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Page A—THE ODEM-EDROY TIMES—Odem, Tex., Wed., June 8, 55
How To Fly
Flag Told By
Army Sergeant
At the approach of June 14,which
has been designated as National
Flag Day, there always arises
questions as to flag etiquette, and
M. Sgt. Norman Mackland, who
followed the U. S. Colors around
the world through World Wars I
and II and in the peace periods
before, between, and since those
two wars to stack up more than
30 years of active duty as an U. S.
Arcpy man, has passed along some
pertinent information concerning
the two conditions which govern
the flying of the flag at half-mast
that is worth reading, clipping,
remembering and observing.
According to this bit of informa-
tion given by a man who has seen
Old Glory hoisted and lowered
more times perhaps than any oth-
er resident of San Patricio Co. the
flying of the flag at half-mast oth-
er than those two occasions on
which it should be flown in that
manner is one of the most fre-
quent breaches of flag etiquette.
The Stars and Stripes flying at
half-mast is a symbol of National
mourning, and there are only two
occasions on which the flying of
the Colors at that position is cor-
rect — (1) from sunrise to noon
on Memorial Day, May 30, and
(2) following the isuance of a
presidential preclamation declar-
ing a period of national mourning.
The United States flag belongs to
all the people of our Land and
schould be flown at half mast
only when the entire nation
mourns. The practice of flying the
U.S. flag at half-staff to honor a
deceased state, county or city of-
ficial, a civic leader, club mem-
ber or even the repatriated war
dead is not correct. The State,
city or club flag can properly be
flown at half mast in honor of
those mourned locally, but it is
a breach of flag etiquette to half-
staff the National Colors in honor
©f those so locally mourned.
The argument set forth by those
who feel that the men. and women
who died for our country and flag
should be accorded the highest
possible honor we can give them
is answered in this way: “Those
men and women are accorded that
honor on Memorial Day, May 30,
which has been officially set a-
part for that express purpose of
so honoring our war dead, and
other deceased veterans.
On Memorial Day the Stars and
Stripes are to be hoisted to the
peak of the staff at sunrise for an
instant and then lowered to half
mast, to fly in that position un-
til the noon hour in recognition of
and homage to the men and wo-
men who gave their lives in
defense of our country and to
those deceased veterans who ser-
ved our country at home or abroad
At die noon hour on Memorial Day
the flag is again briskly hoisted to
the peak of the staff and remains
to fly there until sunset hour.
M-Sgt. Mackland has been on
inactive duty for the past three
years because of ill health, but
he is still a soldier from the top
of his head to the soles of his
feet, and the mention of the flag
never fails to bring a lustre to his
eye and a vibrancy to his voice.
And we feel indebted io him for
the information concerning the
flying of the Colors at half mast
as carried in this story.
Speeds Return
r rom i rip 1 o
Texas Towns
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Speed have
returned from a combined busi-
ness and pleasure trip which took
them to various towns and into
the homes of a number of rela-
tives.
They first drove to Angleton
where they were guests in the
home of his son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Ivy. They
were joined there on Sunday a
week ago by his son and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Speed from Baytown. The family
group drove to Freeport on a
sightseeing trip that afternoon,
and later Mr. and Mrs. Speed
drove on to Rosenberg where they
were overnight guests in the
home of his brother and sister-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Speed.
On Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Speed
went on to their farm and ranch
in Muldoon to attend to their in-
terests there.
While in Muldoon the couple
had the pleasure of attending a
Baptist revival which was in pro-
gress at First Baptist Church in
that town. Evangelist Parker of
Ft. Worth and the pastor of the
Muldoon church did the preach-
ing and the Rev. Mr. Jackson,
pastor of the First Baptist Church
in Flatonia led the singing. Mr.
Speed is <a deacon of the church
of Muldoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Speed started
their homeward journey on Satur-
day afternoon, stopping by for
visit with another daughter, Mrs.
Ira Syler, and Mr. Syler in Fla-
ton'ia before driving on to Odem.
