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The News from Every Section of Refugio County
VOL. XVIII—NO. 39
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, JULY 25, 1943
Eight Pages
*
Impressions
OFFICERS
INSTALLED
BY ROTARY
The writer urges each and every
-qualified voter to go to the polls
;and vote Saturday;
We do not care which candidate
.you vote for or which candidates
.you vote against, but we art sin-
cere in urging that you exeruse
your privilege of voting.
All too often the voter is inclined
to believe that his one ballot does
not mean anything. If all those
who stay away from the polls on
election day, feeling that their one
ballot does not count, would have
voted they would have had the vot-
ing power to have changed practic-
ally every issue.
Voters have no right to complain
about the actions of any office
holder, when the voter has neglect-
ed to vote in the election when
that office holder was elected.
- Citizens have no right to com-
plain when they have failed or ne-
glected to make the arrangements
whereby they would be eligible
voters.
Refugio citizens are interested
in roads, schools and have a great
stake in the petroleum industry.
The voice of Refugio County would
be heard and heeded a great deal
more if its citizens would express
themselves at the polls.
An official—either elected or
appointed—cannot be expected to
give great consideration to the rep-
resentative from Refugio County
who says, “I am speaking in be-
half of the people of Refugio Coun-
ty,” for that official knows that
less than twenty-five per cent of
the qualified voters of the county
will take the time to go vote for
or against him, for or against his
employer, or for or against any
issue. How much more he would
respect the representative from a
group of people that half or more
cast their ballots, expressing their
beliefs, desires and preferences.
We of Refugio County owe it to
-ourselves—not to the candidates—
to cast our ballots.
It would certainly not be out of
line, out of place, or being dabbling
in politics if the Chamber of Com-
merce, the Civic Club, or any civic
organization would in the future
sponsor “Pay Your Poll Tax” and
“Get Out the Vote” campaigns.
Too often, again, we citizens are
afraid of being charged with hav-
ing an interest in politics, when in
reality, it is our solemn duty and
obligation to interest ourselves in
politics for politics determine our
standard of living.
MARY ELIZABETH REILLY
WEDS BRYAN F. MOSS
The 1946-47 officers of the Ro-
tary Club of Refugio were install-
ed at a Rotary Ann meeting held
Monday night in the high school
study hall. The meeting was sched-
uled for the lawn of Vivian Bailey,
but Monday showers necessitated
the change in location.
Song Leader Forest English led
the group singing preceding the
basket supper. Bob Renfro presid-
ed over the meeting until he turn-
ed the gavel over to President
Homer T. Williams. Guests, officers
and committee- chairmen were in-
troduced.
Following are the committees
named by the board of directors,
composed of Williams, Renfro, Bill
Leighty, English, Lawrence Wood,
Sam White and T. J. Wilkinson, to
serve for the ensuing year:
AIMS AND OBJECTS
Homer T. Williams, chairman;
Gould Sparks, secretary; W. A.
Leighty, Billie Williamson, T. J.
Wilkinson, Wheeler Strauch, A. R.
Pointer, J. H. Finn, Forest. English,
Lawrence Wood and Sam White.
CLUB SERVICE
T. J. Wilkinson, chairman.
Classification: Byron Wilson, V.
V. Bailey, Clarence Boone.
Membership: Wheeler Strauch,
Gerald Bissett.
Program: R. E. Renfro, Floyd
Barton.
Fellowship: C. H. McCright, W.
A. Leighty, Jack Rogers, Ray Gil-
liam.
Attendance: Floyd Barton, E. D.
Beken, Milton Greene.
Rotary Information: Carter
Snooks, Clarence Boone, Montie
O’Neil, Roger Shurley.
Public Information: Ernest
Walker, Carter Snooks.
Magazine: A. R. Pointer, Gould
Sparks.’
Club Bulletin: Clarence Boone,
Montie O’Neil.
Sergeant-at-arms: Andy Pate, L.
R. Jenkins, E. D. Beken.
VOCATIONAL SERVICE
Sam White, chairman.
Carter Snooks, W. R. Hounsell,
Dave Henry, George Solka.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
W. A. Leighty, chairman.
Youth Service: J. E. Bauer,
Louis Germer, Billie Williamson,
Garland Hodges, John Steele.
Crippled Children: J. E. Finn.
Rural-Urban: Louis E. Weiss, Jr.,
J. E. Bauer.
Student Loan: V. V. Bailey, T.
J. Wilkinson, Vincent Heard.
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
Forest English, chairman.
Ernest Walker, Gerald Bissett,
Lawrence Wood.
