Refugio County Record (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 14, Ed. 2 Monday, November 25, 1963 Page: 1 of 4
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New President
Dallas. — President Lyndon
Johnson of the United States was
sworn in by Federal District Judge
Sarah T. Hughes of Dallas aboard
the presidential plane in Dal-
las. After the swearing in cere*
mony the plane took off for Wash-
ington.
President Johnson has designat-
ed Monday a national day of
mourning for slain President John
F. Kennedy.
People Become
Eligible for
OAB Insurance
Victoria. —j During 1963, some
people will becomie entitled to the
miaximfum social security old age
insurance benefit of $127 mlonthly,
according to Maurice E. Owen, so-
cial security district manager in
Victoria.
The requirements for the maxi-
mum monthly benefit in 1963 are
that you mpst have been born be-
fore 1897 (1900 for women) and
have credit for earnings of $4800
yearly under social secruity from
1959 through 1963. ..
Since 1959, the maximum! earn-
ings creditable for one year has
been $4800. Before 1959 the maxi-
mum was less than $4800. The So-
cial Security Administration deter-
mines the amount of your monthly
benefit based on the average
amount of your earnings for a cer-
tain num(ber of years. Your year
of birth determines how many
years are used. Fi)v|e years of
earnings are used in computing
the benefit of a man bom before
1897.
The ^ highest monthly
rate for a man retiring this year
who was bom after 1896 will be
about **$125 monthly even though
maximum earnings have been cre-
dited every year, advised Owen.
This is because he would need
credit for mpre than 5 years earn-
ings at the $4800 level to get $127
monthly from/ social security.
CityCourt
October
Fines Given
Refugio. — List of Corporation
Court fines for the Town of Re-
fugio during the month of October,
1963 includes:
Jose A. Serrata, Refugio, No
Driver’s License, $15.00.
Dave M. O’Riley, Refugio, Care-
less Driving, $25.00
/Robert L. Dyson, Refugio, Muf-
fler Violation, $15.00.
John T. Galiga, Refugio, Fail
Yield Right of Way, $15.00.
Sherry J. Wallace, Refugio, Run
Red Light, $10.00.
Lawrence L. Malaise, Refugio,
Fail Yield Right of Way, $15.00.
Michael A* McGuill, Refugio,
Speeding, $10.00.
Billy Martin, Refugio, Illegal
Parking, $5.00.
Harmon E. Guynn, Corpus
Christi, Speeding (school zone),
$10.00,
Billy E. Ross, Corpus Christi,
Run Red Light, $10.00.
Joseph E. Wilson, Corpus Chris-
ti, Run Red Light, $10.00.
Eugene E. Dewoody, Corpus
Christi, Run Red Light, $10.00.
Joe T. Treadaway, Corpus Chris-
ti, Run Red Light, $10.00.
Cristobel Lopez, Corpus Christi,
Speeding, $10.00.
Oral V. Renwick,’ Corpus Christi,
Speeding (school zone), $15.00.
Felix Salanis, Robstown, Speed-
ing (school zone), $20.00.
Walter G. Hester, Woodsboro,
Careless Driving, $25.00.
Melvin K. Gillespie, Woodsboro,
Speeding and Muffler Violation,
$25.00.
James F. Hesseltine, Sinton,
Speeding, $10.00.
John O. Wallace, Ft Worth,
Speeding and No Driver’s License,
$25.00.
Luis Lopez, Houston, Speeding
and No. Driver’s License, $25.00.
Willie B. Harris, Houston, No
Trailer License Plate, $15.00.
Marcello H. Varela, Cuero,
Speeding (school zone), $10.00.
Frank J. Mackicek, Gonzales,
Speeding school zone), $10.00.
Mrs. 6elna Branlette
Boz 605
Binten* i1 eras
S/S£
Grain Available
For Maintaining
Foundation Herds
Goliad. — Feed grain is avail-
able for maintaining foundation
beef cattle herds in Goliad Coun-
ty. “Grain Sorghum* is available
through the Emergency Feed
Grain Program!,’’ reports Marshall
McDonald, A.S.C.S. Office Manag-
er.
The grain is available from the
Goliad Elevator and Storage Comj-
pany at a price of $1.72 per hun-
dred weight. When calves are be-
ing fed along With the foundation
herd, you can purchase grain at
a higher price than through the
program.
You may purchase this grain for
other than foundation herd private-
ly if you want to. The grain can
be used in mixtures, pelleted, or
any other form that best suits your
operation.
Producers may make applica-
tion and pay for the grain at the
Goliad A.S.C.S. office. “Come by
the office for additional details,”
adds McDonald.
