patricia
t Johnston wedding party.
I Hostesses were Mrs. J. O. Kelly
and Mrs. Tommy Johnston.
The table was covered with a
linen cloth and centered with an
arrangement of pink gladoli and
white carnations.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
J. O. Kelly of Houston, Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs.
ceremony Saturday morning at
Our Lady of Refuge Church here.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. W, H. Ober-
Lee Robinson, Faye Sparkman,
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thereon was white and yellow.
Mr. Whitlow directed the games
for the children on the lawn.
There were twenty guests pre-
sent. Out-of-town guests were Mrs.
Charles Toudouze and children
Nancy, Susan and Sally of San.
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and । treasurer of the local organization.
Wilson Heard, local president,
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sheer good humor to the rhymes in
I the classic Mother Goose, some of
According to Mr. Wood, Ameri-1 which were not originally child
books are “Peckerwood Rimes,” ed about peckerwoods, jaybirds.
Mother Goose in the Ozarks,” possums, houn’ dogs, skunks, and
“What Happened to Mother Goose”
Refugio.—Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Whitlow honored their daughter,
Jonette Whitlow, with a First Com-
munion breakfast Sunday morning
March 28.
The table was all white. A white
linen cloth was used and the cen-
terpiece was an arrangement of
white carnations, iris and ranun-
culi. The service setting was milk
glass. i
Present at the breakfast were
the honoree’s god parents, Mrs.
Norman Comerford and Wilson
Heard. Others attending were Mis-
ses Ada and Grace Dorsey Mr.
and Mrs. V. E. Heard, and their
children Kathy, Vincent and Allen,'
Norman Comerford, Julie and Joel
Whitlow.
Miss Beatrice Reyna has been
selected by the Ladies Auxiliary
of the GI Forum as candidate
for state queen of the GI Forum
of 1954.
If Miss Reyna should win in
this district she will then com-
pete for the state crown. The
state coronation will be at the
Rice Hotel, Houston, July 17,
1954.
Votes sell for two cents each.
"That Ain't the Way I Heard It, • I But,,says Mr. Wood, until child-
appears regularly in the Houston ren s books were available gener-
Chronicle, will appear weekly in ally in this country - actually a
this paper beginning this week. little more than 75 years, only a
the week-end at Bay City as guests Hospital Wednesday, March 31.
of their daughter and her family, According to Hospital officials, the
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Darby. I following were from Refugio:
Mrs. Leslie Jeter was a Corpus I Master Alonza Arispe, Joseph
Christi visitor Tuesday. Benson, Miss Linda Faye Bland,
Miss Roberta Jones spent the Master Leonard Ray Bland, Emma
week-end in Corpus Christi as the Guenther
guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.; Lee Jones, Adela Lopez, Miss Shir
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Mrs. Edd Epperson had as her
guest last Friday her son-in-law,
Max E. Tolleson, of Dallas.
Mrs. Dave Roberson of Falfur-
rias visited in the home of her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Freeman,
Saturday, March 27, 1954.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Sparkman of Refugio,
Texas Saturday, March 27, 1954.
A baby boy was born to Mr. and
| Mrs. Gonzalo Conchola of Woods-
boro, Texas Wednesday, March 31,
M. M. Friday.
Miss Monday.
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sociation at a state meeting in Dal- eon and business meeting for the
las at the Adolphus Hotel Thurs- secretaries at 12:45 p.m. Friday.
The program for the three days
will include speeches by doctors
on the progress made in diagnos-
ing and treating tuberculosis. Area
chairman will discuss work being
done in their counties.
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Mr. Johnston gave his daughter When the couple left on a wed-
in marriage. She wore a dress of ding trip to Monterrey, Mexico the a. , .I ao ule gues. 2
white faille designed with a bouf- , bride was wearing a pink linen daughter and her family, Mr. and
Moss, bridesmaids, Don Kelly of! low rounded neckline was edged collar and peplum trimmed in
* ous on, bes man and ro er ofjin lace. A smal crown of Mother pearls and beads. She wore a pink Seadrift last Fridav and
of pearl roses held her finger-tip hat and black acessories. Her cor-Visited with Mr. Hodges’ mother,
veil of tulle. She carried a cas- sage of white ins. Mrs. Beulah Hodges.
The couple will make their home Mrs. M E. Brown has returned
stephanotis and lily of the.valley, at Austin, where the bridegroom to her home here after a visit in
Miss Betty Joyce Wilkinson, is attending the University of Tex- San Antonio and Georgetown with
maid of honor, wore a dress of as Law School. He is a member of relatives. She accompanied her
American Beauty net fashioned Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. Mrs. son-in-law, Carter Snooks, back to
with a bouffant skirt. Her shirred Kelly also attended the University Refugio Sunday as he returned
stole was trimmed with daises and of Texas. She is a member of the from a visit with Mr and Mrs. C.
her hat was a small shell of ruff-; Alnha Delta Phi sororitv.
a lamb cake surrounded by color- can Beauty net. ! Peeks, Miss Barbara Priour and Thursday, Friday and Saturday at
ful easter eggs. The cake with Don Kelly, brother of the bride- Miss Jane Edwards, of Skidmore.
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Otis Kelly of Houston. I Tommy Johnston, Mrs. Johnnie
Mrs. Thelma Heard played the Murphy, Mrs. W. A. Moss, Mrs.
wedding music and accompanied R. L. Moss, Mrs. Hughes Moore
the soloist, Mrs. Douglas Whitlow, and Miss Virginia Gilbert.
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and Miss Cecilia Talman will re- president of the Texas TB Secre-
present Refugio County’s TB as- taries, will preside over a lunch-
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mittee of the La Retama Garden
Club cooperating with the Refugio
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Johnston and James Otis Kelly,,
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