There is one thing about the in-
surance business that appeals to
the writer. He has never known of
an insurance agency that was out
of stock—always there seemed to
be an ample supply of merchandise
(policies) on hand.
The most vexing and aggrevating
thing to us—since we have been in
Refugio—has been the inability for
securing a steady flow of merchan-
dise, materials and equipment. Oth-
er businesses may have the same
trouble, but we do-know ours. Some
of the delays we experience are un-
derstandable—but many of them fill the position to which Mrs. Paul
are not. A lew of the shortages are j Neuman had been appointed fol-
understandable—but others are not. | lowing the death of her husband,
COMMISSIONER
HUGO GEISTMAN
FOR REELECTION
County Commissioner Hugo
Geistman this week announced that
he would be a candidate for re-
election to that post for Precinct
No. 2 of Refugio County. Mr.
Geistman was elected two years
ago in a three candidate race to
A double-ring ceremony at Our
Lady of Refuge Church at 8 o’clock
Thursday morning united in mar-
riage Miss Mary Elizabeth Reilly,
daughter of Cornelius J. Reilly, and
Bryan W. Moss, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford F. Moss of Moville,
la.
The Rev. Alcuin Kubis, of Cor-
pus Christi College-Academy, read
the marriage lines before an altar
decorated in pink and white carna-
tions. Mrs. F. F. English played
the wedding marches at the organ.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore an original Lilli
Ann lightweight wool suit in ivory,
the jacket gathered and belted at
the waistline. Her open-crowned,
rough, white straw hat was an orig-
inal Vogue style, garlanded with
daisies, and other accessories were
white. She carried her first com-
munion mother-of-pearl covered
prayerbook, topped with a white
orchid showered with stephanotis
blossoms.
Only attendant was Miss Janie
O’Brien, attired in a grey crepe
dress with silver sequins on the
sleeves and the draped skirt. Her
half-hat was of the same material
with sequin trim, and she carried
American Beauty roses. F. J. Leney,
Jr., acted as best man.
Ushers were Bobby Heard, Wil-
son Harkins, Jr., and Jack English.
A reception was held at the home
of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Dr.
and Mrs. J. E. Bauer, where Mrs.
Bauer, Mrs. Clifford Moss, the
bridal couple and attendants greet-
ed guests. Mrs. Moss wore navy
blue crepe with navy straw trim-
med in white, patent accessories,
and an orchid corsage. Mrs. Bauer’s
dress was of beige crepe worn with
dark brown straw touched with
bright feathers, brown accessories
and orchid corsage.
Mrs. Ira Heard, Mrs. Wilson
Heard, Mrs. K. D. Hall and Mrs.
F. J. Leney, Jr., alternated at pre-
siding 'at the refreshment table,
which held the three-tierred wed-
ding cake, all in white, surrounded
with hvhite carnations, fern and
white tulle. Centerpiece was also
of white carnations and fern, flank-
ed by white tapers, in crystal and
silver containers. Other members
of the houseparty were Mrs. J. L.
Sheinberg, Miss Marilou Ficklin,
Miss Betty Heard, Miss Bernice
Heard, Miss Charlotte Shelton,
Mrs. E. A. Clarkson, Mrs. J. J.
O’Brien, Miss Ada Dorsey and Miss
Grace Dorsey.
Giant rose asters, red roses and
Peruvian lilies composed arrange-
ments placed elsewhere about the
home.
Out-of-town guests included the
bridegroom’s uncle, Fritz Moss of
Cedar Rapids, la., the Rev. David
Buckley of Edna, the Rev. Frank
GOETZEL-STAUSS
RITES JULY 23
Gronotte of Woodsboro, the Rev.
Adolph Marx of Corpus Christi,
His Excellency, Bishop M. S. Gar-
riga of Corpus Christi, Mr. and
Mrs. D. R. Whitmire of Port La-
BIDS ASKED
FOR LAYING
WATER LINES
The Town of Refugio is calling
for bids for the installing of bids
. on the laying and installing of 10,-
vaca, Miss Fannie Heard of SanjQQQ 0£ cement water pipe and
Antonio, Mrs. Jack Burke of Bee-j fjre hydrants in the north part
ville, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Joplingj0£ tbe town in the Heard and Shel-
VISITED HERE
of Victoria, Jimmy Jacobson of
Iraan, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Whit-
low of Kingsville, Miss Alice Marie
Mueller and Charles Hale of Cor-
pus Christi, Miss Joan Brauer of
Del Rio, Miss Betty Finn of New
York City, Mr. and Mrs. A. D.
Rooke, Mrs. Ludwig Zarsky and
children, Janette and Clifford, all
of Woodsboro.
