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The News from Every Section of Refugio County
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VOL. XIV.—No. 27
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1942
Eight Pages
Miss Heard
Leads May
Queen Race
Close of Contest
Expected to Bring
Heavy Voting
Miss Marion Heard took the
lead over the May Queen candi-
dates when votes were counted
Saturday night, piling up a total
of 40,800. Second in line was Miss
Mary Frances Loftis, who had
5,700, while Miss Magaret Cole
tallied 2,800.
Early indications were that
heavy voting would take place be-
fore the close of the contest, which
runs three weeks, as the list of
candidates included a group of
young ladies who are very popular,
not only with fellow students but
also with the townspeople. The list
of merchants giving votes for pur-
chases and payments had the name
of the Mission Service Station
added to it this week. Others are
Sportsman’s Grocery, Ouida Lu
Dress Shop, Harkins Drug Store,
Refugio Pharmacy, Moss Tailor
Shop, McGuill’s Groceiy, Specialty
Dress Shop, Refugio Hardware &
Electric Co., and the Refugio
Timely Remarks, (5,000 votes for
a 1-year subscription. |
To assist voters in identifying
the contestants, a few details ]
about each of them are given be-j
low. All are seniors in the Refugio
High School. I
Miss Atrelle Allen lives with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Allen,
at the Quintana Camp, where Mr.
Allen is employed. She was born
in Muleshoe, Texas, and moved to
Refugio about five years ago. She
is a member of the high school
drum and bugle corps, is secretary -
treasurer of her class in the home-
making department, and attends
the Methodist Church.
Miss Margaret Cole, daughter of
viie Rev. and Mrs.' L. S. Cole, "Was
born in Humble but moved to
Mississippi in infancy, residing
there until she came here with her
parents seven years ago. An hon-
or student, she is secretary-treas-
urer of the senior class, president
of L’Allegro Music Club, member
of the Pan-American Club, took
second place for district in extem-
poraneous speaking recently, and
will be in “Who’s Who” for high
school students this year. She is
a vigorous church worker and is
state president of the Baptist
Young People’s Club of Texas, as
well as president of the local in-
termediate girls auxiliary. Last
year, she was one of the few girls
ever to attain the honor of being
crowned queen at the Baptist
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Mrs. Bimdick of
Sarco Expires
Funeral services were held Sun-
day for Mrs. Maggie M. Perkins
Bundick, who died Saturday at
the home of her son, Dan Bundick
of the Sarco community. Mrs.
Bundick was bom March 7, 1862,
in Jim Wells County and was mar-
ried in 1776 to W. J. Bundick, a
native of Goliad County, who died
April 24, 1910.
Survivors besides the son men-
tioned include three daughters,
Mrs. J. W. Linney of Homer, La.,
Mrs. G. D. Cash of Corpus Christi
and Mrs. Leslie Linney; three other
sons, E. C. Bundick, W. C. Bundick
arid R. J. Bundick; 16 grandchil-
dren and 6 great-grandchildren.
The Rev. C. S. Long, pastor of
the Refugio Presbyterian Church,
conducted the services at the grave
at Sarco Cemetery, and pallbearers
were J. W. Linney of Homer, La.,
Charles Fingelman, Alton Bundick,
Raymond Bundick, Junior Maddox
and T. J. Heard.
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In the Service
CLYDE WEST
Clyde West, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John R. West, is now sta-
tioned in British Columbia,
Canada, according to information
received by them recently. The
young man has lived in Refugio
all his life, attended the schools
here, and enlisted in the army on
May 27, 1941,
RICHARD JOHNSON
Richard Johnson, 18, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Johnson
enlisted with the United States
navy in May, 1941, and has been
promoted to the rank of fireman,
second class. Richard, who is a
graduate of the Refugio High
School and attended A. & I. Col-
lege, Kingsville, was in service
with the fleet at the Pearl Har-
bor base when last heard from.
