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Volume VII—Established June 25, 1948
ODEM, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1955
FOUR PAGES — NO. 24
Trend Shows Mexican Students Staying
in School Longer; To Be Predominant
In High School Within Ten Years
The pupils of Shelton Eelemen-
tary School have stacked up an all
time high perfect attendance re-
cord with 18 pupils being neither
.tardy nor absent for 175 days for
tibe school year 1954-1955, and with
another 57 pupils having perfect
attendant records from 170 to
174 days for'year.
Those who maintained the per-
fect attendance for the entire
school term are: Santiage Alvarez,
Lucinda Alvarez, Augustin Alvarez
Elegie Becanegra, Sabas Cantu,
Abel Elizardo, Juan Gonzales,
Maria Molina, Lupe Molina, Rose
Molina, Eva Moreno, Esperanzo
Nine, Guadalupe Rodriguez, Aure-
lio Ramon, Victor Tamez and
Mary Frances Tamez.
Of this group there was one fam-
ily of school age children, Santiago
Alvarez, Lucinda Alvarez and Au-
gustin Alverez, whose parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Santiage Alverez,
with a perfect attendance record.
Mr. and Mrs. Lazaro Molina had
three of their four school-age chil-
dren to come up with a like per-
fect attendance record and their
fourth child, Ernesto, missing but
one day because of a severe tooth-
ache; and two of Mr. and Mrs.
Ramond Tamez’s children mainta-
ined a perfect attendance record
and their third child, Ramond Jr.
was absent but one day.
Following are the names of oth-
er children who maintained a per-
fect attendance record during the
Farmers Urged
To Analyze
Irrigation Water
Water well irrigation was high
on the agenda in the discussion
of drought problem discussion
held at the Beeville Experiment
Station on Monday when agricul-
ture agents, farmers and ranch-
ers from several counties in this
section of the State met to study
the problems of drought faced by
the farmers and ranchers in South
Texas.
Tyler Russell, agricultural engi-
neer for the Central Power and
Light Co. led the discussion on
water well irrigation, and he
pointed out that all paper to be
used for irrigation purposes should
be analyzed before it is convert-
ed to that use, since there is a
possibility that the salt deposits
in the water may build up in
the soil to the extent that more
will be lost than gained through
using such water for irrigation
purposes.
Dan Pawlik, San Patricio Co.
farm agent in discussing the
meeting held in Beeville on Mon-
day stressed the fact that farmers
planning to use well water for
irrigating crops would be wise to
have a test holes run and the
water analyzed before having a
well drilled.
' The test hole can be drilled at
a cost of $1 to $1.50 per foot,
whereas to drill a well would
cost approximately $5 per foot, and
if the water from the Well proved
to be unsuitable for the purpose
of irrigation the farmer would
have lost the cost of the well
and pump. If the water from such
a well is used on the soil with a
resultant build up of salt deposits
in the soil the farmer is ‘still the
loser.
-Another phase of the drought
problems discussion in the Bee-
ville meeting was centered around
the topic “Soil Management for
the Most Efficient Use of Avail-
able Water, with Dr. Edgar Le-
mon of the department of agrono-
my of A&M College leading this
discussion. Dr. Lemon said that
there is not more than 25 per
cent proper use made of the rain-
fall in South Texas, and one of
the problems which is being stud-
ied is that of increasing the ef-
ficiency of conserving the rain-
fall received. Increasing the in-
take of water into the soil and
decreasing the evaporation of the
moisture from the soil are two
of the major factors to be con-
sidered in the study of making
the most of the rainfall, Dr. Le-
mon pointed out.