The bride graduated in 1945 from
Our Lady of Refuge High School
and was crowned queen of Refu-
gio’s annual May fete that year.
She attended Barry College for
Girls in Miami, Fla. The bride-
groom received his honorable dis-
charge from the navy, with the
rank of lieutenant junior grade, in
May, after eight years spent in
various sections of the world.
After a wedding trip, Mr. and
Mrs. Moss will reside in Seattle,
Washington, where Mr. Moss is in
partnership in a private business.
For traveling Mrs. Moss wore a
Ted Stein suit of beige bemburg
with brown accessories.
ton-Bailey additions.
There is 9,500 lineal feet of six
inch pipe and 500 feet of 4 inch
pipe to be installed.
Bids are to be received until 10!
a. m. on Friday, August 9, for this
work, and if suitable bids is re-
ceived the contract will be let.
The pipe is on hand in Refugio,
and contractors have need only to
move necessary equipment in be-
fore starting work.
Legal notice of call for bids ap-
pears elsewhere in this paper.
BUFORD JESTER
WASHERS AF;E
OPERATED BY
WINDMILLS
Although there’s not; a live tree
left on Kwajalein, that island is
literally over-run with “windmills.”
However, the soldiers and sailors
stationed on- that Pacific island,
which was used as a jumping-off
place for the plane carrying the
atomic bomb for the recent Bikini
test, are not trying to pump water,
nor are they homesick Hollanders.
According to Dr. William D.
Coolidge, formerly vice president
of General Electric and director of
the company’s Research Labora-
tory, the windmills on Kwajalein
are there for a useful purpose. Dr.
Coolidge, now consultant for the
SHIPS READY
FOR SECOND
ATOMIC TEST
By WALTER A. SHEAD
WNU Correspondent
HONOLULU, OPE RATIONS
CROSSROADS — With much at-
tendant secrecy the target fleet in
Bikini lagoon has been regrouped
for the second atom bomb test
scheduled for (today) July 25. Al-
though most of the correspondents
have returned to the States, sev-
eral made application to remain in
Bikini during the iterim so they
could cover the arrangements being
made for the second test. This re-
quest was refused by the navy,
however, and all newspaper men
were ordered to proceed to Kwaja-
lein, where they were either trans-
ported immediately by air to the
States or to Honolulu, or were
housed aboard the press ship Ap-
palachian.
In the meantime the Appalachian
made q leisurely trip to Pearl Har-
bor where she underwent some mi-
nor repairs, and now is proceeding
back to Bikini, where she is sched-
uled to arrive on B-Day minus 1,
or July 24.
Nearest Center
Grinning through a suntan ac-
cumulated in over 7,000 miles of
campaigning, jovial Beauford Jes-
ter brought his campaign to Re-
fugio Friday.
Referring to criticisms rival can-
didates are hurling at him and at
each other, Jester joked: “He who
throws mud loses ground. The en-
gineer of a fast train doesn’t stop
the train to bark at dogs just be-
cause they bark at him.”
On his farm plank, Jester said
the farm income must be brought
to a parity with industrial incomes.
This may be done, he said, through
increasing the per-acre yield and
creating new industries by appli-
cation of chemurgy to farm pro-
ducts.
The number of county and home
demonstration agents should be
tripled, he added, to bring the ad-
vancements worked out at Texas
A&M laboratories directly to farm
community gatherings by practical
demonstration.
Improved, all-weather farm to
market roads also are an insepar-
able part of the program to raise
farm income, he pointed out.
Old age pensions, long a politi-
cal football in Texas, should be
made a number one issue on the
.igislative program and the prob-
lem should be taken care of for all
time. The $40 voted by the people
of Texas as a monthly pension for
the aged should be paid completely
every month, and not just a frac-
tion of it, as at present, because
of the ceiling on the total amount
to be paid out. Payments should be
made without the necessity of em-
LIGHT VOTE
FORECAST
IN COUNTY
While indications are that there
will be a heavy vote throughout
Texas in the first Democratic Pri-
many to be held Saturday, July 27,
it is forecast that in Refugio Coun-
ty there will be a light vote, accord-
ing to County Democratic Commit-
tee Chairman, Harry Cummins.
Presiding officers for ten voting
precincts in Refugio County have
been announced as:
Court House (Precinct 1) in Re-
fugio: Gale Oliver.
School House (Precinct 1-A) in
Refugio: V. V. Bailey.
Woodsboro: Mrs. Mary Dodson.
Bonnie View: Ernest Wranosky.
Bayside:^Bert R. Hand.
Tivoli: & R. Turner.
Austwells; Claude Dundeth.
Oakville: jO- E. Brandon.