Subscription Gets
5,000 Queen Votes
A one-year subscription to The
Timely Remarks will give the
lucky May Queen candidate who
turns in the subscription 5,000
votes. Contestants who would like
to be a part of the court for the
coronation May 30 may assure
their participation by selling sub-
scriptions alone, it is estimated.
This offer indues any one-year
subscription, whether new or re-
newal, and 5,000 votes will also
be given for each additional year of
subscription by persons desiring to
subscribe for more than that
period.
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Austwell Boy
Gets Promotion
According to an announcement
from Camp Wallace, Private First
Class James M. Dunn of Austwell
has been advanced to the rank of
technician fourth grade and has
been assigned to work there. Tech-
nician fourth grade is a newly
created rank similar to a ser-
geant’s rating, awarded to an en-
listed man who does a specific type
of work.
761 Register
Monday in
45-65Group
County Schools Get
Holiday as Olders
Sign for Service
A total of 761 men in the 45-65
age bracket signed up in Refugio
County Monday, according to
figures issued by John C. Johnson,
chairman of the Refugio County
selective service board. The figure
fell well below the estimate made
by the government, which would
have stood at 1,000 men for this
county, but fulfilled the expecta-
tions of local officials.
The figures were divided as fol-
lows; Refugio, 363; Woodsboro,
118; Tivoli, 110; Austwell, 74;
Bonnie View, 50, and Bayside, 46.
Classes in schools all over the
county were suspended as teachers
and superintendents registered
men from 7 o’clock Monday morn-
ing until 9 o’clock that night. Vol-
unteers assisting Superintendent
John L. Cooke and faculty mem-
bers at the Refugio school were
Miss Sue Williams, Frank M.
Wood, Mrs. W. E. Buchanan, Dr. G.
J. Halepeska, Gale Oliver Jr., B.
H. Hornburg and A. R. Klare.
Faculty members worked in two
shifts, and registered the biggest
majority of the 363 signing up here
before 1 o’clock in the afternoon.
Those registering Monday will
not be liable for military service
under present selective service set-
up. However, they will be the sec-
ond group to receive the occupa-
tional questionnaires just sent out
' to registrants in the February 16
R-Day. The questionnaires are a
preparatory^ step to classifying
them in the country’s manpower
for non-combatant service.
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Bayside Causeway
About Finished
Copano Bay Causeway at Bay-
side is nearing completion and will
probably be opened to traffic with-
in the next six weeks.
The 1,400-foot long bridge and
approximately seven miles of ap-
proaches, which will shorten - driv-
ing distance from Bayside to Cor-
pus Christi by 40 miles and ex-
pedite transfer of farm goods from
the Bayside area to market, have
been under construction since last
July.
Pat Clark, state highway de-
partment resident engineer at Re-
fugio, Monday reported that only
railings are needed to finish the
bridge structure and that both Re-
fugio and Aransas County ap-
proaches and concrete slope pro-
tections are well along.
Barring wet weather, Clark
said, the entire project should be
finished in June.
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Commissioners
Delay Contracts
Navy Relief Donors
Follows is a list of contributors
to the Navy Relief Society drive
for funds in Refugio County;
Refugio
Walter Loman ......................$
F. Ben Shelton ......................
Piggly Wiggly ........v,............
Virgie’s Beauty Nook..
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
The Refugio County Commis-
sioners’ Court will not award con-
tracts on the recently advertised
county road building program un-
til advised by the government
whether or not, under new con-
struction rulings, the proposed
work may be allowed to proceed.
The county advertised for bids on
the two road building projects in
the past two issues of The Timely
Remarks, but has decided to hold
the bids until they can receive fur-
ther information.
One of the contracts is for work
in the Tivoli area on the 60-mile
lateral system of farm-to-market
roads, while the other is for two
treated timber piling structures
across Chocolate Swale.