Pawlik is in full accord with
the various specialists who spoke
at the meeting and recommended
that farmers recognize farming
as a business and operate it on
that basis. In doing so, the farm-
ers will make the most of their
past records in obtaining a bet-
ter view of the future farm pro-
blems and will come mooe and
more to rely upon their own per-
sonal experience in meeting those
problems coupled with the ad-
vice of the specialists who have
given time and study to those
farm problems.
last semester of the school year,
January 27-May 27: Mike Blanco,
Lucio Bargas, Maria Castro, Abel
Cantu, Adelaedo Castro, Manuel
Cane, Maria Carmen, Gomez,
Frutosa Garcia, Dominga Garcia,
Rosita Garcia, Delia Garza,
Josepja Garza, Angelita Garza,
Joe Moreo, Jose Marie Moratalla,
Robert Martinez, Gloria Rodriguez,
Ramon Rodriguez, Ascencion Soto,
Willie Trigo, Laurena Torrez and
Guadalupe Vargas.
Mrs. V. H. Shelton, principal of
the school, says that a perfect at-
tendance for the school record was
unheard of as late at 1945. But
during the past 10 years the par-
ents have gradually learned to ap-
preciate the importance of an ed-
ucation for their children and are
keeping their children in school
on a more regular schedule and
for a total of more months during
each year.
There was a period when a La-
tin-American graduate from Odem
High School was a rare exception,
but more and more of the Latin
parents have been encouraging
their children to remain in school,
with the result that nine of the 22
members of the 1954-1955 gradua-
ing class were Latin-Americans.
And a check of the 1954-55 annual
reveals that of the 88 high school
students for the coming year ex-
actly half the number will be La-
tin-Americans.
This makes plain that the num-
ber of Latin-Americans remaining
in school for graduation grows
increasingly higher each year.
And with the Shelton school pour-
ing a greater number of students
year by year into grade school to
go on through high school there is
a probability that the Odem high
school will within the next ten
years be graduating a class that
will be predominantly Latin-Amer-
ican.
Six Boy Scouts
Leave For Week
At Mathis Camp
Six members of the Odem-Edi’oy
Boy Scouts of America left on Sun-
day for Camp Karankawa for a
week-long camping trip and train-
ing in Boy Scout work, with Scout-
master J. L. Brough accompany-
ing them.
John L. Brough, Jr., who will be
among those attending camp this
week, spent last week also at
Camp Karankawa attending a spe-
cial Explorers’ meeting. Others
who went over on Sunday to spend
this week are Orville Maxwell,
James Williams, Joe Hammock,
Hareld Thomas and Ronnie Kreu-
ger.
Louis Kreuger assisted Scout-
master Brough in taking the boys
to camp and he and Bob Stalcup
will go over and relieve Mr.
Brough during the week. Perhaps
there will be others who will al-
so assist with the leading of the
boys during their camp activities.
Shirley Day Named
Editor of A. & I.
College Paper
Miss Shirley Day, who complet-
ed her sophomore work at A&I
College in Kingsville last month,
has been appointed by the student
council as editor of the South
Texan, the college paper for the
summer session, acording to an
announcement by the college.
Miss Day served as associate
editor of the South Texan during
the last semester of the 1954-55
term, ap»d was one of the students
who represented A&I College at
the spring college press associa-
tion meeting held at Abilene Chris-
tian College. Miss Day is carrying
into her college work the same
ability as a writer that she evi-
denced while serving on the Odem
High School newspaper and Odem
Annual staffs.
She is a graduate of Odem High
School. She is a business adminis-
tration major at A&I. She spent
the between-terms vacation here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Day.
32 Enroll In
Methodist Church
Bible School
The Vacation Church School
which opened at First Methodist
Church on Monday morning had
an enrollment of 32 students and
17 workers on the first day.
The school is under the direc-
tion of Mrs. A. C. Peeks and
there are classes for all age le-
vels between the kindergarten and
Junior departments.
Mrs. Alvin Spiekerman is the
teacher for the kindergarten de-
partment, and her assistants are
Mrs. J. L. Brough, Joyce Nan
Smith, Barbara Roach, Pat Voss,
and Marsha Weatherly. “The Stor-
ies of Jesus” is the book being
used by this department. The
teacher for the primary depart-
ment is Mrs. H. L. Lane, Jr.
assistants are Mrs. Bob Stalcup,
Phyllis Lane and Ruby Lee Pyle.
The textbook being used is “Je-
sus the Friend.”