Marville: Roy Marberry.
Vidauri: Ef. H. Mahan.
County Clerk, Miss Bettie At-
kins, reports that a total of 13
absentee ballots were voted for Re-
fugio County.
Bank Closed Saturday
The First National Bank of
Refugio will be closed Saturday,
July 27, and patrons are request-
ed to arrange their banking busi-
ness accordingly,
Samply copy of the ballot to be
used in this county appears else-
where in this issue of the paper. It
will be noted that no names ap-
pear on the ballot for county of-
fice, nor for county or precinct
Democratic chairman. For the
Democratic posts blank lines appear
on the ballot for voters to write
in the names of nominees.
Major interest in Refugio Coun-
ty is centering in the governors
race with Buford Jester and Homer
Rainey being the two most talked
and worked for candidates. Friends
of Henry Atkinson are active in his
interest in the State Representa-
tive race.
tan District of the Army engineers. kangagj the heavy cruiser Pensa
‘On Kwajalein we saw the marks
of war,” said the eminent scient-
ist. “Not a live tree was
left—
cola, the Jap battleship Nagato,
the aircraft carrier Saratoga, the
I destroyer Mayrant, the submarine
only a half dozen bare and dis- j pilotfishj tbe transport Fallow and
membered trunks. !a tank landing ship.
“I was intrigued by the sight of
many small windmills, each three
or four feet in diameter and located
only a few feet above the ground,”
Dr. Coolidge pointed out. “On closer
j view it developed that each of these
was a soldier’s or sailor’s power
plant for an individual clothes
washing machine consisting of the
windmill, an erstwhile garbage can
and some one of a variety of dif-
ferent mechanisms for translating
rotary into reciprocating vertical
motion and so swashing the clothels
up and down in the wash-water in
the can.”
Several months ago, we ordered
a quantity of book paper. Shipment
was made on a part of the order,
and the remainder promised within
a few weeks. The supplier wanted
to divide the quantity on hand so
that school annuals could be print-
ed. We practiced the golden rule
and did unto others as we would
like to be done unto. Now, we are
needing our share of the book pa-
per and the supplier is saying thir-
ty to sixty days longer before he
will have any from the manufac-
turer.
Another firm had a change in
personnel. Now that a more effi-
cient man was with the company,
previous delays and hold-ups would
be avoided. That change was two
or three months ago, and if a
change in workers was what was
needed, they changed the wrong fel-
low for the war-time standard of
service is still in effect and, frank-
ly, that was terrible for us.
Then this week we were inform-
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County Commissioner Neuman, in
1944.
Mr. Geistman is offering himself
on the basis of the services he has
rendered during his first term and
pledges himself to continued efforts
to serve the people of that pre-
cinct to the best of his ability.
He joins other county officers
in placing his candidacy before the
voters in the general election
Half Inch Rain
In Two Showers
First of Week
Monday and Wednesday showers
in Refugio totaled .58 hundredths
of an inch according to Judge Gen-
try Jeter. The Monday rainfall was
.24 of an inch, while the Wednes-
day shower amounted to .34 of an
inch.
The showers were spotted
throughout the county with some
areas receiving more rainfall and
others less than the Refugio area.
VETERANS
OFFERED
RATINGS
Miss Lillian Ella Goetzel, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Goetzel
of Woodsboro, and Theodore W.
Stauss were united in marriage on
Tuesday, July 23, in a ceremony
performed by Rev. E. Eiben, min-
ister of the Woodsboro Christ
Evangelical Church of Woodsboro,
performed in the church.
The bride has been employed for
the past several months at Mem-
orial Hospital in Corpus Christi,
and prior to that time was with the , .
State Health Department, being! “Veterans are new offe.red rat-
loeated in Corpus Christi and San ings in the U S. Regular Army
Antonio up to Staff and Technical Sergeant
The'groom, son of Mr. F. Stauss I on the basis of training and ex-
of Woodsboro, holds a position with j perience, Captain James F. May,
the Piehl Machine Shop, where he , Jr., officer m charge o e recr "
has been employed for the past j ing station m Victoria, Texas, stat-
eight months after receiving his. ed today.
discharge after four years in the! “A recent War Department direc-
U. S. Naval Reserve. | tive states that under the provisions
Mr. and Mrs. Stauss left for Mon-j of W.D. Pamphlet 12-16, a man
terry, Mexico, following the mar- j discharged on or after May 12,
riage services and upon their return j 1945, under honorable
will make their home in Woods
boro.
It may be that the Pilotfish
will be nearest the bomb burst,
which, as has been announced,
will be an underwater detonation.