Jack’s Variety Store............ 3.00
Purple Cow Grill.................. 3.00
Sportsman Bros................... 3.00
Refugio Furniture Co........... 3.00
Brookner’s Dry Goods Store 3.00
R. L. Carpenter Grocery...... 3.00
Jim’s Barber Shop................ 3.00
Refugio Confectionery ...... 3.00
Shelton-Bailey Motor Co...... 5.00
Modem Man Shop................ 3.00
George Strauch .................. 3.00
Chamber of Commerce........ 10.00
Central Power & Light Co. 3.00
Little White Kitchen............ 3.00
Refugio Pharmacy .............. 5.00
Moss Tailor Shop.................. 3.00
B. A. Johnson........................ 5.00
La Rosa Service Station.... 3.00
F. F. English.............. 3.00
Hobart Huson ....................3.00
Refugio County Abstract.... 3.00
Miss Bettie Adkins.............. 3.00
R. M. Harsdorff.................... 1.00
Fred Johnson ........................ 1.00
J. E. Hemperley.................... 1.00
First National Bank............ 25.00
Rialto and Rig Theaters...... 3.00
Johnson’s Home Bakery.... 3.00
Drs. Shelton & Finn............ 3.00
J. D. Adkins............................ 3.00
J. Turner Vance.................... 2.50
B. E. McGuill........................ 3.00
Wallace Tyler .................. 1.00
Staggs Grocery and Market 3.00
C. L. Stryker.......................... 1.00
Hotel Refugio ...................... 3.00
Mission Hotel ........................ 3.00
Economy Store .................... 3.00
Refugio Insurance Agency 10.00
Hewit & Dougherty............... 10.00
Harkins Drug Store............ 3.00
Paschal Huddleston ............ 1.00
Refugio Lumber Co............. 3.00
Thompson & Pitzer.............. 3.00
Curlee Motor Co................... 3.00
United Gas Corporation...... 3.00
Leighty’s Food Lockers ...... 3.00
Lone Star Laundry................ 3.00
Zarsky Lumber Co............... 3.00
Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Bauer.... 15.00
The Timely Remarks.......... 5.00
Refugio Hdw. & Electric Co 3.00
J. C." Egan....*::.;..... 5.00
Heard & Heard, Inc............... 5.00
Gentry Jeter ........................ 3.00
Ira Heard .............................. 5.00
Dr. G. R. Tompkins.............. 1.00
Mrs. M. F. Lambert.............. 25.00
W. H. Strauch.............. 3.00
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Gilbert.. 3.00
Louis C. Schorlemmer.......... 1.50
Woodsboro
Thomas Drug Store.............. 3.00
City Bar .................................. 3.00
Alvin J. Thurk...................... 2.00
F. H. Sommer & Son.......... 3.00
Zarsky Lumber Co............... 3.00
Commercial Club ........... 3.00
Neumann & Co..................... 3.00
Risken Drug Store................ 3.00
Zarsky Bros......................... 3.00
C. A. Tuttle & Sons............ 3.00
Ed. Fricke ............................ 3.00
Raymond’s Place ................ 3.00
Pendleton Garage ................ 3.00
First National Bank............ 5.00
Harry Cummins Sr............... 3.00
Schubert’s Variety Store.... 3.00
F. B. Rooke & Sons............ 12.00
G. E. Boenig.......................... 1.00
Reagan's Variety Store...... 1.00
Amo Walzel ........................ 1.00
Taylor Lumber Co................. • 3.00
A. Murray ............................ 1.00
21st Battalion Band.............. 5.90
Frank W. Hartman.............. 3.00
Otto Schulze .......................... 1.00
Navy Drive
Lacks $149
Of Goal
Collections from
Over County
Swell Total
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Little Miss Mary Helen Egan and Master Ronald Hinton
Have Lead Roles in Altar Society’s Tom Thumb Wedding
In a mock ceremony performed j tiny Marcia Ann Solka, who wore
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at the school auditorium Tuesday
evening of last week, Mary Helen
Egan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Egan, became the bride of
Ronald Hinton, son of Mr. and
Mr3. D. D. Hinton. The Tom
Thumb Wedding was presented by
the Junior Altar Society, in charge
of their sponsor, Miss Emma
Huddleston, while Mrs. E. A.
