The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1959 Page: 3 of 4
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That time of the year has ar-
rived when the hunting season- is
just about over.
But there still is fun to be
had.
Henry P. Davis, public relations
director of Remington, reminds us
that a good many sportsmen don’t
stop their shooting when the
hunting season ends. He doesn’t
^nean that they violate the law.
Davis is speaking about the
many, many hunters who don’t
stow their guns away at the end
of the open season. He’s refer-
ring to those who keep their hunt-
ing eyes “in shape” by frequent
target practice.
“Shooting is just like anything
else,” Davis says. “You’ve got to
keep at it for proficiency. Practice
is the one thing that can keep a
gunner’s marksmanship at par.”
This also reminds me of a piece
I read recently from the typewriter
of Col. Charles Askins of San An-
tonio. The colonel does quite a bit
of shooting on the range. I happen
to know he shoots a case of shells
every month at the trap. He also
hunted in Africa and Alaska the
past year.
For many years he was national
pistol champion. I knew him when
he was a border patrolman out
in New Mexico many, many years
ago. I spent quite a few after-
noons making pictures of him prac-
ticing shooting. Back in those days
Askins handloaded his fodder, but
he kept on shooting.
In the military he spent a great
deal of time in Spain, as a mili-
tary attache. As such he got to do
quite a bit of hunting. He tells
me that some of those Spanish
noblemen shoot a case of shotgun
shells in just a few days, keeping
in constant practice for tire bird
migration that moves across the
land of Don Quixote.
Askins advises every man who
wants to be a good shot, to shoot.
Join a hunting club, or shoot at
tin- cans or crows.
Incidentally, crow shooting is a
pet hobby of mine in off season. I
got started at it in the Mesilla
Valley above El Paso, in company
with Askins. A friend of ours came
down from the nor.hwest and
showed us how to use a crow
call. I still have that old call,
which has some 20 years behind
it now.
Unfortunately there isn’t the open
country to shoot in today that we
had even a few years ago. You
could go out most any place and
find a good sand hill or creek bot-
tom where shooting practice was
easy. Today you must get per-
mission before shooting.
This isn’t too much trouble,
especially in the case of crows.
Most farmers are anxious to have
them killed off. Make your contact
with the farmer, and if he feels
sure you’ll not shoot one of his
farm animals, or kill a few quail
out of season you can make a deal
with him.
For rifle and pistol shooting it
is different. Around most cities
there are gun clubs, where there
are rifle and pistol ranges. Mem-
berships are nominal. They are
under control, and usually there is
someone around who knows what
it is all about.
There is a lot of fun in shoot-
ing over a course at targets and
hitting the bulls-eye.
One of the best marksmen I
have ever known was .the late
Thurman Randal. Many years ago
he started a little shooting range
back of his camp on Lake Grove.
It was there that I saw my first
telescope sight. I used to go there
to make pictures of the shooters.
Thurman told me one time how
he regarded shooting. He said he
liked it because you didn’t set out
to beat someone. Your whole pur-
pose was to be able to shoot a
possible. Down through the years
every time I’ve watched firing on
the line I have thought of that.
There was no competition such as
playing football or bronco busting.
A group of men were standing
there firing, just hoping that they
would put 10 shots in the bulls-
eye for a perfect score.
From that beginning, behind a
lake camp, Thurman Randal be-
came a national champion, and fin-
ally president of the National Rifle
Assn. He was a lieutenant com-
mander in the navy during the
war, teaching young men to shoot
their best.
While there is fun to be had in
this type of shooting, I still like to
find myself in an old gravel bed
with a .22 rifle or pistol and a
few tin cans. There is something
about shooting at tin cans that
intrigues me. I like to shoot them
and make them bounce, and then
shoot them again.
This is good practice for boys.
I think perhaps if I ever had to
teach a boy to shoot, it would be
at tin- cans rather than at targets.
'There is a lot to be said for
paper targets. You can learn con-
centration, team work, sportsman-
ship, and how to hold a steady
nerve. But just as much may be
said for tin can shooting. It teaches
you alertness. You learn to handle
your gun quicker and easier. When
you go afield you are a better shot.
While I like to shoot tin cans
I’ve never been a bottle shooter.
I’ve seen men plinking bottles float-
ing downstream in rivers where
others would go swimming. It al-
ways makes me just a little
sick to think what would happen
if a diver hit one of those broken
bottles.
Yes, sir, just because the sea-
son closes you don’t have to put
the gun away. You still can have
lots of fun, and get in a lot of
needed practice for next season.
Governor Daniel
Outlines Safety
Program For '59
1957 death rate of six persons
for every 100 million miles travel-
ed, the 1967 Death Toll will be':
4,000 Dead, since 5,600,000 Texas
drivers will be driving 5,300,000
vehicles an estimated 63 billion,
600 million miles every year!