From Harvey G. Hoermann
County Agricultural Agent
Goliad, Texas
Goliad County
Grazing Short
Refugio County Record
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VOLUME X—NO. 14
REFUGIO COUNTY RECORD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1963 FOUR PAGES_TEN CENTS
Aids Beside Retirement
Offered by Social Security
“Wihy worry about social secur-
ity? I’mj not going to get it until
1990 anyway!”
That’s the attitude somje young
people have when they hear talk
about social security or see the
deductions on their payslips, said
Maurice E. Owen, District Man-
ager, Victoria Social Security Of-
fice.
Actually, the majority of these
ilies of workers who have died.
It also privides payments to the
worker and to members of his
family should he become totally
disabled.
Although the people in the so-
cial security office do the best
they can to see that these pay-
ments are properly made, they
cannot help you unless they know
ur problem. So it’s important
KENNEDY
ASSASSINATED
Governor
Recovering
Dallas — Gov. John Connally
was brutally shot Friday, Novem-
ber 22, by the same unknown as-
sassin that assassinated President
John F. Kennedy.
Connally is “quite satisfactory”
his attending surgeon sai,d Sunday.
Dr. Robert Shaw, professor of
heart and chest surgery at South-
Western Medical School here, add-
ed that he thinks the governor will
recover from the bullet wound of
the right chest “without signifi-
cant disability.”
Shaw predicted that Connally
would have to stay in Dallas Park-
land Hospital for 10 to 14 days.
He said the governor was struck
they will find that social security
deductions made now will pay off
in social security benefits when
they really need therm
But, social security is much
more than old-age benefits. It is
valuable protection during your
working years as Well as after
them. It provides payments of as
mluch as $254 a month to the fam-
young people Will eventually b(|j||fpg:t you, the worker, and men>
come 65 and older. Eventually gu, rs of your famjily know sorne-
tfflng of the law; at least enough
to know that the only way you
or your family can get benefits is
by applying for therm They don’t
start automjatically. How do you
go about it? Get in touch With the
Victoria Social Security Office.
There are three occasions when
you or your family should get in
touch with your social security of-
fice; when you are planning to
retire, even a few months ahead
of time; should you become dis-
abled; and in the event of your
death.
Of course, you can call on your
social security office for informa-
tion at any time. Keep up to date
on the changes in the social se-
curity law. Be sure that you know
the benefits you are entitled to.
And be sure you don’t run the risk
of losing them by not applying for
them.
Pearl Harbor Day
Survivors Annual
Meet in Dallas
Dallas. — Pacific Survivors of
Pearl Harbor Day, Inc., of Texas,
Will hold its second annual con-
vention in Dallas, Texas on Sat-
urday, December 7, 1963. The one-
day convention Will begin with a
ceremony at 11:55 a.m, Dallas
time (7:55 a.mi. Hawaiian time)
at the Pearl Harbor Memorial in
Laurel Land Mfembrial Park, Dal-
las. Beginning at 1:00 p.mi. a
business meeting will be held at
VFW Post No. 1837 in downtown
Dallas. A dinner - dance will be
held that night at the Officer’s
Club, Dallas Naval Air Station.
<Goliad. — Many beef cattle pro-
ducers are going into the winter
with very little or no grazing. The
drouth conditions are generally
widespread throughout this area erf
Texas,
Critical situations are cropping
benefit ■"UP. When the pastures have been
depleted, producers are forced in-
to an emergency. If there is no
pasture, you are faced with many
decisions.
If there is no pasture, some of
the decisions you mjay make are :
(1) Sell replacements. (2) Wiean
and sell calves as early as pos-
sible. (3) Cull low producers, and
(4) Confine to a trap or drylot
and feed.
When the above condition exists
and the total feed intake has to
be supplied, probably the cheapest
method will be to limit feed in-
take with salt and supply energy
by feeding sorghum grain. Rough-
age is high in cost and low in
energy, yet somje is necessary for
rumjnant digestion.
Self-feed a mixture of:
34 per cent — ground sorghum
grain
33 per cent Protein supple-
ment (41 per cent)
31 per cent —< salt
29 per cent — trace mineralized
salt
Cattle will consume about five
pounds of the above mixture de-
pending on the quality and quan-
tity of roughage. This mixture is
deficient in Vitamin A. Mature
cattle need about 40,000 Interna-
tional Units of vitamin A daily
per head. The synthetic form, may
be fed, placed in controlled drink-
ing water or injected. It may also
be given in large quantities at
one time. It is not advisable to
mix and leave expose^ to sun-
light, air and heat.
Roughage may be fed by limit-
ing the amounts daily. Low qual-
ity roughage would be better
ground, but grinding cost is doubt-
ful. Rice hulls need to be ground
regardless of cost to prevent in-
testinal irritations.