Clarkson directed the ceremony.
The lovely little bride wore a
white satin robe with long sleeves,
close-fitting basque and flowing
skirt. Her long bridal veil was of
white net caught to her hair in
front with full ruffles. To complete
the costume, she wore a single
strand of pearls and carried a
bouquet of white carnations and
Easter lilies hung with white satin
ribbons.
Her flower girls were Betsy
Billups in pink powder puff muslin
and Patricia Ann Wilkinson in
blue embroidered organdy, both
ankle length. Ringbearers were
pink flowered organdy with blue
bows, and Master Bivy Joe Spikes
Jr.
Wayn Swenson and Betty Lou
Vance enacted the roles of father
and mother of the bride.
Wedding guests were Cassandra
Mary Clare Johnson, daughter ofj Sneed and Jack Starrett Jr., Jane
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Johnson, was Burke and Edward Clarkson Jr.,
maid of honor, wearing pink taffe-1 Fidelia Freeman and Johnn Vance
ta with blue velvet bows on the! Ill, Janet Wead and Pat Freeman,
skirt. She carried a bouquet of the Genelle Tyler, Mary Carolyn
same colors and wore pink flowers
across the back of her hair. J. W.
Bauer was best man.
Bridesmaids were Mary Lou
Shay, whose dress was yellow dot-
ted Swiss with aqua velvet rib-
bons; Dolly Lee Hart, wearing
pink net trimmed with twisted
pink and blue ribbons, Martha Ann
Bauer, in yellow lace bodice over
matching net rufiled skirt; Ann
Bailey, wearing pink net with drop
shoulders. All carried matching
bouquets. The ushers, Harold
Bauer, Jimmie Jecker, L. A. Weiss,
III, and Maston Murphy Jr., wore
white, as did the rest of the boys
in the weding. Oscar Krause Jr.,
Whitehead, Dorothy Marie Jen-
nings, Kathleen Clarkson and
Mary Elizabeth Murphy.
Ruth Solka acted as announcer
for the affair and Evelyn Karm
gave a musical reading accom-
panied by Miss Betty Chrisco.
Ruth Dueler and Betty Joyce
Wilkinson both sang solos, accom-
panied by Mrs. F. F. English, who
played all the wedding music.
Following the ceremony, mem-
bers of the bridal party and their
parents were invited to a “recep-
tion,” given by Miss Huddleston in
the auditorium of Our Lady of
Refuge school. Here the young-
sters, danced, played and were
performed the ceremony, while’served refreshments.
Austwell
C. H. Bailey................ 1.00
W. C. Crews............................ .50
Claud Dunseth ........... 1.00
E. L. Airhart.......................... 5.00
C. I. Massey............................. 1.00
2.00
.50
1.00
1.00
1.00
5.00
1.00
2.00
1.00
B. E Bluhm.
W. W. Gohlke........................
R. E. Henley........•...................
W. J. Stark............................
T. G. Jackson..........................
Austin McDowell ...................
Willie Davidson ....................
Mr. an Mrs. Clyde Davidson
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Smith....
Austwell Co-Op Gin Co......... 2.50
The Navy Relief Society Drive
now in progress all over the nation
had netted from Refugio County
the sum of $450.46, the early part
of the week, only $149.54 short of
the county quota of $600.