The Junior department is bas-
ing their study on the textbook,
“We Would Follow Jesus.” Mrs.
A. H. Voss is the teacher for this
department, and her assistants are
Bryan Keeton, Miss Mary Hun-
sucker, Sandra Spiekerman and
Susan Whitten.
The school will be in session
from Monday through Friday at
9 to 11 a.m. and will continue
through this week and next.
Rape Charge Filed
Against Mathis Man
Ricardo Peralto of Mathis was
denied bond when he was brought
before Judge N. F. Phillips for
a preliminary hearing on a char-
ge of having raped his own 11-
year old daughter, and the man
has been committed to the coun-
ty jail to await the action of the
grand jury.
The child has been placed in
the San Antonio State Juvenile
School and Hospital for Girls, ac-
cording to a statement from the
sheriff’s department.
OdemSeniorsProve to beAmbassadors
Of Good Will For Odem On Trip
The members of the Odem grad-
uating class who made the trip to
New Orleans as the last event of
the school year came home with
a record of having done them-
selves proud and were rated as
“good will ambassadors fop their
parents, their school ana their
hometown,” according to a report
from the class sponsor, George
Fisher, who was one of the adults
accompanying the group.
“Everywhere we went the splen-
did conduct of the seniors was
commended”, said Fisher. Mana-
gers of the Alamo Plaza Courts
in New Orelans, where the group
maintained headquarters while in
the Creole City; the Shamrock
Hotel in Houston, where the group
spent one night on the return
trip; Antoine’s Restaurant in New
Orleans; and Bill Williams Rest-
aurant in Houston expressed their
appreciation of the exceptionally
good conduct of the Odem boys
and girls, and Fisher topped off
his report with the statement:
“There is nothing but pride to be
felt in the parents, the school and
the hometown which can send
fourth a group of teenage boys and
girls who can conduct themselves
that everywhere they went their
conduct was commended by oth-
ers.”
The group of Seniors and their
adult leaders, Mr.Fisher, the spon-
sor; Mrs. A. C. Bickham, Mrs. L.
E. Miller, Mrs. D. B. Mayfield,
and Mrs. J. E. Whitten, room
mothers; and A. C. Bickham and
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Peeks left
Odem on Saturday morning, May
28 and returned home on Wed-
nesday, June 3.
The group registered in at the
Alamo Plaza Courts in NewOrleans
and their first trip after establish-
ing headquarters was a guided
tour of the city which included the
French Quarters and other spots
of interest in the Creole City. A
30-mile steamboat trip on the
Mississippi River was another
highlight of the trip. The visit to
New Orleans was climaxed with a
supper at the worldfamous An-
toine’s Restaurant, where some of
the group from Odem had their
first taste of Creole food.
Their night as guests in the
Shamrock Hotel in Houston was
the greatest thrill of the return
Jr ip.
The party of 23 made tbe trip a
gay adventure from the moment
they stepped aboard the chartered
bus until their feet touched the
soil of their hometown, and there
was not a ripple of unhappiness
throughout the entire trip, accord-
ing to the report brought back by
the adults in the group.
Seniors who made the trip were
Susan Whitten, Bobby Cleveland,
Ruth Lovett, Phillis Lane, Elliott
White, Frances Nell Sipes, Robert
Sims, Pete Rodriguez, Lupe Rodre-
quez, Moises Perez, Bill Miller,
Tiny Mayfield, Hilda Robertson,
Sharon Davis, Larry Bickham, and
Marcos Botello.
Odem Graduates
Make Plans For
College Or Work
The members of 1954-55 graduat-
ing class of Odem High School
are busy with plans for the future,
with part of the group with de-
finite plans, while others are still
undecided.
Among those with their plans
already crystalizing are Frances
Nell Sipes, Ruth Lovett and Sha-
ron Davis. Frances Nell and Sha-
ron are attending business college
in Corpus Christi and Ruth Lovett
has accepted a position in a bank
there. —
Susan Whitten and Bobby Cleve-
land, valedictorian and salutator-
ian, respectively, of the class will
attend college this fall, with Susan
headed for SMU and Bobby to at-
tend A&I. Elliott White and Tiny
Mayfield are others who plan to
enter A&I. Phyllis Lane will enroll
at SWTSTC in San Marcos and
Robert Sims will attend Del Mar
College.