More details rrifiy be had by get-
ting a copy of “Emergency Feed-
ing of Livestock” B-218, from, the
County Agricultural Agent’s of-
fice.
by a bullet that entered the right A Texas State Charter was is*
chest, emerged and, fractured his sued to this newlv formed non-
right wrist, then entered the left / profit group on May 1, 1963 fol-
tliifgh. & lowing its constitution on Decemj*
-Gov. Connally lost about 1 % ber 7, 1962. Membership is
quarts of blood but the blood has
been replaced with transfusions.
The governor was told of Presi-
dent Kennedy’s death Sunday
morning when he awoke. Mrs.
Connally was at his side.
“What about the President” he
asked- >
“He is dead”, Mrs. Connally
said.
‘I was afraid of that” the gov-
ernor said.
From, his hospital bed, the gov-
ernor procliamfed Mbnday the day
of the President’s funeral, as “an
official day of mourning in Tex-
as.”
New
Arrivals
1 BLUE 0 PINK
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Lee of Re-
fugio are parents of a boy bom
November 23, 1963.
SEEKS IMPORT CURB
A law to back up the State High-
way Commission Order (voided by
the courts) to curb use of steel
imports on state projects has been
proposed by a legislative commit-
tee.
Supreme court has held that the
1960 “Buy America” order in-
fringes on state law requiring
competitive bidding.
Austin, Texas. — Our guests of
honor did not arrive.
A “Texas Welcome Dinner” in
Austin, honoring President and
Mrs. Kennedy and Vice President
and Mrs. Johnson, was cancelled.
President Kennedy was. assassi-
nated in Dallas during the noon
hour Friday, just a few hours ber
fore he was to be the guest of
3,000 Democrats of Texas at one
of the largest honor banquets ever
held in the Lone Star State.
He died of bullet wounds receiv-
ed while in a motorcade enroute
to a speaking engagement at the
Dallas Mart.
It Was a bright, sunshiny day,
suddenly turned into darkness and
gloom . . . not just in Dallas and
Austin, but throughout the world.
Unquestionably it was the black-
est Day in Texas history.
Orin L. Haney
Services Monday
Refugio. —> Orin L. Haney, 60,
a gasoline distributing agency emv
ployee and resident here 31 years,
died in the local hospital Saturday
night.
Requiem Mass will be celebrat-
ed at 10 a.m1. Monday in Our Lady
of Refuge Catholic Church.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr Williami H
Oberste will officiate. \
Burial Will be in Mount Calvary
Cem)etery, with Starbuck - Toland
Funeral Home in charge.
Haney is survived by his wife,
Elizabeth; two sons, John G, Han-
ey of Gretna, La., and Anthony
O. Haney of Refugio, and two step-
sons, Wallace J. Benedick of
Grand Prairie and Francis J.
Benedick of Bloomington.
tended to all members of the Arm-
ed Forces who Were outside the
continental limits of the United
States in the Pacific Theatre on
December 7, 1941. This includes
all men of any of the Armed For-
ces on any ship or island in the
Pacific and those on Asiatic land
duty on that date.
To date, 240 such veterans re-
presenting every branch of the
service have been contacted1 in ad-
dition to five other organizations
of similiar nature.
A complete roster will be com-
piled and issued to all paid mem-
bers after the 1963 convention has
been held. It will show current ad-
dresses, rank-rate, and ship-sta-
tion on December 7, 1941. It will
be a handy guide for renewing old
friendships. Dues for 1964 will bq
$2.00.
For further information all such
Pacific veterans are requested to
send their name and address
to Pacific Survivors of Pearl Har-
bor Day, Inc., P. O. Box 3894, Sta-
tion A, Dallas 8, Texas.
Help keep the “fires of free-
dom” burning brightly this Yule-
tide season with gifts of U. S. Sav-
ings Bonds. Give one to every
member of your family.
Gift Shop
Extended
Refugio. — The American Leg-
ion Auxiliary Unit 298 “Gift Shop”
has been extended another week,
it was announced by Mrs. E. S.
Margerum
■Gifts may be deposited at the
Sinclair Service Station from, now
til November 30th. These gifts are
for the veterans in the Naval Hos-
pital at Corpus Christi.
These veterans are from) all
parts of South Texas, and the pre-
sents you give to them will be
sent home as a Christmias gift
from the veteran.
Let's all join together and make
a veteran happy this Christmas,
so he can make a loved one happy
too. If you prefer, you may send
$1.25 to Mrs. C. S. Margerum),
Route 1, Box 52, Refugio, Texas,
and she will buy a present for the
veteran.