In Refugio the total stood at
$268.00, including $71.06 raised by
Herschel Burdick on behalf of the
Giriffith Consolidated Theaters,
Inc., by collection at the Rialto
Theater beginning Sunday, April
19, and continuing through Satur-
day, April 25. Trailers were shown
on the screen, ushers passed boxes
twice at night performances, and a
box stood in the lobby all week for
contributions. The money will be
sent to the Griffith’s headquarters
which will send all their collections
to Attorney General Gerald C.
Mann, state chairman of the drive,
but credit' for the amount will be
given to the Refugio County quota.
Through an inadvertent error,
the name of R. L. Carpenter Gro-
cery was left off the Navy Relief
page last week, and The Timely
Remarks offers sincere apologoies
for this lamentable mistake.
Collections in Woodsboro by
Brett Hargrove, chairman, had
been brought up to $77.90 Tueslay,
while Austwell had sent in $33.50
raised by Mrs. C. I. Massey, assist-
ed by Claud Dunseth, W. W.
Gohlke and Mrs. Mildred Davidson.
The chairman at Bayside is Mrs.
E. C. Cowell, whose committee will
be Mrs. Pearl Kramer and Mrs.
Tom Thompson; also A. L. Cole,
Ernest Knox and E. T. Triplett
are receiving contributions at their
places of business and keeping rec-
ord of all donations.
Many organizations have prom-
ised to take up collections among
their members, and The Timely
Remarks is meeting with warm-
hearted response all over the coun-
ty in its quest for workers in the
Navy Relief Society Drive. On an-
other page is an advertisemnt con-
cerning the drive, which it is hoped
all subscribers will read carefully
and make suitable response.
Plans for a Navy Relief Society
dance here had to be abandoned,
so receipt of subscriptions is the
only way in which the $600 quota
may be completed. The drive is
supposed to close May 1, so all who
intend to contribute to this fine
cause are urged to send or bring
their donations to Joe C. Heard,
Refugio County Treasurer, Navy
Relief Society Drive, Refugio.
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McGuillAnnounces
For District Clerk
To the Citizens of Refugio County:
I hereby announce as a candi-
date for re-election to the office of
District Clerk of Refugio County
for the ensuing term.
Your valuable support in the
past is not forgotten and I assure
you your support during this cam-
paign will be deeply and sincerely
appreciated and if returned to of-
fice shall endeavor to give my best
in the performance of the duties
and responsibilities of such office,
and further state that at the term-
ination of the succeeding term I
shall not be a candidate for re-
election to such office, and trust,
.
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Max Grant
W. A. Davis.............
C. N. Coward...........
R. L. (Bob) Shaw.
J. C. Tumlinson.....
C. H. Stone.............;
2.00
1.00
2.50
1.00
1.00
.50
Total ....................................$379.40
Refugio Theaters Credit.. 71.06
Grand Total ......................$450.46
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Refugian Complete
Red Cross Course
Miss Margaret Williams, who is
in her senior year at TSCW, Dent-
on, majoring in bacteria and pa-
thology, has recently completed a
Red Cross first aid course
offered as a defense activity at the
college.
The first aid course met three
times a week for six weeks, with
an enrollment of 1,039, and was
taught by doctors and nurses of
the hospital staff and by members
of the biology and health and
physical education departments.
Students were trained to give med
ical aid at home and in emergency
cases.
Miss Williams is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer T. Williams.
DAN S. FOX
Mr. Fox died at his home here
last Friday night after a long
and useful life, during which he
filled many positions of trust.
His passing removes one of the
real old-timers of this commun-
ity, one who was a loyal friend
and a benefactor to many less
fortunate than himself. He was
a native Refugian.
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Rationing Board
Minus Its Clerk
Dan S. Fox
Victim of
Attack
Former County '
Official Expires
At Home Friday
The town was shocked and griev-
ed Saturday morning to hear of
the passing of a beloved friend,
Dan S. Fox, 72. He was downtown
Friday, apparently in good health
and looking years youngers than
his actual age, but succumbed to
a heart attack shortly after reach-
ing home from his evening stroll,
expiring about 10:15 Friday night.
