Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-09
Club PASSES
RESOLUTION
ON CODOLIN
kiwanians Laud Work
OF Dead Citizen;
Park and Beautifi-
cation, Plan

Commodore Louis Cobolini. plans for
city Identification and more parks,
and endorsement Of the junior coli
iege invitational relay races next FRI
day featured the weekly meeting Of
the local Kiwanis club held in the
palm garden Of Hotel I'll Jardin
Thursday.
Harry L. Faulk, chairman Of the
Cobolini resolutions committee, in
troduced the prepared resolution
which was adopted by rising vote Of
those present.
Members OF the periwinkle COM
mittee reported hat everything was
In readiness for the flower planting
on Elizabeth street, and the entire
club will meet in a body next We'd
neBday morning at Thirteenth and
Elizabeth streets and march to the
city limits, armed with spades. rakes
and hoes.
From there TIE work Of planting
the space between the curb and side
walk with periwinkles will be started
and the club hopes to finish the task
within a few hours.
The public affairs committee
agreed after some discussion TO turn
out with the city officials and other
civic clubs in an endeavor to secure
q more elaborate park system for
Brownsville. This matter is 20 be
discussed further at a later meeting.
Plans for boosting the attendance
at the junior college relay carnival,
at which Charles w. Paddock Ia 70
make a personal appearance, we're
gone into ct the meet. and each men,
Der pledged himself to aid the tick
et-selling campaign in every way
possible.
A committee Of II was appointed
70 assist in raising funds for the boy
scout drive in the Valley following
a talk by j. w. Allen, who made a
plea for better scout support.
Individual messages are 70 be sent
to Sam Perl, i'll in a Galveston hos
pital. it was decided.
+. A Parkinson, past president OF
the Enid, Okla, club. and A. p. Will
cox, Enid banker, attended the meet
ing.
Following is the text Of the Cobo-
lini resolution:
When King David was standing
over the body Of Absolem, his gen
eral. he remarked TO those standing
near him, Know We that a prince
and a great man has fallen in Is
rael." When Commodore Cobolini
passed TO his reward, few people
realized that a prince and and great
man had passed from among them.
Few people know the house Of Coz
bolli: few people know that that
house has for ages stood among the
royalty Of the Roman and Italian
peoples. and few people knew Com
modore Cobolini was Of the Italian
House of Cobolli.
When Italy was struggling for its
unity. Commodore Cobolini, as he
"a known to Us. cast his lot among
the ranks OF General Garihaldi, and
after the close Of that war, found
himself to he n man without a coun-
try, 8 fugitive in the strange land,
4 landing in Galveston, Texas, an i'm
migrant without name and almost
without hope.
He was but a sailor. but il was in
him that physique Of a giant and that
soul Of a king, which would not be
subdued. He began his life in his
adopted country as a sailor; then as
a fish peddler. peddling his wares
barefooted upon the streets Of CAL
weston. and then he became a fisher
man, acquiring his " boats, his
own nets. and fish houses, and after
the years rolled by, he became a
man Of wealth and honor and in
fluence until at the end Of his four
score and two years. he had By the
sheer strength Of his own ability,
won for himself a place in the com
munity in which he lived, that is sec
ond TO none
But It is said that a prophet is not
without honor. save in his own coun-
try. While the people of Browns
willie loved and respected Commodore
Cobolini, few realized the extent of
his intellect and power and even at
his passing, he is not so well known
anon his own people as he IL among
the higher officials of the state Of
Texas and national governments.
True TO the house from whence he
sprung. he was not content TO live
for himself alone. and through the
years from his early manhood to his
old age, he was active for the ad-
fancenent Of his fellowmen, active
Rmong the laboring people for the
promotion Of their interests, active
among the business men for the
promotion Of commerce. and active
among h officials Of the state and
government for the promotion of
his community.
And so his name Is i~nseparablv in
terwoven with the organizations OF
labor in Galveston, the organization
Of the fish industry Of the state OF
Texas, and the DEVELOPMENT OF the
deep water ports at Rockport. Cor
pus Christi and Point Isabel, Texas.
but ever more han these, is he
known IN Brownsville for his active
work as a member of our city COM
mission, for the work that he did
without price in the management of
the governmental affairs OF our CITY.
for he served as a commissioner for
many years. After all Of his wears
Of activity, socially, economicallv
and politically. he has died without
a single personal enemy. or without
a charge ever having been made that
would question his honesty in deal
ings or his purity in purpose of anv
transaction 70 which he was ever a
party.
Now. therefore. be IL resolved by
the Kiwanis club Of Brownsville.
that they hereby express to the pub
lie and TO his surviving children and
other relatives, the deep spprecia-
tion of the members Of the club for
the life of Commodore Cobolini and
Of his work among the citizens of
the city Of Brownsville and Point
Isabel. That this club hold his
memory in esteem as a citizen whose
integrity was unquestioned: whose
ability as a business man was Sec
ond 70 none; and whose patriotic
work for the development Of social
relations, good government, and in
dustry Of the Lower Rio Grande VAL
lev is being realized now and will
continue throughout the years to
come. That the club express 10 the
public and to the relatives their
deem sorrow at his death, fully real
irinr thet we have not only lost a
friend. but n workman and = builder
for bigger and better things for our