Week's Weather
REFUGIO COUNTY
TRAFFIC TOLL
1963
DEATHLESS DAYS
310
DEATHS THIS YEAR
1
Last Death January 20, 1963
1962 TRAFFIC DEATHS
14
Dallas. — President John F. Kennedy, thirty-fifth
president of the United States, was shot to death Friday,
November 22, 1963 by a known or unknown assassin
armed with a high-powered rifle.
Kennedy, 46, was shot by a sniper from a six-story
building, at 12:30 (CST) and died about 30 minutes
later in a Dallas hospital.
It has been said, that perhaps the most memorable
statement spoken by President Kennedy during his two
years and 10 months in office, were made during his
inaugural address to the nation on January 20, 1961.
The President declared:
“My fellow Americans: Ask not what your country
will do for you — Ask what you can do for your coun-
try.”
President Kennedy’s burial will take place in Arling-
ton National Cemetery in Washington today, Monday,
November 25, 1963.
National Infant Testing Program
Helps Prevent Mental Retardation
Nov. 18
Rain High
83
Low
63
Nov. 19
SO
67
Nov. 20
Fog 85
67
Nov. 21
82
64
Nov. 22
.
.03 82
65
Nov. 23
67
45
Nov. 24
70
39
A major advance in early
detection of one of the hid-
den causes, of severe men-
tal retardation is fast prov-
ing its worth, thanks to the
“help” of thousands of new-
born babies.
These children are among
the first to benefit from a new,
nationwide screening program
for early detection of PKU
(phenylketonuria), an in-
herited error in body chemistry
which causes severe mental
retardation unless treated in
time.
The screening program,
started in recent months, will
eventually include some 600,-
000 newborn babies in the
United States. Already 157,000
newborns have undergone the
simple test which was devised
by Dr. Robert Guthrie of Chil-
dren’s Hospital, Buffalo, N. Y.,
with the help of a grant from
The National Foundation-
March of Dimes.
Without the blood test, no
one might have realized until
too late that an infant had
PKU. Such babies seem normal
at birth and for several months
thereafter.
But they lack a liver enzyme
which enables the system to
process an essential nutrient
found in all protein foods.
Within a day or two after the
PKU infant’s first milk feed-
ing, the nutrient, called phen-
ylalanine, begins to build up in
his system. If the accumulation
is not checked by special diet,
abnormal amounts of phenyl-
alanine soon begin to damage
the developing brain.
First outward signs of men-
tal deficiency usually show up
when the PKU victim is three
to six months old. At that age,
a low-phenylalanine diet can
halt the deteriorating process
but cannot repair the harm al-
ready done.
The problem is to detect
PKU not only before damage
is evident but before it has
any chance to start. Until re-
cently this has been extremely
difficult.
A hereditary condition, PKU
is transmitted through defec-
tive genes from both parents.
Although the parents are “car-
riers,” they themselves do not
show any symptoms -of the
condition. Statistically, one in
every four children of such a
union may inherit PKU.
Kits for early detection in babies of PKU, which can cause severe
mental retardation, are assembled for distribution to U. S. hospitals
by Sheila M. Kuhn, lab technician. March of Dimes contributions
supported research in this health area by Dr. Robert Guthrie,
Children's Hospital, Buffalo, N. Y. *
Before development of the
Guthrie test, with the aid of a
March of Dimes grant, it was
common for the first defective
child in such a family to go
undiagnosed and untreated un-
til he was beyond help. Alerted
by the first tragedy, doctors
would then test subsequent
children of the same parents
and in most cases could pre-
vent brain damage in the
younger ones.
The usual test for PKU was
the well-known “diaper test”
involving the reaction of an
infant’s urine to ferric chlo-
ride. But that test is not effec-
tive until several weeks after
birth—after enough phenyl-
alanine has built up to “spill
over” into the urine, and long
after most newborns have gone
home from the hospital.
The new Guthrie test, how-
ever, requiring only a speck of
blood from a prick on a baby’s
heel, can be done on the fourth
or fifth day of life. This makes
it possible to screen all babies
before they leave the hospital,
thus detecting even the first*
born of unknown PKU carriers
before a deadly excess of phen-
ylalanine starts its ravages.
The current field trials of the
Guthrie test, sponsored by the
Children’s Bureau of the
United States Public Health
Service, are being conducted
with the cooperation of 30 state
health departments in this
country. The PKU Central Lab-
oratory in Buffalo is shipping
300 kits each week to hospitals
throughout the United States.
Each kit contains materials fop
500 tests. Dramatic results are
already becoming apparent.
Of a little girl in New York
State, who was among the first
850 babies routinely tested aft-
er the field trial started in that
area, Dr. Guthrie has saidS
“This is.;
in mec
nosed
of life without sacrificing that
brain of an older brother cjr
sister.”
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