On Sunday afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. Speed, accompanied by her
son and his family, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Heinsohn and children of
Corpus Christi, attended the Hale-
Copeland family reunion at Lake
Farewell Supper
Given Tuesday
For Heaners
Approximately 75 persons attend-
ed the farewell supper given at
the fellowship hall of First Meth-
odist Church on Tuesday evening
of last week honoring the Rev.
and Mrs. R. Russell Heaner, who
left on Thursday for Columbus,
where he will pastor the First
Methodist Church.
Members of the Odem -church
were hosts for the covered dish
supper, with Mrs. Roy Under-
wood in charge of arrangements.
Spring blossoms were used as
a center piece for the table where
the supper was served buffet style.
Bob Stalcup, president of the
Odem Kiwanis Club, presented the
Rev. Heaner a Schaeffer pen and
pencil set on behalf the Kiwanis
Club of which the minister had
been an active member since
coming to Odem four years ago.
Other gifts were presented the
minister and his wife by indivi-
dual members of the church.
The Rev. Heaner is a native
of Victoria where he attended the
public schools and Victoria Junior
Cdllege. He received his bachelor
or arts and bachelor of science
degrees from the University of
Texas and a bachelor of divinity
degree from SMU. He was ordain-
ed in the North Texas Methodist
Conference and pastored churches
in that Conference before transfer-
ring to Southwest Methodist Con-
ference in 1946. He served as as-
sociate pastor of Travis Park
Methodist Church in San Antonio
and was pastor at Medina and
Bandera prior to his coming to
Odem. He was a member of the
Rountable of Protestants, Catholics
and Jews in Corpus Christi and
acted as religious news commen-
tator for radio station KEYS in
Corpus Christi each Sunday morn-
ing during his pastorate here.
Mrs. Heaner is the former Doro-
thy Bearden of Tyler, who served
Corpus Christi, Mathis. The Hale
and Copeland families are Mrs.
Speed’s relatives, and they meet
annually for a family reunion.
There were 83 present for the get-
to-gether on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Speed finished
off the day by attending the joint
service of the Methodist and Bap-
tist congregations held at First
Methodist Church when the two
churches came together for the
Sunday evening services to wel-
come tht new pastor of First
Methodist Church and his wife,
the Rev. and Mrs. C. O. Boat-
mart.
as missionary-teacher at Isabella
Thobum College in Lucknow, In-
dia, for five years. She and the
Rev. Heaner met during the time
he was associate pastor of Travis
Park Methodist Church and she
was church secretary and direc-
tor of Christian Education at Al-
amo Heights Methodist Church in
the same city. However, they were
not married until thre§ years ago
this month. Mrs. Heaner attend-
ed Southwestern University, Geo-
rgetown, Scarritt College, Nash-
ville, Tenn; and Cornell University,
Ithaca, N. Y. She was serving as
a member of the Board of Mis-
sions in New York immediately
prior to her marriage to the Rev.
Heaner. She has been much in
demand as a public speaker dur-
ing her stay in South Texas, and
she was a member of the Odem
High School faculty for two years.
While serving as a missionary
in India Mrs. Heaner also served
on board and committees of the
Methodist Church in Southwest
Asia, the National Christian Coun-
cil, and the National Y.W.C.A. of
India, Pakistan, Burma and Cey-
lon.
Associational Baptist
Meeting Set June 14
The Baptist Asociational workers
Conference will be held at First
Baptist Church in Odem on Tues-
day evening, June 14.
The board meetings will be held
at 5 p.m. after which a supper
will be served in the educational
building fellowship hall. Regular
sessions of the conference will be-
gin at 7 p.m.
Plans for entertaining approxi-
mately 200 delegates to the con-
ference are being made. This is
the first time in several years for
First Baptist Church of Odem to
be host to the workers associat-
ional conference.
Mrs. M. W. Peck
Has Recent Visitors
Mrs. M. W. Peeks had as her
guests on Thursday and Friday
her niece, Mrs. Frank Robinson,
and the latter’s son, Bob Robin-
son of Crane.