Marcos Botello will enlist in the
USAF and get his military car-
eer behind him before he decides
definitely for the future. Pete Rod-
riguez will be in New Mexico with
his father for the summer months,
after that his plans are incom-
plete. Moises Perez plans to work
in Odem. Other class members’
plans are still indefinite.
Ernest Wiliams of Odem, who
was a member of the Sinton High
School graduating class, will en-
roll at Southwestern University in
Georgetown in the fall.
Reunion Of Class
Of ’35 Draws
Leon Mertz ‘Home’
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Mertz and
children, Miss Pat and Jerry, were
in Comfort on Sunday to attend
the reunion of the 1935 graduating
class of Comfort High School of
which he was a member.
Eleven of the- 18 class mem-
bers and their families were pres-
ent for the first reunion of the
class. At graduation the class
members had planned to meet
every 10 years, but World War
II was in progress at the 10th
anniversary and the class mem-
bers failed to put their reunion
plans into execution for another
ten years.
The reunion was held in a pe-
can grove on Cypress Creek on
the Eddie Lindner .place near
Comfort where the class mem-
bers had enjoyed school picnics
and parties during their high
school days. The group voted to
hold a class reunion every five
years hereafter.
Mr. and Mrs. Mertz and their
children spent Saturday night in
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. V. Council in Kerrville.
They visited his parents and bro-
ther, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mertz
and Edwin Mertz, in ^Comfort on
Sunday afternoon before returning
to Odem.
Correction
In a recent story carried in
The Times an error was made
in the dmount of money donated
by that club to the Mexican Bap-
tist and Methodist Churches and
a correction is being made to
that effect.
The donation to each church
was $25 dollars instead of $2 as
stated in the former story. We
are glad to make this correction
and our apologies for the error
appearing in the previous story.
Winners Named
Bill Dudley, manager of the G.
B. Scull Red and White Store,
has announced the names of the
lucky winners at the drawing spon-
sored by the store on Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Gregorcyk won the
first prize, an electric cooker; Mrs.
H. M. Janicke drew the 32-piece
crystal set; and Mrs. Sylma
Smith and Mrs. S. P. Stanley each
won a sack of flour.
Simpsons Receive Word
Of New Grandson
The Rev. and Mrs. D. E. Simp-
son are rejoicing over the news
that they have a new grandson,
Denton Lynn Simpson, whose par-
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Bob Simp-
son of Austin.
This brings the number of their
grand children to seven. They
have five granddaughters, and
their second grandson is the first,
grandson to bear the Simpson
name. Their other grandson is
Bob Feuerbacher. He, too, is a
resident of Austin, but he has been
a guest in the home of his grand-
parents here since January, when
enrolled as a second grader in
the Odem Grammar School.
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New Water Rates Put
Into Effect by City Council
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REV. C. O. BOATMAN
Methodist Minister
Reception Honors
New Methodist'
Preacher Sunday
An informal reception planned
by the WSCS was given in the
fellowship hall at First Methodist
Church Sunday evening following
the worship hour in honor of the
new pastor and his wife, the Rev.
C. O. Boatman, and his son Dav-
id Boatman of El Paso, who is
their house guest.
The Rev. Jkar. Boatman is not
a stranger in the community, sin-
ce he conducted a revival here in
1940 during the pastorate of the
late Rev. Roy G. Rader.
The Rev. Mr. Boatman did post
graduate work at Southwestern
University, Georgetown and at
Iliff Seminary in Denver, Colo.
He was ordained and served pas-
torates in the Central Texas Meth-
odist Conference prior to coming
to the Southwest Conference in
1927.