A courteous, generous gentleman
of the old school, Mr. Fox will be
missed for a long time by most of
the community where he has spent
his life. He was bom November
27, 1869, at Melon Ranch, Refugio
County, where his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Fox, lived and
where he made his home until
early manhood. In 1907 he married
Miss Mary Elizabeth Dorsey, mem-
ber of another prominent Refugio
County family, and they have re-
sided all their married life here.
For most of his adult life, Mr.
Fox has served his county well and
faithfully. For one term he was
shreriff and tax collector, for a
short time he was county surveyor,
for a number of years he was cat-
tle inspector for the county and
railroad company. When he re-
tired from active participation in
county affairs about two years
ago, he had been acting as deputy
tax collector for a period of 24
years without interruption. His
fairminded attitude and rigid sense
The Refugio County Rationing-
Board and its clerk, Mrs. G. L.
Poole, have had a little hard luck.
Just as Mrs. Poole had mastered
all the intricacies of rationing, was
the only person in the county with
a comprehensive grasp of details . . ,. , . ...
of sugar issuance, and right in theiof justice were well known in this
face of the first big mass rationing] aiea. a11 dunng his y arsof pub ic
program to be hlndled by local ! be leaves behindjnm a
board—Mrs. Poole went to the!weal.th °f friei ds
hospital. The rationing board clerk i Pa®sm§/ . .
suffered a sever attack of appen-i /™rs 'ncl^
dicitis the middle of last week and j Mrs‘ Mary Elizabetl
underwent an emergency operation
to mourn his
which will necessitate her taking
several weeks vacation from the
office.
The rationing board
meanwhile, are rubbing- sand in
ig :
their hair and moaning, “Oi, Oi,”
as they claw through the well
filled files in their office over the
bank.
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Registrants Get
Questionnaires
his - widow,
tb Fox; three
sisters, Mrs. Julia E. Shay, Misses
Nellie and Fannie Fox; five nieces,
Mrs. L. L. Huff of Riveria, Mrs.
Julia S. McDaniel of Palacios, Sis-
ter Mary Regis of Edinburg, Mrs.
members,! Wilson Heard and Mrs. Frank Low,
Occupational questionnaires
being mailed out this week
those who registered in the Feb-
ruary 16 R-Day, states L. C.
Schorlemmer, clerk for the Re-
fugio County selective sendee
board.
This is the first issuance of this
particular questionnaire, which has
for its purpose an inventory of
manpower in the nation and how
it is distributed with regard to oc-
cupation. The information obtained
through these booklets will be
turned over to the Federal employ-
ment service. All men who have
registered will eventually receive
one of these questionnaires, but
the only ones being sent out now
go to February 16 registrants.
both of Refugio; three nephews, W.
E. and Jules Fox of Corpus Christi,
and J. D. Shay of Refugio.
Requiem high mass was held at
10 o’clock Sunday morning from
Our Lady of Refuge Catholic
Church, with the Very Rev. Wil-
liam H. Oberste officiating, and
was followed by interment in
Mount Calvary Cemetery. Pall-
bearers were Will O’Connor of
are Victoria, Cyrus Fox of Blanconia,
to B. E. McGuill, Glynn Moss, Phillip
G. Young and John J. O’Brien.
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Bobcat Gets Too \
Near Civilization
A beautiful specimen of the wild
cat family was killed by Conrado
Reyna, employee of Zarsky Lumber
Co., Monday night.
The feline was a bobcat, measur-
ing about four feet from tip of
nose to tip of tail, with clear bril-
liant markings closely resembling
a leopard’s. It was in the brush
north of Refugio, near the under-
pass when Reyna shot it.