The guests were here on a brief
vacation period before Mr. Robin-
son returned to McMurry College
in Abilene to resume his studies
in pre-medical work. He and his
mother were to visit briefly in
Bandera on their way out to
Abilene.
REMINGTON QUIET-RITER —
Something NEW in portable type-
writers. Available for as little as
$5. monthly at Taft Tribune.
G. I. Loans Pass
4 Million Mark;
Few Default
A recent report from the Veter-
ans Administration, indicates that
loans to World War n and Ko-
rean veterans for homes, farms
and businesses have passed the
4 million mark in the United
States, with 235,627 of this figure
going to Texas veterans—since the
program started in 1944. The Vet-
erans Administration has guaran-
teed or insured loans to Texas
veterans totalling $1,625,304,236.
Of the total loans to Texas—
226,396 were home loans amount-
ing to nearly $1,588,900 and 5,119
were business loans totalling near-
ly $17,800,000; and 4,422 were
farm loans for more than $8,500,-
000.
The VA report also shows that
10.6 per cent of the Texas loans,
or 25,032 amounting to nearly
$116,800,000 have been repaid in
full—more than 18,800 of these
were home loans—2,550 were
farm loans and nearly 3,655 were
business loans. The VA has had
to pay on only 1,583 loans to
Texas. The net amount of these
claims is $1,140,600, which is less
than $1 for every $1,000 borrowed
by Texans and this amount may
be further reduced through li-
quidation and delayed payments
by the veterans.
HONOR ROLL From Page 1
Guillermo Sambrano
Mike Salinas
Joe Sanchez
Rafael Veliz
THIRD GRADE
Alcadia Alaniz
Lucinda Alverez
Juan Bocanegra
Maria Castillo
Maria Elva Cedillo
Fernando Cedillo
Elida Deases
Baldemar Gomez
David Gonzales
Pedro Hernandez
Augustin Lara
Angel Luna
Adolfo Martinez
Luis Mosquedo
Daniel Nino
Baldemar Sanchez
Adela Perez
Josephine Serda
Petra Silva
Pedro Villarreal
Louisa Ybarra
FOURTH GRADE
Oralia Cantu
Frances Garcia
Maria Andrea Garcia
Maria Morroquin
Camillo Martinez
Dominga Perez
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New Water Rates New In Effect
OLD RATES
3,000
at 90 $ 3.50
5,000
at 90 4.50
7,000
at 85 5.95
15,000
at 80 12.00
30,000 or over 75 22.50
60,000 gals
$48.45
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Strictly 90-Day Trial Test
NEW RATES
Raise Min. 3500 to
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85
$4.25
7,000
80
5.60
15,000
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10.50
30,000 or over
60
18.00
60,500
$41.85
$6.60 Per Month In Effect NOW
E. H. Edgar, Mayor
City of Odem
Tips On Looking For Uranium Given
By A Well Qualified Prospector
By C. R. DeWITT
It is not without good reason
that so many articles are appear-
ing on Uranium and Uranium pro-
specting in Texas these days for
it was not so long ago that' Geolo-
gist would have told you the Ura-
nium in paying quantities, did not
occur east of the Rocky Moun-
tains. Of course uranium minerals
as collectors items have been
known to exist in the State for
many years.
With this curent interest in a
“dry weather crop” we might ask
.just who are the boys finding the
mineral deposits that mean some-
thing dollars and cents wise. Is it
the old sourdough with burro and
pans or the modern “professional
prospector” with jeeps, planes,
elaborate instruments? Or the geo-
logist who applies his immense
yet limited knowledge of the. world
about him? Actually none of the
above are finding the major por-
tion of commerical uranium pro-
duction in the United States, but
rather the man on the street, the
farmer, the factory worker, me-
chanics, electricians and clerks.
Statistics bear out the fact that
approximately 75 per cent of de-
posits to date have been dis-
covered by amatuers, most of
whom were equipped with a re-
latively inexpensive single tube
geiger mueller counter.