During World War II he served
as an Army Chaplain for more
than three years, with part of
that service in the European the-
atre of war. Following his active
duty as an Army chaplain the
evangelistic work for two and one-
half years, after which he served
as pastor of Government Hill
Methodist Church in San Antonio
for seven years immediately prior
to his being assigned the pastorate
of First Methodist Church in
Odem during the recent annual
Southwest Methodist Conference
held "in San Antoniio.
Mrs. Boatman is an experienced
Sunday School worker, with much
of her service in that branch of
the church work being done in
the Intermediate department. She
was a regular member of the
choir of First Methodist of Bas-
trop for approximately 20 years.
She is a business woman, having
been in the mercantile business
in Bastrop for 20 years.
She has a son and a daughter
by a previous marriige, M. T.
Cochran of Corpus Christi and
Mrs. J. C. Nash, Jr. of Calvert,
respectively, and her husband is
the father of two sons and a
daughter by a previous marriage
His daughter, Miss Marie Boatman,
who was known by some mem-
bers of the Odem church, lost
her life in a plane crash four
years ago as she and other U. S.
Navy nurses were enroute to Ja-
pan for duty in tne Far Eastern
waters. His sons are David Boat-
man of El Paso and John Boat-
man of Houston.
The Rev. D. E. Simpson, pastor
of First Baptist Church and the
congregation of that church at-
tended the evening services at
First Methodist Church and were
guests at the reception honoring
the Rev. and Mrs. Boatman.
Approximately 150 guests were
present for the reception. Mrs.
Roy Underwood, president of the
Wesleyan Service Guild poured the
iced lemonade which was served
with homebaked cookies provided
by the Guild and WSCS mem-
bers. Mrs. J. E. Williams, presi-
dent of the WSCS received with
the honor guests.
Red bougainvilleas were used
as a centerpiece for the lace-
laid table and at other vantage
points in the hall.
Last Honor Roll
For Odem Schools
Is Released
The following is the honor roll
for high school and jr. high school
for the sixth six weeks as report-
ed by K. J. Vincent, principal.
SENIORS
Bobby Cleveland
Tiny Mayfield
Moises Perez
Alberto Sanchez
Elliott White
Susan Whitten
Phyllis Lane
JUNIORS
Mary Ordena Selph
SOPHOMORES
Glenda Brown
FRESHMEN
None
EIGHTH
San Juana Fuentez
SEVENTH
Perry Courtney
Jose Dominquez
Cipriano Ramon
Ann Turner
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The following is the honor roll
of the Odem Grammar School for
the sixth six-weeks as submitted
by Pat W. Lightfoot, Principal.
FIRST GRADE
Roxie Ann Baylor
Betty Kay Cureton
Ronald Harris
Tamara Horn
Jane Simpson
Ann Smith
Terry Smith
Karen White
SECOND GRADE
Anita Botello
Eva Chapa
Wayne Peeks
Nelda Senden
Marilyn Smith >
Phylis Smith
Bill Whitley
THIRD GRADE
Linda Kay Senden
Margaret Stein
Charles Freeman
Dennis Gregorcyk
Frankie Perez
FOURTH GRADE
Norma Jean Hayes
Juan Mendoza
Kenneth Stein
Janis Reed
Donna Roach
Lydia Sipes
Donna Voss
Kay Whitley
FIFTH GRADE
Karen Childress
Manuel Gonzales
Catarina Mancias
Jean Raab
Gabriel Ruiz
David Stobb
SIXTH GRADE
Ramon Flores
Jesusa Gonzales
.Kay Reed
Jo Ann Rouse
Mike Spiekerman
Geneva Wilems
THE ODEM-EDROY TIMES is
the only paper in the world that
has the interests of this area
foremost in their minds — A
bost for the Times is a bost for
the entire area.