Here is Governor Price Daniel’s
official program for Traffic Safety
in Texas:
1. Greater public realization of
the danger existing on Tex'as high-
ways and maximum public cooper-
ation in safe driving and obser-
vance of traffic laws.
2. More rigid enforcement and
more certainty of punishment un-
der present traffic laws, especial-
ly those relating to speeding and
driving while intoxicated.
3. Universal driver education in
Texas public schools, supported by
state aid.
4. A law permitting police to
use medically-accepted chemical
tests in drunk-driving cases.
5. Adoption of the Uniform Dri-
ver License Law.
6. A system of fair, respected
Traffic Courts, with jurisdiction and
authority to apply the law effec-
tively.
7. Twice as many State Highway
Patrolmen to meet minimum ac-
cepted police standards for Texas
highway mileage and vehicle miles
traveled.
Every Texan must remember
that December is the deadly month
of the year in Texas traffic, when
it should be filled only with Peace
on Earth, Goodwill Toward Men
and free from the misery of traffic
death and injury.
RUBBER STAMPS MADE TO
ORDER—
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throughout 1959
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Mrs. Hanshaw
Hostess For
Christmas Party
Mrs. Jessie Hanshaw was hos-
tess for the traditional Christmas
Eve party in her home and for
the Christmas dinner the following
day.
There were five generations of
the family present for the Christ-
mas Eve party and exchange of
gifts: Mrs. N. R. Smith, Mrs. Han-
shaw, Mrs. H. L. Lane Jr., Mrs.
M. L. Rhyne and her infant son,
Loel Lane Rhyne of Gregory.
Loel Lane was a bit too young
to know the meaning of Santa or
to enjoy the refreshments of fruit
cake, cookies and punch, but he
was the center of attraction in the
family group.
Those present for the party were
Mrs. N. R. Smith and her sisters
Miss Jo Boyd and Mrs. Grace
Weisiger, the latter of Corpus Chris-
ti; Mr. and Mrs. Norwood Pugh
land daughter, Miss Glenda Pugh
Houston; Gary Pugh, Austin; Dr.
and Mrs. Hal Seimer and son Hal
Garland, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
ward Hanshaw and children, all of
Corpus Christi; Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
R,hyne and Loel, Gregory; Wilson
Baylor, Bentley Baylor, Roxie
Anne Baylor, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Lane,
and the hostess Mrs. Hanshaw.
Mrs. Wilson Baylor was ill and
could not attend the Christmas Eve
party and the Christmas dinner in
Mrs. Hanshaw's home. Roxie Anne
missed out on the dinner also and
little Loel Lane was absent from
the Christmas Day gathering be-
cause of illness, but his parents
and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Rhyne and Mr. and Mrs. Lane,
respectively attended the dinner in
relays with one couple caring for
the baby while the other went over
for lunch in the Hanshaw home.
Others present at the dinner were
Wilson Baylor, Bentley Baylor, Mr.
and Mrs. Pugh, Miss Glenda Pugh,
Gary Pugh, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Hanshaw and children and Mrs.
Hanshaw.
Dance Held On
Christmas Eve
In Webb Home
Stanley Webb HI, assisted by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Webb
Jr., entertained with a dance
Christmas night in the Webb home.
The home was beautifully decor-
ated in the Christmas theme and
the refreshments consisted of tur-
key, ham, shrimp, dips, potato
chips cookies and fruit punch. The
centerpiece for the serving table
was a red and gold arrangement
flanked by red tapers burning in
branched candelabra.
Approximately 50 guests attend-
ed the dance. A record player
provided the music.
Thurs., Jan. 1, 1959, Odem, Tex.—THE ODEM-EDROY TIMES—Page 3
SOCIETY
Mrs. Whestone
Gives Coffee
Friday Morning
Mrs. Crawford Whetstone enter-
tained with a “come as you are”
coffee in her home Friday morn-
ing.
The guests cooperated wonder-
fully well in the “come as you
are” invitation and a number of
them wore their housecoats, but
not a one in the group failed to
look attractive in her “off guard
attire”, was the way one guest
expressed the appearance of the
group.
Home-baked cookies, peppernuts
and coffee were served to Mrs.
J. S. Edgar, Mrs. A. N. Smith,
Mrs. T. T. Nixon, Mrs. Herman
Butschek, Mrs. Chester Phelps,
Mrs. Carroll Janicke, Mrs. Hobart
Janicke, Mrs. C. F. Spiekerman
and her house guest, Mrs. John
Grist of Austin, Mrs. J. L. Petrus,
Mrs. Bonnie Staton and the hos-
tess, Mrs. Whetstone.