Refugio School Children Will Present
Unusual Performance Friday Evening
Refugio will have the privilege
of witnessing the most unusual
school performance ever staged
here, when school children present
at such time our conflict for theja puppet show at 8:15 o clock Fri-
preservation of our liberty will! ^ay. even^8'- MaY E m Re~
have been won and that you willifu|10 public school auditorium,
elect to such office some qualified! PuPPet themselves are
person who heretofore volunteered I fai ® enou&b, but this one is pecu-
his services for the preservation of liarly amazing- in that it is a pure-
such ideals.
Very sincerely,
T. W. McGUILL.
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Portable Kitchen
To Feed Guards
The portable field kitchen of the
21st Battalion, Texas Defense
Guard, has already proved its use-
fulness twice since its recent com-
pletion, and is to be put in opera-
tion a third time for the maneuvers
Sunday on the O’Brien ranch.
The kitchen, which was designed
and supervised by Mess Sergeant
A. J. Hoelzel of Woodsboro, is 24
feet long and is pulled by a Ford
V-8 station wagon. The entire steel
and iron framed kitchen was built
in Woodsboro by local labor, most
of it donated. Gus Friedrichs was
in Charge of the steel construction
at the Piehl Machine Shop, while
George Dahse contributed the
woodwork and fine built-in fea-
tures. J. B. Watkins contributed tc
painting, Earl Hoffmann to car-
pentering and Lt. Vennis Watkins
donated the sign.
Sgt. Hoelzel operates the field
kitchen, assisted 'by colored men
picked by him from among those
volunteering their services for duty
with the kitchen.
ly amateur show from start to
finish. Even the director, Mrs. Roy
A. Wallrabenstein, librarian and
art teacher at the school, has had
no previous experience along this
line. The project represents an edu-
cation in everyday living, as well
as excellent training in art, and
has required four months of back-
breaking concentration on the part
of the fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth grade students from the
art activity group to perfect. “In
another year we’ll be good,” says
Mrs. Wallrabenstein.
The puppets were constructed
by the children, who found, after
several experiments, that balsa
wood of correct thickness was best
for the heads, which were whit-
tled out by hand. Elaborate cos-
tumes for several roles were de-
signed and made for each doll, ma-
terials for hair and appropriate
hairdresse were concocted, entirely
by the pupils.
They were solely responsible,
tco, for the small stage, about 12-
feet in length, the working back-
drop and platform, the settings
and small pieces of furniture,
lighting and sound effects. Much
ingenuity was required to obtain
many of the effects with available
materials. The director recalls that
the group had wracked their
brains for a solution of how to
make an evil character “go up in
smoke,” and finally one thought
of sprinkling talcum powder. It
worked like a charm.
Manipulation of the puppets is
very difficult, of course, but the
girls have become fairly proficient,
and each one also speaks the lines
for the doll she is handling. The
puppets are just like professional
ones, except that their mouths do
not move. They have a consider-
able wardrobe, only a portion of
which will be used for the per-
formance Friday night.
The two plays to be presented
at this showing are original adap-
tations by Mrs. Wallrabenstein
from the faiiy tales of- “Bluebeard”
and “Snow White and Rose Red.’
The puppet manipulators will be
Emma Dudas, Mary Lee Dowling,
Vivian Creel, Charlotte Brenham,
Elizabeth Buckner, Grace Borg-
lund, Hazel Slaughter, Virginia
Haynes, Mildred Stewart, Katie
Johnson, Rolene Kendall and Eve-
lyn Huebner. All these have been
students in the director’s art class-
es for the past two years, and she
is very proud of the infinite pa-
tience, dependability, dextei’ity, in-
itive, originality and perseverance
they have shown in mastering this
most difficult of play arts.
The girls choral club will present
a program of music during the
evening, also, under the- direction
of Miss Betty Chrisco. The girls
will present a varied program, con-
sisting of a group of negro spirit-
uals, another of popular songs. A
special feature will be Indian
songs sung by the choral club,
while grade school boys coached
by W. E. S. Dickerson, dance In-
dian dances.
There will be no admission
charge.
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