SHELTON SCHOOL
Following is the honor roll of
Shelton Elementary School for the
sixth six-weeks reporting period as
submitted by Mrs. Shelton:
FIRST GRADE
Alicia Bargas
Felicitas Botello
Robert Beltran
Abel Cantu
Mike Cardenas
Mary Elena Cisneros
Celia Garcia
Alcario Garcia
Pedro Elizardo
Anita Hernandez
Paula Hernandez
Ramon Hernandez
Juanita Lira
Salome Limones
Amalia Leal
Juan Morin
Santos Martinez
George Martinez
Jesus Marin
Robert Martinez
Cilpiano Morin
Aurelio Ramon
Gloria Sambrano
Olovio Santellana
Aucencio Santellana
Mike Torrez, Jr.
SECOND GRADE
Maximo Asevedo
Rosa Bilano
Louisa Blanco’
Aurora Garcia
Frutoso Garcia
Carmen Garcia
Filimon Guerrero
Reynoldo Hinojosa
Francisco Lopez
Joe Martinez
Celia Martinez
SEE HONOR ROLL Page 4
The City Council adopted a low-
er water rate scale for a 90-day
trial whereby the patrons of the
water system can save up to
,6.60 per month on 60,500 gallons
of water. Mayor J. S. Edgar has
stressed that the new schedule
is strictly a: 90-day trial test. The
comparative scale can be seen
in a paid advertisement in this
issue of the Times.
Karl J. Vincent
Resigns Position
As H. S. Principal
In a school board meeting held
Tuesday evening the resignation
of Karl J. Vincent, hihg school
principal, was accepted by the
board.
Vincent has accepted the posi-
tion of high school principal in
the Flour Bluff school system at
an increase in salary over the
one paid in the Odem school
where he has served as high
school principal for the past four
years.
Summer Program
For Homemakers
Gets Started
Odem High School’s summer
Homemaking program got off to
a good start this week. Our school
is now carrying on a ten months
Vocational program, which enabl-
es the homemaking teacher to
work an additional month in the
summer. Home, school and com-
munity experiences for youth and
families during the summer are
important in building on effective
total program in homemaking.
The school administrators, teach-
er, youth and parents working to-
gether have further opportunity ter
consider carefully the life of the
community in order to discover
the needs around which to build
a program based on problems that
families are meeting in their hom-
es, in their school, and in their
community. Youth and families
have more time to work intensive-
ly on certain types of problems,
and the teacher can give more
guidance to experiences which
can be done best during the sum-
mer.
An adult class is now meeting
each Tuesday and Thursday even-
ings for instruction in clothing
constructions. Every interested
adult is invited to attend these
classes, meeting in the homemak-
ing department at 7:00. This week
we began on the basic steps in
clothing construction, -and Thurs-
day night Mr. C. C. Vaughn and
Mr. West from the Necchi Sew-
ing Machine Center in Alice came
over and gave an excellant dem-
onstration on the new zig-zig ma-
chine, which the department is
lucky enough to have.
Your Homemaking teacher is
hired an extra month to do work
in both the school and the com-
munity; if she can be of any
assistance to you in any way, do
not hesitate to call her any time.
Tampke Family Returns
From Okinawa Tour
Chief Warrant Officer and Mrs.
Homer A . Tampke^ and their son,
Fred Tampke have returned to
the States from Okinawa, and are
in Corpus Christi and Odem for
a 30-day leave with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Mowdy, and
her sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Underwood of Odem
CWO Tampke served two years
in Okinawa as director of the
2nd Division Army Band. Mrs.
Tampke and their son joined him
there a year ago.
Upon the expiration of their visit
CWO Tampke and Mrs. Tampke
will go to Ft. Lewis, Tacoma,
Washington for his new assign-
ment of duty. Fred will spend the
summer here and in Corpus Cchis-
ti. He attended school here during
his sophomore year and is enjoy-
ing renewing acquaintances. He
will complete his Senior year in
high school at the close of the
coming school year.
County Clerk Hospitalized
Mrs. Velma Sherman, county
clerk of San Patricio Co. was en-
tered as a medical patient in
Sinton Hospital on Wednesday of
last week.
She was still receiving no visi-
tors early this week but her con-
dition was showing improvement.
She is suffering from a form of
bursitis which is causing excru-
ciating pain in her shoulder ac-
cording to a report from a mem-
ber of her family.
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