Mrs. Gaines, Friend
Visit In Corpus
Mrs. W. C. Gaines and her sis-
ter, Miss Caroline Bomba of San
Antonio, spent from Wednesday
through Friday with the former’s
daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Clarkson and sons, in Cor-
pus Christi.
While there Miss Bomba had the
misfortune of getting a turkey bone
caught in her throat. The accident
necessitated her being hospitalized
and a specialist to remove the
bone which had turned crosswise
in her throat. She spent one af-
ternoon in the hospital, with the
greater part of the time spent in
coming from under the influence
of the anesthesia. She spent from
Friday night through Sunday in
the home of another sister, Mrs.
R. Kunitz Sr. in Sinton, and re-
turned to Odem with her sister,
Mrs. Gaines, after a family din-
ner in the Kunitz home Sunday
and spent that night and Monday
with Mrs. Gaines.
4-H Club Has
Christmas Party
The Town and Country 4-H Club
met in the school cafeteria Fri-
day of last week for an informal
party and exchange of gifts.
The Christmas tree in the cafe-
teria was the focal point of in-
terest in the Christmas theme car-
ried out in the decorations.
Christmas carols were sung by
the group after which cookies,
Coke and candy were served to the
club members and their adult
leaders, Mrs. Dorothy Ives, HD
agent, Mrs. V. F. Shelton and Mrs.
Doyle Smith.
Local and Personal •
CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
Christmas Eve Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Scull entertained with a party
and exchange of gifts in honor
of their grandchildren. Those pre-
sent for the supper and party were-
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Eads Jr. and
son Carey De and daughters, Misses
Madeleine and Suzanne Eads, Ro-
bert Romack and Miss Jan Sharp,
all of Sinton*, Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Scull and children, LeNell, Howell
and Wayman, and Mr. and Mrs.
Emmett Scull and children, Wil-
liam Ray, Patrice and Rautt.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stanley and
her sister, Miss Allie Hancock had
Miss Bess Cook as their dinner
guest Christmas Day. Mrs. Edith
Scott, niece of Mrs. Stanley and
Miss Hancock visited them Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Butler and
children of Pecos spent the holi-
days here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. S. Butler Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Johnson ar.d
son, Sammy Ray Johnson, spent
Christmas in Corpus Christi with
their older son and brother, Mal-
colm Johnson, and his family. Gary,
the younger son* of Mr. and Mrs.
Malcolm Johnson, is reported to
be doing nicely since major surgery
was done on him a short time
ago. He will undergo further sur-
gery within the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Morton and
children* will arrive this week to
visit in the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Scull. A
family reunion is scheduled as the
highlight of the visit of' the Mor-
ton family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Childress had
as their guests Christmas their
daughters, Mrs. Lee McFarland of
Harlingen and Mrs. Emmett Scull,
and their families; Mrs. Childress’
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Magee, of Kingsville
and their daughters and families,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Swann and chil-
dren* of Alice and Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Sharp and children of Sin-
ton. Mr. and Mrs. John Edward
Kolb and children of Houston were
guests in the Childress home that
afternoon' Mrs. Kolb is the former
Joy Voltz, who once made her
home in* Odem.
The Rev. and Mrs. L. W. Crouch
of El Campo were overnight guests
in the home of her mother, Mrs.
R. W. Gilbert Wednesday of last
week. Mrs. Gilbert accompanied
them to Corpus Christi for a Christ-
mas dinner in the home of an-
other daughter, Mrs. Carl David-
son, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Nolen spent
Christmas in- San Antonio as guests
in the home of their son, O. W.
Nolen Jr. and family. They were
joined there by their daughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sen-
den and children, and their young-
er son, David Kent Nolen, all of
Pineville, La.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Coe spent
Thursday with their son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Coe, in Corpus Christi.
Mrs. Mary Hatfield and daugh-
ter, Miss Charlene Hatfield, ac-
companied by their father and
grandfather, P. C. Crossno left last
week for a holiday visit with re-
latives in Eldorado, Ark.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Horn spent
Christmas in Dallas with their
daughter and family, Dr. and Mrs.
Phillip Whittlesey and children.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bickham
were hosts at a Christmas dinner
and had as their guests her sis-
ters, Miss Elsie Petersen of Hous-
ton and Mrs. Stanley Webb and
the later’s husband and son, Stan-
ley Webb Jr. and Stanley Webb
m, Miss Faye Primm of Hous-
ton, Miss Patricia Lawhon, Larry
and Sue Bickham.
Mrs. Mary Boggus had as guests
at a Christmas Day dinner Mr.
and Mi's. A. W. Taber of Corpus
Christi, Mr. and Mrs. Kelton Mat-
lock, J. A. Wise, Mrs. theda Welch,
Panchie Welch and Mike Boggus.
