Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1964 Page: 2 of 4
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Page 2 Refugio Timely Remarks, Thurs., Dec. 24, 1964
The Refugio Timely Remarks
Published Each Thursday at Refugio, Refugio County, Texas
Entered at Refugio Post Office November 10, 1929
Second-class postage paid at Refugio, Texas
Consolidated with Woodsboro Weekly Times
February 1, 1937
Consolidated with Refugio County News
January 1, 1919
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Refugio High School Dropout
Rate of Relatively Low Level
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
AGENTS NOTES
By Hrcdt
YOUTH COMMITTEE NAMED
Refugio. — The third and last
article on school dropouts released
by Mrs. Jo Ann Jordan, counselor,
is published below.
The dropout rate in Refugio High
School is relatively low, only five
and a half percent of total enroll-
ment in high school in 1963-64,
but the frightening total of seven
and half million who, the Labor
Department estimates, will drop
out of school in this decade will
be amassed in no other way than
by adding, hour by hour and day
by day, one young person to an-
other.
The importance of the findings
of national and state studies of
the dropout situation should not
oe minimized, but these studies
treat the problem in the mass. The
local concern, in contrast, is more
with the pupil as an individual.
Each early school leaver is an
individual person and therefore
different from all other persons.
He drops out, not because of some
overwhelming circumstance in our
society, but because for him as a
person something has gone wrong.
: The dropout problem must, con-
sequently, be tackled on a person-
• al basis. What can the home,
. school, and community do to pre-
vent an individual boy or girl
leaving school?
Parents and school personnel
need to be alert to warnings
that all is not going well in order
to be better able to mobilize the
preventive resources of the home,
school and community before it is
too late. Some danger signals are:
1. Overage for grade.
2. Level of achievement well be-
low indicated ability.
3. Repeated involvement in mis-
chief making.
4. 'Marked decline in quality of
work, especially after reaching
high school.
5. Constant need for attention
and recognition.
6. Perpetual dreamer, inatten-
tive.
7. “Why does every thing have
to happen to me?” type.
8. Chronic “excuse maker.”
9. Truancy and persistent tardi-
ness.
There is no specific inoculation
for the dropout virus, but there
are some “emotional vitamins”
that are useful in setting up resist-
ance to it. Self-confidence and self-
respect are the main ingredients.
The young person who lives in
an atmosphere where allowances
are made for individual strengths
and weaknesses usually retains the
incentive to try, realizing that
everybody does some things bet-
ter than he does others. The de-
sirability of excellence in some
fields can be recognized without
restricting activities to a limited
speciality.
School work depends to some
extent on parental attitudes. Par-
ents who show a real interest in
what youngsters bring home from
school in the way of ideas as well
as is more tangible evidence of
accomplishment, such as grade,
can help to build a respect for
learning.
Encouragement, friendly, consis-
tent firmness, and an absence of
constant criticism are often con-
structive home remedies when
danger signals show up.
Warning signals that are worth
hbbding at home are equally signi-
ficant in the classroom. The very
nature of the job of the classroom
teacher enables him to become
better acquainted with the pupil
than any other members of the
staff. He is often in a strategic
position to bring parents, counsel-
ors, and whomever else might be
helpful together to tackle the prob-
lems of the boy or girl who is a
potential dropout.
If parents, teachers, and coun-
selors, and the young person him-
self, can together sort out the
strengths to be relied upon and
the weaknesses to be combatted
in order to bring about improve-
ment, a start in the right direction
will have been made.
We are fortunate here in Refugio
in that local financial support has
enabled our schools to establish
programs, from the primary level
of high school, that allow for in-
dividual differences. Constant
study and evaluation is necessary
to fit the existing programs to
the needs of the individual student.
The school also needs to remain
alert for fresh approaches to
teaching, ever ready to try new
ideas and yet cautious of discard-
ing tried and proven methods too
quickly.
Some communities now include
work-study combinatoins in their
school program to keep more
young people in school. Actual
work experience often helps a
youngster realize why it is im-
portant to be able to read, to
spell, to do arithmetic, and to
write a paragraph correctly. Do-
ing something that is considered
worth while by adults also gives
a boy or girl a sense of being a
contributing member of society.
Although parents, and school
personnel, through their relation-
ship with youngsters, play the
crucial role in keeping them in
school, the community attitude to-
ward education can exert an in-
fluence, too. When an adolescent
finds someone to whom he can
look up, one who believes in him,
and in the importance of his be-
coming educated, he is apt to be-
come convinced of the usefulness
of -more schooling himself.
Many communities are beginning
to find that perhaps the greatest
service that can be offered the
early school -leaver is to provide
a continuing education program to
which they can return, as many
have expressed a desire to do,
part-or-full-time after a year or
two at work (or out of it!).
Encouragement and respect for
education in homes, good teach-
ing, guidance, and curricula in
school, and employment oppor-
tunities for youth all have a place
in keeping young people in school
Yet the core of the problem lies
in giving every boy and girl an
opportunity to gain the self-respect
so essential to becoming an in-
dividually satisfying and socially
effective person.