Other ships of the target fleet
have been placed in various posi-
tions ranging up to 1,800 yards
away from the blast.
The Arkansas, the Pensacola and
the Nagato all were severely dam-
aged as to superstructure in the
first blast. The Bensacola particu-
larly suffered heavy damage to her
G-E Research Laboratory, visited | R hag been announced that ships
the island for the Bikini bomb test | the bulls_eye of the second,
as special observer for the Manhat- jtegt ^ include tbe battleship Ar-ibarrassing questions by government
agents, he continued, and they
should be paid in full whether the
old people live with their children
or not.
Southern sections of the state
should be redistridted to permit
adequate representation, he said,
and school teachers' salaries should
be raised at all levels of education.
Creation of a Department of In-
dustrial Relations and Industrializ-
ation with real conciliatory powers
would help both organized labor
and management, he pointed out.
The department could be supple-
mented by short course on indus-
trial relations at Texas University,
Texas A&M and Texas Tech, where
both labor and management could
sit together for better understand-
ing.
Jester’s law enforcement program
calls for review of parole proceed-
ings on dangerous criminals by lo-
cal officers who arrested him. This
procedure would prevent recurrence
of the crime and breaking of pa-
role, because local officers who have
j dealt with the lawbreakers know
i the men best. Each case should be
FRANK LOW
ANNOUNCES .
FOR REELECTION
Frank Low, Justice of the Peace
of Precinct No. 1 of Refugio Coun-
ty, this week authorized the Time-
ly Remarks to announce his candi-
dacy for re-election to that office
subject to the action of the voters
at the General Election on Tues-
day, November 5.
Judge Low has served in this , of-
fice since 1935 and in making his
announcement stated that the eJ
perience gained through the per-
formance of the duties appertair
ing to the position qualified him
to offer himself for re-election.
Judge Low is asking the vote and
support of the people on the basis
that he is qualified and competent
to serve them for another term.
Free Booklet
conditions,
may be enlisted in a grade com-
mensurate with his training and
skill,” the Captain continued. “He
cannot be enlisted in a grade high-
er than that held at time of dis-
If you would like to have a new , charge,
free booklet which explains Fed- | “For complete information any-
eral Old-Age and Survivors Insur- , one interested in returning ^ to the
ance under the Social Security Act, | service should visit our office and
write to the Social Security Board, . let us see what grade his previous
426 Nixon Building, Corpus Chris- skill warrants,” Captain May con-
ti, Texas. Ask for booklet No. 35.; eluded.
TERRIFIC BRILLIANCE . . .
Camera catches terrific brilliance
of atomic blast in this photo tak-
en just at time of detonation of
the atomic bomb.
fire control; her stacks were blown
off and her deck plates buckled, j ™
This correspondent went aboard the
Pensacola after the first test and
noted that her decks amidship were
driven downward about 12 inches
and with such force that steel sup-
ports beneath were driven through
the steel deck plating like tooth-
picks through paper.
BOOKLET GIVES
BUYING AIDS
“How, What* and Where” to buy
surplus property graphically ex-
plained in a 32 page illustrated
booklet issued today by the Hous-
ton regional office of the War As-
sets Administration.
, Albert E. Regester, regional di-
decided on its own merits, he said. Lector of the WAA, said that the
Jester has continually called on j booklet is a handy guide for pros-
Texans to exert their independence j pec^ve buyers of surplus property
and bring about return of local
powers to local governments. When
we run to Washington for aid, we
mortgage our state rights, he said.
Certain cases properly call for fed-
eral and state cooperation, but lo-
cal problems should be kept within
Await Report.
There is considerable speculation
as to the coming report of the Mili-
tary Evaluation board as to the ef-
(Continued on Page 4)
This program can be carried out
without additional taxes, Jester
said. He quoted facts and figures
to bear him out.
RECEIVED DISCHARGE
Gerald R. Hood, ALTM 3-c, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hood of Re-
fugio, has received his discharge
from the U. S. Navy after 18
months of service, according to re-
lease from the Personnel Separa-
tion Center.
of all kinds in the United States
and its territories and possessions.
The priorities accorded veterans
and other groups are explained, I
find priority holders are told what j
they must do to take advantage of
the opportunities offered them. The
booklet tells where to get informa-
tion on sales and lists sales offices!
of WAA and other domestic dis-1
posal agencies with addresses and!
telephone numbers. Also listed are!
veterans’ and small business cer-|
tification offices.
Copies may be had by writing or
calling in person at the Houstoi
veterans certification unit in the
Veterans Service Center, 501'Walk-j
er Avenue, or at the Houston regJ
ional office, 1020 McKinney Avej
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