So we are interested in pros-
pecting and would like to indulge
a bit ourselves — what next? The
primary attributes of a prospector
must be determination, optimism,
courage, a little money and above
all a realization of the problem,
to be encountered. Without these
it would mean nothing to purchase
elaborate instruments and begin a
search for the easy millions of
1955. One must realize first of all
that uranium ores in paying quan-
tities are not around the first cor-
ner, but there is great pleasure to
be derived from the search and
the challange of the search, and
the reward of seeing the extreme
beauty of some of the more re-
mote areas of our State are not to
be counted as valueless.
The actual equipment needed for
active uranium prospecting varies
with the plans of the individual.
For a week-end prospector to fit
himself out in an impressive array
of paraphernalia is a near total
waste of money. A week ender
would consider a single tube gei-
ger counter in a cost range of
$100 to $150 and should never be
without it on his trips. Uranium
has a habit of popping up in the
strangest places.
Should a person have as much
as two months a year to devote
to prospecting as on hunting and
fishing trips, vacations and week-
ends he should if possible, afford
himself one of the more sensitive
scintillation counters ranging from
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$250 upwards. A relatively new de-
velopment in the field of detec-
tion instruments is the multi-gieger
tube counters but they generally
have a beginning price of around
$500. These are very dependable
instruments and may be used
quite successfully in prospecting
from a car or jeep moving at 20
up to 60 rrjiles per hour.
A full time prospector should be
well equiped with a four wheel
drive vehicle, camping equipment,
maps, and as good an instrument
as finances will allow. A small
coredrilling rig costing from one
thousand up to several thousand
dollars is an excellent asset.
Every prospector and potential
prospector should obtain a copy of
‘.‘Minerals for Atomic Energy” by
Robert D. Nininger. This will
answer many puzzling questions
and will mentally equip the pros-
pector with much practical infor-
mation that would cost many times
the price of the book to learn the
hard way.
Certainly in a free enterprise
system the individual, including
the amatuer prospector should be
encouraged to search for and de-
velop a material that is both pro-
fitable to its discoverer and an aid
to our vital national defense. The
application of uranium to peace
time uses has hardly been touch-
ed. We do know that in the future
it will have a profound influence
upon the devlopment of medicine
and machine power that measure
the standard of living and streng-
th* of a people. Perhaps you will
have helped contribute to this pro-
gress.
PASTURES NEED REST
FOLLOWING RAINS
COLLEGE STATION — June —
Rest after a rain is the best pre-
scription for drouthy, overgrazed
pastures.
Since many ranchers are carry-
ing reduced numbers of livestock,
producers should be able to defer
one-fourth of their grazing lands
without damaging the remainder,
A. H. Walker, extension range
specialist, says. This way many
pastures can gain full advantage
of recent soaking rains.
Pastures with most native gras-
ses and vegetative cover will
make the most recovery in a short
er period of time and should be de-
ferred first, says Walker. Poorer
pastures can be rested later since
they may require several years to
recover.
It’s better to remove all live-
stock from a pasture than to leave
it lightly stocked, he adds.
Defer for three to six months,
or until frost. But if the grazing
is needed sooner, wait at least
until the growing grasses mature
and drop a seed crop. Deferring
promotes seed and plant reprodu-
ction in addition to increasing the
vigor of existing plants.
The specialist recommends mo-
derately grazing the pasture dur-
ing the winter. This method pro-
vides some forage for livestock
and helps distribute plant seed.
Many ranchmen looking over
their bare ranges are considering
reseeding. In some instances re-
seeding may be warranted but de-
ferment more often does the job
cheaper. If as much as 15 percent
of the “key” grasses are left, rest
rather than reseed, the specialist
suggests.
LOCALS
Sherry Spradley of Refugio ar-
rived on Saturday afternoon for
a visit with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Spradley. The lit-
tle’ girl came over especially to
attend the Vacation Bible School
which is in progress at First Bap-
tist Church. She made the trip
alone by train and was delighted
with her first and only ride on a
train, and very proud that she
had made the adventure alone.
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