Refugio County program build-
ing committee named a youth com-
mittee, according to an announce-
ment released this week, by Ed-
gar Naylor, chairman.
Members of the new committee
are: J. F. Michna and W. A.
Reeves of Woodsboro, Mrs. Berne
Kelley, Refugio and C. C. Edge,
Tivoli. The youth committee will
explore the possibility of promot-
ing a youth center in Refugio
County.
Members of the Refugio Coun-
ty program building committee
have long felt the need of a cen-
ter of this type as the county has
many advantages to offer from
standpoint of wildlife, bayshore at-
tractions and other outdoor facili-
ties.
“During the past decade consid-
erable attention has been focused
by the U.S. Department of the In-
terior and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture in the creation of rec-
reational centers for youth,” Nay-
lor says.
ASC NEWS
By ODIE R. DOBIE
ASC COUNTY COMMITTEE
W. E. Naylor, Chairman; Franklin Nagel, Vice-Chairman;
H. H. Olson, Member
USD A ANNOUNCES 1985 GRAIN
FEED PROGRAM
COTTON MEETING
Refugio County program build-
ing committee plans countywide
cotton educational meeting—Mon-
day, January 4, 1965.
The annual meeting of the Re-
fugio County Unit of the South
Texas Cotton Improvement Assn,
will begin the full afternoon pro-
gram starting at 1:00 p.m., District
Court Room, Refugio. Robert
Heard executive manager of the
'STCIA, Victoria, will bring the cot-
ton growers up-to-date on proceed-
ings of the recent President’s Cot-
ton Committee meeting in Wash-
ington. Officers for the new year
will also be elected, according to
announcement made by Nelson
Gillespie, president of the local
unit.
A team of specialists from the
Texas A&M University, College
Station, will appear on the after-
noon program. Fred Elliott, cot-
ton specialist, will discuss cotton
varieties for the Coastal Bend
area. Other subjects to be discus-
sed are: insect control, Welden H.
Newton; fertilizer use and appli-
cation, John Box; and ginning
methods and harvesting mechani-
zation by Beverly G. Reeves.
75, about 1 percent lower than in
mid-October and 3 percent lower
than in November of last year for
U. S. averages.
The prices received by farmers
and stockmen stood at 134 percent
above base period (1910-1914).
Even with this lowering of
prices, the prices of things brought
by farmers stood at 213 percent
base period.
The parity ratio of 75 means farm
and ranch products will have to
rb-e 25 percentage points in order
for prices to be in line with what
farmers and stockmen buy.
Average prices across the nation
received by farmers and stockmen
for the following farm and ranch
products as of November 15, are:
com $1.04 bushel; grain sorghum
$1.88 cwt.; cotton 30.12c pound; cot-
tonseed $47.70 ton; flaxseed $2.93
bushel; hogs $13.90 cwt.; beef cat-
tle $17.70 cwt.; sheep $5.61; eggs
$34.0c dozen and wool 50.6c lb.
Effective parity prices for these
farm and ranch products as of
November 15, are: com $1.56 bush-
el; grain sorghum $2.44 cwt.; cot-
ton 40.75c pound; cottonseed $62.90
ton; flaxseed $3.82 bushel; hogs
$21.70 cwt.; beef cattle $24.70 cwt.;
sheep $7.79 cwt.; eggs 47c dozen
and wool 79.5c pound.
According to the Crop Report-
ing Board most important price
declines were reported for oranges
and hogs.
The index of prices paid, includ-
ing interest, taxes, and farm wage
USDA announced major provi-
sions of voluntary 1965 Feed Grain
Program, including decision to
keep total price-support levels for
cooperators the same as for 1964.
Within total price-support rates,
loan levels were decreased with
corresponding increases in pay-
ment rates. Diversion payment
rate will be same as for 1964.
Department officials said 1965
program designed to maintain par-
ticipators’ incomes at least as high
as current levels. They also stress-
ed that program will help maintain
overall feed grain income for pro-
ducers at near current levels, or
about one billion dollars a year
higher than the previous feed grain
programs.
Changes with total price sup-
port rate were made to encourage
greater participation in the pro-
gram by farmers. Department of-
ficials noted success of program
depends on level of participation
sufficiently high to offset program
costs by reduction in public in-
vestment in Government feed grain
inventories.
For 1985 program, a larger pro-
portion of price support will be
in payment form with some re-
duction in average loan rate for
all three feed grains.
Acreage substitution feature for
wheat and feed grain acreage
Which is new to program for 1965
gives producers more flexible
range of cropping opportunities
and income possibilities.
'Participation in both Wheat and
T. W. Duncan
Burled in Arkansas
rates rose 1/3 of 1 percent dur-1 fee(j grain programs will bring
ing the month ending November | ,more returns than non-participa-
15 because of higher prices paid tion, USDA officials said.
LOCAL AGRICULTURAL
PRICE CONDITIONS
Prices of many of the products
sold by farmers and ranchers in
the month ending mid-November,
decreased more rapidly than pric-
es of things Farmers and Ranch-
ers buy.