Mrs. Lucille Maples and daugh-
ter, Miss Barbara Maples of Dal-
las arrived Friday for a visit with
Mrs. Maples’ sisters, Mrs. Minnie
Wells and Mrs. Anna Mae Elliott,
and other relatives. The Dallas vis-
itors and Mrs. Elliott were dinner
guests in the home of Mrs. Wells
and daughter, Mrs. Ouida Seale,
Saturday.
Edgar Family
Has Dinner
In Austin
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Edgar were
in Austin early in the holiday sea-
son to attend the annual family
reunion of his relatives which was
held in the home of his sister and
her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Fayette
Mitchell.
Others present were Mr. and
Mrs. Rocky Harkey and daughter,
Mercedes, Mr. and Mrs. Knapp
Edgar and Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Dubose, of Sinton; Mrs. Lynn El-
well, Robstown; Robert and Phillip
Elwell, Ft. Worth; Mr. and Mrs.
Tucker Mitchell, Abilene; Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Glasscock, Tim and Mike
Glasscock, Dallas; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Womack, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Markinson and Shirley, Hous-
ton; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Edgar
and Pat, Ft. Worth; and Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Frankel and daughter,
Miss Linda Kay Frankel of Corpus
Christi.
Christmas Eve the immediate
family of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Edgar
met in the home of their daughter
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Frankel and Miss Linda Kay 'Fran-
kel. One daughter and her family,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith and
daughters, of Big Spring were un-
able to attend this family get-to-
gether and exchange of Christmas
gifts in the Frankel home, but
they will arrive this week and
further family parties are planned
for their visit.
Christmas Day Mr. and Mrs. J.
S. Edgar went to Portland for a
family dinner given in the home
of their son and his family, Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Edgar and children.
Others present were Mr. and Mrs.
Frankel and daughter, Mrs. E.
Thompson, Miss Kay Thompson
and Mr. and Mrs. David Frazier,
all of Corpus Christi.
Hightower Family
Together For
Xmas Day
Mrs. J. H. Hightower had her
family together Christmas Day,
with the group at home for Christ-
mas dinner for the first time in
four years.
As is the custom o‘f Mrs. High-
tower and Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Whatley, the two families met in
the Whatley home for a Christmas
Eve exchange of gifts and supper
and then met in Mrs. Hightower’s
home for Christmas dinner.
Those attending the family din-
nr in the home of Mrs. Hightower
were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Po-
well and Allen of Beeville; Mr. and
Mrs. James High.ower and sons,
Steven and Mark of Houston; Mr.
and Mrs. James Pressly of Austin;
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Mowdy of
Corpus Christi; Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Whatley, Robert and Richard What-
ley, Clarence Underwood, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Underwood, Clifford High-
tower and Mrs. J. H. Hightower.
Mrs. James Hightower is a sis-
ter of Mrs. Whatley and Mr. High-
tower is Mrs. J. H. Hightower’s
son and it is the Christmas visits
of the James Hightower family
which brought about the tradition-
al joint celebration for the What-
ley and Hightower families.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Peks and
children, Wayne and Janel of Ama-
rillo came “home” to Odem to
spend the holidays with relatives.'
Christmas Eve they were guests
of his mother, Mrs. Katie Peeks
for a dinner and exchange Of gifts.
Christmas Day they were guests
in the home of the younger Mrs.
Peeks’ sister and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Whitley.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Scull had
as their guests Christmas Day their
sisters and families, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Flint and son of Corpus
Christi and Mr. and Mrs. David
Ellis and Charles and Deborah Ann,
and Mrs. Scull’s and Mrs. Finch’s
father, Alfred Gisler. The Ellis
family spent Christmas Eve with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D.
Ellis in Corpus Christi.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Vickers had
as their guests during the holi-
days their nephew and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Alderson and
children of Harlingen.
Robertsons Entertain
For Grandchildren
Christmas Eve Mr. and Mrs. G.
L. Robertson entertained with an
informal Christmas party for their
grandchildren, Kathy, Bubba, Mary
Nell, Ronnie and Angela Petrus of
Skidmore.
An exchange of gifts was made
and refreshments were served to
the group.
The children’s aunts, Mrs. Dick
West and Miss Theresa Merle Ro-
bertson, drove up .to Skidmore and
brought the children and their mo-
ther, Mrs. J. L. Petrus down for
the family gathering. 'The children’s
father was due in home that night
from a job which had taken him
out of town for sometime and as
soon as the party was over the
children were ready to “beat dad-
dy home”.
Mr. and Mrs. Robertson took their
daughter and her children back to
Skidmore.
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