This lowered the parity ratio to
for items used in family living.
CROP AND LIVESTOCK
CONDITIONS
Rains of the second week of the
month slowed down all field work
early for the Christmas holidays.
Stockmen and farmers are all very
happy over moisture conditions.
Many farmers were able to finish
putting out fertilizer ahead of the
rains and most fields are in the
best winter conditions since 1962.
Flax planted ahead of the rains
is up to a good stand. Some 500
acres have been planted in the
county. Probably a like amount of
acreage will be seeded, weather
conditions allowing.
Farm vegetable gardens produc-
ing abundantly — no killing frost
thus far.
Range and pasture conditions be-
ginning to show some improve-
ment as recent rains boosted all
cool season grasses, clovers and
weeds. Considerably more moisture
will be needed to insure late win-
ter and early spring forage condi-
tions. Winter oat pastures are much
revived and most fields still re-
1964
$1.10
.84
The 1965 feed grain program sup-
port loan and payments are as
follows:
Loan Rate
1965
Com (per bu.) $1.05
Barley (per bu.) .80
Grain Sorghum
(per cwt.) 1.65
Support Payment
Com (per bu.) $0.20
Barley (per bu.) .16
Grain Sorghum
(per cwt.) .35
Total Support
Com (per bu.) $1.25
Barley (per bu.) .96
Grain Sorghum
(per cwt.) 2.00
$0.15
.12
The greater reduction in the
grain sorghum loan rate, which is
offset by a higher payment rate,
is needed to bring grain sorghum
price-support loan values more in
line with market prices of recent
years.
Program participants, since they
help cut Government costs by di-
verting acreage to conserving use
and thus reducing production, not
only can get price support loan
and purchases, but also price sup-
port payments, and acreage diver-
sion payments.
Since yields have trended up-
ward in recent years, moving five-
year average (1959-63) being used
for first time in 1965 generally will
mean higher price support pay-
ments for normal production in
major producing areas. This pay-
ment of 20 cents per bushel is
case of corn and related payments
for other feed crops will be paid
on acreage seeded for harvest with-
in permitted acreage, even though
drought, or other adverse crop
conditions seriously reduce produc-
tion on any farm.
To participate in program, pro-
ducers need to reduce their total
acreage of com, grain sorghum
and barley in 1965 by at least 20
per cent.
Diversion payments, if less than
40 per cent of base if diverted, will
be county support rate on one-fifth
of normal production for first 20
per cent diversion, and on one-half
of normal for remaining percent-
age.
Payments in kind for both di-
version and price support pay-
ments again will be made in form
of negotiable certificates with which
producer may receive grain from
CCC stocks or cash at county ASCS
office if he wishes assistance of
Commodity Credit Corporation in
marketing certificates. As previ-
ously, major part of price support
will be provided through loans.
Signup for feed grains and for
spring wheat will be from Febru-
ary 8 through March 26. During
the signup period, winter wheat
producers who signed up in wheat
program last fall may change their
intentions.
Refguio. — Thomas Weir Dun-
can of Aransas Pass died in a
local hospital at 7 a.m. Sunday,
December 13, after a short illness.
He was 82 years old at the time
of his death.
Duncan had lived here for about
15 years, having run a mattress
factory and second-hand furniture
store until he retired about two
years ago. He lived for a time in
Marble Falls, moving to Aransas
Pass about three months ago.
Funeral services were at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, December 15, at the
Murray Funeral Home in Arkadel-
phia, Arkansas. Burial was in Weir
Cemetery at Okolona, Arkansas.
Duncan is survived by his wife,
Fannie Lou, of Aransas Pass;
three sons, Charles of Lubbock,
Chester C. and Thomas Linden,
both of San Antonio; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Prinda Breedlove and
Mrs. Pearl Botwin, both of San
Antonio; three step-sons, M. F.
Lane of Refugio, D. O. Lane of
San Angelo and C. C. Lane of
Aransas Pass; four step-daughters,
Mrs. Lola Bishop of Bangs, Mrs.
Nina Wilson of Aransas Pass, Mrs.
Estella Spalueck of Aransas Pass,
and Mrs. Roxie Jackson of Reno,
Nevada; one brother, Bruce of Dal-
las, and one sister, Miss Jessie
Duncan of Dallas.
The moon is a quarter of a mil-
lion miles distant.
.23
$1.25
.96
2.00
main too wet to graze. Harvesting
of Angleton, Gordo and Practoria
grasses will start as soon as com-
bines can enter fields. A fair seed
crop has been set.
Livestock conditions remain fair
—most stockmen are increasing
supplementary feeding over mud-
dy ranch roads. A good number
of winter calves are being noted.
No screwworm cases reported dur-
ing week.
LOUIS GERMER
representing
Southwestern
Life Insurance
Company
Wales Insurance Agency
Refugio, Texas
Casa Grande, now a National
Monument, is a four-story apart-
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Salado Indians in Arizona.
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Feliz Navidad y
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